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FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Construction or Barns.
That mannre which is kept under
cover till carried to the field is much
more valuablo than that which is ex
posed to the sun, wind and rain, a cor
respondent of the World says, has been
proved by nuraorous experiments; yet
farmers will so construct their barns that
their stable manure must be thrown out
of doors, where much of its plant food
is destroyed and lost. That the liquid
manure of animals is worth nine-tenths
as much as the solid is admitted by
good judges; yet farmers -will so con
struct their bams that from one-half to
the -whole of that manure is lost.
That there is much hard work on a
farm and not a little that is disagreeable,
evory farmer knows; yet farmers will so
construct their barns that th< re will be
more of both than there need be. That
it is unhealthy to live partly or wholly
underground, needs no argument to
prove ; yet farmers will so construct
their barns that their cows must thus
livo most of the time that they are fed
in the stable.
Whereas, if farmers would so con
struct their barns with a cemented cellar
or basement under the stables for ma
nure, that would then be kept under
cover till wanted, and could be drawn
out whenever convenient, all the liquid
manure would be saved, the stables
could bo more thoroughly cleaned in
one fourth to one-third the time and
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than it 'would take to wheel the manure
into the yard, and oould be dono just as
comfortably in stormy as fair weather,
and their cows would have a dry and
healthy stable.
To wheel the manure of foi ty head of
cattle three or four rods from the stable
takos ten or twelve days longer every six
months the cattle are stabled over night,
than it does to drop it through the floor,
to say nothing of the hard, disagreeable
work of wheeling it through the mud
or snow or on a line of plank to the
heap.
A tight stable floor, one or two small
windows on each of two 'sides of the j
cellar, and a ventilator from the cellar up i
through the#oof, will prevent any odor |
rising from the manure into the stable. I
The benefits of cellars or basements un- ]
der stables for manure, and the objec-1
tions to keeping cattle in them, are like i
the goods the merchant advertises for I
sale, " too numerous to mention."
Household llint* and Helps.
Stewed Potatoes.?Four medium
sized potatoes cut in dice one-half inch
square; boil in well salted water until
they are tender, not. soft; immediately
drain off all the water and put them in
a sauce prepared as follows: Place in a
stewpan two ounces of butter, one ounce
flour; stir together on the fire until it
bubbles, when add one pint of boiling
milk, pinch of salt, grate of nutmeg,
one pinch white pepper; stir until
smooth, and, at the moment of serving,
add the potatoes, piece of one-half a
lemon, and one tablespoonful chopped
parsley.
Cbushed Wheat.?Place eight ounces
of crushed wheat to steep over night;
in the morning place over the fire in the
same water it was steeped in, with one
pint of milk, or, if preferred, one pint
water, and one-half teaspoonful of salt;
boil one and one-half hours.
Boiled Hominy.?Put six ounces of '
hominv to steeD in one pint of water
over night; next morning pnt it on the
fire with the water it was steeped in, and
one-half pint milk, one-half teaspoonful
a tit, boil one honr closely covered, on a
slow fire.
Beohjsd Ham.?If the ham be salt,
parboil it in slices; lay them on a slight
ly greased gridiron; place it over a
quiok fire and broil a nice brown all
over. Observe the slices are ont thin,
and just enough for one person. Serve
on a hot dish.
Pabsnips FjiiED.?Boil three large
parsnips tender, then cut them into
about three inch lengths, and again cut
them into pieces about a quarter inoh
square; dip into the following batter
and fry brown. Serve on a folded
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Common Batteb.?Take eight ounces
of flour, two yolks of eggs, two table
annAnfnla nf a alar? nil nno.nnorfiir
spoonful of salt, enough of milk to
make a rather firm batter; whip the
two whites of eggs to a dry froth,
and add them just before using.?House
keeper.
Farm Motes lrom Exchanges.
?
Having oooasion to build a post fence
on one side of my orchard, says a cor
respondent, about a dozon of the holes
were left unfilled for a couple of days,
ji r a l xi x._ t
ana on going 10 sot me posts, irom one
to eight field mice were found in each
hole?having fallen in and being unable
to climb the smooth sides of the hole.
Chestnut flour, so unknown to us in
England (although there is no reason
why this should be), is the staple food
of many Italian peasants, with whioh
they make their polenta, preferring it
to maize, as being more nutritious. The
cost per head for this kind of food is
from three pence to four pence per day.
In regard to milking cows oftener
than twice a day, as a general rule it
seems unnecessary, but there are cows
in nearly every dairy that suffer extreme
pain if allowed to go. twelve hours be
tween milkings, as their anxious watch
ing for the milkmen and their bellow
ings and moanings indicate.
The mangers should not be less than I
three feet long, eighteen inches -wide,
and twelve inches deep. They should
have an upper border of wood project
ing inward for two inohes, and a trans
verse bar of half-inch round iron across
the middle. A bar of two-inch wide
hoop iron screwed on to the top of the
manger protects it from damage by the
horse's teeth. This simple arrangement
prevents the horse from throwing out
his corn, and the provender is not in so
thick a layer as in the ordinary narrow
and shallow manger.
The advantage of a thorongh prepara
tion of the soil to receive seed can
hardly be too highly appreciated. The
more finely comminuted it is, the better
for the seed and the crop. Close con
tact between seed and soil exerts a won
derful influence upon germination. The
germ starts into vigorous life, and both
radical and plumule are more rapidly
developed; the little rootlets take hold
firmly in the pliant soil, extracting and
appropriating far more nourishment j
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the soil is but imperfectly pulverized.
Gjpanm or Plaster.
However muoh sulphate of lime may
vary in outward appearance, an analysis
should give the following proportions:
Sulphuric acid, 46.51 ; lime, 32.56;
water, 20.93. Where it comes from does
not matter. The question of purity
only is of importance. Those living
away from the mills must trust to the
honesty of the dealer*or employ some
chemist to test it. There is no simple
way of determining its impurity, al
though a soft, smooth feel to the hand
is a good indication of purity when it
dissolves readily in soft water.
George GeciUes says that according to
his experience some years the same
plaster will give most wonderful results
ill increased crops on tne same xanci, ana
in other yearn will show no effoct what
ever, and from the different opinions
beld by farmers generally in regard to
its value as a fertilizer, his experience
seems to be that of many others. To
determine whether it mil be of value,
he reoommends that each farmer should
make experiments for himself. One bar
rel, sown in strips on grass land, ap
plied at the rate of a spoonful to a hill
of oorn, giving it to three or four ad
joining rows, and omitting as many
more, sown in strips on young barley
when it is three or four inches high, and
on young outs, in each case, as near as
may be, at the rato of a bushel to the
acrft, and the results carefully marked,
judging by the eyfe, will test the utility
of the article. But the experiments
should be continuous?that is, niade
from year to year for several years, for
only by such a series can each one deter
mine whether upon the whole the use of
plaster will profit him.
Ponltrr for Mu-kec.
Kaising poultry for market, says the
Sun, is probably as profitable a business i
as ordinary farming, but is seldom oon-1
ducted on a large scale -with anything
like as much certainty. If a large num
ber of fowls are kept on a small area of
land diseases are pretty certain to appear
among them, and if they do not, experi
ence has shown that the egg product de
creases in proportion as the number of
fowls increases, if all aro allowed to run
together in one flock. There is no good
reason why a man may not keep 10,000
as well as one thousand or one hundred
fowls, provided they are separated into
small lots and each given sufficient range
to insure health. But it will seldom be
found profitable to keep more than one
hundred in a flock, even when eggs are
not taken into consideration. Many a
man has found his twenty-five to fifty
hens very profitable, but on increasing
the number to one nan area, pronis dis
appeared and losses ensued. The poul
try business should pay fifteen to twenty
per cent, in the vicinity of New York
?ity, but we very much doubt if it does,
except where raisers keep fancy breeds
and sell at fancy prices for breeding pur
poses.
Settlnf Out Trees.
We have never met with any difficulty
in getting trees to live the way we set
them out, says a correspondent of the
Michigan Farmer. This is our plan:
As soon as the ground becomes fit to
work in the spring we dig holes for the
trees about four feet across and about
one foot deep; then spading the ground
in the bottom of the hole all loose by
running the spade down the whole
length of the blade. Selecting the trees
in the woods, dig them up carefully, re
moving all the broken roots and cutting
off all the top, leaving the trunk about
ten feet in height; if the ground is dry,
take a pailful of water and wet the roots;
then sprinkle on well pulverized soil,
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roots. If the ground is moist, there
will be no need of wetting the roots; fill
the hole slowly, stamping the ground
well; then mulch the trees around with
straw or. coarse manure. I would set
out, on the ground, nothing but hard
maple; don't ever set out an elm if you
expect to work within ten rods ?f it, and
then don't, for some one else may have
to work near it, and of all things de
testable I think elm roots the worst.
Setting Rid of Stump*.
Some one, not long ago, started the
idea that sulphuric acid would totally
destroy stumps. An anger hole was to
be bored in the top, filled with sulphuric
acid, and plugged. In a day or two the
stump would be eaten up, even to the
very roots. I tried the experiment and
failed, only a small portion of the stump,
' 11 *? i? -ee?i.,1 mkn
tut) top, ueuug HilCUUCU. JLAlO lunuw
ing method I tried and found it to be a
perfect snocess : In the autumn bore a
hole one or two inches in diameter, ac
cording to the girth of the stump, verti
cally in the center of the latter, and about
eighteen inohes deep. Put into it one or
two ounces of saltpeter; fill the hole
with water and plug up close. In the
ensuing spring take out the plug and
pour in about one-half gill of kerosene
oil and ignite it. The stump will smol
der away without blazing, to the very
extremity of the roots, leaving nothing
but ashes.
