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The Hindoo Sceptic. I think till I weary with thinking, Said the sad-eyed Hindoo king ; And I see but shadows around me, Illusion in everything. How knowest thou aaght of God, Of His favor or His wrath ? Can the little fish tell what the lion thinks. Or map out the eagle's path ? Can the finite the infinite search, Did the blind discover the stars ? Is the thought that I think, a thought, Or a throb of the brain in its bars? For aught that my eye can discern, Your God is what you think good. Yourself flashed back from the glass, When the light pours on it in ilood. Yoir preach to me to be just, And this is His realm you say, And the good are dying of burger And the bad gorge every day. You say that He loveth mercy, And the famine is not gone : That he hateth the shedder of blood, And He slayeth us every one. You say that my soul shall live, That the spirit can never aie ; If He wore content when I was not, Why not when I have passed by ? You say I must have a meaning, 80 must dung, and Its meaning is flowers. What if our souls are but nurture For iives that are greater than ours ? When the flsh swims out of the water, When the bird soars out of the blue, Man's thought may transcend man's knowledge, And your God be no reflex of you. CAUGHT AT LA8T. It was in the Spring of IS ?. I had been at Rome during the Holy -'eek, and had taken a place in the diligence for Naples. There were two routes: one by the way of Terracina and the other by the Via Latina, more inland. The diligence, which made the journey only twice ft week, followed these routes alternately, so that each road was traversed only once in seven days. I chose the inland route, and after a long day's journey arrived at Ceprano, where we halted for the night. The next morning we started again very early, and it was scarcely yet daylight when we reached the Neapolitain frontier, a short distance trom the town There our passports were examined, and to my great dismay I was informed that mine was not en regie. It was covered, indeed, with stamps and signatures, not one of which had been procured without some cost and trouble; but one " visa " was yet wanting, and that the all-importaut one, without which none could enter the Kingdom of Naples. T was obliged therefore to alight, and to send ray wretch^ ed passport back to Rome, my wretched W self being doomed to remain under Police j surveillance at Ceprano, until the diligence should bring it back to me on that day week, at soonest. I took up my abode at the hotel where I had passed the previous night, and there I presently received a visit trom the t'apo di Polizia, who told me that I must present myself every morning and evening at his bureau, but that I might have liberty to "circulate'1 in the neighborhood during the day. I grew so weary of this dull place, that after I had explored the immediate vicinity of the town I began to extend my walks to a greater distance, and as I always reported myself to the police before night I met with no objection on their part. One day, however, when I had been as far as Alatri and was returning on foot, night overtook me. I had lost my way. and could not tell how far I might be from my destination. I was very tired and had a heavy knapsack on my shoulders, packed with stones and relics from the ruins of the old Pelasgic fortress which I had been exploring, besides a number of old coins and a lamp or two which I had purchased there. I could discern no signs of any human habitation, and the hills, covered with wood, seemed to shut me in on every side. I was beginning to think seriously of looking out for some sheltered spot under a thicket in which to pass the night, when the wel come sound of a footsteo behind me fell upon my ears. Presently a inna dressed in the usual long shaggy coat of a shep* herd overtook me, and hearing my difficulty offered to conduct me to a house at a short distauce from the road, where I mightobtain a lodging; before we reached the spot he told me tiiat the house in question was an inn and that he was the landlord of it. lie had not much custom, he said, so he employed himself in shepflnrinrr rlov* fnif iiv.u.u^ V?#V ?.V VVM*M | make me comfortable and give me a good j supper also, better than I should expect, to look at him ; but he had been in good i circumstances ouce, and had lived in service in great families, and new how things ought to be, and what a '^aorclike i myself was used to. The house to which he took i < seemed | like its owner, to have seen bet ir days. It was a large, rambling place and much dilapidated, but it was tolerably comfortable within; and my landlord, after he had thrown otF his sheepskin coat, pre- ; pared me a savory meal, and sat down to look at and converse with me while I ate | it. I did not much like the looks of ihe fellow ; but he seemed anxious to be so ciable, and told me a great deal about his former life when he was in service, expecting to receive similar confidences from me. I did not gratify him much, i ^ * but one must talk of something, and he seemed to think it only proper to express ; an interest in his guests, and to learn as much of their concerns as they would tell him. I went to bed early, intending to resume my journey as soon as it should be liirht. ! My landlord took up my knapsack and carried it to my room, observing as he ] did so that it was a great weight for me to travel with. I answered jokingly that | it contained great treasure, referring to my coins and relics; of course he did not k understand me, and, before I could ex- j J plain, he wished me a most* happy little night, and left me. The