FIJI ISLA>DERM.
Their Ceremonial Dances?School (Jeosrnphy
Turned Into a Sonit?The ISrcat
State 44 Meke"?A Flylnit Fox and a Club
Dance.
A correspondent writes as follows
from Fiji, in the South Pacific ocean:
It was amusing in the morning to
watch the country people streaming
into the town in large and small parties
?in canoes or along the paths on the
banks of the river. They had their
smart dancing dresses tied up in bundles,
some with their faces already painted,
and their hair done up in tappa in the j
oddest way possible. All the time the
" lall" (native wooden drums) were inakiug
a great row in the square, and when
all the people were assembled we went
and sat down under a canopy of mats
which had been put up to screen us
from the sun. First came the school- j
children. They passed us in single file, I
and passing inside the advancing file j
coil Oil themselves up in the center of the
square. Rich child as it passed halted
and read a verse from the Bible. Then
they unwound themselves, and came up j
in the same fashion with their writing i
on slates. Then came a dance on the
" meke." They retired a little, divided
into bands, and then came forward in a !
sort of dance, turning first to the one side I
and then the other, moving in the most j
perfect time, and chanting as they came. !
All their movements were graceful, and j
the way in which the tuue, if one
can so call it, was first of all sung by
those in front, and then taken up, a
third lower, by those behind, was very ;
effective. If I have time I will translate
the "meke" for you. It was " com- j
. posed for the occasion." When they i
had com9 close enough, on a signal they j
all sat down and began a geography les- '
son. The native teacher called out the !
name of a country, as " Peritania," j
(Britain), aud one of the cliildren, in a
low minor key, began to chant " Peritania
as matanitu" (Britain is a king- {
dom). Then a third higher some other
words, where Britain is, etc., and then,
with a swaying motion of their bodies
and a rythmical clapping of hands,
sometimes beating the ground, sometimes
pointiug on one side, sometimes
on the other, and sometimes joining
hands overhead, they all joined in a
chant descriptive of the extent, govern- j
mcnt, etc., of tho British empire; in |
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rather pretty song. Ia this way they
went through nearly all the countries
m Europe.
Then came the event of the day, the
great State "meke." The first was the
"Flymg Fox Dance." From the halfhidden
roads leading out of the corners
of the square came two bands of men
dressed in "likus"(a sort of kilt) of
green and colored leaves. These were :
beautifully made, the leaves lying very j
thick one above another, and reaching ;
below their knees. The men were very
fiue specimens of humanity; some had
their faces blackened or painted black
and red, and their heads done up in the
most elaborate way with white tappa. 1
Garlands of flowers and leaves hung
round their necks, and they had garters
and armlets of bright-colored leaves on 1
their arms and legs. To describe the
dance is far beyond m/ power. There
must have been over 200 men and about
sixty cnildren taking part in it. The
two parties approached each other in the j
usual 44 meke " form, an odd mixture of
march arid dance, and after various
evolutions every man threw away the
huge palm-leaf fan which he carried in
his hand. This was the end of the first
.act. In the next part the flying foxes
procetedsd to rob a banana treb. A pole
was set up in the middle of the square,
and on tho top of it a banana plant, with
' ajjunoh of artificial fruit made of husked
cdcoannts full of oil. The two bands
advanced, and seemed to consult, and I
then messengers were sent from either
party, to see, I suppose, that all was
safe. They went flying arouud the
square with their arms stretched out,
making a noise like a flying fox. With
a great deal of dancing the main body
approached the tree, aud one of them
climbed up, while the little flying foxes
circled round, and finally clustered
under the tre >, crying with delight at
the sight of the fruit. The fox in the
tree hung by his legs and flapped his
arms, when another climbed after him,
and they bit and scratched aud squalled
just as big bats do, and the first-comer
was turned out. The whole dance lasted 1
about half an hour, and between each !
figure there was a slight pause. The j
time was wonderful?every 6wish of their
likus was in nuisnn, aud they were most
clever in adapting themselves to auy
inequality in t.ne gronnd. There was a j
mnairt.il a/vnmiiiinnnpiif nf nniirA flrnmR
aod hollow bamboos, played by about I
twenty gaily-dressed old gentleman.
Next came a club dance: The square
was snrronudod?except on one side,
where stood the great church?as I ought
before to have mentioned, by plantations :
of bananas and bread-fruit; so that one
saw nothing of the preparations and
formation, but heard the chant of the j
dancers before they came in from different
paths. From either sidefltdvanced
a party, each about eighty strong,
marehing three abreast, armed with
short spears made of bamboo, cut into i
fantiistic shapes at the end, or with the
slmfts painted or covered with a matting
of reeds. As the two parties approached
each other?very, veiw slowly?they
chanted, and swung their bodies from J
side to side, thrusting and parrying with
thoir spears, which were held overhead;
every hand and every foot moving exactly
together. When about twelve yards
from each other, each body wheeled away
from us, and we saw advancing between
them from some distance another body
of men, of about the same strength as
both the others, but twelve abreast, and
armed with clubs. This "meke," in
which over 300 men were daucing, was
wild and picturesque, and the men tine, ;
well-made fellows,as they were all chiefs, j
or men of high birth. The dresses in
this dance were even more brilliant than
in the last. Each man had a liku of
strips of pandanus leaf, dyed black,
yellow, and red in strips. Their bodies
and faces were elaborately painted black
aud red, and their heads were done up
iu folds of very line tappa, white or
brown, or in some cases (what I have
never seen before) of a bright blue.
