Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Kj FOR THE FAIR feEX. Costly Wedding*. Getting married in New York, thai is getting married in anything like style?costs money. A writer who hai given the matter considerable stud] announces that in the city named i wedding of 1,000 guests, with usher! and bridesmaids, exclusive of brida dress and tronsseau, ranges anywher< between bl,oUU ana .>:>,oUU. a tnougnx f til father is said to have recently pu his intended scn-in-law up to elopinj with his daughter on the expres t grounds oi economy. It is better t< slide out into the rural districts wher $2 will amply requite a justice of th t peace for tying the knot pust as securel; as it can be tied by a priest in clerics robes. It isn't near so much trouble either, to do this as it is to handle large party of white-kidded citizens c both sezes. l/ A Ball in Pern. j High-toned society in Pern must b rather free-and-easy, judging from th description of a ball given in honor c j.- the new American minister, and there fore a "bang up" affair, by a coirespon dent of the Chicago Times: A large billiard table in the center o the court was decorated with flowers on one corner was a huge bowl of dare punch, and on another a similar one c whisky punch. All over the table wer cut-glass bottles of claret, sherry, sau tern, brandy, piseo, and bottles ths were not cnt-glass, of beer. The j;eo pie promenaded between the dances refreshed themselves, gentiemei ^ aiid ladies alike, with tiny sweetcake and whatever liquor they preferred. A 12 o'clock tea was passed around am at 2 o'clock supper was announced The ladies were ail seated at the tab! and the gentlemen waited on them. W commenced with bullion and ended wit] ices and cake, but between these coui ses there was everything that was eve ^ heard of and many things I never hear< of. There were five kinds of wine am champagne served with the supper, was much amused and a little bit hoi rilied at some of ihe customs. Almos every lady was toasted, especially th strangers; but we did not dare to "im bibe" as the natives did ; we merel; raised the glass to our lips and set i ? down again when toasted. The ladie drank all kinds of wine, and some o them two or three times of a kind After the ladies were served they re tired to the dressing and drawing room for an hour, while the gentlemen re freslied the inner man. I am free t< confess that I do not see how it wa possible for some of the ladies to navi gate nnder such a load of mixed liquors though almost all were able to keep ; decent appearance of sobriety. Ther were exceptions, however, to this rule as a visit to the dressing room proved s?. and though no lady was drunk, som of - them were?oh, so tired! Ever AW /"V i /\f-A f /yr> *-? n A A* A V/iiV i-sJKJH uo tt UidLlCi VJ course, and expressed no surprise ant / but litt?<? disapprobation. Fashionable Elegance In Paris. There is no city in the world that ha grown to such refinement in persona belongings and iu the arts of the toile a,s Paris, ana the actual status of a lad; or gentleman, anc; particularly of i lady, is much more clearly exhibited b; her personal habits and surrounding than by her clothes. There is none o the bareness even in hotels abroad tha we are apt to find at homo, and the can which in hotels gives sofa, and mante and toilet drapery, a lavatory furnishec with elegance, a crapenecr bed, am mirrors in abundance, in private lif< supplements all these with dozens o little niceties all tending toward deli cacj and an exquisite refinement in th< care of the person. There are dainty instruments, fine as jewels, for the c^>v of the nails, the eyebrows, the teeto^ the skin, and even the ears. Brushes for all uses include a dozen ivorymounted and inclosed in satin-linec cases. Perfumed waters are distributee from crystal flasks with silver tops thai can be graded for removal so as to give it in quantity or drop by drop. Sofceu ing creams and velvety powders are con cealed in priceless little jars of Indiar ? vi 2 ..i u: VJLU i;;at UUIJUA) GHU giv*co ttau. niuuchoirs sre kept in cases that communicate to them ail indescribable odor, faint yet most delightful. The underclothing used in the daytime, instead of being folded as ior* merlv, a custom considered the verj % ' pink of neatness and order, is now huDg upon the pegs of a tall revolving stand which occupies a very small space in the dressing room, and over this is thrown a light cover of linen, which may be ornamented with German embroidery or etching. Under a cotton dress a lady will not unfrequently wear silk underclothing, the underwear being much fiaer and more daintily trimmed thia the outside. Combs oi CVtJITV- U.S51Jfi?>iiiVU ?U<SU IIVli I'l 1?U1Jr, ^ ere oi thin tortoise shell?and shell are the mere desireable. When a lady goes to her ba:h, over her nightdress of batiste she puts a dressing gown of pale pink or blue flannel, and the small slippers into which she thrusts her white feet are satin, lined to match. Toilet covers and draperks are trimmed with quantities of exquisite lace, and chairs, baskets, hanging baskets, and bird cages with ribbons and flowers. How it is all kept so pretty and fresh looking is a mystery, but the French woman gives her mind to the care of her body. Fashion Note*. Button gloves are no longer fashionable. Feather turbans bid fair to be much worn. Bright colored strips and checks are again in favor. Onyx is a favorite material for bnrean tops and washstand slabs. Lead blue and cadet blue are fashionable shades f-.-r cheviots. Crowns for bonnets are made with embroidery in plash and feathers. The new colors are many of them copied from antique porcelain. Diadem wreaths for the hair will certainly be worn with ball toilets. . Ii.?dand green are again used in combinatioa in fashionable toilets. Moire brocade in rippled stripes is the high novelty of the season. English pheasant feathers predominate among feather trimmings in millinery ; ostrich plumes and tips are also ^ very popular. Beaded plush is one of the novelties made into wide galleon for trimming great cloaks of black satin or brocade with plush linings. Harpers Bazar predicts that black will be almost a street uniform this winter, :-o greatly will it preponderate over every other color. The new plush is noticeable for its rich appcaranee, the surface resembling in the heaviness and depth a fur of fine ctter or sealskin. The furs which will be most popular this w'.nter will probably be those with a cIos*\ soft surface, like seal-skin chinchilla, oiier and beaver. Pearl beads, siik and silver thread, and cord are combined in the embroideries that ador.n the taWiers and accessories of the richest bridal dresses. A i entirely new thing in brocades is crtam-whir& satin with brocade figures ?^ representing peacocks, whose widespread p'umage glitters with tinsel threads. The silk and satin with cloth applied upon is, in snch a way as to simulate a figured stuff, is now varied by using cloth a shade or two barker or lighter than the ground. ^ ? ? ] 1 -ir* ayr? ay~a n*f Y"?)tiqT> Xiit? WOJ c* Xlx uiiiiiuw; anl silk, with plush leaves. K>ses, __ ^ chrysanthemums, pansies and nasturtions are favorite models and come in sataral colors. Worth believes in matching things. "When he sent out a gown with the bor* ? <:ers of its draperies cut it into H 'ongu.es, he puts scalloped frills into th^ throat and wrists. Egyptian hfa?:s are tie rewesfc ornaments for bract I elf. The he^'d-dress > may be simply indicated in colored gold, or may be enameled and set with rabies and diamonds. t A new thing in bridal garniture is ; the combination of locust flowers and 3 thp conventional orange blossom. The O - 7 foliage of both the locust and the 1 orange is nsed with the flowers in 5 these garnitures. * A new model for a mourning collar " is of fine plaited batiste, and is so wide " that it might almost be called a cape. 0 It forms a double standing rnffie about => the heck, and is fastened by a piece of s ribbon tied in front. 0 Cloak clasps made of Roman gold 2 and lapis lazuli are very fashionable. v The stone is of a dark bine color, mot1 : tied with brown, and it is from this ! that the much valued pigment calied ' ?u : ? Uiiiitiii.auLLC is luaur. if Pretty nets made of silver or gold threads, and also silk nets with golJ beads threaded in the meshes, are being worn once more by very young ladies 3 In silk they cime in shades of brown, e auburn, golden color, and black, tc if match the shades of the hair. J- Girdles of plush, velvet or moire art revived. Tuey are fastened front anci back with silk lacings, and upon the 'f left side is placed a sash of blaefc ; watered silk ribbon, among the loops t of which is gathered a mouchoir pouch f about eight inches deep, e ! . 