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Year: 1873

Tho object of tonic is to increase the elasticity and strength of the muscular fibre, and to inygo- rate the general sy ystem. AS means of accomplish ing these ends it is expected to improve the ap- petite Rand the digestive power of the stomach These are certainly important considerations; but to dyspepsia, bilious affections, chronic de- bility, intermittent fever and other complaints in volvng Arrangements of the liver, the bowels, the nerves, and the secretive organs generally, some thing more than mere tonic is required Hostel ter,s stomach Bitters may safely be pronounced the best and most wholesome invigorant extant, but the other special medical properties which be- long to this remarkable vegetable rative have as much to do with the wonderful results it pro duces as it's tonic virtues For example, it has cer. tain alternative qualities which literally change the habit constitution, re-establishing the healthy functions of the body without causing any undue evacuation by.perspiration, vomiting or purgin |. It's entire effect is to put the whole machinery of life perfect older to purify all the fluids. inclu ding the blood and the ble and not only to operate

 antidote to disease, where it exists, but so to strengthen, regulate and otherwise improve the condition of the to render 1t proof against vici ssitudes of temperature, change Of water, in fected air, and other predisposng causes of liver and bowel disturbance and epidemic disorders. Hence it is medicine for all seasons aud climes- useful alive to the traveller and the resident in an unhealthy region, and an invaluable safeguard against the physical disturbances which accrue from cold, damp, indictment weather, as we'll as against the which is apt to over whelm the weak aud nervous at this somewhat gloomy period of the year.
Year: 1873

We went, writes 8 correspondent who has been out among the buffalo, to the 'tfront, that is to the extreme western end of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad. As a construction train carried us, consisting of nothing but fiat cars, we had perfect view on all sides. The prairie was perfectly level, and our elevated position on the piles of lumber and boxes with which the car was loaded enabled us to see the slightest moving object for miles around We had gradually been nearing what at first seemed to be nothing but long, wavy, black line moving in southerly direction, but as the miles flew rapidly by-for we had made a late start and were making up time-it assumed more distinct proportions and finally took the shape of an immense drove of buffalo packed together in so dense mass that their gait was no faster than that of a man walking leisurely along.

 Approaching to within one hundred yards of the flank of the column the en- zine whistled down brakes and we stop, ped. A few old bulls, the flankers ot the herd, glared savagely at us as we moved slowly by them. One, huge | fellow with monstrous head nearly hidden under masses of thick, sand matted hair, we thought would charge us. His tail curled like that of & pig He savagely paved the ground and with head lowered, finally moved slowly towards the locomotive. The engineer always ready for little fun, purposely closed the steam escape-pipes so that nt sound could be heard. Suddenly, whe1 the shaggy monster drew himself up as if to select the exact point for his attack the valves were opened to their fulles extent, the whistle sent forth mos unearthly screech, the bell was violent | ly rung, and 8 cloud of smoke went ul through the smoke-stack. The effec was indescribable. Down went the buff | falo on his launches, literally scared of his feet, and into such maze of bewil derment did he seem to have beer thrown that before he could recove himself one of the track-layers had hat time to approach sufficiently near t. give him fatal shot.

 A great many buffaloes were killed du ring the hour it took the herd to pass It was only necessary to fire gun il the direction of the mass to secure

 victim, for if not killed outright tn wounded beast was quickly trample

 under foot by his myriad companions How many buffalo passed over the lin of rail in this herd itwas impossible estimate. The herd itself was at leas ten miles long and two wide, and mus have numbered millions.
Year: 1873

The cry for rest has always been loud- CT than the cry for food. Not that it is more important, but it is often harder to get. The best rest comes from a sound sleep. Of two men or women, otherwise equal, the one who sleeps the best will be the most moral, healthy and efficient. Sleep will do much to cure irritability of temper, peevishness, uneasiness. It will restore to vigor an overworked brain. It will build up and make strong 8 weary body. It will cure a headache. It will cure the heartache

