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The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-04-21
About Sick Animals.

Nearly all sick animals become so by
improper feeding, in the first place. In
nine cases out of ten the digestion is wrong.
Charcoal, says the Li06 Stock Journal, is
the most efficient and rapid corrective. 1t
will cure in majority of cases if properly
administered. An example of its use =
The hired man came in with the intelli-
gence that one of tho finest COWS was very
sick, and kind neighbor proposed the
usual drugs and poisons. The owner be-
ing i'll, and unable to examine the cow,
concluded that the trouble came from over
eating, and ordered teacupful of pulver-
lied charcoal given in water. 1t was mix
ed, placed in junk bottle, the head held
upward, and the water and charcoal poured
downward. In five minutes improvement
was visible, and in few hours the animal
was in the pasture quietly eating grass
Another instance of equal success occurred
with young heifer which had become
badly bloated by eating green apples after
hard wind. The bloat was SO severe that
the sides were almost as hard as a barrel.
The old remedy, saleratus, was tried for
correcting the acidity. But the attempt to
put it down always caused coughing, and
it did little good. Half teacupful of fresh
powdered charcoal was next given, and in
few hours all appearance of bloat had
gone, and the heifer was well.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-04-21

ALL KINDS Of Printing neatly
executed at the . BLO0NFIHT.D
TINES" STEAM Jos OEFIOR.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-04-21

Spring timo is the time to drink sassa-
fras tea.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-04-21

This Society insures for SIX DOLLARS per thousand
or the first year; FIVE DOLLARS annually, per thou.
and, for the next -FOUR YEARS, TWO DOLLARS per
housand annually during the remainder of natural
te and prorata mortality assessments each death
naY OCCUR. which for the Erst Clnss AZ ns fnllnrva
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-04-21
NeUer K91O1CN to FGiJ! !
TEHOMPSON'S
FeUe1' Dc Ag1Ge PO1CCJeTS
PERMANENT CURE OF CHILLs AND FE-
YER, DUMB AGUE, OR ANY FORM
OF INTERMITTENT FEVER
The Greatest Discovery of the Age {!

TNHERE are no diseases so debilitating in
IL their effects upon the constitution as the
above, and none more difficult to cure by the
usual modes of practice. The Fever and Ague
Powders will effect cure in cases of the long
est standing, as well as prove preventive in
the forming stages of disease. Being purely
Vegetable, they act with certainty on the dis
ease, totally eradicating it from the system,
and preventing return at any future period.
Why waste your money and health in trying
every medicine you hear of, when Thompson's
Fever and Ague Powders have never failed to
cure the Chills in any case.
REASONS WHY THEY ONLY SHOULD BE
USED:
Their Reputation Is Established. = Thousands
of testimonials have been received, showing
that these Powders have performed miracles in
curing cases of long standing, many of them
considered hopeless.
There is no Risk IN Taking Them. = They
contain nothing injurious, and, therefore, cause
none of those lingering diseases so often the re-
suit of the many nostrums of the day. Phys-
clans recommend them as far superior to Qui-
nine, or any other known remedy, for they leave
the system in healthy state, and the patient
beyond the probability of a relapse.
BEWARE OF COUNTERFEITS. = The
genuine are put up in square tin boxes, with
"Thompson's Fever and Ague Powders"
stamped on the lid, and the signature of
"Thompson q Crawford on the wrapper
No others can possibly be genuine.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-04-21
TurDIDs for Hens.

Mr.. McKeen in the Poultry World rec
ommends raw Swedish turnips, cut open
once or twice, and thrown on the floor Of
the hennery, as the best and cheapest green
food, that can be given.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-04-21
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD ITEMS

We invite communications from all persons who are
interested in matters properly belonging to this de
partment.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-04-21

