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T^rVE STOCK. STOCK RAISINO IN TOE SOUTH. There is a clnss of men throughout tho piney woods bolt of tho south, who have dovoted themselves: to cattle mid sheep raising. JSomo of thoir establish ments are largo, including ono te three thousand oattlo, and more sheep. The habits of these men aro almost nomadic ; of consequence they live without com forts, and their children grow up witli little education. But in Georgia, and probably elsewhere nuder similar cir cumstances, they have made money, receiving only gold, which is put in a Blocking or in a trunk, and is really of no more use to the owner than so much gravel. It is by no means proposed to sot this mode of agricultural lifo as au example to the southern people, simply because it is attended with peouniary profit. The instanco is cited to show that under all the disadvantages of tho case, tho only class which has devoted itself to stock raising has made money. Every planter has moro or less live stock. Formerly a serious attention was given to hog raising. It was tho ambition of the planter to provide his own bacon, but rarely any for sale. Ho had a few sheep, and, nuder favorable circumstances a considerable gang of cattle. But tho sheep he rarely saw unless they were brought up to., bo salted, or tho remnant ot the flock ran homo for protection against an inoursion of the dogs. The sheep wore sufficient in number to mako him lose his temper when the dogs killed them, but not suf ficient either in yield of mntton or wool, to counterbalance the annoyance. Cattle were turned out in the spring generally very poor, gaining flesh slow ly, as the season advanced, saleable at low prices, as grass beef in the fall. If not sold tho hope was to carry them through the winter, without shelter, thoir only feed being straw and shucks, tho supply of both being limited. No ono can say that finis is an exaggerated picture of the av?rago cattle and sheep raising in the cotton states. There are, of conrse, exceptions. But how many of the planters who read these lines adopt a bettor system with ree ard to their sheep and cattle than the one described? Can this be called stock raising ? If a land-holder should put his cotton or corn in the ground, let thom alono to find their own food, plant roots being able to travel and find their own vict uals, plants having enemies as well, and then in tho autumn return to pick thc ono and gather tho other, would ho be called a planter? Just as well as thc man should be called a stook-raiser whe leaves his stock to shift for themselves, Under this treatment of crop we mighl well say that farming was n failure, tu well as Btock-r .ising. Stock-raising ii a business and must be followed as i business. Not a solo and sopnrate busi ness, but as muob so as the cotton, corn and wheat, etc., on a plantation, requir ing care as regularly, though not of si long daily continuance as tho crops Growing stock must be attended to, a well as growing plants. And, whei grown, both must bo prepared for mai ket, if we expect to derive a profit fror them. Corn in tho Bhuck, or cotton i the seed, would be as little likely to fin sale in a distant market as half fi cattle or sheep. Instead of preparin our stock for market in the winter, the lose in the winter what they have gaine in the summer and autumn-it ia a Penelope's web, lasting very often tl natural life of the poor animal. Whc he is in fair order in the summer, 1 cannot be sold, for fresh meat is a druj When he would bring a good price i market, ho is too poor to eat pr sell. Besides the want of habitual attontioi thiB offering of live stock for sale at tl wrong season of tho year, in consequent of their poverty in tho winter, is a m terial cause of the failure lu make Hi stock remunerative at the south. Thei is nothing in the soil, climate, product and at certain seasons of the yea markets of the south, to render lix stock unprofitable. The difficulty ?B i their treatment by us and our bavin them partially ready for market at tl wrong time. Every winter oar loads, almost wit] out number, of cattle, sheep, and