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Farm, Garden and Household. Poultry Keeping. Allow me to make a statement in regard to the profitableness of poultry ft keeping without giving you details. I find my 41 fowls" have averaged me one * dollar profit on each and every fowl o during the year 1873. I think there is a more profit on the non- setting breeds, e i. e., for eggs than ohioks, but for chickens, a Brahma and Dorking cross a is preferable, as the ohioks partaking i of the Dorking qualities mature earlier, \ and an improvement on hardiness is aoquired from the Brahma blood?but the most valuable acquisition to our v varieties of non-setters is the Brown ^ Leghorn, of which I spoke in a com- j. munication to the Transcript, last sum- ^ t nhtainftd iust an even v 1UC1. A number of eggs from my B. L. fowls, ? with a number against them of 40 oom- f mon hens while they numbered only n 24, and that they will do on an average < I think. Their color prevents hawks , from taking them, as well as their Hprightliness, while for beauty, hardi- : ness, edible qualities and early maturi- J they excel all other breeds of which , have any knowledge. Nor do I write f this as an advertisement, for I have 1 none to sell of these fowls at any prioe, but they oan be obtained of Massachu- ( setts fanciers if not in Maine, though ] they have been kept in New Hampshire for many years---the farmers finding j them all right for their eold winters. ( Household Receipts, , Harmless Haib-cukijlg Lrjutd.? ' Borax, 2 ounces; gam arsbic, 1 drachm; ' hot water (not boiling), 1 quart. Stir, 1 and as soon as the ingredients are dis- ' olved, add three tablespoonfuls of stroqg spirits of camphor. On retiring 1 to rest wet the hair with the above < liquid, and roll it in twists of paper, as j usual. To Hay* Corned Beef Juicy.?After it is cold, and not dry as a chip, put it into boiling water when it is put on to oook, and do not tak? it out of the pot when done, until coU. Stains from Linen,?To restore linen , that has long been stained, rub the , -A-J?- C ?"J- ?Wim , stains oil euuii diuh wivii ?oi wiunu soap. Mix some starch to a thick paste \ with oold water, and spread it over the soaped plaoes ; then expose the linen , to the Bnn and air, and if the stains , have not disappeared in three or four , days, rub off the mixture and repeat the process with fresh soap and staroh. J Afterwards dry it; wet it with oold water, aud put it into the wash. What U Thoroughbred 1 What we call the thoroughbred horse 1 was created in England by the importation of mares and stallions from Arabia and Barbary, and by the judioious commingling of the foreign with a native blood. Through contest of the 1 turf and the right kind of crossing, the horse was gradually improved, or elevated to a nigh standard of excellence, and these improved horses were then reoognized as the progenitors of an aristocratic raoe". Equine heraldry had had been made a science, and the birth and pedigree of each horse of hinh breeding had been preserved in the " Stud Book." Usage had decreed that an animal which can show an unoontaminated pedigree for five generations shall be olassed as a thoroughbred ; that is, no drop of cold or coarse blood must appear in the veins, the origin of which can not be found behind five successive periods of reproduction. Fire removes from a common parentage refine blood and make it aristocratic. Foot Rot In Sheep. An Australian correspondent of Bell'a Afeaaenger gives that paper the following recipe for cnring foot rot, which is much more oenvenient for owners of large flocks than the remedies most in use here : Make a solution of arsenic, 2 oz. to the gallon of water. (The mineral will dissolve quicker if the water is boiled, with the addition of a little soda.) Put tlxiasolution in a suitable trough and run the sheep slowly through the liquor once a week for two weeks. Then examine the feet, and if any remain not cured, pare away tlje separated portions of the hoof, so that the liquor will reaoh all parts diseased ; then run them through once more. Bad Batter. A quite common source of bad flavor in butter iB allowing the cream to remain too long after skimming and be fore it goes to the churn. It is very important in making the fine-flavored butter to get up the cream quickly and skin be/ore the milk has beoome old and decomposed. It should be churned as soon as it can be ready after skimming. Sometimes, in the fall, cream is left to stand several days in the cream pot before it has acquired the acidity desired for churning. It is better to place the cream for churning in a temperature where the change to a slightly acid state is scon brought about, and then churn at onoe. Curiosities of the Cold. Eveiy generation has its unexampled experiences, betokening that the wea ther in particular and things in general are out of joint. The Strait of Dardanelles and the Black Sea were entirely frozen over in 642, while the snow in some places drifted to the depth of ninety feet, and the upheaped ice broke down the walls of cities and the battlements of towers. In 850 the Adriatic was entirely frozen over; in 1207 most of the travelers in Germany were frozen to death on the roads ; in 1233 the Po was from Cremona to the sea, snowdrifts made the roads everywhere impassable, wine casks burst, and forest trees split by the frost with astounding noise ; in 1230 a fine forest near Ravenna was killed by the froBt; in 1236 the Cattegf^ was frozen between Norway and Jutland; in 1282 the honseB in Austria were buried in snow; in 1292 the Rhine was frozen ; in 1314 all the rivars in Italy were frozen ; in 1384 tho Rhine, Scheldt, and Adriatic were frozen ; in 1467 the wines in Flanders was cut with hatchets ; in 1580 the Great and Little Belt were frozen; in 1694 forest trees and oaks in England split with the frot t; in 1592 the starved wolves