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FARM, ttAUDEN AND HOUSEHOLD. Iloimehold Hints. If brooms are wet with boiling suds once a week, they will become very tough, will not cut a carpet, and will last much lonser. A handful or so of s^it sprinkled on a carpet will carry the dust along with it and make the carpet look bright and clean. A very dusty carpet may be cleaned by dipping the broom in cold water, shakiug off all the diops, and sweeping a yard or so at a time. Wash the broom and repeat until the entire carpet has been swept. Y< ry durable and neat mats for floors can be made from old coffee sacks. A piccc of tlio baggiog of suitable sizo is bound with some dark fabric and se cured to a frame of four laths. By moans of a hook of wood or iron, like an enlarged crochet needle, carpet rags are carried through the material so as to skip every other thread and to leave loops halS an inch long, the ends, of course, being fastened. Old red flannel can bo used to make tasteful borders. The following compound is said great ly to facilitate the washing of clothes. Dissolve two pounds of bar soap in about three gallons of water as hot as the hand can bear. Add one tablespoon ful of turpentine, and three of liquid ammonia. Stir, and steep the clothes in this for three hours, keeping the ves sel tightly covered. Then wash the clothes in the usual way. The soap and water may be used a second timo, in which case a teaspoonfnl of turpentine and the same amount of ammonia must be added. This treatment is calculated to save much labor iu cleansing summer CiUtlil'O DWUilCU UJ liUlV) *71IV/# llent Cows for the Dairy* P. Hull, South Berliri, Rensselaer county, N. Y., wrote to the American farmers' club : " The question is often asked, which is the best breed of cows for the dairy ? Farmers disagree, which is owing to these circumstances : I have been in the dairy business over fifty years; have had almost all breeds of cattle; all aro good in the right place. The shorthorns are large and handsome; better for the West than the East; take o j flesh very quickly, and are better for the butcher than the dairy. Ayrshire cows are small, but small milkers. If I had a rough farm, hilly, stony, a good distance to drive to pasture, probably I would get the Ayrshire breed. The De von* are handsome and give but little milk. If I wanted to raise oxen for work I should get the Devons. I never owned Jerseys. They are said to be small milkers, good for butter, and seem to me to be a tender breed of cattle for this country. I prefer the cow which gives the most milk. If a cow will give twenty-five quarts of milk per day she would be more profitable than another which only gave eighteen quarts. Then if you sent your milk to the factory to be made iuto cheese, or sent it to the ruaaket, the more milk the more profit. If a man keeps but one or two cows it will be no criterion. Compare them with a herd of twenty-five or forty cows and tliov will fall short considerably. I prefer the Holstein to any other breed of cattle I ever owned. They are noted for their milking qualities. Running j witti a nera 01 twenty-nve cows, tne i pure blood and grades aro the best. The Holstein are very handsome; jet black forward and rear, a bright white blanket around the body (some black, with white spots on them); are very docile; small head; eyes clear, large, mild and sparkling; horns short; neck small at the head, straight on the back; heavy quar ters; short legs; udder large and square, teats stand well apart; hair soft and tine. They are Dutch cattle and will natch any breed in the world. Hint* from Practical Farmers. I have found coal tar the best cover ing for stumps of large limbs or spots where the trunk is barked by whiffle trees. Having used it a few years sinfce, I found the wounds healed over finely. If you havo a field of wheat harrow it, but as an experiment, suppose vou leave a strip of a rod or so, and then when the crop is harvested, see if there is not a decided advantage in harrow An old and unusually successful farm er, of Norfolk, Mas3., says be has tried orchard grass for a dry upland pasture, and with very satisfactory results, and ho feels like recommending it to his brother farmers as worthy of trial. In preparing nests for setting hens, plenty of sulphur should be sprinkled in the nest, and occasionally more added until the chickens appear. If a good sulphnr and ashes dust bath is provid ed, there need not be much fear of troublo with the chicks. We can give an instance of corn saved by simply putting in a layer of coarse brush between the layers of corn. A friend claims that his corn dried out and was saved by this method, while that of his neighbors molded. H. Ives, of Batavia, N. Y., writes | that having raised orchard grass for j several years, ne woiua recommena 11 for light, dry land. He finds one bushel of seed to the acre sufficient if well put in, as it will thin itself and grow in hassocks, any way. Potnto Beetle; Program. Reports show that the Colorado potato beetle is committing very serious injury along the Atlantic coast. The fanners of Long Island more particularly have suffered severely, the insects getting into hot-beds and destroying tomato and egg plauts. Last fall before going into winter quarters, the beetles swarmed on Coney island and on other portions of the coast. Meeting the Atlantic, the first serious obstacle, to its eastward inarcu, since it leit us nocuy mountain Lome, this insect will naturally accumu late along the coast, and for a few years will probably be more injurious for 200 or 300 miles north and south of ' New York, than it has been in any part of the country. It will bo well, therefore, for gardeners and potato growers to prepare for it, and to endeavor to co-operate in their work against it. The paris green mixture (one part of pure green to twenty-five or thirty of some dilutent) is the best and cheapest antidote against its ravages, and experience and experi ment have proved it a perfectly safe remedy where cautiously used. Con certed and persistent effort at this season to destroy the first beetles will render subsequent work all the easier. Education iu Switzerland. Switzerland very singn larly illustrates at the Centennial Exposition in Phila delphia the benefit of concentrated ac tivity within a clearly defined fifcld. Small as the spaco occupied is, it gives a better aud more comprehensive idea of a community highly diversified in its social relations and industrial nnrsnita than aii} other national exhibit, ^Sweden I possibly excepted. Not the least inter esting, and by far the most instructive, j portion of the Swiss dis2">lay falls under ' the head of educational appliances and j social organizations, the reports of the j latter constituting a salient feature of the exir.bit. ()ne of the last is the Swiss union of yotr g merchants, an organiza tion with tw -nty subordinate branches in as many towns, and a membership of 1,556 young men, yearly expenses to the amount, of 811,825, and property to j about half tho amount. " libraries, evening sell- ois, debating ciuds, a sys tem of prize essays and a society journal are all maintained by the union, its steady growth /or thirteen years past affording tho heatproof of its usefulness, . ud the practical work it does in pro curing situations accounting for no small share of its life and prosperity. It affords, i:: a word, both in its growth and wori^ a close analogy to the secular labors undertaken by young men's Christian associations in the United States, and, like them, has ptoved from the start u-lf-supporting. A Change.?A young lady, in a claes studying physiology, made answer to a i que tion put, that in seven years a hu-1 man ix>dy became quite changed, so that liofc a particle which was in it at the commencement of tho period would re main at the close of it. "Then, Misa L.," said the young tutor, '-'in seven years you will cease to bo MissL." '"Why, y?s> sir, 1 suppose so,".saidshe, very modestly, looking at the floor. AT THE CENTENNIAL. A tJeneral Letter?The Ores Exhlbtted Conventionn nnd Kxhtbltloun-OIIncHln neons NotrM. In the Government building is exhibit ed a large meteorite of 1,400 poundR, from Tucson, Arizona. There are 408 piscatorial models in the fish commis sion exhibits, representing parts of 234 families of fish, embracing all the food fishes of the North American coast, from the Arctic coast to Mexico. The collection cost $25,000 aud is the finest in the world. There is an extensive col lection of ores in the same building. North Carolina makes a fine display. Iron, lead, coal and gold quartz; West Virginia, bituminous coal, cannel and splint; South Carolina, fossiliferous re mains; Tennessee, iron ore, limestone; Missouri, chalcopyrite, blended galena, and zinc, lead from these ores; ono specimen of specular iron weighs 7,500 pounds; Michigan, pig iron, cop per, limestone and coal; Montana, cop per, ores, silver, lead and crystallized minerals; Oregon, native Gait and gold specimens; Arizona, silver, bearing cop per ores; Utah, silver and lead ores; good collection of ores from Now Jer sey; zinc franklinlte containing both zinc and iron; Pennsylvania, nickel ore from Lancaster county, nickel ammonia sulphate, used in the manufacture