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? FARM, GARDEN AMI HOlTSEHOLO. ' Mouwhold lliM?. i To Keep Furs.?In laving up furs tor the Hummer a tallow'caudle m or near them will obviate all de tiger from worms. Mad Dogs.?To prevent mad?eaa breakiug out in dogs mix a small pov^ tion of the flour of sulphur with their food or drink. To Destroy Moths or Carpet Bros*. -Sprinkle plenty of powdered borax under the carpets before they are tacked down, then sprinkle plenty all around the edges of the carpet after it is down, and blow or shove it under the urease. To Obtain Good Drinking Water.? A serviceable filter may bo readily made as follows : Take a common earth, enware flowerpot, about nine inches 111 diameter and ten inches in depth. The drainage hole is stopped looseiv with a piece of clean sponge. A layer of about two inches of animal charcoal is first placed in the pot, then a layer of clean sand, upon which a layer of three inchee of clean coarse gravel is placed. The pot can be set over an earthen jar, into which an abundanoe of pure water will, filter for all drinking purposes, A Laundry 8eoret.?The following receipt for doing up shirt* will be fouud , of use to many housewives : Take two ounces of tins rrnite gum arabic powder; put it into a pitcher and pour on it a pint or so of water; and then, having j covered it up, let it stand all night. In the morning pour it carefully from the dregs into a clean bottle, and cork it j and keep it for use. A table spoonful of giim water stirred into a pint of starch, made in the usual manner, will give to the lawns, either white or printed, a look of newness, when nothing else can restore them, after they have been washed. Ammonia?A Very Useful Article. ? We a note the following from coird? tent authority : Put a teaspoonful of. ammonia in a quart of warm soapsuds, dip a cloth in it and go over your soiled pants, and see how rapidly the dirt will disappear ; no scrubbing will be necessary, To a pint of hot soapsuds add a teaspoonful of the spirits, dip in your fork or spoon (or whatever you have to clean), rub with a soft brush, and then finish with a chamois Bkin. For washing windows and mirrors it has no I equal. It will remove grease spots from every fabric without injuring the garment. Put on the ammonia nearly clear ; lay blotting paper, and set a hot iron on it for a moment. Also a few drops in water will cleanse and whiten laces and muslin beautifully. A few drops in a bowl of water, if the skin be oily, will remove all uneasiness and disagreeable odors. Added to a hot bath, it entirely absorbs all noxious smells, ! and nothing is better to remove dandruff from the hair. For cleaning hair and nail brushes it is equally good. For I heartburn and dyspepsia, the aromatic j spirits of ammonia is especially prepared ; ten drops, taken in a wine glass of water, will give relief. For house plants, tive or six drops to every pint of water, once a week, will make them flourish. It is also good to clean plant jars. So be sure and keep a bottle of it in the hou?e, and have a glass stopper, as it eafrj away corks. To Exterminate Ponllrv Parasite*. The poll-tick is prevented or got rid of by slightly greasing the heads of the ; chicks as soon as hatched. The same process repeated once a week, for about two or three weeks, will carry them beyond further danger. Lice can be got ! rid of by dusting sulphur well into the i feathers of the birds. If the chickens I are young and under the hen, dust the hen thoroughly with sulphur, and, provided the usual dust-bath be supplied, this treatment will keep the fowls clean, if repeated about once a week. Of the gape-worm it is difficult to say anything positive, though, of course, prevention is best. In order to get rid of this pest, the surest way, when a yard is infested, is to remove the fowls entirely away from the contaminated ground. I know of a yard that was once infested for many years. One year the chickenB were all taken across a brook to another ! part of the farm and not allowed to visit the old ground until too large to get the ! disease. No trace of the gapes has been i seen there since then, although several) years have elapsed. Of the remedies for gapes there are as many as there are cures for the tooth- j ache. If attended to in time the worms can sometimes be drawn out with a! horsehair or thin feather. Carbolic acid , inhaled by the chicks, either in a box or j by holding the chicks over the acid j Vi Aat#*l Vint in a orwiTi nvflr a kmn will also sometimes dislodge them ; but when the worms get low down in the throat, where the windpipe branches, there is not much hope for the sufferer. The house-mite or spider, that lives in J the woodwork of dirty nests, is easily J got rid of by cleanliness, whitewash or petroleum and fumigation. A good way ; is to saturate all the inside woodwork with crude petroleum. For scaly-leg itch, soak the legs with kerosene oil, holding the toes upward, so that the oil will run well under the scales. Two or three applications generally effect a cure. Intestinal worms are dislodged by a decoction of wormwood, or the leaves may be cut up and given in food, ; or a pill made of aloes may be administered ; but these pests are rarely numerous enough to be of serious conse ^uence.?Hairy Hales. Medical Hlat*. For Whooping Cough.?Two-thirds castor oil, one-third syrup of ipecac. ! Dose : Half a teaspoonful from two to six hours apart. Shake the mixture | well before usiug. It is almost infallible. Bites and Stings.?Apply instantly, j with a soft rag, most freely, spirits of hartshorn. The venom of stings being an acid, the alkali, nullifies them. Fresh wood ashes, moistened with water, and made into a poultice, frequently renewed, is an excellent substitute?or soda or sal ratns?all being alkalies. To Prepare an Invigorating Bath. ?A teospoonful or more of powdered borax thrown into the bath-tub while ' bathing will communicate a velvety softness to the water, and at the same time invigorate and rest the bather; persons troubled with nervousness or wakeful inghts, will find this kind of bath a great benefit. A Pretty Dress. A New York letter says : A product of Havana is a pineapple gauze made solely from the fibers of that delicious fruit. This fabric can with great difficulty be procured pure, though there are numerous imitations?some very pretty. The one I refer to is of that delicate tint, a little deeper and richer than cream ; it might be called the shadow of fawn or wood color. This is made over a glistening silk of the same shade, and is trimmed with knife plait- ! ings and ribbou loops. A jacket of fine plisses up the front is further ornamented by ribbon loops of the same tint, I ?