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Nine Soldiers in One Family.

"Of four brothers and five brothers-in-aw in OUT
family-all of whom served in the army-three
gave their lives for the old flag. so you see we
know how to appreciate The TRIBUNE."-C. O.
Jewell, Central City, Neb.
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Let Congress Breyet the Legless and Armies.

1.-THE rule is old as the Government to brevet
wounded officers and soldiers for meritoriOus con-
duct in engagements. As many of us were so badly
wounded and disabled that could not have served
had we been breveted, let Congress now brevet us
with $40 a month"; which Is much less than officers
wages. 1t would be more than just,"-D, 5.
Weaver, BrOdenville Pa.
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An Old Mans Love For The Tribune.

"You are dear to me, because you are so earnest
in taking the poor soldiers part. | am an old
Welchman, seventy-five years old, and was not in
the army myself but lost two of my brightest and
dearest in the war."-R. J. Jones' ChenOa, Ill.
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ELLIcoTr CITY, Md, Dec. p, 1879.

Il. X. HELPHENSTINE.
SIR, Since writing you before, l have become
satisfied with Durangs Rheumatic Remedy.
In one patient. who has been unable to walk
for one year without crutch and cane, he has,
after using two bottles of the remedy, thrown
them both away, and l believe will recover
perfect health. l will do all l can TO make this
the most popular remedy in our community, as
/ believe it is the first ever used by any physi-
clan. Very respectfully,
D. c. OWENS, NJ. D.
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A Universal FayOrite.

81 send five more subscribers to THE TRIBUNE,
making fifty in all that L have sent you, and more
to come next week. Everybody likes THE TRIB-
UNE that has seen it. Children cry for it. women
praise it, and old vets need it for the information
which it contains."-O. D. Blakeslee, Meriden,
Conn.
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When The Tribune Resembles an Old Vet.

money is nothing in comparison with the worth
of THE TRIBUNE. ] am in the habit of lending my
own copies to ex-solders of my acquaintance and
they come back TO me, when they come back at
all, looking some of our veterans did when they
returned from the front, pretty well used up."-L.
b. NJ, Dryden, Lapier Co, Mich.
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A First Rate Intelligence OFice.

"Your paper is a first rate intelligence Office for
soldiers, for through it we learn of the whereabouts
of old comrades in arms of whom we had lost all
traCe."-W. III. Records, Rising Sun, Ind
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GAINESVILLE, HARRISON Co, Mo-,
z. <, HELPHENSTINE.

SIR: You will please express to Princeton,
Mercer county, Missouri, one dozen Durang's
Rheumatic Remedy, G. o. D. There is a great
demand for it here. 1t has worked wonders,
and given better satisfaction than any other
rheumatic remedy, and 1 must hare Il. Send
soon. VIM. D. BRYANT, N. D.
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DR.. Pierces Pellets" or sugar-coated gran
ules-the original Little Liver Pills." (be-
ware OF imitations)-cu sick and bilious
headache, cleanse the stomach and bowels, and
purify the blood. To get genuine sec DR..
Pierce's signature and portrait on Government
stamp. 20 cents per vial, by druggists.
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DOCTORS EVIDENCE ON RHEUMATISM.

Under this heading present the certificates
of few of the most prominent physicians in
their respective localities who have prescribed
this Remedy for years, and who do not hesitate
to recommend it on all occasions:
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ATLANrA, Ga, Feb. %, 1916.
z K HTPuFNSTINF

R. L. HELPHENSTINE.
/ anu extremely thankful TO inform you that
Durang's Rheumatic Remedy has cured me OF
an obstinate attack of rheumatism after all
other means and remedies had failed. In the
rapid progress of medical science nothing has
been discovered which possesses such marvel
Gus curative effects as your Durang's Rheu-
matte Remedy. I've known some of the most
intractable cases cured by the use of a single
bottle. Wishing you great success, 1 remain
ever your grateful friend.
J. PEMBERTON, VI. d.
We will state that the writer of the above is
one of the most thorough gentlemen in the
State of Georgia, and his word in Atlanta is as
good as gold.-Ed. Sunday Herald, Washington,
D. C.
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WASHINGTON, D. c., NOU. 10, 1875.

K. K. HELPHENSTINE.
SIR: took half bottle of your " Durang's
Rheumatic Remedy" for an acute attack re-
sulting from sitting in a room which had fire.
quently overlooked during the late rain storm.
1t relieved me at once. Yours, respectfully,
REV. J. A HAROLD, NJ. D.,
Rector HOly Cross Church.
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PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 6, 1915.
z. K. HELPHFNsTINE.

