Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 May 1878 — Page 4

A DOMESTIC TRAGEDY. Nibbs went home at twelve. ’Twm unusually late For him, and he made a conjecture That lone Hn. N. would remain up and wait HU coming to give him a lecture. He entered the house and began an excuse, But she was too angry to listen, And, turning upon him, she made rapid use Of her tongue, while her eyes did glisten. He cringed like a culprit awaiting his doom, And while at the height of her passion He beat a retreat to the little bedroom And planned to escape such a lashin’. Ho took up a bolster that lay on a chair And under the covers he rolled it, Then, pulling his boots, ho ascended the stair, And left her to foolishly rcold it. She entered ihe room and she cuttingly said, “ You’re cruel and false and unfeeling— You know that you are, and you cover your head As if you were guilty of stealing J” Khe put out the light, and she scornfully lay With her back to the hulk without turning. For fully two hours she scolded away; But wh< n she discovered next morning Tho ghostly deception the uttered a shriek, And sweoned for an hour, and was sick for a week For what he. had done he pretended to grieve— He petted and talked to her sweetly— And yet on the sly he would laugh in his sleeve To think th« was conquered completely. Regaining her health she became very pieek ; She murmured no more when neglected. Though bo went at pleasure six nights in the week, But he—ah, Jie little suspected That there was a woman’s resentment concealed A way in her bosom's ripe kernel— That closet whose contents arc never revealed By any appearance external. He came home one morning between two ami three Expecting to find her a-weeping, Ilut, tip-toeing in, was distracted to see A couple apparently'sleeping! He turned up the light, and he turned the air blue With sulphurous language that woke her, Declaring that sfneo she had proven untrue Ifo’d slaughter the villa,n and choke her. He roared : “ His blood shall atone for the shame! ” She pleaded : “ Oh, don’t kill my lover 1” But, drawing bis pistol, he took steady aim, And “ zip'' went a ball through the cover. iteturnlug the glittering speeder of lead Hack into tho hip-pocket holster, He pulled down the blankets to find a man dead— And there lay tho innocent bolster! Ho fell on his kneeß—and from that day to this The two havo enjoyed connubial bliss.

LOST LILY.

“Wo, will have it out, uow, if you please, madam !” said Mark Arkwright so his wife, Augusta. And they did have it out witli a vengeance, Both were high-tempered; neither had learned self-control; and, before the scene between them was ended, both had spoken words such as no two people who love each other should ever speak. If two indifferent persons quarrel, it does not amount to much generally; but when two who love each other indulge in tho dangerous pastime it is frequently fatal to happiness. They had been married but a year, and the sweet glamour of romance bad hardly worn off. This was their first disagreement, and it begun in a secret. Perhaps Mr. Arkwright had ample cause to be angry with his wife. I am sure that every man will think so, though a woman’s judgment might be different. On tho as ternoon of the quarrel he had asked his wife to drivo with him, aud she had declined on that old plea—the headache. He had pitied and petted her, aud kissed her hot forehead, and smoothed her soft blonde hair, and established her on the lounge in her room, with a pillow under her head and a shawl over her feet, before lie went out for bis afternoon drive. Two hours later he had occasion to cross Ilyde Park, and there, walking slowly down one of the most secluded paths, be saw a purple-velvet skirt, beside a black coat. Augubta had a pur-ple-velvet skirt, and looked like an angel,' lier husband had frequently told her, all unmindful of the historical fact that angels universally wear white, and are supposed to be above the weakness of purple-velvet skirts. The airs aud manner of the man were foreign; he was handsome and had an uneasy appearance generally—indeed, ho seemed to be constantly looking over his shoulder.

Arkwi ight paused in the shadow of a clump of trees and watched the pair. I suppose “ watched ” is the proper word, though Arkwright prided himself on being an extremely honorable man, and would doubtless have knocked anybody down wlio had insinuated anything to the contrary. There was no mistaking the grace of the lady, the wave of her golden hair, the turn of her snowy neck—yes, the very wren h of purplo pansies on her hat—nil were Augusta’s; and in a moment more her husband hoard her voice. “Dear Arthur,” she was saying, “ every moment for you here is fraught with peril. Lose no time in getting out of London.” “Jbit, darling,” returned the man, “nothing save my love for you has brought me here; and it is hard if I cannot Lave just this little comfort.” They moved away down the wa’k, and Arkwright heard co more. But he had heard qixito enough. He was in a white heat of passion. He dared not follow them and trust himself to speak. There was murder in his heart. He must wait a little till his temper cooled. He went to a stable, hired a fast horse, and rode him till the animal was ready to drop. Then he went home and accused his wife. No matter in what words—they were harsh and bitter enough, Heaven knows; and the vile epithets he applied to her at the outset roused all her haughty pride and resistance to arms. She heard him through. She attempted no defense; she made no denial; but, when he paused from sneer want of breath, she cursed the hour in which she had married him. Then she left the room. He had all night to subdue himself, and if she had come to him in the morning with any reasonable explanation he would have listened to her. But she did not come. After a while he sought her in her room; but she was gone. She had taken with her only a bare change of raiment, and left no message to tell whither she was going.

“Fled with her paramour!” Arkwright said, bitterly; and then and there he vowed to give himself no rest until he had found and killed them both. He tried hard to put his vow into execution. For three years he was a wanderer—seeking always his wife aDd her seducer, and finding them never. At last he quitted wandering and went home. He was a very wealthy man now. Lands that he had owned had increased prodigiously in value, and there was no need of his applying .himself to business. He built a mansion, and lived alone in it, with his books and thoughts for company. He had a retinue of servants to anticipate his every wish; he sat at a costly table, and drank wine as old as the hills; ho drove horses worth a fortune; he had everything that wealth could purchase, and yet ho was never at peace, though for the world he would not have owned to anything of the kind. One day he was riding in the suburbs of London, and came upon a little child pitting by the wayside, sobbing bitterly. She had her apron full of primroses and violets, and a black-and-white kitten was cuddled up in her arms. Moved by some impulse which he could not have explained, Arkwright stopped his horse and accosted her. She sobbed out her little story with all a child’s ingenuousness. Her mamma had gone somewhere to carry work, and she and Spot had gone to walk by themselves, and they had walked, oh, so far ! and now they were lost. Her name was Lily, and the kitten’s name was Spottie, and that was all she could tell to prove her identity. Surprised at himself for doing so, Arkwright took her into the carriage—kitten and all—and carried her to his own home. He advertised her, and for the first two or three days made souie effort to djsoov-

