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Farm, Garden and Household. Live Ffnce-Poiti. f J. B. Allen says, in a letter to the Prairie Farmer: " I 6ee in your paper , a good deal is said about live fencersts, and no one gives a practical idea, have seen quite a number of live fence-posts growing. If any of your numerous readers wish to try it, let them get either willow, ootton-wood, or Lombardy poplar, large enough for posts, cut it off the right length, space it oft the width they want the planks apart, take a two-inch auger, bore two or three holes?to suit the board for sixinch fence-plank two holes are enough ?then chop out the centre with a long, narrow bit-ax, point the plank so each end will pass into the post, dig the holes, set the posts in early spring as soon as the frost is out of the ground, taking'care not to injure the bark, and either of the woods named will grow. Get young, thrifty timber, not too large. Cutting holes through the post does not injure it from growing, and the plank remains firm, if not broken, for T l? e .1 j. jrcars. x it.uuw ui poBis ana rails maue j in this way that have been in use fifty \ years, and good yet; the post of willow ; and the rails of white cedar. The cen- ] tre post, if inch plank is used, will have i to be bored with an inch auger and cut i out to let the plank slip through. If of i poles (or good rails are best) then only the ends want pointing to pass in the 1 post." I Swine Breeding. | Prof. G. W. Jones, in the Farmers' : Home Journal says: '.'For the health of I swine, I have oounted the following con- i dition essential: i Abundant, nutritious, and varied food < at regular intervals. i Comfortable shelter from rains, hot i suns and cold winds. i Pure water and pure air. i Access to fresh earth. Exercise and sunshine. i "Which of these conditions is most im- > portant, I do not know, but I am sure that failure in any one of them will work mischief. I have myself carefully attended to them all, and bo far have no sicknbss, no sows to die in farrowing, no sows to eat their young, no broken down foot joints, no barrenness; but as I look about among my neighbors, I see frequent failures. One gentleman has recently lost forty-five out of fortv-eight pigs, mostly at three to five weeks old. Upon examination, I found they were confined in small floored pens, with no access to the ground; other pigs near by which ran out, but received the same treatment otherwise, were doing well. I believe fresh earth would have helped 1 them. Another gentleman has his pigs stinted;, they are in a small lot, with insufficient shelter and are fed mainly on 1 corn-meal. A large range, better shelter and creater iroriof w ???? M..VVJ V* *VA/U nuiuu OttYC them." ; Preierrliig Meat. Moisture is necessary to the decom- j position of any organic matter. A per- \ feetly dry atmosphere will prevent the 1 putrefaction of flesh for an indefinite ] time by absorbing or removing the mois- \ ture or water from it. The hanging of j meat at a considerable elevation would ; have no effect in preserving it from de- j composing. One reason why ventilation assists in keeping fresh meat in j better condition than it could be kept ; in a close apartment is simply that mois- j ture is removed by the passing current \ of air, but that is the whole effect of i ventilation. It is probable that in the j absence of ice, meat may be preserved i a short time by keeping it in a tight \ box suspended over a layer of freshly , burned lime, which has a great affinity ] for water. This would render the at- j mosphere of the box dry and help to keep the meat. Freshly burned char- ] coal would have the same effect, or any i other rapid absorbent of moisture. i Harness Polish. 1 The Carriage Journal gives the following mixture for harness polish, viz.: 5 pounds of stearine, 7$ pounds of oil of . turpentine, and one ounce of bone black. The stearine is beaten, cut into thin sheets, the oil of turpentine is then poured over it and incorporated with it; the mass is then melted in a water bath (a vessel surrounded with hot water) awl while liquid the bone black is stir red into it. It in then allowed to cool, being well stirred until cold. In using it a small portion is put on a thick wool- ' en cloth, and rubbed on the leather; after stunding an hour or two a fine ! polish is obtained by rubbing with an ; old silk handkerchief. By this polish an old harness may be made to look al- , most equal to new. Bad Kor The Bugs. \ The method of preparing the lime and carbolic acid powder for the cab- i bage worm is as follows: "Take lime i and water in the proportion of 28 pounds 1 of lime to 9 pounds (or pints) of water ' (any less quantities in the same propor- < tion) when the lime is fresh. Mix one 1 ounce of solution of carbolic acid as sold in the drug stores (20 parts of wa- < ter to 1 of crystallized acid) to every quart of water. Pour the water and i acid upon the lime iu a pail, by which 1 it will fall to pieces and become re- i duced to a fine powder. This powder ' is known as carbolate of lime, and is a 1 very good remedy against almost every 1 insect pest, especially the cabbage t worm, squash bugs of all 6orts, and the i striped cucumber bug. i Indian Love. i Even the Apache Indians have a ^ touch of delicate romance in them. ( Every young girl is at liberty to refuse i a suitor. Not parents or brothers may , interfere in her choice. After a brief f courtship tbo lover makes a formal pro- ] posal by offering so many horses, i Horses are a standard of value among Indians. As the sqnaw does all the work, horses are accepted as at equivalent