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COTTON PLANTING
AN ADDRESS AT PARIS, TKXAS, BY JEFF
WELBORS.
At Paris, Texas, March 22, 1890,
Mr. Jeff AVlborn deliveied the foK
lowing address before the Farmer's
Institute :
Cottoi. is onr national export crop.
It is the foundation of our com
merce. How few of us know or stop
to think how small is the thread
upon which our tortune hangs ; with
worms and drouth in the southern
part, and frost and wet falls in the
ncrthera part of the cotton belt, suf
ficiently early and severe to cut the
crop of cotton down twenty-five per
cent, would demoralize every branch
of business and throw millions out
of employment ; not alone the farm
laborers of the South, but every man
and woman who works for a living
must feel it regardless' of what his
or her occupation is, or what part
of or great nation they live in. AD
would feel it, from the Wall street
banker down, but the capitalists of
the East would feel it least, and
those who are poorest would feel it
most ; for as margins are cut closer
ov the volume of business is reduced,
the greater the power of the employ
er over the employed. For as the
wages, or the number of hours for a
work day is reduced, the greater the
necessity of pniting in every hour
and the sharper the competition be
comes.
A short cotton crop would leave
no nn.rey in. the pockets of the
southern farmer. That would mean
rigid economy or bankruptcy, by
mortgaging or paying credit prices.
We v.i u;d have to live at home and
wear our old cloihes out again. We
could not take the western bacon,
grain Hii.i hay. We should have to
leave the New Fftgia?id toys on the
shell in the toy-shop. For 'nek of
money we must make another crop
with, the cast p;o.v a-d bull-tongue :
patch up our old wagon and do
without the new bugjy. Ti en t'uf
machine man will i-eed no clerks ;
the railroad w ll not only haul less
cotton fi', but the back-loading will
be less thuti half the amount of the
cotton, because much of the cotton
goes to pay debts.
The West, then, would have to
practice the same rigid economy of
the South. With no money in the
hands of the farmers of the South
p.nd West, the host of clerks and la
borers thrown out of employment
would add to the stringency of the
times and the general depression of
trade. Who could take the manu
facturer's goods ?
A short provision or grain crop in
the We.-t would benefit some and
hurl none, except those who had
them to buy, but a short cotton crop
would effect, more or less, ever- one.
Then the man vhocauie3 two bolls
to grow where only one grew is a
nation's benefactors.
Whea we compare the fertility of
the soils of the South, and especial
ly 1 exas, with its statistical reports,
it does seem to me that if something
was used our whole country might
become benefactor. I think we are
lacking in the knowledge of the
natural laws-and habits of the plant
and the scientific mode of using this
knowledge.
First, we must know that every
thing seeks its level. If our mode
of svork dwarf a plant, wheu we
leave it to nature it will build up
again ; if we improve it up, it will
have a natural tendency backward.
When I hear a farmer talking about
his corn, potatoes, etc., running out
I can only think that it is the farmer
who is running out
If we tear dqvvD the soil, then
turn it over to nature, she soon
builds it up. If we fertilize it up,
the volatile part of the fertilizer es
capes into the atmosphere and the
soil is soon back to its natural state.
A plant carried north of its origin
has a tendency to excessive stalk
growth, but the longer cultivated in
that latitude, the earlier it commen
ces to fruit and smaller the stalk
growth. The carrying south the
other extreme.
Soils having an excess of organic
matter also have a tendency to ex
cessive stalk growth. An excess of
mineral matter, small stalk growth
and an excess of inferior fruit.
Cotton is a tropical plant by na
ture, but planted in a temperate cli
mate it grows and fruits until,, all
food or v ater in the soil has been
exhausted by drouth, or checked by
frost or the insects.
The statistical report of Lamas
county in 1887 was only forty per
cent., of a bale of cotton per acre,
while Jiowle county yielded fifty-
three per cent, of a bale, at the same
time, Lamas and other black land
counties nearly double Bowie and
sandy counties in corn and small
grain. 1 his is not just an inso-
lated case, but it is so every where.
On sin dy soil?, or sol's well-filled j
with humus, the surface is too loose
for capillary tubes to form in, there
fore there is very little loss of p-ant
food or water by evaporation, but
the danger to be apprehended is
from leaching the plant food sink
ing too deep for spiing crops When
the plant needs this food it is sub
merged in cold water, but when the
stiff soils wilting under ;n August
sun and covering the earth with
deep squares and young bolls, these
sandy soili; are putting in their be3t
licks.
