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Asparagus and its Culture.

There is no vegetable more sought after,
i'll its season, in our cities, than asparagus;
nor is there one which commands higher
price when scarce 1t has been stated that
asparagus is of but little. if any, value in
the animal economy. But such is not the
fact. 1t is extremely valuable to persons
afflicted with rheumatism, is said to be of
great use in correcting tendencytO stone
in the bladder, and also is supposed to
be OF value to persons threatened with pa
ralysiS.
Many persons, and especially farmers,
are prevented from planting this csculent,
first from the fact that three years must
elapse before it becomes productive, and
also from the added suppOsitiOn that great
expense is entailed in preparing a planta-
ton. Such, however, is not the case. II
planted on deeply plOwed and thoroughly
MANFRED land, in rows three feet apart by
one foot In the row, the crowns being set
five inches below the surface, and kept
clean and annually MANFRED with thor
Oughly-rOtten manure, slightly fOrked in;
and if salt is applied at the rate of two
quarts to each square rod of land, the third
year will give a fair crop of stalks, and,
thereafter, the plantation will get better up
to the eighth or ninth year, and continue
unimpaired for lifetime.
We have seen excellent asparagus raised
on the farm, where it had been planted
without special manuring, in four feet
rows; with an annual manuring it has
continued to give uniform crops, supply
ing, at slight cost, an addition to the fam
lily fare that, once experienced, would new
er be dispensed with thereafter.
Many persons who have never grown
this edible, contract dislike to it from see
ing the blanched specimens as served up at
hotel tables; and with good reason, since
they are little else, except the tips, than a
mass of indigestible fiber. When, how
ever, such persons come to eat asparagus
that has been allowed to attain height of
six inches above ground, and then cut at
the surface, using only the green portion,
the feeling will be one Of qualification.
This green portion is really the only part
fit to be eaten. Fashion long since decid-
ed that asparagus must be cut below
ground, and, "a a consequence, the public
has blindly followed This is fast being
changed People are finding out that, al
though gardeners are willing to bow to
public prejudice, they are careful to serve
upon their own tables only the green pOr-
ton. Let, therefore, all who have not al
ready done so, plant an ample bed, care
well for it, and eat freely of this valuable
plant in seasOn.-WesteTn Rural.
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How to Destroy Malaria.

Mr.. F. L. Olmstead has recently written
a letter to the New York World concern
ing the value of the eucalyptus tree in
abating malariOus influences. This tree is
now growing from the seed in the green
house of the Central Park. To this letter,
and to comments upon it in Halls Journal
Of Health, we are indebted for the follow
ing facts:
1t has been observed that thick hedge
of sunflOwers growing around dwelling
is great protection from fever and ague
in localities where it abounds. 1t was
taught in medical schools forty years ago
that any vegetable growth neutralized
miasmic influences, its efficiency being in
proportion to its righteousness. The sun
flower grows with amazing rapidity in rich
soil, as in the bottom lands of rivers
hence its efficiency for this purpose was so
very striking as to cause the impression
that there is some element peculiar TO the
plant which neutralizes miasmic influ-
ences. Mr.. Olmstead remarks that the in
tluence of all trees on climate and health is
more decided than is generally supposed.
We know that low lands become more
healthy and productive when well drained,
and it may be that rank vegetation con-
Sumes or absOrbs, and then evapOrateS and
sends into the air above us so much water as
to answer the purpose of drain-pipes. The
experiments of Peter kofer, at Munich,
show that a single oak tree discharged
through its leaves during one summer
eight and one-half times as much water as
fell in rain on the surface which 1t COW
cred.
The practical lesson taught by these facts
is simply this dwellings now unhealthy
may be made Salubrious by a well-arranged
system of drainage of all the surface with
in half 4 mile. 1t is certain that districts
where fever and ague abounded have be-
come healthy when a large growth OF lux
uriant trees has taken place. The eucalyp-
tus is said to be more luXuriant in prOduc-
tive soils and temperatures than even the
sunfiower or the ailanthus. Whether 1t
would thrive out of doors in the Northern
States has not been ascertained.
4 correspondent of the London Times
gives some interesting facts concerning
the eucalyptus as hOuSe-plant. Several
of the young trees have grown remarkably
well from the seed in his house. They are
very pretty, and emit pleasant odOr much
resembling that of the black currant. They
retain their green leaves through the WIN
ter. The only objection to them as house
plants is that they become too large, but
It Is easy to have a succession OF them by
continually sowing the seeds. he has
grown three of the several varieties-wat-
tie gum, blue gum and scented gum-and
he says they are very much alike in all re
spects.
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Where is Scandinavia!

