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F-_: The West Point Cadet, All space breathes languor; from the hill-top high Is Whero Futnam's bastion crumbles in the past St To swooniDg depths whore drowsy cannon lie And wide-mouthed mortars gape in slumber vast. Stroke upon stroke the far oars glance and die On the hushed bosom of the sleeping stream; Bright for one moment drifts a whitosail by, Bright for one moment show3 a bayonet's gleam Far on the level plain, this passes as a - dream. Within the camp they lie, the young, the brave, Half knight, half school-boy ; acolyteB ol ' fame, Pledged to one altar, and perchance one grave: . Bred to fear nothing but reproach and blame, [ Ascetic dandies o'er whom vestals rave, rrtnnff Sri?rfn_iia_ young elves; Taught to destroy, Ibat they may live to save. Students embattled, soldiers at their shelves, Heroes whoso conquests are at first them selves. ?Bret Harte. GERALD SORTHWICK. A long stretch of velvet InwD, bathed in delicious erolden sunshine. Four people finishing a gamo-of lawn-tennis, and as muny looking on with a kind of lazy interest. On either hnnd shady shrubberies, bordered with brilliant flower-beds; at the end of the lawn a little brook; in the distance the long sweep of the Cotswolds. "Fifteen," counts Captain Hall, triumphantly, as a vicious stroke of Gerald Sorthwick's racket drives the ball beyond bounds. Gerald has played badly throughout, almost in silence, with a grave face and compressed lips. It does not matter, for his partner, Maud Conway, has exchanged with Captain Hall enough merry badinage for a dozen people. The young lady is nettled now at an ignominious defeat. "I could wish you victor in a better contested fight, Captain Hall." ' It is my highest ambition, Miss Con way." There was nothing in the words, bat the meaning, and a low bow gave them point. Maud bit her lips, and Gerald threw down the racket, his fact a little sterner than before. She turned to him, p,n angry glittering in the violei eyes "Tour play has been wretched, Mr, Sorthwick; it was never worse. For thf futuro we dissolve partnership." "Can we? can we, Maud?" H( speaks meaningly now, and it seemf strange her name can come with sucl tender inflection from so hard and firm t mouth. " 'Maud' to my friends, sir, 'Miss Conway' to you." He leaves'her, and saunters into th< ehrubberv. following a little winding Eath until it reaches the brook. Thei e throws himself at fall length npoi the soft moss, and thinks better thingf of the girl who lias befooled him. Hal: an honr later there is a rustle among th< boughs, and he sees her in the act of re treating. "I am sorry I disturbed your slum bera, Mr. Sorthwick, I thought you were gone." "You disturb my life, Maud, waking and sleeping. Come here." He spoke with such command she in stinctively obeyed, but her whole sou rose in rebellion. It was a novel experi ence to the spoiled and petted beauty He pointed to a low, rustic seat, anc she took it. As though to measur? strength, tnev iook into eacu oineri faces?las pale, determined; hers pas v sionate, resentful. Then Gerald turni , v, his head away, lest resolution shoulc >il. His tone is low, but full of fierce | w ?nppressed energy: 4 "You have not played with my lov< for months, Maud, without learning ?; ^rhat it is. It comes between me and al pg/ other chance of happiness." K. He pauses a few seconds, wherein sh< l^il^ucks a flower, and picks it t< * j eces. Sweet and pensive she looki now, and unwontedly thoughtful; bu v ^ ~ his ejus are an the distant hills. "Prom time to time, when I vroulc . jjwve -spoken you silenced me, and ] .thought it girlish coyness. Ton mad< me. believe you oared, Maud." | If only he would look now, and se< ' , }iow the girl's mobile features answe: fs the sorrowful wails in his voice! But h< V . does not. "I saw you flirting continually, bm % it was you nature, and I did not mind kj J^wfor I thought you gave me more. ?k ^- lyou fooled me as Jou fooled others." HBj "Fortune-hunters, all of them," sh( broke in. "Possibly," and his proud head wai KortV q 14f.fla << T nm frAA frorr IXU UfTU VHVa M 4?V?*V. ? ? that imputation. JRich as yon are, Misi Conway, the Sorthwicks of Sorthwiol are richer." It was true, as she knew well. Gen eral Sorthwick, the elder, had the repu tation of being the wealthiest landowne. in the country, and he was the onb son. " It is time the farce were ended," h< continued. " I have been too long thi willing slave of your caprice. It is no fitting the woman I honor above all tin world should be on terms of free anc easy intimacy with such a man as Cap tain Hall." A contemptious curl of the lip empha sized the words. Maud started as though they hat stung her; her hasty temper in arm: immediately. " By what right do yon venture t( oritcise my friendship, sir ?" " You shall give me the right," he re joined, hotly, "or from this day I wil never willingly touch your hand nor se< your face. Friendship! what is tha beside anch love as miue ? Choose be twftpn them. Maud: his friendship or nr love, I will never ask you again." Thi3 desperate earnestness almos frightened her. Nevertheless she mad* . a mocking oourtesy. 41 Love may desolate and grieve yon, Love may stay awhile and leave yon. Friendship's trnth will ne'er deceive yon, he quoted. Then he fairly turned hii back for some seconds, that she migh not see the pained working ,of hii features. He was pale to the very lips when a length he did look, in silence offering hii hand. Silently she laid her own in it The agony in his eyes subdued her what was a woman's weak petulance ii comparison with this ? " For the last time." Baid Geralc Sorthwick. Ho bowed low over th< white fingers, and kissed them; ther walked away. She heard a horse's hoof; presently, at a furions gallop.' The lodge keeper touched his hat a; Gerald rode tip, and he saw with Emprise there were great tears on the olc man's ragged cheeks. " What is the matter, Williams ?" " Have yon not heard, sir ? I though you knew from the rate yon came, anc the look of your foce." . " No?no?what is it ?" * Williams whispered a few words, Gerald swayed to and fro in the saddle, and would have fallen, but that the olt man annnnrtpd him_ "Strange news!" said Captain Hal' to a friend that night. " Old Sorth wick is mined and has shot himself." "Nonsense, man; he is as rich at Croesus." " Yes; fabulously eo, that is, hemort gaged every aero years ago, and bough! Turkish bondB; that accounts for hit large income. They have juBt stoppec payment, y<5u know, and other speculations have turned out much worse. The young cock will crow less loudly now, will he not ?" And an evil light gleamec in the speaker's blue eyes. Silvery moonlight flooding a farm Vinnon oT>r? nn TiTinRnallv larce crardei appertaining thereto. Up and down th< graveled walk paces Gerald Sortliwick moodily smoking a fragraut cigar. Or the air is borne a sound as if an irregu lar bass solo, varied by the occasional squeak of shriller stringed instruments It denotes that half a mile off, in the little town of Sorthwick, an archery ball is being held. The committee, in vie* of his father's recent death and his owr social ruin, had decided not to send th< customary reminder; but Gerald, witl a poor man's morbid sensitiveness, misinterprets the kindness. With an impatient movement, expressive of disgust, tosses away the hrlf-smoked cigar, It alights on the aoft turf of a emal croquet-ground and lies Bmoking, Then, with a carious smile, he crosses and picks it up carefully. "I had forgotten myself," he mutters: I "the last of the box, and a brand I am ) not likely to taste yet awhile." So, with the cigar between his teeth, ! he passed through the gate, and across j green meadowland toward the town. The music grows distinct as he apj proaches. "? iiiiiiK i am wise, uo rouecba uittorlv. Tlie cigar burns close to his lips; he spits it out and hesitates. "I must see her face, once,more groans - " my vow notwithstanding," and as the church clock strikes ten he stands in the , black shadow of some trees, looking ' across a bowling-green at the great doors of the Assembly Rooms, to which heated couples come from time to time 1 to inhale the soft, pure air, and perhaps draw inspiration from the moonlight. At length he sees her, leaning on Captain Hall's arm, and laughing gaily, i A bitter imprecation rises to his lips, but he suppresses it. "Are you content now, stupid ?:' he asks himself. A bird twitters on a bough near him, I and by force of subtle association, in | strange mockery, the recolleotion comes , how he had once startled Maud by a I perfect imitation of her dove's cooing; it I was when tbev were most friendly, be| fore Captain Hall's advent. "It shall be your signal when you want me, and I am talking to disagreei able people," she had said. He won, dered whether she would remember the incident, and a wish grew upon him to fVr tli 0 PXDeriment. They bad ceased talking, Maud and her partner, and were gazing straight toward him; but there was safety in the ! shadow, he knew. "Coo-o-o!" A soft note, thrice re! peated. He saw Maud start violently, and ! tremble. Captain Hall thought it was , | with