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FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD. Thw War on "Corn Worms." !VIr. A. Browster, West Ossipee, N II., sends the following communication t-? the Boston Cultivator: In my expo- j riouce on the f.irm I have observed four I different worms which prey upon the j flowing corn. The first of these is what tho farmers call the "wireworm," | of a yellow color, aiul when full grown j is not over ono ami one-fourth iucbcs long aud about tho size of a knitting ; needle. It begins its mischief, as soon i as tho c?r:i is p'anted, by burrowing in ! the konv-l audi eating out tlif* chit. They are most numerous ou cold, wet land. The best remedy I know of is to put in a larger amount of seed, with a broken cob tor every hiil?instead of attacking U?e corn, thev crawl into the pith of t h . cob. and tlius me harmless. The second kiml is tho "cutworm," because it cuts tiff tho growing stalk of c >rn just level with tho surface of the fcoil. This cutting down of tho small Made is l>uc a slight injury, for it keeps on growing and iu a few days all the traces of the wound that ren. aiu are the shattered tips of a few of tho lower leaves. If hunted for soon after this cutting has been done the worm will l>e found in the hill, about an inch below , the surface. It is of a very dark brown color, bl.infc at each end, about the big- j iiess of a pipe stem and from one to one j nud one-half inches in length. Remedy | ?Hoe the corn early, hunt the worms j and kill t hem as you go. You may think this a hard task, but it can be done both J rapidly and thoroughly after a few j fours' practice. The third kind is what farmers de- ! nominate the " grubworm," because he gnaws off" the growing spire of corn, close down to the kernel, and kills it as ?'ilectixi\!ly as if it had been grubbed up by the roots It is about the size and length of the cutworm; color white, or nearly so; hind part of the body taper iug toward a point with rings. If this kind be at work on your corn, a single glance atthohill discloses the fact. The | farmer knows that there is only one | remedy, and that is to get right down and dig it out. I have known them to kill the corn after it had attained tho height ox more than two feet. The fourth species is the " whiteworm," which is so familiar to the eye of every farmer everywhere. They are produced from the eggs of the Juno big ; ihlaek beetle; every third year they oome j by the acre; this season they are sweep | ii:g clean many thousand acres of tillage j land in Carroll county, it matters not ^ what the crop may be. ^hey devour gW the com roots below th^kernel, and I pw >vill attack it at any time while it stands in the held. Remedy?Preserve their i satural enemies; there is noother within i the reach of man. Their most formida- ! ble foe is the crow, which will fly many miles for a feast on their fat bodies, i The skunk destroys great numbers of these beetles and' thus prevents the j laying of eggs which might produce an j Krmy of worms. Gradually as the j farmer and the crow become more inti- : ruato friends the depredations of all kinds ox worms will become lighter. P'nrm Product* of the United States. Iowa produces the largest spring wheat crop of any State, the production | of tho United States being 112,549,533 j bushels, riuj that of Iowa 28,708,312 j bushels, while Wi.sconsiu ranks next j with 24,375,435 bushels. Ohio raises j tho most winter wheat, 27,625,759 of the j 175,195,193 bnshels produced in the j United States. Pennsylvania supplies | one-fifth of tho rye produced in this ! i-nnntrv <)? 3 r577 fi.ll hnnliwlfl nnt. nf Ifi.- i 918,795. .Illinois grows a larger quan-! lityof corn than any other State, or 129,921.895 of the 760.944,249 the country produces. Illinois also takes the lead in the oat crop, growing 42,789,581 out of the total 282,107,159 bushels. California produces the lu. gest barley crop, j or 8,783,490 out of a total of 29,761,805 ! bushels. New York is the largest cui- J tivntor of buckwheat, raising 3,904,030 1 of atotil of 9,821.721 bushels. Missis- j sippi takes the load among the cottongrowing States. Ohio produces more | than half the flax of the United States, j Kentucky grows more than half the ! hemp crop of our country. California j produces nine-tenths of our native silk | cocoous. Ohio contributes one-fifth of i all the wool produced in tho United i States, or twice as much as New York, i and nearly twice as much as California, i New York produces more than one-fifth j of the hay crop, or nearly twice as much | as Pennsylvania, which furnishes the \ next largest figures in that line. New York furnishes more than twofchi'ds of the hop crop of the country, South Carolina supplies nearly half the rice produced in the country. Georgia is nest, or 7,000.000 pounds ahead of Louisiana. Nearly all the rice comes from these three States. Of the I 272,731,311 pounds of tobacco produced i in tho country, 105,305,828 pounds are j grown iu Kentucky. Virginia comes ] next with 38,086,364 pounds. Louisiana ] contributes nearly all the sugar and mo- j lasses from cane, and Vermont nearly i one-third of the sugar from maple, while t New York produces one-fourth. of the i c i~ al: i t .i: /iu- , ougttcwi luiipiu. vjuiu auu jlliuiuijh ^uie ] latter most) produce each one-eighth of j t sorghum molasses. New York grows j < one-tifth of the whole potato crop, j i North Carolina produces more sweet po- < tatocs than any other State. FnrmnV Club Note*. ( An Ohio member recommended for ' th*> purification of the water of a cistern r that han hocome foul the letting down ' into it of a bushel of pounded charcoal ( inclosed in a coarse sack ; the process to , be repeated with fresh charcoal if neces- , eary. An experienced dealer said to those i farmers who intend setting out trees the | oomiug season : " Buy small thrifty | tree*, not the largest ones to be had." as j c the smull ones are not only more liable ' s " to live, but will soon overreach the j c u. -1 ?' -11 ' * i ' larger uut s uuu give m ail respects Dec : j ter satisfaction. j j Amocg suggestions given for the |' present feason was : " Give all fruit j\ trees a whitewash coating to keep off! i f?nd destroy the bark louse," etc.; also :! " Nip the new growth of currants, rasp- ! ^ berries nnd blackberries," and " watch i ? newly set trees and rub off the small IS sprouts and buds, which are liable to j * form branches when branches are not ' desired." Tho treatment given for a cow * suffering from a sprain of the fetlock f was : Thoroughly bathe with water as [ warm as the hand can comfortably bear, j und then bandage with r? flannel cloth, wet in a mixture of one <,art vinegar to 1 three parts of water ; keep the bandage wfet, and prevent the cow from ranging 1 about until strong again, aa rest is es- j +r> o nnro OUUVKU IV Ml Burns and Ncaldi. The recent fearful explosion on board the British ironclad Thunderer has called out the publication of many recipes aud remedies. Among them all, the following, contributed by an old and experienced physician, has the merit of convenience and readiness. The remedy is simply this: The common whitiug of commerce (found in nearly every kitchen), reduced by cold water to the consistence of thick cream, is to be spread oa a iight linen rag, 8Dd the whole burnt surface instantly covered, and thus excluded from the action of the air. The ease it affords :'s instantaneous, and it only requires to be kept moist bv subr-equent occasional sprinklings of cold water. Chnrcoul for Turkeys. 8 From California came the advice to f1 the farme-s' club to furnish charcoal for ? fattening turkeys. It should be pul- ^ verized and mixed with corn meal, " mashed potatoes or other substance that a can be fed out in little lumps. It was J - J L - _ J X 1_ . I f aiso recommeuuou w ieeu young turseys the first -week four times 9 day, after ? whioh three tittles will be sufficient; to " keep them in a pen until old enough P to range without danger from damp and " cold. The great secret of suooess in J2 raising young turkeys is to keep them " dry and warm, and to supply them with * grass, grave), bugsand flies until nllowed to run at iarge and piok up th'-no thiDgs ~ for themselves. J P A man is supposed to bo wandering g somewhero in Pennsylvania with two t live alligators in his possession. He R took them from Philadelphia. I 0 State Fairs and Expositions. Connecticut. State fair, Hartford, September 12 to 15. S. M. Wells, secretary. California State fair, Sacramento, September 18 to 23. Robert Beck, secretary. Chicago Industrial exposition. Chica go, September 6 to October 9. I. P Reynolds, secretary. l>es Moines, Iowa, Burlington, September 19 to 22. E. C. Parsons, secretory. Illinois State fair, Ottawa, September 1 to 9. S. D. Fisher, secretary. Indiana State fair and exposition, Indianapolis, September 25 to October 18. Alex. Heron, secretary. Iowa *tafce fair, Cedar Rapids, Sepn .Tnhn R. Sliftflfar. sp^re Larv. Massachusetts Stat? Agricultural Society, Boston, no fair. CJhas. L. Flint, secretary. Michigan State fair, Jackson, September 18 to 22. 