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Homes IN WESTERN Tt

HOMES IN WESTERN TExAs.-The unprecc-
denied large crops, and the completion Of the
Galveston, Harrisburg 81 San Antonio Rail
way, are sttracting a vast immigration into
Southwestern Texas. HandsOmely-illustr
ted guides, mans and circulars sen ee by al
dressing NJ Whndin, SOB Market-st., st. Louis
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Please Rear lin Mind

That if your grocer does not have, and will
not get, DooLEY's YEAST POWDER for you,
you can send % cents for quarter, 50 cents
for half, or 90 cents for one pound can, direct
to DOOLEY q BROTHER, New York, and you
will receive i by return of mail. Always use
it for the delicious Vienna rolls
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For those predispOsed to Rheumatism,
Sciatica, Weakness of the Kidneys, aud In
Illumination of the Liver, we would cordially
recommend COLLINS VOLTAIC PLASTER.
There is no liniment, lotion, or wash that
can compare with them. .-.
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uother.. niOther.. mother..

Dent fail to procure Mrs WNsLow's SOoTH-
ING SYRUP for all diseases of teething in chill
dren. 1t relieves the child from pain, cures wind
collie, regulates the bowels and, by giving relief
and health to the child gives rest to the mother.
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GINGER BEER.-Take gallon of warm
water, ounces of ginger, pint of mo-
lasses, and ! pint of good yeast; put
this into stone jug, shake it up well,
set it rise for II hours, then cork it
tight or bottle, and it is ready for use.
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ST. JOHNS CALAMITY.
One of the Most Disastrous Confiagrations
Ever Recorded-Nearly an Entire City
Swept Away-Many Lives Lost.

I One of the Most Disastrous Confiagration'
( Ever Reeorded-NearIy an Entire City
Swept Away-Many Lives Lost.
| ST. JOHx, n. B., June 21.-Iester-
dav was the most calamitous day ever
known in the annals of St. John. Moth
ing could have burst more suddenly on
the unsuspecting citizens than the fire
which destroyed so many valuable lives,
wasted property by millions, laid low
| by flames many and various forms OF
industry, and spread not only desola-
ton, but terror and CONSERVATION on all
around. Public buildings. palaces of
commerce, temples of religion, banks,
palatial residences, newspaper and tele-
graph offices, school-houses, almost
every thing Of which the citizens of st.
John felt proud, were all in a few hours
LAID IN RUINS.
The loss of our hotels, churches,
school-houses, banks, ETC., was made a
thousand times more painful by the la
inevitable destruction of life accompany
ing it. The fire was discovered in the
building owned by Mr.. Fairweather, on
the south of the York Point slip, next to
Mclaughlin boiler-shop. To the lat
ter building the flames had spread be-
fore the firemen had reached the scene.
The engines arrived and did their best
to stop the flames, but all efforts were
in vain, as nothing could be done. The
flames then spread to various buildings
on Hayes's Wharf, which were also
quickly consumed, and the fire broke
out with a roar into Smith Street, car
rying every thing before it. From there
the flames spread into Drury Lane and
Mill Street, following that into Dock
Street, taking both sides. Ere this,
however, the rear of the London House
and adjacent buildings bad been attack
ed, when it was seen that the first fire
would inevitably sweep along either
Dock or Mill Street, and aid came from
Portland in the shape of town engine
and firemen. The finder boxes on fire,
aided by the wind, proved a combina-
ton too much for the gallant workers,
and almost in despair they saw flames
advance upon them not slowly, but with
a rapidity that appalled, the stoutest
hearts with terror Carleton engine
came in on the ferry-boat, and lent its
aid One engine'h had been stationed at
the corner of Mill and Union Streets,
while men with branches were down on
Union Street, opposite Drury Lane.
Buildings were -.
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Reliable Evidence.

