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FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD. Kitchen darken. The care of hot-bods and cold-frames, and sowing of seeds for early plants, will be the -work in Northern gardens. Manure should be turned over often, nud made tine beforo applying; it is difficult to sow seeds in a soil where the manure is coarse, as it will impede the rake or seed-uower. Asparagus beds that were covered with manure in the fall, should have the coarse litter raked off, and the fine forked in early, before the plants start. Do not plant beans before the soil gets warm, as the cold, damp soil will ot the seeds. Sow beets early and thickly, so that the thinuings may be used as spinach. r rosis uo Din utue uarm. Sow cabbage in the hot bed for medi um early, and set out plants from the cold-frame in well manured soil; moder utely moist and strong soil is much bet ter than a light, sandy one. Hot out cauliflower plants from the cold-frame the same as cabbages, and give them a rich place. They must be either an early or a late crop, our strong son being injurious to their growth. Sow celery seeds in hot-bed if early plants are wanted, or in the open ground. Coru will not stand frost, or damp, ccldsQil; do not plant before the ground is Iry and warm. Cucumber's may be started jn pot3 or squaros of sod in the hot-bed, and set out when the weather has become suita ble, or if one has hand-frames, a few hills may be planted for extru early. Sow crass or oeDDererass for use as a salad. If tho black "flea" is abund ant, it is of no use to try it. Egg plant seeds may yet be sown in Lot-bed. Do not set plants in the open ground until it is thoroughly warmed. Look out for the "potato beetle," which attacks these plants even in preference to the potato, and will soon destroy them if not hand -picked. Kohl-rabi is seldom seem in gardens; its culture is as easy as that of turnips, and no one who has tried it will fail to have it every year. It should always grow quickly, and be eaten while young. Sow leeks the same as onions. When large enough, thin to six or eight inohes in the row, and%et out the thinnings at the same distance. Set out lettuce plants from the cold frame in rich, warm soil, and sow seeds for second crop.?Agriculturist. The Frnlt Garden. Let every person who has a bit of prround plant one grapevine at least this spring, as with a little care in train ing and pruning for two or three years, it will seldom fail to produce an abund ance of fruit. The soil for grapesshould not be rich wifctihsi&ble manure, but use ground bonfs, ol wood ashes. The first year alkrw only one shoot fo grow, and ia the fall cut this back to two or three buds; the next season allow only two of these to grow. The-first year a vine bears, only allow two bunches to each shoot, as more will exhaust the vine. There are many other ways of training, find the vine can be adapted to the lo cality. % Dwarf trees which require any prun ing should be attended to now, before tho buds start; avoid cutting off any large branches until June, when they may be taken off with safety; cover the nnfli alinlYon TTQVnioVt mfllfiul MUUUUO HiVU ouyxutv TIUUWU Vi wvtwu grafting wax. The roots of blackberries spread so fast and far that where it is possible they should be planted in a spot a little aside from the rest of the garden, so that they will not interfere with the growth of other plants. Provide strong stakes to which to tie the canes, and do not allow them to grow more than five feet high, with lateral branches cutback to eighteen inches. Set from six to eight feet apart, each way. Set raspberries in rows from four to six feet apart, and three to five feet in tue row. une 01 me Desi ways w sup port them is by a strong wire stretched along the line of the row and fastened . securely to well braced posts at each end; provide a support of some sort at distances of fifteen to twenty feet apart to keep the wire from sagging where the rows are long. As the canes grow to the top of the wire, tie them to it in fan shape, cutting them off at the height of four feet, and laterals at eighteen inches; four canes at most to a stool, and less even the first year, are enough, if the plants are weak. The easiest way to have a supply of strawberries is to renew the bed. Make new beds, setting the plants in rows three feet apart and one foot in the rows. In small gardens the plants may be set CI user, WILLI LUC xuuucio tuu V/JU. oa inob as they appear; and if the soil is well onriched every year, the bed will bear abundance for four or five years.?Agri culturist. . : Hints About Meat. The leg of mutton is the most profit, able joint, containing most solid meat. The neck is an extravagant joint, half the weight consisting of bone and fat The shoulder has also much waste in bone. 3Jhe breast does well for kitchen dinner, nicely fttuffed; it is much cheap er than the other joints. Sirloins and ribs of meat are very extravagant joints, from the weight of bone. The roasting side of the round part of the buttock, and the part called the "topside," are me Jiiosi prouwujio muiuj rating. ine mouse buttock is used for stewing ; shin is used for soup, or stewing. The quantity of butcher's meat consumed in a family is, on an average, three-quarters of a pound a day for each person ; but when the family consists of women and children, half a pound per day is about the quantity consumed one with another, # independent of hams, bacon, poultry, fish,, and game. Meat should be wiped with a dry, clean cloth as soon as it comes from the butcher's ; fly-blows, if found in it, cut out, and in some loins the long pipe that runs by the bone should be taken out, as it soon taints; the kernels also s&ould be removed from bef f. Never . receive bruised joints. Meat will keep good for a long time in cold weather, and, if frozen through, may be kept for months. Frozen meat must be thawed before it is cooked by plunging it into cold water, or placing it before the fire before setting it down to roast. It will never be dressed through if this pre caution is not taken, not even when ' twice cooked. Pepper is a preventive of decay, in a degree ; it is well, there fore, to pepper hung joints. Powdered charcoal is still more remarkable in its effect. It will not only keep the meat over which it is sprinkled good, but will remove the taint from already decaying flesh. A piece of charcoal boiled in the water with "high" meat or fowls -will render it or them quite sweet A piece of cnarcoal, or powdered charcoal, should be kept in every larder. Hams, after beinff smoked, may be kept foi any length of time packed in powdered charcoal. The Sheep Pelta. It is more profitable to pull the wool from sheep pelts than to sell the pelts. Prepare a board three feet wide and three or fonr feet in length, with one smooth side; spread a pelt on the smooth side of the board, flesh side np. Have mixed somo lime and water, about the consistency of good, rich cream (lime mixture such as is suitable foi plastering or laying brick will do, bul yon must use a little more of the latter). Wood ashes mixed with water, as witb lime, will start the wool quicker, but il frequently eats into the skin, and makes it so tender that the skin will tear it pulling. Spread a thin layer or coating of lime mixture all over the flesh side, then fold the flesh sides together care fully, and roll up and lay in a moderate, lv warm plaoe from six to twelve hours; tne wool will then be ready to pull, Then place the board at an angle ol forty-five degrees, unroll the pelt, scrape off the lime, and lay the flesh side upon the board, holding the neck in one hand, and with the other slide or push the woo' off in a whole fleece, which can be easilj and nicely done in ten minutes. Thei roll it up the same as if shorn wool Pat the fleeces separately in a dry, airj plaoe for six or eight days, to let th< moisture escape that is natural to lately , shorn wool, as well as that absorbed from the lime moisture. Last year we had a similar lot of wool to that we now have, and sent it to a wool manufacturer. Their sorter valued it at forty-five cents per pound. Calling such wool worth thirty-five cents this year, we get for the wool of each pelt $1.92$, or $1.17$ more than the highest price the