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FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD. Domett!? Recipes. Cur Cakk.?Four eggR, two cupfuls of sugar, 0110 of butter, oue-half cup fill of sweet milk, tiireu of flour, one and one-haif t-'asmtoufnls of yeast pow dor. Cocoanit Caki:.?One cupful of but- j ter, thri o of sugar, live eggs, the whites | btaten to h .stilt" froth; four and one iialf cupfuls ot flour, one cocoanm grated, a piece reserved for the frosting; one and one-half teaspooni'uls of yeast powder; flavor to suit the taste. Conx Starch Cake.?Two cupfuls of powilen/il sugar, one cupful of butter, the whites of six eggs, three-fourths of a cupful of sweet milk, three-fourths of a cupful of corn starch, two cupfuls of flour, three teaspoonfnls of baking powder mixed in the flour; flavor to suit the taste. PiccoiiMixi Cake.?Stir to cream one ennfnl of butter, three ennfuls of suear. and th>! whites of live eggs; then stir gradually into the mixturo the yolks of live eggs, four cupfuls of flour, one and one-half teaspoonfuls of yeast powder, and one cupful of milk. Flavor to the tasto. Tomato Catsup.?Cut ripe tomatoes in thin slices, and put them in a tin vessel, with salt between each layer; boil moderately half an hour; strain through a hair sieve, and to every gp.llon of the liquor add three roots of horseradish, an onion sliced, with cloves, grated nutmeg, an ounce of black pepper, a red pepper pod, and an ounce of allspice; boil well, and add a pint of vinegar to tha gallon; it is then ready for bottling. Leopasd Cakk.?For the dark part take one cupful of molasses, two cupfuls of browr sugar, two-thirds of a cupful of milk, yolks of seven eggs, two tablespoonfuls of cinnamon, one tablespoonful of cloves, one tablespoonfnl of allspice, one teaspoonful of black pepper, five cupfuls of flour, one and one-half teaspoonfuls of yeast powder; for the light part, two cupfuls of white sugar, one cupful of butter; two-thirds of a M:n. ~ ! uupiui UI ULU1&, WUUCO Ul acvcu three cupfuls of flour, one and one-half teaspoonfuls of yeast powder. Weights and Itleniiureii. To measure corn in the crib, twooubic feet of 3">nnd, diy corn in the ear will make a bushel of shelled eoru. To find the quantity of shelled corn in n crib, measure the length, breadth, and height of the crib, inside the rail; multiply them together, and divide by two; the result is tho number of bushels ol shelled corn in the crib. To find the number of bushels o. apples or potatoes in a bin, multiply the length breadth and thickness together, and this product by eight, pointing off one figure in tjje product for decimal. To estimate tho amount of hay in a mow?Five hundred cubic feet of ordinary clover and timothy hay, packed | under ordinary circumstances, and set- ! tied three or four months, will make a :od. Clear clover is much lighter, and re quires nearly seven hundred cubic feet. Red top is lighter still; and timothy cut ripe is heavier than when in blossom. Of course much depends upon the quality and packing of the hay. Tha government standard requires a cube of seven and one-half feet for a ton; this gives about*400 cubic feet. To find the number of pounds of hay in a stack, multiplying the area of the base by one-third the perpendicular height, give3 the oubic feet. This rule applies to a perfect cone, tapering gradually to a point; for irregular figures, no rule can be given. To fiud the contents of a barrel, add double the square of the bung diameter to the square of the head diameter, and multiply by the diameter of the head of the cask. Divide this by 1,077 for ale gallons of 282 cubic inches; or by 882 for wine gallons of 231 cubic inches. OTedtcnl Mote*. How to Gain* Flesh.? Drink a goblet of good rich milk every night before retiring. This will corer the scrawniest of bones. Lozenges for Bad Breath.?Gum catechn. one ounce: white suear. two ounces; orris powder, half an ounce. Mix them into a paste with mucilage, and add a drop of neroli. One or two may be sucked at pleasure. Pimples.?Take a teaspoonful of oat meal and cook in three tablespoon fuls of water half an hour, then strain through a thin cloth, aud apply with a soft sponge three times a day for two or three months. This should be washed off as soon as thoroughly dry. It will cure pimples on the face, unless caused by a diseased stomach. To Whitbn Teeth.?For whitening the teeth there is nothing superior to wood charcoal very finely powdered. Take a few shavings of castile soap, and dissolve in spirits with the aid of heat. Use this solution to make with the charcoal a very stiff paste, adding a little syrup or honey to sweeten it, and scent to suit. Sore Throat, Headache, Cold Feet, Eto.?If those who are subject to sore throats and the like, were to bathe the neck with oold water in the morning aud use the flesh brush at night, it would more than compensate them for the time and trouble. There are many who suffer from headache and oold feet. If they would plunge their feet in cold water every morning and use tbe flesh brush every night it would relieve them both. Question* and Aniwara. How about ground bono for cows? Ground bone led in small quantities, with salt, occasionally, is beneficial to cows. They need a greater amount of phosphate than is afforded in grasses. By timely feeding of bone flour with the weekly feed of salt abortion can be prevented. Bones are also valuable as feed for fowls. The trouble of crushing or powdering them is amply paid for in eggs and jaicy meat for the table. Can hickory trees bo successfully transplated ? Yes, provided it in done with care when they aieyouug. Hickories usually bear fruit in fourteen years from planting. What is peanut oil used for t Peanut oil was introduced in the South during the war in absence of olive oil for household purposes. It has become popular both on account of its good qualiti'-s and its ch sapness. It retains its purity and flavor for a Iobr j time, aud i? less susceptible to the effect /VIJttq : i "* vn, XUO Ull lo OAtracted by pressure from the nut only; the refuse is given as feed to cows or used as ft fertilizer. Which are considered the best beef and which the boat butter breeds ? An experienced cattle breeder of Tennessee than classifies the different breeds of (tattle as to relative merits: The Jersey, tbe butter breed; the Devon, a beef or fancy breed; the shorthorn and Hereford, the beef producing breeds; Ayrshire and Holstein, tho milk and cheese producing breeds. Hollow Born. This supposed disease is nothing more or le.'us than hollow etomich, empty stomach, ill-treatment of some kind. The following are among the most frequent causes: Allowing cattle to stand outdoors in frost, snow, mud and rain; and, if housed, allowing them to stand in a dirty, leaky house or ehed. Of all the ill-treatment to cattle, the latter is the wuret. For illustration: I can take eithe r horse or cow and confine in a narrow place, direct a continual dropping of water on its head and it will be either crazy or dead in forty-eight hours. This being the case, is it any wonder I that the poor animal's brains would be- j <jv>me inflamed f This oontraots the usual amount of blood from the horns, thus making them feel cold and appear empty. Taking It Baek. A shepherd, writing from Livingston county, N- Y., informed the farmers' clnb that bis course with a ewe that disowned its lamb is shutting them in a dark pen together, always providing a j hiding plao; for the lamb. He has by j this means often induoed a coarse wool- | en sheep to own and raise a young lamb, when she has lost her own, after it was several weeks old. Moth-Eaten. I h& l a beautiful garment, And I laid it by with care ; I foldod it close with lavender leaves In a napkin One and fair; " It is far too co.