room in which I found myself was situated at the end of a long passage; there were two rooms on the right side o this passage, and a window on the left, cfp^L which looked out upon a yard or garden. If D Flaring taken a survey of the outside of y?:V^ the house while I was smoking my cigar after dinner, when the moon was up. I un? derstood exactly the position of my chamhAr?the end room of a long narrow wing, projecting at right angles from the main ovilding, with which it was connected by the passage and the two side rooms already mentioned. Please to bear this descri,)t; carefully in mind while 1 i prooet I Befc ting into bed I drove into the ' floor close to the door a small gimlet which formed part of a complicated pocket-knife which I always carried with me, po that it would be impossible for any one to enter the rove . without my knowledge; there was u would not torn in it; there was also a bolt, but it would not entei the hole intended for it, the door having sunk apparently from its proper level. I satisfied myself, however, that the door was secured by my gimlet, and soon fell asleep. How can I describe the strange and horrible sensation which oppressed me as I awoke out of ray first slumber? I had been sleeping soundly, and before I quite recovered consciousness I had instinctively risen from my pillow, and was crouching forward, my knees drawn up, my hands clasped before ray lace, and my whole frame quivering with horror. I saw nothing; felt nothing; but a sound was ringing in my ears that seemed to make my blood run cold. I could not have supposed it possible that any mere sound, whatever might be its nature, could have produced such a revulsion of feeling or inspired such intense horror as I then experienced. It was not a cry of terror that I heard?that would have roused me to action?nor the moaning of one in pain?that would have distressed me, and called forth sympathy rather than aversion. True, it was like the groaning of one in anguish and despair, but not like any mortal voice; it seemed too dreadful, too intense for human utterance. The sound had begun while I was fast asleep?close to the head of my bed?close to my very pillow ; it continued after I was wide awake?a long, loud, hollow, protracted groan?making the midnight air reverberate, and then dying gradually away until it ceased entirely. It was some minutes before I could at ell recover from the terrible impression which seemed to stop my breath and paralyze my limbs. At length I began to look about me, for the night was not entirely dark, and could discern the outlines of the room and the several pieces of fnrniture in it. I then got out of bed and called aloud, "Who is there? What is the ifiatter ? Is any one ill ?" I repeated these inquiries in Italian and in French, but there was no answer. Fortunately I had some matches in my pocket and was able to light my candle. I then examined every part of the room carefully", and especially the wall at the head of my bed, sounding it with my knuckles; it was firm and solid there, as in all other places. I unfastened my door and explored the passage sud the two adjoining rooms, which were unoccupied and almost destitute of furniture; they had evidently not been used for some time. Search as I would I could gain no clue to the mystery. Returning to my room I sat down upon the bed in great perplexity, and began to turn over in my mind whether it was possib'e I could have been deceived?whether the sounds which caused nie such distress might not be the offspring of some dream or nightmare; but to that conclusion I could not bring myself at all, much as f wished it, for the groaning had continued ringing in my ears long after I was wide awake and conscious. While I was thus reflecting, having neglected to close the door which was opposite the side of my bed where I was sitting, I heard a soft footstep at a distance, and presently a light appeared at the further end of the passage. Then I saw the shadow of a man cast upon the opposite wall; it moved very slowly, and presently stopped. I saw the hand raised, as if making a sign to some one, and I knew from the fact of the shadow being thrown in advance that there must have t^en a second person in the rear by whom the light was carried. After a short pause they seemed to have retraced their steps, without my haviug had a glimpse ot either of them, but only ot the shadow which had come before and which followed them as they withdrew. It was then a little after one o'clock, and 1 concluded they were retiring late to rest, and anxious to avoid disturbing me, though I have since thought ! that it was the light from my room which caused them to retreat. I felt half inclined to call to them, but I shrank, without knowing why, from making known what had disturbed me, and while I hesitated they were gone; so I fastened my door again, and resolved to sit up and _ i:m. L.. li,,f waicu a unit; vy iu?c>cii. j<ui uvt. ui; candle was beginning to burn low, and I found myself in this dilemma: either I must extinguish it at once, or I should be left without the means of procuring a light in case I should again be disturbed. I regretted that I had not called for another candle while there were people yet moving in the house, but I could not do so now without making explanations; so 1 grasped my box of matches, put out my light, and lay dowrt, not without a shudder, in the bed. For an honror more I lay awake thinking over what had occurred, and by that time I had almost persuaded myself that I had a morbid imagination to thank for the alarm which I had suffered. " It is an outer wall," I said to myself; "they are all outer walls, and