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THE HISJXJ'SS OUTLOOK, Failure^ for the Year IS7(5 nn (omimred wiij Those of 1875?Sonic Interesting StHtialietu During tlic your 1870 there were in the United States, according to the re* port just made by the mercantile agonov of Dun, Barlow it Co., 030,009 persons reported in business. Of these 0,092 failed with liabilities amounting to $191,117,780. In 1875 there wore 7,740 failures with $201,000,353 liabilities, showing an increase of failures for the year of 1,350, as compared with 1875, which year in turn showed an increase over 187-4 of nearly two thousand failure-.. The liabilities of the parties failing in. 1870 show a decrease over those of 1875. hi Canada of 54,28*2 ] ersons doing business during 1870, there failed 1,728 agirinst 1,908 in 1875. The liabilities iu 1870 were ?25,517,991 against $2S,843,907 in 1875. For New York city the number failures in 187G was 887 and the average liabilities ot each $37,479. It may be interesting, says Messrs. ; Dun, Harlow Co., to discover in what sections of the country the liuancnil pressure has been the most severe, and with that view the following table is presented: V'>. in I .Y-?. Aiii'xiH' , 11.". f.i'lhih'i' -. I New England States. | 77.551)1 1..S14 *37.<;57.<>:;2 Middle States 105,1 s i J 2.'JOH 72.2H.Csl Western St:iti s 225.:J'i;': S.l.'l'.l ">2.S7??.r>ll Southern Stales.... ST.lifV i.:J61 23.OS3.2f.i5 I';idtScStates 22.31:? :I01? r?.2C2.^1*i <'(iliail:s r.t.nim 1.72S i'ljtlT.'.'Hl Ail examination of the above t..Me confirms the impression, which lias been very general, that trade in Hie 1 Western anil Southern States has been less disastrous than that of the Eastern ami Middle States. It is a siguilicant circumstance, that the failures in the Middle States are one in every titty-sown names reported in business, while in the Western States the proportion is one in : every seventy-two; but the comparison between the E.tst and the South is even more significant, for in New England, with all its wealth and solidity, one in every fifty-nine has yielded to the pressure of the times, while in the South, with all its poverty, its political ami other disabilities, the percentage of failures is only one in every sixty-four. Even in Canada, where there is a gold basis, light taxation, freedom from politi* eal complications, and all other favoring conditions, t lie alcove showing is indicative <if much greater pressure than in the United States, the failures in the Dominion being one in every thirty-two. In England no very accurate figures are obtainable, and none of course as vet for the prist year, hut for 1ST") a return was made of 1.700 failures among f?0,000 firms prominent in trade, indicating one .; failure for even thirty-six firms reported in business, with an average liability of 387,870. The figures for the United States, showing a failure of one in every < sixty-three, with nn average liability of j $21,000, ind'eate that the pressure of the ( times has been either not so great in this | country a-> elsewhere, or that it has been i borne \> ith less disastrous results. ' Tt would be unfair to conclude that j1 the trade of the country is in an unprom- j ising condition, because the failures show such a marked increase. A wider j 1 view would inelude many circumstances I! that would bring more comfort. For instance, it is undeniable that the past year , has witnessed a marked improvement in the values of many leading staph s, as i i compared with the prices prevailing in '1 1875. It is equally true that in extent , of profitable trade there has been a perecptible gain, and there i no den vim* the fact Unit, lit many branches of busi- > liess, u nmeh larger number have added J tv> their available surplus during 1S7?5 t than in 1875. Many art:Vi"s have reach- | ed a par value, in illustration of which the statement may he ventured that, as ! fur as further depreciation in prices was t .concerned, specie payments might have i be<u resumed in the early part of 187(5 f without causing any material disturbance j in values. Not only h;ul some prices | reached par?and in some cases below it ?but itM^ns a settled conviction that the stock of ^[ods i:i ail hands nearest t!ie * consumer Md reached the lowest possi- j' ble point. Production, warned by pre- % vious loss-jMias been regulated to the > extent of-positive wants; and the press- ;i ure to sell, so apparent in 1875, was 1 largely diminished. Thus, barely the j1 first half of 1870 was reached, when all j, the conditions of slock, supply, demand ( and price favored an improved condition of business. That this improvement did 1 take place in September ami October ? was everywhere evident; but the heated > Presidential contest, and the miserable i muddle as to the result of that contest ! ' which has since prevailed, has almost completely paralyzed business. The ! last two months of the year, therefore, ? were most disappointing, and from t causes exceptional an I temporary in ? character, ill-* promise of the early an- I tumu of improvement in business was '1 not fillrilled. It is significant, however, ' that the failures in the last quarter of s 187t> are less by twenty per cent, in :t number than for the last quarter in 1875, while tin- total liabilities for the last quarter of 187<> are not one-half of those of the corresponding quarter of lS7o. The, same favorable comparison also holds poo I as t> the decreased number of failures which occurred in the fourth qu irter of 1 JS7??, as mipared with tin? larger number in the third quarter. * * It is true that the gloomy cloud of the political contest objures these conditions somewhat, and that a winter of extreme severity, with difficulty of transportation and other causes, reiar Is their action to so.iu1 extent. Bui, that these favoring c;u litiens not only exist, and continue <o increase, none can doubt. The year - just closed has been a ;no.->t > prolific <>!!' in largely augmenting the 1 wealth of the country. Cotton, grain, sugar, tobacco, gold and silver, petro- j leum?and numerous other ivsonrces ??i* ! thi? gr-at continent, have been pro- > duced in t jti ml it :<* -? suili vent to viei.l 1 nearly 1,00M millions cf d -iiars. While j the producing power ?.f the nation has ! thus been exhibiting its"if, on tin* one t hand, the economy of iis people has ; been equ illy cfrariy demonstrated on the ' otlicr. The importations haw dwindled to dimension* smaller than was at on 1 < time thought possible, and the restricted I purchases of domestic as wel' as foreign ' goods, in all sections of the country, ' afford tie: strongest possible indication, that the foolish extravagance winch so : universally prevailed in the first live ; years of the decade, is being succeeded j by lessen.- 1 living and business expenses, and a safer b.isis generally Is thu< being readied. The ChiM's Kpitapli. Readers remember the sinking of an immigrant ship, a year or twnsigo, off the coast of Keei, Iltiglanl, wlieii o.;') persons perish !. Tim people < f tiie parish adjoining iire very i ? .?.?r, and were fulsome time in greni distress, expecting that most of the 'oodles would !>' washed ashore, in which vthe law would com-' pel them to be at Hi" expense of their burial. C".riousiy enough, however, only a solitary corpse ever reached the land, and that was of a little boy a few months old. The parish constable took it to the parish carpenter to have its coffin made, and, on being asked its name, replied, simply and naturally enough : "Godknows." Someone mnst have heard and been touched l?y the constable's pious ejaculation, for the day after the child was buried there was found at the head of the irrave a little slate tombstone, on which were engraved these two eloquent words: "(Sod Knows." A looking glass is kinder to us than the wine glass, because it reveals our defects to ourselves only, while the latter reveale them to our friends. - 'iir,.1! rirttiti^-wr^iliw^fni! i ie SUJWARY OF SEWS. IntcrcMinjt Items Irom Homo anil Abroad. A 840.000 fire nt Long Branch, N. .T.. destroved the Central Hotel and several adjacent building The failures in the United States in 1876 were on? in sixty-nine in business ; in 1875 there were one in every eighty-three, and in 1873 there was one failure in every 10s. In Cmuula in 1870 there was one failure in thirtytwo persons engaged in business, and in 1875 one in every twentv-eight Pope Pius IX., in reply to an address of students from the American College, who went with Peter's penT. 1'emarUcd upon the marvelous progress of Catholicism in the United States..... .Ten Gloucester (Mass.) fishing seb.ootiers are believed to have swuntbeu to the recent heavy gaie* and Ko'ie down with all on board. They ujv thus named : Kllen Francis, David A. 1'urnham. (iettyblmrg. John S. Tvler. W, T. Mar fiiuin. >. r. iiumn'ss, jsoolti i.inmeu. uowaro Stock', Modus, 15. ami D. II. Woodbury. The tows. averaging si\ men each. leave families in nearly every instance A bloody battle was fought at Galte, Ecuador, between revolutionists and the government forces, in which tlie latter were uadly worsted. President Borrero was obliged to lice. The revolution is now a success