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Hydrophobia. The origin aiul progress of hydrophobia in the United States and its historical distribution in Europe curiously confirm the" induction from the preceding facts-^namely, tliat, in the great majority of instances, the little red-eyed wolf of Pomerania is responsible for the fatality that has recently seemed to attend any abrasion of the skin by the teeth of a dog, whether rabid or sane. The Spitz dog, which has been largely introduced into this country, is in his native home an associate of the wolf. Although Homer, 'Yirgil, Pliny, Ovid and other aucient writers are abundant in allusions ^ to hydrophobia, the earliest European report of real interest describes an outbreak among the wolves of Franconia, a German province, which occurred in 1271. Since then it has been frequently * J 11 . A * _ reported as prevajent in me epizouuc form in tlie wooded districts of Germany, France and Switzerland, where it is principally limited to dogs, wolves and f. >xes. It appeared in the West Indies in 1776, and in the United States in 1785. Ihe cause of its spontaneous development has never been explained. It has, according to German observers, three stages, which may be designated respectively as the stage of nerv ous depression, the stage of fury, and the final stage of paralysis, during which the animal dies. A frothy spume commences to drip from the lips as the second stage supervenfs, and a delirious ferocity replaces the silent brooding in which the rabies has it3 inception, A tingling sensation of the cicatrix of the wound, which usually heals kindly, is one of the first symptoms in cases where the rabies is propagated by inoculation. Ague and muscular tremor, with spasmodic stricture of the throat and frothing at the mouth, im mediately follow. Iu some cases delirum mercifully supervenes. In others tl e patient is strangely loquacious. Iu others he manifests a startling and abnormal brilliancy of the intellwt, punctuated by intervals of despondency. Autopsies have added very little to the stock of information current among medical men. That of Dr. Hammond, of 1873, and the recent one instituted in the case of Andrew Hennaun, describe the general result of all such inquiries. Two very important autopsies were publicly! in "Rdinbnrah Mfdioal and Surgical Review during the great outbreak in Edinburgh. Both were very exhaustive, but neither was successful in tracing the origin and development of the disorder. After dissecting 375 rabid dogs Bruckmuller came to the conclusion that such evidence was of no value in determining these questions. The two constant facts presented on post mortem examinations have been congestion of the lungs, nervous centers and mucous membraues, and a dark and gramous appearance of the blood, both arterhd and venuous. The nervous disturbance appears t<> commence in local irritation at the cicatrix partly, and to be partly consequent upon the poisoned condition of the blood. Hallier asserts that he lias found microscopic# germs in the blood of hydrophobic patients, but the assertion has never been verified, although, when tl e development of the disorder is finally traced out, it is very probable that the germ theory will find one of its most fmtaaitg 4 illustrations in this hithefrt\<fcdw&^Abjefct. The romantic " tollwurm " (madness worm) theory of hydrophobia, which has been handed down for ages as a German myth,-and was revived as a scientific view in Russia not many years since, has been demolished by the discover}* that this worm of madness or malignant pustule consists merely of a group of enlarged follicles. The only point of practical interest in the literature of hydrophia appears, therefore, to consist in the fact that it seems to have radiated over modern Europe from the woodeik districts of Germany, where it has existed for centuries in its epizootic form. Previous to 1856, before importation of the Spitz dog as a net accordinarto a reuort prefaced by the American" Medical Association, one hundred and two oases of rabies had been reported and described by practicing physicians in the United States since 1785, of which thirty-one occurred during the spring months, twenty-one during the summer, twenty-seven in autumn and twenty-tbree;in winter. fljr * How We Take Cold. Getting wet, and wet feet, occupy a very senou^ glace in the list of colds; and doubt that damp and cold appliea to the general surface is the most efficient means of producing chill and vital depression, with congestion of the inter^d organs. It is necessary that cold to COiribined with moisture to produce this effect Even if all the clothes on the body are wet, no harm will come so long as they are kept warm; and this suggests the very great value, to all persons liable to exposure to wet, of light waterproof overalls. They may either be put on keep the underclothing dry; or if the underclothing has become wet, either by wetdher or by perspiration, they may be ptit on to prevent too rapid evaporation and consequent reductiou of temperature, especially when the person is about to.remain still after getting warm with exercise. In this variable climate, therefore, schoolgirls, governesses, shop and factory girls, and all women whose occupations call upon them to brave the weather, ought to carry with them complete waterproof mantles, made as light as p >ssible, out extending from the neck to the ankles, which can be put on or not as required; and boys and men, similarly exposed, should earrv waterproof over fills. v . * The Sun Jumps a Day. Chatham island, lying Off the coast of New Zealand, in the South Pacific ocean, is peculiarly situated, as it is one of the habitable points of the globe where the day of the week changes. It is just in the line of demarkation between dates. There high twelve on Sunday or noon ceases, and instantly Monday meridian begins. Sunday oomes into a man's house on the east side, and becomes Monday by the time it passes out the wesbera door. A man sits down to his noonday dinner on Sunday, and it i6 Monday noon before he finishes it. There Saturday is Sunday, and Sunday is Monday, and Monday becomes suddenly transferred into Tuesday. It is a good place for people who have lo t much time, for by taking an early start they can always get a day ahead 01 Chatham island. It took philosophers ? 