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Small Beginnings. \ traveler throngh a dusty road strewed acorns j on the lea; And one took root and sprouted up, aud grew ^ into a tree. Love soaght its shade, at evening time, to ] breathe its early vows ; i And ago was pleased, in heats of noon, to bask J beneath its boughs; The dormouse loved its dangling twigs, the I birds sweet music bore ; ] It stood a glory in its place, a blessing ever- ' more. * 1 A little spring had lost its way amid the grass , and fern, A passing stranger scooped a well, where weary men might turn ; He walked it in, and hong with care a ladle at . the brink; i He thought not of the deed he did, but judged i that toil might drink. i He pused again, and lo! the well, by summers I never dried, 1 Had cooled ten thousand parching tongueB, ( and saved a life beside. I A dreamer dropped a random thought; t'was , old, and yet 'twas new ; j A simple fancy of the brain, but strong in ; being true. i It shone upon a genial mind, and lo ! its light 1 became i A lamp of life, a beacon ray, a monitory flame. J if a iaano PTPB f - fl AUG MAVfUgJUV 1TIW OUAIIU t *#? *"???%/ D*"? ) ? watchfire on tho hill; 1 It sheds its radianoe far adown, and cheera the valley still ! A namelosa man, amid a crowd that thronged the daily mart, Let fall a word of Hope and Love, unstudied, from the heart; , A whisper on the tumult thrown?a transitory breathIt raised a brother from the dust; it saved a bool from death. O germ! 0 fount! O word of love ! 0 thougnt at random cast! Ye were but little at the first, but mighty a j the last. ?CharUs Mackay. j WAS IT UNWOMANLY ? |; J1 After Doctor Reid died, Mrs. Reid ; very sensibly sold out the big house ( with its lawns around it, conservatory on the terraoe, and stables behind the i clump of cedars, and moved into a small- i er, though not less pleasant house, on Academy Avenue. People were -not surprised at this, but when they heard ; that Koto Reid was going to teach mathematics at the Female Seminary, I then the public was amazed. It be- i gan to pity Mrs. Reid a little. The doc-1 tor must have been terribly in debt, or i the place mortgaged, for otherwise it ; would not have been necessary for i Kate to teach school. Too bad for her, ; poor thing, fust twenty, and" so bright and good-looking, to be obliged to toil i from nine to twelve with a parcel of stupid girls at the seminary. In reality, i however, Kate was not obliged to do it at all, but being a young woman of inde- , pendent ideas, she fancied that to have ] six hundred dollars a year all her own, < would not be a disagreeable sensation to ( experience. She was not needed par- { * ticularly in the domestic department at ( home; in fact, like a good many other bright and agreeable unmarried women, ( she was not needed anywhere to any ex- 2 tent. So it came about that she taught \ the seminary girls arithmetic, algebra, } and geometry, and though it was rather ? trj LUg IrUU UUUO IJLi a WUiiC, 2 on the whole, she very much liked train- f ing the young idea. , One day in December, she walked \ home as usual at twelve o'clock, and \ proceeded directly fnto the parlor. Bit- l ting by the window she saw Howard c Winslow, a middle-aged gentleman of ; pleasant appearance, who rose and shook ? hands with Kate cordially, and stood and j talked to her as she warmed her feet and f hands. You never would have guessed j from the greeting ihat these two people e were laboring under the sentimental bonds of an engagement, but such was , the fact. They had been engaged over i a month. To be sure it had been a very , prosaic affair, for they had known and liked each other always. Winslow final- < ly came to the conclusion that he might ' as well get married. He had money , enough, and was old enough surely, ! being nearly forty; and as he and Kate had always been very good friends, he sat down in his ifew York office, one J day, and wrote her a proposal. When she received it, she was a litjle amused and a great deal surprised, but , as she liked Howard, she sat down straightway, also, and wrote an accept- ^ ance. Nothing romantic about this, you c see ; but I have a heretical idea that very happy marriages are often the resuit of such engagements. , "No, I dijn't come up from New York merely to see you," said Winslow, in answer to Kate's question ; " but on * business about the new railroad. And, * by the way, one of the civil engineers, ; Ed. Kasson, at work here, is an old 1 friend of mine. He's very clever as to 1 his profession, and is a gentleman through and through. He isn't much of a ladies' man, but I should like to a give him a note of introduction to yon, * if you wouldn't mind." "I should be glad to meet him, of } course," replied Kate; "and mother ^ and I will try to cure him if Jie is boorish * or bashful. Now I must go up to my room, Howard, and renovate myself a ] little for luncheon." With this she left k the park>r. 1 About a week after, Edward Kasson called one evening. He impressed Kate with a sense of squareness. He was i tall, and had sguare shoulders. His i forehead was square; his eyebrows 1 arched very little; his chin and jaws 1 were squared off rather heavily, and his < mustache stood out quite straight at the 1 ends, instead of drooping over 'the s straight, firmly-closed lips. Moreover, he had a little, straight cleft in his chin. He was neither boorish nor bashful, < however, though he was a trifle clumsy and had very little idea of dancing-school ( grace. Kate took a fancy to him f straightway, and after he and she had i talked together about a little of every- I thing, and he had gone home, she wrote a letter to Howard containing the follow- 1 v in;? paragraph : i " Your friend, Mr. Kasson, called this evening ; and both mother and I liked 1 him very much. He seems so pleasant- i tempered, and is certainly a very agree- 1 able talker." 1 And not only was Kate pleased, but i so was Kasson, and though he did not i write many letters to his married sis- i ter, when he did honor her with an f epistle he devoted a few lines thereof 11 to Miss 'Raid: ' 'She is very good-looking and sensi- i ble, and has introduced me to several i pleasant people. It is she to whom I Winslow ia engaged, and he has chosen I with excellent taste. Hope I shall have 1 the entree of their New York house." So you see it was all a sort of mutual admiration society in the beginning. It ' did not last, however, for a very long i time. ] Kasson became disgusted with Winslow first. He was such an as3 to be en- ( gaged to so charmiug a girl, and instead of living in her smiles, go off to Florida 1 to get rid of the cold weather. What 1 was cold weather, compared to the ten- i der passion ? Then Kate: she was so i happy without her love that she surely could cot care V6ry much for the absent i one, although they did appear ou such ( excellent terms with each other. Kas- i rod leveled a great deal of unnecessary 1 vituperation at the heads of the engaged people, but, nevertheless, ho went to ? the Widow Reid's on every excuse he ] could devise, and a good many times < when he had no excuse at all. Along in 1 FebruaVy, however, lie put himself ) through n severo course of self-eiarnina- 1 tion. What was he going to the Widow 1 Raid's for ? To 6ee Kate. What4)UK;- < ness 1. id he to devote himself to a girl ] who was engaged ? And thereupon he i shook his wicked inclinations fieroely, 1 and did not go near Kate for ten days. * t Finally she met him on the street. ] "Have you been away?" she asked, I smiling" up at him in a most friendly fashion. ; "Oh, do," said Kasson. "Been sick, then ?" persisted Kate. "I shonld think not," was the reply, i given with a healthy man's contempt of illness. ' - i "Are you mad at me?" added Kate, eleverly mimicking a child's pout.^ i "Good heavens ! No !" exclaimed Kasson. "The fact is, I am a fool, and I K tiave Been busy, Miss Reid, and I'll be 3own to see you this evening, if I Bhall gi aot bore you." n< "You are never a bore to mother and it me," said Kate; "and don't overwork in yourself, Mr. Kasson, but take time for m social relaxation." fc In truth Kate's philanthropy was only fc 5kin deep. She liked Kasson's com- ai pany, and hardly deceived herself when fa she urged him to take time for social re- m taxation. w Kasson obeyed her, and the result hi was they were left together more than hi n1 - -1??J *V.o (nnnr t aver. one sioreu up im iug stories about her pupils to tell him. P1 She made him read the articles in magazines of -which she approved. She 3colded him for shunning his political iluties, and in short, treated him as an old and favored friend. As for Kasson, he sat at the feet of his charming female Gamaliel and learned not only to dis- a criminate as to magazine articles and cc to know his whole duty as a free citizen of the United States, but also received ? a variety of other decidedly interesting ?1 information. He threw out a vague re- " mark once about being fond of musio, c and Kate rlsijmed her neglected practicing again. When she woke np to the fact that she was practicing for Kasson's *?! express benefit, she was ashamed of herself, and took her turn at mental r* discipline, and wrote Howard such an affectionate letter that the recipient was nearly struck dumb with surprise. He was to return in the latter part of n* March, but long before that time Kate realized very keenly that she was in . love with Edward Kasson. She felt ir! much distressed thereat on Howard VJ Winslow's account, for though she had P? told him frankly she did not love him, nevertheless to love some other man was