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officials do not propose to allow. They should find some 
•way of patting a stopper upon one Albert Friedham, of 
Hamburgh, Germany, who has somehow got hold of the 
names of respectable people in this country, whom he 
annoys with his lottery circnlara. . . And now 
LOTS OF ESTATES IK AUSTEAUi 
are poing a-begging, all for the want of heirs. So 
numerous are they, that one chap has a printed circular 
with a blank which he can fill with the name of "the 
late'" 80 and so. Fortunately all the estates thus left fire 
valued at an even " one-and-a-half millions of dollars,''' 
^o this part does not need to be changed. This is the 
thinnest of the kind that we have seen Well, here is 
'Something that smacks of the Middle Ages, for it is 
ALL ABOUT LOTE POWf EBS, 
wliich it seems there are fools yet to buy, and rascals 
who will sell. But the story as told in the -Buffalo 
Courier'' is very prosaic. "Prof. Hayden" offered to 
sell " Love Powder" wbich would work ■' wonders upon 
female affections." We are left by this in very mnch the 
same state of doubt that the old lady was. about her 
indigo. ""If it was good, it would sink or swim, and 
sbe couldn't tell which,'' Whether the *• wonders upon 
female affections" were to be manifested by coring the 
most desperate cases of real old fashioned love— that 
kind we read about, or if it was to start up a glowing 
flame in ice-cold hearts, after the manner of Cupid and 
his "bellowses," as used to be pictured on the valentines 
— wc cTin't say. A Mr. Randall received a letter describ- 
ing the love powder as above, but instead of getting 
same of it. and esperimenting, and telling us what it 
did. he in a very nnpoetical way sent the "Professor's" 
letter to the post office authorities. Theynabbed '*Prof. 
HaydL'n." who turned out to be only Bill Kelly, who, not 
having $100 handy to pay his fine, went to jail, and we 
don't know anymore about "Love Powders" than we 
clid before. 
MEDICAL MATTERS, 
as cool weather comes on, arc a little livelier. We reply 
to Several that Adee's prescription or recipe, which he 
proposes to send *' free by mail," is after the old style. 
We sent for it long ago, and found it to be of stuff not 
known in the shops — but he overcomes that slight diffi- 
culty by supplying it himself. Morris Co., N. J., has 
recently been ii>vaded by 
TUAVELISG EYH DOCTOns. 
who profess to be from the "Eye and Ear Infirmary" in 
13th street. Now York. This is sufficient to stamp the 
fellows as frauds, for no proper infirmary, hospital, 
medical college, or "university," (were there such a 
thing), ever sends out " agents" to drive through the 
country and look up patients. They came across the 
■wrong customer in one of our readers, who does not 
hesitate to designate those who called at his house "a 
couple of impostors," and says that " the eldest of these 
scamps is evidently an English subject about 50; the 
younger, less than half that age. probably an American." 
Our New Jersey friends should be on their guard. These 
chaps offer to effect certain cures for specified sums, and 
whoever does this is not to be trusted to treat a cat. Our 
correspondent is to be commended, ho gives his story, 
Blgns his name, and then tells us to use all or any part of 
it. and does not add : " On no account publish my name 
or anything which will indicate who wrote this." Mr. 
Leach, we like people who are in earnest, and you are 
sound on medical matters. 
AMERICA 13 A GREAT COU^'TRT, 
the United States is only a small portion of it. We often, 
we Yankees, call ourselves "Americans," and onr coun- 
try America, as if there was not, let atone the strip run- 
ning far to the south of us, north of the St. Lawrence a 
Dominion reaching all the way to the North Pole. We 
must, with whatever of rehictance and loss of national 
pride, admit that the Dominion of Canada is quite the 
equal ot "the land of the free and the home of the brave" 
— i!i quacks and quackery. We have b.-forc us the " Her- 
ald of Health," it ia published by W. IT. Cumstock " is 
his name," and Brocliville "is his station." We have 
just a bit— "a" sraudi;ing"— of a certain kind of sort of 
rc-ipi-'Ct for W. II., as there is nothing of the hypocrite 
ahou* him— he is not impelled by " love to his fellow be- 
liigp." or from a ' sense of dnry to humanity." W. II. 
says: "Self-interest Is thQ spring of all human actions, 
and were I capable ofactfng above that motive, I should 
be more than human."- We arc almost tempted to say 
*'Bilh', you're a brick." but in view nf what follows wc 
don't, but are forced to l)elievc thnt William, you area 
very bad plagairist. and have gone and stolen another 
man's thunder. Bosides, wc arc not sure that "W." stands 
for William at all. Among other things, W. H. offers 
MOl'NTAIV IIERn riLT.3, 
"Which are mane of herbs which arc herbs, bccaueo thoy 
bavc principles. If they would go for " principles, not 
men," it would be all the belter fi)r the men. The first 
principle goes for the blood, principle No. 2 gets after 
the skin, the third takes care of the lungs, the fourth 
gives it5 attention to the kidneys — but it is of no use to 
enumerate ; we should say that these pills would be de- 
cidedly " sarching." Many years ago we knew an old 
darkey who did "doctorin' 'round" among his people. 
