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Life and Death. What is tbo life of man ? A passing Bhade Upon the changeful mirror of old time ; A bcto leaf, loDg ere autumn comes decayed ; A plant or tree that scantily reaches pi ime; A dewdrop of the morning, gone ere noo . A meteor expiring in its fall ; A blado of grass that springs to wither A dying taper on a darksomo pall ; The foam upon the torrent's whirling wave ; A bird that flutters on a drooping wing ; A shadowy specter o'er an open grave ; A morning glory's moments in the spring ; A breaking bubble on a rushing stream ; A sunset after storm, an erring angel's dream. Wbat is this death wo feax ? The peaceful cloaa Of st?rmy life?of reckleeB passion's sway ; The veil that mantles all our careB and woes ; The heavenly ending of an earthly day ; The crown of time well spent, the portal fair Which opes the way to never ending joy ; It sets the captive spirit free as air, From all the fetters which on earth annoy. What is thin death ? The sleep the pilgHm takes After much weary travail he has known, And whence with renovated power he wakes, His soul more mighty for its slumber grown; The glorious conquest over human ill; A spirit's joy which death can never kill. ?New York Evening Post. FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD. Hrntilblc Farm Note*. The earlier spring wheat is in the ground the better. Now that the new process of grinding has been brought into use, the value of extra spring is equal to that of the best fall wheat. It is as easy to produce extra wheat as No. 3 or rejected. The whole difference is just that between careful and slovenly farming. Perfectly clean seed, of a pure variety, and well prepared ground, will produce first quality of wheat; but with foul seed, mixed with oats and rub bish, as we sow, so we reap. Minnesota farmers are making a world wide reputa tion for their wheat, which is now sought in foreign markets, by producing a superior sample. This is worth making n. nnfA nf_ No stock should be allowed to -wander over the meadows. This is doubly in jurious. It destroys the gTass and spoils the appetite of "the animals for dry feed. Nothing is gained, but much is lost by this practice. The ground is also "poached," and quagmires are formed in low springy spots where the first grass appears. Mares in foal should not be tied up in fcheir stalls, but kept in loose roomy stalls not less than 9x11 feet. It -would be far better if no horse were kept in a stall of less size than this. Some horses will not lie down in a narrow stall until forced by fatigue, and many wounded hips and backs are caused by contact with the walls of narrow stalls. Brood mares may be worked lightly; they are better for the exercise. A feed of car rots, rutabagas, or sugar beets, daily, will be useful, or instead of these a quart of linseed oil meal, with their usual feed, may be given. Costiveness in any breeding animal is to be carefully guard ed against. A calf should never be allowed to buck u 11 is possiDie k> avoia 16. as SOOU as its coat is dry it should be taken from the cow and put into a stall next to her, where she can see it. This is better than separating them altogether, unless -the calf can be removed entirely to where the cow cannot hear it. A calf may be taught to drink in one lesson if patience is used, and it has not sucked the cow. It should have the fresh warm milk for a week, then warmed half-skimmed milk for a time, and finally warmed skimmed milk. While the weather is cool, the milk should be warmed and given a little sweet; well boiled linseed meal gruel is an excellent addition to the milk. A farrowing sow should be littered with chaff or finely cut straw in a dry warm pen. It would pay, where many brood sows are kept and early pigs rnico/l V>ni7A a nt/WA in fVin nio'ororv vx, ^ r4oovv Highly bred pigs are often tender and delicate, and warmth may save a litter that would otherwise be wholly lost. Generally, a close warm pen will be sufficient, as few other young animals are better able to take care of themselves than pigs. The draft upon the nursing ewes should be met by a supply of nutritious food. Tho kind of food should be suited to the kind of sheep. Merinos will con sume corn without injury, but the heav ier bodied sheep will do better on a mixed food. A bushel of corn, with the same quantity of oats, or rye and bran, ground together, and mixed with a bush el of linseed oil meal, is a good feed for nursing ewes. One pound a day, with some cut roots or a few potatoes, will help both ewe and lamb. A run in a AA*r> efnKVvlii ar* flna ^otto rrnll V?o im??Tr wxu oi/uvyio uu mio u?jo nui uo *Cij j useful for the whole flock, but uot if there is deep snow upon the ground, or the soil is muddy. It is now time to set hens for early ohickens. Warm corners in the stables or barns may be appropriated for this purpose where the other poultry are not permitted to go. The nest box may be carried there quietly at night and the hen left undisturbed. The advantage of having loose nest boxes is, that the box and its occupant may be moved to wherever it is to remain.?Agriculturist, j A Fetv Illnts. Smoky Walls.?W. W. A. asks the Tribune how the Bmoky smell can be re moved from a room where green wood has been used and the vapor has con densed. The room is perfectly sweet till a fire is built in the stove, when the smoky odor becomes disagreeable. Probably if a coating of whitewash hav ing copperas dissolved in it were ap plied to the room tbe odor would dis- j appear. Copperas is a great destroyer of bad odors. Lemon Cookies.?Five eggs, one cup of butter, one pint of white sugar; grate the rind of two lemons and put into the flour; squeeze out the juice from the lemons into a cup, and dis solve in it two teaspoonfuls of soda. Stir in flour, as long as you can stir with a spoon, then mix soft, roll thin, and bako quickly. To Make a Cup of Tea.?Have the teapot perfectly clean and dry. When time to make the tea set the pot on the stove and heat it hot. Then for two cups of the infusion put in a heaping teaspoonfol of tea, cover it up, and heat the dry tea through; th< a pour over two cups of boiling water, 1< ave the pot on the stove just a second for one good boil up, remove immediately, and serve. To Clean Black Cashmere.?Wash in hot suds, with a little borax in the water; rinse in bluing water?very blue ?and iron while damp. It will look equal to new. Biting the Nails.?A simple remedy for biting the nails is quassia. Wet the fingers and allow them to dry; if tasted it will be a bitter reminder. I gave it a trial and it was effectual. Cocoanut Cake.?Half a cup of but ter, one cup of cold water, three of flour, four eggs, and a measure each of acid soda; grate one cocoanut, saving out one-quarter of it dry to put upon the top layer; to the remainder add the whites of four eggs, beaten to a froth, and one tup of pulverized sugar: put the cake into four flat pans, and as fast as each layer is baked, take out and place one u^on tne other, spreading the cocoanut between. Apple Tapioca Pudding.?One tea cup tapioca, salt, one and a half pints of water, let them soak two hours; six ap ples?pare and take out the ooree; put them in a pudding dish, add one teacup of water and bake on the outside of the stove until the apples are tender, then fill the holes with sugar, in which grate | nutmeg and lemon peel. Pour over the i tapioca and bake in the oven one hour. ) To be eaten witli butter and sugar sauce. Thrash In Horses. J. H., Manchester, N. H., writes to the Times as follows: I have a mare ten years old, with foal, that has got the thrush in all four feet; has probably been so for two or three years; has been treated with various remedies, including treatment by a veterinary surgeon, with out the slightest benefit. Is there a cure? Reply.?The cure for thrnsli is to in ject into tho diseased frog a few drops of mnriatic acid daily for a few days, and filling the cracks with tow, steeped in a solution of one part of acid in three 1 parts of water. The sole of the foot j should be well washed previously in ; j soap and water. The cause of this dis- ( j ease is the horse standing in moist, | warm manure or on di'mp, filthy floors, : by which the sole of the foot is injured. ! It is also an effect of navicular disease. I In the first cas9 it can be cured; in the latter it is incurable. Hotbeds. | The best material for hotbeds is horse manure well turned and mixed with about one-third its bulk of oak leaves. Another excellent mixture is the above with cotton waste, one half waste and leaves, the other half manure. The middle of March is the proper time to start the bed in Northern States, and