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BUMMER C0NTBA8TS. TI1K WIFE. _ AB you Bay. Colonel, hero lt is charming, (" Sweet angoi, I b?* for a waltz ! ") Ymir nattery'? really a'armi?g. . I ara mire that you know lt in -- Bat I'll whirl with you round for a minnie, Justto provo how you erred u your liuilo, Wi ?atti is quito nico f hou you're in tt PoiCt nom qnito eo tight on my walsh .0 -8 , aWft?Saiy^ '*A>IO " Dear Husband, I'm penning this loiter _luioaonncsa lioro at tho Springs ; ~Ev<-ry day makes mo deeper your debtor For tho hind words tho previous niall brings, mit oh I what a void fills my bosom - you tbore, and I boro all alono ; No frionds. If I e'en wished to choose 'om Yoto chatnetl to your desk Uko a drone." . ? - THE nnsnAHD. Here. Charley ! help, fill np this basket ; Put ia tho champagno and tho iso ; Never mind If you should overtask it . FUI lt np with tale brlca-brac nico. ThoBo Dutch girls will soon moko lt lighter After tho danco and tho swIngB. Throw In tncao cigars. Strap it tighter, :?> C . Whilo I writo a lino to tho Springs. ( ffn?? ) ti Slowly tho shadows oro falling, Allko on my desk and my lifo ; Tho plaint of a famished tove', calling Boc you, my awoot treasuro-my wife ; ' ? sit hero BO wearily thinking, And wishing my penanco ware o'er, And dreaming our love is a-llnking My heart with your heart evermore !" CURIOUS AND SCIENTIFIC. BJOE is now ooming into UBO for brew ing purposes. The boer produced from it is said tof. be superior in color and flavor. AT Middletown, Delaware, an immense | peach refrigerator ?B to bo built, ca pable ot holding 200,000 baskets of fruit, which tho projector guarantees to keep by a peouliar freezing process for six months. IN one of the French departments there is a "sooiety for tho proteofcion of birds useful to the farmer. ' All neBts found aro reported to the Bociety and proteoted by it. In the past year the society protected 214 neBts, from which came 904 birds.. THERH aro two million bee-hiyes in the United States. Every hive yields, on an average, a little over twenty pounds of honey. The average price at whioh honey is sold ?B 25 cents a pound. So that, after paying their own board, our beos present us with a revenue of over Se.'800,000. IT is stated now that tho secret force which the Keely motor operates by is nothing more nor less than carbonio aoid. The water is enormously oharged with it, and then it is liberated, by a simple procesa, in such quantities and strength as the operator may desire. So that, after all, the basis of the whole business is uothing" but tremendously Btrong ,sbda%water. AN.old lady in New York particularly desired that a certain cushion on whioh she sat in? church, should be buried..with her, and ns there was.a.difficulty about getting'it into her coffin it was luckily propeled, to ?ont it, when several -thou sand ; dollars in greenbacks ' carno to light." Tho old 'lady1 was' clearly re solved that, if she did bring nothing in to tho world, abo. wonld at all events, as far as possible, take something out Of it."' GUNS and rifles may easily be cleaned from leadjoy the following: If a muzzle loader, stop up the nipple or communi cation hole with a little wax, or if a breech-loader insert a cork in the breech rather tightly ; next pour some quick silver into the barrel, and put another cork in" the muzzle, then proceed to roll it np and down the barrel, shaking it about for a few minutes. Tho mercury and . lead will form and amalgam, and lo ave tho barrel as clean and free from lead as the first;day it came ont of the shop. The same quicksilver can be tu??a repeatedly by straining it through Wofefi-leather ; for the lead' will be left behind in the leather, and the quick silver will be again fit for use. TUT, Fronoh utilize ohioken feathers in the following way,' which is pro nounced a decided improvement on the "old method : The plume portion of the feathers are out .from tho stem by means of ordinary' hand scissors. These are placed in quantities in a. course bag, which, .when full, is closed and subr jected to a thorough kneading with the fjumds. At the end of five minutes tn? feathers disaggregated aro felted to gether, forming. a down almost homo geneous and of great lightness. It is /said to bo lighter than natural eider .down, booauso the latter contains the ,' ribs of the feathers, whioh gives extra weight. About ono and a ix-ten th s troy ounces can be obtained from one pullet, and it sells in Paris for about two. doi laraa1pdinttai!