-tiy a robe," I said, " For one like nic to wear." So never at morn or oveniDg I put uiy i-nrmont 011; Ii lay by itself nndur cli'.sj> and Ley In the perfumed d;^k alone, Its wendorful broidery hidden Till many a day had gone. Tliero were guests who came to my porta!, There wire friends who sat with me, And clad in soberest raiment I bore them company; I knew that I owned a beautiful robe, Though its splendors none migut eoe. There were poor who stood at my portal, There were orphaned Bought my care ; I gavf< them the tendorest pity, But had r.othiDg besides to spare ; I had only the beautiful gaiment, And the raiment for daily wear. At last, on a feast-day's coming, I thought in my dress to shine; I would i lease myself with the luster Of its shifting colore fine; I iv An id walk with wide in the marvel Of its rarely rich design. So out from the dnst I bore it? The lavender fell away? And fold on fold I held it np To the searching light of day. Alas ! tho glory had perished While there in its place it lay. Who seeks for the fadeless beauty Must seek for the use that seals To the grace of a constant blessing The beauty that use reveals, For into the folded robe alone The moth with its blighting steals. A NIGHT LODGER. When I vas in my twelfth year, papa and mammi: made up their minds to take a pleasure trip to the "Far West." This was something unusual; they seldom left home. Well, they went, ami lay two sisters, two brothers and myself had a gay time "housekeeping." One .dav. all except mvself and our servant girl were invited to a dinner party. I confess I dreaded to have them go. "Kate, we will bring you any amount of candy." " Now, pet, you know you and Sally can stay here just as well as not." " Don't be a baby, Kitty "?were the words directed to me. Finally I resignedly bade them " get out of my sight." Sally and I were good friends; she told mo stories and sang songs till I began to think it was quite a fine thing to be left at home. Tired of staying in the house, I sauntered down the front walk, and amused myself by indulging in a forbidden pleasure?swinging on the gate. Looking down the road, I spied a man com ng along. I flew to the house, and, satisfied that ho was coming in, I ran to Sally. Seizing her dress with both hands, I exclaimed: " Oh, Sally ! there is a dreadful looking man coming in." Sally picked up the poker and walked to the door, while I, imitating her example, snatched a stick of wood. Sudi * n 11 i . aemy oauy cneu: "You little goose, it is Bill McCarty!" Sure enough, it was Sally's beau. Her mother was very sick, and McCarty was sent to bring Sally home immediately. Here was a dilemma. Sally didn't want to leave me, and unless she started home then, she might not see her mother alive. It was nearly time for the rest of the folks to come home, so I managed to raise courage enough to say I was willing to remain alono. In a few minutes Sally was off, and I was left iu possession of our great house, which never seemed so large to me before. I tried to reud, but it was impossible; all the murder stories I had ever heurd came to my mind. I remembered that none of our doors could be locked. Papa, who had a few strange ideas, declared locks were a nuisance. I felt that I was doomed. I went out to the yard, and, to my dismay, discovered th.it the sky was | overcast and a storm near at hand. 11 could see the rain coming; faster and faster it came; it was soon at the house. Oh, how it did rain ! On each side of our vard was a brook. pretty and peaceful in plc.isant weather, bnt a very little rain transformed tliem both into raging torrents. As I stood at the window I saw first one bridge, and then the other, swept off. I knew now that I must stay alone all night; it would be impossible for my brothers and sisters to get home. Travelers, or, as Sally called them, " trampers," often stopped at our house over night, as there was no public house near. To my horror, I now saw one of them coming across the fields. Should I hide ? No, that was not to bo thought of. Without stopping to knock, the great rough man walked in. " Can i stay here all night ?" I dared not refuse him, so, as firmly j as I could, answered : "Yes." He seemed surprised at seeing no one but myself, and questioned me much. I told him my brother was up stairs writing ; that we two were alone. JLhat was the first thing that entered my head to tell him. Such a villainous countenance that man had ! His hair was cut close to bis head, leaving his huge ears in bold relief. Wicked looking eye-, and a brutal mouth, completed his general expression of ferocity. Bedtime came, and I directed the man to a room up stairs in the servants' department, not the "up stairs" where I horl ooirJ mr tttqa unvi o?iu luj wiwwuvi nnui Now that there was real danger, I was calm and reasonable. I fastened the door that led np Btairs with iny embroidery scissors, which happened to be in my pooket, so as to guard against surprise, and hurriedly collecting our silverware, carried it to mamma's room and hid it in the bed. No one would have supposed the bed had been disturbed. I was elated at my ingenuity. I then hunted up what jewels the girls possessed, and placing them, with what money I could find,in a box, I tied them in my pooket. After doing this, I stole down stairs and removed my scissors from the door. These scissors were counted among my most valuable treasures. I had had them many years, and had no intention of losing them now. I expected the man would only wait ill he thought I and my fictitious brother was asleep, and would then search the house for valuables, and finish Viv lfillinfr mp Only ono plan for escape that I originated seemed feasible. I determined to wait till I heard my lodger in tho rooms below, and then wrap myself in papa's shawl, and jump out of the window. I was not kept long in suspense; the peculiar squeak of the sitting-room door warned me thnt it was time to act. Quietly I raised the window, and just as the steps approached the stairs, I jumped to the ground. Fortunately, there was a bed of lilies directly beneath the window, and they softened my fall. That there was danger of breaking my j neck I had not thought. I -. as determined to escape. It was as dark as Egypt, th" rain was pouring down in torrents, bn 'his was nothing in comparison with il.e horror within the house. Half a mile back of our house lived a friend of papa's?Mr. Vincent. I resolved to go there. I ran along, stumbling against fences and falling into ditches, thinking I never know such a long half mile. Finally I reached the house, and managed to tell my story. Several young men happened to have been delayed there by the storm, and, headed by Henry Vincent, a young man of some twenty-two years, they prepared to capture my visitor. I was too excited to remain at Mr. Vincent's. I declared I would go back I home. They all tried to persuade mo not to do tbis except Henry Vincent, who t>aid " such a little heroine should do as she pleased." With my hand tightly clasped in Henry's, we started. When toe came within sight of our house, we saw a light flitting from room to room, and a few words of boisterous song floated to us on the breeze. Sir lently my friends snrronud< d the house, : guarding every avenue of escape. Henry | and i (I would not let liim Imhvo mo for | a moment) entered