a mild day should be selected for the work. Dig a pit about three feet deep in front, eight inches deeper at the back, and six feet wide.? This affords an op portunity for adding linings if it be deemed necessary, when the heat in the bed decreases. The Spring Fashions. While the polonaise and other varie ties of the princesse are considered first in stylo for spring wear, says a fashion journal, tabliers and overskirts are by no means out of date. New models in these aie offered, and show the straight effect (produced by reducing the full ness and by slight draping) seen in the Dolonaises. For the most part Paris dresses corns with the overskirts fasten ed on the underskirt, and not in separ ate pieces. One arrangement seen had the back portion of the overdress made with the breadths cut very slanting at the lower edge, the longest side being towards the right; this was raised in four or five large loose folds, and but toned to the tablier part, which extend ed well over to the back. Another model had its tablier trimmed to give the appearance of having been divided in three parts. The Juiva overdress has made great advancement in favor, and is seen for dinner dresses, in brocaded silk or damask, worn over velvet, and in grand reception toilets, where it is cut with a low bodice and fastened on the shoulders by jeweled ornaments. Corsages still fit closely and have a seam down the middle of the back and one or two side pieces on each side. The only change made in them appears to be that the unbecoming seams carried into the shoulders are discontinued. Tlie cuirass basque etui prevails, ana is invariably longer at the* back and in front than at the sides. Pointed bod ices are not much worn, excepting for low dresses. . Low dresses, by the way, are being less and less worn; bodices ooming up about the neck being often seen in regu lar evening toilets, and elbow sleeves quite as often as the short ones. In trimmings, fringes will play a con spicuous part, as will also, the creme laces. Fine plaitings remain in style, but the coarse ones are newer. Models seen gave one row of fine and then one of coarse above it, and so on in alterna tion. Gathered ruffles, showing but lit tle fullness and narrow, are also in style. Ruffles finished about the bottom with a French hem, and put on in groups of nniTow plaitings reversed at the top, is still another new arrangement. In placing the trimmings on the skirts, the imported patterns show a tendency to diagonal or curved arrange ments, as draperies formed of two or three upngnt tolas, nnisnea at tne low est edge with fringe placed diagonally across the front; one side beginning at the waist, to be carried quite over the front and side breadths and then fasten ed under a long, narrow train. A Bold Attempt. The Oswego (N. Y.) Times says that as the passenger train from Charlotte, on the Lake Shore road, was coming to that city, a peculiar smell was noticed by Mr. F. P. Eagle, who was a passen ger on board, and on looking around he discovered that a strange appearance of stupor had come over all the passen gers. His suspicions being aroused, his action was prompt -and energetic. He was not long in discovering the cul prit in a suspicious looking character who occupied a seat in the rear end of the car. He lit upon him at onoe, and discovered in his possession a curiously constructed tin can, and demanded to know what he had in it. "Coffee," said tho fellow, with the utmost effrontery. "I'll coffee you," said the Oswego nian, as his olfactories took in a full dose of the anaesthetic, which was fast escap ing. . "Here, conductor I Help! Up with the windows! Seize the rascal! we are all being chloroformed ! It's the same fellow who chloroformed and robbed a whole passenger train on the Michigan Central last week!" The now thoroughly aroused passen gers sprung from their seats, the win dows were put up aud the doors thrown open, instanter, and as the train moved along there was enough of the pure air forced through the car to counteract the effects of any quantity of the stupefying ether. The culprit was seized by Mr. Eagle and the conductor, and his "can " was i found to contain enough " coffee " to have stupefied a dozen car loads of pas A vote of thanks was tendered to Mr. Eagle by the gratefnl passengers, who felt that they had been saved from rob bery, if not worse evils, by his remark able self-possession and prompt meas ures. Catholic Population. Some facts that illustrate the relative power of the Protestant and the Roman Catholio churches in the different parts of the United States, have been gathered from the census of 1870 by the Mefho dist. It thus appears that the single State of Massachusetts has more Roman Catholic sittings?130,405?than the twelve Southern States, Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, tho Carolinas, the Virginias, Tennessee, Texas and Mississippi, which have 105, 365 Roman Catholic sittings. The four Southern States, Kentucky, Missouri. Louisiana and Maryland, have 294,905 Roman Catholic sittings, but the whole of the territory of the Southern States has a smaller Catholic population than the two States of Massachusetts and New York, thus: Massachusetts and New York, 401,700; sixteen Southern States, 401,110. The State of Illniois has more Roman Catholic sittings than twelve Southern StateB, while "Wisconsin has 104,100 Roman Catholic sittings to 105,365 such sittings in twelve Southern States. Lire Within your Income. You cannot make people honest by paying them large salaries. Our pub lie servants were less suspected, and a l^s number were guilty, when the sal aries were smaller than now. It is liv iug beyond income that ha3 been with most defaulters the first step, and we say in all earnestness that in every case liviDg beyond income was needless and criminal. The great body of the peo ple are in no mood to be trifled with by puerile pleas about social position and beautiful extravagance. This kind of life is essentially vulgar because it lacks the highest culture, which is self con trol and self denial. Damage by Snowballs. The question of responsibility for damage done by the snowball of the small boy has recently been before the English courts. A London summary ; of the case says : "The county judge had held that the trustee of a free school was responsible for damage done by the boys attending the schools in throwing snowballs. His judgment was set aside, and Mr. Justice Blaokbnrn said that the county court judge, in his anxiety to do justice, had extended to schoolboys the well-known doctrine applicable to dogs or other beasts accustomed to bite man kind." Two hundred and fifty thousand gal* Ions of beer are sold in London daily. MAKING STEEL RAILS. An Interentlng Dpxcrlption of a Visit to Rolllnc Mill nod what wns Hren There. A correspondent who visited a rollir mill at Baldwin, Pa., tells in a very ii teresting way how steel rails, so mnc used in building railroads nowaday are used. About thirty-threo per cent. < the metal used is iron manufactured i western Pennsylvaniafrom LakeSuperic ore, about twenty per cent, of it is mad at Baldwin, about forty per cent, comt from anthracite furnaces in the neigl borhood of the works, and the balance i spiegel-eisen from Germany or othf countries in Europe. Spiegel-eisen, c mirror-iron, contains eighty per cem of iron, twelve per cent, maganese, fiv per cent, carbon, and three per cent, c other elements. Following the pig metal that is bein drawn into the Bessemer mills, w reach four large cupola furnaces. Tw of these are at use atone time (the othe two being reserved for a change), an they smelt about 250 tons of metal i twenty-four hours. From the cupola the molten metal is tapped every fU teen minutes into a ladle capable c holding 24,000 pounds. This ladle i raised by hydraulic pressure, and is s arranged as to weigh the metal whil pouring it into large egg-shaped ves sels called converters. Each of the con verters has in its bottom thirteen cylir ders.called tuyeres, and there are twelv three-eighth-inch holes in each tuyere The converter lies on; its side whil the molten metal is being poured int it, so that the metal may not run dow; the holes in its bottom ; but as soon a the required quantity lias been run in the converter assumes] a perpendicula position, a blast of cold air, with a pres sure of twenty-five pounds to the squar inch, being let on at the same moment The molten metal lies about fifteei inches deep on the bottom of the con verter, but the strength of the blast pre vents it from sinking through th tuyeres. The blast, which is furaishei by two engines of 350 horse power each is kept up on an average about thii