/ ? A O I . A VA inn: u bey in Ohio, observing tl email flook bf quail In his father's'corn field, resolved to- wntoh their motions. . m '"-CThey pursued- a very f?guiar cours? in their foraging, commencing on one sido ol'tho'field-, taking about five rows, and, llowing them uniformly to the oppo to end, returning in the same manner >yer, tho next five rows. They contin-, ted "'in this ' course until they had ex * }red thc greater portion of the\ field. io lad, 'suppioiouB.that they were pull ing up the corn, fired into the. flqok, .killiiijv hui ono< ui them, and ho pro - oeeded to examine tho grounds ; iln^the' wlf?le space over which t :cy lind trav eled, ho found but ono stalk of corn dis til rb ed. This ^vas nearly, scratched oui of .the ground, but tho ground still od . hexed to l&t_;. In tho.oraw.of, tbs quail he ; found one out-woim, twenty-one striped vino- bng?v W?L??&e -?^Hnd re^ ohindh ba?^/.h'iu jir? ? ?ingle 'grain ot oom. e b . J M i?a*Jt X "t * ?1 '? pB ? ! --Ar . <A U 2 The Land of Horse. \&-correspondent* writer:; Tho. mo MMont-jyou enter the famous.Dine .Grass - region you hear nothing but horse talk. The whole flection lives upon pedigrees. The stable-boys banter pedigrees in a gnfrffi^olaturo of thoir own. The men Vaulter/pedigrees with a volubility like ?'.tho flowing of a never-ending stream. Even the ladies of polite socioty wili ^o?irttt?r pedigrees, and, talk as fluently of sir? and dam a?j if thoy had received ? their fiflcoinplinhmbj?ts ha' the preoinots ' ni tho breding portions of the stock . -- f'aVm.i; Everywhere it .is horso, mare, v filly,-- foal, gelding. The stables aro "th fcb?fn,? tho streets airo om, tho fields aye1 dotted o tho cattle on a thousand tho .Vio?tor?, ev?n though ho iy fjd eco', has a soorotiytnesn .ima-obstinacy moro profound than tho mysteries of tho Sphinx, if ho doos*not buy, before he comes away, some little ?.nine speoimen for which he has no cart lily use. There is a certain free masonry or brotherly love among the horse-dealers of Kentucky. If ono breeder has nothing in the horse line to answer your. demands, he will furnish yon with a saddle horsa and accompany you for^miles around tho peighborhOod to inspeot" stock whiob ho is sure will just snit your fanoy. Their houses aro thrown open to your .entertainment. The rarest "wine of cern and the freshest of mint,' and* the richest of Alderney cream and the tenderest of spring ohiokens aro offered, with a princely generosity,-to feed the flame of your horse fever, which must not bo allayed tiir you liavo loft your money behind you on some of the stock farms. That is tho logia of all tho attentions and pedigrees and horse enthusiasm, and it is wonderful how the interest is kept up year after year, and how the surplus funds of our wealthy horse f(meiers are poured, with aa increasing volume, into the coffers of the stock-raisers of the Blue Grass regions. Stewart's Saratoga Investments. A corre spond?nt writes from Sara toga to the Philadelphia Times : A. T. Stewart is just now our biggest lion, and a great sensation he is orcatiug here just at present among the local merchants. You see, after spending $400,000 on hi8 big hotel, the Grand Union, he found that he had two ele gant stores to lot With characteristic enterprise he fitted them np iu elegant style, and is moving in a stock of goode. Now the storekeepers he-e, notwith standing that this very day should re mind them that ours is a frc a country, declare that A. T. S. haB no business to r come here to undersoil them and rule their trade, but the big merchant does not see the thing in that light, and laughs at the terribly exercised mer chants. Stewart is indeed a remark able man. Ho is a little, thin, wiry fellow, with a pale, thoughtful face, light blue, reflective eyes, reddish, gray short whiskers, and very quiet in man ? ner. He dresses in black, and goes I peering into every nook and corner of the store in a way that makes bis em ployes very nervous. When talking ho invariably twirls.his eyeglass on his finger or pats the palm of his hand with a black glove. When you speak to him he looks at you searchingly for a moment before he replies, SB if to read you through, a habit that, arises from his wonderful' faoulty of reading human nature. He is not BO serious aS he has bec i painted ; on the con trary, ho is fond of a joke, and yester day, while superintending the arranging of tho goods in his store, he frequently laughed at tho idoos presented by his managing man. He came up on Friday night and passed the entire day in his store. Indeed, I saw him there as late as half past eleven o'olcck at night. That is how he got rich, by attending to his business in person. Stewart bought the Union a few years ago for $550,600. Since then he has spent as much moro upon tho structure in enlarge ments and improvements, until now it is the most extensivo and perfect car avansary in the world. He and his wife oeeupy a suite of three rooms in the hotel directly