 It will cure broken spirit It will cure sorrow. Indeed, we might make a long list of nervous and other maladies that sleep will cure. The cure of sleep leesness requires 8 clean, good bed, sufficient exercise to produce weariness- pleasant occupation, good air, and not too warm & room, clear stomach, a clear conscience, and avoidence of stimulants and narcotics. For thosewho are overworked, haggard, nervous, who pass sleepless nights, we commend the adoption of such habits as shall secure sleep otherwise life will be short, and what there is of it sadly imperfect.
Year: 1873

Whether or not the act of suicide in- dicates insanity on the part of self-de- stroyers, is problematical. Some of the scientific men of the day are trying to solve this question, but meet with many difficulties, some of which arise from the impossihility of placing the suicides themselves on the witness stand They find it impossible to get any but infer ential evidence of self-destroyed man, as to his mental status at the time he killed himself. Some queer facts have been brought to light, however One man had been told by & fortune teller that he would die within three weeks, and, having 8 great horror of death, he took dose of strychnine to escape it. That man was clearly of un- sound mind. A case almost the reverse of this occurred in Paris. A man bent on suicide climbed up the parapet of a bridge over the Seine, and was about to jump into the river, when 8 sentry point ed his musket at him, and threatened to shoot him dead unless he immediate man at once came down instead of stay ing on the parapet and achieving death at the hands of the sentry without con- ulAOu1uS W us b1ldb Ildu III HIS right mind? A still more singular case was that of an old bachelor, who, in a moment of weakness, entered into a marriage engagement. On coming to what he called his right mind, this un- fortunate man resolved to escape the consequence of his folly by committing self-destruction. Thus resolved, he had his razor at his jugular vein, when word came that his fiancee had eloped with a younger and handsomer man. Here was unexpected deliverance but how marked the vagaries of perturbed mind. Jealousy of his rival succeeded to horror of his betrothal and after writing a plain statement of his griev- ances, the bachelor resumed his razor and cut his throat. So far as the suffer ings of certain methods of suicide are concerned, we have some evidence. A man out in Nevada who took dose of strychnine, and escaped to tell the tale, describes the sensation of dying by this process. It is enough to deter any per- son in his senses from this mode of committing suicide. He says he felt a succession of shocks and convulsions, each worse than being broken on the wheel, and after suffering terrible tor ments for period that seemed of inf nite duration. he finally sank into un- consciousness, from which he was res cued by the utmost exertions of skill full physician.
Year: 1873

Experiments with other kinds of feed were tried with somewhat varying re- suits, but all showing larger results In the cases of the Berkshires and the cross of the Suffolk and Chester Whites.

 In the same paper we find the follow ing suggestions, which are appropriate to our farms just now: Pork is low, and while it is probable it may somewhat advance in price, it is not likely the ad- vance will be great. On the other hand cern is low, and generally will bring a higher price in the shape of pork than ii sold as grain, even at present prices

 We would caution farmers against wasteful feeding because corn is low in price, but we do believe at such & time as this it will repay those having hogs on hand to get them into as fine and geod condition as is practicable We'll fattened hogs are worth more per pound than half fattened ones, in addition to the gain from the greater weight, Many hogs are sold when in just that condition of flesh when further feeding would be most profitable. We can not advise, from any present indications, the keeping of we'll fattened hogs in hopes of an increase of price. When they get in good condition we believe 1t will be best to sell, that is if the weather be favorable for packing. But we would not crowd half fattened hogs on the market. And we think it may be well to keep over to another year a good share of the spring pigs.
Year: 1873

SINGULAR. singular vegetable phe- nomenon was discovered during recent explorations in Arabia It is called the laughing plant, from the effect produced by the seeds. When they are pulverized and eaten in small quantities, the per son eating them will soon begin to laugh loudly, then to sing, dahce, and do all manner of absurd things. This lasts for an hour, after which he goes to sleep, and having slept another hour, wakes up totally unconscious of what has oc- cured. It has been suggested that this plant might be made substitute for alcohol, and that it would have the advantage of being cheaper, until the Government should see through the trick and commence to tax it. But it is scarcely probable that the Arabian plant could in fact be made popular in that capacity, for it does not appear that it inspires the person who partakes of it with desire to wh1p his wife, murder his mother, or indulge in any of the little pleasantries that the alco- hol of the period moves one to perpe- trate.

