Democratic Sentinel, Volume 1, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 June 1877 — Page 4

A NIGHT PICTURE. BT C. P. CRANCH. A feroan from a dim-lit upper room, A stealthy atop on the stair in the gloom; A hurried glance to left, to right. In the court below—then out m the night There crept a man through an alley dim, TUI lost in the crowd. Let us follow him. The night was black as he hurried along, The streets were tilled with a jostling throDg, The sidewalks soaked in the drizzling rain. He dared not look behind again, And every stranger’s eye he caught Was sure to know his inmost thought. The darkened casements looking down From tall grim houses seemed to frown. The globes in the druggist’s window shone I>ike fiery eyes on him alone, And dashed great spots Of bloody red On the wet pavements as he fled, And as he passed the gas-lamps tall, He saw his lengthening shadow fall Before his feet, till it grew and grew To a giant self of a darker hue ; But turning down some lanipleas street He left behind the trampling feet ; And on through wind and rain he strode, Where far along on the miry road The unwindowed shanties darkened stood, A beggarly and outlawed brood, * Mid half-hewn rocks and piles of dirt, The ragged fringe of the city’s skirt. Then on, still ou through the starless night Shrinking from every distant light, (Starting at every roadside lmsh Or swollen stream in ils turbid rush ; On, still on, till he gained the wood In whose rank depths his duelling stood. There over his head the billows of wind Hocked and roared before and is hind. | And all of a sudden the clouds let out Their pale white moon-shafts all about A dreary patch where the trees sto<»| dead By a rocky swamp and a ruined shed. And a path through the tangled woods appeared Between two oaks where the briars were cleared And Under the gloom lie reached at last His door—crept in, and locked it fast; Then struck a match and lighted a lamp, And drew from his pocket, heavy and (lamp, A wallet of leather thick and brown. Then at a table sitting down To count the Hark, what noise was that ? A rattling shutter ? A rasping rut Under the floor V He turned to the door, And saw that his windows were all secure.’ Hut down the chimney loud and fast, Like distant cannon, ioared the blast. , 3 And on the wind came cries and calls, And voices of awful waterfalls, And ringing bolls. Sometimes it seemed He had not done the deed—but 'dreamed. Ah, would it were a dream, this wild. Wot night, and he once more a child! On a flying train in the dawning day And the fragrant morn lie was far away. But Secret eyes had pierced the night, * And lightning words outstripped his flight. And lar in the Nortii where none could know, The law’s long arm had reached its foe. —Atlantic Monthly for •Inly.

FATHERS’ WILLS.

A Talc ol' Itroaking and Mending. Tn the days when fill the world wan romance, and no drib watt ashamed of It, two gentlemen of England conceived the preposterous, Imt fashionable idea that, because they were friends, their son and dung liter, then infants in their cradles, ni-ust love each other when they grew to be man and woman. Consequently, each made a will, and matters were so arranged that, il either of the young people declined the hand of the other, that young person would he penniless, and his or her estate go to the other young person who was willing. After some years, the gentleman whose child, was a daughter h’lt his native England for America, while the other remained in England ; so that the ocean rolled between the romantic friends, The English resit lent was named Edmund Harrington; tin) American, Charles Scab right, Both were wealthy,’ and both brought their children up carebdly. As they grew older they permitted them to correspond with each other, Imt each detested the task so that the letters wcre'aclmdly written .by the elders "themselves. Once, at the age of .11, when news came that little Harold Harrington had fallen Horn a tree, and broken his leg, Elsie ►Seabright was desired to reply that, sire felt great regret, furl send her best love amt wishes for his speedy recovery ; but the girl, wJto could never listen to the buy’s name with anything lik'- patience, refused to write one word of this-amiable epistle. “ 1 wish he had broken his neck, so so that l might never he/u 1 ■ any more about him, she said, with a stump of her slippered loot; “find' I won t write Jibs.” Ho again mamma wrote the letter, having first locked Elsie up in a dark pantry by way of punishment. ■‘Add f am sorry to find a child of mine so unfeeling, "shle said. “ A broken leg causes great pain, and may make one lame l'br life. ” “A nice tiring for me that would lie if 1 am to marry him,” said Elsie. Indeed, il she had been as sympathetic as her mother desired her to, Elsie would have hud opportunity enough to exereise these feelings, for her young betrothed w'us always in some pickle, and had nearly drowned and nearly, shot himself a dozen times, to sa y nothing of ordinary tumbles. It was tit for tat, at all events, for, alien Elsie had the measles, Master Harold received the, information with a contemptuous indifference amounting to hearijlessuess, and had indeed said that lie did not care. He hated girls, and this pno the worst of them all. Ho, with the ocean between them, the young peojile grew to maturity, and the year approached in which they wore to meet

But meanwhile all sorts of sad tilings lnippeii'ed. Elsie lost both her father mid mother, find away in England Mr. Harrington died suddenly of apoplexy. Bo the two men, who had’looked forward lor si) many years to meeting when their • 'lliklron were married, never met again. But for those obstinate wills the whole matter would liavo been dropped, for the last thing tire young people desired was to meet each other But the young man was of age, and the youug lady also, and the property must bo settled, and could not be until the match was either on or oil. The old lawyers in whose hands the allair rested knew the toolings of their wards, but they judged that a meeting might mend matters. At least, it was necessary that they should meet. Bo Harold, as in duty bound, was to cross the ocean to meet liis betrothed, anil give her an opportunity to refuse him. "j’bo news of his arrival brought into bill activity those feelings of repugnance that Elsie had conceived for Harold in her childhood. Yet there was enough of worldly wisdom in her head to teach her how much better it was to lie rich than tb be poor. If he refused her, her foil hue anil his also would lie her own by law. She would force him to refuse her, and then she would return him his, and all would be as it should. But how could she do this? I he girl sat tor awhile in deep revory, and then arose and clapped her hands together, A thought had struck her. I here was in the house a seamstress—a vulgar girl, as plain as it was possible to lie, and with as much conceit as any young beauty was ever blessed with. Her rough manners and ways of speech had become proverbial among her own class, the other servants sp Taking of her generally as Crusty Betsy, And this gill bail of late been occupied in the ioom ot her young mistress over some new dresses, Straight to this apartment Elsie new, and, locking the door, sat down opposite Betsy and said : ' ‘‘ I have something for you to do, and 111 pay you well for it.” ‘‘J" Bt it, then,’’ said Betsy. When I was a little girl, Betsy,” said Elsie poor papa promised that I should marry a young gentleman who Jives in England when I was grown and that if I did not I should lose my fortune. Now the time has come and he is coming, and I can’t marry him, Betsy and I want him to refuse‘me. I)o you understand ?” “I understand,” said Betsy, “and if* I were you I’d huff him off quick enough, and make him glad to go, that I would.” “ And I can’t think how to do it, Betsy,” said Elsie, “and if you can you must do it for me. While he stays you must pretend that you are Miss Seabright j you must wear my clothes, and take ail the airs you possibly can, and

