Democratic Sentinel, Volume 1, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 October 1877 — Page 4

WHAT IS NATURE T, BT JOHN STUABT BLACKIX. What thing is nature 7 Weil I float Assume to make a clatter, Like Hegel, Hamilton and Comte, j. Concerning mind and matter. Yet, I have had m> thought* at timee; And, since you ask the question, I’ll tell you what I think in rhymes That wont hurt your digestion: Nature is a growth, a coming forth Into new fashion ever, Or that whose substance knows no birtn, Whose virtue dieth never. What substance? That which to define My grasping reason smothers; But what is best I call divine, And worship God with others. You’re a materialist 7 Not at all; If I should see.k to find The best name for what best I call, I’d rather call it mind. And mind is one, and what we call The many is but one, As million rays shoot from the ball Of th’ light-evolving sun. But not to dogmas I incline; And, think me not unwise. Who fear and love, but not define, The Power that shapes the skies. And you, sir doctor, are a fool, With logical appliance, That would take God into your school, And teach Him terms of science; And talk of nature, God, and man, With technic demonstration, As if yourself had sketched the plan Of boundless, vast creation ; And dress mean thoughts in phrases grand, And prove with solemn chatter That you have got, in your clumsy hand, Two things called mind and matter. Go to! yon know not this nor that; Man has no measuring rod For nature, force, and law, and what The wisest men call God. For law and life, and all the course Of lovely, shifting nature, All but the play of one wise Force, Which Monon called Creator. Think on your knees : ’tis better so Than without wings to soar; What blinking reason strains to know We find when we adore.

THE MIDNIGHT VISITOR.

On a distant prairie, at nightfall, a wayworn and weary traveler was overtaken by a snow-storm. When the first few flakes came softly dropping down, he looked eagerly around in the hope of discerning place of shelter; but none was to be seen—only the trackless waste of rolling lauds, and far-off hills in the direction whither he was going—so far off that he feared he should never reach them. With the departure of light the snow began falling faster, the winds blew keener, the road over the prairie was soon hidden from view, and the traveler felt that he was lost on a trackless waste, without a star to guide him across the dangerous country. “This is terrible,” said he, aloud. “ I fear much I shall never come to my destination. If I had but a compass and a light I should not fear, for I could resist the effects of cold long enough to reach the hills, and there I should find human habitations, or at least the shelter of a rock. Now I may go in a circle till I freeze, and be no nearer help. What a fool I was to leave the river side and cross the prairie, just for the sake of a few miles more or less journey. No matter; I must even battle it out now, Heaven helping.” And battle it out he did, most manfully. He dreijr his cap down over his cars and brow,-and bis fur collar up over his mouth, and, thrusting Ids hands deeper in his pockets, pressed on through the yielding snow. The gloom increased, the wind came sharper, and, through his heavy clothes, the traveler began to feel the effects of the cold. His feet grew numb, bis aims chilled, and, after an hour’s rapid walking, ho suddenly paused. *■ How do I know whither I am going?” he exclaimed. “ Perhaps I have already turned aside from the straight line, and am wandring on the verge of destruction. Oh, that I could shake off this drowsy feeling that is stealing over me ! I know what it is—the precursor of a rest in this cold winding-sheet of snow. Great Heaven, I am freezing to death 1” shrieked he, bounding forward with re. newed energy. “ Action—action—action is life, and life is too sweet to lose yet I” He hurried aloug with a springing motion, stamping his feet vigorously at every step, and swinging his arms to keep the blood in circulation. Yet, with all his efforts, he knew that the angel of death was folding hi j white wings silently but surely around him. “ Despair—no !” he cried, “ not while the memory of my loved wife and dear children is left to me. I will struggle . on for your sakes, and fight the storm fiend to the last extremity. Oh, just Heaven, for the sake of the innocent ones whoscs only stay is my right arm, help me to resist—help me to triumph I” At this moment he plunged into a hollow, his feet trod over ice, and he heard the voice of a streamlet singing of life and action beneath its icy crust. At the same time the smell of wood-smoke saluted his nostrils. “Oh, Thon who reignest above,” he ejaculated, “I thank Thee that Thou hast heard my prayer. Help is near me.” He reeled heavily onward through the blinding snow, and saw just before him a low shed; one more struggle, and he fell against it. In an instant he divined its character. With a last desperate effort he found the door, threw it open, and, rushing in, flung himself full length upon the floor, knowing only that he was in an atmosphere reeking with the fumes of bacon, and warm with the smoke which rose from a pan of smothered coals in the center of the place. It was a settler’s rude smoke-house, left to care for itself during the long winter’s night, and the traveler’s grateful heart sent up a tribute to Heaven for this place of refuge in the desert of snow. ******* In a large log cabin in the valley of the streamlet, Milly Dean sat alone. Her husband had gone to a distant town, and the young wife was left with her baby. Accustomed to the solitude, she felt safe, and sat in contentment before the blazing fire; the flames leaped right joyfully up the chimney, and the green logs sizzled and crackled in the heat like things of life. Out doors the wind was howling drearily, and the snow falling heavily; but Milly cared not, for it only made the fire more cheerful. There came a rapping at the door. “ How strange ! Who can that be at our door in this wild night ?” she said to herself, as she rose and went into the little entry. The rapping was repeated. “Who is there ?” she asked. “ For Heaven’s sake let me in; I am freezing to death I” was the reply. “ Who are you ? and how came you in this lonely place on such an evening as this?” "I am a traveler from below; I lost my way, and am dying with cold. For pity s sake let me in, or I shall perish I” Milly hesitated. She was alone, and it was three miles to the nearest neighbor’s. What should she do? She paused in perplexity. “ Oh, save me—save me! lam dying !” were the words that met her hearing. There was a heavy fall against the sill, and then tow moans. Iter woman nature could stand no more ; true to the instincts of her being, she unbarred the door and threw it open. A closely-muf-fled figure reeled by her into the room, and, shutting the door, she followed. On reaching the fire-place the stranger threw off his disguise, and stood erect and strong, without f. sign of inconvenienoe from the effects of the weather. Milly retreated from him in amazement; but, recovering herself, and putting the best face on the matter, she tremulously addressed the man: lam sorry, sir, you are so cold. It is a bitter night to be abroad, Will you