of nickel plate, cobalt, found in the same ore, copper ores from Lebanon county, zinc ores from Bethlehem, scythe soaoqs from Delaware county, coal from the different divisions of the State; New York, iron ores from Grown Point and from Utica. From East to West, from North to South, in all directions, perme ating the entire country, are the treas i ures of the earth to be found in endless j variety. i The following are the assemblies for j July: Congress of Authors, July 1. National Convention of Catholic Young Men's Associations, July 2. International Typographical Congress, July 3. Salesmen's and Commercial Travelers' Accnninfinn .Tnlv 3 Catliolic Total Abstinenco Union of I America, July 4. International Conference of Delegates ?Societies St. Vincent de Paul, July 6. International Arbitration Convention, July 11. Pennsylvania State Dental Society, July 25 Encampment Knights Templar at Ridley Park, under auspioes of Mary land Commandery, July 28. There is much speculation on tho part of visitors as to the value of arti cles on exhibit. Some say one hundred millions, others two hundred millions of dollars; the latter even is under the real value. I reached the grounds quite early, while the managers of the ma chinery were at leisure, eight a. m., and I tested a few values. A three story sugar mill, $40,000, a drying machine, 82,500, this exhibitor's outfit cost $9,000, a boat building firm have 25,000 on ex hibit, there are thirteen locomotives, average 20,000, $260,000, there are fully $130,000 in passenger cars. The valuo of a British section of some forty feet square filled with roving forms of 108 spindles, $30, spindle carders, etc., $4,000. Another square containing pulp beater and other machines, $18,000, belting in ono establishment, 811,000, sewing machine interes4-, fully $50,000. Newspaper aijd job machine press, etc., $1,000,000; one firm shows in riveting machine, steam regulators, rag picker, etc., $91,000. The Corliss engine, $100,000. There are two watch facto ries, one showing 2,200 watches; this will make a display of $125,000. Here are a few items and nearly $2,000,000 in value; now take 11,000 exhibitors and the figures are startling. The cash admissions daily approxi mate to the expense account. They say 15,000 photographs have been taken, and still the rush continues ; the num ber seems large, but, it must be remem bered, that this embraces the exhibitors, whose numbers arc nearly the figures enumerated. Gov. McOormick, of Ari zona, is temporary chairman of the executive committee. Jb leid trials, mowing machines, tedders and hay rakes, June 15th to 30th. Reaping ma chines, July 5th to 15th. Live stock houses, Sept. 11th to 14th. Dogs, Sept. 1 to 8. Neat cattle, Sept. 21 to Oct. 4. Swine, Oct. 10th to 18th. Sheep, 10 to 18. Poultry, Oct. 27th to Nov. 6. There aro twenty acres devoted to land | scape gardening. The following is posted on the doorway of tne United States laboratory, " a building so con structed," eays the puHio attachee, "that if an explosion occurred the roof blows off, and we will not be killed by the falling timbers, and can bo dragged out, e., if not annihilated before the friendly dragging takes place." ThiB was cheering, and I proceeded.to read the inscription which furnished the fol lowing information : " The initial ve locity of a projec.ile", or the space it passes over in a second of time, during the first part of its flight is obtained by dividing a measured distance, near the muzzle of the grin, by the time taken by the projectile passing over it." The display of African goods from the gold coast is unique, more curious, than of any utility, trinkets, idols, bats, weapons, etc. Norway exhibits an an tique buffet, 8450.00, bedstead, ?550.00, gold. The Venetian collection of ivory and carved work is superb, as is their antique wooden furniture. New Zea land displays a pillar of gold imitation, to represent six feet square, thirty feet high, productions from 1862 to 1875, weight, 8,025,078 lbs., or 246 tons of twenty-three carat gold. value, sioi, 271,293. A spool-cotton manufacturer exhibits a worked eagle, life size, work ed with 8,464 spools of cotton. Ehode Island shows a piece of belting 149 feet long, thirty inches wide, double. The Krupp gun carries a ball of 550kilas., or 1,100 pounds, and is thirty feet in length. From Hagerswerda, Germany, a clock is on exhibit, the combined arrangements covering an area of 10x15 feet; the bell which strikes the time is as large as an ordinary church bell. Bo homia stands in the front rank in glass goods. There is to be seen in the varied display 01 laDrics, a new ueauuiui ar ticle'of Ozonid velvet; this is another expression of America's manufacturing progression. The mineral productions of Ohili are exhibited in a tasty little building with the South American con dor en-rampant. A curious knot of wood is seen which has inscribed " this .knot was planted by the monks of Mel rose Abbey in the 14th century." "Valu able, like old wine, for its age. Its pros pects for longevity, however, being bet ter than the wine in this appreciative age. A portion of the cylinder of the first steam engine used in Ameriaa is on exhibition. A twenty inch Rod man gun is in position; ball weig s 1,115 lbs.; powder charge, 200 lbs.; range, six and ono half miles. J. B. A Pleasant Story. The Boston correspondent of the Worcester Spy relates the following : A lovely story of city neighborliness touched me the other day, and so I tell it to you. A youDg lady carried some gift to a small hospital nearly opposite her own house. She was pitiful and sympathetic, and soon found that two of the invalid women took great oom fort in looking into the lighted sitting room of her own homo, and seeing all the pleasanf family life there, and they were sorry when the shades shut out the eight. After that, all winter long, the shades were left up until the hospital patients were in bed, and they grew very fond of that friendly group whom they knew "in no other way, but who were so willing to do their part toward " setting the solitary in families." The Great Strike of Miners. There are, it is stated, something liko 30,000 men out, in South Yorkshire and Derbyshire, England, besides a numbor of topmen, engineers, and other em ployes. The main body of men are still stoutly determined to stand out against the drop of fifteen per cent., and the em ployers are quite as firmly resolved not to make any concessions. At a few col lieries the men have turned in at a reduc tion of seven and one-half per cent., on the understanding that they will make further concessions in order to bring them to the general level of the district after the strike is settled, The Quebec Fire. The burned suburb of Sfc. Louis, -with that of St. John and the walled city, in Quebecomprises what is known as the "upper town," and lie between the walls and the Plains of Abraham, ex tending southwafd and westward along the plateau. St. Louis, -which contain ed a number offbeautiful private resi dences and several large conventual es tablishments and churches, extends along the foot of the citadel to that part of the Plains of Abraham where Wolfe achieved his victory, and where the column erected to his memory now stands. Scott street, in which the fire originated, has already been the scene of disastrous conflagrations, having been almost wholly destroyed on two occasions within a comparatively short time. In previous years Quebec has suffered heavily from fires. In 1759 the first serious damage was sustained, when it was bombarded by Gen. Wolfe J., ll.A nnr.yn' *T-n ? Tn 1 f.TTrt 1U IUO OOVCU JTCCULD OX* J-i-k w ,, v terrible fires occurred in the St. Roch and St. John suburbs at a month's in terval. Nearly three thousand houses were burned, and property to the amount of more than eight million dol lars was destroyed. In 1862 another de structive fire occurred causing heavy losses. This was followed by another on Oct. 16, 1866, in which 2,500 houses and several churches and convents were burned, and 18,000 persons were left houseless. The amount of property lost was estimated at nearly three mil lion dollars. As in tho present instance, a high wind was blowing at the time, and considerable delay was experienced before a sufficient supply of water could be obtained. The fire broke out at four o'clock in the morning, and only ceased at five in the afternoon, when there was nothing left for it to consume; over 1.000 bnildinffs were destroved and the loss was fully one million dollars. An Oregon Poineroy. ' The Portland Oregonian has the follow ing : A gentleman who resides in East Portland informs us of the strange con duct of a young i#an in that city. This person is about twenty-five years of age from his appearance, rather small in stature, fair complexioned, with long, light chin whiskers. He dresses tidily, and is decidedly prepossessing in his ap pearance. The gentleman informs us that this young man seems to have an insane disposition to choke every small boy with whom he may ohance to come in contact. Several days since he came to a house where a lad was engaged in milking cows. The man entered into a pleasant conversation with the boy, and appeared very friendly and amiable. Suddenly, and without apparent provo