the house is built of stone; it is impossible that any sound could be heard through such a thickness. Besides, it seemed to be in my room, close to my ear. What an idiot I must be to get alarmed and excited about nothing? ril think no more aboHt it." So I turned on my side, with a smile (rather a forced one) at my own foolishness, and composed myself to sleep. At that instant 1 heard, with more distinctness than I ever heard any other sound in my life, a gasp, a voiceless gasp, as if some one were in agony for breath, biting at the air, or trying with desperate efforts to cry out or speak. It was repeated a second and third time; then there was a pause; then again that horrible gasping; and then a long-drawn breath,an audible drawing up of the air into the throat, such as one would make in heaving a deep sigh. Such sounds as these could not possibly have been heard unless they hail been close to my ear; they seemed to come out of the wall at my head, or to rise'out of my pillow. That fearful gasping, and that drawing in of the breath, in the darkness and silence of the night, seemed to make every nerve in my body thrill with dreadful expectation. Unconsciously 1 shrank away from it, crouching down as before with my face upon my knees. It ceased, aud immediately a moaning sound began, which lengthened out into an awful protracted groan, waxing louder and louder as it under an increasing agony, and then dying away slowly and gradually into silence; yet painfully and distinctly audible, even to the last. As soon as I could rouse myself from the freezing horror which seemed to pen etrate even to mr joints and marrow, 1 crept away from the bed, and in the furthest corner of the room lighted with) shaking hand my candle, looking anxiously about me as I did so, expecting some dreadful revelation as the light dashed : up. Yet, if you will believe me, I did not feel alarmed or frightened; but rather oppressed, and penetrated with an nnnatur :1. overpowering sentiment of awe. I seemed to be in the presence of some great and horrible mystery, some bottomless depth of woe, or misery or crime. I j shrank from it with a sensation of into]-; erable loathing and suspense. It was a feeling akin to this which prevented me . from calling to my landlord. I could not bring myself to speak to hira of what had i passed; not knowing how nearly he himself might be involved in the mystery. I was only anxious to escape as quietly as possible from the room and from the house. The candle was now beginning to ) flicker in its socket, but the stars were; shining outside, and there was space and I - - - . ' " " air to breathe there, which seemed to be wanting in my room; so I hastily opened | the window, tied the bedclothes together t I for a rope, and lowered myself safely and silently to the ground. There was a lig.it still burning in the ' lower part of the house; but I crept < noiselessly along, feeling my way care- , fully among the trees, and in due time came upon a beaten track which led me 1 ; to a road, the same which I had been 1 traveling on the previous night. I walked j on, scarcely knowing whither, anxious 1 only to increase my distance from the accursed house, until the day began to break, when almost the first thing I could I see distinctly was a small body of men approaching me. It was with no small pleasure that I recognized at their head . my iriend the Capo di Polizia. "Ah!" he cried, " unfortunate Inglees, what trouble you have given me! Where have you been! God be praised that I see you safe and sound! But how? What is the matter with you? You look like one possessed." I told him how I had lost ray way, and where I had lodged. " And what happened to you there ? he cried, with a look of anxiety. u I was disturbed in the night. I could not sleep. I made my escape, and here I am. I cannot tell you more." " But you must tell me more, dear Sir; forgive me; you must tell me everything. I must know all that passed in that house, j We have had it under our surveilance for j a long time, and when I heard in what di-1 rection you had gone yesterday, aDd had j not returned, I feared you had got into ; artmA miaohief there, and we were even now upon our way to look for you." I could not enter into particulars, but I told hitn T had heard strange sounds, and at his request I went back with him to the spot. He told me by the way that the house was known to be the resort of banditti; that the landlord harbored them, received their ill-gotten goods, and helped them to dispose of their booty. Arrived at the spot, he placed his men about the premises and instituted a strict search, the landlord and the man who was found in the house beiug compelled to accompany him. The room in which I had slept was carefully examined; the floor was of plaster or cement, so that no sound could have passed through it; the walls were sound and solid, and there was j nothing to be seen that could in any way j account for the strange disturbance I had j experienced. The room on the ground i floor underneath my bedroom was next i inspected; it contained a quantity of straw, hay, firewood and lumber. It was paved with brick, and on turning over the straw which was heaped together in a corner, it was discovered that the bricks were uneven, as if they had been recently disturbed. " Dig here," said the officer. " We shall find something hidden here, I imagine. The landlord was evidently much disturbed. " Scop," he cried. " I will tell you what lies buried there; come away out of doors, and you shall kaow all about it." " Dig, I say. We shall find out for ourselves." "Let the dead rest,"cried the landlord, j with a trembling