not eit by the fire ?” And she pushed a chairs orward. ag <, isr * The man made ho' responsepbut, stdEping ovdfr, ran his fingers through the iKze ; then he turned and stared at herwith a look which madeher blood mu cold.' A bright thoughVfame into lieji mind She would prdtend there were nftanin the house, for she already Mt afraid of the man, and bitterly regretted having admitted him. “ Would you like to see some of the The man laughed hoarsely and replied— “ Milly Dean, for that I believe is your name, you cannot deceive me. You are all alone in this house. I took particular care to ascertain that before I came. So you may as well make yourself easy on that score, and do as I bid you. ” “Do as you bid me!” exclaimed Milly, in terror; “ What do you want of me ?” “ I want the $1,200 in gold your husband received for his produce two days ago. You probably know where it is. ” Milly sprung into the entry and would have fled, but the stranger caught her by the wrist and dragged her roughly back. “ You cannot escape me, young woman,” he said. “You will find it most convenient to make a clean breast of it at once. It will be better for you.” Milly strove to release her arm. Tne rough treatment she received aroused her temper, and indignation overcame all other feelings. “Let me go, you scoundrel* let me go, or I will call for help,” she cried. “ Call, you fool,” said the brutal fellow, “and much good may it do you. Keep yourself still, and tell me where the money is. ” “ I will not!” she exclaimed, her eyes flashing Are. “ You will not?” he replied; “we shall see 1” He released her wrist so violently that she reeled half across the room. Then he siezed the sleeping infant from its cradle, and held it at arm’s length almost into the blazing fire, so that the terrified mother expected to see its light garments catch the flames. “Now, then, where is the money? Speak out quick, or hear your baby shriek with pain. I will burn it to death before your eyes if you do not tell me where the money is.” “Monster, give me my child!” shrieked Milly, endeavoring to reach the little one. “ Let me have my baby !” But every effort was frustrated, for again and again the strong hand of the robber thrust her back. “ See, its clothes will be on fire in a minute,” said the man, putting the helpless innocent closer to the flame. The mother looked into his eyes. She saw there a look of heartless determination. She became aware that the cotton garments of her child were smoking with the heat. “ How shall it be ?” asked the ruffian. “Hurry, or the child dies. I have no time to waste here. ” “ Anything, anything, only give me my child !” she cried. The next instant it was handed to her, and she sank upon the floor and folded it to her bosom. “Come,” exclaimed the man, touching her rudely with his foot, “ you have not told me where this money is.” “ In the box on the upper shelf,” she replied, pointing to the closet. The man founn the box, placed it on the table, and opened it, saying : “Solar, well. It is nearly all gold. I will pocket it with your leave, or without it, just as you please.” He filled his pockets with the golden coin, and threw the empty box in the lire. Then he came and stood beside her. “Put your baby in the cradle,” he said, “if you want to save its life. I have other business for you.” “What do you mean?” cried Milly, eyeing the man with suspicion. “ Let me have him,” he said, trying to take it. ‘ * No, no, I will put the baby in the cradle myself. You shall not touch the poor little thing. Now, sir,” she continued, almost choking with excitement, “what is it?” After having laiji the pretty infant on its downy place of rest, she stood erect and waited the reply. “I am going to kill you!” said the man. “ Kill me !” she exclaimed, her face growing pale with terror. “ Kill me ! What have I ever done to you that you should kill me ?” “ Nothing, nothing, my dear, only you know you have seen me, and you will know me again. ” And he advanced upon her. “ Oh, sir, let me live. Have you not done enough to take my husband’s money, without depriving him of his wife, too? I will never say one word against you if you will spare me, only spare me.” As she spoke she clasped her hands, and looked imploringly at him. “I am sorry that I cannot safely grant your request, ” he responded. “There is no help for it, so come along out doors.” He reached out his hand to grasp Milly. But the instinct of self-preserva-tion was strong upon her. She evaded him, flew to the chimney piece, snatched her husband’s loaded rifle from the hook on which it hung, cocked and presented it at the breast of the robber. Her motions were so rapid that before he could prevent it her finger had pressed the trigger and there was an explosion. But with equal readiness the man had stooped to the floor, the ball had passed over his head, and the next instant his gripe was on her throat. “I will teach you to handle arms,” he said. “ You would have killed me, would you ? I will show you a trick worth two of that!” “Mercy, mercy!” cried the terrified woman. “ There is no mercy for you,” he ejaculated. He dragged her into the entry, and flung open the door. “Outwith you into the snow !” “Hold! what is this?” exclaimed a deep-toned voice. Unhand that woman, you scoundrel!” A powerful man stood in the doorway. He dealt the robber a blow between the eyes which struck him back into the entry. His grasp of Milly was relinquished, and she fell to the floor. “Oh, sir,” she cried to the new-comer, “ save me. This man has robbed us, and would murder me that I should uot tell of it.” “ Fear not, madam, he shall not harm you, ” responded the stranger. ‘ ‘ Fellow, surrender yourself 1” “Get out of my way,” cried the robber, making a rush for the door, and striking at the stranger with a bowieknife. But the stranger was prepared for him. Giving back a few steps, tie artfully seized the robber by the collar, whirled him around, and threw him on his face in the snow. The robber struggled, but the stranger knelt heavily ou the small of his back and grasped his hair. “Lie still,” said the stranger, “or I will send a bullet through your brain. ” The robber felt the cold barrel of a pistol at his ear and obeyed. Milly quickly brought ropes at her rescuer’s request, and the robber was bound hand and foot. “It was a strange providence,” the new-comer said, “ that overtook me with a snow-storm on the prairie, and forced me some hours ago to take refuge in your smoke-house, nearly dead with cold.” Milly acknowledged the truth of the remark, and she knelt and thanked her Father in Heaven for her deliverance. The next day Milly’s husband came home, and when he was told all he remarked, “ This fellow was in the tavern at the village the day I sold my produce. It will teach me a lesson—never to let

