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After careful survey of the situation in
Cuba, feel certain that if victory finally
perches upon the banners of the Cubans
the Spaniards will not bring the conflict
to successful conclusion, while if the
Spaniards crush the enemy into the
dust the Cubans can hardly be expected
to reach such an issue as will justify
their indulgence in triumphant exulta-
ton. At the same time if the Cubans
hould happen to acquire the supremacy
and to exterminate the Castilian hordes
completely, it is more than likely that
the Spaniards will not achieve q perma-
nent suppression of the rebellion. OF
course in the event of the complete sub
jugation of the Cubans the efforts of
Spain would be crowned with success;
and the rebels would probably not obtain
the ascendency. But we cannot close
our eyes to the unQuestionable fact that
the Cubans have but to vanquish their
foes in order to surmount every obstacle
to victory; while if this should be the
case the Spaniards would hardly obtain
the mastery as readily as if the contest
should result in the subjugation of the
Cubans. In either event the party that
secured its object would be most likely
to ovcrpower its antagonists, while the
party that suffered rcpulse would find
the end to be disastrous. This is view
of the situation which ought to commend
itself even to a thick-headed person in
Belvidere as being definite and con-
elusive. If it does not settle that bet I
do not know how it can be settled unless
the disputants fight each other for the
stakes. In that event l advise the op-
ponent of the man who wrote to me not
to fire at his enemy's head unless he has
q shot gun which doesn't scatter, and is
warranted to send projectiles through
very dense substance.-iMar Adeler.
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Flowing Orchards Shallow.

If the land is plowed near large fruit
trees the pillow should be adjusted to run
only few inches deep. The most plausi-
BILE argument that can be advanced
against the practice of blowing the
ground around fruit trees of any kind is
the fact that every tree will send out q
system OF coronal roots just beneath the
surface of the soil, which will again
throw out branch rootlets in a horizontal
direction, all of which will continue to
multiply until the entire surface of the
ground is completely occupied with open
mouths of hungry rootlets, ready to
drink in the first supply of nourishment
that is dissolved by the falling showers.
1t is as much a legitimate habit of fruit
tree to provide close network of roots
near the surface of the ground as it is to
send other roots downward into the
earth. Every fruit tree, most deciduous
ornamental and timber trees, as we'll as
evergreens of all kinds, when growing
on dry upland, will send down long
tap-root, for the purpose of reaching
moisture to supply the growing branches
during a dry period in the growing sea-
son. Let the tap-root be removed, and
the tree will make but slow growth, be-
cause its habit has been interfered with.
The same is true touching the upper
system of coronal or secondary roots near
the surface of the ground. These are
what are properly called the feeders of
the parent stem. They should not be
mutilated nor removed, as they usually
are cut off and torn away blythe pillow.
All vegetation should be kept down
around fruit trees as far from the body
as the extremity of the longest branches,
by hoeing the surface over frequently or
by the application of few inches in
depth Of a mulch. Fruit trees may bear
we'll when every coronal root has been
removed with the plow; but if those
roots had not been removed the crop of
fruit would have been more abundant
NeaO York PQDer.
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Modern Surgery.

Life is not only saved or prolonged in
thousands of instances every year through
the agency of modern surgical skill, but
how much more tolerable and happy it
has been rendered by the wonderful prog.
ress made in this branch of science. If
misfortune overtakes US and we are
brought under the surgeons knife, it is
only necessary to inhale the vapor of a
few ounces of ether or chloroform, and
we become oblivious to all suffering.
Consciousness returns only to awaken
Joy that the duties of the surgeon are
ended. Surgical instruments and appli.
ances are marvellous examples of artistic
skllFand ingenious invention. What with
the ophthalmoscopes, stethoscopes, SPEC
troscopes, curious mirrors, etc., the hui
man body in most of its parts is brought
quite within the field of vision, So. that
dark cavities and deeply-hidden organs
are illuminated and forced to reveal to
the eye the nature of morbid conditions;
me future for scientific surgery, and also
Tor medicine and chemistry, is full of
promise One difficulty after another
VIII De surmounted in the years to come,
and perhaps there will remain ultimately
but one great physical catastrophe which
cannot be overcome by human skin and
That is rehabilitation Journal Of Ohen,is-
tTy.' ''
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Exceptional Foods.

