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Inmann and a number of his followers advertised that 
they would send a recipe free. A “ Medical Institute” 
: in Boston simplifies matters by publishing the recipe in 
its advertisement. In this, as in those of the other 
i style, care is taken to have in the prescription, or recipe, 
■ one or more articles not to be had at the drug stores, at 
'leastnot by the names given. The “Institute,” like all 
the others, proposes to send the stuff all put up for a 
consideration. It is the same old story, but a little 
differently told. 
“A Disg-race to tite Town.” 
The people of St. Stephen, in Mass Meeting assem¬ 
bled, have resolved that the Royal New Brunswick Lot¬ 
tery, so often exposed in these humbug columns, is a 
disgrace to their village, and have applied “ to the Gov¬ 
ernment of Canada to lake steps to remove the lottery 
swindle existing in this town,” 'We continue to receive 
from our subscribers the circulars of these swindlers 
that are still being scattered broadcast over the United 
States. After the sweeping exposures made from time 
to time, surely no reader of the Amencan Agi'iculturist 
ought to be imposed upon by these scoundrels. 
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Various Taitd Companies 
in Kansas, Texas, and other States in the far-West, offer 
lands to settlers on tempting terms. Some of these 
companies may be all right; others are known to he all 
wrong. Those who are tempted by these circulars, need 
not be in a hurry to invest. The land—if they have any 
—will remain there. Take time, and inquire of the 
Post-master nearest the alleged locality, as to the Com¬ 
pany and the character of the land it offers. Some 
lands are not worth taking, even without cost. Post- 
! masters have formerly done good service in exposing 
! fraudulent land schemes. 
Xlie Spotteil I*oiiy ISancli. 
The man at Leon Springs, Texas, still sends out his 
letters, in which he refuses to answer questions about 
his own business for less than a dollar for a small printed 
slip. Judging from the proprietor’s own circulars, we 
would not advise auy one to go to this ranch to learn the 
business of ranchero. He signs his name as B. H. Van 
Eaub, and is said to be the same as Byron H. Robb, for¬ 
merly concerned in various enterprises in Cincinnati, 
Ohio. Don Carlos is said to be another name for the 
same person. 
No “ Tock of llnir ” ISeqiiiretl. 
We have known parties to advertise that they could 
treat diseases if only a lock of the patient’s hair were 
sent to them. There is a quack in Ann Arbor, Mich., 
Kellogg by name, who does not even need the lock of 
hair. He can tell w'hat is the matter just as well, if half 
a dollar is sent. If full name, age, place of residence, 
with fifty cents are enclosed in a letter, the sender “ will 
receive by return mail a plainly written statement of his 
disease, with cost of treatment” The chap says, “ It is 
not necessary that the patient be present to receive 
treatment,” very likely not, we have no doubt that the 
farther away he is from this “Doctor,” the better will it 
be for the patient. 
Bralinio Van. 
Inquiries are still sent us concerning this alleged cure 
for deafness. One subscriber, Livingston County, N. 
Y., asks for our opinion of it. Our opinion has already 
been freely given, and to new subscribers who have not 
seen it, we would say, that we regard it as most heart¬ 
less to offer to those afflicted with deafness, this stuff as 
a “ specific.” Admitting (which we do not) that this 
“Brahmo Yan” has-any remedial powers in deafness, 
the affliction is due to so many causes, that any one 
remedy can touch but a small share of the curable cases. 
In some forms of deafness, relief by human aid is im¬ 
possible, yet the sellers of this stuff make no distinction 
between curable and the incurable deafness, They wish 
to sell their “ Brahmo Yan.” 
liidis'iisiitt a,£ tlic Iiiiplieiitioii. 
Mr. T. W. B., Alexandria, Va., would like to know 
what sort of people the proprietors of “ Churchill's 
Remedies” are, as they seem to know more about his 
afflictions than he does himself. He writes us that they 
write him, “ as you have not accepted our offer, etc.,” 
Mr. B. writes us that this is the first he has heard of any 
“ offer,” and that ho did not before know that he was 
afflicted with any disease. 'What right have these 
venders of nostrums to insult a stranger by implying 
that he is ill need of their “Restorative” stuff? Have 
they any right to assume that one has led an improper 
life, by proposing with their miserable stuff to cure him 
of diseases, which he does not know even byname ? Ha's 
one who has lived a quiet and cleanly life no rights 
which venders of quack medicines are bound to respect? 
