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FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD. Domestic Recipes. To Pickle Onions. ?Pat them iu cold s^lt water ami beat to scalding point; let thom cool, and then remove the pools, cover with cold vinegnr, boil the ; spices in viu^gar, and add. Sponge Cake. ? Three eggs well j beaten, one cupful sugar powdered, one j ttvispooufnl so.la or saieratus dissolved i in a very litllo boiliug water, one cupful ! of good sifted flour, one teaspoonful cream tartar; bake immediately in a j quick oven. Gkape Catsup.?Take live pouuds of grapes and one pint of vinegar; cook j until you can t-train through a sieve; to | the juice add two pounds of 6Ugar, one i tablespooaful of cinnamon, half a table-1 spoonful of salt, one of blackpeppt-r, and ; one of cloves; cook down to two quarts, j Welsh Raueiut.?One-quarter pound ; of rich cheese, cut in small bits; put in ; *?? t 1.. .1 KnfforA<l xrith I a iryiugpun, jirateu uuu ?, , a cupful of milk; when the cheese is all dissolved add one well beaten egg, onelrdf saltspoonful dry mustard, heaping i teaspoonful of flour, a little butter, have j four or five or more slices of toast roady; stir the mixture all up together , and pour immediately over the hot toast; j serve inatantlv, as it is not good when i cold. Conx 13head.?Pour boiling water on one pound of sifted white corn meal asd two tablespoonfuls oi flour, with a heaping teaspoonful of sait; then dash in enough cold water to make it a stiff batter, cover it over, and let it stand all night. In the morning melt a tablespoonful of lard, butter, or bacon grea3e, and mix well. Add eggs if liked; no sugar or molasses. Grease the pans well, aad babe quickly in a hot oven. To Makk Hakd Custard.?Put on the stove one quart of milk to heat; when just at the boiling point take off nr,f^ ? vv/x*r?1 u n *ta yafi/ltr in uuu muu n uv>u. uavo ituuj iu another bowl five eggs, beaten np with half a teacupful of sngar. Pour eggs and i sugar gradually into the milk, mixing thoroughly; flavor and pour into a . baking dish. Set the diBh into a drip- i ping pan, with about one inch of boil- : ing water covering tho surface of the pan; as the water evaporates renew it. Bake half an hour in a medium oven. Batter Pudding.?To make first-rato batt6r padding take six eggs, seven heaping tablespoonfnls of sifted flour, i one small teaspoonfnl of salt, and one I quart of milk; separate the yolks from the whites of the eggs, beat tho flour with the yolks and milk, beat the whites to a stiff froth, and add them last; have i a square cloth of jean and wet it with hot water; then squeeze it dry and flour j it to keep the batter from running i through: place it in a bowl and pour 1 the batter in, tio it close and tight, and j boil one hour and a half. ( Summer Care of Fowls. j Healthy fowls will Jay healthy eggs, j which wiil hatch healthy chickens, and , if they have good care will never be . sick. I feed my old fowls, says a correspondent of the Country Gentleman, all | the corn they will eat, arid give them all tho water they will drink. They have a good walk, and I am well satisfied with the return in eggs. They have laid all winter. Some of my hens are eight and ten years old, and are good layers still. When chickens are hatched I place tho hen and chickens in a box j three or four feet square. I give no food the first day; the second I feed bard boiled eggs, chopped fine, and bread wet with water squeezed dry with tho hand. I had good success last summer with ground wheat, wet with milk or water. I have always had good success with corn meal, wet with milk or water, mixed hard. I keep the hen and chickens in tho box for a few days, then j fcnm them out to rati wh<>.re thov ulease. in wet grass or dry, in search of insects, keeping their wator dishes well tilled, in i a shady place. My fowls are hardy, and j the Derby cocks and lions will drive off i the hawks. In Illinois, I onoe placed a clutch of early chickens in a room, having saw- j dust on the floor; the feet of two turned j up; I soaked their feet with liniment, and turned them out to take their chance. In a fow days their feet were well. Lico on fowls, when numerous , are very annoying, causing their eyes to become sore. They go to the eyes and vent, and rubbing salt butter or lard about those places will destroy them. Fowls often become blind from cold in their heads, tho passage from the eyo to ! the mouth being closed with mucus, j Wash with warm f-alt water; pluck a ; strong ueck-hackle feather, haviDg a ' smooth end; hold the fowl with the left aim, the head with the left hand; open tho month with the thumb and finger; j run tho end pf the quill gently into the jt oponing in tho roor of the mouth, to j tho outer edgo of the eye which is sore. ; When the quiil appears, take hold of it! and pull it through. This will open the passage if closed. Never feed whole grain to sick fowls, but always soft food. Blind fowls placed in a box coop will j find tho food and water if it is placed j there. Cover tho bottom of the box j with sawdust or dry earth; keep clean; | sprinkle tho coop with vinegar; place a roost about four inches from the floor, and they will find it. Farm Notts. The plan of harrowing potatoes after I planting and before they are far ad- ! vanced is growing in favor. This allows I the crop to have a good start of the j weeds, and the potatoes are not in the ; least injured by the barrow. A commendable feature of the coming j fair of Hillsdale county, Michigan, is the 1 offering of ?25, to be distributed to boys j of the county under seventeen yours of agtf, for productions of grain aud vegu tables raised by them and exhibited in j tho usual quantities. A correspondent makes one good suggestion ; that is, let the boys earn something for themselves, and when they get * if. laf 1/-VTT if vrritli ?n 11* 14-1 n *vj awv vuvui ^ujuj muu ita libblD IO" J striction as possible. Be pleasant with ; them, and they will learn to love their home, even though they have worked i hard. If they are intelligent, by the i time they grow np they will have a very ! fair agricultural training. If they are | not proficieut, let them study something i else. SoapBuds may bo used with groat ad- j vantage for maintaining grapevines, j Downing say3 he has Reeu an Isabella | grapevine produce 3,000 fine clusters of | well ripened fruit in a season by the liberal use of manure aud s mpsuds from the weekly wash. The eifect of soapsuds on other plants is remarkable. A ! cypress vine that had remained stationary for a fortnight, when about two } inches high, immediately began grow- ! ing after being watered with soapsuds, and grew about six inches in five days. A meadow was divided by a crooked stream, which rendered it too wot for cultivation, but by digging a straight ditch through it three feet wide and three feet deep, with permanent walls to support the banks, and running other drains into this, the land has been j improved, until it now produces immense crops of hay and grain. Seventy-five bushels of corn and from seventy* five to one hundred bushels of oats to the acre have been raised on the lands since the drains were completed. The expense of draining the land has been j paid for several times over already. We I wish other farmers owning such waste j lands could be made to believe that j "draining pays." Buckwheat an a Fertilizer. Nature gives us three plants peculiarly adapted foi fertilizing wornout lands, 1 1 1 x. . -r VUl. . xw| VAt/VU* OUU UUUAWUCttt \ VI | these clover is most used, and is best known, but as a crop on very badly used land it is hardly equal to either peas or buokwheat. Peas will do better on poorer land than either of the others, and can be followed the seoond season most profitably by buckwheat, after which clover will thrive welL Tho best way to utilize either peas or buckwheat is to sow broadcast in June and turn under with a large two or three-horse plow the vines or stalks when in foil bloom, and just before the maturity of the seed begins. In this way all the phosphorus, nitrogen and oarbonio acid, which the plants have' gathered from the atmosphere, is i absorbed by the loose soil, which thereby obtains a bountiful supply of phosphate food for all kinds of oereals. Lands that are too thin to produce good orops of peas or buckwheat, can be first treated to a crop of rye, which should be sown in the early fall and turned under with a plow in the green state, in May following. This fits it for the reception of either peas or buckwheat in June. Jn case the pons or buckwheat can be sown in May, two crops can bo utilized iu one year by allowing the lirst crop to become ripe, and ti.en turn them under with small plows, and do the same with the second crop, only use large plows just before the frosts of October. A great benefit will bo derived from sowing broadcast over either peas, rye or buckwheat. A compost of ashes and landplaster, consisting of seventy-five to one hundred pounds of the latter, and three to five times as much of the former, per acre. Old, wornout lands, with a t?ood clay subsoil, treated in this way for two years, pays better than any investment a farmer can make?it is" better than lending liis money a'; twenty, five per cent, interest. Cultivation In Seanon. With a press of worfc often the cultivation of hoed crops is put off until the weeds have attained a considerable size, even so as to overshadow thecrop. This Is a mistake. Every weed not destroyed is sapping the ground of the nutriment that is just in the best condition f?