for her labor. When a young warrior becomes enamored, he fastens the horse near the wigwam of the squaw whose hand he seeks, where he is left for four days. If she fails to feed and water the horse during that time, the master is rejected ; but if she accepts his offer she grooms and kindly cares for r the horse, and then ties him to the wigwam of her lover, as much as to say, " I am willing to be your slave and do your work." . Crowded.?Few are aware of the vast number of people that can be placed in a small space. When we speak of millions of men we are apt to picture to ourselves an almost boundless mass of humanity, yet a million of people standing together, each person occupy- ' ing four square feet, could be placed on a patch. A square mile would accommodate 6,965,000. The whole population of the United States would hardly cover two and a half miles spuare, and the population of the entire world could be easilvaccommodatedon a tract of twelve miles long and twelve wide?less in ex- ' tent than some townships. ' How the Soldiers Build Bridges. in Interesting Incident of the Yellow* 8 tone Expedition. The Northwestern Expedition nnder }en. Stanley lias met with no little * rouble. A correspondent tells how * hey crossed a swollen stream with no * jridge and no pontoon. How to cross ( t, was the question. There were two ' jropositions. One was to construct a , rope-line elevated railway, with an . lerial car to be pulled back and forth sy hand. Another proposition made by , Lieut. P. H."Ray, of the 8th U. S. in- i fantry, was to extemporize a boat. All , ;hat he asked was a wagon bed, some rope, and a tarpaulin. The railroad , Inally gave way to the boat line. There ' ivas danger in hauling a car back and forth, that its center of gravity might , not receive due respect, in which case tee should rob our norses to feed the stream. On the other hand there was much distrust in the boat. Prophetic- , illy it sprung a leak several times be- i fore it was launched. Hypothetically, . it was so laden with contingencies that there was no need of launching it at all. But Lieut. Ray said, I shall show my . faith by my works. Gen. Stanley aniwered Yea. A wagon body was dismounted. It was wrapped on its bottom : and aides in a heaw "Daulin" which ' was firmly secured by ropes. It was ; the work of a few minutes to make it , and launch it. The heavy canvas effec- , tually kept out water. It was safely ; navigated to the other side. General , Stanley and Lieutenant Ray were j among the first to cross the rapid . stream. A number of men, stationed ; on each side, easily pulled the boat 1 across, receiving no little aid from the current. On this little craft we could ! safely put 1,000 pounds of forage. It , solved one element in the problem. In five or six hours we had ferjied enough stores and forage to supply the company of cavalry and two compauies of infan- j try that formed the surveyor's escort. The next question was, how should we get over our heavy train and teams? [ On Sunday afternoon, while we were crossing our forage, the stream showed a decided tendency to fall. Its level was quoted at various stages during the day, but toward night our stake showed a decrease of three or four inches. It is characteristic of these streams that they rise and fall very rapidly. If the rise is rapid, the fall that succeeds is most likely to be so too. As the stream was decreasing, it was hoped that by 1 morning it would be sufficiently low and narrow to permit building with the snort umuer uiui grew uiung its uum&b. The hope was delusive, the expectation vain. Instead of going down, the stream, refreshed by some remote tributary, went up to its original height. When Monday morning camp, we were just as far from the other side as the day before. Gen. Stanley was determined to wait no longer. Lieut Ray oqco more^solvcd 1 the problem. He offered to built a bridge and cross the command. But how could he build a bridge without ; timber, pontoons, or lumber ? We have in this expedition over 100 water kegs. ; Nearly all of them are reformed whisky kegs. Ninety- six empty kegs were accordingly ordered to report at the stream. 1 Four wagon beds were dismembered of their covers and wheels. Twenty-five or 1 thirty men were then set to work to bung ' plug and the kegs. Only those thoroughly coopered were accepted ; the dry and unserviceable ones were rejected and their places supplied by others. Each 1 af the wagon-beds just held twenty-four \ kegs placed on their ends side by side in three rows. Some timber was, mean- 1 while, cut into poles, and one pole j placed lengthwise over each row of kegs ; to keep them in place. Ropes and chains were passed over the poles and completely around the wagon-beds, so that the booms and kegs were firmly secured. The wagon-bodies were then dragged down the bank and launched i in the water bottom side up?that is, with the kegs down. Each wagon bed was then floating upside down, upheld by twenty-four air tight kegs. These extemporized floats were then moored lengthwise in the stream. The next trouble was to lash them securely side by side. This was no easy matter; but Mr. Ray met it as he did every other difficulty in the construction with a ready brain and a ready hand. He had one man on the first float with him, with his coatoff and sleeves rolled up, lashed them together with his own hands. The shores were lined with officers and men watching the experiment. Very little confidence was expressed in the structure by the wagon master and teamsters. " I tell yer," said one, 41 this here thing sunt' goin' to work no how. Jest as soon as one of