cold. i "The night air is too chill," he said; i "let us return." ; ' 'No, I cannot leave the moonlight; . but you may fetch my wrapper, if you ! will be so good." j The watcher beneath the trees saw him vanish; saw Maud's gloved hand | pressed to her heart, as though to still its beating. Then he marveled for a moment whether sight were playing him , false, for a white figure glided towards ' him through the moonlight, heedless of | the dew that soaked flowing robes and ! satin slippers. "Gerald !" it cried. He drew her into the shadow. ; "Say good-by to me, Maud." There I was a queer tremor in the voice. : "Good-by ?" she asked, wonderingly. "I leave England to-morrow. Will i , you not bid me good-by, my lost dar ! ling?" j | Captain Hall appeared in the doorj; way at that moment, searching with | : great astonishment for his partner, but i ; they were happily unconscious of the 3 fact, for two bare arms were around [ i Gerald's neck and a sweet voice was ;; whispering: . I "Love?love will you not stay, for : my sake ?" . ! So it came to pass, that "Gerald 3 Sorthwick, tea-trader, China," remained | a myth only. r! | Country Life and City Life. 1 I - 1 It is a good sign that the public taste . ; for rural homes is rapidly advancing, 1 ; and the rioh and varied charms of the 31 country are beginning to draw many 3, thoughtful and wealthy men to the en ; joyments of rural life. The excessive 3: passion for city life and the ambition 1 I for easier lives and more genteel em-! , ployments has brought ruin to multitudes and financial disaster to the na3 tion. The growing tendency to deprer ciate country life has proved one of the 1 most unfortunate tendencies of our age. In .the country dwell the vast majority 3 of the people. The country is constantj ly enriching the cities. The cities would s die out without them. I have no symt pathy with an article in one of our - popular iittjjjpilics, in which the writer I says: "I t^Fpick out the farmers anu [ their boys bmheir obvious boorishneBS. i Tour farmer s boy is like the oak tree growing out in slot; but your city youth 3 is fine and graceful" After reading r that article I thought of a storm on Cape 3 Cod?a storm that stripped the groves and made sad liavoo with the stately b pines, but did not disturb the sturdy , oaks. And so I say your farmers' boys > will breast a thousand storms, any one of which will strip your tender city , 3 youth. Day before yesterday I saw a little boy seven years old harnessing a } horso; and he did it too, and drove him i to the blacksmith's shop. And they 3 Baid he did it when he was six years old. j I have seen two boys six and eight years of age, both sons of affluence, with . numberless servants, never getting into . a high chair alone, never putting on c their own bibs or cutting their own jr meat?helpless, dependent. Twenty years hence, which will win the race, j the one or the other ? I once said that no ? hintnn> nftmft fionld be mentioned whose t owner was not once a country boy. A ? ! friend took exception to my remark. I 1 I asked him if he could mention one. He . said, " Yes. Ben. Franklin." "I beg your pardon. Ben. Franklin grew up -' in a little country village, not so large j as Woodstock. You call it Boston; but 1 j it was a little village then." Would 3 ! Ben. Franklin have filled the bill he did I if he had grown up in a city like Paris ? > Oould Washington have achieved the | successes for the country that hre did if . i he had grown up within the limits of 1 ! London ? I studied the kindergarten 3 ! system pretty thoroughly when in Gert j many, and was pleased with it; but the - kindergarten system was meant for the j 1 poor, unfortunate ohildren cooped up within brick walls in narrow streets. I t; tell you the best kindergarten in the b | world is the open fields of the country. I am continually counseling the wealthy sons of our cities to spend a year in the country, with its freer experience, its wider range; and, better still, to give 3 ; one season to hard work on the farm or 11 in the shop. I say, the practical skill s j thus gained in contriving with few tools to do mnch and many things?it will pay t' for some loss of book knowledge and 31 tend afterward to lead one to pnrsne , ! text-books with greater zest and profit. ; , The farm, the workshop is a grand i school. Pkof. Nobthrop. { ! ? Jj Fashion Notes. j Brunettes should not wear plain linen collars. 3 There is a fancy for transparent sleeves -1 just now. Kilt-plaited gowns for children have 1 no scarf drapery. t Derby hats are shown again for young I | girls with oval feces. , Reversible fringes in two colors are ; shown for polonaises. , ! Princesse morning dresses have the I! Watteau pleat at the back. [ j Hats of muslin smrrea on nne wire, . ! are worn with muslin dresses. Tha ball and chain hairpins beoome i more and more fashionable. I Serge is the best material for a bathj ing suit. It will dry in half an hour. ' Shoes with the sandal top and im. ! mense bows, are shown for street wearPompadour squares and scarf drapers are finishing points for princesse resses. Polonaises worn with kilt pleated skirts are cut muoh shorter than other models of this mode. Percale collars and ouffs, with bright j figures on a white ground, are shown to wear with blue flannel gowns. When the bride does not wear full dress the groom should not, and their I gloves should be of the same tint. Braceletsshouldnot.be worn in the street, outside of long-wristed gloves, under pretence of keeping them in place. They are not in good taste in a ballroom. Overskirts figure largely in the world of dress?those made of grenadine and bourette fabrics should present more, fullness than skirts disposed in other I materials. IMMOLATED. Four Children Burned to Death andlOne Impaled. A horrible catastrophe recently befell a Missouri farmer's family. About three miles east of Ricker's prairie lived John Leonard with his wife, married daughter and five younger children. The house was a substantial log structure, with an attic overhead and a summer kitchen on the south side, the roof being so made as to connect the house with the kitchen, which stood the width of the hallway distant from the main house. A pair of stairs in this hallway led up to the attic, the older people sleeping in the room below. During the night from some unexplained cause the kitchen caught fire, and before the danger was discoved the staircase leading to the attic was in flames. The people on the first floor imrl lit.t,lo difficultv in escaping, for though the only door was exposed to the intense heat there was a window from which they easily gained places of safety. But for the children in the attic there seemed to be no hope. The oldest was a boy sixteen years old, and when the alarm reached him his youth and inexperience were not proof against the excitement of such an occasion. The solid walls of logs imprisoned the children and the fierce flames raged and roared at the doorway. There was a little -window at the north end of the attic barely large enough for a person to crawl through, and it would seem that with proper management this might have become the means of saving all. But the father in his frantic efforts to reach the attic by the stairs had got his clothing on fire and been so badly burned thct he was entirely disabled. There was no one to direct or manage for the children, and finally the oldest boy, having torn one sash from the window, threw himself out, leaving the four children to thoir miserable fate. Their corpses were found the next morning charred to cinders. But as though this was not enough of horror, still another tragedy has to be chronicled in connection with the affair. When the boy jumped from the window he had only a short twelve feet to fall, and might easily have expected to get off with a few bruiees; but as it happened, a picket fence Tan along under the window about two feet distant from the house. The pailinge were of hard wood, split thin, and sharpened to long, tapering points. In his terror the boy had blindly cast himself upon this bristling fence. The sharp'points piercedhisunprotected sides and impaled him. The mother and sister lifted him from his fixM position, for life had forsaken him. The father's injuries also resulted fatally. The calamity is one of the most extraordinary and appalling that it is possible to conceive as happening to a family living in a small low building. In the city in lofty tenements there is often danger that families will be cutoff, but it is almost an unparalleled occurence under circumstances like this. Wnr/lo nf Wiartnnt. A good cause makes a stout heart. Strong reasons make strong actions. Progress is born of doubt and anxiety. Candid thoughts are always valuable. Blunt people often say sharp things. The sleeping fox catches no poultry. A wounded reputation is seldom cured. All is but lip wisdom that wants experience. Hope is a good breakfast, but a bad supper. Whoever conquers indolence can conquer most things. He who can take advice is sometimes superior to him who gives it. There is always room for a man of force and he makes room for many, * To be in a passion is to punish