>r the growing plant, but if the weed is dej stroyed as it comes out of the ground it j has as yet only taken its nutrition from ; its own seed. Again, a single motion, ' when weeds are tiny, will destroy j hundreds where if allowed to re: ! main some time longer each individual specimen will require the same effort. Here is where the stroke in time . saves ninety-nine or more. This is most : emphatically true in the growth of i onions, beets, and other crops closely' sown, which require hand work entirely. In case of potatoes, the plan of harrowing after planting and before they a7e far advanced, is growing in favor. This allows the crop to have a good start of tlio weeds, and tho potatoes are not in the least injured by the harrow. L.if-5 In Persia. Walking oue dny through the narrow and filthy streets of Ispahan with the only English resident, says a correspondent, we met with two native complainants. The first said that the house of his brother, a silversmith, had been broken into and plundered by the servants of the governor, with the plea that they wanted to carry the tradesman before the prince to answer a case in which money was claimed from him by a Persian. The second was a follower of Islam, who informed us that a Persian, with whom our companion was well acquainted, and who, though the son of a moollah, was known for " broad" views, had been summoned before the prince and bidden in friendly language (for he had lived on such terms with the governor) to abandon the wearing of trousers of European pattern as often sive, upon one of his descent, to tho Sheik-ui-Islam. The man, eager to obey the wish of his illustrious friend, departed nud quickly reappeared in orthodox costume. " Go," said the gratified prince, " to the sheik, find show him how quickly you have, at my request, conformed to his desire." The man went, but immediately upon reaching the presence of the religious authority, who is an eccle3iatical judge exofficio, he was seized and, without pretense of trial, seutcnced to "one-hundred sticks." The Englishman at once undertook inquiry into the truth of this story. He found that no exaggeration had been made, und that the sufferer had been so punisueu mac ior wcbkh ae would be unable to put his feet to the ground. In Persia death or " the sticks" is the commonest punishment. The man, iu the latter case, is laid on tho ground, and after his shoes and stockings are removed, hi3 ankles are passed through leathern loops fastened to a beam, which is held by two men at nearly the length of his legs from the ground and by them turned until h.s ankles are so tightly securcd that no writhing of his buck can unplace them. Near him are laid tho precise number of sticks to which he is sentenced. These are lithe switches five or six feet long, and rather more than half ar> inch thick in the center. Two expert.-who usually wear scarlet coats bound with biaek, then t-iko their places near the beam, each armed with a stick, with which they in turn belabor tho soles of the feet until the stick i3 broken too short for use. Jn the case above referred to the beating was oontinued until the hundred sticks were reduced to this condition. Very Close Sailing. Tut) most remarkable race in nautical annals ended in a dead heat. The two contestants were two American vessels, tho Southern Cross, Captain Ballard, and the J. B. Brown, Captain Kezar, and the course was from San Francisco to Liverpool. At six o'clock on the morning of the last day of the year they were towed out together and discharged their pilots at the same moment. They passed the Faralone islands together, met next day and parted company at night to me t again near the equator. Near Pitcairn's island the rival clippers again came together, parting to encounter each other south of the line on the Atlantio side, where, during several days of light weather, they were in company, crossing the equator literally at the same moment, bearing due east auc^ west, a circumstance unparalleled in Captain Ballard's twenty-six years of En.st Indian trado. Another parting followed, succeeded by a rencontre in the northeast trades, where the ships were in company for a week. Off Holyhead they met for the last time on the twenty-sixth of May, got tugs together, raced .up the Mersey side by side, and would have entered the docks together had the gates been wide enough, bnt as they were not, the J. B. Brown gave way and allowed the Southern Cross to reach hor berth a length in advance, aftei a race of 147 days, extending over many thousand miles of water. Colorado and the Grasshoppers. The grasshoppers that pretty nearly cleaned out Colorado last year havt> appeared again this spring in great swarms. A late letter thence says : The farmers are fighting them by all the means in their power. They sluice them down the ditches with water, gather them up in heaps and burn them?for the water will only collect, and not drown, these ve>7 vital pests. They set cans of oil dripping slowly at the heads of their ditches, and the slightest touch of the oily Aim, floating down with the running water, destroys the young grasshopper. They drag the ground with huge harrows, covered with blazing brush, and the flame scorches its tiny millions to death. They draw papers or platforms smeared with tar along the fields, and the insects, trying to hop over, fall on 4ow ftvt/3 pfinlr IhnvA lA/ifk nil nan lllc tax aua ouimh. uucic? yt itu an tucoo devices they only thin out the unwelcome visitors. Ail Colorado is watching the result of these efforts with entomological interest. Will the farmers or the grasshoppers come out first ? Will the latter fly away as Boon as they develop wings; and if so, will other broods be brought in by strong prairie winds? If the crops fail again, look for blue times in Deuver, which has no interests except supplying mining districts and fleeoing summer visitors. A Nice Prospect.?Algy (a small boy) ?"Oh, bo you're going to marry Jack ? I wouldn't, not if I knowed it, rather!" Betrothed one?"Why not, dear?" Algy?" Why, he's an awful bully ! He twists me rousd by-the neck and dusts my jacket, and he'll do the same by you. You see !" Chinamen employed in unloading vessels in San Francisco walk ashore with opium packed in their boot heels. I CUSTER'S BATTLE. A Plan of the Conflict?The Battle ol DeathReno's Narrow Escape. Correspondence from the scene of the j fierce conflict on the Little Horn gives a vivid picture of the bloody and, from j the first, helpless conflict. In this re-1 cital we seo a heroic commander followed j to tho death by two hundred and forty ; soldiers of his regiment not less heroic , than himself, ana all these lives, qualified to make splendid the annals of our j race, wasted in a mad battle with from four to five thoubaud savages not without the virtue of courage, and made daring in this case, apparently, by the consciousness of their overwhelming strength. In tliis battlo the Little Horn river is a capital feature. On the left bank of that stream, at about fifteen miles from its confluence with the Big Horn, was the village of Sitting Bull. On that side the edge of the river is timbered, and between the river and the hills, for a distance of several miles, is a level and beautiful valley?a bottom land. On this valley was the village, peopled by upward of four thousand warriors. On the right, or opposite side, the river and the plain are denominated by a range of high hills or bluffs. In his approach Custer looked down upon the village from these bluffs, and there di-! vided for an assault on the position a force that, if combined, would have j been unequal to the struggle. He placed three companies on the I heights in reserve, sept Colonel Reno to ! the left to ford the stream above the j village and attack from that side, while J lie moved along tne ueignts on tne : right bank to cross the river fnrther j down and attack at the other extremity. : Colonel Reno passed the stream as ! ordered, formed his line across the bot- : torn land and advanced on the enemy. ; But his advance was fiercely resisted by | the Indians in the hills on his left, and j before he had reached the village he saw the imminent probability that he would be cut off from the reserve. He charged to keep open his communication with that force. Apparently this movement was not intended as a retreat, but a retreat it became ; and in a few minutes Colonel Reno, instead of assailing the Indian village, was fighting a battle for life with forces