the house. We found the vagabond searching papa's desk. He had found several hm.i'red dollar0, that I had not seen, when preparing for flight. He started to run when he saw us, but finding men and revolvers on ail sides, he was obliged to surrender. He was safely bound, and then questioned. It appeared he was a noted thief who had long baffled the police. Ho Haid when lie learned the nouse was occupied only by two individuals he was much elated. Ho did not intend to proceed to acts of violence, unless my brother and I troubled him too much. When he found the house deserted, he concluded I had not told him the truth ?that I was alone. Not finding me, he supposed I had hid, and he would not hunt for me. Lilting me into his lap, Henry Vincent called me the "bravest little woman he ever knew." All the others praised and flattered me, till I began to think men were greater talkers than women. All that night we staid there, but before morning I was " raving like a mad" Whvtin Irvnnr luonkn T rpmninfid IXiULU AUH-u kw**** ? > uiicoiiscious. Whon I became sensible, anxious faces wore bending over me. Papa, mamma, and all the folks were at my bedside. " What is the matter?" I asked. In a moment that dreadful day came to my remembrance. "Oh, I know," said I, with a shudder. It was a long, long time before I regained my strength. Every person petted and praised me. I was the heroine of the neighborhood. Henry Vincent never tired of descanting upon my bravery, and devoted himself to me in a manner that would have been very aggravating to his lady friends had 1 been a few years older. My "lodger" was sent to prison to meditate for some years. The Decay of Burglary. That the " hard times " have seriously affected that largo and enterprising class of our fellow citizens, the burglars, says the New York Times, there is abundsiut evideuce. A marked change is plainly perceptible in the manner in which they do their work. Formerly the burglar j was usually an artist in his profession, and showed a conscientious tnorongtiness and nicety in its practice. He effected bis entrance into a house in a dexterous and workmanlike manner, leaving no broken glass or smashed panels to accuse him of clumsy incompetence. He knew what articles of value to select, and how to avoid disturbing the inmates of the house by rude and inconsiderate noises. In no circumstances would he be guilty of wanton and ungentlemanly destruction of property. If he found himself insulted with plated spoons, and mocked by oroide jewelry, ho- never showed his resentment by twisting the former and stamping on the Jatter. If he thus failed to meet with any adequate reward for his nrdnight toil, he simply withdrew quietly and inoffensively, and contented himself with pitying the selfish parsimony with which householders, rolling in plated teaspoons, ignored the hard working burglar, and left him to suffer in silence the jJangs of disappointed hope. To this praiseworthy burglar of former days has succeeded the rude pretender to burglary, who cannot undertake the simplest job without showing his incompetence and vulgarity. He breaks into suburban houses by the primitive process of kicking out the cellar windows, and scratches the matches with which he lights his lantern on the spotless parlor walls. His first idea is to rob the refrigerator and make a hearty meal, careless of the annoyauee which he thus inflicts upon the thrifty housewife, and of the disgrace which he brings upon his art by subordinating it to sensual gratification. After supper he makes an exploration of the house, soiling the carpets with tobacco juice, and breaking the locks of desks and drawers. If he finds nothing that is worth stealing, he expresses his brutal anger by cutting the pictures, scratching the piano, and breaking the clock. Before he departs ho usually manages to fall over enough furniture to awaken the proprietor, and to thus promote that want of harmony in the domestic circle which iuevitably occurs wht n a husband hesitates to ixcci.pt his wife's advice to go down stairs armed only with his night shirt and capture a burglar. The contrast between this ruffianly housebreaker and the skillful and accomplished burglar is painfully forced upon our attention whenover we read the police reports, and thinking men naturally ask themselves what has been the cause of this sad deterioration which apparently involves the w.iole profession. Good Living and Dyspepsia. Good living in :-aid to cause dyspepsia; but the mo i. li.saltby people we have ever known h*we been among those who lived well?who i.te freely several times a day of the mout nutritious food. By some it is said that tobacco, snuff, tea, coffee, butter, and even bread cause this complaint; but whoever will rpake inquiries on this subject throughout the community will find that this is seldom true. In fact dyspepsia prevails., according to my experience, altogether the most among the temperate and careful? among those who are careful as regards what they eat and drink, and the labor they put upon the stomach, but exceedingly careless how much labor they put upon that most delicate organ, the brain. Such people often eat nothing but by the advice of the doctor, or some treatise on dyspepsia, or by weight; nor driDk anything that is not certainly harmless; they chew every mouthful until they are confident, on mature reflection, that it cannot hurt the stomach. Why, then, are they dyspeptics? Because, with all their carefulness, they pay no attention to the excitement of the brain. They continue to write two or three sermons or essays every week, besides reading a volume or two, with magazines, reviews, newspapers, etc., and attending to much other business calculated to excite the mind. It is not strange that such persons have nervous and stomachic allections. ine constant excitement of the brain sends an excess of blood to the head, and therefore other organs are weakened, and morbid sensibility is produced, which renders tho stomach liable to derangement from very slight causes. The Mountain Meadow Massacre. It has been a disputed question whether Brigham Young was privy to the Mountain Meadow massacre, a horrible butchery by Mormons and Indians, of men, women and children belonging to an immigrant train bound for California in 1857. From the evidence produced by the prosecution at Beaver, Utah, in the trial of John I). Lee, the leader of the murderers, it would seem that Young was not responsible in any way for the atrocious act, but that, on the contrary, when informed of Lee's design, ho Bent a messenger to the latter with instructions to spare the immiKrants and let them go in peace. The messenger rode day and night, but the massacre had taken place forty-eight Lours before he reached Mountain Meadow. But this evidence, though it shows that Brigham Young ^deavored to prevent tho murders, also provss that he knew who the murderers were, and yet he never took anv measures whatever to bring them to justice. The proof against Lee 6eems to be conclusive. Butter.?"Marseilles butter" is a substance produced s.t a large stearine candle manufactory at Marseilles, from which several tons are sent out every week. It is most artistically prepared, looks very nice, and keeps well ; but it will not go down at Marseilles, and anothnr market for it is being sought. Those who come to yon to talk about others are the ones who go to othors to talk about you. RIFLE SHOOTING. Dlfflcnltlea the Mnrkntnen Ainu Ovcrcome-Elevation nnit Wind Allownnce?EflVctn ot Atioonpherlc KenlMinnce oti Ihe