Democratic Sentinel, Volume 1, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 January 1878 — Page 4

NOW-A-UAVB. Alaa 1 how everyth**# h*e changed Since I was iweet sixteen; When sU the girls wore homespun frocks, And aprons nice and clean; With bonnets made of braided straw, That tied beneath the chin. And shawls laid neaUy on the neck, And fastened with a pin. But now-a-day» the ladies wear French gloves and Leghorn bats, That take up half a yard es sky, In all queer shapes and data; With gowns that do not fall so low As such things ought to fall. With waists that you might break in two, Ard shoes a size too small. I recollect the time when I Bode father’s horse to miU, Across the meadow, rocks and field, And up snd down the bill; And when our folks were out at work, As true as I’m a sinner, I Jumped upon a horse, bare-back, And carried them their dinner. Dear me! Young ladles now-a-days Would almost faint away » To think of riding aU alone In wagon, chaise or sleigh; And as for giving “pa” his meals, Or helping “ma” to bake, Oh, saints 1 ’twould spoil their lily hands, Though they sometimes make cake. When winter came, the maidens’ hearts Began to beat and flutter; Each beau would take his sweetheart out Sleigh-riding in a cutter ; Or, if the storm was bleak and cold, The girls and 1 leans together Would meet and have most glorious fun, And never mind the weather. But now, Indeed, it grieves me much The circumstance to mention, However kind a young man’s heart, And honest his intention, He never can ask the girls to ride But such a war Is waged ! And if he secs her once a week, Why, surely, they're engaged. I never thought that I should try My hand at making rhymes, But ’tis the way to reprobate The present evil times; For, should I preach morality In common, sober prose, They'd say ’twas older than the hills, Or else turn up their nose.

STORY OF A BANK CASHIER.

Outside the portal of the bank, a commissionaire, named Copp, has for many years taken up his position. Se is not in the service of the bank, but, being a man of tried probity and trustworthiness, his right to the station is tacitly admitted. He is an old soldier, and lias served with distinction in many glorious battles, as the numerous medals, which ho proudly displays upon his breast, bear witness. He has been a Sergeant Major, and comports himself with a suitable dignity. Upon many occasions, on busy days, he has been intrusted with missions of delicacy and responsibility, and has always fulfilled them with tact and exactitude. One morning I was waiting at my desk for the arrival of our early customers, when I saw Copp advancing toward me with his military step, and with even more than his customary dignity. He held in his hand a dirty canvas bag, which he placed on my desk. “Well, Copp,” I said, “whose account is this for?” He stood at attention, and said, after saluting: “This bag, sir, was placed in my hands an hour ago by a man who asked me to take care of it till he came back. Thinking, perhaps, he was a customer of the bank, I took charge of it, and, as he hasn’t come back, I thought I had better bring it to you, sir, ns it seems to contain money. ” I opened the bag and found it contained £750 in bank-notes and gold; but there was no indication of the person to whom it belonged, either written upon a paper, ns is customary, or upon the backs of the notes. Copp, seeing my surprise, added : “ I beg pardon, sir, but I may as well tell you that the party who handed mo the bag was decidedly inebriated—in fact, sir, I might say drunk. He could scarcely stand, and didn’t seem hardly able to speak.” “Very well,” I replied, “you may leave it with mo, and, when the man comes, bring him in here.” “ Yes, sir,” said Copp, who saluted and retired. I put the bag on one side, fully expecting that the owner would soon call and claim it. At the end of the day, however, nobody had called, although Copp had kept a sharp lookout at the door. I was much surprised at this, and put by the money. The next day and the next passed by, and still no claimant appeared. 1 interrogated Copp as to the description of the man. He said he was a short, thick-set man, with dark hair and whiskers, but no mustache. He wore a black coat, very seedy-looking, and his face and hand's and shirt were very dirty; “ looked as if he had been on the loose, sir,” he added. At the expiration of another week, I inserted advertisements in all the principal daily papers, stating that a bag containing a sum of money had been found, and inviting the owner to claim it and specify the contents. No satisfactory answers were received to the advertisement, and the question remained, what was to be done with the money t We could not place it to any account in the bank, and we could not, of course, open an account in an unknown name. The manager was of the opinion that, ns the money had been left in the hands (if Sergt. Copp, who was not an official of the bank, and, besides, who was standing in the street at the time, there was no evidence of its having been intended to bo lodged in the bank, and that, therefore, it should be handed over to the comission aire. Upon my telling Copp this, however, he stoutly refused to have anything to do with it. “It was not his,” he Baid, ‘' and he had only taken charge of it upon the supposition that it belonged to one of the customers of the bank.” The matter was finally settled by opening a deposit account in the joint names of Copp and myself. Two years roiled by, and nothing further was heard of the mysterious depositor, and I began to think that the amount would ultimately fall into the hands of the worthy Sergt. Copp or his family, to whom it would be a small fortune. At length, however, one morning, Sergt. Copp walked up to my desk with an expression of great pleasure upon liis honest face. “Beg your pardon, sir,” he commenced; “ can I speak to you for a few minutes?”

“ Certainly,” said I; “ what is it ?”• “ Well, sir, do you remember that bag of money—two years ago ?” “ Of course I do,” A replied with interest; “ who could forget it ?” “ Well, sir, I think I’ve got a clew to the man who left it with me. ” “ It appeared that the Sergeant’s son was apprenticed to an upholsterer in the city. Among the workmen in the establishment who had recently joined was a French polisher. One day, in the oourse of conversation, he told his fellow-work-men the following facts concerning a foreman of the firm of Smith & Jones, where he had formerly worked. This foreman, whose name was Thompson, had been with the firm a great many years; he was intrusted by his employers from time to time with the collection of large amounts of money, and had always been found honest and upright. Upon one occasion, about two years before, a shipping order had come to the firm for a quantity of furniture from a new foreign house of which they had some suspicions. The goods were ordered to do shipped on a certain day, and it was agreed that they were to be paid for in money before being placed on board. As the order came to £750, the foreman went down himself in charge of the goods, with strict injunctions from his employers either to bring them back or the money. The goods were placed on board the ship from the lighter in the docks—so much was ascertained—but the foreman, who had received the