that obstructed his retreat. His men fought their way to the ford, and there? crowded in the stream, were butchered by Indian marksmen. Once more across the Btream they were knocked over by the Indian rifles as they clambered the heights. Yet the larger number escaped. But what was their position then? They had failed in their movement, had not co-operated with Custer, and had left him to bear alone the brunt of the whole battle. Reno's retreat permitted Sitting Bull; to ooncentrate every man against Custer, and his fate was a natural conse quence. He was annihilated, and then again the Sioux turned their attention to Reno, who meantime had fortified himself on the heights. They would have annihilated his force also, but their operations were cut short by the advance of Gibbon, which corre j spondents record in detail.?New York > Herald. The New Mormon Empire. Says the Salt Lake Tribune of a late issue: Brigham Young, Jr., and First High Councillor Daniel H. Wells left St. George for New Mexico, via Arizona, taking with them a few of the chosen ones to spy out and settle upon their new domains in New Mexico, and make the necessary preparations for a general hdgira of the saints to the promised land. Brigham, the prophet, has been at St. George soyeral days. The new temple has just been finished at that place, and on the return of Brigham, Jr., and Councillor Wellsit will be dedicated, and the programme is to proclaim young Brigham president of the church and tho successor of his father. Immigration from the southern portion of the Territory to their new El Dorado, on the head waters of tho Littlo Colorado, New Mexico, will then commence in earnest, under the auspices of young Thorn trill Kooa -Jaolof^rl AUVAU nut wuuo lov/iafvvt from the Gentile world as they were twenty years ago in Utah. Evidently Brigliam's scrip was placed where it woidd do the most good in the last session of the legislature of New Mexico, for that body passed an election bill similar to that in Utah, requiring that all ballots be numbered and the name of each voter placed opposite the number of the ballot. This election law would place the territorial government in the hands of the church, just as it does in Utah; in fa it, more completely, for in Utah, by Congressional enaotment, the governor has an absolute veto, which power was exceptionally i conferred upon him for the purpose of preventing proscriptive church legislation. The governor of New Mexico is not vested with such absolute power. The legislature can override his veto, as in any other State or Territory, except Utah. Forsomo time missionaries have been at work converting the Mexicans in New Mexico to the Mormon faith. ?ome oi tnese, being ignorant and superstitious, are good material for the crafty priesthood to work upon, and, nnder the new tyrannical election, the Mormons will be able to outvote the few tnousands of white people in the Territory, and capture its government. It is not their intention to abandon Utah. They have too much property interest at stake. But the new Zion will be New Mexico?free from Gentile innovations. Motherless. A poor widow named Fox died suddenly in Louisville, Ky. She had just gone there to live with her four children, three girls and a boy. An express wagon called at the house, the corpse of the poor woman was put into it and hauled away to the paupers' graveyard to be buried. It was a most painful sight, says the Journal, to seo three little girl, and a little boy following after that rude hearse containing the corpse of the mother. Their eyes nearly blinded with tears, their heartbroken sobs coming from their quivering lips, their cries to the driver rushing his horse to get away from the poor little motherless orphans, and they running along after it with tearful eyes and outstretched hands, was a soene that wonld have made angels weep. Finally the wagon turned a oorner; the little ones broke down, and they returned a scattered band of wanderers, weeping and wailing over the loss of their poor mother, whom they should never see again. MaDy a stont hearted man turned away from the scene and wiped great tears from his eyes, as the cries of the poor little orphans running after the wagon rung in his ears. How they Do In Turkey. Tho London correspondent of the Toronto Globe, apropos of tho "suicide" of Abdul Aziz, tells the following story in a recent letter: After the battle of Navarino?so an old resident in Turkey informs me?the admiral who commanded the Turkish fleet was ordered to die. The order was conveyed to him by a personal friend, the pasha of the district. After an exchange of Oriental civilities the admiral agreed with the pasha that the ordor must bo obeyed. Thereupon the pasha remarked that the best thing his friend could do was to dine with him that day. The invitation was aocepted, -the dinner eaten, the chibouks smoked, a oup of coffee was handed to the admiral, and next morning he was found dead?of apoplexy. And the oddest part of the story is that it was told to the narrator by the pasha who administered the coffee. Some men make a great flourish about always doing what they believe to be right, but always manage to believe that right which is for their own interest. FIERCE WOMEN SOLDIERS, The Army of Amaztfoa of the King of Da homey?How Aft > I ah Turned the Table* on hla Foos?The Amazonian* Routed. The kingdom of Dahomey is in some respects one of the most curious and interesting of all the African principalities. The military strength is net to be estimated by deducting women and children from the whole population. The Amazons of thio corner of the world play a very important part in its military affairs, and if unfortunately we should be compelled to go and fetch the | powder and shot whicn this audacious ' potentate has pledged himself to provide | for us, King Gelele's female regiments ! will form a very interesting subject of i study for the strong minded representaonr ir? 1? r\ r?1 or\/l on/1 nlon. I UYC9 U1 IUO C3tA Ui Mugmuu wuu viuu where. The precise period when ladies first took to soldiering in Dahomey appears to be involved in soiye obscurity. The present monarch is the ninth since the founding of the kingdom in 1625. It appears to have been Agajah, the fourth king, who raised from the women of his I palace the first female army of which we have any knowledge. Skertchley says that in 1728 this monarch received a defeat at the hands of the Eyeos, the implacable enemies of his race, and ho organized an army of Amazons, and by their assistance completely turned the tables on his foes; though whether the ladies were such vixens, or the gentlemen too gallant to offer a serious resistance, does not appear. Whether Agajah really originated this peculiar service we cannot say; but the merit of bringing it to its highest degree of perfection undoubtedly belongs to Gezu, the father of the monarch who now seems to defy British power. The number of the Amazons is somewhat dubious. Duncan speaks of a review at Aboine, in which 8,000 of these j female warriors passed in procession before him. Skertchley, writing later, says their number may possibly be 4,000. " They are divided into three brigades," says the same traveler, "known as the king's company, the right and left i wings. Each of these has a peculiar headdress by which it may be known. The king's brigade wear the head I shaved a la turban, and bound with i narrow fillets, with alligators of colored | cloth sewn on them. The right wing have their heads shaven, leaving only a j solitary tuft or two, while the left wear the hair au nalurelle. Whether these | fair warriors have any choice of regi! ments we are unable to say. In some | parts of the world thero would perhaps I be some litite heartburning among ladies | who were divided into corps, one of , which was permitted to wear the hair au naturelle, while another was required to shave the head. Amazons, however, whose conquests are supposed to be en| tirely of the military order, are perhaps i above the trivialities of personal adornment. Celibacy is enjoined upon all but a few who are found to be essential to the happiness of the king or are given in marriage to a few of the most deserving soldiers. Whether Gelelo keeps up the same mode of enlistment as his paternal predecessor we are unable to say. Gezu used to require every one of his subjects who had daughters above a certain age to present them at court upon a certain day, and he personally selected the most promising of "the aristocracy for Amazon officers?or officeresses, rs some travelers prefer it?the girls of the lower orders being dratted into the rank and file. The dress of these female warriors appears to be somewhat after the " Mary Walker "type, with a few trifling modifications. "They wear," says Duncan " a bine and white striped cotton surtout of stout native manufacture without sleeves, leaving freedom for the arms. The skirt or tunic reaches as low as the kilt of the Highlanders. A pair of short trousers is worn underneath, reaching two inches