0. F. Kimball, secretary. Kansas Agricultural Society, Topeka, no fair. Alfred Gray, secretary. Kansas City exposition, Kansas City, .Mo., September 18 to 23. D. L. Hall, secretary. Kentucky State Agricultuial Sooiety, Lexington, no fair. James I. Miller, secretary. Minnesota State fair, St. Paul, October 3 to 6. R. C. Judson, secretary. Nebraska State fair, Lincoln, September 25 to 29. Daniel H. Wheeler, secretary. New Jerauy State fair, Wamly, September 18 to 22. P. 1. Qoinn, secretary. New York State fair, Albany, September 11 to 15. T. L. Harrison, secretary. Northern Ohio fair, Cleveland, September 11 to 15. Samuel Briggs, secretary. Northeastern Iowa fair, Dubuque, September 4 to 8. M. S. Kobison, secretary. Ohio State fair, Columbus, September A O T IT T/ Kwttn*>4- dAAtiofnVTr 1 l/U O, il. J-L. JULiippait, DCWDWlJ. Oregon State fair, Salem, October 9 to 15. E. M. Waite, secretary. Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society, Harrisburg, no fair. D. W. Seiler, secretary. Southern Ohio fair, Dayton, September 25 to 29. John A. Miller, secretary. St. Louis agricultural and mechanical fair, St. Louis, October 2 to 7. G. 0. Kilb, secretary. St. Joseph Agricultural exposition, St. Joseph, September 25 to 30. J. T. Imbrie, secretary. West Virginia Central Agricultural fair, Clarksburg, September 19 to 21. George Bastaole, secretary. Wisconsin, Milwaukee, September 11 to 16. W. W. Field, secretary. The War iu Bulgaria. A correspondent writes: I have just I seen the town of Batok. Here is what I j saw. On approachiug the town on a j hill there were some dogs. They ran i away, ami we found on the spot a number of skulls scattered about, and one ghastly hvap of skeletons with clothing. I CDunted from the saddle a hundred skulls. On entering the town we saw on every side skulls and skeletons charred among tho ruins, or lying en- j tire where they fell in their clothing, j We approached the church. There j these remains were more frequ< nt, until the ground was literally covered with j skeletons, skulls and bodies. Between the church and the school j there were heaps of dead bodies. The i sight was dreadful. The whole church- i yard for three feet deep was festering i with dead bodies partly covered?hands, j legs, arms and heads projected in ghastly ! confusion. I saw many little hands, j neads and feet of children of three years j of age, and girls with heads covered | with beautiful hair. The church was still worse. The floor was covered with bodies. I never imagined anything so fenrfnl. There wore three thnnsand bodies in the churchyard and church, j Iu the school, a fine building, two huu- j dred women and children had been i burnt alive. All over the town there j were the same scenes. In some places heaps of bodies buried in shallow holeB had been uncovered by the dogs. The banks of the little stream were covered with bodies. Many bodies hud been carried to Tatar Bazardjik, a distance of thirty miles. The town had 9,000 inhabitants. There now remain 1,200. The man who did ail this, Aohmed Aga, has been promoted, and is still governor of the district. TLo newspaper accounts were not exaggerated. They could not be. No crirao invented by Turkish ferocity was left uncommitted. Seven thousand bodies have been lying here sinoe May 12, rotting in the sun, preyed upon by dogs; and Sir Henry Elliot has never heard that the authorities demand a war contribution from the remaining inhabitants of 100,000 piastres. The town formerly paid a million. The harvest is rotting "in the delds. The owners are in the churchward. Tne survivors' cattle have been ;aken by the Turks, who refuse to restore it. It is impossible to cet in the larvest. It is not truo that the Turks iro sending help. The inhabitants everywhere complain to M. Schuyler ;hat their cattle tire not restored, and ;hat help is not given. The statements that the Bulgarians jommitted atrocities is utterly unfoonded ind shamefully false. M. Schuyler ;hinks that less than two hundred rnrks were killed, nearly all in open jombat. There is no proof yet that a ritJgle Turkish woman or child was ulled. There is urgent need of relief or the starving and helpleBS families. M&ssacrei in Bulgaria. A special dispatch from the Bucharest lorrespondent of the Daily Newt, who iccompanied Mr. Sohuyler in his tour >f investigation, says Mr. Baring's re- ' jort of sixty villages burned and 12,000 jersons killed by the Turks in Bulgaria '( loes not include the oatrages committed ri tV>Q rliofnnt nnrf.Vi nf t.ViA nnr n the district of Sophia. Forty villages were burned north of he Balkans, and seventy south. Mr. Jchuyler has not completed his investigation, but he estimates the number of he killed at 60,000 in the district of ?hilippopolis alone. The regular troopi are more eruel than he Bashi-Baeouks. No doubt the maalacres were committed with the sanction )f th? authorities. Outrages continue .0 occur. The governor of Philippopois want? cavalry to quell th* Mussulnans. Mr. Schuyler thinks there is immediite danger of additional massacres. He rill suggest to his government the folowing measures: The hanging of four eaders in these atrdcities, the disarming >f the Mussulmans, and the rebuilding >f the burned villages at government ex>ense. As these measures cannot be eft to the authorities, Mr. Schuyler will jropose a foreign commission to gee that his be executed. A Minnesota. "Farm. DalrympleV big Minnesota farm of j (0,100 ararea is just turning out its wheat srop of 1,300 acres. Nine self-binding f larvesters are constantly employed f eaping and binding 180 acres a day. Jr. Dalrymple is haxvesting his crop ? or about one-fifth the cost required 1 mder the system in vogue ten years ago. Dhe yield will average eighteen bushels ^ o the acre, and the net profit will be 1 >7,000. Dalrymple has broken 9,000 ' cres for next year's wheat. During the ireaking season Mr. Dalrymple had as 1 iigh as one hundred teams at work. 1 ?he furrows turned were six miles long, < nd the teams made but two trips a duy, raveling with each plow, to make the j our furrows, twenty-four miles. Dalymple commenced his farming career y working in the grain Uelds at 810 1 er month. He saved money euough to j uy forty acres, and kept adding to it ntil he owns a ranch. He was bred n iwyer, but left the bar to liarveht Jieat. DnomJKitB.?The Indians who a i eur ago wore sentenced to eoDfinement 1 i Florida for murders committed on tha < l*in?, hare sinoo been intrusted with uard and sentry duty at the fort where f hey are kept, and have proved them- i elves most trustworthy and susceptible 1 f drill and discipline. j r A Lovers' Quarrel. i. You will find, inclosed with this note of mine, Tour letters and gifts in their order set ; I havo kept, as you Bee, not a eiDgle lino To recall what I now would fain forget. Your picture?I never liked the pose? The ring and chain, and the rest, you know, I have placod with caro, for, indeed, who knows But another will prize? Well, let it go 1 So snaps in a moment the chain that bound. Oh, better, no doubt, to end it thus Than find, too late, as we must have found, That chance alone had united us. You can throw, if yon choose, the blame on me, As it always comforts a man to do : No matter ; enough if I can see That the fault of our quarrel rests with you. Let us never meet?it is better so; For, after all, being only human, I feel to the heart?not angry, no, Not angry, but still?an injured woman. P. 8.?On the whole, aB our letters might Stray to some other than you and me, For just this once I will meet you to-night, At the usual time, by the sycamore tree. XL I eenfl you hero, together with thin, Your letters you asked for back again, And pardon it if a luckless kisB Has blottod the pages now and then. The curl of your hair, the glove you wore, The mignonette?take back tho whole, And with them the faith that once I bore, The love and trust of a man's whole soul. Tho past?is there aught remains behind ? Tho future?what hope have you left me there ? If I go to the deuce? But never mind ! I scorn to threaten, to rave and swear. No, no, be happy, aa women will Before the kiss on their lips is cold That pledges them to another, still In the new lovo lightly forgetting the old. Yes, all is over between us now? I never shall look on yonr face again ; Ni-> on rnnr wav with vnnr broknn vow. Ov rf"? ?