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FOR ?OUXG PEOPLE. Whittle and Hoe. There is % boy jast over the garden fence, Who 1b whistling all through the livelong da; And his work is not just a mere pretense, For you see the weeds he has cut away. Whistle and hoe, Sing as you go, Shorten the row By the songs you know. Not a word of bemoaning his task 1 hear, He has scarcely time for a growl, I know, For his whistle sounds bo merry and clear, He must find some pleasure in every row, Whistle and hoe, Sing as yoii go, 8horten the row, By the songs you know. But then while you whistle, be sure that y( hoe, For, if you are idle, the briers will spread; And whistle alone to the end of the row May do for the weeds, but ia bad for tl bread. Whistle and hoe, 8ing as you go. Shorten the row By the songs you know. Hunting a TUer with Cows. The prominent qualities of charact* in tigers are cruelty and cunning; bu strange as it may seem to one who is n< acquainted with the habits of tbe an mal, each tiger has a special character The villagers in India, whose herds un lives are constantly in danger fro 11 th savage beast, know that each one hs Rome peculiarities of temperament. Sue a one, they will say, is daring and rasl: another is so cunning that no artific can deceive him. One is savage an morose, but another is comparative! mild and harmless. Some tigers destro much cattle, but never truch a man. I fact, but a small percentage of tigers ar man-eaters, otherwise many village would be depopulated. But when ? ' -x- i i u tiger nas once tasiuu numiw uoou, u seems to acquire such an appetite for i as to prefer it to all other food. An Englishman, from whose "Tale c Indian Adventure" we have learne these facts, tells an incident wide exhibits the sagacity of a native hunk in outwitting a cunning tiger who ha long been the terror of several village? An English officer, encamped with hi troop in the district, was anxious to ri the neighborhood of their terrible fo< out the tiger was so cunning that a lures had failed to entrap him. He woul come up and walk around the bait, an then walk off. "Well, Sheykha, what do you pr< pose?" asked'the officer of the be: hunter iu the district, whose aid he ha sought. "If the sahib will listen to his slave advice," replied the old hunter, " h 9%% * ' ' - ? # will try a sniftaree s way 01 iLunup, ugen For a few rupees the herdsmen will tak their cattle into the tiger's haunts, an then if he is hungry and takes one, tl sahib may get a shot." The officer had as his guest a youn English sportsman, whom he wished t put in the way of killing a tiger. S< turning to his friend, he said: "I cannot go with you, but you g with Sheykha, and let him carry out hi proposal. A herd of cows?not buffalo* ?they spoil sport, for they fight th tiger and often drive him off?will b driven through the jungle until the tig< seizes one. The rest will bolt, and whi] he is struggling with his victim, yo may creep np within easy shooting dii * v:n " WUUUU OUU AUi mUAl Late in the afternoon the tyro in tige: hunting set off, piloted by old Sheykhi to a small village. The head men we] assembled for a palaver, and it was pr< posed to them to drive a herd of catfc up the glen of the jungle in which tt tiger lived. When it was made clear thi the full value of the cow killed would b paid, and a present given to the herd man besides, half the village rushed 1 collect the herd and drive it up the glei After they had entered the gieu, tl cattle were allowed to spread and gras about The young Englishman ac Shevkha rested under the shade of tree.' " We mnst not hurry," said the cm mag old hunter, " bat take time at saunter about as ou ordinary occasion otherwise the tiger will suspect son* thing. Allah knows he may be watchir us now J But even if he is not here, tt lowing of the cows and the sound < their wooden clappers will attract hin When the herd move higher up, we wi follow." While waiting under the tree, the ol man told several anecdotes of hnntin 1 tigers, but his eye wandered arounc and his ear caught every rustle in tL bushes. " Sahib!" he suddenly said, stoppin in the midst of a story, "be ready Ihush I" His ear had caught the angry chirru of a small bird. The cattle were quietl grazing, and the young Englishman wor dered what could have attracted the ol man's notice. "Yes," said Sheykha, listening am nodding his head, "it is, I think. Allal knows it may be a snake, of a mnngoose but something is disturbing that bird It is the tiger, I think." The Englishman rose to his feet. H looked up and down, but nothing d s turbed the stillness save the clapper clapper of the wooden clappers hangini from the cattle's necks. He was disap pointed, and doubted if old Sheykhawa right, when, suddenly, a little distanc up the glen, a yellow mass dashed on of the thicket on the back of a whit heifer, and bore it to the ground. 44 Bagh ! bagh 1" (tiger) shouted th< herdsmen, as the cattle dashed wildly down the glen. 44 New, sahib, keep yon big bush be twees you and the tiger, and run up,' whispered Shejkha. Running in a crouching position, the] got behind the bush. Separating th< branches, the Englishman looke< through. The poor heifer was kickin) tri/?ai?Anfl1iT qa if larr /\r? ifo cI.Ia nvnnoft/ UO AW AWJ VU A VO Oiv.lt) down under the weight of the tiger whose fangs were buried in its throat Beckoning to his companion, the oL hunter ran, crouching, to another bij bush much nearer to the struggling ani mals. The Englishman looked through and 6tarted at the sight, so near did th tiger appear. He raised his rifle, but th cautious old hunter quietly laid a han upon the Englishman's arm, and shal ing his head, drummed with his lingei upon his heart. Touching the muzzl of the rifle, he tremulously shook thei iu the air, thus signifying in pantomim ?they were too near to speak?that tl young man's nerves were not stead enough for a shot. The Englishmai obeying the more experienced hunte: lowered his rifle and waited. At last tl tiger, shifting his position, stretche himself on top, and exposed the mo vital part of his body. Sheykha, turnir to the youncr man, patted bis heart, thi inquiring if he was steady in nerve. Ti Euglishman nodded. Pointing to tl tiger, the old hunter placed his hand i his side, just nnder the arm. as a hi] where to aim. The young hunter levelle | liis riflo with steadiness and lired, Wil an angry roar the tiger sprang from h victim, turning round and round, sna; ping at his eide in a rage. The Englis man glowed with excitement, and won have fired again, bntSheykha, pressing firm hand on hif- ;irm, restrained hii The tiger was baaiy hit, for the blo< flowed from his month. He stoppi eaamal rtn /Ionir?/ tu&uiug XVUIJUj ?uv? dvvuavv4 where to spring. The Sheykha remov< his hand from the young man's arm, wh taking a steady aim, fired again. Astl rifle flashed, the tiger sprang to war the bush, and fell flat on the groun with all four paws spread out He w shot through tbe spine. There he la unable to rise, his hind legs being pai , lyzed. He roared horribly, bit throuj and through one of his paws, and to i.f ttUV. rm, ? T?? ll?S UUU HUil )*1LX1 1UO UiUWD, XilC XAUi lishman again fired; the ball enteri just behind the ear, and with a grQi the tiger breathed his last. The elepha was called np, and the dead tiger la across the pad on his back, to be carri to the camp. A man was scared to de.ith in Ben ville, Mo. He was passing a graveya at midnight, when two men sprang fr< behind a monument and shouted dfchii He ran home and went to bed, but v, so nervous that he oould not ?le< and before morning he died in convi bions. A Boy who Gave His Note. A. Boston lawyer was called on a short j time ago by a boy, who inquired if he ! had any waste paper to sell. The; P' lawyer had a orisp, keen way of asking | questions, and is, moreover, a method-' 2?11 | ical man. So pulling out a large j *? drawer, he exhibited his stock of waste i ! paper. i ab( "Will you give me two. sbilliugs for ; that?" :*? The boy looked at the paper doubling- ' SU( j ly a moment, and offered lifteen-pence. are "Done," said the lawyer, and the j paper -was quickly transferred to the , bag of the boy, whose eyes sparkled as I P0' he lifted the mighty mass. I ~j Not till it was safely stowed away did ! re? 1 hfi annnnncfl that he had no money. I ? i "No money I How do you expect to j na ?u j PaPer without money'?" au< ) Not prop&red to state exactly his plan m? j of operations, the boy made no reply. " Do you consider your note good?" 81<* I asked the lawyer. e.v 16 "Yes, sir." sin I " Very well; if you consider your I note is good, I'd just as soon have it as " the money ; but if it isn't good I don't ?\] ! want it." fat The boy affirmed that he considered ! it good ; whereupon the lawyer wrote a i note for fifteen-pence, which the boy by %>* ?* ? liffinrr flia hficr of ^ HJgliCU XCgUUJ, Ui-ivl o | t, papers, trudged off. ; my )t Soon after dinner the little fellow re- wa< i- turned, and producing the money an- eve r- nonnced that he had come to pay his anc d j note. ie j " Well," said the lawyer, " this is the vai is j first time I ever knew a note to be taken h | up the day it was given. A boy that "I? t; [ will do that is entitled to note and ^ e i money too and, giving him both, d I sent him on his way with a smiling face *?o y I and happy heart. S?