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Ths Messenger Bee. A bee flew in at mv window, And eo. n flew ont again. I tai l, as I pined in the shadow, " He visits no house of pain." A bee without hive or honey, Of the fields, a citizen free, De-d leaves, or a flower-strewn pathway, Came with a lesson to me. My tbonghts flew ont of tho window, Following far away A we<> in the a r that was woven Of in\isib!e threads of gray. Till we came to fami iar pastures. Whore clover ;.nd buttercups spread, Dcg-rws< s, the bel -wort, strawberries: How long had ray jouth been dead? I recognized there my childhood, As soul ess as this wild bee, When into the worid I ? andered. Holding youth, my all, in fee. Now youth and its visions have vanished, There comes this wandering bee, So soulless he knows not who sent him To return a s ul to me! Farmhouse Notes. Grapes.?It always has been the case in wet and cold years that the ripening of the grapes has been backward on acco int of the consequent diminution in the total amount of the established quantity of beat necessary for an early and prolific maturity. The grapes under 6ueh circumst inc* s contain less sugar and more free acids together with a grater quantity of water. Jumping Cattle ?A man who had been troubled with jumping cattle, and who ha I tried every plan imaginable, with the worst cases of jumping cattle, fonnd nothing would succeed iu keeping them in their place, but to put a board over their fice. Take au inch board, about fouiteeD or fifteen inches square, or large enough to cover their eyes, and let it come down within four inches ot the end of the nose; tie this to their horns, by boring two holes to correspond with the width of the horns, and they will not jump. Items.?"An old man over 80, who don't kuow anything but work," asks an exchange to print the following preset ip tious : For a stifled horse, rub a tea sportful of turpentine Dight and morn ing. half way up the crease by the Tail on the lame side. Keep using the horse as u^nal and iu tnr?'e or four days a cure will be effected. For scratches or grease heel, wtt the part frequuntly with water | on which bl ?e vitri"! has been dissolved j - as to vmut in unea", sow old seed and you will not be tioubied. These tilings I tried for 50 years, and never had a failure." Hens.?W. H. White describes in the following paragraph bis su"Cessful treatment 01 ht-ns tortured with roup in its worst form: I took them and made com meal and red pepper into pills as large as I could well put in their mouth ami forced down by rubbing on the throat, after shutting the month and holding; g ive three or four at a do?e. The proportion of pepper was sufficient to giv< quite a tinge to the meal, all wet up with hot water, lhe diseased fowls were shut up in a dry, comfortable coop in the barn, where in a few days tli y r> c -vered. I f?d them corn meal dough with red pepper Muring the time they were shut up. In some cases I found it necessary to rep- at the strong doses, but taken in its early stage, one good large dose was sufficient to efleet a cure, when soft food with a little pepper was given at er, and ihe fowls kept contined iu dry, comfortable quarters. Black Silks ?A change is taking place in black silks. They show a tendency toward smoother surfaces, have more natural lustre, and are neither blueblack nor brown-black, but are of deep jetty hue. Low priced silks especially show smaller grain, because they are i ow free from the heavy dye formerly used to give them a meretricious lustre and 1 ^ T _ a. * weigin. instances are Known where hy means of this dye 16 ounces of this silk were raised to 40 ounces, anil silks sold for 82 or S3 a yard were as heavily repped as those costing $4 or 86. Buyers ot silks at S2 or 82.50 a yard are advised to abandon the idea of getting weighty corded silks, and to choose instead softer silks with small reps, and nearly the lustre tha is natural to pure silk. These do not cnt or crease, and their smooth surfaces endure friction far better then do those with pr jecfing cords, Lyons silk at $3 a yard i9 the popular choice for street suits, and the same silk of a higher grade, sold for 84, is as rich and heavy as any lad} need care to wear. There w ill be a renewed effort to bring black silk into (lis lavor this winter, and owing to the variety ot rich dark colors imported, it may not be as universally worn as at present; but when a lady w ants the finest fabric that can be bought, and finds hat to be black silk, she will not hesitate to buy it. Quantities of jet ornaments, emhroiderv, velvet, and lace are the trimmings with which black will he enlivened. Ladies wh? are renovating the black dres-es of last seison, whether of silk, cashmere, or alpaca, are advised that they can clean them beautifully with borax and tepid i water. The proportions are a tea-spoonful of borax to a quart of water. Apply with a woolen rag or a nail' brush.?Neic Y(/rk Paper. Wedding Dresses.?Rich white brocades, such as deligli ed the stately dames of past generations, says a fashion journal. are offered f?