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Farm, Garden and Household. Farm New* and Notes. . , , 1< They have neither sheep nor grass in n Japan. tl Find out what apples do best, and for a a large orchard plant no more than six si or eight sorts. c A Wisconsin farmer, who keeps a P large flock of sheep, raises 12 bushels of wheat to the acre more than his b neighbors. b It is discouraging to be informed that while the wealth of the country increases, the value of many farms is on f the decline. t( A .Terseyman who planted four va- t] . a: -i * t 1 rlctlus Ul pumwoo lasif Duiwyuf iuuuu Early Rose a failure, and Peerless "ftp grand success." n The Poultry World declares that a n thrifty fowl will drink fifteen or twenty a times a day if it has the chance, and a still oftener in a close coop or hot 1 weather. tl At a recent meeting of 600 fanners at ^ Galesburg, HI., the not new but timely b recommendation was made that each Club would do well and save money by " employing a competent person to pur- ' chase supplies. ^ T. L. Hart tells The N. E. Farmer j* that a horse may be speedily cured of r] cribbing by hollowing out a trough two inches deep in the upper edge of the manger and keeping it filled with yellow snuff. a Minnesota has already shipped of q last year's wheat crop 15,000,000 bushels, tl and has 9,000,000 on hand for seed and f, other uses, making a grand total of tj 24,000,000?which is not so bad for ^ Minnesota, considering her youth and t] inexperience. o It is proposed in Ohio to memorialize a the Legislature for a law to encourage b the ornamenting of road-sides with f< trees, by offering a small premium to e 1 ?1 l rru~ f WUWVOf bHU.il BU JJ1UUU JL11? MCW ttIO If to be of some valuable variety, are to be si set 30 feet apart, and only along streets b as wide as 60 feet. tJ A farmers'club was recently organized 0 in Springfield, the State Capital of tl Illinois, on which occasion Gov. Palmer a delivered an interesting address. The 8 subject of railroad monopolies was then ? discussed, and one speaker said that if ^ Government should exercise half as c much oppression as a railroad it would 8 produce a revolution. f Those hens ought to be happy who 11 deserve such praise as this given by a S writer in The Poultry World: "White. Leghorns are the most profitable and most desirable of fowls; they are good for the table, of medium size, are hardy and easilv reared, feather soon, mature t early, and commence to lay when quite young; and they give more and larger j eggs for their size and food they eat, n than any other breed. Besides all this, h they are very handsome. They are 8 quick in their motions and easily ^ startled?yet they may be completely ii domesticated." c Dissolving Bone*. No plant can be made to grow in a ? soil that has been exhausted of its bone- " making material, which is about two- [j thirds lime and one-third phosphorus c united with oxvcren. forininer phosphoric t acid. As bones contain this phosphate in a purer and more soluble state than a mineral phosphates, it is of great im- t portance to every farmer to know how i, to reduce bones to a soluble condition t! without which they are useless as plant- 8 food. The plan by which the English ? farmer who buys no commercial super- t, phosphate makes his own soluble bone tl material is as follows: Collect the bones and break thera up (] with a sledge-hammer, the finer the better; place them in a barrel tight enough to prevent leakage, put in a v little at a time, and mixing them as you do so, with dried, finely pulverized swamp muck or wood mould, filling all ^ the space between the bones?6ay one t] part muck to four parts broken bones ; f cover the top with a six or eight inch ^ layer of muck alone, after which pour j, on all the urine of the premises from day to day, keeping the mass moist, j In six weeks the bones will be reduced \ to a soft, pulpy mass that when mixed 8 even in the compost heap become suffi- fl ciently soluble for plant-food. Such an v application of bone material does not ^ change the carbonate of lime of the bones like sulphurio acid into plaster, j but it makes the phosphoric acid avail- ( able to growing crops. Some farmers 8 bny bone-dust and sulphuric acid and j make their own superphosphate, but ^ this is an expensive plan, as the sul- ^ phuric acid has not only to make the r phosphoric acid soluble, but to turn all the lime into plaster (sulphate of lime), and mineral phosphate or coprolites contain still other stubborn mineral to exhaust the sulphuric acid. Henee the 1 importance of collecting bones and 0 every farmer making his own soluble 2 bone material. Boues may also, if 1 broken fine, be reduced by composting i??i ?i i: " *vaa iiuiu Huyu aonvs uuu iiuiu. >'ot Here, But There. n ' I I have no doubt that pulmonary coil- c sumption, like all other chronic iis- v eases, is the result of low vitality, knd p not the cause of it. People feel their ~ skeleton legs, and then, putting their T hands upon their chests, they exclaim, \ "Here it is! Here is all my trouble! j This iB what is killing me!" g My house has recently been troubled with a drain odor. It came from a hole s in the drain, filled the whole basement 0 story, and finally made its way through a small opening in the ceiling into the g room above, to the infinite disgust of a j] lady with a sensitive nose. This lady j made a great fuss, and called in the [t neighbors to serve on a smelling com- j, mittee. The committee, by carefully 8l following their noses, soon found the j, pening from which the sickening odor s. came. As soon as I returned they ran to me, and said, " Come, we have found it." "Found what?" I