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Nobody's Cat. Ho comes again, that sneaking scamp, That vile, disreputable tramp; That yellow cat, with one eye out And minus hull his toil?the lout; His scanty hair torn out in fight? A wretch lorlorn, a sorry sight. I mind me well not long ago He paced these fields a full-fledged beau. His whiskered head, his dainty paw, His glossy coat, without a flaw, His well-curled tail, his high-bred stare Proclained hioi favored of the lair. Oh, ihen his food was creamy milk, His bed a lounge of down and silk; A darling mistress sought bis weal, No griet her petted puss might ieel. By night, by dny ho went his ways, Well iurfeitcd with love and praise. But now, you beast, you wretched wight, Begone trom dccent people's sight, Go steal trom swine your moldy bit, Make haste my premises to quit, Or o)bc be pelted well wiib stones. Theie, now, jog on, old crazy bones. But what is this that dims my eye3? What stirrings ol my soul arise ? There's something human in your look, A something that I cannot brook. That boy ot mine in foreign lands. Afar from reach of loving hands. Tolled on by fortune's fickle beam?, Only to see their fading gleams (For some get wealth and some get pain, And some get wunt and others gain); In life's hard race, oh, what it he A friendless, homeless wand'rer bo! Come back, Grimalkin, wretched thicl, For all your pains now here's relief; A kindly hacd to stroke your fur, A bed where you may dream and purr, No more on winter nights to roam, For hero are friends and here a home. ?Mary E. Miller, in ludtptt.det I. A QUEER CRAZE. "Wal'twas curus the way it happened, and I ain't got tired tellin' about it yet. It was swelterin' hot that day, the .cort of weather when folks would he glad to take off their flesh and sit down in their bones. There hadn't been a drop of rain for lotr weeks, and everything looked thirsty. . I went about in the afternoon very sorrowlullike, sprinklin'the flowers and thinkin' that the time was soon a-eomin' when someone else would be watchin''em Things had been gettin' harder ever since brother Ruben was lost on his last voyage, and I hadn't been able to , pay the mortgage interest, and old Squire Jcncs was gone, and everything n the hands of that wild son; and I'd got notice if the money wasn't paid by 'the thirtieth of June everything would be seized. I didn't rightly know how I was goin' to make a livin' either. I was gitt.in' elderly-nigh sixty?and when folks are as old as that they're like cats, and don't care about new homes. So I sat down very melancholy at the window, and locked out at the little scrap of a garden where I'd worked for year9, and began to think of the time when I was a slip of a girl and not so bad looking, and Pollonius Sawyer used to come and see me and bring me a momentum, as he oalled it, from every voyage. Lor\ the house was just cluttered u;> with queer old things that Rube and he brought, that wouldn't bring a sixpence at a vnndoo. Poor Pollonius! He was wrecked on a strange coast, and no one knows where his grave is. I reckon he had a present for me with him; bjt I'll never get that one. Ah. me! "I was a-settin' very retrospective like when I see Miss Vanburcn a-comin' in the pate. No hot weather could quench that woman's ardor for visitin'. She had her sunbonnet in h<?r hand, atfd couldn't stay a minute, of course. But I knew her tricks and her mariners, and begun .t turn in' over in my mind what I could give her. You see, I'd % . -1- J l. . .1.. Deen a savin lateiy, nnu :j?'iu t me usual supply in the house, hut I wasn't sroin' to demean myself before Hetty Vanburen. She's a mournful-bokin' woman at the best of times, with a hus' band who drinks and throws plates at her head, and six rollicking, roaring children. Well, that's neither here nor there. -She comes in with her mouth jdra^d down and her eyes turned up; and I sez: - "'Wotever's happened to you, Mrs. Van,' sez I. I "* "4 W ny, I thought I must come over and condole with you,' she says, a-turnin' over the word 'condole' with a sort o' relish. ' He says as how he heard downtown that Lite Jones was a uoin' to seil you out root and branch, and I ' . thought it was only neighborly to come * ' over and see ef 'twas true. He don't . get things straight more'n half the time, 'cos be sees through a glass darkly, as *thc mitmter says.'. "1 own I was took a-back at havin' the affair published afore I had time to 1 think it over, as you might say. " 4 It's real neighborly.' sez I, kind o' bitter, 'to come over and take tea with me oroo more; for you see yer ooporlu_ nities in Uiat line will bo nipped in the bud if t's all true.' . ' . 44 4 Tien it is true?' "'Yes!' I stz kind a desperate; 'very foon, I s'poro, the place that knows me powell will know me no more;' and the tears came into my eyes. 'I'm a .'lnne, lone woman, pnd where I'll dritt to * . ' I don't know.' 7 "'Twouldn't bring much at a vandoo,' she says, Jookin' round very k<*n like. ' 'No, I s'poso not; rubbish most of it.' " 4 But you've got some good linen as : . I'd like,'she says, in a manner I considered unfeeiin,' 'and this ere arm cheer's comfortable. I'm so'" *?' used to 'this arn:ctcer, and I wouldn't mind -biddin' it in at private sale, if you'd wait a b t for the money.' ." I was sort o' distrusted at her selfishness-never seemin'to fed how used I was to the armchair, or how it hurt me to think of partin' with the things. I ,4 4Ii's a melancholy world,' hhc fays, . ' 1he next minuic. I think, perhaps, that fhe'd forgot about the condolin ' 4A pilgrim's progress of a male, and blessed be tinni what's got not bin'. I someJ . times wish I Tas out of it all when he gets the tantrums and scr.ds the plates flying at my head. I give you my word i?r>f a rrrh/\ln nlnfil in t ItO I I All CO f| T? V U1U t frV L *b TY UU1V/ pi.lbv <U lli*. iiwuuv. and we wouldn't have a thing to eat off if it wasn't for that cement they call stratena, as I mends 'em with continual. And abuse?you wouldn't believe it, Miss Haddock; a-tellin' me to go to ?devilish place, you know. Shure, you'd better be wisLin' me in heaven, Bez I, coz I'd be more out of your way.' 44 4 Every one's got their cross,' I sez, sighing. ' - 44 4 I've got more'n my share,' she sez, drawin' down the corners of her mouth. 4Sararaun Haddock, you was a wise ! " woman never to tie yourself to any male * * critter. Why it seems more like heaven 'ogit over here to a little peace and quietness; and wotever I'm goin' to do when you're gone !' 41 41 a;n't cone yet,' sez I, sort o' snappish?cos I couldn't bear her takin' it for granted that there wasn't a chance for me. We're Mich curous critters, you j fee! I kept aclingin'to thi hope that God was goiu'to work somemincle for ; mc. Now lie did, and this w?s how it I came abour. I cxcused myseli to go and pnt ot the tea-kettle, and ihenl found I hadn't a blessed thing for tea. I . 'Lid milk in the house, but nary an ege, 1 and what kin a body do without ezzs. I' ' only had a couple of hens, and they was ! a-setting and steadily purposed to bring | up a fUmily. So, thinks I, I'll just throw on a sun%onnet anr1 step over to ! Neighbor Parker's an I git somo, and ! Mirs Van will never surmise the stute of my larder. l>or, I wouldn't a-had the neighbors knov; -hv, I hadn't a bit; of chipped beef in the uouse for a for-! tune. 44 So I picked up a plate?a queer j looking thin/, a monstrosity I calls it~ tbat liube had brung home once. It! bad a stake like life curled up in the *0?", ; middle oi it, and for fear it wouldn't be i onmifrh if, tvnj ri* r?r. I hr> otn fT : I looked as if you couid knock it off most, \ und I often wished I could, for I couldn't stomach the thought of eatin' off it while that varmint was coiled Uj ther?; an' as if tha*. wasn't enough, there was snails ah around if, and on the border two lizards and beetles and various bues colored like life, looking as if they'd just lighted there, and more v ' curious still, if there wasn't two fi6h r laid out with their scales a-shinin'. I '. never set much store by the thing, but _? ???A????MM grandma had a great liking for crockery, and she hart a pitcher that matched it, so on her account I had never given it * away. 'One good of the vandoo,' I sez, with a sigh, 4 will be clearin' out all this rubbiage as I suppose will go for a song.' " Well, I hurried over the track and J1 caught Miss Parker skirumin' her milk, " and she was very accommodatin' about ? the eggs. When I got to the road again d there was a great train stoppin' the way. ? It was so long, thinks I, I'll never take b the time to go round, but just step up n the steps and down on t'other side. I a was up without eivin' it a second s thought, when, Lor'I if the pesky thing didn't give a start like it was shakin' fc itself, and the most diabolical snyeort I E ever heard, and was off like the wind! ? And I was so skeered I tilted that there 3 plate till the eggs rolled off and lay all oKsMif vrtTT fnof T horn ? cuiaoutu auuut uij ?vvv- *. vvum MMT v cricd. I hadn't any money to pay for the ride, and I stood starin' about me J in a daft w ay, wonderin' what Miss Van ? was a-thinkin' when the conductor came 1 along. a "' You can't stand on the plhtform, ? my good woman," sez he?4 not al- ' lowed.' ? " 4 I'm lost! I'm on tlie wrong train? ? I mean I don't want to be on no train at ? all!' sez I, quite mixed up. 4 Put f me out at the next station, if you ? please!' 