entered Vienna, and boldly atfftplfflil man an/) Vtnvaaa or\A in IPJft VMVMVM AMVU M4TVI MVIOVO ) ?UU IJJl JLlTtV the Zuyder Zee was frozen over. I Not the Man.?The methods of doing business with the Teton Sioux, i is vividly illustrated in a story which | comes from the Milk River Agency. : When the new agent arrived there he inquired for the appurtenances of the agency, such as horses and agricultural 1 implements. He could neither find ' them nor any one who had ever heard i of them. Finally a trapper came in who ] was supposed to have temporary charge i of the agency. Upon being questioned i he replied, "What do you suppose I i know about yer implements ? I never seen none, and I aint no affidavit man. ( All our affidavit men are np at Benton." ] \ X ?????? A Coroner's Court In China. /j A New Way to Mete Out Justice. mjj A correspondent gives tlie following ^0I cconnt of a recent scene in a Chinese Jourt. The case was one of homicide on0 f a Chinese ooolie hy a British snbject, gpf nd Chinamen generally were greatly ^ zeroised over it, besieging their lord yefl nd master, the Magistrate of the city, ^ef n his offioe, in crowds, and bawling for gra engeance for dayB together. It ap- j j >ears that the aoonsed was wrangling rith six ooolies abont the amount of ^ rages due to them, when be lost his -Q(j emper, and went for his gnn to frighten hem off. This he succeeded in doing, rat not until after be had fired both >arrels and blown off the head of one' ~ v_ an< if them, ana ior mm no uw kv-uu _e] (entenced to two years* imprisonment. cjj, The preliminary inqnest was held by a r( Chinese Coroner, conducted on Chinese for egal principles. The witnesses who gj jave evidenco were four of the coolies ma cresent when the man was shot, about ot^ iwenty relatives of the deceased, who q0. trere none of them within miles of the jpot when the crime occurred, but who sm unanimously testified that the case was jar )ne of willful murder, and abont 500 3^ friends from the deceased's native vil[age, who kept on "testifying" at the 3 q pitch of their voices to the virtues of ajn the deceased, and to the foulness of the ma rime. The four coolies all spoke at jnce when they were asked by the Coro- gn aer the usual string of questions, ut- 0Q. terly foreign to the point at issue, which nej Uhinese officials put on such occasions, 93 and their answers were aooompanied with a chorus of wailing by the twenty fro relatives, and of maledictions by the ^ 300 friends. The hubbub was fearful, 0jt and the Coroner soon thonght he had had enough of it, so ordering the dead eq body to be sealed up in its coffin, and taken away for burial, he began to t_. make for his chair without giving any ^ verdiot. Neither relatives nor friends ftn, would hear of this, so they kicked the jaj coffin over, pulled down the mat-shed ^Wl that was doing duty for a court-house, and began to hustle the Coroner and his people. His sedan-chair was banged n0 against a wall and kept there, and we while he was cowering with terror inside, a free fight ensued between his retainers and the deoeased's relatives and friends, in which a few enterprising r foreigners, who were only too happy to . espouse the cause of law and order by . punching somebody's head, joined. The tic aged mother and sisters, who were in we the fore front of the battle, fared badly, m( 00 the scattered chicrnons and back hair plentifully scattered on the road betokened, and a few of the more Th prominent friends' noses bled, but no gn great harm was done in the scuffle. A ter sudden rush by the chair-bearers, an wa extra hard knock or two to the noisiest re relative, and the Coroner's chair was pg olear of the crowd. Next day, when he xxx. had sufficiently reoovered from his ter- yc ror, he gave a verdict of willful murder inj against the man. act th> Swan Hunting. ha Forest and Stream says that the 7* swans, early in September, leave the shores of the Polar sea and resort to ^ lakes and rivers in and about Hudson's of bay, where they remain until October, de Then they collect in flocks of fifteen or ?^ twenty, and mounting high in air, in a wedge shape, depart with loud screams im for a more genial southern olimate. nn They fly with great rapidity, at the es- ?9 timated rate of one hundred miles in the hour, which is about double that of ar the goose. They do not, like the geese, . ? follow the line of the sea-coa6t, but fly 1?j far inland, reaching their feeding- n11 grounds at night; and Ihe first signal Pr of their arrival is given the next moraing by a universal clamor. They seem J?' oo be greeting each other with their . musical notes after their completed in journey. When settled on their feed- a,: ing-grounds, they do not forsake them unless driven away by very severe weather. ot In the Chesapeake the wild swans collect in large flocks of hundreds, feeding 1,1 over extensive flats on the duck grass, worms, insects, and shell-fish. They ] are found from the month of the Chesapeake to the Capes of Virginia ; but do net pass southward to Hatteras inlet. "] We have seen a few flocks of them in the bays of Jersey; but have never met with them in the waters of Long Island. an ? - ' " t-_i i A Tt. l'ney ieea witn tne geese out. uu uoi uj ? with them. When crippled and caught, pe they are easily tamed ; and we have had en them at the South, in our barnyards, stalking majestically among the tamed " wild geese and other domestic fowl. ?e he Living on Society. A correspondent writing from Wash- fo; ington says:? Pc " I know of a case where a lady and an her husband literally lived on the pub- fa lie, and in the following manner: At w< the afternoon receptions of notabilities ta: there is always a table spread in the ^ furthest of the suite of rooms, whereon boned turkey, bouillon, cold sliced th meats, cake, and chocolate, and some- is times ices and punch, are temptingly ali laid out. After