certainly dishonorable. ^ Kasson was miserable, also. He was fr a gentleman, and therefore would nave w chopped his right band oft" rather than 8<: show a spark of his love for Kate. He af kept his secret well, but it came out one evening-/ accidentally. Kate had jE been puzzling him with a mathematical q, problem to solve, on which he had used c] some old letter-backs that he had in his tl pocket. After he had gone, the scraps tl of paper wei;e strewn over the table, tl Kate tossed them in the fire, one by one, absently, but as she lifted the last scrap, rf abe was caught by seeing her name ei written thereon. She read what was 8i written, as any one might have done, G) (or Kasson had said that the papers d< were nothing. This was what she read: C{ " I am heartily sorry for you, Ed. It a seems hard that the "only woman you C1 ever cared for should be engaged to another man. As you say, the only thing p; you can do is to run "away from Miss p Reid before any one can guess that you di Love her." ; p, Kate held the scrap in her hand for a ti second; then tossed it in the fire. fr "So he loves me," she thought, ex- ai altantly. w Like a dash of water on a hot coal tl 3ame the memory of Howard Winslow. ai Kate dropped into the nearest chair, and li :ried a little. It seemed very hard, in- ol Jeed, that she and Winslow must marry pi ;ach other when neither cared a great leal for the other. w After considerable reflection, Kate jc same to the conclusion that she would sa lot marry Howard; it was an impossi- tl >ility now. But could she tell him the re eason why she had ohanged her mind? 01 ind again, Kasson was going to leave in in i week or ten days, nnd he would not w say a word to her, except friendly ones, to vhile thinking her engaged to "Winslow. to Then the result would be, Hate would iave no lover at all. A vision of old- sc naidhood rose up before her?a vision le >f lonely years at school-teaching, over H vhich she would grow gray and crabbed, cc }he could not solve her problem at all, >ut she finally did send Howard a most ti< riendly note telling him she could not narry him because she loved some one 0 )lse. - ? The evening after she sent that note, 61 ;here came in for a call the minister's r? vife, Mrs. "Van Vleck, and a little later, Edward Kasson. Kate had just written i letter to her bosom friend, Millicent Sheppard, and the clamp of note paper, w the pen and ink, still lay on the table. G 3he fingered the letter impatiently at si Mrs. Van Vleck maundered away abons la some fair that the church people were r? setting np. Finally, she turned to ta Slate, and said: tr " And we want you to act as secretary, w ny dear. We want you to write a note r? o Mrs. Morse, asking for flowers?but tt nst take that piece of paper, and put " lown the list of your dutieB." ni There was no escape. Kate drew the sc heet of paper towards her, and made a m ist of the things she must do for the " fair. d< " And now," added Mrs. Van Fleck, w inally, with a.patronizing smile towards 7( iasson. " You must write notes to Mr. B? Veeks and Mr. Kasson, asking their aid ^ n Bome heavy work, such as putting M ip tables." M Kate laughed. hi " I'll wnt mr. jvaason s note ngui i .way," she said, beginning to do so in act. " Whileyouarodoing that," saidMrs. ki Seid, " I'll take Mrs. Van Vleck in the lining room to look at my home-made ^ ambrequins." at They went out of the parlor, leaving ^ Kate writing an absurd note to> Kasson. m 3he had hardly finished it, when her mother called her. ! P( " Come here just a minute, Kate." 8r Like a flash there entered a thought JV iito Kate's brain. On the table lay two . aotes, one to Millicent Sheppard, one to Mr. Kasson. It teok but a second to *r ihrust the letter to Millicent into the mvelope directed to Kasson. Tben she aanded it him with a smile, saying as! she did so: " Here are your commands." ti As she went out of the room, Kasson p jpened his note and read thus: a] "I have time but for a few lines, but ^ they are enough to tell you a secret; a ti secret which I have just discovered my- a| self, and which is making me very up- 0i tiappy." B< Kasson read this in amazement; then fl crushed a lock of hair off his forehead, e< md continued: tl "You know very well that I didn't ij ove Howard WinBlow when I engaged h, nyself to him, and I told him that frank- ti y. We were simply excellent friends, b, But now I love somebody else, and I p" srote a letter to Howard to-day, break- w ng off the engagement. I could not m narry him while I loved Edward Kas- iE ion, the gentleman of whom I have w written you before." pi Kasson read no more. He understood 8t now that Kaiehad handed him the wrong bi note. He glanoed on the table and saw jti the other note. In a second he had put ef the letter to Millicent in the right en- sr pelope, and was reading his absurd di "comfnands" when the ladies re-entered. #] It was a hard minute for Kate, but she tli was a good?ctress. Not a dash of color ni reddened her cheek as she turned to i [kasson and said : " Can you perform your multifarious | luties ?" a5 She saw that ho had his own note in u, lis hands, and she understood and loved S( lim for what he had done. This square- ^ aced, clumsy man had something of a t}( woman's delicacy and quick-witted tact, "1 rarely have received orders bo feasant to* perform," he said, with a fc lout^p meaning to his words?a double aj ueaning which he had no idea Miss Reid e, inderatood. d The rest of the evening passed quietly, ai md not until two days later did Kasson a] perform his " pleasant duty." In spite a] ?f the knowledge ho had that. Kate Reid loved him, he hardly knew how to ask f j ber to be his wife. He was not going to aj :ell Tier that she had handed him the w wrong note, and that he had thus dis- m jovered she loved him. No, indee^. n) Ele would never lisp a syllable of her y( 'ortunate miBtake. These tlionghts ran a( ;hrough his brain as he sat near Kate, ?] md talked with her absently. The first a! Lull that came in the conversation he it iook advantage of, saying : d, "Miss Reid, is it rude to ask when pou last heard from Winslow?" 0j "I have not he.ird from him for over a tr weex," she answered, the color coming m into her cheeks now. A short silence followed. Then Kaslon said bravely,? " "You are going to marry him next fi; : * O" r.1 jpriug, wo i ; "I shall never marry him," answered ate. They were not a sentimental boy and irl, but the rest of the iete-a-tete I do it propose to chronicle, on account of a incoherency. However, it resulted i satisfaction for them, and bewilderent for Mrs. Keid, and (subsequently) >r the gossips of Shatemuc City. As ir Winslow, he took it philosophically id married another young lady last .11. It is something of a problem in iy mind whether or no Kate Kasson ill ever confess her stratagem to her nsband, or whether he will confess to er that by mistake (?) he saw the letir she wrote to her friend, Miss Shepjrd. So far, neither has hinted a word : their respective secrets, it is my oeef they never will.?Golden Rule. Cagots of the Pyrenees. From time to time mention is made of peculiar tribe or group of persons illed Cagots, in the. French provinces Ijacent to the mountain range of the yrenees; and of other groups on the panish side of the same range, known Y other names, but marked by similar laracteristics. These unfortunate perms have for ages been ostracised, lunned, treated as outcasts by their jighbors, placed under legal and social isabilities alike degrading and insulting, ecent investigations have laid bare for le first time tbe nature and origin of lis singular state of society. All authorities agree that in bygone jes these Cagots were uniformly reirded as beings to be despised, avoided, LBtrusted, kept at a distance. The [habitants of neighboring towns and JlageL treated them as diseased and [Orally offensive beings to be uniformly lunned. If they dwelt in towns they ere confined to a special faubourg, hich the other inhabitants seldom or 2ver entered; and when they emerged om these limits, they were obliged to ear a small bit of red cloth attached to ime conspicuous part of their apparel, i a sort ol signal tor snunmng. In the country districts they mostly [habited poor, wretched hovels, freaently grouped under the walls of a lateau or abbey, and separated from le villages by a water-course or a licket. A small door was set apart for lem to enter the churches, behind a arrier which separated them from the ,?st of the congregation. Holy water, icharistio elements, religious procesons?all were either denied to them, r granted under a kind of ban. After sath the bodies of these Pyrenean outists were interred without solemnity in particular graveyard, or in one seuded corner of the general cemetery. In all the relations of life these derivations made themselves apparent, arish registers and legal documents, isplayed the word "Cagot" as a disiraging epithet hurled at these unformate people. They were excluded om all honors and public functions; id the employments permitted to them ere pretty nearly confined to those of le gravedigger, sawyer, wood-cutter id coffin-maker. They could own no ve-stock beyond one fowl and one beast : burden; and even these oould not be istured on the common land. They could neither work nor play ith their neighbors. In a court of istice their testimony was not admitted ive in default of other witnesses; and le testimony of four or five Cagots was iquired to weigh equally with that of ie ordinary person. They could only termarry among themselves, union ith them being regarded as dishonoring ' others. They