asked. They explained, and then hurried mp , to the hole in the floor, and said. " Put jour nose in that hole, and jou will see where the trouble is." I did as I was directed, and agreed with them that the odor came through that opening. But knowing the constitutiou of the house, I said at once, " The whole basement is full of this ^ disgusting stench." Running down ,. stairs I found that the atmosphere of ^ the basement was perfectly sickening. , "While looking for the opening in the drain the ladies called me up stairs, and urged that I should stick my nose in the hole again, for there the trouble was, 1 they were sure. So I vibrated between jj looking for the hole in the drain below and smellingat the hole above, theladies meantime insisting that the hole shonld be stopped up or some carbolic acid ^ poured down. j But these ladies were quite as wise as Q the doctor who thinks he finds in a small ^ hole in the lung the cause of debility, j emaciation and final death. It is only the plaoe where the disease shows itself. ?DboLeurt*. . , 1 Chapter on Ice. Every one will remember the greal ;e panic that occurred daring the sum ler of 1870, when in New York City be article advanced from its regulai nd ordinary price of $3 per ton, whole ale, to $15 and $20, while for smal onsumers and families the article was erforce, abandoned. The effect of the carcity during that year, though em arrassing and annoying at the time, as been a gain for the public, inasmuch b it called attention to the whole sub 5ct of the supply and resulted in th< equirement of a strict accountability rom the ice companies, besides the es xblishraent of several new companies hereby increasing the competition ir be business. The total capital ai resent invested in the several compa ies, employed in cutting, storing, anc leeting the supply for New York if bout $4,000,000, exclusive of the horsei nd carts used by the retail dealers, 'he amount of ice now collected is ir ae vicinity of 1,000,000 tons yearly, oi hich about 40 per cent, is lost by reakage and melting. The main supply is cnt and stored or be Hudson River, the lowest point ai 'hich it is cut being a few miles below fewburgh. Beyond that point the dif ?rent creeks and lakes?notably Rock' ind- Lake?besides the body of the iver, are all worked for successive rops during the severe weather, while avigation is suspended, The pasl eason has been a very successful one, s far as quantity is regarded. Th< uality of the ice also is good, thougl tie expense of collecting it lias beei lr greater than usual. The alterna ions of freezing, thawing, and showj reatherhave been frequent and sudden liereby increasing the labor and cos' f housing. It is said that there is no cake of ice now stored that has no' een scraped one or more times. Tak< ?r example a field of ice 100 acres ii xtent, covered with a fall of snow i sot in thickness. This has to b< ciaped off; below it will be found per aps five or six inches of "snow-ice liat is, snow which has partially meltec r become saturated with water anc lien frozen. This is not marketable nd must be removed, which is done craping it with an "ice-plane," takinj ff about two inches at each round ifter being cleared the ice is marked ut, and stored, if a renewed descent o now or a thaw does not necessitate th< epetition of the whole operation. Thi acreased cost of the gathering of th< rop this winter is estimated at abou 5 per cent, above the usual rate. Down the River. An exchange in speaking of the grail rade down the Mississippi river says: The incre&so in the registered tonnage of 8t .ouis in the post six years has beon a littl lore than six thousand tons, and this increas as been wholly in unrigged vessels, as th team tonnage has fallen off a few hundre jus during the same time. It has been esti lated that the cost of transporting freight i urges down stream is only about one-ninth th ost of railroad trausportation. The steamboa len of St. Louis are talking of establishing ne of barges on the Missouri, which, if the ucceed in carrying the project into executior lay have an important mflueuco on the grai rade of the West. It is proposed to build th arges large enough to carry 12.000 bushel ach, ten of these barges to constitute a to1 or one tug. This would give 120,000 bushel 0 the cargo. These barges could be distribute t different points on the upward voyage, sa t Brownville, Nebraska City, Plattsmoutl )malia. and other places, where they could b jaded and made ready for their destination o Le return of the tug. By thiB means the grea rain crops of Nebraska and other Northwester tatcs could be laid down in St. Louis at a cot ar less than the charges of ordinary stean: oats, and merely nominal when compared wit he rates charged by the railroads. There are only three or four seriou Irawbacks in the way of St. Louis tai g the grain trade of the Northwesl The first is a million bushels of grai rill flood the market, and muke grain Irug. It costs much less to transport when ?y water than by rail; but any grai: Icaler who has tried it and paid his bil or extras, knows by experience tha he extras added down the river ar leavy. At present grain cannot be shipper n bulk wifch any degree of satisfactio: >y water from New Orleans to Atlanti hore ports. It has been tried time an< gain, and found during its Gulf strear oyage to heat so as to spoil it. Unti his can bo done?until grain can b >arged at up-river towns, and shippei n bulk in steamers or vessels at Nei 1 m! /\nnn m\/1 WO ?V O O/l f A A flnnfl JL iruun, uuu uauo|/uibcu vv auauvi hore or foreign ports without heating he trade of the West must come Eas >y lake, rail and canal, and all