England's Wheat Trade.
The Mark Lane Express, in its re
view of the grain trade, says: In spite
of the improvement in the aspect of
the country after a brief period of sun
shine, the condition of the land is still
very baokward for this time of the year,
even in the most favored localities. Au
tumn sown crops, although backward,
make a fair show, and appear not to
have suffered so much as was thought
probable. The wheat plant is somewhat
thin and sickly on heavy lands, but with
warm May weather will doubtless make
fair progress, although a heavy crop is
scarcely to be expected. The defloienoy
of acreage under wheat this year, while
no doubt attributable in some measure
to a bad seedtime, is also due to the im
probability the farmer foresees of being
able to cultivate the crop remunerative
ly now that the low price and rapid
transit of wheat from India render com
petition more severe. The heavy ship
ments of wheat from Calcutta have
formed a very marked feature in the
trade this season, and the facility with
which this class of grain can be sold
shows that to the miller it must possess
grinding qualities of no mean order.
Add to this the fact that the price ranges
littln n*OT fnrtr otiillinira nor nriftrfpr
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and it most be patent that with the
enormous resources of land and cheap
labor in India the prospect of selling
English wheat at an averave of fifty
shillings per quarter is rendered rather
dubious.
Now that such facilities are offered for
the transit of wheat from the East, the
low class of grain from America and
Russia is almost entirely neglected, and
the influence thus brought to bear on
the course of prices is a matter for care
ful consideration. As some quantity of
Calcutta wheat has recently been taken
for the continent, it is plain millers there
Degin to appreciate me aracie, ana an
extension of English trade in this direc
tion may possibly be looked for. The
course of trade has undergone little
change since our last weekly report, and
the Easter holidays have rendered trans
actions somewhat limited. Wheat has.
steadily maintained its late prices, but
there has been no appearance of im
provement, except for fine white quali
ties, which have been occasionally a lit
tle dearer.
Piper's Confession.
Piper, the s< xton, who was indicted
for the murder of little Mabel Young, in
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trials. At the first the jury disagreed.
At the second he was convicted.
At both of these trials the prisoner
affected total ignorance of the manner
in which the little girl came to her death.
Now he says that he knew all aboat it;
that she was killed by the trap door fall
ing on her head; bnt he was afraid to
say so at the time lest he shonld be sus
pected of having murdered her.
It would be a great relief to the family
of the child and to the community gen
erally to be able to believe this improb
able but not impossible explanation now
rendered of the terrible tragedy.
Piper's Btory recalls the singular his
tory of the murder of Dr. Parkman by
Dr. John W. Webster, which occurred
in Boston many years ago. Dr. Web
ster persisted in the declaration of his
innocence dnrinor his trial, and at its
close even denounced his counsel for not
having defended him successfully. But
before his exeoution he admitted that he
killed Dr. Park man, insisting that he
did it by a single, sadden blow, struck
in a moment of intense irritation. Many
people believed this story; but it was
rejected by the governor of the State,
acd Webster was executed.
Control of the Wedding Ring.
A curious question was involved in a
case tried at an English court, namely,
the control of a wife over her wedding
ring. Tiie circumstances were as fol
lows : The wife, shortly before her death,
gave her wedding ring to her mother, at
whose house she died. The husband
claimed the value of it as a set-off
against him for his wife's board and
lodging. The judge decided that a
wedding ring comes under a ckss of ar
ticles which the wife has separately and
independently of her husband, and
which she has power fco keep, but not to
give away or leave from her husband.
On the contrary, the husband has power
to give them away even during her life.
In this case the wile has no power to
give away her ring, and the judgment
must be accordingly. This may be law,
but it seems hard that the wishes of the
deceased woman with regard to her ring
should not be respected. Had the hus
band claimed the wedding ring as a mat
ter of sentiment, legal jjjoceedings to
recover it would be intelligible, but to
demaud it as a "set-off" against a
claim for board and lodgings, is a sad
desecration of what was regarded in less
pawnbroking ages as a symbol of con
fidence and eternity.
Against a Woman.?A strike took
plaoe in the newsroom of the Indian
apolis Telegraph office against the em
ployment of alias Amanda Boetticher, a
lady of many accomplishments and skill
ful in the art preservative. The strike
was purely on the ground that shd is a
woman.
Rest in the Grave.
Rest in the grave!?but rest is for the weary.
And her Blight limba were hardly girt foi
toil;
Rest is for lives worn oat, doserted, dreary,
Which have no brightness left for death tc
spoil.
We yearn for rest, when power and paesior
wasted
Have left to memory nothingbnt regret;
She sleeps, while life's best pleasures, all un
tasted,
Had scarce approached her rosy hps as yet.
Her child-like eyes stili lacked their crowning
sweetness;
Her form was ripening to more perfect
grace.
8he died, with the pathetic incompleteness
Of beauty's Dromise on her pallid face.
What undeveloped gifts, what powers un
tested,
Perchance with her have paesed away fron
earth;
What germs of thought in that young brain
arrested
May never grow and quicken and have birth!
She knew not love, who might have loved sc
truly,
Thongh love dreams stirred her fancy, faint
and fleet; ^
Her soul's ethereal wingsTvere budding newly,
Her woman's heart had scarce begun to
beat.
We drink the sweets of life, we drink the
bitter,
And death to us would almost seem a boon;
Bat why, to her, for whom glad life were fitter,
Should darkness come ere day had reached
its noon ?
No answer, Bave the echo of our weeping,
Which from the woodland and the moor is
heard,
Where, in the springtime, ruthless storm
winds sweepiDg
Have slain the unborn flower and new-fledged
bird.
Miss Marchmont's Romance.
Several years ago Helen Marchmont
and I were schoolmates. We were rear
ed amid the brown hills of New Hamp
shire, far np toward the spires of the
White mo on tains.
At sixteen, Helen was the belle of the
village, the liveliest at all our merry
makings, and the admired of both old
and yonng. Indeed, in my whole life, I
have seldom seen one more beautiful
than Helen Marchmont, at the time of
wiiicH 1 speaK. Traces or ner loveimesa
yet remain, but so marred by years and
sorrow, that few who knew her then
would recognize her in the pale, sad
woman of to-day.
Before Helen was seventeen she had
many offers of marriage from young
men highly esteemed by her friends, but
she encouraged them not; her whole
affections were given to,Arthur Richard
son, the only son of a poor widow who
resided in our vicinity.
He loved Helen with hia whole soul,
but he could not brook the idea of tak
ing her from a home of comfort, if not
of luxury, to the stern life of toil and
poverty which lay spread out before
him. "Many and fierce were the strug
gles between love and reason; but his
pride conquered every other feeling, and
it all ended in his espousing the resolu
tion of going to sea. A brother of his
dead father was largely engaged in the
India trade, and this unole gave him
the supercargo's situation on board a
merchant vessel wnicn iraaea Detween
New York and Singapore. It was very
hard to leave his widowed mother to her
loneliness; very hard to part with Helen;
but Richardson had before him the
prospect of carving his way to fortune,
and the thought of what should come
afterward buoyed him up through the
solemn parting. His heart was foil,
but he left his native village without a
sigh or a tear.
"Helen was very grave and quiet for
some months after his departure, but
soon her natural sunshiny disposition
emerged from the cloud, and again she
was the life and pride of the village.
Arthur had been absent two years ; and
one fine September morning, as Helen
and I were picking over the ripe
whortleberries we had gathered on the
mountain the previous day, the yard
gate opened hurriedly, and in another
moment Helen was in the arms of her
lover! He had returned for a brief
visit of ten days; then he was to go
away onco more, to Jje absent eighteen
months only, and then?the happy
blush on Helen's oheek spoke eloqaently
of what -would take place.
"While he had been away Arthur had
prospered. A little more of successful
labor, and he would give Helen a home
of luxury and gratify her every wish.
The morning of his departure arrived.
When he came to bid her farewell, he
put into her hand"k package, saying :
'Dear Helen, I want you to wear
this to please me. It is my choice, for
it is just the color of your own bright
hair. And some serene Sabbath day I
shall oomehome to find my darling in
the dress brought her from beyond the
sea." And folding her to his bosom
with many a passionate kiss, Arthnr
Richardson went away once more. When
Helen opened the package she found
amid the folds of tissue paper a piece of
soft, glistening brown India satin. She
laid it away carefully ; and although I
often questioned her as to when it waa
to make its appearance in our little
church, she always smiled quietly and
evaded the subject. But I knew very
well that she intended it should be her
bridal robe, and she would not have it
made until near the time of Arthur's ex
pected return.
The probationary eighteen months
rolled away?daily waa the good ship
Sarah Jane expected to arrive in port.