make him as unhappy as possible, so that he’ll have to refuse you—that is, me, you know. Be sharp as you can with him, Betsy—never the least bit kind or nice. You’ll try, won’t/you, Betsy!” ' / “ I can give anyone as good as they Bend, miss,” said Betsy. “ I’m no mealy-mouth, and you’ll pay me well, miss.” “I’ll, give you a hundred dollars, Betsy,” said the girl, “for you’ll save me freedom and my fortune ; and you’ll not refuse him, you know, else all Ajould be spoilt.” “ I’ll manage,” said Betsy. Then the two girls left all other work to examine Elsie’s wardrobe, and soon Betsy was’ dressed in the most elegant attire, her hair powdered, as was the custom, and white gloves upon her hands. “And I,” said Elsie, “will be your poor companion, and you must call me Miss Smith and snub me and order me about.” Tliub all was arranged when the little letter Elsie had been so long expecting arrived, and, breaking its blue seal, Bhe read that Mr. Harrington would pay his respects to Mias Seabright in an hour. How Miss Seabright laughed as she sat waiting in the drawing-room watching Betsy sail up and down with all her new assumption of dignity ! Betsy, with the most amiable intention, would have been sure of offending ; but Betsy, bent on being unpleasant, would be a grand success. Just then Bott?y herself leaned from the window. “ Oh, miss !” she cried, “ there’s a carriage at the door, and a gentleman coming out of it. Bless us !” if thkt’s him, I don’t wonder you want to be off your match. Deary mo ! oh, deary me !” But before she could explain a servant line! brought Elsie a card bearing the name of Harold Ilurrington, and, as she arose, an extraordinary figure entered the room. It was a very tall young man, between whose shoulders, nevertheless, grew an immenso hump. He also, though he seemed to move actively enough, walked upon crutches. On his head, from which he had removed liis cap, was a black silk skull-cap, such as entirely bald old gentlemen then wore. Over his ears was a big black bandage, which also quite covered his chin. On his right eye was a large, green patch; on his left cheek another. .All that was visible of bis face was his nose, which was certainly weH-shaped, but which was much the color of red flannel; and about his throat was indeed a flannel muffler.

This was Harold Harrington. Elsie’s surprise was so great that she sank into a chair, and forgot to prompt Betsy its she had intended. But Betsy needed no prompting. Bhe was not in the least embarrassed. Bhe advanced to meet Mr. Harrington with a grin of supreme insolence on her face, and burst into a loud laugh. “Well,” she said, “so you are my young man, are you ? I must say whoever picked you out showed no mighty great taste; ’twasn’t for your beauty, that’s-plain.” “ No, madam,” said the new arrival, “it was not for my beauty. Do I address Miss Boabright?” “ Why, who else should I be ?” cried Betsy, “ ’Twas not for your cleverness, neither, you were chosen. But, now you have come, sit down. Been in the wars, haven’t you V” “ My infirmities,” sighed the young man, “ are the result of my recklessness as a boy. I have a most sympathizing letter from you upon the fall which broke my limb. You remember it I You also condoled with me upon the careless shot which cost me my eye, though you did not know how serious was the result. It was while I Avas on a trip to Switzerland that I broke my back, and, while endeavoring to drink some boiling tea the housekeeper left carelessly upon the table, I scalded all the hair from my head. This scar upon my cheek is the result of having attempted to shave myself with my father’s razor. It was injudicious of him uot to tell you the result of my injuries, but now you see them for yourself. I Avill not go into further particulars. You remember all my accidents ?” “ Yes,” said Betsy, “and a flue figger of a man tliey’vo made you. You’ll do to scare the croAvs from an orchard, I must say, aud you’re sent to me that I might have my pick and choice of offers to marry ! It’s enough to make one die of laughing.”

“ Then you refuse me ?” said the young map, very eagerly. “Oh, no,” said Betsy, “oh, no, I don’t; there’s the fortune, you know. Money is money, and even an object like you is better than poverty. I’ll have you. Though how folks will laugh to see us paired off' together ! One comfort, though ; so broken down as you must be, you can’t last long.” “Ou the contrary, I expect to live to he 80,” said the young man. “Expectations don’t go for much,” said Betsy. “Look how the old folks went.” -* “ We were deprived of their affections very suddenly,” said the young man, sighing. “My father loved yours dearly, Miss Seabright.” “Folks will take queer notions,” said Botsy. “ Well, I must say you aro an object. I can’t help laughing, whenever I look at you.” “ We snail have a very merry life together, ” said Harold, “if your disposition continues.” “ Oh, I shan’t see much of you,” said Betsy, “I can promiso you, after the riug is on. What possessed you to smash yourself up so ? But I shan’t refuse you. ‘ It’s money makes the mare go,’ says the old song.” “It may be,” said Harold. “ But let the mare stand still for me, then. So, madam, you have the fortune without any incumbrance in my person.” “ And good riddance to bad rubbish, say I!” cried Betsy. “ There are better fish in the sea than you, or women would he poorly off. You’re going, eh? Well, the sooner the better. Miss Smith, ring the bell.” Elsie rose and touched the bell.

But now that the deed was done, and her object attained, she felt dreadfully ashamed of herself. Certainly a more unhappy and singular object than this before her could not well be imagined. Indeed, compassionate as was her heart, she felt that his appearance was not. only painful, but almost ludicrous, but all the more should ho have been tenderly and kindly used. Why had she played this childish prank, and allowed a vulgar woman to insult him in her presence ? And this gentleman—for, hideous as he was, ho evidently was a gentleman by breeding as well as by birth—how would he henceforth think of her ? He would always believe that she had uttered those rude words—she, and none other. And as he left the room she followed him, and the servant who had answered the bell retired at her nod, and left the two together in the long hall, where they could hear the long and violent explosions of laughter with which Betsy was now filling the drawing-room. “Mr. Harrington,” said Elsie, her face crimsoning as she spoke, “ I cannot let you go without a word of explanation. I—l have been so grieved that you should be so insulted. I never meant ” “ My dear young ladyyyou have nothing to do with it, and my feelings are not iu the least hurt,” replied the young man. “ Who could care anything for what a person like the woman we have just left could say? But I am amazed that that should be Miss Seabright. I know she is a lady by birth. I understood that she was beautiful and gentle. “ Oh, Mr. Harrington,” cried Elsie, “ I have been euch a foolieh girl! She is not Mias Seabright, lam Miss Sea* bright. I—l—it was a ridiculous strata*

gem of mine. I hated the idea of a betrothal to a stranger, and I desired that you should take the initiative in breaking off the match. But, believe me, I had no knowledge of your infirmities, which could be only a subject for sympathy to me ; and I beg you to forgive me for placing that coarse woman in a position in which she could insult you. Prove it by remaining with me until I can offer you some refreshment after yonr long journey.” The young man bowed, looked at her a moment, and then replied frankly : “Madam, I quite appreciate your motives and entirely forgive yon. lam pleased to accept your invitation.” It was the custom in well-arranged houses at that day to send guests to their rooms for awhile before dinner. Accordingly Miss Seabright ordered a servant to show Mr. Harrington to an apartment on the upper floor, and retired to her own room to dress for dinner. Ten minutes after Ler entrance into her apartment, this servant brought her a large bundle and a small note—a bundle several feet long, and a note a few inches square. She. opened the note first and read these words : My Dear Miss Heabkioht : I also have a confession to make. I also, before I met you, had resolved that you should be the one to decline the condition of our father’s wills, intending afterward to give you back your share of the property. Consequently 1 set about devising a scheme ; and, reading my school-day letters, it occurred to me that no. one ever went through so many small accidents quite unscathed and unmarred before. I knew that few women would chooße to marry a very hideous man ; consequently I concocted a disguise which I fancied would make me repugnant to the least particular of the fair sex. Allow me to lay at your feet my crutches, which I never needed, thank Heaven ; my hump, which was a featherpillow ; the skull-cap, which did not hide my bald pate, and all my bandages and patches. The vermilion which adorned my nose I have rnnoved with a little water; and, though I obtained my invitation to dinner under false pretenses, I beg to be allow ed to pay my respects to you in proper person, and ts apologize for my trick, which, after all, dear madam, was only tit for tat. Harold Habkinoton. At first Elsie Avas unreasonably angry, but her anger did not last long. They met at dinner, and before they parted it was quite concluded that they Bhould carry out the wishes of their parents by agreeing to dine together always.

