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The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-06-24

BLIND STAGGERs IN PICS. The pig stand
and works at the mouth, then staggers and
falls as if in a fit. After remaining in that
state for time it RECEIVERS, but at last the
symptoms prove fatal. Some pigs force
their noses against the wall or into cor
ner, but the symptoms are always nearly
the same The disease which is popularity
termed staggers in medical parlanceis call
ed epilepsy. 1t depends usually upon i'm
perfect nutrition of the brain and nervous
system.
In pigs as well as in other animals, epi-
Iepsy is often hereditary. Frequently it is
developed by breeding in and IN. Contin-
ued feeding on poor innutritige fare, such
as brewers wash or Indian corn, or even
on such unduly stimulating food as beans
or peas, will favor the production of
epilepsy fits. Wet, foul, uncomfortable
beds also lead to epilepsy amongst young
and delicate pigs. In preventing further
losses we would advise the attending care
fully to cleanliness, comfort and liberal
feeding; supply the small pigs with some
good milk and daily mess of boiled lin
seed, which is particularly good, as con-
tanning large portion of oleaginous mat
ters. A few cabbages, grass, dry peas and
barley -four will help to vary dietary.
If pigs are weakly, ten or twelve drops
of tincture of the chloride of iron may be
given twice daily in beer, water Cruel or
mash. For the litter secure strong,
sound, vigorous sire, of strain of blood
entirely different from that which has been
hitherto used %.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-06-24
Chinese AgricuIturaI Hints.

l. Rules for gathering seed among the
standing grain-Having selected the choice
and bright heads of grain, pluck and sus-
pend them in dry place till the next seed.
ing time, then shell and wash the seed; put
it into hot water, when the heavy kernels
will sink and the light will rise to the sur.
face, and may be skinned off and cast
away.
2. In the twelfth month place the seed
in q large earthen vessel, fill it with pure
water of melted snow, ana cover the same
with earth. When the seed has sprouted,
SOW broadcast or in drills; thus you will
avoid the breeding of worms.
8. To determine whether the coming
year will be good or bad, take one measure
of seed in the beginning of the winter sea-
son and measure it carefully, then place it
in an earthern vessel and put it in dark
place and leave it there for fifty days; then
measure it again. If then it fills the meas
ure fuller than before, the season will be
good; if less than before, the season will
be bad
4. Treatment of new land.-First, burn
the grass, (in order to destroy both the
seeds and the roots of grass and weeds),
plow, then SOW to sesamum ian oily grain)
for one year. This is for the purpose OF
destroying more thoroughly the roots OF
the wild grasses
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-06-24

TUBING AS A GUARD FOR INTERFERING
HoRsEs.-A writer in one of our exchanges,
gives two methods of applying the tubing
as follows: The tubing or hose should be
of one-half to three-quarter inch caliber.
If you wish to protect the joint with a
guard, cut the hose the proper length to 90
around the limb above the joint, and run a
round strap through the hose, with buckle
at one end. Properly fitted this will stay
and not eramp the limb or injure the skin.
The tube runs on the strap when the hooi
strikes it. Always remove the guard when
the horse enters the stable, and bathe with
cold water.
Another manner for applying the guard
is to cut the gum tube little longer than
in the other way, making it reach round
the hoOf of the hnlb that strikes, less ABOUT
two inches. Then have the harness maker
sew a small strap in one end of the tube,
and strap with buckle in the other. Then
fit the guard around the hoof of the limb
that strikes, Just below the hair. The gum
will stretch sufficient to clasp the hooi
, tightly, if it is properly adjusted, it will
neither be lost nor slip from its place, ex-
cept by the horse stepping in deep muddy
roads, when it will some times slip up but
will not be lost, and can be re-adjusted.
When the hoof so armed strikes the joint
of the opposite limb the rubber gives and
the skin is not broken, the hair even is not
cut off, and the creature and the driver, il
horseman and of sensitive nature, escape
the pain that always affects them both when
the horse is hopping on three legs from
such an accident.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-06-24
Struck by lightning.