They had sashes of white tappa, in thick
folds, terminating sometimes in stream-!
ers, and sometimes in a long train, not
allowed to touch the ground, but looped
up again into the sash, something like
the thiugs ladies used to wear a little
while ago. Each man of the front rank
of the larger body had a splendid large
breast-pliite of ivory and pearl-shell.
Many had a larg% boar's tooth hung
round their necks? rather an effective
ornament?and armlets, garters, and
bracelets of shells, ivory, or black waterweed,
according to his fancy.
The next dance was the most graceful
of all. It is called " The Waves of the
Sea," and represented the sea coming
up on the reef. The dresses of the men
were much the same as in the l?.st, but
?dhere were a'so a number of children in
l??h|ht likn", and with garhm s of leaves
and-flowers. First of all, they formed a
long line, then breaking the line, dan ceil
forward, ten or twelve at a time, for a
few steps, bend down their bodies and
spreading out their hands, as the little
shoots of a wave run up on the;beach.
Then wave after wave rolled in, and then
at the end of the long line ran round,
first a few at a time, some falling back
again; then more and more, as the tide
runs up on the shore-side of the reef,
and nothing but a small island of coral is
left. The band kept up a sound like the
roar of the surf; and as the tide rose and
the waves began to meet and battle over
the little island, the dancers threw their
arms over their heads as they met, and
their white tappa-covered heads shook
as they bounded into the air, like the
sprays of the breaking surf. The people
sitting round screamed with delight.
The idea of the dance^ could not have
been more artistically ca'rried out.
A Daring Robbery.
A despatch from Wapakoueta, Ohio,
says: A daring robbery, unprecedented
in the history of Auglaize county for
boldness, was committed in this place.
Lewis Myers, the county treasurer, was
going iiomeward at about ten o'clock, p.
m., and just as he got opposite the first
alley east of his residence three men
threw a heavy blanket over his head and
pressed him to the ground. Mr. Myers
guessed their object instantaneously,
and attempted to throw away his office
keys; but his quick-eyed captors detected
the attempt and prevented it. They
carried him back into the alley, and
guarded him until about eleven o'clock.
Then they carried him bodily to the
court house, unceremoniously throwing
him over the fence in the alley east of
R. D. Marshall's.
The back door wa3 then broken open,
and the-treasurer was carried into the
hall and requested to open the office
door, but he refused, even under the
threat of torture by burning. To show
At. in Aorunof a firn TTQQ cforfibl
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in the narrow passageway between the
vaults, and Mr. Myers was held over it
until the heat burned the legs of his
pantaloons and scorched his feet. After
being nearly suffocated with the smoke,
he unlocked the door and admitted them.
He still refused, however, to open the
safe, protesting that the combination to
unlock the inner doors was unknown to
him, being known only to his son. They
would not accept this, and presenting a
cockec revolver to each temple compelled
him to open the safe.
While two of the robbers were rifling
the safe, a third stood guard at the back
hall door, and from certain sounds Mr.
Myers inferred that one was at the front
door. At a little after midnight the robbers
departed with their booty, except
one who stood over the county treasurer,
revolver in hand, until the three o'clock
train came in. Then he vanished.
At six o'clock Mr. Myers was discovered
by the janitor, gagged and tightly
bound to a chair, where he had suffered
during the long hours of the night.
The loss is between $31,000 and $32,000,
wholly in greenbacks and bank
notes. The robbers overlooked in their
haste a package of $20,000 in government
bonds belonging to Samuel Bitler,
of the Farmer's Bank. It was in an envelope,
and wrapped up in an old piece
of newspaper.
Mr. Myers' hat was found where it
had been dropped in the street. His
watch was found where it was thrown
over the fence. The thieves took it
from him, but had the discretion not to
keep it.
A Novel Accidental Discovery.
More novelties are the result of accident
thau is generally supposed. The origin
of blue-tinted paper came about by a
mere slip of the hand. NVilliam East,
ah Euglisli paper-maker, once upon a
time set his men to work, and went away
on business. While the men were at
dinner, Mrs. East accidentally let a bluebag
fall into one of the vats of pulp.
Alarmed at the occurrence, she determined
to say nothing about it Great
was the astonishment of the workmen
when they saw the peculiar color of the
paper, and the great anger of Mr. East
whenjhe returned and found that thewhole
vat of pulp had been spoiled. After
giving the paper made from it warehouse
room for four years, Mr. East sent it up
to his agent in London to be sold "for
what it would fetch."
"For what it will fetch!" said the
agent, misunderstanding the meaning.
" Well, it certainly is a novelty, but he
must not expect too much."
So he sold the whole at a considerable
advance upon the market price, and
wrote to the mills for as much more as
he could get. The surprise of Mr. East
may be imagined. He hastened to tell
his wife, who found courage to confess
her siare in the fortunate accident and
to claim a reward, which she received in
the shape of a new cloak. Mr. East kept
iiis secret, and for a siiort time supplied
the market with the novel tint, until
the demand far exceeded the supply, and
other makers, discovering the means
used, competed with him.
Savings Bank Salaries.
A New York correspondent says: The
whole amount of savings bank deposits
in Gotham is over 8200,000,000, and the
total cost of taking care of them is 8725,000.
The salary list is an interesting
study. It gives one an idea that the
men who run the savings banks don't do
it out of philanthropy altogether.
The: 3's money in it for most of them,
and juite a good deal for some. One
bank pays its president a salary of 810,000.
Another pays a treasurer 812,000.
A third pays a secretary 810,000. Another
pays 822,000 to a president and secretary.