< y , The boy's note represented his honor. or 1 n i A boy who thus keeps his honor bright, no] e however poor he may be in worldly ^ a j things, is an heir to an inheritance 89E a ; which no riches can buy?the choice ~ I n?,q ' o j piUiUlOCD UI UUU. I i( , it | ' | stn ,f | Corns and Warts. ' A 1 C a j These troublesome excrescences re- . h ceive muoh attention in the domestic , ir columns of our exchanges, aud we copy V* d a few^of the hints given to sufferers with ' the promise of speedy relief: first. _ 6 One writer says: "For more than a . d year I was afflicted with a large corn on , ' the ball of my left foot, and also a large . M | wart in the palm of my left hand. I hit . j upon a cure for both. It was a simple . ^ ' application of wood (hickory) ashes and % . j strong cider vinegar sufficient to moisten. . j I kept it on thirty-six hours, often add- ^ ^ ; lag more vinegar to iieep up mo jxiuioi- , d i are. The application then was renewed . , for thirty-six hours more, when I found ?. '8 all pain had ceased, both being entirely ? ie destroyed. I then could wear my boot, , 3- and, by a small application every night 6 of beef tallow, in one month all the hard ., ? d substance that had formed around the , ^ ie I corn had been removed. There is now ~ ! no trace left of either corn or wart." ~~ 8 Second. For soft corns between the v* 10 j toes, another writer bids us take a bit of . >? | old soft linen or cotton batting, saturate ? ^ I it thoroughly with glycerine, and then :? dip into tannic acid and apply to the 'H corns. Third. A physician says that iS warts may be removed "by rubbing ^ 10 them night and morn with a moistened 10 piece of muriate of ammonia. They ^ 5r soften and dwindle away, leaving no 'e such marks as follows their dispersion ^ lU with lunar caustic." Fourth. A chem- re ist suggests still another cure for warts: Pu " Dissolve a few lumps of bi-chromate we - * '1 ? - 15U1- 8H( l* 01 poiasn in a uitm wui*3i. oovh eral times each day," Fifth. And Hall's :e Journal of Health directs the sufferer r 3* | to "dip a stick the size of a knitting 'e needle into muriatio acid, and touch the ie top of the wart night and morning with s^a what adheres to the stick, to effect a wo 10 painless cure. Buy a small quantity in Pu s* a glass-stoppered t>ottle, keep out of the tr? ;o -way of children, off your clothes and the skm, and you are safe in using it. v0] ie as :e " an^ id! Words of Wisdom. ms a Many people find t heir only happiness " in forcing themseles to be unhappy. l(j | In order to enjoy the present, it is ^ g. j necessary to be intent on the present. gQ. 0.' j To be doing one thing and thinking of _ I another is a very unsatisfactory mode ^ j of spending life. ' i Wonld you be exempt from uneasi- fu] 1. ! ness, do nothing that you know or sus- cai 11 pect to be wrong. Would you enjoy the [ purest pleasure?do everything in your voi d power which you are convinced is right, as g We rise ourselves by adoring that A* 1. which is better than we are. It is the J? j one virtue of the soul which is always ths ! tending upward by its proper motion? g j upward to something higher, purer, coi - | better.?James Freeman Clarke. go { The rainbow is beautiful, but without ca* P i a storm, without a passing cloud, with- 801 y i out descending raindrops, it does not ? j appear. It comes after darkness and J " J gloom, and the contrast makts its light te!j , | the more charming and attractive.?Pat- J * | terson. anj t Men talk too much about the world. ^ ' ' Each one of us here, let the world go as cej; * 1 it will, and be victorious or not victorie ' oub, has he not a life of his own to -j , i lead? One life?a little gleam of time nat * between two eternities?no seoond | chance to us forevermore. . ! The wind is unseen, but it cools the s I brow of the fevered one. sweetens the e summer atmosphere,and ripples the sur- I t j face of the lake into silver spangles of sa^" B beauty. So goodness of heart, though k1* invisible to the material eye, makes its s presence felt; and from its effect upon 860 j surrounding things we are assured of its *or ; existence. 10 * off Something About Yourself, ^ i Supposing your age to be fifteen ^ f i years, or thereabouts, you can be figur- _ec 9 ; ed up to a dot, You have 160 bones jQ0 * : and 500 muscles; your blood weighs fair ? twenty-five pounds; your heart is nearly . ^ five inches in length, and three inches jor ? in diameter; it beats seventy times per for ! minute, 4,200 times per hour, 100,800 8UJ. ^ j times per day, and 30,722,000 times per 8 ; year. At each beat a little over two for l*: ounces of blood is thrown out of it; and ner u each day it receives and discharges ame about seven tons of that wonderful fluid, j kre ? Your lungs will contain a gallon of air; i B^e, y and you inhale 24,000 gallons per day. j 8U}; The aggregate surface of the air cells of ^ your lungs, supposing them to spread jeQ e out, exceeds 20,000 square inches. The' n weight of your brain is three pounds; ie when you are a man it will weigh about ^ai ie | eight ounces more. Your nerves num- --j J j ber 10,000,000 or more. Your skin is ^re composed of three layers and varies from an( r? one-eighth to one-fourth of an inch in gul ie thickness. The arAa of vnnr Rkin ir _ !(| about 1,700 square inches, and you are Bt subjected to an atmospheric pressure of je^ fifteen pounds to the square inch. Each 8U] 18 square inch of your skin contains 3,500 we 16 weating tubes, or perspiratory pores, Jq] 10 each of which may be likened to a little an( >n draining-tile one-fourth of an inch long, jor making an aggregate length in the en~ tire surface of your body of 201,166 ^ feet, or a tile-ditch for draining the body ' 18 almost forty miles long. j it. W | Males In the Mines. f a j BUI n_ j In underground places, the intelligence th< ^ I of mules displays itself in a remarkable yo | manner. They Boon learn to obey every tai 3(j command their driver gives them. A bil 3d curious freak about mules is that when fis 0 anything touches their heads they dodge, on while touching horses' ears makes them ho (js | throw up their heads. For this very on d j reason horses cannot be used under- sic no ! crround. for they would soon break their in y skulls, while males never get injured ag al in that manner. The switch mules in lai the Nevada mines, when the men are wl re eating, go from man to man begging for N< g. something to eat, and they will eat up 3(3 cooked meat, pies, drink coffee?in fact, pa 1H take anything the men have. One of up at the mules, when the men are not look- ur ,id ing.is in the habit of upsetting the men's fir ed lunoh pails and helping themselves^with- th out leave. They have also taken to w( drinking ice water, and are not satisfied pc y- except they get their regular allowance, an rd The mnles which pull the rock-trains th >m are driven three or fonr tandem, each th m. having a torch up>on its head, whioh hi 'as keeps bobbing up and down as they he S, move along, and they present a very hi ? novel appearance as seen from a distance sfc in the darknes*. fie wi ???wa ww???j??? POPULAR MUSIC. s Compositions that Met Wltb Or pal Snocaaa. ! have been talking with some of tht isic publishers here, (writes a New rb correspondent) with a view to getg out some of the interesting facte >ut the "popular" publications of the p. No compositions in the whole ige of music meet w.th such financial jcess as those which ordinary people i accustomed to look upon as " trash." d, while a writer of high toned melons looks with contempt upon the comser of " Don't bs angry with me, darg," the latter is consoled with the lection that, eveu if his work is not hetic, it pays. For instance, Will S. ys, of Louisville, well known as an nor of popular songs, has made a dest fortune out of a single ballad led " Mollie darling." And he con era tuis one of the poorest he hae ir written. But it bears the merit of iplicity, and by far the greatest dextd is for songs of that quality, die histories of some of these are full interest. At this moment I think of ber an odd incident, wnere a ballad pired purely by the meaningless ff in fashion was accepted in earnest the public, and had an enormous 3. The song 1 refer to is " Put me in little bed," and it isn't long since it 3 sung throughout the country by irybody, from squalling infant to fat I placid matron. The author, Dexter itn, had written a number of clever ses, which he carried to his publishThat gentleman, after glanoing m over, handed them back, with the owing doubtful criticism: ' These are very good, Mr. Smith,? good, in fact. Yes, they are too >d for me. Use them in the Atlantic, some such place. What I want juut ,v is something after this pattern:" Lad he read to tho astonished writer ae selections from several of the popr ballads. Smith was disgusted. It surely can't be possible," said