Modern Warfare.

According to a little tract published recently by the London Peace Boeiety the armaments of Europe in the present year are : Army, Army, Peace War Navy, Footing. Footing. Tonn. Russia (European) . ...800,000 1,G00,000 80,000 Germany ! 800,000 J,400,000 &5,000 France 1. 750,000 1,300,000 100,000 Austria 7 400,00# 800,000 65,000 Italy ‘200,000 460,000 100,000 Great Britain 150,000 400,000 200,000 It will be seen that the total strength of the regularly-trained soldiers of Europe amounts to nearly 6,000,000; or, having regard to the fact that the whole adult population of Europe, except Great. Britain, is liable to be called to take arms, the total military forco may be estimated at from 6,000,000 to 10,000,000. The lesser number equals the whole of Hlie adult and efficient population of the British islands. It has been pointed out that, if ODly one-half of the present excessive armies of Europe were disbanded, at least 3,000,000 men of from 26 to 35 years of age would be restored to productive labor, and $500,000,000 of money saved from oppressive taxation. The tract beforo us contains a table enumerating the wars between 1853 and 1877, and tho loss of life they occasioned. There were killed m battle, or died of wounds and diseases, 750,000 men in the Crimean Avar, 46,000 in the Italian war of 1850, 3,000 in the war of SchlesAvig-Holstein, 800,000 in the American civil war, 45,000 in the Prussian war of 1866, 155,000 on the French side and 60,000 on the German in the Franco-German war of 1870-’7l, which, with other and smaller affairs, brings the total slain to 1,948,000 during twentyfive years. These wars are hot less costly in monoy than they are in lives, as the following figures will show : Crimean war $ 1,70c,000,000 Italian war of 1859 300,000,000 American civil war, the North 4,700 000,000 American civil war, the South'. 2,300,000,000 Schleswig-Holstein war i 35,000,000 Austrian and Prussian war in X86G...., 330,000,000 Fran co-Prussian war 2,500,000,000 Other wars, expeditions, etc 200,000,000 Total 1 $12,065,000,000 This calculation excludes the allied expedition against China, the Indian mutiny, and the Abyssinian and Asliantee campaigns. These items may be included in the general expenditure of Great Britain upon war, debt, and warlike preparations since 1851, Avliich amounts to the large sum of $6,528,163,995. It is estimated that the enormous sum given in the foregoing table would, if divided, alloAV about $lO for every man, woman and child in the habitable globe. It Avould make two railways around the world at the rate of $250,000 a mile.’ It would provide a freehold farm of 100 acres in this country to each of the 50,000,000 of adult males in Europe. “

A New Automatic Railroad Signal.

A certain Signor L. Guano, of Genoa, has invented an apparatus, a model of which is on view at the Ministry of Finance, which, if practically a success, would prove a great boon to travelers, for it is designed to prevent railway collisions. Without going into technicali ties, the idea is this: Between the rails is sunk a kind of box, of masonry, in which is contained a spiral spring, on which rests an upright lever with arms pointing up and down the line. The lever rises above the level of the rails, and on the sides of it work cog-wheels, to which aro attached wires, which, passing through a tube and round horizontal wheels, communicate with the next box. From the front of the engine, to work on the line, descends a perpendicular rod, communicating with the whistle, and to the tender is added a central wheel, not touching the ground, but attached to a bell in the guard’s van. On a train leaving a station, as it passes over the first of these levers the enginerod and the central wheel strike against it, the weight of the train presses it down, and in so doing raises all the arms of the levers up to the next station against any train coming in the opposite direction, at the same time ringing a bell at the next station. Supposing by chance a train on the same line to have passed that station, it would strike against the first lever, and be warned by the whistle and bell that there was danger ahead, and would put back at once, while at the same time, by reversing the levers once more, it would warn the coming train to proceed cautiously. If no other train is on the line, the first one, having set the levers in the opposite direction, passes over them without raising auy alarm. The estimated working distance of these levers from each other is two to three miles, but the inventor says that his apparatus has been at work some months successfully, at a distance of about six miles, between San Bier d’Arena and Ponte Decimo. —Pall Mall Gazette.

Begging Reduced to a Science.

An investigation into professional mendicancy in London has developed the existence of a club numbering forty persons, supplied with an assortment of directories and plates for printing visiting cards. This horde forms the Beg-ging-Letter-Writers’ Society, and their average receipts are $25 per man a week. The cards are used to borrow money from credulous bankers and merchants, the beggar representing himself as a relative of the man whose pasteboard he bears. The establishment of a Society for the Organization of Charity has brought these facts to light, and great progress has already been made iu rid* ding the metropolis of these social pests.

AGRICULTURAL AND DOMESTIC.

Around the Farm. To A Northern farmer it is a great recommendation of any land to say it will maintain clover. With that only labor and skill are needed to insure profitable farming.— Elmira Gazette. Ashes.— Do not allow ashes of any kind to be wasted. It will pay to haul leached ashes several miles, when one has his owl} team and a laborer at fair wages. Coal ashes when spread around berry bushes of any sort, or around grape vines, will aid materially in producing large and fair fruit.— Gardener's Monthly. A correspondent of the Pacific Rural Press says: “ The only effectual remedy for wire-worm I know of is a thorough cultivation of the soil. Those that are troubled with them will find by examining their soil that it is cold, and by stirring it thoroughly it will get warmer. By so doing they will kill the wire-worm, as it cannot live in warm ground.” Reject the Scrubs. —ln stock-breed-ing retire from service forthxvith, every scrub male, whether of the cattle, horse, steep, pig or poultry family, and use none but good as it costs about as much to raise a scrub of any kind as it does a cross-bred or thoroughbred. Therefore, if a fanner would utilize his feed so as to get the most money therefrom, he should breed none but good-blooded animals. Rural Home. Prevention of Swarming. —A correspondent of the Bee Keepers Magazine, in relation to the swarming of bees, says: “ After Ihave had all the increase I desire, when a hive shows an inclination to swarm I move it to the place of some weaker hive. In that way I make all my colonies strong, and when I have accomplished that object but still have a hive that threatens to swarm I change places with another, that may also show signs of swarming. The change of workers destroys the propensity of swarming for the time being, and by giving them plenty of box room they will store honey, and if they are again inclined to swarm, you may move back again and it will have the effect. ”