>r bridal dresses. A sentiment is folded in the flowers with which the*e are strewn?the wreath9 of orange blossoms and spiraea, boqnets of clematis, and virgin rose-buds; but this is a practi- j cal age, and although the dress to be chosen is a wedding dre-s, there arises the usual suggestion about brocades, viz.. they are only a transient fashion, are conspicuous when out of fashion, they do not turn, and will not dye! Hence brides expectant prefer the s-'fr creamy faille of last season with its rich grain and tine lustre. As bridal trains are shortened, j fifteen yards is the quantity required, [ instead of eighteen or twenty. A basqm, apron front, and demi-train almost covered with tulle pleatings is a design to he used w lien the wedding season sets in. The polonaise and the basque with an over-skirt will also be used: hut overk skirts are not in favor for wedding drts> &. es, as they break the graceful drapery of the tulle veil. Wk. American Institu'e Pair. Tn view of the importance of encouraging efforts tending to tiie production of ( superior American leather, Jackson S. Schutz offers g< M medal9 as follow-9:? | One for the best pure oak tannage, one ] tor the best pure hemlock tannage and one for the best mixed or udiou tannage. These gold medals will be awarded by the American Institute the leather exhibited being subject to the same rules a< o'her articles exhibited. Three or four < sides will be shown in the Exhibition Building. The balance of the amo"nt forwarded will he stored at sneh places in the trade as may be selected by the exhibited The leather exhibited must be a fair sample of the average product of the tanner. The great Medal of Honor will be also awarded for a new machine or process, which is not a mere improvement on what was before u<ed, but which is so perfect in its results and so economical in its operation as to produce a favorable revolution in some branch of the useful arts. Only two such medals have thus far been awarded ; and the difficulty of complying with all the condi ions requisite for securing this prize has great]) enhanced its v?lue. No other institution, either in the Old World or the New has fixed so high a standard of merit, or purposes to confer on an inventor so marked as dis tinction. The Board of managers have found by experience that the relative value and efficiency of engines and machines can he correctly arrived at only by putting them into practical operation, and in such way that the actual amount of work done by each wi.l be accurately measured by automatic methods ; so that no errors of human judgment can effect the result and enter into the final decision. For several years past the Board has expended large sums <?f money for the purpose of making experimental trials- Thus steam engines, pumps and boilers have been, in turn, >u'jects of special investigation. The same plan will be pursued in the coming exlii ?ition, provided the number and itn por'ance of machines and apparatus for accomplishing the same end shall warrant su<-h a c-urse. The Board further announces that all 1 the permanent alterations and improve ' ments in the great structure?covering 100,000 square feet?ordered by thelnsti tute will be made for the express purpose 1 of rendering the show more attractive and giving such facilities as will increase the benefits that are to accrue to exhibitors. Nilssoh's 11 usband.-The London Figaro says that 1 he grandfather of M. Rnuztud j was a poor locksmith. His son left France < at fifteen years of age, invited by a tner- | chant to the Isle of Bourbon, who, having , observed his intelligence, chose him for I his clerk. Once there, the clerk speedih . distinguished himself, became a partner, j then master, married a young Creole, i daughter of Admiral Bosq, an 1 return-d i to France at the end of some years, leav- | iug behind liitn a large commercial establishment. and taking with him his wife and children three boys and a girl. It is the eldest of these children, Aguste, win ( married recently Mile Nilsson. The two brothers, Arsene and Mederir, have continue I the t uduess of their father. One of them manages the establishment in the ; Isle of Bourbon, the other is the representative and correspondent of the linn in . Bordeaux, and the father lives in Paris, w here he lias an office, Ruede l'Echiqner. As to the sister, Mile. Josephine Rouzaud, she tnarried her cousin, M. Bosq. M. Augnste Rouzaud is the only one of the family who abandoned commercial pursuits, frotn which his artistic instincts estranged him. He was living alternately in Paris and at the Chateau de la Dix rnarie, his own property, near Jonzac when he becamt acquainted with Mile Nil-son, and proposed marriage to her. After the wedding-breakfast, ju;t as they stepped from the door to depart on their bridal tour, a cupful of dry rice wu showered on their heads from a window above, and as the earrings drove off all the old foot coverings about the place were thrown after them. The bridal party were drawn to the bride's hotel, where she sang some of the songs she had learn ed in this country, accompanying herself upon a ban jo which was presented to her while in this city. A Narrow Escape.?one of the daring Buislays recently had a very nairow esca|>e from a horrible death at San Francisco. To comply with the always growing desire tor something stiU more penlous in the piogramme of the gymnast, the Buislays have introduced a balloon scene, which it is almost impossible for the average petson to witness without a feeling of terror. Ai tin* close of many orb- r wonderful teats an immense balloon ascends bom an amphitheatre until it lias le K-hed such a he'ght hat the car is just barely visible to the naked e\e. One of the male Ruislavs I lien drops out ti e side upon a trap' ze bar, and performs with as much sang frniil as if he was still in the theatre, with a neiting beneath to break a possible fall. On the 11th inst.. while going in'o the air to show Ins skill in this way, the balloon took fire. Winn within about ten feet of the ground an ex pinion followed, and t lie fragments ot tbe ball'on dropped upon the head*, of the audience in all direction?. In the midst of ttie smoke, young Buislav descended without injury. It the explosh n had taken place ten minutes later be would, without doubt, have met with a leailul en'1. Not I0T12 sin.e. another member of the same family lo>t his lite under similar circnm>-tan'*es in Mexico. Considering tDiss act. it is ? ? wonder that a ' ur< at deal ol supnse has hren occasioned by ! 