strangers know when money is plenty with me, lest theybe'tempted to crime and bring ruin on me and mine;” That day some sixty or seventy men gathered at the house of Mr. Dean. The robber was recognized as a notorious horse-thief who had long infested the neighborhood. There was a summary trial, and then, in dogged silence, the wretch who would have burned a harmless infant and murdered a faithful and gentle woman, submitted to his inevitable fate; A rudely constructed gallows and a stout rope ended his' existence. So on the thinly-settled frontiers of the West they mete out justice to offenders against property and life. There were about $1,700 in bills found on the person of the robber, besides the gold he had taken from Mrs. Dean. As there were no claimants for the bills, at the suggestion of the stranger,whose life had Been saved from the anger of the winter storm by the shelter he found in the smoke-house, SI,OOO of the $1,700 were presented to Milly in consideration of what she had passed through, and the remainder was divided around. On that very spot there is now a thriving town, and one of the finest residences in the place is that where dwell Milly Dean and her husband.

The Mississippi River.

The importance of the Mississippi as a commercial highway does not receive the attention it deserves. The recent experiments of Capt. Eads has demonstrated that the navigation of the river can be greatly improved at a comparatively small outlay and the destructive overflows of the Lower Mississippi and its tributaries be successfully resisted. These overflows inflict immense losses to the planters annually. It is estimated that the cotton crop for the year ending Sept. 1, 1877, will show a falling off of 274,000 bales compared with the preceding year. The total crop for the year ending Sept. 1, 1876, was 4,699,000 bales; for the year ending Sept 1, 1877, 4,425,000. Of this immense loss 230,000 bales is due to the overflow of the river and its tributaries, of which 97,000 was incurred on the Lower Mississippi, 33,000 on the Arkansas, and 67,000 on the Washita 7 , making a loss on those rivers alone pi 197,000 bales, amounting in the aggregate to nearly $9,000,000. One-hprfof this sum would effectually prevenFthis enormous loss in the future. Tmt immense importance of the cotton crop demands serious consideration, as it constitutes by far the most important item in our table of exports. The shipment's abroad in 1876 amounted to $192,659,000; in 1877, $171,118,000; > while our exports of breadstuff's were $131,212,000 in 1876, and $117,884,000 in 1877. In view of these important facts, it is plain that there is a subject of national importance that ought not to be neglected in deference to local claims and prejudices. At a time when the question of transportation is assuming vast proportions, it would perhaps be well to look abroad and observe some facts of great moment in this connection. France is taking active measures for the extension of her canal system in order to resist the competition of German commercial encroachment. Contrary to the commonly received opinion that railroads have superseded water transportation, some French journals have recently shown that such is not the case, at least in France. The following statement from tne Paris Union Nationale will occasion some surprise to our railroad kings. It says: “Our internal navigation is still vital enough to effect a saving to trade of 56,000,000 francs. The canals and rivers transported, during 1875, 1,721,000,000 tons of goods at the small cost of 4,177,940 francs. If these 1,721,000,000 of tons had gone by rail, the charge would have been some 56,000,000 francs in addition.” The existing state of things in this country render facts of this kind worthy of consideration.— New 'York Graphic.

The Delirium of Promise.

No sooner does there promise to be a fair yield of salable staples and a generous distribution of merchandise than all the speculators jump to the conclusion that the Eden of sudden wealth has come back again. Quotations are pushed up in the grain market apd the stock market beyond all probability of realization or of productive value; the coal producers demand another dollar per ton without apparent reason in supply and demand, and everybody makes a push to get back to the state of things which, in more rational moments, we all identify with unhealthy expansion, and with a rapidity of getting rich which we do not seriously expect to see return. This constant struggle to get back what we ought to let go is the chief obstacle which meets every reviving influence. The effort to assume and impose a value where, as yet, none exists, or where its nominal existence is due to fraud and ought to be wiped out in the long run of trade equalizations; the endeavor to raise the moderate profits of this era to the swelling per cents, of other days—these are. the stumbling blocks in the way of set.led prosperity. The acceptance of low prices, low profits, low wages, low valuations and the biding of them, will distinguish business for some time to come. These conditions are with prosperity, and wo shall call ourselves prosperous when employment at living wages is offered to all who ask it. Wo see all the favorable influences and facts in the fall situation which are visible to everybody, but we regret to see them forestalled by a speculative delirium inappropriate and disproportioned to the occasion. It is like the laborer with a destitute family who, when he is offered a day’s work, gets his wages in advance, and dissipates with a grand drunk the hours which should have been devoted to toil. Of course, there is no need of worrying. Values will drop back again in due season, without our assistance, but it is a proper time to remind speculators, corporations and people in general that modesty of expectation and of greed are more appropriate to the time and more helpful to the general welfare. It is for the general interest that everybody should have at least a half loaf before the scramble begins for the whole one, for oidy on this condition can the accumulation of surplus become general and the means of expenditure universal. —Springfield, Republican.

“ Little Chump.”

In the Sherman family there were eleven children, who were dependent upon the meager income of their father’s legal practice. A young man named Ewing, who had worked his way through college aqd had come from the salt works, where some money had been earned, settled in Mansfield to practice law. His ability was recognized by Mr. Sherman, who assisted him materially, and when upon the bench turned over much employment to Ewing. Upon the death of the father, the young lawyer became Hon. Thomas Ewing, and in payment for kindness received wished to make some substantial return. He resolved to take one of the boys and give him a thorough education. At a stated time he visited the family, when the five lads were brought before him. Uncertain as to choice he turned to the eldest sister, saying, “ Which one had I better take?” She replied, “There’s little ‘ Chump;’ he’s the smartest.” The suggestion was received, and the boy “Chump” has became the General of the United States army.— Mansfield, (O.) Correspondence of the Newburg Journal. i , , New York street railroads oftiyied 165,000,000 passengers last year.