SIR: 1t was my intention to have written
you before, but have been prevented, my prac-
rice claiming my entire attention. Permit me
to thank you for the two bottles of Durang5
Rheumatic Remedy. l can say with great
pleasure that am now nearly well, one of my
ankles bothering Inc little. However, am
convinced that your remedy fully deserves the
enviable reputation that it enjoys. l shall
take pride in recommending it. Thankfully,
yours, 4. Z. HOWARD, Nj. d.,
lL...th
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Dusng's Rheumatic Remedy has done for
me in rheumatism what the larger part of the
materia medica failed to do. 1t is positively
curative. G.. III. PLUMLY, NJ. d.
MONTPELIER, VI, ApriI "a, 1875.
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STANTON, Va, Feb. 10, 1879.

DIAUNIUN, ' a., ItU. ITO, 1915
K. K. HELPHENSTINE:
1t affords me great pleasure to state that
your Durang's Rheumatic Remedy" not only
sells well, but gives splendid satisfaction. 1t is
the only remedy recommend for rheumatism.
G. s. WALKER, NJ. ID.
Ask your druggist to order it for you from
his wholesale druggist, or send money direct
to me, and I will forward by express. One
dollar bottle. Six bottles, five dollars. My
4O-page pamphlet OH rheumatism sent free to
any address Write to
r. Z. HELPHENsTINE, Druggist,
Washington, d. @.
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PERSONAL.
Senator-elect Bowen, of Colorado is esti-
mated TO be worth $5,000,000
The retirement of Rear Admiral G. B. Balch
and Rear Admiral Andrew Bryson has pro-
NOTED Commodore Charles III. Baldwin to the
grade of rear admiral.
In st. Agnes's Roman Catholic Church, New
York on the 1st inst, BijOu Heron, the actress,
was married to Henry John Miller, late of the
Union Square Theatre Company.
A dispatch from Clinton, Ill, says that the
report that Judge Davis is to be married to a
North Carolina lady is purely sensational. He
intends to settle down at his home in Bloom.
ington, H., after he retires from the Senate.
W. Il. Cox, Congressman from the fourth
North Carolina district was married at Raleigh,
n. c., last week, to Miss Fanny Augusta Ly-
man, eldest daughter Of Rev. Theodore B.
Lyman, Bishop of North Carolina.
The firm of Ferry & Bro, at Grand Haven,
Mich, of which Senator Ferry. of Michigan, is
the head, is financially embarrassed. One
dispatch says that the attachments put on the
firms property repres' 1T only small amount.
Their paper has gone to protest, and Senator
Ferrys representatives at Lansing have, it is
further said, been served with process in
suit for an unpaid bin of 81 800 for room and
board at hotel in Detroit. Senator Ferry's
wealth had previously been estimated at about
S20O0,0OO. The firm is said to have been
heavily engaged in mining operations in Utah,
which have SO far proved unprOductiVe. The
liabilities are estimated at from $4,000 to
$4,000 About $4,000 will cover all assets
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TUESDAYS PROCEEDINGS.

In the House. on Tuesday, the 9th inst, the
tariff bill was again up, but without any prog
ress having been made, it was laid aside at two
O'Clock and the rest of the session was devoted
to memorial exercises in honor of the late ].
T. Updegraff, of Ohio.
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Literary N otes.