A very extraordinary case of the frea k
and effects of thunderbolts, says the Elko
(Nev.) Independent, of May 2S, transpired
last week on the line of the new telegraph
between Elao and Hamilton. P. H. Low
ell, who was engaged in constructing the
line OF telegraph, was struck by lightning
while kneeling on the ground holding the
wire in one hand. The lightning first
struck the wire at some distance, followed
it to the end, entered Mr.. Lovell's hand,
splitting three of his fingers, fol-
lowed up his arm, and thence down
his breast and side to the knee,
which was On the ground, where
it left the leg, breaking through the flesh
and skin, leaving a blackened hole, like
that caused by a bullet. The lightning
entered the ground under the knee, tearing
a hole through the sod as it entered. Mr..
Lowell was knocked over senseless, but
soon recovered, and, strange to say, re-
ceived no permanent injury, resuming his
work again in short time. He says he
felt all the stronger and better for the cleo
trieRl shock. The sensation caused by the
passage of the lightning through his sys.
tenn he describes as very peculiar very
much like the sharp pricking of pins, par
ticularly when the mysterious element
entered and left his body.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-06-24
No. 2S.

Nervous debility with ITS gloomy attend
ants, low spirits, depression, involuntary
emissions, loss of semen, spermattorrhOea
loss OF power, dizzy head, loss of memory,
and threatened impotence and imbecility,
find sovereign cure in Humphreys Homeo-
pathic Specific, No. twenty-eight. Composed
of the most valuable mild and potent cura-
tives, they strike at once at the root of the
matter, tone up the system, arrest the dis
charges, and impart yigor and energy, life
and vitality, to the entire man. They have
cured thousands of cases. Price s. per pack
age Of five boxes and q large vial of
powder, worth $500, which is very important
IN obstinate and old cases, or 81 per
single box. Sold by all druggists, and sent
by mail ON receipt OF price. Address Hum
phrey's Specific Homeopathic Medicine
Company, 562 Broadway, New York.
Wholesale Aga1ts-Burnhams & Van Setback, Hurl-
burt Edsall, Chicago, Ills; jerks & Gordon. St
Paul. Mimi; Brown. WebDer & Graham, St. Louis
Mo-; Farrand, Shelley Co., Detroit, Mich.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-06-24
Flax Culture and Threshing.

Flax growing has become an interest of
magnitude in some parts of the country, and
is extending to Lew sections. Nearly mil
hon acres were grown in the interior states
last year (1S69). Its culture is found profit
able and Is likely to be greatly stimulated,
now that there is market not only k5r the
cal method of threshing and saving the seed.
In addition to numerous oil mills which con-
sumo the seed at remunerative prices, many
fax mills for the manufacture OF the fibre
OF tow into bagging, are IN operation, of
which O-io has thirty-fOur, Indiana ten,
Illinois SIX, and Wisconsin, Minnesota,
Michigan, Iowa. Missouri and Ken ueky
one to three each. One impediment to fax
culture heretofore has been the incapacity
of ordinary threshing machines to thresh 1t
economically, owing to the tendency of the
fiber or tow to catch and wind on everything
1t comes in contact with. This difficulty,
however, seems to be overcome bv the Ault-
man d Taylor Thresher, made at Mansfield,
Ohio; which Is said to handle fax with as
little trouble as any other grain. 1t appears
that the same features which give this thresh-
er an advantage in wet and bad conditioned
wheat, oats, etc.,-viZ., the entire absence of
revolving shafts, beaters, pickers, raddles
and rollers from the straw passage, and the
peculiar and effective method employed to
thoroughly shake the grain and seed out OF
the straw-enable it to take through the
hitherto troublesome fax tow without
hindrance. and turn out the seed with re-
markable rapidity, fit for market.-Indus-
uidlisI
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-06-24

party may be willing to defend him in The
exercise Of that right The position of tbs
democratic party on this question should
be well defined, and the negro given 70 un-
derstand that his position in the fatnre
must depend altogether upon himself, and-g
that decent, white men VIII accord him no
higher plane, simply because he Is a Toter,
than they did before he was voter. This
viii increase his self-relianee, and stimulate
him to the improvement and cultivation of
such faculties and opportunities As he may p
have. ~ p q .-A,- : ff
There is one rock, however, on which the
negro may possibly be stranded. His in
clinations will be almost irresistible to form
a distinctive class, and vote solidly for one
political party or the other. Ii he does.
this, he is In iminent danger OF losing ali
that he has gained, for there is large ma
JOrity of the white race to whom negro suf-
frage is diStastefnl, and if the negro takes
course which combines and arrays this sem
tlmeDt against him, he will soon perceive
that what one revolution has conferred
another revolution may destroy.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-06-24