below the knee. By way of illustrating the accomplishments of these active damsels, Lieut. Duncan may again be quoted : "I was conducted," he says, "to a space of broken grounu, where fourteen days had been occupied in erecting three immense prickly piles of green bueh. These three clumps, or piles, of a sort of strong briar or thorn, armed with the most dangerous prickles, were placed in line, occupying about four hundred yards, leaving only a narrow passage between them sufficient merely to distinguish each clump appointed to each regiment. These piles were about seventy feet wide and eight high. Upon examining them I could not persuade myself that any human being without boots or shoes would under any cir cumstances attempt to pass over so dangerous a collection of the most efficiently armed plants I had ever seen. Behind these piles already mentioned were large pens at the distance of 300 yards, fenoed with piles seven feet high, thickly matted together with strong reeds. Inclosed within were several hundred slaves belonging to the king." The Amazons appear on the scene, halt with shouldered arms 200 yards from the prickly fortress, and then the word is given. "A rush was made toward the pile with a speed beyond conception, and in less than one minute the whole body had passed over this immense pile and had taken the supposed town." It places the gallantry of the traveler in a very favorable light to be able to add that when the proud potentate asked whether he thought the same number of English woman could do the same, he replied that the ladies of England were not soldiers, but that many of them had individually and voluntarily done things quite as groat. Politics In >'ew Mexico, In 1846, when the war growing out of the annexation of Texas was in progress, General Kearney took possession of Santa Fe, and soon afterward con/itiAWA/l Mia tTrliala 'Pawifrtim trrna I^UCIUU DUO IT JUV1Q AViiAAWlJ) VTU&VX* IIUO formally ceded to the United States in 1848 by the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, and reconstructed by the establishment of the Territorial government on September 9, 1850. It included at that timo a part of Colorado and of Arizona, which were successively separated from it, leaving an area of about 121,201 square miles. Its greatest breadth is 320 mile.", its greatest length 350 miles, and iu acquiring it the United States mado citizens of 60,000 impoverished and ignorant people?60,000 people alienated, as I have already said, by j language, faith, customs, education, j and, I might add, sympathies, since it i i^not denied that in event of another j war with old Mexico, many of them j would be found leaning toward, if not I actually engaged on, the side of their quondam compatriots. Though the native American settlers are insignificant in numbers, they control the politics and hold nearly all the important offices among themselves. The principal executive powers are vested in a governor and secretary, who are appointed for a term of four years by the President of the United States. The other offices of State, including an auditor. a treasurer, an adjutant-general, and also an attorney-general, are chosen by the Legislature, which consists of a coancil of thirteen and a House of twenty-six representatives, most of whom can neither read, writ", nor talk English. In front of an adobe hovel, neat Tierra Amarilla, we met, nays a traveler, a frowzy looking follow, whose dress Consisted of a pair of trowsers and a shirt, aud whoso natural brown complexion was darkened by untold depths of diit. In a brief conversation with Lieutenant Morrison in Spanish, he informed us that ho was a member of the Legislature, and was astonished beyond measure that he was not already familiar to us by reputation. He imagined that his fame had been carried world-wide, and was amusingly horry for our ignorance when we assured him that we had never heard of him before. The language of the courts and church is Spanish, and in conversation a patois is used which bears about the same degree of relationship to the mother tongue that the dialect of the Canadian habitant bears to Parisian Frenoh. SUJKMARF OF KEWS. IiUrtallnc IMm from Hooia mad Abroad. Prinoe Milan, of Servia, baa deolared war again Bt Turkey Colorado voted, by a large majority, to become one of the States of the Union?matting the thirty-eighth.... By the | overturning of a rowboat at Pa?aic. N. J., four men were drowned Th j United Mates debt statement shows the total indebtedness : to be $404,723,601.06?a reduction of $3,881.397 during the month of Juno A. violent . storm at Fort Madison, Iowa, did treat dam| age to property. A. Oatholio church was utterly demolished by its steeple falling upon it ! Orson A. House, a noted advertising divorce j lawyer, doing business in New York, was shot and killed by his reputed wife, at his residence I at Lawrence Station, N. J. Mrs. Honse was a divorced womau whom House, also divorced, had married. They quarreled whenever they met. House was ill-treating her, when she pioked up a pistol and shot him dead. He had made much money in his divorce business, j The Jury deoided that the deceased came to his death from a pistol shot wonnd inflicted by a pistol in the hands of Irene H. House, and chat tho aot was willful and deliberate. Mrs. House Bhows great grief and says the pistol went off accidentally The race against time at Fleetwood park, N. Y., was won by John Murphy, who rode 155 miles in six hours, forly-flve minutes and eeven seconds?fiftyfour minutes and fifty-three seconds ahead of time. The horses ridden were not thoroughbreds, nor what could be oalled first-class runnuisr horses, but they were all good, heavy j animals. In the first tea miles Murphy | changed horse* six times, covering the diei t&nce in twenty-four minutes and sixteen and | three-quarter secondB. Gen. Custer found an Indian encampment of | two thousand lodges on the Little Horn, and obarged the thickest portion of it with five companies of cavalry, leaving Major Reno to i attack the other side of the camp with seven I other companies. The Indians, being in great j aumbere, repulsed Custer'a charge, and threw i themselves upon his command in such numj bers and v ith each fierceness as to utterly annihilate the entire five companies, inoluding Gen. Custer, bis two brothers, nephew and brother-in-law, all of whom fell fighting at the head of the oolumn. Three hundred and fifteen of the troops were killed, of whom seventeen were commissioned officers. Major Reno was surrounded by the savages, who kept I his command an entire day withoat water, j when he was relieved by Gibbon's command. | The Indians captured all the arms of Die | killed. Telegrams from various parts of the country j bring reports of conflagrations and accidents j on the fourth During a thunder shower I at Elmira, N. Y., lightning struck an umbrella i under whioh two men wore walking, instantly j killing Samuel Gross and injuring Jlichael | Rohar The governor of the Dutch East ! Indies confirms tho report of tho loss of the | steamer Lieutenant-General Eroesen in the i straits of Sunda. Two hundred and thirty : - ?... ,1 A 1U. ....t | peieuun nciu uiutruou. , , , aabuuu^u hue i powers of Ear ope are patting their armioa on ! a war footing, they will all remain neutral dur ing the trouble betweon Servla and Turkey. ! Thore has been an engagement botween the ! tro jps of the two powers, and both claim the i victory. By one train of cara running into I t h o rear of another near Elm Station, Pa , two { moo men were killed and five others injured, j A terrific storm passed over portions of Iowa i and did great damage. The village of Bodk I Dale, near Dnbuque, was overwhelmed with I water and forty-two parsons wero drowned. : Twenty-nine buildings were destroyed in Burlington and three persons were killed and | others woundod by falling buildings. Extensive piano fraudb in celling inferior ' instruments as those of well known manufacturers have been discovered Gen. Castor's defeat teems to be due to his underestimating the strength of the enemy, and to the faotthat I the two detachments of his rogiment were ! unable to attack simultaneously. The Indiaua ; were very heavily armed, and were under com| mand of Sitting Bull, the most determined | and brave of hostile Indians, who has never j made a treaty with the government Gen. j Santa Anna, the noted Mexican, bus just died, j in his seventy-eighth year Ex-Speaker I Blaine is still confined to his bed most of the | timo Massachusetts lias disbanded thirty i companies of her militia The disaster at | Rockdale, Iowa, was caused by Ihe breaking of ! a dam, which was unable to hold the amount j of - wator which fell heavily for three hours. I The village, con&ining two huudrod inhabii taotc, was built in a ravine, and the Hood carried off every building exoept the mill, anu forty-two persons are migalng, many of whose bodies have been found miles away. The j storm did great damage to crops In the central j part of tho Stato