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DR.. j. Walkers California Vim

DR.. j. Walkers California Vim
egar Bitters are n purely Vegetable
preparation, made chiefly from the ma
tive herbs found on the lower ranges Of
the Sierra Nevada mountains of Califor-
MIA, the medicinal properties of which
are extracted thcrcirom without the use
of Alcohol The question is almost
daily asked. "What is the cause of the
unparalleled success Of VINEGAR BIT
TERSY" Our answer is, that they remove
the cause Of disease, and the patient re-
covers his health. They are the great
blood purifier and life giving principle,
a perfect Renovation and Invigorator
of the system. Never before in the
history of the world has a medicine been
compounded possessing the remarkable
qualities of VINEGAR BITTBRS in healing the
sick of every disease man is heir to. They
are Il gentle Purgatiye IL. well as Il Tonic,
relieving Congestion or inflammation Of
the Liver and Visceral Organs, in Bilious
Diseases.
The properties Of DIR. WALKERS
VINEGAR BITTERS are Apericnt, Diaphoretic,
Carmnative, Nutritious. Laxative, Diuretic,
Sedativc, Counter Irrtant, SudO.liic, Aitcra-
tive, and Anti Bilious
IL. IT. MCDONALD ~ CO.,
Druggists and Gen A CTS. San Francisco California,
and cor. of Washington and Charlton SITS. y. Y.
sold by all Druggist and Dealers.
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rINEA.-TEA AGENTS wanted in town and coun-
Il try TO sell TEA, or get up club orders, for the
largest Tea Company i'm erica; importers prices
and inducements 20 agents. Send for circular.
Address, ROBERT WELLS.
% veEey Street New fork.
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In sections Of the country where
FEVER AND AGUE


enteru, FT,er, Wind in the Botceis, Sour
Stomach, Dyspepsia, Sick Headache.
In sections Of the country where
FEVER AND AGUE
Prevails, there is no remedy held in greater es-
TEEN. Persons travelling should keep it by them.
few drops, in water, will prevent sickness or
bowel troubles from change OF water
From foreign countries the calls for PAIN
KILLER are great. 1t is found to
Cure Cholera, ,ehen al other Remedies fall.
WHEN USED EXTERNALLY, AS A LINIMENT,
nothing gives quicker ease in Burns Cuts, Bruises
Sprains, Stings from Insects, and Scalds. 1t re-
moves the fire, aud the wound heals like ordinary
sores. Those suffering with RHEUMATISM, GOVT,
or NEURALGIA. il not a positive cure, they tind
the PAIN KILLER gives them relief when no other
remedy will.
1t Gives Instant Relief from Aching Teeth.
From 1910 to this day. 1870 (Thirty Years., PERRY
DAVIS PAIN KILLER has no Rival
Every Housekeeper should keep it at hand, to
apply it on the first attack Of any Pain. 1t will
give satisfactory relief and save hours of suffering
Do not trife with yourselves by testing untried
remedies. Be you call for and get the genuine
PAIN KILLER as many worthless nostrums are
attempted to be sold the great reputation Of
this valuable medicine. Directions accompany
each bottle.
Price % cts, so cts, and 81 per Bottle.
j. N HARRIS & Co. CINCINNATI o.
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WORKING CLASS. MILE sEo or EEMAtE $50
able employment, at home, day or evening; no AMI
tai required full instructions ana valuable package
of goods sent free by mail. Address, with six-cent
return stamp, NJ YOUNG co. 10 Cortlandt-st N Y
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10000 FARMERS WANTED,

To IMPROVE 1 $4,000 acres Railroad Lands In the
Middle Region Of Western Iowa Average credit price,
$6 per acre. Title clear. Climate and soil the best in
the world. Pure running streams. No fever and ague.
These lands are traversed by the Chicago North
western and Ill Central Iowa lines, over which land
Exploring Tickets are sold from Chicago, Dubuque,
Clinton, &c, receivable for lands purchased Field
agents will attend parties through from Chicago, and
show the lands to purchasers For Il. X. tickets or
handbook and guide. giving maps descriptions, 10.
cations prices, terms and all information call
address, JOHN Ii. CALHOUN,
Land Commissioner Iowa X. II. Land Co.
OFFICE-V0 Randolph Street, Chicago, H.,
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-08-25