teen minutes. The oxygen of the ai unites with the carbon in the iron an* forms carbonic oxide. The carboi passes off in the form of gas and th silicon (of which there is about two pe cent, in the mass) rises to the top am is eventually removed in the shape o alary ttffpr tV?A mofq1 io nnnrorl The metal is now thoroughly decai bonized?so thoroughly that it has t be recarbonized in order to convert i into Bteel. The removal of the carboi gives malleability and strength to th iron, but steel must contain a cei tain amount of carbon. _ Ordinar cast iron contains from four to four am a half per cent, of carbon; cast stee one-half per cent. No method has ye been discovered by which, in the pro cess of driving out the carbon, or dur ing the " blow," as it is called, it can b known precisely when one-half per cent of it remains in the fused metal. A1 must therefore be driven out, and re carbonization effected. When all the carbon has been expel] ed, the flame which has been rushin) out of the top of the converter loses it brilliancy and falls. At this point th spiegel-eisen performs its importan function. Melted in an air furnace con venient to the converter, which is turn ed on its side to receive it; and th blast shut off, it is run in to the eiten of eight per oent. of the whole mass whinh ifc nprrnrlpR iinmprlifttfilv. &nrl ii this quantity it carries in precisel; enough of carbon and manganese t convert the molten iron into steel. From the converter the steel is rui into the " steel ladle," whence it passe through a nozzle in the bottom to : sand-Lined tube called a sprue, an< thence flows through channels in th top of a flask into cast iron molds where it is formed into iDgots. Thi mode of casting is known as the bottoc cast. Each charge makes eight ingot and each ingot two rails. Ingots of vc rious weights are made, according to th weight of the rail required, but all th ingots of one charge are alike in size. As soon as the ingot loosens itsel from the mold by contraction in cooling the mold is stripped off. Both mold and ingots are manipulated by fou eight-ton hydraulic cranes, whose powe is derived from two Worthington pump that furnish a pressure of 250 pounds t the square inch. A small ingot weigt ing eight or ten pounds is detache from each charge and sent to the laboi atory to be tested for carbon by th chemist. Every charge is numberec and a corresponding number put o every rail made from it, with the yeari which it was made and the brand of th company. Thus each rail has its record, and i any one were taken out of the trac twenty years after it had been laid dowr and the number on it given to the ste< company, they could tell precisely th materials used in making it, the day i was cast and rolled, and the condition under which it was manufactured. Generally, though not always, afte the molds are stripped off, the ingol are passed in a red or nearly red-hc condition to the forge department Here they are put in furnaces and heal ed to a white heat. They are then pr under a fourteen-ton hammer, and hart mered out to a square of seven inches when they are cut through, each ingc making two blooms. This hammer hs a maximum force of two hundred torn and is so well regulated that it can hair mer steel from the largest size down t two anil a half inches square. It i claimed that it has done as much wor in one year as has been done in thf period of time by any three hammers c the same capacity in England. Tb anvil block weighs two hundred tons. There are two other hummers in th: department. One of these weighs seve tons. It has a longer stroke than tl large hammer, and therefore delivers heavier blow (170 tons) in proportion 1 weight. The other is a two-ton han mer, for merchant work. Heavy shaf heads are made for steam vessels, an all kinds of forging are done, bot straight and shaped. There are eigl furnaces in this department, each, wit one exception, capable of heating s: ingots at a time. The two large har mers are producing from 200 to 230 toi of finished blooms per day. From the force the blooms oro to tl rail mill, where they are reheated ar rolled. Here there are eight furnaces, of -which are now working. Three < the five are gas and two coal furnace Each gas furnace heats eighteen bloon at a charge, and each coal furnace eigh The gas furnaces are making tweb heats each per day and the others ten. From the furnace the bloom goes fir to the roughing mills and then to tl finishing rolls. It passes ei^ht timi through the former and nine timi through the latter, diminishing in thia ness and increasing in length at eac passage, until it comes out a roll of tl desired pattern, weight and length. I last run through the rolls draws it 01 to the length of about thirty-three fee It is then placed under two circuli saws, thirty feet four and one-ha inches apart, and in a twinkling of tl eye both ends are cnt off, leaving it o actly thirty feet long after it contracts : oooling. The rail is then placed on straightening plate to cool. As it do not become perfectly straight, howeve it is taken in hand by two men ai straightened by means of a press call< a cold straightener. Then holes f< fastening the fish plate are drilled in i and it is ready to fill its place in the rot bed. From one of the ends cnt off a rail 01 of every charge a piece is taken about foot long and an inch in thickness. Th is tested by bending when cold. If bends to an angle loss than a right ang without displaying a fracture. tho rni of that charge are considered first-clae and are marked and sold as such; but it breaks, they are marked and sold i No. 2, and used in sidings, etc. Bi the manufacture has been brought 1 such a state of perfection that there hardly one No. 2 charge in a thousan< From 206 to 220 tons of rails are rolle in this department every twonty-fot hours. British officers pride themselves upo never wearing their. uniforms excej when on duty. The Duke of Giimbridg has just directed a young officer, wh got drunk and was noisy, to wear hi uniform constantly for one year. % A STAGE DRIYER FROZEN ! Story or a Touch Winter Tblrtj Years 1 n. ' , i Tliej used to have tough winters ; New York. That delightful edit j. ! Lewis Gaylord Clark, told in his deps i ment of the old time " Knickerboc] g j Magazine," a touching story of the a I nights thirty years gone. Ho got int n j stage one night at his office, way do )r | town, and was for some blocks the s [e ; occupant of the draughty, creaki ;g j vehicle. Then it stopped and took i: lm j pompous old fellow, swathed in furs a is i warm wools. The fare in those days t ,r I six cents, and the new-comer poked jr J five dollar bill up at the driver, vi ^ j dumbly shouted back that he could 1 g ; make the change, his fingers were ,?; cold, and so the pompous man curled i in his comfortable clothes and the e tor sat and thought what a small, me soul that man had in him. They rc on and on; finally, with a great deal smoky breath, the driver's thick vo came through the hole: "Haven't y got any change nt all ?" and the rich rc looked insulted, and shouted: "No tell you; there's the bill," and again offered it. But the driver faced round, saying " I'm too cold to make change." And the stage drove on, the rich m dozing and Mr. Clark thinking h over and making up his mind that had the roundesthshouldered, narrowe chested soul that was ever made, insi him. On, on they rode, till the stage v way up town?up as far as Bleed street, which was up town then. H< the rich man got up to leave, and Olark's great indignation handed up t five dollar bill again, but to Clari utter amazement and astonishment, a said: " Hand in six cents to the compa and put the rest in your pocket; it'f cold night, that'll help warm ye." He bounced out and Clark felt 3VI K. E. Morso tugging at his heart string He wanted to run after, shake han and ask that man's pardon, but the ] solve, like moBt good ones, came to lal And the editor fell to moralizin perhaps to Bleep. Anyway, the fij thing he knew he was carried away pi the street, and the omnibus had swu; round into the stable yard. Two j three gruff men with lanterns surroui] f ed them and were pulling at the drive legs, with " Hi Bill! Woke up c .. manl" 0 Mr. Olark tumbled out and findi: t something was wrong lingeredamome a ?to see, to his horror, the miaeral e driver lifted from his seat a corpse frozen to death on the perch ; the lin Y still lying in the still fingers, the glae j eyes open, as if in death the poor dm 1 meant to look out for his horse. t * Then Mr. Clark remembered the i cident of the five dollar bill and we .. with the dead into the office. The e tucked inside the man's ragged mitt u was the money, and very