It is also on wet years that the
black or stiff lands suffer most from
drouth because the water in the sub
soil force the roots to the surface
and packs it so that these capillary
tubes come threvgb and the sun
soon pumps the soil dry, while, if
the surface had a mulch of fine,
loose earth, the roots would feed
deeper and the rising moisture would
be retained and the night shades
would condense, and it would sink
back down the plant's root. On the
old sandy soils, except when ferti
lized, the late long limb kinds will
make nearly doubie an extra early
prolific variety. But when we strike
the stiff black lands the things are
reversed. I have spine reports
where from 700 to 1,000 pounds per
acre of lint cotton was grown on
these prairie black waxy soils, with
out fertilizer or exti a cultivation last
year. Now let us see if these are
accident-, likely to occur any sea
son. What is the cause of rain? The
sun drawn up, or rather vaporizes,
the water of the plants and the
water reservoirs of the earth, and
this vapor rises and lioats in the
atmosphere and is carried by the
wind in whatever direction it is
blcwinc, until it comes in contact
v. it'a cooi currents, then this vapor is
tur:.ed back to the earth. This va
por can not rise without the sun's
heat and the vapor can not turn to
water unless it comes in contact with
this cold current. About the mid
die oi July, in North Texas, the
r ights become too warm to condense
the air and make dews. The wind
blows steadily from the south, but
instead of stopping, the moisture
from our own soils join in and travel
on north until they come in contact
with their opposite element, cold,
then they come back to the earth
and are either swallowed up by the
soil or run off into streams, and rlow
back toward the equator, the. start
ing point. This is nature's way of
watering and feeding plant and ani
mal life.
The nearer the equator the greater
the quantity of organic plant food
is generated, for it can not be erener
ated without heat and moisture.
This organic matter is wholly from
the atmosphere, and scientists tell
us it is about 9-5 per cent, of all plant
food. These gases come frem de
cayed vegetable and animal matter,
and are lifted up into the atmos
phere in the same way vapors are,
but they are much heavier and re
quire more intense heat to raise it
but less cold to condense. While
all of animal as well as vegitable life
is built up by decomposition of ani
mal and vegitable matter in the
earth, bo?y of the plant ; yet when
these gases become intense in the
atmosphere, which they must do
when turned loose by the tropical
heat which does not cool at night,
as through July and August, they
prove very detrimental to animal
and vegetable life ; but cool nights
and light showers of rain will purify
the atmosphere, which drops these
heavy gases to the earth.
As I have stated above, the gases
and vapor are formed by heat and
moisture and are condensed by cold ;
there fore, when warm currents from
the south meet the cold waves from
the north it rains. When the cool
air of the north meet the warm cur
rents from the south it rains. But
when the wind is steadily from
either north or south, it cannot rain-
When the wind is from the south it
fills our atmosphere with plant food
and animal poison ; when from the
north, it drops to the earth and the
atmosphere becomes purified. So
long as the nights are cool enough
to condense the moisture and the
poisonous gases, or the cool waves
from the northern mountains brings
them down in showers, our swamps
are as healthy as the highest moun
tain. When the rain ceases to fall
or the dense vapors to settle on the
grass, soon there is not enough well
ones to wait on the sick, and soon
our plants become just as sick as the
people. The air is full of moisture,
carbonic and nitric acid; also amania,
but there is none at the root of the
cotton.
As the sun rises higher in the
heave s, the tropical winds, ladened
with moisture and plantfood meet
the cool waves from the Artie
regions. "When the sue in August ;
begins to drop back south, and the ;
Artie winds meet the tropical winds j
further south, we then Laye reasons
to expect regular rains until two or
threj days after the days begin to
shorten, or about the 10th of July,
but none whatever from the time
until the cool currents and dewy
nights the last of August or first of
September. Now this drouth sel
dom begins tc tell on a cotton crop
before the first or tenth of August,
but nine years out of ten it will play
sad havoc with our brightest pros
pects before the 15th of August; but
the stalks and fields heaviest fruited
will always go first; in other words,
the v aiety least prolific will hold
out the longest and often in cool
summers the varieties most rear
their native State more leaves than
boll, will tide over the drouth in th?
northern part of the cotton belt.
