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Year: 1873

Dear Sir: l feel it a duty owe you as well
as the afHicted, to acknowledge the wonderful
cure you have made in my case. The long
continued sore throat and bronchitis was q
source of great annoyance and alarm to me
for number Of years, but since you prescrib-
ed for me feel no trouble there, and have no
fear of a return of the complaint. The dispo-
sition was strong to scrofula consumption
that, 1 think, entirely changed. Ny otheI
difHculties are entirely cured. Ifpeople only
would give your remedies fair trial, feel
confident you would benefit all you say you
can. Yours truly,


MRS. MARTHA PARKS
Year: 1873

clyde, Ohio, June l, 1873.
Dear Sir: It is extremely gratifying to me 10 be
able 10 announce a perfect cure Of both cancers
the one internal as well as the one on the breast
The wonderful effect of your remedies in my case
astcaishes my friends. My general health has been
made good. I would not be placed in the condition
was in six months ago. for fifty times what If has
cost me to get well. I do wish that people would
not be so blinded by prejudice 10 TRUTH but try ma
ture's remedies and be restored to health. ! am
personally acquainted with others-some in my
own family-that you have cured, and have all the
the confidence in the world in your skill. Yom
mode of treatment for such chronic diseases seems
TO me is Just what is needed. If other physicians
would turn their attention to a successful treat
ment Of such diseases, there would be less suffer-
ing in the world. You refer to me and my case
whenever you feel disposed to do so; and shall be
happy al any time to answer questions for the ben
eft of the suffering, If called on in person, or ad-
dressed as above. You can rest assured that if /
should ever require treatment again, and you are
among the living, that you win be called npon in
preference to all others.


Yours truly,
Year: 1873

Senator Morton 10 o-night gave me an
outline of the plan which will be sug-
gestcd by his committee on the subject
Of changing the mode Of electing Presi-
dent and Vice President He said that
the smaller States would undoubtedly
defeat any constitutional amendment pro.
yiding for such election by a popular
vote pure and simple AS the matter
stands under the electoral system, one
counts for nine in New York and in the
case of throwing the election into the
House Of Representatives, when each
State has one vote, one man in Nevada
counts for one hundred and twenty in
New York. To overcome the objections
Of the smaller States and at the same
time more cqni,ably recognize the i'm
portance Of the larger, the committee
will propose to apportion the States into
districts according to the number Of their
Senators and Representatives. and each
district is to count one presidential voto
for the candidate who may receive the
populsr meJority or plurality in it. The
Senator expressed his belief that this plan
would meet the appreciation Of all the
States, as being in the nature Of the most
equitable adjustment Of the present in.
equalities possible.


4 BONE or CONTENTION IN THE RrPUBLI-


CAN CAUCUS.


The back pay caucus Of the House Re
publicans to night was lively affair, Its
session was protracted and the discussion
at times red.hot. There was a general
feeling that something had got TO be
done. but the point Of difference was,
how to do it. The members who attend
ed it are very rsticent as to the details
Of the scramble, and some Of them are
grum and savage ever the result Free
indulgence was had in elimination and
resrminstion, and several quarrels were
begun which promise to recur to the sur.
Year: 1873




"DoN'r STAY LONG," Don't stay long,
husband said young wife IN our presence
one evening, as her husband was preparing TO
90 out The words themselves were lnsignn-
cant, but the look of melting tondness wlth
which they were accompanied spoke volumes
1t told the whole depth of her woman love
Of her happiness With her husband-or her
griet when the light of his smile, the source OF
all her joy, beamed not upon her.
Don't stay long. husband and | fancy1
saw the loving, gentle wife, sitting alone, apx-
iously counting the moments OF her husband
absence, every few minutes running to the door
to see if he were 10 sight, and finding that he
was not, thought could hear her e1claim-
iug. in disappointed tone, Not yet.
Don't stay long, husband, and again l
thought could see the young wife rocking
herself nervously in the great arm chair and
weeping as though her loving heart would
break as her thoughtless "lord and master
prolonged his stay wearisome length of time.
y, ye that have wives who say, don't stay
long, when you 10 forth, think kindly of them
when you are miugling 10 the busy hive of life,
aud try just little to make their home and
hearts happy, for they are gems too seldom! re-.
placcd-you cannot fiud amid the pleasures OF
the world the peace and;joy that quiet home
blessed with such womans presence will
afford.