1 . "Whipping in the Old-Time School. A public school fifty years ago was a . very different affair from what it is now^ ad ays. s Upon my word, when I think of the ^ whirminer that went on dav after dav in Z ? ? V V j the old Majkew School, I aru astonished at it. Yet, with the variety of corpora] g punishment so freely bestowed, there e was mingled a sort of ghastly sportive element, a grim humor which did not always commend itself to the percepr i tion of him who received the flaggellaj ; tion. A merry conceit, for instance, ^ was that of Master Clougli. j That ingenious person would direct a J culprit to stand upon the platform, neai t the desk, and without bending the e knees, touch the floor with his fingers. Then a smart flourish of the rattan and 7 a sudden blow would cause the unhapt P7 youth to involuntarily resume an s upright position with diverting rapid? ity. It was really very amusing (to Master Clougb). Sometimes an offender I* would be asked by one of the masters s which instrument of torture he would choose, the riding-wliip, the ruler, or 0 the rattan. Whichever he seemed to s prefer was not the one used, but one of the others would make him smart. " mi.;., l-'i.l _ .1 . , , J. I215> II ll.it? ULUAUQtZ wuuiu xia * C7 a. ? ful moral influence upon the scholar, e teaching patience and resignation un, der disappointment. A pleasant illus' tration (to the teacher) of the irony of g fate was shown in another way. When r the stock of rattans ran low (and thai r was not seldom) some -victim in disj grace would be dispatched for a fresh supply, knowing that on his return he would feel the first stroke of the rod With what ingenious refinement of torture the victim was thus made to find I the weapon that should wound him! t There was another clever diversion of r our kind-hearted masters which in sum: mer, when the days were long, occa* 11 X ? 1 ^ sionany oroiie Tine mcnowuy ui sl-liuuis boy life. Sometimes, of a sultry July afternoon, a tired scholar, overcome by t the heat, would find the sound of voices I in the room grow fainter and fainter, his head would droop and finally sink npon his desk, and he would quickly be j. in the pleasant land of dreams. Then ; it was that the master, seizing his rat, ( ran and stealthily yet joyfully striding _; across the rows of desks, would give the ~ ] sleeping wretch such a rousing whack ; as to astonish, and confound as well as [ suddenly awake him. L I confess that these diversions of the . pedagogue were not without their at5 traction for us who looked on and saw i-'urv aawii'aai r\f i luc i'uiiiibai vi vjllv vvjo ^ whose fortune it was at the moment to be . under discipline. The fact that our I turn might come next did not prevent [ us from finding what entertainment vrc might in **hat our master evidently enjoyed. None of U3 had yet read the 1 maxims of the cynical La Eochefou" i cauld, but we realized that under cer". tain circumstances there is something ' in the misfortunes of our friends that gives us a certain sort of satisfaction, j Those were indeed days when flogging was administered in no homcepathic doses, but with a most heroic fullness of practice. I once made a carej ful estimate of my own experience in that way, and came to the conclusion that I bad averaged about a whipping and a-half a day during my connection with the Mayhew School. Of course we became somewhat inured to this ronzh treatment It was considered 0? ? ? the proper thing to suffer with Spartan , firmness, and lie who while laid across the master's knee could calmly make comicil and derisive faces from his ig; nominions position, for the entertair. ment of his associates, without having his attention diverted to other parts of his body, -was accounted a brave fellow. Then there was a superstitious belief that by layirig one's eyelash in the hand ' i that was about to be feruled, the ac'! cursed wood was sure to be shattered on coming in contact with thy m2gic hair. But I never saw one shattered. ?Boston Transcript. i A Mexican Hotel. The following sketch presents a marked contrast between the Mexican hotels and those of the United States, where a guest might breakfast on greenbacks, if he ordered them and was willing to pay for them : A Mexican hotel furnishes loggings only. You engage your room by the day or month, and you get your bed and toilet. Of course we ring for the icewater, and the waiter brings us water without ice ; we ask if we can't get ice and are told that we can if we send out and buy it. Before going to bed my chum bethinks him of his physic and asks for warm water, the waiter can't get us any ! warm water, because the only place to get it is at the bathing establishment, and that is closed at 9.30. We need a spoon and send a boy for one; he returns and reports that the restaurant is closed and the cafe wouldn't trust him with a spoon. I go down to the cafe, when the proprietor, a very polite Frenchman, says: <;I am very sorry to give you the tremble to come down stairs; I am very glad to lend you anything in my establishment, but I have lived too long in this country to take the word of one of these fellows for a spoon." Cause of Slovenliness. Undoubtedly many women who are not slatternly by n-iture become so on I accornt of the unvarying routine of domestic life. They lose interest in acts continually repeated, and slight small duties. Perhaps the housewife does not sweep her rooms so thoroughly to-day because the operation must be ronoo'o.^ fn.mftrmw nnr i^nsf, Kf> nnr. ticalarly, since dust, unlike her coffee, has a trick of settling often. Why should she take unsparing pains with food which is to be eaten as soon as it is out of the oven, and not by visitors either, who would credit her with skill ? Or why be "fussy" about the beds that are to be tumbled iu a very few hours ? A1 the same time, what is worth doing, at all, is worth doing well, they tell us. Why did she undertake a business for which she had no talent, and in which she finds nothing congenial ? For whom does she seek to make home attractive? Is it not worth while to persevere in her irksome routine for the sake of thjse she loves ? For that matter, is not life ifsAlf monotonous? A certain suicide made the excuse thai the routine of sleeping, dressing and eating?indeed, of life in general?was too wearisome for endurance, and so quitted it. A Maryland ox tried to toss a baby carriage and broke his neck. Anybody who has ever found one of the things at the head of the stairs in a dark hallway, late at night will believe this, and consider the ox a fool for tackling it. j > l f i Joseph Bara, the Child Hero. The statute of the child-hero, Joseph j Bara, has been erected in the church ! square at Palaiseau, on which a chateau of the Condes, in which he w*s born and reared, looks down. Joseph Bara's father w&s a woodranger on the Palaiseau estate of the Condes. and his mother was a domestic in the chateau. She was a widow when her son, at the i j age of 12, enrolled himself as a volunteer. His head had " taken fire " at a ,. patriotic meeting where Carnot's appeal ' for 450,000 men was read before him. The bov learned .to play the fife and drum, and furbished tne arms and cleaned the horse of a major of Spahis who had fought in India under Bussy. . This officer "le petit tambour "followed to La Vendee. To harass and throw the enemv off the track, this maior , often sent Lis little drummer running through the bocage to beat here and there the drum cr sound the fife. Bara > was one day surprised by a band of ' peasants. He was a boy of delicate ' features and aristocratic air. The Ven> cleans thought him some nobleman's child who had been perverted, and told ' him that if he cried " Vive le roi!" they ^ would let him off. He answered by beating his drum. "Are you deaf?'' : roared a country brute, who took aim 3 at him. "I'm a republican," replied the boy. " Ah! young brigand, have a care ! Give up your drumming and, like us, cry, ' Vive leroi!" "Vive la ! republique!" cried Bara. Twenty fire, locks were discharged at him, and he fell dead. Horrified at the execution, the Vendeans fled. But some of them , returned, picked up the corpse, and res[ pectfully bore it to the camp of the blues. The convention decreed a pen: sion to Bara's mother and ordered that I an engraving of the little drummer's execution should De made and hung up in every primary school to show what a child can do when inspired by a noble sentiment. Chenier, in "Le Chant de Depart," alluded to Bara's execution, and David (d'Angers), who found one of the engravings ordered by the conven! i tion, chose his death as a subject for , his chisel in 1837. The statue at Palaiseau represents the youthful hero in the uniform of v. hussar. A drumstick : has fallen from one of his hands, the other he still holds. The boy has been j struck with the 20 bullets, but the expression of heroic exaltation still lingers in the delicate face.?I'a 11 Hall Gazette. The Tet Pig-. At this moment there exists in Lithuania, on the estate of M. le Comte de , ii purciua uiiiiiiitJ posing ms me at full liberty under the happiest conditions. But that pig had a "happy thought," he appealed to the sentiment , of "Noblesse Oblige," and well deserved his freedom, for destined in early infancy to form a dish which is a special mds dc predilection at a Polish dinner , table, the little animal, escaping from his murderers by some fortunate chance, ! contrived to take refuge at the feet of his master. Knife in hand, the cook ; , followed to gain possession of his victim, but the Count, with true chivalry, j declared that piggy, having appealed , to nis protection, snonia never De, killed, and accordingly, after being fed j upon the best Musky (Italian paste) and j miik for some days, he was sent off to ! the country, established as the children's playmate, and still remains in the same capacity, giving from time to time the oddest examples of intelligence and bonhomie. While on the subject of ; fortunate sucking-pigs, another may be mentioned, whose cleverness was so great, and his training so perfect, that he formed one of the principal attractions of a well-known liussian circus proprietor. Among the crowds which daily visited him in Moscow were four voung officers, who made a ! 