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FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD. Brosonuble Ftirnt Ilinta. Fertilizers?Where the soil has not been well dressed with rich, rotted manure, some active fertilizer will be useful. Now that we can procure guano guaranteed as to quality, we would choose this lor fall use before any other purchased fertilizer. Superphosphate is generally most effective when used in the spring. One hundred and tifty pounds of guano, costing about $4.50 per acre, would make a good dressing, to be harrowed in before sowing, or with the seed if if is sown broadcast. Surface Draining.?When they are necessary, surface drains should be made as soon as the fields are sown, and not left until fall raius have come. Generally, to clear out the dead furrows on the higher parts of the field, and to make outlets from the lower parts, where surface water might accumulate, will be anffirtiAnt. Grass Seed.?Timothy or orchard grass are better to be sown as soon as the wheat is drilled or covered, than in the spring. A peck of the former, or six pecks of the latter, is not too much if the grass alone is to be sown. If clover is to be sown in the spring, four to six quarts of the former, or a bushel of the latter, would bo a proper quantity per acre. Grasslands.?Meadows and pastures may be top dressed with advantage at any spare time during the month. Coarse manure had better be left in the yard to rot, but if any well-rotted manue is on hand, it may be evenly spread, and the lumps broken by drawing a dull harrow or a log clod crusher over it. Clover Seed.?The high price of clover seed makes it of advantage to save all that can be gathered. Five bushels of clover seed per acre may be saved, if it is made an object to do it. This is worth as much as an average crop of hay. The ground is not exhausted by it. By attaching a sheet iron apron behind the cutter- bar, so that the rear part drags upon the ground, the heads may be gathered and raked into heaps by a boy following the machine. As the stalks are of little account for fodder, the clover may bo exposed to the rain auu wind without damage, and with advantage, as the seed will hull out better for it. It may bo raked up when perfectly dry, and put under cover to be thrashed in the winter. It is difficult to keep it dry by any way of stacking it out of doors. Cutting Corn.?The value of cornstalks for fodder is too often lost sight tn cnrro fv?Q fn/l/lnr QC VX 1X1 liai?DJHUg. vuv 4UU?V? much as possible, the c op should be harvested as soon as the corn is glazed. After that nothing is gained by letting the crop stand, but raueh loss is risked by reason of storms or frosts. When the whole stalks are not cut, but only the tops above the ears, the fodder may be gathered soon after the 5rst of the month. Binding in small sheaves is a good plan. Sowing Corn Stubble.?Where the practice of sowing the corn stubble with wheat prevails, the unsightly method of leaving the strips upon which the corn has beeu shocked unsown, should be avoidsd, both on account of its ill appearance and its want of economy. A considerable amount of ground is wasted and weeds are encouraged. It is hot much trouble to haul oil the shocks and set them up in some place where the com can be husked conveniently, and what trouble thero is in it is well repaid. Dried Tomatoes. Housekeepers in the country, who have many tomatoes and few cans, can easily preserve a largo quantity of this very easily raised fruit by drying it. This method requires little outlay, and comparatively little trcable. Scald and peel the tomatoes, as for canting. Boil them slowly in a porcelain kettle or store jar until the original quantity is reduced one half. Then season them in the proportion of a teaspoonful of salt and half a cupful sugar to a gallon of stewed tomatoes. Spread on the plates and dry quickly, without scorching. As the moisture dries away aud the stewed fruit takes shape, scrape it up so that both sides may dry, and let the contents of several plates, heaped up lightly, stand in bright sunshine a little while before putting away. Store in bag3 and keep dry. When wanted for use, put a small quantity soaking in considerable water several hours, or over night. Stew in the same water lone: aud slowly?three or four hours?keeping boiling water at hand to add if it grow3 thick, and so is in danger of burning. It should be quite thin when done, and may be thickened with bread crumbs, and seasoned with a little sugar, salt, and butter?of course tomatoes should not be made sweet. A Plea for the Crow. The crow is quite as fond of bugs and worms and little held mice and young snakes as he is of the farmer's corn. He is a good policeman about the farmhouse and drives away the hawk, who cau do twice the amount of mischief he is guilty of. Ho hunts the grassfields and pulls out the caterpillars and all manner of pests, and probably saves many other crops, if he is hard on the i corn. A gentleman had a tame crow who ; trotted out after him as he went out to I wage his annual war on the squash I bugs. His sablo attendant put his head ; on one side and watched him for a few I minutes, as if to see how he did it. j Comprehending the business at last, he ! went for those bugs with a will, and i cleared the patch in fine style. He took it for a business the remainer of the season, insuring a fine crop. A Remedy for Ivy Polton. MaDy people become poisoned either UJ UaiiUJlLI^ UI rA^JOUiCJ IV ?