ne, hat the public wants such miserable ?f as this." ' It is not only possible, but true." ' Then I don't wonder that mine is ' good for your use. Good day I" Lnd the youmg composer half angrily ode out of the office, reflecting upon > degeneracy of the public mind. He s going along one of the narrow Bost streets, absorbed in his thoughts, en he heard a dirty little urchin yell his mother, " Sa-ay, mam I Put me my little bed !" There was his sub11 Ana, going home, filled with this ermination to write the most unutable mess of dreariness he could nk of, he composed the song which i since made him famous. His little :e was well received, and its reputaa spread until the sales reached an >rmous figure. in this connection, let mo give yon i number of copies sold of a few of i best known publications 01 inie id: ."Pat me in my little bed," by iter Smith, 250,000; " Come, birdie, ne," same author, 100,000; "Mollie ling," by Will S. Hays, 40,000; " Sil threads among the gold," by Danke ao is very popular), 75,000; " Come ne, father," 50,000; "Evangeline,' 000; "Tramp, tramp, tramp," 100,); " Norah O'neill," 100,000; " Swcel nevieve," 20,000. Many of these sell aaily, and will doubtless continue tc so for a number of years. Songs itten to suit tbo times frequently ,ch immense sales, and, as in boo! blications, those which appear th( akest are not infrequently the mosl soessful. What Voices Indicate.. Fhere are light, quick, surface voioei it involuntarily seem to utter th< ng " I wont do to tie to." The man'i rds may assure you of his strength o: rpose and reliability, yet his tone con diets his speech. Then there are low, deep, strong ices where the words seem gronnd on if the man owed humanity a grudge J meant to pay it some day. Tha in's opponent may tremble and hii ends may trust his strength of pur se and ability to act. There is the coarse, boisterous, die orial tone, invariably adopted by vul r persons, who have not sufficient eul ation to understand their own insig Icance. There is the incredulous tone, that ii 1 of a covert sneer, or a secret "jot l't-dupe-me-sir," intonation. Then there is the whining, beseeching ice, that says " sycophant" as plainl; if it uttered the word. It cajoles an< ttersyou; its words say: "I lovi u; I admire you; you are everything it you should be." Then there is the tender, musical npassionate voice, that sometimei 3s with sharp features (as they indi ;e merely intensity of leeling) am netimes with blunt features, but al ys with genuine benevolence. [f you are full of affectation and pre ice, your voice proclaims it. [f you are full of honesty, strengtl ! purpose, your voice proclaims it. [f you are cold and calm and firm ant isiBtent, or fickle and foolish and de >tious, your voice will be equally th-telling. fou cannot change your voice from i ural to an unnatural tone withom being known that you are doing so, Cheap Living. low to cook so as to make olean, ory dishes is quite as important as tc >w what food to purchase, and ii at manner it is to be cooked, so as t< nre the greatest amount of sustenance the least money; but that is chieflj )? learned by experience. The bill are which Miss Corson,the New Yorl king school manager, publishes in pamphlet on this subject, will unibtedly shew something new to manj pie now pinched for want of sufficienl d. One direction is" follows, for o ?ily of five: 'Monday there is boiled rice and milk Knnf on#? A?Q V?V*O ctc. uiraiuasv, wiutu i/ct* uuu dinner, and peas boiled in stock foi per. That day's food costs thirty> cents. Tuesday, broth and bread breakfast, costing ten cents; for dinbaked beans; supper, macaroni 1 cheese. Wednesday there is toasted ad and scalded milk for breakfast, red tripe for dinner, and polenta lot iper. Thursday, rice panada foi akfast, salt potaufeu for dinner, and tils stewed in stock for supper. iVi\ broth and bread for breakfast, ttons and turnips for dinner, and ley boiled in broth for supper. Satlav. mutton broth and' bread for akfast, beef and potatoes for dinner, 1 beans boiled in broth for supper, aday'o fare costs sixty-one cents, and lndes breakfast of cocoa, bread and ;d lentils, dinner of bean broth, hasstew and suet roly-poly pudding, anc 3per of cheese pudding. For th< ek that makes a total expense of twc lars and fifty cents, and leaves a bal 30 on my estimate of Bixty-two centi extra bread milk and butter." A Trout Fisher's Yarns. Having fished the lakes and streami New England for thirty years, says i iter in Forest and Stream, I have lia< me curious incidents occur, am ought the following might interes 'Ur readers: While fishing 011 a moun n stream, in swift water, I had a rapi< te, and thought I had hooked a largi h. On pulling out I had two trout oi e line, one strung on the gut, th >ok passing through his mouth an* it his gill and hooked firmly into th 1.1. - _i.1 TTI* 1. VT _ C\ i. itj ui wie uiuer. r mil nu? l whs wjj ches long, and, pulling sideway ainst the stream, seemed a mud :ger fish. Second: While fishing i lat we call dead water on a stream n jw Hampshire, I saw a large fish g ) stream. I waited with fisherman' tionce for an hour or two, then I crep ) to the stream, and threw at a ventur ider an overhanging bough, and at tb st throw I had the trout fast. I sai at he was a large one, and thought mid play him. I then saw he wa tiling sidowajs. I shorteued my tackl d landed my prize, and then founi at I had not hooked him, but in m; row had cast the hook and line aroun* m, making a slip-noose. On my wa; >me, passing a locksmith's shop, I Ian m on the old gent's square, and h retched sixteen inohes?not a larg ih, but a large one for that plaoe. The Troubles of a Poet | While Colonel Bangs, editor of thi 1 j Argus, was sitting in his offioe one day ! a man whose brow was olothed witl ' I thunder entered. Fiercely seizing i '; chair, he slammed his hat on the table j hurled his umbrella on the floor and sa I i down. II " Are you the editor?" he asked. 1 j "Yes." ! " Can you read writing?" Ij "Of course." " Read that, then," he said, thrusting j at the colonel an envelope with an in | soription on it. "B ,"said the colonel, trying t< spell it. " That's not a B. It's an S," said th< i man. I " 8; O yes; I see! Well, the wordi I look a little like 'Salt for Dinner,'oi I Souls of Sinners,'" said the colonel. I " No, sir," replied the man, " nothing \ of the kind ! That's my name?Sam'l H ! Brunner. I knew you couldn't read. ! j called to see you about that poem o mine you printed the other day, on thi Surcease of Sorrow.'" " I don't remember it," said the col i onel. "Of course you don't, because it wen into the payer under the infamous titl< of ' Smear case To-morrow.'" "A stupid blunder of the compositors ' I suppose." "Yes, sir, and that's what I want t< 1 see you about. The way in which tha poem was mutilated was simply scandal ous. I haven't slept a night since. I exposed me to derision. People think ] am an ass. Let me show you." "Go ahead," said the colonel. " The first line, when I wrote it, reac j in this way. I 'Lying by a weeping willow, underneath i gentle slope. That is beautiful, poetic, affecting Now how did your vile sheet present i to the pnblio ? There it is I Look a ! that! Made it read this way: j 'Lying to a weeping widow to induce her t< elope.' | Weeping widow, mind you ! A widow! | This is too much I It's enough to drivi j a man crazy!" I "I'm sorry," said the colonel j "but?" "But look a-here at the fourth verse,' ! said the poet. " That's worse yet j What I said was: I 'Cast thy pearls before the swine, and lost them in the dirt.' ' I wrote that out dearly and distinctly, j in a plain, round hand. Now, wha I does your compositor do ? Does h< j catch the sense of that beautiful i-enti | ment ? Does it sink into his soul ? No | sir I He sets it up in tins lashiqp : Listen: I 'Cart thy pills before the sunrise and]love then if they hart.' ! Now, isn't that a cold-blooded outrag< on a man's feelings? I'll leave it t< you if it isn't ?" i "It's hard, that's a fact," said th( colonel " And then take the fifth verse. L i the original manuscript it said, plain a< daylight: 1 'Take away the Jingling money; it is only glit i tering dross P ' ; A man with onlv one eye, and a catar act over that, could have read the word ' correctly. But your pirate np-stair L there, do you know what he did ? H > made it read: 1 'Take away the jeering monkeys on a sorel; glandered hoss ! " By George, I felt like braining him wit] . a fire shovel! I was never so cut up L 6 my life." i " it was natural, too, saiu me coic : nel. i "There, for instance, was the sixt' 5' verse. I wrote : 5 I ' I am weary with the tossing of the ocean & 3 j it heaves.' * i It is a lovely line, too ; but imagine m ' j horror and the anguish of my familj i when I opened your paper and saw th ? | line transformed into : J I am wearing ont ray trousers till they're ope ? at the knees!' I That is a little too much I That seem 3 j to me like carrying the thing an inc " i or two too far. I think I have a const: __ I tutional right to murder that composi " j tor; don't you?" " j "I think yon