ProIrotllen. Notwithstanding the popular interest tUo ?;H.. ? n../:a,lmn>,v v~ri few general readers, says the New York j Herald, have any correct idea of the tr.chniquc of rifle shooting and tho marvelous perfection to which it Las been ))rought. Of course the ordinary observer forms some et-timato of the diffi culty of hitting the small black speck on the target which is called tho bull's-eye and is amazed to seo the marksmen putting bullet after bullet into it with a precision which approaches the miracnlous. He measures the first by reference to the great distance of the marksman from the target and the size of object aimed at, and the other he regards as wonderful because of the skill displayed in tho face of the difficulties already named. Beyond this he forms no opinion of the marksmanship and contents himself with applauding tho results as deserving of great praise. Take a man of the steadiest nerve and the keenest eyesight, but possessing 110 knowledge of the laws governing the flight of projectiles, and put in hiB hands the most perfect rifle that can be manufactured; then place him before At- - X L -i. *5 I LIU LUrgl'b 21b Dttjr UVU uuuuiuu jiuu^) and the chances are that in nine shots out of ten he will fail to hit the target at all, not to say the bull's eye. This is because there is a knowledge necessary to good marksmanship, which is entirely independent of mere good aiming and clear vision. He would probably content himself with lying down and steadily directing his rifle at the bull'seye without any regard to the operation of the forces acting on a ball during its flight, and would expect that it should follow a direct line to the object aimed at. But in this he would be entirely at fault, and his eye would not be greeted by the marker's disk at the butts, showing that the shot was " on." A puff of dust from the ground a considerable distance in front of the target would inform him that his bullet fell short of its mark. On inquiry as to the cause of his failure he would receive from thoso tnVx-i tnom oil nhrvnt: if. frliA fnllnwinc in formation: When a bnllet leaves the muzzle of a rifle in its flight toward the target three forces act upon it and influence its movement until it is checked by striking a resisting object The first is the force of propulsion, imparted in the gun by the eDergy of the expanding feas, generated by the exp'jsion of the charge. This force rcooives direction from the barrel of the gnu, and if no other force Rctod on the ball it would travel on an exact lino in continuation of that of the axis of the barrel. The second force is that of gravity, which tends to draw the bullet downward toward the earth with a constantly increasing velocity. Consequently, instead of following a straight course coincident with the axis of the barrel it falls continuously from that line during its flight. The third force is that represented by the resistance of the air, which tends to retard the bullet in its progress toward the target and acts in proportion to the square of the velocity of tbe bullet and to the density of the atmosphere itself. Thus, iustead of traversing aloiig tho direct or thf shortest line to the object, it follows a course which is theoretically parabolic, but actually, and by reason of the atmospheric resistance, a modification of that curve. In order, therefore, to insure the flight of the bullet over the full distance between the rifle and the target it is necessary to elevate tho direction of the barrel, so that the projectile will be raised during its flight a sufficient height over the piano in which are located the point of departure and the object sought to be hit to compensate for the loss by gravitation. To regulate the angle, a tangent scale is fitted to the breech of the gun, and to this scale is attached the movable rear sight with which, with the vertically immovable muzzle sight, the line of sight or aim is determined. The scale is divided into degrees, minutes and seconds, the latter subdivision being obtained by means of a vernier scale attached for the purpose. The fine divisiou of the tangent scale is necessary in order to regulate the changes in elevation required for variations of range and the resistance of the atmosphere. In the former case, let it be supposed that a marksman hits the bull's-eye at an eight hundred yards range, with a certain elevation of the rear sight on the taDgenfc scale. If he desires to hit it again at 850 yards he must increase the o.ovatiou, and decrease it for a distance of 775 yards. Thus the utmost accuracy can only be attained by a fiuo adjustment of the sights. The influence of the wind on the flight of a bullet is very great, and, when the wind is variable, is constantly changing. On a perfectly calm day at Creed moor tlie Hue or signt is in tne same vertical plane as tbe line of fire; that is, the marksman adjusts his muzzle sight to correspond exactly in relation to tbe breech eight with the axis of the rifle barrel. He shoots " dead on," as.it is termed, making no allowance for the force of the wind. If, however, a wind is blowing in the same direction as the line of sight that is toward the target, the elevation of the breech sight must be lowered in proportion to the force of the wind, because the moving air current has a tendency to lift the ball, not actually, but relatively, by delaying the fall due to gravity withia the period of flight. On the other band, if tbe wind blows toward the marksman the elevation must be raised to compensate for the increased resistance created by the wind to the progress of the bullet, which is in addition to the normal resistance of the air at rest. When the wind blows across the line of fire it causes the bullet to drift in the Bame direction as the wind blows, and while it may not necessitate an alteration of elevation it compels the rifleman to move the muzzle sight so many points over on the barrel with the wind, so that tbe lino of fire will diverge from the line of sight, and thus compensate for the drift of the bullet. An oblique wind, with or against the ball, creates a further complication of the sichtinc. The former compels a reduction of the elevation and an allowance for wind, while the latter necessitates an increase of elevation as well as a wind allowance. The wind is supposed to be blowing across the range from right to left, consequently if the marksman aimed "dead on," the bull'seye his bullet would strike the target away in the left or possibly might not touch it at all. Bat be makes the proper allowance for the wind and moves his muzzle sight to the left side of the barrel, and with this arrangement of the sights he aims directly at the bull's eye. Of conrse it will be at once seen that the barrel is directly on a line toward a point to tho right of t.he bull'seye and the bullet flies in that direction, but is drifted during its progress toward tho left and into the center of the target. The accuracy of tho shooting therefore entirely depends on the good judgment of the rifleman, and the contest at Creedmoor was won by the American team because its members wero perfectly familiar with tho relative forces govering the flight of the bullets. The match was continued on the second day under strictly different conditions of weather froai those of the first; and it was in forming a correct estimate of tho character of tho changes that our team had the advantage over tho other contestants. The marvelous shooting of Johnson at 1,000 yards when compared with the indifferent marksmanship of some of the other riflemen, nhows that mere steadi ness of nerve aad clcar vision will not compennate for a deficient acquaintance with the value of the forces in operation on the flying bullet. The Reason.?A wealthy Bostonian died recently and left all his property to his wife on condition that she married again withir. eighteen months. A friend of his who knew of his purpose previous to his death said to him: " I should think you would dislike the idea of another man enjoying your money." "He would not bo likely to enjoy it much under the circnmntanoeR," "was the reply. 