The Sarah Jane was expected on
Tuesday, and by Saturday night we
micrhfc Irvtfe for Arthur in Milville. Rail
ways were things unknown, or compara
tively bo, in our region, and the journey
from Boston must be performed in an
old fashioned stage coach. Saturday
came?a clear, cloudless day in April,
and by special invitation I went over tc
pass the time with Helen, until Arthur^
arrival. She was flushed and smiling, s
little anxious, but very happy, and sc
beautiful I I could scarcely keep my ad
miring eyes off her face all through the
oool bright afternoon, and when, a1
eventide, she arrayed herself in the
brown satin, and with a crimson shaw]
around her stood by my side on the east
ern*piazaa awaiting the coming of the
stage, I could not refrain from clasping
my arms around her, and exclaimirg
" Dear Helen,, how beautiful you are i,:
She smiled her own sweet, gentle smile,
as she replied :
" I am glad of it, Mary; glad for hif
sake."
The sun set?the shadows deepened
and thickened. I remember that the
wind, which had been all day a western
zephyr, changed to the east, and blew
up ccld, white columns of mist from the
river; and the blue translucent heavens
were clothed in the vestments of purple
way.
~ We both went down and leaned on the
gate that opened upon the highway. Noi
a doubt crossed her mind; 6he looked
for his coming with tho tender faith with
which a child waits its mother's good
night kiss. The lumbering old coach
came slowly up the hill.
Bat the coachman's cheery "Good
a-van orirln " foil nn AJirs that heard not.
for as the vacant stage rattled by a cold
trembling seized upon Helen, and it re
quired all my strength to support hei
into the house.
From that hour hope was dead in hei
heart. She gave up all! Bat contrary
to the expectations of every one, just a
year from the day she had expected tc
be wedded, she rallied, and in time she
was once more able to move about the
house.
Two years afterward, Helen, by the
death of her parents, was left alone.
Mrs. Richardson had died some months
previously. There was no tie to bind
Helen to MilviUe, so she disposed of the
old homestead. Arthur Richardsor
never came back ; the vessel in whicl
he sailed was never heard from after she
left Singapore, and in all probability hu
grave was made in the ocean depths.
Though many wealthy and gifted met
.bowed before Helen Marchmont, she
remained faithful to her first love. And
every Sabbath, in memory of this lost
love, she wore his parting gift?the
brown satin dress.
Two years ago, while I was a visitor
at Mrs." Greene's house, I remembered
the story of Miss Matchmont, and has
tened to inquire of my hostess concern
ing the beautiful heroine. A smile
lightened up the lady's face as I men
tioned the name.
"Miss Marchmont no longer ezists,"
she said.
"Dead!" I exclaimed, shocked by
her reply.
"Not dead, but married! and more
than that?she is the wife of her first
and only-Jove I"
"But he was lost"?
"So we all supposed. Bt^t it turned
out quite differently. He returned about
twelve months aero. The ship in which
he expected to sail to New York was
. captured by a piratical crait, and Arthur
Richardson was thrown into a Spanish
j dungeon, from which he did not make
his escape for ten years; and then he
was taken to Australia by the captain of
1 an immigrant ship. There he labored
incessantly to retrieve his shattered for
tune, writing often to Helen letters full
, of love and trust, which, of course, ow
ing to her change of residence, she
. never received. After three years he
found himself a rich man, and without
delay he set out for the States. He
visited Milville, to find only his mother's
1 grave, and to hear the tidings that
Helen had wedded a gentleman in the
, city, whither she had gone at the death
of her parents. Heartsiok and reck
less of himself, the wanderer took refuge
in the far West, and engaged in trade.
Coming about a year ago to the city to
purchase a supply of goods, he met her
in the street. A recognition ensued?
explanations and revelations ; and a
i happy wedding was the result."
Affairs in Turkey.
The condition of affairs in ltirkey,
the Herald, says, gives little assurance
of peace, although strong representa
tions have been made to the sultan by
the representatives of the great powers
to induce him to refrain from an attack
on Montenegro, on the grounds that the
good offices of the powers will be ex
exerted toward a peaceable adjustment
of the difficulty.. While apparently con
senting to this the sultan does not abate
a jot of his war preparations, but is
musterincr his forces for the struggle,
feeling, no doubt, that it is inevitable!
On the other hand, the insurgent bands
are also in motion, massing for a great
battle, which will be fought whenever
either side is ready to strike, all the ef
forts of the diplomatists to the contrary
notwithstanding. Advices from St.
Petersburg give the situation a more
favorable complexion, citing, as they
do, the unanimity of the continental
powers in favor of peace as a guarantee
for its preservation. Although England
; has not yet assented to tne proposed
arrangoment her consent is expected.
It would seem, however, that she is
, slow to entangle herself in an alliance
which would circumscribe her freedom
of aotion should a crisis arise. The
solution of the Eastern question is in
vested with much more gravity now
that direct English interests in Egypt
have been created by the purchase of
the control of the Suez canal, and the
English minister of foreign affairs will
naturally endeavor to secure for the
English crown the Egyptian portion of
the wreck of the Turkish empire.
Centennial Notes.
The value of the Chinese exhibit is
roughly estimated at $161,000.
The Humboldt statue cost $15,000,
and will be placed in position in June.
The department of admission has de
oided that fifty-cent silver pieces, as well
as fifty-cent notes, will be received as
entranoe fee.
A mammoth bull, four years old,
weighing 4,500 pounds, and bred by
Jacob Lee, of New Florence, Mo., is on
exhibition. He answers to the name of
Stonewall Jackson, and experts pro
iiounce rum ine largest, iuimjbu ana iuohl
symmetrical bovine seen for many
years.
The Centennial executive committee
authorize the announcement that there
is no vacanoy in the clerical force under
the commission, and the Centennial
police force is so nearly filled that no
encouragement can be offered to persons
whose applications, accompanied by
reference, have not been filed.
The Tramp . Nnlsnnce.
The tramp nuisance is gettirg to be
intolerable in the rural districts, and
numerous cases of robbery and outrage
are reported as being committed by
these wandering vagabonds. In the in
terior cities these fellows and the oorner
loafers are increasing alarmingly in num
bers and impudence. A contemporary
thus bitterly refers to them :
No matter where you go, you always
encounter the "poor fellow"?by these
we mean the men who stand on the
street corners on Sundays and grumble
because no work can be procured. The
sympathizing public say: " The poor
fellows ! Too bad I" Why, bless your
soul, those poor fellows, as you call
them, wouldn't accept an appointment
in the cabinet, if they thought there
was any hard labor to be done. No; they
would rather stand and stare at passers
1 by, chew tobacco, and swear and lie,
and bemoan their condition, than strive
to earn a penny by the sweat of their
; brows.
A Curious Compact.
The Indianapolis Sentinel relates the
following incident : Young Anderson,
i the lawyer,, whose funeral has just oo
1 wro a a nnnmn nf T?.avn??af. Mnrm'a
UUL1CU) TTOO ? \J\J UUUA VJL MfcVAAAU}
and between them there existed the
greatest friendship. There is a compact,
entered into and signed by them two or
three years ago, agreeing to compare
notes at the age of forty and see who had
achieved most in the world of science or
letters?but alas for the uncertainty of
all earthly things! So impressed with
this spirit of rivalry was young Ander
son that in his long lingering sickness,
when unconscious, he would mutter to
himself audibly: " Earnest will excel
me, Earnest will excel me."
Filling Up Space.
A young man who left the Alleghanies
a few weeks ago to fill a situation in
New York, got an idea that some address
cards would help him into high-toned
society. He left his order with a prin
ter, and in due time received his cards.
After a little reflection he took them
* ' ? - -iW? J1 ?1 J3 .
DaCK tO We OUICt), uuu roiuiuncu .
"Seems to me there's a good deal of
blank spaoe on these cards. I don't see
why you can't put the picture of a horse
over the name, and you might have a
ship or a plough, or some such thing, in
each corner. It looks wicked to waste
so much space!"
Worth Knowing.
Fresh milk is a valuable food for the
sick, but tjje least sourness in it makes
it, of all articles, perhaps the most in
jurious. Diarrhea is a common result
of fresh milk allowed to become at all
sour; nurses, therefore, .ought to exer
cise the utmost care in this. Yet, if you
consider that the only drop of real nour
ishment in your tea is the drop of milk,
the groat importance of not depriving
invalids of this drop of milk is evident.
A Sad Fate.?The New York Herald
says: A thousand cavalry arrived in
Cuba lately from Spain. Before the
summer is over most of them will have
died from the effects of the climate,
even if they entirely escape the insur
gents. It is incredible that Spain should
thus ruthlessly send her soldiers to
Ouba to die to no purpose, but we sup
pose there is no help for it till the har
vest of death is complete.
Can't Do It.?Miss Anthony declares
that the only class of human beings in
the United States man can't argue with
to-day is the women. "A man," adds
Miss A., " can't argue with his wife, his
daughter or his own sister. When they
commence an argument they get worst
ed and always end up by exclaiming:
1 Oh, nonsense 1 What is the use of
trying to argue with a woman.'"
STTMMABf OF NEWS.
IitereitlBi It?ki from Hone ud Abroad.
A night train on the Canada Southern line
dashed into the Welland canal. The locomo
tive and eight freight care were badly dam
aged. The fireman and engineer were killed.
It ia supposed that the latter was asleep, and
did not obeerve that the bridge waa opeo
Don Amceto Eaqoirol has been elected to suo
ceed Gen. Garcia as president of the republic
of Costa Rioa Barney Williams, the noted
actor, who had been aiok for a few week), was
stricken with paralysis and died jn New York
city at the age of fifty-three The Metro
politan hotel, at Long Branoh, N. J., w is de
stroyed by fire, involving a loss of 170,000.
