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Vol. IV.. No. 2. CHARLESTOWN. JEFFERSON COUNTY^ W. VA-, FRIDAY. JANUARY 13. 1888. Price 3 Cents
KIRK’S
FLOATING SOAP
-IS
THE CHIEF
For the Bath, Toilet and Laundry.
Snow While an.I Absolutely Pure.
If your dealer doe* not keep White Cloud Soap,
•end Ml cent* for sample i-ake to the makers,
JflS. S. KIRK & CO.,
CHICACO.
To The Public!
We beg leave to inform you that we
lire tilling up our Store with the very
choicest GROCERIES. Everything we
st I! w ill give satisfaction for the money.
. We can furnish you a good
TEA
for 50 cents; a tine Tea for 75 cents, and
a handsome Pitcher given free. We sell I
a lb of B. Powder for 50 cents ami give
von a tine serviceable Present.
COFFEE.
Ground Coffee Ub cts. a lb; loose roast- !
ed Coffee—a good article—at «'* ••cuts a
lb; Arbuckle’s Levering’s and Enter
prise always in stoek.
SugaeS
We always carry a full stock of Light
Brown, Coffee A, Granulated Ac.
MOLi
Just received a Barrel of San Jose,
w hich gives more than satisfaction; Por- |
torico Syrups,- Prices and quality to j
suit all.
TobaocoS.
We arc selling Gravely at *>0 cts. a lb.;
Burton’s Twists, Lark, Lobster, New
Hope, Nutmeg, Gobi Rope, Pride of
Leatherwood. Capital Twist, a 7 oz twist
for -•> cts. a !t>.; a good Cigar lor :>-for-.">;
•J-for-.* the best. A full line of Notions, '
Groceries, Provisions, Bacon, Lard, j
Flour, Soap, Matches Ac.
We trade for all kinds of produce, and
Itay cash for Eggs, Butter, Fowls and !
■’at Stoek.
We iv our Canned Goods;
and arc I. uidlinu the same brand of To
mato*-'. this vear tha gave such general
satisfaction last season.
Don't fmget to cull on ns at the Old j
Stand on Main street. We always guar- |
ante© to give you satisfaction or refund
\ our moix- v. K«'sp*N,ffullv,
w.\ll A Bousey.
THE VAALLEY
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COL. K. PRESTON CHEW, President,
lot. W . F. Liimmtt, Superintendent,
It. c. Wa.sHinoton. Secretary,
Host. Chkvv, General Agent.
Charlestown, J* ll’erson County, M est j
Virginia.
Offer for the Fall Trade fheir old j
brands, which alw ays sj*eak tor them- ,
selves, and have lmld their own for so
many years that no certificates are ne
cessary. They are
SHENANDOAH
Ground Bone,
Basis, J’ per cent. Ammonia, ifci ]>er
cent. Bone Phosphate.
;i' per cent. Ammonia,25 pereent. Bone
Phosphate.
POTOMAC,
;i„ ..-r cent. Ammonia,28 percent. Bone
PI osphatc. :t percent. Potash.
bone,
I!t percent. Ammonia, 25 percent. Bone
Phosphat*', ami ”* per cent. Potash.
2v |„*r cent. Bone Phosphate anti «> per
cent. Potash
I'ho-' who demand a low priced goods
will tind tin*
Valley B< ne and Alkaline Phos
phates
unequalled for the money. We have a
iaruc stock of absolutely
Pure Fine Ground Bone,
Pure Dissolved Animal Bone,
Dissolved South Carolina,
our own make, t»oth N<>. 1 articles. Call
:,t th*- mill and see their drilling condi
tion. Kanit ami other Potash Salts, Ni
trate ot Soda and other Chemicals
PURE BLUE WINDSOR PLASTER,
freshh ground, always on hand.
t-- Mixtures and private formulas j
prepared on short notice, ami of the best !
materials.
BONES WANTED in large or1
small quantities.
julyN’87.
!•] |S 0N RL^
attheofficeof
THE H. P. HUBBARD CO.. Judicious Ad
vertisincr AgentsExperts,New Haven,Ct.
