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CHEAP MEALS. The l"i?eful Work of the Femnle Superintendent of ihe New York C-ookin* School ?V imp and Wholesome Food?Valuable Sattntiom. The vital question in these days of reduced salaries, of lack of employment an i general shrinkage of incomes, is how to live, how to sustain life, how to keep i 1 il 1 A ll ? ? lip wiui tue least ouuay 01 money necessary. This question has been most satisfactorily answered by a little cook book entitled: "Fifteen C3Ht Dinners for Workingmen's Famib.es," wliich has been issued by Miss Juliet Corson, Superintendent of the New York Cooking School, at No. 8 St. Mark's place, New York. The book is intended for gratui- : tons distribution, and is tilled with val- , uable suggestions as to the proper and judicious selection of healthful, nourish?!' ? of flirv lniuoaf nifisi 1 ilA rtw'; TIia ! ..V ??V .V..vu. j work contains useful biuts regarding j marketing, cooking, seasoning,and everything appertaining to the procuring, preparing aud furnishing meals in a satisfactory and economic manner. The author attempts no ridiculous and impracticable efforts to limit the frugally disposed to an unvarying vegetable or farinaceous diet, bat shows by facts and figures that good blood and bone-making meals can be prepared by modest drafts ; upon the slenderest purse. In the pre-; face Miss Carson says : "The first food of nearly all living : creatures is milk, the only entire natural ; food; that is, the only food upon which health aud strength can be sustained for ; any length of time, without using any ! other nourishment. For this reason it is the best food you can give the children if you must restrict their diet at all; I and it also is a valuable addition to the food of grown persons. "While this fact about milk is settled, it is generally acknowledged bv DeoDlc who studv the subject that we thrive best on a variety. We get warmth and strength from fat meat, wheat, rye, barley, rioe, milk, sugar, fiuit, peas, beans, lentils, macaroni, and the roots of vegetables; Are gain flesh from lean meat, unbolted flour, oatmeal, eggs, cheese, and green ; vegetables; and, if we want to think , clearly, we musk use fish, poultiy, the ! different grains, and a good variety of fruit and vegetables." In the chapter headed " How to Cook, Season and Measure," we find the following valuable suggestions: Roasting or Baking.?The first is the most extravagant way of cooking meat, as it wastes nearly one-third of its substance in drippings and steam ; the 63ooud is also very wasteful, unless the meat is surrounded with vegetables, or covered with a flour paste. When you do bake meat without a covering of paste, put it into a hot oven at the start, to crisp the outside and to keep in the valuable juices ; you can moderate the heat of the oven as soon as the meat is brown, and lot it finish cooking slowly by the heat of the steam which is constantly forming inside of it. It generally takes twenty minutes to bake each pound of of meat. Broiling.?This is another extravagant way of cooking meat, for a great deal of the fat runs into the fire, and some nourishment escapes up the chimney Avith the steam. If you must broil meat, have your fire hot and clear, and your gridiron perfectly clean ; and, uuJess it has a ledge to hold the drippings, tip it toward the back of the fire, so that Jio fat will knot fKaiut oml nnt. hWlrpn VUV AWV nui UU4 4I V**VAVJ **vw w*mivuv** the meat as it would if the gridiron were htid flat, and the fat could burn under the meat: $ever stick a fork into broiled meat to turn it and do not cut it to see if it is done ; for if you do either you will let out the juice. Study the following table, and then remember how near the time given in it comes to cooking according to your taste. Fish will broil in from five to ten minutes ; birds nod poultry in from three to fifteen minutes ; chops in from ten to fifteen minutes, and steak in from ten to twenty minutes. Boiling and Stewing.?Boiling food slowly, or stewiug it gently, saves all its goodness. After the pot once boils you cannot make its contents cook auv 'faster if you have fire enough under it to run a" steam engine ; so save your fuel, and add it to the fire, little, only enough at a time to keep the pot boiling. Remember, if you boil meat hard and and fast it will be tough and tasteless, and most of its goodness will go up the chimney, or out of the window, with the steam. Boil the meat gently, and keep it covered close to save the steam ; it will condense on the inside of the cover, and fall back in drops of moisture upon the meat. The following table shows how much is wasted in the different ways of cooking we have just spoken of. Four pounds of beef woafi* in Knilinrf /vr cfanriim ol\rvnf nnn Mt^W <LU Will V/X OWTTlU^j MWUV VUV pound of substance, but you have it all in the broth if you have kept the pot covered tightly, in baking one pound and a quarter is almost entirely lost unless N you have plenty