The hotel had just been enlarged, and wta one
of the finest at the Branoh There were
522 deaths in New York city in one week
MIbb Mary S. Linden, of Newark, N. J., haying
boefl deserted by her betrothed, became de
spondent and committed suicide with arsenio.
A eon and daughter of Prof. Parker, of
tho Iowa State university, were drowned by
the upsetting of a rowboat while in their
father's company War has been deol&red
between the Central American stateu of
Guatemala and Salvador, and several unim
portant engagement!! have taken place
The Prince of Walis, accompanied by his
brother, Prinoe Arthur, were received at Mad
rid by King Alfonso and suite.
As John Smith, who murdered Judge Oar
son at Crab Orchard, Ky., was boing taken
from oonrt to jail, he was assaulted by the
the sons of the victim. The attempt to kill ^
the prisoner failed, however, and the young j
men were arrested, only to be set at liberty on
their promising to abstain from farther efforts J
in that direction MoKee, of the St. Loub \
whisky ring, was sentenced to two years' im- i
prisonment and to pa; a fine of $10,000
The Massachusetts Republican convention ap
pointed delegates to the national convention,
bnt left them unpledged. Resolutions favor
ing both Bristow and Blaine were before the
members, but were not acted on The
governor of the island of Barbadoes reports
that the island is now quiet The opera
House at Rouen, France, caught fire from a
gas jet while the troupe of seventy-five per
formers were preparing for the performance,
and before they could'all escape the entire
building was in flames A number of the com
pany were burned to death, among them Mme.
Pzys, the principal singer. Four soldiers
were killed and fifteen others wounded in en
deavoring to rescue the unfortunates
A hill in rfimnvfl tho ftlfintoral difl&bilitiea of
women was defeated in the English Houao of
Commons by a vote of 239 to 152 John
8tone, aged twenty, of Manor Station, Pa., fell
in love with a thirteen-year-old girl, and be
came she refused to marry before she was six
teen, he blew ont his brainB, leaving a note in
whioh he said that he could not live three
years withont the girl .... The TnrkiBh gar
rison of Nicsio made a sortie to procure pro
visions, but wore repulsed by the besiegers.
The garrison and inhabitants are in extremi
ties, having had nothing but horse meat for
several days The national board of fire
underwriters declare that fifty-five per cent,
of the fires are incendiary.
The New York Democracy, in convention In
Utica, appointed delegates to the national
convention, heading the delegation with Sena
tor Kornan. After directing the appointees
to act as a unit, the convention adopted resolu
tions deolaring its settled conviction that a re
turn to the constitutional principles, the frugal
expenditure, and the administrative purity of
the foundcra of the republic is the beat and J
most imperious necessity of the timeB, the ,
commanding issue now before the people of I
the Union; and while entertaining a cordial ]
appreciation of other Democratic statesmen, ;
respectfully suggest the nomination of Samuel i
J. Tilden for Prosident The Arkansas Be- <
publicans appointed delegates to the national !
convention, and instructed them to work for j
Oliver P. Morton. i
Representatives of the great powers having 1
met at Rome and asked the advice of the car- j
dinals as to the best means of bringing an end j
to the conflicts between the various states and
the church, the cardinals answered uuani- j
mously that peace was impossible until the in- j
of t.hn nhnroh wan Acknowledged. 1
The plague in Mesopotamia is on the
increase, and haa appeared in the military
hospitals and garrisons. At Bagdad from
April 2 to April 10, inclusive, there wero 886
attacks and 208 deaths Mary Bhenan wn.?
found in Oinoinnati with her throat cut, and
the body of a newly-born female child with its
head nearly severed from its body was found
under her bed Gov. Rioe, of Massachu
setts, has vetoed the James Parton Marriage
bill The California Republicans left their
delegates to the national convention un
pledged, but expressed their preference for
Blaine The German imperial oaurt of dis
cipline has sentenoed Count Von Arnim to
formal "dismissal from the* publio service and
the payment of coBts of proceedings The
Post-office Appropriation bill foots up a total
of $32,189,109, of whioh the revenues of tte
department will probably oover $29.258,208....
It is becoming more and more evident, the
New York Argut tells us, that whoevor carries
the Presidential election in November must
carry the State of New York, It iB tliis which
gives Tilden His great prominence as a candi
UAbO 1X1 l*UO ^CUbJi diiVA TfUiwU UiOJ |
possibly give him the nomination Qen.
Crook announces that the Indians at Bed
Cloud are on the verge of starvation, owing to
the non-arriral of supplies. He fears they
may go on the warpath aa a result.
The Centennial commission have decided to
open the exhibition grounds on Sundays freo
of charge, bat to keep the buildings closed....
Calamitous fires have ocoorred in the numerous
diBtriots in Japan On March 26th upward of
three thousand houses were destroyed and ten
lives were lost in the town of Izushi. On the
same day 140 houses were burned In Matsmai,
and on April 2, twenty houses were bnrned in
Osaka Quoen Victoria has been proclaimed
empress o? India The treasury is now
issuing twenty-oent silver pieoes The
steamer Quessant, from Brest, haa foundered
at sea, twenty-<ne lives being lost Wm.
Boddie was hanged at Tuscumbia, Ala., for
committing rape on a white woman in 1874.
He died protesting his innocence Turkey
has asked the great powers for military assist
ance in suppressing the insurrection, quoting
as a precedent the aid given Bussia to put
down the rebellion in Hungary in 1849
The body of Edward Fuller, missing from
Rutney, Vt., for two months, wm found in an
open lot in Westminster, with the remains of
his horse and sleigh. As a jug of liquor was
also found, it is supposed he got lost in the
enow while intoxicated and so perished.
Tha rovolt In Algeria has been completely J
snbdaed. The leaders have been captured '
and are held aa hostages for the good oondaot /
of their tribes J. S. Adams, a law student ^
at Cheater, Vt., committed suicide by taking 1
poison. His intemperate habits bad oaused f
an eBtrangment between his botrothed and <
himself, and that was probably the cause of
his mad aot Mrkb tar Paeha reports that he 1
has entered Niosio in triumph, after defeating ,
a large body of insurgents at Presjeka and oo
oupyingth'oir irttenchmonts By the upset- ,
ting of a sailboat from Newcastle, Del., two of
the four boy ooonpanta were drowned The (
king of Dahomey, for ill-using a British sub
ject, was fined a sum of money, whereupon he
informed the English commodore that if he
would oome to Abomey he (the king) would
pay him in powder and bullets Dartmouth |
College has decided to send a crew to Sara- <
toga, and each student will be assessed to pay 1
tho expenses The report of Maroh 10th
showed that tne national Dan&s 01 um couucry
held coin to the valne of (6,923,635.75 and
ooin certificates -amounting to $22,153,710.00.
... .Prof. B!ake, known as a mind reader, com
mitted snioide by poisoning in Ban Francisoo,
on acconnt of poverty.
The Oaban insurgents fired into a train
between two garrisoned stations and suc
ceeded in oaptnring it, burning all the cars.
They also destroyed five large estates... .The
boiler of a steam ferryboat, plying between
Rudesheim and Bingen, Germany, exploded.
It ie believed that thirty persons were killed.
Two Afredi olans on the Panjaub (India)
frontier have Bent their families to places of
safety and revolted from British rale. In
their raids they hav? ran off numbers of cat
tle The pablio debt statement for April
places the total, principal and interest a*
$2,224,369,873 61, leas $116,431,615.22 cash in
the treasury, (-.homing a rednotion daring
April of $2,761,181 49 The whites of
Anticch, Cal., fired the Chinese qnartor of the
town and drove tbo Giiinamet from the city,
on account of somo whito boys being allowed
to debauch themselves in a Chinese den.
FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS.
rhe Bnalnesa of General Interest Trans
acted.
SX5ATX.
Mr. Sherman (Rep.), of Ohio, reported back
iTith amendments the concurrent resolution
;o seoure uniformity in gold coin, moneys, and
iccounta between the United States and the
[Jnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Placed on the calendar.
On motion of Mr. Morrill (Rep.), of Maine,
iie Senate insisted on its amendments to the
Deficiency Appropriation bill, and agroed to
;ho conference asked for by the House,
tfeesra. Morrill (Me.), Allison and Davis were
appointed members of the conference oommit
-ee on the part of the Senate.
The Chair laid before the Senate the Oonsu
ar and Diplomatic Appropriation bill, with the
nesaage of the House of Representatives re
"using to ooncur In the Senate amendment to
;h*t Bill. Mr, Sargent (Rep.), of California,
noved that the Senate insist upon ita amend
ment, and aak for a committee of conference,
ind the Ohair appointed Messrs. Sargent,
Frelinghuysen ana Withers members or the
:ommittee.
Mr. Sherman (Bep.), of Ohio, called up tho
Souse joint resolution explanatory of the law
blowing the commissioner of internal revenue
o issue special tax stamps to persona oarrying
)n the basiness of retail dealers in liquor,
;obacoo, etc, upon railroad trains and steam
boats. Passed.
Mr. Boutwell (Bep.), of Massachusetts, in
roduced a bill, authorizing the secretary of
ihe treasury to renew the issue of fractional
jurroncy, providing that the total amount out
itanding at any one time shall not exceed $5,*
>00,000. Beferred.
The Distriot Tax bill, as amended by Mr.