8UMMARF OF NEWS. Interesting Jteva from iloue and Abrond. The Indian commission have at last prevailed upon the Spotted Tail agency chiefs to | sign tho new trenty The N w York Gret>nj back party held a convention at Albany, which waa attended ty ?u hundred .'elogatea, and nominated n fu'.l iStuta ticket, leaded bj ltit.liard M. Gnfliu for governor Cougieotioiial nominations; New Jersey, heor.d district, H zeltiali 8:nitb, Di m ; Peuufylvania, fixth, Washington Towuaend, R6p.; Now Jermj third, Miles Rom, Dem After seven heats in the 2.24 rape, at Boston, Cornee won in 2 25, 2.25}. 2.24} Roar Admiral Rennock wa3 buried at Norfolk, Va., with naval honors. An immense concourse of friends attended the funeral Terrible suffering is reported among the inhabitants of Puerto Principe, Cuba. Four thousand rations are iesuea to the poor twice a week A correspondent of the London Timet writes that seven hundred Christians were massacred by the Turks in Erzeroum The Chinese government has recently made considerable concessions to foreign nations regarding trade, and has opened several new ports At the LouiBville races Grit won the mile raoo for bos ten horses in 1.46, 1.45, 1.50}. The Q?lt House stakes, two miles, was won by Harry Hill in 3.41}, 3.42} Another hurricano has swopt over the West lndios, doing considerable damage at Ma.tiniquo. Terence Welsh and Patriok Donohne were instantly killed and two men seriously wounded by the falling of a rook in a tunnel in which they were at work in Baltimoro county, Md. .... Congressional nominations: Connecticut, third district, John T. Wait, R-jp ; fourth, Dr. Robert Hubbard, Dem ; New Jersey, sixth, Wm. Baxter, Dem.; Kentuoky, fourth, J. Proctor Knott, Dem Internal Revenue Commissioner Raum has instructed the district attorneys throughout the oountry to bring suite against ail persons who have not paid the whole of their income tax.... The Oherokee Indians and other oiviliaed Indians in Indian Territory protest against the proposed settlement of the Sioux Indians on their reservation, and olaim that the government will violatoita treaty in sodoiDg Wm. M. (Boss) Tweed has been taken on board the United 8tates warship Franklin, from Vigo, and 1? now on his way home. His companion was released by tho authorities General Braxton Bragg, of the late Confederate army, dropped dead in the street at Galveston, Tex., from heart disease Servia rejects tho conditions of peace proposed by the great powers, and hostilities have begun again A bronze statue of Wm. H. Seward was unveiled in Madison square, New York, Wm. M. Evarts makiDg the oration. It was presented to the city by admirers of Mr. 8eward On the Louisville raoeoonreo Harper's horse Ton Broeck ran four miles against time in 7.151?boating the fastest time on record (Followoraft's, at Saratoga, 7.19}) by three and ono-half seconds. The miles were made I in 1.52%, 1.45*, 1.46J, 1.50%. Prvncrrnaoinn*! nnmmatirtna Naw JfilUflV. h xth distriot, Thos. B. Peddie, Rep.; Massachusetts, ninth, George Terry, Dem.; Connecticut, second, Stephen W. Kellogg, Rep.; Pennsylvania, twentieth, L. A. Mackey, Dem. There w?re 260,000 people present on the Exhibition grounds on Pennsylvania's day, 257,296 of whom were paying visitors.... A fire in KiugMton, Ont., destroyed three dwellings and a ttc rehouse which contained tl6,000 worth of raw hides Don C?rloa is reported to havo informed the F?6nch authorities that he would not again enter Spain at the expenee of another oivil war In the free-to all race at Fleetwood park, near New York, Goldsmith Maid defeated Jud^e Fullerton in three straight heati in 2.21%, 2.21}, 2.24. The Hudson river steamer Dean Riohmond ran down a brick-laden schooner near Barrytown and the vessel immediately sunk with all sails standing. The orew were saved Congressional nominations: New York, twentyfirst district. T. H. Matteraon, Dem.; Maryland, third, Alex. H. Hobbs, Rep.; Massachusetts, eighth, W. W. Warren, Dem The post-office authorities at Washington will aeon discontinue the practice of returning doad letters to the ffritors thereof, in consequence of the reduction of help The American ship Ellen Dyer, iaded with refined petroleum, wan burned at sea, tho crew escaping in the boats and being subsequently picked np by a passing vocBol....The imports into tbeUnitod Slates durin August amounted to $35,314,864, against $44,191,673 for the same month last yo&r. The expoits wore $43,286 074? against $35,699,437 in 1875 Rev. A. B. Ffeunoll, an Episcopal misaiouary at th" Cheyenno agoncy, wa* shot doad by so?ne unknown assassin. As ho had no enemies it is thought he was mistaken for some one else. A small boat confining five young men was capsized on the Delawure river, off Gloucester, and Henry A. Paul and Andrew Dugan were drowned Tue Cuban tobacco crop is poor aud small The Wilmington (N. C.) Daily Journal, the oldest paper in the State, has suspended for want of funds The people of Ecuador, South America, in cooperation with the army, h*ve overturned the presidency of Mr. Birrero and placed Gen. TTAffimJia ir? f V? a Mm it* A hi >r AA.af rtrv hiiilil.. ing in Springfield, Mass., fell daring baeineBS hoars from overloading the upper floors, and bnried soven mau in the rains, four of whom were killed, namely: George N. Walker, of J. Walker <k Co., Bheridan and Kessler, two of the firm'e employees, and Erakine Pease, who was buying goods at tho time. There wero forty tons of tobacco on the upper floor and. forty-four tOD8 of flour on the Becond A terrible scene occurred at the banging of Abraham Wertheimer, at Cosohocton, Ohio, the fall not breaking bis neck or choking bim and necessitating a second springing of the trap, the unfortunate victim meanwhile crying and groaning piteously. By cutting boles through two walls, burglars gained entrance to Horton's Jewelry store, New York, and robbed it of ?18,000 worth of treasures?t ?king everything in the store cxoept the contents of one safe and some plated ware Gen. Bibcock and Mr. Bomerville, on trial in Washington for complicity in the safe burglary, were acquitted Mr. O'Connor Power, M. P., of England, has arrived as tho bearer of a series of resolutions, passed in Dublin on tho fourth of July laat, congratu1& ibg President Grant upon the oentennial of American independence. Sixty thousand peonle were nresent at the meeting. The ad drees, which was tlisn adopted by acclamation, is handsomely engrossed on parchment in old English letter with illuminated border and iuitial letters Julius Blank, a blind magician, of New York, shot and killed his wife and three-year-old daughter and then committed suioide The American oonsuls at Porto Rico report that the rbcent hurricane destroyed a great many residences and other bu'ldings ; and that some of .the orops were rained Hon. Joseph Warren, editor of the Buffalo Courier, and president of the Associated Press, died of oongestion of the lungs James Lick, the California philanthropist, is dead An outward-bound steamer ran down a small sohooner in Halifax (N. S.) harbor and two brothers named Smith were drowned. One of.them, Obed, pulled as bow oar in the Halifax crew at Philadelphia. By the swamping of a ferryboat in Yongal harbor, Ireland, fourteen persona were drowned. A. fierce fight of twelve hours ia reported betwoin (he Turka and Bervians, in which thousands of lives wore lost. Which army dorived the inoat advantage ie unknown, ae both claim a complete victory At the Jercme park raccs, near New York, Rhadamanthau won the three-quarter of a mile purne over six competiturs in 1.20j^. Brother to Baaaett won the two-mile race in 3.47%. The mile daah for two-year-olda brought out nine horeea ; Leonard winning the race by a neok in 1.50}?. The mile and one-quarter handicap drew out eleveD contestants, of which VirgiDiua proved the viotor in 2.17$.... During (he your ending June SOtb, 1876, 169,986 immigrant* arrive! in thia country?being far below th-> prt v.oua years Hon. B. W. Harria wm renominated for Congress by the Republicana of the aecond district of M-?