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To Fl SUFFERrNG.-An old retired
physician, who is candid enough to tell
the truth about progress, has declared
that the recent discovery by DR.. Walker,
of California, of bis me iioine. He has
tested them thoroughly, in his own fam
lily, among his friends, and upon him.
self and he is driven to the conclusion
that they possess rare and unexcelled
curative properties. He says of them {:
"They contain no dangerous drug.
They never reduce the patient-never
render one liable to take cold-never
interfere with everyday business of life
nev make their continuous use o
condition of cure, and are adapted to
even the most delicate organization,
They act as kindly on the tender infant,
the delicate female, or inirm old age,
as on The vigorous and athletic system /;
exercising heaIthful effects upon every
blood vessel-on the brain, nerves and
lymphaties-on the blood, bile, gastric
juice, ETC., enriching impoverished
fluids, and imparting vigor to mind and
hn7y
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is not necessary, however, to repunoh
any holes except those that will be ex-
posed when the harness is complete.
Punches should be as thin rs possible,
as the extra thickness of the metal
strains the leather.
IMPURE WATER. Public attention
can not be too often called to tho dan
ger of using impure water in house
holds. The origin of typhoid fever
which SO frequently runs through fam
iIics in city and country, is Oftener in
wells and springs than is supposed. In
cities it is easy to understand, whom
Nqueduct water is not supplied, how
wells may become contaminated, but for
many it is not so easy to see how wells
in the country, among the hills or in
the green valleys, can become 50 impure
as to be sources Of disease. Since the
general introduction of ]aqueduct water
into large cities, typhoid fever has be.
come more common in the country than
in the city, and this disease is certainly
zymotic, or one which results from n
poison introduced into the blood.
Wells in tho country arc very liable to
become contaminated with house SOW
age, as they are generally placed, for
convenience, very nea the dwelling,
and the waste liquids thrown out upon
the ground find easy access by percola-
ton through the soil to the water. The
instances of such contamination which
have come to our notice, and which
gave rice to feVers, are numerous. The
gelatinous matter, which is often found
covering the stones in wells affected by
sewage, is n true funRoid growth, and
highly poisonous when introduced into
the system. 1t is undoubtedly CON
oerned in the production of typhoid
fever. How it acts it is difficult to de-
termino, but it is at least conceivable
that the spores of the fungus may get
into the blood and bring about changes
after the manner of yeast in beer.
These spores, as is well known, develop
rapidly by a kind of bubbling process,
and but q little time passes before the
whole circulation becomes filled with
them, giving rise to abnormal heat and
general arrangement, called fever.
These fungoid. or conforvoid growths
are always present in waters rendered
impure by house drainage, and great
caution should be used in maintaining
well waters free from all sources of pol
luton.
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VARIETY OF FooD.-The Scientific
American is Of the opinion that we re,
quire variety in our food. It says ex,
perienee has proved that, for
some reason unknown to science,
variety is essential to health after
reaching the age when we are free to
choose u food. The perpetual recur-
n Of the same edibles, even though
their number be considerable, becomes
in all periods Of life, except infancy,
not only wearisome, but positively iniu-
rious. Salt pork, salt fish and potatoes,
with pies, poor bread and Japan tea,
are the staple food for thousands Of fam
lilies during our long winters. II should
be understood how needful q change oil
diet is from time to time. Fresh vege.
tables, particularly in the country, are
readily obtained and preserved, and
should be unsparingly used. The edi-
BILE roots, as turnips, carrots, onions,
and beets and cabbages are we'll wsrth
preserving as the omnipresent potato.
All these vegetables need thorough
boiling, and more than they generally
get.
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IT would seem as if nature, in MAX
ing up mankind, had always been a lit
tie short of materials, so that, if special
attention were bestowed on the form
and face, the brain suffered, and if the
brain received special attention, why,
then there was something lacking in the
body q. Holland.
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For throat diseases and affections of
the chest, Browns Bronchial Troches are Of
value. ~Forooughs, irritation Of the throat
caused by cod, or unusual exertion of the vo.
cal organs, in speaking in public, or singing,
they produce beneficial results,
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MEANING OF THE HANDS. Profound
study has led NJ. de Arpentigny to the
conclusion that the hands represent
three types. Those who have fingers
with pointed tips are possessed of q
rapid insight into things are extra
sensitive and pious, impulsive. This
class belongs 10 the poets and artists.