pelts would have brought. PoasibllltlCN ol Corn Culture. In an essay read by H. 0. Haskell, of Deerfield, Mass., we find the following: The result3 of a series of experiments, by members of the Elmira farmers' club, seem to hint at the possibilities of XT * -1 il- - ? _l_f Ult) Uilfit'. JLU ULIO OApcilLUDJac, uio jiom of corn from a Bingle grain was twenty four ounces, equivalent to a bushel from thirty-seven grains. At this rate of pro duction for an entire acre, allowing to each grain foursquare feet of soil, would give 294 bushels of shelled corn. In another experiment, the yield from a single grain was thirty-one and one-half ounces, which would give a bushel from twenty grains or 398 bushels per acre. In another, the yield was thirty-seven amd one-half ounces, or a bushel from twenty-four grains, or 453 bushels per acre. The most successful experiment of the series was the yield of forty-three and one half ounces, which is at the rate of a bushel from twenty-one grains or 500 bushels per acre. What has been done, can be done again. What one grain of corn has been made to produce, every grain of 10,000 like it, allowing a rea sonable margin for accidents, may be made to produce. As yet we have scarcely begun to realize the possibili ties of high farming. How to Catch Rata. Set a small steel spring-trap on a board a foot square, and with a pencil mark the outlines of the trap. Out away the wood between the marks so as to let the trap down into the board flush with the surface. This is a permanent ar rangement, not absolutely necessary but very convenient, because easily kept covered. Now set the trap in the recep tacle prepared for it, and cover .it with bran, putting a little meal or nour ai rectly over the pan. If the rata sncoeed in getting the bait without springing the trap, glue some pumpkin seeds upon the paii and bait as before. Do not be dis couraged if you do not catch any the first week. Old rats are very shy of all artificial arrangements of a suspicious nature; but as familiarty breeds con-! tempt, they will be pretty sure to be caught in the end. I never fail to rid my cellar of rats in this way. Chicken Jelly. Boil a pair of chickens until you can pull the meat from the bones; remove all the meat and allow the bones to boil half an hour longer; stand this in a cool -Jf ttt-HI VtOAAfYta lolliof? fVlP (UiU IV TTJLX4 wvwmw jv*-wuj ?w n6it day cut the meat into Bmall pieces, melt the jelly and throw it in; then add two tablespoonfuls of Worcestershire sauce, two of walnut sauoe, one table spoonful of salt, a pinch of powdered mace, cloves, and allspice; slice ten hard boiled eggs and two lemons, line a large bowl, or form, with these slices, then pour in the mixture and let it stand in a cool place (but not to freeze). THe water should just cover the chickens when put to boil. This is a very orna mental dish, and will keep for a long while. Fashions in Silks. Gbos Grains for Costumes.?Plain solid colors, says the Bazar, will pre vail in gros grains, as they have always done. The reps are of medium size, and the gros grain has the soft finish necessary for drapery, instead of falling into stiff, heavy folds. The fancy is for rich dark colors for costumes, and the list of shades is not long, nor does it show any novelties, since the object is to return to old-time subdued yet posi fiT7a f?r?lnrH I hp.rA is Rpn.1 brown, mvrtle green, marine bine, mud color, and va rious gray shades, such as sttel color, caoutchouc, Coomassie, Bilboa, etc. Silks for Evening Dresses.?The shades for evening silks are ciel glace, which is a very lustrous shimmering blue, fiourire (a smile), rose-tinted lav ender, sea foam green, and every shade that has a yellow hue, such as cream, paiUe or straw color, chair or flesh, Isabel, buff, canary, etc. With these plain gros grains are imported two fab rics or corresponding shades from which to choose overdresses, viz.: brocaded silk and brocaded Chambery gauze. Three shades of white double faille are shown for bridal dresses. These are blanc mat, or dead white; blano rose, with faint rosy tints; and blanc creme, or the rich cream white like that of syringas and orange blossoms. Double faille has double twisted chain in the grain, making very rich looking reps, yet retaining the desired softness. Light Taffeta Silks.?The prettv light taffeta silks for making simple suits for the spring show new effects in checks and stripes. Thus there are sil ver gray grounds barred with blaok and white?a very stylish design. The old contrasts of white with dark brown, blue, or black are also repeated. From twenty-five to thirty yards of these silks are required for a very simple dress, as they are only nineteen or twenty inches wide, and cost $1 a yard. One Customer in Fifteen Tears. On the old stage route from Bangor to Ellsworth there was a lone stretch of dense foiest, through which travelers used to prefer to pass by daylight, as there was not a house to be seen in a twelve hours' ride. Many years ago a Yankee named Osgood thought it a good plan to open a half-way house of entertainment in the woods, and so bought a tract of land there and made & clearing. But everybody went by as before. At last a tin peddler got caught in a storm, and put up at the Osgood House.. On calling for his bill the next morning, he was told that the charge would be $25. The peddler demurred, but was told that it was impossible to maintain a public house at ordinary rates, with only one customer in fifteen years. Convinoed by this reasoning, the ped dler made no further objection to the bill, but craved the privilege of paying it in tin ware, which was granted. Be fore the next caller arrived the house was closed. This ?tory mast be true, fnr Onannd tfllln it, himRAlf. To Secure an Adjournment. The gentleman from Louisville, Ken tucky, is entitled to a patent for a new method of bringing about an easy and quick adjournment of the Kentucky House even in the midst of the most persistent filibustering resistance. After many abortive attempts had been made, about ten minutes after the clock had struck two p. m. ho sent one of the pages out and procured a large piece of middling meat, which he proceeded to broil on the coals in one of the largo, projecting fireplaces of the Eouse. Soon the dinner siiggestingodois of tbat broil ing meat began to spread through the House and salute the olfactories of bat tling but hungry members, and in less than five minutes another motion to ad cram was made and carried line a snot. Two Friends. A few years ago there resided at the Mission San Jose, in Alameda county, Cal., two young ladies, between whom, although not of kin, a strong friendship existed. They were married at the same time and by the same service. They then took up their residences, one at 1 Haywards and the other at Alvarado. I In the course of time they gave birth to 1 children on the same day, the birth of ! rtn /v aIi.'I J MK/vMJin m fVta AfU/lV V\T7 I ?uo liuuu pioueuiuy niiau ui duo uuuu kt ? ; two boars. Three weeks later both , children died on the same day, the eld eft just two hours before the other. . Three weeks after the death of the chil ; dren both mothers died on the same day. j Served Right.?A would-be swell, wishing for an excuse to speak to a beau tiful lady in the street with whom he was unacquainted, drow his nice white cambric handkerchief from his pocket as he approached her, and inquired if she hade t dropped it. The.lady glanced at the handkerchief, noddod assent, took it, thanked him, and ma jhed on, leav ing the exquisite to bo laughed by hia companions. . * ' Don't Leave the Farm. Come, boys, I have something to toll yon, Come near, I would whisper it low, Yon are thinking of leaving the homestead, Don't be in a hnrry to go! The city haa many attractions, But think of the vices and sins, When once in the vortex of fashion, How soon the course downward beginB. Yon talk of the mines of the Black Hills, They're wealthy in gold without doubt, But ah I there ja gold on the farm, boys, If only you'll shovel it out; The mercantile trade is a hazard, The goods are first high and then low; Better Btick to the farm a while longer, Don't be in a hurry to go. The great Dusy >veai una uiuuucujduw, And so baa the busiest mart, Bat wealth wasn't made in a day, boys, Don't be in