have." " j " Let me read you one more verse. " i wrote : , 'I swell the flying eohoeB as they roam amon; the hills, 1 And I feel my soul awaken to the ecstasy the thrills.' ? Now, what do you s'pose your misera J ble outcast turned that into? Whj * into this : 9 'I smell the frying shoes aa they roast alon I the bulls, i And I peel my Bole mistaken in the erctary thr f whirls. s Gibberish, sir ! Awful gibberish ! - must slay that man. Where is he ?" I 4' He is out, just now," said the colc - nel. " Gome in to-morrow." " I will,' said the poet; " and I wil - come armed." | Then he put on his hat, shouldere< II his umbrella, and drifted off dowi I stairs. i ? Artificial Ears and Eyes. This disoovery mania is really aw( tv\acnKiKfi/tc k iU JlliO (flOUlUUUVUO ^A/OOlViUVlCC 11 Mr. Thomaa A. Edison, the phonograp I inventor, has written to an acquaintanc ' ! in Chicago a significant note which w | find in the Tribune of that city : j Menlo Pake, N. J., May 10.?Dea. , | Sir: The many letters that I have r< > I ceived on the subject of an apparatn t j for the deaf haB convinced me that th ) ! demand would be enormous. So I hav J j put two of my most skilful assistants a r: work testing my ideas. I feel sure thf< i j I will produce a practical apparatn : i within six months. i Mr. Edison's ingenuity may be stimii lated by the fact that he himself is con r siderably deaf, so that he has to hold hi 5 hand to his ear and scoop in the voico k j like a sailor in a hurricane. And really I there is no scientific deduction again8 :! the success of the attempt to create ai ) j artificial ear. The organ of hearing is i ' purely mechanical contrivance, and i | may be possible to convey sensation t< 1; the auricular nerves by artificial meth ; j ods. And if the deaf can be helped t i | hear, why not the blind be made to see 1 Helmholtz.one of the greatest physician j living, has spoken with some contemp ' , of the human eye as a mechanical in ' | struq&ent, declaring it far from perfect 1 and Professor Clifford has tol< ns that it is not achromatic, an< that an important portion of th I retina does not reflect an image It would be rather audacious fo a man to attempt to improve on it and, as a matter of f>ict, human being will probably have to put up with thi 1 imperfect contrivance for a good man; I years yet; but if Edison can artifloiall; reach and impress with sensibility th I aural nerves.in there any reason why th 5 blind may not sea with patent glae ) eyes? This is a realm, however, wher - j experiments are somewhat more valuabl i | than conjectures.?New York Graphic ?? Carious Swedish Ceremony. A curious ceremony is performed e> s j ery year in Znrich (Switzerland), on th i eve of the so-called Sechselauten, th 1 ancient spring festival of the Tigurinef 4 __ - /.lnno.'xnll X | Ub UHi. lUlOiilDUOlO UlUV^U uiuooiuaii t! named the people of Zurich. But th - most popular ceremony belongs to th I festival itself. This is the solemn cor a demnation and execution of the hate i winter. It seems to be a theory of th e Sechselauten that winter ought to em 3 on the 31st March and that sprin e should begin on the 1st April. Afte 3 sunset on the last day of March, multi s tudes of men, women and children co! \x lect together on the Stadthausplatz, i: xi. - i : a order go witness mt> uurum^ ui mo tu a lucky "Bogg," the god of winter. 0 Daring the burnihg of the winter go b this year the crown of the neighborin t Uetliberg was white with snow, a sig e that the hard Zurich winter wa e not over, so that the experimen v with the Bogg was a little daring an 1 venturesome. The exeoution of th s Bogg has occasionally been put off ui e til a later and less wintry day, in ApriJ d This was the oase last year. Yet, whe 7 the citizens arose next morning, tb d Bogg seemed like the Phoenix to ha'v y arisen from his ashes and declared the d his reign was not ended, for the oity an e the whole neighborhood wore the appeal e anoe of a winter landscape, every stre< and field being white with snow. NEWS SUMMARY. 9 > Eastern and Middle States * A number of immigrants who arrived in New Tork on a European steamship were fonnd to > have in their possession a large amount of t oounterfleit American national bank notes that had been manufactured abroad. Several weeks ago Franclsoo Peralto, a i hardy Mexican horseman, undertook to ride 1305 miles in fifteen hours, using tbirty' two horses. The feat was undertaken for a large wager, and Time proved the victor ; by ten minutes. The other day Peralto . again attemped the formidable feat of endurance?this time at Fleetwood Park, New York? and on this occasion he succeeded in ooverlng 5 the 805 miles in fourteen hours and thirty-one minutes. 3 Charlss R. Backalew was chosen chairman of tho Pennsylvania Democratic 8tate convention, 3 held in Pittsburgh. The platform adopted r obarges the Republican party with responsibility for the financial distress in the oountry, and demands its removal from power; opposes ? contraction of the currency, ana demanas that . it be received for customs duties and be re[ issued from the treasury ; declares that com- | f merce ana manufactures snou;a oe xosierea, ?nd asserts that the Republican Congress of 3 1872 struck a blow at the industries or Pennsylvania by redactions in the tariff ; favors an . investigation of alleged electoral frauds, but nays that no attack should be made on the l President's title. The State government is arraigned for negleot of dnty. The ticket i nominated is as 1 follows: For governor, Andrew H. Dill; for lieutenant-governor, John Fortig; for supreme court judge, Henry P. Ross; for secretary of internal affairs, J. Simpson Africa. l The Vermont Republican State convention was held at Burlington,Jex-Governor John G. Smith " ocaupying the chairman's seat The platform t adopted says that " the motives and general [ course of the administration of President Hayes have our hearty approbation and though a difference as to policy may exist we rejoice in the . belief that the Executive and Republicans in I Congressman disposed to suffer no divisions it arraings the Democrats in Congress for rek opening the presidential election question ; deplores "the continued opposition of apor uon or tno souin to me onons 01 m? aummjo. tration to give equal rights and privileges to all t citizens of the whole conntry," and recognizes t " tbe patriotJo action and devotion of those in that eeotion who now stand firm for the Union and the perpetuation of good government." ) The officers nominated are: For governorColonel Redfleld Proctor; for lieu ten ant-go verj nor?E. P. Oolton ; for State treasurer, John 3 A.P?ge. A crew of four oarsmen from Colombia College sailed from New York for England, to rep? resent the United States in a race for tbe world's ohampionship on the Thames. The flames have destroyed Cone's block in . Hartford, Conn., one of the finest business buildings in the city. Daring the progress of the fire a towering brick wall suddenly fell out3 ward on a number of firemen, killing two and injuring six others more or less seriously. The Pennsylvania Legislature has adjourned t sine die. i While workmen were tearing down-a large - building on Broadway, New York, a floor fell m, throwing the men to the story below. One ' man was killed and seven others received seri ous injuries. | Two men were killed and two injured by the i fall of a floor in the Sixth avenue car stables, : New York. The accident was paused by the 3 I heavy weight of grain which workmen were j | stowing away. During a shower in Smithfield, R. L, a party of men standing under a tree were struck by lightning, and William Calvin and Daniel TT ?? UI1.J u:u i nuuwuuu wore jujicu, wuiiu twu IUUID noio l severely hurt. 8 At Philadelphia James Smaller, who lives with his married son, William, camo home drunk, and daring an altercation the father ~ stabbed his son with a penknife, inflicting a mortal wound. ? In New York the grand Jury has indicted the 8 board of health for neglect of duty, and Bix8 teen aldermen who voted to pass over the e mayor's veto two resolutions permitting obstructions in the street. The Stewart Hotel for Women, started in ? New York a short time ago, haa proven a failure, for want of patronage. The daily exh penses have averaged $900, and since the hotel Q opened hardly fifty women have taken up their residence within its walls. It will be turned into a hotel for the general public. Western and Southern States. h ; A. cow got under the wheels of a locomotive near Urbana, Ohio, and threw the whole train off the track, upsetting the engine and bags gage car, The engineer was badly injured ana a fireman and brakeman had their arms j broken. r The National Greenback Labor party, of In' diana, held a convention at Indianapolis, and nominated a State ticket headed by Henry James for secretary of State. The platform n adopted favors tho abolition of all bank issues, unlimited coinage of gold and silver, and tho is[8 suing by government of unlimited legal teni der paper money; opposes specie resumption ; r calls for legislation ia the interests of