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Work and Worry* IT is an old opinion that the literary men and brain-workers generally have often inadequate notions in regard to the conditions of healthy work of the instru ment which they employ. Other men," saya one of Barton's favorite old authors, "look to their tools a painter will wash his pencils a smith will look to his hammer, anvil, forge a husbandman will mind his plowshare, aDd grind his hatchet if it be dull a falconer or hunts man will have special care of his hawks, horses and dogs a musician will string and unstring his lute only scholars neg lect-that instrument which they daily use, and by which they range over all the world." But there is an essential differ ence between the two classes of cases here contrasted, which constitutes some sort of apology for the brain-worker. A handicraftsman is able to observe at a glance the very first indications of his tools getting' the worse for wear but it is by no means so easy a matter to tell at what point the brain has done enough of work. The indications of muscular ex haustion after labor are quite unmistaka ble, and the demand for rest correspond ingly imperious. One cannot aft'ord to disregard the monitions of jaded body and aching limbs. But the signs of brain weariness in a healthy worker are by no means uniform or well defined, nor are they so urgent as to give rise to a peremptory demand for repose. The healthy thinker has seldom any feel ing of mental fatigue referable to the brain, analogous to the uneasy sensation from wearied muscle. The long catalogue of symptoms familiar to phy sicians, of exhaustion consequent on mental strain, develop themselves only after a prolonged course of overwork. They tell, in Fact, not that the brain is tired merely, but that it is dis eased, -it is this absence ot any unmis takably prohibitory sensation which makes it somewhat difilcult to determine the point at which, for the time, mental work should be stopped. The nearest thing to an indication that the brain has been working rather more than is good for it is the persistence in the mind during the period of rest of the thoughts which have engaged it during its period of activity. After a good spell of hard work the brain-worker is often tormented by finding it difficult, all at once, to turn off the steam. His work day thoughts will intrude themselves, in spite of every effort to keep them out. A symptom of mental exhaustion quite allied in kind to the last, but indicative of a greater degree of mental strain, is persistent wakefulness. The physiologi cal cause of this condition is well under stood. During the excessive labor of the brain theie is an increased flow of blood to the working organ, the vessels of the head and neck becoming distended with blood, as is shown by the flushing of the face. If this condition of distension is long continued the vessels are apt to lose the power of contracting when mental activity is diminished. Hence arises the impossibility of fulfilling the physical conditions of sleep, the most important of which is the diminution of the flow of vital fluid to the brain. The fact, well known to every medical man, that persistent sleeplessness is fre quently the precursor or initiatory stage of several most intraptable maladies, physical and mental, always invests the presence of this indication of mental over strain with grave interest. But a continued course of excessive mental labor generally manifests its effects on the mind itself in various ways, all more or less premonitory of approaching collapse. The brain worker begins to perceive an unwonted want of clearness in his ideas work be comes gradually less easy to him he is alarmed at sudden awkward failures of memory a feeling of surfeit or disgust will steal over him in the midst of work he becomes unable long to fix his atten tion, and latterly feels as if all mental en ergy was crushed out of him. If these warnings of an overwrought brain, now speaking distinctly with the tongue of disease, are disregarded, the wonder fre quently is, not that the inevitable retribu tion follows, but that it should have been so long delayed. What particular form the Nemesis shall assume—whether of physical or mental disease—will be deter mined by accidents partly of personal habit ana temperament, and partly of in herited predisposition. It is noteworthy however, that the common opinion that excessive mental occupation gravitates toward insanity does not appear to be verified by facts. Indeed, one of the fore most of living physicians doubts whether alienation of mind is ever the result of simple mental overstrain. It is to phys ical, not to mental, derangement that ex cessive work of the brain generally gives rise. It is