Scandinavia is not a country to which a
letter can be addressed; il is only an idea.
But in history the ideas are of two kinds.
The eX-King of Hanover may truly speak
of his kingdom as an idea. But Hanover
is an idea that has been; Scandinavia is an
idea that shall be. The one has died, the
other is about to be born and while no one
cares about the former, except the historian
and of course the eX-king, every man who
wishes to know little more of what is go
inc on in the world than what he can see
from his own window, may take an interest
in the latter.
The Scandinavian idea means combi-
nation of the three northern countries
Sweden, Norway, and Denmark-into one
country, Scandinavia. 1t intends to make
the three different nations which inhabit
these countries, one people, and the three
different States which these nations have
established, one political body. 1t aspires
to be the Inauguration of a new people and
the founder of now State. 1t is an idea
of great pretensions and golden promises.
-ClenaeaS Petersen, ~ the GALAXY for
MOl
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denoe that the dog was acting on his own
responsibility. and not under control Of
defendant, then the case partakes necessa-
rily of the nature of a proceeding IN rem,
and they must find for defendant and
against the dog.
" Third-The Court at the instance OF
defendants attorney further instructs the
iurv that a COW knoweth not the value ola
tail until after she loses it, and in assessing
the damages they have right to take into
consideration all the facts and circumstan-
ces in the case; the disadvantages as well
as the advantages of a cows tail the value
to the cow, the information gained by the
loss of the tail, and deduct said sum from
the total assessment"
The jury retired and returned with a
verdict in the words and figures following
tO-wit: we. the jury, find for the plain
tiff one dollar and fifty cents. Sam Potts,
foreman. '-CoIlDlJia Spectator.
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The various modes of hunting the buffa-
10 may not prove uninteresting. Although
horseback hunting is the usual method,
they are pursued successfully on foot.
The buffalo lives near springs or streams,
grazing from one mile to ten miles from
water. The hunter who "still-hunts :"
conceals himself near a spring. About II
o'clock a. m. the buffalo are seen coming
to water. They always go in file and fol-
low path. When near enough the hunt
er selects his victim, and, aiming at point
Just back of the fore leg, fires. If one is
brought down. he waits until others get a
smell of the blood, then three or four II
be killed before the rest really know what
TO do. The foot-hunter follows a herd,
keeping ont of sight by hugging ravines,
and running at his best speed when an op-
portunity offers, so as TO get within range.
lie may get a shot after chasing them for
hours, and and he may not. If the hunter
is not successful. he can console himself
with the thought that the exercise Is
healthy. To misunderstanding belongs
the most excitement. The hunters gen
orally 60 in squads, and first separate the
herd and then shoot down the stragglers.
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The Maiden Aunt.

An aunt is not to be found on every
bush. The ignorant may perhaps suppose
that the quality of auntess inheres in ev-
cry sister of parent. In form. possibly
but in substance, not necessarily by any
means. An aunt is a being who can only
exist for children. Grown persons can
not unless they are childlike) have real
auntS. For those who can, the aunt is
delightful parsonage. who has the mer-
its of mother, but in more exalted de-
gree. and none of those effects of harsh
ness, discipline, infliction, peremptoriness
and the like, that so often and sadly mar
the natural sweetness of the filio-parental
relation. The aunt, you see, can permit,
but cannot forbid. She is a beatified
mother. And any person claiming to be
an aunt. and falling short of these attain
ments, Is an impOstor.-FTed B. Perkins.
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Fine Legal Distinctions.