willingly t j man in charge acknowledged his rig to it. But the worst part of the night's wo . remains. Bill had a wife, and some g the men told how the poor, devot s creature these cold nights had a ni e warm supper and a rou>ing fire in wa I ing for "her man who drove the li L. stage up." And Mr. Clark volunteer tu pictcuo tuo nuu DlgUU WlilUJLL WiK3 blind those faithful, watching eyes w bitter tears, and break the news gen to the poor widow. Then he describes the far up room the miserable house on Tenth avem where the light of the little wind streamed out far into the night a b< con to the honest heart coming home her; the cheery face at the openi door that shrunk fearfully back at stranger ; the neat room, with the co fortable supper smoking on the star the little table set for two ; the numb less evidences of the woman's thrift a love, and then, alas! the dreadful sto: An Irish Witness. The late James T. Brady used to e that they were like a chestnut burr, f of sharp points and dangerous to hand He used to relate an amusing scene tl occurred in court where Gerard was i LLLU pxaixitlli. tuiu iiu iUi. If LIU UC1CU11UV After the former counsel had finish the direct examination of an Irish v ness by the name of Oarthey, he hand him over to Brady for cross-examinati< and as he had given very damaging tei mony against Ins client, it was oonsidei important to break down his testimoi so Brady addressed him abruptly by sj ing : " Well, 4 O'Carthey,' where w< you born, and how came you to be bt there ?" " Mr. O'Brady," replied C they, with great nonchalance and i concern, "I have left the 0' oil fr< my name." "So have I," quickly piled Brady. The witness instantly taliated with ; " What a pity you 1 not changed your manners instead of 1 name." The laugh was very general the court, and participated in by I judge and jurors so much against Bra that he lost the opportunity of a rep After order was restored, Brady si "that will do," meaning that it wa good one. Carthey was pleased to a strue the remark to meaning that 1 counsel was done with him. So cooiiy stepped irom ine witness shu and retired, amid a loud and boisten langh And general applause. Brady bi that he was done with the witness, a refused to call him back. A Pertinent Question. A Washington correspondent of t Now Haven Journal and Courier sa viie luuruiug ua jl Biari?eu xur me ca fcol, I passed the queerest specimen the genus African that I ever saw. T tered and torn but faintly expresses 1 utter demoralization of his wardrol n only a scrap of a hat covered hiB wo shoes a world too wide, and horril misshapen, disfigured his feet, and pi erty had written her autograph in ev< feature of the queer face, on every f ger of the hard, knotty hands; his u( ness was so distinctive that when shuffled up to the corner where I wail for a car I smiled. Just then, with a\ ward effoit, he stooped to pick up a p looked at it to see if it was straight, a stuck it away among his rags. An gant gentleman observing the mo ment exclaimed: "That's right, Pe pick up everything worth saving, a some day you may be rich." P grinned, ducked a bow, and looked pressively at his forlorn garmer "Now mind," said the gentleman, poor boy once made his fortune by pi inor Tin a rvitt nrtrl when Via hummo o rr he owned a great bank and was v< rich; it all came from his way of taki care of little things." Pete was list ing, but looked like an idiot till his m tor finished his speech. Then knock: his hat on one side and scratching wool, he dryly said: "Say, boss, i that big bank the Freedmen's Savii bank?" Fancy how wo laughed. Washington First Circles. The New York Tribune gives the : lowing singular picture of what it c "the first circles" of Washingt There is no fashionable society in i part of the world which bears much semblance to that of our Washing court. Here alone democracy asst itself at the privato dinner table i the evening party, and social extrei meet on terms of equality in the par] The best company and the worst min with outward show of cordiality. 1 most fastidious of gentlemen, wh thorough good breeding i inheri from two centuries of gentle ancestc and with whom elegance is a Pecond ture, bends over the hand of a C gressman's wife who has not yet lea ]e | ed that a verb must agree with its no Is i native case, and that the nose is not < s, | of the organs of speech; while hi if j Clara Vere de Vcro gives her arm t 13 red-faced legislator with a dyed m it tache who fitted bimself for Congress bo ! keeping a liquor shop. If any perso ' qualifications are necessary for adn sion to tho first circles of Washingt it would be hard to define what tl are. Good manners are not requir nor good education, nor ready epee Official title is a passport, but even t may be dispensed with. A reputa moral character in not needed. Anybi with decent clothes is good enough a guest, and anybody with ma; enough to give a ball becomes a left* of fashion. The Forest frees, Xpo The ash, both the white and black, stands first, among the trees producing m hard and valuable timber, for rapidity of ?J;? growth. In ten or twelve years from the 'rt* seed, these, when planted close, produce k.e!j ! straight trunks of sufficient siia (eight old inches in diameter and twenty or thirty ? a feet high) for any of the many uses for ^jn which ash timber is needed on the farm. . 6 A few acres in ash will pay better than in8 most farm crops. a * j. Chestnut is* another quick growing 111(1 tree, and some claim that it will give *ras more wood in a given time than any L a other. It has the great merit of sending ? up shoots from the Btump, after it is out, and the plantation is thus continued. 80 The wood is of little worth for fuel, but UP ,1 ui? a u 1U ID vol J ULUaUiO| UilU U1UUU UOCU 1U1 ornamental work. The nuts are always in demand at a good price. European larch ia one of the most valuable of timber trees; it grows rapidly and produces wood that is practically in destructible. Among the Blower grow ers, to be planted with the quick growing ones, and ready to occupy the space when those are removed, are : Black walnut, with wood always in demand, though the fruit is of little value. Hickory, or shell-bark, stands first as a fuel and its wood" is valuable, while its nt.ts always sell well. The pig nut hickory has harder wood, but the nuts are worthless. Another hickory is the pecan nut, the wood of which is less valuable than that of the others, but the * l i i *_t. ti u..i iruib uriuga u xu^u paw. jll xa uooi suited to Southern localities. Oaks should not be forgotten; all grow much better if protected by other trees when young. The white, bur or overcup, post and yellow chestnut oaks are the most desirable. Notwithstanding the ravages of the borers, the locust tree is too valuable to be given up. It will grow well on land too poor for other valuable trees, and when planted in groves many trees es cape the attacks of insects. Ailanthus grows rapidly, makes useful timber, and good fuel. The odor at flowering time has created a prejudice against it; this lasts but a short time, and is of no con sequence at a distance from the house. It is a very useful tree. Catalpa, where the winters are not too severe, grows rapidly, and its wood is but little inferior to that of the locust in durability. This and the ailanthus aro raised with great ease, and their merits have been strange ly overlooked. The same is true of the Southern cypress and osage orange, which should be planted for timber in mild climates. The cypress, or deciduous cypress, is hardy at New York city; its timber is most durable, and young trees may be Drofitablv crown for crane and other stakes, etc., while the wood for shingles and other rises is most valuable. Osage orange grows with moderate rapidity, especially in the warmer parts of the country. Its wood is valued for wagon bniliiing, and for posts and railroad ties tt is almost indestructible.?Agricul turist. The Overland. I stood, one fresh June morning, on the quay of Cork, to see some immi grants embark qp one of the steamers for Falmouth, on their way to America. The exiles numbered some two hundred ?men, women and children. A great crowd hod assembled to bid them a last adieu. It was a scene that one could not wit ness without heart-pain or tears. Moth ers hung upon the necks of their sons; young girls clung to elder sisters; fath ers?old, white-headed men?fell upon their knees, and uplifting their thin, trembling hands to heaven, implored the protecting care of the Almighty upon their departing children, whom they would never see again. "Ooh," said one aged woman, with a wriLiJueu ittce, uuu uii|juiit nxivcijr uui, " och, Dennis, all's' gone from me in