er her relatives. After that, he did not want to discover them. Into hie cold, closed heart Lily had crept, and made her home there; and the desolate, cynical man found himself loving her as a little before he had not dreamed of loving anything again. After the lapse of a fortnight, the idea of Lily’s leaving him became absolutely unbearable. He got so nervons that he started at every sound of the bell—fearful that some one was coming to claim her. She and the kitten had it all their own way in Arkwright House. The strayed in the library, and upset the books and papers to their mutual satisfaction. Lily sat on Arkwright’s knee a great deal of the time, amusing herself with braiding and curling his hair into the most grotesque shapes; and Spot, with feline audacity, mounted on bis shoulder, and nibbled the top of his pen, or thrust her inquisitive little nose into his face, all unrebuked. But one day, just as Arkwright was beginning to feel sure of the child, a lady came for her. This lady was tall and slight, and wore black, and had her face cove red by a thick veil. Something in her low, sweet voice stirred the innermost depths of Mark Arkwright’s nature, but a fierce pang shot through him when he saw with what eagerness Lily flew towards her. “ Mamma ! darling mamma 1” she cried, covering her with kisses. “Iso dad 00 turn ! Now so and I, and Spot, and papa are all togedder 1” Arkwright reddened. He had been weak enough to teach this child to call him papa. He wondered what the lady thought of his presumption; but she seemed unwilling to linger. She thanked him for the care he had given Lily—offered to pay him for his trouble from a very slender-looking purse; and, being indignantly refused, she turned to go. Lily was in her arms. Arkwright took a step toward them, and Lily threw an arm around his neck, drawing him up close, and face to face with the lady. Through the thick folds of the veil their eyes met. He started back, pallid and trembling. “Augusta !” he faltered, in a choked voice. “ Mr. Arkwright!” She was tho calmer of the two. A woman always is in cases of emergency. All the old love, fierce and ungovernable, rose up within him. “This child! Whose is it?” he asked. “Mine and yours," she answered, quietly. “ She was born four months after our separation. I wish you good morning.” He caught her arm in an iron grasp. “ Stop ! My child ! Mine !” he cried, dreaming, as if it were an effort for him to realize it. “ No, notyonrsnow,” she said, steadily. “ You forfeited tho light to claim her when you drove her mother from her home. Mark, at this time—the last time I shall see you in this world—l will tell you the trutn. You were jealous of my brother !” ‘ ‘ Your brother ! I never knew you had one 1” “That was where I erred. Arthur was two years my junior,and a cruel misfortune placed him in a position where he was suspected of forgery. He was unable to prove his innocence, and he lied from mistaken justice. I was too proud to tell you that I was the sister of one whom the world looked upon as a felon. In that I sinned. I had a secret from you, and upon that rock our happiness was wrecked. Thank Heaven! Arthur is free now—the guilty party has confessed, and my brother is a man once more.” Arkwright snatched her to his breast, and would not let her go. She tried her best to escape, but he held her fast. I suppose he won her pardon some way, for she remained at Arkwright House, and Lily aud Spot remained likewise. Go there to-day, and you will see tho happiest family this side of paradise.

Reminiscences of Lincoln.

Having been informed that Mr. Jesse Baker, of Crane creek, lived near Old Salem when our assassinated President “kept store” in that ancient burg, I pilgrirned to Uncle Jesse’s commodious residence, some xveeks ago, and found a riel) mine of historical wealth. After skating my errand, the venerable octogenarian cast his eyes on a large portrait of Abraham Lincoln, which decorated tho parlor, and proceeded to re-' late, among others, the following: “ When Lincoln first came to Salem the people didn’t like him very well, for he was a terrible uncouth youngster, but they got to like him mighty smart shortly after. He was the honestest storekeeper they ever had on the Sangamon. He was a great fellow to joke, and was eternally a-studying some book. My father and a couple other old settlers made up some money to buy some law books for him. I often bet with young Lincoln on horse-races and turkeyshooting, but, whenever he lost, I offered him the money, but he said : ‘No, no, Jesse; you won the money honestly, and I don’t take it back.’ Lincoln was a great friend of the Rutledge family. He took a great liking to Annie, and she never kept company with anybody else. Abe and her were engaged to be married, but she died, and Lincoln took it so much to heart that we thought he would go crazy. He wrote mournful verses from Bums’ poems with chalk on the fences and hummed sad songs for a long while. He finally got married to Mary Todd, for whose father I ran a whisky distillery for some time. Mary Todd was a nice girl, but she couldn’t hold a candle to Ann Rutledge. I helped Lincoln survey some land on the Quiver. That stream used to be called ‘ Little Mackinaw, until I named it ‘ Quiver,’ because it was so quivering. While Lincoln surveyed some Government lands in Mason county, a constable levied on his compass and other instruments for debt, and he would have sold or taken ’em along if I hadn’t advanced money enough to kill the debt. Abe paid me back the money as soon as he had it. The first plea that he made was for me, and it was in the Salem store. Same of us lively fellows had been on a spree to Springfield, when I set one fellow’s new coat on fire. He had me arrested and tried, but Lincoln cleared me, and the burnt coat fellow had to pay the drinks for the crowd.”— Cor. Havana {III.) Democrat.

Answers to Correspondents.

Eureka Politician.—You had better remain where you are. As a rule meaner men are elected to office in Eureka than in Elko county. Policeman—.lt is always better to arrest and disarm a man before beating him over the head with a six-shooter. It is safer and more systematic, and it is the rule generally adopted by the police in the large cities. Subscriber.—lt makes no particular difference whether you pay your subscription or not. It doesn’t cost anything to speak of to run a newspaper in Tuscarora, and we can always realize enough for personal expenses by disposing of our exchanges to proprietors of Cninese wash- houses for wrapping paper. Chesterfield.— Shying a spittoon through a mirror is regarded as a gross breach of hurdy-house etiquette. At a select hardy ball the recognized full dress for a gentleman is a stiff-brimmed hat and a whistler. Amelia, Elko. —First pare your com carefully with a carpenter’s drawiDgknife. Out out the crown of a felt hat and spread on the inner surface a thick coat of Hucks & Lambert’s axle grease. Use this as a plaster, and ia a few days you easily pry out the loosened roots with a crowbar, — Tuscarora (W ev.) Times-Beview,

AGRICULTURAL AND DOMESTIC.