also, and fifteen persona are reported killed in that section. The Servians defeated the Turks and captured the town of Racbka, and the Turks were successful over the Servians at Belina Later accounts of |the Sioux massaore show that Col. Reno's command narrowly escaped sharing tTie fate of Caster's, as they had been sorrounded and lighting the savages for twenty-four hours, when relieved by Gon. ferry. Twelve hundred Indians left the Bed Cloud agency to join Sitting Bull A bill has been introduced in Congress to enable the President to aocept the services of volunteers from the far Western States, to be used agaiDSt the Indians Senator Morrill has qualified as secretary of the treasury The vacant senatorship from Maine has been o.Tered to Mr. Blaine A four-year-old daughter of J. Wiley fell into a millpond at Ashburnham, Mass., when her sister, aged eight years, i jumped in after her, and both were drowned. The Centennial oommisBion, by a vote of thirty to nine, decided not to open on Sunday. In acoepting the nomination of the Bepublioan national convention for the Presidency, Gov. Hayes, of Ohio, declares that, if elected,' ho will accept the position for one term only. An explosion of fire damp has occurred at L'Hopital colliery, near St. Avoid, France. Forty-two persons were killed and forty-seven seriously injured The notable Castle Garden in New York city was destroyed by Are on Sunday. It was one of the oldest landmarks loft in the city, and has been used for a number of years as an immigrant depot. Jenny Lind sung in the Garden, making her first appearance In Amorica there Don Carlos, the pretender to the Spmish throne, is now traveling with a large party through the i United StateB and Moxico A serious not took place at Hamburg, a. C , between too whites and colored militia. The militia was dispcsod of with canister, aftar a number of them were killed or wounded. One white man was killed and one wouudod. The unfortunate affair is doplored by all good citizens of both races, and there is deep regret that better counsels did not prevail. Crowds of people visited Hamburg to attend tho funerals of the dead, White and colored folks intermingled freely. There were no threats, but deep re. grets wore felt that blood had been Bhed and that lives were lost Russia has addressed a circular note to her representatives abroad, announcing that she will not support Servia, but remain a simple spectator of the struggle. Silver has depreciated greatly in value in England, and is very much lower in value there than in the United States During the heated term in New York and Philadelphia j a number of deaths o:curred from exhaustion. The thermometer wai on occasions as high as i ninety-eight to 102 degrees. I Tho Lake Superior propeller 8t. Clair, on lier way from Ontonagon for Houghton, | Mich., caught fire and almost instantly was a j mass of flames. Of the eighteen passengers, | but one wai eavod. Four of the fourteen per| sons composing the crew escaped with their j lives Lano, Pierce & Co.'s tannery at ; Sandbank, N. Y? was destroyed by fire, with & ! loss of SICO.O'JO Two youDg girls, aged | thirteen *nd fiftotn years, daughters of j Samuel Hoar?, were drowned while bathing i near Walkerton, Cauada....A party of masked n:i_ j mou MLutiiuu iiuu jail ni/ Liui'iaetio. \ji\.y nuu ; assassinated " Hank" Dodge, who was to have been executed in a week A redaction of ton per cent, in the wages of the mill operatives in Scotland is pre posed The actnal number of men on duty in the United States amy is 26,979, of whloh 7,930 are in the Territories, 3,718 in Texas, and 3,334 in the Southern States. Gen. Terry has in the field 1,123 meD, and Crock 1,790, of which probably fully two thousand are fit for activu service. The remainder of th? army is doing garrison duty at forts in Northern States. They are the happiest and longest livers whose ambitions are moderate. * FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. The BuiIbrm ?t Genera] Interest Trnna* acted. 8XNATX. Mr. TTefik (Rep.), of Lou'elnna, from the confer^tce ccmmiiteo on tho Post-office Appropriation bill, called up tho conferetlco report, and in explanation of it said in regard to compensation for transportation of mails l>y railroads, tlio confereLca committee agreed i upon a re luclion of rat?B h tlieito paid to the | extent of ten per ren\ Aluo to t'ue appoint- | ment of a commirsion by tlio President to ex- j amine into a id rep rt upon the subject. Iu regard to compensation of postmasters hereafter, the committee had agreed to a redaction amounting in the aggregate to about (600,000. The BAlai^ of no postmaster was to exceed $4,000, with the exception of the one in New York city. With regard to third-class mail matter the committee had agreed that all matter of that class, except unsealed circulars, shall be admitted in the mails at the rate of one cent for every two ounces and fractional part thereof, and one cent for each additional two ounces or a fractional part thereof. The committee continued tho rate of one cent per ounce for all merchandise as it is now. The report, as submitted, met with the approval of the committee on post-offices and pout-roads, that committee being represented on the conference committee by ite chairman (Mr. Hamlin). Tho report was agreed to without further discussion. Mr. Morton (Rep.), of Indiana, called for the regular order, being the resolution to pay P. B. 8. Pinchback the pay and mileage of a Senator from Louisiana from March, 1878, un til bitt content was terminated by t&e senate. The resolution waa read a third time and passed? yeas, 27; nays, 11; astriot party vote, Mr. Edmunds not voting. Mr. Sherman (Rep.), of Ohio, submitted the following concurrent resolutions and said ho had uo doubt their passage would be a matter of great pleasure to the whole country: Whereas, It has pleased Almighty Ood to guide the United States of America through one hundred years of national life, and to crown our nation with the highest blessings of civil and religious liberty, therefore, The Benate and House of Representatives in Congress assembled, in the name of the people of the United States, in reverent tbankfolnees recognize the fouutain and the source the author and giver of ail these blessings, and our dependence upon His providence; and Whereas, We reooguize as our fathers did that Qoorge Washington?first in war, firat in peace, aud first in tho hearts of his countrymen?was one of tho chief of divine instruments in securing American independence, and iiUaying broad and deep the foundations of our lirarties in the Constitution of the United States; therefore, aa a mark of our senee of the honor due to his name and to his compatriots and his associates, our Revolutionary fathers, we, the Senate and Houee of Ropreaenatives iu Congress assembled, in the name of the people of the United States in this, the beginning of the second century of oar national existence, do direct and assume the completion of the Washington monument in the city of Washington, and do direct the committees of both Houses to institute neoessary provisions of law to carry this resolution into effect. Passed by a unanimous vot*. HOUHX. The conference report on the Post-oflice Appropriation bill waa agreed to. On motion of Mr. Clarke (Dem.), of Missouri, chairman of the committee on post-offices and post-roads, tbe Senate amendment of tho bill providing & penalty for mailing obsceno matter was concurred in. Ibe Geneva Award bill, as reported by Mr. Lord, or new iorH, irom me juuiumry uuuimitteo, with the amendments ingrafted ia it, was passed?yeas, 108 ; nays, 94. On motion of Mr. liandall (Dem.), of Pennsylvania, a conference committee was ordered on the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill. On motion of Mr. Hopkins (Dem.), of Pennsylvania, the Seaate joint resolntion for the completion of the Washington monument was parsed unanimously. Mr. MoDougall (Hop.), of New York, from the committee on military affairs, reported back the 8enate bill establishing the rank of the paymaster-general. It provides that the rank of pajmaater-general shall bo that of brigadier-general. Passed. Mr. Mills (Dem.), of Texas, from the committee on naval affairs, reported a bill providing the repeal of all laws authorizing the appointment of civil engineers in the navy, and providing that all persons now holding such office shall bo mustered oat of the service. Passed. Mr. Lawrencj (Rap.), of Ohio, cilled np as a special order the bill to require the Pacific railroad companies to create a sinking fund to reimburse the Uoited States. After some discussion the bill was passed?yeas, 159; nays, 9. Mr. Banning (Ind.), of Ohio, offered a resolution calling on the secretary of war for information in regard to the object of the military expedition under Generals Terry, Crook and Gibbons against the Northwestern Indians, and for copies of all corrospondeDC) bearing on tho origin of the expedition, and for copies of all military orders issued by the w<:r department directing the expedition. Adopted. Mr. Banning submitted tbe following *tate ment: The army uumbors 2f>.07!