44 He looked at mc sharp, and then * said: ti 44 Well, we won't charge you nothin' for sittm' down,' and he sort of pushed r me into the car. I stood, after I got in. for a minute scarcely seeing wuerejL was, when a middle-aged gentleman got j: up and oflVred me his seat. He was so rerlitel was quite surprised at the way ij he kept a starin' at me; and then he ^ says somethin' to his daughter, a young ^ woman in sage green, sittin' next to me j. ?somethin' that sounded like 'real pal- ^ acy,' and I supposed they was a-talkin' French. g "The daughter was a good-loo kin young woman if she hadn't had her hair j, like a Skye-terrier, and a large sunflower | in her bonnet, and she talked to me j. very friend y like. And at last I made ? bold to say: "'Wotcver is your pan a star in' at. t Do I look like a madwoman ?" g " 'He's a-lookin' at that plate,' says j she. 4 Would you like to sell it?' " ' Lor, I might as well,' sez I, sigh- a in'; and my heart wa3 so full I up and 8 tells them strangers somethin' of my c troubles. I "' I have a fancy for that plate,' sez t thp rrpnilpitmn. with a rral< feelin' man- ? ner, 'and perhaps you've got other j things like it at home. We may find a ]way to help you; who knows?' j "Lor! thinks I, here's another man ^ who likes rubbidge as well as Rube did. So, of course, I invites 'em cordial, n It would be nice to have a little money J ef I did havp to turnout on the cold j world. And, bless us, before we stopped ^ at Langley, ef he hadn't given me his a card and a hundred dollars for the ^ pla'.e with all them reptiles a-coilin' and j equirmin' over it. I couldn't believe j my eyes, and took the up-train and got v home in a perfectly dazed manner. Miss ? Vanburen had gone home in a huff, and c I sot down and counted out that money, f and looked at :t as if it was fairy gold, j I most 'spected it would be nothin' but [ leaves in the mornin'; but there it was, t, just the same, and then I remembered c the visit they had promised, and I j| hunted about for the truck that had al- a ways been in my way, and so trouble- v some to keep clean. It was all about and lots in the garret. I sot it all out t on the kitchen table, and couldn't help p Jaughin' when I looked at it. There v was the queerest-looking monsters, f dragons and such, rearin' up on their ), tails with gapinv mouths, enough to i frighten a child into a St. There was a v pair of square little pots, lookin' like <: they was sliakin' their fat sides laughin'. j They was dull gray, and had Adam and B Eve on 'em a sliakin' an apple-tree. I f, never had 'em about, cos I thought 'em a' improper. Then there was one plate of D a greenish-yellow glaze, with sober ^ black and brown figures on it. W*l, 0 nothin' very takin' about it, you would say; but that ere gentleman?Mr. Brun- t hold the card called him?took it u in t his hands with a worshipin' look. a "' It's a Honry-Doo!' sez he, mo3t in p a whisper, with a look on his face like a t fellow who's been to the anxious seat J and got religion?sort of a rapt look as c if the world might wag on; he was ? happy whatever came. 44 4 Nevrr knowed if it's called a honry- ^ do.or a honry-don't,' sez I. 'Rube c brought it home oDce, and seems as if it j might be more useful than the kind with i critters sprawlin' over it.' 44 Well, if he didn't up and offer me ^ three hundred dollars for that plate, j. Si.tl hp. 1 I won't take advantnee of YOU, ? for you don't know the valiey of the things, an' you've told me yer in a fix. But what you've got on that table's worth uiore than vour house and lot, and I'm ready to pay the money down!' F "I look-.'dat the young gal to see bow s she took her pa's speech, but she seemed F as pleased as Punch, and was a-ex- c claimin' over this and screamin' fairly c over that, till I began to think I wai I dreamin' and I'd soon see them go up in i smoke as smelt of brimstone, like a iairy F story I'd heard on. It wasn't for me to t refuse this offer under the circum- r stances, you see. But my heart misgave 1 mo, as it wasn't doin' right. Would t you believe it, he'd paid me tifteen hun- t dred dollars for the stuff I would have r sold to the ragman only for the sake of } Ilubc end my old lover! Why. I was j sot up. I only owed Life Jones five 1 hundred, and there was a cool thousand } to put in the bank! i "The young lady was so friendly ? when I was hustlin around gettin' an a empty box and straw for the packin' t that 1 made bold to ask her a question, c Her pa was a-tixin' the thinis in the F box ?3 careiul as if they'd bin live e babies. c " ' He isn't just all right here, is hcP' a sez I, touching my forehead. * I see c you indulge him, as I s'pose he has got f plenty ot money to pay for it, but it's a r sort o' craze, isn't it?' ? "Well, if she didn't laugh in a very t onfeelin' manner. 'Yes, it is a sort of a M craze,' she sez; 'it's cilled the Keeramic 1 craze.'" I t ? I c I e Potatoes iii Seven Ways. J/2t mc give you a few little hints in > 1 regard to tiie different methods of cook-; i ling p)tatois, so that the oft-abused j ^ boiled potato may be varied duriDg the week at dinner: f First Sunday, mashed potatoes; peel, t steam, placj in a pan and mash, ndd 1 milk, butter and salt, and then beat like 1 cake batter, the longer the better. Mil ' i they are nice and light. This steaming C and beating will be found a great im- s provement. 1 Monday, baked potatoes in their jack- i ets. By.the way, if any are left over s they may be warmed over by not peel- c iug them till cold, and then slicing. i Tuesdav, peel and bake them with i roast beef. t Wednesday, prepare them in the Ken- a lucky style, as follows: The potatoes a are sliced thin, as for frying, and allowed t to remain in co d water half an hour, t The slices are put into a pudding dish, n Tbey are then put into an oven and c baked for an hour. When taken out, a o lump of butter the size of a lien's egg is a cut into small bits and scattered over c the top. Those who have never eaten s: potatoes cooked thus do not know all i) the capabilities of that esculent tuber u The slicing allows the interior of each I h potato to be examined, hence its value d where potatoes are doubtful, though u poor ones are not of necessity required. * | The soaking in cold water hardens the t j sliccs. so that they will hold their shape, o The milk serves to cook tlietn turough,! d and to made a nice brown on the top; o the quantity can only be learned by ex* h perience; iljusta little is left as ricli si L'ravy, moisten all the slices, then it is n right. In a year of small potatoes, this tl method of serving them will be Vv'ry 1 welcome to many a housekeeper. Thursday, peel, steam and serve whole. Friday, "potatoes a la pancake," peel, ! A cut in thin slices lengthwise, sprinkle <; with pepper and salt, and fry in butter c or beef drippings, turning like griddle c cakes. C Saturday, potatoes boiled in their C lonlrftici ? These arc simple ways, but give vari- ^ ety. On Monday and Tuesday always prepare them in some way in the oven, T so as to leave the top of the stove free.? r; The Housekeeper. ^ ? N To c!o an evil action is base; to do a jS goad action without incurring danger B is common enoush; but it is the part of & goodtnan to do great and nobl? deeds, Si though he risk eveiything. s - S s There are about 15,000 factories in 81 Russia producing goods to the value of si 500,000,000 rubles ($335,000,000) & year. 8 THE LAST DEAL. he fonfe??loii or n Reformed Gambler ?A Sight, that Made Ilim Swear Oft Forever. " I never dealt again!" The words fell from the lips of agenleman well known in Leadville, yet ;w recognized in the elegant, easy* oing man who now commands the eep rcspect of his fellow-citizens, the nee cool-headed, imperturbable gamier, who, in his day, figured promiently along the Pacific coast, and was lmo8t universally recognized as the hrewdestfaro dealer in tlie West. " I dealt that game for twenty years, ut I've quit now. I mad" nothing, or lost anything, and but tor a sight I >nce saw I should probably be a gambler till. Hereby hangs a tale. T.etmetellit: " Some three years ago I ran a highoned game at a certain place you prob,bly know, for it strikes me I saw you here. It was a square game, as I will eave any one to say?a thriving game, or I dealt for half tfie bloods in town, /-.Iton T hnrl n<j manv AS five laV-OUtS t a time, with too much business on iand to even get time to iC3t. One ! vening a young man strolled in, with a ortof curious stare on his face, and I oncluded right there that he was green, le was lair-haired and had a pair of iluc eyes and clear-cut features?an in ocent-looking young fellow, if ever I aw one. It only required a glanceto onvincc you that he was a stranger in he gambling-room. lie soon was at ome, though, for I saw in his blue yes the love of play, and after that vening he was a constant visitor. lie layed his pile right up and up and ever growled if his luck was hat d, and n every second card he'd stack the imits up in blue. Take it altogether, is luck was hard?sometimes the ardest, I think, I ever saw. I ve nown him to