A PARIS banker devised what he consid-
cred an ingenious measure to prevent a
defalcation by his cashier. He places an
IRON cage in front of his safe, and insists
that the cashier shall be locked in it until
his cash account is verified at the close OF
the day. He has as yet found only one
man W ling to accept this condition. ''YOu
must enter the cage at 8 a. m, and you
will be liberated at 4 p. m, after your ae-
count has been verified. said the banker tC
an applicant. ''Agreed." "You must moi
leave it during the day, under any pretenee
l keep the key in my pocket" "All right
l am used to confinement" "Where have
you been2" "In the penitentiary during
these last fifteen years" Position still
nDan
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-06-24
Further Incidents OF the Indian Meal at
the White HOuSp

Washington Cor. of the New York World
About $50 supper was announced, and
the President led the way to the grand
state dining-rOom, followed by the assem-
bled guests. the Indians taking precedence.
The table was covered with flowers and all
the decorations customary on grand oeca-
sions. Strawberries, cherries, oranges,
bananas, ices, cakes of all kinds, French
candies, and wines appeared on the bounti-
fully spread board. The lions of the even
ing were given places next the table, and
were waited upon by other lions, foreign
and domestic. They managed the gold
spoons with great dexterity, and Red Cloud
sarcastically observed that be found the
white people ate many things which they
did not send 10 the Indians, and that they
did not seem to live entirely on corn meal
The wine of the Great Father went not un-
tasted and was appreciated to the full, as
was evinced by the falling asleep of some
of the Indian imbibers. After the return
to the East Room the squaws seemed par
ticularly with the swapping kisses, and pull
| ed them with the foreign Ministers with
charming naivete. All they could not eat
they carried off in their blankets When
the interpreter thought things had gone far
enough he gave the signal to retire, and, with
a succession of grunts, the party withdrew
to the East Room, and resumed their former
positions. Then they were instantly sur
rounded by the fair ladies and each with
a bouquet, and more paradoxical sight
can scarcely be imagined than tn It pre-
sented by the exotIcs of the White House
conservatories in the hands of the painted
warriors of the forest Mrs. Thornton, of
the British Legation, won golden opinions
for herself by giving the tassel from her
fan and the pearl beads from her sash TO
the squaws. About 8 the pow-wow broke
up, and the children were carried from
their Fathers house in large omnibus,
leaving the impression that they had be-
haved themselves, under the extraordinary
circumstances, with singular eircumspec-
| ton.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-06-24
A9rituItnral.
Advantages of Upder-draining.


The advantages of under-d draining are
epitomized as follows by the Farmers Mag
azine:
1. It prevents drought
z. 1t furnishes an increased supply OF
atmospheric fertilizers.
8. 1t warns the lower portions of the
soil. -.
4. 1t hastens the decomposition of roots
and other organic matter.
5. Itaccelerates the disintegration of the
mineral matters of the soil
6. 1t causes'a more even distribution OF
nutritious matters among the parts of the
soil traversed by roots.
z. 1t improves the mechanical texture
of the soil on
8. 1t causes the poisonous excrem enti-
tious matter of plants to be carried out OF
reach of their roots.
8. 1t prevents grasses from running
out.
10. 1t enables psto deepen the surface
soil, by removing excess of water.
IL. 1t rend,rs soil earlier in the spring.
IL. 1t prevents the throwing out OF
grain in winter.
13. 1t allows rs to work sooner after
rain.
l4 Ii keeps on the effects OF cold
weather longer in the fall.
Is. It prevents the formation Of acetic
and other acids, which induce the growth
of sorrel and similar weeds.
16. 1t hastens the decay of vegetable
matter, and the finer communion of the
earthly parts of the soil.
IL. 1t prevents, in great measure, the
evaporation of water, and the consequent
abstraction of heat from the soil.
is. 1t admits fresh quantities of water
from rains, &C., which are always more or
less imbued with the fertilizing gasses of
the atmosphere to be deposited among the
absorbent parts Of the soil, and given up to
the necessities of the plants.
10. Itprevents the formation of so hard
crust on the surface of the soil as is usual
on heavy lands.
90 1t prevents in great measure, grass
and winter grains from being Iointer-Lcilled
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-06-24