Lucille Western, well known throughout the country as an actress, died of pneumonia, in her thirty-fifth year Fifteen passengers were injured <>n the Virginia Midland road by two sleeping conches being thrown down an embankment by a broken rail \ passenger car on the Chesapeake and Ohio road jumped the track near Greenbrier river, W. Ya.. and plunged down a forty-live foot embankment. Several persons were injured, j-ome fatally .A train ran off the track near St;ir Station,' Kv.. injuring five persons. An ice gorge in the Ohio near Cincinnati broke and cut down the steamer Andes, which sunk. Loss, ?24.000 : no insurance* Sliding snow on the roof of the (irand Central depot in New York demolished ?2,000 worth of glass, and thoroughly frightened the inmates of the edifice. Fortunately no one was under the falling mass The new steamer Calumet was sunk by moving ice at Cincinnati. Loss. ?21.000 : insurance ?17.000. .J'ctectives arrested three burglars at work in ati express car on the Hudson itiver road A ?4(1.0(11) fnc is re ported from Broekport. X. Y.. bv which seve i buildings were destroyed, including a Moth i-t church. The express and post-oi'iiees .vere damaged . .The Mechanics'savings bank of Huston has suspended Eastward-bound freight has again been advanced The accounts of Alexander Bartow, cashier of the Fisltkill (N*. Y.'i National bank, show a deficiency of from ?20.000 to ?Gfl,000. Bartow explains it by saying he was forced to sell bonds deposited in the bank for safe keeping in order to make good overdrafts drawn by personal friends Another cargo of amis and ammunition for the Turkish government lias been dispatched by thi' Winchester Anns Co. of New Haven. Conn. Win. M. Tweed's appeal from the decision against him in the ?(!.000,000 suit was denied by the supreme court. Tli'- moving ice in the Ohio and its tributaries curried off and wrecked ten- steamers, between three and four hundred coal barges, ten coal tippers and numerous dry docks. It is climated 2.500.000 bushels ol' coal were lost. The aggregate losses will foot up between two and Hiroo mi'lvin (].illnr? Jsi-vm-anf 1'eSSV. wifll iwii 1110:1 from tin? Sixth cavalry. while recnunoitering for the Indians who had cut the telegraphic line between Forts Laramie and Fet term-in. had a skirmish v.itIt tifteen redskins, and the three troopers were severely wounded A I'omtagratiou in Scranton. l'a.. destroyed tlie Kxchange block entirely, and iullicted a loss of jloo.otto... .liishop Whittingham. of theKpis owal diocese of Maryland, lias been jiaralyzed ;n his left side The Spanish steadier Moc:eziniKi. which was captured by Cubans who overpowered the officers, was biirned recently i>v her captors, 011 finding that they would fail into the hands of a Spanish gunboat. The ''tibau crew escaped to an adjacent shore in small boats Where the Western Union and \tlaiitic and l'aoitic telegraph companies con cte. tlie rates ha\e been greatly reduced I'lie Huston steamer Seminole has been attached under a suit for ?00,000 by the owner of the <teamer Montgomery, which was run down by he former steamer A dispatch from India itates that in one of the Bombay districts (Sholiporeithe crops have totally failed. Tilings ire nearly as bad in two other di-tricts. The lops have partially failed in six districts. Already 287,00(? ] ersons are 011 the relief works. ii Madras the famine prevails m twelve districts, ind now a million persons are on tin- relief viirk*. The cost to tlio State is estimated over [.'2.00(1.000 sterling in I'ombay and ~C-J.000.000 n Madras A .tire in Kdinbiirg. Clarion, Co.. destroyed t".cn(y-two buildings in tlio 'umiicss part of tin' town. "Tin: loss i-i estimated ui >11'ii.0"(i. President Grant, in an order to (Jen. Anger, >f New Orleans, sustains the Packard governnent in the following language : li has been lie jiolicy of the administration to take no part n the settlement of the question of the rigbtul government in the State of l.or.i. iana, at east not until the Congressional committees iow there have made their report. Hut it is iot proper to sit quietly bv and see the State [overnmeiit gradually taken pos.-essi >n of by >ne of the claimants for guhernatori.il honors >y illegal meant. J he supreme court ^el up by >Ir. Nicholls can receive no more recognition ban any other equal number of lawyers conened on the call of any other citi/en of the Itate. A returning board, existing in accordnee with law and having judicial as well :-s ninisterial pones over the count of the votes nd in declaring the result of the late election. iavc given certificates of election to the legislature o." the State. A legal quorum, if which House holding sneli ceiiitieates, met nd declared Mr. Packard governor. Should here he a necessity for the recognition of it iter, il must he Mr. l'ackard. Von may forlisii a copy of this to Mr. Packard and "to Mr. sicholls. Upon receipt of this Gov. Packard -sued a proclamation ordering the Nicholls rovernment to disperse. The order of President Grant to Gun. Auger, . ulloweil hv tin; |ir?>elniiivtioii <>f Gov. Packard, rented a widespread excitement in New Orleans, t was believed in that city that the administraioii al Washington would* not interfere so long s f>iree was nut used by either side. and the iroclamatioa. which, to a certain extent, rccogiize.1 the I'aekard over the Nichnlls governneiit. caused the excitement. A di-patch savs ; hat as soon as tin- facts became known the , treet- were crowded with people, hut that no .cts of violence occurred. <iov. Nichoils and his ' dministraiiou declared that they would give i.o tt' liti<>n t'? Gov. Packard's proclamation, but or,Id continue their government, not interb rng with Packard unless attacke d, when they I'ould ri -list. a< directed by the Louisiana Dem icn'tic delegation in ('on^ress. Preparations ore made to quell any disturbance that nii^lit i-i-e. 0**n. Auy r said that lie considered the 're.-ident's order as not recognizing cither (ranch, hut should await further instructions, kliioli were hourly expected. The Auirlo-.Ymcricnn cable, laid in 1WK5. has >eo i broken \ dispatch from ('ape Town, U'ri'-i. says that alarming news lias been ivolvi'd ircM Zulu-land. The Zulu Kin;.' ?Vt leva yo refu?e-; to} <rniifc the occupancy by ISritish roups 01" tin* territory which is in dispute bewee.i iiiiiwrlf and theTr.-nsvaul repnMi<\ fie ra< returned unopened n letter sent him l?y the iriii.dt envoy. ir.id has assembled 8.1 KM I warriors ' 11 the disputed territory Deputy Siiperineiideut Met'all's report shewed that the otHeei's 1 the S' -iu iiy life insurance company of New it.y had committed e\t< nsive frauds and re- ; >eated jx-rjurics. and that tho assets were less ha!i lifty percent, of the liabilities Tho venue cutter (lallati'i re-cued the crew of the c:- hound schooner li. ('. Tiioiiu.:. of Maine, vhile olT the Massachusetts coast. When ro'.i:id. the i'cet and hands id" tie' crew had jitrst open fiv-ni the frost, and they were in a nost pitiaMe pli;<lit Two lahori rs were instantly killed and three seriously injured bv be !! < struck l.y !> locxjiikii'.'mv'iiif cleanup miow rr-nii (he tr.):'!c near l'.itlTr.'o, N. V Thereport of Mas->acnnseits' auditor places the State Jebt at a reduction of ?3;16,000,from the previous year. The net cost of the Hoosae tunnel unci Troy and Greenfield railroad is put at ?17.20rt.i)7J>. .Tallies G. lilnine wan, elected senator by the Mi'itie Legislature to nerve tli<: long term ending iii lss:5 Senator Wni. Windoni, of Minnesota, was re-elected for mother term Senator T. W. J'errv. of Michigan, was again ' Uose:i l.v tin* Legislature to. repve sent that State in tlie upper House The mercantile Agency of Dun. JSarlow & Co., in their January report, giv tie* tola! uiiml.er of failures in the I'jiitfl S!:.t for tlie year 1K7?? as !?.ni'2. with liabilities amounting to C-lliI.] 17.7fWI. In 1H75 the failur--> numbered 7,710, wilh liabilities amounting to >'-"1 In JJ>ominion of Canada the failures in 1K70 w r< 1.72*.,with liabilities amounting t> .r:;r>.;>17.'.i'.n. In bs7;"> tli" failures in the Dominion were l.Htirt. with liahiiilies. ?n the Foil d States there are (>;JO.O!ii) people in biiMues.-. and in the Dominion of Canada, f<l,2S2 A report from Mexico stales that <!en. Diaz failed to effect a compromise with Iglesias. He attacked the forces of Ig'esias in Guanajuato. commanded hy (Jen. AntilFii. Antillon was defeated, and surrendered his whole army to (Jen. Jgnacio Martinez. Igl.-sias has asked to I c allowed to retire to private life Gen. Terry amiouuceH that a dispatch received from Col. Miles, via. JSoxeman, i tales that on the eighteenth oT December three companies of the Tilth infantry, under Lieut. Frank D. Baldwin, struck Sitting Hull's camp in tlie liedwaier, and defeated him, < -II ?i?. fl,? Willi [lie IOJ..S IIJ 1IIJ | 14*3 I-IWJU-, v and sixty mules and ponies. The Indians escaped with littl?