It is curious how things are mixed
as to the compensation of the officers. One
bank pays a treasurer 812,000, and gives
only 83,000 to its president. Another is
run by an actuary and an assistant, who
together get 811,500. In another there
is neither president, secretary nor
actiuiry, but comptroller, treasurer and
accountant gather in 817,000 between
them. One bank employs nine bookkeepers,
and another thirteen. One
keeps an appraiser of real estate at 83,000,
another keeps one at 8000. A bank
with deposits of nearly 830,000,000 has
an expense account of $93,000, and one
with deposits of $2,000,000 expends
$36,000.
A Knowing Dog.
A gentleman in Westchester county is
the fortunate owner of two dogs, one an
Newfouplander, and the other a little
black-and-tan terrier. One cold night
last winter a friend who happened to be
at the gentleman^ house heard the little
dog barking at a furious rate, and inquired
the cause. " I'll tell you," said
the gentlemau ; " both dogs occupy one
house, and the big dog, on the principal
that might makes right takes the inside.
But here's a piece of canine strategy.
The little fellow runs into the yard and
barks and barks, till the big fellow
comes out to see what's the matter, when
the black-and-tan takes the opportunity
to slip into the kennel, and so secure
the snug inside berth. Strange to say,
as often as this trick has beeti played on
the big dog, he seems to grow no wiser,
but is sold every time."
LIVES THAT ARE HOPELESS.
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Women who nve Serving Mfe Seutenrrn for
Alnrdcr?~>(God litis Forgiven Ale, but
AInn Will Not "?The Cnrgin?!Smith
Tragedy.
[ From the Detroit Free Press. ]
Over the grim stone walls of the
women's ward at the Detroit house of
correction clambers a woodbine, and
birds have been there and built their
nests. Under the iron cornice the sparrows
are rearing their young and chattering
to each other ail day long. It is
pleasant to see those cold walls thus
covered, and yet one sighs at the remembrance
that the ward holds some of the
j saddest hearts in the world. The other
day, as our reporter entered the women's
ward, the first person he saw was Orilla
Smith, a woman some thirty years of
age, who has already served eleven years
of a life sentence. She and her husband
were sent to Jackson for life for attempting
to poison his father, or rather
for poisoning him with intent to kill.
The dose was not successfully administered,
and the victim was the witness
i who sent him to prison. Three or four
years ago the husband was pardoned out
| to die, but the air of .liberty revived him,
, and he mastered the disease that had
I brought him near death's door. A year
or two ago he was married again, and all
these facts are known to the wife, who
Daces nn and down the corridor, and
weepingly asks :
44 Have I not suffered enough ? Have
I not been here a lifetime?"
, She was transferred from Jackson two
! or three yeara ago, and at present is an
assistant in her ward. Men have considered
the life sentence too severe, and
as she has been immured eleven long
years, and her husband is free, her
friends have hopes that she will be par1
doned within another year. The tortures
of conscience and the pangs of sorrow
have made her look like one of sixty
years. If set free to-morrow, she would
shrink from the public like a frightened
1 child, and the merry shouts of happy
children would fall upon her sore heart
like clods on a coffin. It was not so
hard to bear until she began to hope.
For years her face was pale and resolute,
| and the flash of her eyes proved that she
had determined to live on, and make no
sign while waiting for death. Now that
, there is hope, she trembles like a leaf
when a strange step sounds on the stairs.
Hope and despair fill her heart by turns,
and she is fast wearing awav. Yet her
cell is one of the cosiest on the corridor.
Sitting at a mending table at the head
of the laundry room was Rosa
Schweistahl, a woman now sixty-five
j years old. She was convicted of hus1
band-poisoning, and the sentence was for
life. Ten long years have rolled away
since the prison door first shut behind
her, and she will not have to stay another
ten. Gray-haired and trembling, she
; knows that death will soon come to set
! her free. There are tears in her eyes as
slip lnnlrn nn hnt. no rav of hrvnp flashps
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across her face at the sound of the mew i
footstep. She is not hoping for a pardon.
If one were granted to her she might
not be able to find kith or kin to give
her a corner until her hours were numj
bered. It would give her liberty anil
sunshine and new scenes, but what are
those privileges worth to a trembling
i and penniless old woman, who might die
| by the roadside before her pardon was a
j week old ? There is more sympathy for
| her because she is,so old. She pleaded
! guilty when arraigned for trial, and she
] neither defended nor protested. Ten
i dreary, dismal, slow-passing years have
been tolled off on Time's far-sonnding
bell, and her sentence is not ended?
only nearer the last day. Her heart has
been pierced again and again by the
stings of conscience, and many a night,
when deep silence reigned throughout
the corridor, the sentinel has caught her
whispered words
' God lias forgiven me, but man will
not!"
The end may not come this year nor
next, but is not far away. Some morni
ing when her cell door is thrown open
she will seem to sleep on. Some one
will call her name, and bend over her,
and then the word will pass through the
prison that "grandma" is dead.
Less than a year ago Julia Cargin was a
contented wife and a happy mother, having
all the comforts of a home and as
clear a conscience as any other woman in
the land. Yesterday, when our reporter
saw her in the sewing room at the house
j of correction, her face was haggard, her
j eyes sunken, her hair turning gray, and
\ her forty years of life seemed to have
1 doubled in a few brief months. She
came to Michigan with her husband to
visit a friend uamed Smith. The home
of the Smiths was not pleasant. While
she had considerable property in her
own name, he had none, and was not
anxious to accumulate any.
Mrs. Smith had been thinking of securing
a divorce, and had brooded over
her situation until it seemfd far worse
than it really was. Soon after the
Cargins arrived, Smith and his wife had
i some hard words, and as he left the
! house the wife cried out:
" I would to God that he was out of
the world!"