the wicb world when you are gove." She clung fondly, as with intense af fection, to the arm of a fair-faced young man, evidently about twenty years of age. " Sure you was all I had left?of ueven sons, but you I Oh, Dennis, Dennis, never forget your mother 1?don't avonr neen?your poor old mother, Dennis I" The sun shone bright on thd sea, and the woman gazed dreamily into the golden distances, then lifted her face to the clear skv, and her soul seemed to i glow with a nope that was not quenched j by this sad scene of parting. " We'll all meet in the Overland," she i said, "if wo only have the love of God." Dennis supported the old woman to wara tne snip, ana a young woman, weeping, followed them. Tliey all stopped presently beside a small car that had conveyed the young man's bag gage. "I'll send home for both of you, Peggy, in the risa of next 5 ear. Be a child to mother till then, and then, avourneen, you'll be my own." The time of parting came. Such a scene! Din, noise, turmoil, embraces, kisses, tears. Dennis was gone, and the old woman lay fainting in the arxis of the girl whom he loved. The band on the forecastle strnck up " St. Patrick's Day;" the communicating plank was withdrawn, and the steamer moved majestically out into the blue sea. I turned awa^; but that scene of part ing remained in my memory, ana the words of the old Irish mother, as she raised her eyes to the blue sky of early summer that spanned the harbor of Cork. " Well all meet in the Overland, if we only have the love of C*oa. The Silrer Question. The secretary of the United States treasury and the appropriations commit tee have substantially agreed that it is prudent to begin the issue of silver coin in place of the paper fractional cur rency, and the former will begin as soon as a proper bill is passed by Congress. He ha? now $12,000,000 of silver coined and $4,000,000 in bullion on hand. The mint can coin $2,000,000 a month, and he has, of course, authority under the Resumption act to go on buying bullion ??;j ? i.?i? Tt ii/JL iuui uuu a iiau uci i/ojliu uuuuo. xx the mint works full time he can have $20,000,000 of silver change coined by the thirtieth of June, but according to the estimates of the treasury he will re ceive but 816,000,000 of wornout frac tional currency for exchange and re demption, as they call it, between now and the thirtieth of Jnne. So that, if the natural rate of return of wornout currency be not accelerated, he could very safely begin to give out silver for mutilated currency at any time. The calculation is tbat so long as gold i remains below 120 the silver coin will j remain in circulation. Under these cir- ( cumstances the committee show the fol- > lowiDg figures as to the slightly superior j economy of using silver rather than pa- j per aa fractional currency. Wo have ! fol alls on: my ro ton srts md nos lor. gle Dhe ose ted in mi ?ne now $37,000,000 of fractional currency afloat. These petty notes are said to 1 run less than a year before they are sent | iu to be exchanged for new, and it costs \ the considerable sum of 81,410,716 per; annum to reproduce them, which is, the committee say, an annual charge. But the bullion contained in $37,000,000 of I silver coin would requiro a sale of $31, 080,000 in bonds, the interest charge on which would be $1,398,600. The coinage ; of the whole amount will cost $555,000, but the silver coins will last fifty years, j tho director of the mint says, and this i ! charge must be divided over that period, j ' ; and will thus amount to, say $10,000 a i i year?that is to say, the treasury willj rn* ! save nearly $100,000 a year by substitut- J ing silver for paper. The new silver is to be a legal tender ; , i for nums under $5, and there is a propo " Z ! pition to abolish odo and two dollar bills and plnce tho silver coin in their places also. There is another proposition, as yet only talked of, to mako therfl silver coins legal tender for sums up to $100. 0 a U8 iby nal ris on, icy ed; ch. 1 Specie Payments in New Jersey.? In the New Jersey House of Assembly ' Mr. Howell introduced a bill providing j Ann'l 1 1R7Q all t.aT^a Ifviwl UliUU 1*1 LVil ** A) *VIU) v?. ... or assessed sLall be collected in gold, gold certificates, or national bank notes redeemable in gold on demnnd, and that all oontracts or obligations made or im plied shall be payable in United States The Black Hilis* Local newspapers published in various towns of Colorado and Wyom indicate that the Black Hills min fever is raging high in that sectioi country, and appears to be affeot more or less the unemployed populat of the whole West. Expeditions to new land of gold are constantly be fitted out from St. Louis, Sedalia, K sas City, Omaha, Denver, Cheyen Sioux Cil.y, St. Paul, etc. The w winter has served to swell the throng enthusiasts, to whom the idea that eV man may dig out his own gold in d and nuggets is a tempting gilded pictn Many of the Western papers fan the citement by publishing statements p porting to be from raccessful min who are taking out gold at a rapid ra Evidently there is another side to 1 subject, which is not presented so fu] for there are private accounts of <: ouraged and disgusted miners who begging their way homoward. No doi _ i. A. 1 TTT _ ~ J _ !_? _ _ 1.1 1- t. mat inose w esiera ciues inrougu wu the tide of immigration runs will en, new life and reap large profits while i fever lasts; but the more sensible a thoughtful of. the inhabitants h&ve lil faith in this rush to the new El Dorai Doubtless there are exceptional ins tan where a fortune is suddenly gained, b on the average, more money would made by steady honest effort at ho than in this hazardous venture. I: said that not less than one thousa men are now waiting in the single c of Cheyenne for transportation to i gold region. Cheyenne is about f hundred miles from Omaha, conta nearly four thousand inhabitants in ; dition to the floating population, r has numerous stores, two banks, a i good hotels, and plenty of ordini boarding houses. The cost of living Cheyenne is said to be considera! higher than in New York. At Cus City and Hill City, the principal can ing poiats in the eastern section of I Black Hills region, provisions are feelingly high; and it is conside] doubtful whether the supplies there i in any event sufficient to prevent gr suffering among those now in camp a those on their way thither.?Exchan^ The Coming Sionx War. There can be little doubt that we i about* to enter on an Indian war whi may extend over the wide track of tei tory lying between the Missouri rr and the Rocky mountains. Tke endei ors to prevent it by peaceable uegot tions last fall failed because the Sio chiefs could not agree among themBeli as to the indemnity to be collective asked by them of the government, a the individual demands were either ol preposterous nature, such as no gove] ment oould afford, or personally ava cious and puerile. The council v broken up without approaching a C( elusion, and the government comm sioners barely escaped maaaacre at t hands of the wild bands through t timely aid of one of the chiefs, who r only informed the troops, but made sn a disposition of his warriors as to f the threatened repetition of the scene the murder of General Canby. There is something very tragic in 1 condition to which the Indian has fall at our hands. We are prone to c< demn the greed and brutality withwh] the Spaniards treated the aborigines Cuba, forcing them into slavery of si: a terrible land that the race entin disappeared within a few years; but have nothing in our treatment of 1 red man to congratulate ourselves up He has been sacrificed by us as fast sacrifice became necessary to our i grandizement. He has been poshed fore civilization or trodden down in march. He has been taught all 1 vices of civilization, and has improi only in learning the art of killing, cannot understand that it is useless keep up ?be fight with destiny. 1 white msn has found gold in the Bb Hills, and we are now face to face w the fact that a body of fortune hunt can force us into a war which will c more, perhaps, than the greatest, s asked by the Indian chiefs last fall New York Herald. They have a new way of putting ij Philadelphia : John Jones picked p kets on the cars ond " will not go to Centennial." Poor Organs. The following, from the New Y Christian Advocate, written by its e tor-in-chief, Dr. Currie, some yc since, is yet more true to-day than w] it was written; as the popularity of instrument has extended, the numbe: inn/imnfitftnt makers has increas There are now few articles in refere to which the pnblic is more decei and imposed upon than in parlor or < tage organs. This is attested by thousands of such, instruments r standing utterly useless, all over country, which are but a few monthi years old: Cabinet or Parlor Organs.? usual in such cases, the ne^ and la demand for these instruments has duced a great number of persons to gugtj ill LiltJiX mtllJUlUUtUJCO, OU1UD whom ure quite unequal to the buBiii they have undertaken. It requires soi thing more than the mechanical akil the artificer in wood and iron to m and prepare for use a musical inst ment; and yet some have evider brought nothing else to their aid in business. The result is that the conn is becoming filled with inferior and fective instruments. Large sums money are expended for valueless a cles, and the people are defrauded their needed musical education. 