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PERRY SPRINGS,

PINE NO.. IT II.
The hotels NJ these wonderful springs will he open
for the reception of gucstA on Juha l. Rene g,ber,
that the water Of these springs viii crerv
OF Dyspepsia no charge viii he made Tor board.
The, also Invaluable ~ all eases Of diseases OF the
Kidneys. Bladder stomach and Bowels. having cured
several eases 81 that hitherto incurablc disease,
DiARNrKs. Water shipped IN wood or glass.
Stages connect with all trains on r.. W. 4 w Rail-
road NJ Perry Springs station. send for circular.
II. A. WATSON. Proprietor.
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eEWVNo MACHINE,

Ore AMERICAN Sewing Maehine-NEW.
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Times continue TO be hard, and yet
% 900 able-bodied men daily engage in
the highly. elcvating games Of croquet and
base ball throughout this suffering land.
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G Z ~ T 6 ~ N IAL
BOOK OF BIOGRAPHY

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First 100 Years OF Our Independence.
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wants ~ rrad Their lives AZ tis centennial season.
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The German Frce-Thinkcrs are to
nave Convention in Philadelphia June
26 and 81.
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SHALIENBERGER' $ PILLS. at one dollar, are
beyond question the cheapest Ague remedy.
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for the average laid down is the largest since

for the average laid down is the largest since
the war.
The harvest of grain in Europe generally
will be abundant. In Hungary and in the
south of Russia, which countries are now
the graneries of Europe,. the crop is also
good, with the exception of some wheat To-
calties, and some districts which have suf-
fered either from inundations or from at
mospheric accidents. Italy exhibits also
good average crop.
A correspondent of the OHIO Farmer
speaks in the highest terms of the ClaWson
wheat. He says that it is very handsome
wheat, both in growth and in berry, and
promises to be decided acquisition to our
new varieties. 1t stood the winter well, and
has stiff straw, and grows taller than any
other kind he has seen. 1T is bald wheat,
and has heads of five or six inches in length.
1t has loose chaff which may prove an OBJ
| lection. The berry is remarkably even, is
nearly white, and has few shrunken grains.
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kGRICULT URAL ITEMS.
The apple crop in Illinois said to be very

The apple crop in Illinois said to be very
fine
Hop raising is beginning to attract the at
tenton Of Oregon farmers.
The farm attached to the Connecticut Ag-
rielltural College is said to be a financial
success
The ecditor OF the Willamette Farmer speaks
of having been shown sample of double
healed wheat which contained 140 grains to
shgle head. 1t is spoken of as fine va
rietr. ts
Cen. Geo. p. Delapleine, of Madison,
wis, after careful survey of the different
sections of Minnesota, estimates that the
what crop in that State, this year, will not
exceed 60 per cent. of what would be fair
crol..
| The Louisiana sugar crop is unusually
large and will turn out at least 200, 600 hogs
heals, and 400, 900 barrels of molasses. The
| rscccrop wall be the largest get gathered
estimated at 2OO, 900 barrels. The, sugar croI
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CARE OF FARM MACHINERY.