/\SlDUU A* J. | Generally ail sorts of remedies are tried with little immediate effect, and the poison is slightly thrown off by the process of nature. There is, however, a I remedy which is vouched for by a cor- j respondent of an agricultural paper as a 1 sure and speedy cure. The agent is common lime, a small piece of which should be dissolved in water, and the parts affected bathed with the water. This remedy has been tried with entire success, the application of the lime water affording immediate relief. The remedy is simple, and should be widely known. Farmers autl Rheumatism. ? - Why are farmers so liable to rheumatism ? Because they wear wet clothing, heat and suddenly chill the body, overeat after very hard work, and because they do not keep the skin in a clean, j " igorous and healthy coudition. If ! farmers would avoid suddenly cooling the body after hard exercise, if they would be careful not to go with wet clothing and wet feet, and if they would nr>t over-eat, when in nn exhausted con- j ditien, and bathe daily, using much fric- < tion, they would have less rheumatism, j The same rule applies to others than ! farmers. THE HARD TIMES. How They Affect the Poor In the Larger I'ltte*. Owing to the extraordinary run upon the pawnbrokers for lo?ns, the money lenders have not only been compelled to reduce the amount of the loans on articles taken, but have placed a limit to the accommodation. Inside of every pawn shop in town now hangs a sign : "Not more than $25 loaned on any article." 4 What is that for ?" said a New York Sun reporter to Uncle Simpson, pointing to the sign. " That means just what it soys. We couldn't let people have all the money they want. Why, we would need more than there is in the United States treas U.I J. " How much money hive vou loaned out?" " I supposo the firm has out $250,000 and sometime8 more than that; money comes in and goes out all the time. We are not making a great deal. In fact, things have been so dull lately that the sales of goods unredeemed have, in many instances, not realized the amount of tho original loans. There is such a lot of old truck comes in that really ain't worth anything." Tho clerks said that they had not known snch a demand for money in years. The poor were parting with everything they had, and they were compelled to stop loaning on many articles which in ordinary times they wonld receive. On the extreme east and west sides the pawnbrokers have done a tremendous business. At one establishment in Eighth avenue five clerks are engaged from seven o'clock a. m. to eight p. m., taking in goods. The building, of five storit s, ia packed from cellar to garret. Rooms are devoted to special articles. All the dresses?each day's collection by itself ?are kept in a separate apartment, and the silks, meriuos, etc, classified so that they can be readily found. They had on Land over a thousand dresses, varying iu value from fifty cents to 8150 each. Iu one room on the third floor the racks around the walls were filled with large, square packages, covered with canvass. " What are those ?" asked the reporter. " Them's family Bibles, and very fine editions, too, most of them," said the clerk, uncovering one, and sbowiug the ornamental binding and gilt edges. "Wo loan from 83 to $8 apiece on them. There are over 143, and som6 of them have been there for a very long time. People will do without a Bible easily when they are hungry, but don't like to lose the book3 altogether, so they pay the interest and keep them here. There are a great many of them containing family pedigrees, marriages and .1 /\? tw/wfK on mnnU V\n f Utfttms. Xilt-Y am V nviw w rnuvu, tjixv the people who pawn them generally take them out before the end of the year." The room adjoining was filled with carpenters' tools; saws hung around the walls, and piles of mortise chisels, planes, stocks and center bits lay piled up on the floor, each article bearing a ticket upon it. " Yon.see," said the clerk, 44 the workingmen ain't had anything to do, and then they live as long as they can upon their tools. We ain't takin' any more of the3e (kicking against a quantity of trowels used by bricklayers), wo shut down on them. They ain't worth anything much, and we are getting such a lot of tools. If we had taken all the old buck saws and plaues and trowels that have been offered we would havo had the building filled." 44 You have a great many flat irons." 