were constantly subject i shouts, cries, taunts, sneers and inilting epithets; and if a quarrel and uffle ensued in consequence, the luckss Oagot generally got the worst of it. ow life could be endurable under such mditions eeems a marvel. Until tlie time of the French revoluon, governments and legislatures did jry little" for the protection of the poor agots. Matters are improved now; and te prejudice is gradually dying out rerywhere, although very slowly in the smote villages. A Slight Punishment for Murder. A brutal murder in the French army as visited with slight punishment in renoble. The trumpeter of theninetyxth regiment of infantry was much ;tigued on a march. He fell behind to sst, together with a few others. Adjust Eugene Franconville seeing the umpeter on the ground, asked if he as drunk. " No, he is tired," was the >ply. The adjutant violently kicked le prostrate man, who arose, saying, You have the right to punish me, but 3t to touch me." " You coward ; yon sum of the earth, I have the right to iake you march," replied the adjutant. Very well, punish me if you like, but y not touch me, or you will be the 1 orse for it." " You dare to threaten me, )U beast?" and the Adjutant furiously sized the trumpeter by the collar, listed him round, kicked him violently, id slung him to the ground.. The asliled man arose and drew his sword, it stood stall, with the weapon hanging )wn, and made no menacing gesture, he officer withdrew a few steps, drew a rord, and ran him through the body, lling him instantly. Witnesses testiid to the murdered man's passivity in e affair, to his previous good conduct, id to his general amiability of characr. The government commissioner ged that the officer had forgotten his lty and his diguity, aud that the trumiter, after receiving the blows from his iperior, had the right, according to sage in the French army, to return lem. The court-martial, however, deded that the prisoner had killed uniuntionally, and condemned him to only x months oi imprisonment. ? M A Rabbit Plague. A plague of rabbits is upon some porons of the Australian colonies, armers shoot, trap and poison them, id legislatures have tried in vain to d the country of the evil. Poison is le most convenient and expeditious ?ent yet employed, but it can be used aly in winter, when green food is jarce. A man on horseback then takes quantity of oats that have been treut1 with strychnine, and scatters them irough the fields and in the woods, i a single night hundreds of rabbits ive thus been destroyed. An ordinary ap is used in summer, great numbers eing set every night, aud a man is emloyed to watch them, and to reset one henever a rabbit is caagut. The aval's skins are all removed and packed ito bal?s for transport to England, here they sell for two-pence or three3D?e per pound. Experiments, it is lid, have shown that the flesh of rabifo Ktt afrtr/>lir?inA in r?nf. in. 1VQ UV4 *JJ WViJVUM??v ? v- ? tred by the poison, and it is freely iten in Australia by the farmers. The ipply, however, is so great that many ead rabbits are left to lie on the round, where the crowB and wild cats ad and make way with them in great ambers. i A Bird of Cunning Uses. There is a curious bird in India known i the "glow-worm bird," from its ubit of gathering luminous insects, as >me suppose for the purpose of Iightig its nests. Sir William Jones ensavors to account for the presence of le glow-worms in the nest by the suposition that the bird places them there >r the purpose of lunching upon them t a convenient opportunity. He, howrer, grants to the little feathered " Inian" various qualities which are, if ay thing, more wonderful than the Dove. He says that it is easily tamed, id may be taugat to fetch and carry ke a dog. Drop a ring into a well, and ! ie bird will upon a given signal, dort I 'ter it, seize it before is reaches the I ater, and bear it with exultation to its j aster. It can also be taught to carry I ates from one house to another. The 1 )ung Hindoo women at Benares wear, j Rir William, verv thin ' ? t lates of gold between tbeir eyebrows; ad when they pass through the streets, is not uncommon for their lovers, who nuse themselves with training these irds, to send thorn to pluck the pieces i gold from the forehead of their misesses, and bring them in triumph to ischievous swains. A man never really knows the exact power of the press" till he sticks his gers in the thing and leaves the end ' them there to remember him by. FOE THE YOUNG PEOPLE. t The Hornet'* Nest. " When I waB young," said Cousin Tom, "At the old house that I came from A honeysuckle used to grow, That clambered round the portico. How sweetly, I remember well, Its yellow blossoms used to smell; And how, one summer, in its shado, rheir great, gray nest the hornetB made. ' Around the room they buzzing flew, Ind wandered all the garden through, And always kjpew precisely where Grew sweetest plum and choicest pear. With their dull drone and oruel stings, They seemed such idle, spiteful things, To drive them off, I said, one day, ' I'll tear their ugly nest away!' ' No, Tom,' my mother said ; 'no, no! You must not think of doing so ; You foolish boy !'t is never best To meddle with a hornet's nest' " Her good advice away was thrown ; The moment that I was alone I climbed, and hold of it I caught a ?1 -*-1 10 pun 11 down ; wubij, ijuictt no wuujui, Out flew the hornets, great and small, And full of fury, one and all; About my neck and face they clung, Nose, eyelids, earn and mouth they stung; I tried to beat them off in vain, And shrieked, aloud with fright and pain. The startled household hurried out? ' What could the outory be about?' My burning, smarting hands they swathed With linen cloths, afld gently bnthed My swollen face and throbbing head, And laid me tenderly in bed ; And then my mother talked with me? 1 You've been a naughty boy,' Baid Bhe ; 'I told you that it was not best To meddle with a hornets nest. " 'But all your pain to good will turn, If you will now a lesson learn, And keep it, when you older grow | Wherever you may chauco to go? j To aid the wronged, to help the weak, One ehould'not be afraid to speak ; But every wise and prudent man ! Keeps out of quarrels if he can ; ' For in thin world't is never best 1 To moddle with a hornet's nest.'" 1 ?Marian Douglass, in St, NichoUu. j I Dab Klnzer and the Ponleo, j " Miranda," said Mrs. Kinzer, a well* * to-do widow of Long Island, to he* married daughter, on the morning of the day she was to give a grand party, f " all the invitations are sent now, and t we must get rid of Dabney and the boys j for a few hours." \ Dabney was her son, a lank boy of ] fourteen years old, and the other boys ( were his friends Frank Harley and Ford j Foster, with the latter's cousins Joe i and Fuz Hart. \ " Send 'em for some greens to rig the j parlor with," suggested Ham, Mrs. , Kinzer'e son-in-law. "Let 'em take ; the ponies." " Do you think the ponies are safe to drive just now?" " Oh, Dab can handle 'em. They're ? a trifle skittish, that's alL They need , a little exercise." So they did, but it was to be doubted if the best way to secure it for them j was to send them out in a light, two- i seated wagon, with a load of five lively ( boys. " Now, don't you let one of them other boya touch the reins," said Mrs. Kinzor. i Dab's promise to that effect was a j hard one to keep, for Joe and Fuz al- j most tried to take the reins away from him before they had driven two miles from the house. He was firm, however, ; and they managed to reach the strip of woodland, some five miles inland, where they were to gather their load, without ; any disaster ; but it was evident to Dab < all"the way, that his ponies were in un- ( usually " high" condition. IZj took ] them out of the wagon while the rest j began to gather their very liberal har- i vest of evergreens, and did not bring ] them near it again until all were ready i for the start homeward. " Now, boys," he said, "you get in. i Joe and Ford and Fuz on the back seat 1 to hold the greens. Frank, get up there, 1 forward, while I hitch the ponies. These fellows are full of mischief." ] Very full, cortainly, nor did Dab Kin- i zerknow exactly what the matter was, j for a minute or so after he seized the j reins and sprang up beside Frank Har- i ley. Then, indeed, as the ponies reared 1 and kicked and plunged, it Beemed to < him he saw something work out from under their collars and fall to the ground. An acorn burr is just the thing to worry a restive horse, if putin such a ' place, but Joe and Fuz had hardly ex- ! pected their " little joke" would be so very successful as it was. ' The ponies were off now. " Joe," shouted Fuz, " let's jump !" < "Don't let 'em, Ford," exclaimed i Dab, giving his whole energies to the 1 horses. "They'll break their necks if t they do. Hold 'em in I" 1 Ford, who was in the middle, promptly i seized an arm of each of his panicstricken cousins, while Frank clambered j over the scat to help him. They were j all down on the bottom now, serving as ( a weight to hold the branches, as the ( light wagon bounced and rattled .along 1 over the level rood. t In vain Dab pulled and pulled at the j ponies. Bun they did, and all he could do was to keep them fairly in the road. Bracing strongly back, with the reins | wound around his tough hands, and with . a look in his face that should have given courage even to the Hart boys, Dab ! strained at his task as bravely aa he had stood at the tiller of the " Swallow " in j the storm. No such thing as stopping i them. And now, as they whirled along, even Dab's face paled a little. * " I