Our A -o f Aj q,ot« our »«7 lo^egl
adv«rti*.nj r*t**. Adr*'* C*
* gn-d. pr.'ot* shown Will *stim«t** of
,oi*. n ANY r.»wi:'«p*r* ft warded to
r«tpons.‘blo parti** upon *pplie*tion -
Winchester pavement and build
ing brick for sale atT. P. Lippitt’s.
Constipation.
IS callod the “Father of Diseases,” be
. cause there is no medium through
which disease so often attacks the sys
tein as by the absorption ut poisonous
gases in the retention of decayed and
effete matter in the stomach and bowels.
It is caused bv a Torpid Liver, not
enough bile being excreted from the
blood to preduce Nature’s own cathart
ic, and is generally accompanied with
such results as
Loss of Appetite,
Sick Headache,
Bad Breath, etc.
The tren:ment of Constipation does
not consist merely in unloading the
bowels. The medicine must not only
act as a purgative; but Ik? a tonic as well
and not produce after its use gi eater cos
tiveness. To secure a regnlar'habit of
body without changing tha diet or dis
organizing the system.
**Mv attention, after sufiering with
Constipation for two or three years, was
called t«> Simmons Liver Regulator, and
having tried almost everything else,
concluded to try it. 1 first took a witie
glassful and afterw arils reduced the dose
to a teaspoonful, as per directions, after
each meal. I found that it had done me
so much good that I continued it until I
took two bottles. since then I have not
experienced any difficulty. 1 keep it in
inv house auf would not he without i’,
biit have no use for it. it having cured
me.” lieo, W- Sims, Ass’t Clerk Super
ior Court. Ribh Co. i*a.
Take only the Genuine.
Which has o.i the wrapper the red Z
Trademark and Signatureof
Dee !> eow J. 11. Z ELI X A (’0.
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BLACK VOLF!
Or Black leprosy, is a di* ise which is considered
Incurable, but It has yielded to the curative proji- !
erties of Swift s Sm irie—now known all over ;
the world as S. S s Mrs. Bailey, of West Somer
ville, Mass., near Boston,was attacked several year*
.indwaimb
only sav
that th of LLPROSY
and consequently incurable. It is impossible tode
senbe her sufferings. ller 1 sly from the crown of |
her head to the soles of her feet was a mass of de
cay, the flesh rotting off and leaving great cavities,
ier fingers festered and several nans dropped off
it one time. Her limits contracted by the fearful
ulceration, and for vents she did not leave her bed.
Her weight was reduced fr> in 145 to 60 lbs. Soru*
faint idea of her condition can be gleam d from
tnc fact that three pounds of Cosmoliue or oint
ment were used per week in dressing her sores.
Finally the phvstcians acknowledged their defeat
by tins Black Wolf, and commended the sufferer
to her all wise Creator.
Her husband hearing wonderful reports of Swift’s
Fj'ocifictS S. S ). prevailed ou h»r to try it as a
lust resort She 1 ,m its use under protest, but
s :i f .1 t‘. it I r syst- i.i was being relieved of
iti •: i ..Mt!:-f - .i—o': led a red and healthy
ct r .■ • *i t: ,■ I ■ !v s N coming pure and
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< • i . tut tine in 8 i
yeai •*.. ” i h. d, Mr. C. A. Bal- 1
ley, is ■ • . * * 1 -tone Street, Bos
. details ol
this \\. I : 1 : > i < fT Treatise ot
1> ood a„u i «..• L u... .id free,
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—_
HOW SMALL AN AMOUNT CAN
A WOMAN DRESS WELL.
Jenny June in Louisville Courier.
The first part of the following ar
ticle, which seems of such interest
to our friends, the ladies, was print
ed December 16th.
For a woman who goes into society
one distinct evening dress is a ne
cessity. The most serviceable she
can choose is one ol sott, thick, all
silk veloutine, which hangs beauti
fully and has a very rich effect—yet
is not as costly as heavy faille. If
she is the happy possessor of some
real lace, she may drape it upon the
bodice—and sleeves—otherwise she
must select line imitation Mechlin,
iu maiden hair fern, or Edelweiss
pattern, and add to this a delicate
vest froDt of lace, or dotted crepe de
cuine. The skirt should be made
with a moderate, full, round train
and draped front. The sleeves half
long, and, if full, with cuffs that can
be covered with lace. Such a dress
may be worn for ten years; but that
is only in a crisis; under ordinary
circumstances, it should be renewed
iu two, or, at most, three years—and
the old silk used iu combination,for
an indoor dress or costume.