~ BUSHELS Of BULLION. jl^^loiu Riches* of the Sierru Ledge* -iileok mid Barren Hills that Hide Prolific Fields of (.old nnd Sllw-Wfc Wonderful Northern BeHe Hltae. Upon the heels of that greatest of all b?mAnta8, the Comstock lode, which has given to the world hundreds of millions of dollars in coin and bullion, came the discovery thcfc till that section of Nevada ftkoat Where Virgiuia City, Gold Hill and Carson are now located, was.fabulously rich in the precious metals. These metals, however; existed in quartz lod^e*v ^<tuiring considerable capital to silik shafts, crush the ore and extract the mineral from the rock, and not till capital came did the effort" of the miners amount to snythliig whatever in comparison to the general result. Like every other mining country, the metal yielding section of Nevada is divided into districts. Of course there is considerable diversity of opinion concerning the productive qualities of various districts, but from present appearance the Columbus district in the county of Esmeralda, will within a Very snort time stand head and shoulders above any other now being worked for silver. Height visitors to that region pronounce it a field of superior attraction for the i geologist, the capitalist and the miner, j1 The Columbus district was discovered in September, 1864, by some Mexican j1 prospectors, These Were not the kind j1 of men, however, to develop the mineral j resources that abounded, and being; possessed of little energy and less i money, it is not surprising that their energies amounted to nothing. They, however, accomplished the purpose of 1 ] drawing the attention of energetic capi-1 talists to the district, and in October, I 1805, Alsop J. Holmes, a gentleman of great mining experience, with a plenti- j ful stock of money and energy, discov- j1 ered the rich silver mines known fts i Mount Potosi ledge and the Northern !' Belle loc es, sil miles west of the town 1 of Oolttir bus. The veins thus far de- ; veloped are of suprising richness, and have netted their owner a princely for* 1 tune. The ore body is very large and i of uniform thickness through all the ] veins, which Vary from three and a half 1 to eight feet in thickness. They run 1 through metamorphic slate, with well 1 defined walls, and seem to be true fis- ; sure veins, and their outlines have been traced for a distance of 2,000 feet with* out a break. It is hardly to be believed i that the ascetic individuals who profess ' to look with contempt on the aocumu- i lotion of wealth could behold unmoved the enormous riches contained in an ore body 2,000 feet in length, from three and a halt to eight feet in thickness and which assays over $100 to the ton for the entire distance. In comparison to it the 1 fortunfe of the Count of Monte Christo would be a mere bagatelle. The Northern Belle Mill and Mining Company was incorporated on the twenty-eeventh of August, 1874, the princim ?- ^ j n i -n.ii ;n. pal worn8 oemg located at x>eiievuie. j There are now in the mine five chutes ' and one vertical shaft, which has been | sunk to the depth of 150 feet, thought it j is being rapidly carried further down, ! the intention being to sink it to the depth of 200 feet, in order to work the mine by machinery. The mine appears to be inexhaustible in richness, there being from three to fifteen feet of body ore, eight feet in the winze, solid. At i present there is a daily average of 100 tons of ore taken, which also on an average ?75 i>er ton. Though the Northern Belle Company has only been incorporated three years, for the last twenty-six ' months it has disbursed $1,800,000 in j dividends to the holders of stock, an ; average of $50,000 per month profit, over and above the entire cost of operating the mine, which goes into the pockets of the stockholders. In view of the fact that the mine is only yet partially developed, this is an extraordinary showing, and, at this rate, the stock will sood stand at the head of the mining shores on the Pacific coast. To crush the ore there are two-twenty stamp mills, and these are kept in full service all the time. Up to the present time the total value of bullion extracted from the Northern Belle foots up $4,000,000. The cost of operating the mine amounts to $60,000 monthly. This includes both mining and milling?that is the cost of extracting the ore and then the cost of separating the bullion from the ore. It further includes the pay roll of 360 men, the operating force of the mine, whose total monthly stipend, including that of the superintendent and and all officers, amounts to $87,120.75. Some idea may be gathered from these figures of the large amount of money required in mining enterprises in Nevada. The amount required to furnish the mines with the necessary mills to work AOnf AAA ~ # 4 . _ IL_-L in are some of the finest settlements as well as the most notable evidences of preiustoric life. About Winding Up Watches. More watches are spoilt by irregular j and hasty winding up than