them big wagins gits on that bridge the old thing '11 sink an* wagins aud mules will go down." Some of the less experienced officers considered the whole thing us a foregone failure. The bridge, like the boat, was born under a cloud of doubt. By means of some wagon reaches and a plenty of picket rope, the floats were dually fastened together. If we had had some plank now to place across the inserted wagon beds, one bridge would liave been completed, if we had only brought one plank to each vagon in our train we should have had ten times as much as we could use. But we had not a single available plank on board. We were compelled to fall back on our extra 1 wagon tongues and reaches. These were placed side by side across the 1 wagon beds ; they did not make a very 1 ;ven floor, but it was tho best we could 1 lo. The bank had been previously cut iway to form a gradual descent. It was easy to connect the float with the ihore. The bridge was done. I imagine that 1 Liieut. Ray watched with considerable 1 nterest the crossing of the first wagon. ' lo secure greater suieiv uiv mines were ' ietached nnd led down the bank and ' >ver the bridge. The wagon wheels ' vere locked and the wagon gently let * lown to tho bridge. A detail of men 1 >u the other bailk then took the rope ] ind pulled the heavy-laden vehicle \ icross the float and up the oppt 'site i )ank. Under the great weight the I >ridge Bunk to the water's edge but no < urther. The wagon crossed in safety. ] L'he success was repeated 250 times. < Vhen finally all our teams nnd meu < vero safely lauded on the other side i < vithout a single accident, without los- < ng a pound of forage or a single piece ! 1 >f hard tack, the bridge had published < ts own triumph and the doubters were lilent. General Stanley cheerfully gave 1 he credit of the whole matter to Lieut. 1 lay, which that young and excellent ] ifficer nobly deserves. Lieut. Ray is ; ho same young officer, who, when his egiment was stationed in New York larbor rescued a boat load of citizens :aught in the ice, performing a most 1 leroic act. If you want to ride on Lake "Winne>ago, Wis., inquire for the "little iteamers Scuttenawbeguow and Ninlogwanislikote." Stare Bobbery In California* lenttor Sargent Fallen among Thieves ?Ten Thousand bollan In |Coln Stolen. On the arrival of the east-bound train rom San Francisco and Sacramento at 3olfax, the stage started as usual for jlrass Valley and Nevada with a load >f passengers and Wells, Fargo & Co.'s reasure box. When opposite Sheet's -anch, the stage came to a sudden halt, [t was then about half past 7 o'clock in ihe evening. Four men bad suddenly stepped out from among the rocks or 3ushes, each wearing a black mask and levelling a double-barrelled shot gun at ;he driver. Each was observed to carry a revolver in addition to his gan. ihe stage was driven by Bob Scott, who it first demurred to the proposition to dismount. He was assured by one of the robbers that they meant business, ind that th&e was no time to waste in parleying. Scott concluded to dismount. Two of the men stood at the liorses' heads, and the other two paid their respects to the passengers. At the suggestion of the other highwayrr*Qrt" or? ^ fb*A7i orb fbn noranaQiro nnwpr ? rv.???,vr?nv. Df a shot gun on each side of the stage, the passengers all vacated the Btage.* There were in all thirt^n passengers. Among them were Juuge McFarland, Brig-Gen. Cadwalader and Senator A. A.. Sargent. The passengers were directed to sit down on the ground, and were arranged in a row about thirty leet from the stage. The only weapon in the stage was a Derringer pistol in the pocket of Gen. Cadwalader. Some of the passengers say that with three or four double-barrelled guns levelled at % person by men with black masks on their faces, the most natural impulse conceivable is to obey orders, and when told to sit down they did just as they were directed to do. One of tlie jobbers then took a position in front of the line with his gun levelled, from which he could command one or all of the passengers as necessity might require.' He informed them that if they remained quiet they would not be molested, and their property would not be disturbed, but that it would be dangerous for any one to make any demonstration or resistance. The horses were unhitched from the stage and taken a short distance from the spot. While one man guarded the passengers another held the horses, and the remaining two directed their attention to the treasure in the stage. It is generally understood that of late years substantial iron chepts are constructed under the hind seats of all stages which are used to carry Wells, Fargo & Co.'s express matter. This fact the robbers of course knew, and they came fully prepared for the emergency, having with them a supply of both blasting and giant powder. They used both, and put in a blast which shivered the chest to pieces, knocked the lid through the top of the stage and shattering the stage in other respects so as to almost destroy the body. It is reported that the passengers, sitting on the ground in such close proximity to the stage, did ?