One day, in a ramble, we came across old Henry, who 
had cat a lot of barberry stems, and he was scraping the 
bark from them into two different papers ; we asked the 
reason for this, and learned— though he used very differ- 
ent, terms — that the bark scraped vp would act as an 
c.netic, while that scraped doicii would be a cathartic. 
We asked, "Henry, suppose you should scrape both 
ways, how would it act ? " the " Yah ! Yah ! ! Yah III" 
that followed, left us to imagine that the effect would be 
very "siirchin"- as much so as these "Herb Pills." If 
one wants something more radical than Herb Pills, W. 
H. offers Root Pills, and Indian Root Pills at that, or to 
be more precise 
"DR. morse's rs'DIAX ROOT PILLS," 
and if onedou'tbclicve tbcy have "vartues," let him just 
read the pathetic "Short History of Dr. Morse's Father, 
Also Showing how this Wonderful Medicine was Brouglit 
into Use." Doctor Morse had a father. Dr. Morse's 
father had a son — that was Doctor Morse. Well, Doctor 
Mor3e''s father sent his sou off among the Indian tribes, 
who show much Indian-ooity in case of sickness, and he, 
the son, was to learn all about it. But Doctor Morse's 
sou's fatner was very sick. "He had eight of the mosfc 
celebrated doctors to attend him, night and day," from 
which we infer that he had a constitution second only to 
that " which must and shall be preserved." We pass by 
the reallj- — in its place — wicked qnack-mcdicine lie, 
about prayers "ascending to the Throne," and much 
more shameful talk. But when Doctor* Morse's father 
was in extremis^ and "every eye was bathed in tears, a 
rumbling noise was heard in the distance, like a mighty 
chariot ," thus far, reader, we have q^uoted from the 
"Herald of Health," published in Canada, about Doctor 
Morse's father, we now turn to the United States, and 
take up a nice little pamphlet published by A. J. White, 
in New York, where is given " A Short History of White's 
Father," and proceed — " winding its way nearer, when 
all at once a fine span of horses before a beautiful coach, 
stood before the door, out of which alighted a noble and 
elegant looking man." This elegant chap was of course 
Doctor Morse, who at once gave Doctor While's father 
some stuff, and then the fathers of Doctors Whorse and 
Morite both got well. The fact is we are getting things 
mixed — but if any one wants to know how Doct. White's 
father got well let them read the story of Doctor Morse's 
father, or if more interested in Doctor Morse's father, let 
them read the story of Doctor White's fiuher, for they 
are both alike, and one is just as true as the other. It is 
only those who can swallow snch stories, that swallow 
the miserable quack medicines that such fictions are 
used to sweeten. 
Fall Mo-w'ins: for Corn. — Heavy clay 
soils that have a good covering of clover or grass sod, 
may be plowed this month for a crop of corn next season. 
We would not plow the furrows flat, but set them ou 
edge. In the spring a good harrowing, lengthwise of the 
furrow, will give a sufficient depth of mellow soil for 
planting, leaving the decomposed sod just where the 
young roots can reach it. A light application of arti- 
ficial manure, before the harrowing in the spring, would 
be very beneficial. The planting should immediately 
follow tlie harrow, while the boil is fresh. Light or 
nmcky lands had better be left until spring, as this treat- 
ment is not proper for them. 
A Ilamstriingr Horse.— "H. B.," Kil- 
larney. La. The rupture or separation by cutting of the 
tendon of the heel of a horse, known as the tendon of 
Achilles, is incurable, except under the rarest combina- 
tion of favorable circumstances, and then will almost 
surely result in a pei-mancnt retraction, which will cause 
the limb to be useless. If an effort is made to preserve 
the horse, the whole limb must he. held rigidly motion- 
less with bandages, and the wounded part dressed with 
cold water. It fs barely possihh' that the severed tendon 
may unite in course of time, after prolonged rest. 
KfHi»:i-alion to the South. — "B,'* 
Under present circumstances there seems to be not the 
slightest ob'ectinn for a Northern man to go anywhere In 
the Southern States. Ifhe has a desire to procure a farm 
there, there arc now very favorable opportunities and 
aiiy Inducement to molest a Northern man, which may 
have existed In some localities, from just or unjust causes. 
no longer remains. There is one locality at lenst. wh^rc 
a thrifty colony is in cnnrsc of formation. This is nt 
ni'^hlnnds. Macon Co.. North Carolina, where Mr. T. S. 
Kelscy, formerly of New York, and some friends have 
settled. Mr. Kelspy writes that that pari of the country 
offers many npportuiiith'fi. such as cheap rtTttle land, and a 
very healthful, mild climate. There Is ample lOom In 
many parts of the South for culonies of Northern men, who 
can procure homes at a very small expenditure of money. 