> fr^ops, located as follows: At West Pun. 1 216; in the Territories, 7.93C; in Texas, 8,718; in other Southern States, 8,934; in the field operating against tlie Indian*, under Gon. Terry, 1,1^3; and under Gen. Crook only 1,79D, making in all 2,918. The remainlug 4.000 are located in Northern oitiiB and foris. A. bill waB offered authorizing the President to enlist recr Jita for the army, to tterveno more than eix months, to aid in supproating the hostility of certain bands of Sioux Indiana. ' .Silver Payments. Mr. Sherman, from the committee on finance, in, the United' States Senate, repotted a substitute for the Randall bill providing for the issue of coin and for other purposes. The substitute retains, with one modification, its second i and third sections, and unites with them the greater part of the finance committee's pending bill, so as embody the following provisions : First?That there shall be coined a silver dollar of 412 8 10 grains of standard silver, to be a legal tender for any amount not exceeding $20, except for customs and interest on the public debt. Second?Authorizing the secretary of the treasury to exchange these silver dollars and also the United States subsidiary coins for an equal amount of United States notes which shall be retired and canceled and made a part of the sinking fund. Third?Directing the department to j purchase the silver bullion required for I the purpose from time to time with any j available money in tho treasury, provided that the purchases shall be made only when the market rate will admit of the coinage and is ;ue without loss to the treasury, and provided that the amount of money at any one time invested in such silver bullion, exclusive of such resulting coin, shall not exceed 81,000, uuu. The last section cf the substitute is a copy of the fourth section of the House bill, providing that the trade dollar shall not hereafter be a legal tender, and authorizing the secretary of the treasury to limit the coinage of trade dollars from time to time to such an amount as he may deem sufficient to meet the export demand for them. Cunning; of the Adder, A correspondent of tho Milwaukee Sentinel states that, over thirty years ago. in Leeds, Greene county, N. Y., his attention waa one day attracted by tho plaintive cry of a cat. Looking into a garden an adder was seen near the cat. The cat seemed to be paralyzed by fear of the adder; she kept up the plaintive cry, as if in great distress, but did not take her eye off tho serpent, or make, any attempt to attack or escape. Soon the snake saw that human eyes wero observing him and he commenced to crawl slowly away. "I then," continued the writer of the narrative, "concluded to release tho cat from its trouble. I took ' a garden rake aud put it on the snake's back, and held it without hurting it. As soon as I had the snake fast in this position, it raised its head, flattened it out, and blew, making a hissing noise, and something resembling breath or steam came from its mouth. When that was - ? ** ?* i - 3 il- - I exhausted I removed tne rase, aim ma adder turned over on its buck, lying as j if dead. With tbo rake I turned it over on its belly again, but it immediately turned on its back. This was repeated | several times. At last it was taken out ! of the garden, laid in the road, and wo all retired to watch its movements. It commenced to raise aud turn its head slowly (looking about the while) until entirely on its belly, and started at full spcod for a little pool of water in the road, from which it was raked out and dispatched." Some medical gentlemen recently addressed a communication to a minister well kuowu for his wit, requesting him to preach a sermon to them. He replied that he would, and stated that he would take for his test: " In his disease Asa sought not to the Lord but to the physicians; and Asa slept with his fathers and died." * An Irish barkeeper always looks a little crestfallen when he has to draw lager beer. Labor in a Post-Office. A reporter who has been investigating the work of the New York post-office employees, states that there are dropped into the various letter boxes, in the main building, in the branch offices, and in the street boxes, on an average, each day, 259,97G. All these are to bo assorted and distributed and sent to the persons to whom .they are directed, through the proper channels. There are received in the mails a daily average of 19,273. Lettors are dispatched for 338 post-offices and rinety-two rontes in 624 bags or pouches, and weighing 4,368 pounds. The paper mails are, of course, very much more bulky than the letter mails, as a glance at the official figures will show. There are an average of 1,473 sacks received daily for distribution, making a weight of 103,110 pounds. The average number of sacks dispatched daily to 308 post-offices over 128 routes, is 653, weighing 15,500 pounds. There are distributed 839 sacks of Becond class, and 634 -sacks of third class newspaper matter. This makes a total of 279,249 letters; 1,277 bags and pouches, weighing 117,754 pounds of domestic mail matter handled daily. The foreign mail matter is by no means a small item. The average number of letters received daily by steamers is 24,689, weighing 502 pounds, contained in twenty bags. The average number of bags of paper mail is forty-nine, weighing 1,779 pounds. The number of letters dispatched by steamers rather 'exceeds the amount received. The average daily number of letters received ia 30,029, weighing 556 pounds. The average number of bags of papers dispatched is forty-five, weighing 1,490 pounds. I The amount of mail matter handled in the course of a year will thus be seen to be perfectly enormous. The number of letters handled in the year 1875 was 224,739,000. The number of bags and poucheB carried was 509,760. The number of pounds of mail matter handled and dispatched was 47,262,960, or, in other words, 2,109,600 tons. What Shall I Take. This is often h serious question with the invalid. He finds the market flooded with proprietary medicines, scores of which are recommended as certain cures for hid peculiar ailment. He reads the papers, circulars aud almanacs, and finds each sustained by plausible arguments setting forth its virtues and speoiflo action. The recommendations are as strong for one as for another. The cures claimed to have been wrought by one are as wonderful as those claimed to have been wrought by another. In hia perplexity and doubt, the sufferer is sometimes led to teject all. Bat it should be borne in mind tbat tfjis condition of things ia ono that oannot be remedied. In a land where all are free, the good, ?the truly valuable?must come into competition with the vile and worthless, and must be brought to publio notice by the name instrumentality, which is advertising. In such a case, perhaps the only absolute proof that a remedy is what it claims to be, is to try it. The "test of a pudding is the eating of it." " Prove all things, hold fast that which is good," is tho apostolic injunction. There may, however, be stronger presumptive evidence in favor of one remedy than there is in favor of another^ and this should be allowed its due weight A due regard to this may Bave a vast amount of experimenting and a useless outlay of money. As presumptive evidence in favor of Dr. Pierce's family medicines, the proprietor desires to say that they are prepared by a new and scientific process by whioh the virtaes of the crude plant* and roots are extracted without tbe use of a particle of alcohol. Not a particle of this destroyer of our race enters into tho composition of. oitber his Golden Mediodl Discovery or Favorite Prescription. This consideration alone ought cortainly to rank them high above the vile coiopennds saturated with alcohol, Jamaica rum, soar beer or vinegar, which are everywhere offered for sale. Again, they are of uniform strength, and their virtues c*n never bo impaired by age. They are. al<o made from fresh herbs and roots, gathered in the appropriate season, when ttiey are fiash with incdi* oinal properties. In support of these claims tbe following testimony is olTered : Newark, N. J., 1S7C. R. V. Pierce, M. D.: Dear Sir?I have sold a great deal of yoar excellent remedies, and I prefer to cell tbeoi before others. because they give good eatUftctioii to those who use them. I bear each remarks as Sage'B Remedy completely cared me; it ia a splendid thing;" or, "Pierce's Discovery is Just what I wanted; I feel better than I ever did." One of our celebrated singera usee it for strengthening her voic.