^ * ? And think no more of?a desperate man. P. 8.?Iu order that you may see I have kept back nothing, not even & flower, On second thoughts, to the sycamore tree I will bring them myself at the usual hour. xn. They have met to utter their last good-byes ; And there by the sycamore tree they stand, Gazing each in the other's eye?, Holding each to the other's hand. The Tetteis lie on the mossy seat? Ring and picture, curl and glove ; While the doubly perjured lips repeat The oft-told tale of ohangeleBB love ; And over their heads the star of even Twinkles down through the sycamore boughs, Laughing, perchance, as the hosts of heaven May langb, to listen to lovers' vows. ?Kate Putnam Osgood. ADVENTDBE WITH A MADMAN. \ " Well, Tom, you don't mean to say you funk it ? I thought you had more pluck than to stick at a little thing like that. Suppose the spire is a hundred and fifty feet high; "why, there are ladders all the way up, and isn't it just as easy to mount the hundredth step as the first?" urged my adventurous comrade, as he looked wistfully up at the j tall, tapering steeple which the work : men were then newly painting. " 1 tell you what, Willie, 1 don't see the use of running the risk of breaking our necks in the attempt. For you, who have bo lately recovered from brain j fever, it would be the height of folly." "If so, Tom, it's foilj*8 height itself I'm going to climb to, aud within ten minutes I'll be astride of the weathercock. Good-bye, my boy; I'm sorry you haven't the courage to follow and, whittling a lively tune, Willie Bradney walked toward the church porch. [ was now ashamed to hang back; I knew that the next day Willie's adventure would make him the hero of the school?a position which we were ever struggling for in jealous rivalry; so, ere he reached the church porch, I overtook him and signified my intention of sharing the adventure. "That's right, old fellow," wr.s the retort; "but come, be quick, before the workmen return from diunei,"' and, passing into the belfry, ho ascended the i steep winding steps of the tower, and soon gained the battlements. So far all was well. We had already ascended one hundred feet from the ground ; but above us rose the tall, taperiug spire to a height of a hundred and fifty feet more?its Corinthian pinnacle surmounted by the glittering weathercock, which had been newly gilded. Tho ascent had to be made by ladders, which were bound to each other and secured tightly to the Btonework. I danced at Bradnev. He seemed cool and determined. His right foot was already on the ladder. "Go on," I said; "if you are resolved, I'm with you," and away he went, and I after him. There is nothing muoh easier than getting up a ladder. I took care to grasp my way tightly with both hands, and neither to look up nor down. Willie, however, climbed much faster than I, though unaccustomed to the work. We both often paused to rest. At last 1 heard him shout : "Here's a pretty go, Martini this confounded pinnacle projects a matter of two feet above the top bar of the ladder. I don't Bee how to clamber over it" "Come down, then, like a sensible fellow," I cried, for I heartily wished the adventure over. " Oh, go to Bath I" was the courteous : retort, and looking up I perceived Bradney's legs dangling in the air, as"he en- i deavored to clamber over the projecting stonework to reach the iron vane. In this he succeeded. I was equally j lucky. A moment later, aided by the i crossbars which marked the points of the ; oompasR, we ascended the huge weather- i cock and sat astride of it facing each i Dther. < It was then that the horror of our situa- 1 fcion seemed first to burst upon each of 1 as. I looked down, and two hundred < ind fifty feet below lay the town, ana ] the great spaoe, filled with people, evi- t lently intently gazing up at us, and j looking no bigger than dolls. Then, \ glancing at the churchyard beneath, it j presented the appearance of a small, ] level grass plot, with white mice run- J aing over it, for to my bewildered vis- ! ton the very gravestones seemed to { move. I felt that I was becoming dizzy; ] she flaky clouds above appeared to flash by with sickening rapidity, and I threw my arms backward|round the tail of the jock for support. At this moment a hollow, harsh laugh ? # ii broke from my companion; ior me Sirst time I glanced in his face, and the , terrible expreRsion depicted there I shall . never forget. , His eyes flashed lurid and wild, his faoe was pale as a corpse, and a light ' foam stood upon his lips. j " Isn't this glorious ?" he pcreamed, ] with another maniacal laugh; " right to ] ;he blazing sun, I tell you, we are soar- ] :ng fast. Look at the gaping crowd bo- j low. Ah I ah I they can't stay us. . There's the old church tower, too, I : ihould say a mile down; but where is the . ?pire?the tall spire we climbed np once ? . tis gone, never mind 1 Oh, brave bird !" ! md he struck the cock with the flat of lis hand, as if to encourage its flight. A terrible thought struck me. My ; 'riend's reason, ho lately prostrated ' with brain fever, had left him. I was . ilone with a madman. This idea was soon confirmed. Again rung forth the shrill hollow langh, and i igain Bradney shouted with the accents ; if delirium : ] "Ah! ah! faster and faster I Seethe i)lood-red clouds above and below us ! Via wnrlrl is cone ! There is the snu, a , aall of fire, and we ar<i sailing iuto its |, jrery vortex. I say, Martin, let us throw i ( jurselves off thiR stupid bird's , jack; we shall get along faster without [ iim." "No, no, Bradney; I'm tired, and ] ike riding?let ns stop where we are," t replied, for I knew it was the best ray to humor a madman, but my words < iad no effect. With an unnatural 1 jhuckle he answered mo : "No, no, my boy; you promised to 1 ollow me, and you shall come off wiMi i ne, or I'll pull you off by- main foree. t iV fly so fast that if we don't take the 1 et at the same moment, on? will be: < dropped twenty, elj, thirty miles behind." He crept toward me as be spoke, still clutching and mouthing. I saw his inintention. I again glanced below; more fearful than ever seemed the fearful depth at my feet. Tighter, with the tenaoity of despair, I graBped the tail of the gilded bird, but what wonld that avail against the strength of a maniac f At this moment a gust of wind caused the vane to spin round from east to north ; the sudden blast sa^ed my life. Poor Bradney lost his balance and fell from the giddy height. I saw him sink through the air, strike against a pinnacle of the tower and rebound like a ball. I remember nothing more until I recovered consciousness, many hours afterward, and found myself in bed. With Gen. Crook. A few words as to tho condition of Gen. Crook's command, sayB a correspondent. Tho reports which found tliAiw wow infA ck natPDrvanora f.haf. iVia llUOli TT a J iUVU VUV VUMV ?MV force was practically " coralled " by the Indians; that it was not safe to move outside the camp liner; that the camp was shot into every night, and so forth ?all this may be true, but, certainly, it is not easy to discover any evidence of such a state of things on the ground here. So far from its being unsafe to move outside the camp, small hunting parties are out nearly all the time; Gen. Crook has been off with a few officers as far as twenty miles from the camp; the men are in excellent condition and spirits; the horses and mules are vastly better than we expected to find them, since they have long had no feed bat grass; and all the usual amusements of camp life, even including baseball matches among the officers, have been freely indulged in. For men in daily fear of their scalps, it must be confessed they are a singularly contented lot. The reports referred to probably arose from the fact that some weeks ago, for four nights in otirtrtnnoi/-\ti fVta T-nrJio-na nnmo an/3 OULLCOOIUU) tuo JLliUlMliO tUJU UlOU into the camp. Bat the pickets and guards gave them such a warm reception that they dropped that amusement, after losing several of their number and some ponies. They also attempted to burn out the camp by firing the grass, which is everywhere dry as tinder, and they nearly succeeded; but the Area were extinguished after some hour*' fighting them. Large portions of the country around here are still blazing or smoldering. One night, after dark, I climbed a high hill at one end of the camp, and, from a commanding point occupied by a picket, viewed the camp below and the burning mountains in the far distance. The thousand lights in the camp below gave it the appearance of the streets of a city at night; and so distant were the prairie fires that, large as they were, they seemed like the glare of iron furnaces. Storage as it may seem, the whole scene reminded one of a large manufacturing town as it might appear at night, when the city would be lighted nr? and the factories in the su burbs would have their fires gleaming out through the darkness. A Modern Ark. A queer craft is the Ada B., of New Brunswick, lying in New York harbor. James Draper, her builder and owner, lives at St. John, N. B. He formed a desire to go to Australia and try cattle farming, but his means, were limited. Some of the neighbors wished to go, too, and he conceived the idea of building a vessel which would accommodate about twenty persons on the voyage. Although he had never seen a vessel on the stooks, six years ago he commenced building his boat. His farm was on the river about 140 miles above St. John, and there he begun work. He felled the trees himself, shaped them, put them together, and completed the boat alone. On the outside she looks like something between Noah's ark and a log house. The bow is fairly sharp, but the atorn looks, as one of the sailors expressed it, " as if she had bean made by the mile and