labor ; i- denounces Communism and is opposed to an i- increase in the standing army. Mrs. Kate Southern, of Pickens county, Qa. j who baa boon sentenced to death for killing 1 i Narcissa Cowart at & dance (Miss Cowart had i been trying to alien&to the affections of Mrs. ; Southern's husband) has hadhersentenoecomg ' muted to imprisonment in the penitentiary for ' ten years. After committing the murder, it Mrs. Southern, assisted by her husband and his relatives, Woaped, and a year elapsed before she was captured. Intense feeling was excited by the trial and much sympathy was r? expressed for tho prisoner. A considerable loss of life and large deatrucg tion of property have resulted from recent heavy storms in the West. Six persons were it killed and several more injured in Wisconsin, and a settlement near Chicago was desolated I by a tornado. At this latter place the farmhouse of William Brtmes was completely demolished, Mrs. Brunes was instantly Killed, and two young children carried through the air by the whirlwind and hurled dead to the ground, [1 a distance of twenty rods away. A laborer was lifted from his feet, and on striking terra flrma j his legB were broken by the shock. Some fourteen frame Btores and dwellings in I Parkersburg, W. Va., were destroyed by fire, I entailing a loss of about $40,000. j Jesse Walker (oolored) was banged at Farmi ersville, La., for the mnrder of Violet Simmons last February. William Day, a chore-boy in the family of a l. Mr. Hamilton, at Taylorville, 111., murdered h Mrs. Hamilton by cutting her head open with q an ax while she was lying on a sofa uncone scions in sleep. The act, the boy states, was committed in revenge for a correction she had administered the day previous. B Mrs. Folds and two children were burned to ^ j death in Merriwether county, Ga., by a fire 8 caused by the explosion of a kerosene lamp, e The State Savings Bank, of Dallas, Texas, 6 has failed, with about $10,000 liabilities in ext cess of assets. t A terrible tragedy baa been enacted in 0 Arlington, 111. Mrs. Elizabeth Shehan who had , not lived with her husband for several years ! but resided with her parents and supported her* j self and two little bovs, had been receiving at | tendons from a man named Samuel Kearney. | 8 : On the evening previouslto the dreadful affair ; ' he cilled, but was repulsed. The next di.7 1 1 he called again, went up stairs to Mrs. Shihan's ? room and shot her. As he was coming down t I stairs he met his victim's father and shot at 1 I him also, inflicting a serious wound. Then ? I Kearney turned upon Mrs. Shehan, who was i ! trying to escape, and cut her throat, severing I the head from the body. After wounding the 3 , murdered lady's mother and shooting at a - neighbor Kearney passed around the house and 0 cut his own throat ? | From Washington. ? ! The Senate has confirmed the appointment t j of ex-Governor Packard, of New Orleans, to be - j consul at Liverpool and of Mr. Fairchild to be ; consul-general at Paris. 1 1 The secretary of the treasury has issued the I I fifty-eighth call for the redemption of tS-20 | bonds for 1865 ; consols of 1865. The call is : for five million dollars, of which two and a half ; millions are ooupon, and two and a half mil r lions registered Donas. xne principal ana ; interest wjII be paid at the treasury on and g after the 22d day of August next, and tha interest will oease on that day. Preaidont Hayes, the Secretary of War, the ' Attornoy General |and others were present at 7 tho commencement exeroisos of the Hampton e ! Normal and Agricultural Institute for colored e t students at Fortress Monroe, Va. ,8 i The National Democratic Committee met in P | Washington and adopted the following resolu! tion: "Resolved, That the action of the House of Representatives,in appointing a committee fully J empowered to investigate and report upon tho | frauds alleged to havo beon committed in the late Presidential election, to the end that the j truth may be made known to the people, and . j the repetition of such frauds be prevented in j the future, meets the approval of this commit0 ; tee." The committeo refused to adopt an 6 ; amendment d-Kilaring that the committee did 3 I not sanction any attempt to attack tho Presi1 dent's title. e ' President Hayes has nominated Charles Paye i Honof Massachusetts to be third assistant secretary of State ; C. M. Spencer, of Iowa, connull" general at Melbourne ; Sevollon A. Brown, of cl New York, consul at Birmingham ; Charles M. e Murphy, of New York, at Moscow ; John P. j Hazelton of New York, at Genoa; Chester D. Jackson, of Wisconsin, at Antigua and John B. ? Gould, at Marseilles. ,r ! The House committee on Indian affairs has " i agreed to report favorably the bill establishing i- I the Territory of Oklohama. Q i Ths concurrent resolution declaring that the t- provisions of the existing treaty between the Empire of China and the United States allowing the unrestricted emigration to this country from China, might wisely be modified so as to 5 subserve the best interests of both governments n has been passed by the Senate. >s The Senate cemmittee on military affairs has it decided to report a bill authorizing the secre^ tary of war to purchase the burial lot of Camp 6 Chase, near Columbus, Ohio, in which 1,500 ^ Confederate Boldiera are buried. I" Typhoid fever prevails to an alarming extent l> in Washington. n Hon. Cla'kson N. Potter, chairman of the 16 House oommittee investigating the Florida re presidential eleotlon, has written a long letter it in which he says " there is not the slightest (j chanoe of revolution or disturbanoe " in regard . to reopening the question of the President's Mf uaUac ao?a fnrfhat* fhA nnnvvsA Ctf 3t the investigation Is to ascertain the facts, bo I that if frauds be established a repetition of 1 such frauds may be prevented, if not, to dear up the general belief throughout the country < that there were such frauds.' . Foreign News. i The pleasure steamer Empress of India, with < a party of abeut eighteen persons on board, , became unmanagable and capsized over a dam ( on Grand river, at Gait, Ont. Ail of the pas- , sengers were plunged into the river below and 1 drowned. Count Schouvaloff arrived in London the I other day from St. Petersburg. His .mission i is the subject of general discussion in that | city and'on the continent. In Berlin the semi- , official Provincial Corretpondence anticipates a favorable result from Count Schouvaloff's efforts. It says that the latest declarations of the British ministers, as well as the news manifested at St. Petersburg, are full of wishes and hopes for the renewed consolidation of European peace. I The Lerdo (Mexican) revolutionists captured < the town of ReynosMnd levied a " prestimo" ] of $8,000 , A Are within the precincts of the sublime < Porte at Constantinople destroyed the greater portion of the buildings, including the minis- 1 tries of justice and of the council of State, i The miidstry of foreign affairs, the grand vizierate and the arohives wero saved. A vote was taken by the "striking cotton . immHMi nt Vnaland nrwn *, wimnrnmiiM Tiro posal, and the proposal wu rejected by 12,895 against 882. The result was hailed with satisfaction by the operatives and the strike will be indefinitely prolonged. The English fleet carrying troops from India has arrived at Malta. A*1 American gentleman just returned to Engjuud from an extensive tonr in Russia, savs that 200, OtX) Russians are moving toward the Qalician frontier of Austria. The garrisons throughout Poland are moving southward. Camps of troops and reornita were noticod at many points along the railways. Moscow and 8t Petersburg are full of troope, and new levies are constantly coming forward. The commissary department is purchasing heavly.' all kinds of supplies. There is great bitterness among the people against England. i Paris newspaper states that the treaty of San (Stefano will be submitted to a congress by , Runsia, and that negotiations have gone so far that all the powers have assented to the congress. Nine thousand Turkish refugees have been sent to Asia from Constantinople. An immense number still remain in a wretched state of destitution. A special dispatoh from St Petersburg says it is rumored that the Russian Imperial Bank is so heavily indebted that the government dare not continue the publication of the weekly returns. The bank's affairs are in almost hope1 f.cifl <v-infiiainn. -i CONGRESSIONAL, MUiHMAKY, H?nate. Mr. Flamb, of Kansas, called tip the Senate bill authorizing the secretary of war to have erected headstones oyer the graves of Union soldiers who have been interred in private cemeteries. Passed... .The bill to establish a permanent government in the District of Columbia was disc 3ed without action. Adjourned. Mr. Edmonds. .v>m the select loommittee on the counting of the electoral vole, reported a bill amending the present law in some respects. The committee on education and labor reported adversely on the House joint resolution construing the eight-hour law, and prohibiting reduction of wages by the government