Don't stay long husband'-au the young
wife's looks seemed to say-for there in your
own sweet home is loving heart, whose mu-
sic is hushed when you are absent-here is q
soft breast to lay your head upon, aud here are
pure lips unsoiled by sin, that will pay you iu
kisses for your coming back.


Think OF it, young men, when your wives say
to you don't stay too long, and D, don't let
the kind words pass unheeded as of little value;
for, though they may not be to you the disap
pointment of fulftIment of their simple loyinl
wish they bring grief or JOY to them. If you have
40 hour to spend bestow it upon them, and
the pure love, gushing from their gentle, grace
tul hearts, will be sweet reward
Year: 1873

Reflect that sound mind and body arc, the
most necessary requisites to promote connubIal
hanpiness. Indeed, without these the journey
through life becomes Il weary pilgrimage, tho
nrospect hourly darkcns to the view. the mind
becomes shadowed with despair, and filed with
the melancholy reflection that the happiness OF
another is blighted with our own.
Year: 1873

MEMPHIS, Ienn., sept. ~, 1910
A dastardly attempt was made at an early hour
this morning to assassinate George p. Cober q
reporter for Bradstreet's Commercial Agency,
while he was standing at the back door Of his
boarding house. on the corner OF Third and Court
streets. Some person fred at him from an adjoin-
ing lot, the ball grazing his temple severing some
was carried into the house and soon recovered.
He can assign no motive for the act. and knows OF
no enemy who could desire to murder him.
Year: 1873

The crypt OF the Cooper Institute was last night
nearly two-thirds filed by representatives OF the
mercantile interests Of the city for the purpose Of
considering the prominent question Of the day
namely, cheap transportation. The meeting
which was presided over by the Mayor, was very
earnest in its character. and the speakers were
extremely practical In the presentation OF the
subject to an auditory, that caught every
pertinent point with q more than ordinary
readiness Several passages OF the various
speeches that were enthusiastic in calling for
action that should be determined and united
elected hearty and loud applause. Shortly
after the speech Of the Mayor, and while
Mr.. Tennie was speaking tho Senatorial
Committee ON Transportation namely Sem
ators Window, Sherman. Davis, C0nkling
on the platform were loudly cheered. SenatoS
C0nkling received very hearty reception as he
TOOK seat to the right OF the Chairman, with
whom he very cordially shook hands. 1t was an
nounced that to-day and during the week the Sen
ators would be at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, and
would receive delegations from merchants and
others who may be interested in the question Of
cheap transportation.


The practical result of the meeting was shown
at the close in the formation Of ASSOCIATION Tor
the carrying out of the objects that it sought to
promote.


The meeting was called to order by Mr.. BENJA-
MIN B. SHERMAN, who moved that Mayor Have
meyer be the presiding officer The motion was
received with applause and carried with una
pimity. nf ar
Year: 1873

DIR. JARVIS, of Massachusetts, talks
sound sense on very important topic. He
says that much of the ill-kealth of families
is the result Of the culpable foolshness of
"bringing up" girls with no idea of house.
hold work. When at a marriageable age,
they can talk, sing, play the piano, and are
full OF romance and poetry, but as to the
details of household work, they are totally
ignorant. The making of loaf of good
bread is a formidable, if not an impossible
feat the preparing and roasting of piece
of meat is similar mountain of despair,
and if a servant is employed, there is no
one competent to supervise or direct her,
and waste and failure rule in the kitchen.
Sour bread and poorly cooked food work
legitimate results in all directions. They
pursue the mistress of the house in all her
waking hours, they accompany the husband
TO his daily occupations, and who knows
how many bad bargains. ruined minds and
bodies, or even how many crimes come
from the indigestible break fast or dinner
When will mothers "turn over a new Leaf
in this matter9 when will they learn that
their daughter should know how to "keep
house." No girl Is fit for marriage, no
matter what may be her social or pecuni-
AIRY condition, until she il thoroughly COM
petent to manage, successfully, all the af-
fairs of the kitchen; this knowledge is
necessary to true domestic power, efilcien-
cy and happiness.
Year: 1873