not, however, the mere quantity of brain-work which is the chief factor in the production of disease. The emotional condition under which the work is per formed is afar more important matter. A man of trained mental habits can bear with safety an almost incredible amount of brain-toil, provided he is permitted to work without distraction or excitement, in the absence of disquieting cares and anxieties. It is not brain-work, in fact, that kills, but brain-worry. That the effects of worry are more to be dreaded than those of simple hard work is also evident from noting the classes of persons who suffer most from the effects of mental overstrain. The case-book of the physician shows that it is the specula tor, the betting man, the railway manager, the great merchant, the superintendent of large manufacturing or commercial works, who most frequently exhibit the symptoms of cerebral exhaustion. Mental cares accompanied with suppressed emo tion, occupations liable to great vicissi tudes of fortune, and those which involve the bearing on the mind a multiplicity of intricate details, eventually break down the lives of the strongest. It will appear, then, from what we have said, that brain-work, even hard brain work, does not necessarily conduce to dis ease. If, in a given case, it is produc tive of this result, it will invariablv be found, on investigation, that the wort has been done under injurious emotional con ditions, such as the distractions arising from anxiety hurry, or the pressing sense of responsiDility. Of all the organs of the body, the brain is the hardiest, the most capable of exceeding its ordinary duties with impunity. Any extraordinary exertion thrown on the other organs is sooner or later emphatically resented. The quality of the brain which is most conservative of its health is its versatility. One part of the organ may be fresh, while another is jaded, and it has the power of resting in parts that are ex hausted while it continues active in those parts that are still vigorous. One of the secrets of safe continued brain-work is to vary frequently the kind of mental -occu pation. This is a species of mental eym nastics by which all parts of the organ of thought are exercised in turn. Even in many cases of cerebral exhaustion change of work is probably preferable to complete cessation from mental toil. The mine cannot lie long fallow without bringing forth weeds. Through want of employ ment it becomes relaxed in tone, less amenable to discipline, and less fitted lor steady work.—Christian Weekly. Brilliant Success. If is permitted to few men or companies to achieve acknowledged superiority in any important position or business. The present generation has witnessed stu pendous rivalry in several branches of in dustry, and notably the Sewing Machine business. Amid a multitude of compet itors, steadily and surely the Wheeler & Wilson Company held their way from the beginning, upon fixed and honorable prin ciples. Long since, their leading position in America was established. Abroad, at London, in 1862, they won the highest premiums at Paris, in 1867, they dis tanced eighty-two competitors, and were awarded the highest premium, the only Gold Medal for Sewing Machines exhib ited and lastly, amid unparalleled com petition, followed the splendid triumphs at Vienna, noted in our advertising col umns. An Interesting Railway Decision. An important case was tried in the Som erset County Court, New Jersey, recently, the result of which will be of particular interest to railroad companies and to passengers who may meet with accidents. John Knable, the plaintiff, received in juries on Dec. 21, 1871, while riding in the rear car of a train on he Connells ville Railroad, a bruised rail having thrown the car down an embankment into the river. It was shown to the court that the repair-master of the division on which the accident occurred had been notified of the defective rail. In the instruction to the jury the Court held that when an acci dent happens and a passenger is injured, the presumption is- against the carrier, and that the defendant must remove it by showing that there was no negligence. On the question as to what the law requires in regard to the structure of railroads, the Court substantially charged as follows: The road must be constructed of the best materials in the best known manner. It must be safe and sufficient beyond Sone uestion, in view of the business to be upon it. The ties must be sound and strong, well laid and well fastened. The road iu its structure must be up to the standard. The ut most care and vigilance is required of the company in keeping it in repair. It must be kept in the best condition. It must not be suffered to be out of repair for a moment longer than the utmost