of vegetables in the dripping pan to absorb and preserve it; in roasting before the fire you lose nearly one pound and a half. Do you think you save the waste in the shape of drippings ; it is poor economy to buy fat at the price of meat merely for the pleasure of trjing it out. Frying.?This is a very good method of cooking fish, and of warming cold meat and vegetables. To fry well put into your frying pan enough fat to cover what you mean to fry, and let it get smoking hot, but do not burn it; then put in your food, and it will not soak fat, and will generally be done by the time it is nicely browned. To saute or \ half-fry any article, you should begin j by putting in the pan enough fat to 1 ccfver the bottom, and let it get smoking hot, but not burn, before you put in the food. This also is a good way to warm over meat, vegetables, oatmeal or pudding. j A very good way to cook meat and vegetables together is to put them in an : earthen jar, cover it tightly, and cement i the cover on with flour paste ; then bake for about four hours. If you are going to uso a piece of meat cold do not cut it until it cools, and it will be more juicy. If the meat is salt let it cool in its own pot liquor, for the same reason. Salt and Smoked Meat*. ? These meats are best wliea tliey are put over i the fire in cold water, brought gradually to a boil, and theu set back from the fierce heat of the fire, so as to keep scalding hot without boiling ; they take i longer to cook this way, but they are ; tender and delicious, and very little fat j is wasted. Seasoning Food.?Mauy people have the idea that a tiuely flavored dish must cost a great deal; that is a mistake ; if you have untainted meat, or souud vegetables, or even Indian meal, to begin with, you can make it delicious with 1 proper seasoning. One reason why French cooking is much nicer than any other is that it is seasoned with a great j variety of herbs and spices ; these cost very little ; if you would l?uv a few ; cents'* worth al a time yon would soon have a. good assortment. The best kiuds < are sage, thyme, sweet msjoram, tarru- \ \ l>. n?:tjt, baail, parajey, bay j leaves, cloves, mace, celery seed and onions. If you will plant the seed of i any of theso seven first mentioned in little boxes on your window sill, or in a sunny spot in the yard, you can generi ally raise all you need. Gather and dry them as follows : parsely and tarragon, should be dried in June and July, just before flowering; mint m J tine anu o my; thyme, majoram anil savory in July and August; basil and sage in August and September; all herbs should be gathered in the suushine, and dried by artificial heat; their flavor is best preserved by keeping them in air-tight tin cans, or in tightly corked ghiss bottles. Measuring.?Be careful about measuring. Do not think you can guess just right every time ; you cannot do it. One day the dinner will be a great deal better than another, and you will wonder why ; it will be because it is carefully seasoned and properly cooked. A good rule for seasoning soups and stews, is half an ounce, or a level tablespoonful of salt, and half a level tablespoonful of pepper to each quart of water; try it, if it is right you will know how much to use; if it is not right, alter it to suit your taste : but settle the point for once, ? ? n 1 and then you will know wiiat to uepenu upon. The following table will give you some good hints about measuring ; there are four teaspoonfuls in one tablespoon ; one tablespoonful in one ounce; two ounces in one wineglassful; two wineglassfuls in one gill; two gills in one good-sized cupful; two cupfuls in one pint; two pints in one quart. One quart of sifted flour, thrown into the measure, and shaken down, but not pressed, weighs one pound; one quart of Indian corn meal, shaken down in the measure, weighs one pound and three ounces ; one quart of fine sugar weighs one pound and a half. AMERICAN FRUIT CULTURE. InteretttliiK Poinoloxirnl Statistics?Nearly Five Mllliou Acres Devoted to Frnit Culture. Few persons, probably, except those who arc actively connected with pomological interests, have any idea of the rapid growth and present extent of fruit culture. An indication of the increasing interest in the subject is the organization of the Pomological Society, which, at the last session in Chicago, included representatives in person from t ventyeight States, Territories and Provinces, with letters of correspondence in nine others, making a total of thirty-seven. When the Society first met, in 1848, the delegates present represented twelve States. More substantial indications of the progress of fruit culture are, however, to be found in the statistics which show its present condition. According to the government statement, the number of acres under cul- i tivation in orchards, vines and small i fruits is estimated at 4,500,000. The : number of trees is estimated as follows : | Apples, 112,000,000 ; pears, 28,260,000; 1 peaches, 112,270,000; grapes, 141,260,- 