entering the house and ro paying one's devoirs to the hostess and su chatting until some new-comers demand pc her attention, you are politely directed mi to the refreshment room, where colored gr waiters, in immaculate shirt fronts and pj, white gloves, with the superiority so ba disconcerting to poor David Copper- in field, ask you if you will be served to dc anything. This couple above referred oa to took lodgings in a fashionable por- th tion of the city, breakfasted on mush is and milk, or some other equally health- wl ful and inexpensive luxury, then sallied Hi out to make calls, and?get their din- tn ner. A little at this house, and some- of thing else at that mansion, soon staved pb their hungry cravings, and lo ! they had qu combined the business of eating with the pleasure of calling on all the high officials. " As the Justices receivo Monday, ( Cabinet offioers Wednesday, Senators . and Representatives Thursday, and the . intermediate days by the lesser lights, wi dinners could very easily be dispensed Oi with by these individuals. The money thus saved from superfluous home sup- , olies could be used toward a handsome ^ visiting outfit, c rds, and gloves. 81? Thackeray's chapter on ' How to Live * Well on Nothing a Year " had evidently been well studied and applied. But they were found out, and lied ignomin- * iously." ani we A lawyer was employed to collect a tra bill of a man in Cliftonville, Mass. th< The man took refuge at the house of th( i relative in an adjoining county. The as lawyer, whom the man did not person- is < illy know, called and said he wanted to wh jell a horse. The man wanted to buy, the ind to try the horse they took a ride, fall rhe lawyer drove over the line into ooi Dliftonville, and there served the a p >apers. on< ? ?f A South American S&ate. 'ho population of Ohili iff over tw* lions. The navy has a dispropoi lately large share ef officers, bu Be are kept in reserve for that curi i state of war which ex'tsts betweei tin and Chili, by which both agree* maintain a truce, and give thre rs' notice before resu ming hostili i. The business of education i dually growing in iraportance, an* 90 schools gave instrrtction to 82,16 olars. The growth of railroads an* i proportional advance in trades an* iustry furnish the material for the re *t of the Minister of the-Interioi 0 also gives a very fall aoconat o 1 National Exposition in Santiago 1 the memoir prepared by Don En .in TTn?f,nn on Chili, its climate iracter, institutions, civilization, it )spects for the fntnre, its advantage ' emigrants, and the results of th fribition, as showing the progres d,*J in agricnltnre, mechanical am ler arts and industries. The Britisl osul at Coquimbo reports that ther in Chili, at Guayacan, a ooppei elting establishment said to be th (jest in the world. It employs aboo I hands, of whom from 40 to 50 ar dshmen, and produces annually froi 00 to 10,000 tons of oopper, destine lost ezolnsively for the Englisl rfcet. The fuel used is p'tincipall iliau coal, with a small amount c glish ooaL The little Guayacan col y of workmen from this country irly all from Wales, comprises froi to 100 persons of all ages. They ar Iged in ezoellent houses, and receiv >m 121, to 301, per month, acoordin their skill, with ooal, water, medi tea, and medical attendance gratic e climate is exceedingly dry,but mild aable, and healthy. The most preva it form of disease is a low fever of th phoid type, which frequently prof tea new comers, but is seldom fatal 1 generally is not repeated. The rail 1 in 1872 is said to have been unde o inches, and the fall of snow in th rdillera was insignificant. Mulet ) ordinary means of carriage, oouli t be snpplied with food, and mine re suspended or reduced. A Xassaehasetts Grange. L'he Springfield Union reports an el t by the grangers to secure the prat al benefits of the organization. Bom eks since the grangers at Greenfiel d Deerfield united in sending Wet a car load (100 barrels) of flotu e flour was procured direct from th jwer of the wheat, himself the mat of the State grarge 01 iiliuiukhu .s milled bv another granger of hig pute ; and ooBt the recipients 88.2 r barrel. Of the supply, Greenfiel )k 44 barrels, Deerfield 40, and th >rthfield grange received the remair j 16 barrels, though not participate bively in procuring it. As a whole e quality has given satisfaction. ] 8 varied, as most ear-loads of flou 11. All who have used it testify tha makes as good, sweet bread as can b ide from any dour, though it is no e whitest. " It is just the same kin flour," said an officer of the Deei Id grange, " that the Greenfield mei ants are selling every day at fror 1.26 to 11.76." Probably a safe itement is that of an officer of Quid g Star grange, that estimates of it irket value ranged all the way froi .50 to $12. The fault-finding iscei inly outside the granges. "Ther e plenty of outsiders who don't lik " said one of the patrons, and the sist that the unfavorable criticism j i of the sour-grapes kind. A bette eof of its excellence is that a secon ul will be very soon, if it has not a ady been, sent for, Deerfield thi ne taking the lead, as Greenfield di tho former purchase. They will tr aew place?very likely Minnesota, e ey mean to "get tho best." The o discussing seriously the purchas other groceries, especially molasset rups and spices, on all of which the ink they oan mako a material saving Kanaka Simplicity and Hospitality. A letter writer in Honolulu says:[n traveling about these islands th server is struck with the simplicit d generosity of the Hawaiian people seems a pity that such a race shoul ~*-l. A fvram A?I iriBU* A liinu U1?J JVU1UVJ iiviu Vii d of the archipelago to the other, i en day or the midnight darkness, an i is as secure as if he were in his owi iuse. A foreigner never thinks c rrying firearms, for there is no one t olest him. He never goes hungrj r whatever