Around tbo Farm. Is it easier to prevent or to destroy weeds npon the farm ? A Georgia paper says that a bushel of cow-peas sown in May on an acre and turned under, in ninety days will be equal to twenty-two horse-loads of stable manure. The farmer is always ready to stand and talk an hour with a neighbor or friend, even in his busiest season. The merchant that would do this would be considered a poor business man. Many more grapes and apples, more in weight, in bulk, and in food value, says a correspondent of the Country Gentleman , can be grown without pruning or unnatural mutilation than with it. A vert handsome lot of yearlings, averaging 837 pounds, were lately sold for $4.15 per 100 pounds, at the Chicago Stock Yards. They are intended for feeding, and show that it pays to raise good steers. It should be borne in mind that every farmer who will take the trouble to keep up a tasteful appearance about his own family but stimulates his neighbors to imitate him. Nothing is more contagious than the desire for gardening when once it gets a footing. After a while we shall settle down not to think so much of size in potatoes as we are wont to do. Wo should bear in mind that perfection of form, smoothness and color of skin depend upon the soil. A sandy loam, well cultivated and manured with phosphates and potash, are what the potato needs. The soil of the onion beds cannot be stirred too often. There is no success without weeding thoroughly. No crop is surer to the experienced, careful propagator, none more uncertain to the beginner, than this. Better for the latter to gain his first practical knowledge by small ventures, or to place himself under the direction of those competent to instruct. It is related that, for use on the occasion of a golden wedding down East during the winter, a supply of “gilt edge” butter was engaged from a neighbor who keeps “crack Jerseys,” and that 110 slyly exchanged with another neighbor for Durham butter, which latter passed at table for genuine “Jersey,” received many compliments, and added to the local laurels of that breed. In loaning money to a farmer, if you wish the interest and principal paid when due, see the borrower’s house and bam in good repair, fences well kept up, fence corners clear of bushes, wet lands thoroughly ditched, com free from weeds, and wk eat from cockle. Such a farmer, if he has a neat and tidy wife, is sure to prosper. One who neglects all these never can.

Several correspondents write to announce the complete extirpation of rats and mice from their cow-stalls and piggeries since the adoption of this simple plan: A mixture of two parts of wellbruised common squills and three parts of well-chopped bacon iB made into a stiff mass, with as much meal as may be required, and then baked into small cakes, which are put down for the rats to eat.— Exchange. The Ist of May is not too late to sow clover seed, especially if it is sown alone. Id many cases this is to be preferred. The soil should be made as fine and mellow as possible, and the clover sown immediately after the harrow. Then a long plank, drawn sidewise across the field, will cover the seed very quickly, and will leave the surface smooth. In this way we have had a fine growth of clover, and a very close and perfect stand. —American Agriculturist. Hungarian grass is becoming popular again, and is now largely and generally sown for hay. The yield is very heavy, several tons an acre; and, if cut before the seeds form, it is one of the best of many foods for stock. The seeds are strongly diuretic, and, if allowed to ripen on the hay fed to stock, will injure them. It should be grown exclusively for seed when that is wanted. Being an annual, if sown late, in June, after other crops, it may be put in the ground when the crop of timothy or other forage is known to have partially failed. Chopped leuks or onions will be found an excellent raw vegetable food to give poultry for a change. They will not eat too much of this if fed to them often; if thrown out fresh and clean for a morning or evening feed, once in a while (without other food at the same time), they will devour it with an appetite. Its pungency is claimed by many experimenters to be an aid toward keeping the fowls’ bodies free from lice—the garlicky fumes of the onion oozing out through the skin pores after digestion, and the odor being offensive to vermin. At all events, this is a good tonic, occasionally, as are other aromatics, such as cayenne pepper, etc. —Poultry World.

About the House.

Boiled Fish. —A spoonful of vinegar should always be put into the water in which fish is boiled. To Remove Gbease From Carpet and Restore Colors. —A handful of crushed soap bark (Quillaya) to a pail of water. Scrub the spots and sponge the carpet all over. Doughnuts. —A large cup of butter, two cups of sugar, one pint of light sponge, four eggs, one pint of milk, one teaspoonful of soda, some nutmeg. Let the dough xise twice. Ginger Crisps.— Two cupfuls of molasses, one cupful of lard, one tablespoonful of ginger, one dessert-spoonful of soda dissolved in a very little hot water, and enough of flour to make a smooth dough ; roll them. Clam Fritters. —Chop twenty-five clams fine, add to these n batter made with half a pint of the clam liquor, a heaping pint of flour and two eggs well beaten, a little soda, not larger than a pea, dissolved in water, and fry in hot lard. Rich Jumbles. —Rub to a cream a dound of butter and a pound of sngar; mix with it a pound and a half of flour, four eggs, and a very little brandy; roll the cakes in powdered sugar ; lay thejja on flat, buttered tins and bake in a quick oven. Biscuit. —One pint of flour, one teaspoonful of cream tartar, one tablespoonful of lard, a little salt; rub well together ; stir in a cup of milk in which has been dissolved* one-half teaspoonful of soda; roll quite thin; cut out with tin biscuit rings and bake in a hot oven. To Brighten Gilt Frames. —Take sufficient flour of sulphur to give a golden tinge to one and one-balf pints of water; boil in this water four or five onions, strain, and, when cold, wash with soft brush any part that requires restoring; when dry it will come out as good as new. To Dye Cotton or Silk Scarlet.— Three gallons warm water, add one ounce cream of tartar, one ounce powdered cochineal, two ounces solution of tin; wet the goods in warm water, and, when the dye boils, put in the goods and boil one hour, frequently stirring them; then take out the goodß and rinse in cold water. To Wash Windows. —Have a pail partly filled with tepid water, throw in a teaspoonful of powdered borax; have one small chamois dipped into the borax water, to wash the windows ; then with a dry chamois Tub the window dry and polish. In this way windows may be cleansed in a very few moments, and not wet the carpets, or tire the person. Freolior Black Bean Soup. —One pint of beans ; soak over night; in the morning put in a pot with four quai ts water, thrf»x» pounds beef, two onions,

two carrots, some parsley and celery tops; cook slowly all day and let it stand over night; in the morning take off the fat and strain through a colander; then make it hot; put a pinch of cayenne pepper, two hard-boiled eggs chopped fine, glass of sherry wine, and a lemon cut thin, in the tureen, and ponr in the soup.

THE NEXT CENSUS.

What It Will Probably Show. [From the Cleveland Herald.] Preliminary steps have been taken in the Senate looking to the passage of a law for taking the census of 1880. If no new law is passed, the work will be done under the old law of 1850, which is defective im many respects, and does not provide for collecting as wide a range of statistics as is embraced in the French and Belgian census reports, which are much the most perfect known. Its schedules are notably incomplete under the heads of manufactures, religion, pauperism and crime. In 1868 a special committee of the House, under the chairmanship of Gen. Garfield, prepared, as the result of three months’ careful research, an excellent bill. It passed the House, but the Senate allowed it to die, so there was nothing to do but to go on under the old law. Fortunately the superintendence of the census was put into the hands of Gen. Francis A. Walker, who brought to the task great zeal and intelligence and a full appreciation of the value of statistics. Although seriously hampered by the defective law, he produced a work that was an immense improvement on all the previous oensus reports. It is to him that we owe the series of shaded charts of nativity, density of population, wealth, intelligence, mortality, agricultural products, etc., which give at a glance information that without tnem would have to be obtained by hours of research from hundreds of tables of statistics. Gen. Walker will undoubtedly superintend the next census, and it is evident that the Senate committee intends to avail itself of his knowledge and experience in the prepa ration of its bill. The new census will not be as gratifying to our pride as a nation as were those wbioh recorded the progress of previous decennial periods. We may expect that the ratio of increase of population will show a marked falling off; that there will be a comparatively small increase in mining, manufactures, and railway mileage, and that tho growth of towns and cities aiad of the far Western States and Territories will prove to have been not at all extraordinary. The great; r part of the present decennial period has been one of prostration or at least of quiescence in business, and it has been attended by no such phenomena of expansion as marked the ten preceding years. The country has not been standing still, but it has greatly moderated its pace.