a harry to start. The bankers and brokers are wealthy, They take in their million or so, Ah, think of the fraud and deception Don't bo in a harry to go. The farm is the safest and sarest, The orchards are loaded to-day, You're free as the air of the mountain And " monarch of all you survey.' Better stay on the farm a while longer, Though profits come in rather slow, Remember you've nothing to risk, boys, Don't be in a hurry to'go! " DICK, THE RAT." The Ways of Rat Cat chin*?Toner Telia H6w he Makes a Living by It?IIow he Works a Hotel. The New York Times has been inter viewing a professional rat catcher, and the following is the result of its investi gations: TaKlUg a stout cauvut* uag Hum uuuor the table, he produoed an ordinary pair of tongs. "This," said Toner, "i what I oatoh them with. You see I have the inside of the end of these tongs made like a rasp. Now, there's anoth er improvement of mine. If you have an ordinary pair of tongs, and grab a stout rat by the tail, he'll wiggle away, but if ye catch him with these, he's bound to go in the hole." " What else do you use?" "Well, only a dark lantern and a bag. Sometimes I sprinkle stuff on the floor to make them come out of their holes. The stuff is a trade secret, and attracts the rats by its smell. It's the same as flies and molasses." "Where do you catch the most rats ?" "Slaughter houses and granaries. I often make a good bag in hotels. One night I got 350 rats in the Astor House kitchen ?" " How do you charge for your ser vices ?" "Well, me and my assistant gets $5 each every night we work and our board. And when we work in private houses we sometimes charge $15 for every hundred rats we catch." " vvnac QO you au whju mo ruua ? " Sell them, of course. Merchants and brokers has fancy terriers they want to train to kill rats, and if there's a rat ting match oomes off we furnish the rats. Good rats is worth $20 a hun dred." " I suppose you have a considerable number of customers ?" " Oh, nearly all the big hotels, brew eries, saloons, and slaughter houses in the State. You see, traps and poison can't drive them out. Rats breed so fast that you can't catch them quick enough, and if you poison them why they die in their holes." " Well, how do you catch them ?" " I go into the cellar, or wherever the rats are, with John. He holds the bag and I take the dark lantern and the tongs. We have rubbers on and 6tep light. The rats run around and I squeak like one. Then they come close to us, and I throw open the slide of the lantern. The rats get confused and rush into the light, and I grab them and put them in the bag. When there's no more, I go out and leave the place be for a couple of hours, or another day, and then I go at them again. But the best way to know is to see me work. Me and John is going to clean out a hotel to-night, and if you come along you can take a hand in. I'll leave here at twelve o'clock." The reporter ac cepted the proposition, and on return ing at midnight, found Toner and his partner in waiting. Cassidy carried the bag and tools, and jumping on a car, the party were soon conveved to their destination, a prominent hotel. The night clerk, on being informed by Toner of his business, ordered him to be shown to the servants' hall, where the head waiter, a couple of cooks, and several grooms were waiting to see the rat catchers. These persons regarded Toner and his companion with the ut most awe and respect. One of the Eng lish grooms gave a graphic description of several ratting matches he had seen at Jimmy Shaw's, in Windmill street, ner-r the Haymarket, and Toner gravely as sented to the statement that Jimmy Shaw's Jacko was the best ratter ever put into a pit Toner next asked for the key of the kitchen. This having been given him, he opened the closete ana swjre-ruum uuure, huu nptimuug a few spoonfuls of odorous fluid in the center of the kitchen he retired, locking the door after him and putting the kej in his pocket, remarking at the same time to the head cook: " If any of the folks up stairs wants vittles cooked now, they've got to go without'em." Having nttered this declaration of authority, Toner resumed his seat in the servants' hall, and spent the following hour in drinking and smoking. At length, he remarked : "I guesf we'll go to work," and lit his dark lani tern. With the lantern in his left hand and the tongs in his right, Dick led the way, Oassidy following next with the bag, and the reporter bringing up the rear. "Step light," said Dick, as he unlocked the kitchen door. The pattei of the rats on the floor could be heard plainly, w un a licue instrument ue nac in his month, he imitated the " squeak squeak" to perfection. The next mo ment he threw back the slide of the lan tern and Cassidy held the bag open. The circle of light on the floor seemed fairly swarming with jrats. As quiok af lightning Dick seized them with the tongs and dropped them into the bag, The rats dashed round in the circle oJ light, and seemed afraid to stir beyond it. They were quickly snatched up until no more remained on the floor, " That's not so bad," said Cassidy, giv ing the bag a shake: "There's a hun dred and twenty, Dick." Toner replied "There's one got away over in thai corner, there, I heard him." And he walked rapidly to a portion of the kitchen where there was a huge chop ping bench. Hare enough, mere waf the rat; Dick threw the glare of the lan tern right on the rat, blinded him, and hauled him ont -with the tongs. " ] guess that's all," said Dick. "Now yov see how it's done." Noticing that Casaidy kept swinging the bag about, the reporter nBked whal that was done for. "Oh," said Dick, "that's to keep the rats from eating their way out, and I'll tell you a good story about that. One cold night I waf taking a hundred rats to a broker't house for a rat bait, when a ' copper stopped me in the street and asked m< what I had in the bag. I had my collai up over my face and an old cap on, and ho took mo for a burglar. I said J hadn't got anything, but kept shaking the bag. Well, this policeman wanted to catoh a burglar bad, so ho necked m< and took me to tho station. A cortaii captain, I ain't going to mention hii name, was behind the desk, and he Rays Who've ye got there, Oonnorfl?'am the cop says : 41 guess he'B a burglar. ' So he is, says the captain, ' his j?ictur< is in the gallery,' and he came out fron behind the desk to have a good look a mo. ' What stuff have yon got in tha bag.' ' You can look for yourBclf,' sayi I, and I gave him the bag. Fe droppet it on the floor, and you ought to soe hit face when them rats ran ail over th< station house. ' Who are you,' pays he I'mDiokthe Rat,'says I. 'You go out of here, quick,' says he, and ho ] did. Woll, good night, young fellow I'm going out to Newark to-morrow t< work a brewery." Mantillas of lace and cream tulle art mueh worn at evening amusements. 1 THIEF BT TRADE. Designed for a Priest bat Graduated as C onfirmed Felon. Of the many oily-ton gued rascals and thieves who have been run to oover in this city, says the Kansas City Times, Philip Watt, who was arrested for com plicity in the Leavenworth robbery, is the king. He is a man about thirty years of age, weighs one hundred and sixty pounds, and stands six feet and an inch in his stocking feet. He has a good head, crowned by a growth of sandy hair, and from beneath his dark eye brows look out as foxy a pair of gray eyes as ever a person looked upon. A reporter paid a visit to the county jail, and ensconced in oell No. 3 on the left hand tier this man was found. " Do yon want to be interviewed t" " Well, I don't mind, but I tell you, to begin with, that I won't tell you any thing that will in the least possible man ner criminate me. What do you want to know ?" "I would like a history of your life," answered the scribe. " Well, get out your note book and I | will commence. " The man then, with as few words as possible, gave the following aocount of his life: " I was born in San Antonio, Texas, in 1845, and lived there until I was nearly four years old. My father then removed to Fort Laramie, and I lived in that place until he had served his time out in the regular army. At ten years of age my father and mother moved to Leavenworth, where my younger days were passed. It had been my father's wiBh that I should beoome