cut of! in lengths to suit." She is schooner rigged, fifty-five feet keel, eighteen feet beam, and eight feet depth of hold. Rough wooden steps lead below, and the hatchway is almost large enough to drive a horse and wagon through. She registers sixty-one tons, but her timbers are strong enough for a vessel of 500 tons. She is built entirely of juniper wood; her sides are twentytwo inches at the keel, tapering off gradually to twelve inches at the rail. The mainmast is forty feet high, the foremast thirty-eight feet, and she carries no topmasts. Her main boom ia thirty feet, and her bowsprit twelve feet. She carries a house on dock which looks like a sportsman's cabin in the woods, and is fitted up inside in a manner to correspond. Coming from Providence to New York with everything in her favor, the vessel made five knots an hour. Oapt. W. H. Moody, an old seamau, has charge of her as sailing master. He says that she is *lie queerest boat he ever managed, but that she is one of the strongest boats he ever saw. On board one iB puzzled to know whether he is in an old fdBhioned farmhouse or on a vessel, so curiously are the peculiarities of the two mixed. She will remain in New York about two weeks, then go to Philadelphia for exhition. From thence she will return to New Brunswick, there take in stores, and then itart for Australia. The National Budget. The following shows the amounts of money appropriated by Congress during the last session in the regular annual appropriation bills for the support of the government It does not acoount for all the money disposed of by Congress during the session, as it does not include unexpended balances reappropriated, sums granted in private relief bills, payments of the judgments of the court of claims and awards of the Southam claims commission, appropriations for the Centennial Exhibition, Washington monument, etc., which are not included in the ?egular bills: Legislative f 14,817,935 30 irmy 25.987.647.90 Navy 12,662.155.40 Poat-office 34,585,201.00 River and Harbor 4,719,500.00 Fortification 315,000.00 Military Academy 290,065 00 Indian 4,670,116.02 Sonsnlar and Diplomatic 1,073,185.00 f-enoionn 29,533,500.00 Sundry Civil 16,342,073 10 Defioienoy 2,586,898.18 Total ?147,082,776.90 The Electoral Vote. Instead of assuming to predict the result of the Presidential eleotion in the various States, we present the following ttble of the number of Presidential elec3ors to be chosen in November, 1876 : Sew York 35|Louieiana 8 Pennnylvania 29:Sonth Carolina.... 7 3hio 22 j Maine.. 7 [Jlinois ai|Uounecneui u Missouri 15 California 6 Indiana 15 Arkansas 6 Massachusetts 13 West Virginia 5 Tennessee 12 Vermont 5 Kentucky 12 New Hampshire... 5 Virginia 11 Minnesota 5 Michigan 11 Kansas 5 [owa 11 Ilhode Island 4 Seorgia 11 Florida . i " Wisconsin 10 Oregon 3 North Carolina... 10 Nevada 3 Alabama 10 Nebraska 3 New Jersey 9 Delaware 3 Tt xas 8 Colorado 3 Mississippi 8 Maryland 8J Total 3G9 With this table before him, the reader :an formulate lists of Democratio, Republican and" doubtful States, and make liis own estimates and predictions. A Generic Difference. ? School ant for a walk : First school girl (sweet jighteen)?"lam ro tired of walking llong by twos and twos in this way! It's w bad as the animals going into the irk!" Second ditto (ditto ditto)? " Worse W Half of them were masculine." ITo Executioner.?After the battle of Oulloden, as the brutal Duke of OamDerlftnd and Wolfe, the future vietor of ; Quebec, were riding over the battlefield, i ;he duke caw a wounded Highlander i writhing on the ground. " Wolfe," said ; ;be duke, "shoot the rebel." "Tour : oyal highness," answered Wolfe, "I i im a soldier, not an executioner." I OUR CENTENNIAL LETTER. Woman and the Centennial?Brazilian Butterflies and Their Uae?Mlacallaneou Nates of the Exhibition. WOMAN AND THE CENTENNIAL. In the Woman's department of the Exhibition may be seen the following inventions, all of which are practical: A griddle greaser, bath chair, iifo saving mattress, combination desk, diwh drainer, patent flower stand, dress charts, dnst receiver, baby's exercising corset, fireproof house of voluminous material, mangling, washing and drying machine, broiler, invalid's chair, smoothing meat tenderer, models for teaching children object drawing, a window shutter and fastener, trunk hinge, lunch heater, traveling bag, postage stamp moistener, bureau trunk, bedstead, bureau and safe, sewing machine attachments, and many other articles whose enumeration would occupy too much spaoe for a letter. BRAZILIAN BU'ITEBFLHS. Ri'n lift .Tftnoirn. Brazil, sends a eollec tion of butterflies. The class insect, order Lepidopterus, Family Nosturnas, Section Bombyciaiious, Genus Attaces, Subgenus Saturn ia, Species Aurota. This butterfly abounds in Brazil. It produces each generation 240 cocoons of silk, each coooon weighing two and onehalf drachms and producing thirty grains of fine silk. The fiber is of a yellowish color; it is strong, elastic and long; a single thread sustains a weight of four drachms, and a cord of twentyfour threads resists the weight of threefourths of a pound. The great advantage in the cultivation of this Lepidopterns consists, that the butterfly inclosed in the cocoon can be preserved and utilized without breaking the fiber. OLASSrFIOATIOH. In a previous letter I mentioned how articles are classified. It may be useful for reference to continue the explanation for the benefit of students and scientific readers, who may wish to know the standard of artioles required for exhibition. With olass 110 begins metallurgical products?110 precious metals, 111 iron and steel in the pig, ingot, and bar, plates and sheets, with specimens of slags, fluxes, residues and products of working, 112 copper in in? ? ? -i j !il goes, Dars, ana roueu wii>li nyeuimeiio, illustrating its various stages of production?class 113 lead, zinc, antimony, and other metals, the result of extractive processes; 114 alloys used as materials, brass, nickel, silver, solder, eto. MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. Pittsburgh, Fa., sends a diamond circular stone sawing machine, which cuts in ordinary sandstone one hundred and fifty square feet per hour, counting both sides of the out, leaving the stone perfectly in line, finished ready for the builder, doing more than can be accomplished by one hundred men in the same space of timo. Philadelphia has an impact brick machina. which makes a brick with a blow. Aa important scientific exhibit from Philadelphia ia a coal and ore separator. This machine separates all solid substances that differ in specific gravity, i and from the smallest particles to fonr inohes in size. From Peru, Illinois, is a well boring and prospecting machine with which a man and a horse can bore twenty feet per hour. Philadelphia has a chromotype cylinder printing press that prints five colors at once. Philadelphia also exhibits a paper collar machine, which cuts, stamps, buttonholes, and finishes 80,000 collars a day. Lawrenoe, Massachusetts, exhibits , portable steam engines sized to 100 horse power, automatic variable cut-off giving uniform speed. These engines re quire only twenty to thirty pounds of feed water, and three to three and onoquarter pounds of coal per hour. Those studying dogology or oanism ?-* ' ' Lv\aitt 4-Uaf o 4" 1oouf IRA Will UO pitTUOCLl IU Aiiun uuav mv awawv aw setters will compete for one prize alone at the dog show; all entries are free of charge. The Scottish team has been selected, the riflemen from Australia are enronte, tho Irish and American rifle teams are practicing, the Canadian team has not been made up, but will participate in the competitive international rifle strug- 1 gle on the twelfth and thirteenth of September. i The beautiful frames and bands with ornaments inlaid on massive ground and ; gilt with burnished washing gold are the invention of Alois Scheldt: the merit of the invention consists in the ornaments not falling off because they are preserved massive. Austria exhibits some very delicately wrought lace covers for parasols. The most elegantly cut opals are from Dubnik near Eperies in Hungary. This place is famous for its work in opal cutting. From Prague, Bohemia, are garnet articles in handsome setting. Vienna sends a very fine collection, as regards taste m iuriuauuu ?uu <?mn; of design, in mother of pearl buttons. Vienna competes with France in her display of calfskins, whioh are worth delivered at an Austrian seaport, French calfskins, made in Austria, per dozen, 550 florins, or $247, rating the florin at forty-five cents gold. White skins, $247; brown, 8247; patent, 8250. There must be a fine margin somewhere, judging from the prices obtained in the United States. The Eisteddfod, which was announced to be held by the Welsh people, has been indefinitely postponed, its master spirit, Rev. R. R. Williams, having been appointed ohaplain of the Ohio penitentiary. Norway exhibits the national vehiole (Kariols) Norwegian for carriage. Our carryall is a corruption of tins. The Norwegian kariol is far behind the