the figure hat can be given will not change th esult. Life and Death. To obtain the average chance of dent n any given year, the life insuranc ompanies take, for example, a perso ged 40. Their tables show that c 8,106 persons alive at that age, 765 di luring the succeeding year, or about 9 u 10,000 ; the chance that any one o hem will die is expressed bv765 dividei >y 78,106, or approximately by 98-10,000 nd similarly for any age in the table f it is desired to find the averag hance that a person aged 40 will sur ive 41 and die before reaching 42, th ?rocess is equally simple. Thus, o 8,106 persons nged 40, 774 survive th ear immediately following and die be nro rpfinliinc 4'> nr nlimit 90 in 10 000 he chance that any one of them will d< o is therefore expressed by 774 dividei ?y 78,106, or nearly by 99-10,000 ; am 0 for each succeeding year. The chanc f life for successive years is also easil; educible. Since a person aged 40 ha 8 chances in 10,000 of dying durinj lie year, he must have 9,902 chances ii 0,0*00, or nearly 99 chances in 100, o \ving through the first yenr ; since hi as 99 chances in 10,000 of dying tin econd year, he must heve 9,901 chance 1 10,000, or about 99 chances in 100, o urviving the second year, etc. Mortgaging Wires and Daughters. The inspector-general of police a ladrns, E. Indies, hns called the at ?ntion of government to the practici revailing in the presidency of natives lortgngiug and selling their wives am aughters. He states that in Nellore th< ercalls or Teluga Koravers, pledgi ieir daughters to creditors, who mn; ither marry them or give them away fhen the Yercall goes to jail, liiswifi ""* won r\f liar friKn VCO nuu uiiuuivi uiua wi mv* ?*?w >n his return he claims his wife ant hildren, if any have been born in tin iterval. In North Aroot, Koraveri lortgage unmarried danghters, who be ome the absolnte property of the mort agee till tlio debt is discharged. Mali hildren become the property of tin lortgagee, females that of the husbanc f the woman pledged. ' In Madras the; ell the wife for 50 rs. ($25) outright nd the husband can never reclaim her 'he government, in reply, has calle< pon the collectors of the differen istricts mentioned to take steps to pn own this "irregular practice. The flowers are but the earth vivified \ Life Among the Arabs. k We -went to an Arab wedding, -writes - a correspondent, and as both tne famir lies were rich, the dresses and jewels r worn by the ladies were most splendid. The bride herself?a poor little thing of 1 fourteen?looked anything but happy, , seated on a cushion on the floor, while 3 her mother and a professional dresser - painted, powdered, and gilded her face, , plaited her hair, and then dressed her i up in costly clothes, with all the family jewels heaped upon her. All the time 3 her toilet was going on, three frightful r negresses played and sang wild Arab music close to the bride's ear, and , others, down stairs, uttered the curious l cry of joy which is a sort of trill on one b high note. Little garlands of white - jessamine blossoms were given to every 1 one, and when all was ready she was 3 led to her husband, who was awaiting j her in another room. He was a very . ugly man, more than twice her age, and i when the poor little bride saw him, she f burst into tears in a most pitiful way. r We wished very much that an artist could have been with us, for there were i so many beautiful Arab ladies sitting b round on divans and cushions ; but as r no man except a near relation may see a womau unveiled, our wish was a vain oue. On our way down-stairs after the 3 wedding, we saw the servants of the ? V?A?onlml/1 cooto/1 in o rinrv An fVtO ; eating from one large dish of conscouat sot/, which is the principal food of the , Arabs; it is made of the emonle of 5 Algerian hard wheat, and if only mixed 1 with good butter it is very nice to eat. 1 But what the Arabs generally give us is - made with bad butter, and it is almost t impossible to swallow it, however much , we may wish to please the kind giver, t who stands close by, urging us to eat t more, and almost forcing it into one's t mouth in his hospitality. Matters were i not mended by a friend of mine, who l dexterously conveyed the rancid mori sels into a handkerchief on her lap; for s as in a hasty search for coppers the - contents of the handkerchief were scat tered over the upturned faoea of an ex1 pectant crowd, it must somewhat have 1 diminished the satisfaction which her , apparent good appetite had afforded j her host. I A Terrible Cruise. f The attention of those contemplating 3 dime novel writing is called to the fols lowing item: From Melbourne, Aus3 tralia, news* has come of Captain Art lington, who has been cruising about in the South seas for three or four years with the good ship Althea. His crew consisted originally of forty-five men, but in the course of time seventeen a died. The remainder, however, were destined fcb meet a more horrible fate. For when the vessel was near Madac gascar, one day, the watch suddenly 0 noticed a dense black cloud approachj ing. It soon enveloped the ship, and was seen to consist of myriads of block n flies as large as bees, which settled e upon and completely covered the deck and masts and Btung the sailors until * they were almost crazy. So heavy was , this entomological load that the ship ii well-nigh foundered, and it was found e impossible to sweep the intruders off". 