* ? i 1- 1 x not enjoy tne nreworKs very mucu, oui none of them was injured by the blast. The robbers now found it easy to secure all the treasure in the box. Having removed it to a convenient distance they hitched up the horses and loaded up the passengers and told the driver to drive on. The stage moved forward and the highwaymen remained where they were until space and darkness hid them from view. The robbers secured $7,000 in coin and several other sums consigned te Dther parties in Grass Valley and Nevada. It is conceded by all that these additional sums amounted to $1,000, and some reports place them as high as 51,000. The total amount carried oS was not less than $8,000 and not more than $11,000. A Marvelous Change. The extraordinary change that has taken place in Japan in ten years is hard to believe. It is but ten years since the country was opened to foreign commerce, and already in Yokohama and Yeddo, there are many hundreds of native shops, selling foreign goods, besides those kept by foreigners. In addition to this, it is stated as a remarkable fact, that a large part of the male portion of the middle and upper classes dress entirely in our style. Even old men, too old to sport the new costume, look with delight upon their grandsons dressed in hats, boots, and what belongs between, and take pride to show off in the streets their "young Japan" thus apparelled. The army and navy are remodelled on European systems in organization, arms and uniforms, down to the common trumpet, drum aud fife. They have stages, steamers and telefrrnnliR nnrl n. ennfraet has been made for a railroad. There are two extensive foundaries, with foreign machinery, in the country, and several docks. As to the matter of diet, beef, the abomination of Buddhism, begins largely to be consumed, and bread is much liked. In the heart of the capital sewing machines hum in the tailors' shops. A foreign college in Yeddo has hundreds of boys studying English, French and German. Eight foreign physicians instruct in medical colleges. Newspapers are published in several places, with their columns of "Foreign" and "Telegrams," clipped and translated from our standard papers. Bookstores, selling English and French books, are seen in many places; and the quantity of books imported is immense. A Fish Story. The Rutland (Vt.) llcrald is responsible for these assertions: "An old resident of Castletou, who lives in the vicinity of Bomoseeu Lake, was recently fishing in the lake, being anchored but a few rods from shore, when ho had 1 most extraordinary 4 bite and take ' at the end of his line and hook. With an unlimited amount of exertion he pulled up?a four-gallon jug, with something inside tugging at the line. Upon breaking the jug a three-pound pickerel was found. The probabilities are, that the 5sh, in his early 4 fishhood,' being of u philosophical turn of mind, or being nit on a 4 little time,' in search of something to make his heart happy, had en tered his jug, and being unable to gel jut, hud remained there ever since, till lie hnd attained his present weight and age." A curious battle took place, recently, nt Felham, N. H., between u hen and a make which wanted to dine off some oi the young chicks. The matronly hen made a loud out-cry, and at the approach of the reptile flew at it with ruffled feathers and threatening beak, which its adversary evaded as best il could, but finally, after repeated efforts to secure a chicken and as many rebuffs by the hen, it crawled off into a wall, and the frightened and enraged bird cl acked a retreat, and got away without the loss of a single member of hei family. A Meeting of Long Parted LoYers? An Ashtabula correspondent delates the following: A beautiful, brownhaired daughter of Sweden was the heroine of a romance having its termination in Ashtabula recently, which throws the "novel writers" completely into the shade. Twenty years ago, when a little fifteen year old damsel, she was wooed and fairly won by Christian Hanquest, a bright lad twenty years of age, in far off Sweden. - The parents of the girl were of higher rank than the relatives of poor Christian, and as soon as they learned of the preference manifested by the young couple for each other, they ruthlessly "tore their young hearts asunder," and probably "packed the girl off to boarding school," if there was such a cruel institution in Sweden. Christian bore his hard fate at home as long as he was able, when, finding all efforts to see his betrothed fruitless, he ventured upon the ocean as a common sailor. After a lapse of several years Hanquest returned to find his friends and relatives scattered or dead and himself a total stranger. He was. unable to find even the slightest trace of his sweetheart. Hanquest had amassed quite a little fortune iq his wanderings, but his unsuccessful efforts to find his beloved, for whom he had labored so long, caused him to care but little as to the manner in which it was spent, and finally tforew himself once more on his own resources, without money or friends, in the early Part of the year 1872. He was in an English seaport when he became rid of his last "red," and shipped upon an American vessel and worked his passage to New York. While there, hearing stories of the fabulous wages which were paid sailors upon the inland lakes, he went to Canada and engaged himself on a schooner. Here, however, he found his golden dreams were naught, and, reaching Cleveland, he started on foot to Buffalo, where several of his friends from the old country were living. Hanquest spent the night of the 3rd ult. at Ashtabula, and in conversation with some of his countrymen who were employed on the railroad, he incidentally related fragments of his past history, among them an account of his early love. Wlule he was speaking a Swedish lady, aged about thirty-five years, who resides in Jamestown, N. Y., and who was spending a few days in Ashtabula, exclaimed in the language of her Fatherland: "Christian, do you know me ?" and fell weeping upon his shoulder. The wanderer had found his , mate ; but we draw a curtain over the scene, as too hallowed for the