Phenomenal Rifle Shooting.

Dr. Carver, of California, recently gave an exhibition of his wonderful skill with the rifle at Des Moines, lowa. His first feat was that of holding his rifle upside down on the top of his head and hitting a glass ball thrown in the air at a distance of about eighty feet from him. He then, while lying on his back, with the rifle turned upside down, hit a ball at the first trial. His next shot was standing with his back to the ball, and sighting from a mirror held in front of him, hitting the ball the first shot. The next shot was that of holding his rifle on his hip without aim. Four balls were thrown, the first two of which he hit, and the last two he missed. Then he attempted to hit 100 balls thrown rapidly in the and succeeded in hitting eighty-four. His next attempt was with silver coin. Being a Californian, silver is apperently of little value with him, and he shells it out liberally for targets. The first thrown were half-dollar pieces, which he knocked into fragments. The first he hit, the second he missed, and the third he knocked out of sight. Twenty-five-cent pieces were next thrown, which he hit the fourth shot. Five halfdollars were then thrown, each of which bo hit the first time. Three were recovered and two were lost. A glass ball was then thrown about fifty feet in the air. He loaded and shot twice at it, breaking it the second shot. Another ball was thrown in like manner, when he mado three shots, hitting it the third shot before it reached the ground. This feat was probably never equaled with a rifle. Ten glass balls were next thrown in quick succession, and broken in twenty seconds. From a distance of about 100 feet a ball was thrown straight at the doctor, who broke it before it got half the distance. The man who threw it is said to have dropped like a stone after delivering it. A nickel was then thrown up about thirty feet distant, and he sent it whizzing into space. The Doctor sent a bullet through the center of a nickel, and the coin was recovered. His last feat was to shoot at balls thrown up at the same time. He missed the first and second, but hit one of both balls until the eleventh and twelfth trials, when he broke both balls. It is understood that in all his double and rapid shots he uses but one lisle, which he loads every shot. It is a Winchester, model of 1873, calibre 44, using forty grains of powder. He uses nothing but a common, plain open sight.

Fall River’s Blight.

Fall River, the great cotton-spinning center of America, will long feel the shock caused by the extensive defalcations of the treasurers of the Union, Border City and Sagamore mills. This New England town has always prided itself upon its commercial honor and integrity, and developments of systematic plundering by men who had been trusted was a severe blow. The first cottonmill was built in Fall River in 1813, and had 896 spindles. There were at this time something like 200 inhabitants in the little town, and the growth of the place was very slow afterward. But in 1840 there were eight mills, with 32,084 spindles, and the population had increased to about 6,700. In 1870 there were eighteen factories, 544.606 spindles, and over 27,000 inhabitants. At tne time when the recent defalcations were discovered, in April, the mills in Fall River, about forty in number, had something like 33,000 looms, 1,400,000 spindles, and produced annually 377 - 000,000 yards of cloth. Not far from 16,000 operatives were employed, and the annual pay-roll amounted to nearly $5,000,000. It is evident that disturbances and interruptions »f any kind, in such an important manufacturing town, must be widely felt throughout the country. In due time the busy lifo of Fall River will be resumed, and her business men will have learned a lesson for future time.— Harper's Weekly.

England and Her Neighbors.

Finally, I am selfish enough to hope, in the interests of my country, that in the approaching conference or congress we may have, and may use, an opportunity to acquire the good will of somebody. By somebody I mean some nation, and not merely some government. We have, 1 fear, for the moment profoundly alienated, if not exasperated. 80,000,000 of Russians. We have repelled, and, I fear, estranged, 20,000,000 of Christians in the Turkish empire. We seem to have passed rapidly, and not withont cause, into a like ill odor with its 20,000,000 of Mohammedans. It is not in France, Italy or Germany that we have made any conquest of affection, to make up for such great defaults. Nor is it in Austria, where every Slav is with the first 20,000,000, and every Magyar with the second. Where is all this to stop? Neither in

personal nor in national life will selfglorification supply the place of general respect or feed the hunger of the heart. Bich and strong we sre; but no people is rich enough or strong enough to disregard the priceless value of human sympathies. At the close of the year, should an account be taken, I trust we may find at our command a less meager Btore of them than we have had at its beginning.— Gladstone's paper in the Nineteenth Century.

The Romance of William S. O’Brien.

Bom in New York in 1836, poor as a church mouse ; living here for thirteen years as the poorest of the poor do live ; stealing as a stowaway or shipping as a cabin boy on board the ship Faralinto, and arriving in Ban Francisco on the 6th of July, 1849, a lad in his fourteenth year, destitute alike of education, of money and of friends ; beginning life as a barkeeper in an eating house in the basement of one of the San Francisco stock exchanges; and dying the other day, leaving no wife or child behind him, but a fortune of certainly not less than $15,000,000, and perhaps of $40,000,000 —this is the outline of the romance of William S. O’Brien, one of the great Bonanza kings; and a stranger story has seldom been told. Was it luck, or was it natural sagacity and prudent daring that won for him and his three millionaire associates their immense fortunes ? It is hard to say. The capricious dame Fortune had, no doubt, much to do with it; but her favors would not have yielded this bountiful increase had they been bestowed on men devoid of some excellent business qualities. It appears that O’Brien must have been thrifty and saving in hi 3 youth ; for at the time of the first mining excitement he was keeping a saloon of his own and acting as his own barkeeper. He was seized with the fever, went to the mines and made some money, with which he went into business with the late CoL W. C. Hoff. This connection was dissolved in two years, and O Brien then formed a copartnership with W. J. Rosner, in the ship chandlery business. Meanwhile, however, he was speculating in mining stocks, and hero fortune smiled upon him. Sis investments were cautious and in small lots, but they almost always turned out profitable, and he began to grow moderately well off. He now formed a partnership with Mr. Flood, another successful stock operator, and Messrs. Mackey and Fair subsequently joined the firm. And now a dazzling and unexampled piece of good fortune awaited them. The Consolidated Virginia and California mines were opened, and their shares were in the market. By shrewd questioning of miners and others, or by other means, O’Brien and his partners satisfied themselves that the lodes were valuable —although there is no reason to suppose even they dreamed how valuable they were—and as quickly as possible they bought up the shares until they possessed nearly the whole of them. The Big Bonanza was discovered; the unexampled richness of the lodes was disclosed ; million after million of the finest silver and gold ore ever found came to the surface ; the shares went up to fabulous figures, and O’Brien and his partners found themselves almost incredibly rich. They established the great Bank of Nevada, and from that time on they have been the money kings of the Pacific coast. —New York Graphic.