1J --A Z ! wager mas tuey ivuuiu eat me icameu pigling, and having nothing better to I do with their money, laid down 2,000 | rubies, the price demanded, and ordered him to be sent home. The dinner . took place amid much hilarity; but i although the young scapegraces had { supposed their intention to be carefully concealed from the circus master, he had been quite wise enough to ?nd it out, bad dispatched them a succulent, but perfectly ignorant little squeaker, j and made the best of bis departure, i with the real simon pure and a sum of : money equal to more than ?1,000.? I The London Spectator. ? The Judgments of Women. In a conversation we once held with j an eminent minister of the church, he : made this fine observation : "We will , say nothing of the manner in which the i sex usually conduct an argument; but . the intuitive judgments of women are : often more to Le relied upon than the conclusions vhich wc reach oy an elabI r.rafn -rwnor.ci rtf rPQcrvmnc men who has nn intelligent wife, or is accustomed tj the society of educated women, will dispute this. Times without- numi ber you must have known them to decide questions on the instant, and with ! unerring accuracy, which you have been j ; poring over for hours, perhaps, with no | | other result than to find yourself get- j ting deeper into the tangled maze of difficulties. It were hardly generous j to allege that they achieve these facts less by reasoning than a sort of sagacity which approximates to the sure instincts i of the animal races; and yet there I seems to be some ground for the rei marks of a French writer, that when a j man has toiled, step by step, up a flight i of stairs, he will be sure to find a | woman ^t the top; but she will not be able to tell how she got there. How she got there, however, is of little mo; ment. If the conclusions a woman has j ; reached are sound, that is all that con-1 , cerns us. And that they are very apt j to be sound on tne practical matters 01; domestic and secular life, nothing but j prejudice or self-conceit can prevent us ! from acknowledging. The inference, therefore, is unavoidable, that the man who thinksic beneath his dignity to take counsel with an intelligent wife stands in his own light, and betrays that lack of judgment which he tacitly attributes to her. Origin of au Arab Proverb. The proverbs of a people are often i illustrated by or take their rise in stories i of a humorus character, and Arab prov| erbs are no exception to this rule. Here, says a contemporary, is an instance. There was a certain shoemaker named Honein, and an Arab came to purchase a pair of shoes at his shop. The usual bargaining begun, tie cobi bier asked twice the proper price and tU8 ueaouin onering nan ; me son 01 the Desert, however, was. impatient, and, before the proper mean "had been arrived at, gave up the garc.e of haggling, and went off in high dudgeon. Honein resolved on revenge, and, hurry ! ing forward on the road where he knew the Arab would have to pass, he threw j down one of the shoes. Presently the ; Arab came up, and, feeing the shoe, j said to himself: "Ejw like this is to j one of Honein's shoes ! If the other j were but with it I would take them." j Honein had meanwhile cone on further ; still and thrown down the other shoe, j hiding himself close by to watch the; fun. "When the Desert Arab came to j the shoe, he regretted having left the first, but, vring up his camel, went j forth to fetch it. Honein at once. m/Min+ml orrl rr>./1o nff fieJ with the exchange of a camel for a j pair shoes. When the Arab returned on foot to his tribe and they asktd him what he had brought from his journey, j he replied, "I have brought back nothing but Honein's :;hct?." And the saying became proverbial for a bootless j errand. The Shah of Persia lately underwent j the operation of having a tooth extract- i ed. Prayers for his safe passage j through the ordeal were offered up in the mosques, and he made his will and took an affectionate farewell of ail bis : wives. Happily, however, lie survived ' the pain and Lis faithful subjects1 showed their thankfulness by sending him congratulatory offerings amounting to nut less than 3,000 ducats. An observing lanndrrmau has dis- ; covered that the time for him to catch j soft water is when it is rainiag hard. THE HOME DOCTOK. For. a Cough.?A great many people i 1 ; at this season of the year never fail to j : suiter irom coicis ana cougns. Here is . a simple remedy i'or a cough and said i to be a good one : To cnre a cough * roast a lemon very carefully without P : burning it; when it is thoroughly hot, c ; cut and squeeze into a cup upon three 1 ounces of sugar, finely powdered. Take ! a spoonful whenever your cough troub- 3 les you. It is as good as it is agree- * able to the taste. I Kerosene and Salt fop. Diphtheria. s ?A correspondent of the New York Sun 1 says: "In 1S62, on a plantation in ; South Alabama, where there was great difficulty in securing good medi- r cal advice, I saw a whole plantation of c. blacks, as well as the white members of a large family, successfully treated for ? diphtheria with kerosene oil and salt, js used thus : Every patient was given a ; ? lump of rock salt about the size of a p ; boy's marble, and instructed to keep it j c I in his or her mouth, swallowing the t i salty .saliva. At the same time the ^ i throat was rubbed with kerosene oil, 1 j and a flannel saturated with kerosene ? I kept around the neck until the symp- t i ioms were abated or entirelv none. If * I necessary, mild cathartics were given. \ ' Not a case was lost, and there were ) ; fully 100 in all on the plantations. Simple Remedies for Emergencies.? 1 i Very few young mothers are able to con- s : trol their nerves so completely as to j j keep from being startled when con- c | fronted by a cut finger with dripping i ; blood and the lond cries that announce I J a catastrophe. Sometimes f-ho cannot s collect her thoughts sufficiently to re- t call any of the good remedies with i which she is acquainted. One way to c avoid this is to write out a list of help r in trouble, and tack it upon the door of c your room, after the manner of hotel ] regulations. There i3 nothing better 1 for a cut than powdered rosin. Get a I few cents worth of rosin, pound it until a it is fine, and put it in an empty, I clean pepper or spice box with perfora- r tor? tnn t.l-.on vnn r>qr> OQsil^r sift. it. rmt r on the cut; put a soft cloth around the 1 injured member and wet it with cold 1 water once in a while. It will prevent e inflammation and soreness. In doing r up a bnrn, the main point is to keep c the air from it. If sweet oil and cotton c are not at hand, take a cloth and spread t dry flour over it, and wrap the burned \ I part in it. It is always well to have x | some simple remedies in the house 1 where you can get them without a mo- t ment's loss of time; a little bottle of 1 peppermint, in case of colic, chlorate t : of potash for sore throat, pepsin for in- t i digestion, and a bottle of brandy. Have a ! them arracged so you could go to them i j ! in the dark, and reach the right rem- i: ; edy, but be sure you never do it, even i; > if you know they have not been distur- r ! bed ; always light a lamp or the gas, d : and make sure that ycu have what you I ! are after. Here ember that pistols are a ; always loaded, and that poison may be f ! put in place of peppermint. fc -1 I V The Grass Crop. ? A question widely discussed involves ? the relative value of the wheat, cotton, tea and hay crops of the world. Which : of these products involves the greatest ? amount of the world's capital? It is ^ said by the 11 Hay liejiorter" that hay leads the rest, and the items that enter ? into the account as stated are f omewhat ? startling. Cotton and tea are local ^ crops, while hay is produced everywhere j the world over, and the hay crop generaliy outweighs either of the other two. 1: The aggregate reported value of all / farm products in the United States for 1870 was 12,477,?38,65S; but as this 13 includes additions to stocks, "bet- ^ terments/' etc., it was probably too high then, but the census of 1SS0 will a no doubt show even larger figures. ' Now. the hay crop for 1870?that is, the a grass dried or cured for use or sold?is ; D reported at over 27.000,000 tons. This, ! a at half the selling price in the large J cities, would amount to ?105,000,000, j J and is far greater