In view of these facts we must
either plant an extra variety and
cultivate fast to beat this never fail
ing, unmitigated drouth, or plant a
later variety; let it tangle up in the
grass so as to hold it back and shade
the ground, or, plant an early varie.
ty late and take the chances with the
worms and meet the returning gains
the last of August or the first of
September.
It is the going on blindly in the
cultivation of this plant that has
made the Noith so prosperous and
South so poor. While the fleecy sta
ple is traveling north by rail to en
rich corporations our soils are trav
eling overhead and through the at
mosphere, so not only cities of the
North are building up at onr ex
pense, but the the soils cf the North
ern farms also.
TAXATION AS IT AFFECTS
FARMERS.
WiliiiiniiToii Mc-seutivr.
Bat the
farm ere are
fact remains that the
heavilv burdened with
taxes. Oiie dollar taken from a
man in tax is one dollar forever
withdrawn from his comfort, his re
sources. The cry of the world throughout
the ages has been unjust taxes. The
main cause of the tremendous
French Revolution was the oppres
sion of the Government the very
excessive taxes levied upon the hard
piessed people. The bleeding by
taxation culminated in the reign of
Louis the Fourteenth, and was con
tinued under the reigns of his suc
cessors. At last came the uprising
of the masses and the whole fabric
of Government went down, and a
great wave of horror and destruc
tion and blood broke over the fair
fields and cities of France.
Taxes oppress. They never yet
made a people richer. They never
yet brought bread to the sower
They do not make shiftless farming
more remunerative. They do not
fill barns and smoke houses. There
is bad farming and bad farming, and
the faces of these p or are ground
for the enrichment of the few who
roli in riches and live like Eastern
princes.
The taxes are far too high. The
tariff tnxes many of the plain every
day necessaries from 50 to 100 per
cent. The tax is levied in the in
terest of monopoly. It adds to the
poverty of the toilers and heaps op
pression upon the farmers all
through the country. This is not
fancy but fact.
Because A makes money in spite
of an unjust, unequal, iniquitous,
unconstitutional system of taxation
it does not prove that he wouid no'
make more money under a benign,
liberal and fair system of taxation
The fact that so many people who
till the soil are not prosperous but
intensifies the necessity of making
the burdens of Government the light
er and more equal.
The true principle of political sci
euce is the greatest good to the
greatest number.
The tariff operates solely upon the
theory and method of bringing the
greatest riches to fhe already pleth
oric rich to make Plutocracy great
er than before.
But we ai-e pursuing the matter
further than we purposed. The
protective system has not only seri
ously affected the Southern farmers,
but it has greatly injured New Eng
land and Pennsylvania farmers, as
we have often shown. In the North
west it has so oppressed the farmers
that hundreds upon hundreds of
millions of dollars in mortgages are
on their farms as the result. This
too we have shown from the statis
tics of the several States.
The fact remains after all specula
tion and theory that in several im
portant sections of the country farm
ing is less prosperous and remunera
tive than ever before. We suggest
that a very great excess in taxation
has much' to do with it. The prob-
ability is that in twenty years more
th
two thousand million dollars
haye beer collected in taxes from
the people above the requirements of
an honest, equitable, economical gov
ernment. Thi3 sum and the interest
thereon, go far to show why it is the
farmers are not more prosperous-.
The present system of taxation
makes a million of people flourish at
the expense and to the detriment of
sixty-five millions. The manufac
turers may boom, but the fields re
main fallow, and as in New England,
many are given up entirely to the
briars and thorns and thistles.
When we read of such marvelous
prosperity, such astounding growth
in the industries, let the intelligent
North Carolinians ask this : How
fares it with the farms ? Agricul
ture is the sole basis of any nation's
prosperity. Let' the fields become
wastes, and the spindles and looms
and whirring wheels will . soon stop
their music and the bats and owls
will take possession of the factories.
SENATOR VANCE'S WARE
HOUSE BILL.
Washington, D. C, April 22.
The Senate Committee on Agricul
ture and Forestry to day had under
consideration Vance's bill to provide
for a system of warehouses for farm
pi-oduce throughout the country to
be operated by the government,
which is to issue notes upon deposits
cf grain therein.