over the main en trance. They have been finely but not lavishly fitted np for him, each window being provided with a little balcony, nicely shaded by the fine old trees that extend along the entiro front of the hotel. Mrs. Stewart is a mild, unpretentious lady, with an exceedingly amiable countenance, and converses cor dially with her friends. They aro, in fact, the most undemonstrative couplo here and one would hardly imagine, to judge from their, manner, that they were, with ono or two exceptions, the wealthiest people in Am?rica. Mr. Stewart says he intends expending a further large sum on the improvement and enlargement of the Union next winter. It is ono of his pet projeota, and he proposes giving it corresponding attention. ? Fish Culture in Tennessee. Tho cultivation of shad and salmon in our rivers is an experiment. If it succeeds it will be a great benefit, to our people, but whether it succeeds or fails, we know that bass and jack will flourish in our waters, and au effort should he made to obtain a legislative apporpriation for their propagation. Nothing can be done in this direction, however, until the professional fisher men who depend upon what they catch for their subsistence, learn that all game laws which prevent the extermin ation of gam? .fish .**e in their own interest ; and'that instead of trying to evade, it will pay them bettor to prose cute every' violation. For instance, just after the war, all tho creeks and rivers, wero* swarming with bass, or trout, and jack, and tho fishermen sold them -readily at fifteen and twenty cents per pound. A few fishermen placed gill nets at the months of the creeks aud the consequence is that scarcely any bass or jack have been brought to tho market hero this ye nr. Nothing is seen but catfish and drum whioh' find a slow -sale- at eight cents per pound. Thus the fishermen can soo that tho greed .of a few who own gill nets, havo out off their profits on fishing nearly ono half. ThoBO appropriations for stocking rivers with fish,- and tho grime laws to prevent oldening fish during the spring s?asori, or ?xt?rfninat?tig them by gill nets, are not for tho benefit of anglers or,, sport?mon only, bnt for tho good of tho entire commniiity and especially for tho professional fishermon. All that is neec-OBshry for success-is to c?n vio?G tho fishornion of thia fact, which 'their- own experience in this country has airca(^-dojaoi ?and ?hey will hp olamorous' for tho cnactmout of gamo laws-anj? e.nergetio in seeing to: their enforcement.-Chattanooga Times, -Tho modorn school girl must havo queer ideas. In a conversation with a New York-repoTtoirairir Vassar'hoprone of thom quorried, "Aro you single?" an affirmative answer' being given. Thou she asked th'oiigfctfnlly, "Do editors ovor get rioh?". Tho "pencil heaver" again replied in tho affirmative, and iti ?stancod several leading'journalists, sud thomaddsd,"I-ldavo,for Now -York to morrow, and it will take mq/threa.,idftys to pay my taxes and cut tho coupons off my bonds 1" "Is it possible !" replied I the miss, *? and you so young, too," INDIA RUBBER SPIRITS. The JSuddi t Departure af Mu? Kate Kino from ? Brooklyn Socictv, Mrs. Jennie Holmes, the materializ ing medium of Philadelphia, has re cently resumed operations in Brooklyn, ' and tho last issue of tho Spiritualist Banner of Light contains an account of her -devious and wicked ways, os ob HPry?d by the Brooklyn sooiety of spir itualists. A committee of the sooiety spends six evenings at her seances, furnishing her with the necessary cabinet, at the society's hali, on Falt?n avenue. The ..conditions"'were simply n muslin bag, loosely stitched together, ?which the medium drew arouud her, and its mouth was tied over her head. Then she was seated in the cabinet, and put out tho arm of John King through a hole in the door. Then she pat ont his other arm, and tuen hiB india-rubber face, with its black whiskers, well known to Philadel phia fame. Then she put ont Katie's | t face, being her own, namely ; but no one found it out at tho first seance. At the second seance two of Mrs. Holmes' black curls hung down over Katie's [ face, and this " gave rise to tho sus- T pioions." Therefore tho bag was ex-'1 amined, and was found tb have trick seams which opened and closed by palling a thread. It was supgostod to Mrs. Holmes at the third seance that it would be well if the lady present could hold her hands while the manifesta tions went on. Another lady oftared to pin her to the floor carpet to see if I \ Katie would walk forth materialized under those conditions. Mrs. Holmes declined to afford these aids to awak ened thought. An extremely skeptical gontlemi n observed that John King did not walk forth, and that his india-1 \ rubber