by most other causes. The operation should, if possi- j ble, be performed regularly, and always with a steady and uniform motion, not j moving both hands, and nearly as practicable at the same hour daily. A watch should always be kept at the same tern- i perature; left over night in a stone surface it is sure to gain, or if the oil gets thickened it may stop,to be started again by the warmth of the pocket. The requisites of a good watch are that the case, whether of gold or silver, should j be correctly made and of fair thickness, | the hinges close and smooth, the glass well fitted, the dial of clear, bright en- I arnel, the seconds sunk, and the whole of good weight when held in the hand. When, too, the dome is opened, the brass-work should look well finished, the | edges smoothed off, the steel of a 1 diamond-like polish, and the jewels pale in color, but of a fine, clear luster. TURKISH CARPETS. How unci Where They Are .Marie?An Interenliiiff Description. Three small towns?Ousliak, Koula; and Ghiord'ess, within the boundaries ox Greater PhiTgia', in Asia Minor, have pr??ser"red to the present day the carpet manufacture, one of the few remaining branches of Turkish iudustry; and it is j rather an interesting point to note that j this manufacture has not miich changed , its locality from time immemorial. Ousliak, the largest of the three towns .' above mentioned, is situated on an ele- \ vated plateau between 2.000 and 3,000 ; feet above the leVel of the sea. It has J \ r> population of over 15,000 inhabitants, ] of which only about a third are Chris- j tians. The houses are built of sun- j dried bricks in the usual style of jpodern j Turkish towns, and plastered over inside and out with a sort of dark clay, which 1 gives the place a somber appearance ; perfectly in keeping with the fcliaracter ( bf its people. Quaint old fountains and ; Wells-, faosqueB and minarets, overhang- , ing latticed balconies, and dark, narrow, < ornnkpd and dirtv streets characterize . the place even more than other towns < nearer the seaboard. Wool in every stage of progression, from the moment1 { it is clipped from the sheep to its final j dyed and spun state * fit foi the haiids of j j the lh&iiufacturer, meets the eye in every f direction, and indicates the peculiar oc-1 j cupation of the inhabitants of this busy J \ little town, which, but for this industry, ; would in all probability have shared i { the decaying tendency of other Anato- < lian towns, i Almost every household of any im- ( portance carries on the carpet manufac-, ( ture. The mechanism employed is of < the simplest and rudest description. A ( vertical frame supports two horizontal \ rollers about five feet apart. The warp, j i?f any required length, consisting of an i iipper and lower thread, is wound round [ the upper roller, and the ends fastened ' ( to the lower one, from which the work is t commenced by the women and girls, who kneel or sit cross-legged in a froW before i the frame. Jlacli workwoman has a certain width of work allotted to her, and i proceeds to knot the tufts which form ; the pile in rows, using different colors to form the pattern. Each tuft is knot-( ted independently of the others to an upper and a lower thread of the warp, : W hen a row iB thus tied the tuft is passed with the hand between the warp, jJ and then beaten down with a heavy wooden comb. The pile is now clipped ] smooth with a large pair of shears, and ' the next row above the first commenced J with. As the work proceeds upward it * is rolled over the under roller, and a cor responding length of warp unrolled from 1 the upper one, until the required length !: of carpet is made. The tying of the tufts and the picking out of the variously j 1 colored wools whioh hang in balls over ' the frame, is carried on with the most1 1 surprising rapidity, the pattern being ; meanwhile worked from memory, unless 1 some new design is to be made. Forty- I ' four rows of pile are thus knotted in the i' course of the day, and for this amount of labor each workwoman is paid from ' six to twelve cents daily. It will thus i be seen that the women are the sole man- <1 ufacturers, that no mechanism or instruments beyond a frame, shears and comb ; are used* and that the design is worked \ from memory. Yet, with such limited j means at their disposal, these skillful J workers contrive to produce the most harmoniously colored, and certainly the most durable, carpets in the world. We have so far spoken only of the i women; the mens' share of the industry ! is to collect and dye the wool for the manufacturers, and manage the sale of the carpets when completed?tasks light enough, compared to the irksome labor I of the females, but quite consistent with | the Oriental notion of man's superiorty ; over the less favored sex. The dyes ' which by their permanency have given much of the celebrity to the Turkey carpet, , are mostly produced in the neighborhood. Madder roots for the reds, and yellow berries for the yellow and orange, are grown in the surrounding districts, and indigo for the blue is imported from abroad. The carpets and rugs of Ghiorde88 and Koula, the other ; two manufacturing towns, are made on j precisely the same principle and in the 1 same primitive manner as those of i Oushak, but the work is of a finer de- i scription, and the colors livelier and | more suitable to the tastes of American ; purchasers than the somewhat dark ap- ! pearance of the Onshak carpets, which | ate in almost general use for dining- j rooms in England. Arizona's Capital. Prescott, the capital city of Arizona, our latest El Dorado, is situated in a small valley or basin, surrounded on all sides by mountains, and has a picturesque location. At the first glance it strikes the tourist as being an extremely home-like place, recalling many of the features of a New England