money and had given a receipt for it, I was never seen again, either by the firm or by his wife and family. The lighterman, who had been present at the payment of the money, and had conveyed Thompson ashore, deposed that he had not been able to get tne goods on board the day when they were sent down, and Thompson passed the night in a sailors’ coffee-house in the neighborhood of the docks, in order to be in time for their transhipment in the morning. When he armed on board he acted very strangely, and the lighterman noticed that his watca and chain were missing. Altogether Thompson’s appearance was that of a man who was still suffering from the effects of a night’s debauch. On taking him ashore, the lighterman had conducted Thompson, at his urgent request, to a public house, and had there left him. From this point impenetrable mystery hung over the wholo matter. Had Thompson decamped with the money, or had he been the victim of some foul play ? The first hypothesis was scouted by Thompson’s friends and fellow-workmen. He had shown himself for more than twenty years a man of probity; he was a sober and prudent man, whese only delight was in his home and his children. He was always preaching habits of saving and economy to the men under him, and, when he disappeared, it was found that he had a considerable sum in the savings bank, which he had never touched. It was incredible, therefore, that lie could have embezzled his employer’s money. The second hypothesis seemed the more reasonable one. But if he had been murdered, how had his body been disposed of ? The river had been closely watched from the Tower to the sea, but no corpse answering to the description had ever been fouud. Young Copp had carried this story to his father, and the Sergeant had with much difficulty succeeded in discovering Thompson’s unfortunate wife and family, who were now reduced to great poverty. From them he learned the confirmation of the sad story, and felt sure that at last he had found the missing clew. The good Sergeant then waited on Messrs. Smith & Jones, in whose employment Thompson had been, and ascertained two facts which confirmed him in his supposition. The £750 had been paid by the foreign firm which had bought the goods in exactly the same proportion of notes and gold as the sum left with the commissionaire, and the date upon which they were paid corresponded with that of the mysterious deposit. The unfortunate hiatus in the chain of evidence was that nobody knew the numbers of the bank notes which had formed part of it. * “ What do you think, sir?” continued Copp. I replied that I thought the solution probable, but that we should proceed very cautiously in the testing of every proof. After turning overthe matter carefully in my mind, I came to the conclusion that the only means of identifying the sum paid to Thompson with that left with Sergt. Copp would be a comparison of the numbers of the notes in each instance. But then came a formidable difficulty. The fpreign firm had been dissolved aud its members had left England. They had already informed Messrs. Smith & Jones that they had omitted to take the numbers of the bank notes, which'had been remitted to them from the continent. The plan I at last hit upon was as follows: When the £750 were paid into the deposit account, the notes which formed a portion of the sum were sent by us to the Bank of England in the regular course of business, and were there canceled. I ascertained at the Bank of England the name and address of the firm to whom the notes had been first issued, and then traced them through the several hands through which they bad passed. Following up the clew, I discovered that some of them had beeu sent to a bank at Paris. I wrote to tin's bank, inquiring to whom they had been paid, and to my great gratification was informed that they had been sent to the very firm in Loudon a few days before they had handed them over to Thompson.

Here, then, was the missing link, and I had no longer any doubt in my mind that the money paid to us was the same as that which had been lost by Messrs. Smith & Jones. Honest Sergt. Copp was overjoyed, and wished to go at once to Mrs. Thompson and give her the good news. This, however, I would not permit, as I thought it would be better to endeavor, in the first instance, to ascertain the fate of the poor foreman. I, therefore, called upon Messrs. Smith & Jones, and informed them that I had obtained certain information, which led me to believe that a sum of £750 paid into the bank was identical with that lost by them, but that the only person who could satisfactorily prove the fact was Thompson,and that he must therefore be found. They promised to do their best to aid my inquiries, and employed a detective for the purpose. In the course of a few weeks they were able to inform me that Thompson had been dicovered in Paris, working under an assumed name, and that, on being informed of the discovery, he had at once come over to his family, who were overjoyed at his return. On the following day Thompson called at the bank, and was recognized by Sergt. Copp as the very individual who had left the money with him. The explanation given by Thompson of the transaction was, that his coffee had been drugged at the house where he slept, and his watch stolen from him. He had, however, nerved himself by a violent effort the following morning to bo at his post on the lighter, and, although half stupefied, had with some difficulty received and counted over the money ; that on going ashore he had' repaired to a public house near the docks, in order to get some soda water ; that, after taking it, he had rambled through the streets on his way to the workshop. His mind, however, was a compdete blank as to everything which occurred afterward, until he found himself Jying in a narrow alley, surrounded by illlooking people. When he came to himself he was paralyzed by fear on finding, as he thought, that he had been robbed of his bag. Hia braiD was dazed with the thought of the fearful accusations which would be certainly brought against him. Who would believe that he was guiltless of any crime when appearances were so much against him ? How could he explain avav his seeming state of intoxication when he went on board in the morning? And, above all, how could he explain the loss of the bag ? He could remember that up to a certain time, after leaving the public house, he still had the bag safe m the breast-pocket of his coat, for he had a distinct recollection of keeping his arm tightly pressed against it. He had a dim recollection of finding himself amid streets of tall stone houses, and of reeling against several people on the pavement; but after that his memory was altogether blotted out. All was darkness and vacancy until he awoke. Then a feeling of blank despair took possession of his mind. How could he ever again show himself among his friends—he who had held his head so high, and had been so forward in denouncing vice and drink ? He would be a laughing-stock to all the woild ; then the stain upon his honesty! Messrs. Smith & Jones he knew to lie very hard people ; they never had spared anybody in their business dealings, and they would certainly bring a criminal ohsrge

against him. The idea was horrible. He would rather die than submit to such indignity. Pondering these things over in his mind, he had wandered heedlessly through the streets without remarking whither he was going. Fate or instinct seemed to lead him to the riverside again, and hefound himself at last at St. ffcatherine’s dock. Exactly facing where he stood wits a flaming placard, announcing the departure that day of a boat direct for Calais, at a very low rate of passage. The thought darted into his mind: Why not cut the difficulties at once, and put the sea between himself and the scene of his disgrace ? It was a cowardly temptation which, if his intellect had been in a clearer state, would have been instantly rejected with scorn, but the poisonous drug which he had imbibed seemed to have utterly unmanned him and deprived him of the courage necessary to face his trouble. He yielded to the temptation and made his way through to Paris, where, under an assumed name, he succeeded in getting work, for he was very expert in his business. Nothing could exceed the delight of the worthy commissionaire at having been the means of clearing up the mystery, except, iudeed, his pride in retelling the oft-told tale. Nor was his honesty unrewarded in a more substantial manner. Messrs. Smith & Jones presented him with £IOO as a recognition of his integrity and intelligence.

Railroad Construction in 1877.