on account of decrease of hours... .The bill providing" for an additional jndge for the second (New York) judidnl cirouit was passed.... The District of Columbia government bill was again considered in committee of the whole, without action. Adjourned. A resolution calling for the unpublished portions of the correspondence relating to the fisheries award wae agreed to A bill appropriating $250,000 for afire-proof building for the National Museum at Washington was reported The b'll providing for a government for the District of Columbia was further r%r%A naaatiA TVm Kill nrnvi^Afl fnr dlUQUUCU UUU paoovu. A uv VI.. v , .MW? . w. the appointment of three commissioners?to be nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate?to manage the affairs of the District. Adjourned. Houc. Mr. Beebe, of New York, offered a resolution calling for information as to Pre sidential pardons of criminals since March, 1877. Adopted. A resolntion was submitted as a question of privilege by Mr. Harrison, of Illinois, directing the Potter special Florida election investigation committee also to investigate alleged frauds in Oregan aqd South Carolina, and declaring that, as the Forty-fourth Congress had counted "the Electoral votes and declared the result, it is not now in the power of Congress, nor is it the purpose of the House, to attempt to annul the action of the Forty-fourth Congress, The point being raised whether the resolution was a question of privilege, a standing vote was taken, but few voting. A vote was then taken by yeas and nays, the result Ibeing yeas 71, nays 50. But few of the Republicans voted, and not nearly all of the Democrats. The obj fiction being made that no quorum had voted, Mr. Harrison (amid a Btorm of calls to order) withdrew the resolution, stating that he was not desirous of obstructing business. Mr. Wilson, or West Virginia, men ouerea & resolution authorizing tho select committee to investigate electoral frauds in any State where it should have probable cause to believe that such frauds wero practised. Mr. Cox, of New York, moved to refer the resolution to the select committee, and demanded the previous question. The motion was defeated?yeas 89, nays 115 - and the resolution was adopted without a division... .The army appropriation bill was discussed without action. Aajourned. The army appropriation bill was taken np, and after disoussion the amendment increasing tho strength from 20,000, as proposed, to 25,000, its present foroe, was adopted by 115 to 107. The item for pay for the army was, on motion of Mr. Hewitt, increased from $8,390,000 to $9,090,000, to correspond with the increase of the force from 20,000 to 25,000 men; the item for subsistence was also increased in the same proportion On motion of Mr. Biddie, of Tennessee, a bill to amend the pension act of 18th June, 1874, was taken from the calendar and passed. It increases to $24 a month the pensions of all those pensioners who have ' * * ?i.*-- -n ? 1081 an arm ueiuw uio eiuuvr, u& r*j uou uuq elbow as to destroy the use of the arm, or a leg below the knee, or so near the knee as to destroy the oso of the leg. Adjourned.^ Bills from the committee on pensions were passed, as follows : A bill repealing the section of the revised statutes which provides that no claim for pension not prosecuted to a successful issue within five years from the date of filing the same, shall he admitted without record evidence from the war or navy department ; a bill increasing to $72 per month the pensions paid to soldiers or sailors who have lost both arms, or both legB, or the sight of both eyes, and a bill making it unlawful for any attorney or claim-agent to demand or receive for his services in a pension case a greater Bum than $10....The army appropriation bill was debated without definite action. Adjourned. Mr. Wood, of New York, introduced a bill to establish a permanent sinking fund by appropriating $100,000,000 annually to pay interest on the publio debt and bay and cancel such bonds as can be bought at par, and, at the same time, repealing the existing sinking fund law... .The army appropriation bill was taken up, and Mr. Scales amendment, transferring the Indian control to the war department, was adopted by 113 to 107 Mr. Knott moved to mnnd bv nrohibitimr the use of anv part of i le army as a posse comilatux or to enforce the laws except when oxpressly authorized by Congress. * Adopted by 120 to 112. The bill was then reported to the House, and a vote taken on the amendment making the maximum force 25,000 instead of 20,000, which was defeated by yeas, 116; nays, 120. A motion to reconsider waB laid on the table. The force is thus limited to 20,000 men. Adjourned without disposing of the bill. A Newspaper Wonder, The Advocate, a Greenback-Labor paper published in New York, hat) created & marked exoitement among publishers. It was begun in Hay, 1875, as a local paper at Spring Valley, Rockland county, and on Jan'y 1st, 1877, removed to New York. The first issue in that year was 433 copies, using twenty-five pounds nt mhitA tinner. uoatacB nftv cents, while the iBflue of May 22d instant was 156,000, usiug near nine tons of white paper and paying $300 postage. This has been done by a discreet but bold method of advertising. The company expect to reach a circulation of 2,000,000 in 1880, and propose to expend $200,000 in advertising to secure that end. It during the months of June, July, August and September puts its advertisement of one column into 2,500 papers, including the city dailies. If business men would ! take couraso and Bhow faith in printer's ink, I much could be done to dissipate hard times by ! reviving business. A Curious Remedial Agent. In the coarse of a report which has ! just been published by order of the In- I spector-General of Maritime Customs in j China, Dr. F. Wong give ns some curi- j ous particulars respecting a strange | remedial agent employed by the Chinese i in cases of Oynanchee tonsillaris. The j disease they term Nyo-how, or "goose- J throat," and the remedy in question is j cauea noxu csao, a sou ?wjuo uui? uun&o biliary calonlus in appearance. It is expensive, being worth twenty times its weight in silver, and is said to oome from Siam. Twenty or thirty grains of this powder taken in water is thought to be very efficacious. Dr. Wong mentions having seen a case whore this remedy was given, and where it certainly appeared effective, after gargles and as tringents had been applied in vain, j The specimens of the stone which have come under his notice appear liko animal concretions and are of various sizes, j some being smallerjthan pigeons' eggs, ; while others are as largo as hens' eggs. The story goes that when a monkey is wounded the animal, from its natural instinct, picks out the proper medioinal herbs, masticates and applies them tc the wound, so that successive layers nrn in this way laid on so as to form a raa?s. In time the wound heals, and the lump of dried herbs falls off; it is then picked up by the Siamese, found by them to possess peculiar virtues, and sent in small quantities to China as a drug.? Nature, J ; - " " > -r", - -f '*%:7 ^VjW? The champion office-holder of tb world is Mr. Evans Johnson, of Ootoot tnnnd, India, who is individually as simultaneously acting commissione iistrict judge, distriot magistrate, re1 snue commissioner, president Ooty an Ooonoor municipalities, president loci fund board, honorary secretary Ooi municipality, honorary secretary loo fund board, member of the forest con: mission, joint magistrate of Wellingtoi small cause judge, Wellington, ar small cause judge, Ooonoor. * rhe ZLatcit Novelties 1b Mower* m Reaper*. 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The mechanical execution of the book fa] sustains the high reputation of the publishei It contains 1260 large double-column pag( and over 650 fine engravings, embracing d? ties and other historical scenes; portraits the great men of ano.ent and modern tim< and views of the principal cities of thewori The engravings in this book are genuine wor of art and were mado at a cost of over 125,OC The great number and high character of the engravings iuako this tne moat valuable i publication of the centnry. A prominent ft tnre of t -o work is a full History of the It War belto en Hussia and Turkey. This is the most complete and valuable H tory of the World ever published, and ager who take hold of it will reap a rich harvei The price is so low that everv one can afford purchase a copy. It is sold by subscript! only, and tho publishers want agents, as n be seen by their advertisement in anoti oolumn. Mothers! mothers!! Mothers!!! 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The chief clerk of the government disp* sary says that no medicine chest is now co Slete without Johnson's Anodyne Lioime fo medicine known to medical science for ternal and external use possesses the wond ful power of this Anodyne. 