or Western New York village. The population is now about 4,000 and is increasing with wonderful rapidity, as the fertile valleys nml r? rinVi mininff dl'flfrifllfl 1 MUJ OWUV l?UU IU1V AiVU MAVM.virw . round about are filling up. Most of the j houses are of brick and wood, two or 1 three stories in height, solidly construct- ; ed, and exhibiting good architectural ' taste. There are few Mexicans and In-1 dians, and in consequence adobe struc-1 tures are a novelty. The city is 155 | miles east of the Colorado river, 250 miles northeast of Yuma, and about the same distance northwest of Tueson, the | second city in the Territory. The center j of the city is a large plaza, now square, ; which is to be occupied by substantial j public buildings. All the churches in | Arizona are in Prescott, and besides the ! Catholics, there are three Protestant 1 minsters there. The largest of the j seventeen public school houses in the Territory, a two-story brick, costing; $20,000, is in the city limit <. Yavapai ; county, of which Prestcott is the county seat, is not only the largest in urea, but! the best populated of the five into whicl^, Arizona is divided/ Within its borders ine ore was ?ozo,WU, a xar^o mtuuc iu itself, and jet tins is bnt one item in the necessary expense of properly conducting a mine. Four or five fortunes have to be disbursed before the mine really begins to pay, and the business sagacity and enterprise of any man must be very great to warrant the expenditure of such large sums on what to the masses would appear to be merely a speculative venture. From all accounts Mr. Holmes, the principal owner and sole manager of the Northern Belle, seems to possess that business shrewdness and daring so necessary for the development of such a mine. He left New York in 1850 for California, and since that time he has I been engaged in mining ventures, first in California and then in Nevada and always with success. By those who know him he is looked upon as a remarkable man, destined at no distant day to stand at the head of the moneyed kings of the Pacific coast.?Philadelphia Bulletin, A Dangerous Wife to Joke With. The Forth Worth (Texas) Democrat says : Marshal Courtright, of this town, thought of joking his wife. Arriving at home at a late hour, he entered the front gate, carefully closing it. Cautiously groping his way thither, what was his surprise to see the right hand of his wife J lying on the sill of the window. On her j fingers she had two gold rings, one of! ? olro aAT Tf V\A. WHICH UV pi WCCUCU W uuvv vu* x v w ing rather loose, he experienced but little trouble, and succeeded in the operation without waking her up. The re- j maining ring was a much tighter fit, and, j in his effort to extricate it, his wife awoke, ; hading her hand grasped from without i by some one whom she at once concluded ; was a robber. Quickly pulling her hand i away, she was about to scream, but thinking of a convenient six-shooter under her pillow, she again placed her " jeweled hand " on the sill, which was grasped by the supposed burglar, and j with the other she quietly reached for j the pistol, and rising suddenly, brought j it to bear on her husband ; but for his [ presence of mind in quickly calling her, she would have shot him dead. Mrs. , Courtright displayed great presence of j mind, fortitude and courrtge, and thej marshal should be proud or possessing j a wife so fearless and brave. His narrow I escape has completely cured, him of any further desire to play the roir of h midnight robber, THE EXPORT MEAT TRADE. { I Itnpiri incrennc In the Shipments of Fresh Beer nnd Mutton to Great Britain? Whfcn nnd My Whom the Kcfriffprntiujr Process was Introdneed?The Export n? lion of Lire Stock. [From the New York World. 1 The exportation of fresh beef and mutloii in refrigerator compartments was betptu iuJOctober, 1875, by Mr. T. Eastman, n director of the Sixteenth street stockyard company, and for the last fifteen j years a prominent cattle broker of this sity; His first shipment was put on the English market in prime order, but had , to be sold at low figures and at some j loss. Since then he has been shipping ilmost constantly and regularly up to the present time, using as many as thirty- i nine refrigerator boxes, which cost upwards of 8100,000. He lost three empty ! boxes by the wreck of the steamer Dakota, otherwise he has been fortunate md generally successful. Following Mr. Eastman were the Samuels Brothers, if this city, and Martin, Fuller & Co., ; if Philadelphia ; and afterwards were | idded in the order named?Sherman & \ Sillett, Geo. Toffey & Sons, Morris <fe j Allerton, Snowden & McConnville and i 3tahlnecker& Co., Martin, Fuller ft Co., i md Morris k Allerton shipped from ; Philadelphia, the Samuels Brothers 1 shipped mainly from this city, bnt were nterested in shipments from Montreal; | ;lie others shipped exclusively from New l Fork. All use ice in large quantities, i md all, except the firms of Sherman & i 3-illett and Morris & Allerton, keep the j ( neat cool by either forcing or drawing lir through layers of block ice and thence | >ver and around the hanging meat. The j 'craven " process used by Sherman & ] lillett and by Morris & Allerton, cooled 1 ;he meat by mettns Of pipes, through , which is forced by pumps a mixture of 1 broken ice and salt. The progress of the trade from its in- | jeption to April 1, 1877, is shown by the subjoined official figures ; i found*. Pound*. 875?October.. 24^340 1876-July 1,200,000 November.... 31,546 August 1,224,367 ( December..,. 120,096 September... 2,047,217 ; | J76?January.. 135,347 October 2,153,360 ; February 237,580 November.... 2,374,280 j : March 261,495 December.... 8,624,390 L April 1,193,233 1877?January.. 