44 Yes ; but wo have shut down on flat irons. We used to give three cents a pound for them, but we had to stop it. They are euch a bother to handle, and they ain't worth anything. We have had enough flat irons come here to sink a frigate. They really ain't worth the storage." The walls in most of the rooms were covered with mirrors, good and bad, of ail sizes and shapes. Being asked whether mirrors had been 44 shut down " on yet, the clerk said : 44 No ; glasses always sell well. These second hand dealers buy them at the sales, and we can always get back what we lend on them." 44 How much do you lend on them ?" 44 Well, one like this (touching a glcss which ooked like a sheet of block tin, y 1 - L 1 - iU. ana wj juu iiiuuu me wan b c^eo ?pj parently rise upward after his forehead) we give about fifty cents on. We get a, lot like this. When people get hard up they don't care about admiring themI selves, and they pet rid of glasses along j with the other luxuries." A passage was blocked by pianoforte makers' tools, small anvils, and clockmakers' kits, surgical instruments, coopers' tools, and in fact every emblem of trade one could think of. In the win; ter season they generally had a large j quantity of implements offered, but ! never before had they come in such j quantities. Chatham, Nassau and Bleecker streets ! are studded with what are termed " diaj mond brokes." They are simply pawn! brokers who do* business without any license, and without any responsibility. While pawnbrokers, however, give a; loan of perhaps one-third the value of a piece of jewelry, these brokers $ivo nearer the worth, and require payment within a month or two. If the payment is not made they sell the jewelry. Thousands have been forced to pawn their diamonds. How to Eat an Apple. There is no fruit more serviceable to people than the apple, not only as a luxury, but as a wholesome, nutritious food. Apples contain sugar, gum, malic acid, and some valuable mineral matter. It is true that apples often produce indigestion and flatulence, but generally the cause is to be found in the manuer in which they pre eaten. It j may not be known, but it is true, that an apple contains a groat quantity of fixed air, and if eaten hastily this air passes into the stomach with the pulp before it is liberated. In the stomach it becomes heated, expands, and causes flatulence in persons with weak diges- | tion. Such persons should choose a fresh, mild, tart apple; with a silver bladed knife peel off tho skin, and then I scrape the apple to a fine pulp; now place it in the mouth and thoroughly j mix it with saliva before swallowing it. j This is very important. It may be 1 placed on a thin slice of bread and eaten with it. If it is too troublesome to ! scrape the apple, then it should be chewed till every cell is broken down and the air liberated. Many believe ; apples are more wholesome if taken in the morning. If this be true, it is only because then the stomach is more vig-; orous. Thousands of tho Swiss peasants make their entire supper on apples and bread, and thus preserve good health aud nourish their bodies well. Physio- i logically, the apple acts as a stomachic by promoting digestion, and when taken ' iu the morning it becomes a laxative. A (ireek Wedding. A correspondent of the London standard says: I w ts fortunate enough j to be in Patras on the occasion of a | Greek wedding, which is an interesting aud|peculiar ceremony. Weddings among | the Greeks are for the most part solemu' ized in the evening aud at home, and : frora the nature of the rite must be very trying to the persons principally ! concerned. A small table is placed in I ! ?/ I I tie center 01 ijjo ruum, uu uiio eiuc ui which stand the bride and bridegroom, e*eli holding a long lighted caudle, on the opposite side the officiating priests. Behind the former the best man takes j his place; ho "has an important part to till in the ceremony, and is ranked as a relation from the time of the marriage. | The room is of course brilliant y light! ed, and the numerous guests throng as | closely as they can toward the center in j order to gain the better vitw. Many prayers are chanted by the priests and their assistants, unintelligible even to the ears of a classical scholar, with the exception of the often repeated " Kyrie eleison," which forms so prominent a part in almost every Greek service. There is very elaborato ritual?the signing bride and bridegroom on the forehead three times with the ring, the blessing two wreaths which are after-! ward placed on their heads by the best man, and at a later part of the rite inteichanged over and over again, the drink] ing of wine three times from the same I cup, the kissing by both of the office book and of the priest's hand who has made them one, and, finally, the strangest part of the ceremony, when the clergy, closely followed by the bride and bridegroom hand iD hand, the best man and the nearest relatives of the newly married couple make the tour of the table three times. This is said to be a relic of heathen days, while the drinking of wine from the same cup has been continued from the Jews. When the ceremony, which lasts three-quarters of an hour, is over, and the youug couple have been duly kissed aud congratulated by their assembled friends, tbe festive part of the evening begins. Servants appear on the scene carrying large trays neapea witn