must reach the bridge befjre ho ' does. He's just stupid enough to keep 1 right on." 1 And it was very stupid indeed for the ? driver of that one-horse " truck wagon " 1 to try and reach the narrow little un- 1 railed bridge first. It was an old, used- ! up sort of a bridge, at best. 1 Dab loosened the reins a little, but could not use the whip. f " Why can't he stop 1'" 1 It was a moment of breathless anxiety, < but the wagoner kept stolidly on. There 1 would be barely room to pass him on 1 the road itself; none at all on the nar- i row bridge. I me ponies am it. xney Beemea to put on an extra touch of Bpeed, on their own account, just then. There was a rattle, a faint crash, and then, as the wheels of the two vehicles almost grazed one another in passing, Ford shouted : " The bridge is down I" Such a narrow escape I One of the rotten' girders, never half strong enough, had given way under the sudden shock of the hind wheels, and that truck wagon would have to find its path across the brook as best it could. There were more wagons to pass as \ they plunged forward, and rough places j in the road for Dabney to look out for, but even Joe and Fuz wore now getting confidence in their driver. Before, long, too, the ponies themselves began to feel 1 ttiat they had had nearly enough of it. Then it was that Dab used his whip again, and the streets of the village were traversed at such a rate as to call for the disapprobation of all sober-minded people.?St. Nicholas. Frnnjripnnl .Scent und Puddloiin. "T.of.'n hf???in with fclifl rmddincR. and i make sure of them," as a little boy once ' remarked. Well, then, in former times, < frangipani puddings were of broken < bread, and their queer name is made ] from two words,?frangi, meaning "to ] break," and panus, " bread but, aft<r 1 some time, these puddings were made 11 with poptry-crust and contained cream !1 and almonds. j i F/angipani scent, however, was named \ i after a great marquis who ilrst made it, j getting it from the jasmine plant. And : the marquis got his name from an an- i ceator whose duty it has been to break 1 the*holy bread or wafer in one of the i church services, and who on that nc- : count was called "Frangipani," or i " Breaker of Bread." Now, this way of explaining how words come to be formed, sounds well enough, no doubt. But how are we to , i know, in this case, that the marquis ' didn't invent the pudding as well ns the j 1 so.nt ???SV. Nicholas. ' i 'ARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOL] lle<h Hint*. Condiments.?The most importa ondiments are salt, pepper and mu ard; of these salt alone is a necessa >f life; a sufficient quantity does n sxist in our food to supply the wants he body. The young should avoid i ligh seasoning; their digestion is go ind they do not. need stimulants. Onions in Sickness.?Onions are at ul in sickness. Cover two quarts vhite onions with soft water; stew the o a jelly, strain through a oloth or fl. lieve; weigh the liquid and add jqual weight of dark brown sugar?t sommoner the better?simmer all I jether until it is of the consistency ;reacle. Dose, a tablespoonful thr iimes a day. If it oauses no pain, mc ihould be taken. The Finger Nails.?To whiten t Inger nails take two dramB of dilu mlphurio acid, one dram of tinctu )f myrrh, four ounces of spring wat< ind mix them in a bottle. After was ng the hands, dip the fingers in a litl )f the mixture, and it will give a de jate appearance to the hand. Rio Evitb. pearls in them, and such as ha stones set with foils to color th< should always be removed from t ingers when the hands are washed. Anti-Croup Contrivance.?To mol srs whose children have the crou First get a pieoe of chamois skin, ma it like a little bib, cut the neck and s< 3n tapes to tie it on; then meittogeth some tallow and pine tar; rub some ;his in the chamois, and let the chi wear it all the time. My baby had t ;roup whenever she took cold, and sib I put on tha chamois I have had nore trouble. Renew with the I occasionally. To Sweeten* the Breath and Clean phe Teeth.?Always clean the teeth light, just before retiring. Scrub t teeth with a hard brush, URing little, inv nnftn* nnrinlrla on ft verv little D1 J} f > -J,"-?? " f A. verized borax; until the gums ? aardened and become accustomed the use of borax, rinse the mouth oft with borax water; it prevents it frc becoming sore or tender. If artiflc teeth are worn, cleanse them thoroug iy with borax, and when convenient, ' ;hem remain in borax water all nig] it will purify them and help to sweet the breath. New Stock lor Peara. Having a group of pyrus japon: jeedlings which I noticed to be unm illy fruitful, some five or six years a{ [ have kept the stock since that time i ;he purpose of raising seedlings ] aedge plants. The habit and vigor growth of these plants suggested t idea of using them as stocks for buddi with the pear. I reasoned as follov This pyrus japonica is quite as nea: illied to the common pear as is t quince ; indeed, it is rather classed pyrus than cydonia. It is a more har variety than the quince, being never jured in root or branch by the wint It is vigorous and adapts^itielf to a gr< variety of seil, and is in this respi quite in contrast with the quince sto< Lastly, it will be likely to dwarf I pear, and induce fruitfulness quite much as does the quince. Reasoni thus, I made trial upon a few stoc during the last summer, which w< planted with no reference to this pi pose. The result was that the bt "took"with great readiness, and now have young pears with luxuru growtn upon tms shock. my parci and I are so well pleased with the 1 pearance and promise of this stock tl we havo planted out our whole crop last year's seedlings?about 15,000? the purpose of budding this ye We find the habit of growth of the se< lings to be clean and upright, quite contrast with the plants usually pro] gated by root cuttings. The avera height of the plants in the seed-bed \ first season was a foot and a half, though many attained to a height early three feet, and would have tai a bud the first year from seed. Pos bly this particular variety and its i 3cendants may be more vigorous tl the common type. However this n: be, it is clear that such seedlings v "work "well. To my mind the pr< pect is decidedly encouraging that an ind valuable stock for dwarfing the p< is here promised. But I am fully awi that the experiment is not yet tested \ conclusion. Yet it can be but a qu ion of comparatively short time bef< iefinite results will bo obtained. Koclpea. Baked Sour Apples.?Place them i pan; pour in a teacupful of water a jne of sugar; bake them slowly till doi Eat them with cream and the juice wh: jooks from them. Corn Bread.?Two cups of sour mi me-half cup molasses, two cups of ci ileal, one and one-half cops of wh lour, small tablespoon of soda, d solved in soar milk ; salt; steam thj lours. To be eaten hot. Slice a jteam -when you want to warm it up. Baked Sweet Apples.?Place th< n a pan with a very little water, that 1 nice may not burn, if they are to looked in a brick oven; then put 1 ipples in a jar, cover them close a sake them five or six hours, Sw( ipples should be baked long after tL ire tender. Vegetable Soup.?One and a h sounds beef to three quarts and a p )f water, one-half cup rice or barl< jeason with Bait and pepper; put ii Dot and boil steadily for two hours; th idd parsley, one onion, two potato )ne carrot and tomato, if you have it; ;he water boils down you can add m( aot water. To Pit* Steak.?First pound yc jteak thoroughly, heat your frying p iot, put in a small piece of butter, a ivhen nicely -warm put in your stei jprinkle over salt and pepper. Now rare and have a good fire and hot fryi pan; -when nicely brown dish up 01 warm platter, spread over a little but' ind set in the oven a minute or two. s next to broiled steak. Butter Crackers.?Bub three tab ipoonfuls of butter into one quart lour, add one saltspoonful of salt, t jups of sweet milk, and one-half ti spoonful of soda, dissolved in hot wat kaead well for half an hour, then r nto an even sheet, a quarter of an in ;hick or less; cut with a wineglass, pri with a fork, and bake hard in a moderi )ven; hang them up in a muslin bag :he kitchen two or three days to dry. Old Fashioned Baked Indian Pi 3ino.?(Made, as it should be withe 3ggs.)?Take a large cup of meal ant ;ea-cupful of molasses and beat th well together; then aid to them a qu jf boiling milk, some salt and a sm piece of butter; let it stand awhile in 1 iish you are going to bake it in until :hickj^ib, and when you put it into 1 )ven pour over it from half to a p jf milk, bnt do not stir it in, as tl nakes a jelly. Bake two or three hou Miss Osborne's Restored Scalp. The Now Haven Palladium sa.i "Miss Lucy A. OBborne, of New M ford, whose scalp, right ear, and part the right cheek wore torn off in Septe ber, 1874, by machinery in which 1 hair caught, and who has since been \ New xork hospital, is now at noc A. new scalp ban grown npon her lie by the grafting thereon of minute t Df skin. The pieces were contribnl from the arms of the? hospital snrgeo: Ihe total number of pi^es used in t operation is 12,000. One of the surgec jontributed from his person 1,2 picces, and another gave 865. The i pearance of the scalp now is similar that of a healed wound. Of cour there can be no growth of hair theref The eyes still present a slightly dra ippearance. The wounds of tho chc and ear have been neatly dressed, t former leaving scarcely a scar. In t first of the grafting process bits of si the size of nickel pieces were employ* but not with good success, and at 1 suggestion of an English surge much smaller pieces wero substitute find with excellent results. Miss ( borne is now twenty-two years old." Sparrows in search of building ma rial will, we are told, tear up door ma Fes, and if they keep on, by next spri they will be pulling our front don- be ad asking for our stair cnrpetB. NEWS SUMMARY, j Baitem and Middle States i The Massachusetts Democrats who adls* Jonrned from the recent convention at Worry oester to meet at Faneuil Hall, Boston, assem- < ot bled at that place?1,264 delegates being I 0f present. The ticket nominated reads: For 1 ,11 governor, Josiah G. Abbott : lientenant*il TCJIli.m T? UlnnWf. nt state, H. C. Dewing; auditor, John E. , Fitzgerald ; attorney-general, Richjird Olney ; , J0_ treasurer, D. N. Skillinga. The platform , adopted arraigns the Republican parry for bus01 taining an alleged fraudulent President, and ; for issuing paper money iu opposition to the ne constitution; declares that strident laws an should be passed regulating the issue of money, 1 and insists that currency of oil kinds should 1 " be paid on demand in coin, and bhould be re'?