Keeping Doavn thp Weeds. —The London Garden remarks: “The only remedy for weedß is prompt destruction in a young state. Weeds are easily eradicated if never allowed to advance beyond the seed-leaf. Once let their roots run deep and wide, and their tops rise high, and then the weeds are masters in the garden. It provokes one to see the complacency Avith which some cultivators allow weeds to establish themselves in flower beds or borders, or on roads or walks, and their subsequent futile efforts to subjugate them. Prompt destruction will vanquish the very worst of them. Plantains, grass, thistles, and docks, are perhaps the most difficult to eradicate. But if by any neglect these have gained a strong footing in any garden, constant beheading alone will destroy them. No plant can live long if never allowed to form leaves or stems, and the shortest, surest, easiest way to eradicate the worst weeds is by incessant cutting off all their visible parts. ” SoAßEcnoAvs.—The best soarecroAv is a suspended looking glass. Take tAvo small, cheap mirrors, fasten them back to back, attach a cord to one angle, and hang them to an elastic pole. When the glass BAvings in the Avind, the sun’s rays are reflected all over the field, even if it be a large one, and even the oldest and bravest of crows Avill depart precipitately should one of its lightning flashes fall on him. The second plan, although a terror to crows, is especially well suited to fields subjected t« tho inroads of small birds and even chickens. It involves an artificial hawk made from a big potato and long goose and turkey feathers. The maker can exercise his imitative skill in sticking the feathers into the potato so that they resemble the spread wings and tail of a hawk. It is astonishing what a ferocious bird of prey can be constructed from the above simple material. It only remains to hang the object from a tall bent pole, and the wind will do tho rest. The bird will make SAVoops and dashes in the most headlong and threatening manner. Even the most inquisitive of venerable hens have been knoAvn to hurry rapidly from its dangerous vicinity, Avlxile to small birds it carries unmixed dismay. —Scientific American.

About the House. Tooth Powder. —Three ounces culc. carb. preep., one and a half ounces sapo Castile, one-half ounce pulv. camph. Put one or two red peppers or a few pieces of charcoal into a pot where ham, cabbage, etc., is boiling, and the house will not be filled with an offensive odor. To Remove Mildew.— Take equal parts of lemon juice, salt, starch and soft soap; rub on thickly, lay on the grass in the hot sun. Renew the application two or three times a day. Bread Pancakes.— Cut bread dough which is ready for baking into strips or fancy designs, and drop into hot lard. When they are a fine brown, drain them well, and send to the breakfast-table very hot. To be eaten with sirup. Fried Bread in Batter.— One tablespoonful of sweet, light dough ; make it into a thin batter by one cup of sweet milk; add three or four eggs, one and a half cups flour, teaspoonful of salt. Cut light bread into thin Blices, dip into this batter, and fry in hot lard. Sprinkle with powdered sugar and garnish with jelly, if agreeable. Fob Shampooing. —Dissolve one tea spoonful of borax in a cup of hot water; apply the liquid to the scalp until a good lather is produced; then rinse well with warm water, until the hair feels soft and natural; if desired, a cold water rinse may be taken at the last; wipe the hair dry, and let it hang loosely about the shoulders to get the air through. Washing.— The following suggestions are recommended by a correspondent who has tested them : For ordinary washing, use a tablespoonful of borax to every five gallons of water, and two dunces of soap; soak the clothes in this over night; give them a thorough boiling without wringing. When the clothes are very much soiled, see that the water is made soft with borax. Clothes thus washed will not turn yellow. In washing flannels, use one tablespoonful of borax to five gallons of water, without soap. It will not shrink them. For starching linen, use one teaspoonful of borax to one pint of boiling starch. For washing and bleaching laces, put one teapoonful of borax to one pint of boiling water, leave your articles to soak in the solution for twentyfour hours, then wash with a little soap. For cleansing black cashmeres, wash in hot suds with a littlfe borax in the water; rinse in blueing water—very blue, and iron on the wrong side while damp.

The Tillage Truth-Teller.

It is worth while now and then to have what is called the truth told you about yourself. There are times when such truth-telling is of great and immediate service. But I have noticed that persons who plume themselves upon speaking the truth to their neighbors are persons who really have no special devotion to truth, but who have,on the other hand, a passion for making people uncomfortable. They do not love their neighbors ; they hate them, or are indifferent to them. With them 80-called truth-telling is merely a form of self-indulgence. How would it do, the next time the village truth-teller comes around, for you to tell the truth to him ? “ Kind friend, I thank thee for telling me that my daughter’s manners are rude, and that my unol«, the parson, should be epokea to about hie method of public

prayer, and that my Sunday-best-go- tomeeting stove-pipe hat is two seasons behind the times; but let me reciprocate thy kindness by informing thee that thou art a selfish old gossip, without enough brains to perceive the whole truth abont any situation, but only a silly half-truth, or a miserable distorted truth, which, from the best of motives, I advise thee to keep to thyself.”— Scribner for July.

PEOPLE AND THINGS.

Key West employs 1,500 cigar-makers. Texas is running in debt SI ,000,000 a year. The Russian empire is over 1,000 years old. No kind of fruit is at any time cheap in England. The wheat-fly is devastating the fields of Georgia. Gen. Grant and party will do Paris in September. The memory should be a storehouse, not a lumber-room. Very few have seuse enough to despise the praise of a fool.. Black swans and wise lovers are groat rarities in the world. The only true way to conquer temptation is to fly from it. Good nature, like the bee, collects honey from every herb. Hydrophobia occurs oftenest among highly-domesticated dogs. There are in this country nineteen libraries containing each 50,000 or more volumes. The latest investigator gives Jerusalem 8,000 Christians, 13,000 Jews and 15,000 Mohammedans. An urn full of old coins, dating 200 years after Christ, was lately dug up in Leicestershire, England. A clerk in the Allegheny Postoflice stamped a letter with his hand stamp. A loud explosion startled him. The letter inclosed paper caps for toy pistols. The component parts of an egg, chemically, are: 55 parts of carbon, 16 nitrogen, 7 hydrogen, and the remaining 22 are oxygen, phosphorus and sulphur. The year 1877 is not to be without its centennial. Vermont has on hand two important celebrations this coming August—one the birth of the State, the other the battle of Bennington.

The old publisher of Godcy's Lady's Book is going out, and a new Philadelphia company will grapple the periodical. The old publisher is L. A. Godey, who has run the business nearly fifty years. A case of lead poisoning in England has been traced to a millstone which had been repaired with lead. Fifteen or twenty families were affected, and the health officer thinks it not uncommon to repair millstones in this way. Joseph Greenbrough died recently at Kirkdalo jail, Scotland, aged 81, and leaving property valued at $1,250,000. He was, at the time of his death, undergoing a sentence of a year’s imprisonment for disorderly and riotous conduct. Thirteen counties in Texas produced, last year, 7,500,000 bushels of wheat valued at $8,000,000. From this a Texas journal estimates that wheat coidd bo grown in 170 counties, and that the annual value of the wheat crop could be raised to $575,000,000. Coal of a good quality has been found about eighteen miles from Denison, Tex. The deposit begins about fifty feet below the surface and increases in thickness as you go deeper. The shaft which lias been sunk is within two miles of the Transcontinental raihvay. Gov. Vance, of Norili Carolina, has written a letter advising the planters of South Carolina to plant corn in the place of cotton, wherever the latter has failed. In view of the prospective high prices in consequence of the European war, he thinks the experiment well worth a trial. pasture-lands. Tlio pasture-lands sweep up, and hide The far-off blue horizon-line; The ’quiet rows crop by my side, Or on (lie grassy slopes recline. A cloud re vealsMts pillared form Above the pasture’s rocky crest, Then fades, and other clouds transform Tho sky, hut bring it no iiarest! —John 2'rowbridge, in Appleton*' for July. Two young foxes were caught in a trap in Carson, Nev., by Riorden, who confined them in a cage where their mother could visit them at night. She gnawed off slats and liberated them, and (for revenge?) took them to Riorden’s coop, aud filled them with his chickens before departing. Russian ladies have appealed to Germany for subscriptions toward furnishing supplies for the sick and wounded of the Russian army, and much money lias been subscribed by the court and nobility. The German people, however, are reluctant. They recall the fact that, during the late war with France, collections of the kind in Russia were made entirely lor the benefit of French soldiers, and that Russian newspapers chronicled German successes with an illconcealed dissatisfaction.