The last number of the Railway Age contains a carefully-prepared table showing the number of new roads and extensions constructed during the year 1877, and the miles of track laid. It appears that during a year of continued depression to all industry no less than 2,265 miles were added to the railway system of the United States, which are divided among the various States as follows: r Wide. yarrow. Total'. Alabama 1 X ■■ IX California 100 39 229 Colorado 69 54 323 Connecticut 5 .. 5 Florida 5 .. 5 Illinois 73 .. 73 Indiana 16 .. 16 lowa 136 33 139 Kansas 62% 24 76X Kentucky 21 6 27 Massachusetts 17 8X 25X Michigan 33 8 41 * Minnesota 182 29 211 Missouri 23 27 60 Nebraska 69 10 79 New Hampshire 18 .. 18 New Jersey 28% 54 82% New York 99 -12 111* North Carolina 27 .. 27 Ohio 61 166 227 Pennsylvania 63X 86 149 X Rhode Island 1 .. 1 South Carolina 36% 5 41X Tennessee 7% 20 27X Texas 62 142 X 294 X Utah 20 20 Vermont €6 .. 66 Virginia 25 25 Washington Territory. 53X 53% West Virginia 25 .. 25 * Wisconsin 24 30 64 Total 1,3G5% 799 2,264% This is almost equal to the new mileage reported at a corresponding time for the year 1876. It is a notable fact, however, that the cost of construction and equipment never ruled so low as during the past year, and also that railways were never before built so nearly for the cash cost and with so little fictitious capital ; so that the aggregate of capital invested in the 2,300 or so miles of new road is far less than that represented in a corresponding increase of mileage in former years. To show the remarkable gr&wth of the narrow-gauge system inaugurated only half a dozen years ago in this country, the Age has given in its summary the figures for “wide-gauge” (including, in two or three instances, roads of five feet) and narrowgauge separately. No less than 65 per cent, of the roads in number, and 55 per cent, in mileage, were of the latter class—three-feet gauge—except iu one or two cases, where three feet six inches was used, and in another, where the novel width of two feet was chosen. These narrow-gauge roads have all been constructed very cheaply, aud iu many cases where it would have beeu difficult or impossible to raise the money for even a “ light” standard-gauge road. Iu some cases a mistake has been committed in varying from the usual standard of the country, but in may others the threc-feet gauge is equal to all possible demauds that will be made upon it, and as the roads are intended solely to supply limited local needs, where the people have no expectation of or ambition for building parts of a great “through” system, they are well adapted to their localities.

Hard Times for Railways.

S?>me facts are gathered by the Chicago Railway Age regarding the foreclosure of mortgages on American railways during the year just ended. It appears that the actual sales under foreclosures cover 3,875 miles of road, with bonds aud debts of $119,938,700, and capital stock of $79,045,700. The capital stock is practically rendered volueless by foreclosure, and mortgages later than the first generally go the same way, so that it is probable that the proceedings recited above involve a net loss of not less than a hundred millions of dollirs. In addition to this, there have been ordered sold, but not yet brought to the hammer, 2,-388 miles of road, with $128,833,400 of bonds aud floating debt, and $126,921,900 of capital stock; and in these cases the sales involve a loss of not less than $150,000,000. In the preceding year sales were made of 3,848* miles of road, with $218,000,000 of debt and capital, so that it is not unreasonable to set down the shrinkage of railroad property involved in- the cases of these two years at $350,000,000. The end is not yet, but it is generally believed to be near, and the 10,000 miles or more of road involved in the above statistics may, as a rule, be regarded as reduced to “ hard pan,” and ready to do fair work at reasonable profit for their present owners.

English Journalists.

Many journalists of the present day dictate their work to short-hand writers. One of the most prolific writers on the Daily Telegraph dictates every line of his*work. He has a cautious habit of composition. He mak:,s a point of producing his leader at the office every night. He takes off his coat, waistcoat and boots, lights his pipe and walks about the room, and in an hour his article is finished. Now and then it is completed in half that time. Lucy, of the Daily News, dictates the whole of his matter. Yates hardly ever writes a line. His short-hand clerk is ever at hia elbow. 1 Several men have tided to bring the type-writer into use, but only Farjeon has been able to achieve success with it, and Farjeon was originally a printer; so that the mechanical character of the work bothered him less at the outset is the case with most writers. Then the “copy” is not altogether pleasant to read, being all capital letters. —London Cor. New York Times.

Oklahama Territory.

It is reported from Washington that the Congressional Committee having the matter in charge are going to report favorably a bill to organize the new Territory of Oklahama out of a portion of the Indian Territory. A Washington correspondent says it is a scheme to bring 23,000,000 acres of the best land of the Territory into the hands of three railroad corporations, with all that such a subsidy implies, with confusion, litigation and disorder and other evils. The Indians oppose the measure, and have their representatives at the capital. They claim that they have something moie than a “usufruct” title to their lands; that they own them as tribes by virtue of a patent regularly issued by

the United States, and that they cannot be lawfully and equitably deprived of them without their consent. They claim that they are rapidly advancing in education and civilization, in numbers, and in wealth; that the Government cannot afford to break faith with them; and that the friends of the Indians ought not to countenance these efforts in that direction by their silence.— Chicago Journal.

AGRICULTURAL AND DOMESTIC.

Around the Farm. “ Bunn Butter ” is the not-inappro-priate name bestowed by the trade upon oleomargarine. Thebe is a current paragraph—without credit, but good enough to be true—to the effect that a Connecticut farmer turned down a rank growth of clover and sowed winter wheat, which yielded twenty-seven and a half bushels per acre. A neighbor sowed the same kind of seed in an adjoining field, not fertilized with clover, and harvested—a fair crop of straw, that contained no grain. I found one of my pullets with the tips of her comb bleeding profusely, it having previously been frozen. She had become very weak. I carried her into a Varm room, bathed her comb in warm water, and then sprinkled the tips with wheat flour, which soon stopped the bleeding. I kept her in a warm room for a day or two, then put her with the rest; she is now laying, and is as well as ever.— Cor. Exchange. ■ There have been many foolish things said and printed about saturating stumps with oil or saltpeter, to cause them to bum out, or to set a length of stovepipe on the stump to make a draught so as to consume it. All these plans are useless, and would fail. The practical methods are: to wait until they rot, to pull them out with a stump-puller, to dig them out, or to blast them out. This last method is the cheapest and quickest.— American Agriculturist. How to Plant Potatoes. —My theory, which I have proved in my own practice, is this : If the soil is wet and heavy, plant shallow, and hill up heavily as the seasefn advances; but if it is light and dry, plant deep, and hill lightly only during a wet season, or more heavily during a very dry one. The reasons are obvious. Never plant two years in succession in the same place, because the Boil wants rotation, and because potato bugs always are more namerous in last year’s field. — S. Rufus Mason. An intelligent farmer of Northern lowa spread a light covering of straw over his newly-sown wheat, thinking that the growing grain would readily find its way through, and that during the probable midsummer drought the mulch would help the crop to mature. In this he was not mistaken, for the average on ten acres thus treated was forty bushels to the acre, while on the same kind of land adjoining, with the same seed sown, and as carefully put in, the yield per acre was twenty-two bushels. The increase was thus nearly double, while the straw was in excellent condition to turn under the past fall, and a double benefit consequently secured.