1 _ 1 if i. _.iii ana geograpners h umt 10 seme the puszle of where Sunday noon ceas?d and Monday noon began, with a man traveling West fifteen degrees an hour, or with the sun. It is to be hoped that the next English Arctic expedition will settle the other mooted question: ^ " Where will one stop who travels northwest continually ?" A circus elephant eats two bales cf hvv per week while in winter quarter- , and you can figure from this how nece: wry it is for the mam at the door to cast t&urdsroui gla&ee* ?ideodhe?d?, I FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD. Sheep. Pig* nn<I Poultry. Sheep, feeding for tlie butcher, can profitably consume, according to the size, ! from one to two pounds of grain per day, with hay, straw, and six to twelve pounds of roots. It will not pay, as a rule, to keep fattening sheep to stive the fleece after they are ripe for market. The ' value of the pelt always enters into the price given by the butcher, and to feed ! sheep two months to save the value of the pelt, and then Und this deducted from the price of the sheep, is not a pleasing surprise. Fat sheep generally sell best i this month or early in March. Lambs.?Every lamb of the right kind now appearing, if within 300 miles of New York, may be made, by proper management, to be worth, three months hence, $8 or more in tire market. The raising of early lambs for market is a growing and profitable business. To give all the details of their management ! would take too much space. The essentials to success are tlie right kind of sheep; to have lambs early, and to feed well until ready for market. Dry, warm t quarters and good food for the ewes are indispensable. Store Sheep can be wintered very well on straw, fed twice a day, with some roots, a pound of liay, and a pint of grain between the morning and evening feeds, j No grain or roots should .be fed until the morning feed of straw has been eaten clean. | Sat,t.?A lumD of rock salt kept in a shed or under cover, where the animals can lick it at will, is the safest way to give this necessary condiment?given to 1 excess, it is hurtful, especially to pigs. Pios.?Dry, warm, well ventilated, clean pens or yards are necessary for success in raising swine. Disease inevitably accompanies neglect in these things. There is no mystery about the diseases which destroy so many swine. An unhealthy sameness of food, all com, or all whey, 110 roots ; too much wet, damp or filth; perhaps too close iubreeding, all ; result in disease, wliich in time becomes j 1 constitutional. A beginning of a better way may be now made with the young pigs to be soon looked for. Provide the 1 brood sows with warm, dry pens, with plenty of bedding of cut straw. Feed com meal, bran and mangelR, turnips or potatoes, and apportion the different kinds of food with regard to the condition i of the sows. Poultry.?Some of the hens that have been laying will brood this month. Pro; vide a warm place for them, where they will be quiet and undisturbed. A sunny I corner in a warm stable will do very well for the chicks next month if the fowls are of a hardy breed. These early chickens will make early market birds, and the i pullets will lay early.?Agriculturist. \ (iraoH r? a Konovntor. Professor Bovnton, of the American , Fanners' club, New York, gave a long and interesting talk on the importance of ! a knowledge of certain facts in chemistry i i and geology in the application of fertilizers to soils. The sum and substance of these remarks were that a satisfactory crop cannot be made unless the essential elements to it are in the soil, and it cnnj not*be done then without a stimulqnt. | Minus even one element the crop is not perfect. In turning under grasses, grain, ' 1 iv 1 iL.i etc., one returns to rne grounu una wim-n , has been taken from it in tlie growing , process of the plant, as well as various elements absorbed by it from the air. , When farmers have failed to obtain as , great an improvement as anticipated by 1 this excellent method of fertilization, j the speaker thought the failure due to the i fact that they had allowed after the de composition of the crop, the ammonia to escape. This can be prevented by applying sulphuric acid in some form. The i common and inexpensive one of gypsum scattered over the ground was rec' ommended. as this material]con6ists largely i of the required element. Ammonia, while it does not enter into the composition of the plant, is a necessary stimulent, with, out which it cannot perfect itself. Ammonia is furnished largely in rain water, with a still greater amount in snow ; hence the practice of scattering gypsum j or similar material when snow is on the ! ground. In worn out lands potash and phosphoric acid are, as a lule, the ele- ! 