AGRICULTURAL and do<rsti& s rtbrmlabOT, tie th?T>ritn*l toil ■" ” ;1 Thjit ilitm ft iif "rtrt. th -rdMtm «ni‘ t'*-' * fajmier I eels an bopejt .A? Ainong hie ftel<?s and pastures wide; His home-like house and happy nest, With cheerful wife and children blest. The swalkxw-haunted barns, weH stored With f nil aw* generous harvest board— This little world, which he has planned. Has grown and thriven ’neath ms hand. He walks beneath the spreading shade Of trees he planted with his spade Before his well-grown hoys were born, And neither give him cause to mourn. The cattle love and know his call, X And toss their heads above the wall; And every creature round the place Looks fondly in his kindly face. He takes delight—and who would not 7 In showing one his garden plot; His orchards laughing in the sun, A well-deserved praise have wen. To Nature’s beauties never blind, He good in everything can find. The voice of Poverty he heeds — Forgets its faults and feeds its needs. By duty done and time well spent He earns the best of boons—content, That in its train, his story says, Brings health and wealth and length of days.

Around the Farm.

To make cabbages head properly, a pinch of salt to each head, or a slight watering with weak lime, is very beneficial.

The swamps are now dry, and work on them should not be neglected. Getting out muck for use in winter and digging ditches can be better done in August than at any other time. Gather and put in the compost heap all the weeds that have not yet seeded. Burn all that have ripe seeds. This work should not be neglected. Upon many farms the roadsides, barnyard fences and the sites of old grain-stacks are most prolific nurseries for weeds. These should be cleared up at once. “Pusley,” or purslane, anathematized here as a pest by our farmers and gardeners, is carefully cultivated and considered a veiy choice and delicious vegetable by those of Europe. Prejudice alone prevents people in every part of the world from using many edibles highly prized by those equally civilized elsewhere. A Manlius, Onandaga county (N. Y.) fanner writes that last fall he sowed twenty acres to wheat, applying 225 bushels of damaged salt, and this season he has harvested from the same land 1,120 bushels of fine wheat, averaging forty bushels to the acre. He keeps eight horses, twenty-five cows, a large flock of sheep, and forty-seven hogs, and believes in genuine grain-growing, stockraising husbandry. Fabm horses in the fall are often ungratefully neglected. Their hard toil in helping with the heavy work of the season once over, when only odd jobs await them, it is too frequent a custom to dock them of their grain and allow them to shift for themselves on the pastures, often without needed shelter from the bleak winds and early frosts of autumn nights. After feeding a while the poor animals get chilled, and run about in the dark in search of warmth, which they often find only at the cost of a stumble or fall, resulting often in a sprain or a cut that disfigures them for life. Then, when warm and tired they lie down to rest, what wonder if they rise up stiff, spiritless and not rarely suffering from a severe cold after their heated blood and relaxed sinews have been exposed to the blasts and frosts of a chilly night! When the days are not stormy, it is well enough to let horses run in the pasture, but every autumn night should find them comfortably bedded and fed in the stable. Ingratitude to our fellow men is justly considered an odious vice, but is there not often a strong taint of it also in the treatment of these noble animals, to whose faithful help in all kinds of drudgery farmers are deeply indebted for full barns and comfortable homes ? Care of the privy is by far too rare on the farm. By a little management, however, the premises might be kept from disagreeable odors, the contents of the vault utilized for garden purposes, and “ night work” done at one’s leisure in the day-time, without offense to the most sensitive nose in the neighborhood. A correspondent of the agricultural department of the Weekly Tribune tells how this can be effected : First, allow no slops to be poured into the vault; otherwise you will have a nuisance in spite of all you can do. Second, have some other place of deposit for broken dishes, bottles and other rubbish that will not decay ; if put into the vault these must eventually be sorted out again, and they hinder the action of absorbents. Third, have on hand, for use from time to time, some roaddust, dry loam, hard-wood sawdust, or sifted coal ashes. There is no disinfectant or absorbent better than road-dust gathered in dry weather, though many other materials are almost as good. If these be frequently and liberally sprinkled into die vault, there will never be any bad odor, and the vault need not be emptied oftener than once in two years. The composted deposit can be removed without offense to the eye or nose, and, with a little diluting with dry earth, is excellent dressing for almost any crop. About the House. Small Beer.—A handful of hops to a pail of water. 1 pint of bran, 1 pint of molasses, 1 cupful yeast, 1 spoonful of ginger. Harvest Drink. Five gallons of water, | gallon of molasses, 1 quart of vinegar, and 2 ounces of powdered ginger. Remedy for Poison Ivy. —E. A. Blood, of Bloomington, 111., says that bran poultice is an infallible cure for poison ivy. Ginger Beer.—One cup of ginger, 1 pint of molasses, 1’ pails of water, and 1 cup of lively yeast, slightly warm ; bottle and cork securely. White Spruce Beer.—Three pounds of loaf-sugar, 5 gallons of water, with essence of spruce to -taste, 1 cupful of good yeast, and some lemon peel. To Remove Fruit Stains —To remove an apple stain on cloth: Dampen the spots and hold them over a lighted match; the sulphur smoke will bleach it out. This will also remove apple and berry stains from the hands.— Of io Farmer. Good-Templar Beer.—One pin. «f bran, a handful of hops, some twigs of spruce, hemlock, or cedar, a little sassafras, roots of burdock, plantain, docks and dandelion ; boil and strain, and add a spoonful of ginger molasses and a cupful of yeast. The above will make a gallon. Relief for Frosted Feet.—For frosted feet, take pure flaxseed oil, bathe your feet, and heat in by the fire well before going to bed; wrap some old clothes around the feet to keep the oil from rubbing off, and bathe again in the morning. A few applications will remove all soreness and itching.—American Farm Journal. Home-Made Ink.—Take half an ounce of extract of logwbod and ten grains of bichromate of potash, and dissolve them in a quart of rain water in a bottle kept uncorked. The bottle should be perfectly clean and free from any other ink. Running the logwood through a fine strainer will remove all sediment.— Evening Wisconsin. Mote from the Eye.—Take a horsehair and double it, leaving a loop. Ts the mote can be seen, lay the loop over it, close the eye, and the mote will come out as the hair is withdrawn, If it cannot be seen, raise the lid of the eye as far as possible, and place the loop in it as far as you can, close the eye and roll

