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HOME TALENT. Michigan Suake Charmer Eclipses Any. thlDK Yel Produced In the Old World. .4.a There is one branch of industry that has been almost entirely neglected in the United States, and that is the snake charming business. The only American snake charmer that ever attempted the business -was eaten on the half shell by one of his own reptiles, and has not since been heard from. In heathen countries snakes seem to thrive and feel at home, and there live the men that sit down on large logs to light their pipes, and, being surprised to note that the log unceremoniously moves off with them, they are horrified to find that the supposed log is a monster reptile. In those countries the snake charmer nlies his pleasant calling, ami only there. There is one exception, however. A Tole<lo (Ohio) Ftladc reporter chanced to be in a small village called Ransom, in Hillsdale county, eight miles south of the station on the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern railway, called Ossein in the center of a rich agricultural dmrict, and at the stores, where the commerce of the neighborhood is carried on, center of a night the young men, boys and, perchance, old men to make their purchases, compare crop reports and have a little rest, relaxation and knife trading. On the evening in question quite a goodly crowd had been assembled when there sauntered in the group a short, medium thick-set young man. His movements were almost as leisurely as the progress*of the hour Jj^ad of a dumb watch, and lie seemeJ at JJ/me anywhere. He sat down on the platform in front of one of the stores and kept his seat but a moment, when he struck his coat pocket quite smartly two or three times and said : " Behave yourself and lie still there." It was supposed that he had a kitten confined in the depths of his pocket, and some one asked why he did not let it out. He smiled and said perhaps the crowd would object, as it was not a very attractive animal. They urged him to let the cat out so strongly that he requested them to ? stand back so that it would not hurt them, and then, pulling apart his pocket, he said coyly to his pet that it should come out and have some fresh air. With the lightning like movement of its species, there glided from his pocket n monster snake of the blue racer variety, ?i " i iL.i i: _/ i.i i wiiieii, in mat sectiou ui tuc wuuuj, i? very common and attains a great size. It -was full six feet in length, and as it shot out from his pocket it is needless to remark that thp audience retreated in bail order, and were not for some time bold enough to come near enough to the snake charmer to see him perform with his pet It glided over him, wound itself around his aim and neck and allowed him to throw it around like a piece of rope. It always obeyed his bidding, and showed no inclination to get away. He stroked its shining body with his hand and plaved with it as if it had been, as the people first supposed, a kitten. Finally he made it crawl back iuto his pocket and carried it away. A mail wno saw mm capture uie suaae ; in question said that it was racing through the field at a fearful rate of speed?for the blue racer will in his liveliest moments go as fast as a horse can run?when Wilson, the charmer, rushed up to it and suddenly caused it to 6top j and come toward him. Wrapping it around his arm and patting it fondly meanwhile fie took it to the house and from there brought it to the village. When he sets them at liberty it i3 with great difficulty that he can persuade them to leave him, and oftentimes when he has turned them loose and driven them away, he has been vexed to find on turning around that they still follow him. He 6tated that he always had power to charm reptiles, and as frequently captured rattlesnakes, or the more poison- i ons moccasin ?jakes, and kept them under perfect control. His statements were corroborated by several .gentlemen present. He says that lie never pulls the fangs out of snakes, as they will sometimes die from the effects of such treatment, but he is perfectly able to control them at all times, and that there is no danger that they will ever bite him. Owing to his peculiar talent and tastes it requires some forbearance on the part of the people who employ him, as very frequently it occurs that when he comes from the field to his meals he is followed by one of his unattractive pets. ? Fashion Notes. Gray Turkish toweling is used in princcsse dresses for little girls. Lace pockets to cover those of strong er material are decidedly stylish. Colored embroideries are seen on the edges of linen collars and cuffs. Short bonnet strings, tied in a bow under one ear, are coming in vogue. Turfted down collars are not as deep I as formerly, and have a wider space in front. " Cobweb " cloth is a new dress fabric. It is composed of threads of loose zephyr wool, tied in diamond figures with silk. Puffs on the top of the head and the chatelaine braids are the two favorite styles of dressing the hair. Scarf veils of white or cream-colored gauze, with the ends knotted under the 1 chin, are very becoming. Flat, broad heels are made by the best shoemakers in preference to the high and uncomfortable French heels. Cream-colored white, tilleul and pale neutral tinted bunting suits have their plaitings piped Mazarine blue, coral red and myrtle green, and headed with galloons to match. As present styles