THE immense iron frigate Sultan, which
has been in process of construction for a
long while, was launched at London June
1. She was constructed for the Turkish
Government, being the most powerful
armor-clad broadside frigate ever built.
She is of $500 tons burden, with most
powerful propelling force, her engines be-
ing capable of exerting the strength of
1000 horse power. A novelty in her ar
rangement is the battery-deck, which is
built overhanging the upper deck. She
mounts on the upper tier eight eighteen
ton 400-pounders. The central main deck
battery is composed of two twelve and a
half ton 300-pounders. The bow and stern
are pierced for two 800 Founders, as chasers.
Under the forecastle will be battery COM
prising nine 2e-pound Armstrong guns.
This armament is the most formidable ever
placed in any vessel of war, and the ealiber
of the principal guns of the battery has
probably never been exceeded by the arma-
ment OF any vessel.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-06-24

PREVENT PoTAToEs BIOssoMRG.-A dis
tinguished Frenchman, GilliOdts, has been
testing the influence of towering upon the
yield of potatoes, and the results have been
SO marked and conclusive that he recon-
mends the suppression of the floral organs
of the potato; that the buds be removed
as soon as possible after they appear, in
order to prevent the fixing of the nourish.
ing principles necessary to the complete
formation of the floral organs; that the re-
moyal should be done by hand rather thar
with any sickle or other sharp instrument,
since the tops of the potatoes would be
liable to be injured thereby.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-06-24

II YOU do not feel wen you send for doc
tor, he calls upon you, looks wise, scrawls
some hieroglyPhics upon piece of paper
which you take to a drug store and there pay
80 cts. to 81. 90, besides tho doctors fee, for a
remedy nine times out of ten not half 80
GOOD as DIR. Morse's Indian Root Pills, which
costs but 25 cts. per box. DO you think the
former the best, because you pay the most
for it2 II you do, we advise you to use, just
as an experiment, the Morse's Indian Root
Pills. They are prepared from formula
pronounced by the most learned physicians
OF our country TO be the best and most uni
versRl of family medicines. The Morse's
Indian Root Pills cure headache, Liver Com
plants, Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Female
Irregularities, &c., and are put up both
sugar coated and plain. Give them a trial.
Sold by all dealers
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-06-24

LOOK TO Your PEAR TREEs.-Those hav-
ing choice pear trees should carefully ex-
anime them at this season of the year, and
remove, by a gentle scraping, black rings
and spots forming upon the trunks and
branches. The spots and rings are para
site growth which kills the bark and in
time effectually girdles the spot on which
it grows. A small amount of labor now
bestowed will be amply repaid in the pres
ervation of trees and the frui they produce.
Every spot need not be removed, but the
rings should be pretty well broken mp. A
vigorous tree will resist the spots, but can
net resist the rings
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-06-24

PIANOS LESS THAN COsT.-The oldest estab-
lished and most extensive piano business in
the West closing out for less than cost. a.
nj. Higgins, No. 150 South Clark street, will
sell both new and secondhand pianos at
prices never before known in the West in
consequence Of his approaching removal to
San Diego, southern California, to person.
ally superintend large business interests in
which he has recently engaged. New $500
pianos 4 r $3.50; 5000 pianos for $325; 500
for $500; $3.50 pianos for $275. Pianos that
have been rented from one to six months at
from $25 to $3.50 each less than these prices.
Illustrated pamphlets, containing full in
formation and prices, gratis, on application
at No. $50 South Clark street, Chicago. All
instruments warranted equal to any in tho
market
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-06-24
DurnO,s Catarrh snun.