CoMMtiiis; Cliickens Ilelbre They ai*e 
Hatched. 
Some two years ago we exposed the claims of one 
Bain, of Ohio, who represented himself to be the “ North 
American Poultry Association.” This Bain would teach 
how to make a “ Common Sense Incubator ” for $2, and 
would sell a Havana Recipe for preserving eggs, for some 
other sum. No one, as we showed at the time, could 
make a useful incubator from the directions, and the 
“Havana Recipe” was the old lime-water method, with 
some utterly useless articles added. During the past 
few mouths letters have appeared in papers in various 
parts of the country, purporting to be written by one L. 
L. Johnson, Fort Scott, Kans. These letters give most 
glowing accounts of his success with a “ Common Sense 
Incubator,” taking care to tell where to send $2, for 
directions for making it. This Johnson pursued his 
“regular business,” whatever that may have been, and 
claimed that he could easily make $2,500 yearly from 
his incubator. As this was quite too good to be true, 
cautious persons wrote to said Johnson, asking for more 
definite particulars. The Postmaster at Fort Scott states 
that, like Sairy Gamp’s Mrs. Harris, “ There aint no sich 
pusson,” and moreover, that “ there never has been any 
such person as L. L. Johnson in this city.” But Bain 
and his incubator have been thoroughly and gratuitously 
advertised. Who wrote the letter is not known, but 
there is no harm in guessing at its authorship. 
Caiig-Ut at Vast I One 'Wlio Otl'ers 
Bog-iis Money. 
Circulars are continually sent ns by our subscribers, 
issued by those who apparently offer counterfeit money. 
This is an old, one of the very oldest traps, but it can 
only catch those who are dishonestly inclined. An hon¬ 
est man cannot be tempted to touch counterfeit green¬ 
backs, no matter how cheap they may be offered. 
Having this view of the matter, we for some time 
dropped this from our list of humbugs, feeling that, 
should any one get caught in the trap, the verdict of 
all honest men would be: 
“SARVED HIM RIGHT.” 
We refer to the subject now to show how one of the 
rascals has been caught, and how our readers who 
receive similar propositions can aid in bringing the 
senders of them to justice. Mr. S. Schwartzchelder, 
Waterbury, Conn., received from one J. C. Stevens, of 
New York, a circular in which he offered in the usual 
tempting manner, his “ greenleaf ai-ticles.” Mr. 
Schwartzchelder consulted the Chief of Police of 
Waterbury, who corresponded with Mr. Anthony Com¬ 
stock, inspector of the U. S. Post Office Department. 
Mr. C. advised that the correspondence with Stevens be 
continued, and at length some small real bank notes were 
sent as specimens of the “greenleaf articles” Mr. S. 
would furnish. The correspondence resulted in an ap¬ 
pointment to meet Stevens at the Putnam House, in 
New York City. At the appointed time Stevens was at 
the rendezvous to conclude the sale, Schwartzchelder was 
on hand to exchange a little good money for much not 
so good. That each man might make sure of the other, 
the pass-words agreed upon had been exchanged, and all 
appeared lovely. Schwartzchelder was about to take the 
“greenleaf articles,” but just then Inspector Comstock 
took Stevens, which essentially changed the aspect of 
affairs. Stevens was taken before U. S. Commissioner 
Shields, and having no $1,000 in good greenbacks at 
hand—the amount of bail—was sent to jail to await trial 
upon the charge of violating the law of Congress 
by using the U. S. Mails for fraudulent purposes. 
Olteriiig' Briljes.—IVliat Anthony 
Comstoclc says. 
Louisiana and Kentucky still tolerate lotteries. These 
States not only allow tickets to be sold, but by granting 
charters so far give them legal sanction. Were the evil 
influences of thesq lotteries confined to the States which 
thus countenance them, they would be less objectiona¬ 
ble. But the managers of these lotteries appear to think 
that a charter from the Legislature of their oivn State 
gives them the right to carry on their business in other 
States. Until quite recently, their flaring advertisements 
appeared in the few New York City papers that would 
publish them, and their offices for the sale of tleketn 
were open upon the principal streets of the city. 