EQUALLY GOOD FOR MAN OR BEAST.
This Liniment has earned for itself reputa-
tion unequalled in the history of external ap-
plications. Thousands who now suffer from
Rheumatism, Neuralgia, &C., would find Inn
mediate relief from all their pain by using this
certain remedy. 1t is equally effectual in Cuts,
Burns, Scalds, Stiffness of the Neck, Sore
Throat, Swellings, Inhammations, Frost Bites,
Pains in the Side and Back, Bites of Spiders
or Stings Of Insects. One rubbing will in all
cases give immediate relief, and a few applica-
tlons complete cure. On account of its pow
erful penetrating properties 1t Is beyond doubt,
the SUREST REMEDY for the most trouble
some diseases to which horses and cattle are
liable. 1t cures Scratches, Old and Fresh Cuts
and Sores, Chafes produced by collar or sad
die. Injuries caused by nails or splints enter
ing the flesh or hoofs, Bruises, Sprains, Swee-
ney, SPAWN, Thrush, and all diseases which
destroy the hoofs or bones of the feet. Fnll
directions accompany each bottle. Prepared
only
BY Crawford a. FObes,
141 Market Street,
20 b1y PHILADELPHIA.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-07-02
Road Steamer.

An ingenious Scotch engineer has ln-
troduced road steameruponth the streets
of Glasgow, the successful operation OF
which, and its absolute freedom from
objection of any kind, are believed to
have solved the problem of steam loco
motion on common roads, which has
given rise to so much investigation and
experiment of late years. BY this new
arrangement, the engine attached to the
road carriage is so simple in construct
ton, and so completely under control,
that it is possible to stop the carriage,
when travelling at the rate of SIX miles
an hour, within distance of fifteen feet.
An annulus, provided for the emission
of steam in a continuous glow, prevents
the noise of putting and snorting OF the
engine, ard obviates all difficulty aud
danger of horses shying or becoming
frightened. It is stated that the in
ventor of this road steamer has applied
the principle here involved in the manu-
facture of private travelling carriage,
and proposes to build steam omnibuses
for city convenience and traffic. The
small private carriage, after many ex-
periments in the most crowded streets OF
Glasgow, was found to be perfectly
manageable, while the steam omnibus,
according to the plan proposed, will, it
is believed, prove equally favorable IN
its operation, besides being from forty
to fifty per cent. less expensive III work
ing than an ordinary horse omnibus of
the same capacity.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-07-02
A knowing Man.

A New York correspondent says !:
"There are many families which you
would think, when you saw their dis
play, to be full of money, who are
pinched severely, and their show of
wealth is but a sham. Many, also,
who really have property are always
living beyond their means. Stewart
does very extensive credit business
among such class, and this depart
ment is under charge of one of the most
experienced floor walkers of the retail
palace. He knows almost every fash
ionable woman in this city, and he also
knows how much it is safe to trust each
one. There are some who run bill,
say from SO, 600 to $1,000, and there are
others who are allowed to go as deep as
$4,000, and then there are few whose
account may reach 800, 900 before bill
is presented. When these ladies trade
heavy bills the clerk sends the amount
on slip of paper to the censor, whose
pencil at once marks appreciation or
refusal. Hence it is of great impor-
lance with this class to keep on good
terms with this autocrat. If a fashion
able woman wants a 81, 900 shawl, how
delightful is the approving pencil
mark If the latter be adverse, what a
cruel disappointment |"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-07-02
The Best Position for Sleep.

E. ID. Babbitt, d. NJ, in his new
book, the "Health Guide" thus gives
his views on the best position for the
body during the hours of sleep:
Baron Reichenbach, by large num-
Der of experiments with sensitive and
feeble persons, found that they would
be thrown into a very uncomfortable or
spasmodic condition when they lay with
their heads to the south. and still worse
when their heads were to the west; but
that when he turned them with their
heads to the north and their feet to the
south, they were quiet and comfortable.
This harmenizes with the idea OF a
magnetic earth current gong from
north to south, or at least In the direc-
ton of the needle, thus throwing the
warm principle toward the feet when
the head points northward, while the
distress occasioned by lying with the
head to the West may be accounted
for on The supposition of an electric
current moving from west TO east, at
right angles with the magnetic current.
thus throwing the cool element to the
feet, Just where il should not be. This
last direction must be particularly in
furious to delicate ladies, in whom the
electrical element already predominates
too much, especially at the extremities;
and these were the class of persons with
whom Reichenbach experimental.
Iwould recommend the northeast as
a still better direction for the head than
the north, as it throws both the cool
current toward the head and the warm
current toward the feet. The observ-
ance of these rules of position would
save a vast amount of headache, neu-
ralgia and distress of the brain and ner-
vous system generally. 1 lay down
these rules, not as mere theory, but
fact established by my own experience
as well as that of others, and it is high
time our physicians begun to look into
these important health laws, which, if
habitually violated, will imperceptibly
undermine many delicate constitution.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-07-02
The Widows Protest.