Strengthens Weak Eyes-ImprOves the
Hearing, Relieves Headache, Promotes Ex-
peetOratiOn, Cmes Catarrh In it's worst forms
and sweetens the Breath. 1t contains no
Tobacco, Is mild, and promotes pleasant
sensation and beneficial results 10 all who
appreciate "a Clear Head" Sold everywhere
by Druggists. KIDDER y WETHERELL, Agents,
l04 William ST. New York
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-06-24

CHAPPED HANDS, Face, Rough skin, Pim-
ples, iangworRi, Salt Rheum. and ali other
cutSnanus ailectiOns cured, and the Skin
made sult and smooth, by usiHg the Jnuiper
Tar Soap, made by CASEELL, HAZARD &
CO New York. It is more convenient and
eastly applied than other remedies, avoiding
the trouble of the greasy compounds now in
use. Sold by all druggists.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-06-24
Batchelor,sIHaIr Dvr.

This splendid HAN Dye Is the best in the
world, the only true and perfect Dye; HARM
less, reliable, instantaneous; no disappOint-
ment; no ridiculous tints; remedies the in
effects OF bad eyes; invigorates and leaves
the Hair soft and beautiful black or brown.
Sold by all Druggists and Perfumers, and
properly applied at the Wig Factory, IS Bond
street Nav York
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-06-24
kastrIne.

A pomade which acts on the hair, and does
not effect the scalp, I1Ke all poisonous LIQUID
restorers. Is warranted to restore faded
hair to its original color. The elite all use it.
It Inciines the hair to curl, imparts beauti-
ful gloss and is perfectly harmless. Sold by
all druggists. XIDDER & WETHERELL,, Agents
104 William St., N. Y.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-06-24

GEo. A. MARTIN, Esq, Commercial Editor
Catarrh Remedy possessed no other virtue,
its worth would be beyond price as an effect
i've antidote for the horrors of cold in the
head"
Two or three applications have always, in
my case, removed the disagreeable symptoms.
Sold by druggists or send Sixty cents to DIR.
R.V. Pierce, Buffalo N. Y, and get it by mail.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-06-24


Unscrupulous parties selling worthless Swiss
Watches bearing trademarks very nearly similar to
the trade marks Of genuine Waltham Watches.
This Is not only a fraud on the purchaser, but
great injury to the reputation of the genuine Watch
TOavo imposition, buyers should insist on get
ting genuine Waltham Watches, and take no other.
Ihis Is the only safe rule, since some sellers fire.
quenny endeavOr TO sell other watches In prefer
ence. on which larger profits are made.
The trade marks Of the various styles are:
AMERICAN WATCH Co. -. waltham, Mass.
ANN. WATCH Co. ............ waltham, Mass
AMERICAN WATCH Co., Cres-
cent street. Waitham, Mass.
APPLETON, TRACY 3 Co. -. Waltham. Mss.
WALTHAM WATCH Co. -. Waltham, Mass.
p. s. BARTLETT ....... WalthaIn, Mass
WA. ELLERY INV Waltham, Mass.
HOME WATCH Co... Boston. Mass
Examine the spelling OF these names carefully
before buying Any variation even OF q single
letter, indicates a counterfeit.
Fo sale by all leading jewelers.
ROBBINS & APPLETON.
General Agents, I 50 Broadway.E. N. Y.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-06-24

In NUMBERS there is safety. 1t was upon
this principle that the formula of JudsOn's
Mountain Herb Pills was prepared. DIR. Jud
son, intending to spend fortune in advcrtis-
ing his pills, submitted his recipe to the re-
vision OF the most intelligent and learned
physicians OF the age, aud the result IL a
simple but most efiicsciOus medicine-the
Judson's Mountain Herb Pills. They purify
! the blood, remove all distinctions, cleanse
tho skin OF all pimDles and blOtehes, and are
perfectly sure and safe in their operation.
The Judson Mountain Herb Pulls cure Bilious
ness, Female Irregularities, Headache, and
many OF the diseases arising from impure
blood and deranged digestion. Use the
JudsOn's Mo mtain Herb Pills, and when you
have proved their virtue recommend them tC
your friends. They are both sugsr-coated
and plain. For sale everywhere.
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