one's self for the faults and impertinences of another. Minds of only moderate caliber ordi n arily condemn everything that is beyond heir range. Method is the hinge of business, and there is no method without order and punctuality. Method is the hinge of business, and there is no method without order and punctuality. Education is a friend at home, an introduction abroad, an ornament to society, and a solace in solitude. The tallest trees are most in the power of the winds, and ambitious men of the cyclones of failure, disaster and business reverses. Hotf many amusing and ridiculous scenes should we witness if each pair of men that secretly laugh at each otner were to do it openly 1 Man, being essentially active, musl find in activity his joy, as well as his beauty and glory, and labor, like everything else that is good, is its owr reward. He that does good to another mar also does it to himself, not onljfin the consequence, but in the very act oJ doing it, for the consciousness of well doing is an ample reward. What a West Virgiuia Farmer Saw. A telegram from Purkersburg, Wesl Va., to the CJineinnati Commercial contains this story: "An optical illusion or mirage was seen by three or foui farmers a few miles from this city a fe^ days since, the appearance of which no one is able to philosophically to account for. The facts are these: A gentleman, while plowing in a field with several others about seven p. m., happened to glance toward the sky, which was cloudless, and saw, apparently, about a mile off in a westerly direction, an opaque substance, resembling a white horse, with head. neck, limbs and tail clearly defined, swimming in the clear atmosphere. It appeared to be moving its limbs as if engaged in swimming, moving its head from side to side, always ascending at an angle of about forty-five deSees. He rubbed his eyes to convince mself that he was not dreaming, and looked again; but there it was, still apparently swimming and ascending in ether. He called to the men, about IOC yards off, and told them to look up and tell him what they saw. They declared they saw a white norse swimming in the sky, aiftl were badly frightened. Our informant, neither superstitious nor nervous, sat down and watched the phantasm (if we may so call it) until it disappeared in space, rfways going in the same direction and moving in the Bame manner. No one can account for the mirage or illusion, except upon the uneven state of the atmosphere. Illusions of a different appearance have been seen at different times in the same vicinity, frightening the superstitious, and laughed at by the skeptical. The Japs at the Paris Exposition. The Japanese are selling off then wares with great rapidity, writes a Paris correspondent. Already half of the costly bronzes and porcelains in that department are ticketed "sold," and that in spite of the fact that the prices are simplj terrific, from 8600 to $1,200 being asked for the choicer pieces. Unlike many of the other departments, where you look in vain for a person to give you information as to prices or to take an order, the canny Japs hav>> a man always at hand to answer questions and to inscribe your noma if unn wioti tr> nnrn}in.Kfl Thin business-like arrangement, combined with the fact that Chinese and Japanese wares, especially the latter, are all the rage juut now, has had much to do with the readiness wherewith their things have been sold. The Japanese commissioners and salesmen, black-coated, stove-pipe hatted, and in all respects gotten up like Europeans, are not half so interesting to look at as are the Chinese in their blue petticoats, baggy green plush trowsers, clumsy shoes and long pig-tails. The French workmen of the Exposition delight in ohattering French to their Chinese comrades, who laugh and chatter back again, with mon* ? ?? ??? ?/! vfnViAmanna 'I'hn FBJ'llKC H11U vuuouicuuc. xuy Chinese department is certaiill j the most brilliant in the whole Exposition. The showcases themselves are one mass of carving and one blaze of gold. Y A smart schoolboy says it fafcea thirteen letters to spell cow, and proves it thus: See 0J doable you. i m f SUMMARY OP NEWS, Eastern and Middle States. The failure of the Boston Belting Companj was followed by the suspension of the New York Belting Gofjiany, the business relation! of the two co'tserns having been very close The tfew Yurk corporation had a capital 01 $800,000, and employed a large force of work men at its extensive works in Sandy Hook Conn. The National Greenback Labor party of Nov York met in convention at Syracuse. At th< first day's session the four contesting dele gations from New York city were excluded Some of the excluded delegates thereupoi Eiroceeded to form a second convention, du he idea was eventually abandoned. On th< second day John O. Daily, of Utica, was electec chairman. After two ballots Gideon J. Tucker of New York city, was nominated for judge o: the court of appeals. The platform adopted favors the use of paper money in legal pay ment of all debts, and the immediate paymen of all government bonds in paper money ; de mands the repeal of the national banking ac and equal taxation of all property; calls fo: the adoption of land limitation lawB, legislatioi looking to the control of railroads by the State a labor bureau, the abolition of convict laboi contract, a tax on all incomes over $1,000 an< redaction of official salaries ; recommends in ternal improvements and is opposed to Chinesi cheap labor. Laura Linscott and Addie Welch, girls o abont Bixteen, were drowned by the capBizinj of a small boat in a pond at Boothbay, Mo. The Massachusetts Republican State conven tion will be held in Worcester on September 18 A trial trip on the newly-finished East Sid Elevated railroad in New York city has beei made, and the road will be in running orde shortly. On the WeBt Side Elevated road at tempts are being made to deaden the noise o passing trains which has proven a source o bitter complaint among the residents along th line. A convention of the German-America; Teachers' Association of the United States wa opened in New York, delegatee from all pari of the country being in attendance. The ob ject of the association is the preservation o the German language among Germans in th United States and material improvements i the methods of instruction in puDlio schools. The recent eclipse of the sun was only par tially visible eaBt of the Mississippi river, a the sky was obscured by cloudB, which pre vented accurate observations for scientific pui poses. At various places in the West an South, however, the total eclipse was full visible, and excellent observations and note were taken by the watchful astronomers. Western and Southern State*. Wilson Howchins, who lived near Flavann Court House, Ya., murdered his wife, mother Jn-law, and one child, and then killed himBell A son, seven years old, who Baw his fathe attack his mother, took the baby out of il cradle and fled to a place of safety. Tiie Texas democrats in oiaie coovenuo withdrew the two -regular candidates for gov ernor after balloting many times and nomi nated 0. M. Roberts for the office. A difficulty in St. Louis between the mayc and a squad of his marshals and the employee of & railroad company who were attempting t lay a new track nearly ended in a sanguinai riot. Several men wore woundod and the pa: tially laid track was torn up and burned. The Ohio National Greenback party met i convention at Columbus and nominated ticket headed by Andrew Roy for secertary < State. The platform adopted denounues tl national banking system and other fiuanci; laws, demands that the government shall issi a full legal tender paper money, recognizes tt mutual dependence of labor and capital an riAnrocAtaR all attemnts to antagonize them, a serts that the public lands should be set apa for homesteads for actual settlers, and is oj posed to any further issue of interest-beam bonds for any purposo whatever. During an affray in Nashville, Tenn., b tween Samuel H. Hicks and four brothe named Baxter, Hicks and James F. Baxter wei killed and two otherB wore wounded. T1 trouble orignated in charges of a criminal m ture made against Judge Nathaniel Baxter t Hicks at a political gathering on the previoi . evening. George W. Burleigh, an old resident < Ohio, and a man of fine Education, came 1 Oapron, 111., last May, ostensibly to open barber shop. Recently he announced that 1 would give a lecture and at the conclusic would shoot himself through the forehec in order to give the audience an opportunil to witness a tragedy. At one dollar admi aion the house was crowded, and after delive - %__J ?oo rag a icciuro wuiuu i? ucoumou ?o u<* 1 ing been of wonderful power, the leoturi Buddenly drew a revolver from his pocket an before he could be prevented, blew his brail oat, falling into the arms of two friends wt had stationed themselves near at hand in ordi l to prevent the execution of the design. Bu leigh had announced that the proceeds of tl lecture should be need in paying his funer expenses, and what was left over be invested: scientific works for the town library. Great damage to property of all kinds wi done by a recent