-? aohuaetts The uophomore clasa of WilliamB College, at Williamsport, Maas-.was euej eudtd ?... 11 IJ i. ? il.~ InnaUmAn oy (113 iireaiueub j ut ruoiuug iuo ncouiuou. The tquare bounded b/ Joaophino, Lorent, Wbito a d Jackson streets, Now Orleans, haw boe.. ln.mcd. The new m i vuat girl, ou tho tlrt-t morn in ? after bur arrival, ingeniously asks: "And does girls that live out have to make their own bids, mum I" Jt The Demon of Drink. The following is an extract from one of the lectures of J. J. Talbott, who died lately at Elkhart, Ind., from the effects of a drunken debauch : Hut now the struggle is over, I can survi-y the field and measure the losses. I bad position high and holy. The de- j mon turn from around ine the robes of i ray sacred otlice and sent me forth j churchlesa and Godiesp, a very lushing j and byworJ among men. Afterward I bad lmsiuess large and lucrative, and my voice iu all large courts was heard pleading for justice, mercy and the right. But the dust gathered on my open books, and no footfall crossed the threshold of the drunkard's office. I had moneys ample for all necessities, but they took wings and went to feed the coffers of the devils which possessed me. I had a home adorned with all that wealth and the most exquisite taste could suggest. The devil crossed its threshold and the light faded from its chambers; the Are went out on the holiest of altars, and leading me through its portals, despair walked forth with her, and sorrow and anguish lingered within. I had children, beautiful, to me at least, as a dream of the morning, and they had so entwined themselves around their father's heart that no matter where it might wander, over it came back to them on the bright wings of a father's undying love. His destroyer took their hands in his and led them away. I had a wife whose charms of mind and person were such that to see her was to remember, and to know her was to love. * * * t7ootc nm wallrpfl t.lio rtlCCed XU1 l/ilU Vbou JUH4M ?fv .. -^oc path of life together, rejo cing in its sunshine a: id Borrowing in its shade. This infernal monster couldn't spare me even this. I had a mother who for long, long years had not left her chair, a victim of suffering and disease, and her choicest delight was in reflection that the lesson which she had tanght at her knee bad taken root in the heart of her youngest born, and that he was useful to his fellows and an honor to horwho bore him. But the thunderbolt reached even there, and there it did its most oruel wQrk. Other days may cure all but this. Ah I me; never a word of reproach | from her lips; only a tender caress; only a shadow of a great and unspoken grief gathering over the dear old faoe; only a trembling hand laid more lovingly on my head; only a closer clinging to the cross; only a piteons appeal to Heaven if her cup at last were not full. And while her boy raved in his wild delirium two thousand miles away, the pitying angels pabhed the golden gates ajar and the mother of the drunkard entered into rest. And thus I stand : a clergyman without a cure; a barrister without brief or busin'ess; a father without a child; a husband without a wife; a son without a .parent; a man with pcajcely a friend; a soul without hope?all swallowed up iu the n-flolatrom of drink. The Way to Serve Relation*. The following plan ought to be adopted another year by country people hav" * * " ? Ti * iL ing city Kinaren. ii is iurai8u?u me Kingston Freeman as worthy of public consideration: A gentleman living up the railroad, having been pestered by his relations from the city coming to visit him every summer, told his wife last spring that there must be a change in things. If she had to work herself half to death during the hot weather she might as well get paid for it, so he meant to advertise for boarders. The good wife acquiesced, and the result is they have filled their house with boarders at $7 a week, and the host of relatives have to go somewhere else to board. "Why, said the gentleman, " my wife don't have to work half so hard. These boarders are not near so particular about having costly food as our relations, and they actuallv help around the house just n* it was fun for tbfcm. Catch any of our company doii g that. Not a bit of it. They are always in tho way, wanting continual waiting on, and never did a thing to help my wife?not even in washing dishes. We will make this summer nearly 8400, and it will bo clear moneyt for our relations would Lave eaten jusas mnfihas these boarders, besides lnnk irg more work, without ever contributing a cent. What they Promised. A letter from S. E. Denny, of the Canadian mounted police, was received at military headquarters, and is the first offioial information sent this government of the proposed alliance between the Sioux and Blackfeet for warfare on Amarican whites and on the Crow Indians. Denny was sent to investigate affairs and to diplomatize among the savages, which he appears to have dono successfully. He visited the Blackfeet nation and was cordially received, and learned from them tLat the Sioux had made advances to them for the purpose of getting them to joiu them in fighting the Crow Indians and also Americans. The Sioux promised a portion of the spoils and also anumber of white women whom they Had captured. They promised that after the American whites were exterminated they would go across the border and massacre the Canadian whites. The Blackfeet having refused these propositions the Sioux threatened to come across and puninh theia. Mr. Denny promised to aid the Bl-ckfeets in case they were attacked under these oircumstances, which pleased them so well that they made profuse demonstrations and assertions of eternal friendship for the whites and threw themselves on the kindness and protection of the Canadians, saying they realized that in time they would be deprived of forage and provisions by the encroachments of the whites. After the Robbers. Speaking of the Minnesota bank robbers, a local paper says : It may look ridiculous for a thousand men to hunt down six outlaws, one or two of whom j are wonnded; but the woods afford nnnnrtrinit.T for ambnscade. I op^uuiu vrr- j ? ? The people of the section where the robbers have been discovered are ignorant, superstitions Bohemians, who conld readily be made the obedient tools of the outlaws, who scrapie at nothing. Every foot of the. gronnd must be gone over, and there will be shooting done before the robbers are captured. The course of the desperadoes in the main has j been due