'he announcement ot the survivois 'hat a mw balloon will soon be constructed in I New York and t rwarded. It is now about 1 time that we had some bgidative enactment to put a stop to such saocking exhibitions. Say notbiogi('S|K*cliug y-uvself, either good, bad or indifferent. Nothing good, for tbat is canity ; norliing b;*d, for that is affectation ; nothing indifferent, for that is silly, ' The Most Beautiful. Somewhere about sixty years ago there lied iu Upper Hungary au old Titular Judge, who had a great fancy to be re meiubered long after his death. IJe had three nieces, Hermiuia, Pepi. and Agnes^ who, while he lived, had the credit ot being 6ingulary beautify}?indeed the fame of their beauty resounded far and near. These three pretty girls often visited their uncle, and the burden of all their requests was?"Now, my dear uncle, won't you leave me yonr many-storied house when you die?" "Tes, dear, I'll leave it to thee. I'll leave it to thee. I'll leave it to thee,'' he said to each of them in return ; and as he liked such talk, they often repeated their pra} er. It suited his humor to be amused with such penetrating inquiries?indeed, lie was almost prepared to depart with the fore-knowledge that after his death an ex cellent joke would amuse the world, and he anticipated its consequences with much seli-satisfving laughter. lie died?his will was opened, and these words were read from it: " My twostoried house, however, is bequeathed to the most beautiful of my nieces." Who would like to be the executor of such a testamentary bequest? Of course there was a lawsuit, and it lasted for ten years. The three goddesses were not a whit discouraged. Never did a two-stori?-d house excite such interest. It was indeed a most embarrassing question for the lawyers?of these fair maidens which was the fairest? TV lien it came, to the question of evi dence, there were a hundred witnesses ready to depose in favor of each of the ladies?their personal hearing, their danc ng, the air with which they walked, the tenderness with which they sighed, the grace with which they dressed. A visum lepertum was needed fully to appreciate llermiuia's light figure, her raven-black locks, her shining eyes. Then again the lovely Agnes, or. more properly, the rosy-lipped damsel with the silk>hlond curls and the most delicate hands. And next, the irre.-istihle P. pi, with tlucliestnut brown ringlets, the sweet blush es on her cheeks, the teeth which were rows of pearls, and, above all, that fascinating smile. Everybody, indeed, tnusi own that they are beautiful?supreme.^ beautiful?all the three. But what law vers could decide, what controversy determine, which was the TO"xM>eautiful ? It was truly only the repetition of tinTrojan war, carried on with pen and ink. And how cou.d the interesting )ues'ion he settled? What had?what ? ?.l.. u. <V I nau n??t tuc uMV(iuuttr? tu uiiug lurwurt. i>n behalf of their clients? It w*s agreed by all that they had lesa to plead theii mpeilative beauty than to discover the inferioity of their opponents, fur the Inverness of each was acknowledged by every l?o :y, and nobody could deny that the inheritance mast belong to one of thetn. . And who could avoid seeing how em harassing anu h??w costly such a lawsuit must become? All the inyst<ries of the toilette, even the most impenetrable, were brought forward in comparison and con trast. When the advocate of Ilermina averred that rouge had not been without influence upon Pepi's glowing cheeks, abundant evidence was aduced to show that the hloom of health was alone visible there, that its beauty came with the dawning at the day, and that a tint so lovely could never have been borrowed ; it was native to that charming face. A still more alarming averment was that, on close inspection, Ilermina would be found a little crooked, and that she wore stavs to keep herself straight, while Agnes walked a little lame on the right foot, and wore something within her shoe?and more, that her chignon, as they called it. was not her own, but was made of false hair. Then came the overpowering argument?the great triumph of the advocate, that in order to influence the verdict. when Pepi's cheek whs distorted by the rheumatism, and she could scarcely open her mouth, Herminia was unable to speak from having taken too much snuff. Then all the various intellectual qualities of the ladies were depicted?the one, how piquante! the other, how grave! the third how ungallant! this was perverse ; thai venomous, and what could he more dam aging to beauty than forwardness and illtiumor? And examples were brought forward ; there were Shari, Katty, Nina, Parius, Tulsha, and many a dismissed lady's maid, female cooks, and abigails, the narration of whose misdoings occupied the court for eighteen weary hours; while on the contrary side, Betty ami Na'ty, indignant at the reproaches flung at their sex and at their professions, were heard at length, and tiny swore they had 1:0 interest than to protect outraged and calumniated beauty. Se\en years the lawsuit lasted; it had not advanced the breadth of a hair. Now the balance fell on one side, now on the ..II.AM K ? ! 