lose at a single deal seven ouble shots. " Business for me, of course, but omehow it almost seemed too bad. I ouldn't say a word, though, and yet I iked the boy. He had lots of the filthy, think from the day be began he must lave dropped a cool $100,000 on the ame, and he never growled. "We both quit gambling tne same light?he, poor lad7 for sufficient reaons, and I, because I loathed the game, t was in this wise: " His coin gave out in a deal or two, .nd he put up a diamond ring, just to ee his ill luck out, you know. The hips soon went. He had a pin, a flatting stone in massive metal. He passed hat in without a word and drew $500 old. So help me heaven! I wished lim luck as heartily as any player there; >ut no, his last slack went my way on a osing ace- He drew $300 more, I hink, on his watch and chain, and tried lis line of bets again, but his luck was ;one. I'll never forget the pale, haegard ook that crossed his face, but he was ame. lie never uttered a word, and :ept his chair like a pillar of stone. For i moment he seemed dazed at his re erses, but suddenly his eye caught the hin, worn circlet ct aun goia on ms ittle finger. He looked at it a little ehile, and a dark wave of hot crimson ilood passed over his face, for this cirlet seemed to cline even fasler than the lashing gem lie had passed in before, le at last stripped it off his finger and landed it lo me. It came reluctantly, his worn, old ring. 4 What can I have m this?1 he asked. 'I don't know what Ls value is, but I'll redeem it fir3t of ill.' It might have cost $5 new, but it ras worthless then. "Still I passed out a fifty stack in reurn, just to Jet him try again. He tanked it down in I he pot and then lo v tpon the table he laid his face on his olded arms. Well, lor a wonder, his lick changed and he won three times, le took no notice of me as 1 told him ylien the limit barred, and w> we played 1250 on each card. Would you believe t? In the deal the pot won out and iever lost! And still he lay with his ace hid in his arms. The deal was out nd I shook him up, but not a muscle Qoved, and raising his face I started tack in horror at ttie glassy expression i his eyes, for the boy was dead. 41 I've often wondered to myself since hat night what thoughts went flitting hrough his brain as he bowed his head nd hia his face from our sight, what lodges of a bet ter life, regrets for a forune he had thrown away with a lavish land, and loathing of his irrevocable ourse. Who can tell? We can but ;uess at them, but may never feel. His ace showed years 01 torture enaurea in hat brief game, but it was not until the kroner's jury sat that I learned all. iefore them was developed the fucL that he ring which had changed his luck, as t dia his existence, was one given liim iy his dear dead mother years before, 'oor boy! I never dealt again."'?Leadille {Col.) Chronicle. Charms Against Lightning. Science, with all its confidence, has irovided no safeguards against thundertorms. It can warn, but It cannot >rotect. Conductors may happily arry off the rlectric current, but they annot secure us from danger. The imid may be told emphatically to stand n the middle of the room, to avoid firedaces and brass ornaments, or to roll hemsjlves up in feather beds or hearthues; but these precautions will be ot ittle avail if houses, a3 at Manchester, umble down and bury all alike, the crrified and the bold, in a common uin. There have been in all ages popilar superstitions having for their obect to avert the dangers of thunder and ightning. The Thracian soldiers took ip their bows and arrows and tired nto the clouds to drive away the storm nd it was considered necessary to erect r*wr\ca aw Qf Pnn.'j ofoonln filloH nriHi < tiUOO \JU Ub. X UU1 O ObWVpiVi "V1VU >11(11 he relic3 of saints, in order tc free the ityofnli dangers of destructive tem ests. Constant to the belief that an vil spirit raped in the storm, it was h ustom in old times, as well in England ,3 in France and Germany, to ring the hurch bells in order to protect the rightened inhabitant?. When they angout the great bell at the Abbey of It. Germain, in Paris, or chimed in the ower of St. Adelon, in Malmesbury Vbbey, the faithful assisted the beil ingers with their prayers, and helped o stay the stoim. Many more homely :harms apainst thunder and lightning xist to this day in some parts of Eng and The curious herb known as the louse-leek, growing on the house-top of us-tic cottages, is supposed to be ai valuable a preservative as any scicnific lightning conductor of approved rittern. Peasants, true to the Jaith of heir foreuthers, 3tili carry beneath heir waistcoats scrap) of bay leaf or uurel as an amulet?a custom as old as, f not older than, the days of Tiberius .'.user. We may have got beyond the uperstition that allowed a dead man, rillnrl hxr m cfnrm tn llo wlinrn hp foil n order that the spot might be fenced ibout and a sheep promptly sacrificed ?n a rude altar; but it would he strange f country folk did not still place a cold ron bar on the beer barrels to prevent he liquor from turning sour during , thunder-storm; and that swans' eggs re only hatched during a loud peal of huide; is a belief yet cherished by hose who watch this bird for signs ot tmospherical electricity as closely and :onfidently as they listen for the scream i the peacock to betoken rain. Count2ss experiments have been tried to asertain the scientific causes of a thundertorm and to determine its proper meanig, from the time that Frandin s?nt p his silk kite attached to a dry empen cord and narrowly escaped the anger of drawing lire from the heavens, ntil the days when electric researches fere checked by the death of Professor Lichmann, of St. Petersburg, who drew utso much electricity from the thuner-rloud that he was promptly killed n the spot. It 13 consolatory to reflect, owever, that the chances of bein^ peronally injured by lightning are very luch less than the risks involved in a linnunnH liumfin inventions.? Tsmdnii 'elegraph. I'opnlation or Southern Cities. 1850. 1870. .iibtin, Texas 11,000 4,428 ape Girardeau, Mo 5,000 3,685 bin ham, Va 3.118 4,262 hatianoogH, Tenn 13,500 6,093 la>kevi)le, Tenn 7,000 3,200 oliunbus, Ga 10,132 7,401 alias, l'esas 33,486 15,000 >enison, Texas 4,400 lunlsville, Texas 1,600 1,599 [noxvllle, Tonn 13,928 8,682 ,itt!e Kock 15,000 12,380 [aeon, Ga 12,695 10 810 [arti'isburg, ,\Ve?t Va.. 6,384 4,863 [nshvillo, Tenn.*. 43,543 25,865 Tew Orleans, La 215,239 191,418 tahmond, Va 63,243 51,038 !in Antonia, Texas 20,594 12,256 an Marcos, Texas 1,800 742 ivanmth, Ga-.. 80 747 - 28,234 herraan, Texas 6,060 1,439 lireveport, La.... 8,038 4,607 t. Augustine, Fia 2,300 1,717 taunton, Va 6,788 5,120 I The Elections of 18SO. All the States will elect Presidential electors on Tuesday, November 2. Alt the Territories will elect delegates to Congress on the same day. Alabama will eleot State officers and legisture on Monday, August 2; representatives in Congress on Tuesday, November 2. The legislature will elect a United States Senator. Arkansas will elect State officers on Monday, September 6, and vote upon a proposed amendment to the constitution of the State forbidding the imposition ol any tax or the making ol any appropriation to pay the State railroad and levee bonds and the bonds issued in settlement ol the Holiord claim; will elect representatives in Congress on Tuesday, November 2. California will olect representatives in Con gre& and legislature on Tuesday, November 2. Xb? legislature will elect a United States 3enator. Colorado will eleet State officers and one representative in Congress on Tuesday, October 5. Connectiout will elect State officers, representatives in Congress and legislature on Tuesday. November 2. The legislature will elect a United States Senator. Delaware will elect one representative in Congress and legislature on Tuesday, November 2. The legislature will elect a United States Senator. Florida will elect Statu officers, representatives in Congress and legislature on Tuesday, November 2, and vote upon the question of calling a convention to revise the constitution of tho State. The legislature will elect a United States Senator. Georgia will elect State officers on Wednesday, October 6; representatives in Congress on Tuesday, Nov. 2. The legislature will elect a United States Senator. Illinois will elect State officers and representatives in Congress on Tuesday, November 2, and vote upon an amendment to tho consti tution ot the State extending tne terms 01 i county treasurers and sheriffs to four years, and making them ineligible for a successive I term. Indiana will elect State officers, representatives in Congress, and legislature on Tuesday, October 12. The legislature will choose a United States Senator. Iowa will elect minor State officers and representatives in Congress on Tuesday, November 2, and vote upon the question ot holding convention to revise tho constitution ol the State. Kansas will elect representatives in Congro-s on Tuesday, November 2, and vote upon the question ot holding a constitutional convention and upon proposed amendments to the constitution of tho State prohibiting the Bale ol liquor and exempting $200 in personal property trom taxation. Kentucky will elect county and judicial officers on Monday, August 2; representatives in Congress on rnesday, November 2. Louisiana will elect representatives In CongresB on Tuesday, November 2. Maine will elect governor, representatives in Congress, and legislature on Monday, September 13, and vote upon a proposed amendment to the constitution ol tho State providing that a plurality vote shall eloct the governor, instead of majority, as now. The legislature will choose a United States Senator. Maryland will elect representatives in Congress on Tuesday, November 2. Massachusetts will eloct State offlcore, representatives in Congress and legislature on Tuesday, November 2. The legiAture will ' ??