1 evil is intensified by the fact that th inferior instruments are, on account their inferiority, most industrion urged upon the public. Because tl cannot compote with better ones in open market they are pressed upon public by direct solicitations; and cause they offer larger commissio they are those most commonly offe: by agents and hawked by peddle And as most purchasers are unable judge of the relative merits of th things, the inferior articles are of bought when better ones are desired, ? would be cheerfully paid for. Induced by these considerations, have been at some pains to as cert what instrument of the many now so iting the public favor combines greatest amount of real excellenci We have prosecuted this inquiry entir independently of aid or direction fr interested parties. The opinions some of the best musical critics, cc posers, and performers have been > tained ; reports of experiments made 1)110 orainary utw ui vmxuuo mnviuiuu in churches, schools and families lu been compared, all of which with sinj lar unanimity concur in assigning i first place to the Cabinet Organ Mason & Hamlin?a decision that coi sponds with our own previously forn convictions. * * * Wo have writ these things without solicitation fr any one, and without the knowledge those whose pecuniary interests we n seem to favor. The interest of < readers is the objoct we have sought pecially to promote, and in that inter we have prosecuted our inquiries, i now Tie recoru our uuuvnjtiuuo.?j.t York Christian Advocate. At our request Cragin & Co., of P ndelpbia, Pa., have promised to & any of our readers, gratis (on receipl fifteen cents to pay postage), a sair of Dobbins' Electric Soap to try. S at once. Scrofulous Humors.?The Vege ha% cored many cases of scrofula of fire a. ? ?nl ftUQ [O Sllty J UUTH t>uoio ^uo pai has had many physicians, tried many of known romodie*; and, aftrr trying the V tine, the common remark is: " It acta di ontly, works differently, from any medici have ever taken." Vegotino will cle: scrofula, from tho system. Try it Important to Persons Visiting: New T or the Centennial, Tho Gbant Uxion Hotel, New York, o] site the Grand Central depot, has over 350 gantly furnished rooms. Elevator, steam, all modarn improvements. European p Carriage hire is saved, as baggage ie t? to and from the depot, free of expense, restaurants enpplied with the bent. Go can live better for less money at the Gi Union, than at any other flrst-claes h< Stages and cars pass tho hotel constantly t parts of tho city, and to Philadelphia depc ins, Bough Skin. The system TieMjgpot nnder the influence o Dr. Pierce'a Oolden Medical Discovery for i few weeks, the akin beoomea smooth, clear soft and velvety, and being illuminated wit! the glow of perfect health from within, tra beauty stands forth in all its glory. The effect of all medicines which operate upon the eye tem through tho medium of the blood ari necessarily aomewhat slow, 1.0 matter hot good the remedy employed. While one t three bottles olear the akin of pimples,blotches eruptions, yellow spots, comedones, or "grabs,' a dozen may posaibly be required to cure aom cases where the Bystem is rotten with sciof uloui or virulent blood poisons. The cure of al these diseases, however, from the comxnoi pimple to the worst scrofula, is, with the tlse o: this most potent agent, only a matter of time Sold by dealers in medicines. * Chapped hands, face, pimples, ring worm, saltrheum, and other cutaneous affeo tions cured, and rough skin made soft anc smooth, by using Juxipeb Tab Soap. Be care ful to get only that made by Caswell, Hazard <! Co., Mew York, as their are many imitation made with common tar, all of which are worth less.?Com. See notice Family Bitters. Dr. SCHENCK'S STANDARD REMEDIES The standard remedies for all diseases of the land ar Schenck's Pulmonic Steup, Schxnck'b Sea Wsxi Toxic, and Schzhox's Mandiuxk Pills, and, If take; b?for? tae lung* are destroyed, a speedy core li effected To these three medicine* Dr. J. H. Schonck, of Phlla delphia, owe* his unrivaled success In the treatment o pulmonary diseases. The Polmonlo Syrup ripen* the morbid matter In th lungs; nature throw a It off by an easy expectoration, to when the phlegm or matter la ripe a ilight oough wil throw It off; the patient haa reat and the lungii begin t heal. To enable the Polmonlo Syrup to do this, flohenek' Mandrake Pills and Schenck's Sea Weed Tonic most b frealy nsed to cleanse the stomach and liver. ilchenok' Mandrake Fills act on the liver, removing all obstrnc tions, relax the gall bladder, the bile starts fi?ely, ani the lifer Is soon relieved. Sobanok'a Sea Weed Tonlo la a gentle stimulant ani alterative; the alkali of whloh It la composed mixe with the food an prevents soaring. It aaslsts the digw tlon by toning np the stomach to a healthy condition ? that the food and the Pulmonic By rap will make gocx blood; thon the lungs heal, and the patient vlll surel irot vail if ears la taken to prevent fresh cold. All who wish to consult Dr. 8ohenok, either personal; or by letter, oim do so at bis prinotpal offioe, soraer o Sixth and Arch Streets, Philadelphia, every Mmday. Schenck'a medicine* are sold by *11 druggists through out the country. The Markets, KZW TOSS Boef Cattle-Pr'aie to Extra Bullocki 09 0} ' 12^ Common to Good Texans...... ? 0 ? Milch Cows..., tO 00 076 00 Hogs?Live . 08X9 08* DrfiMAdjaiatiiitmMciMt*. 10^0 l'\ Sheep 01X3 09 Iaqim 6 60 9 8 00 Cotton?Middling! 13 9 W/i Floor?Extra Western,...... 6 45 0 6 CO State Extra 5 48 0 & 60 Wheat?Bed Western..........;..,. 1 30 0 1 37 No. 3 Spring. 1 80 0 1 30 Bye?State...... 88 0 87 Barley?State...... ....; 00 0 90 Barley Malt 90 0 1 40 Oato?Miied Westers a 0 48)j Corn?Mixed Woetern 68 9 68 Hay, per cwt 68 0 1 00 Straw, per cwt 60 0 1 10 Hop8....75'8?13 @18 olda? 04 @ 08 Pork-Meee 28 CO 023 00 Lard 1W0 " Fish?Mackerel, No. 1, new 36 00 ?38 00 No. 3, new. 15 E0 018 60 Dry Ood, per cwt.....? 4 28 0 8 00 Herring, Scaled, per box 28 0 28 Petroleam?Crude........C8X$08J< Beflned?14Jf Wool?California Fleece. IS 0 38 Texu 14 28 9 38 Australian " .... 80 0 88 Batter?State 34 0 40 Western Dairy............. 38 0 31 Western Yellow. 30 (3 20 Western Ordinary 18 0 38 Pennsylvania Fine.. ? 0 ? Ohee?e?State Factory 07X9 14 State Skimmed. 04 0 07 Western O5M0 13 Eggs?State. 17 0 17 AXJUKX. Wheat 1 87 0 1 87 Rye?State 91 0 98 Corn?Mixed 58 ? 64 Barley?Stato '... 84 0 84 Oats?State 88 0 80 BUFFALO, Flour e 00 9 9 75 Wheat?No. 1 8prlng 1 38 9 1 88 Corn?Mixed 51 @ 66 Oata 41*9 41> Rye ,. 75 9 75 B&rley 60 @ 96 BALTIMOBX. Cotton-Low Middling! 13X9 13 J Flour-Extra 8 75 9 8 75 Wheat?Bed Western., 12} 9 1 20 Bye 75 9 78 Corn?Yellow 50 ? 50 Oats?Mixed 43 9 48 Petroleum 08X9 08) PHILADELPHIA. Beef Cattle?Extra ,. 0?X9 07 Sheep 01*9 07J Hogs?Dressed 12k & 11 Flour?Pennsylvania Extra. 5 75 9 8 10 Wheat?Bed Western 1 20 9 1 20 Bye 80 0 W Corn?Yellow 69 9 Mixed S7 9 57 Oata?Mixed 44 9 43 Betroleum?Crude 11X9HX Beflned?It) WATKBTOWS, MASS. Beef Cattle?Poor to Oholce 5 00 9 9 35 Shoep 2 60 9 7 (0 Lambs... 3 00 9 5 00 cii.vfr From Maine to California ml lions of children are wearing SIJ.VER TIPPED Shoot. Why not ? they are th ohnapeet and never wear throng at the toe. Also try Wire Qallted Solee. For boot* and ?hoes. U?ed by Government 4 you TJSB S1F&CE WW 10 Warranto ?> (* FANCY Car da, T Stria*, wltb Name, IO ct Addreaa J. K. HARDER. Maiden Bridge. N. Ti T>tnck fllila and Indian View*, Sterucsooplo, 23c JP or 32 per dot. J. H. Hamilton. Sioux City. Tow OA LEAP year Card* The LaUChanoe. 20, By J. B. HUSTED, Nataan. Ren??. Co.. N. Y Deafness relieved, no uicdieini Hook free. O. J. WOOD, Madiaoa, Ind. AQTTTTWA The only rire remedy. Trial p*ck? ilD 1 njlLrV. frt*. h. bmTENloirr, Cleveland, I KA CARDS, with NAME, 25 eta. and 3 c 01/ stamp. FRANKLIN CaRJD CO . Bc?tjn. .fast from T.B.Stajrner 4 Oo.,Pro?.,R. OA Mixed Card*, Tan Stylei, 10 ota. Outfit, 10 ct jU\J Add'a Ooo. J. Head <t Co..Na?aau.Rana< Co. 