face had no breath in its nos trils, while lovely Katie on the other hand, always oamo forth in a white muslin bag, and had a warm human breath. At the sixth seance, therefore, Mrs. Holmes was sought to be searched by a committee of ladies desirous of discovering spirit-faces concealed about her person. Bat to that she demurred, aad being disenonmbered of her muslin bag for the last time, became suddenly faint and must have air. Therefore she tottered from tho room very sick ; but the fresh air immediately beyond the door so revived her that she ran away like the wind, and never was heard of in that placo again. *1 Whore fore," concludes tho committee in its report, "wo think she was a fraud"-or words to that effect. Von Moltke on West Point. I am asked why noithor side in the oivil war in America produced a very distinguished general. Even thoir re spective partisans hardly obum any leader of transcendent genius. In so long a war, and where so many men fought, doeB it not imply a lack of military talent in-the Americans? answer, no. The true reason was bo canso their field of selection was so limited. No officer could hopo to attain the supremo command of thoir armies unless ho had been a student at their military academy, called. West Point,. on the Hudson rivpr^Jki-the State of New York. Tko nunJoer of theso students, deserving as they might be, was and is extremely limited. The southerners adopted the same per nicious system of exclusiveness, as many of these West Point officers had joined- their side, and thoir president had also been at the academy. It was, perhaps, fortunate for tho north that the south did not seek for talent among the mass' of its people. It is said, know not how truly, that the genius of a civilian, Ericsson, by the invention of a monitor, alono saved the northern navy from destruction. It is evident that tho chanco of ob faining a .distinguished general in creases as tho field pf selootion widens, and diminishes as it contracts. In our army every soldier may aspiro to tho supreme command, but in tho American armies the line of domark ation WOB drawn as deeply as between the former slaves and their masters. The volunteer who represented tho great bulk and strength of the people might, indeed, attain distinction in ii subordinate position, but the highest place of all was forbidden. In reading tho records of the Atnerican oivil war, it really appears as if tho wholo 'contest was between a few officers .of West Point, and the mighty heart of the nation had never throbbed. This aris tocratic systom, which tho Americans still follow, was formorly the praotico in nil European armies. In the revol ution of 1793, Garnot, the Frenoh min ister of war? first abandoned it, and we i havo followed. For the sake of example, and not binding oureelves to any exactness of Agares, except that tho ono is very small, and itB opposite, with whioh it is compared, very largo, let us suppose tho number of W?3t Point officers tb bo five hundred, and the number of Prus sian soldiers,five hundred thousand. Evidently, ns we have a inna, a thou sand larger to draw upon, Lo roucfer the chances of obtaining; a. great general equal, each American must possess a thousand fold tho talent of a Prussian, which is absurd. '" A Desperate Duel With a Bowie knife. i f A moat fright ? ni and faint affray oe curr?d at Eberhardt? City on Saturday last, at. about 5 o'olopk r. M., bntweon two men by tho namo of Jackson and Book. Tho forrcor waa recently from Arizona, and tho lattor ha? been a resi I dont in Eborhardt City for the past few 'months, engaged in keppiug a saloon, The two hodVa q?arrol'somo time before tho- fatal- mooting, in which Jackson ttfad? an assault" upon Book with a knife, bnt was ?driven^off?by Boofc^with a fire shovol. Some three dr-fonr hours aftor this Jackson returned to Beok's saloon andj-whilo tho lattor was standing ' the doorway, Jackson plunged an eight ipoh'bqwio-kmfo to. the . hilt in Bock's^J i sido, and tho two olinohed, and a very horco encounter ensued, Jaokson nfiiug his knife and fatally stabbing Beck, I who, howovory fiuceeeded in f rosing him self from Jackson, and ran na far as Dana's saloon, a distanco of sixty yarda, whon ho was overtaken by Jaokson, who wno pursuing his violim with a bloody Li ftntVffehdii?h intent. " Beok at this placo | called for protootion, but before tho as tonished bystanders could rendex him ssistance, the human fiend had dono tis work ; he had given poor Beek five atal stabs. At this junoturo, a patty ty the name of Brown, seeing what was ;?ing on, knocked Jackson off from the torch into the stroet with a choir, und ? hile, he .was down, Beck, while actually y lng, crawled to Jackson, and taking lie knife which had boen used