To the square tops" belong scientific
people sensible, self.contained char
acters, professional men. The spade
shaped tops-thick tips, with little pads
Of flesh on each side of the nails-are
materialists, commercial, practical, with
q high appreciation Of all that tends
to bodily ease and comfort. Each fin
ger, s.no matter what the kind Of hand,
has also one ioint-that which is near
est the palm-representing the body /;
another-the middle-the mind, and the
top the soul. Each Of these divisions
corresponds.with n of the types above
given.
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PUNCHING HOLES I STRAPs.-The
punching Of holes through the various
straps of a harness for buckle tongues
and for attaching the buckles, is a mat
ter of considerable Importance, and
does not, as a rule, receive the atten-
ton that it should. The old method of
punching them from the upper or grain
side of tho leather has been generally
abandoned by the manufacturers of
fine work, 1t being deemed injurious to
the leather. The principal objection
arises from the liability of the grain of
the leather to crack from the strain on
the buckle-tongue, and to be the cause
eventually of the leather tearing, as it
causes such o crease where the tongue
catches that ii Injuries the texture Of the
leather, and making it tear the hole
more or less. In addition to THE, if the
leather is very strong. the tongue Of the
buckle is sure to be bent out of shape.
All these objections can be obviated by
punching from the under or flesh side
Of the strap, and by using a punch the
long sides being parallel with the length
Of the strap. The punch should be set
at an angle of about twenty degrees,
cutting the hole ut such an angle that
the bucNe-tongue viii rest on il with
out throwing any strain on the inside of
the leather. Some object 10 punching
the hole from the under side on account
OF is forcing the grain out, and thus
disfiguring the outside edges Of the
hole. This can be corrected, however,
by driving the punch through the hole
from the outside, which viii cut away
the slightly turned edge Of the grain
and set II down smooth and clean, II
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WHEN I think of death as a thing
worth thinking of, it is in the hope of
pressing, one Gay, some hard-fought
and well-worn field of battle, and dying
with the shout of victory in my ear.
That would be worth dying for, and
more, it would be worth having lived
for.-Sir Waiter Scott.
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United States Finances.
A Glance nj the Past-An interesting
Fable, 90

A Glance at the Past-An Interesting
Table.
The following table, made up by the
New York Evening Post from figures
accompanying the report of the secro-
tary of the treasury, will be found in
teresting and valuable for reference.
The second colume of figures shows the
amount of outstanding principal of the
public debt Of the United States on the
LIST of January of each year mentioned,
and the third the gross expenditures of
the government for each fiscal year:
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JEAN PAUL RICHTER says To insure
modesty, / would advise the educating
Of the sexes together, for two boys viii
preserve twelve girls, or two girls
twelve boys, innocent, amid winks,
jokes, and improprieties, merely by
that instructive sense which is the fore
runner Of matured modesty. But I will
guarantee nothine in q school where
girls are alone together, and still less
where boys are
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TEE AorIoN OF ANT1sEPTIo supsrAN-
oEs UroN V1RUs.-M. Davaine has re.
Gently examined the following sub
stances, which he classes in regard to
their power ss antisepties in the sub
joined order: Ammonia, s~ilicate of
soda, ordinary vinegar, and carbolic
acid then oaustio potash, chloride of
oxide Of sodium %, hydrochloric acid,
permanganate Of potash, chronic acid,
sulphuric acid, iodine. The power Of
ammonia, Of vinegar, and of carbolic
acid being represented by 1900, that Of
iodine would he by liz, 600. Iodine
should therefore be considered as the
best antiseptio 10 be employed in the
treatment of maladies such as malig-
nant pustule, boils, carbuncles, and the
like, when, not having become local.
lied under the form Of . simple pus-
tule, they had taken mp a certain extern.
Rion. Injections of 10000 OF iodized
water are recommended.
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CHAPrED HANDS, face, Bough skin, pimples,
affections cured, and the skin made soft and
smooth, by using the JUMPER TAR SOAP, made
by OAswELL, HAZARD & Co., New York. 10
certain to get the Juniper Tar Soap, mado by
US, as there are many limitations made With
common tar which are worthloss.-Conl.