Before she had time to retract or repent,
the Cargins offered to put her
: husband out of the way. If, before the
1 awful crime was actually committed, the
wife repented in the least, she gave her
victim no warning. In the dead of
night she crept away from his side and
retreated to a distant room, and the
Cragins crept in and murdered him as he
slept. Only a wife with the heart of a
i fiend or the mind of a lunatic could have
drawn away in the darkness, and listened
to the murderous blows, and
waited to be told that her husband was
: dead. They carried the body to the
J barn, along with the bedding, scraped
the stains from the floor and walls, and
then set fire to the barn to burn up all
evidence. The plan, however, was not
successful. The flames were subdued
by the neighbors before they had destroyed
the fatal proofs, and arrest, tria1,
and sentence followed. The Cargins
were sent for life, the husband going to
Jackson. Mrs. Smith, who only helped
to plan, was given a sentence of fifteen
years. Both women were sentenced at
the same time and arrived at the prison
together. Their oells are side by side,
and a hundred times a day they look into
j each other's face, shudder at the past,
and refrain from speaking a word that
| may call up it in a stronger light. Both
; have children. The murderess left two
1 behind her, and the plotter three, the
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youngest uarmy inree years uiu. iiiej
ilo not accuse each other, as one would
expect them to do. They never speak
of their children to each other. When
their eyes meet they remember the awful
deed committed that night, and they
turn from pale, haggard faces to walls
and bars.
The Cargin woman could not answer
questions yesterday. A look and word
broke her down so that she could not
speak. The wife of the murdered man
sat down and tried to tell her story, and
it was painful to see what a wreck she
had become. She could not remember
how her husband was killed, or what the
witnesses against her testified, or what
defense the Cargins had.
" I got up and went away from him,
ami then Homebody killed him," she
gaspingly explained.
She seemed hard and cold at lirst,
and one would have said that she had au
evil face,but the mention of her children
melted her in au instant and set her to
sobbing. When asked about her two
eldest children, she gave their whereabouts;
but when the name of the youngest
was mentioned she threw up her
j arms and sobbed out:
"My baby! Oh, my baby! Why
; don't they let me see him just once
more ?"
They took the little boy from her arms
j when they led her away to jail. He
clung tightly to her neck, his innocent
l heart knowing nothing of her awful
j crime, and every day since her long
: sentence began he has looked into the
! faces of strangers, and tearfully and piti'
fully asked:
" Where's mamma ? When will mam!
ma come home ?"
rra _ x .. .1 1 i.
xne two oiaer outs went ijuieu^ awnj
from her, dimly realizing that a happy
home was forever broken up, and that
the whispers of men and women around
them of a horrible murder implicated
the mother who had sung them to sleep
and taught them to pray. The baby
clung to her just the same, aud its name
has only to be mentioned to wring her
very soul with grief.
TilE PUBLIC DEBT.
Decrease of ?nrly Four Million in August.
The following is a recapitulation of
the public debt statement:
DEBT BEARING INTEREST IN COIN.
Bonds at six per cent $814,341,050
Bonds at five per cent 703,266,650
j Bonds at four and a half percent. 185,000,000
Total principal- $1,702,607,700
Total interest 25,519,618
DEBT BEARING INTEREST IN LAWFUL MONEY.
Navy pension fund, at three per
cent $14,000,000
Interest 70,000
DEBT ON WHICH INTEREST HAS CEASED SINCE
MATURITY.
Principal $19,357,600
Interest 669,019
DEBT BEARING NO INTEREST.
Old demand and legal tender
notes $358,040,096
Certificates of deposit 50,430,000
Fractional currency 19.172,114
Coin certificates 38,525,400
ToUl principal $466,167,610
Total unclaimed interest 7,057
TOTAL DEBT.
Principal .... $2,202,132,971
Interest 26,265,694
Total $2,228,398,665
CASH IN THE TREASURY.
I /V?tw *1 no tvu QQC
VA/IU * > *UVj WW
Currency 11,828,507
Currency held for redemption of
fractional currency 8,265,412
Special deposit held for the redemption
of certificates of deposit
as provided by law 50,430,000
Total $177,428,855
Less estimated due military establishments,
for which no appropriations
have been made.. 4,500,000
Total $172,928,855
DEBT LESS CASH IN THE TREASURY.
August 1, 1877 $2,059,339,318
Septembor 1, 1877 2,055,469,779
Decreapo of debt during the
month 3,869,538
Decrease of debt since June 30,
1877 4,688,443
Teach the Danghtcrs.
Teach them self-reliance.
Teach them to make good bread.
Teach them to make good shirts.
Teacli them not to paint or powder.
Teach tliem to do marketing for the
family.
Teach them how to make their own
dresses.
Teach them how to wash and iron
clothes.
Teach them how to wear thick, warm
shoes.
Teach them how to cook a good meal
of victuals.
Teach them that a dollar is only a
hundred cents.
Give them a good substantial, common-school
education.
Teach them every day, dry, hard,
practical common sense.
Teach them to regard the morals of
beaux.
Teach them all the mysteries of the
kitchen, the dining-room and the parlor.
Teach them to have nothing to do with
dissolute and intemperate young men.
Teach them that the more they live
within their incomes, the more they will
save.
Proierbs Concerning Noses.
Wa linro nn fAwpr f.ban fnnrfp.An
lish proverbs relating to this important
feature of the human face divine. They
are as follows : 1. Follow your nose.
2. He cannot see beyond his nose.
3. An inch is a good deal on a man's
nose. 4. He would bite his own nose off
to spite his face. 5. He has a nose of
| noses. 6. As plain as the nose on your
face. 7. To hold one's nose to the
grindstone. 8. To lead one by the nose.