Origin of Lynch Law.

James Lynch was Mayor of Galway. Ireland, in 1473. He had made several voyages to Spain, and on one occasion brought home with him the son of a respectable Spanish merchant, named Comez. Walter Lynch, the only son of the Mayor of Galway was engaged to a beautiful young lady of good family and fortune. Preparatory to the nuptials the Mayor gave a splendid entertainment, at which young Lynch fancied his intended bride viewed his Spanish friend with too much regard. He accused his beloved Agnes of unfaithfulness to him, and she, irritated at his injustice, disdained to deny the charge, and they parted in anger. On the following night, while Walter Lynch slowly passed the residence of Agnes, he observed young Gomez to leave the house, he having been invited by her father to spend that evening with him. In the madness of jealousy, Lynch rushed on his unsuspecting friend, who fled to a solitary quarter of the town near the shore. Lynoh maintained the pursuit till his victim had nearly reached the water’s edge, when he overtook him, and stabbed him to the heart, and threw the body into the sea, which cast it back again on the shore, where it was found and recognized on the following morning. The wretched murderer suriendered himself, and his father being chief magistrate of the town, intrusted with the power of life and death, found himself obliged to condemn his son to death. On the night preceding his execution, his mother went to the heads of her family and prevailed on them to attempt a rescue. The morning of the execution an immense crowd had assembled, who cried loudly for mercy to the culprit. The Mayor exhorted them to submit to the laws; but, finding them determined on a rescue, he, by a desperate victory, overcame parental feelings, and, finding that his efforts to accomplish the ends of justice in the usual place, and by the usual hands, were fruitless, he became executioner himself, and from the window of his own house launched his unfortunate son into eternity.

Holler to Him to Tie His Dog.

He lives in the “Western District.” Yesterday he called at the House to see Gen. Vance. He modestly communicated his -wishes to the Doorkeeper. “Have you a card, sir?” he gruffly growled. “Cards,” he said, thoughtfully, mechanically running his hand in the rear pockets of his coat. “No, sir, I don’t carry ’em.” “Where are you from?” inquired the d. k. “North Carolina was the prompt answer. “ Well, how do they do in North Carolina when people go a-visiting ?” “Why, they ride up to a fellow’s fence and heller to him to tie his dog, and they gets down and goes in,” was the laconic reply. The Doorkeeper immediately dispatched a page to Mr. Vance. He found that his supposed verdant constituent had got the best of a House Doorkeeper.— Washington Cor. Raleigh {N. C.) Observer.

Mrs. Partington on Education.

“ For my part I can’t deceive what on airth edication is coming to. When I was young, if a gal only understood the rules of distraction, provision, multiplying and replenishing, and the common denominator, and knew all about the rivers and their obituaries, the covenants and their dormitories, the provinces and the umpires, they had edication enough. But now they have to study bottomy, algebay, and have to demonstrate suppositions about the sycophants or circustangents and diagnosis of parallelgrams, to say nothing of oxhides, asheads, cowsticks and obtruse triangles. ” And here the old lady was so confused with the technical names that she was forced to stop.

American Exhibits at Paris.

Paris, Wednesday, Mry, 1, 1878. [By Cable to the Associated Press.] The display of scales by Fairbanks & 00., New York, is very grand, and creditable to the exhibitors, showing the advancement made by them over those of any other American or foreign manufacturers, and reflects great credit od Ameiioan workmanship. The exhibit sarpasn< s all others in merit at the Paris World’s Fair. Mason & Hamlin, who took the first medal for their cabinet organs at the Exposition in 1867, and have won the highest honors at every wo; Id’s exhibition since, are here in competition .with a fli e lot of organs. Several other American makers exhibit, but few If any of them will venture to oompete.

An Extraordinary Tumor.

An inquest has been held at Consett, says an English paper, on a woman named Wake, whose death was caused by a tumor of extraordinary dimensions. It had been growing for four years, but the woman refused to have it removed. She was attended by a “herlmlist,” who by foolishly giving her medicine endeavored to burst it. Dr, Benton was called, and said that the tumor was three and a half feet high, and contained forty imperial quarts of semi-sclid fluid. The Coroner said the herbalist had acted with gross ignorance, but he was not criminally responsible for the woman’s death. Every applicant for a liquor license in Alabama is now obliged to take an oath that he will neither give nor sell any kind of liquor to a minor, or person of unsound mind, without permission from parent or guardian.

Natural Selection.

Investigators of natural science have demonstrated beyond controversy, that throughout the animal kingdom the “survival of the fittest” is the only law that vouchsafes thrift and perpetuity. Does not the same principle govern the commercial prosperity of man? An inferior cannot supersede a superior article. Illustrative of this principle are the family medicines of B. Y. Pierce, M. D., of Buffalo, N. Y. -By roason of superior merit, they have outrivaled all other medicines. Their salo in the United States alone exceeds one million dollars per annum, while the amount exported foots up to several hundred thousand more. No business could grew to such gigantic proportions and rest upon any other basis than that of merit. It is safe to say that no medioine or combination of medicines' yet discovered equals or can compare with Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery, for the euro of ooughs, colds, and all pulmonary and blood affections. If the bowels be constipated and liver sluggish, his Pleasant Purgative Pellets will give prompt relief; while his Favorite Prescription will positively, perfectly, and permanently, cure those weaknesses and “dragging-down” sensations peculiar to females. In the People’s Common Sense Medical Adviser, an illustrated work of nearly one thousand pages, the Doctor has fully discussed the principles that underlie health and sickness. Price $1.50, post-paid. Adapted to old and young, single and married. Address B. V. Pierce, M. D., World's Dispensary and Invalids’ Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y,

A Guinea for a Sixpence.

A firm in New York seems unfamiliar with tho London story of the man who offered to sell reAl guineas at a trifle, but could find no buyers. Geo. P. Rowell & 00., —the “ NowsEaper Advertising Bureau,” propose, for one undred (?) dollars, to put a ten-l.ne advertisement in some thirty standard weeklies, and to slide it into a thousand other weeklies free. Do they expect people to take the offer ? Any one acquainted with the high rates of these standard weeklies can see that the thing is ridiculous. Rowell & Co. must know very well that acceptances of the offer would be so many items to charge to profit and loss. We retract our insinuation about their ignorance of that London story. They probably know it too well, and are shrewd onough, by taking advantage of that human trait at which the story hints, to make a stroke for fame as mon of startlirg liberality, and at the same time run no risk of pecuniary loss.