8 At loct on nnnnrtnnA frnlo thfim vrrw.?w O ~ away, and a few days afterwards the d Althea found herself ploughing through y miles of their rotting carcasses. A i. loathsome stench filled the air, and 0 eight of the crew were immediately at" tacked with the small-pox and aied. n Touching at the adjacent port of Solala it the inhabitants were found to be also >- suffering from the same disease, and it h was reported that the interior of the country was swarming with the same 8 description of fly. It was thence coneluded that these pestilential creatures ' are tho cause of small-pox. They den vour all manner of filth, particles of a which adhere to their hooked claws, and are thereby conveyed into the systems lt of such persons as they may honor " with their attention. The Althea made sail again in a hurry, but afterwards lt went through one or two experiences e similar to the preceding, and finally arrived at Melbourne with a baker'6 a dozen of miserable invalids, u ? Lanterns In China. d a A Chinaman and his lantern are inil separable. Let him start upon an e errand which is likely to occupy him H until sunset, and his lantern will be the iv first article that he lays his hands on to c carry with him. Even on the brightest r( moonlight night he considers it his duty t to provide himself with artificial light, s and it is a curious sight, at a large fire e at night, to see the crowds which fill the streets, every man with his lantern held aloft, although the practice owes its ? ? ~ ~ i Unnw/iA t or>V riSf, I1U UUllUli, LKJ lilic UUOCUVV? Ui ?hj Ij system of public lighting for the streets e and highways. The lantern has none n the less its uses in daylight; suspended ? over doorways nnd along the fronts of e shops, it declares the surname of the g proprietor within in huge characters, f and no respectable domicile is without j one. Indeed, all lanterns, whether . carried in the hands or otherwise, are inscribed with the surnames of their g owners, so that while walking the streets of a night, a man can always discern e that his friend Jones or Robinson is ? approaching long before his figure is c discernible. Official persons show their titles on their lanterns, not their names, . a rule which is frequently abused by jJ vagabonds, who have only to show a I lantern inscribed "The Magistrate," to I be able to extract money from the weak e or unwary. Wealthy families and offi. cials affect the largo globular lantern, s the common classes a smaller one of y cylindrical shape. The characters are j always inscribed in red or black paint, ? save in time of mourning, when blue is e employed. Lanterns form an important g adjunct in all processions, idolatrous, ? hymeneal, and funereal; and on such ? occasions the larger the lantern the more imposing is the effect considered. Boys' Names. , As a general rule, people give names without knowing or caring what they signify. For the amusement of curiosi3 tv hunters we have collected a small | list of masculine names, with their definition : 3 George?Husbandman. 3 Albert?Nobly bright. 7 Benjamin?The son of the right hand. Charles?Strong and valiant. 3 Richnrd?Great heart. ; Herbert?Glory of the army. William?Helmet of resolution. Frederick?Rich peace. s Hugh?High, lofty. Isaac?Laughter. Patrick?Nobleman. ? Robert?Famous in council. ; Edward?A truth keeper. Edwin?Wins all hearts. ^ Joseph?He trusts in God. '* Gilbert?Light of many, j Samuel?Called of God, answer of . prayer. ? Frank?Indomitable, self-will. Henry?A hero. Thomas?A sun god. John?Gracious in the sight of the . Lord. Execution of Foster In New York. No execution that has taken place in the United States for years has created so much attention as that of Foster, the car-hook murderer, of New York. Every effort was put forth by his friends to save the life of the murderer, and money in almost unlimited amounts was freely spent to save him. Clergymen, jurore, lawyers and leading citizens petitioned Gov. Dix for the life of Foster, but in vain. The scaffold, which consisted of two UDright beams eleven feet high, above which is a cross-beam fourteen feet in length, were all painted a dark drab. In the center of the beam was an iron ring, through which the rope passed. The scaffold was erected close to the cell of Foster, and from its little window he could see every movement of the builders and hear every blow they struck. The Rev. Dr. Tyog remained in consultation with the prisoner for upwards of three hours on Thursday night, at the end of which time the mother of Foster arrived, and the meeting between mother and son was extremely painful; but that the mother spoke words of hope and consolation was clearly apparent, for at the t nd of the interview Foster appeared more cheerful and talked for some ^ime to those around him. Rev Mr. Walker called and shook hands with Foster, who was lying on his bed, at the head of which sat his wife, while at the foot was her brother. Foster's aunt was the next caller, who as soon as she met her nephew burst into tears, which action completely unmanned the prisoner. She left the prison, and as she passed into the Street still held her handkerchief to her eves, unable to keep back her tears. Shortly after Sheriff Brennan arrived and repaired to the prisoned cell, and after some relutance informed Foster that the last appeal had been of no avail, and advised him to prepare to meet his fate. The prisoner received this information in silence and with apparent fortitude. Mr. Brennan then informed Foster if there were any suggestions he wished to make in regard to the carrying out of his execution or if he desired to have any matters attended to within the power of the Sheriff they would be carefully carried out. Foster's only reply to this offer was, "to allow as few people as possible to witness his death." A few minutes after eight o'clock Deputy Sheriff Seebacher, in as mild a manner as possible, informed