are borrowed largely *"^J?ora the past, it may be interesting to know that only a century ago in Europe enormous coiffures were worn. The body of the structure was formed of tow, over which the hair was turned, and false hair added in great curls, bows and ties, powdered-^o profusion. Small coiffures and large wreaths are enjoying a joint reign. In Paris the hair is worn in tiny curls all over the head, and the new tVench bonnets are all adapted to tnis style. wm Stains Upon Linen, Cambric, Cotton, or Muslin. In nearly all cases, stains may be re- 1 moved by means of chloride of lime, which substance is sufficiently common to be had of every druggist. It is ap- i plied thus : Dissolve about two teaspoon- 1 fills of the chloride of lime in a quart of 1 water ; take another portion of water 1 and make it perceptibly sour by the 1 addition of white vinegar?the ordinary ' brown vinegar will do nearly as well? i f* ah- 1 ? J: i i 11Wwen wer. rue siaiueu or uis.uiureu > articles with the sour water, then put s them into the solution qf the chloride of lime; perfect bleaching will then take * place in from ten to twenty minutes ; < in some instances the operation must be i repeated once or twice ; finally, well t rinse in plenty of clean water. The 1 omission of the vinegar is the ohief f reason why so many persons fail in their 1 attempts to bleach with chloride of lime. e I EARTHQUAKE AND TIDAL WAVE. The terrible scenes of the earthquake and tidal wave of 1868 in Peru, have been repeated, with infinitely more damape to property, although the loss of life lias not been so great, about six hundred persons perishing. From Panama comes the following account of the disaster ; While the townspeople of Arica were busily preparing some hasty defenses against the threatened attack of the rebel ram Huascar, and throwing up sand bag batteries on the beach, the earthquake? roared upon them - positively roared, for the noise was terrific. Shock succeeded shock; every two or three minutes the movement was repeated, and with such j violence that it was impossible to stand t upright without support. A quarter of I an hour passed; the custom house in great part, the railway station, the submarine cable office, the hotel, the British consulate, steamship agency and many private buildings were leveled to the ground. Owing to the early hour of the evening and the excitement attendant on the proposed attack of the Huascar, every one was out and stirring, and no lives were lost. But as the shocks appeared to decrease in intensit-v and force the sea suddenly receded, and - then in a massive wall of water from ten to twelve feet high precipitated itself on the shore like a raging monster, destroying what little remained intact up through the town for . the distance of four squares. The people had time to dee to the Morro, an enormous bluff overlooking the city, and ! there remained in fear and anguish until daylight. Eight separate and distinct . times the wave receded and advanced. Its progress was only stopped at the foot of the hill on which the little church stands, which point is further inland than that reached in August, 1868. Four miles of the embankment of the railway melted away like sand before the attack of the water ; locomotives, cars and rails were hurled about by the sea as so many playthings and left in a heterogenous mass of rubbish. The only casualty reported is the loss of three little children, who were in the trenches flien being l opened and in the hurry of escape left ' to the mercy of the waves. The United States steamer Wateree, stranded by the bore of 1868, was lifted up bodily and floated two miles north of her old posi- i tion. The cable buoy was moved a quarter of a mile northward. Merchandise from the custom house and stores were carried by the water to a point on the beach five miles distant. The damage done was greater than that of the i previous calamity, as the new buildings erected since 1868 were of a more costly and substantial class. The next morning ( the scene was sorrowful. The shocks still continued ; the sea was yet dread- ! fully agitated; the only two vessels iu ! the bay, anchored far out, escaped in- ' jury, but all the lauuches and boats had i been destroyed. Plunder had commenced ; the evil disposed improved the occasion to rob the goods scattered along the beach, and the prefect, to inforce order, was obliged to command his troops to tire upon the thieves. This occasioned a tumult in which several men were killed. From the interior supplies of food and clothing were sent down. Taona and the other inland towns felt the shock but slightly. The movement was experienced in Iquique at the same moment and with equal force. Its duration was exactly four minutes and twenty seconds, proceeding from the southeast, directly from J the locality of the|Daga. The houses, : built of very perishable materials, such as cane, laths, etc., tumbled down at the : first onset of the enemy. Lamps were broken, and the paraffine scattered over the debris speedily lit a general conflagrat;on. The firemen?t^ree companies, the xtalian, German and Peruvian?were i immediately at their posts, although it was still difficult to maintain an upright position, shock following shock with | dreadful regularity. In order to procure water the two best fire engines were stationed on the beach, and work began. Just then arose the cry: " The sea ! the ; sea !" and the waves came rushing in in majesty. The engines were carried out ?