1 000; total, 393,790,000. The estimated i value of fruit products is : Apples, $50,- 1 400,000 ; pears, $14,130,000 ; peaches, $56,135,000; grapes, $2,118,000 ; straw- i berries, $5,000,000; other fruits, $10,- : 432,800 ; making a total of $133,216,700, : or nearly equal to one-half of the value 1 of our average wheat crop. California, ! in addition to her figs, oranges, olives ' ' 1 1 V i.1- _ ana aimonus, nas nearly une-uiiru vi me whole grape area, sixty thousand acres of vineyards, and forty-three millions of vines, yielding annually, besides grapes ! and raisins for the market, ten millions of gallons of wines. The wines of Mis- ! souri, Ohio and other States bring the ' whole wine product up to fifteen millions 1 of gallons. j A few illustrations will suffice to show | the immense quantities of fruits which , are sent to market in addition to what is consumed at home. Of strawberries, there were received in a single day in { the New York market, at the height cf the last season, upward of 10,000 bush- ' els. The shipments from Norfolk this years have been over 3,000,000 quarts? j Boston alone receiving from that source ' more than 16,000 bushels. The peach crop of 1875, in Delaware and Maryland ' alone, was estimated at between 7,000,000 and 8,000.000 baskets. California ' sent East, in 1876, 334 car loads of fruit, of fonr hundred bushels each ; an increase of more than one hundred per cent, over the previous year. Of the strawberry, from San Jose, Cal., and vicinity, there were sent some days, for , home consumption, forty tons; and in a circuit of about five miles there are more | ] than a thousand acres of this fruit under j cultivation. In Illinois, very little fruit , was raised, except for home use, until , 1810 now there are 3*20,000 acres of orchards in that State. At the last ex- j hibition of the Georgia Horticultural , society the display included nearly two hundred varieties of fruits, among them fifty-six varieties of peaches, upwards of fifty of grapes, and forty of pears. The j value of the apple product in a single . county in New York is estimated, in ] good seasons, at a million dollars ; and j in addition to those consumed at home . the State exports one and a half million of barrels. Michigan also is a great j fruit-producing State, the annual value , of the crop being $1,000,000. Reports from the Southern States and from Cali- | fornia show immense growth in the cul- . tivation of oranges and other tropical 3 fruits, and it appears probable that all that is needed for the consumption of the whole country can be supplied by ^ these sections. Train Robbers' Fate. Encamped in a shallow raviue upon j the plains, near the lonely place known ; as Buffalo Station, on the Kansas Pacific ] railroad, were Sheriff Bardsley, of Ellis ^ county, Kansas, and thirteen United \ States soldiers. Late in the afternoon iJ across the plain came riding slowly, ! apparently two Texas "Cow Boys." ] Between their horses walked a pony ! laden with something, while not bulky, . sppmftl tn trv its stvenrrth. The sheriff 1 started in pursuit, with the soldiers, j and soon evertook the travelers, who, although seeing that they were pursued, made no attempt at flight. The sheriff said: "I have a description of some tram robbers winch answers well to your appearance. I want you and your partner 1 to return with me to the station. You { need fear nothing if you are innocent, < and if you are the men I want, then I < am $10,000 better off." " You are mis- ;1 taken in your men," one of the riders 1 said, " but of course we will go back aud j 1 have the mistake explained." They j ] then turned their tired horses toward : \ the station, but had not* gone '[far : when the man who had answered the ] sheriff said to his companion : " Pard, 1 if we are to die, we might as well; die i game." He then drew a revolver aud < his companion did likewise, but before 1 either could lire the soldiers had'riddled < them with bullets and both were killed. : Tied up in a pair of old trousers, on the i pony's back, were $25,000 in'$20 gold i pieces?part of the $00,000 in gold taken 1 by the men who robbed the Union Pacific | railroad train at Itig Springs, Neb., a 1 week previously. The man who replied i 1 to the sheriff was the leader of the rob- 11 hers, , f' FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD. IIoiiMeliold IlintH. For Starching Linen.?Use one teaspoonful powdered borax to one quart boiling starch; it will improve the stiffness and gloss. To Polish Nickel Plate.?Scour with pulverized borax; use hot water and very little soap ; rinse iu hot water, ^^ n nloon olnf ll uuu iuu uij nuu t? nwiu vM/tn, To Cleanse Jewelry.?Use hot water and a clean brush ; rub a very little soap on the brush, then dip it into powdered borax and scour well; rinse in hot water and rub dry with a clean towel, or chamois is better ; silver bangles are brightened in the same way. Grease Spots from Carpets,?First have the carpet well swept, then with a pail