1.n Tn/I.f n.tikminoiwluil "Hid. b I flM, II1C ICl UIIIIUCIIII"! the contending; parties to come to some friendly understanding with one another. Happy thought! As well might he have recommended a fashionable Englishman to imitate a nude Indian. You may ask the Vladika of Montenegro to own that the Sultan is a greater man than he. You may counsel the editor ot a fashion able journal to avow that either of the two rival journals is better than his own : hut you must have indeed a strong, faith to believe that in the contention for beauty between these fair maidens any one would allow the other to he fairest. ? So. the breach was unhealed?the decision void?and the war waged with greater bitterness than before, and the pros and 00"i were fiercely deba'ed. And the years rolled on with accelerated swiftness. During eight and twenty >ears the discussion still continued? 4* Who is the most beautiful of tile beauties?"?and there was no prospect of a final award. Jo the meantime, there wat no one to take charge of the house that wai bei ~ qneather] by the will?nobody to pay th interest on the charges that had been ir curred. While ihey lasted the yearl revenues had been spent on the laivsui The impatient creditors seized the Imuf ?sold it by auction, but it did not pr< dnce enough to cover the expenses; an there were more quarrels among the crer ifors al>out their respective rights the there had been among the beautiful niecr as to which was the most beautiful. They had all of them now pns-eri the fiftieth year; age and trouble had swej away what was left of their comelines They were all unuiarried; they lived i the same house bnt not harmoniously ; tl passers-by in the street were often di turbed by their wranglings and the quarrels. When the bequeathed house was di posed of, the three ladies went to tl Judge, inquiring what they had better d< "I think," replied the honest rnagi trate, "that if the lawsuit be renewei the inquiry bad better take another shap and bethi.-?1 Which is the ugliest of tl; three?'" This I know, that the lawsuit was ru renewed. The Blue Laws. Some of the earJy American " Bit Laws" were stringent enough for an; body. Here they are: No gospel minister si.all join people i marriage. The magistrate only shall joj rhem in marri ?pe as he may do it wit less scandal to Christ's Church. When parents refuse their ehildrt convenient marriages, the magistrate shall determine the point. The Selectmen on finding children ij norant may take them away from the parents and put them in better hands t the expense of the parents. Fopnication shall be punished by con pellir.g marriage, or as the court sha think proper. Adultery shall he punished with deatl A man that strikes his wife shall pay tine of ?10. A woman that strikes her husbac shall be punished as the law ? ir. cts. A wife shall be good evidence again her husband. No man shall court a maid in person < by letter without first obtaining consei of her parents; ?5 penalty lor the firs tfence, ?10 for the second, and for tl third, imprisonment during the pleasui .fthe court. Married persons must live together < he imprisoned. Every male must have his hair ci round according to his cap. A drunkard shall have a master a] pointed by the Selectmen, who are to b> him from the liberty of buying and 6el ing. Whoever publishes a lie, to the preji lice of his neighbor, shall be set in ti stocks, or be whipped ten stripes. No one shall run on the Sabbath da; or walk in his garden, or elsewhere, e: cept. reverently to and from meeting. No one shall travel, cook victuals, mnl beds, sweep house, cut hair or shave e the Sabbath day. Nw woman eh 11 kiss her children c Sabbath or fasting day. The Sabbath shall begin at sunset c Saturday. To pick an ear of corn growing in neighbor's garden shall be deemed thel A person accused of trespass in tl night shall be judged guilty, unless 1 clears himself by his oath. Wnen it appears that the accused h; confederates and he refuses to discovi them he may he racked. None shall buy or sell lands witho permission of the settlement. Opium Eating in Schools.- Much i dignation has been excited by the disco ery that renders of opium are in the hal I IM BUI icjamuurij BCUUIII^ IV, andy and lozenges, to hoys' and gir! j schools, seminaries and colleges. A b< of this preparation is sent to some pnj whose name has been ascertained, with circular containing directions for its us The circular also sets forth, in glowii terms the advantages to be derived fro the use of the candy or lozenges. Amoi those advantages is alleged to be such sharpening of the mind as will enable tl pupil using the preparation to get his i her lessons with but little mental effoi and to carry of the prizes with p? rfe ease. Such a lure as that is almost su to catch idle young people, and ambitio pupils also. The habit of nsing ti opium once established, the victim is u able to shake it off; and the beloved s< or daughter, all unknown to the parefi at home, lays the foundation for a wrec ed life, and a blighted career. Sometim