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Farm, Garden and Pennsylvania Bains. The editor of the Minneapolis 7Wbux* has been taking a stroll East, and thus discourses of tho barns he sawthere : "May I jump from the foot-lights to the farm ??from Chicago to Pennsylvania ? In Chester and Lancaster counties is, I think, the most finished farming in the Union. The farms, composed of a brickdust sort of soil, are cultivated from fence to fence, every rood, as the farms of Flemings and of Brittany are cultivated from hedge to hedge. Cattle stand with their four feet in two feet of clover. Every field is a park. Every barn is a cow-palace. Every pig-pen is a porcine parudise. Pennsylvania is pre-eminently the State of burns. Think of a three-story stone barn, with a swell front and dormer windows in the roof, and a luxurious portico where the Sybaritic calves chew the cud of sweet contentment on summer eveuings ! And then behold the little cabin in the rear where the agricviltnral Dutchman lives with his 44 frow," and where the children lie on the floor and envy the happy calves in the lattice portico. Every barn is three timea as large as the house, which perns as a sort of appendage, and, as it were, plays second fiddle to it. The barn is headquarters, tnd the house is a sort of sentry-box where the man resides who t?hes care of it. The barn is shd-'d, and the pig-sty is glazed, the chicken coops are painted, and the worm-fences arc whitewashed as far as you can see. I lrsve no doubt the original dwellers here whitewash the ground for ueres around the domicile twieo Or thrice a year, till they learned life fatality. I do not know about the effect on cattle of so much petting. I should thiuk it would tend to make the animals aristocratic, yet I do not knew of any pluce where cattle are more stuck up than they are in the West. There, you know, we have no barns to speak of. There are townships enough in Minnesota where everything with horns has the same chance to fight for the wui tn Klilp rif u i? ?? ?** ?~ ? - ??j-jeun?-ry, ana, it must be admitted, tb? XVcakev animals are considerably bu'mp-backed and subdued in their feelings by April. Moreover, bero the farmers use fertilisers, but in Minnesota we have an idea that the earth is an orange to be sacked, a goose to be plucked, a sponge to be squeezed, a reservoir to be everlastingly drawn from, without in the least diminishing its flow. Ail through the central West they are learning, what Minnesota has yet to learu that ' Nature's wheat vesorter,' to which the povt so touchingly alludes, is not balmy sleep, but manure." llcad?CheHtt Select a 'dean, fat, and perfect pig's head ; have it cut through the centre of the forehead, and Bnout, and again under the eyes, separating the snout from the forehead ; also liavo the eyes, lids, and surrounding membranes, with the sac, removed, going close to the bone socket that the eye may not break. Then remove the ears, with the wriukled skin surrounding them, taking out the canal of the ear, and the horny portion containing the drum, etc. After this is done the bones of the snout are easily takeu out. Put the pieces to soak in plenty of lukewarm water, draining off and adding fresh until the blood is removed. Singe off the hairs, and examine the fleshy part of the snout and lower jaw, taking oft' the skin, which will now come away easily with the knife; wash again and salt. Mix thoroughly together one quart of salt aud a trtbleanonnfiil nf finotr rmlwovi /! 1 ~V J/U..V.U1VU saltpetre, rubbing the pieces of meat well with it nud. if wished,a little migar or molasses. Pack the pieces closely in a croek ; let them remain for two weeks, turning occasionally that the top pieces may go into the brine that has been formed at the bottom. Wash all the brine ofl'at the end of that time, and boil gently until tender, and the meat strips oil" the bone without using a knife. After taking out all bones, cut tine with knife and fork, seusou with black pepper and very small portion of mace (pulverized sage is an improvement, if used sparingly); put into u dish with straight sides, packing close, and pressing with a heavy weight. Cut in thin slices, and eat with mustard und vinegar. Uiitter. In making fancy butter there are three essentials?color, texture, and llavor. "The color must be a rich golden yellow ; the texture linn, tenacious, waxy ; and that uuttv flavor and smell which impart so high a degree of pleasure iu eating it." Butter of the very highest quality will bring ?1 a pound readily. A Philadelphia maker who receives this nrie? cav? Ah- .T It Lyman theso facts as to his management: Ho feeds on clover or curlymown liuv; cuts iiue, moistens, and mixes in corn-meal ud<1 wlieuten shorts ; feeds often, and a little at a time< uses no roots except carrots ; keejis his pastures free from weeds; keeps the temperature of the milk-room ut about titty-eight degrees; skims clean : stirs the cream in the cream-pot; cruras once a week; just before the butter gathers lie puts in u bucket of ice-cold water into the churn; in working he works out all the buttermilk without the use of the hand, ubsorbing the (bops with a tine linen cloth wrung from cold water, and at the second working handles delicately, with lingers as cold us may be; salts nearly an ounce to the pound ; packs in onepound balls. Large Farms, The lig farms are not all in the new States. James Young has one near Middletown, Pa., which is nearly 1,(HX) acres in extent. Upon the property are 25 miles of board feneiiia. r>ont?