dila gence requires. It must be always is good as new, as good as the best. The railroad company is bound to keep hands enough and of such quality as to keep the road in the best order. Not to have the road up to the standard indicated is neg ligence. The slightest neglect to keep it in this condition, if hurt or loss occurs to any one, will render the company liable. If injury results from a defect in the road the carrier can relieve himself from re ponsibility only by showing that the de fect was one which could not be discov ered or cured by any attainable skill, fore sight or intelligence. On the question of damage the Court affirmed the point of counsel to plaintiff in this regard, which is to the eflect that the plaintiff can only recover such com pensation for loss and damage as the evi dence clearly proves him to have sus tained, not exceeding $3,000. The jury rendered a verdict for the plaintiff for $1,400. Watering Stock. If animals when in a wild state are guided by an infallible instinct In regard to eating and drinking, they lose this instinct after a few generations of domes tication. We are disposed to believe, however, that innumerable wild horses and cattle perish from imprudence in this respect. Certainly our domestic live stock cannot be trusted to select its own hours if we expect to bring it to a high state ol perfection. Especially is this true in regard to drinking cold water in the winter. It is too often the practice to turn a stable-full of cattle out into the yard on a cold morning, and allow them to crowd by turns to the trough, the weak being of course kept away to the last, all standing about chilled and uncomfortable, to their direct disadvantage in loss of flesh and appetite. An animal will often refuse to drink the ice-cold water of a trough early in the morning, and this is possibly a bit of prudence taught it by that instinct to which we have just, rather incredulously, referred. The fact is that animals whose whole systems are in har mony with the comparatively warm air of the stable are quite unfit to go at once into the freezing temperature of a winter morning, and still less in a state to chill their organs of digestion and assimilation by a half-bucket or so of ice-water. If it is impracticable to water them in the I A tttsei The Patent Combination Lock. Mr. Rafferty, of Darby, has less faith in the Patent Combination Lock" than formerly had. He bought one a few weeks ago and placed it upon the front door of his store. He chuckled as he went to bed that night, to think how he had check mated the fraternity of burglars. But in the morning he forgot the combination by which the key was to be fixed, and when he tried to open the lock he couldn't. He worked at it all that day, and during the entire week he had locksmiths down from the city endeavoring to pick the lock and meanwhile his business was entirely suspended and his customers all went to the rival store over the way.ties Finally he got a fence rail, and, leveling it like a battering-ram, he broke the door to splinters. When he got in he found that burglars had had one of the back windows open for four nights, and had nearly cleaned the place out while he was agonizing over that lock. There have been madder men in Darby than Rafferty, but very few who have felt so mad all over, from toe nails to hair, as Rafferty does now.—Max Adeler. —It is gratifying to learn that the sav ings banks in New York are receiving largely increased deposits from persons of small means. This looks as if the hard times had spent their force, and, although there is doubtless a good deal of destitu tion, these evidences of frugality and thrift among the laboring classes are cer tainly encouraging. It will be well if the experiences of this winter are turned to account in greater economy and provi dence among those classp&^who are in especial need of them. ^I**ir' IT is said that the limits of microscopic investigations have been reached. _JNL,vlLi UW. FARM AND HOUSEHOLD. —Warts may be removed with kerosen oil. Apply it daily with a camel hair pencil. ,They will generally disappear in about two weeks. —Asthma is sometimes cured with a mixture of two ounces of the best honey and one ounce of castor-oil. Take a tea spoonful night and morning. —Alum water is good for frosted feet. Bathe with it every night before going to bed. It will generally remove all pain aud soreness in three or four days. —Plain Tea Cake—Two eggs beat whites and yolks separately one cup sugar one-half cup butter one cup milk one large teaspoonful baking powder flour to stiffen. Lemon one teaspoon bake in a quick oven. —Isinglass Jelly.—Boil one ounce of isinglass shavings with a slice of brown bread crust and a handful of Jamaica peppers, in one quart of water, until it is reduced to a pint. Strain into a A a of is taken in milk ig a good tonic for dys pepsia. —Pain Killer.