voice. "For the love ; of heaven come away, and hear what I shall tell you." " Go on with your work," said the Sergeant to his men, who were now plying pickaxe and spade. "I can't stay here and see it," exclaimed the landlord once more. " Hear then! It is the body of my son, my only son? | let him rest, if rest he can. He was 1 wounded in a quarrel, and brought home j to die. I thought he would recover, but there was neither doctor nor priest at hand, and in spite of all that we could do for him he died. Let him alone now, or let a priest be first sent for; he died un- 1 confessed, but it was not my fault; it may not yet be too late to make peace for him." " Hut why is he buried in this place V ' " We did not wish to make a stir about it. Nobody knew ol his death, and we laid him down quietly ; one place was as good as another when once the life was out of him, I thought. We are poor folk, ! and could not pay for ceremonies." The truth at leugth came out. Father j and son were both members of a band of thieves; under this floor they concealed . their plunder, and there, too, lay more' than one mouldering corpse,, victims who L had occupied the room in which I slept, and had there met their death. The son .was, indeed, buried in that spot; he had ; been mortally wounded in a skirmish with travelers, aud had lived long enough to repent of his deeds, and to beg for that priestly absolution which, according to his creed, was necessary to secure his pardon. In vain he ttad urged his father to bring the confessor to his bedside; in vain be had entreated him to break off from the murderous band with which be was allied and to live honestly in future; his prayers were disregarded, and his dy- : iug admonitions were of no avail. But | for the strange, mysterious warning which { had roused me from my sleep and driven j me out of the house that night, another ' crime would have been added to the old j' man's tale of guilt. That gasping attempt i to speak, and that awful groaning -whence j did they proceed ? It was no living voice, i Beyond that I will express no opinion on j, the subject. I will only say that it was J the means of saving my life, and at the ' same time putting an end to the series of;' bloody deeds which had been committed ! in that house. I received my passport that evening by J the diligence from Koine, and started the k next morning on my way to Naples. As i ...o tl..^ o toll fi rr! 1 rn ! approached, wearing tne long, rough ca- ,( po'ta of the mendicant friars, with a hood [ over the face and holes for the eyes to ; look through. He carried a tin money- j( hox in his hand, which he held out to the ^ passengers, jingling a few coins in it, and * crying out in a monotonous voice, ilAnime ! * in piirgatario! Anime in purgatarto ! " ^ I do not believe in purgatory, nor in sup- ( plications tor the dead; but 1 dropped a' piece of silver into the hox nevertheless, as I thought ot that unhallowed grave in 1 the forest, and tny prayer went up to ' heaven in all sincerity,?" Reqniencat in ' pact ! "? Tern pie liar. : A Domestic Tragedy.?Frank Camp, ; < a conductor of the North Hudson Conn-!; ty Railroad, has been living on Dubois] 1 street. West Hoboken, with his wife, and Henry F. Cook has boarded with j i them. Camj) has for some time been ' i jealous of Cook, and recently drew a j' ^ - -1 - -*? b A ? ? ? 14 c- a of r^A/ilr 1 ; UUft l?iJ JLJ1! Li a ir"\> Ul^iiU") aiui.i ?o vv/wa was leaving the house, Camp fired at; | him three times with a pistol, and fir- d (! once at Cook's brother. The shots did not < take effect a? d the men escaped. Camp i then shot himself twice in the left side, j ( and drawing a knife stabbed himself.: ] Cook had a warrant issued for his arrest, < but he was so weak that he could not be < removed, and has since died. j ] A lady sent her Irish servant for a new < velvet mantilla which was at her dress- ' maker's. "John," she said, " if it rains, J1 tako a cab. I would rather pay the cab J hire than have my mantilla wet." When < the man handed her the mantilla it was < ruined, the paper which covered it being saturated with water. "Why, John," < she said, " I told you to take a cab if it rained." "So I did, mum; but sure t yen wouldn't have your footman ridin' < inside ? I got on the box with the dri- 1 ver " I i The Preservation of Meats. The recent improvements in the processes for preserving meat are excellent exemplifications of the tendency to bring careless and haphazard operations under the control of exact method. Nothing can be simpler than the theory of salting meat, and nothing more irregular and uncertain in its results. The outer portion ot the meat is generally over-hardened by the salt, while the interior is withdrawn from the anteseptic action. The smoking, where that is practiced, is liable to equal irregnlarity. M. Martin de Lignac brings the whole thing nnder strict rules of quantity, and with certain and uniform results. By his process the pieces of meat are first weighed, and it is determined beforehand how much salt each piece must have. Each ham is laid on a scale, while in the other pan is placed j a weight equal to the ham, and the brine which it is to receive. A flexible Indiarubber tube terminates in a narrow pipe, which is made to penetrate to the interior j of the ham. A tap is then turned, and the j saline mixture forced into the cellular tissues of the meat under a pressure equal to a column of water sixteen feet high. The mass of the ham swells, the weight increases. and at the Drecise moment when it has received the proper amount of brine, as indicated by the balance, the workman closes the tap. The interior