 Seventy-six per cent. of the weather predictions for 1873, made by the signal service of the War Department, proved to be correct.
Year: 1873

The grumbler, in the army, was not such bad man after all. He grumbled

 because they didn't have fresh bred 1; because they marched in the rain be- cause they fought battles on Sunday ]; because the colonel wouldn't let him go home for two weeks because his shoes pinched his feet because the crackers 1 were broken up sometimes :; because his ! night to go on guard was sure to be | rainy; because the army always started on a march just as he got his shebang fixed. And he talked much, and some times his intonation was very much like l what his mother had, in his boyish days,

 called whine. But he did his duty all the same.

 He would growl when he went on guard, but he commenced his prepara- tions when he commenced his growing. He would swear about forced march,

 but as he was limping along with stiff l joints and sore feet, if there came an | attack he would go to the front like a prancing war horse. On a long march 1 he was always asking with a woe-begone expression. "Why don't the darn old fool of colonel make his horse gallop :? Whats the use of coming down to trot on hot day like this" but hewas never among the stragglers.

 He was in the front line, grumbling and growing to the effect that he "would be goldurned if he didn't stick right to the tail of the colonel horse or burst his biler," and right at the tail of the horse he often was when men who never grum- bled fell exhausted.

 All grumblers were not of this type,

 but many were, and finally grumbling didn't count in the estate of good soldier.
Year: 1873

To LET A COLD HAVE ITS OWN WAY is to assist in laying the foundation of Consumption. To cure the most stubborn Cough or Cold you have only to use judi diciously Dr. Jayne's Expectorant.
Year: 1873

It is asserted on authority that entire droves of beef cattle reaching our great Eastern markets by rail, although on their arrival choking with thirst, and at the point of death from hunger, are pre- vented from eating or drinking, lest their increased weight might add 3c. per pound to their value.
Year: 1873

The New York Economist says: ''1here
is one thing certain that in the midst Of all
this fluctuaton and uncertainty wool is
very scarce, and prices are not only very
firm, but buoyant Indeed, strange as it
may appear, prices are nearly as high now
as year ago, when we take into account
the high rate of interest and gold, with
nothing to warrant such Il feature but the
short supply available and the large demand
for consumption"


Walter Brown & Sons in their circular
say 1T il, however, quite noticeable that
firm feeling pervadeS the whole trade,
with the general opinion that early in the
new year higher figures will be obtained
resulting probably from the fact that stocks
of domestic wools in the eastern markets
are very light, and such woods as still re-
main in the west are mostly held by farm
ers and second hands at sextreme rates,
with no indications Of yielding before the
near approach of the new clip; also that
few, if any, orders have gone abroad for
foreign woods, owing to the unremunera-
tive character Of last seasons operations.


Henry P. Hughes 4 Son, of London in
their circular of December 9TH 1872 say ;
''If the present activity in the woolen dis
trict should continue at the commencement
Of our first sales for the coming year we
may seasonably expect that stocks of col
onal wool in the hands of both dealers and
manufacturers will be considerably smaller
than has been witnessed for many years
past. We anticipate good prices through
out the coming year"
Year: 1873

The question of deep and shallow setting
of milk for butter making has been dis
cuSsed and the results OF various expert
mental tests have been given, from time 10
time, during the last quarter of century
When milk has been set in mlk-rooms
Of variable temperature, and TIL" cream
skinned off from both setting with a com
mon skinner, the majority of experiments
so far their reports have come under
our ohServation-Statc that the Shal low
settings give the largest returns in butter
The setting of milk in vessels surrounded
with water, in order to keep it at an cquta-
bic temperature while the cream is rising,
is comparatively of recent date. The SyS-
tom has been found practically the best
system. From this sprung the plan Of
setting milk deep in pals of small diameter,
and of utilizing the skinned milk in cheese
manufacture.


The water system for setting the milk
developed one thing of considerable mpor-
tance ia butter making, and that is, that a
uniform temperature within certain limits
has controlling influence upon quantity and
quality of product.


After time certain butter makers who
were accustomed to set their milk in pans
and in milk-rooms poorly regulated - TO
Temperatures found they could make more
and better butter by using pals on the
water system, than by the other plan.
Hence we now have many who are advo-
Gates OF deep setting.