DIR. PAvY, in his work on Food and
Dietetics," devotes a chapter to the emu
meration of the exceptional animal foods
eaten in different parts of the globe. We
learn from it that almost every creature
living, however obnoxious, is, in. some
country or other, esteemed dainty or a
useful article of diet. Spiders are eaten
by the Bushmen and inhabitants of New
Caledonia. Grasshoppers are eaten by
the Bushmen and Ute Indians. White
ants are highly relished by the natives of
Australia and the tribes along the banks
OF the Tonga. Bees are eaten by various
peoples. The Moors of West Barbary
consider the honeycomb filed with young
bees great delicacy. Several varieties
of moths are in favor with the Austria
lians; one species, called bugong, having
large and unctuous bodies, is preferred
by them to any other article of food.
Caterpillars were eaten by the ancient
Romans, and are still in favor with the
South Africans. Grubs of all kinds are
devoured by the Australians. The chrv-
sails of the silkworm is food for the
Chinese.
Locusts are eaten in great quantities,
both fresh and sailed, by the Persians,
Egyptians, Arabiars, Bushmen, North
American Indians and others They have
strong vegetable taste-the flavor vary
ing with the plants on which they feed.
DIR. Livingstone thought them palatable
when roasted. Diodorus Siculus and
Ludolphus refer to a race of people in
Ethiopia who subsisted on locusts,
Ludolphus remarks: "For it is very
sweet and wholesome sort of diet, by
means of which a certain Portuguese gar
rlson in India that was ready to yield for
want of provision held out until it was
relieved another way" Madden states
in his "Travels": The Arabs make sort
of bread of locusts. They dry them and
grind them to powder, then mix this pow
der with water, forming them into round
cakes which serve for bread" Snails in
Europe and slugs in China have a repu-
tation as delicate articles of nutriment.
Lizards, snakes, frogs, dogs, cats, mice
and birds NESTS are eaten by the Chinese
Toads are eaten by the South Africans,
and large frog called matta-metto,
which when cooked looks like chicken
Sea-urchins are much sought after a. food
in different parts of Europe, and sea-cu-
cumbers are eaten by the inhabitants of
China and the South-Sea Islands.
tribe of Ottomacs on the Rio Negro
subsist principally during the rainy sea-
son upon fat, unctuous clay found in
their district. The Japanese also eat this
clay, made into thin cakes, called tanar
ampo. Ehrenberg found that the clay
consisted chiefly of the remains of fresh
water animals and plants of microscopic
size. A kind of earth known as bread
meal is still largely eaten in Northern
Europe; and similar substance called
mountain meal has been used in North.
ern Germany in times of famine. Va
rious tribes of Africa eat clay in the in
.tervals between their meals, preferring
that which is taken from ant-hills. The
inhabitants Of various countries are ad-
dicted to the use of clay-the natives of
Australia being VIGOROUSLY so.
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good, active mules make q fine appear
ancs: The mule can be obtained active
enough, docile, of q good disposition,
affectionate even, and intellipents see
no reason why it should not be more
preferred. A good niue is more reliable
than the horse, endures more, recuper.
ates sooner from fatigue and exhaustion.
is less liable to hurts. is sure-footed. a
good walker, patient, with other desira
Bile qualities. There are those that
through. bad lineage and bad treatment
are vicious. Some of them are
breachy," stubborn, dininutive, with
other undesirable qualities. A bad mule
and an inferior horse are not wanted on
q farm.
There is prejudice against the mule
that is not entertained by those who
know the animal best. 1t Is through ig:
norance that this prejudice or repug-
nance exists, and it is at q loss to the
farmer. What is clear is, that we need
more of these hybrids to do our work.
The South and West are already SUD.
piled, and the North and East will find
II Tor their interest to use this animal.