the ball a few times, then draw out the hair. The substance which caused so much pain will be sure to come out with no. - xxj itHow to Tend A Co At Ftrw.—Replenish a coal fire as soon as the coals begin to show ashes on the surface; then put oh merely enough to show a layer of black coal covering the red. This will soon kindle, and, as there is not much of it, an excess of heat will be given out. Many persons almost put out the fire by stirring the grate as soon as fresh coal is put on, thus leaving all the heat in the ashes when it should be sent to the new supply of coal. The time to stir the fire is* just when the new coal laid on is pretty well kindled. This method saves fuel, gives a more uniform heat, and prevents the discomfort of alternations of heat and cold.— Housekeeper. Artificial Lemonade. —Loaf sugar 2 pounds, tartaric acid J ounce, essence of lemon 30 drops, essence of almonds 20 drops. Dissolve the tartaric acid in 2 {lints of hot water, add the sugar, and astly the lemon and almond ; stir well, cover with a.cloth, and leave until cold; put 2 table-spoonfuls into a tumbler, and fill up with cold water. The drink, it is said, will be found much more refreshing and more palatable than either ginger beer or lemonade, and costs only 30 cents for 10 pints. The addition of a very little bicarbonate of potash to each tumblerful just before drinking will give a wholesome effervescing drink.—Scientific American.

Tom Paine.

The gauntlet which Bob Ingersoll threw down to the entire Christian world when he offered to wager one and all SI,OOO that Tom Paine did not die a “drunken, cowardly, and beastly death,” has been taken up by the New York Observer, which publishes several columns of testimony substantiating its assertion that the last years of Paine were marred by his bestiality and drunkenness, and that on his death-bed he was stricken with remorse and faced death like a coward. The evidence is furnished by parties who were well acquainted with Paine, including Grant Thorburn, of New York, who gives a description of the personal appearance and habits of the great atheist that is far from flattering ; Rev. J. D. Wickam and Rev. Charles Hawley, D. D., who corroborate Mr. Thorbum’s account of the man’s depraved habits; and Stephen Grillet, a noted minister of the Society of Friends, and Mary Briscoe, another Friend, who was present at his deathbed, and from whose journals the Observer publishes the picture of its horrors. Having made out its case to its own satisfaction, the Observer now pauses for a reply from Co]. Ingersoll. It is said that the testimony will be submitted to the examination of a committee, one chosen by the Observer, another by Ingersoll, and the third conjointly, who will decide which party has the best of the argument.

English Postal Savings Banks.

From the annual report just issued of the operation of the English Postal Savings Bank, we learn that of the 13,447 postoflices in Great Britain only 5,448 do a banking business. The postal savings deposits at the end of 1876 were sllO,000,000, belonging to 1,702,000 depositors. Deposits had increased, while the number of depositors had grown smaller. The expense to the department of each withdrawal and deposit was 12 cents, the surplus over liabilities was $5,500,000, nnd the rate of interest paid 2| per cent.

A Grand Record.

Nearly thirty years have elapsed since Hostetter’s Stomach. Bitters Was first brought to the notice of the American public. To-day it is the most popular remedy on this continent for dyspepsia, liver complaint, constipation, debility, nervousness, urinary and uterine complaints. gout, rheumatism, intermittent and remittent fevers, and is widely used in South and Central America, Mexico, the West Indies and Australia, as a preventive and remedy for malarious disorders, and for many other maladies to the relief or which it is adapted. The record of its victories is written in the testimonials of thousands whom it has cured, to many of which the widest publicity has been given; it has won the emphatic sanction of leading members of the medical profession, and it has repeatedly been made the subject of encomiums by the home and foreign press. Comment on the above facts is unnecessary. We leave the public todraw'tsownconclusions.

The Latest Fashion for Ladies.

Our attention hag recently been called to the Jiaritan Matclasse Cloakings, something entirely new in the way of heavy, thick, warm, woolen goods, specially adapted for ladies’ wear during the cold weather now anproaching. These goods are the handsomest and most stylish ever seen, and, so far as price is concerned, are a miracle of cheapness. They are intended for cloaks, sacques, dolmans, circulars and jackets, for both ladies and children, and are to .be found at all the leading dry-goods stores in the country. Be particular to ask for the Raritan Cloakings, and take no others. “The Trials of a Housekeeper” Are never experienced by those who use Dooley’s Yeast Powder. Elegant, light, wholesome biscuits, bread, rolls and muffins, every time. Try it and be convinced. Wilhoft’s Fever and Ague Tonic.— This medicine is used by construction companies for the benefit of their employes, when engaged in malarial districts. The highest testimonials have been given by contractors and by the Presidents of some of the loading railroads in the South and West. When men are congregated in large numbers in the neighborhood of swamps and rivers, Wilhoft’s’ Tonic will prove a valuable addition to the stock of medicines, and will amply reward the company in the saving of time, labor and money. Wo recommend it to all. G. B. Finlay & Co., Proprietors, New Orleans. For sale by all Druggists. Prejudice is an extravagance illy afforded in these times. Let not your prejudice lead you to buy till you have sent tor free price list of Jones, of Binghamton, Binghamton, N. Y., who offers to sell, on trial, Fivc-Toh Wogon Scales at SSO ; freight prepaid.

THE MARKETS.