Turner'S dog had bitten off Hadley's
cows tail. and there was conflict in the
testimony as to whether the dog was act
inc on his own free will. or whether he
was obeving the commands Of his master.
The jury would have been troubled 70
make verdict had it not been for the fol-
lowing verl explicit instructions of his
Honor. the Court:
= First-The Court instructs the jury
that if they believe from the evidence be
vond the influence of a reasonable doubt
plaintiffs cows tail was bitten off by de
PENDANTS dog. they should find for the
plaintiff. and assess his damages at such
sum as they think the tail was proven TO
be reasonably worth, not ID exceed the
amount claimed in the petition.
Second-The Court further instructs
the Jury that if they believe from the evil
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GLAD TrDINGs FOR THE SLAVES OF
KING ALCOHoL.-How many manly
form is palsied; how many noble mind Is
destroyed; how many priceless soul lost
through the curse of strong drink To
the despairing victims of the Satanic ty
rant. Alcohol, whose shattered nerves, and
trembling limbs, and racking headaches,
seem to find no relief except in the renew
ed use of the fatal poison which brings
them every day nearer to their miserable
end, we announce glad tidings of great
ioyl DR.. WALKERS VINEGAR BITTERs
contain not a single drop of Alcohol in
any form, but are sovereign remedy for
the ills of drunkenness. They restore
tone and strength to the system, and en-
tirely eradicate the pernieiOus appetite for
liquor. Try a few bottles of VINEGAR
BITTERs, and you will never crave strong
spirits again, but find your health repair
ed. your mind restored, and be once more
a man in the best sense. Health is cheap
when VINEGAR BITTERs are 81 bottle.
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The LITTLE CORPORAL for May contains
the usual quantity and variety of choice reading
for the little folks much of which will also prove
entertaining to the older members of the family
There is nothing in this magazine which has not
some good end in view, and the stories, while en-
tertaining and amusing the little readers, gener-
ally contain some good moral tending to make
better the heart while improving the mind. \
beautiful floral premium is given to each new
subscriber. Terms, 81 80 year Specimen
number, with premium list, ten cents. Published
by JOHN Z MILLER, Chicago, H.
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Feet Which are CuriOsitieS.

. A few days since, DIR. Z. r. DuVal, OF
Fort Smith. amputated the legs of man
named Douglass, who had been afflicted
for years with elephantiasis, or elephant
feet. For year or more the party had
been unable to move. For long time he
held out against amputation, but finally
consented, and DR.. DuVal performed the
operation, cutting each leg off just above
the knee. The legs were then forwarded
by DR.. DuVal to DR.. Hooper, of this city.
Each foot weighs twenty-siX pounds, and
is about thirty inches in circumference:
1t is the intention of DR.. Hooper to send
one of the feet TO the National Museum at
Washington. They look exactly like ele-
plant feet.-LittLe Rock Gazette.
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A WONDERFUL Thirty
Thousand sufferers from DefOrmity of the
Spine, Limbs and Face, Paralysis, Chronic
Diseases, Catarrh. Piles and Fistula have
been successfully treated by the National Sur
gical Institute, indianapolis, Indiana. 1t has
a branch at San Francisco and Atlanta. BY
sending for their Journal full particulars can
be obtained. On account of their long and
extensive experience they can cure cases
cheaper than 1t can be done elsewhere.
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DR.. WMHOFT's ANTI-PERIODIC OR FEVER
AND AGUE TONICi-WilhOft's Tonic has es-
tablshed itself as the real infalible Chill cure.
Ii is universally admitted to be the only reli-
able and harmless Chill medicine now in use.
Its efficacy is confirmed by thousands of GER
tifcates of the very best people from all parts
of the country. 1t cures malariOus diseases
of every type, from the shaking agues of the
lakes and valleys to the raging fevers of the
torid zone. Try it! 1t has never been known
to fail. WHEELOCK, FINLAY g. Co., PrOpri-
etors, New Orleans.
For sale by all Druggists
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DON'T TAMPER WITH CoUGH.-Perhaps
in the whole category of diseases to which hu
manity is susceptible, the cough is most neg
lected in in its early stage. A simple cough is
generally regarded as a temporary affection
unpleasant and nothing more; but to those
who have paid dearly for experience, it is the
signal for attack for the most fearful of all
diseased Consumption. A cough will lead to
consumption-if not checked-so sure as the
rivuet leads to the river, yet is is an easy enc
nv to thwart, if met by the proper remedy.
Aliens Lung BdlSdnl is the great cough rem
edy of the age, and has earned its reputation
by merit alone. Sold by all good druggists.
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The ladies of Leavenworth have in cir
culation pledge, of which the following
is the gist: ain consideration of our said
husbands and fathers signing the pledge
to abstain from the use of intoxicating
drinks. we do hereby pledge ourselves to
henceforth and forever wear no more wool,
flax, jute, hOrse-hair, thread, or any other
thing on our heads, except the hair that
grows there, and use no more newspapers
eXcept for reading"
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HAVE you infammatOry sore throat, stiff
Joints, or lameness from any cause whatever:
Have you rheumatic or other pains in any
part of the body? If so. use ,JObRSOn'S ARO-
DIME Ltniment, internally and externally.
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Thirty Years Experience OF an Old
Nurse.