Another of Elbridgc King>lcy'> fuIl-pagc
pictures, drawn with the graycr directly ON lhr
wood block, will be given in the August Cen
tury. 1t represents huge rock washed by the
sea, and accompanies several song, of the
Sea" by several poets.
James ElvPrs0n, the Philadelphia publisher.
gives the readers of his periodicals their mon-
ey's worth, and then presents them with some
thing pretty in the way of decorative articles
With the earlier numbers Of his new weekly
The Illustrated World he gave some very fine
chromos, and with recent number of Golden
Days, tue young peoples magazine, came an
easel statuettc, entitled "IIclloa!" Frank II,
Converse begins a new novelette, in the July
number of Golden Days, and the other serials
are interesting as usual.
The August Century will be the "Midsuma
mer Holiday Number" 1t will open with
paper by Prof. Alfred NJ. Mayer, of the stevens
Institute, an enthusiastic sportsman. on Bob
White, the Game Bird of America" Prof.
Mayer calls him, as the bird calls himself,
Bob White" and as he is known everywhere.
although in the North and East he is commonly
called Quail, and in the South and West Part
ridge. The illustrations of this paper are said
to be remarkable specimens of James {. Boards
skill as a deineator of birds.
The numbers of The Living Age for June 23d
and 30th and July 7th contain James Clerk
Maxwell, London Quarterly Review; Cairo,
the Old in the New, Contemporary; CARLYLE in
Society at Home and Abroad, and the Poetry of
Arthur Hugh Clough, Fornightly; The In
provement of the Roman Campagna, and FoN
Hunting, Nineteenth Century; The Portrait Art
of the Renaissance, Cornhill Gladstone's Early
Politics, Temple Bar; The Old Nirginian Gen
tleman, Macmillan; Some Fashion Gleanings
from 1744 to 176S Leisure Hour; Music as Oc-
cupation, William Chambers, The Coronation
of the Gar, Organized Charity in Switzerland,
and The Princes, Spectator; Trades Guilds of
Constantnople, All the Year Round George
Eliot, Athenaum; Parish Fools, Chambers
journal; Fish in the Talmud, Jewish World;
A Visit to the More, Field; with instalments of
The Wizards Son. ''Fleurette," "Katty the
Flash" and 1.-The Little World" Story of
Japan, and poetry.
The Republican journal., 1883-07-19
VOLUME 55.

common pest in the South on many plants
of the mustard family, as cabbages, rad
ishes, mustard, turnps, etc. The great
est damage to the turnip crop is done by
the Striped Turnip beetle (Hdltjca- strjO-
lata). This insect is about one-tenth of
an inch long, Of black color, with broad
buff or yellowish stripes on the wing COW
ers. The larva or "worm" is white and
slender, with horny, light brown head.
It's motion is slow and awkward. The
pupa is also white, and forms an earthen
cocoon in the soil, in which it undergoeS
its transformations. The perfect insects
are very fond of the young turnip plants,
and do great injury to the seedlings when
they first appear above the soil. The
eggs are deposited on the underslde OF
the foliage, and soon hatch into the
"worms" that eat their way between the
upper and lower skins of the true leaves.
The worms" burrow rapidly for few
days, and then drop to the ground, to
pass INTO the inactive pupa state. The
first brood Of the 'fies' appears in May
or early June, and the second in August
or September. Hot, dry weather is most
favorable to the beetles, as during a rain
they cannot open and use their gauZy
wings. On the other hand, turnips thrive
IN moist weather, and ought to be hur-
ried on in such times. The ground
should be in the best possible condition
of tilth and fertility for a rapid growth,
and with smooth surface, so that the
least time need be taken in passing
through the seed-leaf state. The best,
plump, vigorous seed should be sown
thickly. 1t is well to dust the young
plants with equal parts of wood ashes
and land plaster Air slaked lime may
be used in the same manner with good
effect
The Republican journal., 1883-07-19

Scab in sheep is one Of the most troub
lesome diseases with which the shepherd
has to contend. The cause of the dis
ease is a minute insect, 4c0rjs sc0biej,
which burrows under the epidermls, pro-
ducnIg irritation of the skin. Small wa
terry blisters soon form, which finally be-
come dry and encrusted, forming the
scab proper. These being produced in
various parts Of the body, cause the wool
10 become matted, and the sheep, to re-
ieye the itching or irritation, rub against
fences, posts etc, and tear their wool in
10 shreds, giving them a wretched APP
pGarance The disease is rapidly spread
III flock where healthy sheep come in
contact with these fences, posts, etc, for
the eggs Of the mite, or the mite itself,
may he readily transferred from the
sheep to the fence and from the fence to
sheep again. Hence it will hardly be
necessary to caution against allowing
healthy sheep to be in the same pen or
field with scabby ones. The only meth
cd of Kidding the diseased sheep of the
scab is, to dip them into a liquid which
viii peneprate and soften the scabby por
ti0ns, and even then it is often Necessary
torub these places with something rough,
to open the scabs, and let the liquid take
effect. \ sheep dip made of one ounce
Of sulphur and four of tobacco to a gal
lon Of water, has been found very etfec-
tive. In the water, which should be at
the boiling point, steep tobacco stems or
leaves, and add the sulphur later; then
allow the liquid to cool down. when the
sheep may be immersed. [American
Agliculturist for july.
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Beneath the quaint old bridge you hear
The waves make music as they pass:
And winding TO the elm tree near,
You see the pathway through the grass
Where we were wont to walk, alas
The river wanders as of old
Beneath the shade of willow trees;
The sunlit waters CLEAN like gold,
And ripple to the gentle breeze;
But | am far from thee and these.
The sky bends over, broad and blue,
And in the soft and mellow light
You tread the lane our footsteps knew
In former times, when days were bright
Do these days bring such sweet delight!
And still that lane with grass is green,
With fragrant flowers the banks are fair
In golden gloss and silver sheen
The bees still haunt the balmy air:
But will fail to find me there.
Again, perchance, | may not see
The rustlng rows of willow trees,
(Which lent a leafy canopy
When we strolled underneath at ease y
For | am far from thee and these.
Our joys forsake us. Soon does spring
Pass by and for the summer call;
Soon do the birds lose heart to sing,
When fading leaves in autumn fall;
And winter is the end of all.
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What Are Sun-Spots ?