than the aggregate ! f1 liome value of the cotton crop or any ? i other crop. Bnt the "cured" hay is ^ but a portion of the grass crop. The 11 other portion is used on the ground, v and it^requires considerable calculation a to get at the value so used, even in the ' roughest way. In the first place, live stock, including s horned cattle, horses, sheep, swine, etc., P to the value of SI,525,000,000, were fed ^ from it that year. Averaging the lives * of these at 5 years, we have one-fifth of a that sum as representing the grass fed n to them in 1870?viz, $305,000,000, n next, we find the value of animals a slaughtered for food in that year to be ^ ?309,000,000 ; and as this is an annual * product, the whole of it will for the v present be credited to the grass crop ; ^ nATf ttp finrl f-.ViPi lm+.t.pr frmi r>.f ^ 1870 was 511,000,000 pounds, which at ? the iow average of 25 cents, amounts to $128,000,000, and this goes to the r credit of grass ; next, we have 225,000,000 gallons of milk, which average 11 at the low estimate of 10 cents ? per gallon, adds ?25,000,000 more to the ^ credit of the grass crop ; then vre have ~ 100,000,000 pounds of Tool at 25 cents ? per pound, adding $25,000,000 more, " ana, finally, 53,000,000 pounds of ^ cheese at 10 cents, adding over ?5,000,- ^ 000 to the total of these credits to the ^ grass crop of 1870, which aggregates Cl $8S7,000,000. K Now, says the Hoy lieporter, let us " add the value of the "hay" crop as n given above?viz: 8105,000,000?and 0 we have a grand total for "hay" and j S the products of grass consumed on the ! t ground amounting to 81,292,000,000. " This is, of course, subject to deduction, as ! the meat, butter, milk, cheese, and the I s] wool-prcducing animals consume other food besides grass and hay. To make [ ample allowance for this, we deduct the entire value of corn and oats of c< 1870, estimated at 8270,000,000, and T{ this leaves a remainder of $1,082,000,000 to be credited to the hay and grass crop of that year, when the reported aggregate of all farm products was n $2,447,528,658. If our estimate makes ^ even the roughest approach to accuracy, _ the value of that crop was two-fifths of the aggregate value of all farm pro- ~ ducts, and hence we may infer that two- " fifths of the capital then invested in P! agricultural pursuits was devoted to w the grass crop, and this in the United States equals (in round numbers) " 34,575,000,000. A Melodic Cat. ^ I knew a cat, many years ago?a black F Tom?rather heavy and dull in its-ways h< for the most part, but with two qualities very strongly marked?love for music cc and affectionateness. He knew good ta music from bad perfectly well, would sit on the step of a piano with great! te content and purring, so long as a capa- | w ble performer was playing, and if the ; esecation were very good indeed would w testify Lis delight by arching his tail, si walking across the kejs, and sitting to down in the performer's lap. On the ! gi other hand, bad playing always drove j him away, and I remember there was j M one member of the family whose per- af formance always sent him off in disgust, yf So much for the artistic side of his tern- V: perament. Now for the affections. His t-n mother was always very fond of her ai kittens, and used to sit over them very tt? closely during the first early weeks of I at their lives?too closely, her son thought, - c? after he crew old enouerh to consider : nr about things. So I have more than ! wi once seen him go up to her, as she i ra nestled over the young ones in the j lo: basket, and apparently whisper some- j wi thing; whereupon she would get up, j "e stretch herself, and go into the garden j in for a little fresh air, while he got into j tb her place and iay over the kittens to j th keep them warm till she came back, | so when he resigned his charge to her I br again. I regret to say that he died, still j an a comparatively young cat, of distem- j r.a per.?Spectator. ^ j at ! i+i j;y contracting a at ?ro congn an i ccuu, [ was conipellcl to ^ive up my daily work :t:i l i fca keep to the house. A neighbor re.-um-ncnded ; EX 11:0 to try a bottle of Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup. ' ba It was procured and used ; to ruy astonishment j dr relief was instantaneous. * j m; Ed'.y. W. Claxtos, TVaverly, Md. 1 gr ; j an liiii ?i BOMB?nBgaEOt?g?aa?eaaMBPaMrMi CAPTAIN PAUL BOYTON. 'raveling Down the Yellowstone and the j >flssouri Rivers In His Rubber Suit? ! Scenes an Adventures. The following letter from. Fort Yates, ^a?ota, oy a j>ew xoik nercua corres-1 >ondent, gives an interesting account i if a trip made by the -adventurous Capain Boyton along Western rivers : When I met Capte-in Paul Boyton at i Sismarck, D. T.. or* Thursday last, he : lad jast enjoyed i night's rest after > >addling from Glep&ve, on the Yellow- ! tone, a distance ff about six hundred niles, and waa pnpparing to enter the ! rater on the following day. "I never navigated such a savage ! iver in all my experience," said the ; :aptain, as he passed his hand over a i ace burned to a 3eep brown by the .un. "Nothing bat mud and snags and ; and bars, and a current that runs like ' . millrace. I stained from Glendive on ; September 17, as I could go no higher ; >n the river, the witter there being only I iighteen inches deep in the channel. | ietore i leit, tne oaugnter or uenerai Merrill decorated my boat, 'Baby Mine' ma the garrison fired a parting salute. Ui day I experienced great difficulty in unning, by reason of the lack of water n the channel and the number of rapds I met with. Repeatedly I had to spar' myself over rocks on which I prounded. It was folly to attempt to ocate myself on the map, and I don't ;ee how the government surveyors can >retend to map out the changing course >f either the Yellowstone or Missouri ivers. That night I camped out and milt a fire out of driftwood. While I lept a noise disturbed me and I awoke o find a large elk pawing the water lear by. I fired a shot at him and gave hase as he bounded away. "When I eturned I was horrified to find my pad11 U, J V,,. 4-1, ? T LIS UUillCU 111 IWU UJ tilC IliC. A ?ao .00 miles from the nearest house, but I ashed one ^blade erf tho paddle to a >ranch of a tree and got into the water .gain at daybreak. It was hard work, ! tell yon, struggling along in such a iver with a paddle little better than nothing, but I kept right at it all day ong without seeing a human face cr learing a human voice until the slightist sound that broke the terrible stillLess seemed like sweet music. No one an appreciate how utterly lonely a man ;an become when floating through hese immense solitudes. Sometimes I rould sing my paddling songs to keep ip my spirits, but the echoes which the tills and ravines sent back were so reird and unearthly that I preferred to tear the cackling of the wild geese cr he whistling of the wind through the rees. Well, I camped on a mud bank ,t nightfall and slept the sleep of the ust until five o'clock on Monday mornng, when I put on my suit and slipped nto the current again. One of the cuious sights I noticed was the abun[ance of coal on the shores. For hours ! would shoot past cliffs that towered bove me in some places two nundred eet high, and through the face of the luffs, over which vines trailed their right leaves, there were veins of pure slack coal, from four to twelve feet in hickness. Now and then I would atcli a glimpse of a deer cutting up ;racefni antics on a sand bar, but a smile blast of my bugle would send him iff like a flash toward the nearest timber. On the sides of the hills, or buttes, s tbey are called, herds of buffaloes, ntelope and mountain goats browsed; mt I was too anxious to make good ime on my trip to think of hunting. )uring the day my suit had a hole torn a it by a snag, and although I was prety near to the shore the water was up o my neck before I could land. After aaking some needed repairs the journey ras resumed. "An hour later I was coming around point of timber at a swinging pace, ?hen I heard a sudden noise cn shore, nd looking up I saw on the bank above :ie an Indian, who had me covered with rifle and was just about to fire. New, never boasted of my knowledge of the ndian language as an accomplishment-, or all I knew of it was the word 'How,' iut when I saw that 'buck' looking over is top sight so complacently I stood ip in the water and poured forth the rhole vocabulary, right tnere and then, nd supplemented it with a tremendous rhoop. The gentle child of the forest Doked' as though he had forgotten omething in the woods, or had an imicrtant engagement on hand, for he Dwered his rifle and beat a retreat that rould have done credit to a professional thlete. I don't know which of us was lost scared. At six o'clock in the eveing I entered the Missouri River, and few minutes later I was being enterv nod by the hospitable cflicers of Fort Sufcrd. The next day I continued the vjagi?) c4.ulfFcu *Ti.ujn a* Ai.t'*T ^uuui^j | iade by one of the soldiers at the fort, aving first set the flag of 'Baby Mine' t half-mast when I heard the news of 'resident Garfield's death. I made a an straightway