2,200,119 ! , May 1,003,260 February 3,960,840 j June... 1,090,365 March 5,797,817 total 29,604,670 And during the year 1876 and 1877 there j were sent from Philadelphia 4,677,560 i pounds of fresh meat, and from Boston i, 2,387,040 pounds. Also one cargo from j Baltimore, which was a total failure, and ; 3ther shipments from Canada. The vessels leaving New York and fitted with the refrigerators for carrying ? ? a . a _A ? tresn meat mciuae nve bi?ilucxo m uu& Williams & Guion line, with an aggregate measurement used for ice, ma- j chinery and meat of 4,030 tons; sii 3teamers of the National line, with j 1,585 tons ; five steamers of the* White Star line, with 1,523 tons; four steamers ; of the Inman line, using 1,374 tons ; two ' of the Anchor line, with 340 tons ; two of , the Cunarders, with 320 tons, and one of the State line, with about 170 tons. Since April last, owing mainly to the advanced cost of cattle here, but partly i to the lack of adequate cold storage and facilities for a prompt distribution and sale of the beef on arrival in foreign ports, especially at Liverpool, shipments of fresh beef have materially decreased while the exports of live cattle have correspondingly increased. In some cases the refrigerator boxes have been taken out of the steamers, but the greater part of such as have not been used ; for fresh meat have been filled with butter, cheese, etc. The exportation of live cattle for British markets was begun from this city by the Samuels Brothers in 1874, ! * - 1 ? A? 4 mo Kn 1 - ! wno sent, over iweuvy-siA piimu w... . locks in their first shipment and lost twenty of them on the voyoge. Other shipments followed with better success, i and very recently they sent in one week upwards of 200 fine cattle from New York and more than 300 from Montreal. Mr. Eastman has sent over a few live cattle, Mr. Bushman about 600, Fleishaur & Edelmuth several hundred and a num- i ber of cargoes have been sent from Philadelphia, Boston and Montreal. Up to j April 1 last the shipments from New York amounted to 8,365 head; from Philadelphia, 1,029; from Boston, 849. i Since April the business has been increasing weekly, and exporters are confident and hopeful of fair profits and assured success for the future. Attributes of the Gems. Garnet?Constancy and fidelity in every engagement. Amethyst?Preservative against violent passions and drunkenness. Bloodstone?Courage and wisdom in perilous undertakings and firmness in affection. Sapphire?Frees from enchantment and denotes repentance and kindness of j disposition. Emerald?Discovers false witnesses, and insures happiness. in love and domestic felicity. j Agate?uauses its wtmu w uc mt cible in all feats of strength, insures long life, health an (^prosperity. Ruby?Discovers poison; it also insures the cure of evils springing from the unkindness of friends. Sardonyx?Insures conjugal felicity. Chrysolyte?Freethfrom passions and from sadness of the mind. Opal?Denotes hope and sharpens the sight of the possessor of it. Topaz?Fidelity and friendship; calms the passions and prevents bad dreams. Turquoise?Prosperity in love. Moonstone?"Worn as an amulet by the Orientals to protect them irom harm and danger, now much admired for its silvery light and the good luck it is fancied attaches to the wearer. Doctor and Musician. A correspondent of the Conoord(N. H.) Monitor, says : that a physician in that city, who was attending a sick musician during convalescence, suggested to the latter that it would be agreeable to hear a little music during his visits. The " " - " A* J musician fell in witli the suggestion uuu frequently regaled the doctor with the concord of sweet sounds. Time sped rapidly away, and the day arrived for the presentation of that little bill for medical attendance, which amounted to about $100. The bill was presented, but the worthy physician was surprised and disgusted by the presentation of the following counter charges, which he was ultimately compelled to allow ;?For playing "Oft in the Stilly Night," six variations, ten dollars; solo, "Sweet Home," three variations five dollars; "German Waltz," one variation, two dollars ; "Yankee Doodle," six variations, ten dollars; "Sweet Home," three variations, five dollars; solo, " Last Rose of Summer," six variations, ten dollars ; solo, " Arkansas Traveler," six variations, ten dollars: six solo burlesque variations on "Pop Goes the Weasel," ten dollars; "Sweet Allen," fifty cents ; " Money Musk," fifty cents; "New Century Hornpipe," fifty cents ; "Fisher's Hornpipe," fifty cents ; "German Waltz," with one variation, four dollars. Total, sixty-eight dollars. The Sand in Egypt, The sand ha* played a preservative part in Egypt, and has saved for future investigators muCli that Would have j otherwise disappeared. Miss Martin en u says, in her 44 Eastern Life 4' If I were to have the choice of a fairy gift, it should be like none of the many things I fixed upon in my Childhood, in readiness for such occasions. It would be for a great winnowing fan, such as would, 1 without injury tt> human eyes and lungs, blow away the sand which buries the , monuments of Egypt. What a scene would be laid open to them ! One statue and sarcophagus, brought from Mem- ; phis, was buried 130 feet below the mound surface, who Knows out mat the greater part of old Memphis, and of other glorious cities, lies almost unharmed under the sand ! Who can say what armies of sphinxes, what sentinels of colossi might start up on the banks of the river, or come forth from the hill-1 sides of the interior, when the clouds of sand have been wafted away ?" All will | be discovered in good time; we are not Set ready for it; it is desirable we should e further advanced in our power of interpretation before the sand be wholly j blown away. But in truth it will need a ! high wind to do it, begin when it may.? Scotchman. Closeness of the Senate. j The political complexion of the next j United States Senate, which meets in ! Bpecial session October 15, is as follows, ! 