It is not generally wise to combine
two materials in a new dress; it los
es the advantage of freshness in
combination in making over, and
makes the new dress look as if it
might have been an old one, recon
structed.
Some ladies consider a white silk
the most economical of all evening
dresses, and it is from some points
of view. It may be cleaned, dyed,
covered with lace, or thin tissue, and
in many ways preserved a longtime
for service. But to the majority of
economists—who are often hard
worked, and hard-working women,
it is an object to save the necessity
for change and labor upon their
clothes; lies ides which they know
that a silk draped up with cheap,
diaphonous stuff, never looks as
well, or as permanently handsome,
as a simple, rich fabric, excepting
in the case of young girls, who do
not need silk at all, but looK best—
anti are most suitably dressed, in
thin all-white wools, upon such oc
casions as require evening toilet.
Hundreds of old black silks have
been utilized during the past twoor ;
three years for the fashionable furor
for “lace*’ dresses. The average
cost of deep, piece or flounce lace
for skiit covering and drapery may
he put at two dollars and a half per
yard. Seven yards are required,and
from three to live yards more of a
finer quality but narrower, for the
corsage ami sleeves, i lie cost of
the whole, with ribbon loops, would j
fie perhaps twenty five dollars. This i
is a Large sum to add to the cost of j
new silk, for the foundation dress, i
but it is a comparatively small sum
bv which to effect the transforma- j
tion of a worn and un wearable black j
or white silk to a really elegant j
evening dress,adapted todiversified |
occasions. The only difficulty is j
ihat “lace” dresses are not always |
in fashion, and do not keep as well
as those of more solid construction; j
they must therefore be utilized for ;
all they are worth while the vogue
lasts.
Care iso great seeret of economy;
and this is a gift which does not
come to all, and is with difficulty
acquired. Some persons beautify
that which belongs to them, others
at once defile and misuse it. Clothes
require to be treated gently and i
with consideration, softly handled, i
ghaked and brushed, hung by prop- ;
er loops, in natural lolds, not crowd- :
ed, and kept to their distinctive !
places and uses, ( 'are of the person j
is an aid in economizing clothing, I
for nothing is more destructive than j
dirt, perspiration, skin exhalations,
and nothing furnishes more rapid
marks of deterioration. Care is par
ticularly necessary in the use of
gloves, fine handkerchiefs, and such
other costly accessories of the toil- :
ette are indispensable—fans for ex
ample. People who are careless of
their own belongings, are no less j
careless of those of others. I have
seen a rich woman borrow a fine fan, ;
sling it to and fro until she had |
broken three of the pearl sticks;^
then hand it back to the not rich
woman from whom she had borrow- .
ed it with the indifferent remark, “I j
am afraid 1 have broken it," but she
did not offer to have it mended.
Gloves are among the most costly of
the minor articles of attire, because
thev so soon soil and show signs of
wear. But they cau be greatly saved ;
bv care in taking them on and off'—
by substituting old ones for jour
neys, and times when hard service
is demanded; by the supplementary
fastening of buttons before wearing
and neatly repairing small breaks. ;
In fact, if money and a maid are not j
at command—eternal vigilance is
the price of w«il dressing.
Perhaps the roost difficult problem |
an economical woman has to solve is |
that of sufficiently handsome out- j
door garments. These are very ex
pensive, and it almost pays to go
abroad to get one good cloak. The
onlv way to manage is to have a
small wrap made to match best
dress, and keep always in possession
of an ulster, a cashmere wrap for
spring and tall, a warm protective ‘
cloth or fur-lined cloak for winter
wear and evenings, and a water
proof. Fine cashmere, or camel’s
hair plush lined, is more distin
guished than silk, fur lined, and
does not cost so much, if the silk is
as good as it ought to be.