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Novell, Hint Song Books. Best Made, Bw Play-; milled free. Address DkWitx-' PPBUSHreo hopgg, 33 Rose 8t.,J>awYorl AGENTS AH Want It?thousands of lives an millions of property saved by lt-fortmn made with It?partioalara free. O. & Lininoton ihno. .NetvYorkA Ohlca# $77 PER WKKK UOAKAATEED to Aeenl Male and Female, In their own locallt; Terms and OUTFIT FKEE. Address P. O. VIOKKRY A OO., Ao*nst?,Malni aad iUorphlne Ilablt abaolatelraa f|TjIII|M speedily cured. P?lnloH?; do public,tj I I f I 11101 S?nd i*tamp for Particulars. Dr. Cabi V* JlwAIJI Toy, 1S7 Washington St.. Chicago, 11 aTdims of tie Blood If VEGETINE will relieve pain, eleinse, purify an cure saoh diseases, restoring the patient to perfei . --UL ?* ?a?!-.? nhtralrlan* minv ramftdlft Deuba mu? u/uj? uiua.vH. y.,? Balloting for years, la It not conclusive proof, If you ai a onfferer, 70a can be cared ? Wby Is this medlolne pe forming snch groat cures ? It woiks In the biood, In tt olroulatlng llbtd. It can truly be oaiied the GBEA BLOOD PURIFIER. The great source of dlseai originates in the blood; and no medicine that does m act directly upon it, to purify and rsnovite, has any jui claim upon pab?:c attention. Seventy-One Tears of Age East Mabshfixld, Aug. 22,1870. Mr. STKVEN8: D'ar Sir? ( ara feventy-one years of age; have stifle ed many years with Kidney Complaint. Weakness in n Back and Moroach. I w.n induced by friends to t your VEQKTINJC, and I think it the best medicine f weakness of tile Kidneys 1 over used. I have tried mai remedies for this complaint, and never found to mu< relief as from the VEtiETINE. It strengthens ai i'lvlKorates the whole system. Many of my acquaii ances have taken it, and I believe ll to be good for 1 4i.? <w>mni,ini? tnv whlnh It lit recommended. Yours truly, JOSIAH H. SHERMAN. BEST EVIDENCE The following letter from Bet. K. 8. BEST. Ptst M. E. Ohurch, Natlck, Mass , will be road with Inter* by many physicians. Also those suffering from tl:e sac disease as afflicted the son of the Ber. R. 8. Best. I person can doubt thli testimony, and there b no dou about the curative powers of VEOETINE: Xatick, Mass., Jan. 1,1874. ncrtrrilnff toi VKUETINR a medicine of the greate-t value. Wo fn w-uted that it has been I ho means of saving oar sor life. He Is now seventeen yean of ege; for tho last t\ yoars ho haasaffo'od frcm Necrosl* of Ills Leg, caus< by .' cniftilotis affi-otlon, and was bo far reduced th nearly all who ?aw htm thought his recovery Impoe sib 1 A council of able physicians could give us but tan fate esth peof his ever rallying, two or toe number declt lng that he was beyond I he reach of human remedlc that even atrpuUtlon conld not save him, as he had n Tlgor enough to endure the operation. Just then \ commenced giving him VEGETINE, and from tb, time to tho oresent he hasbeei continuously lmprovln He tuslitely resumed his studies, thrown away orutch and cane and walk* about. olieerful>y and strong. Though th?re Is still s une discharge from the openli where the limb was lanced, we have the fullest con: denoe ihat In a Utile tlma he will h? perfectly cured. He haa takeu abont three dozen bottles or VEOl TINE, but lately uses but little, a* he declares that 1 la too well to be taking medicine. Respectfully year*, B. S. BEST, Mm. L. O. F. BE8T. VEGETINE IS SOLD by ALL DRUGGISTS PEN{ TO WHOM P EVERY SOLDIEI of a finger, or the lou or the taeor ft fin] wound, or other Injury, gives a peniton. RUPTURE. tiZSSZt It. Let me file your cue while there U j BOUNTY. S&KSSJ two stamp i for a circular of Pension ani Land Warrant acts tent for 25 cents. P. H. FITZ E^-Mark on all lettcn P.O.BoxM. Aoi MERIDEN 0" The "Patxkt Itobt1 Hahel* Tablx Kj MANUFACTURE ALL Kl? Exoluitre Makeraof Um >PATENT IVORY" or( known. The Old'st Manufacturer* In Amwlca. Orlirt Always eall for " Trade Mark" " MKRIDEN CUTLER1 n Cutlery,and by the HIRK1DEN CI7TLEH Housekeeper* rejoice. AGKNTttmakamonerwltti OPT 5 ygwartlolee. OapzwxlI too .Oheihlre.Ct. A AC A ^ MONTH hrtnnrthlA *.n A firtt. h ft ill I cLus. Part'cular* tent froe. Addr?? VmVv WORTH A CO., St. Login. Mo. XTTa T>atr$fiR A Month and travelingexpenses W Ditty SpOO to Nell cur Uoods to Dealer* In every county In the U. S. No Peddling. Cincinnati Novelty Manufacturing ComDsny, Cincinnati, O. w*? a etui i?s 3!EN to sell our goods to VU k VTrn 1 dbAlbum, no peddling Vf jlll 1 rill 1 from house to house. gthO a ' AAAl *^4/ ? montb. and traveling expensee paid. MONITOR MAN'FG da. CloclnnaU, Ohio. BOOK AGENTS.. amer' NARK TWAIN'S N*w Book out sells everything. Dont werry about hard tlmee. Sell this book and see bow easy they are. Send for circular* to CAN PUBLISHING CO., Hartford, Gt. REVOLVERS 1IggSg $3.00 iMps to |L tvu. JttrnL run. 8?urf??Mo? jwuM. TTImIhHI ftnlnw na. AMnm WJSTDUf OCX WORKS, CBCua. BL ThtparttmHUdo all Ul?y eUIm.'-W?kiT Beo^N. YJu.lt, mi 'A KS3H^jl*n- C.F.WIanUjiCe. BOOK AOENT8. AMERIl MOODY and -8ANKEY?The onh original, authentic, and complete record of these men and t heir worka. Brtcari oj imitation.?. Send for circular* to AN PUBLISHING CO.. Hartford. Ct IJUUtt. original, authentic and complete record a ni.-vtm of these men and their worka. Btvare oj 4HBB18.I imitation. Send for circular# to AMERICAN PUBLISHING CO.. Hartford, Ot am Finely Printed ilrlstol Vlsltlnc m ? Cards sent poet-paid tor 25 Cta. Sena % stamp for eamplee of tilasa Cards, ^ U Marble, (Snowflakes, Wcroll, Da - niunU, Etc. We bare ortr 100styles. AarnU Wanttd. A. H. FULLER & Co.. Brockton. Mat*. nutiBunFns a IOU waetly by canvassing tut It; 128 paces, NO 111 at tritions, #4JiO yearly, with elegant ohrotno. Send 20 cents for copy and terms to F&tNX Lulb, New York. UPSXCHOKASOI. or Soul Chsrwlng." How cither KI may faaclaate an>l fata tho love sod affection orsoy person they cfcooM,tnitantlT ZliU art *11 cmi poaxss, fras, by mat), 8 cent*; together with a Lorcr's Gnl>, Egyptian Oracle, Dtt-mi, ninti to Ladles, 4c. l,#M ?00sol<J. X ?wr Soak. V vmz.l Utflico.. mv*. P'.'taW?ibt?, CHICAGO SCRAPER ?AN l>? DITCHER. Gnsnnteed to do double ths work of common scrapers. Township* can take tbera on trial. Price M15. bend for Hannal of R<-ad-Making and Ditching, free. Add'* Chicago Scraper and Dltchsr Co., Ohfcago. T1A O We will send either of the fol rUlV 300 Decatcomanie Pictures; 3 Sheet* Scrap Book Picture*; */.r\ 30 Gem Cbromov, v 8 Card Chromos, 5)4x7; , rime 1 Dot. Fabe 's Una Psnolla. > \J jL J3s J.W.Rusaell i. Co.,Med ford. Mass foirin^: All FOB $1. FITS, EPILEPSY, FALLING FITS CURED;. ' This Is No Humbco. Fat information. lnaulre of o writ? to MOYKH BROTHERS, Wholesale Drnggtats, B'oorMbnrr. Colombia Coanty. Pennsylvania. WM, M. TWEED la still in N. Y. Should he Imts for Cuba, Canada, Camden, or any-other foreign oountrr or city, be will fi?t cn.ll and Darchase one of their In comparably complete ud conveni ent oocumodea of THE WAKEFIELD BABTH CLOSET COMPAI7Y, 30 Dey Street, New York. My Illustrate*! 'Oats! ?gu 1 STfl la now ready. Prico il>Cen r , lets f nan half tlwwat. Wnxu.ii E. Bow oito2,W-' v auei St., Boston. Use; Tonr Nnmo Elegantly Print ed on 1 'J Tra^srARK^T viaruxa _ Cards, for 23 Cent*. Each card cont&lzu kxjm which la not Tiaibfe until held towarfa tbe light. NothinfUkethemeverbafbreofleredln America. Blflnduea me&ta to Agents. NovxLTr ^bjmiiso Co*Ashland,Maaa. 5 AflA AGENTS WANTED. 94Oto80O ivUVi Week and Expense*, or 8100 for feited. All the new and atandard Novelties and Ghrt> mi>a. Prize Packages, Watchea, Jewelry, etc. SpocUJ ' " A- *?*- *- vax ivft Bflnd Valuable mnilo glTBQ To agquu) diw;***** ?? { samples wi h Circulars of our (Joods Free to alL r. L. fletohbr, hi Chamber* St.. New York. tricks !' HOW TO TAKE A man's VEST OFF WITHOUT removing HIS COAT. This seemingly ridiculous and unreasonable Trick ii i to be performed without cutting, tearing, or in any waj damaging tbe Test, or without removing either arm from the sleeves of tho coat. This Is no " Gates." . 7 Nb\v and Wonderful Trick* with Cards, I by m*il post-paid, on receipt of prUia, 10 ets. tiiomaw o'KANE. iaO*nw.?w *U. n. V. . Earn DEiTiiiiii UNIVERSAL HISTORY j To the close of the flnt 100 years of oar National Inde pendence, including an account of the comior Grand Centennial Exhibition. 700 page*, flue engraringn lowprlce, quick sale*. Extra terms. Send for Circular P. w. zieglkra oo..S18 Aroh St.PhlladalphU J*. paiwily bittkkn. Imdxomtxoji is relieved i with one dose. Dyspepsia, Constipation, head ache, Jacnwcb and Biliouskms cured in a short tune. kebvocs Ibiutabiutt, Rheumatism, Kidnu and Liver Complaints cu-ed In a few day*. Onm Piles, Ehysipelas scbotula.ulcibs, Boils and *1! 