-n. it. ?is? ^ wiui me rcjuiia anu ijuc uic wuuuucu unopposed?three elements of destruction busy at one moment?lire, water and the earthquake. The affrighted people gave up all attempt at resistance, and left the , city to its fate, flying to the neighboring eminences. The fire destroyed a large portion of the town; the earthquake leveled nearly all the rest and the water covered the ruins which it took out in its reflux. The buildings, which occupied four entire squares, were swamped and taken back by the waves. All the wharves are destroyed; the custom house is gone ; the nitrate stores have disappeared ; the water condensers along : the shore ruined, a most irreparable loss for Iquique, as no portable water is found there. Fortunately small loss of life is reported?probably ten in all. Tht Grimaneza, a water boat, is stranded on , the island in the harbor ; a British bark, the Caprera, and a German bark, the ; Z?>ermis Voss, sank. All the coasting craft and small boats in the harbor were I broken to pieces, drifting about in every direction. The prefect immediately began the work of reorganization. As in Arica, robbery of the goods lying in the streets was commenced, but an urban i guard was formed of the citizens and such severe measures resorted to that the attempts were speedily checked. Away up on the pampas, eleven miles from Iquique, the splendid nitrate establishment, La Nueva Carolina, was completely destroyed. The sufferings of the people in Iquique were great. The absence of water and j the destruction of the principal stores contributed to the hardships of the situation. Tents were improvised along the side of the hills near the town, and the neighborhood soon resembled a vast encampment. It is estimated that the damage done in Iquique will amount to nearly four millions of soles. , Chanavaya, the little town at the < guano loading deposit, known as Pabel- j < Ion do Pica, with 400 houses, has to-day 1 only two standing. Here, as at Iquique, ^ the earthquake was followed by tire. As i fortune would have it there were no fire i engines in the town, and so the sea 1 kindly took pity on the inhabitants, came in and extinguished the conflagration, 1 but as it retired took off all that remained f of the place. A little chapel was seen < floating off on the waves, and afterward t was found, broken into pieces, far to the southward. In one of the guano cuttings thirty laborers were buried by the * falling earth and suffocated. Among v the shipping the havoc was horrible, a One captain states that the stern of his J vessel was lifted from the water by the * upheaval at an angle of forty-five degrees, md he, for the instant, imagined that * die was going down bow on. i * The shock of earthquake was especially , r severe in Chanavaya; in some places the jarth opened in crevices of fifteen netres in depth and the whole surface of ;he ground was changed. At least two5 * lundred people were killed; bodies were loating around in the bay, and a peeti- . ence seemed inevitable. A small < itoamer, the Baliestas, was instantly : dispatched to Iquique for assistance, but tlu erudition ot tliat place was such that much attention could not be given to tl e demands of the : fHicted. Still, a quantity of water, the principal necessity, and some provisions were embarked, with which the sufferers may bo sustained f< r a little time. Few, however, remained, the great majority taking the road fi r Iquique, eighteen leagues distant, hoping i there to find relief anil shelter. Antofogasta, Mejillones, Tocopilla and Cobija, towns on the coast of Bolivia, met with the same misfortunes of earthquake and tidal wave at the same time, and are in an identical condition with Iquique and Arica. At Antofogasta the ; atmosphere was illuminated by a red j glare which was supposed to proceed ; from Jhe volcano of San Pedro de Ataeama, a few leagues in the interior, i The sea completely swept the business portion of the town during four hours. The vessels 'in the harbor stood out to sea, and the steamer Amazonas, about to ! commence discharging when the movement took place, had a narrow escape i from destruction. Several lives were los*, Mejillones was visitPil by a tidal wave j sixty-live feet in height, two-thirds of j the town completely obliterated. Guano ; shoots, wharves, launches, boats, water distilleries, railway station, locomotives, ears and furniture all swallowed up by the insatiable enemy, the sea. What a fearful alliance ? the ocean and the earth! Six people were drowned in Mejdlones. At Tocopilla littl? or nothing remains of the town. A mine called La Pena Blnnca, four miles to the southward, sank in, smothering two hundred workmen, of whom forty were Cornish miners. Cobija, th^principal town on the Bolivian coast, has lost three-fourths of its houses. The wave, thirty-five feet high, swept along the main business street and left it as level as the desert. Wharves and launches no longer exist. The church spire was knocked over, and here the sea invaded blessed ground; the cemetery was entered, and almost as a body snatcher the water broke open the i graves and washed out the corpses. Effective Scarecrows. Take two small, cheap mirrors, fasten them back to back, attach a cord to one augle and hang them to a pole. When the glass swings the sun's rays are reflected all over the field, even if it be a large one,and