hog are brought by rail from Kentucky ar Tennessee. These animals are fed upc lorid often reaching two hundred dolla per nor?. It is true thai animais r quiring corn to fatten them can I raised cheaper at th? west than at tl south. But it ic also true th animals whioh do not require corn f fatten them, as cattls vane} sheep, can i raised^jrith-i??oreased " economy ai pr?nt as we go southward. Every really thrifty larmer will rai his own colts, pnbstitnting oats for cor "While pork cannot bo raised for sale the south, it can bo raised in suflioie q nanti fey for homo consumptio Wherever dover will grow, it require with the aid of peas, but littlo corn fatten ho?s. On this farm there (even Berkshire shoats, weighing abo one hundred pounds each, all of the lat enough for the knife, that have hi no other food than that which they g in a olover lot of three quarters of i acre, since the middle of April, and w receive no other food until Ootob? when the pea field is open. There scaroely a farm in the south whore t soil has a clay foundation and is ma sufficiently rich, wiiero the same thi cannot be dono. One acre of rich la in clover will keep in first rato gio wi order ten hogs, that will mako t hu-dred to two hundred and fil pounds of pork each from tho middle April to the middle ol October. -Tl will supply the market for a lai family. The hogs must not bo put the clover before it begins to blosso nor altor cold weather begins, as t roots b? onie sweet, and they will < stroy it. Sows with pigs, if put up olover, must have Borne corn. ** Wherei-he soil is low and damp, it unsuited for Bheep. Dry, rolling san land makes the best pasture. Fall o or rye make the cheapest winter fe Where the perennial grasses aro i found. Wh( re the objeot is to fatl mutton in February or March for m ket-i the turnip or sweet potato, t former folded, the, latter sliced with root slicer, with hay or pea vines i swers and 'excellent purpose Trim alo??., wjll not f&M?n sheep for i ?nicher, they will h dip them in ge order, but some dr#?ood is necess in addition ; whe*y a mt sheep is spol of in this article, the word is uaed the same cense as whoa wc speak cf a fat hog whose sides shake. Tho perfection of a cattle farm would 'bb a suflicent amount of oano, or swamp lauds on which tho natural winter grasses grow, al?o a sufficient amount wf upland well set in Bermuda grass. Tho cattle penned every night on ground designed to provide winter food for fattening them. Three year old steers and heifers raised in this way, taken from the swamp in January, well sheltered and fed with turnips, poLutoes, poa vines, straw or hny, would oe ready for tho butcher in March, and bring a handsome price. Under this treatment, tho swamp or cane brako becomes a Chincha island to the farmer who knows what to do with ii. If money cannot bo mado by cattlo raising upon a farm so situated, under judicious manage ment, then it cannot bo made by tbi3 branch of farming in any country. Nothing is said of tho dairy, becauso of the uncertainty of obtaining good and reliable milkers. If this desidera tum could bo steadily supplied, tho dairy would be a source of great profit. In ?8G0, tho butter crpp of tho state of New York sold for moro money than tho cotton crop of tho state of Georgia, which was tho largest ever mide in that state. This is ono of tho m partments of agriculture in which wo must rely for aid on foreign skilled labor-small farmers owning their own lands, and mauaging the dairy within themselves and their rVmilies. It must r.jt be forgotten that in suc cessful stook raising, the judicious man agement and husbandry of tho manure is a vital point. Commoroial fertilisers aro in certain aspects a necessity. If the large cotton planter, could save oue hnlf of his annual expenditures for fer tilizers, by devoting a portion of his time to livo stock, it would be a great gain to himsolf and his land. A striking instance of tho value of this kind of manuring is found on thie farm. Eeforonce is made to the crop of six acres of turnips, fed ofT by sheep, which was tho subject of a statement by the commissioner of