Colonel Polk, president of the Na
tional Farmers' Alliance, read a long
argument in favor of the measure,
which, he said, was formulated by a
committee appointed for that pur
pose by the convention of the Na
tional Farmers Alliance and the In
dustrial Alliance held in t. Louis,
Dec. 3, 1SS9. He sketched the de
cline in agricultural values in the
face of the marvellous progress and
develc.nement of other industries
and interests (.luring the past two
decade and insisted that something
should be done for the farmer. He
charged the fault upon the fiuancial
system of the'government, which re
sulted in highpriced money and low
priced products Tne remedy, Col.
Polk suggested, was threefold:
1. Restore silver to its dignity
and as a money met il, with all the
rights of coinage and all the quali-
ties of legal tender which gold
pes
sesses
2. Issue
sufficient amounts of
currency direct to the people at low
rate of interest to meet the legiti
mate demands of the business of the
country, and which shall be legal
tender for all debts, public and pri
vate. 3. Secure to such issue equal dig
nity with the money metals by
basing it on real, substancial values.
Colonel Polk was followed by Dr
O. W. McCune, chairman of the na
tional committee on"" legislation of
the Alliance, who addressed himseli
more particularly to the merits and
details of the system of warehouses
as outlined in the bill.
He asserted that the merchandise
thus stored would not deteriorate be
low the market standard andthe sys
tem has proved feasible in California,
where the Grangers' Bank in 1SS9
loaned $3,000,000 on certificates is
sued to the farmers on wheat deposi
ted in warehouses owned and con
trolled by them.
SELECTING STOCK FOR
BREEDING.
The special fitness cf pure-bred
stock to the farmer is in its ability
to improve the common stock by
breeding. One of its special va'ua
ble points is the inherited ability to
tifnsmit its special qualifications
waich have been acquired during
years of feeding and selections of
the best for reproduction. And this
ability has been proved so conspicu
ously and so generally that any far
mer who retains the prejudice re
ferred to may be understood to mean
that he has had no experience in the
matter or has made the great mis
take above mentioned. In the breed
ing of cows for the dairy it is un
questionable that the use of a pure
bred bull,selecied and provided with
good cows, may be made worth 5Q0
to any dairyman who will roar the
calve3 judiciously, if his herd num
bers no more than ten cows, and
this within five years. But it should
not be forgotten that the better the
cows the greater the'progress made
in this improvement. The use of
such a bull will easily double the
product of the herd iu the five years
mentioned, which is equivalent to
thehalving of the cost of working it.
But equal dependence must be placed
on the feeding and care of the herd
as on the breeding of the sire.
Keurtdgic Persons
And those troubled -with nervousness resulting
from care or overwork will be relieved by taking
Brown's Iron 'Bitters. Genuine
baa trade mark and crossed red lines on wrapper;
CARE OF A DAIRY HEIID.
J. E. Dorsey, in Country Gentleman.
Being interested in the production
of milk for a large number of city
customers, and obtaining my supply
from several neighboring farmers, 1
am often called on for advice as to
what they shall feed to produce the
quality of milk that will reach my
standard of 16 per cent, cream.
Some few weeks since one of my
largest shippers called on me to
know what he could do to bring up
the quality of his milk. He was
feeding good hay, corn -chops and
2G lbs of middlings. I suggested
tSat he substitute ground oats for
the middlings, and in less than a
week the per centage of cream had
run up from 8 to 16 per cent. I had
another shipper whose milk ran
down to 8 per cent cream, and I re -fused
to receive it After harvest he
commenced feeding his oats instead
of hay, and now his miik tests 20
per cent, cream. I mention these
facts to show that farmers who sell
butter or cream cannot afford to sell
oats at 23c. per bushel and buy poor
bran to feed dairy cows at 16 per
ton.
I heartily agree with severalcorres
r ondents as to the loss of time in
outtirsg feed for cows. The addi
tional exertion necessary for masti
cating the uncut hay is no doubt an
advantage to the co.v that spends
most cf the winter day in her stall
I have practiced cutting and mixing
feed for a herd of 50 to 75 dairy
cows for five years, and am now con
vinced that much of the work was
labor losi.
I have found attention to bedding
a ery important factor; the differ
ence between a wet floor and a good
dry good dry bed of leaves amounts
to as much as five gallons of milk in
24 hours.