down the river of thirtyiz hours incessant paddling, and dur3g tne whole time the only incident of ote was the meeting of the steamer Iclipse, which I passed on the second ay. In the night it was difficult to eep in the channel of the river, and y as I might I would, every once in a rhile, find mjself struggling in a net ork of sand bars; while the position as made more hideous by the infernal j *1 ir> /-? /"if rrcmocx ttrlllAO rnco ir? I lyriads from the water and bars, dis-1 irbed by my approach. That same j ight I was almost sucked into the bed i t the river by a quicksand on which I: ot. Two hours of intense anxiety, and, J w?s going to say, agony, were spent I i freeing my legs from the embrace of j ie sands. On Thursday I camped at mdown and built a fire, but notwithfcanding the fatigue incidect to the mg ran and lack of sleep I could not 1 lose my eyes for the howling of the 1 jyotes in thi surrounding woods. The 1 ;>yage was very monotonous until Sun- '< ay, when the Berthold Indian Agency 1 ppeared in sight. A bugle blast brought j 1 at the entire Indian population, who | in along the shores evidently much j nazed and excited at my uncouth at re. When I landed at least a thousand i 1 idians surrounded me and asked ques-1 ! rvns in own ton??ne. which I i : riefly answered by saying "How." The i ost trader extricated zne from the j hooping and gabbling horde and led < io to his storo, where he informed mo lat the natives considered me "good ledicine." I guess he must have ol d j ie trutii, for everything movable that possessed was stolen for talismanic < nrposes. Next evening I arrived at i ort Stevenson, and last night I got i are as tired as a xfian ever was." t "I have come from New York to ac- i )mp*ny you down to Sfe. Louis, Cap j) * l T ,io, saiu ?. j "Good. Nothing will please rue bet- < r than to have a Herald man along ] itli mc. But how will you travel ?" 1 I pointed to a folding canvas canoe, i hich Boyton examined with a profes- t onal eye. "That's a rather frail craft i light snags with," he said, "but I 1 less you'll weather it through." ? The nest day (Friday} we entered the 1 Issouri, at half-past two o'clock in the i ternoon, and shot along on the turgid, i illow stream amid the cheers and well 1 ishes of the Bismarckians, with over 1 ro thousand miles of hard paddling 1 id countless unseen difficulties before 3 !. The Missouri Biver is as change i iIp as human nature. Tha whole course t 1 the water will often change in a night t id cut away miles of the bank against t liich the swift current runs. Any i nchman who has unluckily built his i g house on that side of the river will 1 ike up and find that it is a rsmarkably 1 :okl day" for him. As the sun sank ? the vest the battes which swell above 1 e horizon began to assume hues of t e most indescribable beauty. Not a 1 ? -nd could be heard in the gloaming ; r. it the calling of the mocking birds j t d skurrvincr of <reese and ducks. Fi- i < ,l]y nigJit set in and we went ashcre : c half-past eight o'clock. And what a f ore it was! Mail, mnd, nrad. And j ( ;cliy, mnd too. At the first step I sank f .If way to my knees, and considered j t 7self lucky when I scrambled tip the I .nk nnbnrt. There were heaps of t iftwood in all directions, and in a few 1 inntes the captain had a pot of fra- < ant coffee and a pan of sizzling bacon j i & * ^ - on our camp fire. We slept in the mnd. j I have not space enough to describe it. j1 Sunrise found us on onr "way agam. c Paddling a canoe is an occupation which : c has been lauded to the skies by enthu- j t siastic sportsmen who liave plenty of i ? leisure, but I take this occasion to re- 1 c mark that racing after a veteran paddler i t is rather laborious fun. The break of j day revealed the wild scenery of the I Missouri. Eanges of buttes stretched j ? away until they were lost in the dis- ! 1 tance, and from every gully purling j a streams flashed and bubbled along. The i c bushy banks fairly blushed with the' I glory of autumn, and vines hung among i the trees like curtains of the richest j patterns. Game of all kinds seem per- j fectly fearless at one's approach, for the j hand of man has never dethroned nature ' here. I shot a large badger banks ' of the river in the afternoon. It was not until midnight that we landed, and after supper stretched ourselves on a mud bank and dozed until morning, when the journey was again resumed. c At ten o'clock we saw a man standing * on the west shore and shouted to him, but when he grunted forth "How" we turned avay in disgust. A minute later we saw an Indian enca upment on the side of a hill and the white teepees nestling among the trees made a very pretty scene. The wood piles on the river and general signs oi civilization warned ns that we were approaching a I town, and as we rounded a large bend i in the Missouri, Fort Yates and the 1 Standing Eock agency came in full ' sight. A shot from my rifle drew a i swarm of Indians to the banks, and f such a bewildered and confused set of people I never saw before. Some of them, thinking a bad spirit had arrived, fled from the place. The captain fired a heavy detonating rocket and the sav- i ages halted, while they watched the black "animal" in the water disappear in smoke. Then, as the rocket exploded in the air with a terrific report, they ducked their heads and ran toward the fort like a flock of frightened sheep. The officers of the fort were very kind c in their reception. Curious Creatures in Chesapeake Bay. ! The waters of the Lower Chesapeake and its tributaries are filled with living things, among which are many strange creatures. Not the least curious of these are the jelly fish, or, as they are termed by the native, "stinging nettles," which may be seen in countless numbers floating *ith the tide or draw- ! ing themselves slowly through the water, apparently by suction. I have spent hours watching these strange little monsters of the sea, and yet to one v who has never seen them I fear I shall not be able to describe them s > as to j give him an adequate idea of their real j ; appearance. In the water they have I . the appearance of an open, shallow bag, j j or pouen 01 aencaseiy ana oeauuiunj j 1 wrought white lace; the larger ones are about twelve inches across the mouth of the pouch and sis inches deep, fully 1 expanded. In the center of the bottom of the web is a star with foar points measuring about two inches across. 1 The edges of this pouch are beautifully scalloped, and surrounding it, an inch r from the edge, is a narrow, closely woven belt or cord, which acts exactly like a puckering string to this bag. 1 The animal has the power of contracting and expanding this cord with a regular motion like the rapid breathing , of a child, and in this manner it moves , itself in the water. This is all there is 1 of the creature, and it looks, a3 I say, exactly like a shallow bag of beautiful J uesign, which the water keeps expanded ~ to its full size. Where the exact seat of life is I don't know, unless it be in the beautiful star which fonns the cen- j ter of the bottom. The animals vary ( in size from one to twelve inches across, 5 and the water is full of them. Fished i from the water in a scoop net, they 3 come out a shapeless mass of slimy jelly ] without life or motion. If, while bathing, they come in contact with your 1 flesh, they burn you like fire and leave , the skin red, as from an ordinary scald. ] Another species, known as "blood- ( suckers," are more like a ball. Thev are the size of one's fist, with a cup- ( shaped mouth like a straw, which con- j tracts like the other variety, and they < have three long flexible spindles of a l reddish color pendant from their bodies, | At night, the larger of the kind first described throw off a phosphorescent j light, e.cp?2ially if disturbed, which gives them a still more peculiar appear- J ance in the water. Another interesting feature of these waters is the number and extent of the schools of alewives ( which can be seen at any time in calm weather. Often a school of them cover an acre, containing tens of thousands of fish swimming rapidly along so near the surface that their backs are half the time out of water as they closely follow the erratic and ever-changirg course of their leaders. These fish do not grow very large, those that I have seen being only from five to eight inches long; but the water literally swarms with them. They are caught in the spring in vast quantities in the seines and used to fer tilize the land. Another peculiar fish is the gar, small specimens of which can be seen at any time from the wharves swimming alone: tli6 surface of the water after food. Those thus seen are ' not often more than a foot long, and * one of them of this length will not be larger around than your finger but as ronnd as a pipe stem. The head ter- I minates in a slim, sharp bill, which ^ constitutes just one-tbird of the length, j. That is, a gar a foot long has a bill four inches long, exactly the shape of a I snipe's bill. It attains a weight of ten } pounds. The sea turtle is another <strange bird, as an Irishman would say, ! <_ and a great delicacy for the table. They ! 