southwest, following the bolt of timber which is uubroken from [ Northfield to the State line, and everywhere dense, they have once doubled on their track, and in the flight of fifty hours or more had not proceeded more than thirty-five rniUis from Northfield, the placo where the robbery was comj mitted, when last seen. Infusion of Ulood. A poor factory operative had his leg recently amputated in the Manchester (Eng.) infirmary. The loss of blood was so great that his case was given np as hopeless. He was all but dead, when the surgeon stated that nothing but an infusion of blood could save nis life. One of the students (a Mr. Irvino) volunteered to be bled, and twenty-five <- unces or Diood were tasen irom mm &i his own most serious rink and transfnsed into the dying man. The patient is now on a fair way to convalescence. In the" forty years that the Merchant's Gargling Oil has been before the public, thousands of patent medicines have been ushered into the mark, t and ri lir ed, while this old remedy has llelrl on its way, increasing in popularity with each succeeding year. Merchant's G.irgling Oil is known familiarly the whole length and breadth of the land, aud th? name of the secretary, Mr. John Hodgo, of Lockport, has a fame aa widn aa the medicine he dispenses. We have no data as to the number of bottles Bent out from the manufactory last year, but the quantity must have been etormous. The company distribute two millions of almanacs and domestic recipe books annually, and when it is remembered that these are given away, some idea of the extent of the advertising enterprise may be formed. A mcdiciue that will stand the test of forty years, as tho Merchant's Gargling Oil has done, needs no special indorsement, at this lato day. ? Buffalo Courier. At oar request Cragin A Co., o: Phil- 1 adelphia, Pa., have promisod to send < any of onr readers, gratis (on reoeipt ol fifteen cents to pay postage,) a sample , of Dobbins' Eleotrio Soap to try. S<-nd t at onee. * 1 Chapped hands, faoe, pimples, mi*,- , -onu, laitrhonni. and orher eutaiieonw ptTectioTis np.rwj and rough sliin uiwlc soft and ' smooth, by iwiiig Junipeb Tab Boap. Co carofnl to et oulv that made by CanwelL P.^zardi Oo., New York, ae there are many imitations ' made witii common tar, all of wlnoh are worthleas.?Com. Half Hanged.?ihuut half a century | ago an old man was hanged in Scotland for complicity in murder. The rope broke and he fell violently to the ground. His first words, when he recovered his breath, were : " Ah! sheriff, sheriff, gie us fair hangin'." His sons leaped forward to claim their father's life on the ground ihat the law had no right to exact a second hanging. But the old man cried out: " Na, boys, I'll no gang hame to hae people jppintin' me oot, and saying : " There's John OJ the half hangit. man.'" ' From a Physician. Hyde Park, Vt., F*b. 7, 1876. Me8arB. Soth W. Fowle <fc Sons, Boston: Gents?Yoa may perhaps romembor that I wrote you several weeks ago in regard to the use of the Peruvian Syrnp for my wife, who was eufferiDg from general debility, th - sequence of typhoid dysentery. I bad tried the most noted physicians in this State, and ilso in Canada, without relief. At your recommendation she commenced the use of the Syrnp; the first four bottles made but little impn-seion, but while taking the fifth she began to improve rapidly, and now, after utiug sis of the dollar bottles, she has regained her strength, and i< able to do most of the woik about the bouse ; and I feel that I cannot speak too highly in praise of the Peruvian Syrnp. I have prescribed it to several of my patients, and have procured the sale of several dozen of it here. You can make any use of thin letter you see fit. Yours, very truly, * H. D. Belden, M. D. Abscesses and sores of long standing, which have resisted the operation of ointments and washes, may he cleanscd and healed by frequent and peraisteDt washing with Glkhn'8 8ulphto 8oap. Depot, CrittenI ton's, No. 7 Sixth i venue, New York. Hill's Instantaneous Hair Dye makes old folks young. * Many valuable horses die from the effect* of oolio. The beat thing to do in a caae of this kiml is to pour a bottle of Johntorit Anodyne Linimpni into a long nooked junk bottle, add half pint of molasses and water, then ponr the whole down the horse's throat. Iu ten minuto3 the horse will begin to eat. Cat This Out The Astor Place Hotel, Astor Place, Thud Avo. and Eighth St, New York, is oue of the be?tplnc<s for a stranger to stop?well kept, centrally localed, walking distance to pitapat stores aLid theaters, and with a g. od bed. oloao, airy rooms, at GOoeufs to $1 per day, it docs not coetasmall fortune to spend a few days in the city. With the affable and grn kmar.l Mr. Borden (one of the proprietors) behind the counter, no one can help feeling at home. Qo aud seo him. * Parsons1 Purgative Pills will greatly relieve, if not entirely cure, dyspepsia, when everything eleo fails. They have been tried in some desperate oibcs, and have given mnre relief than any othor medicine. * The attention of soldiers and their hein is called to the card of McNeill &, Birch, of Washington, D. C., in another colamn. * The Markets, SZ\7 .'CU>, Beef Prime to Extra Bnllocis P8 9 1C\ Oommcn to Good Texj *i C7 (# Cfc>? Milch Cows..... 40 00 (?76 IX' Hogs?Live 10X<? WJj Dressed.... 05 <A 1' 8heep 04 ? Lambs 06 <J? <6* Cotton?Middling 11 . \\% t'lonr?Extra Western 6 66 t 0 50 State Extra.... 6 66 ^ r" SS Wheat?Bed Western 1 10 <? 1 3ti No. 3 Spring 1 24 <4 1 24 Rye?8tate 83 $ 87 Barley?State 93 9 IJ6 Barlfj?Malt P' ? ' 10 Oats?Mixed Westum ii) <4 48 Corn?Mixed Western 65 <? 68# Hay, per cwt 6J iA 00 Straw, per cwt 6) <? 8 Hop* 76'ff?S3 ?8C .. 78's 10 <* 31 Pork?Mess 10 70 (*IS 76 Lard...* !OJtf0 UK Fish?Mackerel, No, 1, new 17 00 ^?17 JO " No. 3, cow fl 76 ? 7 00 Dry Ood, per cwt 6 25 ? 6 6U Herring, Scaled, per box 3.1 @ 31 Petroleum?Crude It ?14 Refined, 20 Wool?California Fleece 16 <4 28 Texas " ... 17 ? 37 Anstrallan " i9 $ 41 Butter?State 33 0 83 Weatfir.i Dairy.. 81 ? ?8 Western Yellow. 30 9 8) Western Ordinary 16 (g 22 Oheeso? State Factory.. 08 0 18Jf Btate Skimmed Ofi <9 07 Western ?J ? 11* Eggs?State. 26 'JO nnyyAiiO. Hlonr...... 6 00 0% 9 CO AT) eat?No. 1 Spring 1 -7 ijl 1 20 lorn?Mixed 5lXiA 63 Oats 37 <& 37 Uyo 70 4 7 J Biu-ley 03 <3> I CO PHLLAEJELJHIA. Beef Cattle?Eitr.? 063<f? 3beep "5 9 Horp?Dressed .. O.y Flour?Pennsylvania Extra 8 76 (#8 3) Wheat?Bed Western 1 20 ? 1 J ' Rje 7) ? 7. Com?Yellow 67 t'l Mixed 66 ? 6f Oate?Mixed 32 9 3 Petroleum?Crude 17X018 PeOned. 26 WATEBTOWN, MAHE. Beef Cattle?Poor to Oholoe 7 00 & 7 78 Sheep.. 1 50 0# 3 60 Lamia 6 00 <# fi 5 a Day to Agta. Sample free. H. Albert. Boa'on,Mb. AGENTM? For 400 Pnpera and :>fnffaztnrn WAKTKD. O. W. Bennett, Qen. Ag't. Qalnoy, Mich. PROFITA BLK Work for Agenta at bome. Sample I'O ct . Rev. W. 0. LoOMia, We?tmoreland. N. Y. : A 11)?. Employment fo-all Cbromo A Noreltr ! ijlv Catalogue free. Felton AUo.,119Na^?an*t.,N.Y. <t""?K+A Qr/H a Weak iO Agents. Samples FREK. ip JO LP ?P ? / p. Q. VIQKKRY. Augnata, Maine. OA i Week Salary guaranteed to male t female. Seed U\J atamp for olrcolar*. K. M. Bodlna.lPdlanap'a.Ind. <2?b> OUTFIT FRHK. Beet Chance Yet Write m?i at Once. COLLINS 4 CO.. 2 Clinton Place.N.Y. Profitable, Pleasant worn: annareas now employed; hundreds more wanted. M. N. LOVTLL. F.rtw, Pa. 6v)AA a month. Outfit worth 81 free to Areata Knoelslor M't'g Co.,151 Mloh.ATe..Chlosn3. 