1 ments most wanting ; then follows a poverty in soda, lime, magnesia, etc. In 1 order to fertilize successfully, the farmer i must first ascertain what essential elements are locking in his soil; and second-1 ly, the wants of the crop anticipated for it. Eggs for Winter U*r. Several recipes were given at a meeting of the American Fanners' club for keeping eggs. The first one advised taking a firkiu and placing a layer of fine salt over the bottom ; into this the eggs are to be set, large end down, as close as possible without touching each other; next comes another layer of salt, then of i eggs, and so on until the firkin is filled, cure being taken to finish with a layer of salt. Care must also be observed that the salt is dry. A second method recommended a layer of slacked lime wet to a consistency that will allow the eggs to stand upright in it. The bottom laver of lime must be two in/ikAo* . iVa arrtra aro nf.iir>k l'ntrt lllUiiCD IllllVA y KliV this, small end downward, close but not touching. Over these a fresh mixture of slacked liine is poured, the process continued until the vessel is full. The third mode suggested is one often employed in France, and is rather more expensive : In eight ounces of hot olive oil are dissolved four ounces of beeswax ; this mixture is rubbed over the eggs with a rag. Eggs prepared in this manner are said to keep nicely for two years. The Value of the .Apple. At a recent meeting of the New York Farmers' club a member said that of all fruits grown in the Northern States the apple is the most easily raised; the cheapest and the most durable, and gave the following rotation in the culture of orchards as one that has been successfully practiced : The first year plow, manure and plant potatoes ; the second year plow, manure, and sow oats and clover, andjmow the oats for fodder ; the third year take off the clover crop and plow in the fall, preparatory to the potato crop which is to follow. Thus the land will be manured two years out of three, a good crop of oats and clover taken off, and a tolerable crop of potatoes, without apparent injury to the trees. In selecting trees varieties such as come i*nfrv i.eo of /h'flfprent seasons should be introduced, so as to secure a supply for the whole year. The common error of setting the trees too near each other was referred to and cautioned against by this member, who thought that thirty feet . apart is much better than nearer, as apples require both sun and air. No fruit, uuless it be the g^ape, is more dependent on the sun for its flavor and color than the apple. Frank Walworth is st^ll in the State lunatic asylum at Auburn, *nd Superintendent Gray believes that 1.^ was when he killed hie father. A Naughty Brother. A well to do citizen of Chicago sent his daughter to Paris to he educated. I He received glowing accounts of her progress in music, all of which were , duly communicated to his friends and acquaintances. Meanwhile her younger brother, whom she had bossed and tortured for years, had sworn a terrible rei venge. He made a habit of biking her pet dog into the parlor every day; then lie would open the piano, spread out the 1 music, seat himself on the stool and strike a couple of chords; then catch up a stick and lick the dog within an inch of his life. In this villainous manner lie succeeded so well in training the sagacious animal that by the middle of November it would get up and be uneasy if any one went near the piano, and the ! faintest touch on the keys would make ' him get up and howl terribly. The boy did not communicate his success to any one. At last the sister returned. Her father got in a $1,200 piano, and invited the family and the friends thereof to come and hear his dinifrhter ierk some of the music she had had instilled into her at Paris. They came. The brother introduced the dog, and with fiendish ingenuity turned the conversation upon its many virtues and j accomplishments. "It is so fond of I S;s," he said, "and so clever. Why, it would sit for horn's by the piano to listen to her playing, it is so fond of music." The young lady said that Fido was a jewel of pets, and imprinted a kiss on his forehead, which caused five witty young men to remark: "Lucky dog!" Then they pressed her to play, and after much persuasion she consented, and agreed to perform Schubert's '' Ach ! Parlo Giunge !" W hen the five young men began clearing the piano for action aud taking a few reefs in the stool, Fido became uneasy; indeed, his agitation was easily apparent. "Poor Fido !" said liis mistress, soothingly; " he is so passionately fond of music." Meanwhile the brother with a malignant leer slipped round to the door and closed it. Miss Blank seated herself at the piano aud | struck the first note. The hapless dog 1 gave one ear piercirtg howl, then wild with terror dashed to the door to find it locked. The night without was cold, dark and cheerless, and within all was warmth, light and happiness, but he didn't hesitate for a second, but with a despairing yelp went through a $16 pane of glass and departed for the Pacific coast. Teddy's Big Heart. In the lottery of office Teddy was cast for the part of deputy constable, in New Orleans, and abandoned his daily occupation to qualify for duty. The first service committed to him was to exeomViira nrnn flip linnse I l? lrJ iV lidiuiv/iii o tJvx?i?Av hciil effects of a family consisting, in the absence of the husband, of a lady and six children. Teddy was met at the door by the lady, in tears, and all the children ciying in chorus. The husband was .absent. Txldv grew very restless, and [ said to a companion : " Now, look at that. Who, wid a heart under his jacket, could stand by and see a woman ciy, and then take away everything in the house ? Be hanged if I do it?no, I wouldn't have the dirty money for doing it. No, begorra, I'd whip the spalpeen tlrnt would " Tliis he said to the lady: "IJee here, madam, I didn't know what a sazure was or I'd niver touch it. You look too much like what my own mother and childer might be, and me dead and not to the fore to work for them. Now, I wash my hands of the sazure, and 111 tell you what to do. Shut the dure ; get you a big stick, and to the first constable that comes foreninst you club