even the oldest and bravest of crows will depart precipitately should o^e of its lightning flashes fall on him. Idie second plan, although a terror to the crow, is especially well suited to fields subject to the inroads of small birds, and even chickens. It involves the artificial hawk made from a large potato aud long goose and turkey feathers. The maker can exercise his imitative skill in sticking the feathers into the potato so that they resemble the spread wings and tail of the hawk. It is astonishing what a ferocious looking bird of J i 1 i* ih - -1 prey can be constracieu iroui ire auuve simple material. It only remains to liang the object from a tall, bent pole, Ad the wind will do the rest. The bird will make swoops and dashes in the most threatening manner. Even the most inquisitive of venerable hens have been known to hurry rapidly from its dangerous vicinity, while to small birds it carries unmixed dismay.?Scientific American. " What Everybody Says .Must be True." The incontrovertible testimony offered by those who have used Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription induced the doctor to sell it under a positive guarantee. Many ladies have refrained from using it on account of a general feeling of prejudice against advertised medicines. Let me ask a question. Are you prejudiced against sewing machines because you have seen them advertised'? or can you doubt the ingenuity and skill required in their invention? Again, would you refuse to insure you honse because the company advertised that it had paid millions in losses, and yet had a capital of several millions ? Do such advertisements shake your confidence, and create prejudices ? Then why refuse to credit the testimony of those who have found the Favorite Prescription to be all that is claimed for it in overcoming those ailments peculia r to your sex? Why submit to the use of harsh, and perhaps caustic treatment, thus aggravating your malady when relief is guaranteed, and a jx>sitivo. perfect and permanent cure has been effected in thousands of cases ? Wabash Station, 111., October 24th. 1876. li. V. Pierce, M. D., Buffalo, N. Y.: 7>nr Sit?Allow mo to extend my most sincere thanks to you for the great benefit my wife has received from the use of your Favorite Prescription. She suffered almost intolerably before using your medicine, and I bad tried the skill of several physicians but to no purpose. Finally, I thought I would give the Favorite Prescription a trial, and she is now sofand and well. Very gratefully yours, D. A. Hunter. Cheerfulness the OfT-Sprin*of Health. That equable state of the mind which is unruffled by trifling incidents, and looks on the auqny side of things in general, is the result of a healthful state of the brain and stomach. The dyspeptic and nervous invalid may?although this is rare indeed?feign cheerfulness, and may bear the harassing symptoms which persecute him with an assumption 'of heroic indifference, but in reality he is the victim of despondency. To experience genuine cheerfulness of mind, the stomach must recover its lost tone, the thinking organ its normal quietude. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters are the best remedy for mental depression, since they overcome the nesvous debility and indigestion which originate and foster it. Persons suffering from infirmities peculiarly incident to the decline of life, ladies in delicate health, and convalescents, derive solace and vigor from its use. Drive away the blues and revive the'droopiug energies with this grand stimulative tonic. Dyspcpsla-Wlial It Is, un?l IIow to Cure It. First the stomach don't work right, then comes bad feeling after eating, flatulency, headache, dullness and melancholy, sometimes nausea and vomiting. The liver soon becomes torpid, then biliousness, constipation or possibly iiarrhea, follows. Then comes the kidney affections, with pain in the back and more or less rheumatism or neuralgia ; Anally the nervous <ystem becomes affected, aggravating all these uid adding other symptoms, until it is all aches, >ains, weakness, dullness, irritability, bad temper and a miserable feeling throughout A ample, pleasant and cheap remedy for all this s Van Buskirk's Invigorant only 50 cents. Druggists sell it Van Buskirk A Co., proprie :ors, 18 Vesey St., iscw ioi-k. After an expedience of over twenty-five rears, many leading physicians acknowlidge that the Graefenberg MarshalVs Uterine Oatholicon is the oniv known certain remedy 'or diseases to which women are subject. The graefenberg Vegetable Pith, the most popular emedy of the day for biliousness, headache, iver complaint and diseases of digestion, gold >y all druggists. Send for almanacs. Graefeo>erg Co., New York. Information worth thousands to those out of lealth. Self-help for weak and nervous suferers. Facts for those who have been dosed, Irugged and nuacked. The new Health Jourlal teaches all. Copies free. Address, Elecric Quarterly, New York. A Valuable Gift.?To even* reader of this >aper, who is sick or has an invalid friend, vill be furnished free, by mail, a book which rill explain how Scrofula, Humors, Nervous md otherj Chronic diseases may be permalentlv cured. Address P. O. Box 1627, Boston, klass. I sell more of Hatch's Universal Cough Syrup han of all other similar preparations. I Lave told it for about six years, and my customers vould certainly not continue to buy it if it were lot a valuable