A co,rcsponisnt of the Providence
press gives Sme interesting infor-
nation abor factory life in Rhode
Island fort, years ago. During sum.
mer Tho c,eratives were worked about
fourteen hours a day, beginning at
baIi.nas four in the morning andwor
inc nil half-past sevenor quarter to
c;Shtin the evening, with haitian hour
for reakiast and three.quarters Of nm
LC.r Tor dinner. In the winter the
lJur for closing Mt night was hAlf-past
,even, except on Saturday, when they
quit work ut dark. This was continued
for years, until young girl, employed
in one of the factories, died after a brief
illness. Physicians decided that the
cause Of her death WINS overwork. The
mill.owners then held meeting, and
resolved 10 shorten tho hours of labor
to twelve and three.quarter hours in
summer. Overseers received about
eight dollars per week. They were
cruel taskmasters, and bent and abused
the operatives most cruelty. One boy
was lifted from the floor by the hair OF
his head by m overseer and held till
the hair came out by the roots. In a
village, near Providence,
a rope was tied around the waist of a
young girl and she was hung from the
window over stream of water about
thirty feet below. She died from
fright. The situation of the factory
operative has been much amcliorated
within the past forty years, but there
is room for improvement.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-08-25
Medicinal POISON. ON m. wan,,

Tue patrlAtehi took no mercury. no blInu.A, no
iodine, no bromide Of pata,,un. no IryehotI,, no
quiulae, Happy old E.ntlsR.al they did not even
know Of the existence of these ",pselaeI" and ye.
they lived until |. seemed as II Death had forgotten
them. Theft medicines vera herb, aud roots. They
have leit this fact on record and the world issmi 10
be now taking note oft and returning 70 the hrit
principles OF medication. HnATErrER'S sToNGcif
BIrrERi The pureittnd most eleAeloaS YsgOtabsFes.
torAlVe otthe day. 10 also the most popular. Thou.
sands Of persons who only few years ago believed
implicitly In all the poioni which ngure In III phar.
maeTpa now pronounce this pAlatabls tonic and al.
tetatiTc an allSltitcnt remedy for dyspepsia neF.
TouA debility, constipation. bilious complaints, head.
ACHE, Intermittent ieVsF1, and all the ordinary l,.
turbaneel Of the stomach, the liver the dSeharrlnF
organs and the brain. The time is not far distant
when most Of the powerful and VenomOuI drugs now
90 reEklrIsy administered BY practitioners Of the
"hsroie Ieheo saisi that might easily b4eonttol.
lea BY mIldSr treatment, Will be utterly discarded BY
oil philosophical physicians. Iit Il. The thinking
public, who are centrally ahead Of tho prOiGI1onais
have ALREADY put the dangerous preparations aside
and adopted lloitetteFd nltrFp In their stead a,
tafc and excellent household medicine, adapted 10
almost every ailmsni except the organic ami deadly
enhtlFlouI dicAitI. For more than twenty year,
this famous restorative and preventive has bVen
abnnally STRENGTHENING It's hold uFcn the public con-
ttefte and now takes The lead VI every advertised
aea'elne manufactured In Ills country.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-08-25
A Sore Head.

II is wellunderstood, we believe, says
the Danbury NeiVs that when 2 man
has sore head some one will hit him
there, and il lie has n sore foot some
ono will step on it. We don't know
why this is, but it is, We remember
that when we were boy, and Ind n
boil, some iacetious wrttchod would be
sure to come around with q long lath,
and slap it across chat boil. We are
reminded of this singular fatality by
an incident TINT happened to q Pine
street man, lot Thursday. He has got
n "run arodnd" on one finger, and a
partly heIled wound from cnt on
another, both members belonging to
the right hand. On Thursday an uncle
iropSherman came to see him, and the
uncle being one OF your whole.souled
aud hearty men, the Pine-street man
was glad to see him, and unconsciousl'
extended his hand. The uncle frol
Sherman grasped it in his own bra,ny
fist, md gave it squeeze that spli the,
"run around" in two, smashed an W
wound, and made every joint IN tte
hand say something. II was tie bgsl-
ness of the Pine.street man u tel ms
uncle to walk in and have ,hair.I Bnt
he didn't. As soon MS no got lose, ne
ran out in the yard for the axe and II
the uncle from Sherman JhadAo gain
cred from the utterances of lis nephew
m impression that the cep.liS oil Sher-
man was in danger. and lad the sagnCi-
ty TO have been inhnepted by 1t, there
might have been siciening tragedy to
tanoe1
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-08-25
Polar Research.