Another very important thing is
regularity in time of watering. One
hour will show perceptibly when you
come to measure the milk. I always
find my cows give the best yield
when they are perfectly contented
and undisturbed. Keep your stable
quiet and well ventilated without
coll draughts.
Hood's Sarsapaiilla possesses cur
ative powers exclusively its own, and
which mike it "peculiar to itself."
Be sure to get Hood's.
FOUR BABIES AT A BIRTH.
The quartet of girl babies born to
tb.9 wife of Michael Newton of Scott
dale. Pa., February 12, were bap
tized trsnday at St. John's Roman
Catholic Church,only a few persons
were present, mostly friends of the
Newton family. The ceremony was
performed by Rev. Father Lambing,
pastor of the church The little
ones were christened Agnes, Aloysia
Ada and Agatha. The children are
all healthy looking and it is with dif.
ficulty one can be distinguished from
the other. The parents are Datives
oflreland and in poor circumstances,
Newton working at mining and get
ting only four days' work each week
The pictures of the babies have been
taken and one sent to Queen Victoria
also one to President Harrison.
They have been copyrighted and will
be put on sale for the benefit of the
family. Mr. Newton a few days ago
received the deeds of six town lot
from a land company in Colorado
who have named the streets of their
town after the childraa and parent?
The Newton domicile is besieged
daily by people anxious to see the
infnats.
For bracing up the nerves, purifyim
tlie blood and curing sick headache am
dysiK'psia, there is nothing equal to
Hood's Sarsapai illa.
"When you are constipated, with loss of
appetite, headache, take one of Dr. J. II
JMcLean's Little Liver and Kidney Pit
lets. Thev are nlonsant to take and wiil
cure you. 2- cents a vial.
Itch, Mange and Scratches on hu
man or animals cured in 30 minutes
by Wool ford's Sanitary Lotion
This never fails. Sold by T. R. Ab-
ernethy & Co , druggists, Newton
N. C. pJaalO
THAT TERRIBLE COUGH
In the morning, hurried or difficult
breathing, raising phlegm, tightness,
iu the chest, quickened pulse, chiil
nesa in the evening or sweats at
night, all or any of these things are
the first stages of consumption. Dr.
Acker's English Cough Remedy will
cure these fearful symptoms, and is
sold under a positive guarantee by
J. C. Simmons, druggist.
Old people suffer much from disorders
of the urinary organs, and are always
gratified at the wonderful effects of Dr.
J. H. McLean's Liver and Kidney Balm
in banishing their troubles. 1.00 jht
bottle.
THE ALLIANCE
To the eiliror of the Ent.rpi-i.-
The Alliance question like anv
problem, is a two-sided question.and
it is bounded on one side by ma .li- ;
cious men and seditioners, and on i
the ctner side by monopolists and
malefactors of all shapes and sizes, j
The Farmers' Affiance is a target for
the outside world to shoot at. but it
is so large and so fine they miss their
superior kind. Though the storm of
wordly wrath rage, and though the
advertisers spell out in thunder tones
for the destruction of the Farmers'
Alliance, she Las come forth to a
point of almo.-t unanimity. Tne
Farmers' Alliance is insuperable and
can stand its part with the million
aires, combines and trusts ot the
world, wi;hstanding the bombard
meats and cannonading of the out-
ide world. There are men in the
State of North Carolina and even in
the Couotv of Catawba who are
sneering at tne xarmers Alliance,
who shoot their big gun by pulli g a
mall trigger the effect of the shot
being in our case as it was was with
the Isralitea in the last camp of their
40 years' wandering at Moab, near
the river Jordon.
Bolak, the king of Moab, and his
people were afraid, and Bolak sent
for Balaam to curss Israel, but in-
tead of cursing he blessed. There
are plenty of Bolaks in our midst,but
we are here too. It has always been
aid that where there's a will there's
a way. Inis is true, provided your
will is right. It is through the
providence of God and the blessed
oye that he has for the farmers and
aborers of the United States that
this organization called the Farmers"
Alliance was organized. Christ be
ing 0;ir captain, engineer, conductor
aEd guide in ail cases, we are sure to
gain the victory.
We are sure to conquer the world.
flesh and Lell. let the wt ridsav or dc
what it pleases, for Christ Lim-ei:
be for us, who can be against us.