upon :im, he plunged it into Jackson's breast, i vin g him a fatal wound. Beck died hnost immediately after. being sepa ated from J ackson, and the latter waa irought to the oonnty jail, where- ho Lug?red until Wednesday last, when ieath ended his oareer. No one hero bouts knows anything of the former areor of Jackson ; all that is known is is statement that he was from Arizona. Seek was considered a peaceable man, nd leaves an invalid widow to mourn tis untimely end. HW Dil-uiiuuu Ux i i ii Iii cm um,. The .sacrifice of human life during he past six months has been aimply ap lalling, as will be shown by the statis ics which wo print below. In making ip this record we have made use only of he great disasters which have been re jorted by telegraph. The minor casu ilties it is impossible to estimate. Epi lemics have been the most severe do it roy era of life, al tho ii git neither the .bolera nor tho plague has ravaged any jart of the world. In the Fiji Islands done 50,000 people have perished by neasels and othor diseases introduced lineo tho annexation of those islands to 3 re at Britain. This unusual fatality rom a comparatively innocuous disease ;he London Timos explains upon the ?rr on nd that tho European nations have jecome hardened to it, and that it was lestructive to these islanders because bey were having it for the first time ind were not accustomed to this boon of British civilization. Earthquakes come lecond in the list of destroying elements, laving killed over 20,000 people. Wo lave no record of the loss of life by tho recent .earthquakes and accompanying rolcanio disturbances in Iceland, but boro have been four other earthquakes rom which tho loss of lifo has been riven approximately as follows : In Now Granada", 16,000; in Asia Minor, 2,000; xx tho Loyalty Islands where the earth quake wa? accompanied by a terrible ;idal-wave, 2,000 ; and at San Cristobal, Mex: 03, 70. A famine in Asia Minor dur ing the early part of tho year swept off 2.0,000 people before relief could reach the o filleted region. Floods come next IM the disastrous catalogue, their rav ages having beon almost exclusively con fined to Europe. Tho overflow of the Garonne in the southern part of Franco destroyed 3,000 lives, and that of the Danube in Pesth GOO. While our own oonntry was severoly ravaged by floods during the spring, especially in the southwest and in Pennsylvania, their destruction was confined to property. We can find no evidence that more than six lives were lost by them, although many of them were very Budden and swept everything before them, being accompanied, RB they were, with huge masses of ice. The marine disasters of the past six months have been- pecu liarly destructive of life. Fifty-four vessels, nearly all of them sieamors, have gono down, taking with them'1,803 personj, tho most prominent..oX which are tho following : The Schiller, off tho Scilly Islands, 310'; the Gotten berg, off the Australian coa?t, 166 ; the Cadiz, 62; the Fa Sing, a Chinese steamer, 50 ; the American ship Violetta, 12 ; the -Vicksburg, collision : with . ice bergs, 40; the "Thornabia, 29-; the Dortes, 26 ; the George Batters, 21 ; the Bride, Borar, Berlin (Japanese), and tho Alice, 20 each; and the Looh aager, 16. Thero have been other mvoro disasters on the South American,' Chin?se, and English 3oasts which involved a serious IOSB of life, but it is impossible to esti mate them, as tho telegraph furnishes uo record. The season has been un usually characterized by tornadoes and hurricanes, and of these there have been ?ighteen which have been accompanied by loss of lifo, as follows : In Hong Kong, 500; Georgia, 317; Chili, 60; Louisiana, 20 ; France, ll ; Missouri, S ; Mississippi, ll ; Arkansas, 5 ; Mich igan, 3 ; Wisconein, 3 ;. Illinois, 3 ; South Carolina, 2, and Kansas, 1 ; total, 344. Thirty-five fires have been re ported, by which 304 lives have bean sacrificed. Only three of theso have been accompanied by a heavy loss of life, being the burning of a match fac tory at Gottenberg, Sweden (50 ;) steamers at New Orleans (75); and the recant Holyoke (Mass.) church disnster (92). Explosions, mainly in this coun try, have killed 207 people, ns follows : Fire-damp, 122 ; boilers, 48 ; gunpow der, 21 ; fire works, 9 ; nitro-glycerine, 1 ; chemicals, 3. The railroads, in this country at least, have not been so pro lific in the destrnction of lifo as usual. Although 47 disasters have been re ported,'-but 43 people have been killed, the largest number in any single disas ter being but 7. The list ot injured, however, foots up 2i8. Last in the Hst some snow-slides, whioh have buried 56. Tho.total list foots up as follows : Epidemics.50,000 RarthquakoB. 20,070 fumino.20,000 L-'loodu.:..;_._ 8,60(5 Marino tlisostoru.. 