the wife that the time had come when she should leave her husband for the last time. The announcement was received by Mrs. Foster with a shudder, and casting a sudden look at her husband she found that his face had turned deadly Sale. The woman, in order to spare er husband, tried to control her feelings, but it was too severe a test for her already weakened nerves, and the next moment the two were embraced in each other's arms. Even the deputy sheriffs, whose duty compelled them to look on the scene, were finally compelled to turn aside. At this time the prisoner's brother and brother-in-law were also in the cell and weeping bitterly. Foster, on the other hand, manifested mHch calmness, but his face was as white as a sheet, and he kept up a continual talking in order to cheer his wife. At last he. too. gave way, and a moment later his wife had swooned. FeariDg that the woman would become deranged her two relatives bore her from the cell and then went back to bid farewell to Foster, whom they found lving on the bed with his face in his pillow. They uroused him, and, after receiving his last requests, bade a final adieu and left him forover. After a lapse of thirty miuntes Mrs. Foster, who was scarcely able to walk, passed from the Tombs, supported on either side by her two relatives. At 21 minutes after 9 o'clock on Friday, the execution took place at the Toombs, in the presence of about three hundred spectators. Foster marched firmly from his cell to the gallows, scarcely a muscle moved as he stepped upon the drop, and he died quickly, his neck being broken by the fall. The London newspapers tell us that on a recent occasion, when the important questions of financial expenditures and national defence were before the House of Commons, only eleven of the six hundred and fifty members were present. For a long time, they add, the Minister of War was tho only member of the government present, while the opposition was represented only by two members. Fisn.?If you want the best of any (Trades, put up expressly for family use. and sent airectly from the Fish* Houses in which they arc landed from tho vessel, (in eighths,quarters, halves, and whole barrels, or in packages as small as 25 lbs.,) and those that are not mixed with old, rusty, strong, or poor in quality, as is the case with a large part sold by local dealers, send for price list of Mackerel. Codfish, Pollock. Smoked and Dried Halibut, Fins. Tongues and Sounds, Salmon, Herring Ac. Directions for seclecting the best, keeping the year round, and cooking in all styles, sent freo with circular, by enclosing stamp for return postage. Isaac Hales Fish Merchant, Neivburvport, Mass.? Com. Thousands ok Promising Youths of both sexes, go down to untimely graves, from general debility and weakness, who might be saved by fortifying thoir systems with Iron. Tlio Peruvian Syrup is an Iron Tonic prepared expressly to supply this vitalizing element, and is the oiilv preparation of iron (pat will assimilate at onco with tlio blood.?Coni. Sore Throat, Cocoii, Cold and similar troubles, if suffered to progress, result in serious pulmonary affections, oftentimes incurable. "Broxcris lironchial Troches" reach directly the seat of the disease, and giro almost instant relief.?Com. Dr. A. Johnson, one of the most successful practitioners of his time, invented what is now railed Johnson'* Anodyne Liniment. Tho great success of this article in the cure of Bronchitis and all diseases of throat and lungs, will make the name of Johnson not less favorably, if less widely known, than that of Louis Napoleon.?Com. The public are hereby assured, through tho columns of this paper, that J'arson'* Purgative Pills contain no injurious principle, but that they may be administered to children and tho most weak and shattered constitutions in small doses, with great certainty of success. ?Com. Thousands die every winter of Consumption, Bronchitis, Diptheria. and lung fever, whom a few doses of Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar, given in time, would have saved from a premature ^rave. Crittenton's, 7 Gtu avenue, eoia Dy an Lruggium. Pike's Toothache Drops cure in 1 minute.? Com. Chapped Hands, face, rough akin, pimples, ringworm, salt-rheum, and other cutaneous affections cured, and the skin made soft and smooth, by using the Juxiper Tab Soap, made by Caswell, Hazard & Co., New York. Be certain to get the Juniper Tar Soap, made by us, as there aro many imitations made with common tar which are worthless.?Com. Cristadobo's Excelsior Hair Dye stands unrivaled and alone. Its merits have been so universally acknowledged that it would be a supererogation to descant on them any further?nothing can beat it?Com. Flaqo's Instant Relief has stood twenty years' test Is wamnted to give immediate relief to all Bnenmatic, Neuralgiq, Head, Ear, and Back aches, or money refunded.?Cto*. The Cafe Disaster. Everybody in Smyrna, it is stated, knew that the cafe was unsafe, and might topple over into the sea at any Ea moment. The municipality knew it; the quay authorities knew it; and so de did all the residents in the neighbor- ?