agriculture of Georgia, in the Rural Carolinian last winter. Tho success of the experiment was entire. Enough of the turnips was sold to amount to upwards of two hun dred dollars, and sufiioiont were left tc feed a flock of Merino sheep, upwards of ono hundred in number. Tho ground is now in cotton, corn, and ono and one qnarter aero in onions. It is perfectlj rich and clean, and tho growing cropf promise beautifully. Tho enrichmenl of those acres cost tko writor nothing, in fact it was thrown in. They will b<; sowed with oats in September, and ii February with clover Orv th o oats. After wards a judicious rotation for a term o years will yield heavy crops withou improvement or neccB?ity of manure. C. W. .Howard, zn Rural Carolinian snoRT-nouN CATTI/TC. In an interview with Mr. Wm. Curtis a noted short-horn brooder of Michigan the inquiry was propounded to bim why is it yon prefer tho short-horn Mr. Curtis, to any other brood of cattlo Well, sir, he said, I oan very som answer that queE*;ou. Because thor is more profit in tin rn ; there is more o thom, yon can got moro out of them The calves and yonng stook bring mor money ; they take on flesh faster. Th cows give rich milk and the butter i rich. I know this, for I have trie< shortdiorn8 for years. They have n superior for beef. They moko goo< working oxen. They combino mor good qualities than any other breed c cattle. They cannot bo improved b; orossing with any other breed. Cross short-horn cow with a Devon or Ayrshir or Jersey bull, and you lose size. Bu the short-horn improves everything i touches. It is tho best-known bree for improving native stock, and fo this pnrposo alone they are invaluable They are kind and gent?o, eosily handled good breeders and good mothers, heart feeders, nud I prefer them to any othe breed They all have their good points but the short-horns, in my opinion, hav the most best points. HOW TO ITAIJIANTZR YOUR BEES. To Italianize your bees safely and i tho most profitable way, you must son for a good Italian queen to introduce i tho strongest colony of your apiarj As soon as the new queen has arrived take another empty hive of the sam size, without bees, and insert a divisio board so that yon will nave on your Iel a little room in tho hive for four f ramef Now take from tho colony which Bim have the now queen, two combs wit plenty of sealod brood. On one of thea combs cage tho new queen ond brin Uer with the second brood-comb and a adhering bees, but withont tho ol queen, in that little room, and give sti two other combs containing only hone} The other brood-combs of tho colon transferred with the old queen and bet in that room < 1 your right hand, clos the hive ana then set it on tho ol stand. After two or three days conlon mont of tho new queen take ont tb o tw combs from the httlo room at your le: hand, cut out every queen cell, and s< at liberty tho new queen. The bees < this little colony will do her no hara From this time you will have two queer in one hive, and each queen will till tl) cells with oggs in proportion to tb number of her worker-bees in her roon After some days, at your leisure, yo may hunt out tho old queen in tb strong colony. This done, you wi opon some passage of the division boor cut in it, and closed before yon hat inserted it. Having opened tho pa sagos, tho Btrong colony will not bnil queon cells, and so becomo acquninte with eaoh other. After one day or tw you remove tho division board, fill u its place with a comb from tho room i your left hand, and you hav? safely ar. in tho most profitable way, a new quel to a strong colony. In the samo way I havo describe! you will divide a small colony curly : the sprirjg, wo will say at the close i April or at the beginning of May, os tl weather is favorable and the colonii aro sufficiently strong. Givo the litt colony brood-combs with sealed broc a?d eggs and Irvrv.'o, and lot it rear queen. (To givo it a queen cell won' be of great advantage. ) Do this oar that you may have a fertilo quoiJi : that littlo oolony. .