cation, he clutched the lad about the throat and choked him nearly to death before relaxing his grasp. Soon after, t l j _ i u xiw b&uppbu u uuj wxiu wtta uriviug uiuu^ the road, and asked permission to get in and ride, a request which was readily granted. No sooner had he stepped into the wagon then.he fell upon the un suspecting boy and gave him a fearful choking, which frightened the poor lad almost to death. In a similar way ho has pounced upon other boys, without the least reason, and seemingly with no malicious disposition to do them bodily injury. He has indulged in these strange freaks until the children in that part of the town are afraid of their own hadows. Many of them are persuaded with difficulty to go to school, for fear of encountering this person. All the people in that vicinity are convince that the man is certainly a fit subject for the asylum, and think that he should be committed to that institution. He is a total stranger, no one even knowing his name. Wiping Out a Bully. The Los Angeles Herald says: Gen eral John Goshwieler, one of the lead ing capitalists of California, tolls a thrilling story. One day in the early times he was standing in a pioneer shanty saloon, in company with a great big fighter who was the terror of the camp and town. There was no tiling that this giant conld not whip, and V6ry little that he had not whipped. The big fellow was sitting near the bar when a stranger entered. He was a new comer in town. He was not more than twenty five, slenderly built, pale, big eyes, deli cate features, and a hand like a girl, j He stepped quietly up to tbe bar and ! asked for a glass of brandy. The glass was placed before him, whereupon the bully rose from his chair, put his big, brawny hand in front of the youngster, took the brandy and drank it. The young man said nothing, but quietly laid down four bits and Baid : " Give me another gloss of brandy." The brandy was pnt ont, the glass was filled and the bully again reached for ward, took the brandy and drank it. The youDgster put four bits on the counter and said, easily : "Give me two glasses of brandy." The two glasses were put out, filled and the bully the third time reached forward, took a glass and drank it. The young man paid no attention even to the giant's pistols and knives, but tak ing the other glass drank it and put rlnnm a ^nllor TTiati. wifh fiftsv mnn ner, ho left the bur for the door, walked five or six steps, turned like a flash of lightning and shot the bully through the heart. As he walked out of the door he said to one of the bvstanders: " That fellow might have hurt some body, yet." Criticising the Sermon. On his way home a friend said: "Well, judge, how did you like the sermon ?" " Well, I rather think Mr. Blank considers himself exactly qualified fr? hlnnr thfi silver tmrrmet nil the walls of Zion; but which sermon do you allude to ?" " Why, we had but one sermon, did we ? We had a very able and elo quent prayer, but only one sermon." " Yes, I think we had two sermons. The first one was delivered immedi ately after Mr. Blank said: 'Let us pray.' He did not do anything in the way of praying, as I understand the office of prayer. He neither supplicated nor petitioned, but he told God what great things had been done for the spread of the Gospel, for the cause of temperance, for the suppressior of the war?the protection of the colored man. He went on au.J informed and gave the Deity a general history of the great events that had happened, and then told the people what their duty was. After that he commenced telling God the best way to manage the aflairs he had referred to. I thought J lor a common man i>u buauu iuuio ?uu inform the King of earth and heaven, who sees all things and knows all things, what had been going on in the world for a space of time, was a piece of imperti nence that amounted to sublimity; but when he presumed to direct that Al mighty how to manage His own affairs it was absolutely sacrilege. How They Died. .Tim TTnvnnnah. formerly a member of Congress from Montana, was telling me* the other day that on one occasion there were seven men standing on empty boxes and with ropes round their necks ! under the limb of a tree, just ready to bo hanged. One of them began to cry bitterly as he thought that he was about to die. The man next to him was much bothered by the first one weeping. I So hitching his foot to one side ho gave the man's box a push, leaving him swing ing in the air, and said : " Stop, you big sucker, won't jou?" But the same act toppiea over ms own i box, be could not regain bis footing, and, with a laugb at the trick be was plnying on the other, lie, too, swnng into eternity. Growling Over the Silver. A New York correspondent of an ex chango says: People who have been sighing for years for metallic currency don't lli/d the boon a blessing. Every hour in the day the paying teller has a quarrel with bis patrons, who demand stamps and get specio. Tho belle in the oars hands up a fifty cent stamp and looks wi'h dismay at the handful of coin returns <, which weighs down her pocket and bursts out the side of her imported portcmounaie. Peoplo everywhere are bigbing over the departure of the much abused but convenient eurrenoy of the war. VIENNA BREAD. Hoincthln* that vrlll Intercut Honnewives j and Lovers ol I'nlntnblo Food. The Kniser Semmel, as the bread of ] Yionna is termed, is a smooth, irregu- , larly rounded, small, wheaten flour loaf, | of uniform weight. It presents a rich, j reddish brown crust, and a delicately , shaded yellowish?almost white?inte rior. It is always light, evenly porous, ; free from acidity in taste or aroma, faint ly sweet without the addition of saccha- ' rino matter to the flour or dough, slight- 1 ly and pleasantly fragrant, palatable 1 without butter or any form of condi- 1 ment, and never cloying upon the appe- i tite. 1 The first requisite is to procftre good flour. Good flour can only be made | from pure, sound wheat, and by good milling. This means in general flinty ] wheat reduced by the process of high or half high miiling, and a selection of the products of the milling, not to ex ceed one-half the total weight of the wheat ground. The next requirement is fresh pressed yeast. It is not difficult to manufacture, since it is made by skimming the froth from beer mash in active fermentation. This contains the upper yeast, which must be repeatedly washed with cold water until only the pure white yeast settles clear from the water. This soft, tenacious mass, after the water has been drawn off, is gathered into bags and sub jected to hydraulic pressure until there remains a semi-solid, somewhat brittle, doughlike substance, still containing considerable water. This is the pressed yeast, which will keep for eighty days in summer, and for an indefinite time on ice. For use it should be of recent pre paration and sweet, so that it will yield i only alcohol and carbonio acid as pro ducts of fermentation. Next follows the very important opera tion of mixing. Into the middle of a zinc-lined trough, about two and a half feet wide and eight feet long, semi cylindrical in form, the Vienna baker empties his flour sacks. Then, into a pail holding about five gallons, equal parts of milk and water are poured, and left to stand until the mixture attains the temperature of the room, between seventy deg. to eighty deg. Fah. It is then poured into one end of the trough and mixed with the bare hand with a small portion of the flour to form a thin emulsion. The pressed yeast is next crumbled finely in the bands, and added in the proportion of three and a half ounces to eveiy three quarts of liquid, and then one ounce of salt in same pro portion is diffnsed through the mixture. The trough is now covered and left un disturbed for three-quarters of an hour. Then follows the incorporation of the flour from the neighboring heap ; and as this is the last of the ingredients, we may write the recipe as a whole, thus: Flour, eight pounds; milk and water, three quarts; pressed yeast, three and one-half ounces ; salt, one oonce, The mass of dough, being left quiet for two hours and a half, becomes a smooth, tenacious, puffed mass, of yellowish color, which yields to indentation with out rupture and is clastic. It is now weighed into pound masses, and each lump is then cut by machinery into twelve small pieces, each of three-quar- 1 i? _r ? ?u ne ?I ] i>ers ui uu muii m uuiunucso* vx catu ono of these, the coruers are brought together in the center and pinched to | secure them. Then the lump is reversed find placed on a long dough board for , further fermentation, until the whole , batch is ready for the oven. Before be ing introduced into tho latter, the rolls are again reversed and restored to their ' original position, having considerably increased in volume, to be further en- 1 larged in tho oven to at least twice the 1 volume of the original dough. In the oven they do not touch each other, and the baking occupies about fifteen min utes. To glaze the surface they are touched in the process of baking with a sponge dipped in milk, which, besides imparting to them a smooth surface, in creases the brilliancy of the slightly red dish cinnamon color, and adds to the grateful aroma of the crust. No pecu liar form of Oven is required, the only necessary point being that the re ceptacle shall be capable of maintaining a temperature of about five hundred deg. Fah. The Indian War. ! There is little doubt that we are on 1 the eve of a fierce and sanguinary Indian war, in which, no matter how much skill and bravery our troops may dis- 1 play, it will be impossible for them to . afford to the settlors on our extended , borders protection from Indian incur- | sions, and we may soon expect to hear j of the most frightful acts of savage war- ( fare in Wyoming and Nebraska. People ( in the East who do not know the strength and ferocity of the wilder 1 bands of Sioux warriors, and have read 1 of one or two bold frontiersmen sum- 1 marily disposing of whole tribes, may think an Indian war a trifling matter; 1 but we fear that before it is through 1 with the country will be appalled by the ' butcheries of innocent men, women, and i children in exposed localities, which t will result from the accomplished inva- ( sions of the Sioux reservation, and i * t^ttt iruiil LJ-IO XXX11XU1XJ U?