severe rain storm in Illino and other Western States. At Chicago mai of the basements and cellars were floode causing a heavy pecuniary loss. From the scene of the recent Indian outbre: in Oregon comes the news that Colon Forsyth's cavalry, supported by friendly Um ' tillaa, [struck the camps of the hosiles ne Birch Creek, killing seventeen hostiles at , capturing about twenty women and childre , The rest fled demoralized. Many yellow fever cases have been report* in New Orleans and quarantine regulatioi 1 against that city were proclaimed in Mobi and other Southern cities. a (I onortiol onaflrl " nnrBft f\t $1 Kj I JL'Ul d DpVUUU flJ/VWM f/uiuw w? T?JW offered at the Cleveland club races, Rarus w the only starter and made the three heats 2.14}, 2,15 and 2.14?the fastest three co secutive heats on record. A clond burst in a Mennonite settlement ne Yankton, Dakota^Territory, submerging a larj l portion of the surrounding country, drownii ' seven persons and destroying a large amou: > of property. Reports from portions of Iowa and Minneso i state that crops are badly damaged in tho sections. Wheat, in some localities, will { yield over seven bushels to the acre. ) From Washington^ f The sixty-third call for the redemption i i 5-20 bonds of 1865, consols of 1855, has be< issued from the treasury department. The commissioner of agriculture has a T>?iA#nooA? a# Willie UV/lUbQU IIUIOOOVI UtUIV) Ui UWtgtHi tlMUw J. Jones, of Virginia Point, near Galvesto Tox ; E. H. Anderson, of Kirkwood, Missi sippi, and Professor ComBtock of Cornell Uc versity, observers, under the control of 0 t entomologist of the department to make i . vestigations and study tho action of the cottc worm during the present season. He has all appointed Professor Law, of Ithaca, N. Y Professor H. J. Detmens, of Chicago; Dr. 3 i F. Dyer, of Ottawa I1L; Dr. D. W. Vayles, i New "Albany, Ind.; Dr. Albert Dunlap, of Iov City, Iowa; Dr. Hines, of Kansas, and Dr. 8a mon, of Asheville, N. 0., as examiners to inve tigate the origin and devise a remedy for tl hog cholera. i There haB been a falling off of nearly i 000,000 in the internal revenue receipts of 18' over those of 1877. Contractors for digging the foundations i the new building for the bureau bf engravii and printing offered the men employed seve: ' ty-five cents a day, whereupon a strike wi ; organized which ultimately returned m blooi . Bhed. A crowd of several hundred men gat] . ered and compelled the men at work to doBin On the following day another crowd oga attempted to prevent men from going to woi ^ at the priceH offered, when the police inte fcred, a collision followed, and the officers fin i into the crowd, severely wounding several. I It has been practically decided by Thii [ Assistant Postmaster-General Hazen, to who I the subject was referred, to extend the registi system to third class mail matter (tran-iei 1 newspapers, boobs, etc.). This change will f ' into effect about Oct. 1. It will not, howeve . be merely experimental or confined to ten < , the larger offices as recemmended by the coi vention of railway mail superintendents, bi will take effect generally, and become a featu > of the regular postal system. Qen. Hazen sa; ) the department at present realizes a profit c ) the registry of first class matter, and ho se no reason why the registry of third claBB matt should not also bo made profitable. A very dangerouH ?100 counterfeit noto on tl 1 Pittsfield National Bank, of I'ittsfleld, Masf has just been discovered by the national bat redemption division of the treasurer's oftice All notes of this bank of this denorninatic should bo carefully examined before being r ceivod. Foroien Ifavi. The second international pigeon shootir I match between Captain Bogardus and M Cholmondeley-Peimeil, in England, was wc by Bogardus, who killed two birds moro tha his opponent. J Captain Bogardus loHt the third internation pigeon aborting match in England, his oppi 1 nent, Mr. Wallace, killing uoveuty-ono birds I fVin rianfuin'u blvtv.tiffA IMV u QiAW^-nnvi Lata advices from Now Zealand state thi tho British Miin Loch Ard, Captain Gibbs, fro ( London, for Melbourne, with a cargo valued i $850,000, wax loHt near Cape Otway on tl morning of June 1. Miss Evey Carmichael w< ' tbe only passenger savod out of seventeen an I a midshipman named Thomas Foarce is tl sole survivor of a crew numbering thirty-twi i Twenty-four thousand English nailmakei ! struck for an advance of thirty per cent i their wagos. Tho engagement of the Duke of Conn&ugh Queen Victoria's son, and Princess Mary Louii of Prussia is announced. Fourteen children and three teachers wei drowned by the capsizing of a boat in tho riv? Blackwator, near tho town of Bailioborougl County Caven, Ireland. Tbe victorious Columbia College boat cro have been given a recoption >t tbo Araerioa headquarters of the Exposition in PariH. The Marnnis of Lorne has been appoints to succeed Lord Dnfferin &b governor-generi of Canada. The Home Presidential flection Inveillit tloa. After its fortnight's recess the main oommi tee met at Atlanta City, N. J.. Messrs. Potte: Butler, Hiscox and Springer being in attenc ance. Mr. Bbellabarger, Secretary Sherman oonnsel, was also present. The only witnec examined was Representative Danforth, wb testified that he was a member of the Hone committee that had visited New Orleans, an that he there met J. ?. Anderson, who ha I told witness that East Feliciana parish was the ' worst bull-dozed parish of the State. Anderson told witness that he had been fired npon. Anderson also spoke of having made a protest on which the vote of East Feliciana was thrown r out, and of having put in circulation a story ' that during the period of registration he had * visited New Orleans and informed the Bepub* lican committee, including Gov. Kellogg, that r hia pariah was Democratic, the colored vote * being largely on that side, and that he had < been advised by Gov. Kellogg and the Republican committee eithor not to return to the par7 ish at all or to come away and make such a J protest as would throw the parish out. Ander son said he had put this story in circulation in . the hope that the Democratic committee would i make him an offer of money; when by the offer t of money he had them good and fast, he wonld i expose the authors ana blow them .sky-high, i The witness did not hear Anderson .question , tho truth of the protest nor complain that f there had been an interpolation. Before ad l journing tne committee neia a consuuauou? - Secretary Sherman being present-in regard to t the convenience of witnesses. Congressmen William D. Kelley, Engene Hale t and Mr. Conrtland Parkerappeared as witnesses r and testiQed that they had viBited New Orleans i in November, 1876, at the reqnest of General , Grant. The evidence of witnesses was intended r to show that everything done by the returning 1 board during the presidential oonnt was regular - as far as they or the other members of the a Republican committee were concerned. Congressman Danf orth was recalled and asked f by Gen. Butler whether there was any doubt * that, if the Hayes electors were elected, Pack' ard was elected governor of Louisiana. The witness replied that there was no discrepancy or difference between the votes cast for Hayes and thonecast for Fackara except in rwomco0 chos where Packard had 200 or 300 more votes 3 than Hayes. Ex-Congressman J. Hale Sypher, r of New Orleans, was examined by Chairman r Potter. He testified that at the time tho Re' publican visitors went to Louisiana ho met D. f K. Weber, a saporvisor of elections, at tho ene trance to the custom house on Canal street, and Weber asked him, " Can I take the promise q of gentlemen who are here to provide for me b if I am driven our of my parish ?" Witness B said in reply, " Whom do you mean ?" Weber k named Matthews and Shorman especially. Witf ness then said. " These gentlemen stand very e close to the incoming President, personally a and politically, and I thiuk yon can trust thom." Weber remarked that he had been deceived a pood manv times, and as ho did not feel like " taking any man's verbal promise, be worfld deK mand a promise in writing. Witness said that that was the only way. The next day he again ? met Weber, who exhibited a letter, which wit_ ness read and then returned to him. Webor ' made no special remark but appeared to be pleased with the letter. It purported to be signed by John Sherman. Witness had seen Shermans handwriting. Would not swear a that the letter was in Sherman's handwriting, - but there waR nothing to make him think it was f. not hiB handwriting. Witness presumed it wae >r hiB. He could not give the purport, but the :s published letter, the original of which he had nastily read, seemed to him to be substantiallj n correct On cross-examination, witness said he could not swear that the signature to the i_ letter Weber showed him was genuine. Secretaiy 8herman made a statement about hit )r going to New Orleans in 1876, at the request oi )g Qeneral Grant. He stopped at Columbus, or . the way, and had a general conversation with ** rr at*ycB? nujuuiucu. Jm The examination of Secretary Sherman w&i began by the committee and lasted four hours, He said that on November 17,1870, the visiting n Republicans oalled on the Returning Board tt a pay their respects. They Baid that they cam< ? to New Orleans to witness the count, "not tc '0 interfere with the official duties of the board and they expressed the hope that the proceed' ie ings would be conducted openly. The boarc adopted a resolution inviting five gentlemei l(3 on eAch side to be present as witnesses. Th< B* witness said that he was never alone with an] rt member of the board, but treated them tli< same as any other court before which h( '?