9. To put one's nose out of joint. 10. To
; pay through the nose. 11. To have a
I good nose for a poor man's sow. 12. To
i thrust one's nose into other people's busii
ness. 13. A nose that can smell a rat.
I 14. Every man's nose will not make a
i shoeing horn.
A Little lValk to Church.
A good story is told by the Troy
(N. Y.) Pre** at the expense of Hon.
Neil Gilmour, superintendent of the
State department of public instruction,
who lias been visiting his parents in
Scotland. On the first Snnday at home,
his mother, who is nearly eighty years
I of age, invited him to attend church
[ with her. He accepted and proposed to
get a carriage, which offer his mother
declined, informing him that she always
walked to church. The dutiful son could
do no less than follow the example of his
good mother, and ro they started for the
church. After walking what seemed a
reasonable distance and seeing no church,
the uneasy official asked how far the
church mi?ht be, and was somewhat
astonished to learn that it was only four
miles awar. .
Gen. F. A. Walker's article in The International
ItevieWy just published, upon the display
of goods and wares at the Philadelphia World's
Fair, last year, points out the gratifying fact,
that in several prominent mechanical specialties
the long established supremacy of this country
is easily shown to be unimpaired. In reapers,
locks, sofas and sewing machines America leads
the worl 1, while in scales for commercial use,
Gen. Walker says that " time and recent invention
have not impaired the superiority of American
goods. The great house which was founded
at St. Johnsburv forty years ago, not only
! maintains the positive merit of its productions,
but ships its goods to every quarter of the
j globe."
, The Cheapest and Best Advertising
; to reach readers outside of the large cities.
Over l,0t)0 newspapers,divided into six different
! lists. Advertisements received for one or more
lists. For catalogues containing names of
1 paj>ers, and for other information and fqr esti;
mates, address Reals & Foster. 41 Park Row
(Tihns Building), New York.
Are You Costive?
if so, be careful of disease. Avoid it by taking
' Quirk's Irish Tea. Price 25 cts.
A l?f*ion Taught by Experience.
Amoug the many valuable lessons taught by
experience, there is not one of greater moment
to the invalid portion of the community than
the following, viz: That alterative treatment
! is only permanently successful when aided by
i invigofatnn. When ibe functions o/ the body I
are disordered, tho use of a genial tonic with
which corrective properties are combined is |
the speediest means of regulating them. Such I
a tonic is Hoatetter's Stomach Hitters, the !
most ]>opular, as it is the best article of its j
class. For more than twenty-five years it has
been used with signal success as a remedy for, J
and preventive of malarial fevers, as a means 1
of imparting strength to the debilitated, and as ,
a curative of dyspepsia, biliousness, consti- i
pation, kidney troubles and uterine weakness, j
' Not only have multitudes of those whom it has
cured borne testimony in its behalf, but it has '
been repeatedly commended by the medical !
j profession ana tne press.
, For Severe Coughs nnd Lang Complaints.
Canton, Pa., Nov. 28,1873.
I Messrs. Seth W. Fowle A Sons, Boston:
Gentlemen?About ten years ago. after having
had a sovere attack of the measeis, I was
I troubled with a severe cough, and was threat
ened with consumption. My father having
died at the age of thirty-one with consumption
of the lungs, and my aunt having been carried
off with the same complaint, it seems to be
hereditary in our family. At the time alluded
to, I was induced to buy a bottle of Dr. Wistar's
Balsam of Wild Cherry, and can say conscientiously.
I believed it saved my life. I was
blacksmithing at the time, and often felt pains
in my chest and lung, which the Balsam re;
lieved. I cheerfully give this statement, and
hope you may have success with so beneficial a
preparation. " Yours truly, A. J. Merritt.
I 50 cents and $ 1 a bottle 8old by druggists.
Physicians of high standing unhesitatingly
give their indorsement to the use of the Grsef!
enberg-Marshall's "Cathoiicon for all female
complaints. The weak and debilitated find wonderful
relief from a constant use of this valuable
remedy. Sold by all druggists. $1.50 per
bottle. 8end for almanacs, Graefenberg Co.,
New York.
Thousands are entitled to increase of peneion.
They having l>een pensioned at rates below
what their disabilities warranted, others as
their disabilities have increased since first pensioned.
All such can have their pensions increased,
and those who are not pensioned, but
entitled to pension, can secure the same by
addressing, with stamp, McNeill A Birch,
Washington, D. C. No fee till claim is allowed.
CHEW
The Celebrated
"Matchless"
Wood Tag Plug
Tobacco.
The Pioneer Tobacco Company,
New York, Boston, and Chicago.
Elrjraiit Cookery.
It is easy enough to have your breakfast and
tea rolls or biscuits, waffles, crullers, muffins,
etc., nice, light and nutritious by using Dooley'a
Yeast Powder. Try it.
A Satisfactory Teat.
One of Osgood's Four Ton Combination Scales was set |
in n public street in Bingham ton eighteen months ago,
and tnc heavy travel of the street has been over it daily.
Competent men examined it recently and certified that
one pound on the plaftorm turned the beam. The selfadjusting
irons attached to wood levers prove saperior
to iron levers in every case. See prices advertised.
The Markets.
NEW YOBJC.