being thus duly salted, the exterior parts are made to receive their share by steeping in a tub of brine for a suitable time afterwards. They are then carried to the smoking-chamber, which is kept at a'steady temperature, and a given amount of smoke is introduced by the uniform combustion of a weighed quail, titv of oak wood in a fire-room below. The pyroligneous action is therefore constant and equal, and nothing being left to chance, the result is always successful. The Chicago Cattle Yards. This city of the beasts, one of the noted places to visit in the city of Chicago, has streets, drains and sowers ; it has water laid on ; it is lighted with gas ; it has a bank, an exchangd, a telegraph office, a post-office, an admirably kept hotel; it has even a newspaper?else it would not be an American city. It has very comfortable accommodations for 118,350 residents?namely, 21,000 head of cattle, 75,000 hogs, 22,000 sheep, and stalls for 350 horses. It contains 345 acres of land ; and when all this is prepared for use, 210,000 head of cattle can be lodged, fed, and cared for there at once, and with the certainty that not one will suffer or go astray. The enclosures, built of lumber, are neat, clean and strong, and in them the animals are protected from the storms of winter or the rays of the summer sun. OI course, as the "lower animals" do not help themselves, a considerable force of men is needed to attend upon those gathered here. The company receives and cares for all animals sent to it. It has thus taken in, penned, ted, watered, and taken account of 41,000 hogs, 3,000 cattle, and 2,000 sheep in a single day, and that without accident, hitch, or delay. From 175 to 200 men are constantly employed in this labor. Vesuvius.?8o grand a sight as the present aspect of Vesuvius, say the despatches from Naples, has not been witnessed there since 1831. The eruption is accompanied by fear'ul electric phenomena. Lightning darts from the crater incessantly, and the thunder and rumbling of the earth are continuous and increasing in violence. The Neapolitans are obliged to carry umbrellas to protect themselves from the shower of ashes and sand. The streets of the citv are covered as with snow to the depth of two or three inches. The Bourse is j closed and business is universally snspen (led. Although the lava has ceased flowing, burning cinders, stones, and j scoriae arc falling thickly in the now entirely deserted ullage of Massadisomma. jUnless rain falls soon the crops will probably be utterly destroyed. Taking advantage of the flight of the villagers, j marauders have been plundering the de-1 serted dwellings to such an extent that the government has been compelled to order troops thither to put an end to their depredations. An Alabama negro and his wife are in jail at Greenville for the murder of their daughter, a girl of twelve years. The child was taken to a swamp, beaten to a jelly, and tlieu bathed in a tub of scalding hot salt water. It died in a few hours afterward. eftF RAILROAD BONDS.?Whether vou wish to buy or sell, write to Charles i W. Hassife, No. 7 Wall St., N. Y. * j Blessed are they who seek relief from 'Liver Complaint," " Billiousness," liad Blood, Pimples, Blotches, Ernp:ions, Bough Skin, Salt Kheum, Erysipelas and Scrofulous diseases, by the use >f Dr. Pierce's Alt. Ext. or Golden Medcal Discovery, for they shall be happy n knowing that the cure is complete, sold by all druggists.?Com. 594. An Italian bark with a cargo of 1,900 ases of petroleum, took tire in the midst >f the crowded shipping of Marseilles, rhrough the energies of the officers and rows ot the United States fleet, the i aiming vessel was isolated, and au ex-! ensive conflagration averted. The Pre- 1 ect aud the merchants of Marseilles lave returned thanks to the officers commanding the American fleet. California's Biggest Nugget.?IIow nncli we owe to California! Her precious metals have enriched thousand* of our fellow-citizens. and have proved the main >tay of America in times of national pe-! cuninry embarrassment. Her mining inlustries have given employment to myri-1 ads of mechanics and laborers. She is the land of promise to the fortune-seeker. I Hut the Golden State lias lately sent us a new treasure. Her lust nugget is Dr. Walker's California Vinegar Hitters. The health-giving principles contained in this curative are a more precious boon than gold. In all affections of the liver and stomach, remittent and intermittent fevers, rheumatism, and pulmonary diseases, it may be relied upon. As a blood clepurent and invigorant it is unequalled, purifying the circulation and infusing new v!gor into the debilitated frame. It conquers that most unyielding of all complaints?dyspepsia, and we know of no Dther remedy that can accomplish this. Its entire freedom from alcoholic spirit, which retards and neutralizes the effect of iny medicine, and which forms the basis :>f many of the pseudo bitters and tonics, ioubly enhances its value te the sick, rhe papers of the United States vie with me another in doing honor to Dr. Walker. We, too, add onr voice, and say all honor x> the man whose science and skill have mabled him to draw from the vegetable dngdom such a balsam for human sufferng.?Com. " The Best asd Cheapest Haerdbessr*o in the world." Millions who hare used Burnett's Cocoaine, and who now make it a constant appendage to the Toilet, confirm this expression. Rupture can be cured without suffer- t ing. Elastic Trusses are superseding all 11 ethers. Before buying Metal Trusses or n Supporters, send for a descriptive circu- b lar to the Elastic Truss Co., 683 Broad- B way, N. Y.?Com. p n For