-besides \flmt thcv had 011 their persons An earthquake shock is reported from California Testimony before the coroner in the Ashtabula case was to the effect that sonic of the braces had slipped three inches out of place previous to the last painting of the bridge A. II. Garland was elected by the Arkansas Legislature t>> succeed Senator l'owull Clayton. New York's State agricultural society elected Patrick Harry, of Monroe county, president for the ensuing year The New Hampshire Democratic convention nominated Daniel Mnrcy i for governor. The resolutions denounce the i ' conspiracy organized at Washington to thwart the clearly expressed will of the people through the action of illegally constituted and corruptly : controlled returning hoards, as revolutionary and treasonable in purpose and effect, inasmuch as it strikes at the very life of the elective franchise, which is tl'ie basis and vital ' principle of this governmentdeprecate the use of military l>v President Grant in South Carolina and Virginia; call upon the representatives of both houses of Congress to unite in securing a peaceful solution of the difficulty in which the country is involved : declare the duty of Congress relating to the Presidential question, and close thus: ' Believing that Mr. Tildeu received a majority of the whole number ol electoral votes, we pledge him our hearty and un<|uaHtR'd support in the full exercise of his authority in conformity with the Constitution and laws of the land The East Indian government will need ?32,200,000 for the relief of the famine stricken people in Madras and Bombay, according to the report of (lie home government Jtcar-Admiral Joseph Smith, of the navv retired list, died in Washington, aged eighty-seven years Five tons of powder in a mill at Trov,*N. Y., exploded with a deafening sound, completely demolishing three buildings, but fortunately i:r.. 'Pi?. i. ii??i ui "i i \ " '?> inn nit:. lilt" imiuuiu iu ~2(l,(l(l() \ shower of living snakes, each from twelve to eighteen inches in length, in reported to have occurred in Memphis, Tenn., during a recent heavy rain....The Poles are greatly excited over the probability of l'ussia being engaged in war. and there is a probability of a blow being struck for freedom when Russia becomes involved will! Turkey A plausible, gentlemanly appearing man represented himself to a Wall street (New York) broker as connected with the N. Y. Life Ins. Co., and after a number of interviews, deposited a certified cheek for >(i4,0(l() against that insitution. for which he received part gold and balance bills. The check turned out to be a clever . forgery, which tin; cashier of (he Union Trust Co. had certilied as being good?(he signatures being so perfectly counterfeited On Mr. Moody's last night in Chicago, his call for funds to carrv on the good work drew out a collection of rflT.OdO. Under tlie arrangement for the settlement of the election ililticulty. the grand committee is to consist of live members of the Senate and live of the House, each party choosing its own members in caucus, and, besides these, of four members of the supreme bench, selected from the whole number according to geographical divisions of die country. Accordingly it is believed the judges of the first, third, eighth and ninth circuits have been agreed upon, these being Justices Clifford, Miller, Strong and Field. These four are to select a fifth. To the committee of fifteen members, thus composed, are to be referred the questions relating to the disputed States which are understood to be Florida, Louisiana and Oregon. The committee, composed of members of both houses and experts, as many other committees have been formed, notably the silver commission, will report its conclusions to the two houses, and its report will stand unless both houses unite in rejecting it. Finally, the measure will come into operation as soon as it is passed and signed by the President, and the count of the vote will ni?t. therefore wait until the usual time, the fourteenth of February, but will proceed at once. Thus the country will be the sooner relieved of its anxiety... .\(!en. Augur, commander of the Uenartment of the Gulf, sent to Gov. I'aokard, of New Orleans, a communication charging tlic latter with misrepresenting the state of affairs there. Gen. Augur denies that lie lias made any request of either claimant, lmt savs he did send members of his staff to ,4inquire" of both if it were not possible for them to make some arrangement which would result in the dispersion to their homes of the armed men on both sides. Tliis could not be construe:! as intermeddling with the politics of the State. " It was simply a suggestion,*' says Gen. Augur, 'in the interest, as I thought, of peace, and to give a moment's quiet to the ettizens of this excited city." UNITED STATES CONGRESS. Senate. The House substitute for the Senate bill granting a pension of i>37 a month to soldiers who have lost both an arm and a leg was read and referred to the committee on pensions. Mr. C'onkling (Hep.), of New York, presented petitions from a large number of manufacturers and business men praying that party feeling and the sirife for party advantage be discarded in ascertaining the result of the election for President and Vice-President. A petition asking Congress to consider Unpolitical situation from a patriotic point of view, having been read. Mr. Frelinghuysen (lie)1.1. of Xi w Jersey, said that lie sympathized with the sentiments of the petitioners. He believed that there was patriotism enough am! statesmanship enough in the representatives of the American people to reach a satisfactory conclusion of the present embarrassment, and lie hoped that patriotism and statesmanship would be exercised. If Congress should reach a satisfactory solution of the complications which all now deprecated, the effect would prove a boon to iins naiioii wunnv in mi* uii'iunij<ii nt-iu, Tlie chair laid before the Senate a letter from li. C. rainier, secretary of the Democratic convention. held at Columbus. Ohio, on the eighth of January, inclosing a copy of the resolutions adopted l>y tiie said convention in regard to the present rre.-idential dilliculties. Referred to the special committee of seven. An amendment to the third rule, toeompel the attendance of absent senators whenever it shall he ascertained that.a quorum is not present, was laid over. Mr. Patterson (Hep. I, of South Carolina, presented a petition of D. II. Chamberlain, It. 11. Greaves, F. L. Cordoza and others, of South Carolina, setting forth that many of the statements in the petition of Wade Hampton and others, recently presented in the Senate, are untrue, others are calculated to mislead the Senate, and important facts are omitted. Tin; petitioners then review at great length the condition of affairs in South Carolina, and claim that they were legally elected to their various offices. Ordered printed. Mr. Patterson submitted a resolution declaring that the State government now existing in South Carolina. and rt presrnted by I), if. Chamberlain, is the lawful government of said State ; that it is republican in form, and every assistance should be given to it by the United States, to the end that the laws may faithfully executed. Referred to the committee on privileges and elections. Mr. Sherman die]).), of Ohio, from the committee on finance, reported back the House bill authorizing the coining of the standard silver dollar and restoring it s legal tender character. Placed on the calendar. .Mr. withers (J?em. i, 01 urgnua, eaueu up the message o? the President in regard to the occupation ol' Petersburg, Ya.. by the military oil Nov. 7. and submitted a resolution relative to the constrrft ion of the laws touching the elective franchise promulga ed in general orders by tliO attoriiey-geiici'al, aitdforan examination of the same by the committee on?<ho judiciary. Resolution agreed to. Mr. Morton called up the President's message in regard to the occupancy of Petersburg. Va.. by troop* fin election day, and replied at length to tlie remarks of Messrs. Johnston and Withers, of Virginia. He defended the action nf tii- President. and argued that, under the law. the i'resident h id the right to semi troops to the p ills in any State for tlie purpose of keeping the peace. Mr. Johnston (Dem.). of Virginia, said tint if lie was satislied that outrages had been committed in Petersburg he would be as quick to denounce them as the senator from Indiana : but lie denied that violence existed in that city, and as detailed by Mr. Morton. The matter after further discussion was laid aside. Ilonse. Mr. Hewitt (Dem. I. of New York, present :! the credentials of David Dudley Field, of New York, who was then sworn in as a member o'' the House. The House in committee of the whole passed the Consular ami Diplomatic Appropriation bill. Mr. Knott (Dem,t, of Kentucky, offered a resolution declaring that the answer of the witness, E. W. Barnes, of the Western Union Telegraph Co.. that ho had, since his arrest, been superseded as an officer of the conn any, and i that if he could now obtain possession of the dispatches he would surrender them, was not sufficient, and that said Barnes was in contempt of the authority of the House in refusing to produce certain telegrams demanded of him. ' and remanding him to the en-study of the sergear.t-at-arms till he shall purge himself of thi-contempt, or until lie shall be discharged by order of the House. The resolution