the pupils communicate the secret loth* intimate associates, and the school h comes largely infected with the pernicio practice. Men who seek, by thus stealthily ere? Ing an app< titc in them for opium, to ru the minds and bodies of the young, d serve the severest puni>liment. The f is a frightful one, and parents and t* ac ers cannot be to? vigilant iu guardii against it.? JV. Y. Ledger. Eaten* by Cannibals.?A Chinese ve ! sel whs recently wrecked near the coji of Formosa, and sixty four of the saihi who were expert swimmers reached t! rocky shore. They wandered, about f seven days, and then were seized by j party of cannibals who would have eaf< i them had they not resisted with adesper tion excusable under the cireumstatic* , They tied and attain dwelt among tl r >cks, win re the S ingfm cannibals sti rounded them and killed and ate all them but twelve, who were lucky enonj to get awav and reach home. The Chine i Emperor has been memorialized on tl subject., and says, %l Let the sufferers I rewarded according to the will of tl memorialist. Let the civil and milifai officers make speed to examine arid punh the cannibals, that it may be seen how ? cherub the people in our bosom. e The Sea. i- Nearly the whole sea is, four times a y day, subject to a change in its level by the t. movements of the tides. The motion proie doced by the winds, and known by the j )- name of waves, is much less regular. The i d wind, striking the surface of the se i in an I 1 oblique direction, pushes some of t'je 1 n water on the surface over that which is is contiguous to it, and "bus raises it above the common level, until so much water i> ir accumulated that the wind is unable to ( it maintain it in tliat position, and it fplh s. down. Each wave presents a gently as- < n ceuding surface to the windward, and a le particular descent leeward. The elevas tion of the waves varies according to tin ( ir strength of the wind. A rather Iieavy gale rises then from six to eight feet s- above the common sea level; but in very ie strong gales they attain an elevation o! i). thirty feet. This motion of the 6nrface o' i s- the sea is not perceptible to a great depth. 1 In the stronger gales it is supposed not to e, extend beyond seventy-two feet below the ie surface ; and at a depth of ninety feet the sea is perfectly still. The form and even oi the size of the waves vary according to the depth and extent of the sea. In shall<\ur nrotor url.ora f)ia r?art nf tin. 'V/ tt n 'HVI ^ n nvi v tnv iv?? v? j'ai w vi tin lf, waves approaches the bottom, and meet.^ with resistance, the waves are abrnpt and irregular, and this is also the case in conjn fined seas ; whilst on the open ocean the; jn are wide and long, and rise and fall witl jt great regularity. When the waves runto a slow shore, the slope of the ground iyi breaks their force,.and they terminate ii> gs a tranquil manner ; but when they an impelled against an elevated rocky coast. y being repelled by the rock, they produce jr what is called a surf. This evident rising lt of the sea on a rocky coast sometimes attains an elevation of one hundred feet above the sea level. The surf is always jl dangerous to pass, except in boats of a peculiar construction. The waves do not l( subside simultaneously with the wind. j( The sea continues in its agitated state f??i many hours. The air being little agitated, |(j ?? none at all. is unable to depress tin undulations of the sea, and therefore tin Saves dur ng a calm after a gale ris. 'ligher, and their elevated part forms a more accurate angle than during the gale. 1t Such a state of sea is called a hollow 6ea. f Ltmdon Lancet. 1? Bhoken Down Gentility.?There i? no sucb lum er in the world as brokenmwn gentility. Alwavs our of pla^e, never r fit lor any tiling. A decayed gentleman, a* lie is called, is a cimp'ete nuisance. We im an to a man of the world?a man o* business. For you see there's always im I pertinence in him. He always seems to II be thinking of what lie lias been - you '* can't get him to think of what he iealiy is. lie becomes your clerk, wt'il say. 1 Well, you tell him to call a backue; " coach, and be sets aoout it in a manuci that impudently says to you, ' Oner I *' kept my own carriage !" Yon order bin K to cop^, a If iter, or what nor ; and hedraws down the comers ol his mouth, to " let you know that ''Once in his day he ii*o to write cheeks !" Now all this is very unpleasant. In the first place, one doesn't >n like any indolence lrom anybody; and in the nex% if one happens to be in a melan clioly thinking moo.l, he doesn't like to be eminded, i?y the bit of dec?iy about him, " of what, toe all be knows?for it's strange r woild this?he may drop cown to bitnseli. )? ie Narrow Escape fkom a Beak.?A Halifax telegram to the Montreal Gazi'tf as tells the following: A daughter of Mr. er Angus McDonald of Concordale, near Souris, P. E. I., and another young girl ut nine years old returning homeward from the woods, came upon a large bear with two cubs eating a sheep. The bear turned upon and knocked her down, scratching and tearing her badly. The child, who . screamed and hung to Miss McDonald, >tt .11, . was also severely scratched about the I , head. Iler father's house, was a quarter of a mile distant, and Miss McDonald x " , ,1 < : . t1? v CHIieo Jointly lor asMMiunji*. IIIC urai Hitacked and tore lier again, and then re^ turned to the carcass of the sheep, but whenever she called aloud, he ran at her ip . and bit her. At length her brother and some voung men heard herciies and ran g to her assistance. The bear attacked them, but they being armed with sticks succeeded in driving him away. It i> i or f.