825 or 82,500 Judiciously used in Chicago grain operatic invariably makes money. The old commissi house of W.T.Soule A Co.,128 & 180 La Salle i Chicago.Hl.,issues pamphlet an1 reports gra This paper has done as much as any other expose the worthlessness of the big pack C< dition Powders, and means to keep it up, t We'know of only one kind that are absolat and Btrictly pure, and that is Sheridan's. The Markets. *iw ton*. BMfOittl* S*tlye C9 0 C fexas and Cherokee.. 0^)40 C MUchOows 60 00 060 C Hc^a: Live 03^0 ? Dressed C4W0 C Sheep.... 0JX8 t Limbs 04)i(2} C Cotton: Middling 07X0 C Flour: Western : Good to Oholoe. I 70 9 7 C State: Good to Oholoe.... 6 40 0 8 1 Wheat: Bed Western 183 0 IS No. 3 Milwaukee 113# 0 11 Bye: State 88 0 ' Bsrley: Stat* 60 9 f Barley Malt e5 0 f Oats: Mixed Western 2S 0 i Oorn: Mixed Western....... 48 0 < Hay, perewt 70 0 ? Straw, porowt 35 9 ! Hop 08 UilS .73'! OS 0 ( Pork : Mees 8 78 0 9 5 T.rrf. fllfr StA?m 07^0 1 Flpb : MacVorel, ??o. 1, ue~.. It 00 <i$lC " No. 2, ... 8-'0 ft 9 Dry Oofl, p?r cxt 2 75 ft 3 Hrrrlnif, Healed, par boi.... 13 ft P?tro!eam: Trade Wi'dW'Mi Beflaed... Wno' (kll.'orais Flecco 30 ft Taxes Klfi-cp 10 0 Au8iralir.il Fieeoe . 88 ft ?(ato XX S3 ft !<n i Htat?,... Id 0 Western: Ohoicc H <3 Western : Good to Prima. 13 ? Weetern : Firkins 11 (? Ohv#??>: 8?ate Factory 13 ft fltato Skimmed . 03 ft Western 03 ft Kupa Btntn and Pennsylvania.... 1'-X'4 B03WAT.O. Fleer 6 73 @8 Whost?No. 1 Milwaukee 119 @1 Corn?ifliod 43 r<} Oatfl 33 ft Ryo 61 ft Ear'.oy 70 ft Barley Mslt.... 65 ft < paiLADSLrnrj.. Beef Oatti??Extra .. 1'3 ft C Hheop 05*d t Hok??Dreaaed MM ft C FJoar?PenrBylvanla Extra 6 50 @61 Whwt?Bed Western... 115 @11 Ryn 66 ft J Corn?Yullon 61 ft i M'.zcd HXft * Oetn?lllxod 83 ft 8 Potrolouni?Ora Jc C9 (jsWJJi Beflnsd, 1 v^oof?Colorado 18 ft i Ton* 13 ft i 0?:<'r.rn<?_ 20 <d 2 80-iX. ?. iieor Cattle.... 09 @ .'licrii 08X@ 0 Ilogn MV4 C F!onr?WlflconBin and MinnoeoU.... 1 60 ? 9 0 Corn?Mixed..... tt ? S Oits? " 87 <? 8 Wool?Ohio and Pcnnsylvmi* XX... 48 ? 4 /i.ii#,? i, xi.n 1M a 1 JlBiGHTGH, MUift. li*rt Cattlo MXd 0 Bhmtp...... 00 0 0 r-alM-.-w 07 0 1 Uo??. ...... 07*e 0 WAZXSTO'W. HUD. Bio/ 0?tt)?' cor to Oliolrc 4 0 011 Bhfysp ,....8 00 M 71 Ltait* TOO 0 80 mtmtmmmmi ijii.i. I ? Itis olaimS"th&t^V&n^rWt exhibited great! j nerve and shrewd business sagacity in the onrd ohaae of stock* and railroad* oontrolledby nim. r, Yet, whenever he mads an investment ho re-1 ceived in return ah equivalent either aa bis j own, or as collateral security. Sr. B. Y. , Pierce has invested many hundred thousand w dollars in advertising, depending entirely upon 7 tho superior merits of his goods for security, al The unparalleled popularity of his family medL. icines, and the annual increase in their sale, . attests in arg menta stronger than words of i their purity and efficiency. If the blood be ia impoverished, the liver sluggish cr there be tamorB, blotches and pimples, Dr. Pieroe's Golden Medical Discovery will effect a speedy and perfect cure. If the bowels be constipated id use Dr. Pieroe's Pleasant Pnrgative Pellets. Debilitated females suffering with those pecuy, liar dragging-down sensations and weaknesses, ry will find Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription a , safe and certain remedy. Prompt relief and a permanent cure have so universally followed of its use, that the doctor now sells it under a re positive guarantee. a Oakland, Douglass Co., Oregon,) ot Jan. 28, 1877. f " Dr. Pikece, Buffalo. N. Y.: Dear Sir?lonr Golden Medical Discovery to has onred my daughter of goitre, after many er physicians had failed. Inclosd please find rn *? fru. 5J1.UU iur a uupy v* xuo o wuuuv/u Sense Medicsl Adviser. With as it taJses the &; place of the family physician, at Yours truly, AABON ALLEN, so Mt. Vebson, Ohio, July 10, 1876. d Db, Piebce, Buffalo, N. Y.: Dear Sir?Four bottles of your Favorite w~ Prescription has entirely cured my wife. We m employed three different physicians and many remedies, but found no relief. With a thankful heart, I am. Ever your friend, 68 AUGUST WABBING. th = n- The Greatest Discovery or the lie to D? at Tobias' oelebrated Venetian Liniment I SO yawn before {q the pnblie, and warranted to core Diarrhea, Dysentery Colio and Spasm*, taken internally; end Oroup, Ohroniai 6" rf hetimatiam. Sore Throats, Oats, Bruises, Old Sores be and Pains in the Limbe, Back, and Oh est, externally, he It has never failed. No family will ever be without it , j after onon firing it a fair trial. Prioe, 40 oeLts. Da. TOBIAS' VENETIAN HORSE LINIMENT, is Pint } > Bottloe, at One Dollar, is warranted superior to any 3t, ther, or NO PAT, for the oure of OoHc, Outs, Bruises Old Sores, eto. Sold by all Druggists. Depot?10 Park aB Place. New York. I a . 'i 1 ? ;el Baoyn'g Beohohul Thocheb. for coughs mad colds. a- K/ll O CCC * weak at home. Outfit, worth'i5 IfTT ^ $00 f7ee. O. D. Pike ? Co., Angaria,Me /lTTKre KKVOLVKKW- PnoeU*tfree, Addre* IT U -M O Oraat Wefra Onn Work*. PltUbnrg, F? ** rkPR AGENTS make bfg proHU. Qfliek tale*, ry U Berkley Mfg. Co.. ?5 Fnlton St.. Brooklyn, W. Y. ?! Ann A A Maatb*?Aetata wu?a. 88 bail ? A.lhll lag drticlee la the world. One sample few Tie V<JVV AafaeaJVK BROXBON, Detroit,Mich. 'i> Ann I |(t reUD price 8280 only f 65. PIANOS % ORCAIS _ A mm a DAT to Agents canvsasitiir for the PtmMv J" *7 ?liltor. Term* and OutfitFree. Address OT P. O. VI0K8RY, Aagnsta, Main* I 50,0003^^!S. " ELECTRIC. BELTSY m A perfect oore for premat&re debility. Send for oiroaj lar. Db. L. KARR.838 Broadwar. Heur Tort. ^ PI AfiffO p- (ihUl/M ??*?? aartsfss: rr w?VVMW Agency?8 Oortlandt St., M. T. ? $10. $20. $S0. $100. at Invested jadiciotulv 4o Stock* < Options or Privilege*), n? U a tare road to rapid fortnse, Foil dstall* and OnlcUl j Stock Exohanre Report* free. Address T. POTTBR & WIGHT A CO. Bankers, 35 Wall Street, New York. 1C* AHA * i: A A ntV HfTRH mutt'h i $1U tO $25 ? worth 9^i sent, poet-paid. ?- mm^amm^mmam ^ aaoont*. niutnud n- Catalogue free. J. H. BL'FFOED'S HOXfc. iB Bortoa. [Established 1630." I 3NETSIP J 80f?lon,.6fe?t<l?i>,|g75 Bupoira A Qq, Bos 2888. Bt iLiS^Ma. CDT^T OT7T. >Ie DR. PIRA.GOFF, of Europe, ra Bu the only remedy in the world that will cure (Joni sumption, Catarrh, Aithmai and all Bronchial Affection*. He guarantees to oar* all patient* who J- will pat themselves under hi* care. Accommodations ng for natients at hi* residence, 222 W. 34th Street, , New York. Terms, including board and medical attendjp anoe, 813 per week and opwards. Oon*alt*ilon free. {THE POTATO BUG WITH ? F.W.Devoe SCo's Paris Green. For circulars how to ate, address cor. Fnlton one i,_ William 8t., New York. Manufacturers of Whlfcs uy Lead.Uoior8.Varniahes.OiU and Paint* BZADT TOB pax. I Consumption Can Be Cored. P(71.jjO>A is a etrtaln remedy for the CUB* of ,8> CONHUiMPTION and all disease* of the Lanes a. and Thront. It invigorates the brain, tone* np the kg system. makes the wea iBtrong, and i* pleasant to take. ,A Price One Dollar per bottle ?t Druggist* or sent br the Proprietor on receipt oiprioe. A pamphlet containing 86 T*lu*b!o tdrfoe to Consumptive*, m*nj oertlnc*w? x+ of actcbal CUB**, and fall direction* fofcasisff aooompaoiM each bottle, or nill be ??n< frt* to anr addrwi. '* 080AR 0. M0SE&, 18 Oortlmdt Btrwt, flew York. tie 19its I W HaSA^&AHHn st. I . . to I k i !? Ah ^ I on 1MB f *IVJ a I |V% I W 'M iu wujuuyu^AdUJj ier Cares Dyspepsia, Indigestion, i?i Sour Stomach, Sick Headache. 1 ?|g EVEHETT HOUSE, ly' Fronting Union Square or NEW YORK. 57, "7 Finest Location in the City. on _____ | Enropeaa Flan?Hesannmt fcuml gggggg!* WEAVER* Proprietor* P AGENTS WANTED FOR THE ICTORIAL HISTORYoftheWORLD Embracing foil and authentic accounts of e?ery nation of ancient and modem timet, and including a . history of the rise and fall of the Greek and Rorann Empires, the growth of the natioris of modern Europe, tiifi the Middle Ages, the crusades, the feudal iystem?the reformation, tne discovery and settlement of the New ?a World, etc., eto , ;n. It contains 672 flue historical engraTincs and in. 1,?60 large double-column pages, and isathe most complete History of the World ever published. It sells at sight. Send for specimen psgee and extra terms to a km ?hv it sails faster than any other book. jn- A3dre?8 National PunuaHDio Oo. Philadelphia, m. 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DL'NJ'ah DICK k CO., J5 Wooitxb St***t, N?w I Yokk, for tin r t*n cent book, mailed to the readers of ^ j tliii p*per FREE on application. ^ | Homes in Minnesota. ** I !fl*! I FORTY MILLION busbeli n IHlDDBSOta S IX Doling. TIU1&TY-F1TK .UII.LtON busbeli 15 of Oat?# Corn, Ryt?# Barlay. Buckwheat, nnd PotAtoea, I] worth ovt*r Tw^nlv .Million Dolliiri. Four hnn1V dredao.1 t'.ra KLOl'KINU iUILLM. Fifteen hun, dreJ and Mivn Itun 3 , of Stone. Th? i GreateslMiilingCounPrOuIlCttrymllieWorld Tile best Water Power in the United i States. One hundred find twenty thounnnd K3W r Iloroe I'nwcv if St. Anthony Kails alone. FIVK ,7? HUNORH" .M M.I,ION FEET of Inraber sasred. I J. | GREAT RUSH for Choice WHEAT LAM)S, ? IMMENSE IMMIGRATION I J} 1878 n Nothing like it evarknown. Twenty Pill Three i Hundred ,1111pm of Rullroad, * ?