of hot water, containing a tablespoonful of powdered borax, scrub the soiled or greasy spots well; use a clean scrubbing brush and a very little soap ; rinse well with clean hot water, and rub as dry as possible with a clean, dry house-cloth; then open the windows, and let in the air to dry quickly. To Clean Steel Engravings.?Place the engraving in a shallow dish or tray ; cover to the depth of one-half inch with a week solution of chloride of lime (about a teaspoonful to a pint of spring water) for about six hours ; pour off carefully without touching the paper, and dry in the sur ; afterward remove the deposit carefully with a camel's hair brush from the face of the picture. To Set the Color in Stockings? When washed for the first time, use a little ox gall, (which can be procured at the druggist's) ; use it in the first water only ; also have a teaspoonful of powdered borax to every pail of hot water ; use very little soup ; after the first use of ox gall, borax will answer every purpose; do not let the stockings remain long in any water; hang in the shade to dry. To" Cleanse the Woodwork Around Doors.?Take a pail of hot water ; put in two tablespoonfuls of pulverized borax ; use a good coarse house cloth?an old coarse towel does splendidly?and wash the painting; do not use a brush ; when washing places that are extra yellow firA afniiiprl KOfln th ft cloth : then sprinkle it with the dry powdered borox, and rub the places well, using plenty of rinsing water ; by washing the woodwork in this way you will not remove the paint, and the borax will soften and make the hands white?a fact well worth knowing. The uses of borax in domestic economy are numerous: and one of the most valuable is its employment to aid the detergent properties of soap. Testing Flour,?The rise in the price of bread caused by the declaration of war by Russia against Turkey may lead unprincipled men men to imitate the adulteration of flour practioed in foreign countries. An easy method of detecting such adulteration, according to Jegel, is to mix the flour with chloroform. The chloroform exerts no chemical action upon the flour; but being specifically heavier than flour and lighter than the earthy adulterants, the former floats upon the chloroform and the adulterant sinks. On shaking up a sample of flour in a test tube of chloroform and allowing it to settle, a sediment will indicate adulteration. On decanting the turbid Liquor the sediment may be washed and weighed, or tested quantitatively. Saving Garden Seed. There are, of course, many kinds of seeds which a farmer cannot grow to advantage, and for which he must depend on seedsmen. There are many other kinds which he can and should save, so [is to be assured of their freshness and germinating powers. As earliness is a point of great importance nowadays, whether the vegetables be desired for home consumption or market, only the very earliest plants should be saved for seed, as well as the very finest. In tomatoes, I have found a material difference in earliness from see; I saved from the first setting. I d*" not -liink it is of much importance whet, ar the seed toma^ o?n +olrnn frnm fhA f nrlv nat/?h nr IVUO C*A \J ICM&X/AA AAVUA VMW v. from the late patch, orovided the first jetting is taken. Howevej, we generally bake from the early patches of all kinds if vegetables, so, if there is any advan- ! tage, we will be sure to get it In saving seed sweet corn it should be the practice to wholly reserve one or more rows of the earliest ripening, and when it has ripened, select only the finest ears. Too many are apt. to take for seed what is left in the patch after 1 cutting, and the consequence is far more serious than is generally supposed. The i best seed is none too good, and those who use only the best are most successful, other things being equal. With potatoes, we have found, with both the white or Irish and the sweet, that the medium or small sized tubers produce equally as well as the first or large size, j and there is not so much waste, provided, if course, that they had ripened before being harvested. With sweet potatoes it is especially desirable to use the second size, for they are worth less than the large ones, and they will, when put in the bed to be sprouted in the spring, ( produce far more "sprouts" for the < >ame extent of bed room than will the larger ones. In selecting beets, carrots, parsnips :uraips, etc., for seed, choose only the inest. Take the tops off carefully and aot too closely, so as to leave the crowns inimpaired or uninjured, and do not cut iff any of the roots or rootlets. Pack :hem away in the dark in the cellar, in will /Irt? nnf wln'lp in 0\J IUCJ Hill UV/V \IA T VUV *T MMV winter quarters, and in the spring they trill be found in most excellent condi;iou, and should be planted out in some rich, well-tilled spot just as soon as you possibly can when the ground is dry enough. With cabbages, the very best tud solidest heads, snd best-kept ones ire selected and put out in