Summing up chief requirements
of the economist’s wardrobe, they
may be put down as follows:
Morning or house dress ..... $12 00
Black silk dress. 50 00
Silk and wool • ■ ... -oOO
Afternoon, reception and visiting
dress . 50 00
Plain woolen suit l^ OO
Evening dress • j. 50 00
Winter alo&k —f • - *0 00
Ulster }'>
Cashmere wrap
Water-proof • • * . 5 50
$.312 50
These figures are in many instanc
es, inclusive, as for instance, in the
case of reception, evening, and black
silk dress, but they d* not provide
for dressmaking, except such as can
be obtained by the day, at home.
The sum total is $312.50. I his
does not include furs, shoes, hats,
hosiery, underwear, cotton dresses,
car fare, stationery, caramels, nor
postage stamps, all of which would
easily bring it up to $500 per an
num. But some saving would be
effected in important articles, such
as cloak and best dresses,* which do
not need renewing every season, but
this would be absorbed in gifts tor
Christmas, books and charities.
On the whole it may be safety de
termined that a woman, however
economical, cannot dress well in
New York city under $500 per year;
and this of course, is on the suppo
sition that she goes to a quiet place
in the summer, and does not need a
summer outfit, only a couple of cot
tons, and perhaps a flannel suit,
which are a part of the arrav ot
contingents, and do ucjt count.
JSenny June.
, , i
BUTCHERS PROFITS.
How Beef is Carved Up, and What the
Different Parts Cost-Some Point
ers for Housekeepers.
A reporter of the St. Louis Re
publican witnessed a butcher of that
city carve and mark the retail pric
es of the various portions of a fine
beef. We condense his report.
The forequarter was divided as
follows:
Brisket, for soup*meat, corned
beef. &e, 42 lt>s at 3c, $1.2(5.
Chuck, consisting ofthe neck and
3 ribs. 55 lbs at 4c, $2.20.
Plate, for soup meat, 11 tbs at 5c
55 cts.
C huck rib roast, 16 tbs at 8c, $1.
28
Rib roast, choice, 36 lbs at 15c,
$5.40.
Part of shoulder for steak, roa3t
or boiling, 11 tbs at 8c, 88 cts.
Shank, for soup, IT tbs at2c, 34c.
Total weight of 1 forequarter 188
lbs at $11.91. Both forequarters or
376 tbs retailing at $23.82.
The hindquarter was divided as
follows:
Rump steaks, 20 lbs at 6c, $1.20.
Round steak, 22 tbs at 10c, $2.20.
Butt end of round, 23 tbs at 7c $1.- j
61.
Shank for soup, 14 tbs at —. 25c.
Flank for soup, 9 lbs at 3c, 27cts.
Fat. 25 lbs at 24c. 62 cts.
Sirloin steak. 15 tbs at 10c $1.50.
Tenderloin, 15 tbs at 15c, $2.25.
Porterhouse, IS tbs at 20c, $3.60.
Sirloin roast, 19 lbs at 15c, $2.85.
Weight of 1 hindquarter, 180 tbs
at $16.35. Both hindquarters, or
360 lbs, at $32.70.
The hide, 90 lbs at 6c. $5.40.
Butter fat, 67 tbs at 3c. $2.01.
Rough fat, 18 tbs at 2c, 36.
Total 175 tbs at $7./7.
The steer weighed gross 1,370,
It weighed dressed 911 lbs and sold
for $64.29. The steer cost 4 j cents
or $58.22.
--
AN OLD MAN TELLS OF THE
PAST.
N. V. Times, December 25.
Fifty years ago wood yards were
D imerous. The idea of serving
houses with kindling or oilier cut
wood never suggested itself to any
body. When a load of pine or hick
ory was ordered the yard sent a
sawyer to do the cutting, splitting,
and*pil1ng, and veiy often the man
of house saved a shilling or two and
developed his muscle by doing the
work himself. The sign board of
one of the yards offered for sale
quite a variety of woods. Hickory,
pignut, chestnut, oak, white oak,
red oak^yellow oak. white ash, black
birch, white birch, rock maple,
white maple, yellow pine, pitch piue,
and white pine were familiar kin.Is.
The hickory ashes were carefully
gathered and saved by the frugal
housewife to sell to sell to the ash
man. who made his appearance in a
neighborhood early even morning,
and was as well known as the cart
man that sold spring water at 2
cents the bucket.