the Hawaiian has, whethe )i, taro, or fish, is shared with tli ranger. When they were a wealth d powerful people, when almost ever ot of land was cultivated, and tlier ;re from 300,000 to 400,000 inhabi nts, they killed fat hogs for thei tests; bat those halcyon days ar arly passed, beoause in nine cases on ten they are how too poor to affor at luxury. But the aloha (love to yon as hearty as ever. And hearing thi oha and seeing the miserable bui undings are contrasts indeed. Th rroundings, generally speaking, ar iverty stricken in the extreme. Th sjority of those who meet you an eet you are but the wrecks of a pec e healthy and powerful in their bai ,ric state, but diseased and helples the civilization brought to thei >ors. But even to this day, like a: sis in the desert, there are now am en families to be found whose bloo< untainted with the terrible poiso: lich has nearly decimated th iwaiian people. This is especial! 10 of the chiefs and chiefesses, som whom are splendid specimens ii lysique, princely looking men am eenly looking women. Is the Planet Mars a Desert! Can it be credible that, while ever op of water on our earth is peoplei th millions, another world is a desert nng to the eccentricity of its orbit a l-'-Li J LA.i 9 amount 01 ligut unu ut-ai rcwuci Mars from the sun must vary con lerable. Further, we may add that lile the earth is 92,000,000 of mile >m our source of light, the distano tween that luminary and Mars is full; 1,000,000 miles. From this difference d the relative sizes of the two planets can determine the amount of hea usmitted to Mars as compared wit] ) quantity reaching the earth ; an< i average daily supply is found to b two to five. More nearly, when Mar slosest to the sun, he receives some at more than half as mnoh heat a > earth; when furthest, his supply Is to a little over one-third of that o r sphere. The sun would appear, U erson 012 his surfaoe, to be abou j-third the size that it does to us. / XLIIId CONGRESS. O * SENATE. Mr. Kelly, of Oregon, presented a petition o f citizens of that State in regard to charge against his colleague, Mr. Mitchell, and askuij - that the same be investigated by tbe Senate Refused. Mr. Wright, of Iowa, presented a joint resoln 3 tion of the Iowa Legislature recommending th< adoption of an amendment to the Constitutioi of the United States providing that any increase - in the compensation of members of Congresi shall apply to futnro Congresses, and not U the one making the law. lleforred to tin 3 Committee on Privileges and Elections, n Mr. Gordon, of Qa., introduced a bill direct ing the Secretary of the Interior to place oi 3 the pension roll the names of all persons here d tofore dropped therefrom because of participa tion in the recent rebellion. A bill has been introduced into the Unite< > States Senate by Mr. Gordon, of Georgia * granting aid to the Atlantic and Great Westen i, Ship Canal. This is a project for uniting th L_ navigablo waters of the Tennessee river witl the tide waters of the Atlantic. ' On motion of Mr. Wright, of Iowa, th 8 Senate took up the bill to provide for the ap 8 pointment of a commission on the subject o e the alcoholio liquor traffic. Much disenssio: ? followed this. Mr. Tipton, of Neb., said th j United States realized mnety millions of dollar ? every year from the liquor traffic, and shouli h make inquiries into tho subject, e The yeas and nays were taken on Mr. Scott' .. amendment to the currency bill, and it was lot e ?yeas, 28; nays, 30. Mr. Hows's amendmen j was also rejected?by yeas, 16; nays, 40. ? HOUSE. Q Bills introduced: 3 By Mr. Whitthomo, of Tenn.. to abolis h the navy yards at Kittery, Me.; Charleetowr _ Mass.; New London, Conn., and Washingtor \ D. C.; to abolish pension agents, and provid 11 for paying pensions by Postmasters and Col i- lectors of Internal Revenue, thus effecting a r, annual saving of a half million of dollars; t Q increase the taxation on whisky. ? air. jveiiv, 01 ?-a., saiu mu a conspiracy u New York lawyere had beem formed toprocur e a refunding of datiee, they to have one-half o g all the trams recovered, and that an enrolle i- bill in the State Department had been tampere with by the change of a comma in order t I enable that conspiracy of lawyers to secure ' reversal of the decision, and this had cost th k" Government $2,000,000. 6 A resolution for the reassembling of the tw I- Houses of Congress in Carpenter's Hall, Phili [ delphia, on 8ept. 5, 1874, the 100th anniversar ' of the meeting of the First American Congress was referred to the Centennial Committee. " A bill relating to the refunding of Custom 6 duties in certain cases was reported and passed l, The House took up the contested electioi j case from the Third District of Arkansas; th majority report being that W. W. Wiltshire wa 8 entitled to the seat, and that of the minorit being to recommit the matter with, instruction to the Committee on Elections to make a repot on its merits. Mr. Wiltshire was given th seat. > On motion of Mr. Cox, of New York, th Committee on Publio Buildings and Ground ) was instructed to investigate the alleged vie lation of the Eight-Hour law in the work o the New York Post-Offioe, with power to sen d for persons and papers, i Mr. Frye, of Mo., from the Judiciary Con * mittee, reported a bill providing that any pet r, son who shall be convicted or the crime c manslaughter in any United States Court i any State or Territory, or in the District c I- Columbia, shall be imprisoned not exceedin , twenty years, and flnea not exceeding $1,00( ? He stated tnat under the existing law th h maximum imprisonment for manslaughter i 5 three years. A proviso was inserted that th d act shall not affect any prosecution now penc e ing, or the prosecution of any offense ahead committed. Passed. l" Mr. Frye reported the bill making th 5 punishment for extortion by officers or person ?, acting under