Donlions, sugar plums, and artificial fruit of different sorts. These are presented to the guests, who are expected to help themselves liberally and to take to their friends at home as much as they care to carry. Cooliug drinks of various kinds are also brought in never ending supply, and the evening ends sometimes with a ball, sometimes with the departure of bride and bridegroom fcr their own home. Babies. Bless their dear little hearts!?the veriest little tyrants on earth, yet the most abused of all humanity. From the very first advent of baby does his reign commence. Grandpa and graudma are the first to give into his sovereignty, aud become willing victims to the little despot; then papa finds that l?e must tread softly, with slippered feet, open aud close doors carefully, and omit smoking his pet cigar lest the fumes should choke baby. He also must quietly submit to having his eyes dug out, nose scratched, his hair and whiskers pulled out by the roots, all by way of amusement of baby. Aud as for mamma, from the first tiny J wail to the prolonged squall, she is equal to the emergency. She never tires of ministering to the wants of her little one. And how many times does she walk the floor, with baby in her arms, through the long hours of night, until nerves aud back both give out in the struggle ? Then little two-year old Johnnie, who heretofore has been the favorite, finds that he must abdicate in favor of the new arrival, even to the giving up of the goodies and sacrificing his most precious toys ; while sister Minnie, a few years older, must leave her dolls and playthings to rock the cradle. But, after all, even a baby's life is not all sunshine. Thej have their little trials and troubles, all the more difficult to bear, as they don't know why they suffer, or the cause of the treatment they receive. They are entirely at the mercy of whoever has the care of them, and sometimes?we will hope it is not often?they are intrusted to those unworthy the charge, who, in order to make them of as little trouble as possible, dose them with laudanum, under the name of "Roothing syrups" audi iioA./lifllo " 11,1 fil Minii- concoa arA hn. I UUl UIUlO| UiillA V&4VA4. WAIWVU M4V w . numbed and their bodies diseased, j What wonder, then, that they grow up j delicate, sickly men and women ? And even when the mothers themselves have the whole care of their children, how many times are they rudely awakened from a sound sleep to be exhibited to admiring friends, who take turns in tossing, shaking, and covering them with kisses, until they have nearly j frightened them to death. Then, no j matter how cold tho weather, their little neck and arms must be left bare, victims of their mother's vanity. How often their little stomachs are overloaded until they are suffering aches and pains which wo know not how to alleviate. And we oftentimes deem them cro83 babies when some refractory pin j gets loose and is piercing and lacerating their tender flesh, until they are nearly I crazed in their agony. I tell you, my j friends, that babies are martyrb as well ! as tyrants.?Ledger. i The Eastern War. Both the Turks and the Servians, says the New York Sun, have displayed immense vigor, during the present war, in keeping newspaper correspondents away from their armies. Both sides have J tided the world with contradictory false- j hoods, through their official reports, j about the operations and successes of their j troops in the field. These reports sent | out from Constantinople and Belgrade ; have become the laughing stock of man kind. Though marked with the official ! stamp in both cases, they are universal- j ly discredited. If they had given facili- { t'ei to impartial correspondents, instead - - . * il- _ 1 I of excluding tuem irom meir nnes, we should have the truth about the progress of the war, which thus far we have been unable to obtain. Life on the Earth. Professor .P. G. Tait, of the university of Edinburgh, in his lectures on recent ' advances in physical science, lately pub- { lished, considers the question how long I life has been possible on the earth. He { concludes that ten millions of years is j 4,tho utmost that can be*allowed from the physical point of view for all the i changes that have taken place on the j earth's surface since vegetable life ofj the lowest known form was capable of i existing there." Opposed to this is the ! view of the most eminent modern ge-1 ologi-ts, that at least three hundred j millions of years have passed away since j terrestrial life began. NEWS OF THE WEEK. What U Doing In the Old World and the New. The jary in the case of Laros, who poisonod his entire family nearEaston, Pa., found him guilty of murder in the first degree A waterspout bum in Kill Creek valley, Kansas, and flooded the entiro bottom, sweeping h >rs*-?. rattle and crops off, and drowning two ladies and two chi'dreu Th^ Connectiont Republicans rcnomiiiHted the ticket of la-t year, Leaded by Henry C. Robinson, of Hartford The forest fi'es throughout the country are spreading on account of the drought Congressional nominations: Michigan, Detroit district, Jihn V. Reuhln. Greenback ; Alabama, third. Jero. N. Williams. Rem.: Ohio, twelfth, Geo. K. Na.