Delicious Cookery.

Light, white, wholesome biscuits, rolls, bread, and elegant cake, crullers, waffles, doughnuts, muffins, and griddle cakes of every kind, are always possible to every table by using Dooley’s Yeast Powder. Nervousness and Sleepless nights are cured by the use of Dr. Graves’ HEAIiT REGULATOR. Wo have the grateful testimonials of many who have been cured of this disorder. For subduing the Nerves and bringing the Hoart to its natural functions Dr. Graves’ HEART REGULATOR has no equal; it is not claimed a cureall but is a medicine which goes straight to its work, relieves the Heart of its burden, and enables it to produce the blood as it should, giving life and tone to the system. If you have any trouble with your Heart, no matter how slight, try the HEART REGULATOR and you will say it is a blessing. Bend your name to F. E. Ingalls, Concord, N. H., for a pamphlet containing a fist of testimonials of cures, etc. Prioe 50 cents and $1; for sale by druggists. Wilhoft’s Fever and Ague Tonic. —A certain, safe and speedy cure for all diseases of miasmatic origin. It cures in a few days, without danger or inconvenience : Chills and Fever, Bilious Fever, Dumb Chills, Pernicious Fever, Congestive Chills, Sun Pains, and all diseases of similar character. Enlarged Spleens are reduced as if by magic, and Sun Pains are oonquerod with marvelous rapidity. Wheelock, Finlay & Co., Proprietors. New Orleans. For bale by all Druggists.

CHEW

The Celebrated “Matchless ” Wood Tag Plug Tobacco. The Pioneeb Tobacco Company, New York, Boston‘and Chicago. Mothers ! Mothers !! Mothers!!! Don’t fail to procure Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for all diseases iucident to the period of teething iu children. It relieves the child from pain, cures wind colic, regulates the bowels, and, by giving relief and health to the child, gives rest to the mother. It is an old and well-tned remedy.

TO CONSUMPTIVES. The advertiser, having been permanently cured of that dread disease. Consumption, by a simple remedy, is anxious to make known to his follow-sufferers the means of cure. To all who desiro it, he will send a copy 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, Ac. Parties wishing the prescription will please address Rev. EDWARD A. WILSON. „ 194 Penn Street. WUUamsburgh, N. Y. Tho Greatest Discovery of the Age Is Dr. Tobias’ celebrated Venetian Liniment! 80 years before the public, and warranted to onre Diarrhea, Dysentery, Colic and Spasms, taken internally: and Croup, Chronio Rheumatism, Sore Throats, Cuts Bruises, Old Sores, and Pains In the Limbs, Back and Chest, externally. It has never failed. No family will ever be without after once giving it a fair trial. Price, 40 oents. 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, O'." Sore 3, etc. ooid by all Druggists. Depot—lo Park O’! acc New York.

THE MARKETS.

NEW YORK. Beeves $8 OO @l6 75 Hoos 3 75 @ 400 Cotton 10#@ 11 Ft-oub—Superfine 4 20 @ 5 00 Wheat —No. 2 Chicago 1 18 @ 1 20 Corn —Western Mixed 65 @ 55# Oats —Mixed 84 @ 36 Rye— Western 71 @ 73 Pork —New Mess 9 40 @ 9 50 .Lard 7 @ 7# CHICAGO. Beeves —Choice Graded Steers 5 20 @ 5 50 Choice Natives 4 60 @ 5 00 Cows and Heifers 3 00 @ 3 7S Butchers’ Steers 3 50 @ 385 Medium to Fair 4 80 @ 4 50 Hoos—Live 3 15 @ 3 50 Flckjb—Fancy White Winter 6 00 @ 6 50 Good to Choice Spring Ex. 5 CO @ 5 40 Wheat— No. 2 Spring 1 10 0 111 No. 3 Spring 103 @lO4 Corn—No. 2 39 @ 40 Oats —No. 2 26 @ 27 Rye—No. 2 67 @ 58 Barley—No. 2 49 @ 50 Butter —Choice Creamery 18 @ 20 Eoos—Fresh B#@ 9 Pork—Mess .' 8 40 @ 8 50 Lard 6%@ 7 MILWAUKEE. heat—No. 1 1 12), @ 1 13# No. 2 1 09 @ 1 10 Corn—No. 2 37 @ 40 Oats—No. 2 26 @ 27 Rye No. 1 67 @ 58 Barley—No. 2 62 @ 63 ST. LOUIS. Wheat— No. 3 Red FaU 1 12 @ 1 13 Corn —Mixed 38 @ 39 Oats— No. 2 26 @ 27 Rye 69 @ 60 Pork —Mess 9 00 @ 9 10 Lard 6#@ 6# Hoos 3 20 @ 4 SO Cattle. 2 75 @ 6 25 CINCINNATI. Wheat —Red 1 12 @ 1 18 Corn 42 @ 43 Oats 27 @ 30 Rye ... 60 @ 62 Pork —MeßS 9 00 @ 9 IG Lard 7 0 7# TOLEDO. Wheat— No. 1 White 1 21 @ 1 23 No. 2 Red 1 18 @1 19 Corn 41 @ 42 Oats— No. 2 27 @ 28 DETROIT. Flour—Choice White 5 60 @6OO Wheat—No. 1 White 1 27 @ 1 28 No. 1 Amber 125 @126 Corn—No. 1 43 @ 46 Oats—Mixed 29 @ 30 Barley (per cental) 100 @135 Pork—Mess 9 50 @ 9 75 EAST LIBERTY, PA. Cattle—Beet a, 5 00 @ 5 25 Fair ’ 4 40 @ 4 87 Common 4 00 @ 4 30 Hoos 3 50 @ 3 80 Sheep 3 25 @ 4 75

FOOT LATHEB TrmlM p i -I'UDI'II M DnUfUIITHI BROADWAY AND PRINCE QTYI PR STREET. NEW YORK, SEND GOODS C. O. D.-WI^H MENS & ROYS’ privilege of examina"‘WSw.'S.R.HL 10 TION. ILLUSTRATED CATCLOTHINB. on apAi - AWNINGS! TENTS! Waterproof Covers, Signs, Window Shades, Ac. MURRAY A BAKER, 100 South Desplalnes bt*» Chicago. IY Send for Illustrated Price-list.