—Alcohol, one quart gum guaiac, one ounce gum myrrh, one half ounce gum camphor, one-half ounce pulverized Cayenne pepper, one-half ounce. Mix. Shake occasionally for ten days, and filter or let settle tor use. Apply freely to surface pains. Dose, one teaspoonful for internal pains, and repeat according to necessities. —Genuine Erasive Soap.—Two pounds of good Castile soap half a pound of carbonate of potash, dissolved in half a pint of hot water. Cut the soap in thin slices, boil the soap with the potash until it is thick enough to mold in cakes also add alcohol, half an ounce camphor, half an ounce hartshorn, half an ounce color with half an ounce of pulverized char coal. This i9 excellent for removing grease, etc., from clothing. —A Favorite Sauce for Puddings or Rolls —Cream six ounces of butter until light and white as possible then stir in gradually the same weight of finely-pul verized white sugar. It looks very invit ing made up into the shape of a little pyr amid, thickly strewn with grated nutmeg. In addition you may use at pleasure vanilla or any other seasoning you prefer. How to Make an Orchard. In commencing to make an orchard bear ii maid that it is not for a day or a year, but for a lifetime, and if we make mistakes it may take years to find them out and many years more to correct them. We should, therefore, consider carefully what we will plant, and where and how we will plant to bring the best returns. A small orchard well tended is worth more than a large one that is neglected, and no one should plant more than he can care for. Select, if possible, the highest ground on the farm for your orchard site and have itnatuially or artificially drained so that water will never stand about the roots. The soil should be well prepared by a thorough and deep plowing the fall be fore planting. Having the ground selected and pre pared for the orchard, go to the nearest reliable nursery and get the trees fresh from the ground. If not convenient to go to the nursery, make up a club with your neighbors, and select the trees or send your older to some reliable man. If vou cannot find any better way to get your trees buy of a peddler rather than go without, though it is much the better way to buy direct from the man who grows them. stable, the door should be left open for a the rows, and raise the earth about the ft v« *v* 1 r- 1 Jl 11 whilIe that th animals. ma.y. b^eA gradually prepared for the change in temperature. It is said that if two milch cows are watered in the morning, one from the trough and the other with water from which the chill has been taken, a differ ence will very soon be noticed in favor of the latter. We notice by the way a plan practiced by the editor of the Working Farmer, whereby he prevents the ice from form ing to an inconvenient thickness in his out-of-doors watering-trough. When he goes to his barn to see that all is safe for the night, he breaks a hole through the thin ice which has usually formed by that time, and lowersthe water by dipping out three or four quarts. The whole proc ess of freezing has then to be repeated, and in the morning there are two thin coats of ice which may be readily broken up, and will generally melt in the course of a few hours. To the inquiring mind it will at once occur that by having a faucet or a movable plug at the bottom of the trough the ice-breaking and dipping process may be dispenced with. An un broken sheet of ice on top will be a more effectual check against farther freezing than a sheet witrTa hole in it, though it may be best to make an opening with the point of a nail or knife to prevent the ice from breaking by atmospheric pressure when the water is removed from below. —Christian Union. Do not expose the roots to sun or air, and as soon as ou get them bury them in moist earth, taking out only as wanted for planting. Never dig large, deep holes for water to stand in under the trees, but have the ground all well worked. Throw out enouerh earth to give the roots ample room to set your trees in and fill up care fully with fine mellow earth, pressing it firmly about the roots. The planting should be done when the ground is in good order for working and not too wet if dry, water when the earth is nearly filled in, and then fill up with dry earth to prevent baking. On good soil, not too light but well drained, plant two or three inches deeper than the trees grew in the nursery. If the soil is tenacious and not well drained plant almost on top and ridge up to th ?m, leaving dead furrows for drains between 4-V.HAAe. -^r i?