NEW YORK. Beeves $8 00 @l2 00 Hogs 5 50 @ 7 75 Cotton M%@ 11% Flour—Superfine Western 5 00 @ 6 50 Wheat—No. 21 30 @ 1 49 Cohn—Western Mixed 54 @ 55 Oats—Mixed 32 @ 37 Rye—Western. 70 @ 71 Pork—New Messl3 85 @l4 00 Lard 9 @ 9% CHICAGO. Beeves—Choice Graded Steers.... 5 50 @ 5 75 Choice Natives 4 75 @ 5 25 Cows and Heifers 2 50 @. 3 50 Good Second-class Steers 3 25 @ 3 60 Medium to Fair 3 80 @ 4 50 Hogs—Live. 5 30 @ 6 00 Floub—Fancy White Winter 6 75 @ 7 25 Good to Choice Spring Ex. 5 75 @ 600 Wheat—No. 2 Spring..... 1H @ll7 No. 3 Spring 1 09 @ 1 10 Corn—No. 2 42 @ 43 Oats—No. 2..... 23 @ 24 Rte—No. 2 53 @ 54 Barley—No. 2 61 @ 62 Butter—Choice Creamery 28 @ 30 Eggs—Fresh'.. 16 @ 17 Pork—Messl3 60 @l3 70 Lard B%@ 8% MILWAUKEE. Wheat—No. 1 1 15 @ 1 17 No. 2 1 14 @ 1 15 Corn—No. 2..... 41 @ 42 Oats—No. 2 23 @ 24 itYE—No. 1 53 @ 54 Barley—No. 2 63 @ 64 ST. LOUIS Wheat—No. 3 Red Fall 1. 23 @ 1 24 Corn—No.. 2 Mixed. 43 @ 44 Oats—No. 2 25 @ 26 Rye 54 @ 56 Pork—Meesl3 50 @l4 00 Lard ; B%@ 9 Hogs 4 80 @ 5 55 Cattle 3 25 @ 5 25 CINCINNATI. Wheat—Red 1 26 @1 27 Corn 46 @ 48 Oats 25 @ 30 Rye 60 @ 61 Pork—Messl3 50 @l3 60 Lard B%@ 9% TOLEDO. Wheat—Amber Michiganl 30 @ 1 31 No. 2 Red Winterl 28 @ I 30 Corn 46 @ 48 Oats—No. 2... 25 @ 28 DETROIT. Floub—Choice White 6 75 @7 .00 Wheat—No. 1 White... 1 32 @ 1 33 No. 1 Amber 1 27 @ 1 29 Corn 48 @ 50 Oats—Mixed 27 @ 28 Barley (percental) 1 10 @ 1 40 Pork— Messl4 50 @l4 75 EAST LIBERTY, PA. Cattle—Best 5 90 @ 6 10 Fair 4 50 @550 Common 1 3 75 @ 4 00 Hogs 4 oO @ 6 25 8 25 @ 5 JO

Colgate A Co.’s Cashmere Bouquet Soap has acquired a popularity hitherto uneqnaled by any Toilet Soap of home or foreign manufacture. A reputation begun early hr the century made it easy for this house to impress the public. The peculiar fascinations of this luxurious article are the novelty and exceptional strength of its perfume. Hatch’s Universal Cough Syrup has become one of the leading cough remedies in our trade. We have known cases where it has given relief, where our best medicines have failed. We warrant it in every case, and are satisfied that it is one of the best medicines of its kind. Shaeon, Swift & Co., Steriingville, N. Y. Sold by Van Schaack, Stevenson & Heid, Chicago, HL CHEW The Celebrated “ Matchless ” Wood Tag Plug Tobacco. The Pioneer Tobacco Compant, New York. Boston and Chicago. Stuttering. —This singular affliction is treated by an ingenious invention called Bates’ Patent Appliances. Simpson & Co., Box 5076, New York, send description of same to all inquirers. Patentees and inventors should road advertisement of Edson Bros, in another column. Hofmann’s Hop Pills cure the Ague at once. Two Chromes Free—A pair of beautiful 6xß Chromoß, worthy to adorn any home, and a ThreeMontha’ subscription to Leisure Hours, a handsome IG-oage literary paper, filled with the Choicest Stories, Sketches, Poetry, etc., sentto all sending 13 cent* (stamps taken) io paypostage. The publishers, J. L PATTEN A CO., 162 William St, New York, guarantee every one double value of money sent Newsdealers sell Leisure Hours ; price, 7 cents.