8<f far as the politics of the Senators is 1 at present defined: Republicans, thirty- j nine ; Democrats, thirty-three ; Inde- j pendent Republican, one. There are three vacancies?one from South Carolina, caused by the retirement of Senator Robertson, and two from Louisiana, I one being the vacancy caused by the're- J tirement of Senator West, and tne other being known as the Pinchback vacancy, which has exsisted for four or five years past. The applicants for the South Carolina vacancy are David T. Corbin, i Republican, and M. C. Butler, Demo- j orat. The applicants for the two Louisiana vacancies are William Pitt Kellogg, Republican, and J. B. Eustis and James Lewis, Democrats. Should these vacancies be tilled by Democrats, the Democrats would have thirty-six members. How Not to Drown. Men are drowned by raising their arms above water, the unbuoying weight of which depresses the head. Other animals have neither motion nor ability to act in a similar manner, and therefore swim naturally. When a man falls into deep water, he will rise to the surface, and will continue there if he does not elevate his hands. If he moves his hands under the water in any way he pleases, his head will rise so high as to allow him free liberty to breathe, and if he will nse his legs in the act of walking (or rather walking up stairs), his shoulders will rise above the water, A) that he may use less exertion with his hands, or apply them to other purposes. These plain directions are recommended to the recollection of those who have not learned to swim in their youth, as they may be found highly advantageous in preserving life. The man who was "moved to tears" complains of the dampness of the premises, and wishes to move back again. Don't Polnon Yonr Syntrm With euch hurtful drugs asquiuine, caloirel, or blue pills, but take instead that safe, pro npt and agreeable substitute, Hostetter's Stomach 1 Bitter?, which, whether it be used to remedy or : Ere vent malarial fevers, overcome general deilitv, or to correct torpidity of the liver and > bowels, will in every case be found fully ade-1 quate to the wants of the sick and feeble. It) entirely removes dyspeptic symptoms, and by stimulating the flow of gastric juice, facilitates digestion and insures the conversion of food into blood, whereby the system is efficiently nourished and regains its lost vigor, xnis {Treat vegetable restorative has received the indorsement of men of science, the press has j repeatedly borne voluntary testimony to its excellence, and the public has long since given j itthe preference to every medicine of its kind. Physicians of high standing unhesitatingly give their indorsement to the use of the Graefenberg-Marshall's Catholicon for all female complaints. The weak and debilitated tind wonderful relief from a constant use of this valuable remedy. Sold bv ail druggists. #1.50 per bottle. Send for almanacs, Graefenberg Co., New York. I The Cheapest and Beat Advertising to reach readers outside of the large cities. Over 1,000 newspapers, divided into six different lists. Advertisements received for one or more lists. For catalogues containing names of papers, and for other information and for estimates, address Beals A Foster, 41 Park Bow (Times Building), New York. Pond's Extract. "The Vegetable Pain Destroyer " never fails to afford relief from pain. Try it once, and nothing could induce you to be without it I Never Fell Better. Such is the verdict after taking a dose of Quirk's Irish Tea. Sold in packages at 25 cent^ The Markets. irxw YOBX. Beef Cattle-Native 10*? 11* Texas andCberokee.... 08* @ 10 Milch Cows ?C0 @35 00 Hogs?Live 05*@ 06 Dressed.* 0 07* Sheep f?5V@ 06 Laufbe 05*@ 08 Cotton?Middling 12 Flour?Western?Good to Choice.... 6 15 @ 8 00 State?Good to Choice 6 30 @ 7 60 Wheat?Bed Western 17 @ 141 No. 2 Milwaukee 186 @131 Rye?State 77 @ 77 Barley?State 48 @ 48 Barley Malt 1 08 @ 1 03 TTWom '.9 @ 37 UOlO-iUiACU v* w>w> _ 1 Cora?Mixed Western 6634 ! Hay. per cwt CO 4 70 Straw?per cwt 60 4 65 Hope 76's?OH @16 77 s ?7 4 09 Pork-Mess 1310 ^1310 Lard?City Steam Ilk 4 11V Fish?Mackerel, No. 1, new 24 00 id26 00 " No. 2, new 18 00 <414 00 Dry Cod, per cwt 4 75 4 4 76 Herring, Scaled, per box 22 (4 ',H ! Petroleum?Crade G734409X Refined, 15 Wool?California Fleeoe 25 4 35 i * Texas " 2> <4 81 Australian " 45 <4 65 Butter?State 21 4 27 Western Choice 19 (4 2o Wwtn'i?Good to Prime,... 23 4 24 Western?Firkins 10 <4 14J Cheese?State Factory 09 @ 11 State Skimmed 05 oa 08 Western 0934 <4 Eggs?State and Pennsylvania 17 <4 18 BC77ALO. Flour 9 75 <?10 28 j Wheat?No. 1 Milwaukee 1 60 4 1 70 Corn?Mixed 60 | Oats 40 0 60 Rye <1 4 98 . Barley 82 4 f8 Barley Malt 100 4 110 PHILADELPHIA. Beef Cattle?Extra. C6X9 06\ Sheep 05 (d, U7 Hogs?Dressed C8Jtf 093^ Flour?Pennsylvania Extra......... 4 87X9 500 Wheat?Red Wee tern 135 9 185 Rye 6)9 61 Corn?Yellow 69 9 60 Mixed 68 9 68X Oats?Mixed 29 9 81 Petroleum?Crude 09X@03X Refined, 13X Wool-Colorado 36 9 30 Texas 34 9 32 California 27 9 80 BOSTOIf * i Beef Cattle '. 06X9 09X Sheep 0&X9 06* Hogs 08 9 09 Flour?Wisconsin and Minnesota... 8 00 9 9 00 Corn?Mixed 63X9 68 Oats? 44 58 9 69 Wool?Ohio and Pennsylvania XX... 4g 9 60 California 18 9 20 BR1QHTOX, MASS. Beef Cattle (K\9 07X Sheep 05 9 09X Lambs 07 9 10 Hogs 07X9 08 WATZRTOWN, MASS. Beef Cattle?Poor to Choice 8 75 91000 Sheep 6 75 9 8 00 j Lambs ,...700 9 960 MEUKN CUTL TOOTED THE itlES THt MPaTXXT JtOBT" IIlKDtt TiBLE K* V MANUFAfettfRE ALL KINDS OF Exclusive Makers of the " PATENT I?QRY" or Celluloid Knife, the most durable WHlTlS HANDLE known. The Oldest Manufacturer* fit America, O Always call for " Trade Mark " " MKRIDEN CUTliBYj Cutlery, and hv the ME It I PEN CHJTLKKY^V Plain Fact* for Atlve rti?ern to Read and | . Consider. I ?" ' " t / *>j -V rj.