the skull off of him, and if I'm in hearing I'll come and stand by you and tlie chdder. For me I'm done wid the politics and the sazure. I've got a heart in me and niver a cobble stone, so I wish you a good morning, madam, and I'll go back to drivin' the cart and let some other fellow that's got neither mother nor childer make the sazure." So Teddy made the matter certain by tearing lip the " sazure " and departing to resume a more congenial vocation of driving a cart for the support of his family. Illnmination from an Oil Well. The Bradford New Era says : The immense vein of gas was struck on the night of October 4, at a depth of 810 feet, and was so strong as to render further drilling impossible. The well is ' about two miles from Bradford, on the Bruce Rodgers farm. Running from the well are two two-inch pipes, attached to which are three gas jets of the same size, the gas belching forth from these pipes with such a terrific rush and noise as to render conversation, pitched in the ordinary tone, inaudible for fully one-fourth of a mile away, and the roar can be heard five or six miles away. The blaze from each of the three pipes is sent by the force of the gas to a height of from twenty-five to forty feet, the heat being so intense as to melt the 8now entirely away for a distance of at least one hundred feet, and also keeping the ground so worm during all the cold weather of the winter that grass, strawberry vines and other plants may grow. In many places where the crowd of sightseers have worn the ground, it is very dusty. The light is so strong that a newspaper may be read half a mile away. On very dark nights the illumination is grand. The light has frequent1 1 ?? Onaoii Malnmnnpji nrul . iv ueeii seen in ?.MM other towns twenty miles away. An Earnest Lunatic. Some years ago a cracked brained boy named O'Connor presented a harmless old pistol at Qaecn Victoria, as she was leaving Buckingham palace. He was imprisoned for a few months, and then s ?nt out to one of the colonies where employment was found for him. Lately he announced his determination to return to Eugland, and his departure was telegraphed to Scotland Yard, London, i When O'Connor landed, two detectives were appointed to watch his movements day and night. They lost sight of him one morning, and were ordered to hnrry to Buckingham palace, where, sure enough, O'Connor was found within the gates. How he got in is as great a mys1 -- lL- * Tlifl T7Arinflr mon I6ry US Lilt; llisi uuic. auw jvuu^j ?m?i is now safely, lodged in a lunatic asylum. Retrenchment, Reduction, Reform. , These three words seem prevalent in the public mind at the present time. We can assist the traveling public by informing them of the fact that the Grand Central Hotel, New York, has reduced prices from $4 to $2.50 and $3.00 per day. This is lower than any other first-class ' hotel in the city. Cut this notice out and bring it with you. We are authorized to refund the cash to any person or persons who shall buy and use Parsons' J'nrgative Pills and fail of relief and ?tt'isf action. Collins' Voltaic Plasters are not a quack nostrum, but a remedial agent of great value. Probably no investment of 25 cents in medicine Will be found to yield such grateful relief from paic and suffering si these plaster* MESSAGE BY THE PRESIDENT. ProHidrnl front's Virwn of llic Electoral Kill n* Expressed to the Senntr. To the Senate of the United State*: I follow the example heretofore occasionally presented of communicating in this mode my approval of the act to provide for and regulate the counting of the vote for President and Vice-President, and the decision of questions arising thereon, because of my appreciation of the imminent peril to the institutions of the country, from which, in my judgment, the act provides a wise and constitutional means of escape. For the first time in the history of our country under the Constitution as it now is, a dispute exists with regard to the result of the election of the Chief Magistrate of the nation. It is understood that upon the disposition of disputes touching the elec 1 toral votes cast at ine laie eiwuuu uj one or more of the States depends the question whether one or the other of the candidates for the Presidency is the lawful Chief Magistrate. The importance of having clearly ascertained by a procedure regulated by law which of the two citizens has been elected, and of having the right of this high office recognized and cheerfully agreed in by all the people of the republic, cannot be overestimated, and leads me to express to Congress and to the nation my great satisfaci tion at the adoption of a measure that i affords an orderly means of decision of a 1 gravely exciting question. While the history of our country in its | earlier period shows that the president of ' the Senate has counted the votes and de-; clared their standing, our whole liistory | shows that in no instance of doubt or j dispute has he exercised the power of de- j ciding, and that the two houses of Con- j gress have disposed of all such doubts i and disputes, although in no instance j hitherto have they been such that their , discussion could essentially have affected j the result. For the first time then j the government of the United States \ is now brought to meet the ques- j tion as one vital to the result, and: this under conditions^ net the best cal-1 culated to produce an agreement1 or to induce calm feeling in the several : branches of the government or among j the people of the country. In a case j where as now the result is involved, it is j the highest duty of the law-making1 power to provide in advance a constitu-1 tional, orderly, and just method of exe-, . cuting the Constitution in this most in- j teresting and critical of its provisions. The doing