Dyspepsia, indigestion, depression of c spirits and general debility in their various i> forms ; also, as a preventive against fever and A ague, and other intermittent fevers,the " FerroPnosphorated Elixir ofCalisaya," made by Caswell, Hazard k Co., New York, and sold by all J druggists, is the best tonic, and as a tonic for * patients rccov^ing from fever or other sick- ~ ness, it has no equal.?Com. j g The Tenacity of Truth.?When & nation aa { so tho imfiriMnfl oncfl lwrnmp coil vinced, from long experience and observation, that ? an article possesses snperior excellence as a medi- 1 cine, not ail the preposterous clamor of all the J worthless nostrum venders in the universe can shake !? their belief in its efficiency. Truth is a very tena- i cions thing, as these worthies are beginning to dis- J cover. Plantation Bittebs has too firm a hold ? upon the popular esteem to be in the slightest degree effected bv the cold water diatribes which the adver- . Users of fermented slops,?-without a particle of al -o- | hoi," are so fond of launching against alcoholic ' preparations. The public knows very wall that this peerless renovant and tonic does contain spirits, but it also knows that they are of the purest and most , wholesome description, viz.: fine old St. Croix, the I most active and beneficial diffuserof its remedial and invigorating properties throughout the system which could possibly be adopted. Best and Oldest Fuinlly Medicine.?.Canford'* Liver Invigorator.?A purely Vegetable Cathartic and Tonic?tor Dyspepsia, Constipation, Debility. Sick-headache, Bilious Attacks, and all derangements of Liver, Stomach and Bowels. Ask your Druggist for it Beware of imitation*. Fonnd at Last!?A remedy that not only relieves. Knf oiii-nt th*t ?n?mv of mankind. Consumption, as well as the numerous <atelites which revolve around it in the shape of ooughs, colds, bronchitis, sore throat, influenza, Ac. The remedy we allude to is Db. Wistar's Balsam or Wild Cirv.rny, prepared by Seth W. Fowle A Son, Boston. * For one of the Best Book Catalogues published, send a three-cent stamp to ALFRED WARREN, No. 219 Central Avenue, Cincinnati. Ohio. Special Notices. A Dead Delusion. The theory that human beings whose strength ha-been exhausted by pain and sickness can be restored by depleting medicines and water gruel, if not absolutely a dead delusion, is hi the last agonies of dissolution. At length it is understood that strength cannot be purged into a debilitated frame, though life may easily be purged out of it, and that it is about as wise to withhold a healthful stimulant from the weak, in the expectation i that they will rally without one, as it would be to deprive , a lamp of oil and expect it to burn the brighter for it. ' The immense and uniform success which has attendsd J the use of that wonderful combination of a pure stimu- < J laDt with the finest medicinal herbs, known as Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, has largely assisted in dispelling the absurd chimera. Frantic attempts are made to revive it, but in vain. When the sick feel that their ! 1 strength is departing, and that unless invigorated they i must utterly break down, it is in vain to tender them 1 feculent slops in the place of genuine restorative.'. They ] may be imposed npon in this way once, but the imposi- , tion cannot be repeated. They desire to be refreshed. < comforted, braced up, and decline to be griped a aeeond I time. Under the operation of the Bitters, on the other hand, | all tho processes necessary to physical restoration go on I simultaneously. The system is stimulated and toned, ' th bowels regulated, the appetite cultivated, the nerves composed and the condition of the blood improved at | one ar.d the ?eme Unjo by a single niedioine. Common sense tells us that such ? preparation must be invaluable. tTO IOXHI MPTIVE8. TO CONSUMPTIVES. The advertiser, having been permanently cured of that dread disease, Consumption, by a simple remedy, is anxious to make known to bis fellow sufferers the moans of cure. To all who desire it. be will send a copy of the prescription used, (free of charge!, with the directions for preparing and using the same, which th.?y will find a sure Cure for consumption, Asthma, Bronchitis, and *11 throat or lung difficulties. Parties wishing tne prescription will please address Rev. EDWARD A. WILSON. 2R4 South Third street. Williamsburg)' N. V | Ragged stockings and protruding toes are not seen on ! feet where SILVER TIPS are worn. Parents rumonij ber this, they last twice as long. 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The Unman Telegraph.?'The nerves ?r? telegraphic fibres operated by the brain; but if the atomacb, the great vitalizer of the system, is disordered, the whole nervous organization is partial'y shattered for the time being. Tarrant's Effervescent Selt/.kr Aperient works wonders in cases of nervous debi'ity arising from dyspepsia, by restoring the stomach to its normal condition. ard keening the bowels free. HOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. Wanted This Spring 10,000 Tamers To improve the lands of the low* Railroad Land Coin pany, now for salo for cash or on long time at present value, with six percent, interest on deferred payments These lands comprise four Government railroad granton the lines of the Sioux City and l'aciflcaud the Iowj divisions of tho Chicago and Northwestern and 111. Cen tral Railways, are not mortgaged, not culled, and i* > located In the Middle Region of Western Iowa, Noted for its salubrious climate, inexhaustible sr il?a finely watered yet perfectly drained district (free froti fever and ague), ana in the best part of tho best agricul tural state in the Union. NOW IS THE TIME TO SECURE A HOME in the beantitul and luxuriant valley of either the Boye the Maple, the Soldier, or the Little Sioux, at $4 and $ per aero. 1,700.000 acres are for disposal in <0 or 80 acre tanas , or in compact tract* of 3(JfVl acres or more as desired hj the large fanner and stock raider. Local agents at stations hav price of every tract and are provided with teams to show lands freo to purchasers Exploring tickets are sold in Chicago (Wells st. Depot or at this cilice receivable for land purchased. Send.for a guide?it gives descriptions, prices, terms, locations, and how to reach the lands. County maps cf unsold land furnished free. Address JOHN B. 