> appeared as a witness or advocate. He nevei mentioned the duties of the board or alludec 6- to the investigation to any member. H( rs did not remember meeting either Weber oi re Anderson, except in a casual way. He had i le somewhat indefinite recollection that We be: a- and Anderson came to him at the restaurant >y engaged in a short inconsequential talk auc is then went away. Mr. Stoughton was presen' Mr. Sherman denied the truth of the testim a: }f of James E. Anderson in regard to a conv r-a ^ lion between Mr. bherman and Weber i< a Anderson, in which the cecretary said cna ie they conld bejprovided for elsewhere than ii In Louisiana. The witnosB testified that h< l(j never conld have made a speech abou [- controlling patronage, nor did any bod; B. mention to him anything of a forged protest r_ When in New Orleansjie wao very cautions ii r~ his expressions, as were his associates. Wit ness was shown tbe letter alleged to have beei ^ written to him by Weber and Anderson, date* 3g November 20,1876, and Baid that he never re 10 ceived such a letter and never saw or heard o er it until it waB published. Any such lette r. would have excited his resentment. He neve 16 suggested to these men employment for an; al service they might render in connection witi jn the Returning Board, or in any other way, no was any promise of reward even intimatel; With reference to the alleged replv Secretary *8 Sherman said most emphatically ho did no 18 write such a letter; at the same time, howevei as he asserted when this investigation began there were things in it that ho would have writ ten to these or any other men who were en <k gaged in the performance of what ho believe el to be their duly if he had been asked, but h a- did not;think ho wrote tho letter, lie believei a* kft *lt/1 DOT? AnnvAfaatinn rol VftPlftllfl (Tflr id tlemen that all HepublicanB in Louisiana wh u. ntood by their guns deserved credit If h had befti a citizen of Louisiana, witness said )(j he should probably have been killed in resist i9 ing attempts to intimidate. Witness produced ]0 letterjwritten by him to Governor Hayes, date November 23,1876, and the latter's reply. Th M letters referred to the condition of affairs i: j: Louisiana. General Garfield was the nei r? witness and testified that he had visited Nei Orloans on tho invitation of GeDoral Grant i 1876. Witness believed there had been intimi dation in Louisiana, and that many of th w statements of ?. L. Weber were inoonsistec je with truth. On cross-oxaminalton by Genen Butler witness said ho believed Packard ha it been honestly and lawfully elected governor o Louisiana. Adjourned, ta Ex-Congressman J. H. Sypher was recalle :e and testified that, although he had said in hi ot previous examination that he could not stat to what documents ho had ever seen Secretar Sherman's signature attached, he had recollect ed since that he had seen such signature in at of tograph albums, and attached to a petition to ? riL If , :?u T - mtn.li m omce. Ol. Jiary b ptuiBn, jja., iu nuiuu nnun: resided, bad been very peaceable daring th p- election, although be bad beard of violenc m in some sections. He thought Mr. Packard' o, nomination had caused lukewarm nese in Bom a- localities. Witness said that to the best of bi (i- recollection he thought when Weber showe ie him the alleged 8herman letter that the hand a- writing was that of Secretary Sherman. Th m next witness, ex-CjngresBman Frank Morey, o so Louisiana, testified that tho subject of buli ; dozing bad been discussed in Madison parish Et. La., and it was agreed not to practice it, i of conseqnenco of which there was an increase ,-a Democratic majority. Witness did not kn?i J- of a single conviction for political murde s- under either Kellogg or Nicholls' administra ie tion. The fact of intimidation and violence i certain parishes, witness stated, was not die I _ puted. On the face of the returns Nicholls r? ,-'q ceived a majority of votes for governor and th Tilden electors a majority for the Presidency the Returning Board threw out enough votes t elect Packard, and, after this, threw out 1,51 *8 votes to elcct the Hayes electors. Witness tef n- iio cm ? UUUU 1IUIUC1 wa? ? w ww-v, . w>* w . " eminent was recognized iu all partB of th j** State cxd could have maintained itself, and Re *- publicans and Democrats alike in Louisian [* supposed it would bo maintained. Adjourned The examination of ex-Congressman More rk was resumed. Witness believed Packard coul r" have maintained himself without the aid c id Federal troops. General Butler atked : Sur pose Governor Tilden on tho 4th of Marci ;d 1877, had established himself by the aid of th m New York militia, in the city of New York, a ry part qf the United States, on the ground the at the people had elooted him, but that he ha ;o been cheated out of the election by the B< r, turning Board of Louisiana, and bad sent Df commission to CongresB in order to secur i- recognition; and, after certain proceedings c at bribery, intimidation and corruption, an re after the bonds of the United StateB ha ps come down thirty cents on the dollar o. ra account of trouble and anarchy, an as supposing the majority in Congress, wer or hnnHhn1Hnr?. and tn aavn thflse bonds had dt cided to recognize Tildon as President, an ie the majority of members of both houses ha , agreed to that and decided to form a Congree jj to receive advances from him, sending hii r> messages and bills for his approval?have yo any donbt there would have been a change ii 0. the government of the United States, as i t ie case of a change of government in Louisi una? A. I have not the least doubt of il After briefly examining ex-Senator Trumbull '8 who testified that he had gono to Louisiana o r- invitation of Mr. Hewitt, to witness the conn ,n by the Returning Board, the committee ad in journed, to hold the next meeting in New Yor for tho examination of Governor Palmer, o al Illinois. o- When tho committee mot in New iork Chaii to man Potter and Mr. Hiscock were tho onl members present. Ex-Governor Palmer wa ^ sworn and testified that he was chairman o m the Democratic visiting committee who wen ^ to New Orleans in 187G to witness tho counl Ie Witness told of an intorview he had with Kel iB logg at that time, during which Kellogg statei ltj that on the face of tho returns Louisiana ha 10 gono for Tildon, but that five of tho parishe 3 would bo thrown out and that would give th Btato to tho Ilayos electors. Witness describe' rs his oxpoiionco and observations in Nei n Orleans. Ho had seen Eliza Pinknton and wa satisfied her injurios ha i not boon inflicted b; t, Democrats for political purposes. In respons so to a question from Mr. Hiscock wituess sail that while thero was intense excitement ii 0 Louisiana on both sides he believed there hai 3r been a free election. Tim committee recoivei j a letter from Henry R. i-jmith, postmaster a ' Canton, Miss., asserting that Eliza Pinkstoi had informed him that her testimony in Ne\ *1 Orleans w;is truo and that she had never de n nied the truth of such testimony, as alleged With this letter were.'received affidavits affirm d ing that the statement recently made by Elizi *' i'liiKHion, ana wnicn nuu bow uuuiub iu x osi master Smith nbo had over made, were read t< her twice and that nho then aworo to thei i- truth. Tho committee then adjourned fo twelve days, or Bnbject to a call of tlie chair t- man. [' _ 'b 10 A Good Dust Brush.?A very gooc ? dust brush may be made by cuttiog i 3 crosswise strip of bed-ticking into fring< d and tacking it around a wooden handle : v?