/UXUVXUXXO XXV/VT U1 progress. The Florida war, directed against a handful of Seminoies, lasted seven years, and cost the country 330,000,000, besides the lives that were sacrificed. Later, what was known as the Cheyenne war carried conflagration and death to the border settlements, led to the most frightful excesses of barbarous warfare, and resulted, so far as the success of our arms was concerned, in killing fifteen or twenty Indians at an expense of about one million and a half dollars each. If the various bands of Sio'. jc occupying the Black Hills reservation should make common cause against the whites, as it seems likely that they may, in the belief that the present struggle for existence is a final one, the consequence may be far more serious than in either of the wars that we have named. The Long Island Acadia. The town of Amagansett is the Long Island Acadia. According to the maps it is only one hundred and ten miles from Now York, and the people who live there, says a correspondent of the New York Sun, imagine that they exist in the year 1876 ; but the visitor to Amagansett feels tha't New York is ten thousand miles away and that some tricky sprite has juggled him, and all his surroundings, back to 1649. The little town is too placid, uneventful, and imbued with quiet content for this uneasy, bustling age. It has no lawyer, no doctor, no insurance agent, no justice of the peace, no constable or policemen, but one preacher, no liquor saloon, no Hillinr/l nnlnnn. nn rime RtorA. nn hftll. no jail, only one church?and that a i very little one. There haa not, within forty-six years, been, a lawsuit between two of its inhabitants. Theft and quar rel are unknown there. The residents x are industrious, thrifty, honest, and \ truthful?except when telling fish stories e ?they are light hearted, simple minded, 4 neighborly, and c >urageous. Inured J from their youth to the clangers of the t sea, the lessons of their lives have taught ^ them patibnce, self-reliance, endurance, fortitude in time of peril, and inter- J woven as the simple events of their lives ? have been, they have become almost, if t - -a ?:i. - ? ?c u? liUL tjUlWU, Ik UUJXlLUUi-lIUJ \JL UiUDUCia. Everybody in Amagansefct is, in point of fact, related somehow to everybody else. Although agriculture is nominally the occupation of Amugansett, her people draw a largo part of their revenue from the sea. They are all sailors. Almost every man among them has been on at least one whaling voyage, and their boys learn to handle a boat at sea very soon after they are able to walk and talk. Vicissitudes of Life.?Billy Man ning, the negro minstrel, died in Chi cago at the age of forty-two. He com menced life on a caualboat, then drove an omnibus in Cincinnati, and at about the same time appeared on the stage as an amateur performer. He took to negro minstrelsy and was so thoroughly successful that he accumulated a for tune. But he squandered all of it and loft his widow penniless. One dollar a year is the salary ot the mayor of Oil City, Pa. SUMMAM OF NEWS. rntereatlnx Iten?a from Heme and Abroad. By tlie upsetting of a sailboat in Brighton, Maes., Mrs. Dnnoklee and her daughter Maud, together with a Mies Wilson and her little brother, were drowned Abdul Aziz, who iiad been eultan of . Turkey since 1861, has been compelled by his people to abdicate in favor of his nephew aDd heir, Murad Effondi. who will institute many reforms. The new jultan is favorably regarded by the European powers An immense fire raged in tho 3t. Louis district of Quebeo, destroying over Due thousand houses and rendering gTeat umbers of people destitute. The aggregate losses will bo very heavy Dublin university will send a crew to Philadelphia The Spanish authorities have olosed a soliool in Pontevedra at tho request of the Gatholio clergy Docoration day was genorally ob served as a holiday throughout the country. The jewolry etore of Kerby & Snow in New Haven, Oonn., was enterod by nurglars, who piiod open the safes and stole $30,000 worth of diamonds, watohes, eto The government baa Bent a 160-ton schooner, the Era, under command of Lieut. Mintzer, to the Arctic regions t* procure specimens of Sora aud fauna for the Smithsonian Institute. A cargo of graphite will also bo brought baok. Oapt. James Buddington, of PolariB fame, is of the party The Senate has declared that it possessed the requisito jurisdiction in the Belknap oase. Several States held conventions the same day to appoint delegates to the national con ventions. Louisiana Republicans favor Mor ton, but did not pledge'^he delegates. Iowa Republicans indorse Blaine, but leave their delegates unpledged. ' Maryland Democrats Bend unpledged delegates, who mostly favor Bayard Virginia's Democratic delegates, although unpledged, are for Tilden. Tennes see Democrats send delegates unpledged, but in favor of Hendricks Iowa's Episcopal convention elected Rev. Dr. Perry, of Geneva, N. y., to be bishop Nearly seven thousand persons were rendered homeless cy me yuoDoc fire The will of the late A. T. Stewart is ! to be contested by blood relatives on hia mother's aide. Missouri's Democratic delegates to the na- . tional contention were uninstructed, and are divided between Hendrioks and Tilden Vermont's Democratic delegates wero nnin atrncted, but favor Tilden... .The preliminary j work on the tunnel between France and Eng- i land has commenced on the French sido of the channel At a shorthorn cuttle salo at Cambridge City, Ind., forty-two oows and heifers brought $17,600 The now sultan of Tarkey promises important reforms...;.. . George Parker essayed a aecond time at Fleet wood Park to ride thirty California mustangs i 305 miles in fifteen hours. He became blind, 1 however, and had to givo up after the 216 th mile. Another rider undertook to aooompliah forty miles in two hours, and succeeded in doing so, with sixteen and one-hair annates to . jparo Forty-nine Cincinnatians, on the i way to the Black Hills, under command of Capt 1 Stone, were massacred by Indians about fifty ] miles from the Bed Cloud agenoy Knights Templars from twenty-three States, to the nom'jer of eight thousand, made an imposing parade in Philadelphia. It is statod to have Leon tho largest gathering of Knights evor Lcld. The deposed sultan is oonfined in a palace, , but hia life is not in danger Andrew : Moore, a New York boy of fourteen, was 3truck by a playmate of the same age while ; quarreling, and intitantly drove a knife which he held in his hand into his comrade's breast, i causing death As a freight train was passing the Sing Sing prison grounds at a 1 apeed of fifteen milca an hour, six convicts suddenly dropped from the wall to the coal tender, four of whom got on the locomotive, and while one uncoupled the engine from the train another presented a revolver to the engineer's head and ordered him to inorease the speed. They sucoeeded in passi?g the prison guards, who were afraid to fire for fear of hitting the engineer or fireman, and on ar riving at a thiok pjece of woodland near Tarry town they jumped off the engine and disap peared. They all stripped off their prison garb, having citizens' clothing underneath. Two prisoners who secreted themselves be tween the cars were rearrested Gold Bmith Maid trotted threo miles against time at Philadelphia, making the heats in 2.21%, 1 2.15 and 2.19>^. Bhe made a strong effort on 1 the second heat to beat J^u: famous and on- > paralleled time of 2.14, bu*d not succeed. f The remains of a man, womau, and girl were - found in a secluded part of the woods near i Belloville, III. The woman and child were j shot through the head and the man through ] * - 1 *- "r' haaHSam Krtfll'rtD if 1 ?126 uearu JCIUIU tuu puoiuuu vi. mw uuuwo *W b supposed the man shot his wife and child md then killed himeolf Abdul Aziz Khan, the recently -deposed sultan of Turkey, com mitted suicide by opening the veins of his irms with a pair of pcisaors. He was buried ivith all the honors due his former position. A schoolteacher named Allen 0. Laros put poison in the family coffee pot and killed lis. father, mother and a Mr. Moses Schug. The object was to gtin possession of a sum of noney known to be in the houee An