Seal's substitute, providing a tax of one and
me-half per oent. on all property, real and
porsonal, was passed.
Mr. Lawrence (Bep."), of Ohio, from the
Indidary committee, submitted a report in re
lation to the Pacific railroads, proposing a bill
requiring them to create a sinking fund to pay
it maturity the principal and interest of the
juDsiay Donas lsaaea to mem vy me govam
3ient. Recommitted.
The House went into committee of the
whole on the Legislative sad Executive Ap
propriation bill.
Mr. Piper (Dem.), of California, moved to
imend the item for the San Francisoo mini', by
increasing the appropriation for wages from
{225,000 to $627,000.
Mr. Randall moved to amend the amend
xient by providing that the rate of wages paid
it the Ban Francisco mint shall not exeeed
those at the Philadelphia mint by more than
twenty-five per cent, (allowing fifteen per
:ent. for the difforence between paper and
gold, and ten per cent, for the cost of living).
Agreed to.
Motions to insert an item of $14,000 to oarry
Dn an assay office in the mint buildings at New
Orleans, and an item of $4,000 for the mint of
Charlotte, N O., after a long discussion were
adopted. An item of $5,000 was also inserted
for an assay office at Roiso City.
The question of the compensation of Terri
torial judges (fixed in the bill at $2,500) gave
rise to discussion, most of the speeches being
igainst the utter inadequacy of that compen
sation. Mr. Gannon, of Utah, illustrated it by
the statement that the Territorial Legislature
jf Utah made an appropriation to increase the
jompeneation of the United States judgeB,
who acted there in a dual capacity.
Mr. Hoar (Rep.), of Massachusetts, express
ad his astonishment at Mr. Cannon's state
merit, and intimated that any Federal judge
who received compensation from any outside
joarce deserved impeachment, and offered an
amendment forbidding Territorial jadgea to
wcept any compensation except that provided
oy Congress. Agreed to.
Mr. Holman (Dem.), of Indiana, reported
the Poet-office Appropriation bilL It oontaina
ippropriationa for mail depredations and
special agents, $110,000; for post route maps,
120,000; for advertising, 525,000, and provides
that the postmaster-general ahall oause an
id?ertisement of the mall lettingB of each
3tate and Territory to be posted op in each
post-office therein, to be pouted conspicuously
tor at least sixty days before the time of such
letting, but no other advertisement of such
lettingB shall be required: compensation to
postmasters, (6,500,000, and to olerks, $3,290,
J00 ; for payments to letter carriers, tl,650,
300, provided that hereafter the free delivery
3yetem stall not be established In cities of less
tnan 40,000 inhabitants where now established
by law; foivinlaud transportation, $14,500,000;
for transportation of foreign mails, $220,000 ;
(or balanoo due foreign countries, $50,000. If
the revenue of the Post-office department
shall be insufficient to meet the appropriations
made by the bill, then the sum of $2,680,906
is hereby appropriated For Bteamehip service
between Han Francisco, China and Japan,
$250,000. The amount recommended to be
ippropriated by the bill is as follows: For
general service of the Post-cfflce department,
$31,089,109; for steamship service, $256,000;
For official postage stamps for the use of the
Post-office department, $850, OW; total, $32,
189,109. The above amount id lo be provided
For as f allows: By the revenues of the de
partment, estimated at $29,258,203; by appro
priations for deficiency out of H o Ue^sury,
fz,OBU,buu; Dy direct spur . >uun uiu ui -r
the treasury, 1250,000. The total amount r?
3ommoaded by this bill is leas than tho esti
nates ttierefor in the sum of $5,750,696.99. '
The B oo8e went into committee of the whole ?
jn the legislative and Executive Appropria- 5
tion bill. All the items for surveyor-generals ,
were, on motion of Mr. Randall, struck out of ?
the bill. *
On motion of Mr. Oaldwell (Dem.), of Ala- P
bama, the salary of the commissioner of agri- T
culture was raised from $2,700 to $8,000. On i
notion of Mr. Holman an additional paragraph "
was dc.ded, making it the duty of the oommlA- "
aioner to collect agricultural statistics, and to R
wmpile the same, and to publish monthly
statements thereof.
Thn Hnn?ft nrnnanded to vote on the various
unendments to the Legislative Appropriation a
bill. All those amendmeuts on whioh a sopa- 0
rate vote was not asked were agreed to in
balk. The first amendment on whioh a sepa- |
rate vote was taken was one offered by Mr.
Sorlbnt (Rep.), of Illinois, increasing the
jompensation of Territorial judges from $2,500
to $3,000. It was rejeoted, 39 to 19.
The next vote was on the amendment offer- "
Bd by Mr. Oaldwell (Dem.), of Alabama, ap- ?
propriating $3,000 for the collection of agri- ?
jultnral statistics. Rejroted.
The section transfen mg the Indian bnreaa
from the Interior depa 'ment to the War de
partment was stmok out f the bill, and then r
the bill was passed?jeas, 1208 ; nays, 17. *
Mr. Bandall offered the following amend- ?
meat to rale 5, saying that he did so at the
special reqneet of the speaker: "Jfroviaea,
that in case of the personal illness of the
speaker, ho may make iraoh appointment (that
}f speaker pro tern.) for a period not exceed
ing ten dayB, with the approval of the fionse 1
it the time the Bame is made." The amend* b
ment was agreed to. .
Mr. Scales (Dem.^, of North Carolina, chair
man of the committee on Indian affairs, re- d
ported a bill appropriating $5,000 for the sab- o
jistence of the Apache Indians in Arizona.
Passed.
Mr. Hopkins (Dem.), of Pennsylvania, in- T
iroduced a bill relating to the ponishment of *
(fitnesses ad judged to be in oontempt by either 0
House of Congress.
Mr. Holman (Dem.), of Indiana, moved a r
bill to repeal so muoh of the resumption act aa o
authorizes the redemption and cancellation of jj
United States notes and tho sale of United
3tates bonds for the accomplishment of that 8
purpose. Rejected?yeas, 115; nays, 111; ti
not two-thirds in the affirmative. ?
Mf Mnrrlunn fT)Am.Y of Illinois. mOVOd a
resolution direotiug the several committees of *
the House charged with investigations, to con- t
luot such investigations with open door*, b
jxcepfc when in the opinion of auoh committees t
the pablic interest will be prejudiced thereby ;
ind that any person accused before a commit
tee shall have the right to be heard in his own
hereon, or by counsel, or both. Adopted.
A Merchant's Start in Life.
When the lato A. T. Stewart reached *
liis majority ho returned to Ireland to a
receive his patrimony, upon the interest E
j{ whioh he had been living in New g
fork. Before starting on his return he I
jpoko of tho object of his oontemplated j
Tisifc to Ireland to Mr. Chambers, then
no n of onnfirtn fnr V
IVUU AUU)TU 1*0 ( UUJVA u? uuvwvu AVi
several business houses in New York
jity.
" How muoh is your patrimony ?"
isked Mr. Chambers.
'' About $10,000,1 suppose," answered
Mr. Stewart.
'1A snug little sum. "What do you in
;end doing with it?"
"Invest it here and live on th? in
;ome."
" You can do better."
" How?"
" Go into trade."
"Nonsense. I know nothing about
;rade. I can't even buy a hat or a pair
)f gloves without getting some one else
x) pick them out for me."
"Stuff," ejaculated Mr. Chambers.
"Do as I tell you. Go to Belfast and
bay insertions and scallop trimmings.
3pend all your fortune in them and you
(rill double your mocey."
Arriving in Ireland, Mr. Stewart
found that his f patrimony had been
3iminished to $5,000 by bad specula
dons of his guardian. This circum
stance led him to adopt the advice of
Mr. Chambers, and when he returned to
New York his||entire patrimony was in
vested in insertions and scallop trim
mings. The two friends determined to
jo into business together, Stewart acting
is salesman while Chambers made the
Dutside purchases. The first difficulty
was in finding a storeroom suited to
iheir purpose. They looked through
Pearl and Hudson streets, the centers
3f the retail trade at that time, but
Found the rents too high for them.
^375. This/ttAvT^usidered too high
ilso, but it was 'determined to take the
place, and ftus is the way A. T. Stewart
begun his career and laid the founda
tions of his trade.
Finally, No. 21
bised "to let,
The Bagdad Plague.
The news from the city of the caliph
3 not reassuring ; the plague is increai
ig there, and at latest reports thirt
ew cases and ten deaths were reporte
aily. This figure is already large in il
Blf for a city of hardly oue hundre
liouBand inhabitants, for such is no1
tie population of Bagdad, which couni
d in the ninth century two million ii
abitants. But the worst feature of th
lague resides in the facility with whic
; may be liable to spread in the neigl
oring districts, and even in souther
lurope. This is to be feared, especiall
ow, for this is the season of the relij
)us pilgrimages made by Moslems t
aeir shrines, and by Roman Catholic
ad orthodox Greeks to Jerusalen
loreover, the sultan is strengthenin
is army in Herzegovina with recruii
rom his Asiatic provinces, around Baf
ad and along the Persian gulf, as we
s the eastern Mediterranean shore. Th
Lfcy of the caliphs was often devastated
ad notably in 1831, by a plague brougl
y a handful of Indian pilgrims, just at
IPinn _ -1 1 _
1 HZV, a biu^jio uueubeu amu rouse
tie appalling plague which almost d(
troyed Marseilles.
