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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-01-15
ssTHROW PHYSIC TO THE DOGS
DIR. HALLS
Electric Belts.

Electric Belts.
For the cure Of all nervous diseases. without
the least arrangement Of the patients habits or
daily occupation. This appliance exerts power
ful and beneficial influence throughout the
whole frame: Is APPLICABLE TO EITHER
SEX. and affords INSTANTANEOUS relief In the
following diseases:
RHEUMATISM.
NEURALGIA.
DYSPEPSIA.
LUMBAGO.
GENERAL DEBILITY.
HEADACHES.
DIZZINESS,
IMPOTENCY,
SPERMAToRRHGA.
SEXUAL EXHAUSTION.
SELF ABUSE.
PREMATURE DECAY. Etc.
These Belts are the result. of the. most pro-
therapeutics, and by their. peculiar .construo-
ton. q continuous "Ralvapic current is gene.
especially envelopes the suffering parts with its
gentle influence. This current assimilates
closer to the nervous fluid thpn any thing
known to medical seienee--hence Its potency as
Most especially is the application Of electriei-
ty in this form beneficial to those disorders
arising from youthful indiseretion. sexual OK
cess or designations of any kind. whereby the
provocative powers are lessened and impotenoy
prev so I
nights nightmare. dreams. palpitation OF the
heart, neuralgia. dimness Of sight and other
symptoms OF nervous and physical debility. ap-
plyiuQ tn the uudRrajVupt for relief.
easily adjusted al Of wEios. together With their
form, for the application Of Electricity. med
| icinaly.
| the year 1875.
ELECTRICITY Is LIFE,'
And no remedy can be compared to i for the
treatment OF IMPOTENCE and loss Of nervous
This. Belt Is recommended by the most emil
nent psychologists Of this country and Europe.
| Ingenious. wonderful-a death blow to the
old system OF drugging. London (Eng) Lam
| Get.
You have perfected a great blessing on sui
fering bumanity."-D Richardson, London.
Eng.
Wonderful for the restoration of exhausted
| vitality."-Dr Terrier, London, Eng.
" cheerfully recommend DIR. Halls Electric
Belt. and consider It one of the greatest bless
ings to mankind that has been put before the
| public, DIR. DE Barr Paris.
Price or Electric Belt .....................$ 90
Price Of Electric Belt, Extra Power. -. II
| Full instructions with each Belt. when you
| order.
| When ordering send exact measurement
| round the waist.
Send money by. Postoffice money order. ex-
| press or registered letter.
= ADVICE GRATIS.
Address all orders to
DIR. JAMES HALL e. CO.,
GENERAL AGENTS FOR UNITED STATES
2ts West Thirtieth street. New York.
7, o. Box 1850.
State In what paper you saw this advertise
mept de29 i'm
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-01-15
REMEMBER, 1872 CANAL STREET.

YTyHE EUROPEAN DENTISTS ARE THE
j. only dentists In this city doing work on the
European plan. They will come to your resi-
Sd cents per cavity; Gold. only d Cleaning and
Polishing, 30 cents. Appointment hours to
q, n. ITO p. 70. Send orders By mail. dad
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-01-19

VALUE OF Coop SEED.-A farmer of long
experience says "The result of my expert
ments with at least thirty-eight different vari-
cites of wheat for years. proves beyond doubt
that good, healthy, unauthorized seed, select
ed and saved as farmers select and save their
seed corn, will not run out and deteriorate in
the least, but grow better In June, 1876,
picked seven lbs of the best center head of my
wheat, and drilled it eleven inches apart IN
rows, at the rate of only forty pounds to the
acre 1t grew, most luXuriantly, and was en-
tircly too thick for large heads. 1t attained a
height of six and onehalf feet, and much of it
fell down. April Goth it commenced heading,
was rcaped June 18th, and June 22d it was
threshcd, making. according to the report of a
committee, over siXty-seven bushels per acre y
THE above is rather Il huge story We give
it as we find it in an agricultural papcr.-ED.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-01-19