By the time this reaches the eye of the
reader the moving machine will have been
put away for the season; but how has it
been put away? Too often the cutter bar is
folded upon the frame, and by it's unevenly
distributed weight will twist the wood
work. and thus throw the shafting out OF
line, to the material injury and greatly in
creased wear of the machine. Often the bar
is left on the GROUND or floor, but in posi-
lion with reference to the driving-Wheels
which produces nearly the same effect as If
laid on the frame. In most, il not IN all
machines, it will be found safest to remove
this bar entirely, and thus do away with the
prime cause of trouble.
Much needless wear is caused by the use
! Of inferior OLA striking illustration OF the
Spanish. proverb Of saving at the spigot and
leaving the bunghole open. One pint of the
best sperm oil, costing thirty cents, will an
swer for the harvest of a hundred-acrc farm,
and for the ordinary grass of such an area,
| one-half this amount may do. II was lim-
tied in the amount to be expended for this
Ipurpcse, T would invest in the very best ar
/ tiole could find, knowing from experience
T that three drops to each journsl I, will &c
more good than teaspoonfu] Of a low grade
;whale-oil, The use of poor oil also cause!
greatly increased draft on first four or fiyt
acres cut next season by drying on the jour
lnals during the time of idleness. # pay
to use a few drops OF coal oil at differen
| times when cutting the last two acres. .ly ]
u Many Of our farmers do not appreciat
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state, declared that, in his opinion, it was
very nutritious forage plant.
Probably many of our readers are familiar
With what is called the Common Comfrey.
SO frequently seen by the roadsides and in
old gardens in the Eastern States. This
Common Con1frey is known botancally as
Synaphggtat,a o6icinale or, to put it in plain
English, Medicinal Comfrey The roots
contain large quantity of mucilage. and
are frequently employed for the same 4pur-
poses as flaxseed, slippery-elm bark and
gum arabic to allay irritation of the throat,
or, to use an old phrase, "griefes of the
lungs.''
The flowers Of the Common Comfrey are
of dirty y-yellowish color, and those of the
Priclly blue and red, which is sufficient to
enable one to distinguish the two species, if
there were no other marked characteristics,
still it is the opinion Of some very good all-
thorities that they are one and the same, or
that the Prickley Comfrey is only variety
of the Common.
Prof. BuclSman, on this point, says: g On
introducing the S. aspea7inaxpt to my botal-
ical garden, it struck me that notWithstand-
ing the latter is known as Caucasian spe-
cies, which was introduced as a garden
plant on account of the beautiful color of its
flower-bells, yet that the former scarcely
presented those marked differences which
should belong to species. | therefore deter
mined to plant some specimens of s. o6fci-
,salc, concluding that if could get plant
from the waterside to grow in an upland
district remote from water, so great q
change of circumstances would at least ex.
ert great influence upon its growth. Ac
cordinglyr, plant with white bells was i'll
troduced into the botanic garden, which al
once grew abundantly,. and, the following
year, was subdivided into several sets which
flowered but this season the flowers be
came stained with dull. reddish-bluet tinge
and each season great changes have gone OF
in this plant, SO that, in fact, in the summe
of 1858, it was scarcely distinguishable from
the Prlckly Comfrey.''
There is little doubt Of the identity of th
two species, and if any of our readers hay
either growing in their neighborhood, w
should be pleased to receive leaves an
flowers of the same, in order to pursue ou
investigation further in this direction.-R4
raj Neav- Yorker.
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BARLEY AS STOCK FEED.

The Weste17a Farm Jo,umcl, in discussing
this subject, says that one of the great diff
culties in the culture of barley, the raising
of which has Of late years attracted more
and more attention in the West, is the diff
Guilty of securing it in that bright condition
SO necessary to its bringing the highest
market price for mailing in the markets of
the country. The most of the barley raised
West from this cause will grade No. 2, and
taken only as rejected. Very often this lat
ter grade will bring less price than oats
pound for pound--the true way to estimate
the value of grain.
1t may be used with the best economy as
feed for horses, and especially for growing
swine, since it is essentially flesh-former
in contradistinetion to corn and other grains
which largely develop fat. In feeding it to
cattle it is better ground, and indeed this
rule will apply to the feeding Of barley to
any animals; but when facilities are not
easy for grinding or crushing, it should be
soaked soft before feeding. Being an early
crop it is especially valuable for bringing
pigs lOTWtIu III lIiilc w NC uillSACO III tiiS
autumn with corn.
\ This seasons harvest weather has been
particularly severe on the merchantable
Equality of barley over a large portion of the
!, West, and, as a consequence, many farmers
may be tempted to sell their crop at price
Hover than its value as feed. A measured
bushel is worth one and half times that O.
a measured bushel Of oats, and as flesh
former considerably more than pusnel Q
corn, besides which it furnishes an agreea
biz and healthfurchange for stock of every
kind.
Some years ago, when grain was high
having some 500 swine, both old and young
tofeed, we contracted with one of the brew
cries of the city for all their light barley
the skimming of the watts in which the bar
!. ley was soaked preparatory to sproutins
and mailing. While feeding this in con
nection with other feed we never had ou
swine do better, and the cost of food was
mere nominal one to us.
One of the mistakes made in feeding thi
= grain to horses is, that being heavier thai
: oats, too much is feed; good rule, if tn
, bailey is heavy, is to use the same quantit
J as would be used Of shelled corn, or one
: half the quantity that would be given if {
= oats. Thus no danger will be incurred {
: oyG-feeding and danger therefrom.- Farm
= ers' Home Journal
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DOMESTIC ECON @ M Y.