oil ;ank containing twenty-one thousand barrels >f oil, situated near Oil City, Fa., was struck )y lightning' and exploded, setting fire to mother tank containing twenty-three thou land barrelB,all of which were consumed. Loss, learly $1,000,000 Janet & Palmer, the heatrical men, ran a fast train from New ifork to Ban Francisco, carrying twenty-five Dassengera at $500 a head. The schedule iime was eighty-four hours, but they succeed id in making the trip in twenty-six minutes eas?part of the time running at a rate of over i mile a minute. Mrs. Catharine Newkirk, wife of Isaac New ark, of Fort Hanter, and her daughter were Irowned in Schoharie creek, N. Y At Mpine Bush, N. Y., Gyrenua Stevena was in itantly killed by lightning while leaning against a porch pillar. ^ A wire clotheeline at ached to the pillar connected Tfjth a locust rea, which was shattered Nineteen pliy lioians of Constantinople have signed a report jiat the ez-eultan died of the wounds in his irms; but the foreign journals generally soont he idea of Buicide Wilhelmina Weick, vho was convicted in Buffalo, N. Y., of the nurder of her stepson, Michael Weick, in November last, was sentenced to be hanged on ruly 21, 187G. The sentence was received vith indifferonce Dnring the month of Jay twenty-two bodies were taken from the vatera abont New York oity?only ten of which fere recognized A.notaer member of the -ar>s family, Alvin, has died in Easton, Pa., rom the effeots cf the poisoned coffee ad ninistered by one of the sons. This makes he fonrth victim Many counterfeit 5's >n the Hamden National Hank of Westfield, klass., are in circulation. FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Tho Bualneu of General Interest Trant acted. 8ENATB. The Ohair laid before the Senate the bill in elation to the Japanese indemnity fnnd, tho lending question being on the amendment mbmitted by Mr. Thurman (Dem.), of Ohio, o strike out the olause authorizing the return if all accumulations of interest, and insert in ieutheroof a clanse authorizing the return of he snm paid by the government of Japan vithout interost. Rejected?yeas, 18; nays, 23. Mr. Sherman (Rep.), of Ohio, moved to imend so as to provide that after returning he principal, which is in bonds, the residue ihall bo delivered to the secretary of the treaa iry to be cancoled, and that the portion of it vhich is in money shall be covered into the roasury of the United States. Agreed to. Various amendments were offered and re ected, and the bill was rekd a third time and jaased?yeas, 24 ; nays, 20. Mr. Sargent (Rep.), of California, presented . nf fKo A\aKriratnor olarlra {n tlio "Pvfl. sutive dopartmetat of the government, romon itrating against the passage of the bill legaliz ng alignments of pay made by officers of . he government. Referred. The House bill transferring the oustody of tertain Indian trust funds was passed. t Mr. AJlison (Rep.), of Iowa, called up tie c Janata bill providing for an agreement with ;Ue Sioux nation in regard to a portion of their c enervation, and for other purposes. r Mr. Edmunds (Rep.), of Vermont, offered a o inbstitute, authorizing the President, with be advice and consent of the Senate, to ap >oint a commission of five persons to visit the Jioux, with the view to negotiato with thf>ra a ( reaty or agreement for the cessation < f tti.i o he right of those tribes to the Black Hil i > a Dakota Territory, and appropriate $50 9U - ) 11 >ay the expenses of said commission. Agreed 3, and the bill was read a third time and c )issed?yeas, 30 ; nays, 8. c The Senate resumed the. consideration ot he bill making appropriation* for the legisla te, exeoutive and judicial eipenaes of tho [overnment for the year ending June 80,1877. * he pending question being on the amenctoeni d >f the committee on appropriations to reBtore he salary of the President to $50,000 from knd after March 4, 1877, and it was agreed to -yeas, 31 ; iiays, 11. Other amendments of the committee restor ing the salary of the private secretary to the President, and the salary of employees in the Department of State, the Treasury depart nent, and the Army and Navy departments, rere agreed to. Mr. Bhorman (Rep.), of Ohio, called np the :oncurrent resolution proposing a common init of monoy and accounts for the United States of America aod the United Kingdom of jrreat Britain and Ireland. It provides for a jonvention between the United States and jtreat Britain. It provides that sterling money shall be converted into dollar money by com puting the ponnd sterling as equivalent to five lollare, the shilling to twenty-five cents, the sixpence to twelve and one-half cents, the penny to two cents, and the farthing to one :ialf cent. It further provides that the action )f the convention shall take effect when ap proved by the respective parties thereto, and when laws shall have been passed by the re spective countries to carry it into* effect Amendments proposed by the finance commit :eo, aecianng mat tno acuou <11 tuo uuuvou ;ion shall be subject to each modifications aa nay bo agreed apon by tho contracting parties, md shall take effect when approved by the respective parties, etc., were agreed to. The Senate resumed the consideration of tho Legislative, Erecntive and Judi ial Appro priation bilL The amendments of the com mittee on appropriations, restoring the com pensation of the clerks in tho office of the secretary of the interior, wore agreed to. Other amendments of the committee, restor ing salaries of employees in the general land Dffice. pension and patent offices, were agreed to. On motion of Mr. Edmunds (Rep.), of Ver mont, the appropriation for stationery, carpets, repairs of building, printing,* eto., for the pension office was reduced from $25,500 to 517,500. All the other amendments of the oommitteo restoring salaries of employees in the bureau af education, Post-office department, and Departments of Jaalice and agriculture were igreed to, as were the amendments making impropriations for eurveyors'-general and their :lerks. All tho amendments proposed by the com mittee having beon acted on, Mr. Sherman, of Ohio, submitted an amendment providing that all powers of transfer and suspension of offi 3era held by supervisors of internal revenue shall hereafter be conferred upon tho commis sioner of internal revenue, and tho other nnwflra of annflrvisora shall hereafter bo exer oised by collectors of internal revonue. The amendment was agreed to. HOUSE. Mr. Jonep, (Dem.), of Kentucky, ofTered a resolution declaring it to be the senso of the House that Congreas should pass without delay a bill repealing the resumption act, and should prohibit any further contraction of the cur rency, and, if necessary, to mcot the demands of the people, should provide for the increase, and Bhould provide for the displacement of national bank notes with United States notes ; and should also provide for a speedy return to gold and silver. Referred. The bill perfecting the revision of the sta tutes of the United States was passed. The House proceeded to consider the bill to promote the officienoy of the army, to provide for its gradual reduction, and to consolidate certain of its staff departments, and after Eome discussion the bill was passed-yeas, i/u ; najB, oz. On motion of Mr. Ward (Dem.). of New York, tbo House proceeded to consider the bill to amend title fifty-three of the revised statutes, relating to merchant seamen. It provides for appointment by the secretary of the treasury of a commissioner, to be known 18 a "shipping commissioner," for every port of entry whioh is also a port of ocean naviga tion. Passed. THE WEALTHIEST MAN. Commodore Vanderbllt and bla Hallway Property?Forty-Five Millions of Dollars It is claimed that Commodore Van derbilt is the wealthiest man in America, that is, he has more property which can be made available and turned into mrvnAtr of. rmftA fVio-n o-ntr nfV?nr man Railway property is the commodore's specialty. When he sold out his ships he turned ull the proceeds into this shape. No one was allowed to know the time when the decision was made, but fully twenty years ago he came to the conclusion that thfe prosperity of navigation was drawing to a close. At that time the Paciflo Mail was dividing twenty per cent, per annum. This did not leave him as it did others. He, no donbt, saw .through the rottenness of the scheme. His view of our falling marine led him to sell out and buy into Harlem when its stock was at a low fig ore. In 1858 he became the master of the road, which paid him well that his next attempt was on tlje Hudson River road. There was an excuse for this aggrandizement, since the roads were parallel and there had been a fre quent misunderstanding in their man agement. At last the publio was sur prised by the announcement that the fare on the roads would be the same, ind that through tickets on the one svere equally good on the other. This showed that Yanderbilt controlled the Hudson River, but he for a time kept tumself concealed, and placed as a ipodnippfl .Tolin AT. Tnhin in fVm nrAfri lency. Tobin once assisted the commo iore in his ferry business, and then was ;ransferred to the Hudson River office, [n a few years 'tobin was set aside, and ;he commodore was announced as presi lent of both roads. This step brought him into rivalry ;rith the Central. Corning desired to jonciliate the commodore, who allowed lim to think himself successful. In L864 the Vanderbilt interest came up as in important feature in the Central. An sffort was madu to turn Corning out of ;he presidency. and on this trying occa lion Vanderbilt gave him his influence 0 the extent of half a million of stock. This purchase showed how rapidly the :ommodore was making money. It was 1 larger amount of stock than that held jy any man on this continent. The lext spring, when Corning and his di ectors made thei* annual trip over the oad, the commodore was a specially in cited guest. Little did those directors ihink that they were even then doomed o perpetual discharge, but two years rom that time he turned them ail out lummarily. On the annual 'election, leld December, 1867, only one vote was :aet. It represented thirteen millions )f stock, and was handed in by the sole roter, Cornelius Vanderbilt. This made lim president of the road. The stock vas not his own, being in part held is proxy for other men, but it g we him Dower. In two years the stock was wa ?x? e ?:n:?