was :uloptcc!?yi-as 1.11 ; nays and Mr. JJarnes wn< remanded to the cu-l"d\ of the sergeaut-ataruis, Mr. Knott (Dem.), <>/ Kentucky, from the comniiiice to ascertain the privileges of the Hou-e in the counting of the electoral vote, made a report recommending the adoption of the following resolutions: /V- vf'n i', lirst?Tliat the Coiistiluiion of tin United Klutcs does not confer on the president I UK MillUH' llli* IMJWiri" l" I'AUiiiiiit' iiuu a^i' ituiu to lie counted as electoral votes for President 11 nit Vice-President. S. coml 'I K it tin- niiiy power which the Constituti<>11 routers on the president of the Senate in repaid t<> the electoral votes for President an l Vice-President is to receive the sealed list# transmitted to hiin hv the several electoral clerks, to kee|) the sauio safe, and open all cei-' tilicates, or tlio-ie purporting to he such, in tin presence of the Senate and House of JlepreKentaiives. ' Tliiril ?Tlinf the f' institution does confer 0:1 tli?: Semite and House of Representative.1* tlif power to examine itixl ascertain the vote? to I c counted an electoral votes. Fourth?That in ! lie execution of that pown in respect to the counting of the electoral vote' the House has at least equal power with th< Senate. Fifth?That in the couuting.pf the clectora j votes no vote can he counted against the judg inent and determination of the House of JJepre sentatives. Sixth?That the conimittee have leave to sit again and rea?rt hereafter further matter foi the consideration of the House. The report, with the minority report submit ted by Mr. Burchard (Kep.), of Illinois, wan ordered to bo printed. [ Mr. William Orton, president of the Western Union telegraph company, was before tlio House under a writ. Mr. Orton disclaims any I intentional disrespect to the committee or to the I House, and he declares his readiness to appear before that committee on its return toWasbing | ton and give his testimony fully and freely. He J therefore asks to be discharged from custody, j He was remanded toof care the sergeant-at-arms. Mr. Cockrane (Bern.), of Pennsylvania, intro| duceda resolution instructing the* committee on I the judiciary to inquire whether and what con! cessions and privileges heretofore granted by ! Congress and now enjoyed by the Western ' j Union telegraph company are revokable by Con! gress ; and if said committee shall determine i ' that such concessions and privileges are revokahle. 1 hen further to impure into the expediency , of reporting a bill revoking the same and re' ])ealing the acts of Congress under which thev | were conferred, and that leave he granted to i said committee to report at any time. Defeated ?veas, 121 ; navs, eightv-tive ; not two-thirds nftivmnHvp Mr. Hatcher (Dew.), of Missouri, moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill for the ralief of tobacco grower-. It provides that tobacco growers shal] have the right to sell leaf tobaci co free from any tax, fine or other restriction. Defeated?yeas, 102 : nays, ninety-nine : twothirds not voting afliinnativelv. Mr. Caultield (Dem.), of Illinois, moved to suspend the rules and pass a bill that it be unlawful to keep more than one regiment of infan try, one company of artillery, and one company of cavalry in Washington during the sessions of Congress. Defeated?yeas, 9!); nays. 97. The House considered the bill authorizing the. appointment of comaiissioners to attend an ini ternational convention to inquire into the relative value of gold and silver, and it was tabled, . i yens, 125 ; nays, 104. . i * By a vote 149 to JO, the House committee ou the privileges and duties of the election was allowed to sit during the session of the House. The House considered the resolution reported by the judiciary committee with reference to the arrest of the Louisiana returning board. After considerable discussion the vote was taken, and the resolution for the arrest of the members of the Louisiana returning board and their production before the bar of the House to answer for contempt was adopted by a strict party vote of 158 yeas to 81 nays. What Came in a Potato. The Worcester (Mass.) Spy says : A friend of ours received a day or two ago through the post office, from Olyinpin, Washington Territory, <i roundish, irrptnibir naekace. which on examination ! proved to contain a large; potato. Furthur investigation showed that the potato had been cut in two and the inside scooped ant, and in the cavity were found flowers and leaves, which, as he i learned by a note previously received, had been picked in a garden iu the open air on the twenty-sixth day of December. The flowers, pansies, geraniums and others were as fresh and bright as il' they had been gathered within an hour, hough their journey across the continent had occupied fifteen days. Olympia is in about the latitude of Quebec, though its winter climate is not more svvere than that of Memphis. Still Ahead. The only lirst-class hotel in New York where the traveler can stop for ?2.50 and 53.00 a dnv is the Grand Central, JJroadwav. Its location is convenient to the principal stores and places of amusement; its table and attendance such that every one stopping there feels as though they had got the worth of their money. . The Prodigal. Inheritors of vast wealth are proverbially | spendthrifts. The golden ore is dug from the 1 mine, celined. and coined, by the labor of other ' hands and the sweat of other brows. Like children playing with an expensive toy, they can form no just estimate of its value. \Vlu-ii tho donor weighed it lie cast into the balance so many days of unremitting and fatiguing toil, no many anxious and sleepless nights, so much self-denial and so much care, lint the inheritor into his balance throws only ?pleasure. The one values it bv what it cost liini: the otln r for what it will purchase. Like the prodigal in tli" Scripture parable, lie thoughtlessly expends it t<> gratify the caprice and cravings of bis na-' ture. Then comes the last scene?the misery, the remorse, and the long and wearisome journey back to the home of frugal industry. lint there are other prodigals. On her favorite* our bounteous parent, nature, has lavished her richest treasure?health, lint the prodigal j values it lightly, for it cost him naught, and 1 recklessly squanders it in riotous living. Present pleasure obscures future want. Soon the curtain rises on the last scene". We see him helpless, impoverished?the rich treasures of body and mind all lost?in misery and despair. Kemorsefnl conscience holds up to him the mirror of memory. In his' own reckless folly he perceives the cause of his present pain.* Heresolves to return. fJ he journey is long and tedious, but if )? perseveringly follows the right road he will at length see* the haven of his hopes in the distance, and nature, seeing her invalid child afar off, will come out to meet him, and receive him back with love and blessing. io find the right road homeward the suffering prodigal should read "The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser." I herein it is completely mapped out. its landmarks all indicated, its milestones all numbered. Head it. ( Price 61.50 (postage prepaid). Address the 'author and publisher, II. V. Pierce. 51. ]>., Buffalo, N. Y. Hammoxdspokt, N. Y., Feb. 2:1. 18(11. iJidf Sir?Some three years since I was, after a long solicitation, induced by your agent. Mr. Davis to try a bottle of your Wistar's Dalham of Wild Cherry, which required no little persuasion on his part, as 1 had already tried almost even- patent medicine on the whole list, within the last ten years, but all to no avail. I have for the past twenty years been troubled with a consumptive cough, and had become so much reduced as to be unable to sit up, and bud fully given up ever finding anything to help me, as my case was conceded by all to be a settled case of consumption, and therefore deemed totally incurable. In that situation I commenced the use of the Wild Cherry, from which I soon began to lind some relief, and persevered in its use until I had taken some three or four bottles, when my health was a'ino-t fully restored : and for the past two years I have eninved better health than I have before in twenty years, and feci that I mil alone indebted tn the Lalsam for my recovery : and I think I hazard nothing in Having that I owe my present existence to it, and that it is the best medicine I have ever known forjeonsuinptive coughs and colds. Having known of its like beneficial effects in other eases than my own, 1 would most cheerfully recommend ii-i use to all thus aftlicted. Very respectfully yours. Mas. Moses An rot. I hereby certifv that I have read the foregoing letter of Mrs. Abbot, and having lived adjoining thu farm of Mrs. Abbot over twenty years, know (he above statement contained therein to be true. I would also :.tate that I have u-.cd Dn. Wistau's IUlsam or W'n.n Ci!K!:i;y myself and in my family, and believe it t<> be tin be-t remedy for eougliH and colds I hnwevcv known, ilespcet fully, GKO. S. J3UU:<I>aok. JiAMMOmSWMIT, ft. V., J'Gli. lKfil. .Mil. S. \\*. Fowlk, Uoston ; Jjrar Sir:?Above I send you certificate of Mrs. Moses Abbot, who, i may say. was rescued from tlie grave by the use of Wild Ciibuuy Balsam, which certificate you are at libertv to use as vou mav desire. Yours trulv. ' J. W. Davis. Purimg'a Rheumatic Remedy will most positively cure any case of rheumatism, gout' neuralgia or lumbago on the face of the earth, no matter of how long standing. It is taken internally, the only way the disease can bo leached, and cures quickly and permanently, l'rieo, one dollar a bottle. For sale by wholesale and retail druggists everywhere. Hatch's Univehsal Couoii Sym:i? hii.s I n in use lifteen years, and has always been vjO'innted to cure, and is now sold by over C.OO'l druggists, who say they seldom have a bottle returned. Many of the best physicians in the country presenile it as the best ii inO'lv foe. coughs, colds and I'ltoirr within their knowledge. Pleasant to take, sure tci cure, and should lie sold l>v all druggists. It should he in every family, (-specially those . wit.ii croupy children. Try it and you will always keep it. Two sizi*s--{i() cents and . $1.00. 