_ 1 1_ ithey trees thre o— four inches, so willi stand deeper than they grew. In a light, sandy, well-drained soil plant five to six inches deeper than the trees grew. My experience teaches me that the best time to plant is in the spring before the growth starts, but it will do to plant until the buds are fairly opened.—Kansas Fcvrmer. THE Calhoun (Ga.) Times of a recent date produces the following: One even ing during last week several little shavers were sporting near the new residence being erected for Mr. Ferguson, when one of them threw at a hog that stood near a window a small stone, which did not hit the hog but broke a window light. What did the little fellow do? Did he, like George Washington, go and tell the workmen 'It is I who broke the glass?' Not much. He calmly walked up to one of them and said, his face the very pic ture of innocence: 'Lor, Mr. Eason, did you see that hog kick out that window glass Mr. Eason couldn't see it without the aid of eye-glasses." O N A E W I A O a in the whole category of diseases to which hu manity is susceptible, the cough is most neg lected in its early stage. A simple cough is generally regarded as a temporary affliction unpleasant and nothing more but to those who have paid dearly for experience, it is the signal for attack for the most fearful of all diseases—Consumption. A cough will lead to consumption—if not checked—so sure as the rivulet leads to the river, yet it is an easy ene my to thwart, if met by the proper remedy. Allen's Lung Baham is the great cough rem edy of the age, and it has earned its reputation bv merit alone. Sold by all good druggists. THE Washington correspondent of the St. Louis Republican expresses the opin ion that if newspapers had then existed Alexander the Great would have been historiographed in more subdued colors than he has come down to us." SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS' worth of appa ratus and appliances for the cure of deformi are annually made and applied at the Na tional Su.gical Institute, Indianapolis, Ind. It has the greatest reputation of any institu tion in the Union for the successful treatment of all kinds of human deformities, Paralysis, Piles, Fistula, Catarrh and Chron.'4 Diseases. Their large journal will be sent free to any address upon application. THE New York Weekly Witness, at One Dollar per annum, is the best Weekly newspaper in America. It has increased in circulation ten-fold within a year. The New York Daily Witness, at Three Dollars, is best for business men. Send (by postal card) for sample copies. IT is a rare thiog that physicians give any countenance to a medicine the manufacture of which is a secret. About the only excep tion we know of is Johnson's Anodyne Lini ment. This, we believe, all indorse, and many of them use it in their practicewith great suc cess. PERSONS requiring purgatives or pills should be careful what they buy. Some pills not only cause griping pains, but leave the bowels in a torpid, costive state. Parsons' Purgative Pills will relieve the bowels and cleanse the blood without injury to the system. A Wrong Cwatom Corrected. It is quite generally the custom to take strong liver stimulants for the cure of liver complaint, and J»oth the mineral and vegetable kiugdomg have been' diligently searched to procure the most drasticand poisonous purga tives, in order to produce a powerful effect upon the liver, and arouse the lagging and en feebled organ. This systemof treatment is on thesamepiinciple as that of giving a weak and debilitated man large portions of brandy to enable him to do a certain amount of work. When th«stimulant iswithheld, the organ, like the system, gradually relapses into a more torpid or Bluggibh and weakened condition than before. What then is wanted? Medicines, that, while they cause the bile to flow freelv from the liver, as that organ is toned into ac tion, will not overwork and thus debilitate it, but will, when their use is discontinued, leave the liver strengthened aud healthy. WORKS WONDERS. BERGEN, Genesee Co., N. Y., March 23,1871. Dr. R. V. PIERCE: Dear Sir—Your treatment in my case has been quite successful and satisfactory, and for which I desire to express my gratitude. I have been troubled with a disordered Liver and Catarrh and general weakness for a good many years, and was failing slowly all the time, and last August I called on you and got some of your Golden Medical Discovery and Dr. Sage's Catanh Remedy, and one of your Natal Injectors, and since that time I have been improving and am now better than I have been iu years, not having had the sick headache in months, which I used to have to average once a week, the Golden Medical Dis covery being the principal medicine used. It has worked wonders in my case, and I recom mend it to those similarly afflicted. Let me express gratitude to you for euch invaluable services. Truly and gratefully yours, WM. F. CRITTENDEN. PATENT MEDICINES.