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K. t o., OH III \. > I'.H" NATURE'S BEMEDY.~X^ The Great Bipod Purifier^/^^ A valuable Indian compound, for restoring the lie. id for the permanent cure ot all disease, ru-iswi tin npurities of the blood. such as crofuia, Hemfulou* ITainor, Cancel Cu cerou* Humor, Eryilpelai Canker, Still Rheum, I'lmpiei and Humor* on the Face, Ulcers, Cough*, Catarrh Kronchltl*. Neuralgia, Rheumatism, *I*alns In the Hide, Dyapepsl *, Constipation, Costl v<-ne*?, Piles, Ituan Dlztlneu, Nervousness, Faint ness at tne stomach, Pains In the Back. Kidney Complaints, Female Weak, ness and General Debility. REPORT FROM fit PRACTICAL Jhemist and Apothecary. R<wrO!t. Ms 1st, 187L Dw This I* ts certify that 1 have sold at retail, , xty-three doz. (750 botttle- of your Vkoktive since , pril 12th, 1J?70, end can truly iny that it has riven the J ?st satisfaction of any Ketnrdy, lor th?. complaints lor hich it is recommon od, that I ever sold. Scarcely a ty passes without omsof my customers testifying to * merits on themselves or their friend* I am person- 1 ly cognisant of several cases of Scrofultnu fi/mori being 1 ired by VgornxF. alone in this vicinity. . Very respectfully yours. ' I GILMAil, 464 It read way | " To H. R. Rtevkxb, ESQ. # THE GREAT 1 ILOOD PURIFIER j Prepared by H. B. 8TEVE1T8. 1 BOSTON, MARL nosSl.U. held br eU Drs?*i*t? / i - k Vinegar Bitters are not a viie Fancy Drink, nade of Poor Rum, Whiskey, Proof Spirits and Refuse Liquors, doctored, spiced, and sweetened to please the taste, called ''Tonics," "Appetizers," "Restorers," B &c., that lead the tippler on to drunkenness and ruin, I but are a true Medicine, made from the native roots ^ ind herbs of California, free from all Alcoholic Stimulants. 1'hey are the Great Blood Purifier and a Life-giving Principle, a Perfect Renovator and Invigorator of the System, carrying off all poisonons matter and restoring the blood to a healthy condition, enriching it, refreshing and invigorating botn mind and body. They are easy ^ of administration, prompt in their action, certain in their results, safe and reliable in all forms of disease. No Person can take these Bitters according to directions, and remain long unwell, provided their bones are not destroyed by mineral poison or other means, and the vital organs wasted beyond the point of repair. Dyspepsia or Indigestion. Headache, Pain in the Shoulders, Coughs, Tightness of the Chest, Dizziness, Sour Eructations of the Stomach, Bad Taste in the Mouth, Bilious Attacks, Palpitation of the Heart, Inflammation of the Lungs, Pain in the regions of the Kidneys, and a hundred other painful symptoms, are the oflsprings of Dyspepsia. In these complaints i.? j,,,} one bottle will prove a better guar antee of it* merits than a lengthy advertisement. For Female Complaints* in young or old, married or single, at the dawn of womanhood, or the J turn of life, these Tonic Bitters display so decided an influence that a marked improvement is soou perceptible. * For Inflammatory and Chronic Rlienraattsin and Gout, Dyspepsia or Indigestion, Bilious, * Remittent and Intermittent Fevers, Diseases of the* Blood, Liver, Kidneys and Bladder, these Bitters have been most successful. Such Diseases are caused by Vitiated Blood,-wh'ch is generally produced by derangement of the Digestive Organs. * They are a Gentle Purgative as well as f Tonic, possessing also the peculiar merit of acting as a powerful agent in relieving Congestion or Inflammation of the Liver and Visceral Organs, and in Bilious Diseases. For Skin Diseases, Eruptions, Tetter, SaltRheum, Blotches, Spots, Pimples, Pustules, Boils, Carbuncles, Ring-worms. Scald-Head, Sore Eyes, Ervsipelas, Itch, Scurfs, Discolorations of the Skin, Humors w and Diseases of the Skin, of whatever name or nature, are literally dug up and carried out of the system in_a short time by the use of these Bitters. One bottle in such cases will convince the most incredulous of their curative effects. Cleanse the Vitiated Blood whenever you lind its impurities bursting through the skin in Pimples, Eruptions, or Sores; cleanse it when you find it obstructed and sluggish in the veins; cleanse it whetvit is foul; your feelings will tell you when. Keep the blood pure, and the health of the system will follow. Grateful thousands proclaim Vinegar Bitters the most wonderful Invigorant that ever sustained the sinking system. Pin, Tape, and other Worms, lurking in the system of so many thousands, are effectually destroyed and removed. Says a distinguished physiologist; There is scarcely an individual upon the face oftbs earth whose body is exempt from the presence of worms. It is not upon the healthy elements of the body that worms exist, but upon the diseased humors and slimy deposits that breed these living monsters of disease. No system of Medicine, no vermifuges, no anthelmintics, will free the system from worms like these