>> ? : , / .. _ : ' .. :.v ' FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD. Management of Chicken*. Ohiokens require neither food nor drink on the day on which they are hatched. Both are injurious, as they interfere with the natural digestion of the yolk, which is absorbed into the bowels at the period of hatching, and constitutes the first food. If grits, oatmeal, and the likeare spread before the hen on the tweifl^rst day, she is induced to leave tidiest, the last-hatched chickens are unable to follow, and, being weakly, frequently perish. If undisturbed, the hen seldom leaves the nest on the twenty-first day, while on the twenty-second day the chiokens will be round strong enough to follow her. The plan of cramming pepper-corns or grains of barley down the throats of newly-hatched chickens is exceedingly injurious. The best food for them is sweet, coarse oatmeal, mixed into a crumbly paste with milk, and a certain proportion of custard made by beating together an egg with two tablespoonfuls of milk, and " setting " it by a gentle heat. Costard so made is eaten with avidity, and the chickens make rapid progress upon it. Such a preparation is lar Hupenur iu buo iitiiu*uuuQu uu often employed, and which is not relished by the chicken. The young birds are also very fond of a little cold oatmeal porridge; milk is frequently used to mix the barley or oatmeal, but it should be remembered that it soon becomes soar in summer, and is decidedly injurious if employed in that state. Ne more food, therefore, should be mixed with milk than can be eat?n in a few hours. Sopped bread is by no means desirable, since it does not appear to afford the necessary resistance to the natnral crindincr of the erizzard, and, consequently, the chickens soon become weakly and affected with diarrhoBa from its use. In order to satisfy the hunger of the hen, which is usually very great when she leaves the nest, it is quite desirable to give her as much grain as she can consume. Then, having satiated her own appetite and qnenched her thirst, which at this time is considerable, she will brood over her unfledged young, and keep them at rest while they i are digesting the yolk that haa been abi sorben just before botching. After the 1 first few days some whole grain, such as I small-tail wheat or some barley, may be [ given to the young brood, and it will be i found to be greatly relished, and doubt less affords a wholesome exercise for the ! extraordinary grinding power of the giz, zard. Chickens should either have a r\t nn f&A ftf UUliauiuu ouyyij vi. v> w _. very short intervals. The first food ? should be given at daybreak. With re; gard to animal food, there is none eqnal \ to the natural supply of worms and inj sects obtained by the hen when she is > at large; small worms or a shovelful of * mould containing an ants' nest, may be l" given, if chickens are in a confined situi ation, and will be found far superior to j boiled egg, chopped meat, or pnj mere r artificial substitute. Cooping, which is i frequently employed to prevent the r3 wandering of hens with chickens, is not I desirable, and though in many cases if. j is a necessary evil, yet not the less an r evil.?American Cultivator. L Hansehold Hint*. r Moths in Oajrpets.?The best way to ? kill moths in carpet is to lay a cloth, ! wet with hot water, on the place where ' the pest is supposed to be, and press jt - with a very hot iron. 1 To make a paste for cleansing metals 1 take one part of oxalic acid and six of g rotton-stone and mix with equa* parts t of train oil and spirits of turpentine to f a paste. The oxalic acid is poisonous. ?Exchange. * Boil sweet or common potatoes till * well done, then mash or strain. To 1 each one and a half pints add one pint - and a half of milk, a little melted but' ter, two eggs with sugar, salt, and nntr meg or lemon to flavor. T7 Washing Glassware.?It is a mistake i to wash glass tumblers, goblets, and the r like in hot water; if cold be used a f brighter and clearer appearance is left 't when the glass is wiped dry. If the 1 glass is particularly soiled, a pinch of ' soda in the water will cleanse it easily. < The following wash will renovate gilt frames: Take sufficient flour of suphur 0 to give a golden tinge to about a pint a and a half of water, and in this boil fonr i- or five bruised onions, or garlic; strain o off the liquid, and with it, when cold, ,e wash with a soft brush any gilding 1 which requires restoring. a To Preserve the Aroma op Coffee. d ?iiy mixing twemy-nve per wucum ui 0 well dried bread crumbs with coffee, f? when grinding, a German chemist claims # that the delicate aroma of tho fresh a ground coffee will be retained for an ini definite period, which otherwise soon ? escapes. [, In washing delicate, colored muslins d and linens several essential points must ,t be observed it we intend preserving their original freshness and beauty. a First, they should never be soaped or g soaked. If not too soiled, wasb .in aly most cold water; make a lather of good r bar soap?white is best?and in it disl solve a small piece of alum. Use this r dissolved eoao in the water, and rub e the goods with the hands, as far as pose sible. Pat through two waters, and b rinse in two more. A handful of salt 01 6 a spoonful of vinegar in the rinsing ? water helps to brighten and hold the I. colors. Wash only one article at a time, o and that very quickly. f Hints to Wool Growers. '* 1st. Never place unwashed tags in n the fleece, while it is better still to leave d all tags out. * 2d. Exercise care in washing your r sheep, and see that the ends of the wool ? are free from dirt. i_ 3d. Take the proper means to get the >- tallow out of their fleeces. Its presence e is one of the most serious sources of loss 'i to the manufacturer. 2 4th. Do not allow gravel to cling to j. the wool, and do not place it in the wool r- to make it weigh more. e 5th. Tie your fleeces with a string passing only once around it. Dealere and manufacturers do not care to pay v wool prices for hop twine.? Utica d Herald. ,f -? >- . The Market*. '* saw xoax. 6 Beet 0*ttle-N?tlve. 00 9 10> 8 Toxai and Cherokee.. 07 0 07J it MllohOowi.... SS 00 Q30 00 d Hogfr?Llvo CGX@ OCJf y Dreesod 08^0 03> a BbMp (5X0 oe* o Lambs 08X? 07* , CJott-m? : idtiling 11 ? 11 'j Elour?Western?Good to Choice... 4 86 0 7 00 d Stato? Fair to Ohoioe 4 25 ? 5 00 d BnoJrwheat, per cwt........ 1 as 0 1 61 n Wheat?Rod Western 1 05 9 1 O j d No. 2 Milwankee 1 05 9 1 05 n Bye?State. 63 9 6] . Barley?State 78 % 74 Barley Halt 65 ? 88 d Buckwheat..., 80 & ?0)< d Oata?Mixed Western 83 9 85 8 Corn?Mlxod Western..... 45 9 40^ q Hay, perowt 45 9 U * 40 0 45 U DU>?, IIDI n Hop??Good to Prime 06 0 10j^ ? Pork?Meea .10 SO 010 40 " Lard?Olty Steam 07X0 07jc '* Flati?Maokorel, No. 1, new 14 00 018 u0 ; " No. 3, new 8 00 0 8 80 li Dry Cod, per cwt............ 8 38 & 3 80 u Herring, Scaled, per box 17 0 18 fetrolenm?Orndo.......08%?09H Beflned....l0j< i Wool?California Fleece..... 30 0 37 I Texas ? 18 0 19 , Australian " 38 0 43 i StatoXX 88 0 44 Batter?Btato...... 14 0 18 Western?Choice 18 0 33 V Weatern?Fair]to Prim?.. 15 0 33 a Wentern?Flrkinn 14 0 28 . llheeie?Stato Factory....... O3.X0 08 I State Skimmed... 03 0 09 1 Western........ OSJt0 09 ' Errs?Stato and Psnnaylvanla 11 0 13 I- bof?JLI.O j Flour 6 78 0 8 80 d Wheat?No. 1 Milwaukee 1 10 0 113 H Oorn?Mixed 43 0 <8 " Oato 33 0 83 ? 1176 f8 0 88 3 Barley 71 *0 71 V Barley Malt 80 0 90 a PHILADELPHIA y B*et Oattie?Bstra 08 0 08\ e Sheep 03*0 06V j Hoce?Dreaaed 08 0 OBM ? I Flour?Pennaylvanla Extra o iu v? " j Whoat?Bod Western 47 (? 89 3 Bye * <5 $ 4) 3 Oorn-Yellow 10 & 62 t Mixed 81 g 43 a Oat*?Mixed 83 0 ill v Petroleum?Crude C8>?<?09X defined ?11 Wool?Colorado 18 9 SB Texan 18 0 22 California 20 9 56 BOBTOH. i Beof Cattle Ufl i? 08j^ Sheep OS*?* 07 * 3 Hog! 06*9 06/i Flour?Wisconsin and Minnesota.. 0 75 0 7 26 Oorn?Mixed 47*9 62 r Ctote? " 82 3 86* Wool?Ohio vid Pennsylvania XX.. 88 a 89 17 a 21 USUiUl ii?a *?** ^ BBI8HT0H, VLABB, Boaf Cattle OA*? W?* Sheep.. 06 9 09X . Lambo. 07 Q 10 l Hog* 07X? 07 1 ITATBBT OWH, MiSI , ?>8f Oittlft?Poor to Otaotoe M ? f 80 3 HhM; 00 ^ / 7 00 jns * ^ ;f J Trees That. Grow Shirts. Humboldt says that he saw on the. slope of ther Uerra Drida shirt treee fifty feet high. The Indians cut off cylindrical pieces two feet in diameter, from which they peel the red and fibrous bark, withonb making any longitudinal incision. This bark affords them a sort o f garment which resembles a sack of very coarse texture, and without a seam. The upper opening serves for a head, and two lateral holes are out to admit the arms. The natives wear these shirts of Marina in the rainy season; they have >ihe form of the ponchos and manos of cotton which are so common in New Grenada, at Quito, and in Peru. As in this climate the riohes and beneficence of nature are regarded as the primary causes of the indolence of the inhabitants, the missionaries do not ftfl .to say, in showing the shirts of Marina, "in the forests of Oroonoko, garments are found ready ifcade upon the trees," Fact* of Great Interest to All-Time and Money Saved. All families are interested in their family physicians. They may take quaok medicines for slight ailments, bnt when tfne sickness comes, then must come the family doctor. All are interested then in this matter, and every family newspaper shoold give them valuable information and advice. Every one knows that, in times gone by, the great family doctors were educated in New York and Philadelphia, bnt that in these days such is no longer the caBe. The great cities of the West, Louisville, Chicago, Cincinnati, al contain medical colleges in whioh the very best education is to be obtained. The oost of this education is far less than it is in Eastern cities; a fact of great interest to parents and guardians, and to all interested in medical students. Indeed, so important is this money question to our readers that we must give them information which will save for themselves and their friends both time and money. In the Atlantic cities a student has to pay for two courses of lectures $155 each ; or $310 for the two. His diploma fee is $30; all fees amounting to $340. His