Often in a fine orchard we find one or more trees leaning over so far as to destroy the beauty of the whole orchard. It is also much more difficult to cultivate around a leaning tree. This trouble may easily be- remedied while the trees are youEg by partly digging up and replanting them. The roots will be found smallest on the side from which the tree leans; therefore, these roots should be loosened from the earth, and the tree set in a perpendicular position and carefully fastened by stakes and guys, and the earth replaced around the roots. It would be well to add some rich compost to promote their growth. If, as is very probable, the top of the tree has become one-sided, it should be pruned so as to restore the balance. In this way we have “righted up ” pear trees six inches through the stem; but the best way is to look after the young trees and not permit them to depart from tlie way of uprightness.—Ohio Farmer. The bones of all animal creation are composed of three substances—phosphoric acid, lime and gelatine or glue, three of the best fertilizing substances to produce good seed. But where do the bones of animals come from ? Certainly from the soii, through the grass, liay, grain, etc., consumed as food. Therefore, every horse, bullock, cow, sheep and hog sent off the farm without returning a like quantity of bone to the earth causes our land to yield less and less every year, till the land becomes what is called worn out. Beside, every load of hay and every bushel of grain soid off the farm carries away the same material, as it is the iiay and grain that make the bones of cattle, horses etc. Five per centum of all plants are composed of ten mineral substances, ©f which bone forms a large part, and which comes directly from the earth, while the fat of the animals is composed of carbon, oxygen and hydrogen, three of the gases that plants take exclusively from the air, in the forms of carbonic acid and water, which constitute about 91 per centum of all plants. —Boston Transcript.

About the House. Cookies.— Three eggs, two cups o sugar, one cup of sour cream, two -thirds of a cup of butter, one teaspoont'ul of soda. Mix nard enough to handle easy. Numbeu Cake. —One cup of butter; two cups of sugar; three cups of flour; four eggs; one cup of sweet milk; one teaspoont'ul of soda, and two of cream-of-tar tar. Flavor with lemon. Ginger Snaps. —One cup of brown sugar, one cup of molasses, two eggs, one cup of fin d meat gravy, one tablespoonful of ciuer-viuegar, two heaping spoonfuls of soda, one teaspoonful of ginger. Flour enough to roll.— Mrs. Nettie Skce 7 s. Cooked Cabbage.— Cut fine as for raw ; put into a kettle and add water to cook uutil tender; then add one-half cup of sweet cream; one-half cup of vinegar, in which mix one table-spoonful of flour; season with pepper and salt to suit the taste; let it boil up and serve. Removing Paint Stains from Oilcloth. —A small quantity of soft soap and common soda, applied warm on flannel and carefully rubbed, will remove paint from oil-cloth, or, if not strong enough, a little (very much diluted) caustic potash will effect a clearance. The latter is very strong, and requires caution in using, not to burn or discolor the fingers.— Boston Journal of Chemistry. To Get Rid of Bedbugs. —Wash the room and the furniture of the room they frequent with salt water, filling the cracks with salt, and you may look in vain for them. Salt seems inimical to bedbugs, and they will not trail through it. I think it preferable to all ointments, and the buyer requires no certificate as to its genuineness.— Cor. Exchange. How To Choose Poultry for the Table. —Young, plump, well-fed, but not too fat, poultry are the best. The skin should always be fine-grained, clear and white; the breast full-fleshed aDd broad, the toes pliable and easy to break when bent back; the birds must always be heavy in proportion to their size. This applies to fowls As regards ducks and geese, their breasts must also be very plump, the feet flexible and yellow. When they are red and hard, with bills of the same color, and skin full of hairs and coarse, they are old. For boiling, the white-legged poultry must be chosen, because, when dressed, their appearance is by far more delicate; but dark legged dues are more juicy and of better flavor when roasted.— Tor on to Glebe.

THE SHADOW OF FATE.

BY JUDGE JARVIS.

A rider tu threading bit way orer » road which lay along the hills at the base of the Btae Ridge mountains, in the region known as the Piedmont of Virginia, about the sources of the Rappahannock river. « * * * * • She man himself might be described in the same language, as far as it would apply. Beyond this bis age was about 23, bis hair brown and full in lock, his eye of a grayish blue. ****** His way quickly brought the traveler to a stream now running over its banks. Slipping easily from his saddle, he tightened the girths, slackened the crupper, and, gently patting his animal, addressed a few affectionate words to him. Remounting, he fixed himself firmly in the saddle, gathered his bridle in a manner to impart to his companion bis own energy and determination, and moved into the creek. Turning up the stream, he proceeded for about a hundred yards along the bank, and then struck boldly across in a direct line, with the horse's head slanted up current. The depth of the water did not sensibly increase in the course of eighty yards, and the stranger was congratulating himself upon the probability of getting over without a wetting, when the animal in two steps increased the depth until he could uo longer hold his footing, and sprung boldly into the middle of a deep, rushing channel. In an instant the rider had seized the mane of the horse in his left hand, and slipped smoothly out of the saddle to the lower side, where he floated along. Man and beast battled bravely with the flood for a moment, when the former was startled to feel the horse flinch and turn with a terrified snort down the current. A quick jerk upon the loft rein served to procure but an instant’s pause jn the precipitate course of the beast, but m that instant the stranger became aware of another presence by the touch of a clammy object against his hand. Raising his head above the neck of the charger, he saw dimly outlined upon the waving and shimmering surface a dark and undefinable object. The next moment the desperate plunges of the beast had obstructed his vision, when, with the self-command of one accustomed and nerved to the hardship of athletic sports and a soldier’s danger, he swung his leg over the back of his animal and gathered himself into his saddle. Reaching out a hand, he was about to seize the object of his horror, when it exposed the ghastly features of a woman. For an instant only he hesitated; then, recovering from the thrill, he grasped the head firmly by the loose, flowing, tangled mass of raven tresses, and raised it above the water upon the pommel of his saddle. Turning his head again up stream, he renewed the combat with the tide. Twice it seemed as though man, woman, and beast must all succumb,- and twice the noble struggles of the animal cheated the turgid grave of its victims. Finally, the hoofs once more crunched the firm bottom of the stroam, and ten paces brought the party safely to the shore. • * * * * * *