a Catholic priest, and my early education all tended toward that thing. In Leavenworth I attended St Mary's College, and was under special charge of the bishop of that place. . At fifteen years of age I was sent to the Jesuit college in St. Louis to complete my education. While there I came to the conclusion that 1 was not cut out for a priest, and jumped the institu tion. "On ooming back to Leavenworth, I made the acquaintance of a number of bad characters, and when once on the road down hill a person goes fast, and in a short time I was the leader of the gang. I have been arrested scores of times, and have seen the inside of nearly every jail in the West. The first time I was sent to the penitentiary was for obtain ing 3400 from the American Express company. I was caught, but handed the ' swag' to a ' pal,' and while serving my time in the jail had the use of the money. I was sixteen months in jail at Independence, and was at last sentenced for three years. After serving eighteen months I was pardoned out, through the exertions of my counsel, the Hon. Henry P. White. I was good for a time after my release, but the detectives would not let me alone, and kept hounding me from one place to another. At last I made up my mind to go back to the old business, and at Omaha I' confidenced' a jeweler named Hubberman out of $700 worth of jewelry. I was arrested on suspicion the same night, but, as usual, got away with the 'swag.' Was sent up for three years, but, as in the case in Missouri, was pardoned out after having served half my sentence, " Money and political influence had a good deal to do with my getting out. On the books it was registered as ' executive clemency,' but I tell you money will do most anything. With it I will moke the win o<-voor? a* rtflf ATlf ililfiUUlUl IXVOX xuu uDVJioaui| VI gvv uuh of any prison in America. I think this is the worst apology for a jail that I ever was in, and I have been in most all of them. I have often thought of being a better man, but have never been given a chance. The detectives do more to en courage crime than to suppress it. If a man was a thousand miles away, in any honest business, and one of them should .ee him they would give him away in a minute. I have never had any induce ments held out to me to be a better man. The world is all against me, and I might as well be crooked as straight. When I die it will be some satisfaction to some, that I leave the world a squeezed lemon. Public opinion is against me, and it is a law higher and mightier than any jury I have ever been brought be fore." "You are suspected of having had a hand in the Wyandotte bank robbery." " Yes, I know it. A couple of green horns were down here this morning and measured my feet and size. I was sure they were Kansas ' grays.'" "You can tell a Kansas official, then ?" " Oh, yes. Most all of them are of my stripe, and will steal whenevef they get a ohance. Tom Speers, now, is a gentleman, and always treated me like c human being." " You are sure you were not in Wyan dotte on the night of the robbery ?" The man looked at the reporter about fifteen seconds, and then said, without appearing to have heard the question : "I wonder how much they would give me to get back that $1,500. I guess it would go a long way toward getting me out of this scrape; " Do you think you will get out oi this?" " Yes, I do. I am innocent, and, like Micawber, am waiting for something tc turn np to my advantage.'* " Do you think if you got out of this scrape you can do better ?" " No, I cannot, and Bhan't try. When I get out I shall go back to the old busi ness, and keep at it until I am gray." A West Point Story. Gen. George A. Ouster, in his " Wa: Memories," Buys thatfhe spent sixty-pij of the usual holiday Saturdays during his four years at West Point on extra guard duty for breaking the strict rules of the Institution. He was officer of the guard on one of these days, and "had begun my tour at the usual hour in the morninpr, and everything passed off sat \ isfactorily in connection with the dis , charge of my new responsibilities, until , just at dusk I heard a commotion near . the guard tents. Upon hastening to the [ scene of the disturbance, which by the [ way was at a considerable distance from the main camp, I found two cadets en gaged in a personal dispute, which threatened to result in blows. Quite a group of cadets, as friends and specta tors, had formed about the two bellicose disputants. I had hardly time to take in the situation when the two principals of the group engaged in a regulaT set-to, and bag on belaboring each other vigor ously with their fists. Some of their more prudent friends rushed forward and attempted to separate the two con testants. My duty as officer of the guard was plain and simple. I should have arrested the two combatants and seLt them to the guar J tents for violating the peace and the regulations of the academy. Bat the instincts of the boj prevailed over the obligation of th? officer of the guard. I pushed my waj through the surrounding line of cadets, dashed back those who were interfering in fcho struggle, and called out loudly 'Stand back, boys; let's have a fail fight."' Too Big a " Boo." After a most ridiculous and extrava gant plea by a young lawyer in a trivia! case, an older lawyer, who had a way oJ saying quaint things, remarked, ir opening the opposing side of the case, that his friend's elaborate plea remind ed him of the experience of a neighbor of his, who was once engaged in bieak J llig tt UUXlf) nuu IUO UWkJ itw WV4V4 V* AW ??* ?. like this: The colt breaker made his young sor hide in the buBh, while he himself was to mount the animal and put him nt his top spoed to the hiding place, and then the boy win to ruBh suddenly out and shout "Bool" the idea being to prove how well the colt would stand tho scare, Everything was done according to pro> gramme, but the result was altogethei too much of a soare for the colt, whe kicked up his heels and put down hie head, and tho old man was thrown ovei it far iuto the road on his head. Oleariug the dust from his loosenec teeth he made for the boy with the switch he had cut to drive the ccltj and with rage began to dress the astonished young man down, shouting: " Whal did you do that for f What did you dc that for f" " But, father," said, the crying boy, " you told mo to holler ' boo I " " Yes," said the old man, "but danf it, it was altogether too big a 'boo' foi bo small a colt." SUMJKABI OF JCBW&* Iitereitloi It en. a fran Hobs and Abroad* Freight rates from Chio&go east have been reduced The government of Servia has determined to lev; a forced loan of f 10 a head. South Carolina sends her delegates to the national Republican convention unpledged. Aji iron oil tank at Bear Greek station, Pa., was struok by lightning and instant^bo came a masB of flames, which spread to two neif hboring tanks and the three were totally destroyed with their oontents of forty-five thousand barrels of oil, involving a loss of nearly <100,000. A twenty-flve-thousand-bar rel tank was also struck by lightning and set on fire at Beaver Pipe station, but was ex tinguished by the use of steam ....Three men were buried beneath an old w all in Philadel phia, and when resoued one was dead and the others seriously injured. A. fire in St. KmaIt klrnV* mo{. I/UUU0} uauauii) UPOVIUJOU ? witva v*wa tvur donee and storehouse, valued at $70,000 Four men were instantly killed and five others Berionsly and perhaps fatally in jored by a fire damp explosion in the Nesquehoning mine, near Allentown, Fa Twenty thousand col liers are on strike in Soath Yorkshire, Eng., against a fifteen per cent, reduotion of wages. .... The immigration from Iroland for 1876, it is estimated, will be the smallest Binoe 1851. Five dwellings, with ntmerous bams and oatbnildings,were blown down at Creaton, la., daring the prevalence of a heavy gale. Loss, $10,000. An engagement between Turkish troops and one thousand insurgents took place near Kje vaca, and the insurgents were defeated with a loss of three hundred men The plague is on the inoreaso in Bagdad A battle was fought in the vicinity of Constantino, Algiers, between Frenoh troops and five thousand in surgents, in whioh the latter were completely routed, suffering a lone of six hundred killed and