Beef Cattle N'tive 09 ? C8*
x'exas and Cherokee.. 07*? 09if
Milch Cows 40 00 ?70 00
He*8 : Live 06* ? (6*
Dressed 08* ? 07*
Sheep 04* ? <5*
Lambs 05*? 08*
Cotton: Middling 11*? 12
Flour: Western: Good to Choice. 5 60 ?6 00
Etato: Good to Choice.... 7 00 ?8 00
Wheat: Red Western 1 30 ? 1 39
Ho. 9 Milwaukee 1 31 ? 1 81
Bye: State 87 ? 81
Barley: State 48 ? 48
Barley Malt 1 08 ? 1 06
Oata: Mixed Western 81 ? 42
Corn: Mixed Western..... 68 ? 66
Hay, per cwt 60 ? 70
Straw, per cwt 10 ? 66
Hops 76'e?08 ?15 75'i 12 ? 16
Pork: Mens 130> ?1810
Lard: City Steam 11 *? 11*
Fish : Mackerel, Ho. 1, new 2100 ?26 00
" Ho. 2, new .13 CO ?14 00
Dry Cod, per cwt 4 76 ? 4 75
Herring, Scaled, per box.... '<2 ? 25
Petroleum: Crude .07*?f9* Refined...14*
Woo1: California Fleece 25 ? 36
Texas Fleece 29 ? 31
Australian Fleece 48 ? 66
Butter: State V8 ? 27
Western: Choice 14 ? 20
Western : Good to Prime. 23 ? 24
Western: Firkins........ 10 ? 14
Cheese: State Factory (9 ? 11
State Skimmed....... 06 ? 08 ;
Western 07*? 10* !
Eggs: State and Pennsylvania.... 18 ? 18*
uuirralo.
Flour 9 76 ?10 25
Wheat?Ho. 1 Milwaukee............ 1 60 ?170
Corn?Mixed 47 ? 44
Oata 40 ? 40
Rye 68 ? 98
Barley 82 ? 83
Barley Malt 1 00 ? 110
PHILADELPHIA.
Beef Cattle?Extra 06*? 06
Sheep 05 ? 07*
Hogs?Dressed 03*? 09*
Flour?Pennsylvania Extra 6 70 ?6 76
Whe3t?Red Western 1 34 ? 1 34
Bye 6 ? 6i
Corn?Yellow 6 *? 61
Mixed 69 ? 60*
Oats?Mixed 31 ? 82
Petroleum?Crude 0 *?09* Refined, 14*
Wool?Colorado 26 ? 80
Texas 24 ? 32
California 27 ? 30
B08T0K.
Beef Cattle.. 06X0 w* i
Sheep G5X0 MX i
Hogs..... 06 0 09 |
Flour?Wisconsin and Miuueeota.... 8 00 0 9 CO
Corn?Mixed 63X0 66
Oats? " 53 0 69
Wool?Ohio and Pennsylvania XX... 43 0 50
California Fall 19 0 30
BRIGHTON, MA68.
Beef Cattle 06*0 07* '
Sheep 06 0 06*
Lamb* 07 0 10 j
Hog 07X0 09
WATIBTOWS, lease.
Beef Cattle?Poor to Choice 6 75 010 00
Sheep 5 75 0 8 00
Lam be.... 7 CO 0 9 60
REVOLVER Free '
Add'* J. Bown A Son. 136 A 138 Wood 8t, PittaburgTPa
VlltCl INIA Improved FARMS FOR HAIjE.
At low prices. Send for Catalogue, Mape, etc.
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HEADACHE.
DR. C.W. BENSON'S CELERY and CHAMOMILE
PILLS nrc prepared rxprewW to
cure SICK HEADACHE. NERYOITS HEAD.
ACHE, DYSPEPTIC HEADACHE, NECRAL41IA,
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NESS, and will enrc any case. Office, 106
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postage free. fcold bv all (frn?i?u and eonntrv
ntorc*. REKERENCE?11 oward Bank, :
.Baltimore, Did.
The Beet Tru** without
l*l~ Metal Springs ever invented.
6*-^rirL'No humbug claim of a cer- [
N&fhflUP' . <*^a? tain radical cure, but & guar*
vfc \ antee of a comfortable, secure
and satisfactory appli*
\ ance. We will take back and j
pay full price for all that do not suit.
Price, single, like cut, 84; for both sides, 80. Sent by
mail, post-paid, on receipt of price. N. B.?This Truss
will cube more Ruptures than any of those for which
extravagant claims are made. Circulars free.
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A8HLANP. MASS.
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<?in tn CDC
$1U 10 $ud
worth |5t sent, poet-paid,
for 85 Cents. Illustrated
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nfpm For SIX BEAUTIFUL PICTURES,
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One Dollar each. Send for catalogue,
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. w BOSTON, MASS. . ^
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The great riotS
It oontains a full account of the rt'gn ot terror in
Pittsburgh, Baltimore. Chicago and other Cities. The
conflicts between the treopa and the mob. Terrible oon.
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and incident., etc., etc. Sena for a full description of
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Nationai. PcniJtHrxo Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
"The Best Polish in the World."
NATURE'S ^EMEDY.'V
tcgsmtx
A SOURCE OF GREAT ANXIETY.
Boston, Mam.. June 5.1871
My daughter has received (treat benefit from the use
Of VEGETINK. Her declining health waa a aooroe of
great anxiety to all of her friends, A few bottles of ths
VEGETIHE restored her health, strength.and appetite.
N. II. TlLDEN.
Insurance and Real Estate Agent,
He. 4fl 8ears Building.
DR. WARNER'S HEALTH CORSET.
With Skirt Kupporter and
Self-AdJ??tln* Pads. *j
Secures Health and Comtort of
at Jf Body, with Graci and Bbautt of
?E\ 7^ Form. Three G&rmente In one,
V n\ Approved by all pbjalciana.
fi&SS&g-L AGENTS WANTED#
iS^xiVnultSck 82111 P]es b7 mall, in Coolly $S:
FlWLWTrl Satxeen, $1 75. To Agenta u
I /Mi a V I 28 cents 1 esa. Order stse two
I J inches smaller than walat mea1
WteiltUiF Mi eure 0Ter tbe dre S
TVgureer Bms351 Broadway-FT.