- To make an artificial swarm, procei its follows : Hnnt ont tho queen of tl littlo oolony as soon as sho has laid lu first eggs, cago her and bring her, wil somo now brood-combs, in a now hr of tho sarao sire, remove tho old stoi from its place and bring the nev? eil? .with tho young queen on the old aland..' : After two or three days, in tho evening, ' ' release the yoting queen, and yon wu?.' have a strong swarm. The old stock.. you may remove to any place you like. ; As the old colony has a fertilo queen it. will mer ens o. Do not forget to give it some water in a sponge, at the entrance, . duriug tho Crst two or throo days after / you have the artificial swarm.-Corres- ' pondenee National Agriculturist. ? , Tun Vermont farmer says farmers, i, must not expeot to get rich in a doy- i They, like others, need more of tho olaV fnshioned patience that "leam*? to lacer and to wait." Tho moBt calamitous of j all tho results of tho war of the rabeU lion-more deplorable than all the' Ibas of lifo and a greater burden than the* . national debt-ia tho Impatience of sof% ? moderate and wholesome ways of ma';- i ing money and of living. There a disposition to get rich in a couple oil j years, a chafing and uneasiness in say jj business which does not give speedy j> and large returns. Speculative inveot-'j ments aro sought in farming. Farmurs shift their stock, and change all their plans to take up that which is on the* top wave of success. Now, betweem i the 'old, stupid, obstinate ways, whioh: | conceded tho value of no improvement, .1 and tho modern reckless grasping for a i phantom, there is a middle ground, whioh opens wide tho door for improve-- j mont, aud holds abundant promise for ? success. It is the path which leads by | through oulturo to a higher produc- ' ti veness of tho soil, and a larger digest ivo capacity of tho animals whinh con- '. sumo the crops. That this kim" of ' farming paj is susceptible of proof. "WORKINO TEAMS IN THE COOL OP THE: DAY.-A writer in the Country Gentle man says that ho xn-eaks prairie soil a? | follows : " Tho sod is in splendid con dition, the grass well forward, render- . ing tho labor 'of teams comparatively . light. Indeed, my cuttle seem to bear the toil on grass alone far better than I 1 could expect. I am trying an expor- ; iment with my breaking this Beason, in : order to avoid tho OXOOSB?VO heat of ; mid-day. My cattle aro at worh aa . soou as it is light enough to soo. They work steadily till 10 a. m.; alf then. , turned out until 4 p. m.; and worked, frpm that time as long as I oan eoe. Ono week's trial convinces me that L can thus do moro work, without danger j of hurting my cattle, than to wait till 7 a. m., and work through the heat of tho day. Tho cattle, after a week's work, take mo round a land 120 rods long as fast ns I havo any doBiro to i walk, pulling a fourteen-inch breaker, and cutting two and one-half inchea deep." _ PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY. Tlici I? I ii ii for KiiRllsli Allil A mc rle nit ? Conlltloii-An Kiidinioii r*clicnM>. The executive committee of the na-;? tionnl grango have spent considerable time in receiving and considering tho I proposition of tho English co operators for a union for commercial purposes of tho two bodies. The co-operators aro i represented by Thos. B. Worrall, of? Manchester, England, who is tb ? man aging director of the company which ia proposed ns the bond of union. Tho British co-operative societies are nat j secret bodies ; hence it will bo imposai- < ? bio under existing circumstances for them to unite with tho patrons, but i this difficulty has been met by the for mation of a trading company having tho i indorsement and support of the united ] co-operative bodies in England, nnd ; i fully organized under the English laws, j I Tho propositions nre to hnve two J branches of tho society, one in Englani.' and tho other in the United States. 