English, or American, carriage, yet I have no doubt it is better adapted to Norway than would be the more elegant conveyances of the American or English workshop. J. B. The Skirmishing Fund. O'Donovan Rossa has collected, according to his acknowledgment in the Irish World, over $15,000 for the "skirmishing fuud," with which the cost of secret assaults on England is to be paid. Of conrse he will not reveal how the money is to be expended, for that wonld defeat the object; bat in the same number of the Irish World appear elaborate directions for making dynamite, gun ootton, and Greek fir p. Not content with that, the following awful intimation is made : " There are several other explosive relatively far more powerful, which can be easily manufactured n-nA onVion/llorl ho a. fVinl intalli. gent map." A No Tel Idea. An advertisement appeared in a New York paper calling for one hundred stoneouttbra to go to Scotland to work f >r two years at lOd. sterling per hour. Fully five hundred men applied for the position, and from these one hundred were selected. The men will earn about ?2 10s. per w?ek, and board will be about 10s. per week. The reason why American help is needed is that laborers are scarce in Scotland and all the work in this contract has to be done inside three years. Therefore the contractor thought of engaging one hundred American workmen, and they can depend on fully two years' work, if not more. ] Training Sheep Dogs. The following is said to be a Texan practice for training sheep dogs: A pnp is taken from its mother before its eyes are opened, and pnt to a ewe to snokle. After n few times, the ewe becomes reconciled to the pup, which follows her like a lamb, grows np among, and ; remains with the flock, and no wolf, j man, or straDge (log can come near the I sheep: and the dog will bring the flock to the fold regularly at half-past seven o'olook, if he is habitually fed at that hour. Painting.?Alcohol was invented 950 years ago in Arabia, and was used by ladies with a powder for painting their Faces. Sinoe that time it has been used mainly by gentlemen for painting their noses, and used in a plain state because they required no powder to fire them off. ? SUMMARf OF NEWS. Interesting Itemi from Home and Abroad. The Soldiers' Orphan School, at Phillips* burg, Pa., was totally destroyed by Are. Loss, $20,000. The cause of the conflagration is a myctery The Indian commissioner has ordered that the salo of arma and ammunition to Indians shall cease, and any violation of the order reported to him A prisoner uamed Osborn, in the Robinson (Kan.) jail, "vssaalted and mortally wounded Sheriff Henderson. That night a masked mob stormed the jail and hanged Osborn Congressional nominations: Ohio, nineteenth district, Gen. Oarfleld, Rep.; Ohio, tenth, John H. Hudson, Dem.; Miobigan, seventh, Omar D. Gonger, Rep Sitting Bull made overtures to the Blackfeet Indians of Canada to aid him, but they refused The horse Gov. 8pr*gue won fh a flraf nnran In f.Via 0 OA ro/^a "P/-inr?Vi_ I """ ?~ keepsie, N. Y., in 2.20$, 2.24}, 2.21& Ten thousand Knights of Pythias from all parts of the country held a grand parade in Philadelphia, presenting a brilliant appearanco. The New York Republican State convention nominated Edwin D. Morgan for governor, Sherman S. Bogera for lieutenant-governor, , George F. Dae forth for associate judge of the ourt of appeals, Daniel G. Spencer for canal commissioner, and Charles W. Trowbridge for State prison inspeolor. The resolutions adopted by the convention reaffirm the platform adopted by the National Republican i-onven Hon, and heartily approve the principles set forth in the letters of acceptance of R. B. Hayes and Wm. A. Wheeler ; is in favor of a reformed publio service ; insists that the equal rights and lives of all oitizenn must and shall be proteotcd, and that the government must be restored from the consequences of the war br those who saved it. and not hv those who attempted to destroy it On the financial question it says : Whereas the date of the payment of oar obligations bearing no interest after matur'- is of the very eesenoe of its foil and entire validity, and the postponement of its payment repudiation to the extent of the usual interest from the date of promised payment, we therefore denounce the repeal of the date of speoie resumption by the Democratic House of Representatives, without making the dishonored notes bear the onrreiit government rato of interest, as an act of repudiation and disloyalty, and an open violation of the section of the fourteenth amendment to the United States Constitution, | which provides that the validity of the publio debt authorized by laws shall not be questioned. The alacrity and great unanimity of the Southern Democrats in the House of Representatives to repeal the date of payment of the United BUtes notee, wunout consideration in the form of interest, and in violation of the plighted faith of the government, shows that they are not safe custodians of tho national faith, and that fidelity to publio honor requires that the national administration shall not be subject to their control, dictation or management. It arraigns the Democratic party for its fanlts, and conohides as follows : The Republicans of New York tender to the President of the United States, npon the approaching completion of his official term, the assurance of their profound respect and gratitude for those illustrious public and patriotio serrices which will secure bis name an imperishable place in history, At the Centennial regatta Courtney and Robinson of the Union Springs (N. Y.) clnb won the double ecull race in 9:19, beating the Atalantas, of New York, and the Vespers, of Philadelphia. Downs and EustiB of the Atalanta orew won tho pair oars in 10:10% over the Nautilus, of New York, and Argonauts, of Bergen Point...... Congressional nominations: Illinois, eighth district, Geo. W. Parker, Ind. ; West Virginia, first, BeDj. Wilbod, Dem.; Alabama, eighth, W. W. Garth, Dem.; Kentucky, J. 0. S. Blackburn, Dem. The Servians defeated 50,000 attaching Turks before Alezinatz A flood in Mississippi caused a weak railway bridge near Tugaloo to give way whilo a train was crossing, resulting in the wracking of several cars, by which two passengers were killed nnd ^inteon wounded A plague of ectr?- ''"law has appeared in Alabama A prize fight in Delaware between Fiddler Neary, of New York, and Dick Gillespie, of Philadelphia, resulted in a victory for the latter after thirteen rounds. The Greenbaok party in Michigan has nominated a full State ticket The Republicans of Tennessee resolved not to nominate a candidate for governor Congressional nominations : Michigan, first district, Henry M. Duffield, Rep.; Miohigan, third, Fidua Livermore, Dem.; Michigan, ninth, John H. Kilbonrne, Dem.; Ohio, sixth, Frank H. Hnrd, Dem.; Alabama, fifth, B. T. Bigon, Dem.; Virginia, tmra, ur. \j. niuer, ouuoorv?nvo; Pennsylvania, Wm. .* Ward, Bep.; Missouri, twelfth, JohnM. Glover, Dem.; Pennsylvania, twenty-fifth, Geo A. Jonks, Dem.; West Virginia, second, B. F. Mart I. j. Dem.; Iowa, seventh, Andrew Haatie, Groiuback; Illinois, eighth, Greenbary L. Fo:t, Dem.; Illinois tenth, John H. Hangate, Dem....Goldemi h Maid won the freo-to-all race at Poughkeepsie in 2.163^, 2.183i ftnf^ 2.20. In the first heat 8muggler, Lnla and Judge Fullerton acted -adly and weie all distanced The Atalanta orew won the amateur four-oared race at Philadelphia over the Colombia College crew, which was forced to drop ont on account of cram pa seizing one of the men Mrs. Paulina Wright Davie, the well known female suffrage advocate, died in Providence, R. L The funeral of Speaker Kerr took place at Now Albauy, lad. The gathering of sympathizing friends from Kentucky and Indiana was very lvge... .Mr. Marratt, of Bodine College, walked from the top of Mount Washington, N. H., to Portland, Me., a distance of ninety miles, in a day I he Whito Cross steamor C. F. Fonch, from New York to Antwerp, was burned with her cargo. No lives were lost.... Piinoe Milan, of Servia, declared to the foreign oonsuls at Belgrade that he wished for peace. as me moxuerer muryuy hm at Dayton, Ohio, the rope broke and be fell fall length upon the scaffold. As he was palled ap a seeond time he grasped the sheriff in a death grip, and it required the exertions of several men to roleaae it. He died hard. Gens. Terry and Cook have discovered an Indian trail two miles mide, which is the larg'eet ever seen on the prairies. They are following on after the savages, bat oompetent judges doubt their ability to come np with them, aB the Sioax are extremely well moon ted. A race for $2,000 between the yaohts Inaand Frolic, on Lake Michigan, resulted in a viotory for the Frolio The Trade savings bank of New York city has been closed by the bank examinor on acoount of a deficiency of $20,000 A conflagration in Savannah destroyed a block of buildings known as Kolley's and Stoddard's. Loss, $200,000 The Spanish authorities unearthed a conspiracy against Kiug Alfonso at Pampeluna, and two Bergeants of the army were immediately