Mark this! Upas the Condition of the stomach
and it* nnr allies, the liver and the bowels, depend
physical health and clearness of intellect. If these
organ* are inactive or in a state of irritation, the toning,
regelating, soothing influence of Tarraxt'* Seltzu
arrrtknt is urgently reqoired. Sold by all druggists.
Washburn & Moen ManTg Co.
WORCESTER, MASS.
k Silt Xanafictotrs East of Chiaga, of i
f Biffl m m lea!'
X 1
A STEEL Thorn Hedge. No other Fencing so
cheep or put up so quickly. Never rusts, steins,
decays, shrinks, nor warps Unaffected by Are,
wind, or flood. A complete barrier to the most
unruly stock. Impassable by man or beset TWO
THOUSAND TONS SOLD AND PUT UP
DURING THE LAST YEAR For sale st .the ,
leading hardware stores with Stretchers, and
Staples Send for illustrated Pamphlet
U1 ^
NITED STATES
T.I la'leE ~
INSURANCE COMPANY*;
IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, our
261, 262, 263 Broadwa
?0B6ANIZKB 1810
XJCTC Q07 1 7fi *9
nJOL I Of V*T)U?. 1)11 WIV/f. r
SURPLUS, $820,C (
EVERT APPROVED FORM OF POL' 1
ISSUED ON MOST FAVORABLE TZB
ALL ENDOWMENT POLICIES ^
AND
APPROVED CLAIS
, MATURING IN 1877
WILL BE mm AT 1
1WHWW
ON PRESENTATION.
TAMES hmht.t. _ . PPTismT.
POND'S i,
EXTRlt 1
CATARRH.?Pond'p Extract is nearly*?"
rifle for this disease. It can barer"1celled,
even in old and obstinap?*The
relief is so prompt tha' no/'"0
has ever tried it will be withou' f _ . _
CHAPPED HANDS AND FACE.-#^8 A v
Extract should be in every fW*^ g|n
rough weather, ft removes the116/8
and ro-ighuese, and teoftens af?Ho ales
the skin promptly. .
RHEUMATISM. -During severe and c?/^!e ??rt'
weather, no one subject to f18 0 *i] 0
Pains should be one day witholnd
Extract, which n'wnvH relit days
SORL LUXDS, CONSUMPTION*.
COLDS,?This cold wcathej the
Lungs sorely. Have Pondjfract
011 hand always. It relieves t|h and aaoo
cures the disease. l
C'HILBlfUXS will be promptly rfl and
ultimately cured hy bathing iflicted
laof* wUn Poud's Extract./ Ul
F1HHTKD LIMBfcj.?Pond's Exfiwarla- .
tol.v relieve?* the pam end liaurcs,
SOKE THROAT. QIINSY, pi MED tare
TONSILS AND AIR HADES
are promptly cured by the ttPond's 1,801
Extract. It never fails. /
HISTORi nntl Uses of Pond's f*ct, in
rwimnhlet form, sent frce tyilatinn to \rr
POND'S EXTRACT CO., 98 Md Lane, W
New York. Sold by DrJ. Biei
Af Q a day at booia. AmU wanted. Outfit an*
(PXS Unaa fraa. TRUE IpQ., AnrniU. Mafna
$5 to $20 g^n^ci^uffgJR
?CC awsok In your own towr. Ternu and 95 ootiH
??? tree. H. HALLKTT A O)., PoctUnd. Maine.
AWTpri-Tr*Te,in? 8al?em?o. ? moct&
All I CU ^nd ?,j expooMftMil. No Prddltnf .
Addreaa J&*'+n City lamp Wort*, Cinrinmati, 0.
mm %0JUJYt*. J. B. Gaylord ft Cv, Chicago, ill.
?W 1/ MAGNCTKTEIMJSFIIBJJC. Metal
A j AAraoi^TU. AcmiTi WATTTfCAIHIeD,
250 of the M?t oovelttw.
^^Fw"b?n<ffi>rCatalog. Va: * Co.Chlcagg
fiMA i M?th. Agante irutd. 36 boat aoOAjlAII
Eg articlea in tba world One unpl* tree
fWU Aadraaa JAY BKOXlffN, Detroit. Miab.
s9rfln^ fejcmftttf
UUU dreaa. /. WoA409., St.lo*U,Mog%
pAM Made by I7AgenU la Jan. 77 wit*
V fall < t myl3iiew?*t(cl?s. Bampleafree.
VWyUI iddiwaa I- M. LinlnfUm, Qfegga.
flMllli habit CTRED AT HOitUS.
OrlUIR sj^&tos&asr'S:
ifriha cay*. DR. F. K. WR8H. Qaincy, Micb.
UHUyttxjt,TteeJrrof G otter, Flute,Cornet
faH^^^^Alt'DrTUKi PatOuiter.the beetle uae.
r^^^^^^^^TDaalar ia Juncal Inatrnmenu, Muk,
8tringa Catalognea?aa. la) Tremoot BcBowoa.
rnstoi vemr traiscbipt
The bMt funity lewtpaper'ubliahed; sight pifM; fifty
six oolamns resting
Ternm?92 p?r ibbbb club# of eleven, Sift P*
1 nana, is ad tubs.
HPEt4.lI EN fOPY GRATIS.
Notice to Taxpayers.
Every taxable inbabitat of the State of Mew York
should read the recent a* of the Legislature in relation
to text-books for the Cannon Schools. Copies will be
supplied, sfrati*, on applfation, by
D. APPLETOMi CO., Publishers,
649 & 55iBr?mdvray, New Yerk.