the authority of the United State [t a fine not exceeding f500and imprisonment n< r exceeding threo years. Passed. A bill providing that no person shall be pros* II cuted, tried, or punished in any United State e court for any offense not capital, or for an it fine or for feiture underjany penalstatute unlet d indicted, or information shall be found or ii L stituted within five years except in the case c persons fleeing from justice. Passed. " A bill providing that when an occupant c Q public land bavrag color or title, has mad ir valuable improvements thereon and his title i |. found afterward not to be good, be shall b entitled to all the rights and remedies as pn vided in such cases in their respective 8tat< n or Territories. Passed. The bill reported by the Post-Office Con 6 mittee in regard to the distribution of publi e documents came up as the special order. ] provides for tho distribution of public doct J ments printed bv authority of Congress, and c 8 seeds furnished by the Agricultural Depar ? mom ; ior ico ireo excnango 01 iitswnpapei (1 botweeu publishers, and for the free trani [. mission of weekly newspapers by mail withj j the countv whore published. ? Mr. Poland, of Vt., reporte<l a bill to provid d for the ap)>ointment of a commission on tb y subject of the alcoholic liqnor traffic, the con ,8 mission to consist of fire persons, who are I y Horve without pay for two yearn, but are to I J allowed all necessary incidental expenses, an e a Secretary at t2,000 a year. Referred to tb h Committee of the Whole. y Mr. Butler, of Mane., made an adverse repo: r, on the memorial for an acknowledgment < '* Almighty God and the ChriHtian religion in tb Constitution of the United States. Laid c the table. Benefit* of Co-operation. y We are asked what can farmers a< s complish by co-operation ? We answt cl that they can, as organized clnbs, ai e certain what implements each membc n needs, and can afford to send to th j manufacturer and bay them at fin . cost, saving the heavy percentage no' ,f paid to middlemen. They can, by 0 moderate monthly contribution, poo ' raise the means to bnild a shop fc r stocking plows, repairing wagons, anc ? ultimately, for tho manufacture of th J implements they need. They ca ? manage their district schools and roadf e procure the best works on agriculture l* establish libraries, improve their mind r as well as their lands, and make thei influence felt in legislative halls, an ; become the controlling power in politic 1 and anmmanifl With a mftinrit.v r l) votes and enlightened views of fre 8 government and their own right unde it, what is to hinder them from becoir e iug the power in the land, provide c they act in concert, as the various ring ? whioh oppress them. Are not thes aims high enough to stimulate thei [' ambition and nerve them with resolutio to attain them ? Have they not bee 8 the world's drudges long enough to hav r learned their wrongs and the means c ? redress ? If they prefer to prolon ^ their servitude, they are in a fair wa to realize that wish ; if they do not it i a time they were taking active steps t e enforce their rights and establish thei ^ independence. To do this withou e unity of purpose and concert of action ? is simply impossible. Missed Oxes.?During the prev alence of the cholera the Beman an thorities punched and fumigated all let j ters from suspected places, but one o , the clerical town councilors complaine< of their inconsistency, for while the; were so particular about letters the; I allowed telegrams to come in withou . fumigation. Noticing an incredulou smile, as he supposed, on the faces o * some of his audience, he drew severs telegrams from his pccket and threi them on the oouncil table, saving ' " Gentlemen, you seem to doubt it ' there, then, is the positive evidence." b t ti Drippixo Oil Twentt Years .?E 1 Governor Seymour writes, in a privafc e letter whioh has found its way to th s press : " When you go to Albany visi - the museum of natural history, geology s etc., in the State Agricultural Hall y ask the keeper to show you a pieoe o f ooral stone, which has to my knowledg > been dripping oil for twenty years ii t that building. It may throw some ligh on the 'oil question. George Eliot's Sayings. Faithfulness and oonstancy mean f something else besides doing what- is ? I easiest and pleasantest to ourselves. 1 . They mean renouncing whatever is opposed to the reliance others have in ub j 9 ?whatever wonld cause misery to those ? 1 whom the course of our lives has made e i s dependent on us. cl ? I couldn't live in peace if I put the shadow of a willful sin between myself ' and God. I desire no future that will break the - ties of the past. j If the past is not to bind us, where can duty lie ? We should have no law 3 but the inclination of the moment. j e You must remember it isn't only laying hold of a rope?you must go on ' pulling. It's the mistake you lads ' make that have got nothing either in f your brains or your pocket to think d you've got a better start in the world 6 if you stick yourselves in a place where " yon can easily keep your ooats clean, and have the shop wenches take you I '?? "onHomon That wasn't the B 'VI UUO gvu?iy*-v-, ? > it way I started, young man. When 1 't was sixteen my jaoket smelled of tar, and I wasn't afraid of handling cheeses. That's the reason I can wear good broadcloth now, and have my legs unh der the same table with the heads of the jj i, best firms in St. Ogg's. '? If I got plaoes, Sir, it was because I ? made myself fit for 'em. If yon want t to slip into a round hele, you mnst ? o make a ball of yourself?that's where it t is. ' You'll have to begin at a low round of J f the ladder, let me tell you, if you 0 a mean to get on in life. - % d Yon youngsters nowadays think b o you're to begin with living well and ? * working easy ; you've no notion of run- a 6 ning afoot before yon get on horse- ? 