1 Tho board in 6ach country is to haveJ j the absolute control of tho funds sub- i i scribed therein, nnd nil to be used for ' the purpose of tho international ex- ' chnogo of commodities. The capital is ?25,000,000. i All transactions aro to be for cash or, j its equivalent. The British co-opera tors number 500,000 ; have over ono thousand stores, some fifty or sixty cot- i ton spinning mills, about twenty flour- t ing mills, au agricultural and horticul tural society, and a number of manu factories, and, of course, consume a largo quantity of American products. Tho fnndB subscribed by the English branch of the company will be employed in the purchase of shipw, i he erec tion of warehouses, nnd tho manu facture of 8iioh articles as are in r constant demand among the patrons of I husbandry. These ships will bring tho i goods to New Orlean.'i and other south- ? ern ports, and to eastern ports if neces sary, and they desire tho patrons to1 employ their portion of tho capital in carrying American staples and producta . ? to meet these ships, and thus to make - the necessary exchango in the most | direct and simple manner. The co operators have a largo tmrplus capital,. which is constantly on tho increase, and - which they think can bo profitably em- i ployed in this trade. Whilo oaoh branoh of tho company j will have control of its own affairs tho ^ two boards will form a council, who will . by joint action decide what branches of * business will bo ongnged in, and define . the method of conducting tho samo. An American will be sent to Liverpool 3 to watch the interests of tho grange < branch of tho comppny, and tho Eng- r lish board will have a Uko representa- ? tive in Now Orleaus, while tho general supervision will bo iu tho hands of a ? mnnughig director, already elected, and ! who, though an Englishman born, baa f been tweuty-threo years in America. B Tho proposition is rogardod with ?rent favor, and it is expected tho sub com mittee of tho national prange, to whom j tho whole matter has bom referred, will J report Monday. - Tlio execntivo committee determined I to send three of their number, viz. : | Messrs. Shankland, of Iowa ; Chase, of Now Hampshire ; and Jones, of Arkau- j san, to lepresent the patrons of hus- ( bandry in tho cotton stat?? oongres^ t which meets in Rileigh,.N, C., on the - 13th inst. _' " ' ." i SNAKK BITE.:-a physician of Orogon sayo: "Take tho toik of a good egg, put in a tnrionp, and utir in as much salt as will make it thick enough not lo run off, and spread a plaster and apply to tho wouDd. Do this when bitten or { stung and I will insure your lifo for a sixpence. I havo tried this remedy in a number of oases, and havo . never known it to fail to euro a fattie- 1 snake bito or tho sting of a spide*' :"' * whioh is " important, tl trno.''' c WHAT'S THE MATTER 7 ri?e Time? Hani All Over the Worlil Jjut a Wain ot Currency ls Not tile Cause. York Tribune, July C. There is no part of tho commercial world whore there is not at the prosent time more or less complaint of dull times. These dull times are accounted for in various ways, but the main cause of them, in our opinion, ?B tho close inter dependence among commercial nations. Take England for an example. Let us admit that she is the richest of nations, amply supplied with capital for her own uses, and having extensive productive investments in all other countries. Grant that her commercial system is perfect and still we shall find that tho power of her capital and tho advantages of her colossal trade have their limita tions. She cannot sell to those who aro too poor to buy. She cannot transgress the laws which regulate commercial credit without suffering for it. With abundant harvests and cheap food for her trade languishes and every wound inflicted on the nations with which she trades is transmitted to her norvos as by an electric shock. If dull times taught no other lesson tuan the unity of the modern commercial world they would not bo without considerable com pensations. There is another way of accounting for hard times, which was accepted as the true theory by the majority in both houses of tho last congress. These gentlemen would persuade ns that the wholo trouble comes from tho scaroity of money. We bog to refer these gen tlemen to tho financial condition of England, France and tho United States at tins very time, as a practical demon stration that scaroity of money has nothing to do with tho universal