1,303 fonuulooa.....;.. .. 011 Piroa.i. 011 Explosiona. 207 ^tow-slides. BO ['.?ilrootl acoidontH. 43 I Total..... 07,173 Large as these figures seem it must bo remembered that they roproBout but a small-percentage of the destruction of tinman lifo from other than natural lauses. Thoy aro only tho large disas ters whioh havo been deemed of sulfi 3ient interest to telegraph as items of public' ifhp?iiance', -They-do not in clude the thousands of mipor disasters constantly ocourriug all over the world, tvhich would swell-th? aggregate fat up into . the hnndredd of thousands, if not into tho millions. If there were ulded lo thone tho immense number taken off..- by suicido, murder, war and massacre, ,aji4 .other viojent. forms of loath whioh ifcis impossible to estimate, the renult would bo frightfnl to OOH semplato. Increasing this still fnrthor by tho number who'aio from" sickness, it does not seem that ?hero is any danger ibo world will bo overcrowded with pp?? -Dio Lewis is respeotfillly alluded .o as an idiot. i ?outhern and Northern Cotton Mills. The St. Louis Republican considers b a fact worth making a note of, that mile nearly all the New England cotton ailis have been running on short time or nearly a year, and several of. the argest of them have been compel? od to uspeuu work entirely, the miiiB in the outh have generally been running up 0 their full capacity all through the lull .times, and still in full operation. t' is' true these southern mills are not 1 eel a ring the 80 and 40 per cent, divi lends they declared prior to 1873,.but hey are still making a profit and giving suployment to their full complement of iperatives. The fabrics made at the outhern mills are in steady demand, virile those of the New England mills ire heaped up in unsold and unsalable itocks-the reason for the closing last veek of tho Atlantio mills at Lawrence, Mass., whereby 1,250 operatives are brown out of employment, being that bo company have a surplus of goods on land whioh they cannot dispose of. In addition to this foot, it is stated that the Georgia, South Carolina and Tennessee goods are driving the northern goods of he same grado out of the market. They ;ould not do this unless they are manu factured at IOBS cost-and this is the secret of the whole difference between ;ho co adi Iii j of the- mills in the two lections. WE have .'often wondered whether boro is a norean in tho country who dooB not (now and appr?ci?t o tho valu? of Johnaon'u Vnodyno Lfnimont as a family mo die i no ? It H adapted to must all purpoaoB, and ia tho jc-nt pain doatroyor that can bo need. FABMERS and steck raisers have fre mont ly t?ld us that they have soon very good results from giving Sheridan's Cavalry Condi tion Powders to cows and awino boforo and after they drop their young. Tho powdora put thom in good condition, and givo them strength to caro and provide for tho BDcklinga. Dr. Tutt'ir Expectorant permeates tho longa and causes thom to throw off all acrid mat ter. It imparts Bound and refreshing sleep. Ant H mis andCntnrrh-Soo D. I.nrinrir? adv't. S?LVER TIPPED SHOES Hie fict that live million or | pal:s of MLVKlt TIPPKB ^hces are- made a year, shown how those who use them tefl abetal lt. 1 hoy know t hat they t?st three times as long. , I SCREW. Economy ls wealth-but thei host slue is the GABLE SCREW WIRE. They never rip leak, or come apart, Iry iliun. Allgcntunc goods stamped. TTOp COMTEM/H PIIJ? OINTMKNT.-Sold by drug Uufj gists. Wm, ll. Cornell, I'rop'r, St. Lou!*, Mo. RDI 11M CCK.K, cheap, tpilck, private, Ito pain. Ut Illili DH. AIIMSTHOSO, lie rr lou, Mich. EVKRV FAMILY WANTS IT. Money In it Bold by agent*. Address M. N Lovell,Krle.Pa. TTTANTKD AUF.NTH. ?wipiu and Outaifrc* W IMtrr than Qold. A. COULTER A Oo.. Chicago CH ll?4lOJ>Dorrt,.v- Send for Ch'roinoO?Ul?gii?. J> 1 \J P ?D L xJ I. H. Ii u ITU ED'S BOMB, Boston. Mas*. A i elf a?tlng trap, lo rid out nil rat and animal crea tion. Agents wanted Ko trouble to sell. Address JOHN DIMUNK, Iilmestonevllle, MontonrCo , Fa. "VT"EKVOU8 DEBILITY-Thc? only cure without drugs and at tri fl fc) g cost. For particulars ad oreas JIK*LTH Ptm. AOKNCY, Philadelphia, Pa. THIS paper ls-printed with lok mada by O. B. Kane ?fe Co., 121 Dearborn Street, Chicago, and for Bale by ns In large or small quantities. ? SOU. NEWSPAPER .UNION. NaibvIUe. Tenn. WANTED, AGENTS-Everywhere for the Centennial History-ROO paces. 2-IU engravings, selling well. Address H. O. HOUGHTON ?fe CO., i somerset Street. Boston. Muss. A MONTH.