They claim that most Of the experiments
Of deep and shallow setting have not been
conducted properly and the reported Ain
from the shallow sittnos are due to the un-
favorable conditions wherein the milk and
cream OF the deep settings have been man
aged or from the butter of the shallow set
tinSs containing a larger percentage OF curds.
They insist that the milk should not only
be cooled to about 90 degrees, within an
hour after it s drawn from the COW, bnt
that it be kept surrounded with flow inn
spring water so as to keep it at an equita-
bic temperature during the whole time tile
cream is rising They claim that the cream
from deep settings should be dipped of
with properly shaped vessel made for the
purpose, vessel causing the least amount
OF disturbance or agitation to the milk and
cream so that the two shall not be mingled
to@ether and, again, that the cream in the
deep setting vessels, being much thinner,
cannot we'll be removed with a skinner,
and that eXpermenters, nnaccustomcd to
handling cream from deep settings. are liza
bic to leave more or less cream on the milk
mistaking it for milk. They hold that if
the deep settings be kept at uniform
temperature, and if the quantity ard quail
ity of the butter (pnre tat) should be
compared in the test, that from the deep
settings will have ordinarily a less per
centage of cascine or curds than the
other. In other words, they claim that as
much butter may be obtained 10y deep as
by shallow settings, while the deep settings
give better quality of butter.
Year: 1873

An Iowa country Squire concludes the
marital knot ceremony thusly: "Them
that the Court hath joined together let no
man bust asunder; but suffer little chill
dren to come unto them, so help you
God"
Year: 1873

There is no pain which the
Centaur Linament Will not re-
lieve, no swelling 1t will not
subdue, and no lameness it
will not cure. This ie strong
language. but it is true. Where
the parts are not gone, it's ef-
Year: 1873

A Germantown family has a cat that
drinks tea and coffee. He is very fastidious
as to the quality of his young Hyson and Old
Cover nment Java. He takes them both
Straight" refusing anything in the shape of
trimmings
Year: 1873

Theology is but science of mind applied
to God. As schools change, theology must
necessarily change. Truth is everlasting,
but our ideas of truth are not. Theology is
but our idea of truth classified and arranged.
-BeecheT.
Year: 1873

Another Wisconsin man has fallen victim
to the law which allows woman to procure
policy of assurance on her husbands life.
The companies remark that under the pres
ent mixed condition of chemical expert testi
mony it would be throwing good money after
bad to dispute the claim, although they know
where she bought the strychnipe.
Year: 1873

Boston's burnt district is to be rebuilt on
plan peculiarly appropriate for the Hub,
namely, after the pattern of wheel, with
straight streets radiating like spokes from a
common centre, and curved avenue at the
periphery, in which fellows may circle till
they are etired.-Rochester Democrat.
Year: 1873

FINAL SETTLEMENT.-The Tax Col
lector of this county has made a final set
Element of Property Tax for the fiscal
year Of 1928. Only 5000 25 is returned
as still delinquent. This is certainly a
close collection.
Year: 1873

Coop MEAT.-We don't believe that
people anywhere are furnished with bet
ter beef than that dealt out by Watson
& Brown, at this place. Although beef
cattle are very scarce, this firm always
has a supply of the very best of meat.
Year: 1873

BRANCHING OUT.-M. Lang, of Wea-
vcrville, intends soon to add Tin and
Hardware branch to his already extensive
business at this place. The lumber is
now on the ground and work will be
c. mnenced on the building for tin shop
next week. Mr.. Lang informs us that
he will go below in II short time to pur-
chase large stock of such articles and
material as will be used in this new line
of business. Look out for long adver-
tisement next week Received too late
for this issue.
Year: 1873

PRESIDENT GRANT DEFINES nIs ATTITUDE.