* ceived for duties at the face valun of the notes. 1 of Tho poll tax as a requisite of voting is deee nounced, and universal suffrage is demanded. ire It is insisted that tho State debt must not be increased ; that expenses must bo decreased, and that the State's faith must be preserved he intact. Monopolies and the trustee process aro denounced, and the rights of the laboring [re man are declared to be the peculiar care of the Democratic party. The platform adopted and candidates nominated are declared to be the lb- only platform and candidates representing the ! tie Democratic party in Massachusetts. li- The annual rifle match for the international gg trophy was Bhot at Creedmoor, and aB the ve American team was the only one entered their ( success was assured. Mr. J. S. Sumner made 'm the wonderful Bcore of 221 points or,t of a pos- f "0 Bible 225. Tbia is the highest score ever made on any rifle range. ; The New York Democratic State convention | met at Syracuse, and held a two days' session, i On the first day thero was a bitter struggle for I 66 recognition between contesting delegations ] 3W from New York and Kings counties. The two i ier delegations from New York county represented of Tammany and Anti-Tammany, and tat former in were admitted after a fierce and protracted de} bate. On the second day George B. Bradley 116 was nominated for judge of the court of apiCe peals, and a platform adopted which claims no " gold and silvgr and paper convertible into ;ar ooin at the will of the holder, the only currency of the countryapproves of " 9teady steps toward specie payments, and the honest 'SE payment of*the public debtcharges that at the Republican parly " put'a defeated candi- j l I date in the chair of Washington," and indorses ; | the administration of Governor Bobiison. , , The New York Republican State convention I J1" i was held at Saratoga on the second diy of the i tre j Democratic convention at Syracuse. Senator to I Conkling was elected chairman, an < mado a an long address. George F. Danforth was selected )m as tne party's candidate for judge of the court . , at appeals, and the platform adopted favors V" ^the payment of the public debt, and the re;n demption of the pubho promises according to let 1 the letter and spirit of the engagement," calls -jfc. j for hard maney, specie resumption, economy ' I in public expenses, and an elevated civil sereu I vice, and declares that the action of the Elooj toral commission should be declared as final by : men of all parties. ica By the giving way of a scaffolding on the _ East Side Elevated railroad, in New York, three workmen were thrown to the ground, J?? a distance of about forty feet, and one man u r waB killed, while the other two were severely for njured. of ! The steamer Adelphi, which runs between j ilie j South Norwalk, Conn., and New York city, j __ ! exploded her toiler while nfear Gregory's Point. | ? The force of the explosion shook the steamer j from bow to stern, and tore away a iargo seoriy tion of the boiler. * A space of about fifty ,he feet long by twenty-fivo feet wide waB ripped | a8 ont of the port side of the boat, and the i j saloon deck above the boiler was hurled over- j .J board, carrying along such of the passengers j in" as were occupying the seats and sofas. Imsr. mediately after the explosion the air was filled | sat j with flying fragments of wood, followed by a j gc? | hissing cloud of escaping steam, and then the ,1^ screams of the affrighted passengers, upon J"* j whom the disaster came with appalling sudIhe j denness. The people on board ran hither and as i thither in their fright, some of the women Qg 1 making a frantio rush for the windows, while kg i many put on the life-preservers, in anticipa' : tion of a struggle for life in the water. One 3 j passenger gives his experience as follows: iir- I "The first I knew that anything had occurred ids | was a hissing noise as though the steam was v?q | escaping somewhere. There was at at the moinj | ment no concussion or report, such as usually i follows the bursting of a boiler. Before I had ier j time to speak or think timbers were flying in lp- ; every direction. A hnge piece of timber flew lat : past mo and cut off the skirt of my coat as 0f i clean as a tailor could have dono it. I was f0_ so excited that I did not notice it until I got ashore. The timbers all appeared to come from the starboard side of the boat, and some 2d- bodies went rushing through the air with in them, landing in the water at distances of from pa_ twenty to fifty feet. An instant later the boat ? forged ahead, and the victims were left strug? gling in the water. Oa board it was like a mad;ne house, the woman screaming and fainting, tho al- men rushing to and fro, stamping upon each of ether, hurrying pell-mell, some where, anywhere. :en Some shouted. Nobody knew what he did or J any reason wLy ne was doing ft, and I was just . as insane as the jest It would have been abJe surd if it had not been so terrible. Howl ong it ian was before the boat was pulled up at Gregory's iay Point or what anybody did in the meantime I cannot say. The captain waB tolerably cool, and somehow his orders were obeyed. A con58~ siderable part of the main deck was gone, and there was a big hole in the port side. After 3ar getting ashore the people began to recover ue tbeir w't8 and to inquire who was hurt, lost, f0 killed or missing. I saw several bodies brought I ashore before I left, and there must be not less es* than fifty persons wounded." Twelve persons 3re were killed and twenty-one injured, soveral ; fatally. j As a funeral procession was crossing Atlantio i j avenue, Brooklyn, a locomotive came thunderin ing along and ran into one of the carriages nd breaking it to fragments and hurling the oc10< cupants into the street. Tho driver <tf the :cu carriage, Mary E. Redmond, aged sixteen, and Thomas Callahan, aced twelve, were killed, I and four other persons in the vehicle were in- | lk, ! jnred. >m The Dime savings bauk, of Hartford, Conn., has been enjoined by the bank commissioner from the further prosecution of business. Major August Rnllman, who fought under :oj Napoleon L, died at Newark, N. J., the other day, aged ninety-seven years. He had been with the first Bonaparte in the terrible march ->m from Moscow and in numerous battles, ending X ! at Waterloo, and was decorated with the cross 'U? | of the Legion of Honor. k? J The trustees of the suspended Temtonia savin? j ings bank, of New York, have been held for ! nd | trial, for embezzlement of the institution's )et j funds. ley I George Bancroft, the historian, was thrown from his carriage while out riding at Newport, j B. I., and severely injured. . j | The New York city grand jury has made U" J a presentment, declaring the Metropolitan j 3y, | Elevated railroad a nuisance and an invasion | 1 a | ?f private rights, and asserting that many of [6n | the annoyances caused by the road could and I I should be removed. 68, I if ; Western and Southern States. )re | Highwaymen seem to be having thingB their : own way in portions of the West. The other >nr ! day a stage coach containiag the United States i mail, and protected by an escort of two soldiers, ,a? ! was attacked near Fort Fetterman, Wyoming, nd I The robbers surprised the military escort, took ik; | away their horses and arms, thoroughly ran- j be i sacked the mail-bags and robbed the passen- j ng ! ?era* , ? j The treasure coach of the Cheyenne and [ . | Black Hills stage line, on its way from Dead_ i wood, waa stopped by five armed men, who At [ killed one passenger, wounded two meHsengers, , | and robbed the stage of treasure amounting to j i j nearly $30,000. Two of the robbora were ; " j wounded during the fight. j Somebody in Boston has seut $1,500 to the ' wo | secrelary of the treasury, to be placed to the j ea- | credit of the conscience fund. 6r; | The Nebraska Democrats have nominated a j Oil j tiCKCt U6&aca uy dUUli u, Ciunu ivi ouptmo tch ! c?nrt jadgo. Three of the nominees are on j jcjj i the ticket of the Greenback party, jig | During an encounter between Cheyenne ! . Indians and United States troops, sixty miles ! 