>?l with whitewash, and the gates painted red ; three miles of private roa Iwav, all in first-elass condition, and ab<#ut live miles of drain pipe; also nine dwelling houses and eight large barns, neat and substantial. Twenty-five acres are devoted to orcharding, and the remainder, this year, was cropped as follows : Hay, 21S acres; wheat, 190 hcres ; corn, 1(13 acres; oats, 122 acres; pasturage, 70 acres ; potatoes, 9 acres ; gardening, 3 acres, and the place is well stocked. SxRANofc Si'K'ipc, ? Mine. 1'.., of 1'aris, quarreled at breakfast with M. G., her chcr unit, because tlie latter refused to give her 4,000 francs, wherewith to pay lier dressmaker. She remarked that lit would never see her alive again. M. G. laughed, shrugged his shoulders, and went down stairs into the street. As lie readied the sidewalk he heard a rush, and then something dropped beside him heavily, lie looked down and saw at his feet the era hed body of Mme. B., who had thrown herself out of the third story window. Life on a Prison Ship. A ReuiliiUccMr* itf the Uevoiutlonar W?r. , A description of life on board th ! "Jersey " prison sbip during the Rev< 1 Intionary War, is a fair sample of tb I life of tho prisoners on board of tb rest; for, although the jersey ha gftined a bad pre-eminence as a priSor ship, which would naturally lead man to suppose that her prisoners alone wer subjected to suffering and privation, th testimony of those confined in the otli vessels prove clearly that their trea' ment was everywhere the same. Th only difference lay in the fact that th Jersey was larger than the others, an continued in the service longer. Of a the vessels so used as prisons, the Jerse gained the greatest notoriety, her nam I striking terror to the heart of ever American sailer. Originally a G4-gu | ship, condemned as unfit for service : she had been stripped of spars and rif ging, and anchored at Wallabout as i b tore-ship* and for want of other priso I accommodations subsequently conver ed to a pvis'on-hoUSe, as were also th j Good Ilope, Good Intent, Hunte^ j month, Bristol, and others. On boar | the Jersey the crew.consisted of a caj | tain, two mates, a steward, cook, and I aoilrtfn with a mi of ft nf tirolt UVKV II l.l*t*V?W| M m V*4 M Pi v* V* V" V* marines and ^bou.fc thirty soldiers, prisoner on being brought on board w? questioned as to his name and rani which were registered, after which 1 was searched for weapons and mone^ Many were the devices resorted to I the prisoner in order to retain c porMd if not the whole cl vae money in h po?"c"B?on, for he well knew that if otx placed in the keeping of his jailers thi was the last of it as far as he was coi : ct-rned, while a small portion save might eventually be of great service 1 him iu obtaining favor from his guard Clothing and bedding they were pe: mitted to retain, and however scant j they might be, no more rah supplie i while on board the prison-ship. Fo Would be then ordered down int the hold, where from a thousand 1 twelve hundred men were congregate< covered with rags and filth, and ghastl from breathing the pestilential air many sick with typhus feveV, dysenter and smull-pox, from whiqh the vessi ' was never free. The prisoners wei divided into messes of six each, wh< , every morning at the ringing of th i steward's bell received their daily a lowauce of pork or beef, peas and bii cuit, to which butter, suet, oatmeal an flouv were occasionally added, but ihei being only one fire-place to cook th food Of bttch a number, the latter del | castes were frequently of no avail s food. The allowances were frequently d< layed, the steward not beginning t serve out the rations Until 11 a. m., fi i that the whole could not be served tint late in the afternoon. At sunset th fire was ordered to be quenched, an those that had not their food dresse by that time were obliged either to ef it raw or go huDgry. Articles suitTO t I the condition of inhrra people wei never allowed to the mauy sick, a i though the nfticers and crew had thei ' in profusion. The prisoners were coi ! fined in the two lower maindecks, tli lower dungeon being filled with foi eigners, who were treated with eve more inhumanity than the Americani Every morniug the prisoners wei , greeted with the cry of " Rebels, tur out your dead !" The order was obeyec j aud the bodies of those who had die I during the night, were brought upupo the deck and placed upon the gratingi If the deceased had owned a blankc i any prisoner was at liberty to sew aronud the corpse, after whicli it wt ! sent on shore to be placed in the con mon ditch with those of the day pri vious. The prisoners were allowed upo dock iu squads until sunset, when the were saluted with the insulting cry ( j " Down, rebels, down J" When the order of " Down, rebeli down !" had been obeyed, the mai hatch was closed, leaving a small traj door, large enough for one man t ascend it at a time, over which a sei tiuel wn& placed, with orders to perm but one man to come up at a time! night. These sentinels were ofte guilty of the most wanton cruelty. On I night while the prisoners were huddle -1 i. L ? ..t iL. L.i.1 uuoui uie gruie ui lue nutcuway 10 01 tai? fresh air, awaiting their turn t go -on deck, the sentinel thrust h: bayonet among them, killing twent; tlve of their number, which outrage, t a lesser extent, was frequentlyrepeatet Prisoners, constantly seeking to escapt cherished life that they might one da take vengeance for their suftVringi 44 Two young men, brothers, belongin to a rifle corps," says the author of tL 1 Life of .Silas Talbot, " were mad 1 prisoners, and sent on board the Jersei The elder took the fever and becam delirious. One night, as his end wi fust approaching, he became calm an sensible, and, lamenting his hard fat and the absence of his mother, begge for u little water. His brother, wit tears, entreated the guard to give hii i some, but all in vain. The sick yout was soon in his last struggles, when th brother otiered the guard a guinea fc an inch of a caudle only that he migt I have light to see him die. Even tin was refused. 