—That there are some good patent medicines no intelligent man dare for a moment deny and pre eminent is the great California hero med icine, VINEG\H BITTEBS, discovered by Dr. J. WALKER, a prominent physician of San Francisco. This medicine, although called Bitters, is not to be classed among the vile fancy drinks" recommended and sold over the bar by rum-venders, but is a combination of pure herbalistic extracts, known to possess bterling medicinal qual ities, and is compounded without the use in any shape of spirits. Its action upon the internal system is not stimulating to the extent that alcoholic poison is, but it at once attacks blood-impurities, and by removing the original cause destroys the germs of disease and invites returning health. Its action upon the stomach and liver renders it an almost certain specific in the most stubborn cases of dyspepsia, and in truth imparts new life and vigor to the whole system. It is one of the best medicines ever invented. 32 THE LITTLE CORPORAL MAGAZINE.— The serial story, The Lucky Stone," by Emily Huntington Miller, is continued in the March num ber, as is also Life on an Island," by Helen C. Weeks. There are also several short original stones and sketches, with appropriate illustrations. "Prudy's Pocket" is well filled with letters from little folks, and the Work and Play" Department contains several interesting puzzles. Great in ducements are offered to agents, who meet with good success canvas-big for this popular youths' magazine. The subscription price is $150 per year, for which sum beautiful chromos are also furnished. Single number fifteen cents. Address JOHN E. MILLER, Publisher, Chicago, 111. Years E of a Ol N MRS. WIJJSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP is the prescrlp tlon of one ofthe best Female Phj sicians and Nurses in the United States, and has been used for thirty years with never-failing safety and success by mill ions of mothers and children, from the feeble infant of one week old to the adult. It corrects acidity ol the stomach, relieves wind colic, regulates the bow els, and gives rest, health, and comfort to mother and child. We believe it to be the Best and Surest Reme dy in the orU in all cases of DYSENTERY and DIARRHCEA IN CHILDREN, whethei it arises from Teething or from any other cause. Full directions for usin will accompany each bottle. None Genuine unless the fac-simile of CURTIS & PERKINS Is on the outside wrapper. SOLD ALL MEDICINE DEALERS. O ok a a S From no other cause than having worms in the stom ach. BROWN'S VERMIFUGE COMF11S will destroy Worms without injury to the child, being perfectly WHITE, and free from loring or other injurious ingredients usually used In worm prepara tions. CURTIS & BROWN, Proprietors, No. 215 Fulton street, New York. Sold by Druggists and Chemists, and Dealers if Medicines, at TWENTY-FIVE CENTS A BOX. N O I N E E said Dr. John Ware, of Boston, than Cutler Bros.* celebrated VEGETABLE ULMONABY BALSAM,for Coldsand Consumption. E N I I N O A E I S E S ear you a the a is In this paper W"pleasW O S Bronchitis, Asthma, and Croup. As an Expectorant it has No Equal. It is composed of the active principles of roots and plants, which are chemically extracted, so as to retain all their medical qualities. I I ALLEN'S LUNG BALSAM. is at in a Offered or S a a A Its good qualities were soon made known at home, and very-soon its fame was noised far and near, now it Is sola in nearly every drug store in the United States. No similar medicine stands higher with the people. It is well known on the Pacific coast, and even from Australia large orders are received for it. And throughout Canada it is well and favorably known, and sold everywhere. Ministers and Public Speakers, Who are so often afticted with throat diseases, will find a sure remedy in this Balsam. Lozenges and Wafers sometimes give relief, but this Balsam, taken a few times, will insure a permanent cure. Will all those afflicted with Coughs or Consumption give this Balsam a fair trial? They will be pleased With the result, and confess that the S E E E I S O N A A S REA THE~FOLLOWINC I What the St. Louis Journal has to say: READ AND REFLECT.—To such as may desire a rem edy for this curse of humanity, Consumption, Allen's Lung Balsam gives the anchor of hope. Allen's Lung Balsam lias been tried oy thousands, who give evidence, not only by writing testimonials, that they have been cured, but by their physical ap pearance. The recommendations this valuable remedy has re ceived from those who know the good it has done for them, place Allen's Lung Balsam in the front rank of the healing and life-restoring remedies of this century. CATTTION.