The great atmosphere of the sun,
whose breath is flame, is yet, says Mr.
Proctor, so cool compared with its IN
tensely glowing surface that it absorbs
a large proportion of his light as we'll as
of his heat. But while the general alb
sorptive action of the sun is wonderful,
the story is still more wonderful which
the spectroscope has to tell about the
specific abSOrptive effects due to its CON
stitution. We find that whereas in our
air the vapor of water is present Ito con
dense into water drops and form clouds
at certain levels, and to change to ice
crystals and form cirrus at high levels),
IN the sun the atmosphere is laden with
the vapors OF iron, copper, zine, sodium,
magnesium, and like elements, to form
clouds of metallic drops, great gather
ings of metallic crystals, while the rains
that pour down toward the CONCEALED
true globe OF the sun are mighty showers
OF molten metal. When the hurricane
occurs in the sun, the clouds which form
the suns surface are swept along, or
Whlrled around, not at the rate at which
we measure our storms, but with a We
loclty compared with which their swift
est motion is at rest The solar lorna
does rage, not over a few hundred square
miles, but over regions as large as the
whole surface of the earth, over hun
dreds, even thousands of millions of
square miles; and they travel over these
enormous regions at a rate of not so
many miles per hour or per minute but
of many miles, sometimes more than a
hundred miles in every second of time.
Such storms are i'll progress now, when
we see the spots upon the sun. Such
storms tell us of the activity of that great
| central engine whose throbs are the life
beats of the solar system. We measure
the suns work perforce, by our own
forms of work. We speak of this ennis
sion of light and heat as corresponding
to what would result from the burning
of eleven thousand millions of millions of
tons of the finest coal in every second of
time. But what mind can conceive the
real vitality of that mighty orb which
seems so silent and still in our skies?
The throbbing of the great engine which
beats out light and life to the whole
family of planets can only be seen by the
minds eye, and as yet that eye is no
more capable of seeing the distant mil
! lions of suns which the great gauging
telescopes of the Herschels bring within
our ken.
Nor can the mental ear harken to the
uproar and tumult with which the work
Of the great central engine is accom-
plsEed, or imagine what would be heard
if one could visit that spot which looks
like il tiny speck on the suns surface,
and, passing below the limits of the solar
air so that sound waves could reach him,
could find las assuredly he would if he
could live at temperature which turns
the hardest metal into vapor) all forms
I of noise known to us-the roar of the
typhoon, the crash of thunder, even the
hideous groanng of the earth throe-sur-
passes million-fold by what takes place
within every square mile of that disturb
| ed region.
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TUESDAY, July 10.
Amount of stock at market: Cattle, 1472; sheep
and lambs, 6,j76; fat hogs, l2,2O6
Prices of beef cattle u LOG b live weight, extra
81 hir a nfst 'IS% poores go Ssr1h rde
of coarse oxen, bulls, etc, So 00a4 90.
Brighton Hides, Sc v b; Brighton Tallow, Ga
heavy, 7a71sc y III Country Talow, 4941&c v tb
Calf skins, llal21ac % ID; Wool Skins, Sl.0Og2 90;
Lamb Skins, 5096oc each; sheep skins, 20925c each
sheep and LanIbs-Western sheep cost, landed at
the slaughter houses, from 50 &c, and Lambs 7dsc
U Ii, live weight.
owine-Western fat hogs cost this week 81 a &c %
b, live weight.
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FARM. GARDEN AED HOUSEHOLD.

For this department brief suggestions, facts,
and experiences are solicited from housekeep-
ers, farmers and gardeners. Address Agri-
cultural editor journal Office, Belfast Maine.
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Insects Injurious to the Turnip.