shot for high treason George Adams, a young man who was much praised recently for saving a railroad train from going down an embankment near Fairport, N. 7., by discovering men removing a rail, on which he signaled an approaching train, has boen crrested for removing the rail and confesses to the crime. He acknowledges throwing a train off tne tracs on tne Liase onore roaa, ana removing a rail wbore a train was totally wrecked a few days after. His object was to pat the company under obligations to bim, in order that be migbt get a situation A fire in New York destroyed tbe immense sugar refinery of Ojkershausen Brcia. and the petroleum warehouse of Libby, Bartlett & Kimball. Loss, $400,000. ? - r> "v? ? Franciioo Peralto attempted to ride 105 miles in five houro in Buffalo, using California borate, but failed in the attempt by seven . minutes Several of tbe persons engaged in the lynching of one Williams, at Augusta, 3 v, have been arrested and held for mutder. Forest fires are numerous .hroughout tb > Middie States Tbe American hosiery mills, at Amateidam, N. ?., were destroyed : by fire. Lit? heavy; insurance, 680,000 J rhe Turku gained a complete victory after a 3ght of two dnys at Nisia A mob at NiDg Kodb-Fou, China, attacked a Catholic church irhilo the congregation wore at worship, ;hrowing ombuBtibhs into the edifice and ilanghtering the worshipers aa they sought >o escape A ?oal wharf in Eliz&bethport, , K. J., was destroyed by fire, and seventy-five jars containing four hundred tons of coal were sither burned or fell through into the river. ] Liosa, $80,000; no insurance.... Congr*??ional < lomlnations: Pennsylvania, twentieth district, ' rohn Walls, Dem.; Aikatsa?, seoond, W. F. j Slemans, Dem. ' * - The fonr strongest companies in the broken ooal combination sold at auction in New York 600,000 tons or coal at prices averaging about (2.10 a ton below previous rates The annual report of the Massachusetts Hoosac tuunel line places the total receipts for the year ending July 1, at 179,991, and the expenses at $44,705. In the last half year freighting has almost doubled Spain is to send twenty-four thousand men to Cuba before winter. They are to bo armed with Krnpp guns The revolt i> Sau Domingo still continuej. The town of Azua having declared for Baez has been blockaded by the government ... .The president of the state of Oosta Rica, Panama, has been deposed by the military, and Herrera put in his place temporarily. Congressional nominations: Pennsylvania, eighth district, Hiester Olymer, Dem.; sixteenth, O. EL Beighard, Dem.; twenty-sixth, L. A. Mackey, Dem.; twenty-ninth, A. G. Egbert, Dem.; twentieth, J. S. Thompson, Rep.; first, John S. Thajkera, Dem.; second, Chas. H. Gibson, Dem.; third, Samuel J Rirdali, Dem.; fourth, John J. T. Sohool, Dem. The block in Sau Francisco, bounded by Brannan, Townsend, Third and Fourth strootf, waa almost entirely consumed by fire, rendering homeless over two hundred poor families. The losses will aggregate 1600,000. COLLIE DOG TRIALS. A Scene at Alexandra Pork?The Sagacity of Hbeap Do fir*?An Exhibit-Ion of Welsh Canines. The London Standard has th? following : It has occurred to the Kennel club, a body of gentlemen who are interested in the improvement of dogs of all breeds, that the collie trials which had proved so suocessful in Wales might be carried on a little nearer the metropolis, and they therefore organized a meeting in the Alexandra park. The mode in which the trials are conducted is as follows: A flock of Welsh wethers, one hundred in number, have been brought nn tn f.hfl nark, and were canned near the grand stand on the taceoourse. From this flock three animals were taken at hazard, and oonveyed to She side of the hill on which the palaoe stands and et at liberty. On the cir.rclar cricket ground, some half mile to 'he west, a triangular pen of hurdles, wr'i an opening in the base, formed a sort of station, about which are grouped th~' fudges and officials of the show, and from which the Bhepherd with the dog that ^ae about to be tested took his departure. The man and dog walked together along the racecourse until the sheep were sighted, when he gave a sign or a word to his four footed companion, and the intelligent brute at once sturted off at a gallop and sought fir>t to drive the sheep down the hill toward his master. When he had succeeded in doing this, the man walked toward the pen, and the dog drove the sheep after him until they were near enough to operate in getting the Bheep inside. Twenty minutes Was the maximum time allowed, the prizes being won by those who suooeeded in penning their sheep in the shortest time, "Vi'Ia tttVia lailarl fn rum t.Vio IT lllio UUVOO TTUV 1(M?VW w VVM '?*uw allotted time were disqualified. It was not difficult to discover that dogs and sheep were working under great disadvantages, and animals which have no doubt a well deserved reputation on their own hills failed to distinguish themselves under totally novel conditions, though enough was demonstrated to make it apparent that these collie trials are likely to become a very interesting annual performance. Though a space of ground was marked off by ropes and stakes, which were respected by the spectators, the sheep felt under no restrictions, and the poor collie, therefore, tbat had been used to the clear view of a Welsh hillside, with no human being but his master within miles of him, had to dodge his charges among visitors and round plantations, which frequently hid them altogether. The sheep were many of them very wild and ran like deer, their disinclination to proceed in the direction of the pen bt>ing increased from the main flock beiDg in fall view, arid thus stimulating the natuiui ovine ten UUliUjr \AJ 1CJUAU uumpauiuuo* au tTvivint oases, on the dog nearing the three sheep, the nimble and independent wethers scattered and galloped in different directions oijt of sight, when the collie, after an honest attempt to bring them together, seemed to conclude that it was hopeless to complete the task in twenty minutes, so he philosophically dropped it altogether and trotted back to nis master. Some of the triads of wethers behaved in a manner more in accordance with the gregarious traditions of their race, and when, in addition to hanging together, they happened to start in the right direction down hill, the first portion of the dog's work was easily and speedily (lone, xne marvelous Bagacity of this breed was seen when the sheep were near the pen and the dog had to overcome their natural disinclination to enter. Not only did the animal in this position obey every sign and word of his master, bnt he would exercise whttf might aJmost be called his own reason and discretion in the mode of carrying oat his master's wishes in a fashion that was astonishing. Success, however, depended altogether on the behavior of the three particular sheep. One famous dog named Handy, whioh won the champion prizes two years run ning in Wales, was very unfortunate in this respect. He succeeded in getting them to the pen in splendid style, but nothing could induce the brutes to enter. They broke away a soore of times, and, after a display of ability worthy of his high reputation, poor Handy failed to accomplish the task within the twenty minutes. The most suocessfol performance was that by a slut named Maddie, belonging to Mr. John Thomas, of Bala. Favored by tractable wethers, she succeeded in a little over four minutes. A famous dog named Boy did the work in seven and a half minutes. Another called Laddie took nine minutes, and two others, Pentre and Tweed, twelve minutes each. There wore nineteen entries for the all-aged stakes, and these were tested. Mr. Lownds' Laddie perhaps showed the highest training, by the way in which he followed every motion of his shepherd's hand; now oircling round, now creeping nearer to the flock, and then sitting on his haunohes until the nignal to move again waa given. The man who worked the dog had not seen him for twelve months. But the triumph in point of quickness was reserved for Mr. Jones' young dog, Boy, who brought his charge to tbfir pnn in seven minutes and a half. Mr. Thomas' Maddie also penned his sheep very well. It is curious that all these were Welsh dogs belonging to Welsh grazers, but then the great home of collies?Scotland?was not represented. The English dogs nearly all managed to let their sheep wander in freedom "over the hills and far away," but Mr. J. Glendinny's Tool got his lot together very well, and penned them cleverly. At our request Oragin <4 Co., of Philadelphia, Pa., have promised to send any of our readers, gratis (on receipt of fifteen cents to pay postage,) a sample of Dobbins' Electrio Soap to try. Send atonoe. * . Pimples on the race, rough skin, oh&ppea bands, s<rhenm and all cntanoona ?4TooHnna /mrAH. akin mfcde SOft Slid smooth, by the nee of Juniper Tab Soap. That made by Oaaweli, Hazard <fc Co., New York, ia the only kind that can be relied on, aa there aro many imitations, made from common tar, whjoh are worthleae.?Com. The high winds in San Francisco blow dust