0 back. ? y . A Smuggler's Bed-Quilt, c '' All sorts of devioes are known to be ? resorted to by the enterprising persons " q who buy dry goods in Canada and e smuggle them over Uncle Sam's tariff y wall, bnt it sometimes happens that ? 8 their ingenuity is sadly thrown away. * e An incident recently transpired at Suspension Bridge which illustrates this 1 phase of the smuggling business. y. There was a sale of confiscated goods ? d by the Collector at that port some time p d ago, and a gentleman of oar acquaint. ance, for the fnn of the thing, made a r! bid for the possession of an ordinaryif looking bed-qoilt or oomforter. He got n it for fifty cepts and took the second- i lf hand thing home, where ite arrival elicited no great enthusiam. After bee ing contemptuously kicked about the is house for some time, the quilt was F o finally assigned to duty on a servant's '' bed. By and by a rent occurred in its ? -v calico integument, and the servant girl i ? one day ohanced to notice a corner of ta superior looking stuff emerging from ' ? the aperture. An examination was e )l made, and some rich results followed * y the old quilt's dissection. Five yards c l8 of rich pink silk, nine yards heavy black i j ditto, a quantity of velvet ribbon and jj 18 numerous silk neck-ties were sue- e '* cessively exhumed from its capacious * ' interior, greatly to the comfort of the j if comforter's owners. Since the affair le transpired there has been an active demand at the Collector's Bales for bed* quilts, but the importation does not * m seem to be kept up. > He Found it Again, [? The following story is told b * i- French journal: A physician, officially j >f connected with the prison of La Force , and much beloved by his light-flugored ( * patients, perceived on leaving the Varie- j ties one evening that his pocket had i been picked and that his opera-glass J le was gone. Next day on meeting the , 10 denizens at La Force he expressed his i ^ displeasure at the occurrence. "It is j ,0 all very well," he said, " for vou to say < d I am popular among you, but I am >e treated just as others are. Some of j your friends contrived to relieve me of < \{ my oper-glass last night at the Varie10 ties." "That was only because they | n did not know you, doctor," replied a prisoner. " Who was on duty at the Varieties last night ?" he inquired, turn- ] ing to a comrado. The answer was ' given in a whisper. " You shall have ' 3" your glass to-morrow," he added. Next sr day a person called on the physician's j. wife. " Here," said he, " are all the < opera-glasses stolen two nights ago at the Varieties ; please to point out the e doctor's." The lady having done so, it the obliging pickpocket handed it to w her, restored the others to their cases, A and disappeared. n Illinois proposes to stop the business >r of the divorce lawyers, visiting upon |( them both fine and imprisonment. * The New York Wbekly Witness, j at One Dollar per annum, it the Itest Weekly ' newspaper in America. It has increased in B circulation ten fold within a year. ir The Xetr York Daily Witness, at Three d Dollars, is best for business men. Send (by J !S postal card) for sample copies.?Com. .f J e " How fortunes are made in Wall st.," ; ir if) the title of a new book, explaining how any person can make money in Htock speculations j by investing from $10 to $100. Mailed free to . any address by L. W. Hamilton k Co., Bank- 1 8 ere, 48 Broad street, New York.?Com. e ir Do yon cough ? Then prevent, if yon il have any gumption, with Hale's Honey of ( Q Horeiiound and Tar, the cousiimptioii.-[Com. ( e Pike's Toothache Drope cure in one minute. ?[Com. g Pills which contain antimony, qninine ' y and calomel, ehould be avoided, as severe g griping pains would bo their only result. The safest, surest, and best pills are Parnon*' Pur0 gat ire or Anti-Biliou* Pill*. ?Com. it Hack, Hack! Cough, Cough! i, Cough is a symptom by which various diseased conditions of the throat, bronchial tubes and lungs manifest themselves. But whether it arises from the irritation produced r. in the throat and laivnx by taking cold, from an attack of Bronchitis, from incipient Coni sumption, or from various other causes, notli r ing will allay it more speedily nor cure it more permanently than Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical c f Discovery. It does not matter whether it be a ' j recent attack, or a lingering oough, the Dis- 2 covery is in either case equally well adapted i ' for its relief and permanent "cure. In fact, y it will cure a cough in one-half the time neces- jj t sary to cure it with any other medicine, and it ] g docs it, not bv drying "it up, but by removing jj * the cause, subduing the irritation, and healing ? . th* affected narts. No time should be lost in - 1 commencing the ase of a proper medicine for { the relief of a Cough, for unless this course is : pursued, serious and dangerous disease of the ' lungs is liable to result. { doctors soon i.earn its taluk. Butfalo, N. v.. Deo. IS, 1870. I Dr. Pierce?For the past six months I hare I used yon Oolden Medical Disoovery in my ? e practice, and in that time I hare tested its ' e merits in severe coughs, both acute and c . chronic, in chronic diseases of the throat, severe cases of bronchitis, general derange- I ? ment of the system, constipated condition of / i the bowels, and wherever a thorough alterative | f has been indicated. In all cases I nave found I 9 it to act gently yet thoroughly and effectually in removing the various diseased conditions a J and bringing about a healthy action throughout ? the system. Yours fraternally, H. L Hall, M. D. S Crist ado no's Excklsiob Hah Dm 1 AOda unrivaled and alone. Ita merits have 1 ten bo universally acknowledged that it would ' e a supererogation to descant on them any irther?nothing can beat it.?Com. More than 50 years have elapsed since ohneon'e A nodgne Linimmt was first invented, nring which time hundreds of thousands have sen bonofltted by ita use. Probably no article ver became bo universally popular with all , lasses as Johnson's A nodgne Liniment. (Com. Peruvian 8trup vitalizes the blood.?