~ erea ana irom cwemy-ioux mniiuna ue jame forty-eight. Tlio immense accu nulation of dividends enabled the com nodore to buy stock at the rate of two nillions a year, and it was not long be ore he owned personally the largest mrt of the Central. This he consol dated with the Hudson Kiver road, thus orming one line from New York city to Buffalo. Having reached this dignity, t became necessary for him to control he Lake bhore, in order to compete vith the other lines to Chicago. This vaa accomplished by heavy purchases >f that stock at a high price, and Horace Clarke was made president. On his mdden death the commodore was pnt in lis son-in-law's place. The depreciation n Lake Shore since then has been very leavy. The stock which cost from eventy-five to eighty is now selling at ifty-tbree; btit the commodore will not Qourn over snch triffles. It was neces ary for him to control this road in irder to manage the others in a success ul manner. Having obtained full mas ery of the lino, he now wields one honsand miles of first-class roa<l in one ontinuons track. The commodore, according to esti mate, owns stock in the following roads: Amount. M'ket Val. lew Haven & Hartford 8500,000 $1 40 few York &, Now.Haven 500,000 1.16 lentral Hudson 30,000,000 1 10 ,ake Shore 5,000,000 53 ihio & Mississippi 1,000,000 30 ?? Knndu ulaA shares in sleeping cars 8,000.000 Total $45,000,000 All of this except about ono million A3 been made within the last twenty ears, and this shows what a geuuis he as for accumulation. His son William 3 worth five millions. No wonder the Id gentleman can say : " Billy is able o take care of himself." To which wo aiyidd, yes, and his children also. The ommodore's daughters are all well mar icd and their children stand in no need f his help. Chewtng Snuff.?The Enterprise Miss.) Courier says : The physicians f this place aro becoming seriously larmed over the prevalent use of snuff mong the ladies. The doctors gay it is reating havoc with the ladies and estroying their offspring. The girl students all over the country rho graduate this year are resolving to ireae for that occasion in ordinary calico. Tit for Tat. Lmong the annoyed and dripping pe jtrians who songhfc the aid of a street to help shorten the way home was lan with grav locks and an old maid ;h beau-catcliers and false teeth, ey seemed to hate each other at tirst ht, for he was hardly seated beside r when he growled : ' If yon women didn't wear bustles sre'd bo twice as mnch room in street s." If men didn't sit cross-legged jre'd be twice as mnch room!" she ipped in reply. "If I was a woman I wouldn't be 3ding around with the rain pouring wn in this way," he remarked. "Yes you would. If you were a man you'd want to go out and show jse feet!" He drew his No. ll's under the seat, shed up a little, and growled: "They are not false, like some folks' sth I" " No, and they uon't turn up quite as ich as. some people's nose I" she alt ered. He was silenced for a time, but pres fcly recovered himself and went on : "Thirty years ago women got along thout paint, powder, bustles, straps, cklcs and such nonnensieal fixings." "Thirty years ago," she promptly re !ed, "it was a rare thing to see a man me ont of a saloon wiping his month his thnmb 1" He didn't say anything more, bnt ho indered if she wasn't looking ont of 3 window when he signaled the car.? rtroit Free Press. Temperature and Plants. k writer for tht Scientific Farmer, 10 professes to know all abont it, says it according to the temperature re ired for the healthy growth of differ t plants, they may be divided into two .sees, namely, those that grow well at average temperature of fifty degrees, at is ranging from forty to sixty #e ees, and those that require a higher nperature, an average of sixty de ees, ranging from fifty to seventy de ees. The first class will include gera ams, carnations, centaurias, camellias, ideas, abutilons, callas, sweet alysium, svias, petunias, verbenas, lobelias and ses. In the second olass are begonias, uvardies, epiphyllums, cacti, fuchsias, mnias. German ivies, heliotrope, leas, zorrenias and roses. Roses are ilnded in both lists, as they will suc 2d under either condition. A.t our request Cragin & Co., ol Phil elphia, Pa., have promised to send y of our readers, gratis (on receipt of teen cents to pay postage,) a sample Dobbins' Electrio Soap to try. Send, onoe. * Pimples on the face, rough skin, ipped hands, Baltrhonm and all cutaneous actions oared, the skin made sotc and ooth, by the use of JunepebTab Soap. That de by Caswell, Hazard <fc Co., New lork, is i only kind that can be relied on, ae there i many imitations, made from common tar, ich are worthless. Talking at table is one of the very ^t digesters; there is no tonic known equal it, as it is of the kind calcu ed to promote hilarity and good feel ; generally. [From the ToU<lo Blade.] Specialties in Medicine. We publish on oar eighth page a lengthy iole describing tho system of the noted ioialiet. Dr. R. V. Pierce, of Buffalo, N. Y., which he sets forth with considerable foroe 3 clearness hie reasons for devoting bis ole time and attention to a single depart nt of medicine?the treatment of lingering ronic diseases. The same article also takes the subjects of diagnosis, methods of con tation and treatment, etc., and will be found contain many valuable hints to the invalid. . Fierce is the author of a -work which has eady atuined a large circulation?"The ople's Common Sense Medical Adviser itaining some nine hundred numerously istrated pages ; and devoted to medioine in its branches: a work well calculated for the idance and instruction of the people at ge, and which may be had for $1.50 (poat d) by Addressing the anthor. Dr. l'iorce i now b?en before the general public loDg )ugh to enable the formation of a oarefal imate of the efficiency of bis treatment and medicines ; and the verdict, we are glad to aw, has been universally favorable to both.* Vegetine purifies the blood, renovates 1 invigorates the whole system. Its medi properties are alterative, tonic, solvent 1 diuretic. * Tohnaon'a Anodyne Liniment may be id to advantage where any liniment is de ible. In cases of severe cramps and pains the stomach it is undoubtedly the beet icle that can be used internally. * dedicated baths are expensive. Not however, Glenn's Sulphur Soap, a oheap I efficient substitute, which answers the ie purpose as far as local diseases of the a, rheumatiam and gou^ are concerned, pot, Crittenton's, No. 7 Sixth avenue, N. Y. [ill's Instantaneous Hair Dye produces ural effects and is safe. * labitnal constipation leads to tbo fol ing re8alt9: Inflammation of the kidneys, c and nervous headache, biliousness, dyt ?ia, indigestion, piles, lose of appetito and >ngth ; all of which may be avoiued by be regalar in yonr habita and taking, say one rsons' Purgative Pills nightly for four or weeks. * a. SBheuck's Pulmonic Stbup, Sea VTzid Tohio Maxdbake Pills.?These medicines hire un btodly performed m-re cares of Consumption than other remedy known to the American publ c. rhey somponnded of vegetable Ingredients, and contain lbs which can be Injurious to the human consUtn . Other remedies advertised u cures for Oonsnmp , probably contain cplnm, which Is a somewhat jerous drug In all oases, and If taken freely by inmptlve patients, It mnst do groat Injury; for Its leacy la to confine the morbid matter in the system, :b, of coarse, mast make a care Impossible jack's Pulmonio Syrup Is warranted not to contain irtlcle of oplam. It Is composed of powerful bat nless herbs, wh!cb sot on the lungs, liver, stomach, expel all the diseased matter from the body. These :he only means by which Consumption can be cared, as Sohenck's Palmonlo Syrap, Sea Weed Tonlo and idrake Pills are the only medicines which operate In way, It Is obvious they are the only genuine oore for nonary Consumption. Each bottle of this In rata medlclno Is accompanied by fall directions. Dr. sack Is professionally at his principal office, comer h and Arch Strents, Philadelphia, every Monday re all letters for advice mast be addressed. The Markets. trcvr tobx f Gatt!e>-Prlm.s to Extra Bullocks 03VC4 10 imon to Good Texans 08X0 < 8# :U 33 00 @70 00 :t?Live 07 0 07 Dresaed ut)K 04*0 ?5* lbs oe*? io* ;on?Middling 13 0 11% it?Ex#a Western 8 60 0 8 BO State Extra. 