1'nt up liy ]>. W. llutcli & Co., James town, N. Y. Many p<v?p!o, particularly children, > suffer with the earache; and for the benefit of - such we give a sure hut simple remedy. Put in ' two or inroc orojis 01 miiusiin .utxiii/iiv i.miI nu-ut, ear with undressed wool, hatliti " the feet in w;>rm water before going to lied, ' ami keep the hei.d warm at night. Capt. Charles Sager, who keeps a , superb stock of livery horses in Portland. Me., , informed u.< ncentlv that lie uses Shirirlan'n 1'itcalr?/ C'oHilition I'oirihrs regularly in his . stables, and that the expense is more than offj set by the diminished amount of grain necessary , to keep his horses always in good order. 1 It hits been customary in old coinmuni ties to suspend pieces of > tick sulphur uroutul - the necks of children as a protection against contagion in epidemics. A thorough washing [ with (ii.ENN's Sri.rmiu Soai> lias been found a r much fetter preventive. Sold everywhere. Depot, Crittenton's, No. 7 Kixth avenue, N. Y. Hill's llair & Whisker Dye. black or brown, 50c. WATCHMAKING IN AMERICA. Testimony of tlie flnlM Comnilnsloncr? American Superior to Foreign Wntehc*. M. Edonard Favre Ferret, Swiss commissioner to the Centennial Exhibition, and mem btr of the international jury on watches, lias ; given the results of his observations on Ameri- , | can watchmaking in a public address at Chuux- j de-Fonds. Loclu and Neuehatel. Being himself a large watch manufacturer, his statements made a profound impression in Switzerland, } I and will be road with the liveliest interest in this j country. After sketching the growth of watch- j making in Besaneon, by which tho French ; market for watches was lost to Switzerland, he I spoke substantially as follows : Frr a long time America has been the princi- j pal market for our watches. To-day we must | earnestly prepare to struggle with the Americans j on the fields where hitherto wo have been the | masters. Mr. Dennison, tho father of American j watchmaking, traveled through the canton of | Neuehatel. studying our mode of manufacturing. seeking to inform himself of even-thing, and carefully noting the weak points in our industry. After his return to the United States, in 1854, he founded a factory at Boston?"Tho Boston Watch Company." The capital?scarcely *100,000?was subscribed by capitalists more j , than by practical business men. In the begin- j ning. the company turned out only the rough j skeleton movement ami attended to the finish- [ ing; all other parts, such as trains, balances, ! jewels, etc.. were imported from Switzerland. | T itHr. Jiv little, however, the factory extended i it? operations and produced other parts, lint as the profits were small, the capitalists abandoned it and it failed in 1850. Another American, Mr. llohbins, scented a good speculation, and bonght the factory and tools for f75.000. A new company?" The American Watch Company"?was formed, with a capital of ><200.000. which was increased to J ?300,000 before the war, which put on foot a I million of soldiers, and as every one wanted a watch, there was great animation in the watch | business. At this juncture, which might have I been a lucky one for our industry, we failed to j comprehend our real interests. Instead of sending good watches to the Americans, flu; wor d trn>;li was sent. The Americans, however, weilt I to work on un entirely different plan. The | company increased their plant and turned out a j better ordinary wateh than the Swis." watch. At { 1 the end of several yearn the American watch en- I joyed a good reputation, while ours were discredited everywhere. In 18(55 the capital was increased to 3750,000, and the operations of the company grew to immense proportions. The I Waltham Company gives employment to !ll)0 workmen, and make about 425 movements per day. They have again increased their capital till it amounts to >51,500,000, Ijesides ^"30u.i!(!fl as a reserve fund. This watch factory is a real power: Ihrrr is now like it in fiurfi/H-. We nave seen it in all its details, and we have admired its splendid organization. Last May. on the eve of the Exhibition, we stilt seemed masters of the situation. One event, however, dealt us a mortal blow. The Waltham Company announced a reduction of from forty to fifty per cent, on prices already lower thnii their rivals, the reduction to date back to January 1, 187(1. It is unnecessary to fell you, gentlemen, how very detrimental this was io the Swiss watch. Still another and more important reason explains the growing prosperity of the American Company. Their took work so regularly that all parts of the watch may be interchanged bv a simple order on a postal card without necessitating the forwarding of the adjoining piece. The question has often been asked, can the . Americans sufficiently supply the demand of their markets ? Yes, tbev can : we arc driven out of the American market. In 18U0 the American Companies produced only 15,000 watches. To-day. they produce 250,(>^p, which can lie easily doubled. We sent to the United j States, in 1872. 306,000 watches. In 1S70 we shall barely send them 75,000 watches. The j Americans have already begun to send their i manufacture to Europe.* In England they sell annually from 20,000 to 30.000 watches. The American watch commcnccs to drive from the English market the Swiss watch and even the t English watch. The Americans begun by ere- ! t uting a demand for their goods in the indies ; and in Australia, and then?thanks to some j > powerful importing houses?they invaded Eng- i j land. At Moscow and St. Petersburg they j have already established important branch j offices. Their aim is to drive us first out of their own rmintrv niul then to comnete with i us ?ii our own soil. I sincerely confess tbnt I | personally linve doubted that competition, lint I now I have Keen?I have felt it?and I am j I terrified by the danger to which our industry i < | exposed. Besides. I am not the on'y one t > , i think so: the Hociete Intorcaiitoiulc have sent ' a delegate to make inquiries, and his rei>ort ; perfectly agrees with mine. Up to this very ; day we have believed America to be dependent i upon Europe. We have been mista'en. The Americans will send us their prodno, . since we i cannot send them our own. Their importation is not confined fo watches alone. Already America has commenced to send cotton goods to England which hitherto monopolized that ! article in the markets of the world. Can the Americans maintain their prices ? Yes, they can, for if they obtain a good profit ! on their superior quality goods, they can afford to bo satisfied with a smaller profit on the lower grades of watches. In America, everything is 1 made by machinery : here we make everything by hand. In Switzerland about 40,000 work-' men make, on an average, each forty watches per annum. In the United States, tlie average ; is about 150 watches. Therefore the machinery pro !uces three and a half to four times more than the workmen Had the Philadelphia Exhibition taken- place , live years later, we should have been totally annihilated without knowing whence nor how we received the terrible blow. We have believed i ourselves masters of the situation, when we I really have been on a volcano. And, to-day, i we must actually struggle if we do not want to encounter, in all the markets, that rival mam:- j fi'.cture. For a long time we have hoped that | the customs duties, amounting to zo per cent., i might bo reduced. We oiiuiiot count upon it. America needs all her resources, and whether : Democrats or Bepublieans he in power, we c.111i not hope for a reduction of import duties. We must, therefore, make up our mind to lose the American market. It. has been complacently said that the Americans do not make the entire watch, hut are dependent upon Switzerland for several jwrts of the watch. This is a mistake. The Waltiiam Company makes the entire watch from the tirst screw t<? the case and dial. It would even he difficult for them to use our products, so grunt is the regularity, up minute the precision with which their machines work. They arrive at the regulation of the watches ?so to Hay?without having seen it. When the I watch is given to the adjuster, the foreman de- t livers to him the corresponding hair-spring, j and the watch is regulated. [Sensation among ' 1 the audience. 