We are taught iu the holy wiit that
man sliuk live ov tne sweat ot ms
brow, lvciowing tuat Oou is lor us
and no one can be against us, our
becomes strengthened and we
are enabled to go forth in the full
Ul:
charge ef our respective daties,
and it piepares us to withstand
the
the
evil and malicious inhuence of
outside world who are sho
oting tneir
big gunsat theFarmera'Alliancewhich
rages war cn no man or set oi men. i
It only asks them to stand still and
se the the salvation of lord. The
motto of our order is: '"Equal
rights to all and special favors to
none.
The above assertions are proven
by the fact that when the farmer
prospers the merchants in that lo
cality has a boom aud real est ite ri
ses one more round on the ladder of
time,and day laborers get more worK
to do and better pay.
Nothstanding the facts set forth
in the above there are farmers in the
state of North Carolina who have
shut their eyes to reason and com
mon sense, and are going about puf
fing and blowing that the Farmer's
Alliance is no good. They are shoot
ing at a target of their superior kind,
and can't accept our constitution
when our motto is, '-Equal rights to
all and special favors to none."
Tiie writer believes the Farmer's
Alliance to be a government immedi
ately directed by God himself for
the farming and laboring people of
these United States. That the
Farmers" Alliance is in keeping with
the promotion of the cause of God;
that God's hand is leading us. along
to victory and to right We believe
that the Farmers' Alliance is doing
more to un'tfc the North and South.
and remove all sectional prejudice,
than any other agency in existence.
We hope yet to see the day whe:
there will be no North, no South, no
East, no West in our grand union of
States. The interest of farmers
ironi Maine to California, and from
the great lakes to the Gulf of Mexico
are, or should be, the same; and in
our noble order, as a great fraternal
brotherhood, united by thi3 tie, of
common interest, would be able to
demand and get protection from the
aggressions aud robbery of organiz
edymoney sharks. Divided, oa
chances of success are not nnry so
certain. J. R. K.
WITS IRON BITTERS
Cures Indignation. Eiiiou.-nes&, Dyspepsia, Mala
ria. Nervousness, and 7trnerai Det.uiry. Physi
cians recommend it. All dealers sell it. Genuine
has trade mark and crossed red lines oa wrapper.
MOTHERS
LESSENS PA&GR TO LIFE Of
zvmp&Wst CHILD
.BRABnQBKTORnMTAa
j Johnston's Vcgcta-
ble Xolandinc, unex
! celled as a tonic, liver
real regulator and blood
Xmrificr. For sale by
all d I'U istS. TllC Ab-
(i)ldiilC
Co., It i ch
in o n d, Va.
READ THESE TESTIMQSIALs.
DYsrErsiA.
I have for the last twelve years leen af
flict. -.1 with that terrible disease, dyspejt-r-ia:
all the reinedi.-s. and I have taken
many, only give partial relief. Alront
two years a:ro I took your "Xolandine";
since then my health has ln-en. and is
now. as good as it ever was. Tan eat in
moderation now food that twoyears ago
I dared not touch. At the sanie time I
was at1iict.il with a disease. I believe, of
the skin: for the hist fifteen years it has
Ireen a plague to me.. It invariably -i.ade
its npearance in February and lasted
until April. W hen I got warm in bed it
would commence itching There wa.s no
eruption until I wascomjWled to scratch,
then a little pimple, not as large a.s a
pin s head, would apear, and then my
misery commenced. I have laid many a
cold winter's night without any covering
until I could stand the cold no longer,
and then would pull the cover over me
and get snatches of sleep. I have not
felt it since taking your valuable ''Xo
landine," which was taken tor dyspepsi,
and I believe that it has cured me of that
plague. I write this to show you I have
In-en cured by your valuable "Nolan
dine." invaluable to nie. I do not write
this for publication, but ii yon think
it may ln-netit any of your fellow-men
similarly afflicted, you may use it as yon
think proper.
V-rv resjut-tfullv.
JAMES L. EG E.
at the house of John II. Tvler Jc Co.
VARICOSE VEINS.
To the Xolandine Company:
1 'ern iii me to add my testimony to the
curative properties of Xolandine.