WHITEwAsHING.-A farmers journal
gives the following receipt for making a
superior whitewash: Take clean, water
tight barrel, or other suitable cask and put
in it half bushel of lime. Slack it by
pouring water over it, boiling hot, and in
sufficient quantity to cover it five inches
deep, and stir it briskly till thoroughly
slaked. When the shaking has been effect
ed, dissolve it in water, and add a solution
of two pounds of sulphate of zinc, and one
of common salt. AS it is often desirable to
vary the monotony by introducing a varie-
ty of colors upon the premises, it may be
important to know that n beautiful cream
color may be communicated to the above
wash, by adding to it three pounds OF yell
low ochre; or good pearl or lead color by
the addition of lamp, vine, or ivory black.
For fawn color, add four pounds of umber
Turkish or American (the latter is cheap
esD, one pound Indian red, and one
pound lampblack. For common stone
color, add four pounds raw umber, and
two pounds lampblack. The value of the
sulphate of zinc is that it makes the wash
harden better after it is put on. Some also
put in half pound of common alum 9TH
ers substitute the alum for the zinc. There
is no mode of making farm buildings at
tractive so cheaply as with whitewash, and,
at the same time, ofaddng greatly to the
preservation of the wood. The above wash
cannot cost over iiny cents, and ifliberally
used it will add five hundred dollars to the
market value ofa farm. We can conceive
of but few things more beautiful than clean,
white farm buildings and fences in con-
trast with rich green Of budding spring.
Year: 1873

agent and disbursing officer of the bu-
reau of refugees, and provides that he
henceforth, during his holding and re-
manning in said office, carefully dis
charge the duties thereof, and faithfully
expend all public money, and honor
ably account for the same and for all
public property which shall or may come
into his hands on account of the sub
sistenca and quartermaster's depart
ment or such bureau without fraud or
dalay
Year: 1873

The Importance of the IRE patrol in
New York is deemed so great that the
underwriters have decided to continue it
for the coming years at a cost OF one
hundred and ninety thousand dollars,or
thirteen thousand dollars more than the
sum fixed upon at the last biennial
meeting.
Year: 1873

pot and told what she saw and the OBJ
staeles wsre removed. The assaitants rob
bed the woman of four hundred dollars.
The satchel containing it was found, to-
gether with the words: eve made more
money than we should if we had tipped
off the train Won fool ~
Year: 1873

A few days since Mrs. Joshua Hewitt,
living near Pennsgrove, N. j., left her
little boy, about ten years old, in the
yard, where he was amusing himself
with dog. Some time after she heard
the dog creating great disturbance be-
low, barking and scratching at the door
leading to the stairway, and making
other demonstrations of distress. Ap-
pretending that something was wrong,
she ran down stairs and opened the
the door. With almost human sagacity
the dog gave bark Of delight,
and ran to an open well in the yard.
The frightened mother ran to the well,
which was fortunately nearly filed to the
top with water, and discovered her child
in time to snatch him from the waters
just as he was sinking beneath the sur
face. When rescued the child was in.
sensible, but, restoratives being applied,
consciousness returned. Thedog mean.
while manifested its Joy by caperine
about the room, jumping upon the
couch where the infant was lying, and
licking the face and form of the uncon.
scious little one which its sagocity had
uovo1
Year: 1873

Capt. J. L. Smith, who settled in Ari-
zona twenty-five years ago, is of the
opinion that the Colorado Desert will
eventually become very fertile region.
He declares that the grossest miscon-
ception exists concerning the vegetation
of the desert. The soil is the richest
in the world, and on those portions Of it
overfowed by New river the grass is the
tallest, thickest and richest he ever saw.
One man has moving machine in the
desert, and is engaged in making hay,
which is of superior quality. In New
river, the Captain says, we have q natu-
raj ditch, which it would require only
few thousands of dollars to make avail
able for the irrigation of hundreds of
thousands of acres of land. Abundance
of water can be obtained from artesian
wells. The overflow of the Colorado
often spreads for q distance of ninety
miles, presenting, at stages, the singu-
lar spectacle of q river running up hill.
The desert is about fifteen feet below
the level of the bed of the Colorado, and
its waters can thus be carried over the
desert. For such portions Of it as can
not be thus reached, the artesian well
remains. Water can be got anywhere
at a depth of from twelve to twenty feet.
The informant was employed by the
United States Government to dig wells
on the desert. In digging the well at
New Station, which was four feet square,
after working his way through fifty-ive
feet of clay he broke through into what
appeared to be the bed of an old river.
He came across specimens Of wood.
Here he tapped stream of water which
rose within one hour sixteen feet in the
well, and which has stood at that depth
ever since. 1t is impossible to exhaust
it. If this stream had been tapped by q
fourteen-inch main simply, instead of
an opening four feet square, he is posi-
tive that it would have sent flowing
stream a height of :sixty feet.-NeO
York EUening Post.
Year: 1873