wounded, inolnding their leader..;.. The high [oourt of justice of Greece has sentenced the minister of eoc^elastical affairs to be im prisoned for one yeaf, debarred from political privileges for threoyears, and to pay the poor house $10,000 whioh he was convicted of reociving as a bribe. A former minister of justice *ae alao sentenced to ten months' im priflonment for corruption,and the archbishops have been fined donble the amoonta they were convicted of receiving as bribes Virginia's Bepablican delegate! are all in favor of Blaine, and about three-fourths of South Carolina's are understood to have the same preference. German town, a suburb of Louisville, was struck by a hurricane, which caused a great deal of damage and the death of Michael and Jonn Meffert, father and son Gen. John McDonald, of the St. Louis whisky ring, was sentenced to three years in the peniten tiary and to pay a fine of $5,000. W. 0. Avery was sentenced to two years' imprisonment and $1,000 fine. A. T. Stewart's will, which was made in 1873, gave hiB friend and legal adviser, Judge Hilton, the Bum of $1,000,000, and the balance of the immense estate to the widow, with the exception of a few small legacieu to faithful servants and employees. No money wu left for publio charity, but in a letter to his wife ba ornrnnBAd thn hoDfl that she will carry out his plana for tha welfare of Lis fellow-men, and requests that -each of hia employees who has nerved him twenty years shall have $1,000, and those who have served ten years $500... .It is reported that the shah of Persia has sent a force of troops to Mesohed, a city in northeastern Persia, whence they will wage war against Merr. If the shah snooeeds he may be expected to tako possession of Merv before Russia can annex it Richard Hen yon, tax collector of Amboy. Oswego comity, N. Y., is a defaulter to an amount ranging from $2,000 to $3,000 A bronze figure of Abraham Linooln, bought by J subscriptions from colored people, was unveiled in Wash ington hw PrAnirinnt Orant. Frederick Douglass made the address St. Mary's county, Md., has had a shake by an earthqnake ...... Baby farming in Montreal is being looked into, and it is found that of 719 foundlings consigned to the Gray Nun hospital, last year, only eighty eight survived Several houses and barns were} burned at Meobaniosburg, Pi., by &11 incendiary fire, aggregating a loss of $40,000. The old Greeley mansion at Ohappaqua, N. Y., was destroyed by fire. Holmes' boot shop in Westborougb, Mass., vu burned U the ground. The loss is from $50,000 to $60,000 Great anxiety is felc for the safety of tho schooner Katie, whioh left Fort Mulgrave, N. 8., for Boston with sixty-five pasBengera James D. Eada, engineer of the improvements at the mouth of the Mississippi, informs the South Pass Jetty oompany that the jetties show the least depth of water to bo fifteen end one-half feet olear. A depth of twenty-two feet extends one mile and three-quarters Wm. Cullen Bryant, of New York, ex-President WoOlsey, of Con necticut, ex-Gov. Ballook, of Massachusetts, ; noraoo vruibe, ui Alliums, nuu w ouuiux, ui Missouri, have called for a conference of [ prominent men to be held in New York city l May 15th, to oonrult about procuring the eleo ; tion of men of high character to the ohief offices in the country A Russian corvette, ' while entering the Pirtoufj lately, foundered, and all on board were drowned No further ! disturbances are apprehended in Malacoa 1 Dom Pedro, emperor of Brazil, arrived safely in New York and declined all publio attentinoe. 1 ....Mrs. A. T. Stewart, for the cum of $1,000, 000, has transferred all the property left by her husband, excepting only the real estate in New York city, to Judge Hilton, who, with Mr> Stewart's old partner, Mr. Libbj, will darry out all tbo dead merchant's enterprises under the old name... .There arc 84,20u buildings in New York city, of which 37,156 are dwellings, 8,293 stores and 425 ohurohes Six strioid&s were committed in or about New York city in one day.... John MoNamara shot his betrothed, Ellen M. Gallinan, through the heart in Corn ing, N. Y., in a fit of jealousy. The drought is severe throughout Cuba, and La ruining the growing corn and crops. In the Vuelta Abajo region the tobacco crop is in a bad condition ..Theodore Garren, of Hutchinson Station, N. J., next neighbor to Jaoob Young, who was found in his house murdered on April 4th, hanged himself a few days ago, leaving a letter t bating that although he was suspected of the murder he was Inno cent of tho orime Tho barge Keystone, with $10,000 worth of Centennial goods from Albany, struok the bridge at that placo and sunk The Porto complains to the great powers that Servia is aiding the insurgents. Rioting took place in the streets of LiimeriCK oeiwoou nome nuiera ana nationals. Over one hundred persons weie rounded forty seriously and nix fatally The college known as Emerson Institute, in Mobile, and used for the education of oolored people,was destroyed by fire The Louisiana supreme oourt has deoided the issue of $2,500,000 of bonds to the Mobile and Chattanooga railroad to be unoonstituticn&l Eight steamers have arrived at St. Johns, N. P., from the seal flshory, having on board 81,000 Beals The towboat Dictator was dashed against a bridge at Hannibal, Mo., by the swift current, and striking amid.hips ttss broken in two and sunk. Nine persons went down with her. a; terrible epidemic baa broken out near Soochow, China, and already has depopulated several email villagej....Insurrectiona have broken out in the districts of Kivor-ying and Sh&u-see, China, and are quite extoneivo Ex-8eoretary liolkuap appeared before the Senate high court of impeachment, and on the House managers preferring the charges, Mr. Belknap offered an affidavit setting forth that as he had ceased to be an offloer of the United States, the court bad po jurisdiction in the case. The managers asked for time to answer Mr. Belknap, and the court was adjourned for a fow days. In answer to the appeals of Mr. Aloody ror money to carry on the religions work in Now York, over f100,000 were raised at an after noon meeting, and in the evening $100,000 more were collected England refuses to givo up the forger Winelow unless this govern ment agrees to try him only on the charge for whioh ho is extraditod The insurgents defeatod tho Turks in a sanguinary battle near Nicslo, and tho losses were heavy on both sides. The Insurgents also captured all the provisions sent by the Turks from lUgusa to Trebinge Tho ship Yictory, from Shieldn, England, for San Francisco, has been lost at sea with captain and sixteen of the crew President Orant has vetoed tho bill reducing the salary of the Preeidsnt after March i, 1877 The steamboat Chauncey Vibbard ran from New York to Albany in six hours and twenty minutes?being the fastest time on re cord Secretary Bristow has issued orders to bis ?nbordimit?4 to redeem with ?ily?r oc4j all amonnts of fractional currency which ma; be presented in euros varying from $8 to tl0C Unless navigation opens early some o the inhabitants of Gaspe. East Now Brunswick in the Dominion, will die of' starvation, as th otook is all gone and much suffering alread; prevails. FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. The Basinets of General Interest Trans acted. bxiutb. The bill fixing the rate of postage on third class mail matter, after several amendments passed. Mr. Mitchell (Rep.), of Oregon, from th< oommittee on privileges and elections, t< which committee wu referred the question a/ to the proper amount of compensation to h paid to P. B. S. Pinohbaok, late a contestant for a seat from the State of Louisiana, report ed a resolution to pay Mr. Pinohbaok a sun equal to the compensation and mileage of i senator from the beginning of the term fo which he was a contestant to the terminatioi of the oontest by the Senate. Ordered to b< printed and he on the table. Mr. Conkling (Rep.), of New York, present ed the petitions of citizens against the passagi of any bill allowing an Amerioan register U foreign-built vessels. Referred to the oom mittee on commerce. Mr. Sherman (Rep.), of Ohio, from the oom mittee on finance, reported favorably on thi Senate bill to amend the laws relating to th< 1/krrol nf oIIttat* nnin Plftf.fi/! fin tllA Cfcl