1 are quite plentiful about Hampton and ^ Old Point. I saw one brought into Old Point in a fishing boat that meas- . ured a little over three feet in length md two and a-half feet in width. You :ould hear him hiss half a block away. Ihey have only an upper shell. Paris Crime. I \ The other night two young cierss j L were playing billiards in a cafe of Boulevard St. Germain, and talked freely of their concerns without heed- t] ing a man who seemed asleep at an ad- ? joining table. One of them said to the 1! Dther: ? " I have just inherited S400." ii "Oh! then we are going to have a ti [oily time of it." c "No, no! I will not touch one cent df that money. It is still in my lodg- d ngs, safely hid in a chest of drawers w inder my shirts. Tc-morrow I am going :o carry it to the stock broker and buy .1 (iireea. (| A few minntes afterward the sleeping J man woke, rose, took his hat and went )nfc. An hour afterwards the clerks paid for what they had taken, took their aats?one of them, he \?ho had inher- {r !ted $100, found that his hat lad been ; ? ;aken, probably by the sleeper, and j $ mother left in its place. As the hat ; p: .eft was just as good as the hat taken, j ind as the former fitted him quite as ! \\l veil, he bore the exchange philosoph- j o; .cally and jogged home. He had no j >ooner entered his locl.gings than he saw j ? ;hey had been entered with false keys, j v? lis of drawers broken onen and j lis $400 stolen. He did not sleep that j light. The hat left him did not alto-1 jether suit him, so he went to his hat-! ;er to change it. His hatter told him! ;hat the evening before a man had come i :o the shop and had said that he had nadvertentlv taken a gentleman's hat, 1 E tnd seeing the latter's name inside, he I lad called, thinking the hatter might . je able to.give iiim the owner's name j _ md address that he might restore ilie t lat-accidentally taken. The hatter gave | he name and address. The burglar ? secured $400 by the information given. ; ? n,Q l-in rrrKit's: Kof ttfl 5 1 ??{f With the hat- H ;er, and a new hat selected. After the | ? ;]erk left the hatter took out the lining | ;f the bnrglar's hat and to his surprise | ound under it a letter, hearing an ad- \ }ress. He read it, and found it was \ 'rom 3 bargl-ir, promising aid in a con- g emplated burglary which had been \ planned by the person to -whom the let-, ! ,er was adiixessed. The hatter took the | etter to tie'-, police and told what had ? rroi jS^fnre sunset both burglara i ? ycie afrested | hi n ife ) ~ -v 1'' Two old ladies, evidently from out of own, were walking along the street one lay last week, when one of them dis.overed a bunch of bananas. Stopping o look atthem, she adjusted her glasses md exclaimed: "Well, I do delare, if them ain't bigger string beans han I ever saw in my life." Five hundred thousand tons is said to >e the annual production of coffee, [here is probably ten times that .mount consumed, through the aid and :omfort afforded by chickory, t>eans, >eas and similar seductive adulterants. Mr E Purc<"ll, of No. 11 Ann street, N*e;v York, used St. Jacob? Oil for rheumalirriu with entire relief, writes a New York journal.?Richmond (Va.) Christian Advocate. A Massachusetts judge has officially uled that the ringing of a church bell ,t 5 o'clock in the morning is a public tuisance, and that if people must worof +T-iafr Tinnr flie-c mrtaf sn TritVi. >ut disturbing their neighbors. It would be supposed from its popularity that only one substance is known to the world for the relief of rheumatism, and that i:> St. Jacobs Oil.--St. Louis (Mo.) Dispatch. The word "Bedlam" came from the English. In 1547 London founded her irst lunatic asylum and called it Bethehem. The name was soon shortened to 'Bedlam." The inmates being very ioisy,the place was spoken of as "a perect Bedlam." Never Rerarn. It is said that ono out of every four real invalids who go to Denver, Col., to recover health, never return to the East or South except as a corpse. The undertakers, nest to the lictel keepers, have the moat profitable business. This excessive mortality may bo prevented and patients served and cured under the care of friends and loved ones at home, if they will 'out use Hop Bitters in time. This we know. See other column. .Rashness and naste mase an tnmgg mse:ure. Poverty nnd BNtres*. That poverty which produces Ihe greatest fiistress is not of the purse but of the blood. Deprived of its richness it becomes scant and ivatery, a condi'ion termed anemia in nioilical writings. Given this condition, and scrofulous swellings and sores, general and nervous debility, loss of flesh and appetite, weak lnngs, throat disease, epitfingof blood and cons:implion, are anions the common results. If you are a sufferer from thin, poor blood employ Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery," which enriches tho blood and cures these gravi affections. Is more nutritive than cod liver oil, and is harmless in any condition of the system, yet powerful to cure. i>y urusgisrs. Life is too short to be worn out by petty rorries, fretting*, hatred and vexation. " Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellet-* are sngar-coated and inclosed in gla-s bott'es, their virtues being thereby prc.-erved m. impair cl for atsy len-^tlj of time, in any i-Iimare, so thai they are always fresh and reliable. Xc cheap wooden or pasteboard boxes. By druggilts', Lf.t those who judge the character of others lear ever in mind their own imperfections. As a tonic and nervine for debilitated women nothing surpasses Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. Dv druggists. Speech is noble only when, like an honset tioney. it represents tnc gotu ui wougm. " Jloiisrh on Knts." Ask druggists lor it. ;t clears onirats, mice, 'oaclies, bed-bugs, Hies, vermin, insects. 15c. ?3"Pocket Scale, 2oc. Howard 3IPg Co., N.Y. Impure Blood.?In morbid conditions of tli blood are many diseases; such as salt rheum, riug-worm, boils, carbuncles, st.-rp?, ulcers and utuples. In this condition of the Mood try the '?'f.okt:>e, and cure these affections. As a Mood-puriSer it has no equal. THE MARKETS. l NEW YORK. IJeef Cattle? Med. Xat live \vt. 7%? 12V, halves?Good to Prime Veals.. 6 % 0ys >beep 3%@ 5% jamba 7 lugs?Live 6 @ 6% Dressed, city 8 @ ^ fyi flour?Ex. State, good to fancy o t>o (j? ? zo Western, good to choice 6 10 @ 9 00 iVhoat?No. 2 lied 1 401 *2 No. 1 White 13^J @ 1 40 ??ve?Prime State 1 00 @1 0-1 Barlcv?Two-rowed State 90 ? 90 ^orn?UngradedWesternMixed G2 @ G 3% Southern Yellow 72%@ 73 >ats?White State 51 @ 55% Mixed Western 45 @ 48 lav?Prime Timothy 105 @110 straw?No. 1, live 80 @ 85 lops?State, 1881 22 @ 30 ?ork?Jless, new, for export...17 75 ?18 00 Lard?City Steam 1120 @1120 Kelined 11 50 @11 50 ?etroleum?Crude 6%@ 7% ; llefined 7 %@ 7% Sutter?State Creamery 25 @ 36 Dairy 22 @ 28 Western Im. Creamerv 21 @ 30 * ix 17 Cheese?State Factory , a ? 12,3? Skims 3 ? 9 Western 8 ? 12% Sggs?State and Penn 27 ? 23 Potatoes?Early Kose.State.bbl 2 50 ? 2 50 BUFFALO. Jtocrs?Extra 6 09 ? G 40 jambs?Western 5 23 ? 5 75 >heep?TVestorn 4 50 ? 4 SO logs. Good to Choice Yorkers.. 6 09 ? 6 20 Hoar?C'vGround, No. 1 Spring 6 75 ? 7 23 Yheat?No. 1. Hard Duiuth 1 50 ?150 ,'om?No. 2 Mixed 05 V?? G5*.j )ats?No 2 Mix. West 49 ? 50 Jarlev?Two-rowed State 90 ? 90 BOSTON. 'eef? Extra plate and family.. 14 50 @15 00 logs?Live 7 ? 7?4 logs?City Dressed 3%? 9 'ork?Extra Prime per bbl 16 50 ?17 00 'lour?Spring Wheat Patents.. 8 50 @9 25 | orn Mixed and Yellow 72 @ 75 | )ats?Extra White 55 @ 57 j iye?State 115 @ 115 Vool?Washed Comb & Delaine 45 @ 46 Unwashed " " 31 @ 32 j watertowx (mass.) cattle market. k-ef?Extra quality C G2%@ 7 25 j ilieep?Live weight 3 "fie 5^ j ?ambs C,'4' j logs, Northern 8y/<? S;'* I philadelphia. 'lour?Pciid. Ex. Family, good 6 57%^ 6 >71< Vhoat?Xo. 2 Eed 1 30%@ 1 43' I lye?State 100 @ 1 00 !orn?State Yellow 71 >ats?Mixed 00 @ GO >utter?Creamery Extra Pa. .. 37 @ 38 I Iheese?New Y'ork Fnil Cream. 1 14 j ^frnlnnm C mrlo fU/Y/> 7V llelined ri%% j 'or Cancer ami Cancerous Hnmors. The Doctor's Certificate. Head it. Ashley. Washington Co., III., .Tan. 14, 1STS. Mb. H. K. Stkvexs?Dear Sir: This is to certify li.it I had been snfferinz trotn Rose Cancer on civ ;?ht breast, which srew very rapidly, and all my | lends had given mo up to die, when I heard of your iodic inc. Vetfetine, recommended l'or Cancer and anccrous Humors, i commenced to take it, and )oi; found myself beginning to feel better: my ealth and spirits both felt the b' liipn influence hich it exerted. an<l in a few months from the me I commenced the use of the Vesetine, the ancer came out almost bodilv. C AERIE DK FORREST.. I certify that I am personally acquainted with Mrs. i eForrcst, and consider her one o: the very best of I omen. De. S. H. FLOWERS, j WHY WILL YE SUFFER? Fke Priceless Vegetine. CANCERCURED. Washington*. D. C.. -Tan. f>. issi. ' Dr. H. R. Stevdns.?The preat sympathy 1 have rothers who arn sufferers tr.un Cancers and ('an- I :rous Humors, impresses me that it is my sacred i lty to write to you. although a stranger to me. j nr two lnriLT . errs I suffered and eudur'-d the most : linl'ni tonii'-nts s'roin (,'an;vr of the r.rwtsr. use dci:ed the <-tl'.