Nh. Fl. r. STEVEN:
Dear Sir-I will most cheerfully add my testimony
to the great number you have already received 10
favor Of your great and good medicine, VEGE-
TINE for do not think enough can be said In its
praise for was troubled over 20 years with that
dreadful disease Catarrh. and had such bad cough.
ing spells that it would seem as though could
ney er breathe any more, and VEGETI y has cured
me- and | do feel to thank God all the tune That
there is so good medicine as VEGETINE, and
also think il one Of the best medicines for coughs
and weak. sinking feelings at the stomach, and ad-
wise everybody to take the VkGETlNE, Tor can
assure them IL IL one Of the best medicines that
ever was. MhS- L: GOhE-
Corner Magazine and Walnut streets,
Cambridge, Mass.
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BEST

SWEET NAVY CHEWING TOBACCO was
awarded the highest prize az CENTENNIAL EN-
position for its fine chewing qualities, the excellence
and lasting character OF its seetening and avoring
If you want the BEST TOBACCO ever made. ask
your for this and that each plug bears
blue strip trade mark with words JacksOn's Best
on it. Sold by all 1Obbers. Send for sample to G.. A.
JACKSON q co. Manufacturers Petersburg. Va
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Vegetine!

Its medical properties are Alternative, Tonic,
Solvent and Dluretic. There is no disease Of the
human system for which the VEGETINE cannot
be used with perfect safety it does not contain
any metallic or poisonous compound. 1t is com
posed exclusively Of barks, roots and herbs; it is
very pleasant to take; every child likes it. II is
safe and reliable, as the following evidence will
show:
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LIVES LOST.

The following persons are reported to
have lost their lives in the fire: Benz.
Williams, German Street; Harold Gil
bert, near Victoria Hotel; VIM. Nc
nellie, of James Adams & Co.'S estab-
lishment; the mother of ex-Mayor Reed
and his two aunts two men, whose
names are unknown, reported run over
and killed; Hugh McGovern, of Straight
Shore. The body of an unknown man
was found on Prince William Street this
morning. Many persons are reported
missing. There were
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A Song Ger the Girl 1 Love.


A Song fef the Girl Love.
ri b.
a song ton the girl love
God love heri
song for the eyes OF tender shine,
And the fragant mouth that meits on mine.
The shimmerfng tresses uncontrolled
That clasp her neck with tendrfl gold;
The blossom mouth and the dainty chin.
And the little dfmples cut and fr- gan.
The girl love ~ -s-
God love heri
a song for the girl love
God love herr
A song for the eyes of faded Light,
And the cheek WHOSE red rose waned TO
white;
The quiet brow, with it shadow and CLEAN.
And the dark hair dropped in a long, deep
dream;
The small hands G. Jseedfor theirehurehvard
rest,
And the lilies dead on her sweet dead breast
The giR1loyed- r. IN. ~
GodIove heri
st. JaBles Mqoasius
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Rev. o. T. Walker says

The following unsolicited testimonial from Rev.
o. Z. Walker. d. D., formerly pastor of Bowdon
Square Church, Boston, aud at present settled in
Providence X l. must be deemed a. reliable
idence. No one should fail to observe that this
testimonial is the result OF two years experience
With the use of VEGE TINE in the Rev Mr.
Walkers family, who now pronounces it invalua-
BILE:
PROVIDENCE r. l., 164 TRANSIT STREET.
Fl. Il. STEVENS, ESQ.,:
/ feel bound to express with my signature the
high value place upon your VEGETINE. Ny
family have used it for the last two years. In
nervous debility it is invaluable and recommend
it to all who may need an invigOrating. renovating
tonic. U. L. WALKER,
Formerly Pastor Of Bowdoin Square Church,
d.. Boston
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PERRY SPRINGS,

PIKE COUNTY, ILL.
Hotels open all the year. Dyspepsia. Rheumatism
and all diseases OF the Stomach, Bowels Liver. Kid
neys and Skin cured on guarantee, no charge for
board. Water shipped TO all points Send for circular
W. W. WATSON. Clerk. Il. a. WATSON. Prop r.
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Utterly WIPED OFT.