endar. The bill will provide jfor the ooinagi of a silver dollar of 112 8-10 graiiu'of standarc silver, to be a legal tender for any amoont no exceeding $20 in one payment, except foi customs dues and interest on the pablio debt The legal tender power of the trade dollar i totally abolished. The other existing silve coins are to remain a legal tender for th< amounts now fixed by law. The bill allowi holders of bullion to; exchange it at marke value for the new dollars at their face value or for United States notes at par. The pro posed limitation of the issue of the silve dollars to $50,000,000 has not yet been inoor porated in the bill. Mr. Morrill (Bep.), of Maine, called up thi House bill making appropriations to suppl; the deficiencies in tne appropriations ior ini fiscal year ending Jons 30, 1876. and for prio years. Various amendments proposed, appro priating (160,000, were agreed to, and tile bil was read a third time and passed. HOUSE. The bill to supply the deficiency in the print ing bureau of she Treasury department, an< for the issue of subsidiary silver coin in plao of the fraotional currency, was taken up, th question being on the Senate amendment I strike ort the third seotion, known as " th Beagan amendment," making silver dollar legal tender to the amount of $50, and lesse coin a legal tender to the amount of $35. Th amendment was concurred in without division as were the other amendments. The bill thu reduced to the first and second sections (whicl supply the deficiency in the printing bureai and directs the issue of subu'diary silver coin now goes to the President for his signature. The House took m the Deficiency bill, an Mr. Wells (Dem.), of Missouri, who had charg of it, made explanations as to the bill. The ml was amended in various minor particulars, an passed. Mr. MoCrary (Rep.), of Iowa, introduced th following bills, which were referred: T I create a sinking fund for the liquidation of th government bonds advanced "to the Unio; raciflc railroad oompany; also in relation t the cancellation of.mortgages. The debate on the Hallet KUbourn oase wa proceeded with. The resolution offered b Dir. Lynde (Rep.), of Wisconsin, directing th eergeant-at-arms to make a return to the wril and to produce Mr. Kilboum before the conn was aJopted?yeas, 166; cays, 75. The House took np the report of the elec tion oommittee on the Alabama conteete election case of Bromberg against Haralsor The report being unanimous against the olaii of the contestant, Bromberg, and deolaiing th sitting member, Haralson, entitled to th? eeai The report was agreed to. A Genuine More. Mr. William Einer, a farmer fron Mifflin county, Pa., passed throngh Nei Lisbon, Indiana, with his family, horset wagon and private residence, and, be cause of the novelty of the scene, th offarifinn n# manv nflraona was attracted and the little house drew large crowd about it, whose curiosity led them t give it a superficial inspection. Mi Einer has purchased some property i: Iowa, and has resolved to settle there Being a man of economical habits, h has determined to use his own motiv power rather than call the railroad com panies to his assistance. He accordingl; constructed a little dwelling on the toj of his wagon, the build." ^ being on story high, about fifteen feet long an< five or six wide. It contains windows | doors and various modern improve ments. It is built of light popla boards, battened and painted storav color. Mr. Einer's family comprises hi wife and one or two children, who loo] very comfortable in their home. The; eat all tUeir meals there, do their cook ing on a little stove which they have and are not bothered a great deal by th gaze of the inquiring public. Mi Einer drives three horses and owns tw UOgB, Will''11 Jieep luuu yux.jm uuuui wagon. He Ma already traveled 31' miles in this way, rather likes the mod and intends to continue his journey r the same way until he comes to the en< of it He Was Delayed. A Detroit lady purchased a jacket at Woodward avenue store the other da\ and the clerk said he would send it rigb home inside of half an hour. In aboc four hours a package boy appeared wit the garment, and the impatient lady ei claimed : " K/vira ma fcVin rrrratflflt nnisanc in town. I suppose yon stopped to pla marbles or hnnt np a lost dog?" " Indeed, I didn't," he replied. " went np home to change hats, and m she had to try on the jacket and parad boforo the glass. Then Katyshe pnti on to make a call, and when she got bac ma was determined to walk over o: Woodward avenue to show it off, Aid got here as qnick as ever I could." Tho Most Cruel of Stepmothers. A sentence of six months' imprisor ment has been passed at Birmingham England, on a woman named Hawkini for cruelty to her stepson, aged elever Since her marriage to the boy's fathei eighteen months ago, she had habitua ly beaten and starved tne ooy. ne na often been seen pioking crusts off dot heaps, and eating potato peelings an cabbage leavea One morning he ws sent to school with little breakfast, ha no dinner, and on returning home at si o'clock he helped himself to some brea in his stepmother's absence. Learn in this afterward, she stripped him an struck him about thirty times on th back until it was a mass of bruises. School Children's Eyei. The effects of schooMife upon th eyes of the children seems to be som( what pernicious, especially where th desks in a schoolroom are badly arrange as to light. The superintendent c schools at Cincinnati reports that i June last a distinguished occnlist mad an examination in the schools of the eye of 1,264 children, and discovered that i the district schools 13.27 per cent, wer near sighted; in the intermediat schools, 13.8 ; ana in me> iiuiuiu; tun high schools, 22.75 per cent. From ob seirvation in New York and in Europe similar results are reported. It is evi dent, therefore, that school life induce and increases near-sightedness. Fixing the Rats. A Sacramento gentleman, whoa premises were overrun with rats, was in formed that the best way to get rid o them was to give them a feed of yeas cakes, the idea suggested being that th rodents, finding the cakes palatable would eat as long as their stomach ha< room, then take a drink and retire. Thi water and gastrio juice in their stomach would immediately cause the yeast t< act, and, as the snggester of the plan re marked, " it just raises'em up I Th citizen purchased some yeast cakes b; way of experiment, and, next morning discovered some very fat but greatly in disposed rats in his yard ana dispatcbei them. At our request uragm oc ui x x^xj adelphia, Pa., have promised to sen< any of onr readers, gratis (on receipt o fifteen cents to pay postage), a sampl of Dobbins' Electric Soap to try. Seni at once. * Chapped hands, face, pimples, riDg worms, ealtrheum, and other oataDeoua affec tions oared, and rongb skin made soft ac smooth by u?iog Juniper 1 ar 8oap. Be can fnl to get only that made by Caewell, Hazar <fc Co., New York, as there are many imitation made with common tar, all of which aie wortl Jmb. fitter Ten lean. ? Considerable excitement has been ' raised in Sussex oounty, N. J.f aver the f arrest of Mrs. Enos Mann, charged by i her husband with having poisoned to e death a former husband?a farmer, jr named John Bavercool?ten years ago in Stillwater. She married a few months after her husband's death a" man named Enos Mfinn. They have not lived hap pily together, and now Mann alleges . that his wife ten years ago poisoned her first husband. Husband and wife are in jaiL The huge, drastic, griping, sickening pills, constructed of crude, coarse and balky ingredients, are fast being Superseded by Dr. Pietoe's Pleasant Purgative Pellets, or Bugar CJoated, Concentrated IiooB and Herbal J nice, Anti-Bilious Granules?the "Little Giant" Cathartic or Mvltwn in Paroo physic. Modern chemical science enables Dr. Pleroe to extraot from tho juices of the most valuable roots and herbs their aottve medicinal principles, whiob, whon worked into little pellets or grandlee, scarcely larger than mustard seed, renders each little pellet as active and powerful as a largo pill, wbUe t&ey are moon more puw*Die and pleasant in effect. , Dr. Ira A. Thayer, of Baoonsburg, Ohio, writes: "I regard your Pellets as the beet remedy for the oonditions for which yon pre scribe