-h, Rep.; Ohio, first, Miltcn Sayler, Dem.; second, H. B. Banning, Dem.; New York, twenty-third, W. J. Bacon, Rtp ; Virginia, eighth, J. 0. O'Neal, Rep. TI.? aniira fomiirr /if Rov W G. England. I XiiU OllkUU 4UU4KJ V/* - ? Q J consisting of himself, wife, stepdaughter and four stepsons, was mu;Jored by robbers at their house near Montague, Texas The championship of amateur scullers was easily won by Courtney, of Union Springs, N. Y The Indians have killed a number of persons in Nevada Smuggler won the two first heats of the Hartford (Conn.) free-to-all race in 2.15J and 2.17$. The third beat was a tie between the stallion and Goldsmith Maid in 2.16%. The Maid took the next three beats and race in 2.17J, 2.18, 2.19% Yellow fever prevails iD Savannah, and in consequence many other Southern towns have ceased communication with that oity The death sentence against Jesse Pomeroy, the Boston boy fiend, has been commuted to imprisonment for life Murad Khan has been deposed from the eultanship of Turkey on account of mental disability,and his brother, Hamid, proclaimed emperor of Turkey Many of the prominent English iron firms are on the verge of bankruptcy Wheeden and Walker, roughs from Philadelphia, fought a prize fight at PennsviJle, N. J., attended by a large crowa of friends. Walker was knocked insensible in the sixty-second round, after a brutal, bloody fight. The same night Walker's dead body was found in Philadelphia, he haviug died from oontusions on the head. Warrants were immediately issued for the arrest of the principals and abettors on ch< rge of manslaughter Congressional nominations: Michigan, second district, John J. Bobison, Dem.; seventh, Anson E. Chadwick, Dem.; thirty-third, G. W. Patterson, Rep.; New York, nineteenth, Amazi&h B. James, Rep.; Virginia, first, L C. Bristow, Rep.; Wisconsin, second, L. B. Caswell, Rep. Large numbers of Russians are fighting in the Servian army The public debt statement shows a reduction of $3,119,369.29 for Auguet The new sultan of Turkey will not make aDy change in the cabinet The Italian marquis, who forged the names of King Victor Emanuel and other prominent officials to a largo amount, has beon sentenced to eight years' penal servitude The intercollegiate boat raco at Philadelphia was contested by 4he Cambridge (English), Columbia and I ale crews, and was won by the latter in 9. IP J. The captain of the Cambridge orew pave out on the course and they had to stop rowing. A strong wind prevented better time, the course being the same as Yale rowed over in 8.52)tf, in their conteet with the London crew Officers of the army engineer corps have boon detailed to make the now Pacific railway survey Congressional nominations: Missouri, fifth district, R. P. Bland, Dcm.; Kansas, first, VV. A. Phillips, Rep.; Virginia, eovcnth, J. T. Harris, Conservative.... Tr&ntz beat Wade in the four-mile swim at Long Branch by two feet Whilo a marriage ceremony was being performed at Bulkley, 111., between George Sleeper and a youug lady, Sleeper was called to the door and sho" dead by Burt Fleming, a rival for the lady's band Hillary Page, a colored mau, wa? banged in Chesterfield Co., Va., for arson. He confessed the crime A band of religious fanatics, calling themselves Cobbites, were reported near Gum Springs, Ark., and two men, Humphreys and Blake, went to investigate them, when they caught the former and literally backed him to pieces. His companion escaped, and gathered together a crowd of men to arrost the fanatics. They found the Cobbites dancing about the head of the murdered man, which had been impaled ou a pole; but as soon as they saw the crowd they prepared to attack them, when the leader gave the order to lire aud two of the fanatics were killed. The others, four meo, four women and two children, were arrested. A coal train on the Baltimore and Ohio rail- i way was wrecked near Weverton, Md., by a broken axle. A few minutes later a second coal train ran into the first and was also wrecked. Before a flagman could be sent out a mail train on the other track came along, and, crushing into the piled up cars, was thrown down an embankment into the canal. Great excitement ensued among the passengrrs, but, except the engineer of the last train, no one was killed, and only a few were wounded. By the explosion of a boiler of a eteam thrasher, at work ou a farm in Chatlield, Minn., threo men were instantly killed and | thoir bodies thrown to a distance. Ono other | man was injared The Turkish forces I made a furious and determined assault upon | tLe town of Aleiinatz, and, after a day of ob- ] stinare fighting, sncceeded in forcing the Servians from their position and capturing the place. The Turks committed the most horriL'lo butcheries on the fleeing Servians. This J was the most disastrous battle of the war Another convention has been called for the Democrats of New York, as Horatio Seymour tir'nly declined to accept the nomination for governor Six hundred houses and eighty stores with all the