** *? TT?;?a/I Cfofno Qonotnr I chuu30 tt uu1wu wwumvw.. Michigan will elect State officers, Representatives in Congress, and legislature on Tuesday, November 2, and vote upon a proposed amendment to the constitution of the State authorizing the city ol Detroit to aid in the construction of a railroad bridge or tunnel to an amount not exceeding one per oent. of i!8 taxable property. The legislature will elect n United States Senator. Minnesota will elect Rt-prosentativea in Congress and legislature on Tuesday, November 2. The legislature will elect a United Stafo-a Senator. Mississippi will elect Representatives in Congress on Tuesday, November 2. Missouri will elect State officers, Representatives in Congress, and legislature on Tuesday, November 2. The legislature will elect a United States Senator. Nebraska will elect State officers, one Representative in Congress, and legislature on Tuesday, November 2. The legislature will elect a United States Senator. Nevada will elect a judge ol its supremo court, ono Representative in Congress, and legi8lnture on Tuesday, November 2. The legislature will elect a United States Senator. New Hampshire will elect State officers and Representatives in Congress on Tuesday, November 2, and will vote upon a proposition looking to the representation of minorities in corpora'ions. New Jersey will elect a governor, erpresentatives in Congress, and legislature on Tuesday. November 2. The legislature will elect a United Stales Senator. V/wir will r>Wt t.hn r.hinf iustica of the couit of appeals, representatives in Congress, and members ol the assembly on Tuesday, November 2, and will vote upon a propcwed amendment to the constitution of the State relating to certain courts ot ^Jew York city, Brooklyn and Buffalo. The legislature will elect a United States Senator. North Carolina will elect State officers and representatives in Congress on Tuesday, November 2, and vote upon two proposed amendment to the constitution ol tho Siate? one lorbidding the payment of certain State bonds unless authorized by direct vote ol tho people, and the other relating to the support of deal mutes, blind and insane personB. Ohio will elect minor State officers and representatives in Congress on Tuesday, October 12. The legislature will elect a Uhited States Senator in the event of tho election ot Gen. James A. Garfield, Senatorclect, as President Oregon elected Republican judges, State printer, and Representatives in Congress on Monday, June 7. Pennsylvania will elect auditor, one judgo ,of tho Bupreme court, representatives iA Congress, and legislature on Tuesday, November 2. The legislature will elect a United States senator. Rhode Island elcctod, on Wednesday, April 7, Republican Stato officers and legislature/ whioh re-eK oted Gen. Ambrose E. Burnsido to the United States Senate; will elect Representatives in Congress on Tuesday, November 2. South Carolina will elect Stato officers and representatives in Congress on Tuesday, November 2. Tennessee will elect governor, representatives in Congress, and legislature on Tuesday, Novomber 2. The legislature will elect a United States Sooator. Texas will elect State officers, representatives in Congross, and legislature on Tuesday, November 2. The legislature will elect a United States Senator. Vermont will elect Stato officers, representatives in Congress, and legislature on Tuesday, September 7. Tho legislature will elect a United States Senator. Virginia will elect Ifoproientatives in Congrew on Tuesday, November 2. Wisconsin will elect legislature and representatives in Congress on Tuesday, Novomber 2. Tho legislature will elect a United States Senator. In the foregoing no account is made of Slate legislatures to bo chosen which will not bo called upon to ekot United States Senators. California's Dead Sea. The San Francisco ChronicJc, in a recent issne, says: The propc Her Ilocket, which will soon be placed on Mono lake, will have no trouble about floating, as the density of the water is remarkable, bring just the reverse of that of Lake Tahoc, in which the body ot a drowned prrson never returns to the surface. An exchange says that for bitterness and promiscuous meanness the waters of Mono lake surpass those of the Dead Sea. They contain so much alkali that on a windy day the lake is a regular tub of soapsuds. The writer has seen a wall of lather five feet high along the whole of that shore, against which the waves were beating. Occasionally the wind would take up a bunch of this lather as big as a bushel basket and carry it several hundred feet inland. So buoyant are the waters of the lake that quite a party of men may navigate tlicm on a raft made of four or five dry ottonwood poles. Out in the lake are is'ands of rock (lava-like concretions) through which streams of water boil up. The water of these springs is like that of the lake, but in one place is a large spring of fresh water. This is near the northwest corner of the lake, and at a 1 ia ftjorhf nr* ton foot r\f }JU I U V W i IC I XJ \,U\sL ^ VI^MU Vr*. Wu w* water. It is a sort of fountain. A column of fresh water, some tbree feet in diameter, is projected upward with such force that it rises to a height of at least two feet above the general level of the lake in the form of a mound or knoll, and makes a rippling noise that can bo heard a considerable distance. But for the fact that this fountain has a depth of eight or ten feet of water to contend '* nttAkuKlr TI'CQ o r.rxn_ I ttg:UU3b It nuuiu yiVUUWIJ HOW M> \*WM! Biderablc height in the air. A Talking Plcturo Uook. Another novelty is announced?& talking picture book?for the invention of which Mr. Brand, of Sonneberg, Germany, has secured a patent. From an English publication we learn that the book consists of a series of animals, with apparatus for produc'ng sound in imitation of each creature represented. Opening the book, the illustration is on one side of the page, and letterpress descriptive of it on the page facing. The text covers conceals mechanism, comprising bellows and whistles of peculiar construction for imitating various voices. The bellows are blowed by pulling a button at the edge of the page, the button belonging to tne picture on view being pulled to produce the sound in imitation of ttie cry of the&nimnl ex NEWS SUMMARY. Eastern and Middls States. The boilej ol a mill near Fowler's Station, Pa., exploded, killing one man, severely injuring two others and destroying the mill. It snowed on the sniamit ot Mount Washington, N. H., a few days ago. A Are at Buffalo, N. Y., destroyed DeWitt's planing mill, one of the largest in the oounlry, as well as two other planing mills, two large lumber piles, a Bhip yard and a floating elevator, entailing a total loss of some ? 225,000. Ward Haight, his wife and daughter, and Belden Wilmot, of Stamford, Conn, were lost in Long Island Sound while returning from a blackberrying excursion in a small sharpie which was overloaded with driftwood. The people of New York have just been treated to a " bull light" alter some of the approved Spanish methodB. A number of bull-flghters, imported from Spain tor the puipose, conduoted the affair and allowed themselves to be chased about an arena by nine rot over ferocious Texan steers. Henry Berfch, president ot the Society for the Prevention ot Cruelty to Animals, was on hand to see that no cruelties were practicod on the bulls; but his services in the interest ol brute humanity were not required, as the bulls wero treated with great consideration and allowed to do about as they pleased. Fifteen hundred cars, nearly all fllled "wita grain, passed south through Poughkecpsie, N. Y., a few days ago. This was the heaviest Bhipmeut in one day since the Hudson River railroad was built. Mary Enni9, age fifteen, fell into the' canal at Durhamviile N. Y. Stephen Murray, age twenty-one, her cousin, attempted to save hu and both were drowned. George Knapp, ol Jamestown, N. Y., attempted to ride a horse never heiore ridden, and was thrown and stepped on by the animal, and died the next morning. While Frank Stevenson, aged fifteen years, and his brother Willie, children ol N. M. SlevenBon, ol Columbia, Pa., were " playing burglars" with their father's rcvolvor, the weapon was discharged aud Frank was instantly ki led. The population of Maine, as estimated from the censns returns, is 646,000 against 626,916 in 1870; and that of Vermont is given at 334,453, a gain ol 3,904 over tho census ol 1870. The Lutheran church at West F&irview, opposite Harrisburg, Pa., lour Irame houses and several ("tables have been destroved l>v llro. Stephen Dudley Field, a