prying eyes of a reporter to penetrate. The reunited couple started for Jamestown, where they will soon be joined in the holy bonds of wedlock. The fair one's parents are said to be highly respectable people, and they will probably not now maintuin any opposition to what is evidently the manifest destiny oi tneir aaugnter, who ior bo long a period has remained single. Hunquest will doubtless settle down into a sober and industrious citizen. A Double Execution. Joshua Nicholson and Thomas R. Hollahan, who murdered Mrs. Mary Ann Lampley, an old lady aged 72, on the night of Jan. 2 last, and also robbed the house, suffered the extreme penalty of the law at Baltimore. Both prisoners walked with a firm step, Hollahan nodding pleasantly to , the jail officials as he passed along. Theyascended the steps of the platform with a steady tread, the countenances of each beaming with smiles. Both addressed the people assembled, saying that their sentences were just, and they were willing to die. The men then took their positions on the platform, Nicholson on the left and Hollahan on the right side of the platform. Sheriff Kane then advanced to Nicholson and adjusted the rope around his neck and the white cap over his face, after which he approached Hollahan, who, as the Sheriff lifted the rope to raise it over his head, bowed low, i and as he rose received the fatal noose, i at the same time requesting tho Sheriff . to be particular in placing the knot under his ear. The white cap was then i drawn over his face. During these proi eendinps the attendant ministers were i comforting the doomed men with words i af consolation. All preparations being i now concluded, Hollahan said in a clear, firm voice : " Brother Nicholson, t give me your hand, I bid you good-by." With their pinioned arms and bound hands they bade each other adieu as i best they could. Both men died quickly after the drop fell. Life in a Hogshead. , About ten years ago a traveling tinker named Kenniston, well known through out Picataquis county, Maine, mysteriously disappeared, and fears were entertained that he had been murdered. . But in a short time ho was discovered ' to be living the life of a hermit on a 1 lonely island on the Moosehead Lake. His dwelling-house befitted the fortunes of a retired tinker, being in summer a largo dry goods box. In winter, | Diogenes-like, he esconced himself in a hogshead. He lived on the frugal fare which dame Nature provides in that region, and appeared happy. His clothing bill during the ten years of his . voluntary exile did not amount to So. I His original garments were in a few years entirely gone and replaced by > patches innumerable and of all colors. His little store of money, earned by ' trapping, he carried in a patch on his 1 trowsers. His social visits were limited ' to occasional journeys ncross the lake 1 to another island on which also lived a ' hermit of like habits of life. This sum' mer Kenniston's friends sought him out, and yielding to their persuasions 1 he has abandoned his summer and win! ter " residences," and retired to civil1 ized life. ' Unnmni-dllU P/lfl >lf Sir fait il 1/UU^tl VWiJ VVMM?V> < va?. A counterfeit lialf-eagle (coinage of I 1872) bos recently made its appearance I in New York and Boston, which so closely imitates the genuine as almost to defy detection. In weight and color it i corresponds with the legal coin, and is ", made up of eight hundred and fortyi! eight thousandths gold, alloyed with 1 copper and a minimum of silver, its ini! trinsic value being 4 70-100. The out, | lines of the letters and the eagle are ; not as sharp, square, and angular as II those on the genuine. Col. Whitley, } Chief of the U. S. Secret Service, of, fers a reward of $5,000 for information I leading to the capture of the dies from t which the coin is made, and to the arr rest and conviction of the parties guilty of making and putting iton the market. Call for What Yon Want. A few evenings sit^e, a would-be c young blood entertained two young 1 ladies at a New York saloon, and dtlf- t ing the interview suggested that "we 1 all take something," and, looking over the bill of fare, his eye fondly rested l on "Champagne cider, 50 cents," the t loudest-named beverage on the bill. J "One bottle of Champagne," ordered the gent, pnrposly omitting the word cider, for effect with the young ladies, t but with a conscience resting easy at 1 fifty centy. The affable waiter brought j the article ordered, which was swallowed with a keen relish, and it was not till the young gent confronted the cash- ( ier, where |four dollars for Heidsick ; were demanded, that he realized that it i was best to call for what he wanted, without any French airs. There was a J sudden shortening of stature as the | young man slid down into his boots, and pulled out the legal-tender. Old Humbugs Discarded.?Thank heaven, the old-school practice is passing away. Ipecac, aloes, calomel, blistering, the lancet, and (worse than all), medicated rum, have given place to a remedy, which bids fair to become the universal medicine of mankind. Vinegar Bitters is that remedy. It is des nl'A /I a nf oil nf.llPT lilUCU V%J buao ppvvuvuvv V. ?? curatives now before the world. The pharmacopoeia and conspectus of the regular Faculty contain nothing that will compare with it. Every day hundreds of the sick are emancipating themselves from systems of treatment which entail great expense, and do no good, find are flying to this cheap and absolutely certain means of relief. Dyspepsia, rheumatism, liver complaint, periodic fevers, sick headache, kidney diseases, constipation, nervous affections, and