NIGHTWATCIIES.

While tho alow clock, as they were miser's gold. Counts and recounts the mornward steps of Time, The darkness thrills with conscience of each crime By Death committed, daily grown more bold ; Ojice more the list of all my wrongs is told, And ghostly handß stretch to me from my prime Helpless farcwoJs, as from an alien clime; For each new loss redoubles all the old ; This morn’t was May ; the blossoms were astir With southern wind; but now the bows are bent With snow instead of birds, and all things freeze ; How much of all my past is dumb with her, Aud, of my future, too, for with her went Half of that world I ever cared to please ! —Janie* Uunnell Lowell, in July Atlantic.

“ Making Old Hones.”

People who neglect their minor ailments rarely live to make old bones. The secret of hale and vigorous old age lies not only in taking care of one's health in early life, by the observance of sanitary rules, but also by judicious medication when the premonitory symptoms of bodily disorder manifest themselves. Indigestion, bowel and liver complaints, are fruitful causes of injury to the constitution. Those diseases should be, therefore, checked without delay. The best medicine for the purpose is Hostetler’s Stomach Bitters. This standard preparation disciplines the digestive organs, gives renewed impetus to the bilious secretive function, and exerts a beneficial influence upon the organs of urination. Jt lias no rival as a romedy for and preventive of chills and fever and bilous remittents, infuses vigor into the debilitated frame, and is an excellent appetizer and nervine.

WiijHoft’s Anti-Periodic or Fever and Ague Tonic. —This invaluable- and standard family medicine is now a household word and maintains its reputation unimpaired. It is indorsed by the medical profession, and proscribed daily in the Charity Hospital and other Hospitals in New Orleans. Wilhoft’s Tonic is thus highly recommended by the leading modical men of the country, and is worthy of such indorsement-. G. It. Finlay & Co., Proprietors, New Orleans. Fob sale by all Druggists. Messrs. D. W. Hatch & Co.: We have been selling your Universal Cough Syrup about eight years, and find it gives the best satisfaction of any preparation for coughs and colds that we have ever sold, and from the time of its first introduction in this market wo have sold much larger quantities of it than any other similar preparation. Yours truly, Sawyer & Lyon, Hornellsville, N. Y. Sold by Van Scnaack, Stevenson & Reid, Chi cago, HI. TniKTY years’ experience proves the Graefonberg Vegetable Pills to bo the mildest and most effective medicine ever known for the complete cure of headache, biliousness, liver complaints, nervousness, fevers, and diseases of digestion. Sold everywhere; price 25 cents per box. Send for almanacs. Graefeuberg Co., New York. Information worth thousands to those out of health. Self-hoJp for weak and nervous sufferers. Facts for those who have been dosed, drugged, aud quacked. The new Health Journal teaches all. Copies free. Address, Electric Quarterly, Cincinnati, O. Pond’s Extract. —Its sale extends to every portion of the country. There is only one genuine Pond's Extract for Pains and Inflammations.

Rws advfrtiwmeat of S. Taylor k Co. ta another celuma of this p*p*r,

" The Conflict of Ages.”

Hoi differ on newly every issue. There have always been opposite parties in politios and religion, though the measures fought over one day maybe universally adopted at another, and those sacrificed regarded as heroes and martyr?. Medicine has also been subject to revolutionary disturbances. When Drs. HafVey and Jenner announced their discoveries, they were held in oontempt and ridicule by an incredulous and ignorant publio, yet to-day they are received and honored by all as benefactors. When Dr. Pierce announced his Discovery, many seemed to doubt, and were skeptical concerning all medicines and doctors, but proof of merit has dispelled all doubt, and to-day The Golden Medical Discovery is the standard remedy in curing the most obstinate diseases of the liver and blood, having almost entirely superseded the old-time sarsaparillas by reason of its gfiperior merits. Nohwich, Chenango Co., N. Y., Nov. 3, 1876. B. Y. Pierce, M. D.: . I was afflicted with a scrofulous affection on one of rfy legs. It was very troublesome for over two years, so much so that I could not wear a boot, and I had to keep my leg bandaged. It resulted in a raw sore. It got so bad that it became a general talk that I would have to undergo amputation of the limb. One physician told me he never saw such a soro cured. I commenced taking your Golden Medical Discovery together with your relicts as directed on the bottles,and when I had consumed six bottles of Discoveiy, my leg was entirely well, and has remained so ever since—a period of over two years—and I would not swap it for fifty wooden

legs. Yours truly,

There’s Something in a Name,

Juliet to the contrary notwithstanding. The name of Doolet is now synonymous with delicious, light, healthy biscuits, rolls, gr\ddlo cakes," pastry, etc. The genuine Dooley Yeast Powdeb is sold only in tin cans; the sac-simile signature ol tho manufacturers is printed on each label.

It will bo found upon inquiry of representative storekeepers that ladies no longer depend oil foreign makers for their Perfumery and Toilet Articles. To Messrs. Colgate & Co. the credit is largely duo for this new departure. Their Cashmere Bouquet Soap and Violet Toilet Water are universally esteemed by the tasteful and refined as the most delicate aud recherche of perfumes. Send sl, and fifteen cents for postage, aud get the Chicago ledger for one year. Tho Ledger is the most successful, in fact the only successful, literary paper ever published in tho West. The above price is merely nominal for such a valuable paper. Address Tho ledger Chicago, 111. To Housekeepers.— The attention of heads of families is invited to the superior quality of Bchnett’s Flavorinu Extbacts. They are highly concentrated, have all the freshness and delicacy of tho fruits from which they are prepared and are loss expensive. Send to S. Taylob & Co., Chicago, for a price list. See advertisement in another column. Hofmann's Hop Pills cure the Ague at once.

THE MARKETS.

NEW YORK. Beeves 8 25 @l3 00 noos 5 25 @ 5 05 Cotton 11 12 Floor—Superfine Western 5 50 @ 0 10 Wheat—No. 2 Chicago 1 58 @ 1 00 Corn—Western Mixed 57 @ 59 Oats—Western Mixed 39 @ 58 Rye—Western 74 @ 75 Pork—Mess 14 30 @l4 40 Lard.. 9 @ 9X CHICAGO. Beeves—Choice Graded Steers.... 0 50 @ 0 75 Choice Natives 5 75 @ 0 25 Cows aud Heifers 3 00 @ 4 50 Good Second-class Steers. 4 50 (a), 5 00 Medium to Fair 5 25 @ 5 50 Iloos—Live ; 4 75 @ 5 15 Flour—Fancy White W’iutcr 9 50 @lO 50 Good to Choice Spring Ex. 7 50 @ 8 00 Wheat—No. 2 Spring , 1 40 @ 1 47V No. 3 Spring 1 23 @ 1 25 Corn—No. 2 46 @ 47 Oats—No. 2 30 @ 37 Rye—No. 2 58 @ 01 Barley—No. 2... e 55 @ 50 Butter—Choice Creamery ’.. 18 @ 23 Eggs—Fresh 12 @ 13 Pork—Mess 12 85 @l3 00 Lard BL'@ 9 MILWAUKEE. Wheat—No. 1 1 55 @ 1 67 No. 2 1 48 @ 1 49 Corn —N<>. 2 45 @ 40 Oats—No. 2 35 (ri>, 30 Rye—No. 1 • 60 @ 07 Barley—No. 2 05 @ 07 ST. LOUIS. Wheat —No. 2 Red Fall l 89 @ l in. Corn—No. 2 Mixed , 43 v@ 41 Oats—No. 2.. 37 ® 38 Rye 00 («} 01 Pork—Mess... 13 15 @l3 30 Lard • llogs. ». 4 30 @ 4 00 Cattle 4 75 @ 6 75 CINCINNATI. Wheat—Red r... 1 80 @1 90 Corn , 48 @ 50 Oats 38 @ 42 Rye 08 @ 70 Pork—Mess 13 40 @l3 00 Lard 9 @ 10^ TOLEDO. Wheat—No. 2 Red Winter I 91 X@ 1 92)3 Amber 1 75 @ 1 90 Corn... 48 @ 52 Oats—No. 2 38 @ 40 DETROIT. Flour—Medium 8 00 @ H 50 Wheat—White 1 80 @ 1 98 Corn —No. 2 50 @ 62 Oats—Mixed 43 @ 45. Rye 85 @ 90 Tork—Mess., 14 00 @l4 25 EAST LIBERTY, PA. Hogs—Yorkers :.. 5 <K) @5 10 Philadelphias 5 25 @ 5 40 Cattle—Best 6 25 @ 0 50 Medium 5 50 @0 00 Sheef 4 25 @ 5 25