9330,00 Organ for St yks N 0.14801 Three Set Reeds, (12) Swells. SolU j w a in a ed French V. nee • .-ifffnT etc - a Superb .dM ■ Cabinet or Pa- €| Hf ' one tb at fa. as Been. H thiaicstnimect is delighted. Warranted lO yean. Sent on IS day’s test trial. Money refunded and freightcharge* paid by me each way if aot satisfactory. Retail Price S3BO. MS' For Cash with order* I will 801 l this beautiful larirumext in order to have it Introduced at once, for only $89.50. Beware of Imitation. Newspaper with much Information about :ost of Pianos and Organs* SUNT FRIER* Please Address. DANHL T. BIATTT. WaOhgtaa, B.J, #RBV. DR. CLARK writes : I hare much pleasure in saying Fellow*' Hypophosphites improrea my general health amazingly. It gives a clear skin and healthy countenance, but to know Its virtue* it must be used, and were it within the reach of all classes, I believe It would be used universally; yes, by the well, to renow their age. and by the sick, to makes them well. It makes an old person ten year* younger, “This witness is true.” Would that I could more widely make It known for Its many virtues. ALEXANDER GLARKH, D D., Amherst, N. S. I heartily recommend Fellows’ Compound Syrup of Hypophosphites to all troubled with any difficulties or diseases of the lungs or nervous system, bettering that had 1 not used it I would not now be tiring. HARRIS COFFILL. Windsor, N. S. Consulting Office for Consumptives, \ Western Medical Institute, Cleveland. Ohio. ) Mb. Jamf.s I. Fellows— Dear Sir: We were Induced to presoribe your Compound Syrup of Hypophosphites by Dr. MoMaster. and its use hss been attended with such satisfactory results as to warrant our employng it largely from this time forward. A. SLKR, SR., M. D.

Unrivalled in Appearance. Unparalleled in Simplicity. Unsnrpassed in Construction. Unprecedented in Durability. Unexcelled in Economy of Fuel. Undisputed in tie BROAD CLAIM or being Ha VEST BEST OPERATING, QUICKEST SELLING, HANDSOMEST AND MOmFNEnm Ever offered to tlie public MADE ONLY BY EXCELSIOR MANUFACTURING GO Nos. 612, 614, 616 Si 618 N. Main St.. ST. LOUIS, MO.

3K Aflfi ACRES AT AUCTIONH-Mustbe *)«' ’" "U sold, 35,000 aorea choice farming lands in Marshall and Nemaha Counties, Northeastern Kansas. Days of sale, June sth and 36th. Low fares on excursion trains. For maps and terms address OHARLK9 M- STBBBINS, Harrishnrg. Pa. Sold on trial, and guaranteed oheaper, at its price, thnn any other Hay prees as a gift, or no sale. Don’t be swindled by irresponsible manufacturers of infringing machines os the purchaser is liable. It costs no more for a goon press tlinn nn inferior or worthless one. Address P. K. DEDBIRICK A CO.. Albany. N. Y.

and Store. Wire Window Guards. No. 10 Wire, V Iron Frames, any size. $1.35 * square yard. Greon Wire Cloth Window Soreens and Doors, in Walnut Frames, 26 cents a square foot. EVANS & CO., Wire Workers, 113 Bandolph Street. CHICAGO.

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Dunham PIANOS. Dunham & Sons, Manufacturers, YVnrerooms, 18 East 14th St., [Established 1834.] NEW YORK. Prices Reasonable. Term a Easy.-AI Standard Weeklies Kamc* qf rape.ru. Price per line. New York Weekly Sun 50 centa. Scientific American 76 cents. Weekly World 50 oents. Witness 75 cent*. Frank Leslie’s Illustrated 60 cents. Independent 50 cents. Christian Advocate 50 cents. Weekly Times 50 cent*. Examiner and Chronicle 30 cents. Boston Weekly Journal (cuts charged double) .26 cents. New England Farmer 16 cents. Congregationalist (cuts # extra) 20 cents. Portland Transcript 15 cents. Manchester Mirror 10 cents. Albany Journal 10 cents. Cultivator and Country Gentleman.... 30 cents. Philadelphia Presbyterian 25 cents. Baltimore American 12# cents. Cincinnati Weekly Times 75 cents. Herald and Presbyter 18 cents. Weekly Gazette 75 centa. Louisville Weekly Courier-Journal 40 cents. Chicago Times 25 cents. Prairie Farmer 40 ceut*. St. Louis Globe-Democrat 50 cents. Republican 35 cent*. 910.00 For a ten-line advertisement to be inserted one week in the above list, we will accept a check, in advance, for 9100, and will insert the same one week in a list of One Thousand Country Weeklies gratis. Will insert two lines In the shove list snd the One Thousand Conn try Weeklies for S3O cash. address GEO. P. ROWELL & CO.’S Newspaper 'Advertising Bureau, 10 Spruce St., New York.

A LOW PRICE AND Three Months 9 Credit! A DOUBLE-COLUMN ADVERTISEMENT, HANDSOMELY DISPLAYED, AND CONSPICUOUSLY INSERTED ON A PAGE WHERE THERE IS NOT TOO MUCH OTHER ADVERTISING. WOULD BE SURE TO BE SEEN BY EVERY READER OF A LOCAL COUNTRY NEWSPAPER. WE WILL INSERT SUCH AN ADVERTISEMENT IN FIVE HUNDRED OR MORE COUNTRY WEEKLIES. OCCUPYING FIVE INCHES DOWN THE COLUMN, AND IN EACH PAPER A HEADING NOTICE NOT EXCEEDING ONE HUNDRED LINEN, IN LARGE TYPE, CALLING ATTENTION TO THE ADVERTISEMENT, ALL FOR ONE DOLLAR PER PAPER FOR ONE INSERTION. FROM RESPONSIBLE PERSONS WE WILL ACCEPT FOR PAYMENT A NOTE FOR THE AMOUNT, PAYABLE THREE MONTHS FROM ITS DATE, SAID NOTE NOT TO BE GIVEN UNTIL WE HAVE EXHIBITED TO THE ADVERTISER, AT HIS OWN OFFICE, A COPY OF EACH PAPER CHARGED FOR, WITH THE ADVERTISEMENT AND NOTICE DULY INSERTED. THIS ADVERTISEMENT OCCUPIES THE EXACT SPACE TALKED OF, VIZ.: FIVE INCHES DOUBLE-COLUMN. -Hk THIS OFFER HOLDS GOOD ONLY FOR THE MONTHS OF MAY AND JUNE. ADDRESS GEO. P. ROWELL & CO.’S NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING BUREAU, 10 SPRUCE ST., NEW YORK,