\ knights oath in the days of chiyalry was
composed of twcnty-Six articles, one of which
was to the effect that he must render faithful
account of his adventures, whether honorable
or not These relations were inscribed IN the
books of the hcraldS, and must have been Gu.
rious reading. II. Palayc says, in his Mem
oirs of Chivalry'' paris, 1857 that never was
there greater corruption of manners than in
the times of chivalry-never was the empire
of debauchcry more universal. St Louis dis
covered sink OF iniquity close to his own
tent in the most holy of the crusades." This
NAV console those disposed To lament with
Burke that the agc Of chivalry passed away
with Marie Antoinettc whose court was itself
grossly immortal Overstrained attention Is
rarely seen in men at moral type.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-01-19

The course of study in the public schools
of Philadelphia has been recognized and now
presents some unique features. Besides the
ordinary branches, music, drawing and moral
and physical instruction are To he introduced
in the primary departments and continued
progressively in the secondary department
Here also the study Of plants and the charac.
ter of materials will I've introduced, and the pu.
pill will be taught how to behave, 10 control
his temper, to improve his time, and TO cult
vate his moral courage. These features con
tnue through the various grades of the gram
mar department In the senior department
will be taught physics, and municipal gov.
eminent and law with practical illustrations al
home The federal constitution will he here
taken up, and the natural sciences, with oh
jcct lessons in physiology, electricity, and other
studies, and special attention given 10 instruc
ton in hygiene.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-01-19
Marketing

ought to- understand r how to select and pur
chase such stores as are needed in her family
Possibly she may never be called upon to put
this knowledge into practice. No matter II
is surely worth knowing, and il never brought
into active use it will do its possessor no harm
This kind of knowledge, more than almost
any other of practical worth, must be acquired
in girlhood" M any wives leave all house
hold purchases, aAd lmong them the market
ing, to their hui, aids 1t is because we dc
not think this il wise arrangement that we
would so earnestly enjoin on all mothers to
give their daughters a perfect knowledge OF
the duties they mnt understand if they expect
to become the t,Ie mistiesScs of their own
homes,-the real 'hclpmeets for their hus
bands. "-ErtI"" jr0m GHic'e in Home C0oh
Book, Jy Mrs. Ucr"y Ward BsCrher.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-01-19

4 scheme for tempering the severity of the
winters of Canada is now attracting consider
able attention The cold of the winters all
along the shores OF the Gulf of st. Lawrence is
considered to be largely due to Il constant cur
rent of water from the Arctic regions which
sweeps down the Straits of Bellise, passage
some twelve miles in width, between New
tOundland and Labrador, carrying with 1t mass
es of ice and snow 1t Is proposed to close up
the strait byconnecting Newfoundland with the
mainland The advocates Of the scheme argue
that the temperature of Labrador, Quebec and
Newfoundland would thus be materially raised
and vast regions OF now sterile and worthless
land rendered fit for cultivation. The shut
ting out of the Arctic current would be fol
lowed, it is thought, by diversion of a great
er portion of the Gulf Stream and probably
the Gulf would remain open and navigable all
winter The fertility of Prince Edward Island
and the south shore of the ST. Lawrence ART
alleged to be due to the absence Of these Arctic
waves and the genial influences of the Gull
Stream and were the Polar current diverted
by the closing of the straits, il is supposed that
| it would diyergc in the Atlantic and speedily
become absorbed.
| The work proposed is gigantic engineer
ing enterprise, and would require an immense
outlay, but it is pronounced possible OF accom-
Ipllshmcnt, anu IL III snOulu DC altenucV VIII
ANYTHING like the results claimed for it in ad
vance the expenditure would be far more
than repaid 1t is possible, however, that in
the discussion OF the subject the influence o.
oCp'a streams upon temperature has been eX
agg' rated The present eXceptionly mild win
ter credited to the unusual proximity of Tho
GU stream to the coast, but this theory would
SEE. q, he negatived by the fact tina, the same
UNI. .pnablc mildnrsS with which we are ta
vurad prevails in the interior, which woulC
hardly be the case unless the cause of tho
change was of less localized characteristics
ton irJtsiier.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-01-19