8kin diseases by purifying tbe Blood. They will nol intoxicate, but will care abnormal thlrit for stroni drink. Try them i M. 8. JAMES, m. D , Proprietor Brookhn.N. Y. For half by Drngglsls. Price jfl.OQ, PORTABLE SODA FOUNTAINS. $40. $50. $75. $100. CHEAP & DURABLE. Will yield <00 per cent DroOL shipped rkady f6r WE. Bodfor&ulotu. AddrtMtb<oalTMunCict*i?a ' ~ " Madison, Ind. HO! FOR IOWA!! TO FA1UIHR8. BttterLanda at Cheaper Pric?< cannot be bad in the World, titan from the I owt U. H. Lund To. Soli and Climate strictly first-clan Pare Water abundant. Half Farajlokets from Chlcaft oat and back with Krer Knrs to Parcboaera. A Descriptive Pamphlet with Maps of Over Oti? Mil lion Acres fur sale at $5 and g(i on B. R. terxm nent free. Adlress Iowa K. K. Land Coin, pony. 9! Randolph St.. Chtea?o. Ilia., or Cedai Uaplds, Iowa. JOHN. B. CALHOUN, Land Commfaafonrr. INQUmB FOR v i nnnwMAflfls it Hi irnu 11 u wuv" UMBRELLAS. PHI LAD RliPIITA and NEW YORK.?Th( Dualities marked with their name are confidently n oo mm ended. 0? YOUR OWN PRINTfiN(S! PBTNTING PBESS For Professional and Amnteai Printer*, fekihools, Societies, ilaa aftacturere, Mcrthanti, and other* 'ti the BEST e*er In yen ted. 18.04)0 In nil Ten styles, Frloee from S3.00 to $160.(X 3 EN J. O. WOODS & CO. Virmfnan. MBVdealers In aU kinds of Printing Material, Send stamp for Cstalogn*.) ?B Ht BmUs Ho Lohk u they Live, Krery Family enr He ve nt Coat nnoe? C:?? l^mtlmn PPf I PT<5 UUJO i aiciu i nc r\iimiuitj On reoelpt of One E'ollar I will send by retain mil a mold press, with fill lastrnctions for zdaIUos tfa< Pellet*, and a Family Pntcnt Klgbt to nuke and qm these nnequiled Klire Klndtera. Orsr 3(X).OOl PellelN hivn already been sold. A boy or girl car make them. Cost fire centa for kindling one bundled fires. Sample rolls of Ten Pcllctn ready for ue sen) posUfreo on receir t of Twenty Cents. Send stamj for Olrcuiar. Addreis it. ItlTSS. I'nti'nt"Q. Snpln*fl?>M. Ohio. Madame FOY'S Corset Slrirt Supporter Increases In Popularity every year, and For HEALTH, C0M70RT and STYLE It ukn ^Mp il THE DtST ARTICLE ol th? klad ?t?r m?de. For by all India* jal.hen aal f tallrn. B?wm of Imitation* ud laMag* meot?. Maktjfactcb*d SOLTLT dt UOY & HAIUION, Now Haven, Conn. [HOGO 1EDBER pur si.uu, mirAiu. In order that everybody nifty be enabled to takethh great Story and Family Newnpapor, we have determined to offer It till Jan., 1877, for il.OU, postpaid. It U the LARGEST, HANDSOMEST, BEST, and moet widely circulated Nowe pa per In the Wc?t Send money addruisod THE LEDGKR, Chicaqo, Tlx. HALL'S PATENT STANDARD AT'HARD PAlil'PRICtS HALL'S SAFE&LOCKCO n/V?W YORjf. SATE MONET By sending 84.75 tor any 84 Magazine and T3I WEEKLY TRIBUNE (regular price *8), or 85.7i for the Magazine and THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRI IiffNE (regular price 88). Addreai THE TRIBUNE, New.York. SIONS. ENSIONS ARE PAID. 9 Disabled In tbe icrvice of the United Bteteg. elth?r V by accident or otbervlae, gets a pension. The loss rer, tbeloss of an tjt, the loss efa toe,orany |U4M the"on??Vyo\?axe enStl'ed'to a pontionfdoirt'de^ 'ettime. / ? ., .,, <? ji' paid to all soldiers discharged on aecomt of ironnds, Mninrr. tbe same as If tbey served their fnJi time lepu i lfounty acu. A BOOK of tt>e renaion, Jtwunr ?aa GERALD, IndlantpoUi, lad., ihorlxed U. 6. Claim Agency CTTLEBY CO. IDS OF TABLE CUTLERY. 3?UtdoM Knife, the m6*t donbla WHITE n*l mtfrrt* of tfaa UAKU RUBBt.H. I r 00." uo thd blfda. W?rrant?d ud *old br &J Y CO., jg (itamhrw 8trc?, Vo zkt. f . ',r 'J lit 'M.J iJrtu irjcr - ' * ir-jt Honey of Horehound 1*0 TjQjf ' : rOB THE CUBE OV Coughs, Colds, Inixdbhza, BoasaoP rows, Difficult bnaatbetrq, ATOr ALL affections opthb thboat,* beohchiat tcbes, jutd lotos, < LEADINQ TO cosstjhptxok.' This infallible remedy is composed of V the Honbv of ,the plant Horehound, in ' ihetnical unionwithT ae-Balm,cxtract i d from the lot Pbejciplb oflhe - forest tree Abies balsahea, 07 Balm of Gilead. * " The Honey of Horehound eoormtf am) bcattrba all irrfiations and inflam* inations, and tHeTar-Balm Clxahsw - i ato heals the throat and air-passage* Sco the lungs. Five additional Jndice keep you from trying thiagrea* n medicine of a among doctor, who ha ; 1 saved thousands of lives by it in h^i >?;. urge private practice. y^,v. n. B.?The Tar Balm has no bab taste or emell mm ; . ! PBICE8, 50 CENTS aitd $1 PER bottlb., . , Bold by all Druggists^ , // /h* ,\{i v "Pike's Toothache Drops^ : " carein 1 minnte.' -i-' ? -V- M-.-i most snccraefal grower* i nralSrtr. potatoes. Price of each, ?l perl CENTENNIAL PREMIUMS* ?Jho collections far which' two premiums of T2K) aro offered will be e: the Centennial Exhibition, in Philadelphia, and premiums. will bo awarded .by t??ir < For conditions end fair narticulsrn t-ond for our Potato' Premium Circular, mailed t??ll ' idfreetoalL BUM'* IHoet rated (feed Cntalofne and Ant* >!(/} tenr'i Guide to tho Plover and Kitchen Garden, tains'ieacTipt ire list.of 2800 varieties of Gar < ? J ana Flower Seeds, with explicit direction* (or cot aadtMllitUw . , irSSoeat?. '> ^ indAbridgti Cola information upon their calllratlon. 33 pages, 10 cents. B. K. BLISIS & SOFTS' ': ' P.O. Box No. 5719. 34 Barclay g ' USEE. DEMOEEST'8 For Spring and iSummer, Contains fifty-two folio pagna of lam IllnatntlnDS.and laclod.? all the reehef?n*and popular ityles fofLa lea* and eh Mren's Dresi, with t rench and K njrltsh descrip tions. Priofl |,j eetiti, po>t-frea. Bold at Mme. D?mo mt'i Agaaclos in Knroi* and America, or addnaa MME.DKM0BE8T, ' . < 7 Knat 14th Mew Vptk. MME. DEMOBEST'S WHAT TO WEAR FOB THE-?[ . _ ; { . t )( SPRING AND SUMMER OF 1876 ?J [ , . . . ' ' ITI .U t Contains Fall and Oomplete Information pa fr*WT . department of Ladles' and Children's D*V*?, lnclodtn* Styles and Prices of Material* and lYlmMlnjs, and joai such 1c format, an u everj Mcr-hant, Millibar, Disaa- < s.ker and Lady want* to know. Price, 16 cts.* Post Free; MJC8. DEFOREST, , 17 Kw?t I4t6 ?tfegt, Pfowr York. ' , x'jjub QNinr OIL CHROMOS Tb*t have sooceeded la Winding tin Utt tl ctiUaUm ^ Wd become truly popnlWf * \ AUB TAB Pictures Presented to the Subscriber* ' " The Old Oolcen Backet,^ . " Hour, Sweet Home," \lXI'pr the Storm," and "Captive CsUd." . ,/u-if A). '51 riuitt rf t These un equaled Picture* (rite of whi?b are 17 brM Inchea) were originally eo.d at H14 Mob. A choice of these Is now offered u a premium t> each 93 *e?r1 j ubacrtber to il^nior?at'n Mnrthly AI??az or, the Urgest tad b?t Magaxlne now pub llahed. If tht Cttrorooa are mourned ou i?r?tchor, for Inmlcf, ?0 etc extra, which lnclndaa trwiporUtloa. AJdrew W. JENNINGS DEMOBE8T, 17 Knut 14th Street. NeW York. H-a-lqaarter* N<rtbwf?tein Claim Collection and P*n ?i->r. Agency, ISounties. Back P?T, Prlza Money, Pension* Increase Pensions and Claims of all kinds promptly ooi letted. Ktery aojdier disabliid (thongh bat slightly) by wound*. injuries or dlneaie i* entitled Vr P> Bsloo. Where oldier U do.-vd. tha widow or stiild U entitled. Mom p o> aiuns o&n b* inoeaeed. Appiyat once. Hare had t run* experience at thn (rent an a uplulor; 10 year*' eiperienc* lo oollecttns tueac c a m'. AU letter! cheerfully and promptly aniwee < it retom >t??gel? tnolo??d. Send 10 cwt* Ior B> nnty and Pet ?t n liwi. Addraaa K. 8. WKKOKN.CHiCiOo, ILU PTSoch rje unless elala Is eolleitaJ. Sat'ifst ti >n ru:>rtnteed la all oum. A. ; * ' "NATURE'S GREAT REMEDY." This Cordial i? ^ CERTAIN CURE /or Couflu, Colds, lnilumraatlon ot the Lungt, Sore Thront aud Brcut, Bronchi lia, anil if taken In time, will arrest that fatal disease Consumption. The basis ot this medicine Is a preparation of Tar ob tained by a peculiar pvottsi from the sap of the Pine Tree, the mcdlclaal proper ties of which are well knovra. U 1th thh powerful element are tliorot^hly Incor porated several other vegetable ingredi ents, each of which posscii*c? soothing and henllnar attribute*. Ui?S making It Vf? most POTENT ANTAGONIST to all diseases of tlxe pulmonary organ* til.., has yet been introduced. EE. L. Q. 0. V/ISEABT'S PINE TREE TAR CORDIAL Is not a new remedy that lu*s never been Heard of before, but un OLD, RELI ABLE, AND WELL-TRIED medicine that hns been in dolly nse \ty families and Intelligent physicians for the last sixteen years, and U spoken of in the highest terms by all who have used it, u thou sands of UNSOLICITED TESTIMO NIALS prore. If you nutTer from any disease fo> 'which this Ofrtllal U recommended, w< nnhesilaUndt 8ny, " TRY IT, KNOW IT WILL DO YOU GOOD." I A single bottle will demonstrate it* raluj able qualities* SOLD BK mi DHUGCISTS HUB STOREKEEPERS. PRINCIPAL DEPOT, : 916 Filbert St., Philadelphia. Pa. ' N Y N P Wo I2~~ TJTTHBW WHIT!NO TO ADVSBTISEES *" pls&M uy that yon u? the ?d*?nls?m?n t la tkli paper.