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DRINKING HARD WATER. Hard water
has sometimes been thought unhealthy,
and people have taken great pains to
build cisterns in their houses, where
rain-water purified might be had for
the table. But nature rarely makes
mistakes, and spring-water is almost
uniformly hard. II is found, on extern
sive and careful inquiry, that hard wa
ter is more healthy than soft. The
body needs some of the salts held in So
luton in hard water, and suffers if they
are not supplied in some way. In Eng
land the counties where hard water
abounds are more healthy than those
where soft water is used. The same
fact appears in cities, where the mortal
ity is least in sections supplied with
hard water. Contrary to the general
impression, soft water acts on lead
pipes more powerfully than hard,
and induces, danger. Those who
have built rain-water cisterns, thinking
them more healthy than wells, will
need to study the wiser method of ma
ture.
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IF YOUR horse is lame, sore or CALLED,
you should ute Johnson'B Anodyne Liniment
wash the part with CASTLE soap and warm
water, rub dry with a clean cloth. then apply
the liniment, rub in we'll with the hand.
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As an E~xpectorant it has no Equal.
t9Allen's Lung Balsam.
This Great Medicine was First Offer
ed for Sale Ten Years Ago.

It's good qualities WIRE soon made known at home
and very 5000 its fame was noiged far and near;
now 10 is sole in nearly every drug store in the
Uuited states. No similar medicine glands higher
with the people. Il Is well known on the Pacific
coast and even from Australia, large orders are
received for IT,. And throughout Canada 1t is we'll
and favorabiy known and sold everywhere.
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HAVE the readers of this paper ever
used any of Parsons' Purgative Pills if not,
why not they are the best family physic, be-
sides being the greatest anti-bilious remedy
there is in this country.
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SAVING TREES FROM MroE.-We
would call the special attention of
farmers again to the Importance Of pro-
tecting their young trees against the
winter ravages of mice. The work re-
CURED to do this IL trifing and PAYS
largely. There are numerous ways of
accomplishing the desired end, but the
most effectual and convenient we. have
ever used was to bank with earth the
trunks up a few inches from the surface
OF the ground. A wagon load of dirt
will bank q large number of trees. and
If rich soil a double benefit may be de-
rived by spreading the same over the
roots of trees in spring. An exchange
strongly urges a plan which we do not
think as good as the above, yet we give
It for what it ID worth. IL SAYS to
bandage up the stems of the old tree
with any cotton or wooden cloths, if of
old muslin with two or three wrappings,
letting the bandage go into the ground
an inch or two and six or eight inches
above the ground, and tie up. This
should certainly be renewed every
autumn, If necessary, until the trees are
large enough not be injured.
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THR HOUSEHOLD PANACRA,
AND
FAMILY IMMINENT

In the bca, remedy In the world for the following
complaints, wiz. Cramps In the limbs and st0n
aCl. pain in the stomach. bowcIs or side, rheumR
tlsm In all lis forms. bilious colo, neuralgia
chUlcra, dOsrntory. colds, flesh wounds. burna, Sora
throat. spinal complaints. fpraina and bruises
ChilIs and fever. For Internal and external use
TIA operation is not only to relieve the patient
nut entirely removes the CaIac Of the complaint
It pcnctratcs aud pcrvados the whole system. re-
BtOring healthy action to Rll Its parts, and quicken
ing the blood.
The Household PnnRCea is purely Veg
etahle and all healing.
Prepared by
No. III Fulton street, New York.
FOE ERl9 nv sill dTnCgiFtR
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CHILDREN OFTEN LOOK PALR
AND SICK
FROM no other cause than having worma In The
atOmaCl.
V~ERMIFUGE COMFTTS
will deHtroy worms without injury 10 the child.
being perfectly WHITE, and fec from all color
ing or other Injurious ingredients usually used In
worm preparations.
CURTIS g. TIOWN, TroprIctOrss
No. 1I5 Fulton street, Now York.
Sold by drugEIatg and chemists and dealera In
medicines at TwE NTY FIvE UENTs 4 BOX.
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"A company of Cinnamon in Louis.
lana recently punished their banker
one of their own race-for swindling
them, by cutting his hand off.
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The CoRINTH SHIP CANAL.-The Ital-
ian consul at the Pirmus, Greece, com
municates to this government the news
that the contract for opening n canal
through the Isthmus ut Corintb. has
been awarded to M. Tuvini, an Athe-
MAN banker. The conditions Of the
agreement are that the canal shall have
a minimum depth of % feet. and n
breadth of 1877 feet ct the base. A ba.
sin and docks, with store-houses. etc
covering an area Of II acres, are to be
constructed at half the distance. and
the basin is to have q sufficient depth
OF water to float the largest vessels.