111 ! north of Fort Wallace, Kansas, Lieutenant- j } Colonel Lewis was killed, and two men wound- i Uj. j ed. The hostiles were defeated. )Ut , A destructive fire in Easton, Md., destroyed ' I . '?n entiro block of valuable buildings, entailirg j f | loss estimatod at from -75,000 to $100,000 ; em j partly covered by insurance. | Two officers attompted to arrest a tramp All i near Akron, Ohio, on suspicion of being con;he | cerned in a robbery, wheu they were set upon , it by a gang of thirty tramps and had to fke for their lives. Thereupon a militia company was . ! called out, and arrested eighteen of the f1?" j tramps, the rest escaping. tilS rs. j From Washington. The congressional committee appointed to ! j examin* into the advisability of transferring : | the Indian bureau to the war department, met : -s . in St. .Louis and proceeded to take testimony , [il* upon the subject under consideration. 0f i Hon. Ellis Spear, commissioner of patents, ' m | has resigned. j The first cabinet meeting held in some time I ? ; took place a few days ago. A largo amount of ! j business that had accumulated was discussed, j ae* . Professor Riley, entomologist of the agricul- j tural department, has been investigating the \ lits ravages made by the cotton worm in the cotted ton-bearing States for two months past, and j _ reports that he believes the damage from this j j~." sourco to the crop of tbis year will be slight. | | About 100,000 pounds of new type have been | i purchased bv the puDuo printer, ai a coat ui i 102 j $60,000. *P* | The Chinese embassay to the Unitod States > to i ?the second that has ever visited this country ge j ?was formally received at the White House by I m' i the President and cabinet. The Chinese minis- j ' : ter read an address in his native tongue, after wj* which ho presented his credentials. The ;ek President replied to the minister's address and :he ' then a goneral handshaking and presentation }ie J of the members of the cabinet to the embassy 1 ?jn ! followed. The public debt wan decreased .*3 10fi.5?4 ' ; during September. Since June 30, 1878, the , ? I decrease is ?9,878.345.84. Cash inthe tr< usury, on i October 1, $285,342.24!) 45. Total deb?, less id, ' caah in the treasury, $2,025,908,485.98. )s- | The pavmonts ma'le from the treasury by I i warrants "during September were as follows : j | On account of civil and miscellaneous, 54.514,- j i- j 173.2G ; on account of war. $2,773,118.36 ; on " I account of navy, ?1,117,278.03 ; on account of t8. Interior (Indians and pensions), 65,576,859.19; ng j total, J513,981,428.84. lis The total amount of coinage executed at the I United F.tates mints during September was f > {,129,650 pieces, valued at 18,333,500. Of this imomnt 365,650 pieces, valued at 95,576,500, were in gold, ana 2,764,000 pieces in standard lilver dollars. Foreign News. A Switzerland dispatch says that three canes ot gunpowder used for blasting in the St Go ' * ? 1-- 1L. btiara tunnei expioaea, cauuuiy wo ucaiu v. tec workmen and severely injuring severaL After the strictest investigation into the ijasea of Hoedel and Nobiling, would-be assassins of the Oerman emperor, no trace of a conspiracy could be discovered. The "Spanish minister of the colonies is in Paris endeavoring to oomplete arrangements for the purpose of reducing the floating debt of Cuba to $80,000,000. A number of insurgent Bosnians towns have surrendered to the Austrians. During a speech in Toronto Lord Dufferin Btated that he had proposed to Governor Rob- i inson that the governments of New York and Canada combine, to acquire sufficient property about Niagara Falls to form an international park, and that his proposition had been favorably received. Dr. August H. Petermann, the eminent German geographor, is dead at the age of fifty-six. The international peace congress, in session at Paris, passed resolutions recommending the settlement of disputes between nations by arbitration, and declaring war to be brigandage. _ British troops have sailed from England for India, to cane part in tne campaign against me Ameer of Afghanistan." * The acting United States consul-general at Port-au-Prince, Hayti, reports the recent occurrence of a destructive cyclone, which aroso within the limits of the Caribbean sea, lasting two days and spending its force upon the entire south coast of the island, while the section north of Port-au-Prince was exempt At Jacmel the loss of property was great At Aux Cayes, Canaillon and at Acquim the loss of life and property was appalling. At the former place hundreds of houses were unroofed and others were destroyed, while the last-named places were almost entirely obliterated. Two Amorican schooners?the Halley 0. Eunker, of Ellsworth, Me., and the Wardwell. of New York?were completely wrecked. The crews were saved, and have been provided for by the acting consul-general as shipwrecked ana distressed seamen. The Yellow Fever Mconrce. On the twenty-fifth death continmed to hold its own with fearful tenacity in Memphis, tho only cheering sign noticed being the increasing number of convalescents seen upon the streets. The following address was issued by the people of Memphis : "To the people of tbo United States and the world at large: Your generous contributions for the relief of sufferers by yellow fever in Memphis, especially within the past few days, ana with what we are advised is on the way to ub, places us beyond the reach of immediate or probable want in the future. We have enough not only for our own needs, but to enable us to assist the suffering poople of four country and of villages of this and adjoining States. With hearts overflowing with gratitude for your aid and sympathy, and prayers for jour welfare, we are your grateful servants." Yicksburg and Ore nada showed marked improvement, and in New Orleans there was also a gratifying decrease in the number of deaths and of new cases A New Orleans dispatch of the twentyseventh says : "There are now 8,500 corpses within the city, most of them covered with bat six inches of loose clod, the rest interred above ground in the oven - like vaults of brick, throngh the crevices and pores of which noxious gases of putrefaction escape and poison the air. Two of the cemeteries are in the very heart of the city. Residents in their immediate neighborhood complain of the Btench at night, and it is a notable fact that the fever in the vicinity is of the most malignant type. Visible signs of the epidemic are now on the street, and it seems as if nearly every woman in the city is in mourning. To-day's fever reports show fifty-one deaths and 122 new cases, with fifty-five cases reported of older origin. Total deaths to date, 2,703 ; totalcasos, 8,462.' In Memphis it was growing warm again and the fever continued to spread. Scarcely an hour passed but that some well-known citizen was roported taken down. At Vickabnrg the fever was again on the increase, owing to the refugees returning to the city from the surrounding country, where the disease was general Up to the twenty-seventh, the deaths from yellow fever in the infected districts were as follow* : New Orleans 2,825 Hernando, Miss... 8 Baton Rouge, La.. 55 Bay St. Louis 22 Plaqnemine, La .. 65 Biloxi, Miss 8 Pattersonville, La. 33 Ooean Springs, M.. 20 Morgan City, La.. 30 Terry, Miss 12 Lafadieville, La.. 30 Refuge, Miss 15 Port Eads, La 12 Qreenville, Mies. ..300 Delhi, La 23 Lake, Miss 48 Terre Bonne, La.. 20 Hickman, Ky 95 Memphis, Tenn. ..2,648 Louisville, Ky 36 Chattanooga, T... 31 Gallipolis, Ohio.... 18 Brownsvillo, Tenn. 66 Cincinnati, Ohio.. 13 Grand Junction, T. 45 St Louis, Mo 10 Grenada, Miss ... 274 Cario,111 6 Holly Springs,Miss 133 Mobile 7 Vioksburg, Miss.., 799 Key West 5 Canton, Misa 99 Port Gibson, Miss. 114 Total 7,925 A New Orleans dispatch of the thirtieth gives an acoount of & fever outbreak and panic on a train, as follows: ''The train which arrived from Biloxi last night was crowded with refugees from the watering places on the way. When it got to Rigolets the discovery was made that the fever had broken out on the train, and before New Orleans was reached there were 103 cases on the train. The speed was slackened from Rigolets to this point, so M i _ t ? -i A.on ?? A * ;?> mat lDBieau ui arriviug at o.ov, ?o uuv, u.u not get in until near midnight. The scene beggared discription; men, women and children being stretched out'upon seats, some in delirium and others in an agony of fear." Trains on the Mobile road came in crowded with families from the lake shore watering places, the fever having broken oat all along the line. The Howard Association at Vicksburg, in an appeal issued on the first, says: "The fever is spreading with fearful rapidity through the ountry on farms. From the best information it is safe to say there are 800 cases in the county outsiJe of the city. A large percentage of these are bad cases, and many deaths have occurred, though the disease was unknown outside of the city ten days ago. Yesterday, six death 8 occurred in Bovina, a village of not more than seventy-five inhabitants. The fever broke out yesterday at Magnolia Hall, four mileB from this city, where large numbers ol people had taken refage. Persons sojourning tied in dismay when the disease was prouounctd yellow fever. They took refuge in tho lower end of the county, being prevented by a strict quarantine from crossing Big Black river into the adjacent counties. The information to-day is that the fever hae also broken out there. Large numbers of refugees are returning to the city, coming here with the couragc of despair, feeling they can eet doctors, nurses and attention here whioh tbey cannot get in the country. Thedisease seems^nearly to havevrun its course in our city, chiefly for want of material, but the situation in the country is worse every hour.. The cotton remains enpioked in the fields. As an instance of this may be mentioned the fact that Joseph B. Ferguson, a large farmer three