\ n fL. rne upringrvia {massacnusms) isaicy i iuu/t has a larger circulation in Springfield and within a radius of twenty-five miles, than any ' other journal. The Springfield (Massachusetts) Weekly Union has a larger circulation, looal and aeneral, than any other weekly newspaper in New Englhnd, outride of Boston. The Union is not only the best advertising medium, but also the cheapest. . For terms address C ark W. Bryan A Co., Publishers, Springfield, Mass., orwnteor apply to any of the leading adtertising agencies in the United States and Canada. Sample copies of either the daily or weekly Union sent free. CHEW The Celebrated " Matchless " Wood Tag Plug Tobacco. The PtofrEEB Tobacco Coxpahy, New York, Boston, and Chicago. Parity, Strength, Econamy. These three requisites arg combined in Dooley's well-known Yeast Powder. A few trials will convince you that it is not only the best, but also the cheapest kRr e >?"r own town. Terms and S5 outfit free H 4AI.LKTT A CO.. Portland. Maine. REVOLVER Free tBtSUdS Add'g J. Bt.wn A Son, 186 A 188 Wood 8t,Pittobar?>a nn|in For SIX BEAUTIFUL PICTURES, H ft 11 L?J (different subjects,) 14x17 inches; Hi 1111 Or for FIVE PICTURES, 17x23; B I I I U ?r for F0LB PICTURES, 19x24. B I LUfl Fac-simile copies of FINE STEEL B I WTj EMI RATINGS, made by the cele3 H g brated GRAPHIC proce*j printed on Itfi ur*'l * "JVD ? "K11 mf B Send ten cents for Illmtratcd Catn^ni 1 E a,',7U0 containing over 100 ptctarm. X- Address. The Daily Graphic, New York City. ' a. ? The Beat Tras* without _iT-^ Metal Springs ever invented. No humbug claim of a oerVv$fcs'? UP' v- v-aw5 tain radical cure, bat a goaran tee of a comfortable, secure and satisfactory apph ance. We will take baok and wJF pay fall nrice for ail that do not rait. Price, single, like cot, ?4; for both aides, 96. Sent by mail, post-paid, on receipt of prioe. N. B.?This Trass will cure more Ruptures than any of those for which extravagant claims are made. Circulars free. POME ROY TltUNH CO.. 746 Broadway. Now York. To Druggists and Others Wanting Pore Goods. lie Form Fine Co., wise (marked as requested) one doteo or more assorted bottles, safe y boxed, per ticttle. five to a gallon: Moontain Sherry. ..78 eta. |OIa Port 8Qct*. Holland Gin 75 " I St. Croix Rum 78 " Jamaica Rum 94 " I Cognac Brandy. ...91.35 Scotch or Irish Whisky 96 eta. The order with cash, Registered Letter, or P. O. Order may call for any number of each at the above importers' prices. Address FOREIGN WINK CO, P. Q. Box 1467. New York. SAFER THAN THE AVERAGE SAVINGS BANK. The Shores of the (!sawlldate4 Virginia and the California Mining Companies are selling at twent7-eight to thirty-five dollars each. The two Companies have already paid more than forty-nine million dollars in monthly dividends. The rate is equal to eighty per cent, a rear on the present market prioe of the stock. Orders for luta of five shares and upwards executed, and full information given by WILLIAM WARD, Banker and broker, Rx-Preeideot of th? American Mining Board, Drexel Building, Corner Broad and Hull Htrerte, New York. N. B. ? Inve.'ment, Railroad and all marketable Securities bought and sold, and dividends collected. NATURE'S REMEDY.^V YEGETINDl THE Earn Blood PuKincw^/^ Pbovidknce, R- L, 164 Transit Street. H. R. STEVENS, Esq.: I feel bound to express with my signature the high value I place upon your VEGETINE. My family have used it for the last two years. In nervons debility it is invaluable, snd I recommend it to all who may need an invigorating tonic. 0. T. WALKER, Formerly Pastor of Bowdoin Square Chnrcb, Boston. Veaetine is Sold by All Druggists. j > Before Life Is Imperilled* d?tl jndioionsly with the symptoms which tendtodangerooscnronicqiseaiee. If the stomach is foal, the excretions irregular, the liver torpid, nothing is more certain than that Tarrant's Effervescent Seltzer Aperient is the one thing needfnl to effect a core. Sold by i ll dmggista. THE GOOD OLD JTAND-BY. MEXICAN MUSTANG LINIMENT FOR MAN AND BEAST." Established 35 Tuu. Always eons. Always ready. Always handy. Has never failed. Thirty million? ha** utted it. Th whole world approves the glorious old Mustang?the Best aad Cheapest I lei men I in existenoe. 25 oente a bottle. The Mustang Liniment cures when nothing else will. SOLD BT ALL MEDIO INK VENDERS. Dl 'PH B1 Jt1 NITED STATES T.I ML! INSURANCE COMPANY; IN THE CITT OF NEW TORE. ! 261, 262, 263 Broadway. ?OBflAKlZBB 18I0-* 1 ASSETS, $4,827,176.52 SURPLUS, $820,00C j EVERY APPROVED FORM OF POLIOS ISSUED ON MOST FAVORABLE TERMS ALL ENDOWMENT POLICIES AMD mftOVfiS U2aAma MATURINO IN 1877 wu. BE mm * 7% ON PRESENTATION. JAMES BUBLL, - - PRESIDENT. GRACE'S jSaJve! A VEGETABLE PREPARATION, Invented id the 17th oentury b* Dr. William Gram Surgeon in King James' army. Through its agency h oared thousands of the most serious sores ana wound that baffled the skill of the moot eminent physicians o his day, and was regarded by all who knew him aa i pnblic benefactor. 25 cents a box. For Sale by Drug gists generally. Sent by mail on receipt of priec Prepared by SETH W. FOTV'LK ik HONH, 86 UarrlNon Avenue, Boston, Mm* 0 ERY COMPANY II CEITEfflUL FUZE. IT*. ' TABLE CUTLERY. r 4? Cfcma?hcra 8cTfU W?wYariu 840 hm*-cStt^iS&E& tib*| ?) a Hay ?t horn*. AfentA wanted. Outfit ud t$JL? terms free. tkUkXCO., Angosta. Maine. >55 g >77 S Z-t&ifS?; ftSJXZr tR fn ton per day at borne. 8??flu worth U W STI.VSONA(Xl,Pn?tland.Mamr FAM Hade by 17 Agents !nJan.77wtth Vttf ?C a my 13 new articles. Samples free. wl# V f Address C. M. Linington, CUeafo. HOW TO PROCrUE TEXAM l*and withmifc money, end sixteen pages of Reading sent for Ten Cents. Address COMMON 8EN?B, Paris, Texas. 6AIIA A Month.?Agents wanted. 36 be* seH$oaU gWABTHMO^E-Cyll?.^T^^?.^.ifflW KJ ctreoi rrignui. mu ? -- _ fw, Kdwd. H. MaOELL, A. M.,Praat., gwarthmore.Pa. MAC PBEMir* WATCH AID CHAIK-* 2K J !