C7'ab-appte Preserves Weigh the apples,
and with an equal weight of refined sugar
make a sirup; wipe the apples, and be sure
to remove all of the calyx prick them: put
them into the sirup and boil till tender;
when soft, take out and let them drain on a
sieve when cold place them into jars boil
the sirup until quite thick, then pour over
the fruit, and when cold, seal.
Gub-appye Jelly.-Fill your preserving
kettle with apples, then cover with water;
boil until they are very soft; when cool
enough, squeeze through thin towel or
coarse muslin. To each pint Of the juice,
add half pound Of loafsugar; return the
juice to the fire and let it come to boil be-
fore adding the sugar, then boil two or three
minutes; pour off into glasses or bowls;
when cold, lay hne white paper upon the
Jelly and fasten thick paper over the bowls
with mucilage or paste. Ounce jelly can be
made in the same way.
To Clean Hair Baushes.--Melt a piece OF
common soda in hot water, and put it in a
basin, and when nearly cold dip your brush
in with the back upward (do not let the wa
ter get over the back). Shake it in the water
till it becomes clean, then pour cold water
over the back (; take it out of the water,
shake as dry as you can, and let it dry in the
air without any rubbing with cloth which
spoils the bristles.
| Restoring Damaged Teluet.- Moasiteuas de
la Salad published the following method for
restoring velvet to its original condition. II
is well known that when velvet has been
4 tc 80 crci1od hy1f
it becomes hard and knotty. To restore it's
original softness, it must be thoroughly
dampened on the wrong side, and then held
over very hot iron, care being taken not
| to let it touch the latter. In a short time
the velvet becomes, as it were, new again.
The theory Of this is very simple. The heat
Of the iron evaporates the water though the
tissue, and forces the yapor out at the upper
side this vapor passing between the diff
ferent fibres, separates those which adhere
together in hard punches. II the velvet
were ironed after danping, an exactly op-
poste result would be obtained. 1t is ther-
fore necessary that the substance should
not come in contact with the heated iron.
DRYING Saccet Coam.--A neighbor and my
7 self have been drying sweet corn this way
We boiled it in a large tin boiler until tl
milk congealed; then cut off the top OF tn
t kernels and scraped out the inside, leaving
E the outside covering on the cob. A larg
t brick oven was heated, nearly as hot as 70
r baking bread, and corn put into it upol
bread pans and pie-tins. When the oyel
' was cool, twas heated again; twice heatinl
! the oven dried it perfectly. If | dry corn /
e d stove oven ] prefer a coal fire, as it can b
kept at an even temperature more. readil
p than with wood
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the fact that in wear, interest and repairs,
their mowers cost them at least thirty dol
lars per year, and that by the use of good
oil and care in putting away, at least one
third of this might be saved.-Ne,o York
| T51npc
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AGRICU L 7 i RAJ.
COMFREY AS A FORAGE PLANT.

COMFREY AS A FORAGE PLANT.
Several of our foreign exchanges have of
late had considerable to say about the value
of Prickhy Comfrey (synphytans aspe17i-
usu7) as forage plant. Specimens were
exhibited at the late Royal Show at Birm-
ingham, England and it is reported that
they attracted considerable attention. One
of our exchanges, in commenting upon the
exhibit says that sit is expected to take a
very prominent place among forage plants,
and is said to have produced l20 tons per
acre, and to be a great preventive OF foot
and-mouth disease"
1t is spoken of as a new plant, although it
is known to have been introduced into En-
gland from the Caucasian mountains in
1749. Now, while we have no desire to ere
ate a furore over this claimed-to-be valuable
forage plant, still it is probably well enough
to let our readers know that there is pros
pect OF Its becoming, to certain extent,
popular in this county. We cannot, how
ever speak quite as enthusiastically of it as
a correspondent of the English Lire Stoch
Journal, who says that it s'will, without
doubt, become one of the best summer for
age plants grown, if not the best, both in
quality and quantity"
Why this plant has remained so long al
most entirely neglected by our agricuiturists
is rather surprising. inasmuch as nearly all
the Farmers Cyclopedias " published dur
ing the past fifty years speak highly OF the
nutritious qualities of this species of Com
frey. Both its roots and stems are very
farinaceous, and are greedily eaten by our
pigs and sheep. The root is tuberculated,
thick and fieshy. The stems are somewhat
prickly and grow from six to ten feet high
The leaves are rough-stalked, heart-shaped
broad, tapering to point, and of blush.
green color. The flowers are cylindrical
with a campanulated inflated limb, and have
a changcable and blush red color, and ap
pear continually throughout the entire
summer. ss
The propagation is very simple. Th'
roots being taken up in the spring. cut int
very small pieces and either sown in drill
or planted in hills, as with the common po
tato. The leaves and stems are relished b.
COWS, and may be used instead of corn TO
soilng, as they impart no bad flavor to t
the milk The leaves are said. by DIR. Gee
Johnston, to give a grateful flavor to cakes
and to be, when boiled, an eNcellentvegets
BILE. They should be gathered whitley young
when they form a very good substitute fo
spinach. tl2..ls''i .so3 " 7.
Prof. James Buchanan, who has mat
many valuable observations on grasses an an
other plants especially seryiceable to I'll
farmer, observes that while this plant " WI
growing In his garden, he used to anu
himself by taking. branches to the cows al
that it was highly amusing to see how 500
they surrounded him and how eagerly th'
ate the plants. Err yoelcker who analyz
*his Gomfreg, both il lbs fresh and q
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THE CUSTER MASSACRE.