4 Now,' said he, dry in his tears, 4 if it please God that I ev< regain my liberty, I'll be a most bitt< enemy.' He regained his liberty, r< ; joined the army, and when the wf euded, he had eight, large and one lmr dred and twenty-seven small notehr on his rifle-stock. j But in spite of all their severity an watchfulness, escapes were frequen and a whole mess would sometimes t foundmissingwithontthe slightest ind : cation ot their departure, for the spirit ( 17 . 1- ... k MIAnltMM A?M XHimco lunciiiuir \\un uut ' in those floating dens of pestilence an famint'. One day tiie Josoy's prism era secretely obtained a crowbar, wliic they artfully concealed and used c windy and stormy nights to break c the post grutings, when good swimmei who }K)**es?ed Bullicient strength to tu dertake the task would quietly drop ii to the water and make their way to tl shore. Numbers escaped in this way t tell their friends the sad story of the: sufferings and reveal the sadder fact < the numbers who had died. Tn Decen bor, 17b0, a daring and successful e cape was made from the Jersey by foi ; Yankee captains. The best boat of tl: ' ship had returned from New York nboi I o'clock in the afternoon, and was car : lessly fastened at the gangway, with tl i oars on board. A storm prevailed, an the wind blowing down the river pr dueod an immense tide. At a given si| ual a party of the prisoners placed thee ' selves carelessly between the ship waist and the sentinel while the foi captains entered the boat, the faste ings of which were slipped by the friends. The boat passed close und< the bow of the ship, aud was at a co: siderable distance from her before tl sentinel at the forecastle gave the alar Hud tired at her. The second boat w manned with much dispatch for a chose, but she pursued in vain. . Shots were j. fired froin the snip ana sharb WithotH effect, the boat passing Hell-Gate in the evening and arriving at Connecticut the e next morning, >m In 1780, when the prisoners on board e the Good Hope burnt the vessel in the e desperate hope of regaining their liber ty, the chief incendiaries were removed to the Provost, and the remainder transl* ferred to the Jersey, wliich was used a.? y a prison ship until the f close the war e when her inmates were liberated, and e she was henceforth shunned by all as f !r nost of pestilence. The worms sooi ^ after destroyed her bottom, and sh< e sunk, bearing with her on her plaDki e the names of thousands of Americar ^ prisoners. For more than twenty yean U her ribs lay exposed at low water, and she now lies buried beneath the United g States Navy Yard. n His First Paper dollar, '? The Danbury New* man suys: W< ? | remember with unpleasant distinctnes) n I the first paper collar we ever wore t- j It was at a surprise party. A half horn * i after the event of ourself and the othei ^ surprisers we were located in the parloi on a mohair chair. And they were verj a fresh and vigorous mohairs, too. It was our intention to have got in a cor ner, but we missed the aim, and gel 18 located within eighteen inches of tin ?> stove. It was a large stove, with a com ie plicated mass of perpendicular sheet F- iron pipes, like an organ, only it was J warmer than an orpan. The store sei out from the wall, and our location gav( is ? ~ ...nmmm/io fliot irmilrl Jmvfl beer ? I UO ? " v~r-rr -T T -tt;? very grateful hail we been back of i ^ store looking for lemons, bnt being i diffident person, and having a strong d desire to crawl under the carpet, and bi 10 out of sight, the prominence put t 8- blight on our spirits that we found ira r* possible to shftke off. It was quite cold 7 out ooors, hut the room being full oi d people, and some thoughtful pernor Laving closed the door, the tempera 0 tnre commenced to deusify with extra^ 0 ordinary rapidity. All of the party sal '? around the sides of the room, and it J such a way as to take in the stove and 5 ourself. A dreadful silence sat upor 7 all, disturbed only occasionally by ? brief whisper of one friend to another, e which undoubtedly referred to oui proximity to the stove, and the weird ,e solemnity of our expression, which vrt 1* desperately but vainly strove to remedy, ' We essayed once or twice to look ink d the faces of the company, but though! '? better of it, and picking out a place ir .? tho wall where the paper had been tort '* off, fell to studying it with all-absorb 18 ing interest. The perspiration stood out on our forehead in great drops, and 3* having stood there until they got tired, 0 the drops silently rolled down our face, ,? We would have got out a handkerchief M but we cherished the hope that somi e one in the party was not looking at us, d and dreaded to make any movement foi d fear of attracting his attention. Ther the bergnmot and sweet oil with whicl -? we had generously fed our locks, witl 'e a view to intoxicating the senses of tin females in attendance, commenced t( 11 ooze forth, ami start down the back o l~ our neck for fresh pastures. 10 It was at this juncture, the heat o r* the stove having become almost unbenr n able, that the lady of the house inquir ed if the stove was not too warm for tin "e gentleman. It was our purpose to pro n test that we never before were so com b fortftbly situated, but the roof of ou: d mouth having dried and cracked open n the words must have got lost in tin crevices. But we smiled?such a smile b perhaps, as a sick man would cxehang* with an undertaker, who had called ii 18 to inquire after his health. It was a this point we became conscious of ou 3* paper collar. It was pressing agains the back of our neck with the ardor o u a mustard draft, and one end had broki !y from the button and was soaring ma jestically heavenward. We could fee it crumble and fall down on both sides R? and every time wo put our hand np 11 which we began to do quite often oi ?' account of the cold thrill it gave us, w< 0 found it