WASHINGTON, May 12-Much having recent
" been said concerning the present and prospective
action OF the President in the troubles OF Louisiana
may be stated that the President has received no tele
gram from Gov. Kellogg since last Friday when the
condition OF affairs was represented as somewhat i'm
proved. While there is doubt that the President
would intervene protect the State from domestic vo-
ence should the Governor make application TO him for
that purpose and provided facts should warrant the
proceeding It is nevertheless the hope OF the President
as he expressed himself friend tonight that all dis
turbances would soon and that no such con-
tngency as that contemplated by the Constitution would
occur but II 1t unfortunately should he would take care
to act clearly within the limit Of the Constitution and
the aws-heretofore he had merely sustained the de-
cisions OF the courts.
Year: 1873

We need not say that this is the
height of the fly season, nor should
there be need of impressing upon
wives the necessity of keeping dining
rooms darkened until dinner is ready.
No man likes to sit down in glare of
light, and swarm of flies, to eat hot
dinner. And he won't do it, either.
He will seize the first thing that he can
get hold of, and go for those flies. 1t
may be towel, or it may be linen
coat, but it is more likely, We are panied
to say, to be table-cloth, whose loose
ends are constantly dropping out, and
creating unexpected means of destruc-
ton. And when he has got those flies
up to the window for the sixteenth time,
sees third of them float out through
one window and Immediately sail back
through another, with ten new acquaint-
ances apiece, and and the rest go back
over the top of his head, that man will
drop the balance of his sanity as if it
was Il hot iron, and stecling his heart
and binding his eyes to the better and
holicr things of our nature, will dash
in among those flies like maniac, and
inside of two minutes the long ends of
that tablecloth will have Tapped all the
SCOT and dust from the stove-p pipe and
door frames, denuded the mantel OF its
treasures, filled the air with hot soup
and ice water, and broken the backs of
five flies. Then the miserable wretch
will grimly seat himself in the ruins
and as grimly eat what is attainable,
while the wife of the miserable wretch
will go into the bedroom, and close the
door after her i'll such a manner as
would make the foreman of a boiler
factory jumr.-Danba,ry Ncsrs.
Year: 1873

The following beautiful experiment,
described by Professor Tyndall, shows
how music may be transmitted by any
ordinary wooden rod. In room two
floors beneath his lecturc-room, there
was IL piano upon which an artist was
playing, but the audience could not
hear it. A rod of deal, with its lower
end resting upon the sounding board of
the piano, extended upward through the
two floors, its upper end being exposed
before the lecture-table. But still no
sound was heard. A violin was then
placed upon the end of the rod, which
was thrown into resonance by the ascend
ing thrills, and instantly the music of
the piano was given out i'll the lecture
room. A guitar and harp were sub
stituted for the violin, and with the
same result. The vibrations of the
piano strings were communicated to the
sounding board, they traversed the long
rod, were reproduced by the resonant
bodies above, the air was carved into
waves, and the whole musical compost
ton was delivered to the listening au-
dience.
Year: 1873




Bury me in the morning, mother,
Oh let me have the light
OF one bright day on my grave, mother,
Ere you leave me alone with Night.
Alone in the night of the grave, mother,
lis a thought of terrible fear;
And You will be here alone, mother,
And stars will be shining here;
So bury me in the morning, mother,
Aud let me have the light. #f@
OF one bright day on my grave, mother,
Ere I'm alone with the night.
You tell me of SaYior's love, mother,
! feel it is i'll my heart
But, oh from this beautiful world, mother
"rs hard for the young to part;
For even to part when here, mother,
The soul is fam to stay;
For the grave is deep and dark, mother,
And heaven seems far away.
Then bury me in the morning, mother,
And let me have the light
OF one bright day on my grave, mother,
Ere I'm alone with the night.
Year: 1873

THE New York sporting men are be-
ginning to bet on the Graphic balloon
enterprise. Wagers are laid at two to
one that Wise will start, and even that,
in case he starts, he will safely reach the
other side. Among other applicants,
five women have signifed desire to
make the aerial voyage.
Year: 1873

MIR. FRANK BUCKLAND thus describes
in Land and Water his last curiosity
cit consists of an oyster, the shells OF
which are tightly clasped around the
neck of mouse. The head is inside
the shell, therefore l cannot examine it.
The oyster, which is pure native, was
probably lying in a larder with the
shells open, when the mouse put his
head in to eat the meat of the oyster,
and was Immediately nipped by it.