[Com. Fdaoo's Instant Rilid has stood ^ renty years' test. Is warranted to give fmmeiate relief to all Bheomatio, Nenral^io, Head, Ar and Back aches, or money refunded.?Com, [OUSEHOLD Why will Yow Suffer 1 ^ PANACEA T? all .persons suffering . from Bhenmatism, Neuralgia, nj AND r1 _ . - _ Cramps In Us limbs or stom- tl1 neb, Billons Collet Pain la ths th EINIMENT. back,bowels or sldt.ws would ni say Ths Household Pasacsa h* rrkttqt?rrrkr a*d Pawilv LHmrerrts of mil lOUSEHOLDoth#rith#rwB#dyyonwM| di PANACEA for Internal and External use. \ T1 ANT) It has cured Us sbovs com- ^ _ . ^i-ry ? plaints In tboneandi of esaee There Is no mlstaks about It hi LINIMENT. Try It Bold by all Druggist*. 4 rHIHTT VSAAT UrKAlZSlH Off of AH OLD IllRSB. hil Kll WIH8L0W1 SOOTHIHO STHUr ? -??? ? RESCRIPT ION 07 oat of tha boat ftmtU PhyelIttl and Huraee la tha United IUUI, aad kM ?< Mi BMd for thirty run with never falling safety *T ad ancoaaa by mllllona of mothari and children re. roaa tha faabla Infant of ooa vaok old to tha admit th I oorracta acidity of the atomaob, relieves wind Di olle, regulate! tha bowola, aad gtvea raat, haalth ad oomfort to mother and ohlld. Wa believe tt to y a tha Beat and Bnreat Kamady In tha World in all r>. aaeaof dy8bntf.rt and d1akkhcea ih CHIL- v* iRRH, whathar It arlaea from Teething or from 8t ny other came. Pall direction! for using wtll ae- Hi nmpanj each bottle. Bona Oanuina nnlaaa tha wj-itmlle of CURTIS A Ft&KlRI la on thaontalda rrappar. L BOLD BT ALL M1D1C1HB DBALRRS. a. iuildkbi orrsa look palb aid ? kick roaa ao other eaaaa than having worms la tha n tomaoh. M BBOWK'S V1RMIPU0B COKFITB ? rtll deetroy worma without Injury to tha ahtld, ? alng perfectly WII1TB, and free from all eolorlag * r other tnjortoua lugradlanta uauaily need la J rorm praparatlona. E CURTIS a brown, Proprtatora, 1 Ho. SIS Pulton Street, Hew Tork. awrt by Druggitti and Cktmitti, and druteri ia ? fedictnei al TwaarT-Piva CaaTi a Boa. 1 BIOTHIIfO BETTER." Cutler Broa.Boaton Dr. John Ware. celebrated vbobtablb 'ulmonart Balsam, for Cold a and Conanmptlon. The Harkets. new tobk. leef Cattle?Prime to Extra J .12 Va .12V First quality 11 Va .12 Second .10Va .11V Ordinary thin Oattla... .08 v a .10V Inferior (7V? .OS filch Cow* 40.00 aPOOO toga?Live OSVa .06V . Dreamed OSVa .08 beep 04Va ,07V lotton?Middling ISVa ,16V lour?Extra Wcetera 6.86 a 7.10 State Extra 6.76 a 7.00 meat?Bed Western 1.67 a 1.60 Ho. 2 Spring 1.66 a 1.8S 'va. 1.03 ? 1.08 I larley- Malt. 1.75 2.20 f lata?Mixed Wee tern .53 ? lorn?Mixed Weetern 79 .87 d lay?per ton 18.00 *28.00 ?J traw?per ton. r 12.00 ?17.00 [ope 73?, .aSe.iO-'B#* .08 .15 H ork?Meet 14.00 *16.00 J j?rd 08T,'? .09* % 'etroiewn?Orude 07*a7*. Refined 15* ? lutter?State .34 a .44 rfl Ohio Fine 26 a .37 tj '? Fellow 30 a .33 ? Weetern Ordinary 24 a .28 a Pennaylvanla fine 35 a .40 ? Ibeeae?State Factory 10 a .16 ? " gklmmed 04 a .13 U Ohio 10 .15 ~ [gga?Stale 24 a .26 BcrraLo. leef Cattle 4.62 a 5.85 Ibeep 5.75 a 6.90 log a?Live 5.2) a 6.12* Dour 7.00 a 9.50 Wheat?No. 2 Spring 1.43 a 1.45 lorn 72 a .76 4 lata 48 a .65 I lye 1.00 a 1.05 I Jarley 1.80 a 2.00 -arcl 1014* -10X UBMT. Wheat 1.45 a 1.95 lye?State 90 a .95 g lorn?Mixed 85 a .90 I Sarley?State 1.70 a 1.92 I lata?State 68 a .09* t PHILADELPHIA c floor?Penn. Extra 7.60 a 8.25 h Wheat?Weetern Bed 1.60 a 1.74 J lorn?Fellow 77 a .78 " Mixed 76 a .76 ? Petroleum?Orude 12*Keflnedl4* t< Hover Seed 8.00 a 9.75 ? Timothy 3.50 a 3.50 ? BALTIMORE. ? lot ton?Low Mldllngi 14*a .15 c floor-Extra 6.50 a 7.25 . Wheat 1.55 a 1.92 2 lorn?Fellow 75 a .76 lata 60 a .65 CHKA.P I? A larva, well filled paper rent <hree monthi on trial for io eenta. Do* t miss it! P. D. SWICK, North wood, Iowa: lTODNO MAM.?Y< o want tt. Advice free. A J B. D1X, New Hartn. Mich. " AGEHT8 WAITED FOR THE ' HISTORY OF THE GRANGE MOVEMENT OB THE FARMER'S WAR AGAINST MONOPOLIES. Being a full and autheutlc account of the itrug/lei of the American Parmer* againet tha extortion* of the Railroad Companies, with a hlitnry 01 the rite end progress of the Order of Patron* 01 Husbandry; its objects end p osprcta. It iella at sight. Send for epeclmen pages end terma te Agents, end aee w hy it aella faster th?? any ?ihsi hook. Address NAI.IONAIr PUBLUHIKO CO.. PhnvdeU hte. Pe. ri A TTrr?f"fcTtf Unscrupulous pnbtlahere L/iVl- L IUit Ihm taken advantage of the great demand for tula History of the Orange Movement, to taana unreliable worka on'be sublect?mere compilationi from agricultural neu?papari. Do not be Imposed upon. Bee that the beok fon buy la endorsed by the leading Granger*. HER FACE WAS HER FORTUNE, A novel, by Frkoxbick \V. BOBijtKo.v, author of Annie Judge, So Man'* Friend, Ac., will be remnonced in the Wkkklt Wisconsin March 18tb. Parties sending us SO Cents will receive THE WEEKLY WISCONSIN 'or Konr Month*, contal' ing the whola of this .'harming story. Back numbers sent. Address t CBAMKR, AIKEN* it CRAMER Milwaukee. CHOICE SEEDS! For 1H74. ISO pages : colored plate; full lists if best Vegetable and Flower Seeds; novelties: ^ 'lortat Flowers. Dutba, dr.; the most cotsnlete J* ieed catalogue published. Free on receipt of two cent atampa for postage. Seeds warranted to reach purchasers. 1IOVKY St CO., _ M Berth Market Street, Boston, Mass. m PRINTDI8 DIKr-r.To': t larper's Building*. H. T. It 1* for sal* by K. T. V rewsnaper Union, ISO Worth >tr*?t, in 10 lb. and * a lb. package (. Alio a fall aeiortment of Job In In J? "| AA a mouth to men, women.boy end gtrli JJ lv" to work for ne. Pa>ticoua.k* Fix. > Addrex, BOWKH A CO.. Merlon. Ohio. G mKach Week. Arenti wanted, portion lare free. J. WOBTH * CO.. ?t. Lonli. Mo. HO! FOR COLORADO! J With ita glorlooi climate, magnificent icenery, V lining reioarcei, etock grpwlng. farming ana JJ leaith advantage!. Oeneral and (pedal Inform a Ion given free. Addreaa A. H. PATTEI90K, Fort tolllne, Colorado. J wmm) i6toS20 ' sS^iSSSS^SS J ? J"' ^ v-*- ^ ? ?.'