At our request Cragin'A Co., of Ph?
delphia, Pa., have promised to sen
y of our readers, gratis (ou receipt c
f teen cents to pay postage,) a samp]
f Dobbins' Electric Soap to try. Sen
t onoe. *
Chapped hands, face, pimples, ring
orma, saltrheum, and other oataneoua affe<
0118 curcd, and rough skin made soft an
2100th by u log Juxipeb Tab Soap. Be car<
al to get only that made by Oaowell, H&zar
; Co., New York, as there are maay imitatlm
Lade with oommon tar, all of which are wortl
MSfl. . m
" It does not speak well for the inte
[genoe of the public," says the Londo
Aincel, " that the stamp dutj on patei
ledicines during last year yielded a
a crease of ?13,819 over the produce t
be previous year. It is scaroely cred:
le that the passion for consuming ui
nown quantities of unknown drug
bould be so strong as the thriving trad
ci nostrums indicates."
Unlimited Remedial Resources.
People sometimes suppose that Dr. Fierce'
imily medicines represent the entire extex
f bis resources for coring disease. This is a
rror. Experience proved that while his Go
en Medical Discovery, Favorite Prescriptiot
leasant Purgative Pellets, Compound Extra*
f Smart Weed, and Dr. Sage's Catarrh liemi
y, would, if faithfully used, cure a larg
ariety of chronio complaints, there would fc
ere and there a oaae which, from its eaverit;
r from its complication r.itb other disorder!
rould resist their action. These exception!
uses required a thorough examination inl
heir symptoms, to ascertain the exaot natui
nd extent of the disease or diseases und<
rhioh the patient was laboring, and the use <
peciflo remedies to meet and overcome tl
tme. Thiu led to the establishment of tl
Forld'a Dispensary, at Buffalo, N. 7., with i
acuity of physicians and surgeons, each <
rhom is skilled in the treatment of chron
isordera in general and those belonging I
is own special department in particular. 1
ne is assigned diseases of the throat ai
ingfl ; to another, dise&aea of the kidneys ai
rogenital organs ; to another, diseases of tl
igeetive syetem; to another, diseases of tl
ervous system; and to another, diseases <
be eye and oar. Thus the highest degree i
-erfeotion in medicine and surgery is attaine
.'he establishment of this institution enabl
be doctor to meet a long-felt want in the trea
icnt of tho more severe chronic affection
)y a carcfal consideration of the symptoms i
iven in writing, he snocessfnlly treats tho
ands of canes at their homes. Others vif
be diepensiiry in person. The amplest r
onroes for the .treatment of lingering sffe
Ions are thus placed at the disposal of eve
atient, and those on whom the proprieta
ledicines do not have the desired effect ei
rocure a mere thorough and effioieDt cour
y a persona! application to the proprietor i
be World's Dispensary.
Fain l!n the Side and Lungs.
West Wmnnj), N. Y., Dec. 10.
Gentlemen?Having received great bene
romthe nee jf Dr. Wistab's Balsam or Wii
Jeebby, I oh serf ally give yon a statement
ay case, hoping it may inflaence some nnfort
lg the winter of 18681 was very much out
ealth, afflict 3d with a severe cough, pain
tie aide and longs, and a general depreeaii
f health, to Buah an extent as greatly
larm myself and my friends as to tne resu
)oring this time I tried several highly recoi
lended remedies with little or no good rean
nd had concluded to try the effect of
onthern climate upon tcy health; bnt befo
arrying this resolution into effect, I was i
need by the urgent solicitation of your ager
Ir. Huntley, to give the balsam a trial. I d
o, and to my great joy found immediate ai
ermanent relief by the use of only 01
>ottle, and I am now in as good health as eve
believe your balsam is one of the beet rem
ies for coughs, colds, and all lung disease
iow in use, and conscientiously recommend
s eueh. yours truly, Pzteb Shaw.
0 eta. and $1 a bottle. Sold by all druggists
Vegetine is composed of roots, bar]
nd herbs. It is very pleasiint to take; eve
hild likes it
jnportant to Persons Visiting New Voi
or tne uentenmai.
The Grand Union Hotel, New York, opp
ite the Grand Central depot, has over 350 el
;antly furnished rooms. Elevator, steam, ai
11 modern improvement. European pia
Carriage hire is saved, as baggag e is Uk<
o and from the depot, free of expanse. T1
eatauranta supplied with the betit Ones
an live better for less money at tin Gnu
Jnion, than at any other flrat-olajsa hoU
itages and can pass the hotel constantly to i
[arts of the oity, and to Philadelphia depot.
To ALL, iiartloularly invalids, spring la ? trying ?
on. Indications of slcknesa should at ono?i be attend
?. Fatal diseases may bo cinaed by allowing t
owela to b?eome constipated, and tfeo system to resu
a a disordered condition, until the disorder haa time
evelop Itself. An ounce of prevention la worth a pou
f cure, la nn old and trnthfnl laying. Therefore,
dvlse all vrho are troubled with the complaints ni
ery prevalent?headaohe, Indigestion, disordered Uv
rant of appetite, nausea, or feverish skin, to take, wll
ut delay, Sshenok's Mandrake Pills. W? know of
emeJy so liarmless and decisive in Its action. It
nee strikes at the root of the disease and produce*
ealthy tone to the system. People need never sufi
rom any dlssase arising from a disordered condition
tie liver if they would take this exoelle^t medict
rben they feel the first indications of the mala<
'amllles leaving home for the summer months shoe
ike three or four boxes of theee pills with them. Th
are an almost lnatant&neons effect They will relit
lie patient of headache In one or two honrs, and w
apldly cleanse the liter of snrronndlns bile, and ?
ffectnall; prevent a billons attack. The? are told
ldniffJaU.
The Markets.
KIW Ton*.
!eef Oattle?Prime to Extra Bullocfa $ OS (4 11
lommon to Good Texans C8V@ 08
lilch Cows 40 00 <870 0U
logs?Live.... .. .? ? ? ?
Drensed 08 i.
;he?p .... 06 Oe
iambs 10 18
lotton?Middling l.?4(<4 13
lour?Extra Veatern...,. 6 66 ? 7 CJ
Stato Kxtra 6 66 0 7 00
Cheat?Rod Western 18.' ? 1 80
No. 2 Spring 1 20 & 1 31
lye?State..... 00 @ 96
larley?Stato 1 '.0 9 1 10
larley?Malt 1 40 9 1 40
lata?Mixed Western 87 48
lorn?Mixed Weetern 63 ? f4
[ay, per cwt........... (kl (4 1 10
travr. per cwt 66 Q 1 10
[ops 7r's?18 @18#....olds 04 @ 08
orfc-Mees 21 60 @21 fl5
13 & 18
'ish?Maokorel, No. 1, new 26 00 @2i 00
" No. 2, new 16 CO @15 CO
Dry Ood, per cwt 4 01 ($ 6 25
Herring, 8cal2d, per box.... 24 @ 24
etrolenxn?Crude 08)fi?|C8}f Refined, IS
Pool?California Fleece a.... 33 (i 38
Texas " 20 a 26
Australian " 40 @ 46
hntf nr__ flfrftt A ik <l4 M5
Western Dairy 28 0
Western Tell 20 Q
Western Ordinary 18 9
lieese?State Factory Cfl @
State Skimmed 04 Q
Western.... 06 0
:gga?State..... 17)tf?
AXBIXY
rbeat 1 91
lye?State 'J1 9
orn?Mixed 59 ?
iarloy?State...... 9J @
a*?State.... 38 0
Bcnixo,
lour 0 25 010
rheat?No. 1 Spring 1 i6 0 1
orn?Mixed ? 63 0
>atu 37 0
78 <3
larley 78 0
BALTIMOBt.
totton?Low MIMllngs.... 12X0
lonr?Extra.... 8 76 @8
Fheat?Bed Western 1 20 @ 1
lye 76 0
lorn?VjiIow 60 0
i&tH? Jixod 46 0
e'-.oloum 08X0
PHXLADKLFHIA.
?ef Cattle?Extra 00X0
beep 06 0
[ogs?Dressed 11 0
lour?Pennsylvania Extra 6 00 (4 8
rbeat?Bod Wostern 1 ('6 0 1
,ye> 87 l?t
orn?Yellow...... 61 (?
Mixed M 0
ats?Mlxod 89 0
etrolenm?Crude 1OX01OX Reflnei,
WATKBTOWN, MASS.
eef Cattl??Poor to Choice 4 75 0 8
bwsp 2 (0 <$6
ambs 2 M 0 6
81
24
20
18
OS
12
17
37
98
60
90
60
00
26
60
87
78
73
12
76
20
78
60
46
08.
08
07
12
26
IS
b7
63
CI
42
13;
76
B0
60
WBt
MATE!
Aobettoa Beeflac-Wlth Lion Gbay An Pxoov
?ob?tltnte tot tin. Id dm by ill of the Lamkst Mixuricn
AMMtM FalaU. ill oolon, recdr tor use, unexcelled
Album Huwi Pipe ana Boiler CoTtrlnc*. 1
AiMtM Hteun Paeklnc?Ind?*tR>cUble,Mlf-labr
AjriMMM Roof Co*tlBff,for rercrln? and dixbit
Paint* for Tin Emfi, Iron Work.?x. FI?.Pmf
factory tndnoefnanta and ??la*rTertaai of nle will 6e?ii
where onr goods u* not kept for isle. TT TIT
Ketabltihed MM. Piteot? and Itanmfi rtarec.*** ww ? 1
A schoolmaster at Exeter, England,
pnnished a boy by beating liim with a
green willow rod, and in some manner
hannened to destroy one of the little
fellow's eyes. He was tried on a crimi
nal indictment, and sentenced to Give
years' penal servitude.