them of anything I have ever used, so mild and certain in effect, and leaving the bowels in an excellent condition. It seems to me they most take the place of all otber ca thartic pills and medicines." Lvon A Macomber, druggists, Vermillion, D. T., eay: " We think they are going to sell like hot cakes as aoo-i as people get acquainted with them and will spoil ihe pill trade, u those who have need them like them muoh better than large pills." , , ? Vegetine will cleanse scrofula from the system. Important to Persons Visiting New York or the Centennial. The Grand Union Hotel, New York, oppo site the Grand Central depot, has over 850 ele gantly famished rooms. Elevator, steam, and all modern improvements. European plan. pulmonary diseases. g The Pnhnonlo Syrup ripens the morbid matter la the [l longs; nature throws It off by in eaay expectoration, for a when the phlegm or nutter Is ripe a flight oongh will ) throw It off; the paUenthaa net and the lungs begin to ' heal. 3 To enable the Pnlmonlo Syrtp to do this, Schsnok'i e Mandrake Pills end Schenok's Bee Weed Tonlo most be 11 freely used to oleanae the (tomaoh and lives. Bohenok'a 3 Mandrake Fllla act on the Itrer, removing all obetroo tlonj, relax the gall bladder, the bile (tart* freely, and 6 the llrer la soon relieved. . i 0 Schenok's Sea Weed Tonlo la a gentle (Umolant and < e alterative; the alkali of wUoh it la eompoetf tnixas ' 0 with the food an prevents souring. It assists tke dlges 0 Uonby toning up the stomach to a healthy condition so that the food and the Potanonlo Syrop will make good a bloodt then the lugs heal, and the patient will surely , y get well If care Is taksn to prevent fresh cold. 1 All wbo wish to oonsaU Dr. Scfaenok, either personally j . or by letter, oan do so at hit priuotpal offioe, ooroer of ?, Sixth aod Arch Streets, Philadelphia, ersiy Monday. L Schenck's msdlolncs an sold by all druggists throngb ont the ooontary. i'lie MATK618. m xobx Beef Oattle-Prime to Extra Bnllookj CS C II% Oommtm to Good Texani ? $ ? Milch oowi .......oo mn oo Hog??Live. Dreaced 10 ? 10* Sheep 06X9 '08V Lambe 7 59 <? 9 00 OotUm?Middling.... ux Flour?Extra Weetern. S 80 0 6 80 State'Extra 5 35 ?} I (0 Wheat?Bed Western 1 80 9 1 30 No. a Spring.... 1 JW A I i7 Bye?State . S3 ? 1 0) Barter?State 75 & 88 Barley Malt ... 1 00 1 00 Oats?Mixed Western 48 0 48 Corn?Mixed Weatern 69 0 (8 Hay, per cm 60 ? 1 II Straw, per owt... 55 0 111 Hope 75V-13 01? ... olds 04 0 04 Pori?Mess 39 80 023 80 Urd 14 8 14* Fish?Mackerel, No. 1, new........ .38 00 037 90 " No. 3, new.........15 00 018 00 Dry God, per owt............ 4 00 0 5 50 . Herring, scaled, per box?. 25 0 35 Petroleum?Grade 08#<a08# Beflned, 14 Wool?California Fleece 33 0 >3 Texas " ...........( 31 0 28 Australian " ............ 48 0 50 Butter?State...... 34 0 40 Weatern Dairy 25 0 M Weatern Yellow 20 0 SO Western Ordinary 18 0 35 Cheese?State Factory 67^0 13X State Skimmed.... 04 0 07 Western OSJtfS 13 E?K?-SUrte 19 0 1? AliBJUffT. rm . : 1 mi A 1 M VTUCAb * * wi *T Bye?State 81 ? 88 Corn?Mixed 68 <S #4 Barloy?State 84 4 84 OatE?State 88 60 BUTTALO. Floor 0 28 ft 10 0i Wheat?No. 1 Spring 1 80 <3 1 30 Corn?Mixed 68 0 80 Oats 37 <9 31 Rye. ...? ?. . .... 83 0 8J [iarloy 78 0 76 B^LTmoaa. Cotton?Low Middling* 123W? MX Floor?Extra ............. 8 78 6 8 7B ffheat-Bed Western 130 91? Bye 78 ? 78 Corn?Yellow ..., 60 ? 60 Oat*?'Mixed.... 48 0 48 Petroleum 08*# 08* immmn, Beef Cattle?Extra 04 0 07 Sheep 05*@ 08* Hogs?Dressed...J 18 A l.f Flour?Pennsylvania Extra 6 38 (0 8 10 Wheat?Wee tern Bed 1 C7 ?1(8 Bye 81 81 , Oora?Yellow.........a......**..... 08 0 89 Mixed 83 ? 88 Oats?Mixed. 45 9 45 Petroleum?Grade.._...10j?#10,5i Beflxwd. 14X WATEBTOWH, MASS, Beef CatUa?Poor to Choice 8 00 O 8 76 Sheep 3 CO % 7 00 Lambs 3 00 0 8 60 The Atlantic Cable ii a nation* benefit, so are SILVER TIPPED Shoe* for children. Nerer wear through at the toet i Alio try Wire Qallted Soles. ImU and Shoes STANDARD made with SCREW Used by GoTcmment. ONLY ABSOLUTE"-^ , desirable NEW ARTICLES (or Agents. fr'd by J. G. Oapkttkll It Co., ChoihfrhQonn. profitable) Pleasant work: hundreds now , hundreds more wanted. M. N. LovKLr., (Vaa A A nfflNTH. Amnta wanted. SietL Mfr. Co',151 Mlohlgan ATanya. Chicago. Dl. A QTTIW A The only ?nro remedy. TrUlpacVage IX.O X HiU.il. fret. L. BmTHWlOBT, OleTeUnd, O. FREE Glfcof aPUnefordtttrftrotlncoirclrcaJan. Addrea U. 8. Puwo Co., 810 Broad way.NewYork. OK JET CALLING- CARDS* with name to sold, ?lU 20 cento. J. K. Hard IB, Maldtn Bridge. N. Y. OK FANCY CARD8, all tlnU. with name, 20a. U Q Addrew J. B. Hcstkp, Wawan, Benis Oo., If.Y. OA Extra Fine Mixed Cnrdm with Name, tO U\J eta., poet-paid, L. Jcmra k Oo., Naaaao. N. Y. day at home. Sample* worth 81 sent <pO bO free. STIWSON k co.. Portland. Me. a day at home. Areata wanted. Outfit and terms free. Addreaa TRUE A co., Anggata. Maine. WANTED AGENTS. SampUt and Out/U/rtt. T f Br Iter than Gold. A. OOULTER t OO., (Jhlcmro. J AoOCperdar. Send for CliromoCatalegTX J1. V * *D A V J. H. Burro bp'a Bokb. Boa to a. M m ^ aoT pviifn rii.i.TNU rilllis. In (Inta. nlth name, sent for 25 eta. Samples sent lor a 3-cent stamp. ,1. M1NKLKR <t 00.. Mum, N. Y. 5Pnrknces l'nrm Nerds, circulars of Blooded Cattle, bhoep, Hogs, Poultry, Spotting Dogs, etc , ?eot free for 2 stamps. N. P. llOYga, Parkeabufg. Pa. WANTED, JuVDIl'iS to fell the Improved 11dy Fastener. t*> S>J a da; made. Sond 2o ota for samples. Address BUSINESS. Box -loB. Newport,R.I. AGENTS WA^TEI>.-T>enty Hril Mounted Obromofl for #1. 2 samples by mall,post-paid,20o. OONTttrgNTAL Chaomo Oo.. 37 Nassau St., New York. {?? A A to gflf) a Week and Expenses. or 8100 forfaited All the new and standard Novelties, Chromes, eto. Valuable Samples free <?ltlj Circulars. R. L. FLETCHER. Ill Chambers Street. New York. M p?r ent mflt to lnau. m> 7#%?| trilto. *OEiw? ?TiScMDeTT "mRJWm For tall ptrtkmUn ?idre*8mlit m?\m mm at.Lonu.iu. nmrmn All Want It?thousands of llree and I I" u U'l'v millions of property sared by It-fortune* n IT Pi ll 1 U made *vlth it-particulars free. 0. M. uuuil XM LmBfOTQHiBno.JfewYork*Chicago. /TiPfn PKB WEEK GUAKAftTF.ED to Agents Hk'/ / Hale and Female, In their own locality, tl* I M Terms and OUTFIT FREE. Addrta ~ P. Q. VIOKKRY it OO., Augusta,Mains. AdfTW and Morphine Habit absolutely and II III II M speedily oared. Palnlesa; no publicity. I Ir I 111?1 Send stamp for Particulars. Dr. Oakl "* tost. 1ST Washington Hl, Chicago, 111. $250 A MONTI! ? Agents wanted srery whore. Buelnens honorable and first 1 class. Partloalara sent f ree. Ad dree* WORTH A CO., St. Lonis. Mo. Mr a Finely Printed Bristol Visiting mZ: M V Cards tent post-paid (or 25 cm. Send * % iUmp for ple? oi Ulcus Card*. \J Marble. SnowflnJten, Scroll, Da ? ^ muki Etc. Wehareovsr IOO styles. A.qrnU Wanted. A. H. FULLER it Co.. Brockton. Maar. CHICAGO SCRAPER AND DITCHER. Gnarinteed to do doable the work of common scrapers. Townships can take them on trial- Prloe $ 1 o. bond for Manual of Road-Making and Ditching, free. Add'* Chicago Soraper and Dltober Oo., Chicago. AGENTS WANTED ?. I Dictionary of Christian Antiquities " In Continuation of the " Dictionary of the Bible." By Dr. W?. Smith. SOO Dlnitrationa. For the put tea J jreer*. aerenty-aeven of the jrtaieat ?ehol?r? In <h< world hare beec enraged upon this work, which begin* where lit I- " Bible Dictionary- lea re* off. We want old .tfent*, d Clergymen, Teacher*, Studenta, Fwraen, etc., to inpplj It to the JOO^OOO f areillu who hare the "Bible Dirty," who an 8 ivaiting for and n\ut have thU Centlauatlon. sy .^*ent? i. who 'old the " Bible Dietn" ire aiked to supply their old cuhscriberi with the Conthmatiom. Send for Circular*, addxeu A. D. Wokbtkotojt k Co.. Hartford. Conn. AiW liiEsssssteSS SbmtRlMh T?rati Pr?fl Bend for P?mphkt, Frio* ? hetorj lndaceraenU tad ] bar*ow mod* an sot kept foil bUbliabad1886. Patentee ud 1 to Fit During the putflre j*m the VBGJCTDfH ban been i Uarriage mro in B&veu, &a u&gg&gu u> uukcu b to and from the depot, free of expense. The J r restaurante eupplied with the best. GoesU , - can live better for-lees money at the Oraad 1 Union, than at any other firet-claaa hotel. Stages and ears pass the hotel constantly to all parts of the city, and to Philadelphia depot ? = ' ? ; 1 Dr.SCELENCK'S 8T;Ut0AKD KEAIEDUB8. i ? The itandard remedies for all dlaeaae* of tha Inu?