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New novelties, enrmnew, stationery paokage i.watchee, jewelry ,eto. special terms given to agents; valuable sample*, with catalogue, tent free: a 18-karat solid gold watch given as premium. It. 8. Kuctohxh, 11 Dey Street. New York A "|W'<"\f7'TZ,T TV17' Your name printed on JX V / T JjiXj X. X ? 50 Trnnnpnrrm Curd*, containing a scene when held to the Ilcht (5(1 designs), sent post-paid for 25 oents; 6 packs, 6 names, Jgi I. No oiberoard printer has the same. Agent* wanted: outfit IQu. Oard Printer, Lock Box D, Aihlaud, Mass The L O V E R S'tunRSSThnd. S2 wonderful and and amusing Instrument ever invented. Secret eooreriation can ho earried on from different rooms, acrou tb* aireel. Ac., without detection. A child can u?e it. Wanted to take orders for It. Sella like hot eakea Sample pair aeatforlOo. Address, Fletcher A Co., Wllliamsbargh,N.x. HO, FOR IOWA I ! Farmers, renter* and hired men of America! A choice from 1,200000 aore< uf the beet lands In Iowa on R. 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Addrcrt, JJr. Bolts' Dispensary No. 12 N. 8th it, St. Lonlj, Ma If 70s want to do your M own printing, ftfch / Uiari m make oiuwf, toad fat ft ClrtftU/. 1 f joa w*M a I IK. ('i'iTntrJ lh? h?ai??. mS *** chenurit una beat hand clf'-luklOK inlnttnot PW??t?.ggBP^M *'. fll. f? i?. if I pot.LARS. u4 > vnctni v(V. f* riY* DOLL* OK. Alto. 7CUK3 A1QBI0A PBXS3 CO., 63 Mum? St., HwToti. $50ipfi7Tcl^50 EACH. II 11 1 L 1J lS I EACH. 0flared for Flnrat Piece* of Work eiecntea with our Centennial IJ!l\CKKT HAW . Price, ?4.50. Treadle Power. For parttnnla-*, addreai the Manol'n, miP.TlAN Ac BINDER. Kocheater, N. Y. ?15 SHOT GUN A donble-barrel gnn, bar or front action look?, war ranted genuine twist barn-la, and a good bhooter, ok bo balk; with Klaak, Ponoh and Wad-cjtter, for *fl5. Can ue rent 0. O. D. with privilege to nzmilne before paring bill. Send stamp for circular to P. PO WELL ? HOW, Cincinnati, O. A N. F. BURNHAM'S X 1874 Turbine A WATER WHEEL -^tiSm Ha* displaced hundred. 0t Tnrblnea, bnt hnn never en it* Vyn^^r dl>placed. Pamphlet free. N. jr. BUKNHAM. Yoa*. Pa. GOOD NEWS FOR BOOK AUENTS!! The Winning Book of the Heaaoa U oat! BRET HARTE IN THE FIELD! " Gabriel Oonbot," Splendidly 111 nitrated and Beantl'ollT BonndJ_s ready. The preea are placing it with "Dickens'" Worka. Says a prominent journal: "A million rtadrrt art impatient to g?t it." We want 10.000 a*?nte to anpply them. Now la the time to , strike. Send for Illustrated Clrcalare and aee for your eiTOA. Aaarew AnamuAfi ruDMoamu w., Habttorp, or., Chioaoo. III.. CtscnntATi, Ohio. RemovaM50 oB&AKsm Mew nod Necond-Hand, of tlx firnbelui ronUrm, Including WATEKH Ac HONS. Will be aold at ejitraordlnury Low Price* to rtlo** out the rolir* ?ock. pr?vlom to EKM07AL to ihrir New Stnre, 40 Ea?t 14th Nt,, Union Hqarct Oct. 12th. Mu?lc at balf>prlc?? Mat at ? cm. p-*r pace, Illustrated Catalogue* Stalled. Affentn Wanted, Special Indnermrnta to THE TK4I)?, HORACK WaTEKS Si, SONS, manufacturer* and Dealers, 481 Broadway, New York. SOLDIERS Dlxabled In any decree by woand or dlseaae are eatltcd to ponaloo, ud most of thoae pensioned to Increase. The* e who (sired for three yean or who were discharged for wonnd or lnjary, harlnj received bnt 8100 bounty, are entitled to 8100 additional. Where toe aoldler is dead relative* are entitled to bounty. McNEILL, <k BIRCH. Wa?hlnitton. D C., one of wnmn was Ohtef of Dlrlaion In the Peoalon offlo*. make these claim* a ipeota.ty. No fee charred till el., lm Is collected. For fall information addreu them ZXIUiUDlUg BIOOJ^. EUPEON! If you have Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Headache, a Burn, or a Bruise, procure a bottle of Eupeon, It will give instant relief; as thousands can testify. For sale by all Druggists. EL A. HTTRLBUT & CO., 75 and 77 Randolph Street, Chicago, Agents for the Proprietors. " It feci* IlUr n bnll of lire roiun* up wu the cheat," I* a common expreeeljn amonu rnffereri from Indigestion. Than DM Tarrant's Seltzer Aperient,' get the system into a healthy condition, to that the dUestlvo orpana can do their letrlilmate work, and you won't h? tr nblert n't*r ?aMnjj. Dytpypala la the fraltfal mjtaor of inaoy sad dlaea<ea resulting from tbe torpid o'<ndltlon of tha stomach, and this aperient carr<p? .ft evilly und pleasantly the came, and thus e-r)?tha dl ea-e. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. NEW WILL.COX St GIBBS \ AUTOMATIC Latest Only machine Invention. fl) ,nt^L^cr producing ^HP \# ^tomatic M^veiona Tens^and Trade Mark In baae ?' <T?7 machine. SILENT SEWING MACHINE. rwn fnr Tllnntrated Price Lilt. Ac. Willcox & Gibbs S. M. Co., (Cor. Bond St.) 658 Broadway, >*cw Xork. LADIES' SELF DRESS-FITTED. The "FITTER" consists of & seta of 15 different bum of a lady's Waist, cu; In Heavy paper, so that after measures are ta- JHh ken, the exnct-fliting pattern can be '1 lected all ready to cut the goods by, so slm- MtP pie that a child can use It successfully by reading Instructions. With It any lady can tit her dresses perfectly, whll j It Is of price* less value to every dressmaker. Price of Self Dress-Fitter, $1.50. Agent? Wanted Everywhere S Note.-For TWO DOLLARS we uj^H will make you a yearly subscriber to th? Monthly Elite Dreitamakcr and BUfl Milliner (a splendid Fashion Man- HH tine), and send you hy return mall the "Self Drena-Fitter" FREEt Send stamp for new and beautiful Catalogue of Fashions. A. BURDETTE SMITH, Editor, lAimooMi: ) w . w xut nth st, s ^cyr-York clty-a?C Wnsin Ms MnsiuMs i HI tUJlU UUUllUi iliuuiu iivvuwi THE ENCORE! For Singing Schools! By L. O. Exratox. Contains ad cxc<I!ent SlDgln* School Course. A fin# collection < f Pialm Tanee and Anthems. Beside* thn above there 4m nearly 100 page* filled with Duets, easy Part Songs and Glee* (or Practloe ud Recreation. At 9ill bo s?-e-\ there am abuadant materials of the best ch rnc er, tor makiDg Singing Classes Interesting, wide awalo and popular. The kvcobs la alf>o an excellent book to ute In Don roullons, Academies, College Choirs, etc. Price 75 cts. 87.50 ier dozen. THE SALUTATION! Church Music Book! For 1876-77 By L. O. Ejacnsoif. Contain a Good Collectlou of Secular Music. A thorough Singing Schoo. Connie, wliii abundant exercise*. Bat he greater part of this near and Important musical uork l? takei up with new Metrioal'1 ones. Anthema, Sentences, Caant#, etc., e'c. The whole constitutes a book quite equal to those already published, which have caused the name of Mr. Kmttrson to be widely known aa one of the moat successful of modirn oompoaers of 1 " ' W-4I M Perdox.. 812.GO. " oaorvu uiuiv. * ??w v . _ Specimen copiM mailed, poet-free, for retail price. 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Frva addition*1 and in healthful action. Let no prejudice keep you from trying this great medicine of a famous doctor, who hat saved thousands of lives by it in hit arge private practice. N. B.?The Ta? Balm has no bad taste or smell. PBZCHtL 60 CKHTS iKB $1 PBB BOTTUI. Great String to bay Urjorti* " Bold by all Druggists. ni/.A<'ita/iita nmna*l JTl&O D xwuu?w?v f?nre in 1 mlcnte. A0% WATCHES. AOmi 8wutloa. Oampn K 4 WalcX and Outfit frtt to AgttJj. Better thin Gold. Addrew A. OOULTKk * PP.. Ohtaac"rp-|7> A Q ?The obolomt In the world?Importers' 1 Ti ft.Qt piloee Lejye?t Company la Awrlri tuple erUole? p'.ewee ererj hodj?Tride oonttnaaUy Increeling?Aj-m wanted everywhere?beet lndaoeoMBt* ?dontwuteti e?Mod for Ctrcalir to ROBT WKLL8,<3 Veeaj St. W. Y. P. O.Box 1237. KfnSrfTi] $3.00 for 10c! IHlllniiM Three b*ck number*of KuUlIS CHrBCH'8 IffflWJI MUSICAL VISITOR. 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