Bxoww’e Bnatput TkOcans, for ooogns —d colds. fITTVa REVOLVER*. Pooe Ustfre*. Address Cr U i.l O Great Western Gun Works. Pittsburg. Pa. TX>R War In the East and CURSE of fcUM, address J Goodspeed’s Book, Bible A Chromo House, Ohfamgo. ißbllU U Address J.Wosth a Co. St. Louis, Ho, 9 RIIUII lj bargain*. BsaWl, IVVshlngton. Wan A DAT to Agents canvassing for the Firefl?* / aide Visitor. Terms nnd Outfit Free. Ads dross P. O. VIOKKRY, AogtwU, Maine rfkAEA* MONTH —AGENTS WANTED-38 toes’ \LJhll falling articles in the world; one sample./)-#.. V V Address JAY BRONSON. Detroit, Mica. m.m.m sa WU a Lit, mam ii t*<-ry eouaty lw Vw AN I F I 1 tl.e U. 8. to roanuf.ctar* sag l -- W " W ~11 s .riPli srtlcls J-»t F»» Üb»ml Urmt L«S. -—■« —gi—l sa. MORRIS, Ctlwa* Mi. flf Art VTA B.IMGKAHAM & CftTrij 111 I 111 I# Superior in design. Not equn'cd lalnHsH \ in quality, or as timekeeper* - . U lIIHI In Is Ask your Jeweler for tliem. woWrwuMv Agency—B Cortlandt St., N._Y . V/lfftTn MTIMI Loam Telegraphy and iUUrlfcr MbN! rssa®asj REMEMBERSSI dealers at Wholesale Rates. Send in ordors. A. A , AAp A DAY SIJKK madn V fj* ||T +»» li® ■1 BZ Agentsselling our Ctirora mIII 111 lb C*■ Crayons,Pietnresnd Cos 111 SII 111 all X» I mo Cards. I>.» sample s«w 1 tU tiffia V worth S 5. tout, postpaid:, for 85 Odnts. lunrivatedl Catalogue frc3. J. If. BUFFORR’S KONWw Rostwn. [Established 1880.]

\\T A TAT riYE’TV-A GOOD MAN—To represent V t iYIV I Pi I W the American Newspaper Union List of Co-operative Newspapeis, and canvass for advertisements in this vicinity. To a proper person will allow a liberal commission, nnd advance a regular weekly payment on account. Address, with re sere nee, RKAI.S & FOSTER, General Agents American Newspaper Union. No. IQ Spruce street. New York. Scents will secure for S Months, on trial, THE ALLIANCE! Prof. DAVID SWING, Editor. SFIoENDID PREMIUMS. Address THE ALLIANCE CO., 95 Clark Street, Chicago, 111, _ PULMOSA to & certain remedy for the CURE of C'ONSUMPTION and all diseases of tho «n<l Tliroat. It invigorates the bi ain, tones up tho system, makes the weak Btrong, nnd is pleasant to take. Price. One Dollar per bottle at Druggists’, or sent by the Proprietor on receipt of price. A pamphlet containing valuable ndvice to Uoiimiiniptiv<»N, many oertilicates ot ACTUAL CURES, and full directions for using, nceompan os each bottle, or will be eent free to any address. OSCAR Cl. Mo-SKS, IS Cortlandt St., New York. SWEET NAVY XtteCCO Awarded highest prize r.t Centennial Exposition for fine chewing q:talitic3 and excellence and lading char ’ader cf eweetning and flavoring. Tho belt tobacco* ever made. As our blno strip tradc-mnrk is closely imitated on inferior goodß. ece thnt Jackeon'e DcM Ik on every plug. Sold by all dealers. Pend for sample, free, to’Cf. A. Jacksow & Co., Mfrs., Petersbnrg, Va. Hopper Brasses!

Potato buga, tramps, and traveling agents are tho farmer’s curse. The ast can he nvoided by buying direct. Five-Ton Wagon Scales are sold at SSO each. On trial, freight prepaid, by JONKB OF BINGHAMTON, ninghnmton, N. Y., for free Price-List, the GOOD OLD STAND-BY, MEXICAN MUSTANG LINIMENTFOR MAN AND BEAST* Established 35 Years. Always ouros. Always ready. Always handy. Hus never yet failed. Thirty millions hate tested it. The whole world approves the glorious old Mustang—the Best and Cheapest Liniment In existence. 25 oonta a bottle. Tho Mustang Liniment cures whon nothing olro w'll SOLD BY &JX MPOKUNK. V KN - ■< ;j 3,000 Engravings; 1,840 Pages Quarto. FOUR PACES COLORED PLATES. A WHOLE LIBRARY IN ITSELF. INVALUABLE IN ANY FAMILY, AND IN ANY SCHOOL. For Schools—recominendod by State Sup’ts of 35 different States and 50 College Prcs’ts. About 32,000 have been placed in Publio .Schools by law or School Officers. Contains 10,000 Words and Meanings not found In other Dictionaries. Three thousand Illustrations—three times as rainy ns in any other Dictionary. Sale of Webstor’s is 20 times as great as that of an r other series of Dictionaries. Published by G. & C. MERRIAM, Springfield, Mass.

Homes in Minnesota. Tiff;,. FORTY MILLION bushel* II S 8 “million barrelsof'flim!r, iIiIUUIMJUIU. U worth over Fifty Million Dollnrs. THIRTY-FIVE MILLION bush.,ls of Oats, Corn. Rye, Barley, Buckwheat and Potatoes, worth over Twenty Million Hollars. Four hun dred and Five FJiOtJKIN<» iHIMX. Fifteen Inindrod nnd eleven liun T)riAiliin{ The Greatest Milling Coun J P[lj|| j I try In the World. The best Water Power * UUUUI i„ the United States. One Hundred mid twenty thouemi.l Ilorsc Power at St. Anthony Falls alone. Fill'. HUNDRED MILLION FEET of lumber sawed. GltE.iTltUtiU for choice WHEAT J.ANItS. Immense Immioralion in Unp 1818. Nothing like It ever known. Twenty Pi] j Three Hundred Miles of Rnilroutf. nndovny train crowded. land offices besieged with throngs of applicants. Wisconsin, lows nnd Kansas also coming. We invite the world into the EMPIRE STATE OF THE NORTHWEST. Twenty-Five Million acres of land awaiting settlement. 1 Finn Free Home*, Free Schools, Free Lands. I n I 1 Pamphlet of EiahtV Pages with a fine «I I i M nil will bo sent, post-paid, so EVERY APPLICANT everywhere, to every country, the world over. Applyto JOHN W. BOND, fcjec’y of State Hoard of Immigration, St. Pnnl. Miniirwotn. sandal-wood; Aperitive remedy for ail disease, of the Kidneytt, Bladder and Urinary Organs; also, good Ir. Dropsical Complaints. It never prod ncesei cknees, to certain and speedy In ite action. It Is fast superseding all other remedies. Sixty capsules cure In six or eight day*. No other medicine -an do this. Beware of Imitation., for, owing to Its great success, many hare been offered; tome are most dangeroui% causing pile., Ac. DUNDAM DICK «fc CO.’M Genuine Soft (tap. lulee, containing Oil of Sandal- Wood, told at all Drug Stores. Ask for circular, or tend for one to 35 and 37 Wooster street, Wete York. O. N.U. ~ No. 20 ~ ‘VV H^N WRITING TO AttVfiKflsKKH, TV please soy you saw tire advertisement In this paper.