* *
*
Those were good old days, to he
sure but they had their drawbacks.
A kitchenmaid of these later times
would wonder at the l&cilities of
1835. To make a fire was a real
job, especially when one was obliged
10 wade through the snow in the
long yard to get an armful t)f wood
from the pile in the woodhouse.
And then no friction matches, but
matches made of shavings about
five inches long, the circumference
of a lead pencil, and either end dip
ped with sulphur. And the light ?
Well, all that the girl had to do was
to open a tinder box—a tin about
the size of a blacking box, filled
with cinders of burned rags—and
strike a flint and a steel together
until the sparks fired the tinder.
Then she applied one end of the
match to the fire and then the match
was lighted! It was not an uncom
mon thing when the girl found that
she was out of matches to watch the
neighbor’s chimneys and where she
saw the blue smoke gently curling
to run over and borrow a few coals,
with which she hurried back and
started her lire, lhese marches
were sold in bunches of 12 at 2 cts.
the bunch. A few homes of the
rich folks used coal, but it was of
the Liverpool kind. Wood, howev
er, was the principal fuel, and hick
ory and pine the greatest in demand
the latter for kindling purposes.
All the churches and schools, too,
were heated by wood fires, the big
stoves in places of worship being
placed in the back near the preacher,
and the congregation being served
with heat by means of the pipes run
ning along under the galleries to
the front. Wise old ladies took lit
tle foot stoves to church with them
which were heated with charcoal,
and they enjoyed the long sermons
the better because of the comforta
ble condition of their extremeties.
In those days servant girls had
some encouragement. They were
principally native born, either white
or black, but a few Irish, Dutch,
and Swedes were employed to leaven
the whole. An office for their grat
uitous registry was kept. The So
ciety for the Encouragement of
Faithful Domestic Servants was in
stituted 62 years ago. Subscribers
only were supplied, and the}’ were
obliged to pa}' an annual fee of $5.
No servant was sent without a writ
ten recommendation. The girls
were encouraged to remain in their
situations, and to this end prizes
were offered. Every servant at the
completion of one years’ uninter
rupted service was presented with a
Protestant Bible, or, having a copy
of the Scriptures, she could take $2
instead. If she remained in her
place two years she received $3;
three years, $5; four years, $7, and
five years, $10 and certificate. At
the end of every subsequent year she
received $10. Many, many girls,
strange as it may seem to house
keepers of these latter days, staid
with their employers for life, and a
not infrequent obituary advertise
ment announced that “the faithful
servant and friend of the family”
would be buried from the residence
of her employer.
Five dollars the month were the
wages prevailing in the thirties, and
the servants saved a goodiy portion
of their pay if one may judge by the
frequency of their deposits In the
New York Bank for Savings. Ac
cording to the annual report of that
institution, made in 1883, the most
numerous class of depositors were
the domestic servants, who were rep- j
resented b}r 860 pass-books. Labor
ers, 589; seamstresses, 331; clerks,
150- carpenters, 146; tailors, 143.
Of the 5,000 people doing business
with this bank the single women
appeared to be the most provident.
They numbered 952, and the widows
were 434. There were but two other
savings banks in existence in that
year, the Seamen’s, 49 Wall street,
chartered 18*29, and the Greenwich,
situated at 10 Carmine street, in
corporated in 1833. The Bowery
was chartered in 1834. Five dollars
was considered quite a sum of mon
ey in those days, and a citizen justly j
boastingof the possession of $50,000 ;
was adjudged an extremely rich
man. Stephen Whitney, who was
estimated to be worth a single mil- ,
lion, was, like John Jacob Astor, j
pointed out on tie streets to Strang I
ers as an object of interest. [And j
of principal.]
* *
*
Cleaning the big tin Dutch ovens, j
gathering hickory ashes, rubbing the :
brass knockers on the front doors .
and the fancy knobs that topped the
uprights at the end of the stoop
rails were part of the servant girl’s
duties. Water was a troublesome
article to get. For washing, rain
water that flowed from the roof
through leaders into a cistern in the
yard was used. No storm, no wash, j
That made the weather such an in- j
teresting subject ol conversation.