into latent grease spots on clothing, and make tbem visible. Bootblacks carry little bottles of ammonia with which to obliterate the spots, and in that way increase their income. Miss : A word in yonr ear. The next One afternoon that you Haunter out, buy a box of Glenn's Sulphur Soap. That aimirable purifier will remove every ouo of thoHe pimples which detract ?o much from your beauty. Depot, Critteuton's, No 7 Sixth avenue, N. Y. Thore ia youth iu evtry bottle of Hill's Hair n * Seo advertisement James' Bitter?. * Vegetine has never failed to cure the nout inveterate cane of erysipela-j. * Hon. Joieph Farewell, mayor of Rookand, Mi, Isaae Brapg. Esq, Bangor, and Hessm. Popo Bros., Maobian, Me., Inmber nf-rohinta, folly indore the Sheridan Cavalry Condition Potodert, and haye given the proprietors liberty to rise their name* In reoomDtnding them. * - ' .Atur.e., An Innocent Han Lynched. A horrible crime iu committed in Basqne county, Texas. A young man of good standing from Johnson county, named Dixon, was paying his devotions to a young lady, and became jealous Of the attentions of another young man. The latter circulated the report that Dixon had spoken evil of the girl, and Dixon left. The father colleoted a number of men and followed him. They overtook him in Comanche county, arrested hipa on a fictitious charge and started back with him. They took him as far as Hill Greek and hanged him. They then came home and reported that Dixon had been drowned. A few days after the body was found, fearfully decomposed, hanging to a limb in a thicket. The murderers have been arrested. A Case of Thirty Tears' Standing. East Auboba, N. I., May 22,1873. Messrs. betti W. Fowle & 8ons: Gentlemen?I wu troubled with dyspepsia for t'uirty years, and tried several medicines advertised for the core of this distressing complaint without deriving any benefit from them. About a year ago I commenced taking the Peruvian Syrup, and after using altogether twelve bottles I find myself euurely cured. I consider my cue one of the wont I ever heard of, and I take great pleasure in reoommnndinsr the Peruvian, Hvmn to all dvsneDtifls. believing that it will be au? to core them. Yours respectfully, J. 1*; Bowxh. Sold by all druggists. * The new and elegant steamships of the State Line, from New fork to Ireland cad 8cotl?nri, are taking paisengera at very low rate*. Soe advertising column * The most astonishing cure of chronio diarrhea we ever heard of is that of Wm. Clark, Frankfort Mills, Waldo Co., Maine. The facts are attested by Eara Treat, Upton Treat and M. A. Merrill, either of whom might be addressed for particulars. Mr. Clark was oared by Johnton'a Anodyne Liniment. * The Markets. ' ;U; XBW TOBS Beef Oatile-Priine to Extra BuIIooks WX4 1?X Common to Qcod Tens*.*... 063(9 0 X Mil oh Cows..,.. SB 00 *80 04 Hoga?Live...*** Ij6%4 Dressed Vl%4 W* Sheep...' 04 # 08 Lamf* OS <4 08* Cotton?Middlings.... .. UX9 U Floor?Extra We?torn., 8 IE ? 6 80 State Extra .. 8 II 8 ?? Wheat?Bed Western ... . . . 99 <4 ISO No. a Spring.. 98 <? 1 03 Bye?8tate tO 9 80 Barley?State,.., 9J 93* Barley Malt..... i 63X14 1 >0 Oata?Miied Western..... 88 ? 8? Corn?Mixed Western...... t0 A 8TJtf Hay.percwt.. ?0 # 98 Straw, per cwt...... 48 <4 T8 Hopa,...76'a?10 <?20 . * > olda?- 04 Pork?Meea,........... ..?? <.....16 70 ^16 70 Lard 10X? 10* Flab?Mackerel, So. i, new IB 00 #17 00 No. 3, new. 7 0D ? 8 CO . Rw fW*A riAr 6 fV) A R 50 Herring, 8c*led, per 20 ? '37 Petroleum?Crude....... 14\#15 Eeflned?M Wool?California Kleece 14 41. 3# , Texaa " 10 ?' 58 Atutrallan ' ? 9 'lv Butter?SUte 30><# 8J Weatcra lalry.,,;......... M 9 10 ,< WecternYellow.,.,,.; 33 9 33 We?tern Ordinary...II 9 19 Oheeee?State Factory C( 10 State 81dmmed,...... 03 | Of , , Wectetn.M*,.. 03 M E?ga?Htat*..??., au 9 a> BUTTAIO. ' Fl our : fl 29 9 9 CO Wheat?No. 1 Spring.. 1 21 9 1 21 Corn?Mixed.... ??-9 <9 " Oats .: 88 'i H' Bye 7? Barley. V" ?,.f. PHILADELPHIA. Beef Cattle?Extra... 02*9 0?* Sheep.... 0* 9 06k Hog*?Drtaeed .....Iv.V.. lSX9!:0#ji Flonr?Pennsylvania Extra.8 It 9 8 2* Wheat?Bed western. 8) 9 118 Bye tO 9 60 L Oom?Yellow 67 ? 18 Mixed ?l 9 .*4 Oata?Mixed. 80 9 83 rotroiemxi?uruao..#ass?ftif i9JO xvouus j?jo. ViTDTOKN, 5CAH8. * "p.''" C,-rf Cattl??Poor to Oboice........ S an 9 7 78 Sheep 1 80 a 8 80, Unhi 6 00- ? 8 76 r ? ? ? Correspondence invited. . .... ROOFS Why not make yonr JUo/t Uut a lifetime, ud utt the expeme oltitt roof every 10 or 16 yean. . Jt can bt done with even last expense tnd cue than jrou b?4tow on 70or IdloRH, txvajjja our material* coat Ie?S. - If job tn earoful to use Fire-proof blate Paint ft wOl not only resist the efleots of water and wind, bat wlifkblald 70a from Flie. OLD HOOFS. >;i V)i Protect yonr Building* by tiring Gllnee' Slata Roofing Paint, which neither cracki in winter nor runt in rammer. Old shingle roofi can be painted, looking much better, and touting lonarr than n?te shingles witbont the paint, for on*fnurik tne coat of reshlngltng. On drcaytd MnyUi It fills op the holea and pare*, and give* a new tubetanlial roof that last* for year*. Curled or tearp'.d nhtnelee It bringa to their place* and ke*pt Hum there. The ulate paint requires no beating or thinning, la applied with a braah and Terr ornamental. Onr ym*ine article la chocolate color whan <rsi applied, changea to a unllorm slate color, and ia to all intents and purpose* tlaie. ON TIN OR IRON ROOFS the red oolor la acknowledged the but paint la the market for durability. It baa a heavy body, bat la easily applied; expand* by heat, contract* by 00Id, la a slow drier and never eraclu nor tcmUt. One ooat is equal to 4 of any oth?*r paint. Buildings 00 re red with tar-felt can be male water-tight at a mall expense, and proserved for year*. , .. -i t\ jm} <? . NEW ROOFS. Mill*, foondriea, factories and dwellings a eoeefalty. Materials complete for a neu1 steep or flat Moot of Gllne*' Rubber Hoofing cost bat about half ths price of r*> shins ling. For Private houses, barns and bsliding* ol all description* It 1* far inperior to any other roofing in the world for oonreolinoe In laaunr.anfl oomDlne* u? ornamental appearance, durability and /tro-proof qoalitle* of <l'n, It ant-third tUt ?otl. Koofl laid fry eoiUra?< under guarantee. NO TAR OB GRAVEL USED. "How to tar* nwhlntllng?slop leaks effectual]/ and cheaply in roof* of all kind*? a IOO page book free to any on* latin* where they u* thla notice. Write lo-dny! New York Slate Roofing Co. Limited, 7 Cedar Stoeet, New York. J. genu Wanltd. 61 f\ a Day. Employment fo- all. Chroroo A NorMty <5 JL" Oatalo?u?free. Falton AQq,119W?*aan*t.tN.'Y. BEHT BOOKS on Steam Engineering. Send two tamp* for Catalogqa. P. Kiptt. Pab.. Bridgeport, Ui. iRR fn C77 iWetitoipnti. Sample* FRBE. $DOlO$</ p. p. YIQKKRY. Arnnuta, Aathma.?Got the genuine remedy, Ml. OO per box bj mall, *old by drngglata. Ad'a P. Langell, Apple Greek,O. CPPfirir Bart la tbi World. **?!? ?*?* A8THMA0'? Kipam a co.. it a. turn, nu?..r?. WANT 1' D?Traveling Salecmea and for every oooaty. Liberal Salary or commmlon. Gem MaaTg Co.,St,Loala. <? *> OUTFIT FREE. Bert Ohanoe Tet. Write 3D4 alOnoe. O0LL1W8 A 00 . g OltatonPlaceJt.Y. SAWS FILE!) easily, $2. New machine ttamp fortlluat circular*. K ROTH, New Oxford, Pa. Plo'nre of next PT> TTQT'nPVT Kwroaix A Co., aent free. Boaton. Hwa. OA a Week Salary guaranteed to male A fsmale. Send jU\J ttamp for olrcolaia. B.M.Bodlna,I"?H*nap'*,Ind. &1 Oadairt home. Agantt wanted. Outfit and termj $A? free. Addreee TOg * OO., Aurnrta, Malaa. 4!K +rt <9fl ? * home. Sample* worth 91 Mat ?PO LQfrlU fro,. BTWSOM A Co.. Ported, Ma. Drontnble.rieaaantwort-nunarwunowempioyed; | L hundrcdi more wanted. M. W. I/3TXIX. Krte, Pa. TpNGINEPRS AND ENGINE OWNERS* all ?boold ill understand the Allen Governor. I Ulnrtrated Circular tent tree. B. B. ALLKW, BOMOT. A | wmmm IN GOLD (Iran away to ewrr agent. *T? I / % OlrcuLar* free. Samolae 25 eta. Empire y * Notelty Co., 3o7 Broadway,New Yorfc. ff A I" A A Month.?Amenta wanted. 36 beat Mil ^WjCJIII ln? artlclei la the world One a*mt>le tree Wtfl/U AddlaJW BltONMON.Petrolt>Mloa gABfiEAlMw^ra ' *rg% ih?c?u?M l? jpiiti. J. M. BCrrORD-g SOWS, BOSTON. AGENT# W A STED.?Twenty 9*11 Mounts XX Ohromoe for 91. 2 eamplee b? mall,poet--iald.20o. OowTTOMiia. Ohbomo Oo..37 Kaaaan St.. New York. 4fk#% WATCHES. A Great Semiticn. Sampu Sk ? Watch and Out/U fin to Agenti. Better Ulan y ** Gold. Addrtea A. COULTKu A OO.. Chlcajn. ?s"1 A IWONTH and traveling ezpeoaee paid for S.ilmuiri. i>o p?ddl?r? wanted. Adnrw*. Wovitob MASCTfo 0^.. Cincinnati. Ohio. 1 n nwmn " the beet eelllnc article AUI' N I M In tfle world and a eolld gold patent Mil fill 1 ij lerer iratcb, free of oo?t, write at once *j J. HtiluB A CO.. 7?5 Broadway, N. T. iBSSa nrwnc urn Ltttle Giant, 7-.Shot. nhVULVtn Cyllider, With Box Cartridge*. MM. 93.60. M pp. Catalogrr~. hiiortln* UoodB, MoTeltiea. Kaie Book*,etc. NewGa?? for Anenta. BALDWIN & Co., 111 J<a??ao St.. N. Y. CWFATY AND TENUEK FtKT.-l.lUlfc's S Original Ointment. Com ^aranteed for S-ea'y, Tender, and OffraMre Feet. Sent ?/_?