*, and says "there ia nothing tqutls it;'' aud so I might give scores of remarks said about your preparations. A colored woman was using your Discovery, and after taking three bottlen was completely cured. She, being in the store, said to me: I don't want no doctors 'round me so long as I can get the Discovery; it beats all ycur doctors." And so I might go on. 1 am, moat respectfully, yours, * Atha b. CnooKS. At onr reqnest Cragin & Co., of Philadelphia, Pa., have promised to Bend any of our readers, gratis (oil receipt of fifteen cents to pay postage,) a sample of Dobbins' Electric Soap to try. Send at once. * Chapped hands, face, pimples, ringworm, aaltrheum, and other cutaneous atfeotions cured, and rough skin made soft and smooth, by using Jusipeb Tab Soap. Be careful to get only that made by Caswell, Hazard A Co., New Icrk, aa there are many imitations made with common tar, all of which are worthlew.? Com. A fact -worth remembering?five cents' worth of Sheridan's Cavalry Condition Powders, given to a horse twice a week, will save doable that amount in grain, and tho horeo will be fatter, sleeker, ana ia every way worth more money tbaa though he did not have them. Married ladies, under all circumstances, will find Parson*' Purgatioe}PilU safe ; and, in small doses, a mild cathartic. They cause no griping pains or cramp* * Nothing is more harassing than ulcere or boils. Fortunately they can be quickly | healed by the use of Glesjc's Sulphcb 8oai>, ; which purges the sore of its poisonous virus or proud flesh, and thus removes the only ob I sttclo to its healing. Depot, Crittenton's, No. 7 | Sixth avenue, New Yor'i. Grow young in ten minutes with Hill's Instantaneoua Hair I)y6 * If Yegetine is taken regularly, according to directions, a certain and speedy cure of dyspepsia will follow its use. * SCHXHCK's Six WrXD Tome.?In the atmosphere experienced hem daring the summer months, the lethargy prudaoed by the he*t takes away the desire for wholesome food, and frequent perspirations reduce bodily energy, particularly those suffering from the effects of debilitating diseases. In to keep a natural heiUthful activity of the system, we must resort to artlflolal means. For this purpose SchBook's Sea Weed Tonie ta Terr offsotual. A few doses will create an apyetlte and give fresh vigor to the enervated body. For dyspepsia, It la Invaluable. Man/ eminent phjticlans hare doubted whether dyspepsia can be perav nently oured by the drugs which arc generally employed for that purpose. The Sea Weed Tools In IU nature la totally different from snoh drugs. It oontalna no corrosive minerals or acids; In faot, It assist* the regular operation* of nature, and supplies her deficiencies. The tonic In Its natnre so much resembles the gaitilc j-Uce that It la almost Identical with that fluid. The gastrlo juice la the natural solvent wbloh, In a healthy oondltlon of the body, oauses the food to be digested; and whrn this juice la not Increased In sufficient quantities, Indigestion, with all Its distressing symptoms, follows. The Sea WeedTonlo performs the duty of thegastrlo jolce when the latter Is defiolent. Schenck's Sea Weed Tonle sold by all Druggists. The Markets. NKW TOBK Beef CUttle-Prfme to Extra Bulloeki 08*# 11 Common to Good Texam (8 A OS Milch Cows 65 00 QCO 00 Hogs?Live...,,., 07 9 07 Droesed OrH'4 01 Shoep (6 V Lames 0,: .>?? OJ Ootton?Middling 2!X<3 11 Ji Flonr?Extra Western 6 fft " 75 State Extra & 15 (4 6 5 ) * Wheat?lied Western 1 10 0 I 13 No. 1 Spring 1 10 (i I 13 Ryo?State i& t8 Barley?ytate.. ' ? ? -Malt 90 & 1 35 Oatn?Mixed Western to (4 40 Corn?Mixed Western fll (4 AO T-? ? at n?jr, pi -? v> V-Straw, per cwt 61 (H ] 11 Hops 76*???10 t$17 ....old* 04 @ 06 Pork?Mob* 2) IS d0 3' I Lard 11>,' Fish?Mackerel, No. 1, new 34 00 @26 iHj " No. 2, new 12 CO ?13 0) Dry Cod, per cwt 6 CO <& 8 28 Herring, Healed, per box 33 0 24 Petroleum?Ornde 09 ?09 Beflned, 16 ^ Wool?California Fleecu 10 9 21 Toxaa " 30 O 2S Australian " 4H <4 46 nutter?atate 2<i 9 8 Western Dairy 53 9 24 Western Yellow...... lit Q a Western Ordinary *.'i 0 15 OhM*e?Sialo Victory.............. 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It portrays Ilia m it r tally it is Egypt, Tor. key, and the Holy Land, and oonulna 3uO Hajn-tAccnt n#w KngrarlEga. oOO Ontflta were otden-d in adaanct, and Ageota are lelling 10 to 20 a day. 3tkA thomand now <n prut. Agent*, note i* your time to ntak* money teith the f a*te*t tiling book ntr publL\td. W-OUTFiT t 'RKK to all. Large pamphlet, with EXTRA t*nnv free. Addreaa, A D. WORTHINGTO.V A OO . Hartford, Conn. T*TANTED AGENTS. Sample* and Outfit free. TT Metfer than Sold. a. OOPI/nCtt A OO.. Chicago. 61 O aduyatbome. Agent* wanted. Oatflt and term* <Pi? free. Addreea TBUK & OO.. Angnata, Maine. >) R Kxtra Floe Mixed Cudh with Name, lO Uf) eta., poet-paid, L. J0.VB8 ACQ.. Naaaaa, ft. Y. 40ft ? day at home. Sample* worth 91 *nt ggWjgWjHIL STIMSORAOO..Portland,Me. Profitable, fleaaantworfc: fiunareai now employed; hnndreda more wanted. M. W. Lovill, Brie, Pa. B0Y8 and GIRLS can make Money daring their trimmer vacation. Send 3-cent stamp for parties, lar.to D. B. ROOKAFBLLAB, Somerrlile, N. J. OKA MONTH and traveling expeam paid tDXAItl for Salesmen. No peddlers wanted. Addreea, Momtob Manttt'o Oo? Cincinnati. Ohio. AGENTS WANTED.?Twenty 9x11 Moontad Ohromoo for 81. 2 aamplee by mall, post-paid, ?Oo. uowtcnugi ax. Ohbomo Oo.. 37 Naieao fit.. New York. WATCHES. A Great Senaatton. Sampi* Hk ? WaitA and Outfit free to Agent*. Better than Gold. Addreea A. OODLTER A OO., Chicago. A FOKTUNE can b? made without oori or rtak. form la*. Particular* free. itWlraa* J. B. BUROK9, Manager. Rawlins Olty, Wyoming. (fACA A Month.?A|?aU wanted. 36 beet NO Ih.illll '"f article* In the world. One aaaple free. UHJUV Add1? JAY BttONSON.DetioltJflah r%| I I mm HABIT CURED AT HOME. U T*111IYI l^o publicity. Time short. Term* moderate. 1,000 te*Umonlaia. Deaorlbe caw. Dr. F. 8. Mjlimh, Qatncy; Mich. i flTTlTTTTn A" Want It?thonaand* of lire* and A IT ml In made with It?particular* free. 0. M. tiiniMOToy ABbo. JewYortAOlrioaao. /hnn HKK WEEK Gu AKA.NTKED to Ageat*1 Jlk / / Male and Female, la their own looallly. iD B t Terma and OOTB'lT FREE. Addrees ~ P. O. VIOKEBY AOO.. AngnauuMaln*. *oca *gzura TS AtlffTW and Morphia* Habit absolutely and ilTlfllM speedily cured. Pilnlew; nopablJoltj. 1I n 11 In Sxjnd ?tam p for Particular*. Dr. CaXLv* *uu? TPS. Ih7 Waablntton Bu, Chicago, lit T>ENNSV LVAN IA MILITARY ACADEMY. JL Cheater, Peon., Be pen* September 12. Tnorough Instruction In Olril and Wtolng Engineering, the OUiilc* and JCnglich Br?nche*. For Uiroolai* apply to POL. THEO. HYATT, Pres., P. M. A. ef aad Pwl*BUel 0.3. Horml A<Jdr??,VUltln?, R?w*rd, Motto,Comic, tad Tn?^ TiL BUtFol^SSQ^S.'BSTSX'. I,4^. CKNT8 and a 3-ceut (tamp for SO White Brlit.l VUIOuk Oaid*. Printed by a new proceaa. No nloer one* ever t?ea. Pilcea nerer before named. Lax*est verlely ev?r snown. All oth?r klada ocrrospjj.iloBly low. Circulars, 3-cent (tamp, iodacements n?^er before ofleied to Agent*, 'lerritory faat belu? 0 0AJTW0W| Bcz a7gt Boston, Maw. M ELECTRWT For the MilHon. An Electric Battery for 25 Cents. COLLINS' VOLTAIC PLASTEB Cures Fains and Aches. It eqmllxM the Circulation. It subdues Inflammatory Action. It cum Raptarti and strains. It removes r tin ud Soreness. It caret Kidney Ouroplalnt. It strengthen* tbe Muscles. It cores Rheamatl'ta sod Neuralgia. It roUies Stiffened Oords. It cures Nervous Shocks. It Is lava'uable In Paralysis. It care* Iaflunmstln o(the Livtr. It remove i Nm vous Pains. * It cares Nptnsl Weakness. I' 1? Grs'efal snd Soothing. * It oar- s Epl.eo*? or Fits Ir. is Safe, Reliable snd Kconomical It is prescribe by HhyiJcians. It is indoned by Elecriclans. COLLINS' VOLTAIC PLASTER Is warranted, on the reparation of Dr. Ooiiln*, Its lnveator, an old potslclan to be the be<t plaster In the world of medicine. The anion of the tiro great medio* 1 scents, vlr.: Electricity and Medical Gams and Ewenceo, folly justifies the ol.lm, acd eaUUes ihis remedy to rank foremost tmooi all curative compound* lor all external Acnes and Palm. Price, 25 Oentj. Sold by all Druggists, and sent on rsoelpt of 25 oents for oni. g 1.25 for six,or 88.85 for twelve, carefully wrapped tod warranted by Wk.BKS A POTTER. Proprietor*. Rn*?on. Mima. Public Report OF A ' POLICEMAN. I have not enjoyed good health for several years psst, yet have not silo - ea it to lnterler* witfl my labor. Every one belonging to the laboring class knows the inconveoiencn of being obliged U> lat orwhen t/ebody, from dut.llity, almuet refuses io perform lt> dtlly task. I never was a believer in eoelng wita mealeino*; bat. having bea'd tea v Humis* n. ipucen 01 so nnni>, wa. determined to try it, an i shall never regret aai determination. As a tonic (wblc i every one needs at sums time; It snrpaasea anjtning I e er curd of. It Invigorate t the whule?yst?m ;i(U>great cleanser aaa purifier of the bl>'d. There are m?ny ut my acqaalatancee who hire Uien It, and all unite in praise 01 ita satt?ta?tory efleot. Especially among the aged class of people, It imparts to them toe one thing most nteafulin oiu age? ni htsof calm, sweet repose, thereby strengthening the mind as wsli as tne body. One aged iaoy, wno has been suffering through life* from Scrofula, and his become blind fr-m its effects, having tried many remedies with no favorable reeolt, was lodncea by