spotted with the vitality o that collar. The other people com it menced to whisper, and look up at tin ceiling, and put their handkerchiefs ii n their mouths. We thought of killini ie every one of them on the spot, am d hiding their bleeding remains in th J* cellar; but we lacked the coolnes necessary for such an undertaking, oi 18 ! account of that infernul stove, and si f* ; gave it up, and kept on smiling t< 10 show our calmness. Suddenly, whei b in the midft of what was probably i most maniacal leer, the collar parted a y the back, and one side dropped dowi 10 noor, udu ixiu unitr swung uruuuu n 8 the front. A shriek of laughter burs 10 from the compuuy, and we bolte< ;e home. Seeing the advertisement of th Daubury paper collar, manufactured b; ie Brainard, Davy Co., of Boston, re 18 [ minded us of our first paper collar, d i j I Anecdote of Crockett. hj In his day no man was more l'aniou 11 : in the annals of American politics tha; '' ' David Crockett, the eccentrie Congress ,r man from Tennessee. it , Early in the spring of Iti'liJ, there np is penreil at Nacogdoches, Texas, elevei g stalwart men who proposed to enlist fo >r j six months in the army of the Republic >r | to assist in driving the Mexicans out o >- | the border^ and gain the iudependenc ir' of Texas. i- Colonel John Forbes, formerly c 's 1 Ohio, lmt now living ot. Nacogdoches who was the first " alcalde " of Texti* d and afterward commissary general ? t, the army at the battle of San Jaointr ?e and wlio has filled many important, pc i-1 sitions of honor and trust in the Stat if, of his adoption, swore in the eleven r< n oruits referred to; but when he came t d I that portion of theoath which containe l- the promised allegiance "to the republi h of Texas, or nny other government tlifi m I might be established," one of them a?i ? 1 * 1 "* 1 If 1 A ill vancetl a pace iorwuru unu umiuru i rs , subscribe to it, for, said ho, "I am a r< a-1 publican, and believe in a republica a- ; form of government, and if any otlu le i kind of government results from th: to | revolution, I will neither support iu ir | defend it." Colonel Forbes, seeing tin >f the poiut was well taken, immediate! a-I erased the objectionable portion an s-1 substituted in its stead, "or any otln ir j republican government that might 1 le ' established," which was satisfactory 1 at1 all concerned, and tlicy were fortliwit e-, mnstored into service, le The spokesman who would not swei id j allegiance to any government save tin o- it was repnblicau was David Crocket g- i who, together with Bowie and that br.r a- and noble band, was so foully and br i's ; tally murdereil by the Mexicans at tl ir i Alamo at Sau Anionio, Texas, in Apri n- | 1830. The beantifu.1 monument madeoi ir ! of the stouos from the Alamo, on tl pr ! portico of the State Honse at Austi n- ] attests the love and affection in whic tie | Crockett and the ill-fated garrison m | the Alino are held by the people as j Texas. I I , | The Great August Hurricane. ( j The Signal Office at Washington has , j compiled thb f Sports nf the tremendous j 11 storm of August 24, and it piefltct* aj i truly frightful exhibit. The report is J made up from official data, the most reliable log books and accurate sta-, I tislicB. Jt 6ums up a total of one! thousand and tnirtt-tvro vessels known . ' to have been destroyed during the 24th i [ and 25th of August in the Gulf of St. j { Lawrence and around the coasts of 1 ; Nova Scotia, Cape Proton and Ncw, foundland. Ninety additional rebels \' were overwhelmed in the same tempest l before it reached Nova Scotia, will!6 5 six hundred lives were lost and nine I hundred buildings injured or demol| ifdicd by its force. The misery and ruin entailed on thousands of New > England and Canadian fishermen and I seamen by this single gale are almost I incalculable, and they afford strong ini ducements for the extension of the Sig, nal Service warnings to Canadian ports. ! Could the Vast fleets of merchant ves' sels that throflg the waters in which the r August storm spent its fatal fury have r had premonition of its approach Hie r majority might have escaped, and many r lives and much of the shipping have been saved, k It aDuears that the trale in question had originated in much lower latitudes t than those of Nova Scotia, and speed; ing on its way from the tropics north ward, overswept the angular projection of the Continent of which Nova Scotia, j Cape Breton and Newfoundland are the t outlying islands. The prcmonishing of } snch gales, which strike from the Ati lantic inshore, can only be insured by t! securing the earliest intelligence from i vessels arriving at the Atlantic ports j and using them for purposes meteoro5 logical predictions. The new arrangei mcnts for connecting the Signal OlSce with the lighthouses and lightships off I the coast by telegraphic cable ought to, [ and probably will, facilitate such forei casts, and open the way for their far greater usefulness and accuracy. It is with great pleasure we observe that one t of the subjects under consideration in i the Vienna Meteorological Congress is 1 how io connect maritime ana land metei orology so as to enable the landsman to i utilize the mariners' observations at , sea and vice versa. ' A Little Octopus. In the aquarium notes of Land and t Water, Henry Lee, an officer of the t Brighton Aquarium, presents addition[ al facts regarding the baby octopods. . From Mr. Lee's letter we condense as [ follows : " The young octopus, fresh I from the egg, resembles more nearly 1 sepia without its tentacles tlinu an oc; topuB. The arms, which will after| wards be four or five times the length ! of its body, are so rudimentary as to be ' even shorter iu proportion than the r pedal arms of the cuttle-fish, and ap1 pear only as little conical excresences, 1 having points of hair-like fineness, and 