so, far from being a compromise of right, is an enforcement of right and an execution of powers conferred by the Constitution in Congress. I think j that this orderly method has lieen se- i cured by the bill, which, appealing to i the Constitution and the law as the j guide in ascertaining rights, provides a ! means of deciding questions of single | returns through the direct action of Congress, and in respect to double returns by a tribunal of inquiry S whose decisiorf shall stand unless; * both houses of Congress shall concur in determining otherwise, thus securing a definite disposition of all questions of dispute in whatever aspect they may j arise. With or without this law, as all1 of the States have voted, and as a tie vote is impossible, it must l>e that one of the ' two candidates has been elected, and it! would be deplorable to witness an irregu- j i lar controversy as to which of the two ' should receive or which should continue ; to hold the office. { In all periods of history controversies have arisen as to the succession or choice 1 of the chiefs of States, and no party or i citizen loving the country and its free in-! stitutions can sacrifice too much of mere feeling in preserving through the upright j course of law their country from the ' smallest danger to its pence on such an occasion. And it cannot be impressed too firmly in the hearts of all the people that true liberty and real progress can exist only through a cheerful adherence to constitutional law. The bill purports to provide only for the settlement of questions arising from the recent election. The fact that such questions can arise demonstrate the necessity, which I cannot ; doubt will before long be supplied, of permanent general legislation to meet cases which have not beeu contemplated in the Constitution or laws of the country, j The bill may not be perfect, and its ; orovisions mav not be such as would be j , best applicable to all future occasions, but it is calculated to meet the present | ; condition of the questions and of the country. The country is agitated. It needs aid, it desires peace and quiet and harmony between all parties and all sections. Its industries are arrested, labor unemployed, capital idle, and enterprise paralyzed by reason of the doubt and anxiety attending the uncertainty of a double claim to the Chief Magistracy of the nation. It wants to be assured that the result of the election will be accepted without resistance from the supporters of the disappointed candidates, and that its highest officer shall not hold his place with a questioned title of right. Believing that the bill will secure these ends, I give it my signature. IT. S. Grant. Executive Mansion, Jan. 29, 1877. Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly has taken rank as the largest, most liberally illustrated, and cheapest family magazine of general reading. Its pages are large, typography beautiful and clear, engravings firstclass and its price is within the reach of all classes. We have in the February number acceptable articles from the pens of the ablest writers, including the following subjects, all fully illustrated: " English Interest in the Eastern Question;" "Lp the Nile "A Visit to Rotterdam "The Ladies of Ancient Rome;" . " How Glass is Made." Its 120 beautiful pages, ! 100 illustrations and the able contributions furnished for twenty cents, give it the largest circulation of any monthlv published in America. Those of our readers who reside, at a distance from bookstores and newsdealers, will do well to send $2.50, the subscription price, or twenty cents for a single copy, to Frank Leslie, 537 Pearl street, New York. ri u- 1 rul/lc tUUgiin uim vviun From Jesse Smith, Esq.. President of the Morris Co. Bank, of Morristown, N. J, " Having used Dr. Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry for about fifteen years, and having realized its beneficial results in my family, it affords me great pleasure in ri cd nmending it to the public as a valuable remidy in cases of weak lungs, colds, coughs, etc.. and a remedy which I consider to be entirely innocent, and may be taken with perfect safety by the most delicate in health." 50 centa and $1 a bottle. Sold by all druggists. It is now generally admitted by honest physicians that when once the consumption is fairly fastened upon the lungs, no human power can save the patient from death. They also say that about fifty per cent, of those who die from this disease can trace the cause to a neglected cough or cold, which might hare been cured by a small bottle of liquid opodeldoc, or what is the same thing, Johnsons Anodyne Liniment. There is Balm in Gilead, And the Tar of Abie's Balsam a, or Balm of Gilead Tree, combined with Honey and the Extract of Horehound, in the form of Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar, is the most potent remedy for colds, coughs, hoarseness and influenza ever administered in this or any other country. Sold by all druggists. Fike's Toothache Drops cure in ene minute. Vegetable Pulmonary Balsam, the Great New Snvland cure for couirhs, oolda and CO mump ; tiro. Cottar Brofc 4 Oo.'i, Bortro, oni7 |?*iH Cloud Banners of the Alps. Among the most exquisite scenes which delight the eye of the European traveler, are those rose colored cloud banners, floating from the Alpine cliffs. But it is only in the sunlight that natiu-e hangs out those beautiful tokens. So it is only in the glow of health?the Bunlight of our inner U'ing?that nature reveals those physical cloud banners, the 'tostcheek" and "cherry lip," to praise which every poet of the earth has invoked the muse to aid him. But they are as rare as the cynical Hood conceived Christian charity to be. Woman, eager to retain this charm, resorts to French art and rouge. The effect is similar to that which would be produced by substituting auctioneers' flags for the delicatej glowing cloud banners ef the Alps. If woman would aid nature instead of adopting art, would seek health instead of vainly trying to mask disease, she would not only win the greatest charm of womanhoodhealth?but she would avert ranch misery both from herself and others. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription lias received the highest praise irora tnouuanas or paie, aeiicate, sunenng women. One bottle often affords more relief than months of treatment bv caustics and other medicines. It is harmless m any condition of the system, and its use often renders the modest invalid exempt from the most trying of ordeals?a jjersonnl consultation with a physician. It is the duty of every woman to become familiar with the causes and symptoms of the many diseases to which her peculiar organization renders her liable, and also to learn the proper means of preventing these maladies. The People's Medical Adviser contains an extensive treatise upon ''Woman and her Diseases." The author also advises courses of domesti# treatment, which will often render the services of a phvsician unnecessary. Every Ionian should read it. Jt copy of the Adviser can Be obtained by addressing t he author, Dr. R. Y. Pierce, at Buffalo, N. Y. Price, $1.50 (postage prepaid;. Favorite Prescription is sold by all druggists. Popularity. The i>opularity of Messrs. James 8. Kirk ?fc Co.'s soaps, manufactured in Chicago, is shown by the anprecedented sale which their goods have reached during the year 1876. This by far is the largest soap manufacturing concern in the United States, producing and selling in all parts of this country, from the Red river of the North to New Orleans, and from Portland, Me., to Kan Francisco, 25,000,000 pounds annually. No so-called greases enter into these soaps". Only pure refined tallow and vegetable oils are used, containing no adultera' ion. Fair and square weights always reliable. This is why their soaps are so popular with all good and economical housekeepers. Since our Inst issue we have heard of several persons who have used Durang*s Rheumatic Remedy for rheumatism; and a'l pronounce it a success. It comes to our market highly recommended ; and as it is the only reliable remedy now in use, it will have a large sale. It is taken internally. Price, f 1.00; six bottles, $5.10. Sulphur Soap . eradicates All Local Skin Diseases; Permanently Beautifies the Complexion, Prevents and I .'emsdies Rheumatism and Gout, Heal8 Sores and Injuries of the Cuticle, and is a Reliable Disinfectant. This popular and inexpensive reraeaj accomplishes the same .iesults ae costly Sulphur Baths, since it permanently removes Eruptions and Irritations of the 8kin. Complexional blemishes are always obviated by its use, and it renders the cuticle wondrously fair and smooth. Sokes, Sprains, Bruises, Scalds, Burnsand Cuts are speedily healed by it, and it prevents and remedies Gout and Rheumatism. It removes Dandruff, strengthens th? roots of the Hair, and preserves its youthful color. As a Disinfectant of Clothing and Linen used in the sick room, and as a Protection against Contagious Diseased it is unequuled. Physicians emphatically endorse it. Prices, 25 and 50 Cents per Cake, Per Box, (3 Cakes,) 60c and fl.20. .V. B. 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Thk Philadelphia Weekly Times, cn immense quarto sheet of titty-six columns, will bo issued on Saturday, March 3,1*77, and every Saturday thereafter, containing a most complete digest of tho current news of the week?political, social, literary, fluanrial, commercial and Ren em It fear lea* edi1 torials on the public issues and actors of the day; special correspondence from all centers of ! interest throughout the country: the golden gleani iiiRs from the leading public Jonrnals of all | parties; undthe latest news by telegraph from all quarters of the globe, down to the hour or printing. A special featureof THE WEEKLY TIMES will be orlffInal contributions from tl^emoet eminent statesmen, soldiers andscholars of the comRry, among which Will be a series of Articles running through the first year, in every number, giving chapters of the unwritten | jrifttory of our aril war, from leading actors on lx>th sides, in the thrilling civil and military struggles of that sanguinary strife. It will be in every respect as complete a newspaper for the family, the busi doss and professional reader, and for all classes wno uesire a thorough: sparkling independent journal?as can be published anywhere on the continent. TERMS PER ANNUM i Single copies, postage prepaid g $*QQ five copies, " 8.00 en copies, " " lo.OO t Twenty copies, " " 2o>00 And at the same rate (tLSS per cepy per annum), for any additional number over twenty. Subscribers at different post-offices can join in a club. flT An extra copy sent free to any person sending i a club of ten. the times. A FIRST-CLASS INDEPENDENT MORNING NEWSPAPER. I ______ Is published every morning (Sundays excepted), and de, livered by carriers at 12 cents per week. Mail subscribers (postage free),$o.00 per annum, or GO cents per month. The times Newspaper Printing Establishment ; is the most complete in the United .States, and has the fine.t machinery that the world can furnish, crpable of printing one thousand copies of the daily edition per minute, and in the very best stylo of the art. and its fa| cilities for news are unsurpassed by any j eornal in the Union. I THE CIRCULATION of THE TIMES far exceeds thnt.of ALL the other Philadelphia Morning PniH-rw COMBINED, except one! Remittances should be made by draft or poet-office ordsr. ! Address THE TIMES, TlmM fiolldlag, Phlladelf hi*. Special Notice to Our Readers I SPECIAL CALL! AGENTS WANTED . , To sell the New Pateut Improved EYE CUPS. < Guaranteed to fe the best jxiyintf taurine** ofered t* Agent* b<j cny IIou.se. An easy and pUanant employment. ' Tho vain? of the celebrated new Patent Improved ! Eye Cup a for the restoration of sight breaks oat and blaze* in the evidences of over 6,000 genuine testimonials of our.