One of the saddest things that ever
came under my notice (said the bank
er's clerk was there in Corning during
the war. Dan Murphy enlisted as a
private and fought very bravely. The
bows all liked him; and when wound,
by and by, weakened him down till
carrying musket was too heavy work
for him, they dubbed together, and
fixed him up as sutler. He made money
then, and sent it always to his wife to
bank for him. She was a washer and
ironer, and knew enough by hard ex-
perience to keep money when she got
it. She didn't waste penny. On the
contrary, she began to get misery as
her bank account grew. She greved
to part with a cent, poor creature, for
twice In her Woodworking life she had
known what it was TO be hungry, cold.
friendless, sick, and without dollar In
the world, and she had a haunting dread
of suffering so again. Well, at last
Dan died; and the boys, in testimony,
of their esteem and respect for him,
telegraphed to Mrs. Murphy to know
if she would like to have him embalmed
and sent home when you know the
usual custom was TO dump a poor devil
like him into shallow hole, and then
inform his friends what had become OF
him. Mrs. Murphy jumped to the con-
clusion that it would only cost two or
three dollars to embalm her dead hus-
band, so she photographed eyes" 1t
was at the awake" that the bill for en-
balmIng arrived and was presented to
the widow.
She uttered a wild sad wall that
pierced every heart, and said g" Sivinty-
foive dollars for stoffin' Dan; blister
their sowls Did thin divils suppose
/ was goin' to start Museim, that I'd
be dalin' IN such expansive curiassitiesl'
The bankers clerk said there was not
a dry eye in the house.-Mark TtCain.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-07-02
A Reasoning. Reyengeful Dog.

Deacon Henderson, of Berkshire
county, Mass, started ON journey
with horse and carriage to visit his
friends. He soon discovered that his
small dog accompanied him. After
staying at hotel one night he resumed
his journey, but missed his dog. One
week later he returned over the same
route and stopped at the hotel. DIR.
Prime thus continues the story:
He made inquiry for the dog, and the
landlord told him that the first day after
the deacon left the dog was running
around the place, making every express
sion of loneliness, and was several times
attacked and severely bitten by other
dogs, and then disappeared.
Within day or two thereafter the
little dog made his second appearance,
accompanied by much larger dog, and
they finally made a curious attack upon
every resident dog in the neighborhood,
and gave them a thorough thrashing.
When that work was done, both dogs
disappeared.
The good deacon was delighted with
the landlords recital of the affair, and
explained the matter by guessing that
the little dog went back home some
thirty miles, procured the assistance of
a large dog which was his associate, and
returned to the tavern to punish his
enemies and when the worthy deacon
reached home, he found his conject-
ures were fully justified by the fact
that the dogs had been absent and on
returning home showed signs of hard
usage.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-07-02
Migration of the Buffalo.

There is feature In the migratory
character of the buffalo not generally
known, except to hunters, and that IS,
that the vast body of the herd is never
found in the same district of country
two seasons in succession. The buffalo
of North America forms an immense
army, marching in one continuous cir
cult, but perhaps three-fourths OF the
entire number of which are found
within a range of from two to three
hundred miles. Thus, where buffalOes
are abundant one year, they are fewer
the next, until the great body, wing
completed its circuit, again makes its
appearance. This circuit is completed
in about four years. Its western limit
is the eastern base of the Rocky Noun
tains, and its eastern is bounded by a
marginal outline of civilization, ex-
tending from the British settlements on
the north to Northern Texas on the
south. The range of latitude traversed
has for many years been about twenty
three degrees, extending from the Cross
Timbers OF Texas to the tributaries of
Lake Winnipeg on the north. The
band travels southwark on the eastern
line, and northword on the western,
never crossing the Rocky Mountains.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-07-02
Obituary of an Editor.