}(*'.*'' ^ A t ItoSnSi lllwvTiiii'ilBliiri Dr. J. Walker's California Vin,rar Bitters are a purely Vegetable eparation, made chiefly from the nare herbe found on the lower ranges of e Sierra Nevada mountains of Califora, the medicinal properties of which e extracted therefrom without the uco Alcohol. The Question is almost dly asked. "What is the cause of the . 2 paralleled success of VnntGA* BrrsbsT" Our answer is, that they remoW e cause of disease, and the patient re vers his health. They are the great ood purifier and a life-giving principle, perfect Benovator and InvigoratOr Vi? Dnnfom Vava. Knfnra fn fcho HUO OJ OWlUi A1V * wa arv*v. v . , story of tha world h*? a medicine ^ mpounded possessing the remarkable lalities of Yixioab Bittim in healing the sk of every disease man is heir to. They e a gentle Purgative as well as a Tonic, lieving Congestion or Inflammation of e Liver and Yisoeral Organs, in Bilious senses. The properties of Dil Walob's iirsoAR Bitters are Aperient, Diaphoretic, irminative, Nutritious, Laxative, Dinretio. idative, Counter-irritant, Sudorific. Altera re, and Anti-Bilioua It. H. NcDOXALD A CO.. (rnggists end Gen. Agts., San Franclsoo, CaJIf'mii.-v, ad cor. of Washington and Charlton SU., K. f Sold by all Druggists and Dealer*. nr u-wo ? BTHEA-NECTAR is apue1 Black. Tea" with th* Green Tea Flavor. TTe beet Tee Imported, tor tale everywhere. And for self wbcieenl* only by tb* Gresi AtlanMe ?n* Pectflc Ten C< If Ho. ? and S7 Veiey Street, Htw York. P.0.Box,6,806. Send*? 'Jfaeo-Eectar Clrcnlar. Iron in the Blood #THE PEE DTI AN BTBUP Vltaltrc* and Enrlchee the Blood, Tone* up the Syttem.Buiklj up tho Broken-down. Cuius Female morn, Uytpepeta! Ao. been chanted by tho dm of this remedy front week, ticklr, aflkrlng creature*, to strong. healthy, and happy men end women; and invalid* cannot reasonably hesitate to give It a trial, Caution.?Be ear* you get the right article. See that "Peruvian Syrup'' la blown In the rliM. Pamphlets free. Bend for one. BETH W. FOWLS A SONS, Proprietors, Boston, Mass. Foe solo by drngrlets generally. wmssgBBESgsi tl n Per Dajr. 1,000 Aganta wautrd. Band 'lU Itimp to A. H. Blair C Co.. at. Lonla, Mo. THE GOLDEN EGG Dr Aganta. Large Income guaranteed. Kncloee amp for ctreul-r. R. Alltaon,113 Cham bera 8I..W.Y. )Oe PMH DAY Commnalon or g30 a week ftmieJ Salary, and expenaea. We offer It and will ay It Apply now. (J. Waansa 4 Co., Marlon. 0. N Y ftSendtng ua the aJdroea often peraona, with 11 1 110 eta. will receive frtt, a beautiful Chromo lajcland inatructlona how to get rich, poet-paid, Novtlty Q>.. 108 Booth 8th 8t? Phi la.. Pa. mUMc CONSUMPTION And. It? Cure. WILLSON'8 larbolated Cod Liver Oil i a scientific combination of two well-known nu-dlInea. 1U theory la flrat to arreat the dccar, tlieo ulld up the ayatem. Phyalclana And the doctrine corset. The really startling curea performed by WUl . ?n"a CHljire proof. OarboHe Acid positively arrests Decay. It la the loat powerful antlscpticln the known world. Knifing Into the circulation. It at once grapple* with orruptlon, and decay ceaaea. It purtflea the aonrcca f dlaeaae. Cod Liver Oil la Nat*r?'? beet assistant in reaUtlng ooi amotion. Put up In large wtdgf-thijrd boll lea, earing the Inventor'* MlKnnfnrr, and li lid by tile beat Drugglata. I*reparcd by J. H. wnjii?orr, <3 -John Nlrml. Mew Verb MERCHANT'S . GARGLNG OIL Tht Standard Luimtot of the United 8taUa IB GOOD FOB * Burtu and Sealdt, Rheumatism, Chilblain*, Hemorrhoid! or Pile*, Sprains and Bruises, Sore Nipples, Chapped Hand*, Caked Breasts, ; Flesh Wminds, Fistula, Mange, \ Frost Biles, Sparine, Stceeney, j External Poisons, Snatches or (heate. Sand Cracks, StrimyhaU, U'indgalls, Oallt of all kinds. Foundered Feet, Sitfael, Ringbone, Cracked little. Poll Evil, Foot Rot in Sheep, BUee of Animate, Roup in Poultry, Toothache, Lame Back, <fc., <fe. Large Sin tl.00. Medium 50c. Small 25c. Small Blae tor Family Uae, V cent*. The Gargling Oil haa been in uae aa a liniment atnee 1831 All we aak la a/afr trial, lint I* sure and roiiow directions. Ask your nearest Dnigwistordealerin Patent Medicine* for one of our Almanac*, and read what the permit say about the Oil. The Gargling Oil la for aale by all respectable dealer* throughout the United Statu and ot)itr cmmtriu Our tatimnniali date frnn 1833 to the present, and arc untolidltd W< also manufacture merchant's Worm Tablets. We deal fair and liberal with all, and ? defy contradiction Manufactured at Lockport, N. Y.. U. fl. A., by Merchants Garbling Oil Co., JOHN HODOB, Secretary. lO? FOR COLORADO! W.th it* glorious climate, magnificent scenery, Inlrg resources, stock growing, firming and nI n advsnug. s General ana sn'cial inform*o . tlrni fiee. A Idrcst A. B. PATTKRtOS, Fort I'l* i. Colorado. tllliasVBm to 100 Invested In W*11-81. SnKSSfl 111 of teo lands to Fortune. No ?39Hi?A!J 31-page pamphlet free. TsinM Hankers and Broken. S* Wall it, N. 1101) A MONTH the' Improved me Stnitll- Sewing Machine. Only low-priced ck-stltca machine ever Invented. Down with the onnpoly. Ougnt not the heat tewing machine ha >ld f r MO. H imk Sntrrru 8.M.CO..TGA B' iw y W.T. food's Mi Main' The Best Dollar Monthly. +/% ftTI K rv w VK-W Tol.-wltk Cbromo, The Yosemite Valley, IxSU UebH| la IT OU Colon, uulu, on* ;itr. with llwtii WrjiBO, '' JS i|utn?, on*'7Mr. with Unmounted Chromo, !.*> wCi?nVbr?f^Prwiiw? U?li- ' Two KlntHilMi PorlodleaU tor tfce price l ow*. W* olldt ExpiHwwtt Cmwmm id other* to tend ntowee tor trrmi!??< ? <* o Viiulit. AMmm i. *. J"i" Ih*r. 41 Perh Bow,?. T. Otty. ?r Hewhergh, >. ^ , SiEXTERMINAroffi ' and INSECT POWDER rPB