* hood; yet no steps were taken to prevent 250 people assembling in the doom- 811 ed building, which with hardly any W8 warning, leaned forward and disappear- Q11 ed in the sea. A correspondent of the he Levant Herald, writing from Smyrna, gives the following account of the ev tragedy: "On Sunday night at ten W8 o'clock we heard what souiided like the report of a cannun; it was the kivoto j1? giving away. The people living near 4. L iY.?iikA Cc me B^ene 01 me cuuiairupiie duj* mat mo -Bounds were most appalling. First one ^ loud crash like the firing of a cannon, *e one long wail, then a deep silence, soon "a broken, however, by the screams of 8U those who got their heads above water. re Some had clung to the ceiling of the an cafe and could not draw themselves up until the hands which held on to their legs gave way. It is said that most of P the boatmen who volunteered their as- m sistance first rifled the pockets of the m Bufferers and then drew them into their Pa boats.' Sixty-seven corpses havo been ct found, but many more still remain in m the deep mud, which the quay stones cr have forced up in great quantity. The clown of the 'acrobat troupe' was saved and rubbed dry, dressed, and ran back 8e to seek for his wife and daughter, the ?c latter aged twelvo years. The former *? had been got safe into a boat, when, ^ looking around, she screamed out, "My ",] husband and child cannot have been ai saved!" and jumped into the sea. She cc had expired before they brought her n' up again. Her daughter and the acires- ^ ses were all to be seen at St. Antoine's a, Hospital, lying dead in their stage al finery. A Greek who escaped says lie " was awestruck at the moment they rock- ai ed right to left by the scene which was 81 being acted by the acrobats at the time m ?namely 'Death* running after some ? one and causing great laughter among the spectators. At that very instant the ni cafe gave way. a) si d The Beginning and the End. ? jr Chiccory is said to contain properties j1( positively injurious to the health. Yet u ground coffee, as sold by grocers, is un- b usually adulterated with this substance, ^ and many persons insi st that it improves 0| the flavor of the coffee. We are imformed in a recent work on coffee that _ the coffee dealer adulterates his coffee with chiccory to increase his profits ; the chiccory dealer adulterates his chic- fo cory with Venetian-red to please the si avp- of the coffee dealer : and lastlv. lt tlie Venetian-red manufacturer grinds " up his color with brick-dust, that by ^ his greater cheapness, and the variety fa of shades he offers, he mav secure the 0< patronago of the trade in chiccory. < m fe Many of the Congressmen whom the ti people have given leave to stay at home ' ore asking the President for a chance to fc go abroad. ' CURE FOB 41 OOKTSUMPT ION. I For the cure of thti distressing disease there has ir keen no medicine yet discovered that can show , more evidence of real merit than ALLEN'S LUNO BALSAM. This unequalod expectorant far curing P Consumption, and all diseases leading to it, such r( as affections of the throat, lungs, and all diseuses . of the pulmonary organs, Is Introduced to the suf- 0 fering public after its merits for the cure of such si diseases have bee* fully tested by the medical . faculty. The Balsam is consequently,recommended by physicians who have bocome acquainted with u ts great success. tl o WHAT THE DOCTORS SAT ti Drs. Wilson A Ward, physicians and druggists. fl write from CentrevUle, Tenn.: "We purchased p Allen's Lung Balsam, and tt sells rapidly. We arc practicing physicians, as well as druggists, and _ tako pleasure in recommending a great remedy, such as we know this to be." g Dr. Lloyd, of Ohis, surgeon in the army dnrlng II the war, from exposure, contracted consumption. H.-says: " I have no hesitancy in stating that it . was by the use of your Lung Balsam that I am mow ( alive and enjoying good health." Nathaniel Harris, of Mlddleberry, Vt., says " 1 have no doubt it will soon become a classical remerfini nffnnt for the cure of all diseases of the Throat, Bronchial Tubea anil Lunge." Amoe Woolly, M. D., of Koaclnica Co., Ind., eaye: " Por three yeare past I have uaed Allen's Lung t Balsam extensively in my practice, and I am eatle- J fled there la 110 better medicine for lung dtaeaica I In n?e." *j Physician* do not recommend a medicine which _ haa no merit. What they aay about ALLEN'8 LUNG BALSAM J1 can be aken at a fact. Lot all afflicted teat It at once, aud be convinced of lta real merlta. a Ae an expectorant It haa no equal. < It la hartnleaa to tho moat delicate child It contaiua no opium iu any form. Dlrectlona accompany each bottle. CAUTION.?Call for ALLEN'S LUNO BALSAil J. N. HARRIS A CO., Cincinnati, 0., ( Proprietors. FIRRY DAVIS A SON, General Agentf. ' Providence. R. L Sold by all Medicine Dealera. t roii rale bt I JOHN F. HENRY, New York. Or.O. C. GOODWIN A CO., Boaton. JOHNSON, HOLOWAY A CO., Philadelphia. The Markets. i NEW TORK Beef Cattle?Prime to Extra $ ,13Xa .14X f Firnt quality 12X<* .111 ocwuw .ii^u *-,?? O Ordinary thin Cattle... ,09 a .11 Inferior OHj^a .10 ? Milch Cow* 40.00 aTS.00 1 Iloga?Live 05)4 a .05); t Dressed 06}^a .07)4 Sheep 05)4a .08): Cotton?Middling 1914a .19': Flour?Extra tVestcrn 0.90 a 7.25' State F.xtra 7.00 a 7.35 \ Wheat? Bed Western 1.70 a 1.90 ti " State 1.85 a 1.85 / No. 2 Spring 1.C2 a 1.6654 5 Rye.. 89 a .90 * Barley Malt l.CO a 1.40 Corn?Mi xed Western 63?;a .65)4 Oats?Mixed Western 46 a .47 Hay 1.15 a 1.30 t Straw 80 a 1.15 J Hops *72s, .40 a .50?*71s .10 a .15 I Pork?Mesa 15.00 al6.37 Lard 08 a .08); Petroleum?Crude 8\'a .9 Refined 19)4 Butter?State 37 a .40 Ohio Faney 30 a .32 " Yellow 18 a .25 Western Ordinary 13 a .18 Pennsylvania fine 30 a .33 Cheese?SUte Factory 15)4a .16 " Skimmed 05 a .10 Ohio 14)4 a .15)4 Eggs?State 25 a .26 BCfTAL*. Beef Cattle 8.00 a 6.75 Sheep 6.35 a 6.62)4 Hogs?Live 6.37)4a 5.60 Flour 7.50 alO.OO {! Wheat?No. 2 Spring 1.40 a 1.60 J, Corn 61 a .52 0 Oats 42 a .42 s Rye 88 a .85 Barley 4... .83 a 1.00 Lard 08)4a .09 j ALBAXT. * Wheat 1.70 a 110 ? Bye?SUte 85 a .85 p Corn?Mixed 69 a .67 i| Barley?8tate 80 a .80 Oats?SUte 49 a .55 ] rsiUDXuiu. Flour?Penn. Extra 8.50 a 9.75 ol Wheat?Western Bed.... . 