Feeling the forehead, he found it cold ; the hands were also chilled, but he thought he felt a slight flutter of the pulse. Tearing open the dress, he pressed his hand against the heart and found it still warm. His efforts to. resuscitate her were soon rewarded, and, after a few moments, the woman made an attempt to speak, which resulted, however, only in a moauing cry. At this point he began to look for other assistance, when he observed a light upon the hill above the creek. Once more raising the body to the pommel of his saddle and mounting behind it, he sought the road. One stepped around to receive the woman, and another entered the house to procure the stimulant. * ‘ What’s this ?” said the one who was assisting the traveler in dismounting the woman. “Send for the nearest physician at once.” They lifted the -motionless, but reviving, form into the house, and deposited it upon a sofa. The stimulant was soon brought, and, upon a small portion of it being administered, the woman indicated an increased vitality by a broken gurgle. This, after a while, gave way to clearer articulation, in which, however, only syllables were emitted. These were in turn succeeded by one or two sharp cries of pain, which gradually subsided into a moaning chatter of wailing, incoherent sentences. At this point the stranger, in raising his hand to her head to brush the tangled hair from her brow, noticed a clot of blood upon the wet skin of his finger; rubbing it off, he found no trace of a wound. “She must be bleeding!” he ejaculated; “see if there is a cut anywhere.” An examination soon revealed a ghastly wound, an ugly, gaping abrasion upon the left side of the head, above the ear, and j ust behmd the temple. The locks were matted over it, and the blood still oozed slowly from its mouth.

Pending the arrival of a doctor, the s : ranger clipped the hair from around the wound, and, after bathing it with feminine tenderness, he gave the patient over to the charge of the ladies of the house who were in attendance. ******* “I presume you are the host, sir,” said he, at once, addressing the elder of the two. “If you will be liind enough to let me htive a bed, until I can rest for an hour or so and dry my clothing, I shall resume my journey under great obligation to you. Matters of importance urge me to lose no time, and I shall only delay until my horse can recruit for the balance of my ride. Iu fact, but for the incident of finding the unfortunate lady in the creek, I should have continued on the road without consulting my comfort so far.” “ Will you tell mo how you happened upon the adventure, and how you account for the lady’s wouud and present condition ?” The traveler gave a brief account of the events, without, however, throwing any light upon his own identity or business. “May I ask your'name, sir?” inquired the host, whom we will introduce to the reader as Mr. Thornton, or Squire Thornton, as he was dubbed by his neighbors iu honor of his being a Justice of the Peace. ******* “ I beg pardon for the misconstruction. My name is Gaspard Durer, a short while since a soldier in the French service. Do you see anything in my appearance or anything else about this case which justifies you in interrogating me officially ?” , “ Until one who is found with a body that has been murdered or dangerously assaulted has accounted satisfactorily for his presence there, there is a legal suspicion fixed upon him.”

“If I must be detained to satisfy the law, I yield to the annoyance with as little impatience as possible, where the officer of the law exercises his duties so courteously.” After a few more remarks were passed, the Squiro bade his son Eddie conduct the gentleman to his room and see him well provided for the night. After the traveler had left, the vagrant still lingered. Shifting his hat restlessly but mechanically, he seemed to resume a conversation which had probably been interrupted by the stranger’s exit from the stable. “ ’Pears to me now”—an expression which indicated the result of some mighty reflection for his caliber—“ ’Poars to me he ain’t tellin’ the truth. He ain’t named Gasper Deray, because he’d a said so fust. ’Pears to me he looks like old Raoul Dupuy, and Gaston afore him ; and, if I ain’t mistaken, he’s been in these parts afore.” “Who’s the woman, Randy?” “I have been lookin’ at her, but ’pears to me I never seen her' afore—leastways she don’t come from about here.” “ The resembance of Durer to the Dupuys is striking, and I thought at first he was the son of Gaston, who has been absent so long. What think you, my son?” “Can’t say, father, but his resemblance to Mr. Dupuy at the manor would be noticed by anyone.” “Perhaps,” suggested the vagrant, “he’s a son of Dupuy himself; if half they bring from furrin parts about him is o’rect, ’pears to me he must have mor’n one. “ And your .friend Raoul ain’t too good for a fraud or lie,” chirped the vagrant. “We will dispense with your comments on the characters of my friends,” retorted the Bquire. “No offense, Squire, but ’spense or no ’spense, I knows the laws, and I allers take care to have proof afore I says a libel on any man.” “ What do you know of Raoul Dupuy, villain, that you dare maintain such a thing concerning his character, which is polluted by your mention of it?” “Nevermind what I know, Squire, so long as 1 ain’t said it,” answered the tramp. ••*« « • • t “What is your opinion, doctor?” asked the Squire. “It is rather early to ask an opinion about the patient, Squire. The skull is fractured, and it may be necessary to trepan it, if any portion is bearing on the brain.” “Do you think the blow will permanently affect her brain, or that she will be sound in mind should she recover?” “If the pressure of the bone upon the brain be removed, she will doubtless recover her senses. But, until she is completed well again, and even after, no risk must be taken in the case. Absenee of excitement or noise is indispensable, as the slightest mental shock might make her a raving maniac. Blows upon that region of the head have been known to deprive persons of the power of speech, and, if she is not kept perfectly quiet, she may recover only to linger out a dumb existence.” . * * * * * * * After breakfast a servant, whqm the Squire had dispatched across the creek upon his first