The Stockholm .AjtonIlad OF the 18th
of July contains some official accounts
from the commander Of the North Pole
expedition. They wintered in 799 So
north latitude and Ice 10 east longitude,
where they put together a house, them.
tention being for the ships to proceed
farther north in the middle Of Septem'
Der to make depots Of storesat intervals
along the route proposed to be taken by
the sledging parties that would follow
at later period. This design, however,
was frustrated by the early severity Of
the winter. On the 4th Of October the
scientific members Of the expedition
took up their abode in the house. On
the Goth Of the same month the sun dis
appeared below the horizon, it having
been already hidden from their view or
the 18th by high mountains. Still day
light continued to some extent till the
latter part OF November, when it may bC
said it was totally dark Mt midday. Oc
casionally up TO this date the tempera
ture fell to 2sdegrees Celsius, butt wai
not pniniul either when moving about
or while sleeping in a tent on the ice,
No open water was visible at all. The
health OF all was satisfactory, until the
rations we're reduced in order to assist
starving ships crews who walked across
tho ice on hearing OF the expedition
Scurvy resulted from this priyntion
important results are expected from tn
observations taken, especially OF thu
Northern lights as analysed by the
spectrum. As regards the deep SCI
dredging, it could be continued needy
the whole time, and the speciaen.s
brought to the surface showed tb,t AMI
NAL life was in no way interfe'ed with
by severe cold and darkness continuing
for many months, and THO sea-weeds
also flourished. Tue sup'was not yisi.
BILE from the 10th Of Ocober to the 2lst
Of February following, but the moon
showed itself unintPruptedly night and
day during eyerylalternate fortnight
for ten DAYS Of Shich it never disap-
peared below Itlle horizon. The dis.
patch was dyed the 23d Of February
| His year p1d ended with the express.
sion Of a Nope of being able to proceed
farther dorth MS soon as circumstances
ShoulS permit. One OF tie three ships
Ioruing the expedition had lately come
| injo harbor in Norway.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-08-25

MT,ou;s I,orAre, of the Courier MI.
nicpaL Paris has just published m
ESSAY ElowirS how persons who sold
tainted mot used to be punished. He
writes tllG in June, 1851, Jaques Tour.
nerru. AiclmAmed the Shearer, seized
some Inspected meat on the stall Of
Pierre Bardel. A report was instantly
drown up and transmitted to the syndic
ottho butchers, Michel Saint.You. An
inquiry was ordered, and it was found
that the accused was IN old offender.
A second report was addressed to the
Provost Of Paris, comparing the culprit
to n poisoner, aud demanding in the
name OF corporation outraged by the
infnny of one Of its members the deg
radiation and then the death of Pierre
Bardel. The first magistrate Of the po-
lice approved the conclusions OF the re-
port, and the delinquent was condemn.
ed to pass three hours in the pillory,
and then TO perish by the hands
OF the public executioner. On the day
Of the execution one hundred and
twenty.seven butchers in the city Of
Paris repaired TO the market and drew
themselves up round the pillory. At
the end OF three hours the tipstatr an
nounced to the people that the prisoner
was about to beexecuted. All the butch
erS, with hats of, bowed their heads,
and Justice was done.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-08-25
A Careless, Remark,

A planter, who shall be nameless, was
in the city on Saturday, and purchased
several barrels of Paris green for tile
purpose Of killing worms. While see
ing his wagon loaded, q friend remarked
that he had bought enough Of poison to
kill all the negroes in Montgomery
County. One of the planters hands
was standing by and heard the remark.
Ho went homo and told what lie had
heard TO the rest of the workmen. That
planters crop is now being destroyed
by the worms, and not negro boy can
be got to touch the Paris green. The
thoughtless maker Of the remark may
have to stand law suit, and probably
pay consequential damages, -lfont-
gomery (Atd.) Journal.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-08-25
An Iowa Sensation.