1 Here is what I have Keen, gen- i tlemesi! I asked from the director of the j Wnltham Company a watch of the fifth grade, i i A large safe was opened before me ; at random ' I took a watch out of it and f i.-tcncd it to my j chain. The director having asked me t;> let I him have the watch for two or three days, so as j to observe its motion, I answered: "On the I coniiv.ry, 1 persist in wearing it just as it is to l obtain an exact ide.\ of your manufacture." At ' Paris, I set my watch by a regulator on the ; Boulevard, and on the sixtli day I observed that ; it had varied 32 seconds ! And* this watch is of the fifth American grade ; it cost 75 francs (movement without case"). On my arrival at Locle I showed the watch to one of our first adjusters, who asked permission to take it down?that is, to take it to pieces. I, however, wished first to observe it, and here is the result which I noted : Hanging, daily variation, one j and one-h!4J seconds : variation 111 uitierent po- j sitions from four to eight seconds ; in the heat- j c(l rooms the variation was very slight. Ilav- j iiij; thus observed it, I handed the watch over , to the adjuster, who took it down. After a few j days lie came to me, a.id said, word for word : j ' / am computet </ overwhelmed; the result is in- i rri'iliblf; one irttuhl mif find one such watch I among fifty thousand of our manufacture \ This watch, gentlemen, 1 repeat to von, I took j ut hazard?out of u heap, us we pay. You un- \ derstand from this exnmp'ojthat the American | watch may be preferred to the Swiss. I have 1 finished, gent'emeu, and I have told you of , things such as I hav<! seen them. It remains for us to profit from this sad experience, and t?> itiiimiVii #?m? a i Ail Extended Popularity. Each year finds "Bitowx's Biioschial | Timm'hes" in new localities in vnriims parts of j the world. For relieving coughs, colds and throat diseases tlu: Troches have been proved reliable. Obtain only "liuows's liKoxcuiAL i Tiuiciikh," and do not take any of the worth- j less imitations that may be offered. Sold j everywhere. There can be no mistake about it, " Matchless'' plug tobacco takes the lead. Old line cut cnewers say it gives better satisfaction and is cheaper than line cut. You cannot be imposed upon, as each plug has the words " Matchless ]\ T. Co." on a wooden tag. Try it once and you will always use it. .Hitiiuiiii-ii:rcu ov uiu i'loiiuur louitcco eoinjmisy. New 1'ork. l'litcntocH iintl inv??ntnr?? sltoiililivml u<lverti.-cinent of Kdson Uj-on. in anotln-r column. Vegetable Pulmonary Balsam, tin: great New England euro for coughs, colds and coiisuui])- j tion. Cutler Bros. .V f'o.'s. Do-don, only genuine. ' A Party Comes to Grief. The Albany Timet gives the following interesting account of the untimely ending of a party in that city: A family living in Lancaster street went to New York, leaving the servants in charge of the house. Supposing that the visit wis to be prolonged till after New Year's, the "Belles of the Kitchen" determined to improve their opportunity and give a select party. Invitations were issued and as jolly a crowd collected as was to be found in the whole city. Tlio " spread " was ample, the luxurious belongings were well enjoyed, and all went merry as a marriage bell. Suddenly a sharp ring at the door startled those who heard it. A telegram was handed in announcing that "the family would arrive within an hour!" All was consternation; the " guests " were made aware of the situation, and leaving the table but partly cleared of its good things, donned their outer garments and departed. The " hostesses " begun the almost impossible task of putting things to rights in the short time allowed them; but did their best, and at the expiration of the hour something like order reigned onee more. But the family came not, and haven't come yet. Tho telegram was a heartless forgery committed by some envious creature who didn't get an invitation. Dull Boys. Don't be discourage J. Slow growth is often sure growth. Some minds are like Norwegian pines. They are slow in growth, but they are striking their roots deep. Some of the greatest men have been dull boys. Dry den and Swift were dull boys. So was Goldsmith. Ho was Gibbon. So wns Sir Walter Scott. Napoleon at school had so much diilicalty in learning his Latin that the master said it neMn'l gimlet to get a word into his fii-atw. Douglas Jerrold was so backward in Ins boyhood that at nine he was scarcely able to read. Isaac Barrow, one of the greatest divines the English church has ever produced, was so dull that his father more than once said il' God took away one of his children he hoped it would be Isaac, as he feared he would never be fit for anything in this world Yet that boy was the genius of the family. The Markets. NEW YOKK. Beef Cattle?Native 12)tf Texas and Cherokee... 09%@, 0*JV Milch Cows 45 CO fa 75 Uo * T;,.,. mistj iiTi Dressed 08)i@, 0!) Sheep 07;\( Limbs ? (<$ ? Cotton?Middling 13 ?i@ 13 V Flour?'Western - Good to Choice.... 7 85 (a. 9 Otj Statu?Good to Ckoic . G 30 (<^0 4'l Wheat?litil WfWtru 150 (it 15) No. 2 Milwaukee 1 4S (5 1 45 Rye?State 91 <? 95 Barley?State 55 (A 80 Barley Malt 05 @ 1 30 Buckwheat..... 95 (<e 95 Oat ft?Mixed Western 43 (S, 47 Corn?Mixed Western 08 (?, 62 Hay, per cwt 50 (if 105 btraw, per cwt 55 (ij 85 Hops 7fi's?13 @25 .... TVs 10 (rf, 15 Pork?Mi ss .....17 75 <<i 17 75 Lard?City Steam llJaft, 11 Fish- -Mackerel, No. 1, umv IS 00 (<i20 U0 " No. 2, new 10 0.) (a! 10 00 Dry Cod, per cwt 6 00 (<?. 6 00 He: ring. Scaled, per box 17,V?) 17J; Petroleum?Crude 17j4(i$17,*tfUefiued... .2fi\ Wool?California Fleece. 18 (A >1 Texas " 1(5 <# 27 Australian " 38 .(<f, 41 Butter?State 20 (8. 35 Western?Choice ... :r6 ($ 38 Western?tlood to Pri i e... 30 ($ 35 Western?Firkius 11 (??. 18 Cheese?State Factory 08 (? 15 Htat* Skimmed 05 (?, 07 Western t'8 (a. 14 V' Ei'jjs?State and Pennsylvania S7 ft 39 BUFFALO. Flour 5 25 (* 9 75 Wheat?No. 1 Milwaukee 1 50 (<fc 1 50 Corn?Mixed 55)6 (^ 55,'s' Oats' ,it> ?i iiii Rye H5 (<i 86 Bailey 72 < * 92 Barley Mult 1 CO (a. 110 l'IIII,AT>Kt.PHlA. lieM t'jtilt*?Extra Ortf.. 07 S')<*r|> 0 llo1. Hojjy? IlreiMitl 08 V." Ul".4 l'loiir?IViinsvlvunia Extrn C7 i (n 9 2S Wheat?lted \\V?t?iii 1 4? (. , 1 4H Rye 77 M. Sil L'oi li?Yellow 6(1 ^Yn ft7:.. M xccl su at r,4 OaN_Mix-il Wl i<i :i7 Petroleum?Crude lC^in Im>3 Reliued....2t. .. WATEHTOWN, MASH Beef flattie?Pi?-.>r to Choic.* 5 25 (?. s 25 Sliecp 2 25 (? 'i ' 5 LmiM 2 2) (? li 25 TO ADVERTISERS! BEALS & FOSTER, No. 41 Park Row, NEW YORK, GENERAL AGENTS FOR TIE AMERICAN NEWSPAPEH UH10N USTS OF CO-OPERATIVE_H?ffSPAPERS. Admrti-iers do-iirinx to una either of the Lists (not published in thuir own city) may communicate with Mossrs. BEALS it FOSTER direct, lis all orders will hereafter pass through thi:ir hands. A. .1. AIKKNS, President American Xew.ipuper Uniou. The Bi'st TriiHH without ??** ". ?y 5, il?^W Metal Spring ovorinvented. sK5 Jr. iot IID*? .r J? No bambUK claim of a cerVMSsRUr I u"c tain radical cure,lint n guar. antee of a comfortable, Hi'cure arid satisfactory appli% anco. We will tako back and * # pay full nrlcc for all that do nut suit. Price, single, like cut, S4; for both sides, s<5. Sent by mail, post-paid, on receipt ot price. N. B.?This Truss will cunir. more Ruptures than anyot those for which extravagant claims are made. Circulars frt~\ ?fWF.ROY TRUSS CO.. 74<> Hroadwry. New Y.nk. novs ami .iiii?dli:.a(;ei) men trained for a successful stirt in business life at KAST.MAN i'nimlikf'i'|>*ic( N. Y. The only Institution in this country devoted to this specialty, and tint gives mi Actual Knsinoa* ITacticu. Currency and merihaiidio used h.'t.t u real value. Each day s transactions basvd en quotations of New York markets. Low rates. (i.-i !t!at<M assisted to situations. Applications received any week day. Refer to I'atrons and Graduates in ne irly eveiy city and town. Address for particulars ami C.it-iVv.'e of :},(?)() liri.luates in llusines?, Ji. <;. KASTM AN. IX. P., PoCQIIKKKPHIK N. Y. 00AMP|Q|Jy ^JCB(3UBLEHTOH!> alsiiT LEADING MANUFACTURERS and others who have tested it emphatically pronounce it, in ail ro Bpects, the BEST BELT FASTENING in use. This nit conveys n correct Idea oMhe manner of ud jus tint? these Hooks. It will be observed thattho substantial DOUBLE BEARING of each llook precludes the possibility of its " tearing out." for sale b> th? TUADK. Assorted Specimens and United Jti.lt Hud- mailfl on receipt of 10 fonts p-.stuvo stamps. Address. UttAMl'iO.'* !IKL'f HOOiv ' '0.( 87 Liberty Street, New_V<.rk. Music Books For Sctols, Academies aid Seminaries. THE HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR! (!?!, or SO per dnz.) is already a " proved and prized'' book in a multitude of Schools, ami has Sours in 2, U and 1 jiarts, by EukIihoN it TlLDK.N. Kqunlly good am thi* older IIOl'R OF SING IN<i (SI).by Kmkusom A Tildes. CIIOICK TltlOM (.HI), for three Female Voices, by W. S. TlLDKN, and IKJOI'S SOIiFKiiUl (75cts.), which has exercises in Italian style. * THE ENCORE! (75 cts.. or S7. jO per doz.l, so successful as a SiryonR Si*hfH>l hook. in uImo a nmcticiillv {rood clAfiB book toi Iligh Schools. THE WHIPPOORWILL! (50 ctrt.), b^' \V. O. Peiiki.vs (author of "Golilon Koliin"), ih tilled with Kunial, iileaain?j Sontfa fur Common Schools. AMERiCAN SCHOOL MUSIC READERS. Hook I, IJ.j cts.; Book II, ."