1.94 a 1.96 w Corn-Yellow 59 a .61 Z Mixed 60 a .61 ri Petroleum?Crude 13);Beflnedl8)4 Beef CatUe 06 a .07 Clover Seed 8.00 a 9.00 ? Timothy 8.00 a 3.40 ri | BALTU40RI. / Cotton?Low Midline* 17)4a .17V J Flour-Extra 7.78 a 9.75 Wheat 1.80 a 110 a OAs?Tallow .58 a .59 ? Oats .46 a .48 ft A Texas Murder Trial. A correspondent from Hannibal, Mo., res the following anecdote of Mr. ring, one of the counsel for the prosetion in the trial of Coe for the mnrr of Miss Abbie Summers, on the 12th June, 1870. The press and jam in a court-room to hear Mr. Ewing was nply fearful. A great deal of curiosity J is excited to hear him on account of lite a romantic story of a case in which figured as prosecuting attorney, and lien story has been the theme of ! ervbody attending the trial when it 1 is known that he was in the case. i Thinking the case not out of place < re, a brief history of it runs as fol- < trs: Two young men left Adams J >unty, Illinois, for Texas, and, after e lapse of some time one of them turned and reported his oompanion as , ,ving mysteriously disappeared, and j pposed to have been murdered. He 1 mained some time in Adams County, i d then returned to Texas. After his parture a circumstance occurred lich pointed to him as having comitted the deed. Search was,instituted Texas, and what was left of the yearns?the skull?was found in a chapirel. This was identified by some peiliarity, and the companion of the urdered man was arrested for the ime, and search among his effects re>aled a nortion of the clothing which i6 murdered man had on -when last en. When the trial was called in mrt the counsel for the prisoner asked r a continuance, which was granted, t the next term of court the sam e ling occurred. Ewing, thinking their m was to wear out the patience of the rnnsel and witnesses by the long jourjy from Illinois to Texas, at the next rm of court left his witnesses within few miles of the town, and, disguising imself, went into the court-room, fhen the ease was called the defense lswered that they were ready for trial, lpposing Ewing to be hundreds of .lies away. Their astonishment was abounded when ho also announced imself ready, and sending for the witssses, the trial commenced. In his rgument before the jury he held the cull of the murdered man in his hand uring his entire speech until the closig, when, walking up to the prisoner, 8 hurled epithets and invectives down pon him without stint, and then, as if y accident, dropped the grinning skull ito his lap. He had the satisfaction f seeing him hung before he left exas. The Lawi of Health. It li useless for State Legislatures to pati laws r the preservation of the public health, If the . eat law of self-preservation, which depends for s enforcement upon the will of the Individual, Is ? War a A rnrnnin adflad lftttfir. Th?ra ia aeArcelv i adult member of the community, of either eez, I thli country, who ha* not.teen the tefttmony tn . or of Hostettcr'* Stomach Bitter*, fnrnlihed ror their own signatures by person* of acknowlJged eminence in science, literature, art, comierce, and every department of business and proisslonal life. These witnesses have declared In lemoit explicit terms that the preparation Is a ifcguard against epidemics, a sovereign remedy ir dyspepsia, a valuable anti-blllous medicine, a romotor of appetite, a genial and harmless stimuint, a good acclimating medicine, a strenglhener r the nerves, a general tuvigorant, a protection gainst tho deleterious effects of malaria and injure water, and that It Imparts a degree of vigor nd activity to the vital forces which is not commnlcated by any other of the tonics and stomachis In use. Under these circumstances the self rcservatlvo law of nature should teach every itloual person who, either by reason of inherent ebiltty or in consequence of exposure to unwhole)mc influences, Is In peril of losing tho groatest of II temporal blessings, health, the Importance of sing the Bitters as a defonstvo medicine. Dyspep les who neglect to give it a trial are simply their wn enemies. It Is guaranteed to cure lpdlgestlon i all its forms, and the bilious and nervous will nd nothing in the whole range of official and proletary medicines which will afford them the amo relief. Lung Complaints, Bronchitis, Asthma, Ac., are peedily relieved, and if talcon In time, permanentr cured by Dr. Jayne's Expectorant. You will And t also a certain remedy for Coughs and Colds. ;hicaco, milwaukee & st. paul . railway. (Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.) Extending from Chicago to Milwaukee. La *rouse, Winona, Hastings, St. Paul and lliinoapolis. Also to Madison, Prairie dn 'him, Austin, Owntomin, Onirics (It), tnson City and A Igonn f uls<> to .Tunesvilli-, lout-lie, Hipoii, He ill n and Oslikosh. " - ? ! B 1 # . on, 1)1... r*m unuiiik v * ? * ?v ? ire ItrsorfH than anv other Northweatern line. CHICAGO OK HOT?Corner Cnnnl and IndiHon trtreet*. (with Pittsburg. Kurt Waynes 'ennsy 1 v.mla, and Chicago, Alton A St. Lout* R'ys ) NILWAl'KEE DEPOT - Corner Reed intl South Wntcr Street*. Connecting In St. Taul w itU all Railways diverg ng thence. Niw York orricr?319 Broadway. Ronton OrrtcK?1 Court atrcet. GENERAL Orrickx?Milwaukee. Wla. S. S MERRILL, Ocn. Manager. NO. C. OAULT. Ass't Gen. Manager. A. V. H CARPENTER. O. IV and T. Agent. SUBSCRIBE FOR ?be Chicagij fHE CHEAPEST~NEWSPAPER IN THE UNITED STATES. Chnrk-fuU of lust auch reading matter aa will inCroat everybody. Publiahed Weekly. Only ONE >OLLAR a Year. Club ratea and P'rimeja furuahe I upon application. Addreaa THE LEDGER 10., 114 Monroe-at., Chicago. 