nephew ol Cyrus W. Fi?ld, has invented an electrio motor which is to be tried on tho New York elevated railroad. The National Sunday-school assembly opened its session at Chautauqua, N. Y., a few days aeo. Addresses wore delivered by delegates lrom all parts ot the country and foreign lands from India to Alaska. Western and Southern Stat**? The population of Oregon is 175,633, an increase of ninety-three per centum in ten years. The Democrats of West Viiginia havo nominated Colonel J. J. Jackson for governor. A party ol fifteen disguised meu, twenty miles from Atlanta, Ga., went to tho house of Joe Thompson (colored), dragged hiin out, beat him fearfully, and latally shot his son and killed his daughter. A citizens meeting at Jonesboro denounced the killing and offered $500 reward for the murderers. Several arrests were made. Thompson said he recognized as leador ol the crowd John Gray, whom he recently prosecuted and had convicted lor asanult and battery. The population of Arizona is 41,580, including 1,600 Chinese and 4,545 Indians, bnt excluding reservation and Puoblo Indians, who wore not taken in the census. William H. English has transmitted from his homo in Indianapolis, Ind., to tho committee of notification, a Jotter accepting the Democratic nomination for Vice-Provident. Mr. English soys that he cordially approves the platform ot principles adopted by the national convention at Cincinnati, and pays a high tributo to General Hancock, who is, in his judgraont, " eminently fitted for tho highest office on earth?the presidency of the United States." Continuing, Mr. English says that tho Republican party lias been in power long enough, and that its continuance in power four years longer would not bo beneficial to tho public or in accordance with the spirit of our republican institutions; that tho four last years ot power held by tho Republican party "were procured by difcrediiablo meani and hold in dt-flanco ot the wishes of a majority of tho people;" that "the constant encroachments Vinvo honn nrmrln hv lhn Rfinnhlifian paity upon the cloarly reserved rights of the people and the States will, if not checked, subvert the liberties of the people and the government oi limited powers created by the fathers, and end in a great consolidated central government? strong, indeed, for evil? and the overthrow of republican institutions;" that "it is certain beyond all question that the legitimate results of the war for the Union will not be overthrown or impaired should the Democratic ticket be elected;" that in that event "proper protection will be given in every legitimate way to every citizen, native 0r adopted, in every section of tho republio, in the enjoyment of all the rights guaranteed by tho Constitution and its amendments; a sound currency of honest money, ol a value and purchasing power corresponding substantially with the standard recognized by the commercial world and consisting of gold and silver and paper convertible into coin, will be maiutained; tho labor and manufacturing, commercial and business intorests of the country will be iavored and encouraged in overy legitimate way; tho toiling millions of our own people will bo protected lrom the destructive competition of the Chinese, and to that end their emigration to our shores will bo properly restricted; the public crodit will bo scrupulously maintained and strengthened by rigid economy in public expen itnre, and tho liburties of the people and tho property of tbe people will bo protect d by a govornnent ol law and order, administered strictly in the intereuls of all the poople, and not ol corpoia* tionfl and privileged clauses." Forty lour hordes were burned to death by a lire in the stablo ol the White Snlphur Spiings, Greenbrier, W. Va. The joint trock ol the Donver and South Park and the Denver and Rio Grande railroads has been completed into Leadvillo, Col., and both companies have begun running regular through trains. Des Moines is the largest city in Iowa, having a population ol 22,696, a gain of 10,667 sinco 1870. Cincinnati capitalists arc negotiating with tho ocean cable companies for the lease of a lino in order to attempt a telephonic com- i munication with Europe. A war between the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy and tho Peoria and Jacksonville railroads wa* ended by tho arrest of over two hundred men iu Peoria for tearing up tho track ol tho latter road. An old man and his wife have been arrested in Nebraska and fully identified as the leading members of tho notorious "Bender family," who3e terriblo criu es and mysterious disappearance Irom the scone ol their many murders in Kansus were tho talk of the country some years ago. Tbe Bender family fled from their home in Kansas in 1873. Shortly atter that time ton or twolve bodies were iound in the garden 0f their place, among others that ol Smto Senator York, of Kansas. A slight frost is reported from Peoria, III. ftn intuitions j xi uenvory wiia euwuiu iuo other night at Adrian, Mich. Two horae thieves, a sot and a poisoner made charcoal oi I he window casing, and heated tbo stonework ol the window, broke it out, and dug away tho bars, and so efkcted their escspo. Charles Groh, aged fllty-flve, had his skull fatally crushed in Baltimore by a cleaver in the hands ot his son, aged twenty-one. From Waaoingtoiii Last month thero were coined at the various mints 135,000 cold pieces worth $1,980,000; 2.280,000 silver dollars and 1,650,000 one-cant pieces worth $10,500. The public printer having refused to allow the employees of the government printing office pay for tho Fourth ol July, a committee ol printers laid tho matter before First Con troller Lawrence, of the treasury, who docided that the employees were entitled to receive pay for public holidays. The d'creoso ot tbo public debt during July was $5,576,053.41; toial cash in tho treasury, $198,890,405 20; goll certificates, #7,884 600; silver ceitificates, ?12,689,290; ceriiflcates ol deposit outstanding, #15,535,000; JogBl-tendera outstanding, ?? 16,081,016; fractional currency outstanding, ?7,205,710.37; refunding certificates outstanding, $1,167 350; debt less cash in the treasury, ?1,936,596,241.93. The American consnl at Barcelona has transmitted to Secretary Evarts a medical diploma sold in Philadelphia for ?300 to a Spanish gentleman who swears he was never in this country. Foreign New*. Paw Paw, anothor ol the American Lorillard's horses, has just won a race at the Goodwood meeting in England. Heavy rains have severely damaged the crops in the south of England, and the cattle plague has broken out in Yorkshire. The Bank of the Province, at Porto Alegre, Brazil, lias boon robbed ot ?125,000. The French ropublicans have been generally successful at the elections in Franoe. A number of Greek rind Armenian onlgi inta who attempted to lar.d on tho Russian shoro ot the Black sea were met with a storm ol bullets and driven oil by lio uiusmn iocai authorities. Tho captain oi tho vessel wwi killed and others wounded. Italy is preparing to hold a world's lair at Rome in 1885. Willinui E. Gladstone, tho British prime minister, was takon alarmingly ill the other day with congestion of tho lungs. , His illness at one timo assumed so sorions a character that carriages were not permitted to puss his residence. The Afghans havo cut the telegraph wires connecting Culiul with India, and it is leared that Abdurrahman Kban will not ho able to maintain himself as ameer, owing to Ayoob Khan's victory over General Burrows. Genoial S r Frederick Haines, commander* in-chiet of tho military lorce in India, is blamed (or the Cand&hur disaster in permitting General Burrows to depart whoa ho know Homo ol Burrows' troops to bo untrustworthy. Tho English in India desito SirGarnel WooLjoloy to take command. The British loss at Condahar was twenty oflloers, 400 Europeans and 800 native* The harvest In Ireland promises well In every county. Ihe bill providing for the compensation evicted tenants in Ireland has been deleated ? in the British house ol lords by a large ma- 1 jority. ^ Eight men were killed by an explosion in a l coalmine near Wrexam, Wales. s Twenty-lour hundred cotton operatives at < Rochdale have been locked oat in consequence { ol the retusal ol the masters to corfiply with ? the demand ol the weavers lor an increase ol j wages. , Dr. Parsons, an American missionary, and his two seivants have been murderod in ! Turkey. The assassins, two Turks, have been arrested. I An international charity congress ia to bo 1 held soon at Milan, Italy. General Hancock's Letter oi i Acceptance. i The following is the full text of Gen- J eral Hancock's letter accepting the , Democratic nomination for President: j Governor's Island, ) New York City, > j July 29, 1830. ) j Gentlemen : I have the honor to ac- 1 knowledge the receipt of your letter ol < -ThItt is iflso. nnnrisinj? me formally of i my nomination to the office of Presi- 1 dent of the United States by the "Na- I tional Democratic Convention " lately I assembled in Cincinnati. I accept the : nomination with grateful appreciation of the confidence reposed in me. The principles enunciated by the con- i vention are those I have cherished in the past, and shall endeavor to maintain in the future. The thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth amendments to the Constitute of the United States, embodying the re- i suits of the war for the Union, are in- ! vioble. If called to the presidency, I should deem it my duty to resist with all of my power any attempt to impair or evade the full force and effect ot the Constitution, which, in every article, section and amendment, is the supreme law of the land. The Constitution forms the basis of the government of the United States. The powers granted by it to the legislative, executive and judicial departments deline and limit the authority of the general government; powers not delegated to the United States bv the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, belong to the States respectively, or to 1 the people. The general and State gov- 1 einments, each acting in its own sphere without trenching upon the lawful jurisdiction of the other, constitute the Union. This Union, comprising a general government with general powers, and State governments with State powers for purposes local to the States, is a polity, the foundations of which were laid in the profounde3t wisdom. This is the Union our fathers made, and which has been so respected abroad and so beneficient at home. Tried by blood and fire, it stands to-day a model form of free popular government?a political system which, rightly administered, has been, and will continue to be, the admiration of the world. May we n?<t say, nearly in the words of Washington: The unity of government which constitutes us one people is justly dear to us; it is the main pillar in the edifice of our real independence, the support of our peace, safety, and prosperity, and of that liberty we so highly prize and intend at every hazard to preserve. But no form of government however carefully devised, no principles however sound, will protect the rights of the people, unless administration is faithful and efficient. It is a vital principle in our system that neither fraud nor force must be allowed to subvert the rights of the people. When fraud, violence, or incompetence controls, the noblest Constitutions and wisest laws are useless. The bayonet is not a fit instrument for collecting the votes of freemen. It is only by a full vote, free ballot, and fair count tbat the people can rule in fact as ho thft t.hpnrv of our eoveni ment. Take this foundation away and tlie whole structure falls. Public cflice is a trust, not a bounty bestowed upon the holder; no incompetent or dishonest persons should ever be intrusted with it, or if appointed, they should be promptly ejected. The basis of a substantial, practical civil service reform must first be established by the people in filling the elective offices; if they fix a hie;h standard of qualifications for office, and sternly reject the corrupt and incompetent, the result will be decisive in governing the action of the servants whom they intrust with appointing power. The war for the Union was successfully closed more than fifteen years ago. All classes of our people must share alike in the blessings of the Union, and are equally concerned in its perpetuity, and in the proper administration of public affairs. We are in a state of profound peace. Henceforth let it be our purpose to cultivate sentiments of friendship, and not of animosity, amoDg our fellow-oitizcna. Our material interests, varied and progressive, demand our const int and united efforts. A sedulous and scrupulous care of the public credit, together with a wise and economical management of our government expenditures, should be maintained in order that labor may be lightly burdened, and that all persons may be protected in their rights to the fruits of their own industry. The time has come to enjoy the substantial benefits of reconciliation. As one people we have common interests. Let us encourage the harmony and generous T*itrnlrTT union it nnrnwn industries which will revive our languishing merchant marine, extend our commerce with foreign nations, assist our merchants, manufacturers and producers to develop our vast natural resources, and increase the prosperity and happiness of our people. If elected I shall, with the Divine favor, labor with what ability I possess, to discharge my duties with fidelity, according to my convictions, and shall take .care to protect and defend the Union, and to see that the laws be faithfury and equally executed in all parts of the country alike. I will assume the responsibiJity fully sensible of the fact that to administer rightly the functions of government is to discharge the most sacred duty that can devolve upon an American citizen. I am, very respectfully, yours, Winfield S. Hancock, To the Hon. John \V. Stevenson, president of the convention; the Hon. John P. Stockton, chairman, and others of the committee of the National Democratic convention. A Cow-Boy'8 Untflt. A correspondent of a New York paper, who jour ieyed across the great staked plains of Texas with a companion, decked out in the costume of a cow-boy, describes their dress as follows: Either wears a whitiso teJt nar, vase 01 Drim, and with a neatly-rolled red handkerchief tied around the minute proportion of a crown; a blue woolen shirt, also surmounted in the region of the neck with a red kerchief; calfskin leggings, trimmed with leather fringe and buttons adown the outer seams; spurs fiercely long in the rowel and given to jingling bravely; two belts, holding in their ioops ICO rounds of cartridges, half for the revolver suspended from one of the belts and halt for a repeating carbine. Jn addition to these accouterments are a formidable-looking knife (to be used, however, for the innocent purpose of butchering game or cutting pork), ard a leathern quirt hanging from the wearer's wrist. The owner of this ominous finery rides a tough, square-built chunk of a pony, which at ti res evinces a moibid desire to send his rider flying through the sky. The saddle on the pony is a well-housed, " double-rigged " one, made, as shown by the quantity of leather used, with an ' - ' * ? ? ?? ? ? /N C K CI oye LO 11 If eilfUUlimeuicut ui iuu uuuc in that staple. Slung from the high horn and the cantel of the saddle is a gun-sheath containing a Winchester carbine, and also attached to the horn are a coil of rope and a water canteen. A pair of siddle-bags lie across the seat. At the lack of the saddle are tied coat and overcoat of oiled canvas?in cowboy's language, a "slicker." Such an equipment id the net outcome of cowboy experience in search of the useful and the beautiful, ai.d with such fie cow-boy is prepared to travel through the world. An " old and successful fruit-grow Jr." says' that the most certain means of keeping away the curcullo he knows of, is to plant tansy near the base of plum trees. This little pest, however, has wings as well as legs, and could readily sting the fruit without coming in con- i tact with the plant; and from our own 1 knowledge of it, we fancy it wouldn't , care if it did. 1 ^: v. . Substitutes for Beer. When harvest operations begin we ihall very likely have the great controversy concerning the use ofbeer in farm ivork reopened. Already contributions ire being made to the literature of the lubiect, and one of the most interesting )f these is a letter from Sir Philip Rose ;o a Mr. Abbey, of Oxford. Sir Philip, iome six years ago, resolved to stop jeer drinking among his harvesters when they were at work. He did so, it ippears, because he found that accidents happened sometimes, and that the men jot sullen and stupid, " the boys noisy md rough with the horses," and the ivomen excited. All this mischief he lound traceable to the enormous quan:ity of beer which the field hands drank. But as some liquid refreshment was lecessary for them, what was to be substituted? Sir Philip ingeniously hit upon weak infusions of cold tea, made up with milk and sugar, and his workers took to it keenly. Since then he has had better work dene by his laborers at tiarvest-time, and the women have been rery grateful for the change, because, as 3ir Philip says, they are able to save more than formerly. Supplying cold tea to his fiiends cost Sir Philip twenty-five iollars a year, and he considers the money well spent. We may remark, however, that many other substitutes for hfipr are used. In Scotland, unless the thinnest of " table beer" is drank, the favorite liquor of the harvester is buttermilk. Then, in other places, a weak gruel ol oatmeal and water, kej)t in a cool place, is found most refreshing and palatable. Either is better than beer for the men, and as for the boys, it is the height of lolly to let them drink stull that flies to their heads as the day wears on, and makes them, as Sir Philip 9ays, "no!sy and rough with the horses."