% atein-wlnder.Freo with CTery order. Outr **JU free. J. i). Gaylord & Co.. Chicago. 111. nrvyMAGNETlCPl lMKPIECK. aeSI *"7?worki. Hunter cue. Sample Watch free to fQfsi Agenta. A.QOPLTKR A CO.. Chicago, Ma Heavy H olid silver Thimble 90 elisor eary Gold filled, warranted ?/eara. 11.39. A'gte acudilComp for catalogue. Vax <eCo? Chicago. W'*wrED-J?SS?4^:N?%UBS! Addreea Queen City/ Lamp Works, Cincinnati, 0. AAa year to Agenta. Out/U and ? Vf%IIII$2s Slot Gun /nr?. For teraa adVfc V U If dreaa. J. Wortx& Co., a.Lonis,Mo. itiotoaooosssssF52 Addreaa BAXTER A CO.. Banker*. IT Wall St. W T. ffinilllfl HABIT CUBED AT HOJMEk UrlUH No publicity. Time abort. Tama awl VI IWm ,,raUj 1,000 T<?etimomala. Do>cr<ba cane OR. F. B. MARSH. Quincy. Mich. T>T?\TUTrkVC tnd increase of tensions tor A Hill pXvyll O all soldiers suffering from tcuueds or diseases. No fee till claim allotted. Addreaa, with sump, MoNRILL A BIRCH, Waahington, D. 0. |af A AITCn Men to trarel and takaordara of U/AIU I tU Merchanta. Salary 81 gOO a yea* WW #11 w and all traveling axpanaaa paid Addreaa Gem ManTg Co.. 8t. Louie. Mo. ALax#m UMiRT EDWAUDCallealate I am It ate, N. V. 1. Fifteen te&obers. ISO for Fall tana of 13 *<?ka beginning Sept. 6, for board, foal, waehin* and Ootnm< n Knglish. Specialties?Claaeica. Bomnee*. Oratory, Muaio and Painting. One, two arid three yeara Gredaatng Counselor I ariea and gentlemen. Addreaa. " INSTITUTE," FOBT Kpwa?P. W. Y. ITf\ f Farmers fnr Tnwa! A*W A MA UAV* WJ JkV* av .. ww Sfni a Po?fnl Card for description and maps of 91,200*000 Arm of R. R. Lands for sal* on loo* L-rms. Soil nrs -class. Tickets FREE to land-borers from Chicago and re tarn. Address J. H. CALHOUN* Lend Commissioner lows R. R. Land Co., 92flandolpa Street, Chioaoo, or Cepab Rapids. Iowa. BOSTBV WEEKLY TBilSQUPT, TT e best family newspaper pnb'i*faed; eight pages; fifty sis ooiomns reading. Terms?92 per an nam; slabs of eleven, ?l*psr annum, in adrsnce. MPBC'IMBN COPY GRATIS*. $10 to $25 ??? C.ul?co, (m. J. II. BL'rroHD'M HONK, B?ton. [Established 1830.1 $1.00 $1.00 Osgood's Heliotype Engravings. The choicest household omatnente. Price 1 One Dollar each. Send for catalogue, A JAMES R. OSGOOD & CO. . BOSTON, MASS. . ?? $1.00 $1.00 BIVEBV1EV ACASEM7, onnruifCPDCip M V._ r w _f . .v OTIS BI8BEE, A. X., Principal and Proprietor Numbers its alumni by hundreds in all the honorable ra'lu of life. Pupilrf range from twelve to.twenty yean in age. Next session opens Sfpt. lfttb. Those wishing to enter sborild mnhe an early Application CEKPK SHIRTS?only oo? quality?Tae Best IV Keep's Patent Partlr-made Dress Shirts Can be finished as etajr as hemming a Handkerchief. rho very best, six for 9?.Of). Keep's Custom Shirts- made to measure, The very best, six for SO. 00. An elegant set of genuine Gold plate Collar and Sleeve Buttons given with each half dos. Keen's Shuts. Keep's Shirts are delivered FREE on reoeipt of prise In any part of the Union?no express charges to pep. Samples with full directions for ael (-measurement Seat Free to any address. No stamp required. Deal directly with the Manufacturer and get Bottom Prioee. Keep Manufacturing Co., 166 Mercer St., N.T. HEADACHE. DR. C. W. BENSON'S CELERY and CHAM* OMIIiE PILLS are prepared expressly to care SICK HEADACHE. NERVOUS HEAD. ft SCHE, DYSPEPTIC HEADACHE. NEU- W ALU! A. NERVOUSNESS. SLEEP J.E88EsS. and wIlT care any ease. Office. 106 . Eutaw St.. Baltimore. Md. Price oOc.. postage free. Sold by all drag grists and coaa. try stores. REFERENCE ?Howard Bank, Baltimore. .Md. dla ftft ftft Hft ia not easily esrned in thaaa tunes, II ? M # but it can be made in thres months 8L" M M M by ui on* of oithor hi, m any |k mat part of the oountry who is willing 111 | I I to work steadily atthaempiojminl wBF III that wo famish. par mk in ' your own town. Too nood not bo away from homo over night. You can giro your wholo timo to tha work, or only your spare moment*. Wa haro i stent* who are making ever 820 per day at the business. All who engage at once can make money fast. At tha present time money cannot be made so easily and ? rapidly at any otker business. It ooste nothing to try tha business. Terms and 85 Outfit free. Address at oooa. Hr HALLETT Ac CO., Portland, Mnlwc. DR. WARNER'S HEALTH COSSET. A With Skirt SayHftar mmi 8elf-AdJnatin? Pads. lT*i Secures Hbalth and Coworto/ sjf Body, with Gsaci and Biatrrr of Form. Three Garments In one. , ^JLV 7^ Approved by all physicians. \ ntnms*l AG E NTS WANTED. vSUiXffIM Sam plea by mail, In Coatll, $2; fTlriwTi Satteon, SI 78. To Areata at #f/lbl VI 85 centa le*- Order use two I fl ylw 9 Inches smaller than waist mooMkyU/i acre over the dress. W/jIfffffkcA Warner Bros. 35lBroadway,I.'y " The Best Polish in the World." i III > [37j|TT7|j)T|i||4J11 i BABBnTS TOILET SOAP. ^ - CartraiM lor im Totlriaod tbc Balk. No artificial tad fiacaptlva odor* I* oorrr easuMS tW fialatartoai tnfradlaata. Itejaoiof edeeUficrxperiewk |ka maaniactam of B. T. BMitTt Bad - Mbtw n* IUPT T9I1JCT MAP la Ike WsrU. Oafr lit fmrmt ttgtUilt ail* uttd ia iU maatftctmrt. Baaala box, coouUtaa 1 oaks* of oaa. aach, taut ha to any adbM oa racatot of T5 cah Addraaa Sandal-Wood positive remedy for all diseases ef the Kidneys, Bladder end Urinary Ornai; eleo good inlDrap leal Complaints. It never produces sickness, ia certain and apeedy in ita action. It ia faat superseding all other remedies. Sixty capsules cm* in ?ix or ei*ht days. No other medicine can do this. Beware" of I mil at tote, for, owing to ita Jtreas access, many base been offered; some are moat dazveert ous, causing piles, etc. DUNDAN DICK & C'O.'H Smsim Soft CoptuUt, containing Oil qf Sandnlicood, toll at all drag stores. Atk for circular, or toad for out ro 36 and 87 s Wootltr Street, Arte York. I N. T. H. U. Ne 35. L* WH*N WRITINU TO 40>EKTI*KU-% If eleane ear that ? * iitt *.?a , weal Ca 6JMj iff: *i