THE THOUSANDS OH DOLLARS 
daily taken in by these ticket-offices was not known, 
until the “ Society for the Suppression of Vice” raided 
its principal office on Broadway, and seized its books, 
papers, and tickets. It was then found that the daily 
sale of tickets for twenty days previous to this seizure, 
reached the astonishing amount of $5,176 (five thousand 
one hundred and seventy-six dollars), each day I Besides 
this, the office received nearly two thousand letters 
daily. Who contributed this immense daily income to 
this Company? The “short accounts” of various 
hank and other officers, and the defalcations of trusted 
clerks in business houses, are a sufficient answer. It is 
a well established fact that the annual income of this 
Louisiana Lottery has been four millions of dollars 1 
What wonder that it can pay big bonuses ? The above 
mentioned breaking up of its principal New York office, 
was a severe blow to the Lottery Company. Its mana¬ 
gers were sensible enough to know that nothing could 
be gained by fighting the Society which authorized it— 
What was its next move ? A person who claimed to 
represent the Lottery Company, Mr. Anthony Comstock 
states to ns, appeared at the office of the Society for 
the Suppression of Vice, and proposed to pay into its 
treasury annually the sum of 
$25,000 ir ITS SECRETARY WOCLD KEEP STILL. 
Though the alleged bribe was not taken, the incident 
shows what “ sinews of war ” these jieople can control. 
But the others having right and law on their side, won 
the fight. 
Some New and Practical Books. 
American Cattle, by Lewis P. Allen. A new 
and revised edition. Orange Judd Company, New 
York. When this work first appeared as a treatise upon 
cattle in America, by an American author, who could 
speak from his own wide experience, it was at once ac¬ 
cepted as a standard. There have since been works 
upon particular breeds, but none comprising all breeds, 
and treating of them in an exhaustive manner. In sub¬ 
sequent editions, its author, still active and enthusiastic 
in all that relates to improved agriculture, has kept his 
work abreast of the time. In the present revision, he 
has added whatever seemed necessary to maintain the 
work in the position accorded to it when it first appear¬ 
ed—the standard work upon American Cattle—or more 
concisely, Cattle in America. Price, post-paid, $2.50. 
liaclies’ Dogs as Companions, also a Guide 
to their Management in Health and Disease, with man^ 
stories, humerous and pathetic, from life. By. Dr. Gor 
don Stables, R. N. Dr. Stables, in-his larger work, 
“ Our Friend the Dog,” noticed last month, has shown 
that he possesses two important qualifications as an 
author. A competent knowledge of his subject, and a 
most happy style in imparting that knowledge to others. 
The same characteristics are evident in the present 
work, which will prove most useful to the increasing 
number of ladies who choose dogs for their pets, and 
who are, from a mistaken sense of kindness, apt to spoil 
them by too much petting and coddling. The same vein 
of common sense that marks the larger Work, runs 
through the present one, making it a useful guide. Fully 
illustrated. Supplied by Orange Judd Company. Price, 
post-paid, $1,50. 
Qiiiutoy’s New Bee-Keeping.—A new edition 
by its author, L. C. Root: Orange Judd Company, New 
York. The title of Mr. Quinby’s first work was: “ The 
Mysteries of Bee-Keeping Explained.” In the editions 
which followed, this was simplified to “ Quinhy’s New 
Bee-Keeping.” Each successive edition embodied all 
the improvenients that had been made since the prevL 
ous one. Soon after the lamented death of Mr. Qninby, 
his business associate and relative, Mr. L. C. Root, pre¬ 
pared what was, practically, a now work, but with a 
modesty as rare as it is commendable, continued to call 
it “ Quinby’s New Bee-Keeping.” In the belief that the 
great services of Mr. Qninby in simplifying the methods 
of the Apiary, and in popularizing improved bee-culture, 
entitled him to be thus commemorated, the title has 
been continued in subsequent editions. In the present, 
as in former editions, Mr. Root has added much new 
matter, and wherever the text required them, new illus¬ 
trations have been introduced. In its present form it is 
a standard guide to Bee-keeping as now practised by 
American Apiarians, whose methods are far in advance 
of tliosc followed in Europe. Abundantly illustrated. 
In press, Price, post-paid, $1.50. 