111. XO TIME SHOULD IfK LOST n making application I r Foreign Clalma Do ac hiougn J. P. FRCEACFF, Attorney nt Law, Columbia, Pa. 'IT STILL WAVES." pangled Banner " atill wavea" and glvea every eader to long columna of splendid reauirg in evert/ aaue. Prnng'a anperb Cliromo sent rn?? to subcrlbera. Can atill send back noa. for 1K73. Oet up club. There la nothing like it. never waa, nevet rill be. All for til. Specimens for C eta. 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Consultation o* pamphlet free. Call or rite rHIS IS NO HUMBUG. By aendtng SB eta.,'with* age, height, color of cyst ud hair, you will receive a correct picture of your itur* husband or wife, with name and date of marage. W. POX. P. O. Drawer K^PultonTlUe, If. T S10T0$20moSff 2I70 AA BACH WBBK?AOBlfTS WASTBD 52 f r MOTHERS! MOTHERS! ' MOTHERS! Don't fail to procure MBS. WINSLGWi SOOTHING SYBOP FOB CHILDBEN TEETH. HTG. Thl? valuable preparation" has been used with *EVER-FAILINO SUCCESS IN THOUSANDS OP USES. It not onlr relievos the ehtld from pain, bnt tnvtg iratea the stomach and bowels, corrects acidity,and rives tone and energy to the whole systdm. It wt Uso instantly relieve Griping of the Bowels and Wind Oollc. We believe It the BEST and 8URE8T REMEDY"IN THE WORLD in all cases of DYSENTERY AND DIARRHOEA IN CHILDREN, whether arising from teething or any other cause. Depend upon It, mothers, It will give rest to your elvss and Bells! and Health to Yonr Infanta Be snrs and call for "MBS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP." Having the fae-stmll* of" CUBTIS A RERUN'S on the <>'1tslds wrapper. Sold by Druggists throughout the World. N. Y. N. U., No. 13. 12,000,000_ ACRES! . _ Cheap Farms ! Tna CnaanasT Lasd is MaaaaT, for tale by the UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD CO., Ia the GREAT PLATTE VALLEY. 3,000,000 Acre* In Central Nebraska Sow fur sale In tract* of forty acre* and upward* on live and ten year*' credit at per cent. Ko Advance Interest r< qntred. Mild and Healthful Climate, Fertile Soil, an abnndarco nf Good Water. THE BEST MARKET IS THB WEST I The Brest Mining Region* of Wyoming, Colorado, Utah and ^ Nevada, being (applied by the farmer* In the Platte Valley. SOLDIERS ENTITLED TO A HOMESTEAD OF 100 ACRES. THE BE8T LOCATIONS FOB COLONIES. FREE HOMES FOR ALL I Million* of acre* of choice Government Land* open for entry under the Homcitcnd Law, near thie ureal Railroad, with good market* and all the convenience* of an old icttled conntry. Free pane* to pnrchaier* of Railroad Land. Sectional Maps, showing the Land, alao new edt? tlon of Descriptive Pamplet with new Mapt mailed free everywhere. Addre**, O. F. DAVIS, Land Coinuil**louer V. P. R. R., Omaha, Neb. Iron in the Blood mQH PERUVIAN SYRUP An Iron Tonio. Vitalizes and Enriches the Bloed, TOffES UP THE SYSTEM, HUM Broken Down, CUBES DYSPEPSIA, DEEILITY, do. Caution.?Bo sure 70a Peruvian Syrup. Pamphlets free. Send for one. SETH W. FOWLE * SONS, Proprietor* BOSTON, MASS. Sold by Druggists generally. S500 IN PRIZES. ?.| EXTRA EARLY VERMONT. Tin 1^ Days Kurllor than Early Rose. Enor/A niotisly Productive and of EX? & V CELLKNT FLAVOR. SI per lb.; HI ? ||| 4 pounds by mail, postpaid, for ?3.50. A COMPTDX'S SURPRISE, 846 , fj UuhIicIh to the Acre. A little later wa than Early Rose. Equal In quality. (3 p-| per pound, Ly mail, postpaid. 8500 will be awarded, as FREMITUS to those who produce the Largest Quan. tity from one pound. Descriptive circuk_ an larsof the above, with listoi :C0 varte _ ties of Potatoes, free to all. , ^ A IlltiHfrntrrl Heed Catalogue, 300 r L M pages,with UoloredCliromo.-Arenta. P i A New Tomato, the ARLINGTON, r""1 Early, solid and productive. Price, 36c. la per packet. B. K. BLISS & SONS, 23 Park rjucr, Nr. York. "AMERICAN SAWS." V BEST IN THE WORLD. .MOVABLE-TOOTnED CIRCULARS, .f PERFORATED CROSS CUTS. Send for Pamphlet to , AMERICAN SAW CO., NEW YORK. Thea-Nectar Blaclt TEA jajlTimiBR) With theOreen Tea Flavor. The CrmkigMBfTOiF best Tea Imported, yor sale cverywnere. Ana iur *a>. ,W|PH{k " wholrsale only by the GREAT AT HiKtl ATLANTIC A PACIFIC TEA CO. M sJBSswl No. 191 Pulton St. A 1A 4 Church Ml?CT St., New York. P. O. M ,8,60 8ntnl for Thea-Nectar ClrcalA ( USE the Hettinger Sash Lock and Support to FASTEN YOUR WINDOWS ! 4 So spring to break, no cutting of sash; cheap, dor* ible, very easily applied ; holds sash at any placa lesired, and a srif-fustcncr w ben the sash is down, ieud stamp for circular. Circular and tlx copperbronzed locks sent to nny address in the C. 8..postpaid, on receipt of 60 cts. Liberal Inducements to he trade. Agents wanted. Address, Heitlnger Sash Look Co., No. <t? Market St., Ilarritburg, Pa. (For Illustration of this cheapest and beat lock.sea H ood's Ilinitehold ilngmine.N. V. Jndependtnl, etc.] Scwinjr Machine Is the BEST IN THE WORLD. Agtnh Wanted. Send for circular. Address " DOMESTIC " SEWING MACHINE CO.. N Tt ^ I [EttabH*htd 1830.) W Wololi dj OrlffltlMi > Manufacturers of Saws, BUPERIOB TO ALL OTHERS. EVERY SAW WARRANTED. 5 FILES, BELTING AITS MACHHTEKT LIBERAL DISCOUNTS. - _ Price Lists end Circulars free. WELCH & GRIFFITHS, BoMon, Maes., It Detroit, Mich. * PORTABLE ' Soda Fountains, (40, (50, (75 and (100. GOOD, DURABLE, AHD CHEAP SHIPPED READY FOR USX. Manufactured bp J. W. CHAPMAN & CO, Madison, Ind ?Send for Circular.? fljl AAA REWARD ipi# f0T Rn y eaaa of Blind- Bleed_ ing, Itching, or Ulcerated Plica that DX RING'S PILX AlOWOiU REMEDY fella to curs. It Is prepared express!, to cure the Piles and nothing elae. BOLD BY ALL DRUOOISTB. PXICB (? Dr.Whittier,"??S2" Longest engaged and moat aacceaafol phyatdaa A#?Sd affd rAnanlUilftnfl or ntnnklAl daa. fidll or write- ' WORKHM CUS8.^^22iffi22? BHBSjff ]