*, and recoiuincited by more tkui 1 1,000 f our b st physician* in their practice. The Patent Eye Cnpi are a sci-ntiflc and phyaio, logical discovery, and as Alfx. R. Wtfth, M. D.t 1 and Wm. Beatlet, HI. D., write, they are certainly the greatest invention ot the age. Read the following certificates: Ferguson Station, Logan Co., Ky.,) June 6th, 1871. / Dr. J. Ball k Co., Oculist* : ?"Vnnr Pat?Tit Fta Cnns are. in nt l Judgment, the raoft splendid trlnmph whlcS optical I science baa crcr achieved, bat, like all great and I important truths, in this or m any o'her branch of ! science and philosophy, hare much to contend with I from the ignormco and prejudice of a too skeptical ' public; but truth is mighty, and it will prevail, and ' it is only a question of time as regards their general acceptance and indorsement by all. I have in my ' hands certificates of persons testifying in nneqniv- , ocal terms to their murUs. The most prominent physicians of my county recommend your Eye Cups. I am, respectfully, J. A. L. BOYER. Willia* Beatlzy, M. D., Sal visa, Ky., write*; ! " Thanks to you for tbo greatest of all lurentions. My sight is fully restored by the use of your Patent 1 Eye Cupe, after being almost entirely blind for twenty-six years." i Alex. R. Wtkth, M. d,, Atchison, Pa., writes-. I "After total blindness of my left eye for four years, by paralysis to the optic nerve, to my utter astou. ishmcnt your Patent Eye Cups restored my eyesight permanently in three minutes." Rev. 8. B, Falkihsbubo, Minister of M. E. Church, writes; " Tour Patent Eye Cups have restored my sight, for which I am most thankful to . the Father of Mercies. By ydtar advertisement I aaw at a glanee that yonr invaluable Eye Cups performed thcinawork perfectly in accordance with physiological law; that they literally fed the eyes I that were starving for nutrition. May Ood greatly bliss you, and may your name be enshrined in the ; affectionate memories of multiplied thousands as one of the benefactors of your kind." Horace B. Durant, M. D., says: I sold, and : i effected future sales liberally. The Patent Eye j Cupe, they will make money, and make it fast, too; : no small, catch-penny affair, but a superb, number | ' one, tip-top business, promises, as far as 1 can see, j to be life-long." Mayor E. C. Ellis wrote us, November 16th, 1869; u I have tested the Patent Ivory Eye Cope. I and I am satisfied they are good. I am pleased with them. They are certainly the greatest invention of the age " Hon. Horace Greeley, late editor of the New ; York Tribune, wrote: " Dr. j. Ball, of our city, ! is a conscientious and responsible man, who is inI capable of Intentional der-pf on or imposition." | Prof. W. Merrick wries: "Truly, I amgTatej ful to your noble Invention. My sight is restored . by your Patent Eye Cups. May Heaven Mess and i preserve you. I have been using spectacles twenty years. I am seventy-one years old. I do all my j writing without glasses, and I bless the Inventor of j the Patent Eye Cups every time I take up my old steel pen." Adolpu Bioumbzro, M. D., physician to Emperor : Napoleon, wrote, after having nis sight restored by , our Patent Eye Cups: "With gratitude to God, , and thankfulness to the inventors, Dr. j. Ball k 1 Co., I hereby recommend the trisl of the Eye Caps I (in full faith) to all and every one that has any im' paired eyesight, believing a? I do, (hat since the ex pvriment with this wonaeriui discovery um yruvou successful on me, at my advanced period of life? > ninety years of age?I believe they will restore the I vision to auy individual if they ere property j applied. * , ADOLPH BIOBNBEBG. M. fi." I Comvumwalth qf SiaMachutettn, Etrnx, as. June 6th, 1876, pereonsllv appeared Adolph Korn- 1 ; berg, made oath to the following certificate, and bj ; him subscribed and sworn before me. WM. 8TKVEN8, J. P. Lawbenck Citt, Mass , June 9ih, 1878. We, the undersigned, having personally known I Dr. Adoiph Biornbeig for years, believe him to be an honest, moral man, trustworthy, and in truth and veracity uu<q>ott<*d. His character la without reproach. M. BONNE . Ex-Mayor, 8. B. W. DAVI8. Ax-Mayor, ; george s. merrily p. m., HUBERT II. TEWK8BrRY. City Treas. Rev. W. D. Joubdv?, M. D., of Chllhcotbe, Mo., > who lias u?od, and seen other parties use our Eye C.ips, writes: 44 To those who ask my advice about your Patent F.fs Cup* I am happy to state thi 11 believe them to be of great advantage in many cases, and should be tried by all and neglected by none. >jm. . i, ,?v i-ni^st conv'ction." Reader, these are * few certificates ?7ut of thousands wa receive, an<Lto the aged wa will guarantee Sur old and diseased eyea can be made new; your paired sight, dimness of vision, and overworked j eyes can hdrestored; weak, watery and sore eyas cured.; tbsTHindmay see; spectacles be discarded; j sight restored and vision preserved. Spectacles j and surgicaLoperstions useless. Please send your ad drees to us, and we will send I you our book, A OEM WORTH BEADING! a diamond worth seeing! j Save your Eye* and Rutor* pour Sight I Throw Away your Spectacle*! j By reading our Illustrated Physiology and Anato 1 my of the Eyeaight, of 100 pages, tells how to restore impaired vision and overworked eyes: how to cure weak, watery, Inflamed and near-sighted eyea, and all other diseases of the eyea. Waste no mote money by adjusting huge glasses on your nose and disfiguring your iace. Book mailed free to any person. Send on your ad dree,-. agents wanted To tell the Patent Eye Cups to the liundruds ol people with diseased eyes and impaired sight in your county. Any iwrsoti can act as our Agent. To gentlemen or ladies, |5 to R20 * day guar-, anteed. Full particulars seut free. Write immediately to w ^3n? a* rtAj-ii * vM o^)a> No. 205 WEST 33d STREET, (P. O. Box i'57), NEW YORK CITY, N. Y. Do not miss the opportuni ty of being first in the field. Do not delay. 