-Be not deceived. Call for ALLEN'S LUM* BALSAM, and take no other. l^fDirections accompany each bottle. J. N. A I S & Co., Cincinnati, O.. Proprietors, For Sale by all Medicine Dealers* HOUSEHOLD PANACEA SPLENDI AN UNPftRALLELC TRIUMPHS OF THE WHEELER& WILSON Sewing Machine Co., N E W YORK, Over Eighty-one Competitors, AT THE WORLD'SEXPOSITION, VIENNA, 1873, &e. he I a Orde ot a is conferred by 1. His Apostolic Majesty the Emperor of Austria upon the Honorable Nathaniel wheeler, President of the Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine Compa ny, as the founder and builder of Sewing Machine industry. 9. The Grand Diploma of Honor, recom mended by the International Jury for this Sewing Machine Company only, for their important con tributions to the material and social welfare of mankind 3 a a for awarded for their New No. 6 Sewing Machine, being for progress made since the Paris Exposition of 1867, at which the only Gold Medal tor Sewing Ma chines was awarded to this Company. Hence the Vienna award marks Progress not from a low level or Inferior medal, but from a Gold Medal, the highest award made at Paris. 4 a a for it for the de velopment of Needle Industry and excellence and superiority of manufa jtured samples exhibited. 5* A. a a for it for excellence and superiority of Cabinet work, the only award of the kind in this section. 0o a for S a Co-operators of the Wheeler & Wilson Company for superior ability. 7 Official published by the Gen eral Direction of the Vienna Exposition, signalizes the supremacy of the Wheeler & Wilson Company for quantity ai quality of manufacture, and po sition in the Sewing Machine business as follows OFFICIAL REPORT, VIEiTNA EXPOSITION, SEW. ING MACHINES, &C. (GH0trPl3.8E0. 2,B.) The greatest Sewing Machine Manufactory in the world is that of Wheeler & Wilsos, New York, which alone has brought already over 900,000 of their Sew ing Machines into practical use. -The complete pro duction of the parts by machinery Is so regulated that each complete machine may be used as a sample for exhibition This firm produces 600 well-adjusted ma chines dally. The latest production of this firm, and which is the wonder of the Vienna Exposition, is their new No. 6 Sewing Machine. This universal machine sews the heaviest leather harness and the finest gauzes with a truly pearl stitch. "Wheeler & Wilson have received the highest prizes at ail World's Expositions, and at the Vienna Exposition were extraordinarily distinguished." Further Distinguished Honors. OUR NEW CAT W W S AND To all persons suffering from Rheumatism, Neuralgia, FAMILY LINIMENT. Cramps in the limbs or stom- ach, Bilious Colic, Pain in the back, bowels or side, we would say TH E HOUSEHOLD PANACEA AND FAMILY LINIMENT is of all HOUSEHOLD PANACEA others the remedy you want for internal and external use. AND It has cored the above com- FAMILY LINIMENT. There Is no mistake about it. Try it. Sold by all Druggists. A A I I For the Grandest A I I Iff A N I E Book published. YOUMA\»S DICTIOJJABY of EVERV-DAY WANTS, containing: 8O,Q0O RECEIPTS (bona fide numbers-be ware bogus imitations). Intensely interesting, at tractive and useful to ALL CLASSES, saving money daUy to every buyer. Selling faster than any other three books combined I One Agent has already sold over2.000copies! 16-page circular and terms free. Address F. A. HUTCUISSON & Co., CHICAGO, 1 1 1 I N S A N E I E a A A a a Cur for he A 3 I IVB A Immediate relief guaranteedbyusingmy Asthma rem edy. Isuflercdl2years,notlying down for weeks at a time.but am now rNTTBELY CURED. Scntbymall on receipt ot price, S I per box. Ask your Druggist for it. CHAS. B. HURST, Rochester, Beaver Co., Pa, Send S1.00 to S. S. BLOOM, Shelby, Ohio. for Often'* Lightning Calculator. BALTIMORE, Md„ October 81,1873. The MABYLANP INSTITUTE has awarded WHEEL ER & WILSON the OOLD MEDAL for their New No. 6 Sew ing Machine. Other Sewing Machines received nothing 3xr N EW YOBE, Sept. 15,1873, THE GRAND MEDAL OF HONOR OF THE American Institute, New York, Was unanimously Tccommended by judges of Sewing Machines for WHEELER & WILSON'S NEW No. 6 SEWING MACHINE, as being a decided improvement over all other ma chines In the market," and which must revolution ize certain branches of industry, especially in Shoe and Harness Manufacturing." S AVJU. AH, November 4,1873. At the GEORGIA STATE F*IR a SILVER MEDAL, the highest and only premium for Leather Stitching, was awai ded to WHEELER in WILSON for samples done on their New No. 6 Sewing Machines." Principal Office, No. 625 Broadway, 3 S E W O Agencies in All the Principal Cities of th« World, AGENTS WANTED FOB THE HISTORY OF THE GRANGE MOVEMENT O E FARMER'S WAR AGAINST MONOPOLIES. Being a full and authentic account of the struggles of the American Farnu rs against the extortions of the Bailroad Companies, witn a history of the rise and progress of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry, Its objects and prospects. It sells at sight. Sendfor specimen pages and terms to Agents, aud see why it sells faster than any other book. Address NATIONAL PUBLISHING CO., Chicago, 111. or St. Louis Mo. A I 1 1 A Unscrupulous publishers have taken I I ad\ antagc of the great demand for this History of the Grange Movement, to issue unreli able works on the sunject—merecomptlaUons/i ovi ag riculturalnewtpiipet \. Do not be imposed upon. See that the book ou buy is indorsed by the leading Gransrers. FROM $10 TO $35 PER DAY. r. 