ILndies and Children's Shoes cau 
hardly be treated with the ordinary blacking used upon 
men's shoe-leather ; indeed they are usually of a style 
that would be disfigured and injured by the usual "'shine 
'em up" of the boot blacks. The article called French 
Dressing, made by B. F. Brown & Co.. is prepared 
especially for delicate leather boots and shoes, to which 
it gives a fine finish, and it will make traveling bags and 
other articles of leather look as good as new. The 
Dressing is prepared by one of the long established 
Boston houses, and has been in satisfactory use for a 
number of years by several of our associates. 
^Vheat ibr Xame.— " J. B.,*' Isabella Co., 
Mich. It is impossible to identify, with any certainty, a 
sample of wheat, unless the whole head is sent, and then 
it can only be a guess in many cases. Different soils and 
vigor of growth quite change the appearance of the same 
variety of wheat, and sometimes even change the color 
considerably. Thus a white wheat, grown ou a rich, 
light, sandy or calcareous loam, will be light and bright, 
while on a damp, mucky soil, it may be nearly red. 
^Vhite Specks in Bntter.—" A Sub- 
scriber," Bay Ridge, Long Island. The white specks 
found in butter may be due to several causes. One is an 
acid condition of the milk, which causes a deposit of 
small curdy particles that are mixed with the cream, and 
when it is churned these can not be separated from the 
butter. Another is the presence of lime in the salt ; this 
forms an insoluble soap wiih tlie butter, which exists in 
small nodules wherever there is a particle of lime. An- 
other cause is the cow itself. Some cows always yield 
specky butter from some constitutional peculiirity. 
Again, it may be that the air of the milk-room is impure, 
and conveys some germs of decomposition into the milk, 
and produce this effect. A possil)le remedy, if the cause 
is acidity ofthe miik, is to put a teaspoonful of carbonate 
of soda in the cream pot, and stir it thoroughly. 
Tlie Best Piprs.— *' J. H. S.," Nortbampton 
Co., Pa. We cannot say which are the best pigs for any 
person, without knowing exactly how he is situated. The 
best, as a family pig, if only one is kept, is probably a 
pure or grade Berkshire ; for what are called market 
pigs, that is. pigs for small pork about 100 to 120 lbs., 
either Essex or Suffolk are best ; for heavy pork the 
Berkshire. Poland China, or Yorkshires may be chosen, 
and one of these is about as good as another. 
llaniifaotnro of Tile Tor Conrey- 
ing Water.— ''S. W.," Placer Ci>., Cat. An article 
descriptive of the mainifacture of dniin-lilc was given iu 
the Amencan Agriculturist for June, 18T4. There arc 
tile-machines made to be operated by horse or steam 
power. In using tiles for carrying water for irrigating 
purposes, there would be a great waste through the 
joints in consequence of the pressure of the head, unless 
the joints were made close. This could not be done wiiU 
ordinary tiles. Common clay-tiles are also porous. The 
best thing to do. perhaps, would be to make cement pipis, 
as described in the Amencan AgiicuUurist for Dec, 1ST2. 
I*ro<liioe of a <jJra<le Jersey <'ow* 
— " W. L. S.," Jersey Co., III., writes tlial he has a grade 
Jersey Cow, 2 years old. which, in 190 days milking, 
yielded 190'^ lbs. butter, besides raising a bull calf. The 
product realized ($15 for calf included) $G3.C>S cents ; the 
cost of feed was $10.38, leaving $44.30 for a little more 
than 6 months keeping. The amount of milk was 3.3023^ 
lbs., an average of 2*3 lbs., or about 10 quarts daily. 
Steamer Tor Coohing- Feed. — "A. 
IT.," BulTalo, N. Y. The Anderson steamer, made by 
Whitman vt Burrel, Little Falls. N. Y., is a cheap, effec- 
tive, portable steamer, and occupies little room. It is 
supplied with water, by a lank, which can be had with it. 
A Sample oT Oats has been sent by a cor- 
respondent at Quarryville, Pa., who e.iys, ftx)ra 1 bushel 
sown, 10 were harvested, and frtmi these 10 bushcla 105 
were grown. This is such an Insignificant yield, that wo 
would not advise any more of them to be grown. There 
are plenty of oats-which weigh 45 lbs. to the bushel, and 
on good soil will produce 20 to 25 bushels flrom one 
bushel of seed. 
ffinnd Tor Sale in Southern IfV'is* 
oonnlii nnd Iflliinesota.— " W. E. B.," Williams- 
port. Southern Wisconsjln has been settled for several 
years, and there is no Government land left there. But 
tliero i^ plenty of unoccnpied hind, that can be purchased 
for $10 an acre, upw.ird9. In southern Minnesota thoro 
Is still some land left, and phnty. besides that, can bo 
houffht from railroad companies for a low prlco. The on- 
ly prtiper way if, to go and look out for yourscif. 