-ared that Miss McDonald cannot rert. ? cover. Ct re Xf.w Life to the IIair ? Burnett's ns Coco \ink will stimulate a rapid growth oi he the fibres, and frequently cures Baldness, n- even hereditary and comfirmed cases.? r>n Com. lt!*j A Landlord's Conundrum.-?A comk* i?lacent lardlord at breakfast the otlnr es morning, planted his thumbs in bis vest .jr arm-holes, leaning significnn'ly back it his chair, ami said: "Gentlemen. 1" where do yon think that hre'steak conns ll" from?" "From near the horu>," w .s lie quiet reply of one of the i.oarder . tt. D is singular that the landlord has i'i out anv conundrum to his boarders since, in 1 - e- A Death's Head and Crossrmnfs onght r j to t?e the trad-- mark o' everv dealer in l( Bum Bitters. But no; to proclaim fheii r. al mission would rn;n th?-tn. mi tiny s-iil "g under false colors. ami do their deadh work ?urreptifii.n-lv. Fortunately their thump's n\>r credul'ty are nearlv a' a' end. Ever since the introduction of Dr. >s Wai.kf.r's California Vinegar Bittei s isl the sale of all the hurtling fluids advertised m,4to-ics "has been rapidly declining. 'r* They are still the unwholesome solace o' he individuals who wish to satisfy a morhid iir appetite for strong drink, without corn ? promising their respectability; hut the sick are everywhere discarding them, and e" adopting the Vinegar Hitters. The ,;1 succes? of this wo d r?nl v? geta'-le retried* '$ astonishes Pr. Wa'k r himself. He helie ''eeed, when lie gave it to the world, that it w a tin unequalled tonic, free from the ir~ objection** nrj.e?l against the medicated "f ti^e waters and dilutions of atrvchnine. ?h quinine and other powerful alkaloids em|d >ved in modern practice; hut he scarcely expected that it wonM prove a specific for lfc c.hron;c dvspepsirtj 'iver-cotnpla:nt, ir.cipient consumption, confirmed rhemnati-m le Tout, scrofula, nervous affections, irenera' rv debility and all diseases that d'gon'er, j "*ithunt, destroying, the vital machinery Yet this, unless thousands of witnesses re have conspired to deceived the poblio, is actually the case. \ First-class Railroad Bonds are the heat for investment*. Write to Ciiarlis W. Has^lzk, No. 7 WhII Street, N. Y. * The waiters who carry lunches to the -ooms at Coi.gress Hall, Saratoga, say it would worry a hired man to stow away the corned beef and pork and beans th&t the young ladies call for between the?r regular meals of water-ices and spongecake. Hie " Hon ekeeper" of Our Health. The liver is the great depurating or Mood cleansing organ of the system. Set rhe great housekeeper of our health at 0 work, and the foul corruptions which gender in the blood, and rot out, as it were, the machinery oflife, are gradually expelled from the sytem. Fir this purpose Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical D s^overy is pre-eminently the article needed, jjj !t cures every kind of humor from the 0i vorst scrofula to tTie common pimple, I* Motch or eruption. Great eating ulcers kindly heal under it mighty curative iuflu It mce. Virulent, blood poisons that lurk J in the system are by it robbed of their n rerrors, and bv a persevering and some what protracted use of it, the most tainted t| svgtem may be completely renovated and " . n i 1 1 1 i... ii r?niit np anew, emergen gianns, minors t) ind swellings dwindle away and disappear <1 under the influence of this great resolent. p It is sold by all drnggists. 613. u a tor Dyspepsia, indigestion, depression of " ipirits and general debility in their various ' rtne ; also, a* a preventive aga net fever and tgue. and other intermittent fevers.tbe u Ferro- p 'ln-sphorated Elixir ofCalisaya," made by Cas- n ve'l. Hazard A To.. New York, and sold*bv il| B lrnggists, is the best tonic and as a tonic for oatients recovering from fever or other sick- p ess. it has no equal.?Cbm. ? The most a6ton shing cnr- for chronic diar- ^ rhea we ever heard of is that of vVm. Clark 0 rankf >rt Mills. Waldo Co., M?ine; the facts ^ ire a'tosted by Ezri Tr at, Upton Treat and M. A. Merrill, either of wh"m might b address- r ht f r particular*. Mr. C'ark was cured by s Tohxsox s Axodyne Linimext.?Com. Hon. Joseph Farewell. Miyor of RocMand, Me., I->aac M. Bragg. Bangor, an?l Messrs. ope Bros.. Machir.8, M\, lumber mercha t? . rally endorsed the Sheridax Cavalry Co.vdinox Powders, and have given t ie proprietors J liberty to use their names in recommending r them. - Com. ? It beats all how c'o^elv the Elmwood collar imtat's linen. E mwood ci'lars are all the i rige in socic tv. An E mwood collar mak? s 'he lome'iest man look stylish. Ask your Fur- 4 nisher for it.- C"m. H. H SntTFELDT A Co., Chicago, alone in * America dis it IMPERIAL GIN by the Bol- ! laxd Process. Send for circular.?6'om. ? In evrv Quarter ef the Gl">be where tt ie ^ known, and the e are tew indeed where it is not, the kxicas Mrs ano Liwimk'T takes precedence <? all dmilir rrecaraiione It? tranwendant mer t-? have htained for it a popularity seldo n reichcd by my "?'oprlet>ry medicine. In it? in ancj the flat of its succea-waa nrono need in Ihe widt-apread ?ndorse- i mem wh ch it received from physcians. veterinar migeons, horsemen and the pubic ceneral'y. N , o c now lnnks of questioning its e'aim to be considered tiie Standard Liniment ot America, ?