Forty odd blocks, or nearly 200 acres,
south of King Street, have not six build
ings remaining. The valuables of the
Bank of Montreal and Bank of Nova
Scotia were removed to the vault and
safes of the Bank of New Brunswick. II
is not known how the latter stood the
test. No regular postal headquarters in
the city proper. Every street, square
and alley is filled with furniture, and
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MANY PERSONS HURT.

Accidents were quite common, in par
ticular with the brave firemen. No
clear estimate of the value of property
destroyed or insurance can be given
certainly, 0,OO0,0 900 or S12, 900, 900 are
gone, and insurance men think their
risks may run up to 100000. The
entire business portion of the city is de-
stroyed; not leading establishment es-
capped. All the principal dry goods
stores, the leading grocers; all the ship
brokers, commission merchants; all in
wholesale liquors, flour, provisions, coal,
salt, lumber, tea, West India goods, are
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&c BUILDINGS BURNED:

are Trinity, st. Andrews Church, Ger
main Street Methodist, German Street
Baptist Church, German Street Chris
tan Church, Duke Street st. James
Church, Leinster Street Baptist Centen-
airy Church, St. Phillips Carmarthen
Street Mission, Methodist, Pitt Street
Mission Church, st. David's Church,
Reformed Presbyterian Church, Shelf
field Street Mission House.
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engine was obliged to shift its position
from this quarter, the heat being most
terrific. There was danger, too, of the
hose being burned, and of all things the
preservation of that was most essential.
The engine was taken down Dock Street,
but the fire kept in rapid pursuit. 1t
also spread along the western part OF
Mill Street, crossing over to the Oppo-
site side and igniting Rankin & Jones's
biscuit mandatory, then following on
ward towards North Street From South
Wharf
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HANDS OF THIEVES,

who eagerly availed themselves of any
opportunity that offered to carry off
what they could lay their hands on. The
ballast wharf was covered most of the
night with thousands of people anxious
to escape by water. So were the rail
way tracks and grounds around the
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1877-02-01
Trimming T.aa:s While s.:w:.-.

Everyone admires a beautiful iorp m
plant, an evenuess of growth OF the
various branches 10 give fiuc balance
to it. There are some plants whose hab
its are naturally straggly and uucouth.
While they are growing, little nipping
back OF the leading branches with the
fingers, or with pair of shears, will
hold them iD check, while other branch.
e. will be encouraged TO grow to the
same size. We will cite. tor instance.
the Lemon Nerbcua. This seldom
makes a slightly shrub when left to it.
self, although it i tlvoIiie owing 10
its sweet scent aud delicate green. By
pruning back the leading brances, it will
soon grow into wcll-rounded and
closely formed shrub. If YOU wish il To
grow tree shaped. ell courage il to grow
tall by nipping back the ends of side
limbs till it has acquired the right
height; then, 10 prevent growing one
sided, and 10 make il well formed nip
back all the shoots that are out of bal
ance. This same system can be applied
to roses, geraniums, and, in fact, to any
plants that are desired to grow into bet
ter shape. 1t is not at all necessary to
cut branches of close TO the stalk, in
fact, it is better not to do so. But lit
tie nippins back OF the ends of grow ing
shoots is all that is required En-.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1877-02-01
Diseased ?ou..:y.

Halt century OF experience in breed
ing poultry extensively convinces me
that it does not "pay" to spend great
deal OF time in ''doctoring" them. The
following states the case clearly; The
diseases of fowls are so numerous, and
their origin 50 various, that doctoring
them is worse than useless. This being
the case, the best thing that can be done
Is 10 put all sick fowls in roomv box.
placed in cool spot if the weather he
warm. They should be fed Just what
they relish most, and plenty OF good.
pnre water should be kept supplied Ii
the disease is curabie, nature will do the
work; if not durable, which j. often The
case, the bird will die aud the rest of
the flock will not be endangered. Sick
owls should ALWAYS be removed from
the flock as soon as possible. Prompt
ness. in this respect, may be the means
Of saving the entire flock from conta-
glon." = Err.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1877-02-01
#arm 4.le Aouseboln.
Tie Gems Of Spring