Ye editor sat in his rickety chair, as
worried as worried could be, for We
Devil was ginning before him there,
and copy" We Devil said he.
Oh, We Editor grabbed his big gill
pen, and it spluttered we ink so free,
that his manuscript looked like war
map when" Take this" to We Devil
spake he.
He scrubbed and scratched through
We live-long day, no rest nor refresh
ment had he for We Devil kept con-
stantly coming that way, and bowling
for more cop-ee!"
Day after day he scissored and wrote,
a-slaying the whole countree while We
Devil kept piping his single note, I" A
little more outside cop-ee %
And when We boys in We newsroom
heard We noise of We fray, We sound of a
blow and blasphemous word. He's
raising We Devil p says they.
And oft when a man with grievance
came in, We Editor man to see, he'd turn
his back with word of sin" Go talk
to We Devil, " sayed he.
And ever and oft, when proof of his
work We proprietor wanted to see, " Ye
proof shall be shown by my personal
clerk /; you must go to We Devil, "
sayed he.
And thus he was destined, through all
his life, by this spirit tormented to be ;
in hunger and poverty, sorrow and
strife, always close to We Devil was he.
Ye editor died But ye Devil
lived on! And We force of life's habits
we see for We Editors breath no sooner
was gone, then straight to We Devil
went he.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-07-02
A Dumb Dialogue.

1t wrenches one badly to step on the
wrong stair, but few can help laughing
at the awful strides he makes. 1t is
equally funny to see a man meet the
wrong customer" and go to talking
and gesticulating at him as if he were
somebody else.
Joneslwent TO the deaf and dumb asy-
lum the other day to inspect the
institution. Upon entering he en-
countered man, evidently an inmate,
and he at once endeavored to explain
to the man by making signs upon his
fingers that he wantel to look through
the place. The man also made signs
which Jones could not comprehend.
Then Jones made other and more elab-
crate motions, which set the man at
work with greater violence. and for the
next ten minutes they stood in the hall
gesticulating and twisting their fingers
Without either being able to compre-
hond what the other meant. Finally
Jones became angry, and In an outburst
of wrath exclaimed:
90 get out, you idiot I'm tired
of bothering with you y
Thereupon the man said, THAT'S
just what L was going to say about
you.
"Oh you can speak, can you? Then
why didn't you do so, and not keep me
standing motioning to you? 1 thought
you were deaf and dumb"
''And 1 thought you were," said the
man.
Ct came here to inspect the asylum, !"
said Jones, "and took you for pa
tient."
"That's what / came here for, aud l
thought you were an attendant" said
the man.
Here Jones and the man shook hands
and hunted .upi la genuine attendant,
and went away happy. After this, Jones
will always use his tongue, no matter
where he is.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-07-02
Reduction Of Value i'm Chemicals.

The hydrate of choral, which in 1869
cost $50 pound, SO that each sleep
produced by it could be reckoned at 81,
is now advertised on the list of Ger
man chemical factory at about 81 a
pound. Such an enormous reduction
in the price of a chemical product in so
short time has rarely occurred. Per-
haps the only parallel case is metallic
sodium, which, few years ago, could
not be had for $500 pound, but can
now be made for rs cents. According
to DR.. Richardson, the secret use Of
choral in England has become so great
that the victims must be put in the
same class as the opium-eaters. In
proof of the enormous consumption, he
states that during the last year and a
half four dealers have sold forty tons,
sufficient to give narcotic doses to &c.
10000 people-in other words, every
person in England could have had one
good sound sleep out of the amount
seed.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-07-02
Interrupted Essay on the Mother.in-
Law