>r:> of tlif-T-ost pll\si.-i:tu:-. I trie:] 1 any nnr-dies. when :i ;^e;it!einan in ! !;: <?it h y husl.vind advN< d hiiii to try your prieeSrss j ric: he l>r.>n>r!it Loinu a l.v.ttJe. Before taking half : ' th<- tin t botUc. I '.vi II air^lits. I c-'>ntinued kin;: the jraininjr < v<rv 'lay. I have h'-n is iiottlrs. 1 am ufH* f-ntir-'iy -..red: n--t a <if ju> flsswasw lel't. I wish ev ry "?? eon'.d ; i<?\v >vhat aK?<<:l medicine if N : >r diseases. | nir name will never be lorv"tt*-ii. >!av God ever ! ess. nuide and protect yon. i> the earnest daily | aver of Mr..t. E. A. SKIVIXGTON. I 717 O SJrcei, Northv.--.-T, W.isbinston, D. C : Vegetine. PREPARED BY [. R. STEVEN'S, Boston, Mass. j i/egetine is Sold by All Druggists. 1 I . . " 'J"" s Damazlcsr a Reputation. The reputation, originally good, of many proprietary articles,, is in some instances dami a^ei by that most egregious of all business ! follio*. flamboyaut advertising. The public 1 soon becomes disgusted with an article coa[ cerning which statements are made with the I evident design of ^ hoodwinking it, and is | nauseated rather than imposed upon by reck; less claims to impossible merits. It has ever ; ber-n the aim of the proprietors of Hostetters ! Stomach Bitters to make the published aliega| tions relating to it conform with reason and , rirov?n That thev hava succeeded in this laudable design is shown by the fact that ; their remedy is not only popular, but widely j respected.. Experience "without the aid of bombast has demonstrated that it is a tonic of i the first order, a safe and thorough remedy for 1 and preventive of malarial diseases, a salutary ! anti-spasmodic and remedy for debility, and a j capital corrective of disorders of the siomacb, ! liver and bowels. Just as sure as a man accumulates bad liabi its, the time comes when they are a nuisance i to him. " " Ton Don't Know Their Valn?\" They cured me of ague, biliousness and kidney complaint, as recommended. I had a | half bottle left which I used for my two little j giils. whom the doctors and neighbors said could not be cured. I am confident I should j have lost both of them one night if I had not | had the Hop Bitters in my house to use. ' lound they did them so much good I continued I with them and they are now well. That is ! why I s*y you do not know half the value of Hop Bitten?, and do not recommend them highly enough.?B.. Koch ester, X. 1*. What novelty is worth the sweet monotony i -where evervthinc is known, and loved because j it is known ? ~ rv The Bern Proof of Merit Is uniform success, and on this basis Warner's Safe Kidney and Livor Cure is without doubl one of the greatest remedies in the land. The obscurest sayings of the truly great are often those which contain the germ of the profounaest and most useful truths. Pubs Cod Liver Oil made from selected livers, on the seashore, by Caswell, Hazaed & Co., New York. It is absolutely pure and sweet. Patients who have once taken it prefer it to all others. Physicians have decided it superior to any of the other oils in market. A million bottles of Caeeolixe, a deodorized extract of petroleum, will produce new hair on a million bald heads, whicU is something that no other preparation ever discovered will do. A FAIRY AFLOAT The following description of the fairy vessel renresented on this T>a<re is from, the Cincinnati Commercial: The hull is of the finest selected -white oak, braced, bolted and riveted in the most skillful and workmanlike manner, and is 64 feet in length, 14 feet breadth of beam, 2* feet depth of hold, and draws twenty inches of water, i She carries a tubular boiler, and two beaut ij ful little engines, made expressly for her, j by the Ohio Machine Co., Middleport, 0. | Tho dimng-rooni is situated between the i boiler and engine rooms, and is artistically ! grained, with frescoed ceiling. It is furi nished in tho Queen Anne style, and the I silver, china and table linen are of the finest j character. The pilot-house, cabin, main xtlon and Captain's office are on the saloon I dock and are luxurious in their furnishing and decorations. The saloon proper is fresvo d and gilded in Enstlake style,'^ind the ll.)>ringis covered with Turkish carpet The furniture, in raw silk and walnut, ol the Queen Anne pattern, like that of the. dining-hall. and rich curtains of damask complete the impression ofa veritable floating palace. The four state-rooms, containing two berths each, are also carpeted with Brussels and handsomely furnished. The boat belongs to and was built under tho directions of Messrs A. Yogcler & Co.. Baltimore, Md., for their own exclusive use upon the Ohio, Mississippi and other Western rivers, and Is run by a picked crew of officers and men in their employ. The object of this little steamer is to carry neither freight nor passengers. She was I built for the firm above named, to be used | exclusively by them for distributing their I iirintpd mnttpr in the river towns for St. j Jacobs Oil, the Great German Kemedy j for rheumatism and other painful ailments. ' XYX U??16 Payne's Automatic Engines. i Reliable, Durable and Economical. viU furnixh a i horse power tc'.Ui ,4 lex*fuel arul water than any oilier Engine Ouilt, not fitted with an Automatic Cut-off. Send for Illustrated Catalogue "J," tor Iniormation & Prices. B. W. Payne ^ Sons, Bos g"<0. Corning, X.Y. <4ff\ j "fry Ifyon enjoy a lansh heartee IJ & Then read onr Science in Stomp tOl Sammy Tubbs and his Spousie, Tlie Boj Doctor & Trick Monkey; The author, E. B. Foote, II. D. Illustrated contents free. /. But if you're fond of lots o' fun, <rJustbuythe Polyopricon: ^For Marfc Lanterns are outdone. gTlie Poly, is a iricture-jrun ?For photographs of any one. ? lUintKA V HILI. PUB. CO., Box 7SS. New York Citv. WELL-BORING,^^ m a be SQM3 aav aaikWj 1NGMACE1NER1 end how to use, (8 folly Illustrated, explained tod highly recommended In ASSI*?**! A?71CuitU?i2tj Nov. No., 1S7S, pajo ^ Send for 11. Portable, low price*!, wo? ked by nan, bo rse or ateair powor. Needed by farmers In every county. GooJ business foi Winter or Rummer and very profitable. Makes wells In earth ox rock anywhero. We want tbe names of men tbat need wells. Send stamp for illustrated price list and terms to Asenta. Morco JteiL C:^,_23J&o St?et, KevYeri, T7.S. A. Wanted?Agents f< 'n?c Hardened lirel inn! Sole Protector. It doubles theweai of a boot; curved plate, Pud bent barbed fastenings; rreat?st noveltv; simplest and most useful patent on earth: two sizes": soils at siphr: bis profit: trial pair 10c. two pairs 15c. Address TV. P.Whittier. Biddeford, Me. j M f Ji PJ T E S1"M" ?1 a7-el i Bcci-iosrcr:, Person, SalMsffl.^fsituatlons Guaranteed. Address with stamp, COBB'S COLLEGE. Painesville.0. ?STEC!STSJ IS MinilTV. Tb'"orj a?: *>.<1 S ilU 1 n nnly" lT3f.MAKTI.NU llySml / ' Sp?r.i?h Se*T *u-l Wirard w;ll for 'St e?6U with *se. / v fcc?-[.C. color of eres, unrt lock of hair.^en-1 % Cokkkti _ ^ 1 predicted, w:th nirae, time wi'i pJ?ce of and date of oartucf. Money returned to all sot u:uf.e*l. Addrttt Prof. L. Martinet, 10 Moct'j PI. Boston, Mm. ^gg?flT ; CHEAPEST TiGOKS IN THE TiTORLO j ilaciuiay'sHU-?J| Taine'8 History of III tuLde3 . cory of England. FjSn^. Literaturj, l 1'jre ujj teriftm 3 I "> !'ss 12:ao vols. I I l2mo vol. hnnii&omely 11 tutrw~;?t clotb; onl v S'J.UO*"' bound, for ouiyii>rtC '? i'rtt. >?AS HATTAX BOOK CO. is W. Hth St.. X.Y. P.O. Box 4M0 Sm-tt a ^ar and expenses to | ? AGENTS. Outfit free. Address B 1 IP. O. Viflicrv. Auginia.Me w /t I vu fVfX1 W WANTED to se;| Stationery OA.i^.E401J.L.EiJ.* Goods on commission. Send stamp for forms. PHlENIX PL'B. CO.. Warren. Pa. A MONTH-AGENTS WAf<TED-90be?c ?> filing artlclesm the world: 1 sample free. Address Jay Bronton, Dorrt.it. Yn 11NR M FN 11 >'ou would learn Telegraphv in i uunu mi_n fonr months, and be certain of a situation, address Valentine Bros., Janes viile, Wis. A GENTS WANTED for the Best ana FastestvJftlUniT PiMori?>l WArtt?an?1 ttiMos. Pri/vxs TWIIHWI Si per et. ' National Publishing Co., Philadelphia. Pa. c CC ? week in vour own town. Terms and $5 outfit v?" free. Add's B.hallett&Co.,Portland.SIaine. XT7 A rpriTT^C! Catalogue free. Address, Standard W JX J. American Watch Co..inmburs!i.It. {7*\ "B"TT^?*S3 Revolvers. Catalogue free. Addmt, r-^V S?J AM Great West. Gun Wor'?.?. Piit?tmrrh. I*a. SlRtn $90 per day at home. Samples worths." free. $\J iU AddressStinson &C'o..l'ortland.Maine. Improvements?New Si THE MASON & HA Whose cabinet or parlor organs have won highest hc TRIAL EXHIBITIONS for FOURTEEN' TEARS (being the OH of such at any), have effected more and greater i>ra< in the last year than in anv similar period since the I year? since: and are now otferinj: organs of higher i medium and smaller st'/les of improved quality, ar NKW ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE. :st> pp.. 4to.: is n-. trating more than 10d styles of Organs. This, with a?l about organs t;en*?r:illv. which will lietisefnl to even.' < r-'i'l. Address MASON Ar IIAIIMN ORGAN < street. NEW YUKK: or U'.t Wa'.nish Ave., C'HICA(R>. pEgi o. lIgelTs asth Pi li-vlng struggle,! Qu ye?:s between Ji!e and d sleians and receiving no benefit. I wag cerojwll* fj" /gSSS'v** day and nljht pulingfor breath; my auff<-:tn, \'ig$?3g?