To Druggists and (hen Wanting Pare Goods.
The Forein WW.,
wise (marked as reqoaed) one dozen or more aaeorted
bottles, safely boxed, r bottle, fire to a gallon:
Mounts in Sherry.T^Twta. I Old Port. 80ct*.
Holland Gin V " 8*- Oroix Rnm JH "
Jamaica Rom 9- " I Cognac Brandy.,..$1.35
Scotch or IrisFPbisky 95 eta.
The order with cashaegistered Letter, or P. O. Order
may call tor any numk of each at the above importers'
prices. Address JRRIGN WINK OOa
P. O. Box 14ft7? New York.
KEEP'H HHIKJ8?only ods qnalitar-The Best
Keep's Patentwtly-made Drees Shuts
Can be flowbed aa en as hemming a Handkerchief.
The very beat atx fo?7.00.
Keep's Custom Shirf maae to measure,
Oollmr ^
81eeveBnttons giveFith each half do*. Keep's Shirts.
Keep's Shirts are deered FREE on receipt of prioe
In any pert of the Uhn?no express charges to pay.
! 8am pi. with fnll dfchous for self-measurement
Sent Free to any arfeea. _ Mo stamp required.
Deal directly withse Manufacturer and get Bottom
Prices. Keep Msntctoring Qo., 16ft Meroer 8t.lt. Y
HIYEHYEW ACADEMT, '
POUCKEEPSIE, N. Y.(
0TI8 BISBKBf. X., Principal and Proprietor,
Numbers, its klafi by hundreds in, all the honorable
walks 01 Ills. n1* mugs irom iweive to twenty years
in age. Next se<>n opens Sept. 13th. Those wishbig
to enter ?hoy mass on early application.
ianoteasilyearned fathesetimes
III f f f bat it eon be made in three month*
W f Ml by any one of either sex, in any
m ml P*rt of the ooantry who is willing
M I to work steadily otthe employment
lv | | I that we famish. 800 per week in
year own town. Yon need not be
away from hf* 0T*r night. Yon eon give your whole
time to the wftor only your spare moments. We have
agents who i meting orer 020 per day at the business.
All w^ngage at onoe can make money foot. At
the preeonl "* money cannot be made so easily and
racial* at otfther business. It ooota nothing to try the
hnsinnes ***? and 85 Outfit free. Address at onee
hajjtt a- co? Portland* Maine.
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THE COMING BOOK!
Who* n?t heard of the " BURLINGTON "
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His Nr^??* ie-ready, and is overwhelmingly rich and
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territorf prompt application. Address,
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T.?heterms to Agents. Address,
THE POST, Chicago.
H& and Goal Scales !
** (oed Cmnbiwolion **?Patented January 20,
1874 j September 1?, 1878. We will dehrtr and t*t in
ctmxpor&rr, the regnlhr sixes of these Scales, at tbe
follog prices: Four ton, 850: Fire t n. 855; Six
ton, O: Ten ton, 810O: Twenty ton, 8250; Forty
ton.r >0* Etcry Seal*fully warranted.
Tortiee who prater to set the Scales, suitable direction*^,
and a libera! discount mode. Satisfactory
rpfecea siren of the superior strength, durability and
arr't if <*'* Seales.
OSGOOD 6c CO- Blnghwmfen, N. Y._
fiBBITTS TOILET SOAP.
^VCmiUd fcr Om
Tetiet aad Ike Calk.
Mo artMefcU mi
doeoptlre tdoti to
oorer raninw ud
Oltowto? tafrHtOU.
A flrr y-r*n of
ekstifceptotatoDt
M. T. MatMft JM
J.Tke FIXEST TOILET UOAP la Ihe WerU.
4X4 mwrt* 94f??.W# mU ?ftd in its mamnfactum.
pie box, con taialnf 3 raket of t 0a. Mch, Mat fine to oay *dI
to receipt of It cent*. Addnse
HE
600D OLD
_STMD-BY.
eucai mmliumeit.
FOR MAN AND BEAST.
ESTABLISHED 36 TxutS. Always cures. Alwsyv
67. Always handy. Has never yet failed. Thirty
lionj haw tesud it. The whole world approreo the
riooa old Mostanc?the Beet and Obeapeet Limmeot
>ii?tanoe. 26 oecta a bottle. The Mnetaac liaimeot
as when nothing else will.
SOLD BY ALL MKPIOIXF VKWPKXS
GRACE'S
Iajve!
A VEGETABLE PREPARATION*
sntcd in the 17th century by Dr. William Grace,
geon in King James' army. Through its agency he
?d thousands of the moet serious sores and wounds
; baffled the skill of the moet eminent physicians of
day and was regarded by all who knew him as a
lie benefactor. 2o oenta a bo*. For Sale by Drag
generally. Sent by mail on receipt of pnoe.
paEd bj SETHW. KOVV I.E ? SONS,
Harrises Awenne* Boston, Mnso.
SANDALWOOD
ositire remedy for all diseases of the Kidneys,
dder and Urinary Organs; also good in DropLi
Complaints, It never produoes sieknees, is
tin and speedy in its action. It is fast superseding
ther remedies. 8ixty capsules cure in six or eigh
. No other medicine can do this,
aware ef Imitations* for, owing to its grest
ess, many hare been offerM; some are meet dangeroausing
piles, etc.
[JNDAH DICK dIt CO.'S Genuine Soft Cmp,
containing Oil of Sandalwood, told at all drug
t. Atk for circular, or tend for ont to 86 and 87
iter Street, Norn Tori,
1YNU No?7
HEN WRITING TO ADVERTISERS i
please mv that you saw the advertise- d
it In this paper. 4