The work is to be completed in six
years under q penalty of $50, 900, and
M. Tuvini has obtained the entire grant
for ninety-nine years. It is estimated
that the expenses of the undertaking
will reach $4,000, 900. The advantages
to be gained are the avoidance of the
detour of the Morea and doubling of
Cape Matapan, a dangerous coast in
stormy weather, thus materially lessen
ing the journey between Greece and the
western countries of Europe.
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A COUGH, COLD OR SORE THROAT
BROWNS Requires Immediate attention, and
BRONCHIAL should be Checked. II allowed to
lBOOHES continue, IRRITATION or THE
ron LUNGS, A PERMANEHr THROAT
pJUGHS AFFECTION. OR An I"CURAELF
AND LUSG DISEASE is often the re-
)OIDS. lRuIL
uRONN'S BRONCHIAL TRDCTIES
Having n direct Influence on the parts, gives i'm.
medIate relief. For BRONCHITIE, ASTHMA, GA
TARE1T. AND THROAT DISEASES,
TnoCuE US are uxrd il IrrvS 1riM O0Dd success.
SINGERS AND PUBLIC SPEAKERS
Will find TEoCUEE useful in clearing th0 voice
when aiken before Singing or speaking, and re-
llevIng. the HlrORt after nm unusual eAert'Oh OF the
vocal organs. -
Obtain only " BROwN's BRONCHIAL TRCoHE U.s."
md do not take any OF the worthless imit1ttonS
thai may be offered. 3 ID eUsrVTUhsrs.
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200 PIANOS AND ORGANS,

new and second. hand, of first. class makers. will
be sold at lower prices for cash. or on insta lme1ts,
In the city, or country, during this financial crisis,
and the holiday s, by Horace w te s d on, ISL
Broadway than ever before offered in New York.
Agents wanted to sell Waters celebrated Pianos,
concerto and orchestral Organs. Illustrated cata.
logues mailed. Great inducements to the trade. A
large discount to ministers, churches, Sunday
schools, etc,
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Let tho People SpeRk,
MANHATTAN, Kan, April 8 1879

MANTATTAN, Kan, April 8 1873.
r. V. PIERCE, Buffalo, N. Y:
Dear Sir-Your ~favorite prescription has
done my wife a world of good. She has taken
nearly two bottles and has felt better the past
two weeks than at any time in the past two
years. No moro periodical pains none of that
aching back or dragging sensation III her
stomach she has been accustomed to for Beye-
raj years. I have 80 much confidence in it
that / would be perfectly willing to warrant to
certain customers of ours who would be glad
to get hold of relief at any expense. / have
tried many patent medicines, but never had
any occasion to extol one before.
Very truly yours,
GEo. b WHITING.
Mus. E. r. DAILY, Metropolis, ILL.,, writes, Jan.
9th, 1873:
"Dr. II. V. Pierce-My sister is using the
favorite prescription with great benefit"
MARY ANN FRGsBTE, Lehman, Pa, writes, May
%, 1872:
"Dr. r. V. Pieroe-What I have taken of
your medicine has been CT more benefit to me
than all others md hundt eds of doctors bills. -
The attention of our many readers is
called to the attractive advertisement of
J. n. Harris & Co., advertising their
great and valuable lung remedy, Gal
lens Lung Balsam." This balsam has
been before the public ten years. Not
withstanding this long period, it has
never lost one whit of its popularity, or
shown the least sign of becoming I'M
popular, but, on the contrary, the call
for it has been constantly increasing,
and at no previous time has the demand
been so great, or the quantity made
been so large, rs at this day. We earn
estly recommend it's trial by any one
who may be afflicted with o cough or
cold, and we warrant it to cure if direc-
tions are followed. 1t is sold by all our
druggists.
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SKIN DISEASES.

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lost vitality; nervous weakness, who may marry
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sail On DR.. A. @. OLIE, 90 Randolph-st., cor. State
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oo~EEesuondence strictly confidential
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WANrEp-One hundred thousand
mon and boys to wear ElmwOod and Warwick
collars. Apply to the nearest gents iurnIFhing
store, whore You can got a situation 10y buying
n box.
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III
H sunny
lae Paniaaon, On Bayou seliaam,
from Morgan Er, On san.
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ever, . as an American husband said Of
his handsome, scolding wife,
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