principal buildings in Sc. Hyacinths, near Montreal, Canada, were destroyed by fire. A high wind prevented the quenching of the flames. Hundredo of families lest their entire possessions, and considerable distress is felt. The aggregate losses foot up $2,000,000 Brigham Young, not navinc the alimonv to his divorced wife. Ann Eliza, the court ordered the seizure of i4,000 worth of property to satisfy the claim. In the first heats of the race for professional fours at Philadelphia, the Thames crew beat the American crew in 13.21^?the distance being throe miles. In the second heat, the famous champions of the world, the Paris crew of St. Johns, New Brunswick, were beaten badly by a comparatively green crew from Halifax, Nova Scotia; time, 17.53 The American ship Sonora and the Spanish steamer Vivar collided off Holyhead, England, and both eank in a fow minuten. Only one life was lost Wm. Borden, a prominent merchant, of Peekskiil, N* Y., committed suicide ! by taking strychnine Gen. Terry's command is again on the march, after a rest of one | week, to recruit; the health of the men and j horses The thirteen distillers, rectifiers, 1 etc , who testified for the government in tho ! recent whisky trials at Chicago, have at last j been fully discharged The Democrats of 1 Arkaueas havo elected their State ticket by a ! largo majority Further dispatches from Servia confirm the report of an overwhelming victory for the Turks at Alexinatz. Tho carnage on both sides was terrible By the i breaking of one of the supports of a scaffold about an elevator in New York, fqpr laborers i were precipitated thirty feet into a ditch of water, one of them being killed and the others seriously injured ....While John and Mttthew Brennan were loading a cart with clay from a bank in Brooklyn, N. I., five tons of earth caved npon them, crushing JoLn so flit that his entraiis were spread on either side of him, and injuring Matthew fatally. Horatio Seymour, of New Tork, fives the following reasons for declining the nomination tendered him Ly the Demccrt.tic Stare rc. nvontion : The Democratic convention, acting u der misapprehensiens, put mo in nomination for the cffice of governor of New Yoik. This j's members would not have done if they had known the facts regarding my health. For many reasons I ought not to be their caudididate. Duty demands that I should decline the proffere i honor. While 1 am grateful for the friendly sentiments whioh prompted their action, my declination is coupelled by obstacles whicn I oannot overcome. For eome months my health has been infirm, and a re Ceni illness uas unnuea me lur uiuum ui j.'u?fical exertion. My own opinion, confirmed by the judgment of my phyeiciane, convinces me t at I am unable at this time to perform the dities devolving upon the governor of New York. I conld cheerfully sacrifice my own purposes and feelings to meet the wishes of my friends ; I would not hesitate to peril my health to uphold those principles in which I believe, or to promote tho public welfare; but I feel that I should sacrifice the inheres e of the party which placed me in nomination if I accept its ac.iou. Even the superior stri ngth cf the party with which I act could not elect a ticket with the known fact that its nomineo for governor was unequal to the performance of the labors of that office. I could not conscientiously enter upon them. I cannot do my friends the wrong of placing them in false positions by trying to do so. I therefore feel constrained to decline the nominatior. In the contests for the first heats of the pair-oared race at Philadelphia, Green and Thomas, of the Thames crew, defeated two others of the same crew, in 21.44$; Josh and Gil Ward were beaten ty the Boston crew of Fanlkner and Regan in 20.22. Bralev, of Bt. Johns, N. B., won a heat in the single eculls over Ellis Ward in 22.06$; Hanlon, of Toronto, also won a heat over Plaisted, of New York, and Luther, of Pittsburgh, in 21.45$ ....Vermont elected the Republican ticket by a large majority An outbreak occurring among the natives on the west coast of Africa, three British gunboats ascended the Niger and fonght the inhabitants. Several villages were burned As a workman was handling fifteen pounds of nitro-glycerine on board a scow off Astoria, Long Island, where the ex cavation Las baen made to blow up Hen irate, the entire mass exploded, killing three men instantly and wounding nine others, besides doing considerable damage to surrounding property Twenty-two hundred people were rendered homeless by the recent tire at St. Hyaciutne, Can A Btorm did .