rich soil early in the spring. Onions intended for seed should be put out early and in rich,, loamy soil. In putting out vegetables Intended for seed, remember that they require rich, well-worked soil, and unless this be supplied, the seed will neith3r be very plentiful or of extra quality. A Cave Containing Millions of Bats. A San Antonio (Texas) correspondent writes: Our objective point was the ?reat bat cave some ten miles northeast jf the little town of Selma, a place sellom visited by northern tourists. When within less than a mile of the cave, ivhich is situated on the crest of a high bluff that may called an irregular table [and, General Ord directed my attention to an immeuse dark shadow in the horizon, extending from the ground line liigli up iuto the heavens. It had all the ippearance of a strong volume of smoke issuing from the funnel of a gigantic x:enn steamer. "It looks like smoke," said the general, "bnt it is simply a jlond of bats issuing from the cave." On ipproachiug nearer I could distinctly make out the flying vermin which were, fruly, thicker than the densest swarm of bee-j I have ever seen, and there appeared t<> ho 110 end of thorn. We soon loaohed tin* cave, which dips into a brambly gorge, and from the capacious mouth, shaped like the half-choked arch p bridge. w' (Voiht s?ce h* b#t* flying out in tens of thousands, the columns growing deeper every second. The cave is gloomy as the realms of Piute, having a gentle decline for some hundreds of feet, the roof being quite lofty and the iloor covered to an incalculable depth with guano deposit, which exhales an effluvium calculated to knock down the strongest kind of a horse. Tho guano will be more efficient as a barrier against lurking desperadoes than all the police in Texas. Hats, as you know, do not perch singly, but hang to the wall and to each other, just as bees do when in " swarm." The temperature of the cave is sufficiently low to prevent them from becoming heated, and how they manage to support the enormous weight of their own masses is a question which only practical jaturalists can solve. They manage to do it, though, without the slightest apparent discomfort. And there cannot, at a moderate computation, be less than thirty million of bats in those enormous caves. A Remedy That Defies Competition. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters defy competition. Of the host of rival tonics that have cropped up during its long career, not one has gained and retained such a large share of public favor, though many have enjoyed an ephemeral popularity. The reason is this, that whereas many of these medicines have advertised to perform cures of the most startling nature, they have, when tested, almost invariably turned out to be of little or no value, while the great invigorant, whoso reputation they were intended to rival, has never disappointed those who have placed their confidence in it It has vindicated in the amplest manner its claims to be considered a positive specific remedy for liver complaint, dyspeptic malarious fevers, debility, constipation and numerous other maladies arising from general weakness and disorders of the stomach, liver and bowels. The Laical Fashion* for Ladies. Our attention has recently been called to the Raritan Matelasse CloaJcings, something entirely new in the way of heavy, thick, warm, woolen goods, especially adapted for ladies wear during the cold weather now approaching. These goods are the handssmest and most stylish ever seen, and so far as price is concerned, are a miracle of cheapness. They are intended for cloaks, sacquee, dolmans, circulars and jackets, for both ladies and children, and are to be found at all the leading dry goods stores in the country, Be particular to ask for Raritan Cloakings, and take no others. " A Drowning Man Will Catch at a Straw." If he catch it, it will do him no good. Thousands of people, who having neglected colds and coughs until they have become dangerous, will rnsh to almost every nostrum for relief. This is why so many experiments are tried by the sufferers. Go to to your druggist, buy a bottle of Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry, and use it with confidence. It will benefit you at once and ultimately cure. It is no straw, it is a cable well tried ; hold on to it and be saved. 