TURF GOODS .gs Largest anfl Best Stock in tleWest. FINE HARNESS, B. T AYXJOLExT CO., 181 East 111nd 1 hob St., CHICAGO. ILI. Those Terrible Ilcndaehes Generated by obstructed secret ions, and to which ladies are especially subject, can always he relieved, and their recurrence prevented, by the use of Takbant’h KrFEHVF.scF.KI ■KELTZEIt Apeuient. Procurable at all drug stores. A 3-Cent Pocket-Book! Any agent or canvasser, or any person who has over canvassed or ncted as salesman, or any idlo person out of employment or any person seeking a chance to earn a a honorable living, can have sent to them a substantial, serviceable pocket-book by simply sending a threo-cenfc postage stamp to the undersigned. The pocket-book contains two sides subdivided into repositories for bills, mems., silver, postage-stamps and cards. Send a 3-cent stamp and the pocket-book will be mailed immediately by return mail. Address GKO. F. MKROIiANT <x CO., 112 Moni-o© Street, Chicago, 111.

JACKSON'S BEST SWEET NAVY CHEWING TOBACCO was awarded the highest prize at Centennial Exposition for its fine chewing qualities, the excellence and lasting character of its sweetening and flavoring. If you want the best tobacco ever made, ask your grocer for this, and see that each plug bears our blue-strip trade-mark, with words Jackson’s Best on it. Sold wholesale by all jobbers. Send for sample to {'• A. JA<’ li .SON cV* CO., lOamilnclurery, Prlfrslmrg, Va.

SI.OO SI.OO Osgood’s Heliotype Engravings. The choicest household ornaments. Price One Dollar each. ' Send for catalogue , JAMES R. OSGOOD Sc CO. SI.OO BOSTON ' MASS ' $ 1.00

I A positive remedy tor Dropsy anil .ill di»ca»e, oil ■ the Kidneys, Bladder and Urinary Or- I ■ cans. Hunt’s Remedy i« purely vegetable and I ■ prepared expressly fur the above disease.. It has I ■ cured thousands. Every bottle warranted. Send to W. I ■ E. Clarke, Providence, R. 1., for illustrated pamphlet. | If your druggist don't have it, he will order it for you. I IsfYAiiXD BEGfcxsmca $W ROLLING CHAIRS. gM new haven, ct. Jh iA i JIR Api A DAY SURE made by *]* 111 T A II*«lL AgentssolltngourChromos, K 111 111 yk #"■ Crayons, Picture and Chrofjj 111 111 mo Cards. 125 samples, ■ w wr mm w* worth 85. sent,-postpaid, lor 85 Cents. Illustrated Catalogue free. J. IT. HITFOKD’H HONS, Boston. [Established 1830.1 TRUTH IB MIGHTY! /jSLSSSaws/Wi ißTrn UjSll&i yHSHW rtal Dm* and place where yea assssesasF !&MUtMK9NXS!

THE ORIGINAL AND ONLY GENUINE “VIBRATOR” THRESHING MACHINES ooniisting or Complete Hprse-Powei Establishments, with 34-Inch, 38-inoh and 32-tnoh Cylinders, and 8,8.10 or 12-Horse-Powers to match. Two Styles of Mounted Horse.Powrrai onr improved “Triple Gear” and improved “Spur Speed" (Woodbury style), both kinds mounted on 4 wheels, and special sires made lor 6,8,10 or 12 Horses. Complete Steam-Power Outfits { onr unrivaled “ Vibrator" Separators, made expressly lor Steam-Pow-er, with scinch Cylinder and 44-lnch Separator, or 38-inoh a Under and 48-inch Separating and Cleaning parte, with the other parts proportionately capacious and full of “ businessalso, our matchless Steam Thresher Engines, of our own make, beyond rivalry.ln Power, Durability, Easy Firing, Beauty ol Design, Perfect Workmanship, Elegant Finish, complete In even detail, and in all respects a fit companion lor oar celebrated Steam Separator. Our ‘‘Vibrator” Separator “alone,” made expressly lor Steam-Power, and to matoh to any and all other make ol Engines, also, perfectly adapted to go with any and all other make of Horse-Powers. Four sizes, ranging from 24 to 36-inch length ol Cylinder, and 36 to 48-inches width of Separating parts. The World-Wide Reputation of onr matchless “ Vibrator" Threshers for rapid threshing, perfect saving, admirable cleaning, no wastage, cleanliness, economy in repairs, durability, ease ol management, and a gajneral superiority in various other respects, is now folly established and generally recognized. The Acknowledged Head and Front of Grain Threshers, and especially superior if grain be damp or wet, while for Flux, Timothy, and like Seeds, no other machines can truthfully claim any comparison. The Genuine “ Vibrator” Threshers ABE MADE ONLY BY NICHOLS, SHEPARD & CO., BATTLE CREEK, MICH. They, or any of their regular authorized Dealers, furnish Illustrated Pamphlets and Price-Lists, and full particulars, free, on application. Ui W NITED STATED LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, 261, 262, 263 Broadway. ♦ —ORGANIZES 1810—♦ ASSETS, $4,827,176.52 SURPLUS, $820,000 EVERY APPROVED FORM OF POLICY ISSUED ON MOST FAVORABLE TERMS ALL ENDOWMENT POLICIES AND APPROVED CLAIMS MATURING IN 1877 wll be SISCBUHTED at » OhT PIUESENTATIOir. JAMES BUELL, - - PRESIDENT.

John SHATTUCK.