remedy. C. C. Higgins, Friendship, All. Co., N. Y. Pond's Extract. "The Vegetable Pain Destroyer." There is 10 pain or ache it will not abate, no bruise or. >urn it will not extract the agony from. Burnett's Cocoaine allays irritation, removes landruff, and invigorates the action of the apiiiariea in the highest degree. Delightfully C ool. Travelers visiting New York during the ox- ' tremely warm weather, who were fortunate enough to stop at, that superb among the-Lest hotels, the Grand Central, speak in the highest praise of its wide, commodiiu i halls, and spacious, airy chambers. It is said to I* the coolest, as in other things the best, Louse in New York. Please Itonr it in .tliml that if your grocer does not have, and w ill not get, Pooley's Yeast Powder for you, you can send 20 cents for quarter, 35 cents for half, or 00 cents for one pound can, direct to Dooley & Brother, New York, and yon will receive it by return of mail. Always use it for the delicious Vienna rolls. Sold bv Druggist*. That wonderful bilious remedy. Quirk's Irish lea. It costs only 25 cts. a package. Before buying any Turbine Wheel, send for N. F. Burnham's New Pamphlet a* d lteduced Prices. Address P. O. Box 513. York, Pa. The .Markets. NEW YORK. Beef Cattle?Native HV.? 11 \ Ta*?<bih1 Cherokee. 0 (A 10J< ! Milch Cows..... 77.. .7.......... 50 00 (400!) Hogs?Live OSJtf \4 05*4 Dreesed 0tiit(A 06 Sheep C4%'? 06 )? Lambs lu (A 10 Cotton?Middling 12}?(A 1234 Flour?Western?Good to Choice... 7 05 <A 9 10 Mate?Good to Choice 6 70 (g 6 5 Wheat?Led Western 1 50 & 1 .*5 So.? 2 Milwaukee 1 70 (A 1 73 Bye?State...... 95 (A 97 Barley?S ate 62 (A 63 Barley Mailt 1 30 <A 1 30 Oats?Mixed Western <1 W 52 Corn?Mixed Western 63>s<A 60 H3y. per cwt 7o (A 75 Straw, per cwt.... 70 (A 75 Hops 76'b?10 (*17 ... 76's OS (A 10 Pork?Mesa 14 00 (334 0-) Lard?City Steam 113* (A 11?4 Fish?Mackerel, So. 1, uew 18 00 <A2^ 00 ' So. 2, new.. 8 50 <A 9 00 Dry Cod, per cwt 4 50 @4 60 Herring, Scaled, per box.... 14 (A 14 Petroleum?Crude 07J?<*1 7?? Refined, 14 Wool?California Fleece 23 ^ 28 Texas " 22 (A 27 , Australian " 43 (A 45 Butter?State 20 @ 23 Western?Choice 17 (A 8 Western?Good to Prime.. 11 @1 17 Western?Firkins J3 (3 16 Cheese?State Factory 09 (3 lilt I ^tate Skimmed.; 05 @ 08 Western 10 (4 li?i( Eggs?State and Pennsylvania 18.34 <A 17 BUFFALO. Flour 7 50 <4 9 X Wheat?So. 1 Milwaukee 1 90 (A 1 fO Corn?Mixed 61 <4 61 Oats 48 (A 49 Rye .' 98 (A 88 Barley 82 <4 83 Barley Malt 1 00 CA 1 10 PBILADKLPHLA. . Beef Cattle?Extra 07 (A C7* [ Sheep (5 (A 07 Hogs?Dressed 08H(A 0934 Flour?Pennsylvania Extra 7 50 (3 8 00 Wheat?Red Western 1 65 (4 1 75 Rye 85 (A 90 Corn?Yellow 60 <A <0 Mixed '. > 58 (4 58 Oafs?Mixed <5 (A 47 Petroleum?Crude........lOlttAM"* Refined, lilt Wool - Colorado 18 (A 27^? j Texas 18 <A 3" California 27 @ 32 BOSTON. Reef Cattle (Stf<A , Sheep 05 % (A C6# j Hogs ( ? (? VJ | Flour?Wisconsin end Minnesota.. 8 75 @9 50 Corn?Mixed C4 (ft 64 Oats? " 55 <31 f 6 Wool?Ohio and Pennsylvania XX. 4 <as 48 California Fall 2? BRIGHTON, MARS. Beef Cat tie 03&<? 01?*' 'Sheep 01 (it Lambs 07 @ (il flogs 0C fct C6 \T 4TV?Tntt"V vr i do Beef Cattle-Poor to Choice.'. '. f, 75 <?10 00 Sheep 5 10 (4 8 6 j Lambe 7 00 dl) 10 I IEARN TEL.EGRAI?II|f Young Men and Ladies, can earn from ?45 1f i to S?0 per month. Good situations guar- W anteed. bmall salary while learning. Add'ss, JL with stamp, M. P. Hay warp, Oberlin. O. i t> -P Jj "BEHOLD! (Luke ii. 10) I ! _ Ocryl bring you Glad Tidings of Great ' Joy wliich shall ho TO ALL ! \ PEOPLE*" To All People is the title of the new book in j Y 7} Press.containing.Hr. .>loody,n New Sermons. Bible Readings, [ Temperance Addresses, and Prayer-Meeting Talk*, de- i Iivered in BOSTON, reported Verbatim expressly for [ the Ratio.n Daily Globe.. Over 500 pages, with Life a lid Portrait!* ol .Moody and Snnkey. Agents' Outtit mailed for 50 cent*. Secure territory at once, and a business opening of ? 1 OO per month. K. B. TKKAT, Publisher. SQ5 Broadway, X. Y. BpBlf^S TOILET SOAP pablk Til, n\EST TOILET SOAP In the .? Onlvlki purr* rtptaWt otlt Hit 4 in it? manufafyrt. ...For Use In the Nursery it has No Equci. Wortn ton li.not in co?t to e<ery moth or and taniilv InCnrietenMO.n. Sample t lx, containing 3 rakei of 6 o?. each. lent frre to any *J dreis pa receipt of T5 centi. Addre?. 0. T. BABBITT. New York CHy. (3T For Sale by ill DtaggtM. ji J Ka . i ' prt*lui ts ' ' .: tossed all trtlnT States. KAXSA8 PACIFIC K.W. CO. ofT- rs largest tody of good lands in li 1VSAS nt lowest prig's and la-st terms. Plenty of Gov't lauds f'REK for Homesteads. For eopyof **KAXRAK PACIFhC HO.Hi> j STEAD,** address. La ml Commissioner, K. P. The., Sat inn, Kansas. ?j|g|l MW/N SAFE & SCALE CO. 1 265 BROADWAY. A/. X j Pittsburgh Manufactures at Wholesale Prices, j Box containing Cream Jug, Covered Sugar Bowl. Spoon Holder, Covered Butter Dif>h, 12 Goblet?. 2 eightinch Ov.il Dishes, Water Pitcher. 2 seven-inch High Fruit Dishes, 12 Individual Sauce Dishes, I Cake Salver, nil of good quality Glass, for the box...83.00 Box containing 2 dozen half pint Table and 4 dozen Tin Covered Jelly Tumblers $2i..>0 Box containing 2 dozen Table and 4 dozen Uncovered Jelly Tumblers $22.00 Window-Glass.Box 50 ft Best. Second. Third. 6 by 8 to 10 by 16. .. *2.75 S2.K $2.25 I 11 t>y 14 to 16 by 21... 3.25 3.0U 2.75 18 by 22 to 20 by 30.... 4 W) 3.75 3.50 15 by 36 to 24 by 30.... 