The Sad NetDs Confirmed.
Chicago, July 6.-News confirmato-
ry of Custer's fight with the Indians
on the Little Horn river has been re-
ceived at General Sheridan's head
quarters.
Nevada Nerve.
Virginia City, July 6.-Great ex-
citement prevails here at the news of
Custer's death. A meeting has been
called to organize company of volun-
teers.
Volunteers offered.
Salt Lake City, July 6.-The citi-
zens here are excited over the Custer
massacre. Several parties have made
the offer to the Secretary of War TO
raise regiment of frontiersmen in 10
days for Indian service.
J The Netos at Home.
Monroe, Mich, July 6.-At this
place. the home of Gen. Custer, the
startling news of the massacre of the
General and his party by Indians mas
created most intense feeling of sor-
row among all:!classes. Gen. Custer
passed several years of his youth at
school at this place, and his parents
have resided here msny years. His
wife is daughter of Hon. Daniel Ba-
con, a prominent citizen of this place.
and is now at the post recently COM
manaed by Gen. Custer. Fort Abra-
ham Lincoln. The town is draped in
mourning and a meeting of the Com
mon Council and citizens was held
this evening to take measures for an
appropriate tribute to the gallant dead.
4 The Feeling in Washington.
Washington, July 6.-The news OF
the death of General Custer and the
terrible disaster reported from the
west created aprofound sensation here,
particularly in army circles. Up to
noon to-day there had been no official
advices received at the War Depart
ment. Secretary Cameron, General
Sherman and Lieut.. General Sheridan
are now in Philadelphia.
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The Fourth at Berlin.

Berlin, July 6.-The American resi-
dents held a banquet on the Fourth.
J. Bancroft Davis, American minister,
presided and made the inaugural
speech. He concluded by proposing
health to President Grant. Rev. s..
Fay proposed the health Of the Emper-
or of Germany. u. 8. Consul Kness-
man proposed toast to American citi-
zenship. Among the other toasts were
Americans in Europe" and 1.-THE
Day we Celebrate" In the evening
there was a grand soiree at Minister
Davis' residence, which was followed
by tableaux vivants, representing rev.
olutionary scenes. as Washington at
Valley Forge, and Maria Antoinette
receiving Lafayette. Mr.. Fish and
the dies participated in the tableaux.
n NEW DECLARAT TON.
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what Five Brave Women Did.

Philadelphia, July 6.-Mrs. Spencer,
onlbehalfofthe National Woman's suf-
frage eassociation, on July Sd asked of
Gen. Hawley permission silently to
present their declaration of rights
while the ceremonies of the Fourth
werein progress at Independencesquare
Hawley refused. and yesterday at the
close Of the reading of the original
Declaration Of Independence, by Rich
ard Henry Lee. Susan B. Anthony,
Mrs. Gage, Mrs. Spencer, Mrs. Blake
and Miss Cozzens arose, and walking to
the speakers stand, handed to Vice
President Ferry an engrossed copy Of
the womans declaration Of rights .and
articles Of Impeachment against the
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FOREIGN.
War Necs.

WU 1VetDS.
London, July Cit is stated that the
northern powers have forwarded to
England most satisfactory assurances
in regard to the war. They express q
determination to remain completely
neutral and eviDce strong desire to
localize the struggle. The Austrian
and Hungarian ministers will hold a
conference here the latter part of this
week as to the military precautions
necessary on the frontier.
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Government of the United States.
The Vice President received 1t with a
bow. The ladies then retired to the
front of Independence hall. where
Susan B. Anthony read aloud the
womans sdeelsration to the multitude
assembled and it was applauded.
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recover the dead and give care TO the
living. Thirty-one bodies of the
drowned have been recovered and the
search will be continued until all are
found. The latest reports show that
the storm of Tuesday night extended
throug hout most of Central Iowa and
was terrific In effect. In Madison and
Warren counties Is persons were killed
and considerable damage dine to live
stock and crops.
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Which has stood the test Of Forty
Years.
There is no sore it will not HEAL,
no lameness it will not CURE, no ache
no pain, that affiicts the human body,
or the body Of horse, or other do
mestic animal, that does not yield to
its magic touch. A bottle costing
25c., Soc. or LOO, has often saved
the life of a human being, and re-
stored to life and usefulness many a
valuable horse. a29-w1y
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IArnn. :


More are now known to be missing,
which WIN swell the number OF lost to
forty-one. of which only thirty three
have as yet been found. Funeral ser
vices are being held on the bank Of tbs
stream for such OF the dead as have nc
surviving friends. 1t is not unlikely
that some have been swept into the
Mississippi river and will never be re-
covered.
The telegraph company are hard al
work to restore communication. Tbs
Central railroad company have a large
force of men at work at both ends oi
the break, from Dubuque to Julien, a
distance of 81 miles, but it will be two
weeks before trains are in running or
der.
The damage In the city of Dubuque
will not be repaired in many months.
1t is impossible to estimate the loss.