1,100 . Tho attention of Advertisers is called to our List of Weekly Newspapers. Send for a Catalogue. MAR VETO ITS CHEAPNESS. An advertisement occupying tno space of One Inch will be inserted one week in newspapers lor 8*7.50 —or less than eight cents per newspaper. CUTS ANIJ ELECTROTYPES. No extra charge for cuts, trade-marks, urfusual display, or advertisements inserted across two or more columns \ only twenty-six cuts aro required for tho.whole number of newspapers. Guts should not bo over two and one-eighth inches in width. AN INTERESTING! STATEMENT; To send an advertising order to 1,100 newspapers would require an investment of 8;J 1.50 for postage; stationery would cost nearly as much ; the labor of addressing I', iOO envelopes is considerable; to writ* 1 -10,0 orders would he a great task; to print then) would cost sometlllllg. Oui mkn tu, a n.e.Uno nW-ror tisement in the whole 1,1011 papers, one week. Is SI 3.7 0 , or less than tiio cost of postage and stationery. NOTICES IN NEWS COLUMNS. To have an advertisement set up in the form of reading matter, and inserted in the nows columns of news f tapers, is a very etticient mode of advertising. These istß of newspapers oiler advantages in this respect which no other newspaper or lists of newspapers possess. Manufacturers and merchants desiring to publish a description of their waros or establishments will find Hub plan very serviceable. By publishing a series of brief notices, they can soon make tho merits of thnir goods familiar to the people of the regions In which those papers are published. FILES of the papers can be found in tho office of Beals A Foster, 41 Park How, New Youk. A p/ytlai file, together with samples of all, may ho found a/ lot) Worth street. New York ; 114 Monroe street, Übicago, 111. ; 365 Kast Water street, Milwaukee, WJs 1 17 Wabashuw street. St. Paul, Minn.; 143 Race street, Cincinnati, O.; 227 Second street, Memphis, Tenn. For Catalogue, address BEALS & FOSTER, 41 Park Row, NEW YORK. * * II gg» I Are made In all styles) and of cv.-ry I FI ELI description, from tho lightest, finest and most elegant in use to the heaviest and strongest required for any kind of work; are unAS r> I equaled in style, Vy!«wUltll I workmanship, strength and durability. They receivod the highest written nwnrd at the Centennial Exposition. B.Ji A go BMj CCS O 99 I Nonc genuine B ISAaKA 11a LdOa I unless they are stamped with our imrnc and Trade jlark, A liberal g* %ixs ar> r\ wi!l ,>e K iven f ° r * nf orI» K. W W 37k U inatlon that will convict ar.y one who sells harness as the Concord liar, ness that, are not made by ns. Extra Induce monte offered. Send for circulars and price-lists. Address J. R. HILL & GO., CONCORD. N. 11. Or our agents, Messrs. C P. KIMBALL & CO., Nos. 370 and 372 Wabash avenue, Chicago.

' r ARK^ freeHumes.

Kansas display of products at Contennin! surpassed nil otiicr States. KANNAIS PACIFIC K.W. CO. offers largest body of good lands KANSAS nt lowest jiriees nnd best terms. Plenty of Gov’t lnnds I'lICt: for Ilomesteads. For copy of “ KANSAS FACIFIC'IIOIWKSTKAiI,” address, Laud Ctmt 111 ittniotier. Ji. /*. Hie.. S tit 11 a. Hannas.

THE - \ GOOD OLD STAND-BY. MEXICAN MUSTANG LINIMENT. FOR MAN AND BEAST. Established 35 Years. Always cares. Always ready. Always handy. Has never yet failed. Thirty milliont have letted it. The wholo world approves * the glorious old Mustang—the Best and Cheapest Liniment In existence. 25 cents a bottle. The Mustang Liniment cures when nothing else will. BOLD BY ALL MEDICINE VENDERS. OR. WARNER’S HEALTH CORSET. With Hkirt Supporter and Self-Adjusting; Pads. Secures Health and Comfort of W J body, with Crack and Beauty of AfFV/Vv Form. Three Garments In one. <y\jC/Z3, Approved hy all physicians. i All ENTS WANTED. Mffi Imitßek Sam pies by mail, in Coutil, $2; 1 ftJ* Lr'Xy 'i Satteeri, |i 78. To Agents at I 'CM s A 25 cents less. Order size two I | inches smaller than waist mcaLrnSrithr” -A Bure over t,ie t,rcfiSff / fimTuv/CjhW Warner Bros. 351 Broadway^N.Y, Dunham PIANOS. Dunham & Hons, Manufacturers, Ware rooms, IS East 14lh St., [Established 1831.) NEW YORK. Prices Reasonable. Terms Easy ,Jk\ KKP’S SHIRTS—onIy one quality—The Beat. Keep’s Patent Partly Made Dress .Shirts Clan he finished as easy as hemming a Handkerchief. The very best, six for sl7 •OO - Keep’s Custom Shirts -made to measure. The -“ r y best, six so. SIMM). An elegant set of genuine Gom-FiaL, Cuin. Sleeve Buttons given with each half dox. W'eon’s Shirts Keep's Shirts are delivered FREE on receipt of price In any part of the Union—no express cha)ges to nar Samples, with full directions for self. measurement Sent Freo to any address. No stamp required ’ Deal directly with the Manufacturer and got Bottom Prices. Keep Manufacturing Co . | fs.j \[,. r< r„ r ™ AWKIiTOs, TENTS, mms&m

SCC » week Jn your own town. Terras and @8 onttlt iPDO free. H. HALLKTT A 00.. Portland, Maine, tfelO .A DAY »t boms. Agents wanted. Outfit and yllC terms free. TRUK A 00.. Augusta. Maine. nr If AI urns 75h0t«3.00, 70 styles. 111. Cal. free. HtlULWLn WestxkhQpm Works,Chloago,lll. 840 ewY ork (hI?F o A.lyW * Week to Agents, $lO Outjlt Pit SC. «pDO H «p/ / P. O. VICKKRY, Augusta. Maine. 0C 1. eofl P*r dsy at home. Ram pies worth s#' vw tO ytU tree. Stihbom A 00., Portland. Maine. Aon a Day. HO WTO MAK K IT. 'Something nr a and eatable. COE, VONOEdb C0..51. Icuit.Ma. WATCHES. A Great Sensathm. Sample Watch and Out ft free to Agents. Better than Gold, Address A. COULTER A 00.. Chicago. Mado by 17 Agents inJan. 77 with "■**§"€ # my 13 new articles. Samples free. IP WVW f Address C. H. Innington, Chicago. TUIC CANTON TKA 00., 148 Chambers St., NswYork. year to Agents. Omtit mid a , 1%1111525 Shot Cun .tree. For terms adVMsiMU IP dress, J. Worth it Co., St.Louis,Ho. 11l AUTC n Traveling Salesmen.a month and Wf bspbbses paid. No Peddling. ** -Andress Queen City Lamp Works. Cincinnati, O REVOLYF.IR FTRFF I Seven-Shot revolver, T * BJjri I with bo* cartridges. Address J Bown * Son. 138 Al3B Wood-st., PittsbnrgJ’a. A 6000 WELL c * in be made in one day with " our 4-foot WELL AUOklt. Send for oar anger book. U. 3. MJC.KR GO., St. Louis, Mo. WyT }V HEEI,S ! Latest patent. Runs powerfully with one foot head; adapted to any height; n OT .» r »uy."‘bur wheel. Address BARNETT A* CO.. Port Huron. Michigan. <f*QCA* MONTH-AGENTS WANTED~3B best ■n.lilll selling articles In the world ; one sample free AIHJ W Address JAY BRONSON. Detroit, Mich. will agree to distribute some of ourcircu 1»™. we wUI send you a CIIKOMO IN GILT FRAME, and a 18-page, 64-column Ulus, paper Free for 3 mos. Inclose tO ots. to pay postage. Agents wanted. Kkndal A Co., Boston, Mass. Tfl TUP I AmrC We will send bymall.on I U I Ilk LfiUlLO receipt of 60 cent», one No. 1, or, for 76 cent*, one No. 2of our Ready Dreas Plaltor. You can make 12 yards Knife Plaiting? in 60 minute*. Agent* wanted everywhere. Send for circular. J. IL yyjMfAN* Western Agenj, <BB Walmah Avo., TCI Cf*D JIMI Railroad and Express rLEBIKArn Kuslnwsß taught, sii ■ **■ •'* *■ ■■ uations gUHranto*'(i. Small salary paid whilo learning. Address, Immediately, Western School of Tkleqbaphy, Englewood, HI. S(T4AA PH t*K\VAl<I». Thii MOtril At'lia (sf* iMUU.UU II HKAVY KKARDwiklwl ot » •raooth face by the usp of PV KI’.S 8K.4 HP Kl>( \ IU euhpaoLAco, 2a cento ; 3 ltvAßjrr* only c* nif. A. L. SBITU A PL, 8oU«^ K cti>. 'cOLLINS6CO:s(,tr‘ B esV: H . t .es l | fgGggSse&i Pn, Collins & Co. ■■■■■BGjißp is not. easily earnnu in theso times* n ■ B M M but it can bo made in throe months B m m an « v <>nw * either sex, in any If Q B part of tho country, who is willing H H 13 to work steadily at the employment B ■ ■ that we furnish. .HdyfSperwwk In your own town. You Peed not be away from homo over night. Yon can give your whole time to the .work, or only your snare moments. We have agents who are making over 8&t) per day at the business. All who engage at once can make money fast. At t the present time money cmnnot he made so easily and rapidly at any other bittiness* It costs nothing to try the business. Terms and So OutlitTree. Address, ut once, 11. HA I,LETT A CO.. Portland, Maine. Maize Flour Toilet Soap! Maize Flouj^Toilet Soap! Maize Flour Toilet Soap! A great discovery !—a new sonp compound ! It soot lie#, softens and whitens the skin, has wonderful healing and superior washing properties, aud is equally suited for the hath, nursery nnd general toilet. It is delightfully perfumed, and sold everywhere at a moderate price. Registered In Patent Office, 187 H, by the manufacturers, McKKONK. VAN HAAOKN A 00., Philadelphia. BABBnrT’S TOILET SOAP. public The FINEMT TOILET S.OAP'lli'liic^VoridOnly the rarest vegetable oils steed in its manufacture. , ir For Use In tho Nursery it has No Equal. Worth ten times its cost to «v<iry motlu rnml lamiU inrTiri-'l' rvb'in. Sample box, eontnlning ,H rakes of 6 ozs. cadi, tent free (•» any address oil receipt of 15 rents. Aridregs B. T- BABBITT, New York City. %3T l*or Sale by all DruggiH'. 3 THE SUN.