50 cts. and$l a bottle. Sold by all druggists. Physicians of high standing unhesitatingly give their indorsement to the use of the Grsef?? i/?c.iiinli/vm fnr a. 11 ffimalfl OllUCr^'iUUouau o vwwvuwm - complaints. The weak and debilitated find wonderful relief from a constant use of this valuable remedy. Sold by all druggists, f 1.60 per bottle. Send for almanacs, Graefonberg Co., New York. Bread is the Staff* of Life. By bread we mean all the various forms into which it is customary to convert cereal flour. When is bread good? Bread is good when light, sweet and nutritious, and without deleterious qualities. How are these properties best secured ? In no way, we answer, so well and certainly as by the use of Dooley's Yeast Powder. Try it thoroughly and convince yourself. The Cheapest and Best Advertising to reach readers outside of the large cities. Over 1,000 newspapers,divided into six different lists. Advertisements reoeived for one or more lists. For catalogues containing names of papers, and for other information and for estimates, address Beals A Foster, 41 Park Bow ( Tivies Building), New York. CHEW The Celebrated "Matchless" Wood Tag Plug Tobacco. The Pioneer Tobacco Company, New York, Boston, and Chicago. Prejudice is an extravagance illy afforded in these times. Let not your prejudice lead yon to buy, till you have sent for free price list of Jones, of Binghamton, Binghamtou, N. Y., who offers to sell, on trial, Fivo Ton Wagon Scales at $50; freight prepaid. Stuttering.?'This singular affliction is treated by an ingenious invention called Bates' Patent Appliances. Simpson A Co., Box 5076, New York, send description of same to all inquirers. Irclnnd to the Front! If you are bilious take Quirk's Irish Tea. Sold by all druggists at 25 cts. a package Patentees and inventors 'should read advertisement of Ed son Bros., in another column. Two Chromopt Free.?A pair of beautifnl 6x8 Chromos, worthy to adorn any home, and a Three Months' snbscription to Leisure Hours, a handsome 16 page literary paper, filled with the Choicest Stories, Sketches, Poetry, etc., sent free. to all sending 15 centa (stamps taken) to pay postage. The publishers J. L. PATTKN A CO., J 62 William Street, New York, gtiaranttc erory one nimble rxilut of money sent. Newsdealers sell Leisure Hours, price 7 cents. The Markets. NEW TOR*. Beef Cattle Native 08 @ 0814 r'exaaand Cherokee.. 07*@ 08X Milch Co we 40 00 @70 00 HCrf*: Live 07 @ 07* Dressed 04*@ 06* Bheep 04*@ 04* Lambs 05*@ 06 Cotton: Middling 11*@ 11* Flour: Western : Good to Choice. 6 80 @ 6 16 SUte: Good to Choice.... 62> @630 Wheat: Red Western 1 87 @ 1 45 No. 2 Milwaukee 1 24 @137 Rye: Btato. 70 @ 76 Barley: State 83 @ 86 Barley Malt 68 @ 70 Oats: Mixed Western 81 @ 87 Corn: Mixed Western 66 @ 69* Hay, perewt 60 @ 70 Straw, per cwt 45 @ 60 Hope 76'e?08 ?15 70's 10 & <0 Pork: Mess 13 90 ?14 00 Lard: City Steam 09*? 09* Fiah : Mackerel, No. 1, new 20 00 ?26 00 " No. 2, now 12 50 ?'3 00 Dry Cod, per cwt 660 ?600 Herring, Scaled, por box.... 29 ? 22 Petroleum: Crude C9*?C9* Refined...16* Woo': California Fleece 2) ? 25 Texas Fleece SO ? 36 AustralianFleeccT.....? <4 <9 State XX 41 @ 44 Butter: 8tate 56 ? 30 Western: Choice 20 ? 21 Western : Good to Prime. 20 ? 25 Western: Firkins 12 ? 16 Cheese: 8tate Factory 10 ? 12* State Skimmed 08 ? 09* Western 09 ? 10* Eggs: State and Pennsylvania.... 19 ? 21* muptalo. Flour 7 76 ? 8 25 Wheat?No. 1 Milwaukee. 1 21 ? 1 21 Corn-Mixed 6-*? 61 Oats 25 ? 30 Rye 98 ? 98 Barley 82 ? .83 Barley Malt 1 00 ? 110 philadelphia. Beef Cattle?Extra OS ? 06* Sheep 05 ? 06* Hogs?Dressed 08 ? 08* Flour?Pennsylvc > la Extra 712 ?7 25 Wheat?Bed Western 1 62 ? 1 53 Bye 65 ? 67 *n /a cn uorn?Yciicm ? . ? u Mixed 60 ? fl Oats?Mixed 35 a 88 Petroleum?Crude 10 ?10# Refined, 15# Wool?Colorado 23 a 29 Texas 24 ? 82 California 27 a 33 HAfiTHV Beef Cattle .' 08 a 08# Sheep 06#? 07# Hogs 06 a 09 Flour?Wisconsin and Minnesota.... 7 50 a 8 00 Corn?Mixed 48 a 62# Oats? " 58 a 69 Wool?Ohio and Pennsylvania XX... 45 & 48# California Fall 27 & 33 BBIOHTON, lfASS. ?eef Cattle G6#? 08# Sheep 06 a 06# Lambs 07 a ' 10 Hogs 07#? 03 WATEBTOWW, KASS. Beef Cattle?Poor to Choice 6 60 a 6 60 Sheep 7 00 ? 7 75 Lamba 7 00 ? 9 00 CM PI HYMCWT I A ;Pennanent Situation ClYI rLU I If! CN I offered in every Town and ? ii i tmmmm City in the IJ. S. Address \\. 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Three Warning*.?A Sick Stomach?an Aching Head ? and considerable general debility, are three warnings which it is madness to disregard. Dangerous diseases may be expected to follow them if not arrested without delay. Tone the relaxed stomach, calm the excited brain, invigorate the nervous system, and regulate the bowels, with Tarrant's Effervescent Seltzer Aperient if yon wish to escape the evils which the premonitory symptoms indicate. How many consuming fevers, vio. lent bilious attacks, nervous paroxysm-, and other terrible ailments might be prevented if this agreeable and incomparable SalineTonic and Alterative were always taken in time! Sold by all druggists. GRACE'S Salve! A VEGETABLE PREPARATION, Invented in the 17th century by Dr. William Grace, Surgeon in King James' army. Through its agency ha cured thousands of the most serious sores ana wounds that baffled the skill of the most eminent physicians of his day and was regarded by all who knew him as a pnblic benefactor. 