Mrs. WINsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP is the prescrip-
ton of of the best Female Physicians and Nurses
IN the United States and has been used for thirty
years with ncverfaiing safety and by mill
ions of mothers and children from the feeble infant
OF Che week old the adult. II cOrrects acidty of
the stomach relieves wind cole, regulates the bow
els and gives rest health and comfort 10 mother and
child We believe it to be the Best and Surest Rene
dy in the World in all cases of DTSENTERY and
DThRRHGIA IN CHILDREN, whether 1t arises from
Teething or from any other cause. Full directions
for using will accompany each bottle. None Genuine
unless the fac-simile of CURTIS Il PERKINS is on
the 9utsiIe wrapper.
SOID ny ALI, NIzDrcISE DEALERS
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MANY persons suffer with sick headache
and nervous headache, usually induced by
costiveness, indigestion, &c. Such persons
Will find relief if not cure, by keeping the
bowels open with small doses of Parsons
Pur1dtire Pills.
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ATTEND to the first symptoms of Consump-
ton, and that disease may be checked in its
incipiency. Use Immediately DR.. Wishart's
Pine Tree Tar Cordial, a safe remedy in all
diseases of the lungs.
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THE fact that five million of pairs of Sill
YER TIPPED Shoes are made q year, shows
how those who use them feel about it. They
know that they last three times as long.
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Why VIII You Suffer !

Why VIII You Suffer
To all persons suffering
from rheumatism; Neuralgia,
Cramps in the limbs or stom-
ach, Bilious Collie, Pain in the
back, bowels or side, we would
say THE HOUSEHOLD PANAcEA
AND FAMILY LINIMEST is Of all
others the remedy you want
for internal and external use.
1t has cured the above COM
plants in thousands Of cases
There is no mistake about it.
Try it. Sold by all Druggists
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CONFERENCE.-THE JOINT DISEASE
GTTRED
W. GROVE STATION, Ia, July IA, 1872
DIR. PIERCE. Buffalo. n. Y:

W. GROVE STATION, Ia, July II, 1872.
DR.. PIERCE, Buffalo, n. Y:
Dear Sir-Ny wife first became lame nine
years ago. SwelliDgs would appear and dis
appear on her hip, and she was gradually be-
coming reduced, and her whole system rotten
with disease. In 1871 swelling broke on
her hip discharging large quantities, and since
that time there are several openings. Have
had five doctors at an expense of 1925, who
say nothing will do any good but surgical
operation.
July 10th. 1878, he writes thus: Ny wife
has certainly received great benefit from
the use of your Discovery, for she was not
able to get off the bed and was not expect
ed to live a week when she commenced
using it, a year ago. She has been doing most
of her work for over six months. Has used
twenty bottles and still using it. Her recOv-
cry is considered as almost a miracle, and we
attribute it all to the use of your valuable
medicine. / can cheerfulv recommend it Us
blood purifier and strength restorer.
j. NJ. ROBINSON.
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BUY ]. & P. COATS BLACK THREAD for your MACHINE