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Premium receipt.? tl.taM80.44 Interest received 3tt.14g.16 -SMB m 1 Deferred payments 10M20.71 I . 1 1 tn.7M.fl4 lliuifarw: ... ? -arm,a Accrued interest 90,SJ7.? Total rwSS DISBURSEMENTS. Loeaas and endowments paid $377,008.83 Dividends to policy-holders. 329,741 M Surrendered policies 19W70.74 Reinsurance, etc.... - 20.9W.83 Commissions. Salaries, etc 110,116.34 Taxes, advertising, etc 23^02.(1 01,157JM4JI Assets I53*>W7 ASSETS. United State* five and six per cent bonds, Philadelphia, and city loariic seven per cent mortgage, railroad bonds, bank and other stocST. $1300,7S.? Mortgages all first liens on property, valued at$6,000,1)00 S319ASJI f Premium nates, secured by policies 732^34.36 Loans on collaterals, etc 10734534 1 Agents' balances secured by bonds 29361.26 Premiums on policies not reported, ust 63315.40 Deferred payments d'^e in 1677, net 43307.30 ! 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Y. \gfnti W.inted for Stereoeoopic View* of the Centennial. *>nd forCireuiara. W. C. Dwippm, |Q8 Kaltoc fit-Jl.T. an OFTFIT FKRE. ButehuwK Write at (S/O oooe toi. XAJSOIfTl 11 NmmiStreet.X ew York A C'l' LI If A Tb* ??'J tare remedy. Trial packafe A31 ifl IB /% />??. K SnrrwioBT. Obnto.0. flffiagwmt maMSkass: norm Am*, nr., 4r??I by BAChlatry. Aar*r*t?? by BUS Ha. ApaU waaUA. 6HU>?tr?p? Ufa Cat, FMa. Pa *7K a weak. Stencil and Key-Check Outfit*. The bent. w'O Sample* free. Stencil Die Worka.Brattleboru'.Vk Oft NEW NOFET.TIES for 10 eenta, peat-paid. Ui! Addre** NOVPf.TY CO.. No. Chatham. X. V. (RR fe #77 a Week to Acenta. Sample* FRKK. 10 911 p.p. VICKKKY. Augusta. Maine. nruni urnm^ot^oo.rc^. nufULf CflWMTKwGcw Worn Chicago, IU? (ItOS A DAY to AgenU. Sample free. 32 PHP W^jfJ Catalogue. L FLKTTH KR. 11 Pey St.. NTT. A"| O * day at home. Agecta wanted. Oatilt and n I Ci term* free. TRUE A CO.. Angnsta, Maine. tfifi a, week in roar own town. Terra* end 85 oatflt *OP free. 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POX WIWWW. A nil1* Wist WwlH. male *nd female. steady II UrXui ID employment, buwwi honorable HlMflCtwlBg Co., CincuuW. Ohm. YAII wfllaciMto distribute (OHM of onr circaIII bus, we will tend yoa tCkroaM ta II Gilt Frame, tad a 16-page, (W-column, illustrated pjper tree for '4 months. Lncloee IQoncU t-> pu pmtin. afmu kkwpal i Co.. m??<. IflCHTC Investigate the merits of The Iflua. IhPR I 21 tratodVeekfc beforedetermining Smmll I WP upon yoar work thia fall and wintar. Tha combination far thia imiwi aarpaam* anything heretofore attempted. Term* aeot free. Address, CHA&. 0LUCA8A CO.. 14 Warren gfc, New York. Hatch's Universal Coqgh Syrnp haa become coa of tha leading cough remedies in oar trade. We have known eaaaa where it haa given relief, whore oar hast mt-dicine* have failed. We warrant it in every caaa, and are satisfied that it is tea of the best medicines of its kind. SHARON, SWIFT A OO . _ Steriingvdle, N. Y. rraf. 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I\ Price, riacle.Ua cut, 841 for both ridc^M. .faM]by -V> mail post-paid, on receipt of price. n.b.?This Truss wax CTM^ore Ruptawe than any of thorn tor which - \ J aztraracast claim* aw made. Circulaw free. POlfftROY TRUS8 PP.. 748 Broadway, Jew Todx A LUCRATIVE BUSINESS. S ?T we want 500 more first-class sewing machine acents, and 800 men of enerqy and ability to learn the business of selling sewi no ma * chines. compensation liberal, but varying according to ability, chan acter and qualifications 0.- the a0e4t. for particulars, address fan Sewing us ft. Ml ' wrni noamr, iw r?t m m* ount u. nAQ'TS WANTED FOR HISTORY At lENTEN'L EXHIBITION It 380 fine encrarinca of bufldfaga ted in the Great Exhibition, and ia the only a3hacti? ad complete history pabMehed. K treats of thefwad buildings wonderful exhibit*, curieritiee. great tvwP. ate. Very cheap and arils atright. OneAgastsold 48 eopiea in one day. Send for oar extra terms to Ageoto and a full deeoription of the work. Address I National publishing co~ Philjidelpwia, Pa. CAUTION. i>o not be deoriwd. See that the book you buy contains 8T4 pr** and 330 flna encrarinca. Music Books Ft Sdmls, iasib and murks. THE HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR! (SI, or S9pwd?s-) is already a " proved and prised n booYin a multitude of School*, and has Socgs in S, Sand j -4 parte, by smzsaom t Tildes. Equally good aw the older HOUR OF SINGING (si).by fctxi^n a Tildes. CHOICE THIOS 51), for three Female Votcea, by W. & Tildes, and DEISM'S KULFEUGI (75 eta.), which haa exer- 1 rises in Italian style. THE ENCORE! 1 (76 eta., or ST.AO per do*.), so aaeoee*fal m * Singing 1 School book, M *l*o * practically good cUm book (or ^ High School*. fc THE W HIEPOOEWILL! v I (AO ota.). br W. O. Pniai (author of "Golden 1 SohooIeT4 Saa*s '<* Com- I AMERICAN SCHOOL MUSIC READERS, I Book 1,8A ota.: Book n, AO ota.; Book HLAO cto, are . w?U mad* Graded Note Readers, 'ajncsttOV 6 9 Tildes. fl A* ooHeotfona of cheeifal Secred Sooge,?oh a* now " 9 enter eo graoefally into 8oh*eHy|e,jr* -cegeapnd three S I Either book mailed, poet-free, for Retail Price. OLIVER DIT80N & CO., Boston. 1 C. H. DITSON * ^ ^ New Y>rk 1 J. E. DITSON Ac CO., 9 Saeeeeeore to Lee A WAtm, PVlla. 1 N. T. W. n. Wo. A 1 TXrnBTf WRITING TO AUTlftTlKliRm J wfiy^1*'fV? er ' >M MW talTerUM* M I