arming, returned with the information that Ur. Taylor—the gentleman whom the stranger had left at bis gate on the road—would be over immediately after breakfast. Upon the arrival of Ur. Taylor, he and the Squire retired for a consultation, to which they after a while called Randy, the vagrant. They then returned to the traveler, and after hearing his account once more, and comparing the time of his leaving Mr. Taylor with that of his arrival at the Squire’s, they proceeded to toe creek in company. Upon their arrival toe squire addressed toe traveler: “I have taken counsel with Mr. Taylor touching this case, which seems a deep mystery, after all the information we have been so far able to gather; the lady seems unknown even to Bandy, who visits every house in this and the adjoining counties, and von are equally a stranger to ns. I consider, however, that yon have been folly discharged from any connection with the affair. We must first attempt to gather something from the lady herself.” At this point the doctor came out of the sickroom. He stated that toe lady had greatly improved during the night, and that the wound was, in all probability, not seiions; the lady had even recovered, in a measure, the control of her mental faculties and language, though she was not fully conscious or coherent as yet. • • • * * • • * The Squire, Mr. Taylor, the traveler, and the doctor together proceeded to the bedside of the unfortunate woman, the stranger—being assured of his release by the words of the Squire —first ordering a servant to bring his horse to the door before leaving the piazza. Upon reaching the bed the woman opened her eyes, and, seeing the kind, manly faces of the Squire and Mr. Taylor, she faintly smiled, and ran her eyes over the rest of the group. She passed the doctor without any variance of expression, and then rested them upon toe face of the stranger. The eyes became set in a horrible stare, the light forsook them, the pupils dilated; she raised herself to a sitting posture by a convulsive movement of the arms; then, crouching to her knees and throwing herself wildly down upon her face, she shrieked out, with a curdling moan: “Oh, oh, Dupuy! don’t, don’t!” and consciousness once more left her. Despite his self-command, the traveler paled. He at once retired with the gentlemen, however, to the piazza, and the doctor moved to assist his patient. In a short while he, too, joined the party upon the piazza. Nothing had passed between the group until the doctor broke a painful constraint which had fallen upon all. “Gentlemen,” said he, “the worst mishap that could befall this unfortunate lady has just occurred through her having seen this gentleman, Mr. Durer. She is a raving maniac. She may die, she may recover, after a lingering illness ; but, in any event, she will be fortunate if she ever recovers her reason. Darkness has settled upon her brain for a long night, which mav never be followed by the dawn.” “To what, doctor,” asked the Squire, “do you attribute her shock ? “She was evidently stricken with horror at the sight of Mr. Durer, whom, from my knowledge of the laws of the human brain, she has in some way associated with the violence which has been dene her, to her great terror.” There was a pause, a painful lull. Then the Squire spoke to Durer. “The case, sir, has taken a new turn. Yon will not be surprised that I conclude it my duty to commit you, to await further developments in the matter.” * * « *• # * * Upon the last syllable he strode from the piazza, booted and spurred, his steps clanging _an echo to his voice. One spring and he has vaulted into hia saddle ; he brushes away the servant who holds his bit with imperial disdain, and turns his horse at the gate. The animal clears it with the activity and fire of his master, gathers himself on the other side, and before the Squire can recover from the stupor of amazement, is off like the wind. The above is a synopsis of “The Shadow of Fate,” by Judge Jarvis, a wonderfully dramatic and powerful novel, which began in No. 6GO of Frank Leslie’s Chimney Corner, now for sale at all news depots. It is a story of adventure and devotion, of an interest beyond that of any novel published for years. With No. 6GO of Frank Leslie’s Chimney Corner is presented an exquisite steel engraving, “Love’s Young Dream;” with No. 661, “Dresßed for Baptism,” a picture appealing to every family; with No. 6G2, “Nina.” These three engravings cannot be purchased in the print stores under Fifteen Dollars. The price of the Chimney Corner is 10 cents weekly, or $4 per annum. Any on 3 wishing to enjoy the excellent stories, instructive and entertaining matter in this popular paper can receive it for three months, free of postage, by remitting One DdLr.AU to Frank Leslie, 537 Pearl street, New YorK. Try it, and commence with No. 660, thus securing these three exquisite ensrra.vin<rs.

Apples of Gold in Pictures of Silver.

“ A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.” When the body becomes diseased, the mind is thereby necessarily influenced. National wars, State dissensions, neighborhood broils, and family differences, are more frequently than otherwise the result of diseased and disordered constitutions. When the body is suffering, the mind, acting in sympathy, will become irritated and perplexed. When the physical system is in health, the mind perceives things in their true 1 gilt, and the disposition assumes a very different phase. Nothing more directly tends to destroy the happy, cheerful disposition of a woman, and render her peevish, nervous, and fretful, than a constant endurance of uterine disorders. The diseases peculiar to woman take away the elasticity and buoyancy of health, and reduce her body and mind to a mere wreck. Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription is a real peacemaker in a family. No woman suffering from uterine disorders can afford to be without this remedy. The Favorite Prescription saves unnecessary doctor bills, prevents divorces, wards off suicides, brings back buoyant, joyous feelings, restores toe woman to health, and her family to happiness. It is sold by all druggists.

Relief Without a Doctor.

Though we would by no means be understood. as deprecating, but rather as recommending, professional aid in disease, there are multitudes of instances when it is neither necessary or easy to obtain. A family provided with a comprehensive household specific, like Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters, is possessed of a medicinal resource adequate to most emergencies in which medical advice would be otherwise needful. That sterling tonic and corrective invariably remedies, and is authoritatively recommended for debility, indigestion, liver disorder, an irregular habit of body, urinary and uterine troubles, incipient rheumatism anil gout, and many other ailments of frequent occurrence. It eradicates and prevents intermittent and remittent fevers, relieves mental despondency, checks premature decay, and invigorates the nervous and muscular tissues. Slefep, digestion and appetite are promoted by it, and it is extremely useful in overcoming the effects of exhaustion and exposure. Heart Disease can be cured. To prove our assertion we print the following : This is to certify that I have used Dr. Graves’ HEART REGULATOR, and from the worst stages of Heaw Disease i now consider myself well, by the use c f one and one-half bottles of HEART REGULATOR. I have been troubled a little more than a year with a sluggish mishearing of the heart, and could do no stoop ing work whatever. I applied to the best physicians es New England, and got no relief, but by the simple use of thi3 really valuable remedy I am now able to do n good day’s work, and experience no distress from it. I think there is nothing that equals the H.ISAKT Kr.UU LATOR, and I advise all afflicted in any way with Heart Disease to give it a thorough trial, and they will not regret it. Thomas M. Towns, Tilton, N. H. Seud your name to F. E. Ingalls, Concord, N. H., for a pamphlet containing a list of testimonials of cures, etc. For sale by druggists at 50 cents and $ 1 per bottle.

Burnett’s Cocoaine allays irritation, removes all tendency to dandruff, and invigorates the action of the capillaries in the highest degree. The Cocoaine has earned a deserved reputation for promoting the growth and preserving the beauty of the human hair. Ladies dressing their hair elaborately for tbe evening will find that it imparts a healthy natural gloss to the hair, and will cause it to retain its shape for hours. We have sold Hatch’s Universal Cough Syrup for about four years, and it has steadily gained in popularity from its first introduction. We keep all the cough remedies considered “ standard” in this section. The sale of the Universal has become greater than any, perhaps greater than all others combined. We do not hesitate to recommend it. Nichols & Lytle, Westbury, Cayuga Co., N.Y. Sold by Van Schaack, Stevenson & Reid, Chicago, lU. Women dispute about other matters, but all agree on the merits of Dooley’s Yeast Powder as par excellence the best of all. Grocers throughout the country keep it, and find it gives supreme satisfaction. By using it the housewife is sure of delicious bread, rusk, rolls, biscuit, buckwheat cakes, and all the delicacies made from flour, CHEW The Celebrated “Matchless” Wood Tag Plug Tobacco. The Pioneer Tobacco Company, New York, Boston and Chicago. Dangerous.— lt is a dangerous thing to neglect a cough or cold, or any difficuliy of the throat or lungs. Lose not a moment in getting a bottle of hnr-on s Anodyne Liniment. You c cure you.