4.50 400 3.75 lOd to 6d 8 A 9 6 4 7 445 Nails, Keg of 100 lbs S2.75 $3 00 $3.25 ?3.50 We will furnish any of above articles at pric stated, delivered on board cars or steamboats here. The money must, in all cases, accompany tho order. Send P. O. Order. B nker's Draft or Registered Letter. Reference, ?3th Nat. Bank, Blttsburgh. Pa. Address. HKMtV H. VANCK, P.O. Box BOW, PitUbnrgh. THE SUN. 1877. NEW YORK. 1877. *** ? " A- *- - .4-anwnne t>?] c? ir?n to nf 1 HE 317K" Continues to oe me ouo??v?" ? ? reform and retrenchment, and of the substitution of statesmanship, wisdom, and integrity for hollow pre tence, imbecility, and fraud in the administration of pnblic affairs. It contends for the government of the people by the people and for the people, as opposed to government by frauds in the ballot-box and in the counting of votes, enforced by military violence. It endeavors to supply its readers?a body now not far from a million of souls?with the most careful, complete, and trustworthy accounts of current events, and employs for this purpose a numerous and carefully selected staff of reporters and correspondents. Its reports from Washington, especially, are full, accurate, and fearless; and it doubtless continues to deserve and enjoy the hatred of those who thrive by plundering the Treasury or by usurping what the law does not give them, while it endeavors to?nerit the confidence of the public by defending the rights of the people against the encroachments of unjustified powtr. The price of the Daily scn is 5*? cents a month, or !?f?.o0 a year, post-paid; or, with the Sunday edition 517.70 a year. The Sunday edition alone, eight pages, 91*20 a ; year, post-paid. The Weekly Scy, eight pages of 56 broad columns, is furnished at 31 a year, post-paid. Sie-ial Notice.?In order to introduce The Sh? more widoly to the publio, we will send THE WEEKLY edition for tho remainder of the year, to Jan. 1, 1878, post-paid, for Half a Dollar. Try it. Addreis, THE SUN, N. T. City. OOH! AGENTS. OH! FVFRYBODY. The 31 ITSTACU K I'roteclor ( 1 only 26 cents. Circulars *ree as air. (J. H. BARROWS, Wilhmantic. Ct. Ami Not Wtar Out. Sold L?y Watcmii.titer*. ii> U1..11, ,{(Jc. Circulars free, s. BIRCH & CO., ;IS I>ey Street. New York. Ml K. AND PC M/l'll WITHOI'T DKL'f.S I)r. Paneonst's great work i bLUt anil Hhl> j* now r??tiy ?or agent* 1 be only book praciicully f jr^MT treating this now movers * ally absorbing topic. Shows how to apply the treatment.and tells of many successful cures made by the use of this wonderful medium. Circulars and best terms to early applicants. J. M. STODDART A CO.. 723 Chestnut St.,Phila. Ridiculous Idcu(tare entertained about purgatives. It is dangerous to scourge the stomach, to rasp tne bowels, to prostrate the nervous system with furious evacuants. Nature has given a sample, in the famous Seltzer Spring, of what the bilious, constipated, or dys- I peptic system needs for its restoration, and in Tarrant's EfTorrescont Seltzer Aperient Science has improved on Nrfture by combining all the valuable ingredients of the German Fountain in a portable form, and omitting those which have no medicinal virtues. This agreeable and potent saline alterative changes the condition of the blood and purifies all the fluids of the body. Sold by all druggists. Ul THE A) NITED STATES LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, 261, 262, 263 Broadway. ?ORGANIZE! 18*0-# ASSETS, $4,827,176,52 SURPLUS, $820,OHO fvERY APPROVED FORM OF POLICY ISSUED ON MOST FAVORABLE TERilU ALL ENDOWMENT POLICIES AND APPROVED CLAIMS ' MATURING IN 1877 WILL BE EMM " 7'* ON PRESENTATION. JAMES BUELL, - - PRESIDENT. ^NATU The Great Elocd Purifiea^t ITrf irrT?.l*^ Rev. J. P. LUDLOW WRITES: 178 Baltic Street, Brookltv, N. Y..) Nov. 14, 1874. ) H. R. Stevens, F*o. : Dear Sir?Frc-ui jH-moral Benefit received by it*: lis.-, as well as from per-o tal knowledge of tlioso whose cures thereby have 1 emed almost iniraniInns, I can most heartily suit! sincerely recommend the Ykgetine for the complaints which it isclaiint-J U cure. .'AMI'S I'. LUDLOW, Late Pastor Calvary Baptist ChnrcU Sacramento, Cal. NATUREj r.EMEDVTX wmmm Tur p.ncAT Rmnn PnRirirR Jr kr'??T""' i imu'wumOP' SHE RESTS WELL. Socth Poland, Me., Oct 11,187?. Mn. IT. P. Stevexa: Dear Sir? 1 have been sick two years with the Liver c omplaint, and during that time have taken a great many different medicine*, but none of Ihcm did me any good. I was restless nights, and had nc appetite. Since taking the Vegetine I rest well and relish my f<x>d. Can recommend the Vegetine foz what it has done for me. Yours respectfully, Mas. ALBERT BICKER. Witness of the above: Ma. GEORGE M. VAUGHAN, Medford, Mass. i ? NATU The Cheat Blood Puwnrff,^^ Rev- O. T. WALKER SAYS: Providence, It I., 1G4 Transit Street. II. R. Stevens, Esq. : I feel bound to express with my signature the high value I place upon your Vegetine. My family havo used it fort ho last two years. In nervous debility it is invaluable, and I recommend it to all w?> may need an invigorating renovating tonic. O. T. WALKER, Formerly Tastor Bowdoin-squaro Church, Boston. i |^g AT U 55j I The Great Biooo miro.