?London Telegraph. Disease prevented and medical bills leesened by a timely use oi Malt Bitters. An amateur female poultry-fancier called at the bookstore for tne book called "Foul Play." Sne thought it might give her some useful hints.? Syracuse Sunday Times. The careworn and overworked find comlort and strength in Malt Bitters. The Orthodox Friends' library, in German town, Pa., has 10,000 volumes, collected during some fifty years, without a novel or a play among them. When you wake up in the Bight and hear the Baby crying, look out for danger?there's a rock ahead. Dr. Bull's Baby Syrup will assist you in safely passing this rock. An agea man was swmaiea out 01 $300 by gamblers at an Illinois fair, and the loss grieved him so much that he committed suicide. Dr. C. E. Shoemaker, oi Reading, Pa., if the only aural surgeon in the United States who dovotes all his time to the treatmont of dealncsa and disease* of the ear and catarrh; especially running ear. Nearly twenty years experience. Thousands testily to his skill. Coniuit him by mail or otherwise. Pamphlet/ris. Are Ton Rot In Good Health \ If the Livor is the source of your trouble, von can And nn nbsolute remedy in Db. Sahford'b Liveb Invigorator, the only vegetable) cathartic whieh acts directly on the Liver. Cures all Bilious diseases. For Book ad drees On. Sanfobp, 162 Broadway, New York. The VolUlc Belt Co., ltfarahall.Hich., Will sond their Elcctro-Voltaic Bolts to the afflicted upon 30 days' trial. See their advertisement in this paper headed, " On 30 Daya' Trial." Norwich University Military College, Northflold, Vt., oft'ors special advantages to young men desiring a scientiflo education. Circulars sent on application. Veqetine is not a stimulating bitten which cieatesa fictitious appetite, but a gentle tonic which assists nature to restore the stomach to a healthy action. Correct your habits of crooked walking by using Lyon's Patent Metallic Heel StifFanaia. Dinshtcri, WlTti and Mother*. D*. HAUCIIISI'S UTERINE CATHOLICON will porttlTely cure Female Weakue* rech m Filling ot the Womb, White*, Chronic Inflammation or Ulceration ot the Womb, Incidental Hemorrhage or Flooding, Painful Buppreoed and Irregular Meuahuatlon, Ac. An old and reliable remedy. Send postal canl for a pamphlet, wtU treatment, core* and certificate* from pbyifcidiii and Mtuna to UOWARTU k BALLARD Una M. T. laid br ill J? l*r WtUle. THE MARKETS. HEW TOBK Beei Cattle?Med. Natives, live wt.. O7#0 09# Calves?Common to Extra State..... O4#0 06# Sheep.... 03#0 05# Lambs 00# E ogfl?Live. 05 0 06# Dressed O6#0 C6# Floor-Ex. 8tate, good to fanoy.... 4 85 0 6 25 Western, good to fancy 4 fcO <3 7 25 Wheat-No. 2 Bed 1 03#? l 04 No. 1 White, 1 08X01 i9 Bye?State 82 0 82 Barley?Two-Bowed State 63 @ 65 Corn?Ungraded Western Mixed.... 43 0 48 Southern Yellow 68 0 58 Oats?White State 40 0 46 Mixed Western-. 37 0 40 Hay?Filme to fancy 95 0 1 is Straw?Long Bye, per owt 95 01 06 Hops?State, 1879 26 9 34 Pork?Mesa, new 14 40 014 60 Lard?City Steam..... 7 55 0 7 55 Petroleum?Crude........ 07 @07# Beflned 09 Batter?State Creamery 31 0 25 Diary 17 0 19 Western Imitation Creamery 18 0 30 Factory 14 0 18 Cheese?State Factory 08 0 10# Skims 04 0 06 Western 07 0 09# Eggs?State and Fenn IS 0 15# Potatoes?State, bbl new 1 50 0 1 78 BC/PALO. Flour?City Ground, No. 1 Spring.. 6 60 0 6 00 Wheat?No. 1 Hard Duluth 1 25 01 25 Corn?No. 2 Western 43#0 40# Oats? State 41 0 42 Barley?Two-rowed State 66 0 70 BOBTOlf, Beef Cattle?Lire weight 06 0 07 Sheep 05 0 06# Hogs 05*0 05# Floor?Wisconsin and Mlnn.Pat.... 7 CO 0 8 76 Corn?Mixed and fellow 53 0 56 Oats?Extra White 43 0 46 Bye?State 1 00 0 1 OS Wool?Washed Combing ft Delaine., 46 0 48 Unwashed. " ? 34 0 36 WATEBTOWN (MAS8 ) CATTIJI MA&XIT Beef Cattle?live weight 03 0 04# Sheep,... 03 0 06 Lambs 04 0 06# Hmjs O5#0 05# PHILADELPHIA, Flour?Penn. good and fanoy 6 25 0 6 00 Wheat-No. 2-Bed 1 1O#0 1 10# Bye?State?new 170 0 70 Corn?Stato Yellow 62 0 62 Oats?Mlxod ?6#0 36 Butter?Creamery extra 25 0 26 inva 10# Pctrolonm^Onide Bettasd 09}i HAY FEVER. ELY'S CF&AM BALM Is receiving the Indorsement of the sufferer, the diugglst ami physician. Never has an article of so much merit been produce! for ihe treatment of membranal dlseiftes as this rii'vcr-fallln: HAI.M.snd is universally acknowledged an being all that Is clalmcd for It. The application is easy and pleasant, causing nn pain, tut Is soothing, and Is fast superseding the use of powders, liquids and snuflS. Price within the reach of all?50 cents. On receipt of AO cents, will mail a package free. Send for circular, with full Information. ELY'S CREAM ISALM CO., Owego, N. T. NEW YORK?McKesson k Hobbins; Hall k Bucket; C. N. Crittenton: W. II. Schleffe'ln k Co.; D. m. StlgcrA Co.; Lazelle, Marsh k Gardner, nnd others. SYRACCSK.N. Y.-C. W. Snow 4 Co.; Moore k Hubbard; Kcnyon, Potter k Co. PHILADELPHIA?Smith, Kline k Co.; Johnston, noiloway k Co. Ladies and stohe-keepeus-toh can get Choice <>oodfi cheap, by writing on a Postal for our Price l.lst, which enables you to oriler by mall tlie best way, and sci t*ic many kinds of Merchandise we keep for sale at surpilslngly low prices. We Ben 1 simples of Hamburg*, I aces, Ribbons, Fringes, etc., if requested. We sell Wholesale and llelall for Cash down. A new combination system enables us to quote very close prices. We have $1, $2 and $fl packages or Notions which cannot be bought for twice tne money elsewhere, all wanted In evt'y family. Money returned if nut satisfactory. uotuaroN IIUTTOW, OH Tremont Street, Hoston. Mass. A VEAK ana expense* 10 agents. Jig Outfit Free. Adilicss * * P. Q. V1CKERY. Augusta, Maine. ? to $20 JSKttSSS, ftSSRB&Sf" meaicina du tTtr given luca pcrntk m *!?*.?*. ?* * Vaornna. It pwlfles the Wood, dtuoet all of the organ*, tod poatatd a controlling power over the ntrrota ?ystem. The remarkable cnre* effected by Yiarrtn h?? Induced many physician* and apothtraries whom wi know to preacrlbe and um It In their own families. In tact, Yunui la the beat remedy ret diacoyered for the above di*ea*e?,and la the only reliable BIiOOD PUBIFIEB yet placed before the public. Yegetlne l? Sold toy all Dmgglati. ?A KKDICINK WITHOUT A RIVAL." I HUNT'S XREMEDY r THE GREAT Kidney and Liver Medicine, CUBES all Diseases of the Kidneys, Liver, Bladder, and Urinary Orrans; Dropsy, Gravel, Diabetes, B right's Disease, Pains in tho Back, Loins, or Side; Retention or Nonretention of Urine, Nervous Diseases, Female Weaknesses, Excesses, Jaundice, Biliousness, Headache, Soar Stomach, Dyspepsia, Constipation ft Piles, HUNT'S REMEDY CURES WHEN ALL OTHER MEDICINES FAIL, on it acta directly and at once on tha Kidney*, Liver, and Bowels, restoring them to healthy action, HUNT'S REMEDY U a aafe, rare and speedy cure, and hundreds hare been cured by it when physicians and friend* bad given them up to die. Do cot delay, try at once HUNT'S REMEDY. Send for pamphlet to WM. E. CLARKE, Providence, R. I, Prices, 75 cents nnd 81.25. Large size the cheapest. Ask your dr'ggist for HUNT'S yuMKpt, Toko no other. JlAtf UNFERMENTED MALT BITTERS This MATCHLESS RENOVATOR of fetble and exhausted constitutions Is rich in the elements that ro to nourish nnd strengthen the blood. It perfects digestion, stimulates the liver, kidneys, bowels, and urinary organs, quiets the brain and Dervous forces, and induces refreshing sleep. MALT BITTERS commend themselves to the weak, convalescent, ^overworked, do bllltated, nervous, sleepless, ana meiancnoiy, as me purest, safest and most powerful restorative Id medlclue. Prepared by the MAl.T BITTEKS COMPANY, from Unjrrmenttd Mall and Bop*. MALT BITTERS COMPANY, Boston, Mass. | ? Itching Humor*. Scaly Erup > |4 I IVI ttons, Scalp Affections. Salt V rv I 111 Rheum, Psoriasis, Scald Head, Ulcers and Sores Infallibly cured I niCCACrC by the ciittcora Remidies, \0 UIjlHOC). which have performed miracle* of healing unparalleled In medical history. Send for Illustrated Treatise, contalnlnt testimonials from every part of the Union. Prepared by Weeks t Potter, Chemists, Boston, Mass. Sold by DruggliU. TILE -d BRICK MACHINERY. SPECIALTIES: Tlflany Improved Tile Machine, Sworu's Patent Brick Machine, "lay Crushers with Chilled Bollere, Horizontal Tile and Brick Machine. Write for circulars and prices. H. BREWER & CO., Tecumwh, Mich. NATRONA wf Is the best to the World. It Is absolutely pure. It Is thi best for Medicinal Purposes. It Is the best for Baking and all Family Uses. Sold by all Druggists and Grocer*. PENN'A SALT MANUFACTURING CO., Phlla. CELLULOID #4 EYE-GLASSES. Tf representing the choicest selected Tortoise-Shell and Amber. The lightest, handsomest, and strongest knownSold by Opticians and Jewelers, Made by SPENCKB 0. M. CO., 13 Maiden Lane, New York. CHAM REItli&IlV INSTITUTE (established 1849), Itandolph, N. Y. On the A. * G. W. R. K.. In the Chautauqua I/ikt region. A well-endovred and successful seminary for both sexes. The usual l iterary Departments and a very flourishing Commercial School and Music Department. 352 different students last year. Pure -?- * ? J r>AAfl #aa^ nn/i mruiu air, inuumitii-aiji m? nmcii kvw onm ??? *.??.<?. rliion. No deaths In 30 yen's. Endowments luch that we will rectlve a student (total expense) for 1 Term for MO; for 1 year, S130. Catalogue sent fret on application to the Principal, PROF. J. T. EDWARDS, D. L>. Fall Term opens Augmt !IO. IMPORTANT TO AGENTS. THE LIFE OF GEN. JAS. A. GARFIELD Bv his pors rial Mend. MAJOR DUNDY, Editor N. Y. Mail, Is th* only edition to which <;cn. Garfleld has g.ven personal attention or facts. Beautifully Illustrated, printed and bound. Full length steel portrait by Hall, from a picture tancn expressly for this work. Active A Rent* Wanted. Liberal terms. SendBl.OOat once for complete rutflt. A. S. BARNES k CO., HI k xi:i William Street. New York. ANDREW McMULLEN, WHOLESALE DEALER IN BROOM CORN, BROOM HANDLES, And Broom Mannfactnrers' Machinery and Supplies. N. B.?Fancy Painted Handles a Specialty. 