There is no season of the wear when
opening flowers occasion greater delight
than in early Spring, after we have been
deprived for months Of all outdoor
boomers. To secure them we must
make preparations in Autumn If they
are not already provided for.
The eSrly bulbs make the first brill
liant display, among which are the snow
drops. Siberian squill, the many color
ed crocusses, hyacinths, early tulips.
&c Beds of these bulbs NAV be set ont
tin November, but they do better if in
position by the middle of October. y
Those which arc half tender, like tho
hyac'nth, must, OF course, be covered
on the approach of Winter; and they
should also have perfect drainage, and
he separated from wet, adhesive soil
Il i, therefore best where the soit Is in
c'iued 10 be heavy, TO place a small
handful of coarse clean sand beneath
each bulb at the time OF setting.
some OF these bulbs are 80 hardy as
20 endure and hold their places WHEREBY
er set. We have seen striking appear
ance presented when the flowers OF the
crocus gemmcd the surface Of a smooth
grass lawn. the crocus beds having stood
there before the ground was seeded TO
grass; The blooming was over before
tie lawn mower was used Nothing
has more beautiful apl earance in
April than ma>se, of the iiquid-bluc
flowers OF Siberian squills resting OF
the surface Of a green lawn.
Many hardy ANIMALS may be sown in
Autumn, and Will give a more certain
aud much earlier bloom than from
Spring sowing. Al plants which are
seen coming up early in the Spring
from thc accidental cropping Of tie
seed from the plants which have ripen-
Ell tile wear before. are suitable for Au-
tumn sowing. Among them may be
named tue canlytuit. rocket larkspurs.
sweet 4.r-sum, mign1nette, poriulaca
ia light soil. and some Of the centaure-
a. Pereunial,. sown early enough 10
make good growth before Winter, will
bloom the following season, such as di-
gitalis, hollyhocks, aqui'egias, etc
Nick says that lie has received flowers
OF the pansy from Southern States.
nearly tour inches in diameter, in Win
ter. which had been sown the previous
Autumn.
Herbaceous percnniais. such as peon-
les, campanias, larkspurs, colunbines.
etc, which have stood and increased for
many wears, may be taken up and divi-
God At the roots, and then reset for larg-
or beds. These will follow the early
bulbs, and precede the ANIMALS. The
work should be done as Soon as the
leaves die, and the new paintings be
slightly protected. I Country Gentle
/. man.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1877-02-01

Trees that have long stems exposed to
hot suns or drying winds, become what
gardeners call "hide bound" That is,
the old bark becomes Acknowledgement
expand, and the tree suffers much in
consequence. Such an evil is usually
indicated by gray lichens which feed on
the decaying bark. In these cases a
washing of weak lie or Of lime-water is
very useful; indeed, where the bark is
healthy, it is beneficial thus to wash
trees, as many eggs of insects are there
by destroyed. We would, however,
again refer to iinseed oil as wash, as
far more effective for insects, and would,
perhaps, do as well for moss and lichen.
After all. these seldom come when trees
are well cultivated. 1t is neglect makes
poor growth, and poor growth, lichens.
i Gardeners Monthly.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1877-02-01