2ii cents a box. For Sale by Druggists generally. Sent by mail on receipt of price. Prepared by 8ETII W. FOWLE ?fc SON.S, 80 Hurrleon A venae, Ronton. .Hnm. POND'S EXTRACT. POND'S EXTRACT. The People's Eemedy. The Universal Pain Extractor. Note: Ask for Pond's Extract. Take no Other. "Hear, far I will apeak of excellent things." POND'S EXTRACT ? The great Vegetable Palu Destroyer. Has been In use over thirty years, and tor cleanliness and prompt curative virtues cannot be excelled. CHILDREN. No family can afford to be without Pond's Extract. Accidents, Braises, Contusions, Cats, Sprains, are relieved almost Instantly by external application. Promptly relieves pains of Barns, scalds. Excoriations, Chafing*, Old Sores. Bolls, Felons, Corns, etc. Arrests Inflammation, reduces swellings, stops bleeding, removes discoloration and heals rapidly. LADIES And It their best friend. It assuages the pains to which they are peculiarly subjectnotably fullness and pressure In the head, nausea, vertigo, etc. It promptly ameliorates and permanently beats all kinds of inflammations and HEUAC6bTrHOIDS or PILES find in this the only Immediate relief and ultimate cure. No case, however chronic or obstinate can long resist Its reguiar nse. VARICOSE VEINS. It Is the only sure cure, BLEEDING from any cause. For this it is a spool' fir. It has saved hundreds of lives when all other remedies failed to arrest Weeding irom nose, stomach, longs, and elsewhere. TOOTHACHE, Earache, Neuralgia and Rheumatism are all alike relieved and often permanently cured. PHYSICIANS nf all schools who are acquainted with Pond's Extract recommend it In their practice. We have letters of commendation from hundreds of Physicians; many of whom order It for use In their own practice. In addition to th foregoing they order Its use for Swell! ng* of all kinds, Quinsy, Sore Throat, Inflamed Tonsils, simple and chroufc Diarrhoea, Catarrh (for wnlch It Is a sixrific), Chilblains, Frosted Feet, Stings of Insects, Mo*<iuitos, etc.. Chnppcd Hands, Face, and Indeed nil manner of skin diseases. TOILET USE. Kcmoves Soreness, Ronghness and Smarting; heals Cuts, Eruptions and Pimples. It revives, invigorates and refreshes, while wonderfully Improving the Corapl oxl on. TO FARMERS-Pond's Extract. No Stock Breeder, no Livery Man can afford to be without It. It Is used by nil the leading Llveiw Stables, Street Itallroads and first Horsemen in New York City. It has no eqnal for Sprains, Harness or Saddle Chaflngs, Stiffness. Scratches, Swellings, Cuts, Lacerations, Bleedings, Pneumonia, folic, Plarrhma, Chills, Colds, etc. Ita range of action is wide, and the relief Itaffords Is so prompt that It Is invaluable In every Farm-yard as well as In every Farm-house. Let It be tried once and you will never be without It. CAUTION ! Pond's Extract has been Imitated. The genuine article lias the words Pond's Extract blown In each bottle. It is prepared by the only persons living who ever knew how to prepare It properly. RcTase all other preparations of wlteh Hazel. This Is the only article used by Physicians, ami in the hospitals of this country and Europe. IIIHTORX and Uses of Pond's Extract, In \ OOA To :?40 per Work Easily Made SELLING ' TKAS to Families. Send for Circular to THE 0TXTCN TF.A (JO.. 1 4S Chambers St..New York. A pAftn Made |?y 17 A cent* Ir. Jan. 77 with Jla * M my in new article*. Sample* free. VwUI Address C. JU. Liningtuf, CkieaffO. C^nn AA OKWART) fat*>torRTArtni?. ?)1UU.UU n HEAVr nr.ARD rf~W*4 M a Ti t II rweb7 ?t* u*of 1>\ t.Kb BK *KI? KLIXIItwith or wiUfrtf. u r,,? kj ul. la vwW-1 fvk^. ?f? ren?4 ; 3 <*t!j 6?> ernt?. A. 1* &M1T11 dt CO , 111., 8olf Apnli ITW? OAut.ca tho pnHu lumin? Al A A AH A DAY HflKF. made bj VIII lA \ J|> A Rents selling our Ohromoe. Alll Ill AAf) ?.^a?i0t.a ??.LcJi2 vav ?W VMV iau OKU1. 1C<# HufiKi worth So. sent. Doet-Daid. NM^MM^MM for 85 Gents. iflustraUd Catalogue free. J. II. BUFFOttD?? SONS, Boston. [Established 1830.] LADIES Dunham P1AIOS. Dunham & Sons, Manufacturers, Wtre rooms, IS East 14th Street, [Established 1834.] RKW YORK. Send for IlliutraUi Cirmlar and Price LiMWashburn & Moen Man'fg Co. WORCE8TER, MASS. L Soli taaRetmn East of Chicago, of k 7 WliLHi/1 i 1 A STEEL Thorn Hedge. No other Fencing so cheap or put up so Quickly. Never nuts, stains, decays, shrinks, nor warps. Unaffected by fire, wind, or flood. A complete barrier to the most unruly stock. Impassable by man or beast TWO THOUSAND TONS 80LD AND PUT UP DURING THE LAST TEAR For sale at the leading hardware stores, with Stretchers and Staples. Send for illustrated Pamphlet \M/tffmMF?