03 Union fet.? Schenectady. W? ? AUEHT8 WAWTED to sell th? LIFE OF GEN. JAS. A. GARFIELD By his comrade in arms and personal friend, <?en? J- S. UltlSHllV, an author of wide cehbntv This work is errmiMe, authentic, lutr-prieed. Fully illustrated. Pos lively the UH anil cltenp-ht book. Sont ether official. Send ."><)? . at nnce ror > unit. We give the bent term*. Act t/uick and yi/u atn coin monry. lil'KUARD BROS., Pubs., ?2:? .','liealniit St., Philadelphia. Pa. MOSQUITO CATCHER minutes without smoke, soil or gresse. Price fSOc. Send postal for Illustrated Circular. Agents wanted. Good Wins. L. T. JOX E3,160 Light St., Baltimore. Md. _ o?r WELL AUGER i. cheapest, bores the fastest. We ore the oldest and largest firm in America. Send for our pictorial catalogue. United States Mfg Co., Chicago, 111. mpv TMTi iu-;?'KiPT(witu ftiB X X i\JLF? directions to make on? einal to those soM for $- to t'> '.-it one-third the money) and Receipts for :tO kinds of ! s. nil color/.:IOcii by return mall^ Address H. BLK' OK, P.M., AlraraJo, Ttmfc DAnOCC f Campaign BADGES with Gilt DAUlibw I Eagle and Shield, on red, whlt? nd blue Hiblxtn with life-like Photographs of both Candidates of either partv, SI per d^z. Sample 15 cts. Big thiugtos.il. PATTEN k CO., 1:1 liarclay St.. N. Y. HANPnrk' He*t Crnyon FortrniU, 12x15 nHllUUOI\a Each lO cts. by mail. Also othercanninripi f* d dates. Agents Wanted. OE0. Uflnr ICL.U. fkkLVE. 100 Nassau St. flew xorr. VOUNC MEN month. Kvirv crmltiatc miarnnteH a pavln? situation. A'Mffs? H. VaU-iitiiif. .Manager. Jacovillc, ">Vli. ftmilBI Morphine IlnJblt Cured 1b 10 lll'Eiinl to 20 day*. No pay Oil Cared. BJl mm I>it. J. STKI'UEMH, Lebanon. Ohla jlDPA A MOUTH I AfiB.VTS WANTED! \ 7.1 Bert Seiltns Arliclos In the wor.d; * s.iu-p:.-/r<*. Jat l'.iiu.iao>, Ucifult.itielL Voting Men wanted for mercantile houses. hote'?. restaurant-, stores, seaside resorts and sleaniuoala. ("all or wddrtsa Manhattan Agency, 1:120 liroadway, X. Y.Ctty. T7' V'EUT IiAPY needs it, wants it. and should have 111 It. Addren Miss Kt.Mi, Hil Fulton St., X.Y.l'lty. BI SWESS that Pays. Men and Women wanted. Addrea S. 3. 9UKANT0X t CO.. Hartford. Conn. ftflO A1T&ZK.. $12 a day at home eaaflyrnada. Co?tlJ Outflt fre?. Addreu T?ui4 Co., August*, Mala*. Vegetine Purifies the Blood, Renovates and Invigorates the Whole System. ITS MEDICINAL PBOPKBTDU AB1 Alterative, Tonic, Solvent and Diuretic. Tiormn b mad* eicluilveiy from Cb? Juleei of ear* folly selected b&rlu, rooU tod hart*, and ? itronjly oooeentrated that It will eflactoally eradicate from the fyiUm ntry tAint of Merofala, Rcrofnloai Humor, Tumors, Cancer, Cuiceroat Humor, Ery iprins, salt Bheam, Syphilid* Dlwwii Conker, t'tlntnui at til* Stomach. and IB dK'." * t.-t arias from tapura blood. Sciatica, InU.hiiiiatorr and Chronic Bhenmatltm, TVeiu-olota, Uont and Spinal Complaint*, can only be effectually cured throufh the blood. For Clean and Eruptlre DUeaiM af the Skin, Pustule*, Pimple*, Blotchaa, Boll*, Tetter, Scaldhead and Bin i? worm. Yxarnjri baa never failed to eflect a permanent cor*. For Paina la thi Back, Kidney Complaint*, Drop*?, Fimsl* Weaknen, Leneorrhcea, arising from Internal ulceration, and uterine dlseuei ud General Debility, Twrin acts directly upon the auisea of the** complaint*. Ittcrlgoratea and itrengthena the whole eyrtem, acta upon the aecretlre organs, allays Inflammation, carta ulceration and regulate* tha bowel*. For Catarrhi Dyrpepala, Habitual Coatlweneaa, Palpitation of the Heart, Headache, Pllea, IYerronaneaa, and General Proatratlon of the IVerrona Syatem, no ____^_ - , . KIDNEY DISEA8E8, ft LJ LIVER COMPLAINTS,H Constipation and Piles. B Q ITHA8 WnVQB IWOMDERFUL If III E n power. mUPi M BBCAUSB XT ACTS ON THxIJ LlTEBtTHB BOWELS AMD KH^M NETS AT THB8AMB TXBIX. J? n lww> K <mn? (N BrtMl OfH ths poisonous humors that develops N B<n Kidney and Urinary ntousnsts, Jaundloe, Const!pat*on,n I IPiles, or In Rheumatism, Neuralgial I Mind Female disorders. M n""rv,ff?"* ~*'*TrtT yti tf Million n H ** ? ?* PmiWi H vns4, rZri'l'1*"<', y yyyp-aa / REMEDY FOR CURING CoA ColHi, BroncMtis, Asthma, CONSUMPTION, 'j And all Throat tod Long Aflectlons. Indorwd by tfct Pica, PbyiicUa*, Clergy tod Afflicted People. THY IT. TOUE KSKXDY 18 . . >m MIEN'S W M1SH I Sold by til Medldnt P??ler?. Important to the Pair Sex! THE GREAT ENGLISH RE M EI/Y, cores Lsoenn hoB*. (or wWK*,) Painful Menstruation, Ulocation.Or*. rian Disease?, Absent Menstruation, all diaoa**, known u femal* weakness. They have been used in England for jean M a periodical and renlatinc pilL Sold hj all Druggists everywhere. Price J LOO per box or six baxao for $?00, sect br mail freo of postage. securely sealed. FRAZER AXLE GREASE. FOR SALE BY AI/T, PBALKBI. tk* uvnat /i? nnrr/\d /WjmM Paris Exposition*. Chicago. FRAZER LUBRICATOR CO., New York. _ -U ^ 6 0 m pi RED RIVER VALLEY 2,000,000 Acres Wheat Lands hifli in tht World* for m1< by iht St. Pan], Minneapolis & Manila HI CO. Thrss dollar! per acre allowed the settler for bruitand oaltiraUon. For particular* apply to D. A. MoKINLAY, Una Commlaslonur, at. Tmmi, Minn. TlUi Olalm-HouM Eitabllihed IMS. PENSIONS. Jfew Law, Thousands of soldiers and heln entitled. Pensions date back to discharge or death. Time limited. Address, with (tamp, ? . GEOHGK E. l,EMOjr, P. O. Drawer 3?5? W'aihlnjjton, P. C. jMnnnneas I i 191111 I Pile# that DeBlng's I'Ho tfclllfllll Remedy fails toeure. Givee ! H I I I I I I I Immediate relief, cores case* ' I I I I 8 | I lot lonff -standing in 1 week, I Q I I I I I I and ordinary cares in 3 dara, 111 I U LI U PAIITinii Aon? genu IK ZJLZJSJS l/HU I lUn uulrn pel/or wrapper hat printed on it in black a l'ile of S rmu arA Dr. J. P. Miller'i tijnalure, I'hila. Slnboite. Sold by alldruggiata. Sent by mail by J. P. Mit.leii, M. 1)., Propr- 8. W. cot. Tenth and Arch Su., Ptilada.. Pa. SAPONIFIER Is the " Original - Concentrated Lye and Reliable Family Soap Maker. Directions accompany each Can for nukiu Hard, Soft and Toilet Soap quickly. It is fJ9 weight and strength. A&k your grocer for 8AFOMFIKK, and take co otherr. PENN'A SALT MANUFACTURING CO.. Phiia. "BBATTY" OP WASHINGTON, NEW JERSEY, SEIiZiS 14-Stop ORCANS Stool, Book k Music, boxed k shipped onljr 18ft.Ml. New PianosSllKI to SI,0<io. Before yoa buy an laitroment be tore to see his MM-eummer offier owraM, ftm. Address DANLKL V. BKATTY, Washington, S.4 The Koran. A cariosity to eTery one, and a neeeultr to all students of lllatory or Be)l?teii i THK KORAN OP MOIIAUilED; translated from the Arable by George Sale. Formerly publ shed at $2.71; new, beautiful Type, nest, cloth-bound edition; price SO cents, and O cents for postage. Catalogue of many standard works, remarkably low to price, with extra tern* to clubs, free. Say where yon saw this advertisement. Ajtulicih Book feiicmxcs.Tribune BulMlng.N. Y. PETROLEUM TTlflllJTlTll JELLY Grand Medal If fl \ gj I 1111 If Silver Me<lal VJlijflLlliD ^ Tills wonderful substance Is acknowledged by physfclans throughout the world to he the I-est remedy discovers! for the cure of Wouiv!*, Hums, Rhcnmat'sm, Skin D's^uses, 1'il.s, Catarrh, Chilblains, kc. In onier that everv on* mnv try It. !t Is put tin In 15 an! s? "? cent U'tt'es for i:? . (Htiin I from yourdni-V'?t. r.n I you will il:i I It ?ui>cr!or t" an; tliln,- you Iwve cv-.r mo I. Arc soldbyall Hardware and Harness Dealer#. There la no one owning a horse or mule but what will find la this line of goois. something of great value, and e*. / peciallv adapted to their wants. COVERT ifPG CO* WbstTroy.N. V. Solo Manufacturer*. WESLETAN UNIVERSITY, MIDDL.ETOWH, CO WW. Three four-year courses?CIa?lca1, Latin-Sclentlflc, and Scientific. Large rniwe of tOecllvc turtles In each c&nrse. Fine .Museum, Laboratory, and Obncrvatory. Post-sraduate courses In Literature and Science. No preparatory or professional courses. Free Scholarships for indigent and meritorious students. Entrance Examination, Sept. Oth. For Catalogue#address \VH. .NORTH ItlCB. Secretary of Faculty. ON 30 DATS TRIAL. We will send our Electro-Voltaic Belts and othei Electric Appliances upon trial for 30 ilays to those afflicted with Nm'<w IkbOity and rfi'mxJof a personal nature. ' ivor Kidiu-vs. ltheumatlsm. Paralysis, etc. A trure cure guarntUted or no r?V-. Address Voltaic Belt Co.. Mnnhall, Mich. SHAKER THEOLOGY. I Scrlpto Rational.?A book that every Statesman. I I.ogiclnn, Lawyer. Doctor and Preacher should read. A neat steel engraving of the author In Shaker costume adorns the frontispiece. It Is neatly printed and bound, I containing 2a pages vo., an 1 font, postage paid, for tl.OQ. Address 111SUOP F.ADS. South Union, Ky. /tm\ tkwth a Mjsmxi /Sfi\ f \Bywkk8i*r?aih<aoC?M,?tamf/ \ iUMt*Mm^Pr>r.M4iTlKKZ.<aPr?*. WANTED? Agents everywhere to *-11 our goods, by sample, to fami.lei. We Rive attractive presents ?u?l flrst-class koo<Is to your customers; we clvc you ifoo-l firoflts: we prepay all express charges; we furnish outflt ree. write for peirtlcu are. PEOPLE'S TEA CO., Box 5025, St Louis, Mo. ?fifi A WEEK to your own town. T?rm? an<l %i On1?( , Addrea H. Euutt 4 C?.,Porti*ad, Mjin^