board for two sessions is $280, or $140 for each. His fees and board costing VtftU. xnese lacts ana n gores are officii!. In Louisville, Chicago, etc., where the medical colleges are equally as good as they are in New York, the student pays for his two courses 165 each, or $130 for the two. His diploma fee costs $30. All fees amounting to $160 for the two sessions. His board for two sessions costs $160, or $80 for each. The entire fees and board oosting $320. These flgrfres are also official, and show that the student who goes to the great colleges of the West saveB fully $300 in the oost of a first-class medical education. If to this amount be added that of the increased coat of travel, it is evident that $400 would be a moderate estimate of the amount saved by him. Indeed, studenta residing in the New England and Atlantic States oan, by going to first-class medical colleges in the West, save from to saw in ine coat or a medical education. Sorely these great money facts cannot fail to interest every reader, and cause him to bring them to the attention of all studying or about to study medicine. Parents and perceptors will, we feel sure, thank us for this valuable information. But there are other facts now to be given of even greater interest; facts which sho^ that a student oan not only save $300 in the cost oi his medical education, but that he can gain one frll additional course of lectures. That is to say, the student will, in seventeen months, obtain three instead of two courses of lectures, and save also $300. Among the many new catalogues of medical colleges recently issued, that of the Louisville Medical College (Louisville, Ky.,) is exceedingly interesting. Indeed, the faots presented therein are so important that we must present them to our readers. It appears that the Faculty of the Louisville Medical college have been also elected to fill the vacant chairs in the Kentucky School of Medicine?one of the oldest and best medical colleges in this country; this great compliment having been extended to this Faculty on account of the triumphant s iccese of the Louisville Medical College. As the result, this Faculty teach in the I. uisville Medical College from September to March, and in the Kentucky School of Medicine from March tc July. Both of these colleges are first-class institutions, both being connected, we see, with the Association of American Medical Colleges, ol which the colleges of New York and Philadel , phia are also members. From the fact of this Faculty teaching ii these two great medical colleges, there spring some curious and interesting results. Students who enter the Louisville Medica in September or October, oan, at the close o: > that session in February, at once enter thi Kentucky School of Medicine, which commencei its session in March and closeB at the end e June. In me loliowing aepiemwr or uowuer these students can again enter the Louiavilli Medical College and graduate in February Thus baying, in seventeen months, passe* three complete courses of lectures; whereas in seventeen months, any other Faculty cai give but two courses of lectures. The student's entire fees for the thre courses in these two Louisville colleges are i we see, but {187, and his board for seventeei months, but $200, or 1367, for the entire cos of his medical education, board and all included Whon it is remembered, that in Eastern col legeB the student gets but two courses of lec 1 tures, and has to pay for these $340, with $28i for his board ($G20 in all), it will be seen tha in Louisville he gets one full course of lecture | more in the same' time, and saves in fees an< travel fully $800. A obeat economy of time A OBEAT SAYING OF MONEY AND THE GAINING O ONE ZNTIBE COUB8E OF LKCTUBES. Indeed, i is evident from the facts and figures afforde< i to the pnblic in these catalogues, that in n< otheb way, in no otueb city and in no othe] medical colleges, can a 8tudent in 8even ; teen months obtain thbee full cocb8es 0: 1 lectube8 and yet 8aye in money fully $300 Every student or guardian or parent wh< reads these remarkable facts should send a ouce for catalogues. It is stated in the cata logues jnstissaed, that all applications for then should be addressed simply to the Dean of thi f Louisville Medical College, Louisville, Ky. i We see that five per cent, of the class ar< { granted beneficiary privileges. \ Wo ;also see in the catalogues issued, tha [ students who desire it will be educated by th< graded system adopted at Harvard, Massachu setts. One is not surprised to read, after learainf ? "?uiiia iu!vantacea offered by thii liiOOU A ? w Faculty, that ninety-five Btudents have beer graduated by it in the last year. i Tho class list, as published, shows studenti . from almost e7ery State; the best evidence o: the fact that the public throughout this country , is rapidly obtaining and appreciating the valu able information here given to our readers. ' It seems only natural that so many studenti from the Northern States should seek in wintei tho mild and temperate climate of Kentucky ; for thus they escape their harsh winter weather and return tome in time for the cool Northen summer. , Louisville, the geographical center of thii country, bids fair to be one of the greates medical centers. While newspapers seldom furnish the infor mation which we have herein given, we an satisfied that cur readers -will value thes< interesting and profitable facts, and will agrei with us in saying that all which is of interes to the family circle belongs of right to th< family newspaper. For uptf&rds of thirty years Mrs. WINSLOWf SOOTHING SYRUPhas been >ised for childrei with never-failing success. It corrects acidit; of the stomach, relieves wind colic, regulate' the bowels, cures dysentery and diarrhoea whethrr arising from teething or other causes An old and well-tried remedy. 25 cts. a bottle CHEW rn*? 1UU LCIOUIOICU "Matchless" Wood Tag Plug Tobacco. The Pioneer Tobacco Compact, New York, Boston, and Chicago. Cramps and pains in the stomach and bowelt dysentery and diarrhoea are ?ery common Jub now and should be checked at once. Johnson' Anodyne Liniment will positively cure all sue cases and should be kept in every family. Economical Tea Cake. Two quarts of flour, sift through it four tea spoonfuls Dooley's Yeast Powder, two tabk spoonfuls of butter or lard, one pound and quarter of sugar, dissolved in two and a ha! cups of sweet milk. Spice to taste, and bak d small moulds. nSIUMtrae? on the Rod to Health* The recovery of digestion and the resumption of activity bj the liver, bowels and kidneys are milestones which marie oar program on the road to health. They speedily become perceptible when Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is used by the invalid. Nothing to surely and expeditiously consumes the distance to the decked goal. As no bodily function can suffer interruption without impairing the general health of the system, bo the system can never acquire perfect vigor, health's synonym, until that /auction be actively resumed. Take, foi instance digestion, a suspension of which it invariably rectified by the Bitters. If the orSjans upon which it devolves grow weak Mlousness, constipation, headache, poverty ol the blood, and a hundred other symptoms suKrvene, which indicate unmistakably the nefol general influence of dyspepsia. The disappearance of all these symptoms through the use of the Bitters shows with what thor oughness it removes their cause. Travellers by railroad or steamer should al< ways have a box of Orace's Salve with then ready for immediate use in case of an accident There is nothing like it for the relief of Burns Scalds, Cuts, Wounds, Bruises and Sprains " ' ttI/wim F.rvnine wniie ior lao euro ui r ciuuo, ???* las, Corns, old Sores do., it is & specific. The most distressing case of scrofula o: blood poison that we fever heard of was cqre< by Parsons' Fargative Pills. The pills maki new rioh blood, and taken one a night for thr? months will change the blood in the entire sya tem. The Greatest Discovery 01 tae Am* i* D Tobiaa' oelebrated Venetian Liniment t 80 years befor the pablio, wad warranted to oar* Diarrhea, Dysentery Oollo, and Spasms, taken Internally; and Croup,Ghronl Rheumatism, Son Throats, Out*, Bruises, Old Bom tod Pain* in the Limbs, Back, and Uoeet, erteraall It haa never (ailed. No family will e;?r be without 1 after once giving it a fair trial. Price. 40 cent*. D: TOBIAS' VENETIAN HORSE LINIMENT, In Pis Bottle*, at One Dollar, la warranted superior to an other, or NO PAT, for the a are of Oollo, Outs, Bruiaei Old Sore*, eto. Sold by all DruciisU. Depot?10 Par Place. New York baow'g Bbowohial Tboohxs, tor conghs and oold TO MAKE MONEY* get circular* Day Br#1 880 Automatic Incqbator> Baltimore, Mi /~i LASS BALLS, Traps, <tc. Price list Me, Ail \J" dress Great Western Gun Works, Pittsburg, Pi AID BLACK JOE?words andmusio for IQcta " / oost-Daid. J. CHADBEY, Chatham Centre,N. 1 nnnva Papers. Want Agents. Send Staun; JPUUJXO, l. ? FArBCgrLpTBollinc Prairie, Wli WATCHMAKERS'Tool* and Materiala. Send ft Price List. Q. K. 8MITH A 00.. 