|Com' | "Henllrc on the W ng*," *ty* *11 who hav na denentDu. Wisiab'h Baij-amof Wild i herry ind fiy such nm b en cu>. d ot coa h-, colo*. broncho iio e throat, influenza or consnmmi n. The rmdcni will always keen *t-n '*rd r*ui??<iv hy them.?Own. . FUGG'S IKSTaNT KhLIEl-.-Warranted to re . iev all Kheumati ffl ctio >?. Sprain-, Neuralgia. ei>. . fhe bes'. the ure-t, and theqtrckent rem dy for al towel Com laint.-. Re ief guaranteed or the uienej \ efunded ?Ot m. Tue BROWNE and BL.A< prodtved by that ster in<? preparation, C i-fa loro's Excelsior Ha'r D' e, car ot b- excelled bv Natur : it tint challenge oompa ioo with Na'nr a ino.-t favored production , and defj d teC"oe._r- m ^lieniHi Vnticen, Medicinal Poison* on the Wane. The patriarch* took no mere .ry, no bi-inulb, n? nidine, no bromide of potas turn. no strycho ia no qunine. Happy old gentlemen ! th"y did net even knn o'theexi tence nf these 'specific-," and yet they Iive< intil it seerae I Death had lorgotten them. Their med -inea were herb* and roots. Th *y have left tbia fact or record, anil the w >rld seems to be now taking note of i ind returning to the first principle* of medication flostetter's Stomach Bitters, the purest and mos? etfica cioua vegetable restorative of the day, ia also the mo-' popular. Thousands of person* who on'ya few year go believed Duplicity in all the poisons which flsure i> the ph trraacoepia, now pronounce this palatable tonii ind alterative an all-suffi ient remedy for dyspepsia nervous de'iilitv. constipation, bilious conplaint*, head iche. intermittent fever-, and all the ordinary disturb m< es of the stomach, the liver, the diicha ging organ md the brain. The time is not far distant when mo* of rhe powerful and venomous dmgs now so reckless! idinini-tered bv piactitioners of the " heroic" school in cases that might easily be controlled by milder t eat raenf. will be utterly diHCardea ?>y an pniiosopnic.ii pny. -iciana. At it is, the thinking public, who are general') a?>e.id of the professional!*, have a ready put thedangei>us prepamti >n? aside and adopted Ho tetter's Bitte>in their stead as a safe and excellent hourebold medicine, adapted to almost every ailment except the organii and de*> ly contagious diseases For more than twent) years this famous restorative and preventive has boot annual y i-trengthening its hold upon the public confidence and it now takes the lead of every advertise* medicine manufactured in this country. TO COXNl'M PTIT FS. TO COSTSIMPTITKS. The advertiser, having been permanently cared of th*iread disea-e. Consumption. by a simple remedy, is an* lonsto make known to his fellow sufferers the means < cure. To all who desire it. he will send a copy of tb prescription used, (free of charge), with the direction 'or prepari and using the same, which rhey will find oks Cure for con-itmptpkn. Asthma. Bkonchitiand all throat or lung difficulties Par??e> wishing the pre-criptioo wi'l please address Rev. EDWARD A. WILSON. 19' Penn Stre t Vt lliamshnrgh N. V For Beauty of Polish, Saving Labor, Cleanliness,Durability dt Cheapness, Unequaled. IIKM tltg OK WOKTII I.KS8 IMITATIONS, under cA.Ii r name s, hut resembling ours In shape and color of wrapp. r inte ded to deceive. TIIK RISIXG SI M POI.ISII IM BILK, for stove dealers' use, at twelve vents per pound?twenty-five and titty pound boxes. "Cheaper than any other Bulk Polish for Joining. 1 UK Rj?no 811 ITS RPR rPXCIL?Nn Sharpcnln Cheap ami J'lirnhle?en|i?'rce<lesotlii-rarticIi'Sl'or |inrpo\ I TIIK KI8IM?"SI'\ Itl.k K I.KAUM KKItAPMl. Koraxlem ' b???r1 rijrs.j-ntl trirhlnerv. I.a?t* * time* as long as oil alone. 23 ll?. anil Split. boxes, I5c*nts per lb. Try It. MORSE DROS., Prop'rs., Canton, Mass. A\T ESTATE in G-nnany. H Pan . Fra ce, or Or -a" Rritvn. lo k < fter and if p i-sib *, c t d by .T. F. FRUE \UFl . \W>rr\rj a' l,iw i o "tnhia. Lancaster Co.. Pa. N K. I'llO KMX, B'ooininKfon Nursery. Ill :6 r acne: Mat rear: 12 Green-Horns*; Trees BPlb Hnpiiy. Plav'm. Nnr-cy St ick : 4 '"'at lieu**, 20 o n' liFuli iTTIKKT Longest e i"aRrd, anil rao?t -ucce?-iul pliyaic an of tin , I Vin n'r-itinn rv natnph'ct Call or irr'tp. Kir lliat-i lu a Piano- Mo discount * ^ ^ F" Amenta Adore*- (J. S. MI A N'? t '<).. 8* ,'madwai. N V Al?EXT.1 WANTED o el Uu # FnF"F i npu ar < ainpai n Cha in a d Ni ? M? f Union and World. C. P. RRADWAY Danville, Pa 4<JEN T.H Warned.?AjrenrnnakH mure nmne> ? work lor u- than at anythin 'nine. Particular* fr?U. *rTN-<is ,t (In.. F<?? Ait Puh/uhert, Portland, Maini PDA IMT I 8 "n eta mo for price* o 2 I diff'-rent p irti-aiu of CKEIAxn I LEY 'ROW., ORAM A N D WILSON, to W W. F. /\npri PV JO?M, Printeb, 4. Vt % E t k E T a II-?i <*. S rwt, Shw Yo'k. N oue Geuuwe uiuea* aigoad lYoth. i AKA AV /*V1/ATUK TO EVKkY BODY. ? Mb ^1 1 I II 1 ?or man*, hlrh or low i u)l/V/?V/V/ m*le or friMln rtck or w.-Il, ? rirh or nnor. Bond a this* I oaatpootam't?n?o for e<rrr''?r, Adrfr^a*. ij 0OBSOK. HAYS J?