1 arranged in the-form of an eight-rayed * coronet around the head. In itsjfoudI ness for light, the young octopus differs from its parents, being not only willing, . but apparently anxious, to display its ugliness in the best possible light; swimming about freely in the water, and often near the surface, it propels 9 itself backward by a series of jerks, caused by projecting from its month a flue stream of water. It will be remernr bcred that the mother protected the ? eggs by means of the same forced cur9 rents. This natural boldness lessens with age, however, and the full-grown L> octopus seeks a hiding place among the ? crevices and mimic caves of the aquarium bed. Like the young squid, a lit? tie octopus is very much smaller at its ^ birth than a cuttle-fish. The latter is as large when hatched as a rather small 9 horse-bean, while the octopus is of j about the size of a small flea. The Yachting Season. t i There is less chivalry among the New 9 York yuclitmen than among the olden knightB. For instance, the Dreadnaught e won the challenge cup fairly last fall, i By a strict construction of the rules of j the yacht club, the winner of the chale lenge cup is bound to bo ready to sail s a raeo whenever called upon to do so a between the opening of the subsequent Q yachting season and the lfith of Octo3 ber. The Dreadnaught just came iuto u port from a recent race in so crippled a a condition as to be unfit for sailing; aud t the owner of the Enchantress took ad3 vantage of the circumstance to send in his demand for a race, together with j. the claim that both the challenge cup I and a SI,000 cup privately wagered 0 shall belong to the winner. In view of ! this f;iet that the Dreadnaught was m ! really disabled, and notwithstanding j the protests and wishes of the members ! of the Club, the owner of the Enchantress insisted upon compliance with his challenge, and notified the owner of the s Dreadnaught of his intention to sail u over tire racing course, and thereafter ; assert his claim to the two cups. This, I too, in spite of the announcement that i the challenged party will waiv<? his i- j right to refuse sailing ufter the date a i fixed by tbe rules, and will be ready to r ' sail at any time utter his yacht can be >, repaired. r I - e Fish Raising. . i in iwu prxviiu! umiviiiuuitt ui | ; Harrisburg, conceived the idea of stocki 'ug the Susquehanna river with black ?f j bass from tlie Potomac. About $100 h : was collected for the purhcase of the j tisti, and about 200 black bass were proH cured from the Potomac, by way of 0 f Ilagcrstown, and were placed in the (| .Susquehanna, in the neighborhood of Harrisburg and Dauphin. Since that ^ period this splendid tish has increased wonderfully in the river all about Hur^ risburg, and they are caught everywlu:re in great numbers. Last week j 100 were "landed" near Harrisburg by >r a young man, in a few djiys, during s leave of absence from bis w?rk. The )r average weight of the fish now naught j. is from one to three and four pounds. ' Thisstoeking of the Susquehanna with i j black bass has been due solely to pri}r | vftfe enterprise, the State authorities , having done nothing toward securing ; this result. CONSIDERABLY SilOT.?AwOUg leCeUt ir arrivnls at Fuiton, Arkansas, was M. W. at Dickson, a ranchman of Brown county, t, Texas, where he has five thousand head re | of cattle. A few weeks ago lie was atu i tacked by Comancher. and Kiowas, who le shot at him. Thirteen bullets took effect 3, in his body?one in the right shoulder, nt six in the breast and abdomeu, four ir le the left arm, one in tlie right side of the n, [neck, and one in the hack of the head, b ; Ho was rescued before the Indians %had at | time to scalp him, and had to stay at of home two weeks on account of hif | wounds. i~l The President Appointing a Day oi National Thank oglylng. By the President of the United States of America?A Proclamation. The approaching close of another year bringc with it the occasion of renewed thanksgiving and acknowledgment to the Almighty Ruler of the Universe of the unnumbered merciet Ho lias bestowed upon us. Abundant hnrVP8ts have been among the rewardf of industry. With local exceptions, health has been among the blessings enjoyed. Tranquility al home and peace with other notions have prevailed. * Frugal industry is regaining its merited recognition and it* merited reward. Gradually, but undei the prudence of Ood, surely, i.e we trust, the nation is yecover'nt?/?om lingering results of a Jreau.C,1VI etrife. For theso and ail the oti.v? mercies vouchsafed to us it becomes us, as a people, to return heartfelt and grateful acknowledgments, and, with onr thanksgiving we mny unite prayers for the cessation of local and temporary suffering.. I thereforerecomttend that on Thursday, the 27th day of Noveinbef ne*t, the people meet in their respective places of worship to make their acknowledgments to Almighty God for His bounties and His protection, and to offer to Him prayers for their continuance. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seaf of the United States to be affixed. Done at the City of Washington, this 14th day of October, in the year of our Bord 1873, and of the Independence of the United States the ninety-seventh. By the President: U. S. GRANT. Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State. A watermelon club lias been organized in Troy. One member brings in a watermelon each evening in rotation. At the end of tlie season the member who hat brought in the largest melon is elected president f.rnl is ,f#ee from the payment of all dues for the etfutiing year. Samples Free,?The Saturday Evening Pout. 319 Walnut street, Philadelphia, givet a beautiful Curomo to every yearly subscriber, Flaog's Instant Relief has stood twenty years' tost. Is wan-anted to give immediate relief to all Rheumatic, Neuralgic, Head Ear, and Rack aches, ormonev refunded.? Coin " Love," says an amorous writer, "is an internal trunsport." exchange remarks, " The same might be said ol a canal-boat." bPSSKlIA Cough,Cold,or Sore Throal Tonrurc "equltes Immediate attention, and v,.,. abuiild b? Checked. If allowed ti _ ' ontlniie Irritation of the Dungs, a COUUilb Permanent lluost Affrctton or ar and I icurable Lung Disease, Is o/tet COLDS. the result. BROWN'S BRONCHIAL TROCHES Having a direct influence on the parts, alvo tmmo diate relief. For Bronchitis, Aslliina, Catarih Consumptive and Throat Diseases, Troches uri tiiffl uit/i great success. Singers and Public Speakers Will tind Troches useful In clearing the voice whet ttken before SUiaioa or Speaking. and v? lievlui the throiit after an unusual exertion of the voca organs. Obtain only " Brown's Bronchial Troches." am do not teho any of the worthless imitations thu way be offered. Sold Everytchert. A m>\ KK ! : K. \ BALM Can be found in thnt great and reliable famll; medicine ALLEN'S LUNO BALSAM, By the use of which health and ho)>)>iticss U restore to those nflilctcd wttlt any Lung or Throat disease such as: Coughs, Coltls, Asthma, Bronchitis, Consiim/itior UNSOLICITED EVIDENCE OF ITS MEUITS. BRAD Till rOLLOWIHO i DR. A. L. 8COV1LL Is tho Inventor of seven medical propaiatiuus which have become Ver popular, aud have been liherallv used. Among hi inventions are " Ilsll's Balsam fir the Lungs," an "Llverworth snd Tar." For tho past ten yenrs better remedy Ins bnen offered to the public. Ron tho following letter from Du. BCOVILb rtTeriiti to It: Mkssrs. J. N. Harris <t Co.: Uents?l make the following statement from perfect conviction aud kunwlcugc of the benefits i Ai.i.'.s h LtllfO Haimam in curing the most <tco| scatcn Pulmonary Consumption: I have wltncaac Its effects on the young ami the old. and I call trul say that it is by far the best expect >?ant remcd with which I am arqn lilted For Coughs, and a the early stages of l.iwig C' inplilnti, I believe t - lie a certain cure, and if every family would kee it by them, ready to administer upon the first i>j pearaiico of disease about the Lungs, there woul be very few cases of fatal consumption. It causi tho phlegm and matter to raise without irrltntin those delicate organs ( lie Lungs), and wt hot producing constipation of the bowels. I' also gt strength to the ststim. stops the night sweat and changes all the mm bid s-crctious to a health state. Yours, rcspectiully, A. L. SCOVILL. "IT SAVED MY LIFE." Columbia, Ala., March 8, ls7i J. V. Harris .% Co.: i enr i'iVs-i am taking Allcn'h I.uso Balsam ft a disease uf Hjb Lung*,,f thirteen yeats standin I have used r-cry rnncHy offered, and this is 11 only remedy that tiaa Riven me any relit f. I kiio It iiav d my life last spi inc. At mat time I con mom-ed using it, and rec- ivcd immediate rdie It stopped on myluntrs in ten hours, ktuiaroi perfect linertv to publish this letter, for the ben tit of sufTerinir humanity. mul ui'h respect, 1 remain, Yours truly,* 1). d. Tool. Bitch, my sufferintr friends, are the letters recei' ed dai'y. and do you uouht for a rnotne t the eftln cy of this valuah e medicine. Re in time, and tat to your hone ahottleof ALLKN's LtINU Balsa: You will tind in itagnrious prize, and a i.eve failing friend in time of neoo. CAUTION. Be not deceived, C II fur ALLEN'S LUNG BA1 BAM, and take no other. Directions accompany each bottle. J. >\ 11 AltItlS <t CO., Ciiiclutsatl, 0 , Proprietors. ; For sale by all Medicine Dealers. I'Olt rALR WltOLl.At.S bt ! JOHN F. HENRY. New York. I GEO. C. outinw IN * nr.. Boston, I JoHWeQ.V. HOLOiVAY a CO . Pliilailelphla. TU1KTY YEAItS' KXPHRUUICB O AN OLD Nl'ltSK. Mrs, Window's Soothing Syrup Is til prescription of one of tho bist Kemulo Phyt claus and Nurses in the United States, and b; been used for thirty years with never falling safe and success by millions of mothers and ehlldri ' from the feeble infant of one week old to tbo adti It corrects acidity cf tho s.omach, relieves wit | colic, regulates the bowels, and gives rest, beal and comfort to mother and child. AVc believe it ; be tho Best and Surest Remedy In the World in I , cases of DVSKS'TEltY ana 1)1 AKRHlEA IN CHI I DltF.N. whether it arizes Irom Teething or frt any other cause. Full direction* for using ? ill I | company each bottle. None Genuine unless t fac-Bitnilo of CURTIS ?t PERKINS is on the outii I wrapper. j Sold by nil Medicine Dealers. C11IL.DKKN OKTKN LOOK PALB AS SICK from po other cause than haTing worms lu t | stomach. BfiOWN'8 VBKMIFUOK COMFITS | will destroy worms without Injury to the cbi I being porfoctly WHITE, and free from all colorl ; or otnor Injurious Ingredients usually used J worm preparations. Cl'UTiM &. UUO\V\, Proprietors, Kn. 14 IFulton Street, New Yorl j H>ld hy DruyqUAt mid thenil.tt, and dt,iters Situ units ut 1wmty*Fivx Ctsrt a Box. TI1K IIOISKIIOLD PANACfiA and 11 FAMILY LIMMKNT ! | is the boat remedy in tho world for tho follow | complaints, ytz.: Cramps In the Limbs and 3t< ! ach, Pain in tho Btomarh, Bowels or 8lu0, Kb matism lu all its forms. Bilious Colic, Neural) Cholera, Dysentery, Colds, Flesh Wounds, Bui Sore Throat, 8plnal Complaints, Sprains l Bruises, Chilli and Fever. For Internal and | ternal use. Its operation is not only to relieve tho patii but entirely reinorei thersuroof the cotnpls i It penetrates and pervades the whole system, i storing healthy action to all its parts, and qu ening the blood. The Hotisrhnlil Panares la purely Vi . etable and All Healiug. Prepared by CUIITI8 Si. BUOWN, No. Ml ft Fulton Street, New Yor | For sale by all Druggists. ^ It ia Altogether Wrong to trifle with a tad Co j ! ar Coll, when tho'risk is great and a rented; { sr re, prompt and thorough as Dr. Jayne's Ex I Urkntcau be readily found. " " "" " mm?? The Latest Triumph of Temperanci ?We congratulate the Temperanc world on the success everywhere al ' tending the use of Vinegar Bitter.' Certainly no preparation containin ' alcohol has accomplished such cures c j malarious fever, biliousaess, dyspepsii ; rheumatism, lung complaints, const ) I pation, and general debility, as we hei i i of from all quarters, as the results < i this famous vegetable specific. No tm i i philanthropist will regret to see spin , j uous liquors expelled from medical us< ! if they can be safely dispensed with t and that they are not necessary in ai; > case of sickness, wu atever its characte appears at last to be*n demot i strated. If public opcijou i8 capab f of making any impression upon tl 3 minds of the Faculty, they ere lor 3 introduce the most popular of model 1 medicines into the hospitals, a.