friends to try the VEUKT1NK. After taking a few bottles, she obtained such great relief that she expressed a wlsn for her sight, tn?i sne might be ablo to look upon the mau who bad sent her such a blessing. Yours respectfully, 0. H. P. HODGrf, Police Officer, Sta'lon 6. Boh ton, ilast., May 9,1871. HEARTFELT PRAYER St. Paul, Aug. S3,1864. H. R. Stevkwb. Esq.: D-ar Mr? I sbou'd be wanting in gratitude, if I failed to sckaonledgs what'the VKUKl'INK has done for me I wus nttack-d about elnven months sines wiih Bton cbitls, wblcii settled Into Consumption. I bad night ewe-its ah J otollls; was distressed f*r breath, and frequently si'it blood ; was all emaciated, vsrv weak,and eo ow thai my ' rlends thonght mv case bopele**. I was alvlsed to rnakx a trial of the VhGETIVK, wblcb. uuder fie providence of G -d, bss cu ed ms. Tnat He n ay bless the use of your medicine to others, as He nss to me. and that His divine grao? may attend you, ii the heartfelt ptaver of your admiring, nnmble ie-vinf. BKVJAMIN PhTTINGILL P. S ?Vine is but one among the many cures your medicine fcas effected in this place. B. P, .Recommit It Heartily. South Boston, Feb. 7, 1870. Mr St*v?n*s : P-nr Sir-1 hive taken ?e?e-al bottles of yonr VEGET1NE. and am convinced It is a vatuab'e remedy for D.,epA?ft>s, Kld iey Complaint, and General DeLl.lty of tb* nysteiu. . lean heartily reemmsmi It to alt suffering from the asove complaints. Vours ros ectfuUy, Mbs. MONROK PARK KB, 3.SO Athens Street. ? .. J- f-u 1 ?tl Tt?,., vepeune is sui? uy f Madame F0TS Corset Skirt Snpportor Increases In Popularity erery For HEALTH, COMFORT sa4 STYLE 11 fctaowlid^ TIIK BEST ARTICLE o! Ihi ilod nude. For *!? ?>y ?H l?s??J jobbsn al r? Uilm. Ikw?r. or iMUtUtons tod laX/lr^o """MAMJrACTCllSD SOLXLT DT FOY Oc HARBIUK, New Havbp. Oeu. " *&VOUROWN PRINTING! jffJOVELT^: XlS PRTNTINO PEjS^S. KfM jpor Professional an. Amateur Printers, Schools, Societies, Man. |93rjf? nflictnrers, MerchanU, Md oUien 'tis vSSfHH th? BEST etcr Invcntca. 18.000 In ns?. :,3'HnSPWdTen styles, Prices from S6.00 to $160.00 uHs- VREnJ. o. WOODS & CO. Mtnnfrt and "SttLrv :i :>r? in all kic<J? of prlntl ng Material, rrt itipji *' * 1 VACteAr Fry? > VMILY TT FRTJTT and JELLYII FRE8S 1 A One-third morn jaloe ih&a bj the old HJ kESSH process. A Doa.-:*Uol,l necesdty. Krtry Bjl BtSSSSK Umtlj will bari.n? Quart and gallon V si see. Liberal diacouut to the trade. V hvawH? For droolar and toims, addreas with ? stamp. AMERICAN FRUIT AN1> JKlXY PRKB8 CO.. * ??^ , Otscnnuxi, Omo. : Agent* Wanted la livery Town and County | lalf a dollar i [IdTer^p* I For the Next Half Tearr * H The Lmozm m ? Unr? &# ? . tA-eohuna, todiywd'jn* H fswipaper, whien no ltiteUigeGt UmlJj aboold M %ttb HQ m. b BEY COMPANY, g 11 1 'i 9 y?? oTof table cutlery. B OO." cn tha bUd?. Warranted and aold br ?U Deair a tM Oh 49 CfciMbfri Mwt< New Vjtju YHOUR owa Liken*** In oU color,, to .bow oot work, H painted ca Cftnrft* tiixlii, trom ft ohotocrapb or H tln-tjn?, free with tb* Bum* Jcurm U, * J??r H fiample of oar wort ?od peper tenna to a**nta, to., IO ? QU. L. T. LimtERrMaTVUig.. Krle coonty.Ta. A "MTiA 1/ LiiT f|1 V Your dux printed on 9 Curds, containing s aoene wb?^h?M toTbTRghtTw H deetjrna), Mat poat-pald for 20 ctnti; 6 peck*, BMW, 81 .No other o?rd printer on iheamn*. wnUd: Bi ontflt 10*. Oftrd Prtafr, l<o*k Box P. AaaJaad. Ma**. E 'pnCHOKAIOI. ar Soul ChmrmtrngS I Bow tiUwr m may (aadaaie and rain U? tor* Ml H mlfcctionef*ye?mDtl?rdheew,lietie?7. TMaartellew Q eaga^abbssjfflgg h H^Hrr ft beautl/d White Crora, H ttwtaadin beaatltul iveea EE dark beafc'grooad, In B| ^B?nch< Ucolo: a. 11x14 laches H ^Edthe Bosion w*ekl7^>b?, t<? Bfc.Br-totUt?. B n AGENTS AmTEDFORTHE GREAT Centennial history i It Mlto fftit?r than ftor oth*r book me*<6n*hed. B Ob* Acsut sold 01 coplM ta oaa dar. wSfclor oar B 'itr* tenet to Axenta. NATIONAL PUBLIBBJUJO Oo* B taxt. PhUftdftlpBft, ra. B fllLl A C ?The ohntoeat la th* world?Import*** B A JjAia. price*-JUqg**t Owiuwy la Aaartoa . B ?t*ple article?ple??ea ernrjbody?Trade conilnuxJly loorefttinx?Aireota waotod ?rerywhere?beet ladoce- M meet* don't wule tlta* aecd fur circolar to BOBT H WKLL8,43 V??y 8t, g. T. P.aBoTim. fj Everett House, g KMHLM North (Ida Union Square, New York City. fl OS Oooleat and Moat Oenbal Location fa the H Hi 0tt* M^sssssr/tiAvaL I Clarendon Hotel, | Fteortfa Athm. eome* Eut 18 th Sim*. K?w York E Bfe IWb ?SSt ?- ?SBgS I DImum, Ilka rlret*, iprtng from mull canaac. The roaring rlrer may not be ?u<1t directed from It* ?oono, nor the nacUotad (Umim from Ito 4eato*U*? Mart. Taken In time, CUeaee, which 1j meryl* an lnt?rrnpt?-d function, may be arerted by the oae of Nature'a remadj, . Tarrant's Seltzer Aperient. It oombinee the medical propertie* of tha bast mlreral water* in th? world . 8QLD BY ALL ggggggML STOHTM LIKE BETWEEN NEW YORK, BOSTON, AND ALL NEW ENGLAND POINTS. The only reliable Line ronnln*. Avoiding tha danger* and Sea alotnow of iMnt Jcditn. Not a trip mienidta aaraa year*. Fiaaat floet offfcaamemott I/>ef Iaiacd Sound.. Leare New York from Pl?r 33. N?rti H1*W, Peat ?f Jay MtfrM, U*JI? <?io*pt Van| e^etVaeit'i o?"ttae!V I Botton from th? Boston 4 PiOfldaaflO &. R. Despot, I Park Square aod CWumba* Avnaa, 4 C T. Mm w It log on bated tt? st?*ni9r? in tima tor ?app?r mo u *wr "55o?k at 0 naxt morula*, m-ad of alt otijor Uoai. Tlokata to all point* via thla line for aala at all principal Tick at OffloaC Baffiat cbaokod through, iiak ft r Tlokata via 8toninfton Lino. tborooftx OoU?*inte Education 10 both um, who bora pnnaa tUt uua* oowvas of ttudr, and nceira the way ie*TO?a. Total Kxpenaaa? Includible Tni'lon, Board, Waahlnc, U?? of Book*, ate., WSWpa Y?ar. IfoKxfcft Obaixsa. For Catalccoa, ciTto* foil particular! aa to Ooorfwa of 8tady, etc , tdArnea. KdwxBO U. MaGrLZ., Praaldaot, Swartianure UoBaga, Dataware Co, Paaaa.i A BO OK tor the MILLION! I MEDICAL ADVICE AfifflSSSfiSSrSES! Catarrh, Raffart^Oplao *r, HtMT OU On n*A+ "n,: BuSSf^netuuy No. 12N. 8Unt,St.Looia, Ma. - I A Great Offer IHH q/ 100 new and atcood-hiuid PIANiin an< OKUANM q/tr*t-C'.tum uioken,UeludUg WA? SKS: New J Boxed and Mtalpued. Terina, fdO eaa aad 9lu wonthly until piud. New & Ucuve U Map Or ranwitk kaak <ito?ci? g?d???I. winranted, for 8125-926 ea*h, ?<f8 mtiktv ;8?1fWwi{tee''rfi*45{?ru?>aSi ft SONS* 481 HwUw, lftw ytrtfa. ' vlrf 'x * iAHA M WI3y .>jfeaB&ra3 SULPHUR SOAP, The Moot Effective External Remedy Ever Offered to the Public. Guam's Sulphur Soap cares with wondrous rapidity all Local Diseases and Irritatioo of the Skin, remedies and prevents Rheumatism and Qout, . removes Dandruff, Prevents the Hair, . . from Falling Ovftpnd Turning Gray, and is the fyesypossible protection against diseases communicated by contact. , cokplexional detects are per- i manently removed by its use, and it J exerts a most beautifying influence upon the face, heck, arms, and, indeed, upon the entire cuticle, which it endows with remarkable pchity, FAIRNESS and SOFTNESS. iThis inexpensive and convenient specific renders unnecessary the outlay attending Sulpjiur BalllS. It thoroughly disinfects- contaminated clothing and linen. PHYSICIAHS ADVISE ITS USE J Prices, 25 and 50 Cekts per Cake, Per Box, (3 Cakes,) COc. and ft.20. N.B. By purchasing the large caket at 64 centa 70a get triple the quantity. "HilPs Hair and TTM*kf=? Bye," Black or Brown, 6Of0. S. CB1TTSST0N. frw'r. J Sbtt Af. W. tii mm MM Life Insurance Co. OF-PHILADELPHIA. ' ASSETS, - - $5,504,329.24 Incorporated In 1847. Purely Mutual. Annual Oath DlrUends ar?liable to redaooPremlhm* the aeeond yetr. PollolM non-forf-1 table t >t their raluEndowment Policies lnaed at LI'e Rate*. 8AMURL a HUEV. Preetdent SAMUEL e. STOKES. Vic* Pie.ild.-nt. H. 8. 8TEPHKN3, 2d Vlco-Pweldent JAS. WEIR MASON, Actn?tY. HENRY AUSTIE,Secretary. AfWlta wanted In Eastern and Middl- S ate*. Apply to 11. I* BTRfllHNN V P., Peon Mu'nal hnlldlrg, PnUadelpM.., Pa. to Barents. If your child is suffering from worms use Db. Wisijabt's Worm Sugar Drop3, an old and reliable remedy, that never fail* in thoroughly exterminating these* j Dests of childhood. Beinpr made in the form of Sugar Drops, having neither the taste a: smell of medicine, no trouble is experienced in inducing children to tako them. Sold by all Druggists at 25 cts. a box, or sent by mail on receipt of price, at the Principal Depot, 916 Filbert Street, Philadelphia, Pa. fTTTl H anak es is 18 I V dr- silsbi?k'? II L \ Zxter lal PILE Bemt&j I a * Th? on'f ^ur> rnt" *or P'l' I I I | 1 In order to practically pnv H 9 I fi 1 Li I to the public tbac "Aoakes^ " fl -II I > J la ail wn claim 'or It, wo wl ?#tafcB??i on i*c?lpt of a 1-tter atamn. Bead to any aotferer a ??mp ?ot itie "AnakeaK" fre? t' ubante. P. NElJ*TAKI>rER <fc t O.. 8ol? Manufacturer* of AnakeMa, Box 30??? New NorU. ZNQXJXR33 FOR W.AJROWN&CO's OMBBiSLLAS. PHIXjADELPIUA ad NEW YOU K.-Tie qnallrlM marked tb< it name art oonCotrUj ' > commended. KY 5_U t: o ? 8_ %V .? > rt'KITHti TCO ADVERT!;,BH>. 11 W.Pttae *u y ihiji ywm ? *? *h? K^wrtW f nn>nt In tkli p&c?r> . [ / ?->*