dull ncBB of trade. Wo point to the re markable faot that in each of the coun tries named unemployed money is ex traordinary abundant. Finally, wo in vite attontiou to the circumstance that all this money in England, France and America is offered tho public on the usual conditions which govern bank loans and discounts at very moderate rates of interest. In France the rate for over a year has boen only four per cent, and in London for more than four months the discount rate bas remained fixed at three and a half. Does this show that the business world is suffer ing for want of a circulating medium, either gold or paper ? Postal Points. The law wont into effect Thursday placing the fees on domestic money orders as follows: On orders not exceeding $15,10 cents. On orders over ?15 and not exceeding $30, 15 cents. On orders over $30 and not exceeding $40, 20 cents. On orders over $40 and not exceeding SOO, 25 cents. Postage on printed matter and mer chandise, ouo cont for every ounce, or fraction thereof, np to four pounds. The fee for registering litters will shortly bo increased from eight to ten cents, in addition to the regular post age. Postage on letters to Great Britain, Germany. Sweden, Spanish possessions, Switzerland, Turkey, Itily and Den mark, has been reduced to a regular standard rate of five cents to every half ounce or fraction thereof. By remembering these points, those who have business at the poBtoflice will 3ave themselves and the olerks much broublo and annoyance. A FAOT worth remembering-Five 36nt8 worth of Sheridan's Cavalry Condition Powdora given to a horno twico a week, will nave double that amount in grain, and tho liorao wiil bo fattor, sleeker, and every way worth moro money than though ho did not have thom._' MARRIED ladies, under all circum stances, will lind Parsons' Purgativo Pills ;afo-. and, in small doses, a mild cathartic, rhoy canso no griping pains or cramp. Avoid Connu nipt ion. Ouanl against UK lrnt approach. 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HYATT l're?ktaU. CnUrTUIIIG for>'on- Soils at sight. Our U U ni L I ll I ll U ?Kents coln money. We hava work and mousy for all. men or women, boys or girls, whole or spare time. Send stamp for Cata lOEue. Address Frank Uluck. New Seaford, Mass. LARGEST SCHOOL. Or. Ward's Seminary Tor Young Ladles. Nashville, Tenn., ts the largest io the Suntu and Ililli lu Oe U. S. Sc i ul Tor new catOlOa'Ue. Fall session S.ep'1 2 . DOUBL? YOUPTO ii rn:: i ims, groe- rs it d iilers-Ptirr. Chitin and Japan iras, tn sealed packages screw-top eon* hoi us or hut f rJio>tH-?rotcr:rs'prir/-.t.i-enil for circular.Thc Wells Tea Company. 201 talton Et.. N. Y., P. O. Box 4">w ELASTIG JOINT pluT hy any Tue f *?w or trrewt through Ihr. iron; lu practical use 17 years. Boxed I' ir shipment lo any part IRON nnnCIUP of tue country. CALDWELL A CO. uUUrlfiu m Weat Second street, cincinnati, o, * SAMARITAN NEU VINE IR a ?ure cure for KpHrpilo KU?. Convulsi?n? arni PpHHy^Jjlli?? been teilen1 lu- tl..pu-nu.li nml nevrr \> II Known u> fail I ii n ?tank <-n>c. lui-li^ .Lunn fol circular KITIM arldi-nec or curra, A-I Pr.3. A HICUMO.S'O.lioi. Til.Ht. Jocei-u. Mo PSYOHOMANCY, orSoul Cluiriulii^. How either sex may lanc?nalo mid nain tho love and affections of any person they chouse Instantly Thin art all csu possess, free by m di,2-1 cents; to gether with a Marriage Guide. Kgyptlan Oracle; Dreams. Hints to Ladles. <tc. l.omi.Om sold. A queer book . Address T. WILLI IMS & CO., Pub lishers, Philadelphia. Pa. JU? KM TS Jb'OItTIlK best selling Prize I urt ?geln thc werai. It cou tapis i li M.? ts facer, lSenvetepes, ? o den pen, ,"." h older ,p neil, pat ent 1 ard so a ureand a Pieceof Jew".rv . S'l'gic parki-ge, With ciegant Pr ze, post p dd .?8 Ct* .(V calar free. nmuKitco. 