} TOHN ft I -(Ml. Aak your merciaot or drurglflt for it. JUUn "iTIXK A CO P O. B.x ^331. Pbl'?delpbla. ? r. ? o w Trr.EOR.APH TT J X'THKl3EST OKKKR e?er made to Yonng If I HnS.MKNand i.AUIKS Address, with .tamp, X MlIFIf .TIA N Tt'l.. CO.. OBKRMN, 0. Mind Ueudln*. Fijchomimoj. f hJ?rli,atlon' Sonl Charming, .^roerUn:, <ind Lctm-*' Guide, bowleg how either sex may fascinate and gain the love and affection of any peron the; choose Irr.tAni ly. <00 psfc-.-, By mill 50c. Hunt <* Oo.. 139 8. 7 th 8t..Pblla PKNNSYIjVANIA.UlJ.ITAtt V A?'AI)KJI Y. Chrmer, Pron.. Reipens September 1 Thorough Instruction In Clrll ana Mining Engineering, the CJlasilcs and Kngksb Branches. For (JlrouUrt apply to Ool. THEO. HYATT, Pres.. P. M. A. T03ACC0 USERS'^NIC-IN-NOC with their T?bnrrn. Pr??^nU Vttnoo. Dizziness, Faintness. Neiitodsnms, wlihiot linpairin* it?Soothing, Oomfoiting and Tr?t'qplllxlu/ p .were Trial plc'g'-t by malt aoc. K STKiRys. Uru^gl-t, Detroit, v.toh. M?n , nflF"i>; ?ar? ITloilr^tod -itarofm/ ??, ?f oo, X IU p JS y JJ fln? Chromoi.Crtyooi, ?,1 bcaatifai Ptclar* jyjjLjJJJyJCwditfnoUdnit^woineOjiOd Pr*ldtnUof o!S^Mor?Modrf?i,Vliliirj, Reward,Motto,Cor.lt.*nd Tmarpartnt Cardt. 185 nmplM.worth tti, wnl roitralit far 85 orit.. j. H. BUFTORD'SSO?!8.BOSTON.MASS. ErtaiOhhwl UtoO, YtJliK own Likenewln oil oolors, to ahaw oar work, painted on oanvu bbixlX, from a photograph or tln-typr, free with tbs Bam* Journal, ,50 a year Sample of our work and paper, terms to agents, eto., 10 ots. L. f. LUTHER, Mill Village, Erie connty, Py A NOVELTY. 50 Trnnsnitrrnt Curd*. containln< a scene when held to tbe llghrt (80 designs), sent post-paid for 25 cents; 5 paoks, 6 Dames, 9 J. No o'her card printer has th?s?m?. Agents wanted: ontflt lv O.rd Prlaier, Lcok box D, Ashland, Mass A BOOK for the MILLlUN. MEDICAL ADVICE C?t*rrh, Kupture. Opium U?u.., FREE on rcoeif* ji (Um^ No. 12 N. 8th it, 8t.Loili, Ma. n AliLi1! I j ZD FOR THE GREAT Ceipmal history It mIU (ftStv than u; other book emr pobUihod' On* Agent told 0! coplM lo one d*y. Send for oui extra term* to Ageoce National PVSUMER} Compact, FMladtlphla, Pa. ?.* y I A PEERLEBfl EXTERNAL SPECIFIC AKD ' - BKi-O 'DTIKR 07 THE iEW. i-Jlentsts sulphur, soap. As a ren.vjdy for Diseases, Soum, Abrasion! and Roughness ot the - i 8Km; as a Jeodoriur, disinfectant, amd means of preventing and caring Rheumatism and Gout; and aa aa Adjunct or the Toilet and the Bath, "Glenn's Suuphub 3oat"is incomparably the best articls ersr offered to the American public. The Cohflxxion is not only freed ,? from Pehplks, Blotches, Tan, Fkeo. kles, and all other blemishes ky its use, but acquires a t&ans aebnt delicacy and nttvn* vuhtn** through the clarifying and ' aollieat action of this wholesome beauti tub. ! ' ?T The aontractiai of obnozioaa iU- " eases is prevented, and the complete disinfection of clothing worn by persons afflicted with cout&fions aaJadit* ; is insured by it Pamiliw and Travelers provided with this admirable purifier havi at hand the maw m X8.-E5TIAI> OF A SERIES OF SolpIlT j Baths. Dandruff is " removed, tbt 4 hair retained, and .gra)mesa retardad Per Box, (8 Cakes,) 80c. and $1.20. V.b. There la economy In baying U? large mk? , , " Hill's Half aad WMs<rfe* dfre/?>i t Blsek or Brown, 50 Cents. C. N. CBITTEOTON, Prop'r, 7 Sixtb At. 1.7 10.000 i^z^ixdwsxiss. net, onramos, stationery p*ct*ce?,ir?tche?, jew?li7^to ipeoUl tense given to *ft>nt?; nln*bl# ?*mplee, with ortalocM, ?ent j(me: ft lalmt eolld cold W*tch glim Hi t premlam. R 8. Fl?TCH*?. 11 Day 8tr?York. UntfnTi'n Amorinon Donnlo! rauuna zmum imw} 4iiu Tbo Freaa calla It" tbo boat" 8*1U whfre flimaj tannlal HlttorlM" hare no chftBM; IU30 puc, WoairtUotu, Antocrapha, M?p?, (JfUrU, etc. rrirtlo*. A So Stool KDnraring (now M Menrwlal Alt HalL, Oantonnta] Rxpoaitlon) ?htm to rabacribon. "* CANVASSERS wanted on Libaral tartta. J. B. POKD dfc ? O . Now York hph Chicago. achx, Jauysice *nd BiUQOBnga,dqpf?4 ImmMJ ' I time. NxBToca IaajTABtuxr, Kibwxt and Lives Ooktuixt <A??I la * tar <Ujs. Orsva Piw, EBTstrnoa, BcsorCLA,UurKBs, BOIIA Mdall ^ , 8km DWUflKS bjr pnrif/liif the Blood: Tboy wflflk* . Intoxioata, tint will car* abnormal tbint te itinv: Brooklyn^. Y. ^or^ala byi ' GHoicaBi' ji:.. FARMING UVNDS Tha bttt and tn suMib *h? Maoo( thf DtflOX Pacific Bailioad, ts#aatem Nobraaka, for , sole on long that cad law rtt& of Intorwil Wt rwrw a koaae law. ^foU lnformaUoo aboat laada, Prtaaa. it eto.; aiao now deacrtj>..ra pampbiat, now nwober of Pitmmr aootfraa to all aopUoaata. Add'a O. t. Dan*, . Land OoMri^r^^luKrQaal^gfb.; A N. P. BURNHAM'S w X ' ' MT4 TnrMao A.mm< Tttrtrtnai, but bttH ti Ctrr b?Mi lti' V ' srlf dlfplacrd. Pamphla* ftaa. "* '* J. <' '-1?. ft. BPEHHAH.-Ycm***#"*'' 01BTT Tin A w AMii*"" 1 I II 1 ?;i nit J | , Lliterati FEUS S?sadj TTT . L _ 1<T*jn* J I 111111 ? i J. IU11U" - 1 oiurt?.,;, e, I?KUS^u^j^cuT^- ni' ini^irtj_,/2-*r- * ^ ; "MH?x 39-iti, Now YmtkiUu) bb| H flli w i)-> nSwtobn^hlai^. Bow 1 ta^A^NEW Farms and Homes In-' the Near West < "il: . .i H'(i?vf^?- ?r,v -i?ilj:?? fbe best, cheapest and nearest Farmm* Lauds tow la the ntftat u* the 8 torn Qltr A 8t. PaalBall* j ^WAmriwiaa ssw!ur,^^^^L,rs^isf Wrlta for particulars. It Boat- bat one oMU>Madi? a postal card, with roar address, and yoawUl racatrajty .Hum mall, otrcnlai* with full tofonnatfoa. ': T. 0. TAYLOR, Land Oamal?loo?.V '< < . i 18* Dearborn Strmu. Ohlcago, PL North of Ireland: and Scotland. State Line Steamers 1 ?AIL1SG BETVV'JiKN MCMT YoKK, Belfast and Glasgow. New and Else ant Btiaom m?klng qalok ?nd oom'ortabla Toracea. Sailing Thursday*. . .. Cabla Pmin, 850 to *70, accords* to location. Keuura Excursion Ticket* at favorable rata*. r?p-2.TKS?iS.r,^w" The an/eat medicine to Jure about Utt boo* at anttmeala , >. . Tarrantfa Seltzer Aperient. a It will hirm no one. It wfll beoeflt aat cna jibo wmj . bave cc.M onal attack* of ke*d?oho,?*rti?o,low plriia, or other ailnaotarera'tiac from trref alar aotion of t; bowel*. Keep a bottle atwaja ta the neaae, aad (her* la a'amlljretvdolaa near thit will aaT* man/dollar* and much ?nff?riD* 1 , " ?MM> BOLD BY ALL PEPOOtBTS. : TO PABENTS. / - a' - x; jrlki II your child is suffering from worm*, nne Db. Wibhaht's Woslf Sugab Dbofs, , an old and reliable remedy, that never failt in thoroughly exterminating these pests of childhood. Being made in the form of Sugar Drops, having neither the taste or smell of medicine, no trouble in 5 <?lii1<7rAn to take, experienced in iuuuuuB them. Sold by all Druggists at 25 eta a box, or sent by mail on receipt of price, at the Principal Depot, 9ld Filbert Street, Philadelphia, Pa.-a- ,11 , t /,' raw html Life Insurance Co. OF PHILADELPHIA. ASSETS, - - <5,504.329.24 Incorporated la 1847. Partly Milul. Annual Ca?h Dividend* ivalUkle to reduce Premlaee the teoond rear Poileiee qoo-tarfrttable (or their value. Endowment Pollclee lisued at Ll/e Bate*. SAMUEL 0. HURT,President SAMUEL E. bTuKES. VlCB.PrMldent. r.o JL a STEPU?KS.adVloe-P?wMent J J AS. WEIR MAbUV, Aoloaiy. HENHY AUSTIK, SecreUrj. Ajenta wanted in Km tern and Mldole burn*. I Appljr to H. >. STH'HE>S, V. P., Penu Mntnal Batidtnr, ' - Philadelphia, Pa. i?1TTPAT.TTT AND es3p "happiness For Suffering Millions! No external rvm*iy for aitj ;wi baa created (i r ItMlt to widespread a popularity in eo flwcte time mt Collin*' Voltnlc Plitatrr. And d?u?iKil>Ki; (or no remedy tiu been eo anooeeefal la tb? of,La teuo?b, twreoeaa, We*kne?, Nnmbatu and**NerTotu P*tns aud Acnea. A slugle trial la oontl'icliiicCollins' Voltaic Plaster const.ta o> alitor and zlno p|at?*a, iarefuil> ..limbed i.-. (tother and Imbedded In a Medcated Poroua Plaatrr. (Set* out.) A narrow atrip of clot , unirn it not to "? rrmovr.d, la placed over the plate*. WLen the plaater is plaond npou lh< affected part, wotch can be done q-ilckly and conren ently a* with the < rdlo n *on.u? plaatir, th.it ta,b> meie pretaoie of t?e baid.tbe aaiur. ai warmth ana moisture of thu rkln cause* the pli i?.i to in row out a current of el. otrlcliy to genCa Ibat 1 Is icoroely poMlt>ltt to Jeel it otherwise than by the li. ' imuinrni vetfo^autttratlnr as IQ ?top imost immediately tb? p?*t MotBtUUug P->lu. remove soieje'a.lameneM.and draw iofltnmatioio jnm the lun*?. Unr. Udntf*. >pleeo, buwtle, bluddor, heart, ' ud maacie#. A ainjla Collins' Voltaic Plaster for iocbI pama.lamenow, ortjnuas.vreh.oem.num^nbt s and lull inanition 01 the long*. Uver, Jtlda*}!. ?ple?n, bo*el?, b adder, heart and mwwUato < qiul to mn anuy 01 dootora and toroa of plaaU aad atiroW lc UuteLby ban lanes palii and soreness, g.veaJHt* aad r to 1119 weakaued and paralysed mvuclea and Umba. wjd U ro rrauilal and fOtto.n* ihat one* as?d In th? above alllnenta erery other external app lcatlon. inch m aaJr. , o.nimeuis, l.ttona, aud linitBonli, wUl at once be u a oardeo. Kvwu m uarnlys ?. t-piUp?y or U'?, and nerrou? muscular atfeoUona.t its plan or.ojr ralyln* u- nerr ua f^reoB, haa effected enrea when ete.y other knov n remeorha?jfaJled.ay DRUGGISTS. Prioe 25 coats. Bout by mail on tocelpt ofJ25 sseU freprietors, Boston, Max. MTilU S? 30 . Z7j ?* 1 WEtTINi* TO AOVEttTISBfrS \V PIMM say that jroa >aw tbo ad in Haa | e^Ui^UaP??er? ; .