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PROF. BEDFORD’S LETTER SHOWING SUPERIORITY OF THIS ARTICLE OVER ALL OTHERS.FOR SOAP MAKING. SENT FREE BY MAIL ON APPLICATION Tfl HJIANTHONY 104 READE ST. NEWYORK. THE GOOD OLD STAND-BY, MEXICAN MUBTAN6 LINIMENT. FOR MAN ANO BEAST. . Established 35 Years. Always cures. Always ready. Always handy. Has-never yet failed. Thirty millions have tested it. The whole 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. SOLD BY ALL MEDICINE VENDERS. Four Months for One Dollar. The CHICAGO DAILY NEWS, the only ONE-CENT newspaper published in the West-, Is a twenty-column paper, containing all the news of the day in short, sharp, c mdensed form, aiming to give only facts, and leaving to larger sheets the monopoly of the reporter’s gush and the penny-a-liner’s wearisome platitudes. It contains Pronounced Editorials upon the living questions of the day, copious Telegraph and Cable Dispatches, Reliable Market Reports, and, in short, a complete record of the news of the day the world 'ver. In addi tion to being a complete newspaper, every, issue contains a Completed Story, thrilling and romantic, and pointing a wholesome moral. The DAILY NEWS is indei'endent IN politics, espousing the cause of no party, but aiming to present exact and truthful state meats of every political event or question, without fear or favor. It is lively, enterprising, decent in tone, wide-awake and spicy, treating every subject briefly and pointedly, but in all things avoiding flippancy. It is a DAILY paper at the price of a weekly. It has a larger circulation, as has been proven by published afli davits, tAan any other daily paper published in Ch i cay It has printed nnd sold over 77,000 cop es in a single day The subscription price is $3.00 a year, SI.OO foi - four months. No subscription received for less that four months. We offer no Chromos or Patent Lightning Rods as Premiums, but guarantee to give you the worth of your money a hundred fold. Address CHICAGO DAILY NEWS, Chicago. 111. BABBITT’S TOILEf SOAP” • gjq "V mis jjai lzst j airl ‘X g— Unrivalled for the M Hit 1 Toilet and the Bath. fcgjsvx Si artificial and i 1 deceptive odors to 11 I MrijSw CoVtfr common nnd 'flkTdT I 'LljrMgjs deleterious ingrediA ter years of /S* g B |T ,v| B sck-ntific pxpvrhnent FERWiffsKUMBteWII the mnnuf.i'turvr B. T. J'MitCs F> s- - f?oap has perfected . •’■l rni.ur an«! now e p, r> f O th» public The FINEST TOILET SOAP in (be World. Only the •izreAf regtlable oils vted in its manufacture. w Fpr Ude In the Nursery It has No Equal. Worth ten times iU cosl to every mother and family inCnrisUndom. Sample box, containing 3 cakes of 6 ozs. each, sent free to any address on receipt of 75 cents. Address SI.OO SI.OO Osgood’s Heliotype Engravings. The choicest household ornaments. Fries One Dollar each. Send for catalogue, JAMES R. OSGOOD Sc CO. BOSTW SI.OO L.ADIES? beware «r imitations, on vAnno° f obTAKUd BRAID Made and sewed on by sewing machine, for six cents, with the Rose Embroidery and Braid-Making Attachment, adapted to an makes of sewing machines. Price, " I .00. No r amily, Dressmaker or Seamstress can afford to be without one. Agents and Canvassers make money by selling them. Sample attachment for any spwipg machine sent by mail on receipt of SI.OO. In?iiiro of Sewing Machine Agents, or address I. M. ROSE. atentee, No. 4U Chambers Street, New York. 1“ A positive remedy, for Dropsy the Kidneys, Bladder aiidTT rtnary Or-■ gain. Hunt’s Remedy is purely vegetable and I prepared expressly for the above diseases. It has I cured thousands. Evenr bottle warranted. Send to W. ■ E. Clarke, Providence, R. 1., for illustrated pamphlet. I If your druggist don’t have it, he will order it for you. | ft fifty ft ft I" A BAY Slotes2s£gjfiS PATENTS rsnto 711 GH? -JbS- "? d Foreign Patent .Established in 186 A reeatWMUWQh. OtfFxdNlnsttbcttaiß, etc., sent free, K*HKAV‘ ; BEAllff ace ky t ' ,e KLb ©BAUD ELIXIK •witblA’bry. o? farter Pries by a-.p! t iu I Jackie? cars : 3 tar co’.jr &:» ct ute. A- • A ‘*o , 111., Bci* OQFWe cwfion the public vydort im'.tatieaa, I