Good Advice.— We advise every former or stock raiser to invest in Sheridan’s Cavalry Condition Powders, and feed them out to their hards this winter. Defend upon it, it will pay big interest. TocoiwuSmm The advertiser, haring been permanently cured of that dread disease, Consumption, by a simple remedy, is anxious to make known to his fellow-sufferers the means of cure. To ail who desire it, he will send s oopy of the prescription used (free of charge), with the directions for preparing and using the same, which they will find a sure Cure for Consumption, Asthma, Bronchitis, do. Parties wishing the prescription will please address R*v. EDWARD A. WILSON, 194 Penn Street, Williameburgh, N. Y. The Greatest Discovery of the Age is Dr. Tobias' celebrated Venetian Liniment! 30 yearn before the public, and warranted to cure Diarrhea, Dysentery, Colic and Spasms, taken internallyand Croup, Chronic Rheumatism, Sore Throats, Cuts, Bruises, Old Soros, and Pains in the Limbs, Back and Chest, externally. It has neypr failed. No family will ever be without it after once giving it a fair trial. Price. 40 cent#. DR. TOBIAS’ VENETIAN HORSE LINIMENT, in Pint Bottles, at One Dollar, is warranted superior to any other, or NO PAY, for the cure of Colic, Cuts, Bruises, Old Sores, etc. Sold by all Druggists. Depot—lo Park Place, New York. Dyspepsia, Debility and loss of appetite, whether the result of sickness or over-exertion, may be readily cored by Rchenck’s Seaweed Tonic. It builds np the enervated system by aiding digestion and stimulating the appetite. For sale by all Druggists.

THE MARKETS.

NEW YORK. Beeves $7 50 @lO 50 Hogs 4 35 @ 5 50 Cotton UK® 11)4 Flour—Superfine 4 50 @ 4 90 Wheat—No. 2 Chicago 1 26 @ 1 28 Corn—Western Mixed 64 @ E 6 Oats—Mixed 33 @ 38 Rye—Western 71 @ 73)4 Pork—New Mess 12 25 @l2 58 Lard 7)4® 8 CHICAGO. Beeves—Choice Graded Steers 5 00 @ 5 50 Choice Natives 4 30 @ 4 70 Cows and Heifers 2 50 @ 3 60 Butchers’Steers 3 25 @ 3 50 Medium to Fair 3 60 @ 4 15 Hook—Live 2 35 @ 4 15 Flour—Fancy White Winter 6 75 @ 7 00 Good to Choice Spring Ei.. 5 25 @ 5 50 Wheat—No. 2 Spring 1 03 @ 1 04 No. 3 Spring 88 @ 89 Corn—No. 2. 40 @ 41 Oats—No. 2. 23 @ 24 Rye—No. 2.. 48 @ 61 Barley—No. 2 60 @ 51 Butter—Choice Creamery 32 @ 37 Fogs—Fresh 14 @ 15 Pork—Mess 10 90 @ll 00 Lard 7)4@ 7% MILWAUKEE. Wheat—No. 1 1 08 @ 1 09 No. 2 1 05 @ 1 06 Corn—No. 2 39 @ 40 Oats—No. 2 23 @ 24 Rye—No. 1 51 @ 52 Barley—No. 2 59 @ 60 ST. LOUIS. Wheat—No. 3 Red Fall 1 12 @1 13 Corn—No. 2 Mixed 42 @ 43 Oats—No. 2 24 @ 25 .Rye 51 @ 52 Pork—Mess 11 00 @ll 25 Lard 7% Hogs 3 25 @ 4 10 Cattle 2 50 @ 5 00 TOLEDI. Wheat—No. 1 White Michigan 1 22 @ 1 23 No. 2 Bed Winter 1 18 _ @ 1 19 Corn 42 @ 45 Oats—No. 2 27 @ 28 DETROIT. Flour—Choice White 5 75 @ 6 40 Wheat—No. l White 1 24 @ 1 25 No. 1 Amber l 22 @l2 a Corn—No. 1 43 @ 49 Oats—Mixed 28 @ 29 Barley (per cental) :. 1 10 @ 1 60 Pork—Mess 11 50 @l2 00 EAST LIBERTY, PA. Cattle—Best 5 25 @ 6 37>f Fair 4 50 @ 5 00 Common 4 00 @ 4 25 Hogs 4 00 @ 4 15 Sheer 3 50 <st 5 25