KEROSENE FOR CHAPS AND CHAFlNC.-lwo
years ago tried soapstonc powder Tor my,
chapped hands. 1t would heal them up ana
was really great comfort, keeping the SKIN
soft as velvet. By,the-by, this powder Is an
excellent family medicine. Take bit OF the
stone, and file or grind it off in soft powder.
For chatting on babies, or gals on horses, 1t Is
alike useful and healing. keep it on hand
in a collar box, with down puff, and it IS
ready to use at all times. enjoyed the appli-
cation of it to chapped hands, and thought it
was the best thing that could be found Last
fall before finished house cleaning, my hands
and arms got very bad, and across my knuck
les they cracked and BLEED. was clearstarch
ing one day, and, as usual, added kerosene tc
the starch, to prevent sticking and make a pol
ish noticed that my hands afterwards fell
very comfortable, and the redness was nearly
all gone The next day, when | finished my
work, took warm water dropped little ker
osene oil into it, and bathed my hands and
arms. Iteffected perfect cure, and from that
day to this have not been troubled. One Of
the children had bad cold sore on her lip
and one application cured il right up.-Letter
to Country Gentleman.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-01-19

HOMEMADE SUPERPHosPHATEs-l place
side by side two old -four barrels, in one OF
which put whatever bones come to hand. In
the other put bucketful of wood ashes from
the house stoves, moisten them well and scat
ter a few bones on the top. The process is re
peatcd as the bones and the ashes are produc
ed, and at the end of the year some five or SIX
barrels are the result. The mixture should be
kept well moistcned without being wet enough
to allow any drainage, and in about eighteen
months the small bones will have disappeared
altogether, and the large ones will have become
soft enough TO be easily crushed with tn,
shovel while mixing the compost. The result
is manure which is far too powerful to ust
without mixing it with at least ten times it:
bulk OF muck, or some fertilzing earth, an(
which can then be applied with excellent eff
feet, especially to turnip land | am of opin
ion that it is almost, if not quite, as valuable
as many of the purchased superphosphates
and the plan is worth adopting, if it were only
to get rid of dangerous ashes and unsishtlN
bones.-Letter to TURNER'S Adc0cdte.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-01-19
TRIMMED IN A MANNER Equal TO THE
BEST IN THE WEST.
FOR, s. q. &C.,

The subscriber offers for sale so Acres 81 Improved In,
with good flowing we'll situated three miles east u l1'
ley station. the Illinois Central Railroad, In r"Qn"
county Illinois This land will he sold cheap In one "r
lots Terms, uuc-alf cash, the balance To suit pur s
Buckley, Ill. Dec. l, 1871 ELI SIRANN.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-01-19
FARM AND GARDEN.
correspondence.

We shall be glad to receive, for publication
in this department, short and pointed commu
nications from farmers, gardeners, stock-rais
ers and others, on any topic OF general intel
est to agriculturists The name ana postoiilc'
address should accompany each letter, no
necessarily for publication, but us guaranty
of GOOD faith. 1t is our purpose TO open this
column to free exchange OF experience ano
opinions between its readers
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-01-19

school Books Of all kinds ii O-maa & IIaPe
mans.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-01-19

1t is said that no animal is so extensively
.diffused over the globe, or increases so rapidly
as the hog. Marshal Vauban calculated thai
the produce of single SOW in ten years, -
suming six pigs at litter, would increase tC
Il, 434, 100 pigs, or as many as any of the che
European States could support. If this calcu
lation were carried on to the twelfth genera
,tion, we should find that they would find all
Europe with Il supply, and the sixteenth cover
the entire globe
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-01-19

The best type Il scandinavian cattle is
known us the Hc.rgar 8 or Mobiles race, Il
name which formerly distinguished it from
the less cultivated type that was bred by the
peasants, Reliable authority states that one
of milk per annum, and others yielding from
1900 to 2800 quarts have not been uncommon
on the royal estates. Peasants COWS do not
however, yield anything like this quantity
from 800 to 1900 quarts being high average
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-01-19