Mr.. Popkins, who for seven years has
been the owner of a preposterously
positive and preternaturally perplexing
mother-in-law, has written a lecture
He was out In the back yard last night
rehearsing it. Our contributor was out
In his back yard and heard the opening
chapter. 1t was something like this :
No husband who has ever properly
studied lis mother-in-law can fail to be
aware that woman's perception of heart
less villainly and evidences of intoxica-
ton ID man is often of that curiously
fine order of vision which rather exceeds
the best efforts of ordinary microscopes,
and subjects the average human mind
to considerable astonishment. The
perfect ease with which she can detect
murderous proclivities, Mormon insti-
tutes and addiction to maddening
liquors in daughters husband, who,
to the most searching inspection of
everybody else, appears the most wa
terry, henpecked and generally intimi-
dated young man of his age, is one of
those common illustrations of the infal-
Hble acuteness of feminine judgment,
which are doing more and more every
day to establish the positive necessity
of woman's superior insight and natural
dispassionate firmness of mind for the
future wisest exercise of the elective
franchise and most just administration
of the highest judicial Office.
1t may be said that the mother-in-
law is the highest development of the
supernatural perceptive and positive
woman, since she usually has superior
opportunities fo-. the study of man In
all stages from marriage to madness,
but with her whole sex inherits an
alertness of observation, as to the in
credible viciousness of the masculine
character, which nothing less than a
prompt and liberal application of flat
terry, or a happy equivocal reflection
upon some rival sister, can either divert
or mislead for moment"
Mr.. Popkins' mother-in-law had also
been an unseen listener up to this point,
when Mr.. Popkins became conscious of
an audience consisting of a very red
head, cleaning eyes, and full set OF
vibratory teeth moving toward him a
pair of arms barred from the fists to ell
bow, with hands resting upon her lips
adding to the spirit of the picture.
Mr. Popkins immediately retired through
the back gate, seeming to feel as though
he had stayed long enough. 1t is more
than probable he had.-Detroit Free
Press.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-07-02
Useful Hints.

A lady writing to the Country Gentle
man thus recapitulates some of the
valuable suggestions she has had the
good sense to learn from her servant
girls. She says: "The other day Mary
was ironing and asked for a piece of
sand. paper to rub her irons on. 1 was
astonished that had never thought of
it before it is so nice, removes every
bit of starch or anything else, and makes
them so smooth. One girl taught me
that old corsets MAKE the best stove
cloths. Just one-half at q time is a
convenient size. They are ready made
and much better, when unfolded, to
take hold of anything with than a made
throw them in with the brown towels,
as many as you happen to get soiled.
during the week, and they come out
clean and ready to use again. Another
girl pours hot water on the blades only
If steel knives, and they wipe and do
not need drying. Another one told me
the best way to keep dry hams and dried
beef was to pack in dry salt. We have
tried it several years with perfect sue
cess. An old salt barrel is convenient.
Set it in some cool, dry place put quite
a thick layer of salt in the bottom !;
then pack in the hams, using the pieces
of dried beef, if you have any for chink-
ing cover it with salt then hams and
salt again till the barrel is full. There
is not the least danger from insects, ii
the hams are smoked and the beef dried
and put away early before the flies come
around and they are much nicer to
handle than when put in ashes or oats,
or anything of that kind"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-07-02
Strength of Stones.

Experiment in order to test the
strength of stones to resist compression
has been made by placing cubic inch
of each between two steel plates, and
charging it with increasing weight until
it is crushed. For convenience sake,
this weight is adapted by means of a
lever, so as to obviate the necessity OF
actually handling the hundreds and thou
sands pounds required-one or more
sliding weights on a strong beam being
sufficient. The results of this expert
ment, as given by an exchange, are copied
in the following table. The number OF
pounds noted is that which the SUBJ
stance will bear without crushing:
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-07-02
POPULATION OF GREAT BRITAIN.-'

POPULATION OF GREAT BRITAIN.-The
population of Great Britain and Ireland
is stated in the Register-G General re-
turns to be 80, 4l2, 900, or 100000 more
than double the population enumerated
at the first census in 1901. The popu-
lation o; Ireland in 1874 is only "a, 900
more than in 1901. The population of
Scotland in 1874 is $4,000 more than
double the population of 1901. The
popul alton OF England and Wales in
1874 is above 100000 more than
double the population in 1901.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-07-02

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