* andevery '' train crowded. Land offices beeeged witn throngs ol 8H aoplioants. Wisconsin, Iowa, ami Kansas also cominr. We invit? the world into the E.tll'IRE STATE -u OF THE NORTHWEST. Twenty FiTe I* Million acres of land awaitin* settlement. f nnn ; FreeBoines,FreeSdiaols.rreeLaods, 1H77 ' Pamphlet of Elshty Pages with a fine Xw I 11 Man will bo sent, poet-paid, to EVERY APPLI> n CANT eTorywhere, to every conmrv, the world n over. Applyt/> JOHN W. BOND, : Sec'y of State Board of Immlffraiion, 0 lit. Paul. MlnneMtm. The Advocate, -atI ... 180 Pulton Street, New York, a tbm armor ow Education, Labor and - * ? . Tie Same Size as tie Weeily Smi, ?FOR? 25 CENTS A YEAR. : ' > '' r The Cheapest Paper in the Werldt ITS OHABAOTEB AND PUBF06BL " ' - ' 'r' v . '?? . " o! ' ! '' KXLZOKm > Itadogtatfeathaon taataa waia it raUabfewfeo haa not mm form ofrali*U>aa faith, an bo wemremtm 1U fol) Bteioa vithoMtoputiqr a pnn nwmtMM FriwS^tweheeQuri^^-. .. c ., 7B1TSRN1TT.'' ?.)t, .r It adoptotha thacty that ft?Unrft>-?n?p>tt?-? <Uapotltloa to hard to??tha? and to halp aaoh Other bj oonnaal and ooatlaaa oo-oparatioo-ta a natural and ^^friSSSMnfS Sf22??2S2J^ form or trasenm? idovs uy too zqiioom inllnKipnj It teiefaaa tim Ummoutj?whioh ataaoa mmoaxf ?a a a boxinest machine or u a political power, Itteaohee Muooryaaanolwratiag.arind-etrongthcning moral tctenoe wit boat any npid t?m Importance of tlgna, grip*, tokene, or oitha-Meeqwy a? aa edno4tor tod & ninfl miM to nugiOG. It dlpfioitil 1U abnaee and proaUtutioo. 1 XHEGBAITOB. j. ' It adopt* the theory thai a* one of the pernictow remit* of tha lata unhappr war to the tubfi.of atnnganee aad wanton wuie of oar people, that the Orange, of all lnititntloaa in America, ia tha oabotfmSfSB moat practically eff ectire lnioaooa in ail of a retort to the economlo waj? and tedoitrlcraj habit* of Aaaraaa r aoeietr aa it waa before the war aad aa ft afeoaM be '"itteacbee the letoona of the Orange. POETRY AMD FAMILY LITER ATUML,,l It adopte the theory that no mind U properly bal1 anced that dcea not tore flower*, poetry and little children, therefore It devote*a lane ipaaa to famibr literature?pore, eleratine, Inspiriting poetn, which (timalatee to higher aad nobler thoughta, aad leada to an effort to be and to do better, and to chewy, Hght, apt, aotmd, fable* and teatlmeotal aa taught In atory aaa miscellany. ? '' Itteach?sandeleratae throughlightttterfctore. w. GENERAL NEWS. It adopt* th* theory that aa loeelpaparaghethe local newa, to ehonld a general paper giro tha general new*, and It girna more newa item* In oondenaed fona anyrrfintmmM'nhtit . It teache* oomprahenalre new* gathering,tmi . the moet-Uwe, denae. *coor*U method of writing and SPIRIT or THK PRESS. - 1 It adopto the theory thatthe prat* is tbepoblie teacher, end tb&t the. giant mind# of the tnin^w somewhat, and will lo ttM mu futon largsljr bo food in the control uf the p-wi, aod Thatit ts deellaarto sttsin grander and mora pnotiael; powwf c* #ood. than ft baa erer reached, and that to familiarise Ua read act with tha pith and exoelieao* of oor. rant, editorial production i* a doty to it* pattens;MA x ?o itgirce each mack. extracts hmg tba laamnf Ulsfgry, aa wall aa icirinj tha riawa oi t&e old*wt*5f fMft'M current events and questions of our time., It taaohaa th? press aa tha greatest educational power of oar saturation, and aUM to elevate and esjfsiBs.'t^sSrf.sssiii'.isrs-a TH* TlI>E-t*V*l Of THOUGHT. . / It adopti the idea that How divided into natkme, c, Scattered orsr many land*," and that to get at the avenge Jadgmsctof oar people ?the tide-lerai of opinion on eempt qiiertaaii Se true my la to five eaoh wiit ittrnw meiBM littan from aa nearly aa practicable svery sect too? the oooatry, on whatever question i? uppermost, thus bringing home with troth and aoearaey to erery wader, what a. people la tiie only safe guide to the statssman and political eooocoiK; and M thoa flrds aod proras that Ierel. _ p. FIKAMOB AND LABOR. It adopts the theory that as a nation Maiti fsmilj, end should be governed as a family, that we (baud have e standard sod messarw of vslno tzod by Goveramaot?a national paper correocy, made andioqadb* the Government?which shall bo made to do ail the offloesof cold and silver among oar people, and so bo aa food aa cold aad direr, but to hare bo relation to or be in any way dependent - noon gold or Miter; tint then ahodld bo noush of taii oomnoi in th* hmda of the people to enable Os*| mm to par for wh?t bo bays and whenheeeceivee it, whether hebnf*labor or labor's prodnota; that thotroo way tor On mm inset to issue the Increaae to the people is tcresnplby UM,000 laborers to build ?p the wealth of the oountry in peace, aa it employed 1.000.000 of oar best men to destroy aocamnleted wealth in war?by carrying on a vast system of internal improrement of the waterway* of the oountry, to the end of ooespeoing and qui ok en ins transportation, and thus relieving aad mating production more profitable?that the poblie lands should be at onoe thrown open to free ooeapincv and nee by act aU settlsrs?to tha end of immense and cheap prod notion, and foreign shipment of prod acts, and so torn the balance of trade from i be world to America, and enable as to pay oar mammoth debt aa if it were a baaatelle?that the Gorernment ahcnld be the depository of the carpi as of Use people's eeminge and sewings, at say I or 8. A per oent. Intereet in oarreosarLtbat this 10/0108 shonld be applied to bavin# op oor higher priced gold bonds from day today, inthe market. till all are paid, and thoa u the fiscal agent of tha people, receive the mole-hills of drposiu, and make the mountains of loan to eitiee and n.atee, at ssv 4 K cent, .and so fix aad control the rate of intereet In interest of enterprise. It teaches legislation in the intereet of labor. - EXTORTION. It adopta the idea that too beat way to bote a laborIn* man la 1a anahla him twtlr* OGO dOUCf WUfWff the work of two bj *triking oat tbe middle man aad extortionist as completely u pooible. It adopta the idea of "direct action"Inoo-opseatioo, and brine* tbe manufacturer and user at m. article into Immedlite relation!. It brings the maker of a piano, eewtagncablae, eta* into dlreot and immediate contacLand avoids all middle men, enabling a family to (at a ItOOO piano for tiSL a $360 organ for |10U, a W OO G rarer k Baker eewihf machine for IlV.it>, etc., (to. It teaches oo-operatioc. ADVERTISED, , It adopt* the idea that a certain ooraTpmtlty of interest exitta between advertiaer and reader?that the tax npon the reader ahucl J be lightened and added to the adTertiaer?and tho* by cheapening the p*p*L expanding its circulation and rendering more anre ana profitable the advertiser*' rectors. It teacbss cheap paper* and profltable advertising. ITS CIRCULATION AND INCREASE. It* actual clrcnlation on Ma/ 16th wag li MOO?the largest in Amenca?reaching post dlpse it* increase for the past thirty day* haa been WOO a day?for the laat ten day* has been 4jOOQ a day, and for the laat Are day* baa been 10,000 a dar, and on tha Fourth day of July it will reach every poet. oBce tn the United Slates--and be full 600,000, tn* largest ? the wocW' THE FOURTH OF JULY NUMBER" I The number bearing date July 4th, 1878, will be the _b-*t paper ever presented io American people, H 'money and braloa caunxke it *o. . The editorial labor on that ntimber alotie Will eost one thoo land dollars. INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT. The moat oomprehesiire, practical, accurate, mad, complete, exhaustive and ooavincmg argument erer ' made on the subject of Internal improvement*, accompanied by a mimmoth rasp snowing tho relatione between cheap, safe abort waterway transportation and profit to the prodooer, and the war in whtoh American protnoi* can ooutrol the market*of the world, will be given in that number. , PEOPLE. iHOOSE NOW! I ; :t -_- :'Af . t?T Now I* the time to rabsortbe-^lA tin* for the j i'ifOJi' % Mammoth Edition. Subscription Br tee, j Single Copies, one/ear ....JUOeefc, ; Clubs of Four or Mors 41 M Ve Want SOO.OOO by July 48l ??? S v? PREMIUMS. W? will fiv* to ths had who tend oa tto pi?'< I number ol tabscribvn botoro J?l} 4th, Um following , premium*; | FIRST HlQUSST. j A Piano, usually sold at OlOOO. ! SECOND HIGHEST. | A Piano, usually sold at $800, THIRD HIGHEST. A Piano, usually sold at $000. FOUBTH HIGHEST. An Organ, usually sold at $300, FIFTH HIGHEST. An Organ, unually sold at $300, SIXTH HIGHEST. | An Organ, usually sold at $OMO, THE TEW NEXT HIGHEST. j Eaoh a National Setting Xashine, i ... . -tiii THE TWENTY-FIVE NEXT HIGHEST. ' Each a Grover do Baker Hewing Machine, l ! j THE SINE NEXT HIGHEST. j Each Five Dollars Gash. ! ! Anypanoo competing0*0 aend in slab* from Urn* 1 to Urn* daring J one, tad at the end all will 00oat ud I oe counted: OT No rwnlttanoee post-mwked in May or Jul; ou Ixs ooantcd; all most bo mailed trom time to tinu in Juno. ClufMNi will find a help to anj wook'i work to hare the suDMnOon 01 tba week before aotaallj bar* their , p*i>er? aa qaioklj a* poeaible. | >? Addfeaa all team, and make all monej-ordwt, checks &ud oraiU pajribU to THE ADVOCATE, yew y n rk_ R Y If D it ' ' %