The Vermont Fdrmer saws, "Mr. En-
cry Of Wooster, after trying several
ways of feeding horses, has settled down
on the following: He feeds whole hav
with six quarts of bran and corn meal,
half and half, twice a day, wet. He has
led 20 Tor the last year. His horses look
fine, AID he works them hard, but at the
same time he is careful man, with a
team. He intends te have them fed at
stated times, once in twelve hours. This
j. much better than feeding meal alone,
As the coarse bran separates the parti.
cles Of meal, and prevents its packing
so hard a. it otherwise would in the
stomach OF the horse. but even this i
not safe way with all horses.
The concentrated food should be more
divided with coarse fodder. Young and
vigorous horses NAV stand it well for a
few years, as their digestion is more ac-
tive, but bran and meal mixed in equal
portions Is too compact for proper d.
gestion in most horses. and they will in
a short time be affected with collie aud
many other stomach complaints. The
IN nibus lines in cities have had expe.
rience on large scale, and find the on
~ safe way is to feed meal, OF meal and
bran, mixed with about an equal weight
of cut straw or hay. This gives album
dance Of strong feed, aud also bulk,
leaving the contents OF the stomach in a
proper condition. SO that the gastric
Juice can circulate freely through the
mass and come IN contact with every
portion AZ once. Feeding concentrated
food to horses without admixture with
coarse fodder, is the fruitful cause Of
stomach complaints, coIios, inflamma-
.tions, blind staggers, etc. We have
known many horses lost by feeding neal
alone, or peal with a small quantity OF
bran
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1877-02-01

The Scientific Farmer has the follow
ing sensible remarks on this subject =
Gone of tie anomalies in American Gus
toms is that of the driver of wagon
sitting on the right hand side. while he
always turns out to the right when pass
Ing another team. II matters not wheth-
er he is on the broad, safe thoroughlare,
OF in the narrow lalc, or crowded city
street. his seat j. the same. Thus scat
ed, il is very difficult to see the exposed
wheels in passing, those which require
the eye of the driver. Doubtless this j.
a p1fminent cause of the many collis-
long between passing teams. and the
woS aier is that more do not happen
The xhstom was brought over 10y the
Pilxrims, but. like Dutch sentence. the
pafS gst transposed in the translation.
Across the pond the driver sta on the
right, but always turn. 10 the left. la
copying the practice, we retained the
useless part, and changed the essential,
for some unexplained reason. Possibly
our fathers thought 10 be consistent in
abe matter, and, rather than be right
handed in the driving, changed the lat
ter TO suit At all events, the thing as
now practiccd is every way inconveDi-
ent, and is a worthy subject OF relorrsn
this wear when reforms are so much ia
favor. And since il is easier 10 change
our position on the seat than alter the
customs of turning to the right of the
wagon, while we a. driver take the OPP
posi.c side"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1877-02-01

ERAsIvE SoAP.-A genuine erasive
soap that will remove grease from cloth
ing, is made as fo,lows:-Two pounds
of good CASTLE soap, half pound of
potash, dissolved in half pint of hot
water. Cut the soap in thin slices, boil
it in the potash until it is thick enough
to mold into cakes; add alcohol, half an
ounce color with half an ounce of pal
verified charcoal.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1877-02-01

! Dir. shy der in the Rural Neg Yorker
gives an account of cow he bought oat
of an ordinary lot, when she was giving
eight quarts of milk per day. From
January 10 to October 80, shc kept no
record as follows: 9.usi pounds OF milk:
i'the.anount OF butter made from l4r
mix dpring the same time was $50 lb-...
which, adding the amount which could
have been made from 565 pounds Of
milk sold and The total yield OF burNs
during ihe 29s hys, is 3tlsksehass1
ounces, or lsfsJoo ounces pei Sey
Mr.. Snyder gives hnnannef of treat
mcnt; ~ 49, ~
ellis regular dice; has been dry, uncut
hay, averaging Is to 20 pounds per day,
with four quarts OF mill feed. sne-cigh,h
meal, one-quarter bran, cact morning.
noon and evening, also about one pint
OF oil meal per day. This aud the mill
feed j. given in pail OF warm water
Whenever We get a bite OF grass for Acr
he get, it, but she has not had goo lbs.
Of il in The two summers | have owned
her. That entcrprising weed, pur>lane.
is iurni-he In its season A. often a, We
can find time TO phil it mp, and some
times green fodder corn, but the latter
does not seem to increase the flow AZ
milk. She is stabbed winter and sum
mer: in cool weather on the barn floor,
tied in stab about five feet wide. in
midsummer in the barn celler, in sor;
OF. box stall. about ten feet square where
she can fight flies at her leisurs. At
present prices OF hay and mill feed. her
cost OF keeping is about - cents per
day"