in shore, all maladies, acute or chronic, which do not involve the irreparable injury of some vital organ, are cured by this pure unalcoholic vegetabale restorative.?Com. Frightened to Death. Teresa Cherra was a little Italian girl only six years old. We often hear the expression "frightened to death" used in a hyperbolical senfce; but this child was really frightened to death on a recent Sunday in the streets of our city. Probably she was not unused to crowded streets, such being the sad experience of many of the little Italians in our midst; but evidently she was sensitive, and not accustomed to roughness. For one day she came running home to her parents, wild with excitement, sobbing and shrieking in a hysteric way that nothing could check. All that could be gathered from her wild words was that some man had rudely laid hands upon her. Phy-icians were summoned, but they could do nothing for her; the child would not allow herself to be touched, but died while they were cononlf.iTinr?frialitpnerl to dentil. u?*.v.~0 ?o? ? PAIN t PAIN!! PAIN!!! WHERE 18 THY BELIEVER? Readeri, you will find It lu that Favorite Home Remedy PERRY DAVIE PAIN-KILLER. It hai been teeted in every variety of climate, and by almost every nation known to Americana. It la the almost constant companion and inestimable friend of the missionary and traveler, on sea and land, and no one should travel on our laketor riven without it. Its Merits abb Unsurpassed. If you are suffering from INTERNAL PAIN, Ticenty to Thirty Drops in a Little Water will almost instantly cure you. There it nothing equal to it. 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For Summer Complaint or any other form of bowel disease in children or adults, it is an almost certain cure, and has without doubt, been more successful in urlng the various kinds of CHOLERA than any ther known remedy,or the most skillful physician. In India, Africa and China, where this dreadful disease is more or less prevalent, the Pain-KUIer is considered by the natives as well as by European residents in those climates, A SURE REMEDY; and while It ts a most efficient remedy fo- pain, it is a perfectly safe medicine in the most unskillful hands. It has become ahousohold remedy, from the fact that it gives immediate and permanent relict It is a purely vegetable preparation, made from the best and purest materials, safe to keep and use In every family. It is recommended by physicians and parsons of all classes, and to-day, after a public trial of thirty years?the average life nf man?it stands unrivalled and unexcelled. spreading its usefulness oyer the wide world. Directions accompany each Bottle. Price 25 cts., 50 etc., and $1 per Bottlo. PERRY DAVIS A 80N, Proprietor*, Providence, R. I. J. N. HARRIS A CO., Cincinnati, 0., Proprietors for the Western and South Western States. For sale by all Medicine Dealers. FOR RALE WHOLESALE BT JOHN P. HENRY. New York. OEO 0. GOODWIN A CO., Boston. JOHNSON. HOI.OWAY A CO Philadelphia. THIRTY YEARS' EXPERIENCE OK AN OLD NL'IISK. Mrs. Wlnilnw'i WootliltiK Syrup la the prescription of one of the best Female Physicians and Nurses In the United States, and has been used for thirty years with neve' failing safety and success by millions of mothers and children, from the feeble Infant of one week old to the adult. It corrects aci ity of the stomach, relieves wind colic, regulates the bowels, and gives rest, health and comfort to mother and child. We believo It to be the Be*' and Surest Remedy In the World in all r?se* < f DYSENTERY and PIARRH'KA IN CHILDREN, whether it a ises from T- etlnng or fruin any other cause. Full direction* f >r using will accompany each b'ttlo. None Genuine unless the fac simile of CURTIS A PERKINS is ou the outside wrapper. Sold by all Medicine Dealers. CHILDREN OFTEN LOOK PALE AND SICK from no other cause than having worms in tho stomach. BROWN'S VERMIFUGE COMFITS will destroy Worms without injury to the child, being pcrfeclly WHITE, and free from all coloring ?r other iniurious ingredients usually used in I vorm preparations. CURTIS & BROWN, Proprietors, No. !<15 Fulton Street, New York. Md by Druqqiet* and Chemist*, and denUri in Medicine*lit Twenty Five Cexts a Box. THE HOUSEHOLD PANACEA, and family liniment Is the best remedy tn the world for the following complaints, vis : Cramps in Iho Limbs and Stoinpch, Pain in the Stomach. Bowels or Side, Rheumatism in all its forms, Bilious Colic, Neuralgia, I Cholera, Dysentery, Colds, Flesh Wounds, Burns, Sore Throat, Sptnal Complaints, Sprains and Bruises, Chills aud Favor. For Iuternal and External use. Reoperation isnotonly to relieve the patient, ' but entirely removes the cause of the complaint. It penetrates and pervades the whole system, re stoiing healthy action to all its parts, and quickening the blood. The Honiehold Panacea ia purely Vegetable and All nesting. Prepared by CURTIS A BROWN, No. 'A 15 Fulton Street, New York. For sale by all Druggists. K*kp it in tilt Boost, that It may be promptly administered in all sudden attacks (f Ch lera Morbus. C'amps, Dlarrhma, Colic, or Miy aimilir affection for which Dr. Jayne's Cs'mtnative Balsam is an effectual remedy. At this i"a?on of the year every family will find It a useful and necessary cnraiive. 