One Of the leading citizens OF North
Davenport, Iowa, had an only daughter
who was betrothed to a young man Of
fair promise, n clerk in q leading COM
mercial house at Dubuque. His visits
to that city were regular, and arrange
ments had been made for an immediate
uuion, when the bride elect was stricken
down by typhoid fever, and, in spite
Of all which skill and care could do,
died.
After the melancholy journey to the
grave, the young man returned to Du.
buuue. Nervous fever set in and q pecu.
liar hallucination seized him, that his
lost one was present in the room, ever
present, draped in the same garb which
had enveloped her clay. All remon'
STRANGE was in vain. He infinitely de.
scribed her dress, her appearance and
her position in his chamber, even when
his parents or friends would sit or stand
where he declared her to DO, he SOW
her glide away and take another place.
This went on for weeks, and the patient
was gradually sinking under the physi'
cal and nervous excitement, when Q
friendly ruse was tried to cure him Of
his ecstaCy.
Coming to Davenport, his mother
found where the funeral garments were
purchased and made. She procured
the material, had it made up, and, re.
turning, young lady, as near in height
and appearance MS could be found, was
dressed to resemble his deceased love,
and during one OF his fevered aud brieI
slumbers was introduced into the room,
quietly taking her seat in q shaded cor
ner.
Hisawakening was anxiously watched
and snnguino hopes Of removing his
hallucination were INDUCED in. HI
woke at length, and, turning his cye'
in the direction OF the pious fraud,
stared with fixed eyeballs for q few
seconds; then rising himself almost
upright In his bed, flung his arms aloft,
aud shrieking in an rinearthly voice,
"My God, there are two Of theml" fell
back and expired.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-08-25
Pies.

There Is probably a great deal oil
truth in the following extract from DR.,
Halls journal Of Health! ",rhe uni.
yersal error as to the unheNlthiness Of
pies, puddings, and pastries, taking II
for granted that they nre well made and
properly cooked, has arisen from the
simple fact that after we have mado O
full meal Of other things the stomach is
oppressed by them, and II the process
Is repeated becomes eventually dyspCp'
tic; that is, has not the power to work
up tho food because it had been worked
to death already. II would be quite as
philosophical II a man has become very
tired by blowing all day and afterwarl
by chopping wood has worked himself
ont, TO conclude that II was very nm.
healthy to chop"
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-08-25
In the Shadow Of Death.
Two Little children Forty. eight Hours
alone with their Dying Mother.

alone with their Dying Mother.
Mr.. John W. Van Brocklin of Twin
Bridges, short distance away from
Virginia City, Nevada, says the Times,
was helping to build o church at Sheri-
dan, and away from home with his
wagon and team from Monday morning
till Saturday night. He had been seye-
ral weeks so occupied. He was there
fore absent from his wife and two little
children, the eldest five years old, all
week, except Saturday nights and Sun
days, Mrs. Van Brocklin and the child
rem enjoyed good health, and the hus-
band and father had no fear for the
safety of the birds in the home nest.
There were near neighbors, too. So
Saturday evening the two children used
to toddlc a good distance along the
road by which their father came to
meet him and get ride home in the
wagon.
On n late Saturday Mr.. Van Brocklin
was returning home as usual, aud the
| two littIo fellows had gone quite dis
lance to meet him. He stopped to take
them in the wagon, md us he lifted
them up ho asked, GLOW is mammal"
Two little voices replied, I" Oh, papa,
mammals dead" He thought he did
not hear correctly and asked again,
Your mammal" The little voices
again chimed together, "Yes, papa,
mammals dead in bed" Van Brocklin
hurried his team home. He found his
wife indeed in bed insehsible, and fast
sinking in death. She was there alone;
no neighbors were near. He called
loudly for help the neighbors were al
armed doctor was summoned, but
before he arrived the poor woman had
passed away. The doctor said her attack
was Of paralytic nature, This is the
children's story, gathered from themby
odds and ends.
On Thursday evening Mrs. Van
Brocklin called her children TO her and
told them she was sick, and to run and
call the nearest neighbor. Then she
fell down on the bed. She never said
anything more to them, and they at first
supposed she was asleep. It was grow
ing dark, and they were afraid to go foI
the ncighbor. They slept in their
clothes and tried to waken their mother
in the morning, but she would moi
rouse. They ate what they could find
cooked in the house, and drove up the
cows morning and evening to be MIXED
but there was nooody to milk them, and
Mt the usual time they turned them out
into the pasture again. The noighbOr'
seeing the children ut their usual tasks
supposed, of course, that it was MI right
with them at homo, and it so happened
that none Of them called. The oldest
child began to be little frightened
and suggested to the other "What il
mamma should be dead. She must be
dead, or she'd waken up" and so the
little boys came to the conclusion that
their mother had gone away from them,
and wondered what papa would shy
when he heard OF it. Their curiosity
on this point was excited, and, will
their hearts full of news, they started
out to meet their father coming home
in his wagon. They had been forty
eight hours with the shadow Of death
in the house and were not old enough
to realize what it meant.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-08-25