700 Broadway,New York. WANTER WTLL HAVE OUR GOODS, send SSS cents and no will semi hy mall, prepaid; our L?UF FILI.K.R, willi wblcb yon <:itu lill nny Kerosene Kamp without removing chimney o- getting (irr.aAc ouMdr. of jMinp At saine lime we man you all our circulars and terms to agent? on twenty met'ul household artic es with wilie > any person ran make from $0 to 80 dally. Wo want agents everywhere NATIONAL AGENT?' K.vlPORIUU, Boston, Maw N. IC, I^TTI^TVT-lyVIVl'S WATER WHEEL Was selected, 1 years ago, and pill to .work ln'tue l'atent OlUce. Washing rton, D C. and ha" proved to be the jnr\bent. 19 sizes mude Prices lower Y3Qn*Mnfl^Kif than any other Urst-class Wheel. ^Z*^*-""^* pamphlet free. N. K. BURNHAM, York, Pa. AGENTS WANTED FOR PATHWAYS OF THE HOLY LAND Being a full de crlp'lon of Palestine, lt? History, A iiii.|irtn><, Inhabitants and Customs, uco ding to the Ure it Din-overles ncntlv mndeby thc Pal estine Kxplormg Expeditions, ll sells a' sight. ?<end for our ex ti :t terms ?u AgftlttS, and FOB why lt sells f.ist.T than any ?Uber book. NATION A I. PUBLISHING CO', t. Louis, Me. BURR MILLS FOR CORN, FLOUR ?4 FEED, eaSsara mu A liri, EDWARD HARRISON. Kew Haven, Conn. UV I NC STOMER FE AND fcXPLORATIONO witlibls L . -t Jnu RN A LS. now rca >y ! The only complete. I i fe and tnrlllng adventures In Africa of t ho great bei o h.x plorer in hit own Imigunpr. i 'heap e-t and ho-t-oula S!?.5ll, *pte.,i<lltt y ituntratn! Outsells everything AUKNIB VV A\T'eut*. ? end ior r.rtra terms anti proof; or. I ' In baste to begin work lend fl O) Sm /ult out (lt to genuine ad ress. LlVINOSToNK'S PlTlll.IS.II KIIH Cl NCINNATI. O Moore, Weeks it Co . Grocers, Hartford, <;t.,t>uy :-V ' ea Foam lakes the lead ol' all hrcaaLpre parutions. Our sales are four fold what they were a year agc. RAI) like lt. fDnnforth, Scudder & Co., gm Jeers. Boston, iny:-"Have sold lyour Sea Foam fur the past 3 peurs with perfect satisfaction to all who have bought lt."' Hs economy la wonderful; one ^year's saving will buy a cow." VBenri tor eircolar ta Geo. F. Gants .t Co.. 17u "inane st.N.Y. AV VO?IINC SI ON 'C H lill A FORTUNE FOR 9 1. DRIWd EVKUY 30 D VYS. TICKETS ?1 E?C?I-8IX FOR $5. CAIPTAL PRIZE $50,000. I. g a 11 zed by authority of nu act nf the Lcgltd.ituie. ONE CH INCE IN FIVE. Agents wauled. Send for circulais. Address the manager, J. M. PATTEE, Laramie City, Wyoming. [FLOUR MILIS, CORN MlLLS>SAW MILLS & IV?ILL FURNISHINGaGCARING, fe^OTTOI^KESSE [ GEO, p. Bowal & Co. I IS UFE, UP.IilflMI RKSDBRED USELESS! VOLTA'S KI.KCTHO Ilr.LTSSIIll nanda are Indorsed by lite most eminent physicians In the world lor tlicruxeuf rheu ms t ism, wurnlgiii.li vcr rom - plaint, ilyH|wpsin, kidney djs. i'a?i%iU*bi's.|jiiins(iierVoiiSdis orders.nis.fisnahi ci in pla i ni s nervana suit general (telilHly and Oilier chronic dlfcnH il u t ho cheat, tii?id,1l vor, ataiimej .kiiliipysaMilbliHHl. Hook wit! full particulars frau hy VOI.TJ BELT '.'".. Cincinnati. Olli? irgllng Oil will bo found an invaluable Din linen Ve know of no proprietary medicine or article now 1 ortho people lo a greater degree than Hits. Yet .-if. Y. Ttuteprndmt. %r /A T=S iTVT nyjvr<r~V OIIJ Abllabtid IWi. Dnrgc HI?IJ, tl.OU; medium siro. 50 e, 25 cents. Mauulaciiutflditi Loclzport, New York, JUIlrrffpiUUK, Secretary. 451 fi +rt <t!Rfifi Invested in WallStreelollen ?PJ.U IO tpJUUt leads to fortune. A 7!?-pago book explaining everything, and copy or the WA.I.L STllKKT KKVIKW JOHN HICUI.INO ,fc Co., Bankern * UrokorH, TA Broadway, N. Y. SENT FREE. This new miss ls worn with perfect com lor night and day. Adaplt Itself to every motion of tho iindy. retaining Rupture under the hard est exercise or severest strain until permanent ly cured, auld cheap by the Elastic Truss Co., 683 llromlwny, New York City. .seul by mau. nail or send io ilrcularaud b? cured, SELTZER Trilling wit i> IJIIIOUHIICSB Wont Ho. rn Iii ? way CHMWIU dlsritSCi la brought on. A ditaiv dcred tlVer ls loi consequence of a foul itouuieli and ob>lruf leilliiiwols. ami the ve'y host pr?para tion IM oxlstoiioe to pul ihein in perl? keep them MI, 16 ?t order amt Tarninf s E?fcrvrscr.nt Apcrirut, SOLD I1Y ALL DltUOOISTS. THE SECOND TEXAS BONANZA STRUCK!! A FORTUNE FOR $1. LEGALLY AUTHORIZED. Texas Gift Concert Association. OF DKN180N, TEXAS. CAPITAL,-#500,000 WI l.t. OIVK A SECON]) G li AND GIFT CONCERT IN All) Ol' A , Masonic &I0.0.F. Grand Temple. MOI* ri;m it icu aa, 1875. First Capital Cift.$50,000 Second Capital Clft.