^d pr r scribe it in their practice. The mnlioi ' *ve given the article a fair trial; it hi mo e t>ian an8wered their expectation ?udno".h^:e'ic,J(?W?ilion ?? shal tiieir iann in The sweetest words 1- ??nrofdbeae is health. At the first indicatio. p( use well-known and approved reUK'i.. ' ?/|( . dyspepsia or indigestion, uso Par ton's P\<. __ 1 live Pills. For coughs, colds, sore or lam stomach, use Johnson"* Anodyne Liniment.> [Com. Iron in the blood supplied by JVrcvia Svbpp.?[Com. The Browns and Blacks produced b; t that sterling preparation, Cbistadobo'b Excel aton Hair Dye, cannot bo excelled by Nature 1 its tints cVl'?nge comparison with Nature' most favored production*, and defy detection ?Com. Peerless Cloth Wringer. L. Heyniger A Co., 18 Fulton Street, No' York.?[Com. Chapped Hands, face, rough skin , pimples, ring-wor?f, <KIt-rh?om. *nd other ct taneous affections curod, and the skin mad soft and smooth, by using the Jcsnia Ta 8oap, made by Caswell. Hazard & Co., Ne ' York. Be certain to get the Juniper Tar Soa made by us, as there are many imitations mad with common tar which are worthless.?Com. ' A c.ase of chronic rheumatism c unusual severity, cured by Johnson'* Anadyr Liniment, is noticed by one of our exci.1.ncfi ' A large bunch caine outupon 'be Irfeast of tli > sufferer, and appeared like part oi ih? breat bone. Used iutenially and externally.? [Coll [ All Behkdieh am: Too Late when the luip . tito ''estvoved. Extinguish a cough at on< i with IIale'S Ht>5kv ov Horehound and Tar., [Com. Pike's Toothache Drops cure in oha minut I ?Com. I BY MAIL, PO?T-PAID? Gow's Good hikI Gentle .Manner -1 'i\ bamjile Copy t r. 2 brr?. 64 cenit. Hnllmau's Kindergarten Culture. Ilia tia'O . 75ce..t?. [ Vennble'e School Stage. 27 Juvenile Play li'uetratea. $1.26 The Kxninlner. Teacher's Aid. M ceul WIL-ON. H1NKLK A CO., Pebhenere, [ 1.17 Walnut St.. Cincinnati. O. 2HB>ii'-Bt.. N. ' cHicaco, milwaukee A St. paul railway Milwaukee & Bt. Paul Hallway C?.> [ FxtcniVirc from ChlcnRo to Mllwankt<|l , rrniae, AVinoiie. Hustings, '! : Minneapolis. Also to Mndlaou, Pi alrlcd i t'liieii. \u-llii. Owntomin, Ch?ri?? ? Mnsoti fit }* anu Alffiiliai ?l|OtoJ?nMTll? I Monroe, n Ipon, Hcrlln end Oslikosh. . KmluacuiR inort) liuslfirs* Centres and Pleai Urr Ilesnrrs than ai,v other Norlhwest'ru 1 tie CHICAGO DEPtW'?Corner Caifl ?n Madison .Streets,(with Pittsburn,Fort Wayne Pe T,syivan<n.anrt Olilra?i>.Al*onA 8t. Lonis R yi y MlLWAUK RK UK POT - Corner Ret ami Sontli Wuler Streets. Connecting In Bt. Paul with all Railways direr . Intf the- re. s New Yusk Orrict?819 Broadway. '< Hosthh Okpick?I Court Street. Gt-.vir.At. Office*-Milwaukee. Wis i. a.B. MKRR1LL, Oen. Manager. JNO. C. GAlTt.T. Ass't Gni Man-RCr. A V. U C SRI ENTER. <?. P. and T. Agent . V\Toinen,Men,Girls and Bnya wanted,to tell o II It French and American Jewelry. Buks.Gaun I Ac. No capital needed. CataloKue.Trrms.de., *e free. P. O. V1CKKRY a CO.. AukM at a. lie 5 ACENT9 WANTED FOR ' BEHIND-SCENES IN WASHINGTON. d The spiclost an t best selling hook eror pnblishl _ It tells all shout the Krest Credit ilohilitr Srond ' 8t list,trial Briberies.Cm.Rrcss'nnsl RinR-.Lobbi II and tho Wot.detfttl 8iuhts of the National Capit lt It sells quick.'Send f,?r specimen panes and ? ><nr terms In AKcnts and n lull deseupMon ? f t * Work. Andres NATIONAL, PUBLISHING C Id ladelphla. Pa. q The Hcst Msgatlne Published I Locke's National Monthly ,y 48 larire paR<>*. #1.00 per year. Nauiy wril nnti-iHilltlcal urticie* for each number. The hi contributors n the country More Rood matt for the money than any .Mur' zlne fiirntahes. Be 10 cents for Specimen Copy t? LOCK K A JO.VK8 To'cdo. Ohio A W V I scnditiR tts the aodress of ten resnrctsl ir I persons will-eceive, free.? beautiful Ch tr nwc I m'' a"-' instructions h>?w t? Ret rich, po io wWC|mild.C' Ijf ,V. velly Qi.. Moa Widow s-..i'ht w "Idk Address Curd* ?nd Llttlo Flirt sent 'f" /HI ni?nl..rt'i,viils, II. DAY. Chaibsm. N. Y f Agents Wanted. BANG FOR CATAXOUUK. Domestic Sewing Machine Co., R. cures nil Hnmom from tlio worst Scrof ie ula to a cominon Blofeh or Pimple . From two to six bottles ?re warranted t cure Kail Hlieum or Tetter, Pimple 11 on Knee, Hoi I", Ery?ipeluN an< ty Flier Complaint. Six to twelve hot di, ties, warranted to euro Scrofiiloiu .. swelling* ami Sore*ami nil Skin ntu Illood Iliseuses. ](y its woiulerfti va Peetornl propciiles it will euro the moth severe recent or lingering Cough in hal to tlie time required uv any other mediciiu ,u ami is perfectly safe, hm-ctiing cough, sooth i. ing irritation, anil relieving soreness. Sob hvnll Druggist* K. V. PIERCE, 1W.D. ic- World'* Dispcnsur), Jiuiiulo, N. V. fBfa he t HEW YORK, 1873-4. WEE ng THE WEEKLY SUN is too wide! In tion; but tbe reasons wbieli bave air wbicb will, we hope, give it many tbo It is a first-rate newspaper. All t t. densed when unimportant, at full leni in a clear, intelligible, and interi sting mi It inn first-rate family paper, full i kind, but containing nothing that ean It is a first-rate story paper. Tbe are carefully selected and legibly prin j j It is a first-rate agricultural pnpci im- agricultural topics regularly appear in fU. It is an independent political pa]M fis 1 lar. It lights for principle, aud for tli n?, ! pecially devotes its energies to the and | weaken und disgrace our country, and Kx altogether. It has no fear of knaves, It reports the fashions for the lad j cattle markets, to which it pays parti* '"el Finally, it is the cheapest paper p ick- j any subscriber. It isn' t necessary to SUX at this rate. Am one Who sendi i THE WEEKLY 8UN.