The following comes from the Spring.
field Onion! A gentleman of Boston
had son.in.law who was preacher.
He secured his settlement over one OF
the city churches. He was feeble
preacher, and the congregation soon
tired Of him, and 4 parish meeting was
called for change. The parish voted
by pews, aud there was one majority for
retaining the pastor. Upon inquiry II
wns AscGrtAinGd that the thrifty father
in.lAw had bought up all the cheap pews
in the gallery and elsewhere and had
actually secured q majority OF votes.
A committee waited upon Mr.. A. and
demonstrated with him on keeping q
preacher in the pulpit so distasteful to
the congregation. lie replied: "Gen.
tlCmon, know my soh.in.lAw is not
much OF q preacher, but my position is
purely business one. I have got him
on my hands with my daughter, and
must support him, All the assistance
l get out Of you, gentlemen, is so much
clear gain.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-08-25
Post.Omcc Matters.

In a circular from tho Secretary of
the United States Treasury to officers
and clerks Of the Treasury Department
and others, relative to the furnishing
and use Of official postnge.stamps, &C.,
occurs tho following clause:
Tho 10 cent official postage.stamp
should bo used in payment Of the re-.
quisite fec on all registered mail mat.
ter.
This clause cannot apply tot the United
States Treasurcr's office, for the reason
that about month ago, on question
submitted by Generals Spinner, the Post
Office Department decided the law Abol-
ishinR tho franking privilege, did not
abolish the provision that all letters TO
and from the Treasurer, containing
fractional currency, could be registered
free Of Charge.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-08-25
A somnambullsvs Fall.

The Troy Press says that James
Stearns, young son Of tho proprietor
of the Mansion House in thatcity, arose
in his sleep early on Sunday morning,
and walked out Of the window, it being
in hethird story Of the hotel. The
Press says: at appears that the young
man has been sOmnambuliSt for some
time. He often arose in his sleep from
his bed and wandered about the hall,
where he has been seen and sent safely
back to his room bypersons in the hotel.
The window in his room was open, and
when he got out OF bed lie must have
walked directly out. He struck on a
sign over HidIey's music store, and the
fall was somewhat broken, but whether
1t was an advantage to strike on the
edge OF the sign in his fall isa question.
Wien he was found the wAtchman of
the house WINS called and medical aid
sent for. The scalp was badly cut,
probably having struck on the sign in
the fall, and his skull is thought to be
fractured. The lower portion Of his
body appears to havo been parnlyzed by
the fall. The distance from tho window
to the walk is about thirty.Gve feet.
He is seventeen years Of age. Yester-
day at noon he appeared to DO resting
quietly, but his recovery was yet con-
sidered very uncertain" ....
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-08-25
A Good Record.

A Pennsylvania paper furnishes m
account of n "nodel conductor" on the
Pennsylyania Railroad, but does moi
give him an name. The account, il
| fact. is almost too good to be true. As
published the man has been engaged
with scaecly an intermission for over
fifteen ,ears in his responsible business.
During that time he has travelled over
700 40 miles, has carried many millions
of bassOngers-the number last year
WIS about $50, OOO-has turned over Ia
jis employers the sum OF $4,000, 900,
inns never lost package, and-wha,
may seem notwithstanding all that
period has never killed mani The
same paper comments upon this record
thus: "The best rules mechanically
obeyed are no security against disaster.
A large discretionary power must always
DO given the men who are placed in
charge Of n train, and when this is OK.
ercised intelligently and conscientious
" the acme OF safety is reached. When
once questioned by his employers MS Ia
his manner OF running n train, he re.
piled that he did II nS II IL belonged Ia
him. He is never able to forget that
hundreds OF lives areplaced in his hands,
and carelessness or fOrgetfulness on his
part are simply other names for man
slaughter or murder"
The late Capt. Mcbride, OF the De.
troit and Milwaukee line, was an officer
whose story might be told in the same
connection. AS captain OF steamer,
Capt. Mob. crossed Lake Michigan some
twenty.six hundred times, and although
crossing the track Of thousands Of yes
sells never had collision, disaster, oil
lost life. He was denominated q
"lucky" old sea dog, but those who
knew him, knew that it was not "luck'
but care that gave him the record.
He felt every moment that he was re-
sponsible for the lives OF those under
him, and acted accordingly. On his
death bed he had n right to feel that his
record had been q good one.