CAPT. JACK INTER RVLEWED-PE


SONNEL OF THE SAVAGE LEAD
ERS


[Tule Lake June 81 Coo San Francisco Bulletin.l
By permission of the officer of the
guard, I had an interview with Jack
through the medium of an interpreter.
At first he was reticent. In fact, he did
not deign to notice me. His sister Mary
interceded in my behalf and persuaded
Jack to talk. His remark was in rela-
ton to the shackles. He said it made
him feel mean to be habited like horse.
He was not afraid to die, and had no
idea of running away. As he spoke his
eyes snapped, and he looked very lion
in rage. All questions pertaining to his
fight he declined to answer. When
asked his age, he gave me to understand
that he was 36. He then voluntarily
started upon statement of his griev-
ances against his race at the time of the
Ben Wright affair. He said that the
white men murdered Indians years ago,
and that what he did was only paying
old debts. He did not enter into details,
but left the interpreter, Scar-Faced
Charley, to patch up the story.


A critical study of Jacks face cor
roborates the impressions received at
first sight. He is thorough Indian.
His head is large, quite square, and for
the present sets firmly on his shoulders.
His eyes are black and bright, his face
broad, with prominent cheek-bones.
His nose is symmetrical and slightly
aquiline. His lips are thin and clean
cut, and, combined with his chin, indi-
Gates that resoluteness of purpose that
has won for him such a remarkable
notoriety. His complexion is dark, and
his face has pleasant look. Take him
all in all, he is striking man. Place
him among thousands, he would be
taken for a chief by any observing
stranger. Those who have seen hin
marvel not that he is leader OF the
Modocs. Though in chains and on the
brink of eternity, he is yet feared and
respected by the Indians about him.
His nearest companion in chains,
Sconchin, is so years of age, and
wrinkled, and has the villain depicted il
every line of his face. He wears his
hair short, and stands about five feet
nine in his moccasins.


Boston Charley is about 25 years old
His face is expressionless. He, Mose
and Sam are very ordinary looking In
dians. Jack would attempt to escape i
he had chance, even at the risk o.
being shot down. Probably he nevel
realized that death was inevitable unit
the irons were placed upon his feet.
Year: 1873

FRANCE is no longer q vale of Theirs.


TIE nuisance of the day-Postal
cards.


SHOULD pickpocket attempt to steal
your watch, tell him you have no time
to spare.


In correcting children, we should ap-
peal to the intellect before resorting to
the other extreme.


A NEW street scholar has put on paper
the fact that he would "rather be little
girl and obey his mother than be dog
and obey the moon"


Chow one thing brings up another,
said lady, absorbed in pleasing
retrospection. eyes," replied the prac-
tical Dibbs can emetic for instance.


The dying words of great men be-
spangle the pages of history as stars
bespangle the sky. Those of Capt.
Jack may readily be anticipated: "Put
me in my little lava bed"
IT is reported that a juvenile dandy
said to fair partner at Boston ball
"Miss, don't you think my mustaches
becoming ?" To which Miss replied ::
swell, yes, but they haven't arrived.


TpK1Ns aroused his wife from sound
sleep the other night, saying he had
seen a ghost in the shape of an ass.
"Oh, let ne Sleep" was the reply OF the
irate dame, "and don't be frightened at
your own shadow"


The Chicago gamblers have subscribed
$500 for a monument to deceased
member of their craft, who, We are told,
will be raised from the common burying-
ground and inferred in another. We
have heard of raising a live gambler
out, but we have never heard Of betting
being so high as to raise out dead one.
Louisville Co,Uier-Journal.
SOME men at Louisville were betting
on the weight of large mule, when one
man, who was good judge of the
weight of live stock, got behind the mule
and was measuring his hind quarters,
when something appeared to loosen up
the mule. just before the expert died
he gave it as his opinion that if the mule
was as heavy all over as he was behind,
he must weigh not far from 1900
pounds.
Year: 1873