Dr. J. Walkers California Vim
egar BitterS are a purely Vegetable
preparation, made chiefly from the ma
tive herbs found on the lower ranges y
the Sierra Nevada mountains of ,aiiiOr
aia, tlse medicinal properties OF which
are extracted theretrom without the re
of Alcohol The question is almost
iailv asked. "What is the cause of the
UNPARALLELED success of VINEGAR Sr.
TrRS. Oar answer is, that they remove
the cause Of disease, and the patient re
covers his health They are the great
blood purifier and liic-giving principle,
a perfect Renovation and Inyigorator
of the system Never before in the
history of the world has q medicine been
compounded possessing the remarkable
| qualities Of VINEGAR BGTTEBS IN healing the
sick Of every disease man X nelr 10 They
are a gentle Purgaiivc as well as a Tonic,
relieving Congestion or Inflammation Of
the Liver and Visceral Organs, in BilioG
Diseases.
The properties of DIR. WALKER'
VINEGAR BITTERS are 4 perieHt DlaphoretT
/ Carnnativc, Nutritious. Laxative. pureh
| Scdative. Cuun.rr-Isyitant Suduuhc. Alter
/ ave and Anti RiIlr.
=. y. MCDONALD 81 -.
'.tr-.i~ts and teen. Agts S.z Irurl~.., O. '.frIIJ
cor. of Washington and ,aTrl-.,g SIS. y. r.
/ Sold by GlI Drusg anc L tlrl-,.
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NOTHING BETTER said DR.. John ", Ware, o.
-}ostnrf than Cutler Bros celebrated VEGETABLE
- i0NAI.Y BAL AN, Cor olds and Consumption.
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CURTIS & BROWN, Proprietors,
No. Us Fulton street, New York.
Sod 6y Druggists and Chemists. and Dealers in
Medicines. at TWENTY-FIVE CENTS Box.
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"FOr the Blood is the Life"

See Deuteronomy, Chap. xii, Verse %.
The blood being the source from which our
systems are built up and from which we de-
rive our mental as well as physical capabili-
ties, how important that it should be kept
pure. If it contains vile fostering poisOns all
organic functions are weakened thereby.
Settling upon important organs, as the lungs,
liver or kidneys, the effect is most disastrous.
Hence it behoOves every one to keep their
blood in perfectly healthy condition and
more particularly does this apply at this par
ticular season of the year than at any other.
No matter what the exciting cause may be,
the real cause of a large proportion of all dis
wish to place his Golden Medical Discovery
in the catalogue of quack patent nostrums by
recommending it to cure every disease, nor
does he so recommend it, on the contrary
there are hundreds of diseases that he ac-
knOwledges it will not cure; but what he does
claim is this, that there is but one form of
blood disease that it will not cure, and that
disease is cancer. He does not recommend
his Discovery for that disease, yet he knows
il TO be the most searching blood cleanser yet
discovered, and that it will free the blood and
system of all other known blood pOisOns, be
they animal, vegetable ormneral. The Gold
en- Medical Discovery is lrdTTdRted by him to
cure the worst form of Skin Diseases, as all
forms of BlOtches, Pimples and EruptiOns,
also all Glandular Swellings. and the worst
form of ScrOfulous and liberated Sores of
Neck, Legs or other parts, and all ScrOfulOus
Diseases of the Bones, as White Swellings,
Fever Sores, Hip Joint and Spinal Diseases,
all of which belong to ScrOfulOus diseases.
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Ah.vE sending US the address OF ten persons, with
ENt 10 cts. will receive, free, beautiful Chro!nO
HAI 81 and Instructions how to get r1ch, postpaid.
EESSs Cisy Novehv Co., los South 6th 81. Phila.
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DR.. RAILWAYS
REGULATING PILLS !

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Stomach, Liver Bowels, Kidneys, Bladder, Nervous
Diseases Headache, Constipation COsttvcness, lndi-
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nation of the Bowels Piles, and all Derangements Of
the Internal Viscera. Warranted to effect positive
cure Purely Vegetable, containing mercury,
minerals or deleteriOuS drugs.
.E-Observe the following symptoms resulting from
Disorders of the Digestive Organs:
Constipation, Inward Piles, Fullness of the Blood
in the Head, Acidty of the stomach Nausea, Heart
Stomach, Sour Quotations Sinking or Fluttering mt
the Pit of the Stomach, Swimming of the Head llur
red and Difficult Breathing, FluterinR at the Heart,
Choking or Sutfocating Sensations when in Lying
Posture Dmness of Vision, Dots or Webs before the
Sight Fever and Dull Pain in the Head. Deficiency Of
Precipitation, IellOwness of the Skin and Eye, Pain
in the Side, Chest Limbs, and Sudden Flushes of
Heat, Burning in the Flesh. -
A few doses of RAILWAYS PILLS will free the
system from all the above-named disorders.
Price IS cts. per Box. Sold by Druggists.
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