-Agents wanted every where : Business honorable and tlrst Claas- Particulars sent free. Ad dress WORTH & CO., 8t. Louis, Mo. PENNSYLVANIA Military Acndciny, Chcutcr. l*n. Opens Sept. Hf ti. civil Knitliieerlng.theulasBlcp. Kngllshand Military Art thoroughly taught For circulais apply to Coi.. THEO. HYATT, President, CflUCTUIIIC foryon. Bello at dight Oar OUmELInlllU agenta coln money. Wa havo work and money fur all. men ar ?omin. born or girls, whole or spare time. Send stamp tor Cata lotc no. Address Frank Glnck. New Bedford, Mast AGENTS WANTED lor the tasleslEelling nook over published, hone for circulars and our extra terms to Agents. NATION A?. PUBLISHING CO., Cincinnati or Memphis. UQC TOH.KT IIOUtlUKT for tho 'Complex UOb lon. Yobr Dealer' wilt famish eample KOKK. Lnrge Uox, Pott Ereo f nr OU Cent), PALM KU, ALHKBB & co., Hole Prop'rs Kt: Louis; DOUBLE YOUR TRADE ilrugglsts.grocrrs ?fe df aler.*-Pur? China and Japan 3?vfs.tn sealed packages.*erct?-/op eon.* boxosor halt imo>,tH-Q'rotrir?'pricf-*.Bend for circular. The Wells Ten Compauy. ?Ut Mutton St.. N. Y., P.O. Box 1>?0 Cl RQTIP iniMT Durablo. cheap; easily ap CLHO I lu dum I piled by any one; no nalia inn Pl or frexot throu?h the iron; lu practical use lllUtM 17 years. Boxed for shipment lo any part DnnClilG of the country. CALDWELL ?fe CO. nUUririU IM West Second street. Cincinnati,O. AGENTS KOK Til K Ibest selling Prlzo Pack age In tho world. It cou _ taitjs *.? ??heeti Fliper, 15 Enve'opos.KO'dc-npen,pen holder,pencil. pat ent Vard Measure anda Piece of Jewelry. Single package, with elegant Pr'ze,post-paid, a? cts. Cir cular free, int ID) :<fcCo. 7 S y Broadway, New York? Alf. +n ffi?SflO Invested in Wallstreet otten ?MIJI?I ? i >DJUU' leads to fortune. A 7^-paee ?^??^???MB?^^? hook explAl'ilng everything, and copy of the W A Ol/ST R ?VT REVIEW QC UT CD CC JOHN IIICKUNO ?fe Co , Bankers OCrl I rltCC. ?fe Brokers, 7a Broadway, .. Y. P8YCHOHANCY, or Notai Clinrmlnc* How either sex may fascinate and gain tho love and affections of any per.ion thev ohoo?e Instantly This art all can possess, free, by m ll,2*ioents; to gether with n Marriage dulde. Egyptian Oracle; ?)roumB', Hints to Ladles, .vc. 1,OOo,OOM sold, a rpteer book. Address T. WILLI AMS .& CO., Pub lishers Phl'adelphla. Pa. fl A UTION-N'-iTMlK-Tbo.O EN Ul NE EDITION Ll fi: AND I.AHORN OP X "XT X 1ST ?3r ? T O 3KT llnuiudnu .t ..e 'i.A.sr JOURNA ?...?s.f'i .unioids PIvMllfUtfl tilt year* af runge nit ventures, a leo the ,curloiltlrx. wumkr? nod tveahli of that runrtrfoiM ciuintr. , and ls alisotiif cly tho only new. t imi plo Ic work. Hotu-o it ?ells l Just (iilnic, i i!,nun ihm 7 wwc Kn. AwmVM/Vy-i would astonlsli you. in or? wdnlrtl '?uni lor lenna and positivo proof ot ucnulnciiesg. HU/>U ARD BROS., PuO., 141 W. Un -<t.. vin., o. w ? o p L E WANTED: WiLL If AVE OUR OOO DM ' ?end ?S cents amt we will soud by mall, prepaid, our LAMP Flf.f.KR, with which you can (lil any Kirosr.-ie jAimp without .rrtn/ivinif chimney ot gcttlpg oreaxr oulxidr of JMmp. At mmo tlnio we mau you nil oiirolroiiiiirs arid tetros to agent? on twenty useful household artic cs with whlci any person .can m ike from Sit to SU 'dally. Wo want ngenls .everywhere. NATIONAL AIIK1T.V ^MPORIUM, Posion. Mass GEO. p. ROWELL fe Co. i ? Arvc.i i i. s M'.w AKTKU1A ?NU t'ATiinnu nr.ni:liv. Hr Ting ftJO??UM t-aroaiy yena tel ween Ufa and death with AHIUI?A, I expeilrueuted ty libe tUifllorbS nr..I I ulla] Inj,- ll f. I lo:ttiltBtcly dlacuvered a ?rond-ital retnedjf *od >m> rurr for 'A'lhm??nd Ca?rrh. Warrantul toirllrre Inronily an the patient can lio i In wu to real ?ind Bleep ronitofUblr. Drtif rlata^nrp a applied with ?ample package* for raia " . " W 1 ft. ?A*? i:?.F,',~A'pplr.' c:'rie?t'. Oh lat. "^floltlly PriUttJt?. , Full ?!;? l'arhat,-?, hy m ?il, 41.15, ??JOIt MILIS FOE COEN, FLOUE & FEED, --? tarif* ftti-?ci'v.irvtiHviiyAt jAtu fMt St.Ul,/.-fini , I .... i. .i '. cn.dlf l*niir, , ?KIO?I efJ^ vu.t?it?Dt? t"' ,Fnr..lli.?'AI'dHi./?r|'ai.y Ihlef,nnUinliitrulf,hy4l^l .1, 'TK.YI*. wtft.|,"ft.'?!n;flr ^v Plarfower. K i.d itali p for J8B VJ.--.-^J ti-e?.-??'!. r,"j A prier.. EDWARD HARRISON. New Haven, Conn. toE fkF B?fs.T te? World. Oneypjir'awivlnir'wUl burr, row NO ftlti R K SOUR Uti KADC Whiter, lighter. sweeter, richer. KVKIIVUOUY Pnlieiltl The ladles ?re nil In love with it. SKhL like HOT CAKKM, I raBHitivt'7? S?!?*1"' r.t once fnr circular ta ~ >J i7G Duane St,. New York. N". B\ BTTKJwTHAJVX'a WATEE WHEEL* Was selected, t years ago, and putta work In the latent OOice. Washing ton, D O. and has proved to be tho best. 19 ?lies made. Prices lower than any other ii rat-class Wheel. Pamphlet free. N.F.BDKNUAM, York. Pa. --?.rpi?,-^ BKnlClXr; RK5DKUF.D I . vv ? n,*W^i_ VOLTA'S BLKCTBOIII ?V * f I ij r Bauds aro indorsed w' \ \ kj f./^ most eminent physil IS LIFE. HKniClSB KKSDEHF.D ISF.LESS! tLTsand try tho physicians iu thu world for thcctireof rheu matism, miir.