6 85 0 7 00 ;at?Bed Western...., .*...180 0 180 No. 2 Spring 1 10 0 1 19 ?State 98 0 87 loy?State 1 10 0 1 10 ley?Malt 1 12*0 1 3) I?Mixed Western 83 0 41 a?Mixed Western A3 (4 60 , par cwt 70 0 1 00 w, per cwt 60 0 1 15 6....76'8?10 @18# olds 04 0 03 I?MOW! 13 6J 018 6.'V 1 10X0 10X i?Mackerc!, No. 1, now........26 00 @28 00 No. 2, new 15 00 @16 00 Dry Ood, per cwt 4 00 0 5 00 Kerring, Scaled, perbox 22 @ 22 'olouis?Crude 06%@0&7-? Beflned, 14Jtf il?California Fleece 23 0 28 Texas " 20 0 24 Australian " 43 0 46 ter?State 20 0 25 Western Dairy 21 0 25 wcRicru m <s Western Ordinary 18 @ 17 ;ao?State Factory 06 @ IX State Skimmed G3 <3 06 Western 05 @ 11 5?State 12X? ? iUtHI. J 37 ? 1 >' -Slate 01 US l?MIscU ... 68 O i* ey? 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In use by *11 of the Labokst Mini iBbeates Paints, all colors, ready for ose, cneio labcitoa Hteam Pipe ana Boiler G'overlni tabeetoa Mtcam Packing?Ludeetrnctlble, Mil llbeitoa Roof Contlng.for restorin* and pr lint, for Tin Roofs, Iron Work. etc. Fire-P] ieathlo*m Vermin Proof Lining*, etc. ? end for Pamphlet, Price Lift. Samples and list of <017 inducementa and exclusive right of ?ale will 1 ere our goods are not kept for sals. TT "T tabllahed 1868. Patentee and Mannfactnrer.^* ' 5 FANCY CARDS, new styles, with name, 1J poat-pild. J. B. Hosted. Nassau, Rents. Oo.,K 5 FANCY CARDS, 8 styles, with name, 1(] Address J. K. HARDER, Maiden Brldge.jj 0 Visiting Cards for 2?3c. Price lUt and 10 ssm for 3o. stamp. Nichols <t Co.. Plattaburgb, I K CARDS, 8 Tints, Name neatly printed, sent M l U cts. Advertiser Steam Prees, Water'ord.N. OiUlxrd C'ni <Im, with name, 25 ots. Samples 3 ot. a tamp. J. MrsKLF.B A CO.. Na?ian. N 5 FANCY CarHn, 7 Style-, with Name, 10 fl Choice. A. Tbaveb A Co.. 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CVEOQ (69 Dunn* ?t-,N.Y.) ti rtno H? offer* AgcaU extraordinary 1nduc?m?aU." A Month.?Agents wanted. 36 best a lng articles in the world. One sample fr Add'ss JAY Bl&ONM ON,Petrolt.Ml 350 PLANTED?An Active Agent to manage! T exclusive sale of Cigar* In every county. Addr Y. TOBACCO CO., 3d Benwlok Htroet, New Yo paper. Only ? 1 .oO a.year. Three; romoe free. Mtjkyom A Sponsler. Pubs., Pnlla.,, QAA PER MONTH GUARANTEE Ou U Business first-class. Agmu wanted ere [ere. Address, with stamp, T. 8. PAGE, Toledo. C GENT8 WANTED.?Twenty 9x11 Moon L Ohromos for 81- 2 samples by mill,poet-paid,2 )NTT?iE?TAL Ohbomo Oo.. 37 Nuwi St. New Yt to 860 a Week and Expenses, or 91 forfeited. All the new and standard Novelt ixomos, etc. Valuable Samples free with CJrculj L. FLETCHER, HI Ohambera Street.NewYo All Want It?thousands of Uveal millions of property saved by lt-fortu made with It?particulars free. 0. LnraoTQNABBQ. .New York A Ohloi 140 IPM 1250 Send stamp tor Particulars. Dr. OA TON, 1S7 Washington St., Chicago, A MONTH ? Agenta wanted er where. Business honorable and 11 class. Particulars sent free. Addi WORTH * OO., St Louis. Mo. 577 PER WEEK OU AllANTEKD to A?i Male and Female, In their own local Terms and OUTFIT FREE. Addree P. O. VIOKERY A OO., Au*usta,Ma - EARN TELEGRAPH*! _ THE BEST OFFER iiwr Miu(? t/i Vmn. " mI MEN and LADIES. Address, with stomp, WHERMAM TEL.. CO.. OBERLIN, O. IT k tew reliable, energetlo i V AII JlLiU to solicit orders. No peddl V All Traveling and hotel expenses paid. Lib ary and commission. Address IJnlon Indnatl rorkn, Cincinnati, O. All applications answe: rOUR own Likeness In oil colors, to show our wi painted on canvas 5%x7& from a photograpl i-tyoe. free with the Home Journal, 82.50 a j rnple of onr work and paper, terms to agents, eto., i. L. T. LUTHER, MUi Village. Erie connty, Ps Ilnd Kradln*i Pnychomoncy. Fasclnatl Saul Charming, Mesmerism, and Lot era' Ga owing how either sex may fascinate and gain the I d affection of any person they choose Instantly. 4 gee. By mall 5Qc. Hunt A Oo., 139 8. 7 th St.. PI , GKNTS WANTED la every Olty and Towr L the United Statu to sell a NEW UENTENN1 )UVENIE, desired by all throughout the land. 8 >s sent free (with rates of discount to agents), u seipt of 25 cents by mail or otherwise. Addi 8LOAN HOLDEN, 15Q Worth St, New York C 1171 l CJ ?The choicest In the world?Import . JCi/V- to prices?Largest Company la Amerlc iple article?pleases everybody?Trade contlna :rei-ln*? Agents wan tea ererywnere?best lnflt luts?don't waste time?send for circular to R01 ELLS, 43 Vesey St. N. Y. P. O. Box 1 887. mm a Finely Printed Bristol Vlsltl rV ft V Cards sent post-paid for 25 cts. ? stamp for samples of Ula*fi Car J Marble, Snowfloites, Scroll, I w mask. Etc. We hare orsr 100 sty mlt Tfant*d. A. H. FULIIB A 00.. Brootton. M. PfMBfe Tour Name Elepantly Prl M'l* ad on 1J Transparent visit Cabds, for 23 Cents. Each card cent OHM which U not risible until held towsids ths II, Uilngllks them erer before offered In America. Bi*lndi atatoAcents. Notzltt ^aiariyQ Co- A?hlin<l.M LBO OK for the MILLIOI EDICAL ADVICE tarrh, Rupture. Opium Habit, fcc., SENT FREE on rco '^^r.jj'utta'lSlipeniary No. UN. gthrt., St.Louis, 1 WARTHBIORK COLLEGE.?Ten Mllee ft Philadelphia. Under the care of Friends. Glw ]rongh Collegiate Education to both sexes, who h rsue the same courses of study, and receive the ss *. T ? AI^ 1 r7V.(*l~*. Da. Mhlag, U?eof Books, eto., 8350 a Year. rfo Ej arges. For Catalogue, riving fall partlcalan u urses of Study, eto , address. Kdwajid H. Magi esldent, Swartbmore College, Delaware Co., Pynoi ?'"A CR EATSUCCESS!: w SEND 2 STAM PS FOR CATALOCU J.COOK V Co. MANUFACTURERS. WEST MER I 0 EN.CT. FOUTZ'S ORSE AND CATTLE POWDER! SAVE MONE ending 94.75 for tar 84 Magazine and T1 IEKIiY TRIBUNE (regular price 86). or 85*' the Magazine and THE SEMI-WEEKLY T. 'JfE (regular price 88). Address THE TRIBUNE, New-Yorl? TRIP to tho Cwikisui a return from any point |tlio Union. This con within the grasp of ori reader of this piper who possesses sufficient ent I prlao to spend u few hnursi n rublnc o small cl of subscribers to Thk Iiacsibatsd Wibki 1 Send your address on posfa 1 canl for clrcula terms, etc. Bend 3 tUreu cent titampsIf spocim V/l ""py or paper Is desired. AddrebS -1 ( ifA3 cXl'CAS i CO., 14 Warren St., New Yoi PORTABLE GRINDING MILLS.: B??t French Burr ?tifripln H la iimlpr-runnera^ cock he* tipper-runners, for Farm 01 Merchant Work. ?up? rlor Hill Stones Of al aizcs. Uenalne Datch An ker Bolting: Cloth, BU Pick*, Corn tibellers &n Cleaner*. Uetring, , 8h?flln( Pulliss. Hangers, etc., ?U kinc lof MlllMachinerj ?nd Miller. I?npplic?. 6eu<i for Pamphle Ntranb Mill Comprnj Box 1430, CinclnuntU t ill overdo** of Dinner often deranges the t j. brings on flatulence and wind colic. Mid subjei patient to great bodily suffering. A single dose o Tarrant's Seltzer Aperient I correct the acidity, relieve the pain, carry off t Hiding wise, and snvo s"mt times a long spell of s. It? effects are senile and thorough, and leral use would prevent much suffering. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. COLLINS' Voltaic Plasters IKKUTKIC'IT V? a? a grand curative and restoi I Mve ng nt, is njt equaled by any element ora>i p in the history of tfce boaliogart. Unless the vil rk hai fled the body, restoration by means of elt i!y is possible. It is the last res:rt of nil piyiicfa I Burgeons, and ha< rescued thousands, apparent d, fr ill in untimely grave ivhoi no oth-r humi nc*' c: .uld h .ve sutio?d d. The gr.j.it Jiihc-.il'y h n t > I ring it into ii popular, efficient, anrto ccnouiic u, and never uutil the invojtioa of the COLLINS' VOLTAIC PLASTER, ch cons'st of Voltaic Plates of Sliver and Zinc rai y attach d together and imb dded in a Mrdleat ous Pinaier, h.is it a;>:iasit? I possible In this ca! n all others wboro ger.ifs i? at work, succefs Is cot !e. When the Platt'-r i> placed upon the affect t, which enn be doce us i| i ckly and conveniently !i the .TiJInary porous pl.i-ti r tt'.it i'. by i rro pn ? ot tbe hand, the naturvil warn.t i and n.t.i->tnr? skin causes the plates to tbiowoue j. curieat ? !< lty so gentle that it Is scarcely rtssible to ImoI srwlse than by tha soothing nud grateful warmth pi ed, yet so penetrating as to stop almost Immediate most excruciating pain, remove soreness, lamenes draw inflammation from tbe langs, liver, kldne; en 1< ivels, bladder, heart and mnsciea A single CuX.LINS' VOLTAIC PLASTER, local pal s. lameness, sore v ss. weakness,numbnei inflammation of the lu .