The man who makes a large quantity OF
rich manure and applies it properly, cannot
and will not fail of being successful. Per ron
ira, the man who is careless on this point, who
feeds his cattle poor and insufficient food, who
allows his manure to he swept away by the
winters winds. and dried up by the summers
sun, though he may rise early and labor as
siduously, is destined TO failure and disappoint-
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-01-19

E6ttors Free Trddcy,-I notice that one of
your readers wants Il cure for rats. Here it is
Take from 90 to 10 common matches, put
them into pan and pour aboat two-thr,ls OF
IA tea-cupof boiling water Uvc. them. Put Il
piece of bread into it, After the bread is satu-
rate with the water lay it on board Tor the
rats. 1t IS sure death to them and nearly
harmless everything else, {. T.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-01-19

Forest leaves, says the Gordeaer's Monthly
are excellent TO mix with hotbcd material, and
where practicable, should be saved for this
purpose They do not heat so rapidly rs sta
Die manure, and in this have an advantage a,
tempering its violence, making it last longer
and maintaining more regular heat They
are excellent material toput round cold frame,
90 protect halfhArdY plants
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-01-19
pnIum-FattnC in Maine.

An extraordinary statement Is made by the
Brunswick Telegraph, to the effect that TIC use
of opium has enormously increased in Maine
since the enforcement; of laws restricting the
sale Of liquors. 4 manufacturing chemist,
whose business i said To he among the largest
of the kind in The country. is reported s. hav-
ing stated thai more morphine sold in Maine.
in proportion Ia population, than in any other
Sisie in the Mon.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-01-19

1t is usually thought that wheat j. the most
uuuicious of all cereals. and this opinion is
current in all works relating To food. Recent
investigations by Professor Wanklyn and Mr.
Cooper OF England seem to show the contrary.
They give the first place to rye, stating that 1t
contains oneLthirl more gluten than wheat
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1878-03-22
The Hottest Spot on Earth.

One of the hottest regions on the earth
is along the Persian Gulf, where little
or no rain falls. At Bahrin the arid
shore has no fresh water, yet a compare
lively numerous population contrive to
live there, thanks to the copious springs
which burst forth from the bottom of
the sea- The fresh water is got by div
ing. The diver, sitting on his boat,
winds great goat skin bag around his
left arm, the hand grasping his mouth;
then he takes in his right hand heavy
stone, to which is attached strong line,
and thus equipped he plunges in and
quickly reaches the bottom. Instantly
opening the bag over the strong jet of
fresh water, he springs up the ascending
at the same time closing the
bag, and is helped aboard. The stone
is then hauled up, and the diver, after
taking breath, plunges in again. The
source of these copious submarine
springs is thought to be in the green
hills of Osman, some five or six hundred
miles distant.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1878-03-22
is MEDICINE A SCIENCEs

As generally understood, science
consists in deducing facts from theory,
and as the mathematician requires q
knowledge of one factor in order to de-
termine the value of unknown factors,
so medicine, when practiced as a sci
ence, demands knowledge of one or
more facts, upon which to base its cal
culations. Understood and practiced
in this way, the blunders of guesswork
are avoided. In preparing his now
popular Family Medicines, r. " Pierce
NJ. d., of Buffalo, N. Y, devoted much
time to the careful investigation OF
the several classes of diseases for which
his remedies are prescribed as specifics
Thei- unparalleled success attests, IN
arguments stronger than words, the
Doctors skill. His Golden Medical
Discovery is unsurpassed in curing dis
eases of the throat, lungs, liver and
blood; while the Favorite Prescription
is sold under a positive guarantee to
cure those diseases and weaknesses pc
culiar to women. No remedy yet
known equals DIR. Pierce's Compound
Extract of Smart Weed in curing dys-
ensery and kindred Irregularities of the
bowels. Over one hundred thousand
copies of the Peoples Common Sense
Medical Adviser have been sold. Price
81 80. post paid. Address the author,
K V Pierce, NJ. D., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1878-03-22