$25,OOO iii sides gifts lu proportion amounting iu ail to *?250,000.00. LOWEbT GIFT TO A TICKET, $50. Price of Whole, licker, $5.00, which Consista of five .81 Coupons. COLTON TICKKTH, $1, which will entitle Ihe holder to admishlou tc ihr Crand Concert and to onr-llftli of whatever gift may bc awurded to the whole ticket number. Agents who cnn give K?od references wanto *. All oideis for tickets neut direct promptly Mind. Circulars, Papen, kc, giving full particular* sent free. In writing bo snro ?nd ti^n jour name, Town, Countv and Slate iu full. Order., for fckcta umouullug to f3 and upwards sent C. O. D. If desired. AddresH all coimuuuli-atlonn mid niche all remit tances of money bi ALPHEUS R. COLLINS, Sec'y, DENISON, TKXAK. NICHOLS, SHEPARD ft 00/8 "viBRiTOR" mm. Thc BRILLIANT SVOOBSSot this Groats* Savtn&fX Tlma-SaTlnK THBE-SOBR. ts unprecedented ia Uwannals of Farm llaehtivory. Ina brief period lt has become widely bnowa and FULLY ESTABLMMED, aa tro "LEASING TOffitH?lUNa tOLAOUl?NK^? GRAIN RAI8BR9 REFUS? to aabmM tn th? wasteful and imperfect werk Of ethel Threshers, when posted on the veut tupertnrito of this one, for paving praln, saving tuna, ans doing flint. thqr<>ugb and economical work. THTlESHERMEN FIND IT highly advantagoooa ta nm a machine that bas no '.Beaters," 'splckoTs," or " Apron,J that bandies Damp Grain, Long Straw. Ileamngt, Flax, Timothy, Millett amt all surhdimcult grain and seeds, with ENTB ic Et BASK AND EFFEOTTVENESH. elwin lo perfection; saves the farmer bis thresh bill by extra r-.ivlng of emin; Blakes ho "Litter Ings," reriuiras LESS THAN Of/E-HALF the usual tlclts, Tloxes, Journals, and Gears; roster man-' nged; less repairs; one that grain misera prefer, to employ and wnlt for, even nt advanced prtoca, while other machines nre "onlof jobs." Four filcoo made wtth 0, 8, IO and 1?' Iliu m' " Mounted** Powers, Alto a apo* c?fiU; nf Scnnrolom "uione," osrprt Biilp tor STE Alli VOWER, and lu match ot ?Var Hors* Power*. If interested In grain raising, or threshing, writ? for Illustrated Circulars (gent free) with, full' iVirt'ruViro nt Mzxs, styles, prices, lenna,eUs NICHOLS, 81KEPARI> St CO., tutti* Crrek, JJtrAttjem BU. WHITTIER, Ko, 617 St. Charles Street, St. Louis, Mo., Hal liten MinnaM ...oioin in thc treatment of nil Vene rrs.1 bl-.ta scs-?j.vMii.tmiliia,, ?nvn.il Iiuhllliy anti Impo tence- than an/othtr rhyilcfan in St. Loni.. Dr. w.'a rat^b'bbmenl ll chard rid hy Hie Hlaic of Ml.,..uri, aral fi<un l(i1 and hu Iwcn c?tahilaiioil io aaabVc ?afc, certain and reliable relief, ticing a grwluato or m-nv.il medi cal r?llese*, mid having ihc txj>crlenee of a long anil ?ticr.'?,fM| Hfe In hi? a|iecialtlva he ha* perfected rem* Cilka that nii> effectual III all (boo r.1 M i. Hil patienta arr being, treated by mall or capre*, rvrrrwheie. No m ill r ?ho t illili, call ur irrito. From Kio great mun ber of application, he i - enabled li\ keep- bi, obargei low, .'Mi |)?I"I>, (HIIPK full njrnptoTUf, tor mo atampa. MARRIAGE GUIDE, KA paget, a popular book uhi.-h Minuit! be read br every. hf"lr. No mari li il pair, or perioai <t?ntrinr.lall?g in-r. Hage, ran ollord to do without it. ll remains ibe cream of un ikal literature on (bia lUUecf, the ri-aultaof Dr. Vf.'? l0OR^ex|Vrleaea), alas th?; b"*t tboua-hi, fr-ni late work? " Europe and America. Si-ni ri atcii, po?i paO fur Miel. WUK' writing io adverllf ors pit n*r ur ni Um Ul* linnie ot this paper, No ?IOS. N. U. f^jlQg^25,'0]t!*i ^on<1 iorf'hr'"T",<'*,a'o,;i1* rroRii's8oNB, Hosten, Mass. n. i,,\j!wi:i,i.Ji nnrtv ASTIW* A.\I> < u.vKnii ?r-:Mkv:i>Y. llarli'K Itrugglrtl tw, nt.v year! i..rw.-.-u iifejarl. jdealli with AiVllOU I ei|erUie|fvril by JUrftv' ptiun.tliig i-, .19 itntl lierbl antlliilCiliiii; <lii- road; P ine. I foVtudatVly dtacuvered ? irajidertnl i rrairiljraml ema cur? lur Astlitnn inul Ait.irrh. Warranted tut Ol' ve tn ?tami y tin- patient can * lin iitiwu to real ?i'll ei?.- p cniolotlaMy. liing. elita ?ie airppllro with mmpte ,...,;.,....? f.i. I'Kita dlatill'iill'ilt. r>?ll .ur) rel olie, or addlTal J ll. Ap|ileff'rr,-U,<>t,lev ?.?-!...'.! t-yl'if.>l.I.. Pi'll-ali* I'eOi.f,, !>; ej/.ll, ?l..?.