a sea captain just srriYe'i in this
port from New Orleans, exhibits an
Irish setter d, g. TO whom be secIed.
! its ope OF the most remarkable ex-
ploits in canine intelligence. The
dog vast elrJperty Of the first mate,
and was early noted for exiraordin-
sry ssgacity. When the sailors took
hold OF the main brace TO haul it in,
the dog Immediately seized the end
and ran the length Of the deck with
il, as n blending baDd" to get the
officers order executed. A planter
took fancy to the dog, and prevailed
on the first mate topresent the aniOal
to him. He carried iE along with
him six hundred miles up the Missis


sippl River, and endeayored to show
the setter every kindness. But one
night the dog escaped, and running
along the river bank leaped aboard
boat and was towed back to New
Orleans. But the ship had sailed,
and a schooner captain, into whose
hands the setter fell, took it with him
TO New York. The ship from which
the dog was taken Vas lying on the
river, and here is where the marvel
comes in. The dog, while looking
over the side OF the vessel one af,er-
noon, seemed TO take special notice
of the ship on the other side. After
q few moments it leaped overheard,
swan to its old home, and was taken
aboard by the delighted sailors.
Year: 1873

There is not one single advantage
to be claimed in favor of big hogs.
There never was a monster hog
which did not make the man who
raised him pay for every pound he
weighed. They do not furnish an
ounce of meat gratis, but charge full
price for every atom of their carcass.
When slaughtered, it takes a long
time to get one cool to the marrow in
the bone, and then when the hams are
put in salt it is troublesome to finish
them to the centre. Four hundred
live weight is as large as hogs should
be in order to make good bacon. Be.
yond this size there is loss some.
where Either the feeder, butcher
or consumer is cheated, and as ,
general thing every one who has any
thing to do with big hog will find
if he observes closely, thst they are
not SO profitable as the smooth mic,
hog Of only $50 pounds weight A
small head, with little upright ears
aud legs and ears delicate to perfec
ton, are marks which indicate th,
greatest amount of food consumed
and it viii always draw more readily
the attention Of every butcher.
Year: 1873

The euriosIties OF medical life and


practice are endless If we hear very


often of medical men dong srduous


work for very scanty remuneration,
so netimes there is an agreeable OBJ
verse of receiving very splendid re-
muneratlon for very scanty services.
We howof a medical man whose duty
it is to take lunch every day at great
castle belonging to noble lord. The
household is immense; and there IS
Just the chance that there may be
some case of indisposition demanding
attention. He gets some of the best
lunches in England, and duly charges
a guinea for each attendance. There
is very wealthy man near q great
city, who can not bear to be lefs for
the night. There is . physician OF
great ability who drives out Of town
nightly to sleep at his residence; he Is
consequently debarred eveniDgsoeiety
and II ne goes out to dinner he has to
leave his friends before wine. He has
to charge his patient thousand a
year; and, I think, he works hard for
his money. Sometimes the services
are such that money can not repay
them A friend of mine, young
medicus, had q standing engagement
Of four hundred a year to look after
the health Of an old lady. Sherequlr-
ed to be inspected three times a day,
and make an exhibition of her tongue
and pulse. What made things so ag-
gravating was, that she was as strong
as horse, while the doctor was a
delicate man. She was so selfish and
perverse that he was obliged to tell
her that he would have nothing to do
with her case Similarly, knew the
son OF a rich man, who proposed to
pay a clergyman several hundred


pounds year for leave TO spend his


evenings with HIM. The parsOn, how


ever, was obliged to tell his rich


friend that he talked such intolerable


twaddle that he could not accept his


company on any terms that could be


named. But the oldest of these ar


raDgements is the following: A med
ical man has been attending a patient
several years, and yet he has never
seen his patient. The gentleman
firmly believes that he has an eso.
phagus OF peculiar construction, and
that he is accordingly liable at any
moment TO be choked. That help may
be at hand whenever any sudden
emergency may occur, he has ply
sician in the house night and day
The physician, being human, must
needs take his walks abroad, and il
becomes necessary to provide q sub
stitute for him two hours a day. Ac
eordingly, doctor attends daily from
~ to 2, fills up his time by disposinc
of an admirable lunch, and finds tn,
gold and silver coin, in their usual :
happy combination, neatly put by the
side of his plate, in tissue paper. Ul,
to the present date he has never haG
the pleasure of exchanging word;
with his interesting patient.