violent process of a strike, and the
method proposed in Mr.. Covert's bill
Is worth trying. 1t commences with
conciliation. Should this prove un-
successful, the arbitrstoris called in,
and the latter person may be a lawyer
a business man or a judge of the court
as the conciliators may decide, The
principles of the bill are modelled af.er
plans of arbitration in England, The
only factor needed to give it Thorough
efficiency in this country is a more
solid organization of the workingmen.
If trades unions were Incorporated.
with the po Eer to sue and be sued, and
if they have in England, which they
would pledge in payment of damages
in case they refused to abide by the
decisions of an arbitrator, long steu
would have been taken in the direction
of the settlement of labo= troubles
The incorporation of trade unions will
probably be the subject of legislation
at an early day.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1878-03-22
The YictOr's Return from the
War.

1t was a tender meeting, that between
the CZarevna and the husband from
whom she had been separated eight
months. The handsome wife actually
went to the cars to meet him and give
him genuine surprise. A correspond
ent of the London Neacs was present at
the time and thus describes a very in
teresting scene:
Though courteous to al, the Czarevna
Is evidently neryously impatient for the
arrival Of her husband, whom she has
not seen for eight weary months. She
has not much longer to wait; all at once
the shouting outside begins. Her face
becomes radiant, and, wrapping herself
IN the magnificent rotonde of renaTd
bteu, she hurries to the platform, amid
renewed hurrahs and clamorous cries of
JOY. Her eyes are eagerly fixed on the
two red globes of the approaching en-
gine-there is a shrill whistle, much
putting of steam, and the train rolls
slowly into the station. The Czarewitch
being in the middle part of the train,
those who are in front, the members of
the household and suite, are the first to
recognize the Imperial party, whilst be,
little guessing the surprise in store for
him, descends, saluting as he passes the
long file of soldiers, the crowd Of people
and the wife is in her husbands arms,
held in long embrace. Then, like a
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1878-03-22
4 LADY WINS.

For many years the Royal Agricult'
ural Society of England has been in
the habit ..of offering eight prizes for
the best managed farm in the district
in which the annual exhibition is held.
This year tn, leading prize was taken
by Mrs. Helen Birch, for farm of 242
acres of arabic land near Ainstee The
farm, which is characteristics of the
surrounding region, is nearly level and
is divided into fields of about thirty
acres each by neatly-kept hede es, and
is light and easily worked soil, nat
urally,dry. No stock of any conse-
quence is kept, as town manure is
cheaply brought on to the land by a
canal from Liverpool, for which mar
ket the products of the land are in
tended. The rent paid is f5, say
about S25, per acre. The course OF
cropping is as follows: First, potatoes
after lea; second, wheat; third. barley
or oats, sOwn with grass seed; fourth,
hay: fifth, hay; after which the lea is
again broken up and planted with po-
tatoes. And it is on the potatoes that
all the town and home made manure
is applied, sometimes with the addition
of little nitrate of soda. The grain
crops, especially the oats. were very
heavy Fifteen men and lads are
employed, at sixteen and seventeen
shillings a week and cottage rent.
Heavy crops of hay are grown, and af-
ter this is over for the season, sheep
are taken in to grass, for local sales
men, at sixpence per week. The farm
has been in the continuous occupation
of the same family for thirty years
being conducted now by the widow of
the tenant, assisted by her two sons.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1878-03-22
The New Silver Dollar.

On the diverse side of it is head OF
Liberty en- profile, with luxuriant head
and crowned with cap and cor
onet, surrounded by stalks Of wheat.
Above the head is aE Piuribus Unum;' >
below, the date, 1873" The reverse
side has an eagle with uplifted wings,
two stars, the words "U s Of America
semi-circularly arranged, below this in
scription is aIn God We Trust" Below
the eagle the coin is stamped ~One Dol
ior1
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1878-03-22
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easily earn from 50 cents to S. per evening,
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whole time to the business. Boys and girls
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test the business we make this unparalleled
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send one dollar to pay for the trouble of writ
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