-s, liver, kidneys, spite 'els, bladder, heart, and v. uscles, is equal to an arr octors and acres of pin aud shrubs. It ini^nl lshea pain and sorene ?, givos life and v gor fo t .kened and pa-alyzea muscles and limbs, and is teful and soothing tbit once used in the above a its. every ether external application, such as salvi iment-^ lotions, and liniments, will at once be d led. I'.vea ia paralysis, epilepsy, or fits, and nervi icular a flections, this Plaater, by rallying t ha nervo ios, haa effected enres wbea every other knoi ,edy has failed. R HALF A DOLLAR Will Pay for the CHICAGO (LEDGER For the Next Half Year. mi The Lzdoer U a lance 8-paee, 66-coInmn, independent til- New*p*per, which no inteULgent /arailr ihoold be with out The best Storr Paperprinted. Twit. 11. Addrew, THE LEDGER, Chicago, 11L -?I US TRIALS. V Boor Ooatxko for steep or flat Roofs. The only ezlluM JTACTTJBXBS a=d R. R. Oo.'s. Ready for dm, Basil/ applied, elled in rlobneaa of color and beauty of finish. n. The cheapest and most effective non-conductors lnpee. -lubricating. Wn.il wtab ten xisrrs as lomo as any other, eeerrln* Roofs. Cemrntn, for Leaky Roofs, eta ReOI roof Coatlsf, for bhlnglo Roofs, etc. Felt HssSMi partlee using our coeds, and oompare with all others. Satls he girrn to responsible patties. Special prices to oosnmn ff. JOHNS, 87 Maiden Lane, NT?. Hi; GLENN'S SULPHUR SOAP, The Most Effective Extebnu. Remedy Ever Offered to the Public. Glenn's Sulphur Soap cures with' wondrous rapidity all Local Diseases and Irritation of the Skin, remedies and prevents Rheumatism and Goat, removes Dandruff, Prevents the Hair from Falling Out and Turning Gray, and is the best possible protection against diseases communicated by con tact. complehonal detects are per manently removed by its use, and it exerts a most beautifying influ ence upon the face, neck, arms, and, indeed, upon the entire cuticle, -which it endows with remarkable pdeity, fairness and softness. This inexpensive and convenient specific RENDERS UNNECESSARY TUB OUTLAY ATTENDING SolpHfir B&thg. It thoroughly disinfects cont?*nl nated clothing and linen. PHISICJIMS ADVISE ITS USE. Prices, 25 and 50 Cents per Cake, Per Box, (3 Cakes,) 60c. and $1.20. N.B. By purchasing the Urge cake* at GO eenU you get ttlple the quantity. "Hill's Hair and Whisker Dye," Black or Brown, 50c. 0. H. CE1TTBNT0N, frop'r, 7 Siith At. IT. Everett House, North aide Union Square, New York City. Cooleit ud Most Cential Location In th* City. Kept on the European Plan. KEKNERA WEAVES. Clarendon Hotel, Fourth Avenue, oorner Eut 18th Street^ New York City. TabU iPHott. O. H. KEENER. The Wonders of Mddern Chemistry. Saisapanai aM lis Associates.1, Chance* m Seen and Felt im They Dally Occur after U?lng a Few Doses of Dr. Radway's Sarsanariliian Resolvent, THE GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER. X. Good spirits, disappearance of weakness, languor, melancholy; increase and hardness of Utah aad mat ales, etc. v a. Strength Increases, appetite improves, rellih for food, no more sour eructations or waterbnuih. taod di gestion , calm and an disturbed ileap, irwakeft^reeB and rigorou 1 DU _ Dtsappearanoeofspofc i, blotches, pimples: the skl i looks clear and healthy, the urine ohauged from Its tar bid and cloudy appearance to a clear srierry or amber color; water passes freely from the bladder t 1j ron gh the urethra without pain or scalding; little or no sediment; D** j no pain or weakness. 4. Marked diminution of Quantity arrtl frequency of involuntary weakening discharges (U afflicted that war), with certainty of permanent cure. Increased strength 4khiblted in the secreting glands, and functional har mony restored to the serer*! organs. 6. Yellow tinge on the white of the eyes, aad the swar? thy, saffron appearance of the skin changed to a cle*r hvely. and healthy color. 6. Those suffering from weak or ulcerated lungs or tubercles will realize great benefit in expecWratlnv freely the tongh phlegm or mucoos from the lungs, air i ninA. throat or head: dlminlshiiuc of tha frequency of cong h; general Increase ot ?trongth throughout the syttem; stoppage of night sweats uui pains and feeling of wedcneM around tha ankles, 1cm shoulders, etc,; cessation of oold and chills, seme of suffocation: hard breathing and paroxysms of cough on lying down or arising In the morning- All these distress ing symptoms gradually and rarely disai 1 As day aftir daythe HAU.SAP/ T_ ? taken, new signs of returning health will appear; a* the blood Improves In strength and purity, disease will dl mlnish, and all foreign and Impure deposits, nodes tumors, cancers, hard lumps, etc., be resolved away and the .mound made sound and healthy; ulccrs, teve. sorea, syphilitic sores, chroolr ?kln disease* gradually disappear. 8. la cases where the sys'em nas been salivated, and Mercury, Quicksilver, Corrosive Sublimate (the princi ple constituent In the advertised Sarsaparlllas,associat ed In some case* with Hyd. of Potassa) have accumuKt. od and become deposited in the bona*, j ints, etc.. causing carles of the bones, rickets, spHal curratcur>-?. contortions, white swellings, varicoM veins, etc., t!i'> MAKSAPAKIT.1LIAN wil! resolve away th.se de posits and exterminate the virus of the disease fruta to-.* system. 9. If those who are taking these medicine* for the curs of Chronic, Scrofulous or Syphillt u dise?ses, however slow may be the cure, " feel better," and linrt their gen eral health Improving, their flesh and weight increasing oreven keeping Its own, it Is a sure slgnthatthecuroli progressing. In these diseases the patient either apt better or worse?the virus of tha dlseaM Is not inactive; If not arrested and driven from tha blood, it will spread and continue to undermine tha constitution. as soom as tha SAKSAPAKILL1AN makes the patent " feol bettor," every hoor you will grow bettor and In creaso la health, "treDgth and flesh. The great power of this remedy .is Ip diseases tjur. threaten death?as hi Consumption of tbe Luugt ami Thjbercnloiifl Phtaisis, Scrofula, Syphiloid Disease-, Wasting, Degeneration, and Ulceration of the Kidneys, Diabetes, Stoppage of Water (instnnteneoas relief af forded wber? catheters hare to be useil. thus doing away with the pabifal operation of nslng these Instrument*), dissolving stone In tbe bladder, and in ill oases of Ir> flammation of the Bladder and Kidneys, In Chronic cases of Leuomrbea and Uterine diseases. In tumors, nodes, b ird lumps and syphiloid ulcers: In drortsy; in veneieals'.ro throat, nlcers, and intuberc en of the tunes: in front, dyspepsia, Aeumatlsm, rackets, in mercurial deposits?It is in these terrible forms of disease, where the human body has become a complete wreck, an.l w tro every hour of existence Is torture, wherein ihisgT'iat remedy challenges the aitonfihment and admiration of the ?lck. It Is in such cases, where all the pleiauies 01 tiMtmra npprn unfortnn.iN*, and l>y its wonderful, almost supernatural a?enc", *t restore* the hopoleM to a new lifo and m-w oils Unco where tills Kniat reined; atapds alou# la Its "il*htand power. In the ordinary ultln diseases that everyone it more or less troubled with, a few diwes will inmostcasea, and a. few bottle* In the more aggravated forma, work a per manent core. 3 Those nflllcteawith chronlo diseases should purchase a package containing i>n? dozen bottles. Price (< HI per dnren. or !<.) per half dozen bottles, or $ 1 per bo!. Ue. Sold by druggists. RADWAY'S READY RELIEF WILL AFFORD INSTANT EASE. INFI ammation OF THE KIDNEYS, inflammation OF the BLADDER. ?INFLAMMATION OF the BOWEL8, congestion OF the MINGS, SOHWHROAT, difficult breathing, . PALPITATION OF the HEART, hysterics, croup DIPHTHERIA, CATARRH. INFLUENZA, IIEADi che. toothache. mumps, neuralgia, RHEUMATISM. COLD chills, AGUE CHILLS. The application of the READY RELIEF to tli part or p.irt* where the pain oi difficulty exi-.to will alford eaaa and comfort. Twenty drops in half a tumbler of water will. In a few moment*. .iure CRAMPS, SPASMS. SOUR STOM ACH. heartburn,, StCK. HEADAjCI IE) dVaR. tiy RHEA. DYSENTERY. UOLIU. W1HU THI BOWKLS, und all INTERNAL PAINS. Travelers should always carry a bottlo of RAI>? WAY'S RKI.IEF wltn them, A few drops in w?t? * will prevent s'.ekness or pains from change of water. IT TS BETTCR THAN FRENCH BRANDV OR BIYTERJj AS A STIMULANT. Pi-Ico 50 Cents. Sold by Druggists. DRa RADWAY'S REGULATING PHI' Perfectly tasteless, elegantly coated with sweet (rnrT. purge, regulate.punfy, cleanse and strengthen. R AI > - WAY'S PILLS. for the cure of all disorder* of tt. . Stomach, Liver, Bowels, Kidneys, Bladder, Nerrom Diseases, Headache. Constipation, C'ostlveoe&s, Indigo tion. Dyspepiia, Biliousness, Bilious Fever, lnflamni.. tlonof the Bowels, Piles, and nil Derangements of th.? Internal Viscera. Warranted to effect a positive cu:^ Purely Vegetable, containing no mercury, mineralj, or i!?l?-''-inus drugs. 0Q | :<>" Observe the fallowing fymptoms resulting fror. as j Disorders of the Digestivo Organ*: | Constipation, Iuwaid Pile*, Fullnesg of the Blood i > of; tho Head, Acidity of tho Stom.ieb, Nausoa. HeartOar . 'c- i Disgust of Food, Fullness or Weight in the Stomac . Sour Eructation*. Sinking or Fluttering at tto Pit i . the Stomach, Swimming of tho Head, Hurried and D. licult Breathing, Fluttering at the Heart, Choking < - Suffocatiug Sensations nnen in a Lying Posture-Dli. ness of Vision, Dots or Webs bef >r? the Sight, Fever and Dull Pain in the Head, Deficiency of I'erspiraticr Yellowness of tta: Skin and Kyes. Pain In tni Sid-. Ohest, Limbs, onci Sudden Flashes of Heat, Burning i1 the Flesh. A few dose* of HAD WAY'S PILLS will fr^at'-. system frcm all tho alxjvo named disorders, t'rive V! 1 Ceuta per Hox. SOLD BY DRUGGISTS. Read "FALSE AND TRUE." Bend one letter-stamp to RADWAY <5; CO., No. 32 Warren Street, New York. Iafonnatn..i worth thousands will be sent yon. N Y N U * No 38 -rn-HKN WRIT I N< J TO ADVERTISER*. Tt plea*? say that ?-w *h* fu?T*r?W* mcnt is tkla paper* .