-ilcia. Il ver com plaint, dyspepsia, kidney dis ease.aclips. pni ns. nervous dis orders, fits,icmnio complaints nervous and general debility, and other chronic diseases of thorliPst,lieiid,livpr, Ht "in a el? kiilueya and blood, book with full particulars free hy YOI!TA BELT Ob.. Cincinnati, Ohio. NOVELTY SHOES. Wood nud leal be r combined keep the feet dry. Save health. Have money. Manufactured by newly in vented machinery. Ssuiplrs sent by matt, post pnld for 75c. to fl 50 p?r pair. Active men make money selling them. Bend for free Illustrated cir cular to AW ERIUAN NOV PE LT Y 8HOK COMPANY, _Meadvllle, Pa. XV VOPIINR M O N T n L ? LOTTER A FORTUNE FOU Bl. DRAWSEVERY 30 DAYS. TICKET8 81 EACH.-SIX FOR 86. CAPITAL PRIZE $50,000. Legalized by authority of an art of tho Legislature. ONE CHANCE IN FIVE. Agents wanted. Sond for circulars. AddrcsB tho manager J. M PATTEE, Laramie City, Wyoming. This new Truss ls wont with perffct comfort night and day. Adapta itsetr lo every motion nf Hie body, retaining Rupture. under tho hardest exercise or se verest ntralr. until nor manently cured. Bold cheap oy tho Elastic Truss Co., 68? ilronilvrny, New York City. Sent by mall. CallurHcnd for circular and be cured; UH For oat nil Summer Fever and all tho complaints generated ny excessive hf at, hy keep ing ih.' biood cool aud thc bowel? free with Tarrnnt's Effervescent Seltzer Aperient, at once n most refreshing draught and tho best of all regulating medicines. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. VOUNC A MEN. BOYR AND I1IIODI.B>AGED MEN TYnfrfoU for itBucoewful mart In business llfr?. tant itt how to get a living, make money, and become en terprising, useful citizens. EASTMAN BUHINKPH OOL.T.KOK, PoDOHKKfiPfliK. N. Y., on the Tludson. the on ly institution dev ted to tlilsfspecially. Tho oldest and only practical t otnmero'ul School, nnd only one providing situations fer Qraduntoi. Tto fors to patrons nnd graduates lu ne?irly ovory city and town. NKW BUILDING NOW OPKN. Applicant.'! enter any day Address for particulars and cata logue of .'1,001 graduates In business II. O. EASTMAN. LL. D., Poughkeepsie, N. Y; THE SECON? TEXA8 BONANZA STRUCK !! A FORTUNE FOR $1. LEGALLY AUTHORIZED. Teias Gift teert Association. OP TEXAS, CAPITAL, - - - $500,000; WILL GIVE A SECOND GRAND GD7T CONCERT IN ATI) Ol' A Masonic&?.0.0. F. GranflTemBle* NEIHTKiHKUIt 22, 1875. First Capita! Gift.S?O.OOO Second Capital Gift.$25,000 Besides gifts in proportion amounting in all to $250,000.00. L0WE8T GIFT TO A TICKET, $50. Price of Whole, Ticket, $5.00, which Consists of five SI Coupons. Cou ron TICKETS, fl, which will entitle tho holder to admission to tho Grand Concert and to one-fifth of whatever gift may bo awarded to tho'whole tl/*Vefc number. Agents who can give good references wanted. All orders for tickets sont direct promptly Ailed. Circulars, Papers, kc, giving full particulars sent free. lu writing be sure and sign your- name, Town, County and State in full. Orders for tickets miwun ting to fS anti up war du sent C. O. D. if desired. Address all coi ni nu nient Ion? and make all remit-, tances of money to ALPHETJS R. COLLINS, Sec'y . ..... . _DENISON, IEXAS, CORN MlLL^SAW MILLS, & MILL FURNISHINGS.GEARiNCs, &GOTTON PRESSES - ' OCALLR IN - ' ?*' ^*?NGINrSX0TlDK??2i t^PRiccGEN ERAL MACHINERY m&HZi2 U ?ION st, I .-.SINEW ORLEANS LA. DB. WHITTIEK, N:. 617 St. Charles Streot, St. Louis, Mo.; /In been to ?tain a.oioir- tn tb? trent m. nt ?full Vena rral HU-:.:.?-Spcrmawrrbca, SCIUBI Debility AU l I ni po. tener-than any other PhyileLn In Rt. Lout.. Dr. Vv.'a e.labllrhnieat I. chartered br Ute Blate nf ltl??ourl, wita founded tnd h.? been c?tabil?h<d to .ponru ?fe, certain and reliable relief, tiring a graduate of noierat'mrdl cal collete. . ?nd haring thc cxeerlrnec nf a inag and auefceij'fuVY--Vin bl. apoolattle. bo ban perlina rem edien that a.o effcotual In all the.o ea.r.. HI t patienta are. MM treated by mall or eopfeu c?.rywbere. Nt, mutti r ?bo railed, call orwrlle. From the great num ber of anptleatlon<l ho la enabled tn, kern, bli. low: " enabled tn. kern blt cha/Sea 30 pages, giving full ?yrnptom?, for two (tampa. MARRIAGE GUEDE, ?S0paged a popalar book -Meli should bo road by every body. - No married pair, or person, contemplating mit. rf age, can afford to do without lt. It contains the cream nt tu?.il,- ol llteraturo oa thia (abject, Um resulta nf Dr. W.'a long experience; nl.o mo heil thoughts from tato work? la torc?,'? an? America. Bent ?caled, put-paid for Wier HEN writing to advertiseT plpfiRrt mention .tile najuo of this paper.' -gip. lil S.N. If. iQ.SQLLAKEEBAig;; ENT3 WANTED to liq - IMPROVED HOijiB ._ .TLE SewingMathJba A il dre s ff Johneon, Clurk fr Co., Holton, Maat.? New YAM Qty i 1'Ut. bar Eh, Pa. j Chicago, lu., or Bk, Louis, ?lev ,:/