Through the length and breadth
of the land the celebrated HIL
VEtt TIPfKD Boots and
Show are sold by the million, for
parents know they last twice as
ion* as those without Tips.
1 Also try Wire Qnilted Holes.
F*i ^ hTf?
fell a
Have 70a Men the
CABLE SCREW WIRE
Boots and 8h-i? ? Will Ion a are
being worn: all say they are the
easiest and best Shoe ever mad*.
Also try Wire Quilted Soles.
GABLE
SCREW
5WKRE
QK FANCY CAROH, 7 Styles, #m> Name, 10a.
UO Add's J. B. HUSTRD, Nassau, Brass. Oo-.N.Y.
&K<fn (OA a day at homo. Samples worth 91 sent
$U LO $(SU fna. BTINBON k 00., Portland#**
NaiiM. 10
ZU ctT,* poBt-pIid." lTjonbs ii5b.. Simm, i?
l&OAA A MONTH. Agentswanted. Excel Mfg.
??i*l\1 Co.. 151 Mlohlgan Afar*. Chicago. DL
T)rofltnble, Pleaaant work :hnndreds now employed;
JT. bnndiedi mors wanted. M. N. LOVKLL. Erie, Pa.
WANTED AGENTS. 8ampUt and 0*tAt fr*.
BMw than (fold. A. OOULTgR k PP.. Chicago.
OK JET CALMNG CARDS, with name tni
ijO gO oenta. J. K. Hab?P. Maiden Bridge, r
tf?1 A a dar at home. Agent* wanted. Outfit and terms
free. Ad draw TKUB Jt CO..
. Angnata. Maine.
A QTTTMT A The only cue remedy. Trial package
L. 8M1THKTOHT, PlereXandTo
VERY deatreble NEW ARTICLES for Axenta.
Mfr*d by J. O. OirnrwLL ? Co.. Oheahlre. Oonn.
C4 As?<t01'*&9pd*Jr- BeadfbrCkreisoOitalent
J) 1U B U> A U J. H. Bdvtoxd's Bom. Beaten. mm*
I to A&EKT3. sssarssgfeaaBsi
| AUBUM fOoMBfllMO UOMPUTX, AUDPTI1, CT. K. i
A FOBTTJNE &hMu^Mpboof#
Bamplea by mull 60o. Taylor Mfg. Oo.. ITew Britain,Ot
i9AA PER MONTH GUARANTEED.
fDOUv Btulneea flrst-cliM. Agent* toon ltd er?ry
wbere. Addreae, with a tamp. T. 8. FAG B.Toledo, O.
A GBNT8 WANTED.?Twenty 9x11 Moonud
Ohromne for 81. 8 samples by n^,poeVp*ld.?Oe.
OoimwprrAi. Qhbomo Oa. 37 Hkmo St.. Hew York.
HABIT CURB]} AT 1IOMB.
No publicity. Tine abort
Turmi moderate, 1.000 tftctlxno
nlala. Describe ou?. Dr. F. E. MAHaH.Qatnoy, Mich.
OPIUM
AGENTS
All Want It?thoaaanda of Uvea and
million* of property nnd by it-foctnnss
made with lt-partlcnlam free. 0. 1L
LnrrKOTOit A Dbo. .Kew YorkA Chicago.
$77
PER WEEK OuAKAftTEED to Amenta
Male and Famale.ln their own loeallty.
Terms and OUTFIT KEEK. Addreea
F. O. VIOKERY A OO.. An?naUjialne.
npmw^a
orphlne Habit i
y oared. Palniesa; not
V* turn BCchT^ta
$250
A MONTH ? i|tnU wanted every
where. Business honorable ml ftrst
class. Partlcalari eent free. Address
WORTH * PP.. gt. Lode. Ma
8 W188-ALPINE SOFT
Tree-Protecting WAX.
Wl>i Save Trceeby the Million.
__ All that 1* neceesary to belaid of this
WAX t? tu?t It Is pronounoed by those vboure us?d II
as the BEST INVENTION averdiscovered forHUBELY
CURING an Wockds, Dibeabm im> 0backs or tbx
Bajlk ob Soots of Fruit end Staado Trees, Grapevines,
Rote Boshes, Shrubbery, Plants, etc., which ere tnvari
ebly rained when damaged by Animals, Worms, Insect*,
Grasshoppers, Front, Hot bun, or from any other oanse.
One Jar of It will protect yon against heavy iocs, and
will keep the Trees in a healthy state and bearing con
dition. Now Is the time sand the eooner yon notloesnah
diseases, the better. It la also a never-falling prepara
tion for Grafting Trttt. Price?In Jan of 3 Ids, g I;
8 lbs., 92.7*: U lbs., 86; Keen of U lbs.. gg.jO.
Cash with order. Sent by Expreaa with fall directions
under my seal and signal ure. I hate no Agents. For
ward ail ciders to the Inventor, nnderelgn od, and get the
genuine article. GODFREY ASOHMANN, Landscape
Gardener. 3118 Germ-.ntown Ave., Philadelphia. Pa.
N. B.?Plans drawn and laid out and Estimates given
for Fruit Orchards, Gardens, Lawns, Country Seats,
Kustio Bouses and Bridges, Greenhouses, etc., and all
work promptly attended to.
Tnree ran ior unirara!
During tha pact five years the VEGKTIJTB ha* ban
steadily working Itself Into pub 11a favor, and those who
w?r? at flrkt most incredulous In regard to Its merit are
now it* moat ardent friend* and supporteca.
Thereare three essential causes for those having such
a horror of patent medicines, changing their opinion and
lending their lnflaenoe toward the advancement of
VEGETINE. lit |t la an honeetlypreparad modiolus
from bark*, roots and herbs. 2d. It honestly accom
plishes all that la olalaed for tt, without leaving any bad
effects in the system. 3d. It present* honest vouchers
in taetimonlafa from honest, well-known citizen*, whose
signatures are a sufficient guarantee of their earnsbtnsss
in the matter, '.'akioginto consideration the vast quan
tity of medicine brooght conspicuously before the pub
lic through tha flaming advertisements in the newspaper
columns, with no proof of merit or genuine vouchers of
what it has done, weshonld be pardoned for manifesting
a small degree of pride In presenting the following testi
monial from Rev. J. 3. DIOKKRSON. D. D., tbe popu
lar and ever genial pastor of the South Baptist Church,
Boston. .. .
The Tired Bodv Sues for Sleeo.
Boston, March 16,1S74.
H. R. SrzTXDB, Esq.:
Dtar Sir?It Is u much from ? sense of duty u of
gratitude thai I write to say that your VEGRTINE?
even if it Is patent medicine? baa been of great help to
ma when nothing else seemed to avail which I could
safely me. Either excessive mental work or nnnsual
care brines upon me a nervous exhaustion that des
Deratelj need* sleep, but' aa desperately defies it.
Night after night the poor, tired body sues for aleep un
til the day dawn ii weloomed back, and we begin our
work tired out with an almost fruitless chase after rest.
Now I hare found that a little VEGETINE taken just
before I retire gives me sweet and immediate sleep, and
without any of the evil effects of the usual narcotics. I
think two things would tend to make brain workers
sleep. 1st A little less work. 2d. A little more VEGE
TINE. This prescription has helped me.
Now, 1 have a particular horror of "patent medicines,"
but ( have a greater horror of bring afraid to tell the
straight out troth. The VEGETINE has helped me, and
I own it up. Yours, etc.,
J. 8. DIOKERSON.
Valuable Evidence.
The following unsolicited testimonial from Eev. O. T.
WALKER, D. D., formerly pastor of Bowdoln Square
Church, and at present settled in Providence, R. L,
most be esteemed as reliable evldenoe.
No one should fsll to observe that this testimonial is
the result of two years' experience with the nse of
VEGETINE in the Rev. Mr. Walker's family, who now
pronounces it invaluable.
Pbovhizncx, R. L, 164 Transit street.
tnraiuible, and I recommend It to all who mar need an
InTigoratlng, renoratln*tonlo. O. T. WALKER,
Formerly pastor Bowaoln 8q? Church, Boston.
Vegetine is Sold by all Druggists.
Acenta Wanted! MedaJ* and Diploma* Awarded
hnLwan'8 Pictorial BIBLES.
1800 Illustration*- Addreaa for new circulars,
A. J. HOLMAN tic CO.. 930 ABOH Street.Phlla
"PSYCHOMAWCT, or Sool Charming."
I Bow itbv wx may laaclnaU and gain Ue lo?? and
affactioa of to/ ptnoa t>?- chooM, instantly. Thti art all can
caiia, fr**.V7 luu.&CCttst together witha Lever'* fluid*,
Bff7pt^o0iaoe,l>rwiai?.HlBUioLadJ?,4c. l,SM,M**oM.A
oonr boofcAdaruM CWIUAAJO * 00. IW*. nflafefcUa.