^ "nothing equal to it.'i South Salem, Mass., Nov. 14, 1876. Mr. II. R. Stevens: I>ir.r Sir?i have been troubled with Scrofula, Canker, and Liver complaint for threo year* Nothing e ver did me any g.nul until I commenced using the Ykoetine. I am now getting along first-rate, and still using the Veoetine. I consider there is nothing equal to it for such complaints. Can heartily recommend it to everybody. i lours truly, Mils. LIZZIE M. PACKARD, No. 16 Lagrange St., South Salem, Mass. NATURE3"R?MEDY7\^ The Great Blood Purifier "*?r n ,m h r mmtf n IT good for the children Boston Home, 14 Ttleb Street,) i Boston, April, 1876. ) H. R. Stevens : Ihar Sir?IVe feel that the children in our home have been greatly I em-fited by the Veoetine yon ' have so kindly given us: rom time to time, cspcciaily those troubled with tlio Scrofula. With respect, Mus. N. WOUMELL, Matron. I VSCBTINE Prepared by ?1. R. STEVEXS, Boston, Mass0; Veoetine is Sold by all Dri^dsts.1 BURN ^ STANI Pakkeb norsir Wmtmiwstke p ^ coxtixextil i - ?"^^itl wlllaiu's iiol Bl'rxct ilocst W^Jjl u Soekmax ilocs |M >?f5SV Gd. Pacific * ( V Smith Bbo*. * * FLAVO EXTRi CHROMO and a lo-pa?e, 64-cul., FREE illus. paper for 3 mon ha. i* you will agree to distribute some of our blank-. Inclose 1 3 cfs., to cover postage. FwKNIUL A C(>..11 o-1 ok. M->?. \ui:yrsf Ai>vrRTisKit.-F?ii ?t ?oiid niv.r. ination. iiiiii-T?en*ttblc to Agents It i? lively, bright rpicy. brimful of jrood things. a:tide* n tu? Art ot Making Money, Kcence of G. nvaasiRg. "Howto Get bich," and In.-trin tion? to Agents in each n'.mber. 2.3 cent-a Year. Addre-r, WM K KIMRaI.L. F. O. Box 3If)2, New \. rk. ! H GLCVE-FITTINCH i CORSETS, a M rf<gcpto>Yl The Friends of this ISI Gnm^UNRIVAlllDCOItSET H !3R?a^9?SiS89*B6M art mmt nu mbered by Efl lafps^ wwn millions'H jfrtj \\\\ \\ \v \jI li/UJ fticee art much raauctdfu] B9 \A\V\ \k////Y MEDAL RECEIVED E] E3 VVVA ///&' ATCCNTCNNIAI.. By AH \\\V\ mil GettheGenuJne..and (K| Kfl >:\\Vi !' w/jKbcwareof imitation*. fcM D St, 1 A',\\V. (IHTOS^v ASK ALSO FOR M M/yy/h i 11 ulE Thomson'S N M^/y/iU PVlTV y UNRREAKA11E mUlRl fel V; i i J MM \ -/ The best good* made. Q K1 >i. iun 1See that the name of u ra \%!l m?: THOMSON and the ISI Ea vr Trade MarKa Crown,trt H ^ retamped on everyCorseUStttl.lgl Tin: NEW Prnvidenne Line j "to B?STO*2, Via PROVIDENCE DIRECT. i A WHOLE NI<mT~S~REST. ONLY 42 MILLS OF KAIL. TIME 00 MINUTES. THE NEW MAGNIFICENT STEAMER M a s s a ch usotta, ("The Palace Steamer of I he World,") AND THE WORLD-RKNOWNED STEAMER Rlioclo Island, (" The <{iicen ol the Sound,") Will on and after MA V 7 leave (daily) from Pier Jf9, N. R.. foot of Warren Street at 6 I*. M., arriving a! i'roviiler.re nt O A. .11. and BoHtwn 7 A. .11. N<> intermediate landings between New York and Provt donee. THE GOOD OLD STAND-bf. MEXICAN MUSTANG LINIMENT. FOR MAN AND BEAST. Estarmrhed 5J5 Yeahs. Always enres. Alway; rp.idy. Alw ijg handy. Ha* never yet fail**!. Thirty millinvt h'irr tntrd it. The whole world approve* tn? ybrious old Mustang?.he Beat and Cheapest Liuimmi in existence. 25 cents a bottle. Ths Mustang Liniment cote* when nothing else will. SOLD BY ALL MEDICINE VENDERS. i DYSPEPSIA AND DEBILITY DYSPEPSIA AND .DEBILITY DYSPEPSIA AND DEBILITY DYSPEPSIA AND DEBILITY j ALMOST INVARIABLY YIELD TO TiiB I Tonic and Invigorating Effects -OF TIIE-4. I Peruvian Syrup Peruvian Syrup - ORProtected Solution of Protoxide of Iron. READ THE FOLLOWING: West Fsiblee, vt. J?n. 11. lull. Dear Sir?For seven or eight years past I have been in poor health, and fer the past year or more very feeble. \I?V )i4.i?HK ^inhn.u.,1 tn Hot'lino prtti mt tlpfih unH I strength wasted away, until I was unable to work or ever, up stairs without great exhaustion. I suffered from irequent and distressing attack* of palpitation of the heart: my foot ?li-tre-sed me. causing acidity and pain in the stomach, and I suffered from extremo nervousness, constipation, .-nd debility of the system generally, ' iny blood being t'lin and poor, and sluggish in circul i| tion.and I was for years suffering i ll the tortures of a i confirmed dy-peptic. About six months since I conclnd I ed I would try a bottle of PERUVIAN SYRUP, and ' received so much benefit from it that I purchased fire ! bott'es more, and ha- c continued the nse of the Syrup [ until quite recent'y. It h is restored my health to such ! tin extent that I feel myself as good as new. My diges: tion is good, snd my weight has increased in the past i four months from 120 to 1.18 pounds; my strength hss i returned, and my general he ilth is thns wonderfully improved, and I can trulv ssy I owe it all to the use of your : PERUVIAN SYRUP. I earnestly recommend all sufferers from dyspepsia and debility to give it atrial, i hoping it will do them as much good as it has me. Yours very truly, Mrs. S. B. BEMIS. Peruvian Syrup Peruvian Syrup From a Merchant. North Searumoxt. Me., Sept. 9,1870. lirnr Sir? It gives me very gueat pleasure to inform >nn of th- benefit received from ths use of PERUVIAN | SYRUP in my own family. My wife, for the past ten years, has been in feeble health?very much debilitated I generally. Last spring she concluded to try a bottl e of PERUVIAN SYKIJP, ar.d was so well pleated with the result continued itt use until three or four bottles had been used, and she is now in better health than at | .my time for ten years, and has increased in weight from 110 pounds to 19S& I hare employed physicians, and nsefl a jrreat variety of patent medicines, to the extent "f hundreds of dollars, and I know she received more benefit from the PERUVIAN SYRUP than all the rest t gPther. My sales on the Syrup are very large and constantly increasing, snd I do not hesitate to recommend and even warrant it to jrive satisfaction. If yon desire yon are at liberty to nse this communication as vou see fit, as it gives me pleasure to recommend so good a article 11 suffering humanity. Yours truly. ITHIEL PEASE. Peruvian Syrup Peruvian Syrup RESTORED TO COMPLETE HEALTH. Brooks. Me., Sept 7,1870. I)kit Sir?From early youth I was in feeble health, ronbled with humor in my blood, weakness and debility f the system generally; was unable to labor mnch, ana ' nly at some light business, and then only with great caution. Seven years ago the past spring, I had a severe attack of Diphtheria.which left my limbs paralyzed and useless, ??