[ Sometimes a tire would occur in the
neighborhood, and then perhaps the
thoughtless firemen would take a
notion to drop the suction pipes of
their engines down into a cistern and
i in a few minutes exhaust a supply
of wash water that i>ossibly took a
month to accumulate. The street
pumps were depended upon princi
pally for drinking water, although
: as a midsummer luxury the man
with spring water would deliver his
| sparkling beverage once in a while
1 —say for instance, when there was
company. Servant girls would slip
a hoop over their heads and drop it
upon two nails, one on either side of
them, and go to the street pump.
When the pails were filled they
would use the hoop again and walk
back home very nicely, the hoops
keeping the pails from interfering
with their locomotion and the water
from drinping upon their skirts.
***
Ice was overabundant in those
days, easily procurable, and pure as
could be wished for. But nobody
thought of gathering it for Sum
mer use. Butter was bought by the
pound or half pound in hot weather
and the grocer, after putting it upon
the plate, would press it with a
stamp that left as an imprint an
acorn and oak leaves, or a beehive,
or, perhaps, a spread eagle. Taken
home by the maid she would put it
in a pail cf cold pump water, and
that would keep it from melting till
tea was ready.
* *
*
Burning wood naturally filled the
chimneys with soot, and became ne
cessary that they should be cleaned
occasionally. This gave lucrative
employment to sweepers—masters
and boys. In 1833 licenses to 40
colored men, as bosses, were issued,
each employer engaging two boys.
There was one general patentee of
patent brooms who received a royal
ty for the use of his invention. The
tariff of prices was 12$ cents for the
upper floor of a house. Next floor
below 15 cents. Next below 18 cts.
Next below that 21 cents, and soon
to 28 and 37$ cents. Where a
Franklin stove, coal grate, or ‘jack’
was used in any fireplace 12$ cents
extra was charged. There are plenty
of old New Yorkers still living who
clearly remember the custom still
prevailing in those good old days of
the little negro boys who announced
their successful climbs by singing
in a peculiarly shrill key. “0, aek,
o, ack o!” so soon as their sooty
caps peeped above the chimney
tops. Old blankets were fastened
over the open fireplaces and not re
moved until the master sweep had
gathered the soot into close bags
and had taken them away. If a
housewife was so neglectful of her
duty as to let the soot accumulate
in the chimney, and it took fire, a
heavy fine was the result, so that
the master sweeps had but to make
vocal proclamation of “Sweep, ho!”
in the streets to make the women
folks consider.
The men of those times are all
gone, and “the places that knew
them once shall know them again no
more forever,” and it seems fitting
that a gray beard of the now should
tell of the familiar doings of the
then, as 50 years hence the story of
to-day many be told by some rem
iniscent writer who is perhaps now
being taught the rudiments in a
public primary school of this mar
velous, ever-changing metropolis.
JOSEPH H. TOOKER.
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“EDITOR’S BACK STAIRS.”
The Interesting Views of the Late Dr. J.
G. Harland.
The columns of the newspapers
appear to be flooded with proprie
tary medicine advertisements. As
we cast our eve over them, it brings
to mind an article that was publish
ed by the late Dr. Holland in Scrib
ner's Monthly. He says: “Never
theless, it is a (act that many of
the best proprietary medicines of
the day were more successful than
many physicians, and most of them,
it should be remembered, were at
first discovered or used in actual
medical practise. When, however,
any shrewd person, knowing their
virtue, and foreseeing their popular
ity, secures and advertises them,
then, in the opinion of the bigoted,
all virtue went out of them.”
Is not this absurd ?
This great man appreciated the
real merits of popular remedies, and
the absurdity of those that derided
them because public attention was
called to the article and the evi
dence df their cures. If the most
noted physician should announce
that be had made a study of
anv certain organ or disease ot the
bodv, or make his sign larger than
the code size, though he may have
practiced medicine and been a lead
er in all medical counsels, notwith
standing all this, if he should pre
sume to advertise and decline to
give his discovert* to the public, he
would be pronounced a quack and a
humbug, although he may have
spent bis entire lite and all his
available funds in perfecting his in
vestigations.
Again we say, ‘ absurd.”