* are ( SCHEHOX'B PULMOnO.STBUF, 9CHXXCX,I 8*1. WXED 1 B Tosio, and Sghxjtck'b Mahdbai* Pill*, and. If Uk?n 1 ? before melons are deetrojred, a apeedj care Uefleotad J I ncn thrAA mjwfieinM Dr. J. HL Sohfinck. of Phil*- l I delphla, owe* hl? unrirftled suocew la the treatment of 1 t teadlly working Itself Into publio favor, and those who ran at flnt mo?t toondnlou In n(kr4 to ite mtrlU M ow Its mot aj<sut frtettdaand Si/pporters. ; TbmwtluMMMiUalMui(ortboi*hc*lifnA , honor, of patent miirtlliilim, changing their opinion nd lending thilr Influence toward the advMoeoBaat of raOETINE. lit. lt Is an. honestly-prepared tnadWna torn barks, roots and herbs. 3d. It honestly aooooa< Ushea all that U olaimed for It, without tearing any had ffecta In the system. 8d- It presents honest vouohers a testimonials from honest well-known dtteens, wboaa ignaturea are a anfflolsnt guarantee of their earaaati a the matter. Taking Into consVNratfcm the rartqi Itr of jnedlcioa brought oonsptcnoualy before tha nbllo through tea flaming advertisements In the Is &ner columns, with no priof oft' uwit or nnt ouohpr* of what It baa dona, we ahonld be pardoned for janifesting a (mail degree of pride In Umautlug the ollowln* testimonial from Ext. J. 8. DIGKERaON. >. D-, the popular and ever genial paatar of the Booth !apt 1st Uburcb, Boeton. The Tired Body Sueft for Sleep. ten If it la a patent me^Wna-haa been of | - ?whan nothingelaasosmedtaarvall^ eioiMMe mental wc WlWr' are brings upon me.? nerrons eshanatlon that despe. ately need* steep, but as desperately deflee it Night tffcr night the poor, tired bodjr foee for steep until the lay dawn la weloomsd back, and we begin onr work bed ont with an almost fruitMgrehaae after real ~ have found that a little VEGETOfB taken just t ! retire ghrea me a sweeTand Immediate l' rfthootanyof theevil effects of tbe i hhUstwo things would tend to ma leeo. 1st. A little lees work. *t A littte aortVBG* rut L nave a greater horror of being afraid to tali the iraliht ont truth. The VEGETINE has helped Be, Valuable Evidence. Tbe following unsolicited testimonial from R*r, C . T iVAXKER, D. D., formerly pastor of Bovdota Bgi*re Jhnroh, and at present settled in Providence. & L, nust be e>teemod as reliable evidence.. No one should fall to observe that this teeUmoni tl la :he result of two years' ezperieooe with the uae'of /EGETINE In the Rev, Dr. Walker's tamily, who now jnmounoe It Invaluable. . P*oviDtKC*, R.L.1M Transit Street 3. R. SrrrxjtB, Esq.: I feel bo and to eipreas with ay stgnatote the Ugh ralue I pteoe upon tout VEGETLnE. My family hkea ised It frr the last two year*. In nervous debility It Is Invaluable, and I raetaomaad ttto alL-who may need- a* it tt M ?l? niP| Formerly pwtor Bowdoln Square Obortt, Boatoo. Vegetteie is Sold by all' Druggists. AgenU Wasted! IMa and Diploma? Awarded for holds' Pictorial BIBLES. IE LIC OF " YE 6LDBN fAC-BIMIXr BXPHODUOTIOK of the E fE of March 12th, 1770, containing! yi the Ma rsoops j IU cento. ToniKuoe Sic *4. on is Tiuumu CA*o*,fbrSCrata. ANN , |BooW^f $!arr? ^fauns'* ELIZA YOUNG. Th. ptrtl*. wil 1 do .11 th?T cUUu'-A'. 7. WuUy riKBitiaaaiBBHB m sssMiunlrttrilnhiii I r. Wlomi. & Ca.MalUd,U Dum K. E N.Y. 'Om of tht fctrt cbaocw for ?c*U, REVOLVERS=13.00 nr? n.ir.l? Mill Tl/tvnlrM- jtfVlVU In an/ town, city at neighbor hood, ou mat# monu/ fatt with ? unftQ PortablePrtov, log Pm*. Anybody oan learn In on a day to print Cards,etc , m and can make bla (pare bjtu* jBioncw Pum Ooi, AGENTSt A 86 ARTICLE. Bereral are wanted In urtaj honae. iThareettingof oneleadato wanting : THE WAKEFIELD KAETH CLOSET CO MP AMY, 86 Per Street, Jew York. VIU& (IITtlHiL UXIVKH8AJL HISTORY Jentennlil Kxhibi&oxL TOO dum. flnilrafltTlixfli. owpriM,quickMies. Extraterm*. SendforOirouUr. P. W. Z1BQLBR A 0Q..618 Amh 81, Philadelphia^ SATE MONET 1 ^ r By tending 84.75 for anj 84 Mignlin and THB VTKKKLY THIBUNE (regular price 86). or 86-75 for the Magazine and THE 8KMI-WEEKLY TBL BUNK (regular price 88). Addreee -' THB 1TOBPWR New.Y?rk. of or wild mm. wild cherbt. 1 * ' * r i ../ A CASE OF CONSUMPTION. Ear Stoxiham, Oxford County, lie.,) Mar IS. 1873. J Mmsm. SETH W. FOWLE A SONS: Gentlemen?I feel It my duty to write a f?w words 'n Favor of DR. WISTAR'S BALSAM OF WILD 3HERRY. In the earl; part of last winter I took a lersre cold, and shortly afterwards a distressing oough ras added to It My friends did everything they ooold or me, bat without avail. The best phystti&ns that onld be procured did not relieve me, and ay couth lontlnaed with me all through the winter with Increasi ng severity. I spit blood three or foar times a day, and ay friends considering my ;ase hopeless, gave me np as , confirmed ConiumptUe. I was in this condition when beard of DR. WLsTAR'S BALSAM O:? WILD IHFRRY. I began its nse, and before I had taken lalf a bottle of it my ooagh and all my other troubles sft me, and I was cored. I feel so truly Indebted to his great remedy for what It hss done for tie that I end yon this voluntary testimony, hoping it may be the leans of Inducing others who are suffering as I was to lake nee of it. It Is the bost remedy for Lang Ocm-' lain Is that I ever heard of, and I am oonstantly re com Yuum with rwpect, Man. MELISSA M. BALL. fflSTAA'S BALSAM WAR'S BALM OF ' OF WILD CHERRT. WILD CHERRY. 'rot flnUir. Mm -*a v 1 i/(>j. i jn h -jiil 4 ?lt TKI Jutfir/i litllt DO YOUR OWN-PRM ffijunuravn' UMBRELLAS. EPILEPSY, >lbtojt, BanJar, 74 Madame FCY'2 Corset Sfcurt > Increases In Pop $tkaow\*gr* THE BEST ARTICU 1 i il J r ' Tor mIi by til la*!!*' J? ' *?.* ? "" UUen. f"?W?l#TTgpn> SOCIO* V : I j >. UOY.*ffAttM03?? ; flfiilK snbscribers m znsDUf&ctxirors (mfloioptid* yet discovered. Instant relief 1* guaranteed ot- pur chase jrloe rrfnnd*d, We^potup^tjieaoedl^ie la medioino promptly forvarded by mail, J?8t-yaid. Also samples wot free to *nj who may^wiMrf-.v., Prices per dox.,lR,75; $3.5Q and $7.00: grossjwlce, $18; $36; f71 Wholesale agents: John P.tfinr?, Currmn * Co., N. J.; JohnD. Fart * Sons/Clnda natL Ohio: Blcbardson kC<K, StJbouls. Mo.:.Ior& Smith Bottor ran (i nft PAQTMin - T ? wntn HALLS PAT F.N AT 'KARD PAN' PRICE . iims mmxM x;?iw;f jui A/?"t/ir' yO/^A". 8Wl8S.ALrtNE SOjf Tree-Protecting WAX. Will fttre ffcew.fcy i"' ^ aethe BES1 Bom ably rained whsarOuxtMd bJ JUnlesk,*! Gm?hopp?r*, Kroat, Hot Sao, or Apa uP One jr?r of A will protect m atfaiaet hear will keeD the Tr??e in a boiltt? itato aadj dittos. Now lithe time; udutwoaMM dbUM, the better. It b aUo a nerv-lH lion tor Grafting Trmt. Price? In Jan of ondar 107 teal and dfr'Htiun. X har* do ward ?I1 orders to theloTunror. norionl^^ reanlna artlele OODFRIrASCHH Q&rdeaer, 3118 German town Ave., 1 N. B.?Plana drawn and [ aid oot andlHHHBBH for Fruit Orohacaa, Gaidana^ kiwna, Coontrj 8?e k'Cul OX^AGENTS WANTED^ j^end roj^ p^icjlust ; , MARVIN SAFE %SCMIC0. 265 BROADWAY A/. Y. 721 CHESTNUT ST PHI LA. PA. 108 BANK ST. CLfVf.01 "NATURE'S 6REAT REMEDY," Thli Cordial Is a CERTAIN GURU for Coughs, Colds, Inflammation of the Longs, Sore Throat and Breast, Bronchi* (Is, ana if tak.cn In time, -will arrest thai fatal disease Consumption. The basis of this medicine is a preparation of Tu ob tained by a peculiar process from the sap Of the Pine Tree, the medicinal proper ties of which are well kno^ra. With this powerful element are thoroughly incor porated several other vegetable ingredi ents, each of which possesses soothing and healing attributes, thiu making It the most JPGIENT ANTAGONIST to all diseases of the pulmonary organs.that has yet been Introduced. 2?.'L.-Q. C. WISHAET'S PINE TREE TAR CORDIAL Is not a new remedy that has never been heu;d of before, but an OLD, ECU ABLE, AND WELL-TRIED medicine that has been in daily n?e by families and Intelligent physicians for the last sixteen years, and is spoken of in the highest p terms by all who have used it, aa thou sand* of UNSOLICITED TESTIMO NIALS prove. If you suffer from any disease fbr which this Cordial is recommended, we ^hesitatingly say, " TRY IT, WE ?W IT WILL DO YOU GOOD.* " -tngle bottle will demonstrate its vain} able qOAlitld* SOU HI ill GBDGGISTS MO STIBEKEEFCBS. PRINCIPAL DEPOT, 916 Tllbert St. Philadelphia, Pa. w y n u wo ia wnw writing to ADTnnmsv, IT Please say that yea saw the advertise Went la this paper* 4 - . . i