?<> cts.; Hook III.*>()?'(?.. aro well niiido Or.ulpd Note Itoailw, by IC.mkuhoN A TILDKK. As c illoclions of cheerful Sacred SonjjH, Much as now enter mi Kracttfully into .School Life, wo commend three books of uncommon lieniity, our Sabliath School Song Hooks, It IV Kit OK Ml'n (Jl.j ct*.), SHINING itivKit <35cts.<;ooi> me\vw cts.). Kit Iter book Mailed, post-free, for Retail Prico. OLIVER DITSON & CO., Boston. C. II. IHTSON ?v CO., , ^ .. . 7 11 llrnnihvayi New \ ork? J. K. IHTSON dt CO., .. Succi-BBors to LEF. A WaLKEH, Plllltl. HONEY OF HOREHODUE AND MS . FOR THE CURE OF (Jonahs, Colds, Influenza, Hoarseness, Difficult lUeathia*, and all Affections of the Thro a*, Bronchial Tubes, and Lnngs, leading to Consumption. This infallible remedy is composed oi the I I foNKY of the plant Horehound, in chcn.icui union with Tar-Balm, extracted from the | Likk Pki.nciplk of the forest tree Aheis I Balsam ea, or Balm of Gilead. j The Honey of Ilorehound soothes and j scatters all irritations and inflammation:., and j the Tar-balm cleanses and heais the throat and air passages leading to the lungs. Five additional ingredients keep the organs cool, moist, and in healthful action. Let no prejudice keep you from trying this great medicine of a famous doctor who has saved thousands of lives by it in his large private practice. N. 15.?The Tar-Balm has no bad taste 01 smell. TRICES 50 CENTS and $1 per bottle. 'Gr-vit saving to buy large size. "Pike's Toothache Drops"'' Cure in 1 Minute. Sold by all Druggists. C. E OBITTENTON, Prop., H.Y, JflTI k 0 "V" ;it.U*lIY~Xmv MimrnUo.. jl 11\ S> ll Hi- i-.son L>tv. EMtsiieid. JNVI8IBLK WRITING ON POSTAI.OAttft-Hu* I do it wilt for .jJJo. S. A. NlM'OLH. Ji >k liUi.X.Y C'it' lo i a k A U liKlv. Cutat'/tuo and Simple FRKS " KriLTO.V X CO.. I lit Nassau St., New WT A V-lntcH'KcntiuHlenwr?ei??' T T 11 JL Jlil " Fursotis t.i c.invuus U-r u nu? and plt*iu>ing ?rtn.i . i''or lull jiartioulira uddress w.io sUini), I). >V. J.lC(MtS) ItuiiiiinHituii, >. J. Ift fiTCklTP A*n INFENTOR8. PMENTS FMSJUfflfiS? Agent*. 7 I 1 0 Jit..'.Vmi.l.u.i..a iJ <J. Rstab. in IHtjii. Keo HtHfiJI iwance. Cmn,<r i>: i.i tractions, cto., sent free. |P Vflll a*Toe to distribute someof our circu|p vu iarS| wo Vt.j]| w.nj yoU ? ('brouio i'i II (iilt Frame, and a 1 >-paK<\ H4-coIumn, lllustrat-t pipcr Ircc f'>r!( months. Inclose 1()cent* t-> p > postage. A'/mh Vtau'.t'l. ICk.s'Dai. A Co.. B-oton.Mm- t. (tlv i'i . (Jill n *d*y ?ar* m*<l?by Amti Mlilsf ourCbmnot, ih 13.3 " n?. O Crayons, Plrturt and Chromo Cardi. llw tara . worth <15, "fit 4"'tp?ld tor 84e. Illmtrw I ..I "J.latoiftu free. J. H. BUKTORD' SSONS, BOSTON, MASi A nil 111 HABIT CURED AT home d I 0*1 II No publicity. Time short. Terms m??l WI B V III m^te. Testimonials. I> scribo eauie. DR. F. E. MARSH, (Tuincy. Mu*'. EMPLOYMENT. A?7Y PERSON of ordinary intelligence can earn a l!v In#: by c<.r"Hi?inK for tbo Illustrated Weekly. K-.pur ence is not ocessary?the only requisite bcinii, s?; in successful' asiness, industry and energy. *.end ?>?r !> ticulars. i liiiti. CliirnsA: Co.. I i_Wjir * Jjgpv A 8100. REWARD. $100. This MOCSTACBB produetd on a imoolh ? fy gKyi by tho uso of Drier* Diuu> Klixib without fcl \ fttfrg-a IrijurT, nr will forfeit $100. Price by msil la Q 'fe JMJ 6cn!'wl packnrc i5 cent*, tor three M ecn!i. . V A. L SMITH k CO., Ago. PtUUoe, 111. CI flE3II$A Excursion Tickets! rLUKIUft piED ws^w^ums. Only Two Changes of Can. ! QuickTime! Send fot circulars to C. YINUI.ING, General Eastern Agent, No. 9 As tor House, New York. wo^it nnqononwio'inniwxinii flfll rn^frn viwRffliiiifl TIIE CntrOSITY BO V. A new wondor! Ha-In ttlhocer KM)lX) '/"fa'' iii'frt of metal. Sample by , mil, post-pud, 10 cti.: 3 for 25 eta. AgenU wanted, iddress Glouh Book Co., 238 Broadway, NewYork. Ill tim-nn SALESMEN t> travel and sell t Ira M |H A XiJ\J Deiilersotir UnbroakableorEiirok. w " m-mmm i.jaSR p 11 ill]I1U)It, iHiiu.uir n ,'n,. Burners, Automatic Kxtinguiihers, Limp G hiiIs, etc 81,200 a year, hotel and traveling oxpen*es pnirl t. pood man. So peddling. No risk, Best selling fuoib in the American market. K. II. liPBI> & CO.. CINCINNATI. OHIO. This Cut shows tho form of tho Sugar Trough Gourd. They hold from 3 to 10 gallons e-.ch. Twenty-five cent* pays for ysi-KS a package <if the seed, and one o< Pansy, SM.Double Zinnia and Striped Petenia. Pr'c? list of Heeds frje. Address, WALDO F. BROWN. Box 100. Oxfoud. O HARRY IIAZliy^'8 %# A AJ if g? Tlio matchless Story and B SM "H 01 p 8" i Retell Paper. Full of entflftainI v?Hv ia.UE9 j'inv', inirtliprovokuig und useful mm. _ fg, -r_lj matter. Si. >0 a >oar. ocenl> D3 U 8h & 0 Jn copy of Newsdealers. Srn-l lO ft" fflt 3 a " J. If*. ,/?r 3 utm/iU JONKS " Ha S 1 ^ (J,), 4 LiboitySi|., Boston,.Mas*. T AST WEEK every one rend what the SwJhs ('oium?h?ioiicr 31. Fr.vre-l'erret luid to nay i.bont American WateliCH. This week every one mIioiiiiI send lor our Dcnerlplive I'riec.l.ini of Wullhiiiu W utelies, wliieii is i.ei.t lice to nil render* of tuit* palter. IfOUAIttJ iV ('U.i .No. 222 Filth Avenue, New Jork. jfti. - s. The Piiklr'K Pn<;k, <%\'|V/^S 52 PLAYING CARDS, vX1vW>t3yv appearing liko an ordinary pack, but r.o \\TjWf/ mechanically contrived that a novice can {./TSv/ perform 50 > (the most wonderful 8^ THICKS, I j with l>v-k of direi tions Pent free to any . rfN J* itddnHt on rece nt of on'y.riO eta. Ad's l&J KAGLKCAR2)'i;0..5:K' 'iirtl-ndtSt., P. 0. Boi 1,233. NEW Yoke CITY. FllAN Ifc 1,1:81.1 E*S8 Popular Monthly The t'liriipert ni;d .>Xnst Intertiuuint; .U<n;uziue in tiie \\ orld. 12S paces, 100 illustrations, 20 cents monthly. " Kni;t.i nil's Indian Ktnpire," by A. 11. Guernsey; " Up the Hill," by Lnuiurii f>cutt; And "The Door Wus Shut," h cli-riii.ng stry; "Tin Indies of Ancient Ki tut," etc. Tnis ."ilag.i/.inn is li.il or excellent titi.ries, 1'r.iveis uiid Curious and lute.'es'inK Slitter. Send 2ii cents t.) 1' KA.NK LKSLlE, N'eiv Voik, und get a copy by return mail. fiP, WARNER'S HEALTH CORSET. With Skirt Supporter and mla Self-Adjusting Pads. Sff"*f Secures Health and CoMronro! Ejr ? Body,with Geacb and t-^urrol /^vTv Form. Three Garments .none (C\ Y ffV Approved by all nhyslciana. agents WANTED. Sam P'eB by ms *l ,n C? Jtil> '<2. Satteen, II 75. To Agents a'. / :)?[ % V 1 25 ?-'enta lew. Order size twi I 3 inctie9 smaller than waist n$aL ^ ?Dre ?ver the dress. iSffl Warner Bros. 703 Broa^raj !?.? A Str=a=g? ^ TOMB'S CaHPOtJHD OP^ PTJRE COD LIVEE ^OILAO IIMEy Wilbor'n Cod Liver OH find Lluie. - The fjreit popularity of this nifo and efficacious preparation IS aione nuriuutnuie L'J n.s ,u.,?K?v ... of Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Bronchitis, Whooping Cough, Scrofulous Htimorii,and nil Consumptive Symptoms, .t has no superior, if equal. Let no ono neglect the early symptoms of disease, when nn agent is thus at hana which will alleviate nil complaints of the Chest, Langs or Throat. .Manufactured only by A. IJ. WILBOft, Chemist, Boston. Sold by all druggists. KANSAS! All about its Soil, Climate, Resources, Products, Laws ami its People aro Riven in the KANSAS FARMER, a 10-P 'Ko \Vt *:ly. in its fifteenth year. Postage paid, 3 months, fo- 00 cents. Address J. K. HUDSON, TopEKA, Kansas. . Has quidily tak-n .1 high place among agricultural journals.?,V. I". Tribune We have considered it among ttii: best of o iretch ingoj.and a worthy reproson Inti'o of t'so We-t.?inifut h'armrr, Phil'a Our Knn:ns ft ii-.'id. slioul.l fed much pride in the high charaet'-t P id sr. rlin;\v >rt'.i' I thoirSttteagricolturalpaper ?.V.".' r.n r J nni'it Wo cheerfully credit it '.'.til be ing one of the be t edited of our Western njjn di ,nle.x-h m.'es.?Spirit v' 'Ac Now York. NEW WIIXCOX & GIBUS AUTOMATE Invention. ;indV3Mf% </ /// wiih producing V# M// Automatic most ? W Tension and Mnrvo'ona ??,31? Stitch Results. Indicator. Trn.lf M.i:k In U?e of everj machlnr. \ SILENT SEWING MACHINE. Send Postal Card for Illustrated Price List, &c. TVillcox & Gibbs S. 31. Co., (Cor. Bond St.) 058 Broadway, Now Vnrl*_ " [Esta iished 1846.] J.ESTET & CO. BrattlolDoro, Vt. j^-Send for Illustrated Catalogue SANFORD'S I RADICAL CURE I For CATARRH. I MEETS THE WANTS OF THOUSANDS. H Gentlemen, ? Wo have sold Fa.vfobd's IiADicai MM Ccue for nearjy one year, anil can say candidly tbat SB ! wo never gold a similar j>rtprtr?t!on that gave aucn H universal satisfaction. Wo havp to learn the first BMi complaint yet. We ore not In tlto habit of recom- n| mending patent inedlclnw. but your preparation meets ifio u ants of thousands. and wa tblnlt those a? BH Hinted chould bit convinced or lu (freat merit, so that BM tliclrnuft'orlnK will lie relieved. We have bc<-n In the j^H drug business for tlio past twelve years constantly. and sold everything for Catarrh, but yours leada all tliarest. Ifyouseepruperyou can use this lotter or flna > auy part cflc that you wish. Very truly yours, M 8. D. BALDWIN & CO. M WnoIi>?