If an ulcer is found upon one’s
arm, and is cured by some dear soul
of a grandmother, outside of the
code, it will be pronounced by the
medical profession an ulcer of little
importance. But if treated under
the code, causing sleepless nights
for a month, with the scientific
treatment, viz., plasters, washing,
dosing with morphine, arsenic and
other vile substances, given to pre;
vent blood poisoning or deaden pain,
and yet the ulcer becomes malig
nant, and amputation is made nec
essary at la8t, to save life, yet all
done according to the “isms” of the
medical code, this is much more
gratifying to the medical profession,
and adds more dignity to that dis
tinguished order than to be cured
by the dear old grandmother’s rem
edy.
This appears like a severe ar
raignment, yet we believe that it ex
presses the true standing of the med
ical profession in regard to remedies
discovered outside of their special
“isms.” One of the most perplex- .
ing things of the day is the popu
larity of certain remedies, especially
Warner’s safe cure, which we find
for sale everywhere. The physician
of the highest standing is ready to
concede its merits and sustain the
theories the proprietors have made
_that is, that it benefits in most of
the ailments of the human system
because it assists in putting the kid
neys in proper condition, thereby
aiding in throwing off the impuri
ties of the blood, while others with'
less honesty and experience deride,
and are willing to see their patient
die scientifically, and according to
the code, rather than have him cured
by this great remedy.
Yet we notice that the popularity
of the medicine continues to grow
year by year. The discoverer cones
boldly before the people with its
merits, and proclaims them, from
door to door in our opinion much
more honorably than the physician
who, perchance, may secure a pa
tient from some catastrophe, and is
permitted to set a bone of an arm or
a finger which he does with great
dignity, yet very soon after takes
the liberty to climb the editor’s back
stairs at 2 o’clock in the morning to
have it announced in the morning
paper that “Dr. So-and-so was in at
tendance,'’ thus securing for his
benefit a beautiful and free adver
tisement.
We shall leave it to our readers
to say which is the wiser and more
honorable.
COUNTING NOSES IN THE X.
Y. PROHIBITION CONVEX
TION.
ff. Y. Evening Post.
Some very interesting revelations
of the party sources of the Prohibi
tion strength were made in the con
vention at Syracuse. All delegates
who had formerly been Democrats
were asked to stand up, and 134
arose. Then all who were formerly
Republicans were asked to stand,
and about 800 arose. 01 life-long
Prohibitionists there were only for
ty-three These figures show that
seven out of every eight Prohibition
votes cast are drawn from the R<j
publican party. This is the reason
why the Democrats view the move
ment with such complacency. An
other revelation, equally instructive
and equally oiniuous for the Repub
licans, was made when clergymen
and other representatives of the
churches of the State were called
up. Of clergymen there were nine
ty-five, and when church officers and
Sunday school superintendents were
asked to stand nearly the whole
body of the convention arose. Here,
is a source of power, especially in
the rural communities of the State,
which it is difficult to overestimate.
The fact that the Sunday schools
and churches are deserting the Re
publican paity as the representa
tive of moral ideas is not the leust
significant of the many signs of the
disintegration of that party. The
ticket nominated is well adapted to
command the support of this ele
ment, for it is headed by a clergy
man, and composed entirely of meu
of high character.
A leader tells the people what
they should do.
Not one business man in fifty pre
tends acquaintance with public
questions, not directly connected
with bis private affairs.
As a rule inoney-makers are ig
norant about public affairs.
The sole object of the average
Congressman is not to make issues.
To pander to every popular error,
is not to lead.
The people admire a bold man:
they dispise a creeper.
What am I to Do ?
The symptoms of Biliousness are
unhappily but two well known.
They differ in different individuals
to some extent. A Bilious man is
seldom a breakfast eater. Too fre
quently, alas, he has an excellent
appetite for liquids but none for sol
ids of a morning. His tongue will
hardly bear inspection at any time;
if It is not white and fufred, it is
rough, at all events.
The digestive system is wholly
out of order and Diarrhea or Consti
pation may be a symptom or the
two may alternate. There are often
Hemorrhois or even loss of blood.
There may he giddiness and often
headache and acidity or flatulence
and tenderness in the pit of the
stomach. To correct all this if not
effect a cure try Gheex’s Acoust
Flower, it cost but a trifle and
I thousands attest its efficacy,
aug 21-e o w.