*?0,000 damage to buildings aud crops in the vicinity of Leavenworth, Kan Six private residences and the Argyle hotel at Durham, Can., were destroyed by Are The Massachusetts Republican convention renominated Gov. Rice and the entire State ticket. The platform calls for a speedy return to speoie; demands & thorough civil service reform ; thanks Gen. Grant for hie service in the late war, and commends him for his action ou the flaance question aud the rebuke bo administered to the House of Representatives. Wedding Cookery. On first commencing catch a yonng gentleman and lady. The yonng gentleman will be best raw, and the yoimg lady quite tender; set the gentleman at the dinner table; take a bottle of wine, claret is good, port is better, a little dash of champagne will give it briskness; let him soak in this mixture for a couple of hours; if no sign of boiliDg try another bottle. When getting red in the gills take him into the drawingroom; if in winter, set him at the fireside by the lady, throw in a dish of green tea, of al out three cups to each, and let tin m simmer together; if in the summer time, place them in a current of air, as near the window and as much out of sight as you can; stick the lady all over with flowers, and place them near the piano, and keep stirring them till the lady sings. When you hear the gentleman sigh, it is a good sign; as, whether winter or summer, they are sure to be growing warm. Then take them onrl vmt. in a cnnipr of thfi room on a sofa, near a chess table, if possible; leave them together simmering for the rest of the evening. Repeat this for three or four times, taking care to keep them as c^se to each other as you can. Great care must be taken about the degree of heat; if too much, they will explode and fly off ; if too little, they will turn into a jelly, or perhaps an ice. The best heat is the moderate, regular aud constant. The length of time during which it is applied must be according to circumstances. For a gentleman and lady under twenty-five, three months, three weeks, or three days sometimes are sufficient; but in every instance there must be great precaution to avoid a broil. A certain amount of currency put in during cooking will have great effect iu keeping up the heat; the dish will look remarkably well if garnished round with bank paper; it may be then served up at the table, and make an excellent meal for two. Care should be taken that no vinegar is used, as the dish is remarkably apt to turn 60ur. Ti e Markets. V1V *02*. bsMOttte?Prime to Extra Bnllocia 08 10 u> licoa't'txau*....,, o?* i71^ Milch Oo.va....... ,....<0 P0 ?70 .70 Ho**?Live... Olfii? Vt'H D rsosM.. t7 XS Sheep. 04 ? 16 Lasabs C6 (*- 07 Cotton?Middling 11 12 Tloor?Extra Weetern 6 20 ? 6 60 State Extra ? ............. 5 20 ? 6 (0 Wbcst?RoC Weatorc...... 1 14 <4 1 15 No. 2 Spring.... 1 06 Q 1 07 tt.^tate.......................... 86 9 86 UR'iCjr?State. 95 ^ 95 Barley Malt 1 10 & 1 2i WfwtM-n. __ 39 & 42 Oora?Mixed Western........ 58 CO Hay, por cwt .?s 60 3 ?0 Straw, per cwt.,,,..,. 45 75 Htpij... 25<#80 ?7?j 13 3) Pork-Mew , 16 CO #16 7* Lard o W Fiah? Mackerel No. 1. now......... 15 00 &17 03 " No. 2, new 7 50 9 8 CO D? - Cod, per ewt 5 00 <fc C ?0 H wring, Scaled, per box!? 30 ? SO Patroleum?Crude ...14 $14X Refine?, 26 Wool?Ga'lfornfa Fletece 17 @ 28 Tex** " 16 <$ 20 Australian " ? frontier?dtate..... so Q w: Western llalr/ 28 ;$ 8'J Western fellow...... 26 0 27 Western Ord'urry...., 14 * 1? rftetoryCo ^ *' " Skimmed.....? 08 -) C6 Western 03 & OIK 3 gi? Hilts 20 BUFFALO. Flour............ .................. 5 15 3 9 00 Wheat?No. 1 Spring 1 13 (*> 1 16 Cora? 41 (if 61 C-ata 38 (A .<8 Rye 70 ? 7J Barley...,. ? & PKILADFLPHIA. Beef Cattle?Extra 03 & 06 Sheep 0'2v\A U6V ! Uoga?Dressed O '3V ; Flour?Pennsylvania Exlra......... S 73 ? ? 25 Wheat?Red Water 11 1 13 & 1 15 j Bye 61 et 60 Corn?Yellow 53 ^ 55 j Mixed 81 ? 6 5 J Data?Mixed..... 32 *. 40 j P*trrtlm:io--Cl.nd6 if c?19 K?rut-i 26 i Chapped hands, face, pimples, ringworms, saltrhenm, and other cntai.. ^ns affeotiouH cured, and rough skin made soft and smooth, by using Jcmpeb Tab Soap. Be careful to get only that made by Caswell, Hazard A Co., New York, as there are many imitations made with common tar, all of which are worthless. ? Com. Brooks. Me., Sept. 7, 1870. Dear Sir?From early youth I wa? in feeble lies I'll, iroubled with" humor in my blood, ve-ki e-K end d* biliry of thesys?em g'er.eraily; wc- unable to labor much, and only at some liph: busiue *, and then on y with great caution. be-.en years aco, the past spring, I had a eev? re attack of diphtheria, which left my limbs paralyzed and useless, so I was unable to wa'k or eveu sit up. Noticing the advert sement of Peruvian Syrup, 1 concluded to give it a trial, and to my great j y soon fouLd my health improving. 1 continued the use of the Syrup until three bottles had been used, and was restored to complete health, and have remained so to this day. I attribute my piesent health entirely to the use of Poiuviau Syrup, and hold it in high estim&iiou. I cannot speak too highly in its praise. I have in several cases recommended it in cases very similar to my owu with the same good results. Yours truly, Charlfs E. Peabct. The perspiration to great extent depurates the blood, that is, it carries off its imourities. If the cores become obstructed. those impurities, when they do not remain latent in the circulation, cause eruptions. The remedy for this state of things is Glzkn's Sulphub Soap. Ask for Hill's Instantaneous Hair Dye. * Missionaries and others sojourning in foreign lands should not fail to take with them a good supply of Johnson'$ Anodyne Liniment. It is the most reliable medicine for all purposes there is in the world. * Contagious diseases, such as horse ail, glander, etc., may be preTented by the use of Sheridan's Cavalry Condition Powders. Persons traveling with horses should take note of this. Agents wanted, on salary or commission. New buaineea. Addreea j. b. MaaaKT a co.. St. Lonla, Mo. 1^1 a per Day selling our New Gooda Terms free. {jjllu Sample 25ct0. 