1877. NEW YORK. 1877. Tiie Sfn continues to ho the strenuous advoonto of reform and retrenchment, and of the substitution of statesmanship, wisdom and integrity for hollow pretense, Imbecility ana fraud in the administration of public. Jt. contends for tlu* of Urn people by tho people ami lor t he people, as opposed to government by frauds in tho ballot-box and in tho counting of votes, enforced by mllit ary violence. It endeavors to supply it s loaders—a both now not far from a million of souls with the most careful, complete and , trustworthy accminis of current events, and employs for this purpose a numerous find carefully selected staff of reporters and correspondents. Its reports from Washington, especially, are full, accurate ana fearless ; anti it doubtless continues to deserve and enjoy the hatred of those who thrive !»y plundering the Treasury or by usurping what the law does not give them, while it endeavors to merit the confidence of the public by defending the rights of the people against the encroachments of unjustified power. The price of the Daily BUN is *iT> emits a month, or a year, postpaid; or, with the Sunday edition, $7.70 a year. The Sunday edition alone, eight pages, J# 1 ,‘i() a yyar, postpaid. The Weekly Run, eight pages of 60 broad columns, is furnished at $ I a year, postpaid. Special Notice.—ln order to introduce The Run more widely to the public, we will send THE WEEKLY edition for tho remainder of the year, to Jan. 1, 1878, postpaid, for Half a Dollar. Try it. Address THE SUN, N. Y. CJUy. ( '' ’WATURE'S'REMEprS^ The_&reat Bipod Rev- J. P. LUDLOW WRITES: 173 Baltic Stbeut, Bhooklyn, N. Y.,1 Nov. 14, IH7L ( H. R. Ktkvknh, Ksg.; hair Sir —From ixoannal licnffil I'fvHvf ft tty li t itr-", a a well na lroiii pcrfiolial kliowlotlxo of tliomi \vln>s»* ciircß tlicic l>y luivii ai i'iiii il alnmnt lniraruluus, I ran moat lirurlily ami tiiurm ly rn'ornmi'ii'l l In; Vigktim; lor tlio com plaint i wliidli i I in I'lainicil to cure. JAMF.H V. LUDLOW, Late PaHlor Cillvury liaplii-i oimrcli, Hiicraiuento, Gal. KATUIff.'S 'remed7! i 'X fliUllfcai The Creat Bmon Pui\inm.jr SHE RESTS WELL. fiorrii Roland, Me,, Oct. 11, 1876. - Mn. IT. R. Rtuvi ns: Dear Sir- I liavc been aide two years Willi tlio Liver eoinplai»it, anil ffurinK that time have (alien a great many different medicines, but, 110110 el (lit lit did mo any pond-. I was real lowa nichls, and had tin appetite. Hinco taking tlio Vkgktini; I rest welt an relish my food.. Can recommend tho Vkoktink lor what it has done for me. Yoiii h respectfully, Mits. ALBLHX liiGKLli. AViiness of the above; Mit.GKUHGE M. VAUGIIAN, Medford, Mass. The Great Bloop Purieier me.,—, ~rr. t.or Rev- O. T. WALKER SAYS: PROVIDJtNcr, R. 1., 164 Tiiansit Sthket. n. R. Htkvibnb, Lhij. : I feel bound toexpress with my eignaturo the lilg It value I place upon your Veoetink. My family have used it fori he last two years, in uervona debility it is invaluable, and I recommend it to all who may need uu Invigorating renovating tonic. O. T. WALKER, Formerly Fustor Bowdoin-squaro Church, Boston.

NATURE'S REMEDY. The Cheat Bipod P NOTHING- EQUAL TO IT. South Salem, Mark., Nov. 14, 187(5. Mn. H. R. Stkvens: Dear Sir— I have boon troubled with Scrofula, Canker, and Liver complaint for threw yearn Nothing ever did mo any good until 1 commenced mtlng the Vkoetink. I am now getting along find-rate, and siill UHlng the Veoktinu. I eoiwidor (lu re i t nothing equal to it for «ucli complaints. Can heartily recommend it to everybody. Yours truly, Mur. LIZZIE M. PACKARD, No. 1C Lagrange St., South Salem, Man.;. i""- • " - i in. NATURE'S REMEDY7V flilliioa The Or eat Blood Pußiricn.^^ GOOD FOR THE CHILDREN Boston Home, 14 Tyler Street,) _ _ Boston, April, 1«7(>- > H. H. Stevenr: Dear Sir—Wo feel that the children in our home have been greatly benefited by the Vkoetink you. have so kihdty given hr IronTtimo to lime, especially, those troubled with tho Scrofula. With reoi>cct. Mas. N. WOUMELL, Matron. VBOfiTZNX! Prepared by H.' B. STEVJENS, Boston, Mass, j 1 Vegetine is Sold by all Druggists. o. N U. No. *H