Bitters. Mechanical Diseases. Persons engaged is Paints and Minerals, such as Plumbers, Type-setters, Gold-beatejs, and Miners, as they advance in life, will be subject to paralysis of the Bowels. To guard against t this take a dose of Walker's Vinegar Bitters once or twice a week, as a Preventive. Bilious, Remittent, and Intermttten* Fevers, which are so prevalent in the valleys of out great rivers throughout the United States, especially those of the Mississippi, Ohio, Missouri, Illinois, Ten* nessee, Cumberland, Arkansas, Red, Colorado, Brazos, Rio Grande, Pearl, Alabama, Mobile. Savannah, Roanoke, James, and many others, with their vast tributaries. throughout our entire country during the Summer and Autumn, and remarkably so during seasons of unusual heat and dryness, are invariably accompanied by extensive derangements of the stomach and liver, and other abdominal viscera. There are always more or lesa ' obstructions of the liver, a weakness and irritable state of the stomach, and great torpor of the bowels, beingv clogged up with vitiated accumulations. In their treatment, a purgative, exerting a powerful influence upon these various organs, is essentially necessary. There te no cathartic for the purpose equal to Dr J. Walker's Vinegar Bitters, as they will speedily remove the dark-colored viscid matter with which the bowels are loaded, at the same time stimulating the secretions of the liver, and generally restoriug the healthy functions of the digestive organs. Scrofula, or King's Evil, White Swellings, Ulcers, Erysipelas, Swelled Neck, Ijoiter, serotinous Inflammations, Indolent Inflammations, Mercurial Affections, Old Sores, Eruptions of the Skip, Sore Eves, etc., etc. In these, as in all other constitutional (Diseases, Walker's Vinegar Bitters have shown their great curative powers in the most obstinate and intractable cases. Dr. Walker's California Vinegar Bitter* act on all these cases in a similar manner. IJv purifying the Blood they remove the cause, and by resolving away the effects of the inflammation (the tubercular depos ts) the alTected parts receive health, and a permanent cure is effected. Tlie properties of Dr. Walker's Vinbgar Bitters are Aperient. Diaphoretic and Catminative, Nutritious, Laxative, Diuretic, Sedative, Counter-irritant, Sudorific, Alterative, and Anti-Bilious. The Aperient and inild Laxative properties of Dr. Walker's Vinegar Bitters are the best safeguard in all cases of eruptions and malignant fevers, their balsamic, healing, and soothing properties protect the humors of the fauces. Their Sedative properties allay pain in the nervous system, stomach, and bowels, either from inflammation, wind, colic, cramps, etc Their Counter-irritant influence extends throughout the system. Their Diuretic properties act on the Kidneys, correcting and regulating the flow of urine. Their Anti-Bilious properties stimulate the liver, in the secretion of bile, and its discharges through the biliary ducts, and are saperior to aril remedial agents, for the cure of Bilious Fever, Fever and Ague, etc. Fortify the body n^niiist disease bv purifying all its fluids with Vinkgar Bitters. No ep*. "demic can take hold of a system thus forearmed. The liver, the stomach, the bowels, the k'dneys, and the f nerves are rendered disease-proof by this great invigstant. Directions.?Take of the Bitters on going to bed at night from a half to one and one-half wine-giassfult. Eat good nourishing food, such as beef steak, mutton chop, venison, roast beef, and vegetables, and take out-door exercise. They arc composed of purely vegetable ingredients, and contain no spirit. J.WALKF.R, Prop'r. It. H Die DONALD Ac. CO., Druggists and Gen. Agts. ,San Francisco and New York. 93- SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS & DEALERS. . N Y N U-May 11 No 19 FOR The Rest Galvanized Iron Cornlee Machines in the world for both j-tr livbt and circular wo^yk, address. CALVIN f'AKR A CO., Cleveland. O. WILL HUFFER f It is now 24 year* ? v since Dn. Tolias' Venetian Liniment ?as put before the public; war*entcd to cure Chronic Rbrninatism. Headache, Cuts, Bums, Bruises, Old Sores, Pains in the Limbs, Back ant!Chest, nnd it neve- hss failed. Sold by Druzgifits. Depot 10 Park Place. > .v York. 25 BURNHAM'S SB n >ew Turbine i* in areneml e- j uao> throughout the U. S. A six INCH. is used by the Government in tho I'atentOfiice,\Vr*ihin,;;<>ii. D. C. Its simplicity nf const rue- BBSst3Kf tion and the t Mver it transmit1- ^BSpi p tb - renders it the best water whee ever invented. Pamjdilot tree. df* N F. BURN 11 A.M. York. Pa. ; Wit^?rv?*m i RE B#*d' rJ a*! ?r il T iV^3 WfzJ- ,j|j ir|j? UihS^gg^W Tins sui>ocr>be.re weie the origin >tora of the utic'es lamed above, and bare made them for a quarter of a rentury ,.nd they claim that they are aa good aa any, If lot (A? hat. The cooking or flavoring eztraeta are pure and bclthiil, and are the true flavors of the articles they represent The Infallible Yeast Powdors are the oldest, the trongeet, the beet, and consequently the cheapest. i The Sugar of Lemona is made from the frait and pare Jk iugar, and flavored with the lemon peal, and ia well kiapted for the sick, for travelers, voyagers, and othsEi who cannot readily procure the fresh frnit. ^ Since these goods nave been introduced te the publfe | \ host of imitators have sprung up. and so many worth- J e?s or turt'ul articles have been sold aa "Eztraeta" \ I ' Baking Powder," and "Lemonade Powder," ae to 1 3ring discredit upon all. Our old customers wQl dad I v I hat our goods are as good in anality ae what we tret I? A made them. F M PRKSTON A. MKRRH.L, i j TT ?mt* ?h, Beeiene I i MM