\*ii myii!f hvr .mpnciidinc roots and herb* and! cw" WONDERFUL CURE ASTHMA "r CAT in FIVE MlNUT?S?!">lL?PA:i-3tCAU'*,! <Jowu &ft?Ti;.-iux<>:ic H'iMoftkboxcAa retora tn? rc: ranc your a.Mrt*? for a trial pucka-* FREE ?j-^~ LgZ ' caat?!Klitbvni ill on re !nt of the price SI .< H prtrtor. TToo*!rr. Oh:^. or ALBERT IMSARD. JIanarer. 46 A; ?&,yg?*i'. ^ ^?^gg^ggs8S!^cgat!5ayHa ijftfc ELE6ANT CHRI gHBagMaaar MBMBM Send one three-cent stamp t< Jj*g(y "will send you 1:.' assorted elega nothing:, and in return I shall < fPgr enclosed with them. Send the ggg|| State which set you wi ESS%k prgiwn Bo Yon A SPIUXG SCALE THAT CAN B1 thfsf. errs akk wffiKH If you cannot find one in your town send ns 25 cei by mail. HOWARD ^l?jj mwm 1 B ^X|8f AM ,;gg | #|?pfe8jk :M | (TbiaeniLun^s is a heathystite.) i SIMDAl BEMEBY i IN MANY HOMES. >J For Conchs, Colds. Croup. Bronclii'N and all ] other affections of the Tlncat and LUNGS it stands unrivaled and utterly beyond all competition. < \ nr nnMTMPm HASIS M Ill UUX1WU1IU ill il Uii-Vijy It approaches so near a specific that "Ninety-five" ^ per cent, are permanently cured whore the direc- ?- i lions ar<- strictly complied with. There is no chemical or other ingreilients to harm the youuu or old. AS AN EXPECTORANT IT HAS NO EQUAL! IT CONTAINS NO OPIUM IN ANY FORM! ^ - /.$ J. N. HARR5S & CO., Proprietors, CINCINNATI, O. FOR SALE BYALL DRUGGISTS. TWC^DOLLARS. A NEW DEPAETUEE ij 1 DEMOREST'S! _ % Illustrated Monthly MAGAZINE. | The Largest in Form, the Largest in Circulation Vl And the best in everything that makes a magazine desirable. Demorest's Moathlv Magazine presents a grand combination of the entertaining. tne useful iM and beautiful, with stories. essa>s, ;>ocms, fashions, ^ family matters, art critiques, lovely oil pictures, steel engravings. and orherart features. . 0^2 Send Twenty Cents for a specimen copv, or subscribe six months on trial, for ONE DOLLAR. TWO DOLLARS A YEAR. There is no publication so cheap or so good in tfsC world. For circular of full particulars, address W. JENNINGS DEFOREST, 17 East 14th Street, New York. tsrVolume 18 commences with November, 1831. | The ^Purest and !>est Medicine ever Hade. mm I Acolmbination of Hops, Buchu, Man- j S drakfie and Dandelion, witu all the best and j I most cluratjve properties of all other Bittera, r' ?i-thAcr-PAMst Blood Purifier. Liver jj ReguEestorinr 3 Xo disease <^W an possibly long exist whzrt I S Bitters ire us\e<?so varied and. perfect are their ft ' V.'.-j I Thoj gire re- li Ve scirijcrtatic aged ;:i i^rs. B A I To all whose e%mPl0J"mentsca,lse irregulari' 9 jW| 0 ty of the bowels or\ urinary organs, or -who re- fi 1 quire an Appetizer^W. Tonic and mild Stimulant, I I Hop Bitters are inval^uable' without intOX- B I fl No matter what your fe\elings or symptoms ( | B are what the disease or ailwoent is use Hop Bit- I 9 tt;rs. Don't waituntilyoua?re sick but i; you I g only feel baa or miserable.? ^ them at once, I g It may save your life.Ithaslsaved hundreds. | B 0 $500 will be paid for a c&flsc they will not 1 * j H cure or help. Do not suffer %?rlet your friends j 9 suffer,but usean>t nrtre llieni%i10 U;<e Hop B ; jj Remember,Hop Bitters is drugged I gi 1 drunken nostrum, but the Purest^^a- a d Best zj Medicine ever made ; the "KVaud^^k KEEEXd H and HOPE" and no person Or family^. a should be without them. i?n?. l irry^t. fy&S* fl D.i.C.is an absolate and irresistible euro B M forDrunkenness, use of opium, toliacco andSfiv?^'' a narcotics. Ail sold by drugsrists. Send B S* ^2SS g for Circular. Hop Bitten Hfp. Co., M Rochester.?^ and Toronto. Orit.^ jgSjelS h?g? iamiacM! i ??p||g ind Wholesale Sepat, 465 FULTON ST., f Tg*BS?>ln BROOKLYN. Important to tie Mis of America, 'M The MOST MARVELOUS INVENTION in tho WORLD is the "W1LSOMA" MAGNETIC ?2 GARMENTS. They cure EVERY FORM OF DISEASE known to man, without medicine, chances of diet, or oonipa- _* ?( tion. 200,000 PERSON'S, once HELPLESS IX VALIDS, are now rejoicing in the blessings or RE- jSMi STORED HEALTH, Sb/EZ All checks and poatoffice orders for " WILSONIA " snits must be maae pavable to W1L WILSON, 4C3 FULTON ST.. BROOKLYN. f ^ S^ud lor circulars, price list and other memoranda " regarding the "WILSONIA." we Rive from the list of thousands of " WILSONIA" A patients the following ' ? REPRESENTATIVE REFERENCES: '-/TJ. Hon. Horatio Sevmour, Utica, N. Y.; Hon. Peter Cooper. Hon. Thurlow Weed, Commodore C. K. Garrison, General S. Graham, .1 ndj?e Levi Parsons,- of "j N. Y. City: J. B. Hovt (merchant), Spruce St., X. Y.; D. V. Fairweather. (merchant). Spruce St., N. Y.: E. B. Stimson (merchant), Spruce St., N. Y.: Thomas Hall. 184 Clinton Ave.. BrookUn: Colonel Bavard Clark, 34 E. 49th St.. N.Y.; Hon. John Mitclicll (treasurer). Brooklyn: Mrs. R. Roblyi'J.1 Wvekoft'Sf..B'klvn. 5,000 A son Is W.intc<l for JLifo of -.-iaj J.JS3UD I It contains the full history of his noble and eventful life an?'. iastnr.Uy assassination. Surgical treatment, ilMth obseonies. etc. T!i" best chance of , . our iite to jnr.k" money. Beware of " catchpenny " imitations. This is the oniv authentic and lully iliustratedlife* ! our Sfartyrcd President. Fine steel portraits. Km ra terms to affents. Circulars iree. Addrtw NATIONAL PUBLISHING CO., Phila., Pa. Pni>ou-?* I'lsrasitivw Pill* makic^i and will completely change the blood in the en'ire s stem in three months. Any person who will ;ak -< ne ; i!l each night from 1 to 12 weeks mav be restore! to sound health, if such a thins be possible. Sold everywhere r,r sent l>v mail lor 8 letter stamps. A I. S% JOHNSON & CO., Boston* .Ma-.-,, foi iiirrly Hnngor, !>lc. ?5 Free!Cards! Free! | We 'will send free by ma il a sample set of onr C or- fl man. Trench. English and American fancy cards,it h a price list ot over a hundred different designs, on receipt of a stamp for i>ostage. They are not advertisinc cards, bi:t large. fine picture chrotr.o cards, on "Ji? p>ld,s:lvcr and tinted grounds, forming the finest col- ^ lection in the world. We will also inclose a confidential price list of our large and small chroir.os. Address 1'. GLEASON & CO.. 4G Summor_St..Boston, 5Iass. PI.AYS! PI. AYS! PLATS! PLATS! For Reading Clubs, lor Amateur Theatricals, Temperanee Plays, Drawiug-Room Plays.Fair-Plays. Ethiopian I'l.'ivs. Guide Books. Speakers, Pantomimes, :/M Tableau Lights, Magnesium Lights, Colored Fire, Burnt Cork, Theatrical Face Preparations. Jarley's Wax Works, Wigs. Beards, Jloustaohf-s. Costumes, M Charades and Paper Scenery. Xeu- Catalogues sent free, eomaining f:ill description and pri<-es. ISA >1- rSm 1T.1.1'KENCll A- >()N. 3SF.. .4th Sr.. Now York. MA Affc SOLD!!! AGENTS WANTED 401 / fTVBMT* Profusely illiixtratfd. The fnilu complete work yet out. Sale is immense. 50,000 sold. Outfit 30c. Address C. R. BLACKALL & CO.. 25 Great .Jones Street, Xcw York City. A It FIELD.--Agents wanted for Life of Presi- ^ / VJdent Garfield. A complete, faithful history from cradle to grave, by the eminent biographer, Col. Con- <? \ well. Books all ready tor delivery. An elegantly illustrated volume. Indorsed edition. Liberal terms. Agents take orders for from 20 to 50 copies daily. Oats<-lls anv other book ten to one. Aseat* ncvormad" money so last. The book sells itself. Exivrience not necessary. All make immense profits. Private terms lreo. Onor.uKhTixsox & Co.. Portland. Maine. _ q 7 O A WKEK. $12 a dav at home easily made. Costlj x - Add's True & Co.. Angusta.Maine. /.* hrrloc "ftT a-rrr f!o+o1/\rpnc uj autj jl? v tt vcilluivg uu* MLIN ORGA^I CO. J? NOES AT EYEET ONE Of t'uC GREAT VTOKT-D'S IXDCS.ly American organs which have lx-on found worthy mcALLY TAtcisu mi'eovi:mknts in their Organs irst introduction of this instrunr-at bv tVr;i, twenty ^ ' ' acnubotand enlarged capacity; also popular 5 id at lower prices: $-J2, $.>4. &V) and upward. A >w ready (October. 1SS1), fully describing and illus: pritvi. and circulars contaiuiu ; sa.-h information >ne thinking of rurchasin?. will lie seut/rce and post- ,? JO , 134 Trcmont Street, 1WST0N: 46 L;ist 14th psfS rata with ASTHMA or PHTHISIC) bfcialEeM Puyjl-K f ddarinjf ti? luft nvo > .,: s o: lay IHnni to ?itcn icy ciiirg J f* w*re beyond <5?*.-rff.*i<jn. !n <!c3f?;.' r oafi r nh?l:nst)iemc<l(ctn<!t:.i'r obtained. I firtunatr!y<liiccver?.lK f fiffl ARRH, warranted toc.eni..ntt.uW/ornoj.'.c oi A'fhrcatt to rc<.t ?i.4 sicca corafoi ubly. Any pvrs^a not fully *a:isi.-dg of charge"' SU.u.<1 jonr drugti?t &..t k--p rrncir, iM 'i )0. tvrsale fcy ail D; Jit&zttaD. LiXQELL, ttor Hook OBifrt. Xcw Vcrit City. Qj J 3i00A"BQ8"F0B jg'' <| 3 pay postage and packing, and 1/ B nt cnroaio can!*. or a set of "> vrut r* ' wfcu ivinjr you those oiepunt cards for -j?* ;xpect you to read the document ? ? 3-eent stamp to ! ^ jjj rest, 57 East 11th St.. New;-York. sh, or if you re<:uire Ijothrscts eni Want % E CARIIIED IN* THE POCKET? j ,F. r.EPRESENT.VTTOXS OF uaiMSTicsm I oners and Hardware Dealers, - M it* f n postage stamp* and we will Strnc*. Jl fir** J rn oui *> - (* uvt r,ew VCTL "301