* A CO./ - I tf. Utd*i * . A|*BU wabML J II llll ftTil if] i l piifk Pfo Person cnn take these Bitters a. jord? ig to directions, aa.l remain long unwell, provided ieir bones arc not destroyed by mineral poison or ther means, and vital organs wasted beyond the oint of repair. Dyspepsia or Indigestion, Tleadache, Path i the Shoulder*, Couglis, Tightness of the Chest, izziness, Sour Eructations of the Stomach, Bad aste in the Mouth, Bilious Attacks, Palpitation of te Heart, Inflammation of the Lungs. Pain in the sgion of the Kidneys, and a hundred other palnfal praptoms, are the oif-springs of Dyspepsia. One ottle will prove a better guarantee of its merits ran a lengthy advertisement. For Female Complaints, in yonng or Old, tarried or single, at the dawa oi womanhood, or be turn of Ufe, these Tonic Bitters display so eclded an Influence that improvement is soon erceptible. For Inflammatory and Chronic Rhea* natlsm and Gout, Bilious, Remittent and Interllttent Fevers, Diseases of the Blood, Liver, Kldeys and Bladder, these Bitters have no cMuaL uch Diseases are caused by Vitiated Blood. They are a gentle Purgative a* well aa , Tonic, possessing the merit of acting as ? owtriul agent in relieving Congestion or Inflamtation of the Liver and Visceral Organs, and la tllious Diseases. * For Skin Diseases, Eruptions, Tetter, SaltIhenm, Blotches, Spots, Pimples, Pustules, Bolls, Carbuncles, Ring-wonns, Scald-Head, Sore Eyes, Irysipelas, Itch, Scurfs, Dlscoloratlons of the Skin, iumors and Diseases of the Skin of whatever name r nature, are literally dug up and carried oat f the system in a short time by the nse of these litters. Gratefnl Thousands proclaim Vinegar Biters the most wonderful lnvigorant that ever ustained the sinking system. IK. If. UIcDOHfALD <fc CO. Irugglsts and Geu. Agts., San Francisco, Cal., k or. of Washington and Charlton Sts., N.Y. SOLO nv ALL DRFOC.ISTS A DEALERS. N V N P-No :te A ' f* T? XTTC Wanted. No Money required in ?d\\jrHiil 1 O vano-. Letts A C >., Pittsbargn, fa. !very Good Htinri I Nto ft&ss rnui.T. Rngeni if Co . 142 ''u ton St..ft. Y. >H. VVHITTIER, Longest engert-d, and mo*t Miecesoiu) puysiciac of the g-. i on ultation or pamphlet fre<-. Cell or write. SW % KTHHUKC t'UI.JLtHK.-fiwanDDiarc Dilaware C Ha. Thi* i> stitniion f r bot'i acxea rill re- pen 9th mo.. 3 d, 1873. For Catalogue. Ac., d 'i~... FT>^y 4 RO '? VAOTl.L Pr -MerTT^ f\pFCI EV| 8 nd stamp for proe* of 30 UI*E>CLC T ;ffe en* portrait* of GRANT, . vrv W'L?ON. GREFI PY a*J> A>D , FROWN, to WM. F. f\ n A IM "T" ' ?IO\ E>?,PRINTER, 43 ''-road CRAIMTn VretNwY^. A GREAT OFFER!! Horace Waters. t?l Itruudwn), I. Ml d>?poM*Ot OsE HUNDI EDPlA-V M Eu?DEon?, an ii0.k>a of mix tlr t-cla-a makers, including Watois s, a. f.tretHf 'v /" "*? >oi nvb, 'lut ii"/ lhi? numtb, or wi'l take rom t4 >o 12' montOB until paid ; the ante to let, and ent applied if purchased A nnrlrfnd >if PAKLetUkOtf, e moat beau uul style and perfect tone ever matte, now exhibition at 481 Broedwa*. New Yivk , ______ i ... i i ? Tie Records of Tests JjL yt at L??WtLL. Mas?., proves T* N. F. BURNHAM'S JR 7* NEW TURBINE ^ superior to all others. It gave T^EfiS^^jWT a hiKDer percentage than any other whee1 of common finish. Paraph et and Pr ce List. b:> ** N. K. BORN HAM. York. Pa. 5reech-T.oad>ng 8h< t Gnns. #40 'o f 00. Ponb'e Shot am-, $8 to $160. S nylr Gnn-, $3 ro *2. Rfltr, f8to 7.V Revolvi r-, f? to #2S. Se>d Stamp t b Price7?T f ^ t-'t/rfi /. t fl V f" . fThea-Nectar BLACK TEA With the >' 'ii Tut r>aror, The be t Te Inip< r'ed For mire, "lr* cH-ie. And tor sale wholesale on b he fireat Atlantic and Pacific Tt a Co., \o 191 Kul ?a Si. A < AxWtl "eW ^or'1" H2SG^jl r ii. t hjt .ii i aLOiners i momers i 1 Mothers 1! I Don't tall to procure MRS. WWLOW1 tOOTIIING SYRUf FOR CIULDRCK TEKTHING. This valuable preparation has been used with NFVEB 4 AILING SU- CESS IN THOUSANDS OF < ASES. It not only re'ieve the dub) from pain but invi?rorttea the Htoma -h and bowel-, corrrotH acidity. and givea O'e and energy to the whole system. It will Also intantly relieve Griping In the Boweli and Wind Colic. We believe it the BEST and SUREST REMEDY IK rHE WORLD, in all ca e of DYSENTERY AND 1IARRHEA IN CHILDREN, whether ari-ing from ethmg or any othercanae. Depend upon it mother*, it will give rest toyourse vea Relief and Health to Your Infanta. te sure and call for ** Mrs. Wlnalow's Soothing Syrup," Having the fao-aimile of "CURTIS A PERKINS' . n tne outeide wrapper. *"'() hv nrnrrl?fi ihrenrl'?"t the Ward \ ECONOMY IN MOURNING ! ! 1$ Cheapness! Durability! 'A f TIIE NEW PATENT ^ ; ALBERT CRAPEl . ITus ty*n o'A ">r Ov^i Two Tear*, <?vjotr rfl Uuiv?.r?j' bail.- '.action. H Opinions from Wearers? I J ' "The Albert rr->p<? whtch I ha>e ware I rxr. day hir ne?r'v (ivciphnalpr n?. M r juihrit u?ajo turned out to botuuatci- H b I h-'ve been *n mueh pleaaed arifn t ? ?: M ?-eir ot the Albert Crape, .hat 1 van mrouglv recommend it " ?uj 5 ; have found the Albert Crape to be a I ren.ly rood irtiatwortl-y article,and tnucn H cheaper tlian toy T over had." w t COLD E7 S Mill iNErv (. rn/ CO^OS DTAIER3 A. W^lli^eton Hart & Co., ADJUSTERS of <"TiAlMS FOR Insolvents & Bankrupts. 110 Lroiitirtl St.* Ar. Y. mJ- RrrmrnrTJior HioHkST CBAUACTCB. Send for Circular. ni AAA reward II M 11 | 11 | For an; ca?e of Blind, a / |||||| J*cd nir.ltchior.ot U'c<% / llllll r?t d Pile- tha' Dr Hdc'I % | llllll Pile Remedy fail* o I | llllll ctre It i? prepared e>* B 3 | B ? 9 I I cre??U to care the il- a a# a# andnothinr e'xe. Sold y ,i? t n- we | ISP' 4 The Rlfhta eft' e Sick.?It la the rt*ht of every rivalii1 to know hi? m dicr?e i?, and hy it t? preoribed. I any cofferer fr m dyp p?ie lirer eom>'amt. ree aehe. eoetivece*, rr hea-tborn, deeirena to knew r at Tai-BAM' S Fsltzkr ArrvizST i- and why be rarbt to take ? ? The > n-w r i Ou.ple Ttf- the chem< al eqtnva e t-f 'left I aer Spa water, end the reeteri >hy*idane the work) be* tv< r Men bar. prerocaced