My remarks have been made on the score
OF economy mostly. For show and read
fSApoAy 1lOuA "ooOeAaIlOA,
the horse will be used by our Northern
and Eastern farmers who are well to do
and need but single team to work their
small farms; or if q heavier force is re-
CURED, the favorite carriage team is not
likely to be dispensed with or replaced
ny pair of hybrids, even if rivals of the
horses or superior to them in size, ap-
pearance and trustworthiness. The horse
can never be wholly displaced.
AS to the OK team, it can hardly be
said to be competitor. Cheapness is
its recommendation. The yoke and
chain are its harness. Its keep CON-
pares favorably with both the horse and
mule; and SO its original cost. 1t is
handy, always in harness, always ready;
and, if good heavy pair, is fitted for
heavy work, such as blowing sod doing
the work here of three ordinary horses(,
hauling heavy loads, etc. But it's years
OF labor are comparatively few. Its car
cass, however, can be turned off to ad-
vantage. But cattle, whether oxen, bulls
or cows, will never supplant the mule or
the horse. The little advantage they
afford is exceptional.-Cor. Country Ge,.-
tLenadn.
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EDITORIAL NOTICES are so common that
it is almost impossible for an editor to
express his honest opinion of the merits
of any article without being suspected of
interested motives. This fact, however,
shall not deter us from saying what we
think of new addition to the Materia
Medica to which our attention has been
recently directed We refer to DIR: J.
WALKERS CALIFORNIA VINEGAR B1TTERs
remedy which is making it's way into
more families just now than all the other
advertised medicines put together Its
popularity, as far as we can judge, is not
based on empty pretension. There seems
to be no question about the potency of
its tonic and Alternative properties, while
1t possesses the great negative recon-
mendation of containing neither alcohol
nor mineral poison. That it is specific
for Indigestion, Biliousness, Constipa-
ton and many complaints of nervous
origin we have reason to know; and we
are assured on good authority that as a
general 1nvigorant, regulating and puri-
flying medicine it has no equal. 1t is
stated that its ingredients obtained
from the wilds Of California; are new to
the medical world; and its extraordinary
effects certainly warrant the conclusion
that 1t is compound Of agents hitherto
unknown. If popularity is any criterion,
there can he no doubt Of the efficiency of
the VINEGAR BITTERs, for the sale of the
article is immense and continually in
creasing.
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The Onion Maggot.

The maggot is the onion-grower's
worst foe, and those who endeavor to
crush the power of an enemy before it
becomes troublesome are wiser than
those who endeavor to put a stop to it's
progress after it has become formidable
1t is generally admitted that the maggot
is the onion fly in its larval state, or in
its first stage after leaving the egg. It is
in this stage of its existence, and no
other, that it can he styled an insect in
furious to vegetation; and if we can de-
stroy the eggs, or prevent their being de-
posted in the onion fields, we are at
once rid of the enemy
Having noticed some of the habits of
the onion fly, I am inclined to the opinion
that they select, as far as possible, par
TALLY decomposed onion tops in which to
deposit their eggs. When onion tops
and scullions are allowed to decay upon
the surface Of the ground, in process of
time they become natural breeding bed
and attract flies from the surrounding
country in larger numbers than can be
accommodated by those beds. They next
attack the weaker plants, and sometimes
those which are making strong, luxuri-
ant growth, to puncture and deposit their
eggs in the stalk. If the weather is
warm these eggs hatch in a few days,
and the maggots commence their depre-
dations upon the crop.
It has been my own practice to care
fully turn under ali refuse matter upon
the onion field late in the autumn, dress
literally with well-fned manure, leaving
it upon the surface exposed to the ame-
liorating influence of the winters frost
and the drenching rains of springtime;
SOW early in thoroughly pulverized
ground, and attend carefully to the after
culture. With; this treatment the crop
usually gets an early start, makes Wig
orous growth, and is able to withstand
all attacks of the enemy or changes in the
weather. think damage by the maggot
in this vicinity would not amount to 5
per cent. of the crop in the most unfavor-
able years.-Cor. Nep England Farmer.
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A Perspicuous Opinion.