Formany years I have suffered from
varicose veins. Twelve months ago I
struck my leg against a chair, breaking
one of the veins. The wound thus made
could not le healed except for a short
time; then break out afresh. At times I
suffered untold misery from lo-al fever
and mot insufferable burning x-nsation.
Alter using two (2) bottles of your "Veg
etable Nolandine" the ulcerated places
heal-d. the swelling disapjeared, natural
le-p was restored, and my nervous sys
telll cOIllIOSed.
As a vermifuge. Nolandine acted spe--irii-ally
on one of my children. As a
blood purifier and general tonic, your
Nolandine has no tjnal. Gratefullv
yours. D. P.. PUOSSER,
at l."io-' Main street, Richmond, Va.
DELICATE FEMALES.
412 East F.road
Richmond. Va.
-J. u . Johnston :
I fee! it but just to recoinicend your
valuable m.tlicin. "Xolandine." for any
trouble caused by torpid liver, or con
stipation produo'd by morphine or any
drug used to subdue pain. As a topic
for females it is unsurpas-ed.
The above you are heartily welcome to
u.-e in any way you deem lesf, and I will
personally tell any one w hat it will do,
on application. UesiK.t-tfullv.
MRS. A. E. ANTHONY.
BLOOD PURIFIER.
Richmond. Va., OctolK-r 1, lsSQ.
o whom it may concern :
For twelve months I was a fearful suf-
rer from chronic eczema, "luring which
inn' I was in the hands ot a most skil
ful physician, faithfully using his reme-
li-s. internal and external, without de
riving any trenetlt whatever. 1 SUIfereti
night and day- with the most intolerable
itching, continuous headache, loss of
h'ep, apiw-tire and strength. Mv kid-
ni'vs and nervous svstem were lea null v
leranged. and my bodv was covered with
nnumerable boils. P.v taking three (3)
bottles .! HINSTON'S VEGETABLE NO-
LAXDIXE I have tre-n restored to per-
t-t health. 1 regard Xolandine us the
l-st blood lutritier, and the most ixiwer-
ul tonic ever comioundcd. aud I am not
done in this belief.
Verv n-si'ctjullv vours. etc..
' II. 15. GRl TJiS.
CONSUMPTION DIARRHOEA.
I feel it my duty to make the fact
known, for the benefit of those who may
lie suffering as I have done. The late Dr.
Charles l'n-11 Gibson, and other phvsi-
ians in the city, pronounced mv disease
consumption diarrhoea, and after three
(-'I) years of treatment, during which
time I derived no benefit whatever, thev
lid my complaint was incurable. I wa.s
reduced to a mere shadow by loss of aj-I-tite,
cough diarrhoea, night sw eats and
jeepiessness. I had not strength to go
up and down stairs without assistance.
1 had my attention called to your
Vegetable Preparation, Nolandine,"
which I commenced taking a.s directed.
In a few days my relations saw an im
provement in my complexion. My
treiigth and apjwtite increased. I be
gan to be hoiH-ml. and I assurevou 1 was
not disappointed. In the space of twen
ty ('JO) davs I gained sixteen (10)
pounds in weight, and have since come
up to my usual -weight. I am now en
joying the liest of health, thanks to your
most powertul ''Xolandine.
I have published this lor the lienefit ot
uttering humanity. I am most grate
fully yours, etc.. T. W. CHALKLEY, oi
O. H. Chalklev Jc Co.. Leather Dealers.
Richmond. Va.
LIVER COMPLAINT.
OKU" E (IF
. J. W. CALDWELL,
Richmond,
Va.
Dear ir For the l-nelit of persons
suffi ring from Chronic Liver Complaint, I
!eg leave to call their attention to your
veg.-table preparation, "Xolandine." I
ri gard it as a "cholagogue,"' combining
also tonic and renovating properties,
and in this resjH-ct differing from any
medicine I have ever taken.
The effects of your "Nolandine" in my
case, luis been on the liver and secretions
identical with calomel; at the same time,
entirely free from nauseating and debili
tating consequences following the use
of that mineral.
I very cheerfully recommend you ''No
landine" for the diseases enumerated on
your circulars, and am convinced from
juTsonal Ijenetit derived from its use.that
it must tiecomw a standard family medi
cine. I am very respect fully yours,
-JOHN W. CARD WELL.
For Sale by
T. R. ABERNETHY & CO.,
Druggists, NewtoD, N. C.