335 B'way, K.I NEW information to YoaniMen seat fret Addreaa UK. W. H. .1IOSELK Y, Spabta.Wii flnniWP retail pnce 8280 onlr 865,PIANO URGAlS sag?, A mm A DAT to Agents c&nruitng (or the Flreald "H / Visitor. Terms and On tflt Free. Ad dree# y* P. O.VIOKKBY Augusta, Main FMPIOYMPNT SIS oaah aalair per weektOM CmrLUimcril. T(US .nd by aampl AddreaaOOZAP A CO.. 1 College Place. N.Y. Send 82.50 lor Beat FLOU1 j , if TKI?K rrermade. I , \ A 8TRAUB Mill Co, JJJ-IJJllU CINCINNATI, O. DR. FOOTE'8 HEALTH MONTRLY.-1 octavo pages?Edited by Drs. E. B. Foots, 8i and Jn. Sent on trial for six months for FOUR 3STAMPS! Murray Hill Pub. Co., 129 E. 28 th St .If/! HT ftPITC liLUuikn 5*<i2S'&z*atiTa Vlifcir Agency?8 Cortlandt St.. W. 1 C11 7K ProfltB In 30 Day* on (IflR 2 911 *Uj A judicious inTMlmant in #?W Stycks (Options or Privilege*), often donble* in boon. Fail details and Official Stock Eichango B port* free. Address T. POTTER WIGHT I CO., Bankers. 35 Wall Street, New York. f II1/1 A Cj ?The choicest in the world?Import* X JLjiV_k% prices?Largest Oorapany in Amarioa staple article?pleases everybody?Tr?de continual increasing?Amenta wanted everywhere?beat indue meats?don't waste time sand for Circular to ROB'T WELLS. 43 Veaey St, N.Y., P. O. Boa lg LADIES. Tlie Florida Freckle Cure remov Freckles, Tan, and Sallrwnesa in a week, leafing rosy and beautiful face. It is poiilivtly frt? from p> ion. Package postpaid, 60c., or in 3o. pottage stam] Want 2 Agents in each town, of whioh entire oonti is given. Particulars 3o. Oooy this now for use. J.SIL.EK, 1242 Broadway, St Loula, Mo $10? $25 selling^or Fln?Art Noveltie Catalogue A Outfit Free a jplication J. H. BUFFOBD'S SONS, Manufacturing Publish* 141 to 147 Franklin Street, Boston, Mass. Established nearly fifty years. HOMES IN THE WES Excursions to Lincoln, Nebraska. Leave New York and New Enjrl&nd tl Tnlrd Tnesdny In every Month until Decei her. Excursion No. 14 will leave TUESDA AUGUST 20th. Tare about half reiruli Rates. Fast trains and firsUclaas accommodatic guaranteed. For descriptive Land Circulars, Inforn tion about Ticiceta, etc., Rend address on Postal Card PLIN V MOORE, aflT Broadway.NewYor GRACE'S SALVE. JONZBTELLS, Mioh., Dec. 27, VSn.?Xettri. ibtoUt: sent you 60 cts. for two boxes of Grace's 8alve._ I hi hud two and bare used tnera on an ulcer 6A iiW I0MJ it is almost wMl. Respectfully 7001s, 0. J. VAN. Nz Price 25 cents a box at all druggist*, or seat by n on receipt of 35 cents. Prepared b7 8LTH 1 FOWl,!'. ?fc SONH, 88 Harrison Are.. Bo?ton~Mi j Cures Dyspepsia, Indigestio Sour Stomach, Sick Headach Onod climate, Ml), w*ltr, tod building Kane, and (rod I ' detj. Addreu, 8. J. GUmorr, L*nd Coa'r, BaUna, JUaj | WHO WANTS A FAR _ ! r ? ? - Hzssi Bfir.i r\ I ; WHEH? FAKMlUg MS Tflf BEST 7 FOR SALE. 9 400 flflfl Acres Rich Farmln 1 OUU.UUU LANDS, well located ill MioOl? . "at from &2 to 88 per eoret on e terms of payment Alio, 1 9nn nnn Acres of Choice Pir nUUiUUU LAN DM*In beat Lumber UUtrli wwv?vvv ol .IHchWn. Pf* Send for Illustrated Pamphlet, fnll of facts.. O. 31. BARNES, * Land Comnilgiiloner, Lansing. Jtlct I I Corns. 3 GRACE'S SALVE IS A SOVEREIGN REMEI f Pavilion Holel, Kkvere Bf.ach. Mars , , . Boston, Joly la, 1878. | ' ME8SB8. 8. W. FOWLE 4 80NS: Gents?About one ;wi ago I was a great sufferer fi the pains accompanying a Corn on my foot. I can speak too much^praise in behalf of Grace's Salve, after two applications I waa entirely relieved. I wo 3 not sell the remainder of the contents of the box ? $100 if I could not get more. r HENRY YOUNC ; FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS. PRICE, CENTS PKK BOX. BY MAIL. 3."? UKNTS. SK' * W. FOWLK <t SONS. PROPRIETORS, SO JIAK 1 SON AVENUE, BOSTON. 3 ^ Jiyi The GREAT REMEDY for OOHPULENOI \ ALLAN'S ANTI-FAT a IS purely vegeiaojc urn pmreuj uaoux-oo. - . . upon the food in the stomach, preventing Its be n converted Into fat. Taken In accordance with rectlons, It will reduce a fat person from two to I pounds iter week. "Corpulence Is not only a disease Itself, but harbinger of others." So wrote Hippocrates I * thousand years ago, and what was true then Is n< >- the less so to-day. a. Sold by druggists, or sent, by express, upon ^ telpt of $1-50. Quarter-dozen $400. Address, e BOTANIC MEDICINE CO., Iroprivton, Buffalo, 2f. Geo. P. fiowell & Co.r | 10 Spruce St, I lev York I The Object of Our Establishment* I On Rmpmt AdrwtSln* Burma, No. 10 Bpnm I Street, Now York, U ui MUblUbmant int?od?d %m I (K. mnnnUnt and intosttlo plicin* of 9 I TOTtiMmenUin flWTOPMj. It If ?gg? gg principle* which w? oonoelre to be the right ton W Lcvr.xw the ba?t re?nit? to the ?dT.?rta?. H We undertake to repmwt - I Amaj and weekly nmpipa of *?*J lp?w? Uucn*hont the Und. W Confined Strictly to Newspaper Adver- B tising and to American I Newspapers. I o w? cod fin? oar tniiHotion* to nmipipm,nl 4c h not icoept or asdert&ke th# of oUmv ' cimbm of KlTertuin*, nnch u book*, lign-bouil*, port j frt. or job printiiif. ? By adherlof to on* bnaofa of AdTCftWnc w? mate H ootmItm nrnwr of it We also restrict oar dMUnn to nampapan pab> B it lished within the (MBipliiotl ILmiU of the United H j But? ?ad Dominion of Oamrta, K * The Nature of thr Service which ft is - Oar Business to Render to t the Advertiser. I Wo nndartake to maintain an established Witt wtt> H armry iw?iptnrf and htn a* had a sohetfnle of ehai*ee for amralai speae in its ootame: to be ab!a Co qaote the r*U? to snadvsrtissr who wtahe* oca or ~ wenj, and to procure the prompt insertion ol thead 7 rertiaamant wftnoot aay oxtta charge for the aarrloa M L; rendered; which wrrica oomlata of qaullr*the proa, B println* or writing iu many daplloatei of th? aUvwrtlae. H 1* mentaa may ba raquirad, forwaxdin# I ha oovr for in- H - aartionat ourown expense forpoataca or nasftaagar K s serrioe; examining tho papers to see that tW ?4re? i 14 <? 2ffi2f.^^jS^sHiS (or Mndi) for the pnrpooa of bwiagUm m 2l. ? IUhr. nwrnnUT niffl XIlB UUMnUHMBWH* ? without th?Ubor of ?#4rohia* * whole **!? ? If error* or omlwioo* oocur, it U <wf publisher*, at our own "Pfjf ft* $?21SM!Z irf- mesaenfer, and to ?ee to it that tho pnblwMr o? ta? >?. paper actually do* render the epeoifled eerrioe ?* ol wbioh the adrertiaer contracted. * oo to art r Our Promise. JSiSSs^n.~S23?^?|S It? Allow thorn to tw ohtrfad,lBiW two? r, i5ssrt?i?'is,sf?$ss,.-'xr^ras ia- mm nn?i)Hnff 10 ao work without * profit, 11^ H t? offar to do to' r?t in conformity with tte pcoauM dmw ? ibor? w* find it druabl*. *? , 23 The System cf Arrangement for Kewi" paper Files. tail N. fir !^h I We have a perf acted system-fat filial gmptpm, a separate apace being accorded to aaoh. and lab?U4 I with the printed dum of tho paper itkIntemWI u I acoommodato. A b trailer can place hia htcd uport auj B * E ^ p*per he wishes to examine with the mum r??lHn?M with which he would find a word in a dictionary, a MM* |p tn a directory, or a book in a library catalogue. l The Amount of Money to be Expended. ! Parsons who have had little experience a* adrMtlMfS often have a pretty clear understanding of what they wonld like to do, but are entirely ignorant of the pro?iblt COflt. We hare made oat for inch a person a plan of adrer tiling calling for an Investment of 18,000, and on M?* mitt in* it for approval fo and oar customer dismayed at the magnitude of ine expense, he not having eastern* plated an expenoitnre exoeeding 800 or 1300. In such a case labo/ would have Men saved, if at the oom? men cement of the negotiation the question had been fk aaked; "Hbwmuon money az* yon prepared to farot* to this advertising ?" The Confidence of Our Patrons a Matter of Prime Importance. It U a matter of prima importance to tu, for ihe purpoae of maintaining our influence with [ibltaben, that it (hail ooma to be understood tmonr them that oar itatemente a boat the advertising to be done, or not to be dona, are to be relied upon. and to thia and our ,v dualing with oar advertising patron* moat be apoa a baiia of motaal oonfldance and good faith. i f # . om not for aid !?r Our Customers Entitled to Our Best 25 Services. rH BI- Whenever we are doing the advertising tor any IndiTidnal, or firm, we oonaider them entitled to cor ?* T# ? ? > . ntrwir ?hi?h Wl know to be not the best for the purpose irire the reaeona. We often expend a food fledI of time for rerj small advertise!*. maoh more than the profits on their pUron*** would warrant; but we are I content, u they entrant toniwhxt perte, and inflaenoe in onr direction the p*txon?f* oc w their friend* and acquaintances. X ?? u Extract fr<m .Vt?! York " Timet," Jun$ 14, 187S. Ten jears a?o Messrs. Geo. P. Lowell * Oo? e?UkB Sooper. who wm the. first to fo into tbi* tod f Bntflrprise. Now they nftTB me unmww ?;? S lingtha mo?t axUnsWe nod compters 4dT?r*"*D* h?!fcfli S neotion wbieb hac erer been secured, andion* wbicb^B jm would hardlj be possible in anj other oountrr bat \V TheT have sacceeded in working down ? complex bnidj^M ^ IS? tato "&ughl, a spt ^method ttun<* ch?n*e in the newspaper system of Amtmj can es?sp?? notioe, while the widest information upon aUtogee^B interesting to advertiser! is placed readilj at the poeal of the public. Geo. P. Howell & Co J if*t> a fit / m s 10 spruce si, jfl one H New York. 1 r. n y!T5 3ijS