”n u■■ oC ■ EvetyiaaawhoowiwahonedhonldhaveatMfref FOOT COOLERS & EXPANDERS Which retaov. aB fttver from the feM, and keen them in a clean, motet andhasMh, conditionTaiwolutofr mevenV ing corns, contracted feet, quarter-cracks and acratchea. They can be used for a Stuffing-Boot, and do not cost onefourth as much as the old leather one. The cut represents the Holder and Sponge on the foot. The best tion to a healthy one in three weeks’time. Its result surprises every one. For sale by Harness-Makers and diameter of hoot measured across the bottom of the foot. Send for descriptive circular, with Ust of twUmmitate from the leading horsemen and veterinary someone of the country. I have also a valuable Sjsinge Liniment for bad foet. which I will forward with Cooler at *I.OO per quart bottle. Liberal terms and exclusive territory given to Agents. Address E. B. DRAPER, UniteFstateS INSURANCE COMPANY, IN TH® CITY OF NEW YORK, 261, 262, 263 Broadway. ASSETS, $4,827,176.52 SURPLUS, $820,000 EVERY APPROVED FORM OF POLICY ISSUED ON MOST FAVORABLE TERMS AU. ENDOWMENT POLICIES AFFROVNB CKAZMS MATURING IN 1877 WILL BE DIJCQUJTEJ OV PnBSJBifTATIOir. JAMES BUELL, - - PRESIDENT. mw & nw POND’S EXTRACT, rhe People’s Remedy. The Universal Pain Extractor. Tote; Ask for Pond’s Extract, Take no Other. Hear, for I will openk of excellent things.” OND’S EXTRACT —The great Vegetable Pain Deotroyer. Has becnlu use over thirty yearn, and for cleanliness and prompt curative 'n'rLT)l^; , ??J >t No e farnny can afford to be without Pond’s Extract. Accidents, Brnises, Contnsiona, Outs, Sprains, are relieved almostf nstantly by external application. Promptly relieves pains of Burns, Scalds, Excoriations, Chafings, Old Sores, Boils, Felons, Corns, etc. Arrests inflammation, reduces swellings, stops, bleeding, removes discoloration and their best friend. It assuages the pal us to which they are peculiarly subject—notably fullness and pressure In the head, nausea, vertigo, etc. It promptly ameliorates and permanently heals all kinds of inflammations and I I&KHtRHOIDS or PILES find In this the only immediate relief and ultimate cure. N<> case, however chronic or obstinate can long resist its reguARICOSE VEINS. It is the only sure cure, . I LEED IN <4 from any cause. lor this it is a x pacific. It has saved hundreds of lives when all other remedies failed to arrest bleeding from nose, stomach, lungs, and elsewhere. TOOTHACHE, Earache, Neuralgia nnd Jlhciimutism ore all alike relieved and often permanently cured..... . . , PHYSICIANS Of all schools who orc acquainted with Pond’s Extract recommend it In their practice. We have letters of commendation from hundreds of Physicians; many of whom order it for use In their own practice. I n addition to th ; foregoing ttiey order its use for Sweili ngs of all kinds. Quinsy, Sore Throat, Inflamed Tonsils, simple and chronic Diarrhrea, Catarrh ifor which it is a sjjcn/lc). Chilblains, Frosted Feet, Stings of Insects, Jllosonltos, etc., Chapped Hands, Face, and indeed all manner of skin diseases. TOILET USE. Removes Soreness, Roughness nnd Smartingj heals Cuts, Eruptions and ’ Pimple lt revives, invigorates ami refreshes, while wonderfully improving the ComTO P FARMERS—Pond’s Extract. No Stock breeder, no Livery Man can afford to be without it. It is used by all the leading Uvcry btables,-Street Railroads and first Horsemen in New 'ork City. It has no equal for Sprains, llarncsß or baddie Chafings, Stiffness. Scratches, Swelling", Cuts, lacerations, Bleedings, Pneumonia, l olic. Diai-rlio.-a. Chills, Colds, etc. Its range of action is wide and the relief It affords is so prompt that ft Is invaluable In every Farm-yard as well as in every Farm-house.. Let it be tried once and you will never be without It. CAUTION ! Pond’s Extract has been imitated, 'rhe genuine article has the words Pond’s Extract blown in each bottle. It Is prepared by the onlv persons living who ever knew how to prepare it properly. Refuse all other preparations of Witch Hazel- This Is the only article used by Physicians, and in the hospitals of this country and Uses of Pond’s Extract, in form sent free on application to EXTRACT COMPANY, 93 Maiden V-»np. *’ r k. 2 LANDRETHS’ Ji BEED WAREHOUSE, PHILADELPHIA. \ We wish to call attention to JKrZ f I \ \ Bloomsdale strains of Ks I onion seed. ■NLA i \ It has ever been our practice, owing to the force of climatic influences, to raise full-sized Onions from seta, seedlings, or buttons, as they are indifferently - * called, the growth of the preceding year, and not direct from the seed proper; as a result in a Jong series of years, generations on generations of Onions, a habit has been confirmed and established of precocious bulbing; consequently (black) seed raised here, in the southeastern corner of Pennsylvania, when transported northward carries with it, it is believed, the fixed nabit of early ripening, and crops of large Onions, it is confidently predicted, may be produced at the North from such seed in advance of the season, and free from the “stiff-necks” so abundantly produced by seed raised n a colder climate. An experiment the present season, made with the Bloomsdale strain of Early Red in Wisconsin, in latitude 44 ° (north of lat. of Toronto, Canada), gave the most surorising results; another with the same variety in Nebraska, latitude 45 °, excited the highest admiration—not a single stiff-neck was observed. These facts are at least highly suggestive, nnd merit the examination of NORTHERN and NORTHWESTERN onion-growers and dealers in seed. We especially commend the EARLY RED—it is incomparably superior to the •‘Wethersfield” or ‘‘New England Red.” Two other good sorts are the Large Yellow Strasburg or Dutch, and the pure White or Sil-ver-Skin. Prices (unprecedentedly low) on application. l«5OO Acres in Seeds. Send for Catalogue. mvintAimwwl sons. '"i— 1 ■ rp A Special Offer TO THE READERS OF THIS PAPER. A Cenuln. Swiss MagneticTlmeto denote correct time, and keep in ordor for two yeare— Perfection guaranteed—will be Given to every patron of thi. paper as a Free Gift. 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JACKSONS BEST BWEET NAVY CHEWINS TOBACCO was awarded the highest prize at Centennial Expoaitiua for ttfi fine chewing qualities, the excellence and laattn* character of its sweetening and flavoring. If you want the bebt tobacco ever made, nak your grocer for tlria, and •ee that each plugbeare our blue-strip trade-mark, witl| word* Jackson’s nest on it. Sold wholesale by all job* here. Send for sample to I’. A. JACKSON cL COr OlunutaeLurerwh PrtrrKhur« Va. TO BOOK AGENTS! We have In press a book—not yet announced—that has been in preparation over three yean, costing $20,(100. 124 Superb, Full-Page Engravings make ft one of the most completely illustrated volumes in the world. It is a magnificent work, and will command the attention and approval of everybody. We will make most liberal arrangements witu agents to introduce it, and it is worthy their notice. Advance sheets, with fn'l Information, sent on application to AMERICAN PUBLISHING CO., Hartford, Conn.. 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IlalLy Commercial, $8 per year; throe months, $2_25; one month, only SO cento. Try it one month. Weekly Commercial, n splendid family paper, only *1.25 per year: Clubs of ten, $11; Clubs of twenty, S2O; Single Copy three mouths on trial* only 35 ccntn. Agents wanted everywhere. Sample.free. Address A. H. SIEGFRIED, Publlwhcr, Louisville, Ky. < ■>»> Only n>lfnn..->- ' .kk InwUeba. V-- in Um rteblo«nWMU>« pi it—bowels, and hypochondria. Are these trifles, then * No; ■nchecked they lead to mental disease. And yet, as sure ly as dawn dispels the darkness, Tabrant’B ErrEßVEßcent Seltzer Apebient will remove them. Try it_ ""TffiURE'S VEGEHNEJI TME &REAT blood pumnEß Recommend It Heartily. South Boston. Mr. Stevens: Dear Sir—l have taken several bottles of your VEGETINE, and am convinced it is a valuable remedy for Dyspepsia, Kidney Complaint, and general debility of the system. I can heartily recommend it to all suffering from the above complaints. Yours respectfully, Mbs. MUNROE PARKER. Vexetlue is Hold by All Druggists. SANDAL-WOOD. A positive remedy for all diseases of fbe Kidney *•» Bladder and Urinary Organs t also, good in Dropsical Complaints. It never produces aicknere. Is certain and speedy in Ito action. It is fast superseding all other remedies. Sixty capsules cure in six or eight days. No other medicine can do this. Beware of Imitations, for. owing to ita great success, many have been offered; some are most dangerous, canring piles* Ac. DUNDAS DICK dt CO.’S Genuine Soft Cap. eulee, containing Oil of Sandal-Wood, sold at all Drug Stores. Ask for circular, or eend for one to 36 and 37 Wooeter etreet, New York, O. N. U. No. 40 WHE» ’ VRnTOG TO ADVERTIWBSf