Dr. Halsted asserts in the July Ameri
can Agriculturist that nearly all of the
insects which attack the cabbage in its
early growth, also prey upon the turnip.
Among these are the caterpillars of a
number of Cabbage butterflies" easily
recognized by their whitish wings, with
black markings, and lazy, numbering
flight. The Harlequin Cabbage bug is a
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BELFAST MAINE, THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1888

hear that canticle which tells of the
"holy and humble men of heart who
praise the Lord, and magnify Him for
ever" | go back to ignorant old Abel
Dowrex, and the irrevocable tie with
which he bound together the people Of
his native village. lThe Congregation
a1jct
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at Brights Disease Diabetes or any disease of the
kidneys, liver or urinary organs, Hop Btters
will certainly and lastngy cure you, and it is the
only thing that will.
Poker is a game which nobody plays. but it is al
most impossible to find man who doesn't know all
about it.
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The Farm Dairy.

Mr.. j. W. Darrow writes as follows
upon an important topic in the American
Agriculturist for July:
In the average farm dairy, too little at
tention is given to the management Of
milk. The introduction of what may be
termed "the home made creamy syStcm,'
has proved a wonderful boon to many
farmers. Such as do not invest in the
patented creameries. need some artificial
method for keeping the milk and cream
at proper temperature. 4 neighb0ring
farmer has for several years kept milk in
cellar-tank, which is supplied from an
adjoining pond of pure water. Into this
Water-tank, cans, 20 inches deep, are
set so that the water comes to within
two inches Of the top, and they are left
uncovered, to allow the animal heat to
pass of. \ thermometer, occasionally
plunged in to the water, enables him to
regulate the temperature, which should be
at about 62 degrees, and as a result, the
cream rises to depth of from two to three
inches, in the can. The tank was built
and water conducted to it, at a small eX-
pense, which has been amply repaid, as
the quantity of cream greatly exceeds
that produced by the old method, of set
ting in shallow pans. BY some such
means as this the farm dairy may be
made profitable adjunct to general
farming.
SAVING SEEDS. If one waits until his
PhloX, Pansy, Balsam, and some other
seeds are ripe, he will gather none
These plants and others have a way of
bursting their capsules as soon as ripe,
and throwing the seeds as far as possible.
The only way to manage these is to take
them as soon as the seed vessel is fully
formed and shows signs Of maturity, and
put them where they can scatter with
out loss. We have used wire sieves to
cover such seed pods, and found them to
work admirably. 1t is necessary for one
who would save seeds, whether for bis
own use or for sale, to study the habit of
each plant, see what its natural mode OF
distributing its seed is, and anticipate it.
Let US remark here, as we have often
done before, that it is best to SOW the
seeds of herbaceous perennials as soon
as they ripen. They will give plants
sufficiently large to winter over and they
will generally bloom in spring. Agri-
culturist.
The Republican journal., 1883-07-19

Two commercial tourists met in the depot
the other day. ''Hello, Charley" says No. l.,
'hayen't seen you in an age. What are you do
ing now:" sob! I'm in the same old line" re-
spends No. 2. "With the same houser' 'Yes,
same old concern, but situated little different
ly." elbow is that." "Well, Pve got an inter-
est" rs that so! How long since%' 'Since
the first of the month";" "Let me congratulate
you" ''Yes, the old man told me I'd got to
take an interest in the business this year or quit.
So took the interest"
The Republican journal., 1883-07-19

Acquaintance with God is not a speculative
knowledge, built on abstracted reasonings about
His nature and essence, such as philosophical
minds often busy themselves in, without reap
ing from thence any advantage towards regu-
latng their passion, but practical knowledge.
IAtterbury.
The Republican journal., 1883-07-19

A supreme love, motive that gives sub
lime rhythm to a woman's life, and eXalts habit
into partnership with the soul's highest needs
is not to be had where and how she Wills to
know that high initiation, she must often tread
where it is hard to tread, and feel the chill air
and watch through darkness. 1t is not true that
love makes all things easy; it makes us choose
what is difficult. George Eliot.
There are $50 Grand Army posts in the State
al
The Republican journal., 1883-07-19

AN UNsOLVED PROBLEM. There is a man
in this city who boasts of having ''swapped'
horses over 60 times within the past year. He
says there is one thing he can't understand at
all, and that is, that while he never made less
than ten dollars by trade-getting that much
better horse every time-he isn't worth dollar
more than he was a year ago, and his present
horse isn't worth over $75. Portland Times