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Pure seed, lbrl. $7.50,1 bush. *3 By malMJbs $1. li 50c. .7 MOXLKY.OWOSSO. Mich VINEGAR BITTERS Dr. J. Walker's California Vin egar Bitters area purely Vegetable preparation, made chieflyfromthe na- tr. herbs found on the lower ranges of tue Sierra Nevada mountains of Califor nia, the medicinal properties of which are extracted therefrom without the use of Alcohol. The question is almost daily asked, "What is the cause of the unparalleled success of VINEGAR I TERS?" Our answer is, that they remova the cause of disease, and the patient re covers his health. They are the great blood purifier and a life-giving principle, a perfect Renovator and Invigorator of the system. Never before in the history of the world has a medicine been compounded possessing the remarkable qualities of VINEGAR BITTERS in healing the Bick tf every disease man is heir to. They are a gentle Purgative as well as a Tonic, relieving Congestion or Inflammation of the Liver and. Visceral Organs, in Bilious Diseases. The properties of DR. WALKER'S VINEGAR BITTERS are ^erient, Diaphoretic, Carminative, Nutritious, Laxative, Diuretic, Sedative, Counter-irritant, Sudorific, Altera live* and Anti-Bilious. Grateful Thousands proclaim VIN EGAR BITTERS the most wonderful In vigorant that ever sustained the sinking system. No Person can take these Bitters according to directions, and remain long unwell, provided their bones are not de stroyed by mineral poison or other means, and vital organs wasted beyond repair. Bilious. Remittent and Inter mitten Fevers, which are so preva lent in the valleys of our great rivers throughout the United States, especially those of the Mississippi, Ohio, Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee, Cumberland, Arkan sas, Red, Colorado, Brazos, Rio Grande, Pearl, Alabama, Mobile, Savannah, Ro anoke, James, and many others, with their vast tributaries, throughout our entire country during the Summer and Autumn, and remarkably so during sea sons of unusual heat and dryness, are invariably accompanied by extensive de rangements of the stomach and liver, and other abdominal viscera. In their treatment, a purgative, exerting a pow erful influence upon these various or gans, is essentially necessary. There is no cathartic for the purpose equal to DR J? WALKER'S VIXEGAR BITTERS, as they will speedily remove the dark colored viscid inatter with which tha bowels are loaded, at the same tima stimulating the secretions of the liver, and generally restoring the healthy functions cf the digestive organs. Fortify the body against disease by purifying all its fluids with VINEGAR BITTERS. NO epidemic can take hold of a system thus fore-armed. Dyspepsia or Indigestion, Head ache, Pain in the Shoulders, Coughs, Tightness of the Chest, Dizziness, Sour Eructations of the Stomach, Bad Taste in the Mouth, Bilious Attacks, Palpita tation of the Heart, Inflammation of the Lungs, Pam :n the region of the Kid neys, and a hundred other painful symp toms, are tbe offsprings of Dyspepsia One bottle will prove a better gudi antee of its merits than a lengthy advertise* inent. Scrofufa, or King's Evil, White Swellings, Ulcers, Er^ hipelas. Swelled Xeck, Goitre, Scrofulous Inflammations, Indolent Inflammations, Mercurial Affections, Old Sores, Eruptions ofthe Skiu, Sore Eyes, etc. In these, as in all other constitutional Dis eases, WALKER'S VINEGAR BITTEKS have shown their great curative powers in the most obstinate and intractable cases. For Inflammatory and Chronic Rheumatism, Gout, Bilious, Remit tent and Intermittent Fevers, Diseases of the Blood, Liver, Kidneys and Blaader, these Bitters have no equal. Such Diseases are caused by Vitiated Blood. Mechan4eal Diseases.—Persons en gaged in Paints aud Minerals, SUCH as Plumbers, Type-setters, Gold-beaters, and Miners, as they advance in life, are subject to paralysis of the Bowels. To guard against this, take a dose of "WALKER'S VIN EGAR BITTERS occasionally. Fo Ski Diseases, Eruptions, Tet ter, Salt-Rheum, Blotches. 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