^li? and Hctall Dealers In Drug*. EooKt M<* I^H Stationery, Waslilugton, Ind., Feb. 23,1S76. GREATLY AFFLICTED. JI'urt.,/. 0. Boncorth & Co., Denver: Gentlemen,-' Nfl I take ideasuro In recommending Sastohd'b RaDIOIL ffl f'rr..? ?uit i .iTAP.an to all who are afflicted with thto dlsjane. I w.u /reatly afflicted with It for a longtime, M and cured It with two bottles of tho hnveCcmB. ? About ay'jar after wurds I was again taken with C?* Ml tirrh quite severely, and Immediately sent for another IB bottle, which fixed mfc nil right, giving me relief from WW the first dose. I um confident that this remedy trtll do jMfl all Hi >t la claimed fur it, and more too. Wishing yot HI tiucecss l.i lu introduction I aui, very truly yonrs, |0B A. W. SMITH, SB Dcn-ver, Oct. -I, 1S75. of Pmlth & DolL Ka'-h paekago eontalvx Dr. Sanford's Improved In* Ba Italinjf Tube, und lull dircctloos for uso In all eases. 1'rlco ?1XQ per package. For sale by all wholesale { Tnrt fntull drnirirlifH tiiranirliant the CTnlted 6'ates. ? WEEKS & I'ofTEi!, General Agents and Wholetale DruffglMt*. IJonton. LAME BACK AJTD ' RHEUMATISM cmn) BY ppit nni i imc wm IBM uULLINo plasters. Xtrnr?. Witki it Potter : Gentlemen,?Ono year ago I whs h.nz'.d wltii n huvito attack of Rheumatism in iny rljjlit lap, t < which I was subject. I tried the varto is itiiiincuU) and rheumatic carps, but without the leaxt lmmilt. wlu-n niy son, a druto{l>.t, Knggested on# ofy.iar Colli vs* Voltaio Plabte i.8. 'Jno effect was aim <r.t magical, (or, to niy grateful surprise, I |ras alm if?t l.u iic ilatcly well ugam, antl was able to work upon my farm ns nnunl, where.is, before tbo application of the Plaster, 1 cou'd do nothlDtr, and every step ?ava nin pain. A few weeks since, omo yjar Irom tho irnt i-.ttack, <h <lliea?o returned, but Inin happy to - iy tiiu rt:co:i1 Planter proved ?s ?-:ncacions as tno llrat. and I am now well. My wife wishes me To add 'iat o;i3 I I,utter ha* cured her of a very luuie back. ?7j till.ik there Is ir>thli:< in the wor'I of remedies iVitcii i couipdri! with t'ic Collins* Voi.taio PlasTr.m fur KheumatHin n;i' I.am ?Buck, u.id chccrfttlly ruconun.'ti I them to the nitTerlng. Vonrs vrrv re*pectftiUy, OiLA^a, lie., Jou :C, ldifi, ROBliDt' CO?TON. NOT A QUACK NOSTRUM. , (^..a::Tiicn,?thereby ecrJlfy that for several years p::at I Uav used tUj Voltaic S'lastbm la my praetic, atid h ivo i.cwr known them to fall la affording speedy relief |-i thos" cose* for which they nrorccommc-ded. They arc not a quack noftrnm, lint a remedial atfent ofgroat value. Verv trulyyonrs. \7. C. COLLIN'S, v. o. UtcKsinuT, Mr., May 27.1371. Sold evenrwhere nt 25 cent*. Sent by mall, carefully wrapped, on receipt of prlcp, 25 renrs for on<>,81J5 for six. or for twelve, by WEEKS & POTtEB, Proprietors. I5o?on, Mass. O MARYLAND Farms. Book snd map free. UOU Addrera C. E. SHAXAHAN, Atty..Ra?U,n.Md. 57r. a weok.Mencil nni Ker.Ch?*ek?MfnA>. 'I'h? he*t 9 s ini pl*>H f r<*?. tUine.il !Jio Work'Hratt!e'.Htro\VL 1)1 NEW NOVKI.TIKS.for.lO.cent*,postpaid. | vlrlress kdvki.ty ><). chatham, w. i. nri/ni l|PBS7?hot$3.0/,70styles. Ttl. Cat.fr**, 11L V U L V C11 westenh Gum Wooib, Cbloago, QU s? JRR fn <577 s W9pk t? A<pmt*. S~:np!ea FASEL lU I P.O. VICKftKi'. . r.Iaino. GiOR A DAY to Ajonts. .Stnjpio free. 32 pa*e <JPA?J Catalogue. L. FI,KTCtil-.ll. 1} l)uyht,.lO'. (J}"| a day at home. Arfnti wanted. Outfit and wJL *1 terms free. TRIJR A CO., An^ufta, Main'. $8 to $20 IS,<WS^o?y?tJB^g AGENTS wanted, on salary or commission. New business. Address J. B. MasiEY <fc Co., St. I/>n?. Mo. i? ft 3171X7 Made rapidly with Stencil and Key Check mllHKT Outfits. Catalogue and samnloH FRiCE. UlUilUi S. M. Spencer,Ml W.uh. St. Boston. Mm lIff ||f Fn toon to sell In Merchants. SOO Jmm n HB I PII ;l month an'l frivaline e'ipensea VVMIV I bW pali Gam Mfg. 0 r..St.t>'Ola,Mo. lUTkATTHV Sully made with oar Stenciland JCi Jl Key Check Outfit Circulars Free. U. .V a Authph STAfFonD. li)3 Fulton St, NewYork. PPNQIflfUQ No matter how slightly disabled. InrCllOIUilO crates n"W tuid. Advice and circular free. T. McMichakl. Atty., 707 Sr.tuamSt, Phito.,p>. A ft) WATCHES. A Great tiensation. Sample ^ Watch and Ontfit free to Afcnts. Better than 19<U Gold. Addrees A. COULTER <t CO.. Uaicyo. Ul EUR MILLS for Pnmpimr and Runnin^M* ml B M11 chinery. Address TORNADO WIND. WW Bill# MILL CP-Elba. N. Y. A Aft A A Month.?Agnnts wacUiJ. G'{ tort sellSHhll in* articles in the world. Oiw aampla free. <puvu Address JAY HKON?Q>> Dtr.it. Mich. Wa lITCn-"<*n lo orders for oar ^oods: Hll I uU fxrmnnviil employiBMtt good snhrv. Traveling exi?-!ii" ? |mnl l>v Company. (Titian ln?lnstrl?I W??rk?.fiiieiiinatl, Q? AtftiA Al AAA Invested in Wall St. Stoclcaniakes >111 ID >1 IIIIII '''rtuntis every month. .Book sent (j/lU lU tjJljU U U free expU.ninj everything. Address BAXTER & CO.. Binker*. 17 Wall St. N. Y. ii1 A TJ TTTTTI? C! or their "oiiawantrd this fall and X flXyJlljLlXuU*i'''tf. (1 "r" in radi Co.) to seli * ^ a |rw rspie aniclooi real merit to Ihc firmer# In their own counties Biioipex pii-a.ant.pro* jUgood. Particular fteo. J. WonTU. St. "The Glory of America Is Iter \JfJ 4 "\rrrri7ri -AGENTS to.^tett nirrow Yt f\ 11 i?il/t and veryiUifrtctivubook," Tha Women of the On uni." A fir>A-chance for firjt-elaaa canvassers; nothing like it jaf^eting with splendid suecess. b. b. RUSSKLl?^*uolbhcr, Boston, Mass. jrrwi? IIUU M iUllKlv %/Wui|rwHUM Ml.*- 'f U the only preparation, one packagc of which '### vill lorcr the lK.nnl tn ^n?w thU'k and h*ayr on Hie iin?MiAir*t ffte wi:tM*ui injury) In 21 d ?v? in evrry an*.. m??nc> rhrertullv r?* nVM fund'd. 2S Cfiitt iwr n irkacr, p<wtpairt? 3 f<* IT^JIark K. W. JUNES. A-l.tcnrt. Mui 3*ntrf\*MWAmi>frr m* nwwrMftow*. {frSOU D?. J. P. Fitlm, belnRfworn,u??: IyrrtnM I. im, mlatoi to tntoMil rtili lIMi k?i ImM ? liV?v P!U?. ? irmiMM out, ?r will Nfaad ??mj taMH4k*4M Adrift* Mai k* aalL ttit* iiiwa D*.7TOA. ia i>ma> Fwu ixn. pmu4?iafcu. Mapmmaa AT p>coai?fi PIMPLES, BLOTCHES, And Eruptions on the Face, So common nnd go mortifying to persons of either ?x, qnickly andpermanently cared, leaving Mo ?lun fair ana smooth. Arfdrw.rith ?t-imp. CARL HENDRICKS. M. P.. Ai'itnrt. M*ivr - TRCTU IS MUiUTTi /^TS / |HK\ Mw IUMm, IM f...i (rank / t I Vt \ *~ ** ?9 fcr ?? ? / |MB \ / >) \ T**f. ^ ,r *yrt ul' \ *f ftirfstirt K??b5r?c Wi*?. Ikltitl'if A annTrw^TVTTT.TTOV WEDICALADVICE Janrcr, Catarrh. Rupture, Opium Habit, etc., 8ENT TRICK on n>ceii>f of stamp. Addrt"* Dr. Butts' Dispensary, No. 12 North 8th otrift, St. Louis, M?. jk f[.pWTC Wanteil, malo ant leui je, Htendy fl vXjXI JLU employment, bjsi)ie?? honorable f\ and pleasant. ( imiiI Ssilury, C'ou>au?H"n* on sales, and Expends p..id fiy the jX'UPSE Manufacturing Co., Cincinnati. Ohi". Elcctrlclt.yUl.lftt j ^?P^^^SfcCjjA3bup>IlcdOjl-uull8lieit?, d^5^w ?ja^cures Rheumatism, Prodteiff flgforarr^^S B'.lon.DetnHty.?ndaHChrap- 1 ^K^ChaIN^SS^'c ,n(i Nrrvon* DlsriAw. 1 ^ft2ED?fr' Circular. frse,P..T. WHITE, _ " a". , n 27 Bond Street, yew Yortt. Young America Press Co., * 53 MUKKAV ST., NEW YORK, HBL f chc:i|K'?t uuTTlles{"h;u>7l u;:'a 'frWriTlW^ ii'll-nklRi; i rliitiiij; prc*ao*. SoLL*U r *.i o'r*LE5D* LH ITu'.,ar'aEStHT." * Cirnlirs f?o._ SjcrSxii 2:ck ef Typo, C&ti, 4e. t#aeeutij_ OUT?SELLING IMMENSELY?TH E Jt CENTENNiAL EXPOSITION DESCRIBED AND ILLUSTRATED. Tho only conrpM'.riehlt/ilhutratta lotnprierwOTK.TiO pw". only $2.50. Treats of the entim bUtory.crana building!!, wonderful exhibits, curiositi**, et<\ Indorsed by the officials and clt-iffy. I ,.300a(renU_>tppointed in 4 week*. Report M.-leiiiliii micce**. o?(KK) tviuitI'll. For full pirticilirn writo quickly to Hcbbabd Bros.. 733 Sansom St.. Phila.,P.i..A Springfield, Mass. nATTTTrVKr ne,,ot Hecelvcilbypremature VA U X lUli books assuming to be ' official, etc. j A LUCRATIVE BUSINESS. I 09-WE WANT 500 MORE FIRST-CLASS | SEWING MACHINE ACENTS, AND 500 | MEN OF ENERCY AND ABILITYTO LEARN THE BUSINESSCFSELLINCSEWINCMACHINES. COMPENSATION LIBERAL, BUT VARYINC ACCORDING TO ABILITY, CHAR ACTER AND QUALIFICATIONS OF THE ACENT. FOR PARTICULARS, ADDRES8 Won Swim Mai* Co, dm j 227 i 829 BHJASTTA?. No? Icrfc or liow Orltiss A GREAT OFFER FOR THE HOLIDAYS I i ? I Mailed. \ ilbcn .'"J-''lUnlopiien | Churchts, Frh<mh , v ?:i M'uMrrt, * * n? l.^If ! price. HORACE V. \Tri:s .t- wnVw Yr """ j rncturerNandl>ealris,4QEtut Hilis' rSi? ; iqiuirc, N. Y. 1 i iiiin..,(,nlon | nAG'TS WANTED .FOR HISTORY* S ^ iUNTEN'L EXHIBiTldp f j It contains 330 fine engravings of bnildbyri and scenes in tbo Great Inhibition, itnd is the only authentic and complete history published. It treats of the grand I buildings wonderful exhibits^ curiosities, great events etc. Very ci'ieap and sells at sight. One Agent sold 48 copies in one day. Send for our extra terras to Agents , and a full description of the work. Address I anu .w NATIONAL PUBLISHING CO.. PHILADELPHIA, PA. n TTrnTAV Unrelirblo nnd worthless books on tall J. JLUJLM. the Kxhilii>ion arebeinccircul.itiid. Do not, bo deceived. See that the book you buy contains K7 4 panes and 330 line engravings. N. V. N. LT. >o. \.__ WHEN WKITINU TU AUIKHI^I please mkt that you saw the t.dv?. rt.?o. j meat la this paper. / 1 % \