&SCM?C0\ I 265 BROADWAY. NY .J CU\ fi NITED STATED LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, IN THE CITY OY NEW YORK, 261, 262, 263 Broadway, ?OBSAMZB* I8H ? ftJSETS, $4,827,176.52 ciiddi no a?oon nnf? VEGETINE. All Have Obtained Relief. South Berwick, Me., Jan. 17,1872. H. R. Stevens, Esq.: Dear Sir?I have had Dyspepsia in its worse form for the last ten years and have taken hundreds of dollars' worth of medicines without obtaining any relief. In September last I commenced taking the VEGETINE. since which time my health has steadily improved. My . food digests well, and 1 have gained fifteen pounds of tfesh. There are several others in this place VEGETINE, and all have obtained relief. Vours truly, THOMAS K. MOORE, Overseer of Card Room, Portsmouth Co.'s Mills, VEGETINE PREPARED BY ER. STEVENS, Boston, Mass. Vcfltiins li Mid by All Druggists. ounrLuo, 4>o?Uyuirv EVERY APPROVED FORM OF POLICY ISSUED ON MOST FAVORABLE TERMS ALL ENDOWMENT POLICIES 4JTD APPROVED CLAIMS MATURING IN 1877 WILL BE m AT 7$ OX PRESENTATION. TAMES BUELL. - - PRESIDENT. TEGETINET Her Own Words. - - Baltimobk, Md., Feb. 13,1877.) MB. H. R.ATSTXHS: m Dear Si/? Since several years I have got a sore and very painful foot. I bad some physicians, bnt the* couldn't cure me. Now, I have heard of yoor VEGKT1NE from a lady who was sick for a Ion# time, and became all well from yoor VEGETINK; anal went and bought me one bottle of VEGETINK and after I had used one bottle, the pains left me, and it began to heal, and then I bought one other bottle, and so Itake it yet I thank God for this remedy and yourself; and wishing every sufferer may pay attention to it It is a blessin# for health. Mbs. 0. KRABE, 638 West Baltimore Street 'A > VEGETINE. Safe and Sure. Mb. h. r. stevess: In 1873 yourVEGETINE ?u recommended tome, and, yielding to the persuasions of a friend, I consented to try it. At the tune, I was suffering from general debility and nervons prostration, snperindnced by overwork and irregular habits. Its wonderful strengthening and curative properties seemed to affect my debilitated system from tne first dose; and, under its persistent use. I rapidly recovered, gaining more than usual health and good feeling. Since then I have not hesitated to give VEGETINE my most unqualified indorsement, as being a safe, sure, and powerful agent in promoting health and restoring the wasted system to new life ana energy. VEGETINE is the only medicicp I use; s^id, as long as I live, I never expect to find a better. Tours truly. W. H. CLARK, 130 Monterey Street, Alleghany, Penn. VEGETINE. The Best Spring Medicine. Chablistown. H R Stevens* Drar .fir?This is to certify that I have used yeur " Blood Preparation " in my family for several years, and think that, for Scrofula or Cankerous Humors or Rheumatic Affections, it cannot be excelled; and, as a blood purifier or spring medicine, it is the best thing I have ever used, and I have used almost everything. I can cheerfully recommend it to any one in need of such a medicine. Yours respectfully, Mijs. A. A. DINSMORE, 19 Russell Street. VEGETINE. -M What is Needed. Boston, Feb. 13,187L H. R. Stevens, Esq.: Dear Sir?About one year since I found myself in a feeble condition from general debility. VEGETINE was strongly recommended to me by a friend who had been ranch benefited by its use. I procured the article, and, after using several bottles, was restored to health and discontinued its use. I feel quite confident that there is no medicine superior to it for those complaints for which it is especially prepared, and would cheerfully recommend it to those who feel that they need some thing to restore them to perfect health. Respectfully yours, U. L. PETTENGILL, Firm of S. M. Pettengill A Co., No. 10 State Street, Boston. K to <9fl P?r homa. Sample? worth M 9Q 10 frt*. STINSOX A CO.. Pi.rtl.md. Maioa. tCfi a woek in roar own town. TrrtM and 84 oalM free. H. HAl.LKTr A CO . Portland. Sun*. & 1 ? * <tuy at homo. Aaetita ?uiM, Outfit antf VXa twm? fro?. TKUK i CO., AaruMta. Main? C^ BiiiK.n. oao of the latest novelties. V Vflsnd torcanlog. Vak A CoXhlcsgo. #119 A A Mmth^AienU wanted. 38 boat seAJt V\ll mi articles in the world. One sample freak fWU Address JAY BR0N8QN? Detroit. Mkh. T?LECTKIC BKLT8.-A NEW, CHEAP. PEEHi FECT Core for premature debilitr Bend.for etna- , lar or oail on Dm. A. KARR, 832 Broadway, Hew York. j BBBBSBSBK: patents mm Agents, 711 O St.,Washington. D. G. 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E9 Wm/W/fwh llfnlv^^\ THOMSON'S H EavrWII IBm^y""McmiiimitiPBI Jj/!Pl|lw|urSeetliettiwwmeof Q n RiPf THOMSON and the IS ES Trade MarttACnowsiare S] r?5| THl GOOD OLD JTANDBY. kehgax mm lmeit. < FOR MAN AND BEA8T. * Established 35 Team. ^Alwaye cures. Alwt/i * reedy. Always handy. Has never yet failed. Thirtf millions hoot Ustod it. The whole world approves the (lorioos old Mustang?the Beet and Cheapest Liniment tn elistenoe. 25 oents a bottle. The Mustang Liaiment area when nothing else wilL SOLD BY ALL MEDICINE VENDERS SANDAL-WOOD A positive remedy for all diseases of the Kidneys. < Bladder and Urinary Organs; also good in Drop* leal Complaint*. It never produces sickness, is certain and speedy in its action. It is fast superseding HI otner roznoain. 01x1*7 vvu? m ?? v? v^u dsjs. No other medicine csn do this. Beware 7ef Imitations, (or, owin* to its trest access, msy hsve been offered; some sre most dsncerou, osasinc piles, etc. JIUNDAB DICK 6c (JO.'8 Sn/i Cap. tuUr, containing Oil of Sandalwood, told at all drag turns. Atk for circular, or tend for one to SS and 37 W>owtcr Street, New York. W VltU __ WHEN WRITING TO ADTBRTlSBRM it eleue say that jrort saw the aaVertlse* . testis this paper* . i