miles from this city, usually pressing 200 bales of cotton, says there are seventy-five cases of fever on hie And the adjoining plantations, and he has not more thftn 1,000 pounds of cotton picked. In this condition of affairs merchants are compelled to refuse farther advances of supplies, and many will suffer for the necessities of life. The Howards have now to supply river towns and landings, where the fever has broken out, with doctors, nurses, medicines and provisions, from here to Greenville, over 150 miles. We also supply the wants of the sick in the country and railroad towns." In New Orleans there was an increase in the death-rate, attributable to the recent arrival of refugees from the coast, which would tend to keep up the disease many dayc beyond tho anticipated point of collapse. Words of Wisdom. All things human change. Character is a perfectly, educated will. Shnn bad g?ins, those losses in disguise. Love will not be spurred to what it loathes. Let us search ourselves in the first place and the world afterward. The wise and prudent conquer difficulties by daring to attempt them. Be severe to yourself, indulgent to others and tiius avoid resentment. We find very few people of good sense, except those who are of our own opinion. True eloquence consists in saying all that should be, not all that could be, said. Ho is a truly good man who desireE always to bear the inspection of good men. Perfect valor is to do without witnesses what we would do before all the world. The fame of 'great men ought alWayc to bo estimated by the means used tc acquire it. Slander not others because they have slandered you; bite not a reptile b< c mse you have felt its bite. Last year 308,665 British vessels entered at ports of the United Kingdom, 192,003 being sailiug vessels and the re? _ i -1- .- r.. ? mamner kittfcimtjrM. m pumu ui iuuum^c two-thirds of this total were tinder steam. There entered into British porte from Fi ance 10/J22 vessels ; from Russia, 4,980; from the United States, 4,49P> The extent of the Russian trade with England will surprise ninny. London had 9,253 foreign entered, against 4,181 at Liverpool. . The Suez canal is ninety-two miles in length. It is not broad enough iu Borne places to let two ves-e's pass, and many sidings have been made for this purpose. Vessels measuring 430 feet in length and drawing twenty-five fret nine | inches have passed through. George Lewis, a London lawyer, has such an extensive business that his staff of clerks and employees number 250 and his receipts are 8250,000 a year. A Word of Warning to Connterfeitera. The wide-spread fame of HoBtetter's Stomach Bitters causes a necessity on our part to remind, from time to time, whom it may concern, of the fact that imitating said article is a punishable offense, and we now give this word of caution : that we will most aasurodly have all those persons engaged in refilling our secondhand bottles, seLling by the gallon or barrel, or in any manner whatsoever palming off on the publio a spurious article purporting to be our preparation, punished to the full extent of the i?w. Penalty for counterfeiting or dealing in counterfeit trademark goods, as set forth in a law recently passed by Congress : " Fine not exceeding $1,000, or imprisonment no more than two years, or both such fine and imprisonment." We never fail to convict Notice to Dealers aud Purchasers.? Hostetter's Bitters are never, under any circumstances, sold in bulk, but always in bottles, with a finely engraved U. S. Internal Bevenue (special proprietary) Stamp covering the cork of each bottle, fastened to both sides tf the neck of the same. All Bitters purporting to be Hostetter's withont this stamp are counterfeit. Hostetteb & Smith. Pompeii. . Excavations at Pompeii prove the city to have been one of the most fashionable and beautiful of Roman summer resorts, and but for the eruption it might have remained so to this day. As with Pompeii, so with thousands of people who have beauty of form and feature. They might always be admired but for the eruption, that makes the face unsightly, and betrays the presence of scrofula, virulent blood poison, or geueral del ility. There is but one remedy that positively cures these affeotione, and that rem* edy is Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. It is the best known tonic, alterative and resolvent. It speedily cures pimples, blotches, liver spots and all diseases arising from impoverished if alua atlfftfl hvflr?anb1ll ht"ld I VI 1/lUVUi IV HIUV V>uv? Uj-vj.w.-, ? . regnlatoH the liver and bowels. Sold by dragging. | The Poor Man's Freend.?Doctors' bills are too long for the poor man's pocket, bnt many I of them may be avoided by keeping Grace's 1 Salve in the cupboard. It is the " precious pot of ointment," curing bums, cuts, scalds, wprains, chilblains, chapped hands, Ac. Prudent honpewi'-es will save their husbands' hardearned money bv purchasing a box of this ; salve. J Experience has conclusively shown that for cutaneous eruptions, open sores, leprous ex; foliations and rbeuihatio complaints. Henry's | Carbolic Salve in more efficacious than any ! ointment, lotion or embrocation that has ever been devised. Physicians admit this, and the popular verdict confirms and ratifies the professional dictnm, and assigns this salve the foremost place among remedies of its class, j Sold by all druggists. CHEW The Celebrated ' t 1 'Matchless" Wood Tag Plug Tobaooo. The Pioneer Tobaooo CoMPAirr, New York, Boston, and Chicago. i The Grand Central Hotel, of New York, is | making great inducements for the fail and 1 winter mouths, with all mofiera improvements j and every convenience. Parties can find a pleas) ant home at very moderate prices. Early applij cation should be made. Transient rates re; duced to 12.50 and ?3.00 per day. For upwards of thirty years Mrs. WJLN8LOW8 BOOTHlNG SYRUP has been used for children { with never-failing success. It oorreota acidity i of the stomach, relieves wind colic, regulates I the bowels, cures dysentery and diarrhoea, i whether arising from tt ething or other causes. ! An old and woll-tried remedy. 25 eta. a bottle. da AaaAnfiol f/\ haalth ftnrl , XLiere id uumiug ?u coouuuu* ~ : happiness as pore, rich blood. It prevents ex; hausted vitality, premature decline, nervone j and physical debility, besides untold other l miseries. Parsons' Purgative Pills purify and I enrich tbe blood, and will change the blood in : the entire system in three months. There is nc pain, no matter how severe noi j what the cause, that cannot be partly or wholly ; relieved by Johnson's Anodyne Liniment, used i internally and externally. It is the most pow; erf til remedy known to medical men. If you fail to find Pike's Centennial Salt i Rheum Salve in your city or village, and wiU I send us the address of your best druggiBt, we | will put him in a way to supply you. J. J. Pike & Co., Chelsea, Mass. J A cable dispatch to the Associated Press Bayt that Mason <fc Hamlin have been awarded the j highest gold medal at tbe Paris Exposition foi , their Cabinet Organs. Thirty best makers oi { the world were competitors. To cleanse and whiten the teetn, to sweeten the breath, use Brown's Camphorated Saponaceous Dontifrice. Twenty-five contb a ^ottle j IMPORTANT NOTICE.?Farmer*, Faml | lias and Others can pnrcbMe no Remedy equal to Dr ; TOBIAS' VENETIAN LINIMENT for ths oure o Cholera, Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Cronp. Coiio and 8?a i sickness, taken internally (it is perfectly harmless; s? I oath accompanying each bottle) and externally foi i Ohronlo Rheumatism, Headache, Toothache, Son j Throat, Oats, Barns, Swellings, Braises, Mosaaiti ' Bitee, Old Sores. Pains in Lunbs, Back and Chest The VENETIAN LINIMENT was introdaoed in 1841 and no one who has used it bat continues to do so .man: stating if it was Ten Dollars a bottle they wonld not b< without it. Thousands of Certificates can be seen al 1 the Depot,spealdngof its wonderful curative proper i ties, bold by the Druggist* at 40 eta. Depot 42 j Murray St., New York. j ?I The Markets* hiw *oa*. Of>*? OflV Texai and Cheroke*.. 05 @ (8 | MilchOowa .....80 00 @J0 0J I Hogs?Live..,, 04# 9 CO Dresaoa Sheep 03V? 04 J, | L&mbtt.......... ... O'X# C8> I Oottiii? Icidllm Uplands 10%@ 1' J Flonr?We?tern?Oholce to Fancy.. 4 10 @ fl 75 SUtfr?Fair to Choice 4 30 (* 6 76 ; Wheat? No. 3. Bed .... 1 Q3 @ 1 03 Whiet State 1 1I#? 1 18* Bye-State. 61 9 8^ I Barley-Canada No. 1. 1 40 @ 1 45 ; | Barley Malt ft. 1 16 @ 1 88 I Oata?Mixed Western 26 & 8 y . Pjrn?Mixed Western Ungraded... 43 @ SO Hay.percwt 49 @ 46 j 8traw, per owt Long Bye 3 @ 40 Hops?Oood to Prime New Crop 10 @ 1J I Pork-Extra Family Mesa 13 36 @1] 31 i Lud?City Steam.;06.76@ .06.7 : rim-Mackerel, No. 1, Bay 14 00 @18 00 " ^o.l.Prlnce Edw'dlO 00 @13 00 Dry Cod, per cwt... 8 75 @ 4 CO I | Herring, Scaled, per box 18 @ 18 ' | fttrolenm?Crude.......G8X&0W B<fined, G9J i ; Wot>J?California Spring...... 20 @ 33 Texas " 13 @ 24 I Batter?State 18 @ 35 Western?Choice 17 & 25 1 Western?F air to Prime... 10 0 18 Wostern?Firkins 9 i ! Cheese?3tate Factory.............. 05 @ 0) t State SVimmnd...... 03 @ 03 Western................... 06 a Oi Eggs?KUte and Pennsyivanl 22 @ 23 DorrAto. ! Floor... 6 75 (9 8 36 tWheit?Bed Western (9 <& S9 ' ! nnMi?WiiAd.. 44 41) ' Oata ?i 3 50 | By M 9 88 Barlo?..., 1 05 <S 1 10 | i Barley Malt 1 00 1 OS I j PITTT.ATfV.PITTA, [ i Flour?Pennaylvania Zxtra 4 8) 9 S 00 i ! Wheat?Bod Pennsylvania 1 t8 9 1 04 , ' Bye (8 ft 60 j Oorn?Yellow ? 