50
AgmU WaaUd
Finely Printed Brlatol riiillnf
Curds seat pon-.-paid for 2o el*. Bead
camp for samplee of tiliua Car da,
Dlnrble, Snowfiokes, Scroll, Da>
m&ak. Etc. We hare orar lOO rtrlaa.
I. A. H. FUIXKB A Co.. Brockton, Maaa.
louXftme KIcjfantlT Print
LL* ed on II T8a*s?akkt visitiwo
Casus, for 23 Cents. Each card cootain*
acnw which is not Tidbit until bald towmida tba light
Nothing Like themever before offered in America. Biglnduce
tnsststo Agents. Notbltt p*i*ti*o Co.Aihlaod.Kaak
A BOOK for the MILLION.
MEDICAL ADVICE ' S!??"oES?
Catarrh, Rupture. Opium Habit, *c^ 8EXT FREE on rcc*lpt
oi stamp. Address,
Dr. Butts' Dispensary No. 12 N. 8th it, St. Louis, ila
Here is both Pleasure and Profit.
A fsw dollar* will boy a Portable Printing Press,
jrpe, 0-0., with which btuinctt men can sacs money by
doing their own printing aud advertising, and with
which a young man oan do a paying little ousinees in
job <cork. AmaUi.n find it rich pastime. Learned lo a
fcv> hours. Presses at 93 ana upward. Ill nitrated
Catalogue for two 3c. stamp*.
Excklsiob Pbxs* CO., Meridan, Conn.
REVOLVERS SS H Ml
Pf0W UaJTAlO 11 111 ACTUtrct -r ?
SeMt with 100 Cartridges for $1 Full Nicklx Plat*.
SiZUfactiongnarantoed. Ultutratud Oatalojvt TBJSM,
WESTERS GUN WORKS, Chicago, m.,
69P?rtorn-t (McOonnlck Block). P. O. Box MO.
FITS,
EPILEPSY, FALLING PITS
CURED.
Tbu Is No HtncBUO. For Information, lnqalrs of or
write to MOYER BROTHERS, Wholesale JDru?l*ti,
Bloonnbarg, OolnmbU Coantr. PennayWanla.
One Agent wanted In rrery town, city or eonaty, toem?
vai* for a rr? pectable builo?sa,io which any artlvt and lotelli?
rent mail or wronnn run oaiiiy mak? from $5 to
per day. The butineuia new and permflv^^l ?
nent, aa we make the lama offer nrxt
^.r.h.lwcdathl.. Ap?non^J?iV^^;501n<)lle
"J1"**1nev"ranv!^lf^^^>T"oor;?txTxrHncd
b,f"rf. nuult *72.75 In 15
?J > lg" Foil partial Inn frw. C. A.
r.J'Ti W^fLEBB. JUntpr, 99 Dome St., NfwYork.
We know C. A. Cleg* to be re?poB?lble
Anil rollnlWr, nod think he oflkr* A*enUe*J*|ft
'..or.nfBU."?tr.Y. WnklfSun, Apt* lywy
SAVE MOM
*"* -? ?i Monetae and THE
By Bcndlnc *ut 0c
WEEKLY TRIBUNE (r^Ur price^). or 85-75
for the M?azta? THB SEMI-WEEKLY TRI
BUNE
POKTABLE
SODA FOUNTAINS.
$40. $50. $75. $100.
CHEAP & DURABLE.
Will Yield *00 per cent profit.
8II1PPED BEADY FOR 08*?
KenilfrrCiulxiu. A4dr??th??olTM?ii*h<t?no
BUM& CO,
IIroo,
Ind.
YOUR OWN PRINTING!
?TOVELTY
x?
PRINTING PBESS.
Pop Profeulonal and Amateur
Printer*, Schooli, 8o?leUe?, M?n.
uitectarere, Mercbanto,jjndothmi lt.1
theSEST erer invented. 18.OOO lnn??c
Ten etylet, Prloei from $6.00 to $U&0C
BENJ.O. W00D8 4C0.
dttlmlntllkiDiliof
Cstelon*-)
OOPS4CO . M*nnfn?nd
"-smwaas
Ooatiho for steep or flat Root*. The only BXLUBU
ru*?u a-d R. R. Oo.'s. Ro*d/ forn*?. lastly applied,
ta riohneea of color and beauty of finish.
n? cheapest ud moss affectlre non-oondnotcrt in aM.
icatln*. Will w*aa rar rorxa ixnro aa cay other.
In* Boots. Cements, far Leaky Rnafi, eto. Hmof
CetUiifi for MhVnyU Eoolr, tto. Felt JZeon#<
Mostne onrgoeds, and ooaroare with all others. Satla
tit 77 a y No. 10, Se.OOOaLuySl'i.
IjliiZA 111aiSiud dr'nlil, ??I fr?? DuStIr.
YOUNG,
COOPMt?8 COMPOUND
da, Depression of 8M(lta, inaptitude for Work, Gos
rampttan. Kldner Diseases, Spfnal Irritation. Locomo
tor, Ataxia, Shaking, Palsy and to Vitalise ana Besnsd
iatethT^temfrom thit condition of " BmU down ?
" ' ? and Old
rtfuiaag zrom veauu iuju jrujwvw ?y
Age. Sent to an7 I drew on receipt of price.
GROSGE OOOPER. M. D.,?26 K. 10th StrMt. h
Saw York. Price, 81.SO par box.
KSEERTlilSll
EXTQU1MB Fon I
W.i. DROWN SCO'S
UMBRELLAS.
nl AGENTS WANTED FOR THE
Iehtennial
^ lilstoryoftheu.s
The Bnt interest In tfes thrtUin* Watery of ocr ooon -
by nuXes this ths fastest sellingTxwk erer published.
it oontatas m foil MOMBt of the grand uHwiH*
^UTIOH.-Old. Incomplete and Unreliable work*
being circulated; Ma tint th? bookyoa buj oorUIni
HALL'S patent standard
SAFES
AT'HARD PAN"pric?S.
vm
?ASTHMA?
rime
1 toi
rabrcriberi are mannfaotgrera tad
ton of Dr. B. v?. Rcad'a Celebrated
lief, which la undr nbtedly the beat Asthma Earned?
yet discovered. Instant relief lr^Mranteod or pnr?
chaae price refunded. We ptrtiBtb? medleine la
boxes of three alios, which retail for aso^ 80c. and
$1. Persona remitting retail pricc will have the ..
medicine promptly forwarded by mall, post-paid.
Also samples sei t free to any who may desire.
Pllcea per dot , $L 76; $3.60 and STjOO : gross price,
<18; $36; 17a. Wholesale agenta: John F. Henry,
Onrnn k Co., II.Of.;' Jobn D. Park ft Sons, ciamn
iiftti, Ohio: Blohsrtoon Jc Co.,8t. Louis,Mo.; Lord,
Smith k Co., Chli?go, m.; G. D. Goodwin & Co.,
Boston,Mut.; Freicti, KJchsrds k Co.,Phil*delphJs,
P?. Address ETHEBLDGE, TUT.T.KB k CO.,
Boms, M. Y.
COUNTER, PlATF0RM.WAfifflJ3FACK
SCAL
C/G"AGENTS WANTEDS
J3END FOit PfyCXLUar
MARVIN SAFE%SCALECO.
265.BROADWAY A/. Y.
72! CHESTNUT ST. PMLA. PA.
JOS BANK ST. CLEVE. O.
8AFE AMD RELIABLE,
Have Yon "Weak Lnngs ?
Have Yon a Cough or Cold?
Have Yon Pain In Your Breast?
Have Yon any Throat Disease?
Have You Copsmnption ?
USE Da. L. 0. C. WISHARH
PIKE TRUE TAR CORDIAL
Are Yon Weak and Debilitated?
Do You Staffer from Indigestion?
Do You require a Tonic ?
Hare Yo<t Xo Appetite?
Do ?<Eu need Building Up ?
Do Yoa wlah to be Strong and Healthy?
OSE Ds. L. 0. C. WBHARH
PINE TREE TAR CORDIAL
8old by all Druggists.
Principal Depot,
916 Filbert St., Philadelphia, Pa.
1 . _
HALE'S
Honey ofIIoretiound anc, Tar
fou tite ccku of
Coughs, Colds, influenza, hoarse
ne83, difficult liilkatiljso, and
all ArFECTIONB OF TUB TUEOAT,
Bbonchial Tubes, and Lottos,
lej-dinq to Consumption.
This infallible remedy is composed of
the Honkt of the plant Ilorchound, ia
chemical union with tag-B alm, extract
ed from the Life Pbinciple of the
forest tree Abies BAT.SAMP.y^pr Balm
of Giletd. w
" The Honey of Horehotmd soothes
and scatters all irritations and inflam
mations, and the Tar-Balm cleanses
and heals the throat and air-passages
leading to tho lungs. Five additional
ingredients keep the organs cool, moist,
In healthful action. Let no pre
judice keep you from trying this great
medicine of a famous doctor, who haj
saved thoueands of lives by it in hit
large private practice.
N. B.?The Tar Balm has tm> bad
taste or smelL
phices.50 cetts and $1 ram ? clb.
Great e*ving to buy larg" s'2-* ~
Sold by all Druggists.^
" Pike's Toothache I) cms"
cnr-> Jn 1 ininnto.
N V N U Wo ?8
WHK* WRITING TO ADVERTISER",
' ' pieMe Bay that IM mw the mdvertlar
meat In thli pan?r. .