> I was unable to walk or even to sit np. Noticing the advertisement of PERUVIAN SYRUP. I concluded to j:ive it a trial, and to my great joy soon found my health improving. I continued the use of the Syrup until three* littles had been used, and was restored to complete health. ?nd have remained so to this day. I attribute myproient health entirely to the nse ef PERUVIAN SYRUP, and hold it in high estimation. I cannot speak too highly in >ta praise. I have in several cases recommended it in cases very similar to my own v. ith the same good results. Yours truly, CHARLES E. PEARCY. SFTII W. FOWLS 6c SONS, Proprietors, 86 Harrison Avenue, Ronton. 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TRUE <k CO., Aiypi'ta, Maine. nrum u r D s 7 sbot 83 70 cty!e<HLf ULf L. II Westers Gcx WoEK8.Chicago.nl. 1 o a / \ A WEEK. Catalogue and Sample ttcfcK. o4U FELToX A CO., 119 Nam St., New York. OI.D Bounty l.nnd Warrants bought, higbes. cash price paid by On.MonK A Co..Waahington.D.O OOA To 810 per Week Easily Made Selling 7&\f TEAS to Families. Send let Circular to THE CAXTOXTEA CO.. 148 Chambers St.,?wYork. SWARTH.WOHE College?For both sexes :onder care of Friends. All expenses covered by ?3oO a year. Kdwd H. Maonx. A.M.. Prest., Swarthmore, Pa. AAPAA11 ye*r to A (rents. Outfit and a JJK M M1111 >25 Shu 0"n jrrt. For terras u?lWawUU''rt.'?.^ WorlAd Ca..dl.Louit,ilc. PAAI Made by 17 Agents in Jan. 77 with JL Ihwfl ? m ray 13 ne w articles. Samples free. Vw Vlluf Address C. M. Lininybm, Cktcaga, fjh il WATCHES. A Great oensstioa. Sample jk % Watch and Outfit free to Agents Better than W|| Gold. Address A. COULTER A CO.. Chicago. (IAO AA TJFWAItD. TUtMOCITACUw #?ttilUU.UU ft HtAVr BEARD mmhmtt m e fu. b7 tlM ?.?f PVKESBEAKOfUXIKvttk. isjwy. ??itt|kirtlrtaf;U).??. Pries bj wail. la m*M > At, W ncksc*. ?> otiu: 3 i?k?tn osl, * > ? * I dgRL A I. tSITU I rO..Il?CM. IU.. M. A?na "*e"W? saciio* Ob. J'ibU. ?c*ic*( 'i i'wAmw tin fn <fon . dill 10 Oku ?r?rcS?sr.iSK: : worth 8.1. sent, noet naid. for 85 Cents, illustrated I Catalogue free. J. II. BIFFOKD'S SONS, Boston. [Established !&?.] Patents Secured! Also Trnde Marks, DrsUns, Registration, Passports. etr. Fee af'er allowanc* U obtained. Cell on or address. HENRY GERNER, Patent Right Gazette Patent Agency, 554 Barclay Street (P. 0. Box I.~>44). New York. x BOSTON WEEKLY TRANSCRIPT. The best family newspaper published; eight pages; fiftysix columns reading. "* 00 ?- . /-lnha of eleven. SI A Per i oruis ? - - ? r ^._ w >nnum, in advance. SPEC IMEN COPY CRATW. I7 EEP'S WIIIRTH?only one qoalltv-The Beat IV Keep's Patent Partly-made Dreaa Shirts (>o be finished aa easy aa hemming a Handkerchief. I be very best, six for 97.00* Keep's Ooatom Sbirta?made to measnre,. The very best, six for 99.OO. An elegant set of aenaine Gold-plate Collar and sleeve Buttons riven with each naif dot. Keep's 8birt Keep's Shirts are delivered FREE on reoeipt of priee In any part of the Union?no express charges to pay. Samples with full directions for self-measurement Sent free to any address. No stamp required. Deal directly with the Manufacturer and ret Bottom * Pncee Keep Manufacturing Co., 18.5 Mercer St.. N.Y. 0 11COLLENDER J] BILLIARD TABLES, ram!I /CABLES Best in Use. Balls, Cloth, Ones 1 jtfland everything appertaining to I Billiards, at Lowest Prices. HavMill r JPxV >nr the far rest stock and finest ?- facilities for manufacturing, V^_ orders can be promptly filled. 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PHILADELPHIA.. $1.00 $1,00 Osgood's Heliotype Engravings. The choicest household ornaments. Pries One Dollar each. Send far catalogue. JAMES R. OSGOOD & CO, _ BOSTON, MASS. . ^ $1.00 $1JQ0 ? Maize Flour Toilet Soap! ? ? Maize Flour Toilet Soap! ? ? Maize Flour Toilet Soap! ? A great discovery!?* new soap compound! It eoothea softens, and whitens the skin, naa wonderful healing ana superior Hashing properties, and is equally suited forth* b.itb, nursery and general toilet It la delightfully per* fumed, and sold everywhere at a moderate price. Registered in Patent Office, 1876, by the manufacturers, McKEONK, VAN HAAGKN A 00., Philadelphia. 3 pACTStSPEOPIE . > Household & Farmers' OTolopedii. _ A book of solid worth and prastleal utility, terahas? ^ ble to every f?niiw,Meeln ale, Keirh 111 i,<MW>W( m m Borsemeo, Poultry-keeper, Frolt-reiaer, Dalryaaa, W. n.*w. f.?who v&at la ft A VF. MONEY, g ^ Send for Circular and Terms to Agents. INGRAM ft SMITH, pHHHHHQ 731 Walnut St., Philadelphia. 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A trial is oniy necessary to show their superiority over adulterated foreign goods. 44 Crown Prince," the cooiaeet American Champagne, a specialty. Send for circular and price list to CHAMBKRLIN A CO.. 45 Murray bt? New York. N. Y. W. P. No. <4 WHEN WRITING TO ADVERTISER*, >T pisaao say that ysiwviM almtiaa sens Is this pngor.