6J>;? #3 Sail Mixed -61 3 i2 1 Oat>?Mixed 27*3 38 i Petroleum?Crude 07,*<#07J( Bellned....G9J I | Wool?Colorado 20 0 28 i ! Texifl 18 9 80 l i California 20 9 25 OMOB. I Beef Cattle IHNI i C8 & 08i i Bin*; 08X3 08> Hog C0K9 017 Flour?Wiiconaln and Minnesota.. 1 00 0 8 10 Corn?Mixed 84)<3 87 Oats? " 8i 3 80 Wool?Ohio iDd Penniiyhanla XX.. 18 <4 17 California Spring 22 <3 23 WATHSTOW*, Kill. EestOattlft?Poor to Oholoe......... (6> ; Sheep C4X3 nO I. ta.-xiiw ..... C4*? 01 i j ; J ama-XH rrat* daja. TV? ?r? frta ilMorliltd, aM akc* a poaii.<e nnl M %* 30 Z. T|Vit-|y fVom '' * It ?a/k?lika ?a?i? aa4 m?tr feU. X VgrM JHK (AlWaklM, M?ily ?rpU?l I JE4L Pk?MM-piu4??u.X fWSortA. L.L.8UITI I S<U Af'f.paiou?,uu AI|?Uotio?au>(U (i 1,9 liiyjd T*Mpy^^h B8ES3s? | PROF. SCHEM'S Illustrated HI8T0RyTf THE WAR IN THEE AS! or conflict between Russia and Turkey is the lien boo] for lire agents. Has 760 octivo pages. 25 engravings o , j Battle Scenes, Fortresses, Generals, etc., and is tfa , only compieta work pub.Uhed. Hu no rival. Sells a I I light. Price M3.00. Terms unequaled Agent* Wanted [ Ao dress H. S. GOODSPKKD A CO , New York. , MASON & HAMLIN CABINET ORGANS ' J/emomtrated be." b, HIGHKST HONORS AT A LI i WORLD'S EXPOSITION* FOR TWELVE YEARS vil!:at Paris, 1W; VIENNA. 187:!; SaNTIAOO, 1H75 Philadelphia, 187ti; Pahib, 1878: and Grandswedisi Gold Medal, 1878, Only American Organs eve ' ! awarded higbent hoi ors at any sucb. Sold for cash o I installments. Il.LCRTltATK') Catalogues andOirco lars with new stylo* and pices. sent free. MASON J HAMLIN OROAN CO.. Boston. New York.or Ohioago GRACE'S SALVE. JONKSVILLE, Mich., Dec. 27, 1877.?Mom. Foicltt: ; sent you 60 eta. for ttvo boxes of Grace's Salve. I hav 1 ! bad two and have used them on an ulcer on my toot.anc > ) it ia almost well. Respectfully yours, C. J. Van NeSB I Price 25 cents a box at all draggiatc, or sent by mal on receipt of 3.? cents. Prepared by *KTIl \V FOWIjE A" WONS. SO Harrison Ave.,Boston,Mass PENSIONS t ARE PAID evrrysoldlerdlsabled la line of duty, by Accident or otherwlKe. A r*J1 < WOUND of any kind, loss of KIJT- JBf I OER. TOE or EYE. KVPTl'KE, ?<*Tk\ If but sllsht, or Disease of BOtiKTV?Discharge for Wound, Injur- MBfl ! les or Kupture, jives EC LI, Bounty. JBBW Lo?t Horses, Officers' Account* ffiof i ' and alt War Claims nettled. RE1 J EOT ED CLAIMS REOPENED. V Send 23 cents, for a Copy of Act* : KSI ! on PGNAI058, BOOTY ANDfKjVft I LAUD CLAIMS. Send itamp for( H U > Circulars. |Ef W t < wai. r. ccnsiiKOM a co., Wy| 0. 3. CLAIM^AQ'TS ana PATIENT ATTY8,HWi ,.... _ i? Bmowif BBOHOPAL Tbochm. rot aoagtu m4 i^tft gr?ffis3S H UPHAM'S AgSgg^?^u?v^M furwfi zsms.^sz^z^iz: BB MH to A*enta W a day. Sample Oree. " Tbejfae B aanPellght." FBED. J0WE8, Suua.ll. T. H A^Hgznti wanted for an article largely flaed in Mill* |HB| Hand Manufactories. Liberal dfecomrM. .lUmoI** ^BflS tree. CHAMPtow Belt Hook Co.. 96 Liberty flt-.a. ? Something New for Agents BBH wanted In erery Tillage, addreaa Bw T88. MMr Yet a, I |B Bin PAY.-With Stencil OntflU. What eoate 4 Klh eta. iell* rapidly for 50 cU. OaUlofti*/r?. mMI W B.M.8Piotc*B,f 12 Waah'n8t.,Boetoit,Maaa? H H AftP ft A AIO.NTH-A??nU Wanted-36 b?M HH >.<h Mllinx articles in the world; one eample/r??. H yUtfU Addreaa JAY BRONSON, Detroit, fcoh. BBM| |A| Jk y TPn Men for one year, to begin work at ^BH| TTMIl I CU once. Halary lair. Baaineu flrit claas. HBsH |>gg^g>ggg^M01llT01tGLAM \VoaK3,(;iJCII?ATI,Og'0- B AaA DAT to Amenta can?ajetn*for the FlrttMt HRH Si / Vleltor. Terms and Outfit Free, Addreaa 9^^B * P. O. VIOKERY, AtmtfU. Maine ?' jlimjarannrfnaaa ofEn?ine tinder |^H 1'hlWJilnW^^^'ltTMt ruiltloM. Kuiu to oil. L*r|?rijr Dnea by U. o. Gorernment, *?. lYire rtduced. Huntoon OoTernoar Co.. Lawrenoc. Mam. <t>1 /l fn tf>innn invested In Wall St. Stocks make* 3)1 U U u)l (JUL) fortune# erery month. Boot sen f Viv lu yavuw frae explaining eTerrthin*. Address BAXTER k CO.. Bankera, 17 Wall St.,V. H Bl A IIAP 8125 to 8400?factory Prie?s? ^Hj flRUu highesthonors?Msthnsbek'sMih for squares?Hnest uprights irr America?over 11,000 in qh-iritcltrly incorporated1 Mf'g Co.?Pianos wit on trial?18 Mat oatalefus tern, m H| Mendelssohn Piano Co., 31 E. 15th Street, N. Y. $102 $25 selling onr Fine Art Novelties HB Oat&logne k Outfit Free ippUoatioB M IBB J. H. BUFFORD*8 SONS, Mannfaotnrlng Poblisbsrs. 141 to 147 Franklin Street, Boston, Macs. Established near!? fifty years. Now Beady for Canvassers, IB ? n ? j CW/-. ?r Jlialnric Pen aomanur uctium vi ? *??? -/ n Pieiurv. Illustrating the H?roio Sides of Human life. Hfl By Rer. Daniel Wise, D. D. 103 Illustration*. ManlA- m oently printed and bound and retnarkahl* cheap, bold HH| only by subscription. AGENTS WANTEDer?rrwb?r?. H Addrana for terms and Illustrated circular. KELSOS A PHILLIPS. 806 Broader, N. Y. Cheapest Toy Lantern to Beat Stcreoptloon^^J C^Al!oGU^FRMtl^Ot^ITOWAyTTOl^^^^BM Great Needham f THEO. J. HABBA?B,^^B Muaical Marvel. I 809 Filbert St., Philada.,Pa. Dr. CRMGS KIDNEY CUBE The Great Remedy for HH All Kidney Diseases! _R?Jtr by ipteialjptrmlwlon to Re*. Dr.XK. Ranlrin. Washington. U. u.; U. i. nssuw, m. v.. Back* Uo.-Pa.; John L. Ropsr, Esq., Norfolk, V*.; HB Dr. J. H. White. 417 Fourth kit.. New York* Dr. O. A. Deio, Charlotte. N. Y.; Bon. U. R. Parsons, pm* ent Mayor of Rochester, N. Y. A?k jroar drucig; Send for pamphlettOnt addrtu Dr. OHAlOi 4? UNIVElfatf y frkACE. NEW YORK. HH NEW RICH BLOOD! I Parsons' Pnnrotlve Plfl* make Ntw BIA HB Blood, and will oompletely change the blood in- the satire system in three months. Anr person who win take 1 >111 eanhniiht from 1 to 13 weens maybe restored to aound health, iTsnoh * thins be possible. Sold tc*ry"Atr? " 6y JOHNSON a 00.. BR Bangor, Maine. Cures Dyspepsia, Indigestion, H| 8onr Stomach, Sick Headache. HB NTYS TT 40 |H :" Sweet Little Bose of tie Lea." I A PERFECT LITTLE OEM.' 8B The prettiMt song written in many a day. By null, 40 cent*. m ^ tflH T. B. KELLETi HSBH i{3 Lincoln Street, Jeriey City Heighta, 5. J. SHH I H . ' cj8TaEAMS ?F MONEy FM y<OM]>C H rising for the Agea'i foe B^R AAK NH\I\ Roae'a Name Writing ? Dim- HHj V'IMnV ing Attachment for Sewing / \) JMirVl \ Machine*. rhe moat naefai of I V Nj I domestic inTentions. Needed l I ' ??!& I by ??ery lady. A npecial at- HB9 V SSSiil / tachment for each kind of \ ^?3r*~ / chine. In ordering name the \ / machine. Prioe ill. Send I / for aamplM and price lirt to n( I p&wSSy-*" R. M. ROSE, Snn Boil ding, ( ? 1 N?w York. ! HIV TO BET TNEM In th. b?t part of tb? rtate. ?,0?0,*M a acre* roc sale. Per a coot of tbo "Kan*o? PftHflfi lf?M* HHE : tlcad^ tddrw 3. J. Cllmort, Ltad Com'r. B*n?? JfiiMM ! Dncvnv FDIVQCDIDT H Dudiun xu&nuuiui i, n Daily and Weekly. Qnarto, Mj 5 BOSTON, MASS, BJ ! The Largest, Cheapest and Best Family Newspaper MM in New England. Edited with speoiai reference to the I rirind tastes and requirements of tbo home circle. Aii jHfl the foreign and local new* published prompt];. 3HS j Dail^Tranaoript, g^O per annum in adruioe. Bj (5 oopies to one addreea,) 87.60 P*? HRc annam in advance. Bfll SEND FOR SAMPLE 00P7. II s DEWORESrS HOHTHLI1 ? THE ( ? HK ' ? | WORLD'S MODEL MAGAZINE ? B r Hfl A grand combination of the entertaining, the neafnl ^Q| and the beantifai, with fine art engravings, and oil pictures in each No. PH1CE25C. V'EAKLY J3. with an aneqoaied premium, two splendid oil picture*, Kock of A*cm and Tbe Lion's Bride. 15x21 . inches, mounted oo canvas; transportation 60c * extra. 8end postal card for foil particulars. Address W. JENNINGS DEMOREST, H 17 Kast 14th atreet. New Ysrk. |^H ^/?T\ B i / raoax ^ h ! // y?2.50toM>C00^ ^ ff am thomasv \\ <CL0CKS> I < v, \suvwiu.wmviL^r U j V. \hESP?!OOd/ Jj H B HIKE MS LAY. I * | An English Veterinary Surgeon and Chemist now BR , i traveling in this country, says that most of the Hon* ) and Cattle Powders sold here are worthless trash. He Hp says that Sheridan's Condition Powders are absolutely BH , pore and immensely valuable. Nothing on earth wifl WB make hens lay like Sheridan's Condition Powder*. MB I Dusm one teaspoonfal to one pint food. BB i Sold ettrutehert or 'en I bu mail for eight teller elampe. I. S. JOHNSON * CO., Bangor, Main*. , ? ! gAPONlFlEP I | ! Ia the Old Sellable Concentrated Lye 89 FOR FAMILY SOAP MAKING. I | DirectionsaccurapanymK each can for maktaf Hard, I : Soft and Toilot boap quli'ld). I IT IS FULL WEIGHT AXl> oTUxavrit. I The market i? flooded with (*>-called) Concentrated ! Lie, which is adulterated with ?a!t and roein, and <co?* - | MOSEV, ASD BUY THE ;.! SaponifieR f . MADE BY THE t1 Pennsylvania Salt Manuf g Co., ' PIUI,?HKI.PHIA. j I Ex tabl lulled 1^33. : I I IvXERCHA.NT'9 II Gargling Oil Liniment j Yellow Wrapper for Animal and White for Human Flesh. is good roR ' Burns anJ Scalds, Sprains and Bruises, Chilblains, Frost Bites,Strinjrhalt, Windfalls, 1 Scratches or Crease, Foot Hot in Sheep, e Chapped Ilunds, Foundered Feet, i Flesh Wounds, Roup in Poultry, ' j External Poisons, Cracked Heels, g i Sana v^racKs, xipizoouc, m # Gulls of all kinds, Lame Back, k . 1 Sitfast, Itingbonc, Hemorrhoids or Piltt, I Poll Evil, Toothache, I I Swellings, Tumors, Rheumatism, fi Garget in Cows, Spavins, Sweeney, I I Cracked Teats, |. istula, Mange, g Callous, Lameness, Caked Breasts, I ' I torn Distemper, Sore Nipples, I ] Crownscab, Qiiittor, Curb, Old Sore. Q Foul Ulcers, h arcv, Corns, Whitlow s, 0 Abccss of the Udder, Cramps, Boils, H Swelled Legs, Weakness of the Joints K Thrush, Contraction of Muscles. Pj Merchant'* Otntlln* Oil is the standard n Liniment of the United States. Large size, fl $t; medium, soc; small, ajc. Small size lor }j family use, 35c. Manufactured at Lockj-oit, ij N. V., by Merchant's Gargling Oil Company. H JOBS HODGE, Sec'j. fl I