8 it a ll* n b snoiR'3 Pills rare every form af Chills aud hever as certainly as bread relieves hunger, and are just as harmless. Sold by nil Druggists. At this season of the year cramps ind pains in the stomach and bowel*,dysentery, liarrhcra. Ac., are quite common, and should >e checked at once. Johnton'* Anodyne Lini7.1ml is the best article that can be used in all inch cases, and shonld be kept in every family. Jsed internally.?Com. Great harm and discomfort is caused )y the nee of purgatives which gripe and rack he system, Panont' Purgative Pill* are free 'rom all impure matter, and are mild and lealth-giviug in their operation.? Com. Cristaj>oro's Excelsior Hair Dtr itands unrivaled and alone. Its merits have Teen so universally acknowledged that it would je a supererogation to descant on them any further?nothing can beat it.?Com. For loss of Appetite. Dyspepsia, Iniigestion, depression of Spirits and General Debility, in their various forms, Febbo-Phosphobated Ei.ixir of Causata made by Caswfll, Hazard A Co., New York, and sold by all druggists, is the best tonic. As a stimulant tonic for patients, recovering from fever or other sickness, it has no equal. If taken during the season it prevents fever and ague and other intermittent fevers.?om Like Lightning are the miraculous Cures effected with Flagg's Instant Relief. Aches, Pains, Sprains, Bowel Complaints, etc., cannot exut if this great medicine is used. Relief warranted, or money refunded.?Com. Pebcviax Sybup cures Dyspepsia. Medicinal Poliona on ILa Wane. THj MfrUrehs trtnk nn mi*reiirr. nfl bismuth. 110 Iodine, no bromide of patassidm, no atrychorla, no quinine. Happy old gentlemen! they did not eren know of Hie existence of these " speclOcs," ?nd yet they lived until It seemed as If Death had forgotten them. Their medicines were herbs and roota. They hare left this fact on record, and the world seems to be now taking note of It and returning to the first principles of dedication. Hustittis's Stomach Bittcis. the purest and most efficacious vegetable restorative of the day. Is also the most popular. Thousands of persons who only a few years ago believed Implicitly In all the poisons which figure In the pbar macorpia now pronounce this palatable tonic and alterative an all.sufficient remedy for dyspepsia, nervous debility, constipation, billions complaints, headache, Intermittent fevers, and all the ordinary disturbances of the stomach, the liver, the discharging organs and the brain. The time Is not far distant when most of the powerful and venomous drugs now so recklrssy administered by practitioners of the "heroic'' school. In cases that might easily be controlled by milder treatment, will be utterly discarded by all philosophical phys claqs. As It Is, ihc thinking public, who are generally ahead of the professionals, have already put the dangerous preparations aside and adopted flostctter's Bitters In their stead aa a safe and excellent household medicine, adapted to almost every aliment except the organic and deadly contagious diseases. For more than twenty years this lantoua restorative and preventive has been annually strengthening Its hold npon the public confidence ar.d it now takes the lesd of every advertised medicine manulr.cturtd In this country. The Markets. ir*w Tomx. Beef Cattle?Prime to Extra 15ullocks$ .12tfa .13% First quality 11,'i'a .12 Second quality lO^a ,11V Ordinary thin Cattle 09)ia .Ills Inferior or loweat grade ,0H%'s .11 MUch Cows 40.00 a75.00 Hoga-Llve OOJtfa .OOfc Dressed 00 a .07 1* Sheep 08 X a .0714 Cotton?Middling ' ,20t{a .20)4 Flour?Extra Western (.00 a 6. SO State Extra 0.15 a 0.45 Wheat?Red Western 1.52 a 1.63 State 1.57 a 1.57 Ko. 2 Spring 1,35 a 1.40 Rye *0 a .02 Barley-Malt 96 a 1.00 Oats?Mixed Western 42 a .44 Corn?Mixed Western 60. a .66 Hay, per ton 10.00 a 33 00 Straw, per ton 10.00 alO.OO Hopa 73s, .35 a .4fr-70s, .12 a .18 Pork?Meaa 15.00 al7.60 Lard 07#a .081a Petroleum?Crude 7^a 7*; Refined 16,S Butter?Stato 20 a .29 Ohio Fancy 19 a .23 " Yellow 17 a .19 WnutAPti Hpilinftrr .11 a .15 Pennsylvania fine 23 .25 Cheeae?State Factory 12 a .131$ " 8kimmed..., 05 a .16 Ohio lOlfa .11)4 Egga?8tate 18 a .20 BU Franc. Beef Cattle 4.60 a 6.40 Sheep 4.00 a 5.50 Hogs?Live 4.75 a 4 90 Flour 7.50 a 9.25 Wheat?No. 2 Spring 1.28 a 1.30 Corn 44 a .45 Oata 36 a .37 Rye 74 a .75 Barley 90 a 1.00 Lard 09 a .09)4 UUI1. Wheat 1.65 a 2.15 Rre?State 80 a .85 Corn-Mixed 55^a .55)4 Barley?State..... 1.10 a 1.12 Oate?State 47 a .47 FHIUIDELPHU. F'our-Penn. Extra 7.00 a 8.50 Wheat?Western lied 1.45 a 1.68 Corn?Yellow 58 a 59 Mixed 56 a .69 Petroleum?Crude 12J4 ReflnedlS Beet Cattle 06 a .07 Clover Seed 7.00 a 8.00 Timothy 3.75 a 3.76 BALTIMORE, Cotton?Low Middlings 1334a .19)4 Flour?Extra 6.25 a 7.25 Wheat 1.65 a 1.66 Corn?Yellow 57 a .76 Oat* 39 a .45 Dr. J. Walker's California Vinegar Bitters are a purely Vegctablo preparation, made chiefly from tho native herbs found on tho lower ranges of the Sierra Nevada mountains of California, the medicinal properties of which are extracted therefrom without the use <>f Alcohol. The question is almost daily asked, "What is tho cause of the unparalleled success of Vinegar Bitters!" Our answer is, that they remove tho cause of disease, and tho pationt recovers his health. They are tho great blood purifier and a life-giving principle, a perfect Renovator and Invigorator of the system. Never before in the history of the world has a medicine been compounded possessing tho rcnmrkablo qualities of Vineoar Bitters in healing the sick of every disease uian is beir to. They are a gentlmPurgative as well as a Tonic, relieving Congestion or Inflammation of tho Liver und Visceral Organs, in Bilious Diseases. The properties of I)r. Walker's Vinegar Bitters arc Aperient, Diaphoretic, Carminative, Nutritious, Laxative, Diuretic, Sedative, Counter-irritant, Sudorific, Alterative, and Anti-Bilious. it. ii. Mcdonald a co.. PmppUts and Gen. Apt*., San Francisco, California, and cur. of Wnnhinirton and