-F.lgbt pages, from tbiB rate, k- TUB HKifl I-WEEKLY RDN.-Suc 30 p?.r cent, to Clubi of 10 or over. ~~i THE DA1LV SUN.?A largo fonr page "Bt over 130,000. All tha newa for 3 c pec. To Oioba of 10 or ovnt a discount of 3< Ad< ???i ||| ig AaMMUuldMU?lL m Dr. J. Walker's California Tin? egar Bitters are a purely Vegetable 18 I preparation, nimlc chiefly from the na 18 I tive herb* vii the lower ranges of e? ' the Sierra Nevada mountains of CaliforLe i nia, the medicinal properties of whioh I are extracted therefrom without the use ^**1 Te I of Alcohol. Tho question is almost 1 daily asked, "What is tho cause of tho | unparalleled success of Vinegar Bit. x. I 0ur answer is, that they remove . ' ^ of disease, and the patient ro* _ j u.. health. They are the great covers h? ? ->nd a life-giving principle, blood purine? u, ator and Invigorator s . a perfect Renov *over before in j Of the system. k a medicine been - ; history of the world Kik he remarkable j. I compounded possessing u healing tne .qualities of ViNEOARBrrraiwi.. to. They 0 i sick of every disease roan is beh Tonic, u are a gentle Purgative as well as a -of ' relieving Congestion or Inffamaiatkn. the Liver and Visceral Organs, n Biik^. j Dtse^es. ? *'; Hie properties of Dr. Walkm* ' ViityoARliirrsRSare Aperient, Diaphoretic^ Carminative, Nutritious, Laxative, Dioretie, Sedative, Counter-Irn!50t? Sudorific, Alter*- _ e j tive, and Anti-Bilious R ! n. it. Mcdonald a co? (v j i)nigel?ht and Gr-n. Acta.. Snn Fmnctsco. CfdiYoruia, _ and cor. of Washington and Charlton Su. N. Y. ' Sold ti f it It l)rug<l)t) and Dealer*. e i ______ . j sis u?wo 4.t _ , 1 DHO AO RICH WBFk-AStSTS WAhTItf I QJ I k.'Ml Business legitimate. Particular* ie i free. J. WQKTH, S'. L nil Mo. Kcxl.2d? Iron in the Blood THE PEBOVIAW _ bybl'h vluta* ^ and Enriche* tho U!?od, Tones np th<? e ' gv Iteu>.Builds un Uw ^KUilSa|A| Broken-down. Carta , Female Ctmmtpk ^9 Dvopev, Detdftr.Inr ^ 'Tfa cwElS?*" hd>r? bet.n changed by thd 01 l2fSf NuiyB|i^ from weak, skkn, suffering ere * w*> w * *' strong, healthy, and happy men and women { and , Invalids cannot reasonably lu-sitato tnglvo it a Caution.?lie sure you get IIio right article. SeeT s. ' that " Peruvian Syrup" Is blown In the class. Pamphlets free. Send for one. SET II W.FOwLE A SONS, Proprietors, Boston, Mats. Toe sale hf druggists generally. ~ til to t9fl p*r 1st I Agents wanted I All classed ?? "m>"v of working people of either sex,young or old, make more money at work for ualn their pate moments or all ths time than at anything ale* j Parti, nlari free. Address o. 8ttk80w a co., Port | land, lie. " i Tiiea"^?otax ? 3blaohlpdtba J With tba Orsen Tea Vlavo m w eves oil hnttiaf* Tho beet Tea Imported. Per 11 gt | t> sale everywhere. And for said 1' as(^hhk x wholesale only by the urkst " w WIVm atlar tic a Adnc tba ce; ' St"; x'/y,"i7rVf. e~Bo?7 ?S>S *vfm^ anrof for Thea-Neetar Clrenlar id ? - A f|1KI.KOH^Wjf*KO?A full rourie W>r g'AO ?t ? > X office connect? wUh Jni.ea Com'l College,.Bt: id Loula. Wo. For cir< i.l?/* "'I''//". J. w. jnms'ON. MM Hrtnf Principal, K- ' ?? CONSUMPTION And Its Cure. "WILLSON'S Carbolated Cod Liver Oil <1 (.1a nclcntlOc combination of tiro well-known medl nl, :lru'?. IU theory la Drat to arreat tho docajr, then ra julld upthoayatcm. Phyalclana rind thedoctrlne cor. al. reel. The really startling curea performed by Willec jon'a Oil are proof. he Carbolic Arid pnAltrely arrest* Decay. It la the 0 mo*t cowerfol antlaept'.c In the known world. Entcrlngfnlothcclrculatlon.lt at once granplea with ? ' corruption, and decay ccaaea. It pnrlHea the aooroea nf illflPflftf. Cod fJeer Oil it nature's beet OMUtant In reflating . I Conamnptlon. Put cp In large wrfgMhanad bottles, llg 1 'leurlnc fhe InvTntorhi algnglure, wiuC U *?? fold by tiu- beat Uru??UU. Prepared by er i jr. H. WHjIjSOW, ud 83 John Street. New Yorf L'tera^y Journal. Only Ye?r-u , i "??!' Orcat Prcmmtna or Cash Cnmnnaa r>n? "n Thirteen Number*lOc'io J. ti.) o.. Trial, f- , .ft Kilty Cental Premium Liata. Ac . ?ent free k ' Trial B'ibacrlhera Add-eaa D.D.T.Moohe.KY Clt? * J i MURDER?.. * But a man can cam wllhlhla WTLLATJOTM, $25 Per Day teOTS cny aire, and at th train of I.'hJ feet par day. Auger* made of CarUatrrl and warranU-a. Alwayaauo cruful In quicksand. Beat tool In tha World for proipccting for coal and ona. Farm.Townihlp and County right* for tale. (Send Urta. and you* ]'. O., Co. and Mate.and get dc.-rlpl'vo hook with cxpUiiallont. AdUxea* Auger Co.. buLoula, klof Pass This By Tiriiv J wish to make mouijr, adi droi^a. fritrha Po.tabi u Tabi.k Co.. 8?. Lout*. Oat Cnmmtaaion or S30 a Wl'k ?5^?) SuUry. a'd expecte*. WeoH"riH#d?lll p?y ' Apply it"w, O. WKBHJ>R<t C*'.. Mir on.O THIS PfflMIHG INK Z,~S?S?JZ HnijPr'n Uuildlnu'. N Y It 14 tor kale ty X. Y. NVwipapor 160 Worth Street, In 10 lb. and '! II. p.v k up ?. Also m full Hknortrnei t of J.b |i k?. : STRAUB MILL COMPANY [ ? ^ - <1 Ml \ VVTI, o, y Manufacturers of rortn* * !?v bl<>.11 ilin,wInni,< urn, fflftiWuB "r fr"**4''',Mill spindle uu? t ajj der-runneis, cork lji'hd f / Y& n upper-runners I'ur Fnno A /J/Jtrmm IJ; U or .lie reliant Work, A TOju \ 'or i'uwplilet uuu J Ilampion Wbltehill ACo^ ' l.'o. 30 Cortiandt 8u. If. t. 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