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THE ILLINOIS FARMEE. 



June 



always does, having caused inflammation of that 

 organ, directed his attention upon it. Without 

 administering a grain of medicine, he ordered a 

 thorough (wet) cupping to the posterior part of 

 the head and along the spine, following it up with 

 ice applications to the same extent. The patient, 

 of course, had to lie on his stomach, and was well 

 secured by mechanical constraint during this 

 treatment, which was continued unabated without 

 interruption, for three successive days and nights. 

 The patient was protected against any return of 

 paroxysms. His pulse and breathing became qui- 

 et, the pains gradually left him, and isolated mus- 

 cular twitchings became likewise extinct. Since 

 S iturday last no outward symptoms have disturbed 

 the steady progress of recovery, and on Wednes- 

 day last the patient was discharged from medical 

 treatment, apparently in the best state of health. 

 The case has excited a good deal of attention. 

 The suddenness of the attack, forty-eight homrs 

 after the bite, marks it as an unusual instance, but 

 the symptoms were those of all cases of hydro- 

 phobia. 



Coal Ashes for Garden Walks. 



As many persons have at this time large heaps 

 of coal ashes, they can dispose of them in no way 

 to better advantage than by hauling them into 

 their garden alleys. Remove from four to six 

 inches of the dirt, and, having screened the ashes, 

 or separated the core and cinders, first apply the 

 coarse stuif, then oyster shells if you have any on 

 hand, small stones, glass or pieces of bricks, and 

 top-dress with the ashes. Roll it, and you will 

 have one of the best walks ever seen in a garden. 

 The ashes become very hard, and are never wet, 

 winter or summer, if the weather gives the water 

 the least chance to get away. In summer, in five 

 minutes after a shower there will be scarcely 

 enough moisture to dampen the soles of your 

 shoes. 



If there is not snfficient ashes for all the walks, 

 commence with the principal ones, and in a couple 

 of years the garden will be complete. Then each 

 spring alter, give them a slight^top-dressing of the 

 ashes, which Avill about consume your annual 

 stock. 



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Grain Elevatobs in Chicago. — Another im- 

 mense Grain Elevator, said to be the largest 

 in the world, has just been finished in Chicago, 

 and still another, of equal size, is nearly comple- 

 ted. They have been built in the most substan- 

 tial manner, and are furnished throughout with 

 the most perfect machinery, including a large 

 number of Fairbanks' 500 bushel Hopper Scales, 



which insures a correct weight to buyers and 

 sellers of grain. The amount of gram which 

 can be handled in one of these Elevators in a 

 single day is enormous. The increased produc- 

 tion in the North-west is perhaps shown in no 

 way more clearly than by the rapid increase in 

 Chicago of the facilities for receiving and ship- 

 ping it. 



Dried Fruit for the Soldiers. — The sea- 

 son for picking and drying fruit is at hand — and 

 now, boys and girls, it is time you were organ- 

 izing your forces to pick and dry for your 

 friends in the army. Let the soldiers be cheer- 

 ed with the thought that their friends are at 

 work for them, while they are exposing their 

 lives and health to preserve their homes and this 

 beautiful country from being laid waste and des- 

 olate by the scourge of war. You can help 

 fight the battles of your country bj'' furnishing 

 the soldiers with some of the luxuries with 

 which it abounds, thereby keeping up his cour- 

 age by being reminded of the dear ones at 

 home ; and when prostrate by exposure or 

 wounds, your work will aid in restoring him to 

 the field again, or to his friends. 



Don't let a currant, cherry, raspberry or 

 blackberry be wasted. Your mothers will help 

 you to make cordials and wine, and to take 

 care of what you dry — and the soldiers will 

 bless you for furnishing aid instead of a fire in 

 the rear. A Soldiers' Friexd. 



Duties on Imported Woolens. 



We have been told a good deal of late, says the 

 Ohio Farmer, of the sterling virtue, etc., of New 

 England manufacturers, but some skeptical West- 

 ern wool growers thought they could see too wide 

 a gap between the prices these men propose to pay 

 for wool and the pric s they demand for woolens. 

 Some of the New York importing merchant seem 

 to feel their toes pinched from the same quarter, 

 in the decision of Secretary Chase. To abate this 

 pressure, a meeting of importing merchants was 

 held at Delmonico's on the 1st of June, for the 

 purpose of considering the recent decision of the 

 Secretary of War in regard to the duties on wool- 

 en goods. 



Wm. Watson was called to the chair, and Sam'l 

 McLean chosen Secretary. 



Mr. Hutton made a few remarks, suggesting that 

 it would be well for the merchants to organize 

 themselves into an association for their mutual 

 protection in these matters. He alluded to the 

 onorous duties now imposed on goods for foreign 

 manufacture, and stated that the matter had been 

 laid before Secretary Chase the last time he was 

 in the city. He felt satisfied that the Secretary 

 had been led into an erroneous decision which 

 would be overruled by the Courts. There was not 

 an article now that cost 40 cents per square yard 

 upon which the duty had not been increase 35 cts, 

 and in some instances to 10 and 80 per cent. They 

 were at the mercy of the New England manufac- 

 turers, and he had heard it said they intended hav 

 ing such enormous duties imposed as would pre 



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