A singularly sagacious person in Belvi-
dere, N.J., writes to me to ask whether
the Cubans or Spaniards will be whipped
IN the present struggle in Cuba. He
says he wants to know so that he "can
decide bet" do not complain of the
faulty OF this person. He cannot helm
it; ne Is in such a condition of intellect,1e
al chaos that he is unable to Comprehend
that the prophet Isaiah possessed quali-
ties which have not been handed down to
me. He simply yearns to have that bet
decided, and when that Is done he viii
be happy. ! will try to decide it for him
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Not Quito So Fast, MIR. J0nes!-A horse.
doctor In Philadelphia caught changing tho cele.
brated Mexican Mustang Eminent into other bottles
and using 1t as his own recipe Honesty is aiways the
best policy. These medicine men like to follow up
such fellows 1t cured the lame horse all the same;
but 1t damaged the Doctors reputation and benefited
the proprietor in proportion. We have heard of so
many Rheumatic and lame horses being cured
by the Mustang Lniment that advise every house.
keeper, veryman and planter to invest in scot. or
500 bottle against accident. Beware of countcrfcits
1t is wrapped in steel engraving, signed "G. W.
Westbrook, Chemist"
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Motive Power ON the Farm.

TINS question is largely governed by
circumstances. Where there is much
work and large amount of power en-
ployed the mule is the animal to use, as
he can be obtained cheaper, kept cheap
er, and is much longer lived than either
the horse or the OK; beside, he is tougher,
less liable to injury and disease, and has
more work in him where endurance is
the test. He is therefore the animal for
the farm where economy is considered
Hence, where farming is largely carried
on the mule is not only the animal
wanted, but he is by far the most profit
able
A horse team, if good one, as it
should be, will cost, say $500. It will
last If properly used, say. twenty yea: 8.
Divide the $500 by twenty and we have
$15 yearly for wear. The interest of
$500 is $21 per year. The keeping of
team, grain $40, hay $3.50; total, 1926 per
year. 'Deducting :$26 for the manure,
there will be left $500 yearly expense
for a horse team.
A mule can be raised or purchased at
less cost-shall we say one-third less?
making the wear but SIS year reckon
ing the service forty years, double that
of the horse), interest $14, expense of
feeding, say, grain $50, other fodder $50,
in all amounting to $149 a year-a diff.
ference annually of $50, or one.fourth.
And yet the same amount of work, if
not more, is performed. This for one
team, which in the course of mans
average lifetime on the farm will amount
to nice sum. Where large force is
employed, the advantages of using mule
power Will show in large figures.
| The Question here comes up pertinent.
" whether horse or mule team should
be employed where but one is needed,
there are those who take. pride. in q
mule team, even for the carriage, and
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AT Elmira, N. Y, recently, Young
lady named Ruth Vanettan, from Az
burn, n. Y, was killed at Watkins Glen
by falling down:a precipice near the en-,
trance; She lost her footing and slipped
through between the lower rails ofthe rail-
ing and the ground. She fell distance If
ninety-fve feet and was almost litero,lv
dashed to pieces: She was: with IAN ex,
cursion party from Auburn.
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The 1Iadfes' Soros1s Club, Of New York, re-
Gently changed their discussions from Woman's suf'
frage to Hair Preparations and Pimple Danshers.
They declared that where nature had not endowed
them with beauty it their right-yea, their duty
to seek it where they could. So they all voted that
Magnolia Balm overcame sallowness, Rough Skin and
Rtngmarks. and gave to Che complexion a most dis.
tingue (sorosian) and mcrbleke appearance danger
GUS to men, no doubt); and that Lyons Kathairon
made the hair grow thick: and awful pretty and
moreover prevented it from turning gray If the pro
prietors Of these articles did not send the sisters
voice, they not smart.
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WILHoFT's ANT1-PER1oD1c OR FEVER AND
AGUE ToN10.-This invaluable and standard
family medicine is now household word and
Endorsed by the medical profession, and pre-
seribed daily in the Charity Hospital and
other Hospitals in New, Orleans. Wilhoft's
Tonic is thus highly recommended by the
leading medical men of the country, and is
worthy of such Endorsement. WHEELocK,
F1NLAY & Co., Proprietors, New Orleans.
For SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
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my DEAR" said q wife, looking up
from her newspaper, "what is the differ
ence between collision and collisions"
"Oh," responded the husband, lit is
simply the difference between u and T."
oh, yes,'' .retOrted the wife, "and the
same difference exists in your answer,
which is more ingenious than in.
genaous." >
A PENNSYLVANIA paper says that milk
from four Crawford County COWS made
225 pounds of butter in a week." Over
f1fty-six pounds of butter to a COW.
Such flight Of fancy must have been
arrived at by gazing into the "milky
way"
Pianos and Org i'm Chicago
have been sold ever since the panic ut very
great reduction in prices.
Reeds Temple of Music is recommended as
the largest in the city and very reliable to deal
with. They are at No. 81 Van Buren, st.
THE latest joke about "Tupper's Pro-
verbal Philosophy" is that it has been
dramatized by Mi. Dion Boucicault for
the Queens Theater. A monograph upon
the wonderful work containing all that
has been said and written about it would
be an entertaining volume.
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescrsptfon
Is very strongly recommended by the Medi-
cal Faculty, and is largely prescribed among
their Female Patients. It is worthy Of ali
confidence, as may be seen from the follow
ing testimonials:
Dr. G. B. CHAPMAN, Portsmouth, Neb,
writes: II have under treatment lady
who for the past seven years has been af-
r11,un Sniov,
without receiving benefit, is gaining rapidly
on your F'dvorite Prescription"
ATLANTA, Ill.,, July ID, 1872
DIR. R. V. PIERCE, Buffalo, N. Y: Dear
Sri have not words to express my graft
tude to you for your advice and assistance
in my case. There is not one who has used
your medicines since they have been brought
here but that can say with me they have
been greatly benefited. Since 1 have been
so helped by it's use, six or seven around
me left off all doctors and other medicines,
and now use it in their families, after being
cured of the same disease as mine. You do
not know what wonder it created in our
city by its restoring my sister I wrote YOU
about, for she had been under the care of
three of our best doctors, but could not sit up
but for a few minutes at one time. begged
of her to try your medicine, and before She
had used half the bottles she could 20 all
around the yard, and has now just come home
from visit five miles away.
MRS. Tnos. MCFARLAND.
From Miss LoRINDA E. ST.. CLAIR, Shade,
Athens Co., Ohio, Oct. IA, 1872:
DR.. R. V. PIERCE, Buffalo, N. Y: Your
Fayoritc Prescription is working almost like
a miracle on me- 1 am better already than
have been for over two years"
From ELLA A. ScuAFER, GAINESVILLE, Ind,
Aug. 8, 1872.
CDR. PIERCE: received the medicine YOU
sent me, and began using it Immediately. AS
of+ l~1$ f..
have for three years.
From Mrs. JoHN X. HAML1N, Odcll, ILL.,,
March 10, 1872:
CDR. PIERCE: The Favorite Prescription
has done ME good, which l am very thank
full for"
Favorite Prescription is sold by all Drug
gists.
DIR. PIERCEs Treatise on Chronic Diseases
OF Women will be sent to any address on re-
ceipt OF two stamps.
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EVERY man in buying paper collar wants
to get as near an imitation of linen as possible.
The only collars that look like linen are the
Elmwood and Warwick. This is not only in
tue folded edges but in the finish.
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ie Grand Revolution IN MEp1oA1TRRAr-
NEST which was commenced in 1860 is still in prog
ress. Nothing Can stopit. for 1t ia founded on the
principle, now universally acknowledged, that phys-
cal vgor is the most formidable antagonist Of ali hui
man ailments, and experience has shown that PLAN
rATIoN BIrTnRs is peerless invigorant as well as
the best possible safeguard against epidemic diseases
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GIRLS are scarce and proportionately
precious in Lac qui Parle, Mimi, there
being only one girl to eight boys in that
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THE NORTH wEsTERN HORSE Nan. Co. e
Finished" Nail ia the hest in the world.
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;; SCARLET; FEVER is prevalent, among
children in the vicinity Of Waukegan, III.