Caution to the Public. To avoid imposition, purchasers of Waltham Watche will observe that every genuine Watch, whether gold or silver, bears our own trade-mark on both case and movements. Gold cases are stamped “ A. W. C 0.,” and guarantee certificates accompany them. Silver cases are stamped “Am. Watch Co., Waltham, Mass., Coin Silver,” or “ Am. Watch Co., Waltham, Maes., Sterling Silver,” ae cording to quality, and are accompanied by guarantee certificate signed It. E. Robbins, Treasurer. The name “Waltham’’is plainly engraved upon all movements, irrespective of other distinguishing marks. This caution is rendered necessary by reason of the fact that oar cases are frequently separated from our movements and put upon worthless movements of other makers, and vice versa , thus affecting injuriously the performance of the Watches, and vitiating our guaranty, which is intended only to cover oar complete Watches wholly made by us. B#"* Every buyer should make a close inspection as indicated. AMERICAN WATCH CO., By R. E. Robbins, Treas. Curse tie Me Lot That Scale agent cheated me out of SSO, clean, for I could have bought a better Five-Ton Wagon Scale for SSO, on trial, freight paid to my own door, of JONES OF BINGHAMTON, Binghamton, N. Y. It lAIT A(1 R<!,ail Price soooonly S2OO Parlor | I 1 \II \ Organs, price $340 only SOS- Paper 1- lit IU kj free. Daniel F. Beatty,'Washington. N.J. Gold Mines aM Lands Goal GOLD MINES AND LANDS COAL SILVER SOLD. OIL LEAD COMPANIES ORGANIZED. STONE IRON MINING AGENCY, COPPER MARBLE *O6 S. SEVENTH STREET, LIME COAL Philadelphia. MICA MARL A. H. WYMAN A 00. GYPSUM LAND WESTERN lOWA 1,200,000 ACRES for ■“ ■" ™ Sale at $5 and #6 per Acre* in farm lots, and or terms to suit all classes. Round-trip tickets from Chi cagoand return free to purchasers. Send postal card for maps and 'pamphlet describing climate, soil and products in 16 counties. Call on or address lOWA R. U. LAND COMPANY, 9* Randolph Street* Chicago, or Cedar Rapids* lowa* J. B. CALHOUN, Land Commissioner. A positive rcmedyfur Dropny and util diseases of B the JKldneyK, and Urinary Or- fl Sans. Ilunt’K Remedy is purely vegetable and I prepared expressly for the above diseases. It has B cured thousands. Even' battle warranted. Send to W. I E. Clarke, i'rovidcncc, R. 1., for illustrated pamphlet. B AGENTS WANTED I! CRAZY LfFEpind 1 DEATH*of BULL CUSTER, with full aeoount of his last battle. Reno’s battles of the Big Horn, and Terry's march to his rescue. Mountain Adventure, and perils of Frontier Life. 600 pages of wonderful romance and deep Interest. Finely illustrated, and sells at sight. Buyers are pleased. Agents make money. For extraordinary terms, address COLUMBIAN BOOK CO., Hartford, Ct. Agents also wanted for a standard work of 1,000 pages. A cop; to canvass with sent, prepaid, for $1.50. TIIE NEW YORK Commercial Advertiser. TKil UN Postage Prepaid :—Daily, one year, $9; six months, $4.50; three months, $2.25; one nonth, 75 cents. Weekly, one year, $1; six months, 50 cent*. Specinen numbers sent on application. An extra copy to Club Vgents for club of ten; the Daily for club i>f thirty. Tiie Commercial Advertiser is the best Repuboc.au paper published in this country. Its Weekly edition .< nes’irpisKed. opectal terms to Agents. All let tors should be sent to HUGH J. HASTINGS, jg 6 Fulton St., N. Y. City. How, When, Where, TO GET A FARM. Send for onr Catalogues. A. H. WYMAN & CO., 206 South. Seventh (Street, PHILADELPHIA. Dunham PIANOS. Dunham <fe Sons, Manufacturers. Warerooms, 18 East 14»h Bt., [Established 1834.] NEW YORK. Reasonable. Terms Easy.-Al PROF. BEDFORD’S LETTER SHOWING SUPERIORITY DF THIS ARTICLE OVER ALL OTHERS FOR SOAP MAKING. SENT FREE EYMA’L ON APPLICATION TO H.M. ANTHONY 104 PEAHF ST. NEW YORK. £3Sk DR. WARNER’B IT HEALTHCORSET With Skirt Supporterjind Self-Adjust. Unequaled for Beauty, Style & Comfort. * /WffflrTi Approved by All Physicians. / UM in *J4 For fly Leading Merchant* ( *£s HIW / Samples, any sire, by mall. In Sat. / teen. 91.50: ContU, $1.75; Nursing Coraet, $2.00; Misses’ Corset, sl-00. WARNER BROS., 351 Broadway, N. Y.

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The great interest in the thrilling history of onr conn • try makes this the fastest-selling book ever published It contains over 500 fine histqfical engravings and! 1,120 pages, and sells at sight. Send for specimen pages and extra terms to agents, and seo why it soils faster than any other book. Address NATIONAL PUBLISHING CO„ Chloago, 111. KEEP’S HirnurH. KEEP’S Patent Partly-made Dress Shirt*, best quality, only plain seams to finish, 6 for $7. KEEP’S Custom Shirts to measure, best quality, 6 for $9, delivered free, Guaranteed perfectly satisfactory. tt HUD FLANNEL UNDERWEAR. Undershirts and Drawers, best quality, $1.50 each. White Flannel Undervests, best quality, $1.50 each. Canton Flannel Vests & Drawers, ex. heavy, 75c. en*UTwilled Silk Umbrellas, paragon frames, $3 each. Best Gingham, patent protected ribs, $ 1 each. Circulars and Samples mailed free on application. Shirt* only delivered free. KEEP MANUFACTUBING COMPANY, 105 and 167 Mercer Street. New York. public The FINEST TOILET he^orl*. Onlp the vurtst vegetable oils tistd in Us mavu/aeture. For Use In the Nursery it has No' Equa>. Worth ten times its cost to every mointtana family. »nChnut«*ncl »>:. Sample box, containing 3 cakes of 6 ©*£. eacli, sent free to any »’l Ircfcg on receipt of 75 cents. Address B. T. BABBITT, New York City. tr i'or Side by ad firoggi-U. Jjrj ' A FARM AND HOME OF YOUR OWN. HOW IS THE TIMEJO SECURE IT, ONLY FIVE DOLLARS FOR AN ACRE Of the best Land in America. 2,000,000 Acres in Eastern Nebraska, on the line of the Uu«M» Pacific Railroad, now for sale. 1 1)years' rrrAU, n *t*w, inlerini only 8 per cent. These are the only lands FOX SAUK on the line of this Great Raxuroad, the World’s Highway. Send for Thf, New “ Pioneer,’’ the best, paper for those seeking new homes ever published. lull information, with maps, sent Free. O. J l ’. DAVIS, Land Agent U. P. K. K., Oinalia. Neb. Cough, Cold, or Sore Throat, Requires immediate attention, as neglect oftentimes results in some incurable Lung disease. BROWN'S BRONCHIAL TROCHES are a slmplo remedy, and will almost invariably give immediate relief. SOLD BY All CHEMISTS and dealers in medicines. fjjjT GOOD OLD STAND-EY, MEXICAN MUSTANG LINIMENT. FOR MAW AND BEAST. Established 35 Years. Always cures. Always ready. Always handy. Has never yet failed. Thirty million* have tested it. Tho whole world approves the glorious old Mustamg—the Best and Cheapest Liniment In existence. 25 cents a bottle. The Mustang Liniment curt* when nothing else will. SOLD BY ALL MEDICINE NATURE’S REMEDY7V TIGIUNpI «KE REST© WELL. South Poland. Me., Oct 11, 1876.—Mr. H. R. Stevens— Dear Sir: I have been sick two years with the liver complaint, and daring that time have taken a. great many different medicines, but none of them did me any good. I was restless night*, and had no appetite. Since taking the VEGXTINE I rest well, and relish my food. Can recommend the Vegetine for what it has done for me Yours respectfully, Mrs. Albert Ricker. Witness of the above: Mr. George M. Vaughan, Medford, Mass. , Vegetine |* Sold py mil Druggists. SANDAL-WOOD. A positive remedy for all diseases of the Kidneys, Bladder and Urinary Organs; also, good in Dropsical Complaints. It never produceeeickness, Is certain and speedy In it* 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 its great success, many have been offered; some are most dangerous, causing piles, Ac. DUNDAB DICK tSs CO.’S Genuine Soft Cap. rules, containing Oil of Sandal. Wood, sold at all Drug Store*. Aik for circular, or rend for one to 35 and 37 Wooster street, New Turk. O. N. U. No. 4 Xtin ay wßiTiys TrrApVE&'fiaEßL, Ti please say /ou saw the advertteemen* ts tuis paper. ’