Charlton Su., X. Y. Sold by all UrugpitU and Dealer*. ITlaton Female Institute, Kennett Square, Pa. tlCH J per year. a ldrni K T. SwayiiO^for circular. rpRlSITY HA* L, Trenton, Mew Jersey. I A high-toned School and ail attract ve Hume for Olrli. For cirrtilnri .nldrrai a* above. THE MISSES HL'NT, I'll IX CI PALS. BEIGGS HOUSE, C IIICAGO. Thii writ known H >t?l, rebuilt upon the old lite comer of Rnndt Iph Street end Fifth Aretine. waa opened for the rrc-ptlon of gueita April 1,1873. eleg mtiy fnrniihed, baring paaaeuger elevator, bathrooma. Ac., with hut and m l I water la each rem warmed by it-am and amply provided ageinet lire, by lire plugianu bote on e?e'? flno-. The proprietor* invite the patronage of the public, feeling confident that a reputatl <n of more than IS yean' t niding will be fully (attained. Old termt, S3 per day. RIPKPORDS & HUNTOOX, Proprs. A. F. WILLS formerly of Brigg* Ben**,) W D. BICTOB, late of Barnee Heme. ( ?? '*? I N. T. N. U., No. 33 CAHVA88HTO BOOKS SKHT FBEB BOB Prof. FOWLER S GREAT WORK On Kinhood, Womanhood and thair Katul Inter-relations; Love, Ita Lawi, Power, etc. Agent* are lelllng from MO to 30 oojile* of thl* work a day, and we fend a canvassing took free to - < any bonk agent. Address. stating expel lance, etc., NATIONAL PUBLISHING CO., Philadelphia Pa. "W. and C. Bcott A Ban*' fine Breeeh-L oadlng ? Double Onn* l" at furnished to tba "Caw Caw "Club of Milwaukee and other*, belltrred to ba th * best breech loader cow in ute. Alto " Muxzle-Load ere tvery variety of ttule, tit and priet. " W at id 0. Scott* *ont'New Illustrated Worko.l Breech-Lt'auer*," bound In morocco, 25 cant* by mall. Bend for price il't* and circular* to WIi.LIAM BEAD * i 4 SONS, IS fanrullHail Square, Bo.ton, a.gentt. WYOMING SEMINARY A*? Commercial College, One of the largeit Boarding School* for both texe* f In the United State*. Six eour*e* of *tu y. Military Tactic*. Commercial College Couri and Telegraphing. Verm* low. Pall term op< u* September 3.1878. bend for a Catalogn * to Bex. D. roPKLAND, A. M.. or L. L. 8PBA0UK. Kingtt.m^Pa. /hnnn PEK MONTH, CM*bar: Agent* V'll I (male or female) wanted everywhere, i ) /. I Addrele, with (tamp, JB'O. W. JOHNSON ylJUUi CO.. Box UiS, Bt lioult. Mo. Wi ib? HBH &pnm0L Bead/for use. Jfls'jCTL ABlMMiWMlltelBushel* ground frjflr Bp !'r hour, 1.'' 13. Ilarra. Coma cin inn ? 9n.v;^a,.?ss,u'3iK: tPlU lUfPflV A.H.BUtr41 Go.,Bt. Lout a JN*. WAKVVfk ?> /kft BACH WEIK-nu?**w 5 i i-#UU Bailaan lagmmat#. PnrMeuiAf r? ? WOKTH. It. ho-l* Uow ??1. CONS^T.'DN And Its Cure. TOXSON'S Carbolated Cod Liver Oil I* scientific combination of two well-known medicine*. It* theory I. > rat to *rre*t the decay. ihet> build up the tyitcn. Phy? lclana find the doctrlnecorrect. The really eUrtllng cure* performed by Will,0c'rM*n/<M?po*av4lv orretU Decay. It U the mo*t powerful anttaeptle in the known world. EntcrlnK into the circulation. It at once irrapplet with corruption, and decay ceaae*. It purine* the aonrcea of disease. Cod Liver Oil It Nature'! bett assUtant In reeUUng Consumption. Pat ap In large wedge-shaped bottle*, bearing the Inventor'* signature, ana U old by!the best Dragglsta. Prepared by or. h. wniZiSoir, _ Jt3\Joh?* 8tract. New York. IKHfew&hJwfl Thea-Nectax OnsxHRvWN is puRxa biaoIL TEA t. yyiCaarMaTV. With the OreeD Tea Flavor. The U* wai^HittntTtA#* bc?t Tea Imported. For sal* XjtSggSlP' V> everywhere. And for sale dBnPWaK JC wholesale only by the OBKAT Air Jfl&fl ATLANTIC A PACIFIC TEA CO. HrjflBSHI No. 191 FultonSt.ASAtChurch Mil St., New York. P.O.N' ,6JU> WB7 Bend for Thea-Nectar ClrcnlT Shoe and Leather Chronicle S3 a Year, in advance. ? ! ' fc. Rinr r.ntl ?HOt I Mi*, Ta*nu*, ft unman Dial***, etc. | \\. A. Van Brnthuvaen, j No. 6 Ferry St., Niw-Yomx. I I ''AMERICAFSAWS." BEST IN THE WORLD. MOVABLE-TOOTHED CIKCTLAKH, PEUFOIt.VTED OltOSH CUTS. Send for Pamphlet to AMERICAN SAW (6., NEW YORK, Iron in the Blood #TRE PERUVIAN 8YRU1' Vitalize* an<l Knrirhe* the Blood. Tone* up the 8y stein. Bullda up the Broken-down. Cure* Femalo Complaints, Dropev. Debllity, II umors. Dyspepsia. Ac. 1 Thousands havs been chanced by the use of this remedy from weak, alcklr, suffering creature*, to strong, healthy, and happy men and women; and invalids cannot reasonably hesitate to give it a trial. Caution.?Bo sura you get the right article. 8eo ?..? ?!>,.?,vinn Hvrun" la blown in the glass. Pamphlet* free. Send for on*. SETII W.FOWLK & SONS, Proprietor*, Boston, hla**. For #alo !?/ drneeUts generally. TKA.?TEA AOENT8 wanted In town and country to aril TEA, or net op club order*, for the largest Tea Company in America; importer*' prices and inducem nta to agent*. Bend for circular. Addrut , ROBERT WILLS, 48 Veser Street. Hew York. ecirtCOfl per day I Agent* wanted I All claiTT* vO to of working poople of either sex.yonng or old, make more money at work for o* in their pare momenta or all the lime than at anything ell* Particular* free. Addretd 0. 8TIE80N ? CO.,Port and, Me. TJTTCI \TT7CC Enterprising yonng and DUCrlli IZitJlkT* middle-aged men and women ambitious to make a successful start in business, are offered superior facilities for preparing themselves at tbe 8PENCBRIAK BUSINESS COLLEOK. Milwaukee. Wis. STBAUB MILL COMPANY CINCINNATI, o, ^^3BBses Manufacturers of PortaijjSBb 'A hie Mills,Whent,('orii, /flp" urJlfl Mr MplllUIs* Uil /faSjA 91 11 ppor-run iters for Farm /fu9| Jrl or Merchant Work. 6*1 j? tOT autl UampwrfWhllehlll ^Co., _ _ 1*_ Wo. 38 Cortlandt bC bk eroplcfBMnEathacift, d*jot efeni ag; no capital rrqo'ra^?S5fea?ffla^gw' ADMOS K. rn. BOMB, .IklWl M?l?Ut M_ Oktaca ep?t?ltr iTib TuAraaaror IUubt Dm&um ' -x