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GLENN'S SULPHUR SOAP, As a remedy for Diseases, Sores, Abrasions, and Roughness of the Skin; as a deodorizer, disinfectant, and, means of preventing and curing Rheumatism and Gout; and as an Adjunct of the Toilet and thb Batii, 44 Glenn's Sulphur soap " is incomparably the beet article ever >^g| offered to the American public. The Complexion is not only freed from PrwriRs, Blotches, Tan, Freckles, mid all ether blemishes, by its use, la- aoy.ires a transparent DELICACY ar.'J VELVETY SOFTNESS through the clarifying and emollient anion ot iiiij wholesome beaotifier The contraction of obnoxious diseases is prevented, and the complete disinfect ior. <a clothing worn by persons afflicted with contagious maladies is insured Dy >. Families and Travelers pro viced with this admirable purifier HAVE at HAND the main essen l.-i. op a series of gtllphar " Baths. L?ai drutt is removed, the Lair retained, and grayness retarded by it Medical men advocate its use. Prices, 25 and 50 Cents per Cake, Per Box, (8 Cakes,) 60c. and $1.20. N.B. There le economy In Baying the large sake* " HHPs Hair and Whisker Dye/ Black or Brown, 60 Cents. C. I. CU1TINT0IT, Prop'r, 7 siiu At. I.I A #< riUlfl II yon want the beat selling arttele A lif MTV tn the world and a solid cold patent ftvllfl JL M IeT*r ?f ooet, writ* at onoe to J. brtiDF, a OO.. 7ft*5 Broadway. W. V. SHEET MUSIC! Send me IO oenta and a 3-oent stamp,and I will sendyon. by return mall, tonr oopyrlfbt eon?a by Barry Uolline, beautifully printed, regular sheet mnne die: ' Nrw Plantation Timis " " The Heart Knows Whir* is Hoki" (very sweet). " Field o' Bailxt" ( sxatoh and rery pretty), " Faith's Bright V> enga" (Devotional). J. M. BTBWAiti, tnnmi, ? . ?^||_ . o tall hlm.?i&ow to train In. A NEW BOOK men. Sent ty sal) for^S^ SSa^gfc ./*V /f?) Madame FC1"2 (Corset Skirt Supporter Increases in Popularity every W\Vi I MM Por HEALTH. COMPORT and STHJii ^UUJw aekn-wMtr d IDE BEST ARTICLE el the Kind ?T?r mad*. RvflPi^k *'?r " d'"* j<>'h*, ** **" KnfwMgmf^ talUra. B?w*r? ! lunt-.U m and infrlafommp ""manufactured solely by r'iM/t" POY 6c HARMOS, Nfy llavf-n. Conn. Mammoth Rye, A new variety, entirely distinct from oar c mraon rye. It was first found four years since frrowloK wild on the Humboldt River, Nevada, since wnlcb time It baa been sucoeaafolly oulttvsted wherever tried. It nelda 75 lioabala to the acre and makes a superior floor, and tba bread is unequaled by that made of tbe best beat floor. One bosbel was hervrs'ed ths ve nr. equal In qaalltyto what was sown, from 1 lb in Hardin Oo., Ohio. Ism now offerlr g It for atle for t he first, time, atih? following t nrloes: 1 lb. packages. o<? cents, lbs pari;a*ea, 8 I. 10 lbs.,$3> 30 cents per'b. for all quantItlee from lu to 8U lbs Sa< ks holding from 80t">TU lbs at 5tf5 <-en s per lb If orders are sent by rotll 8 cents per lb. must he added to these prices. 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A simple life would have prevented the national shame, and a few doses of Tarrant's Seltzer Anerient wonld have removed tbe causes which lead Co the In Sam matory physical attacks under which so nu oy suffer. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS , The Most Important Medical . Discovery of this Century. W COLLINS' U VOLTAIC PLASTERS. THIS great remedy consists of Volts! o or Galvanic plates, carefully Attached together and lmredded la a Porous Plaster, highly medicated, forming the grandest medical agent of this century. It .a a gentle and con. stant ELECTRIC BATTERY, Closely and contlnnoosly applied by the adhesion of the Plaster, and Is capable of effecting Instant relief and permanent cores In the most die: teasing ca-eg of chronic external mareolar and nerve ailments, and In dl' ea>ea originating in a disordersd condition ot the elrctt. 1 or vitalizing fotoes. It is una a i passed as a prompt and sure remedy in Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Paralysis, Cramps, St. Vitus' Dance, Sciatica. Hip Complaints, hpinal Affections. Nervous Pains and Irritations, Epilepsy or Fits proceeding from Shocks to the Nervous System, Ruptures and Strain*, Fractures, Bruises, Contusions, Weak Muscles and Joints, Nervous and Feeble Muscular Action, Great Soreness and Fain in Any Part of the Body. The Best Plaster in the World of Medicine. Price 25 cents. Sold by all Druggists. Sent by mail on receipt of 1io cents for one, for rti, or ,OT twelve, care folly wrapped srd warracted.by WEEKS A PGITKR. Proprietors. Bostoo. Mass. , MIND No. 26 1 WHO WRIT IN'* TO ilOBKC ARM, 1 please say (kta Ikv S' /ertiss* v cent In tklc paper, ^