Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 June 1878 — Page 4

THE DRDNKABD’B ORATE. BT 808 MOBBU. [ The anther cf the following touching recitation aKmiros the editor of the Advocate, a Masonic journal, that the facts embodied therein are strictly true:] I stood beside the grave, The last and dreamless bed ; One whom I knew in other days Lay there amidst the dead; His head toward the setting sun, For oh, his life and pilgrimage were done, ’Twas evening’s pensive hour— The rich and painted West Had called earth's laborers—weary ones— To home delights and rest; Bird-songs and voices of the day Had melted all in evening’s hush away. Then came upon my soul A rush of memories; I seemed to sec beeido that grave My friend of other days ; His beaming eyes—his generous hand— The largest, brightest, readiest of our band. I seemed to hear once more His voice so full and free— My hand—my heart—my purse—my life, X give from me to thee ! The scalding tears my grief confessed While night and darkness settled o'er the West. For oh, I thought me then Of all his sad decline; Ho fell from honor’s topmost height, The victim of one sin I Yes, he, the generous and the brave. Lay there dishonored in a drunkard’s grave! Long years hard he strove Against the siren cup; * Wife, children, Brotherhood combined To bear him kindly up, And cheer him midst that mighty woe With which the unhappy drunkard has to do. We pled by this and this ; We urged his plighted word ; We told him what a shameful tale His story would afford; We gathered 'round him all our band And warned and threatened with a stern command. In vain ; too strong his chain—- • Our cable-tow too weak I That cursed thirst had burned his soul, He would no warning take; lie broke the heart that leaned on his, And brought himself at last, at last, to this. M is sun went down at noon ; His life expired in spring ; Ills work undone, his column broke A ruined, loathsome thing ! Expelled from Masonry, bis grave No emblems of (he ancient Art cast have. I turned away in tears ; The night had settled round ; I heaid, in cypress branches nigh, '1 he owl's complaining sound, Then homeward fled amidst the gloom, And left my Brother in the drunkard’s tomb !

THE MAN WITH THE RED EYE.

About eight years ago, when I had not railroaded it as long as I have now, J was employed as messenger on a Western railway. I don’t know as it is necessary for me to say just what line it was, but I will call it the B. T. & G. R. R., just to save myself the trouble of pronouncing the whole name. I had not been on the run more than a month previous to the date of the occurrence of which I am going to tell you. J had been running on a branch route for more than a year, and I might have staid there a good deal longer if I had not been chosen t© take Paxon’s place when he went off. You see two or three attempts had been made to rob the express car, and at last, at the end of a long run, Paxou was found dead in the car with a bullet-hole iu his head. But tlio safe was closed tight and secure, though an attempt had been made to blow it open, which proved ineffectual. But the strangest part of it all was that the key was missing from Paxon’s pocket, and it was not found till a good six weeks afterward. Then it was discovered at the side of the track, with a card tied on it, on which it was written that robbers were in tlio car, and he expected they would murder him if he refused to give up the key. He was true to the last. Well, you may suppose that I felt just the least bit squeamish about accepting such an uninviting berth, but the Superintendent gave me orders, and I meant to do my duty, however disagreeable it might be. Then the pay was larger than I had ever received before; and ns I was acquainted with a good girl, who was ready to help me inhabit a house whenever I should be able to own one. that was quite an object to me, I can assure you.

Well, everything passed off smoothly enough for several weeks, and I had become accustomed to the route, and made a dozen or so of very pleasant acquaintances. and I was growiug to be pretty well contented with my life. I had almost begifh to think the robbers, whoever they might be, had given up all thoughts of ever making anything out of my car, and had sought another field of opera- - tious. One day I was informed by the agent at 11 that some time within a week I would have to take charge of about SBO,OOO in specie in its transit over our load on its way from Washington to Han Francisco. The officers of the express company had been advised of this intended important shipment in order that they might exercise redoubled vigilance in view of the great risk incurred in the transportation of such a valuable consignment. The evening after my conversation with the agent he called mo into the office, and told me that the specie was to go over the road the next day but one. He produced an envelope, and handed it to me, saying as he did so: “ There, Bill, are your orders, d'reot from tho Superintendent, with his own signature attached. Bead them carefully, and obey them to the letter; for a little mismove might cause a great loss to tho company, and cost you your position.” “I shall do my duty to the very letter,” I replied. “lam sure you mean to do so,” returned the agent, “ but you can’t be too careful. Some of the members of the liglit-fiDgered profession are as smart as lightning. The plans they can’t devise ain t worth thinking of, and they are as fertile in expedient as the evil one himself, X thought I d just put you ou your guard in a friendly way, and ” There was a slight sound at the door. If the depot hadn’t been deserted by everyone except us two, and the switchengine hadn’t been up at the head of the yard, where we could hear its incessant puffing, I don’t believe we would have i t card the sound at all. But we both noticed it at once, and, as I looked out of the office into the large room beyond I saw a man standing just inside the outer door, with his head inclined toward us as if lie was trying to overhear our conversation. He saw me about the time I first noticed him. I knew it from the little start of surprise he gave as his eyes met mine. J He was all over his awkwardness in a minute, for he drew his face down to an expression of the utmost unconcern, and came boldly forward to the windows of Hie office through which the agent always transacted any business he might have with persons without. He was a very fair appearing man apparently of about 40 years, though he might have been a little older. He was dressed in black, and, wearing a high hat, lie might have passed very well for o. e ° r ie cloth, if his nose hadn’t been just a trifle luminous. The other peculiarity I noticed about the man was that he had a queer sort of a red-looking eye. It appeared fixed and staring, and, as he came nearer, I concluded it was glass, it was so strange and unnatural in its expression that I thought I should know it if I should see it peerimr at me over the great wall of China. “Is there a small package here for Isaac G. Van Scoter,” he asked in a business-like way, in answer to the inquiring glance of the agent. The agent referred to one of the big registers on the desk, and answered in the negative. “ Queer,” said the man with the red eye. “It ought to have come yesterday. Have you read the Eveninq Chronicle f" And after this abrupt interrogation the stranger stood quite motionless, ey-

mg the agent intently, for as much as a minute. We both answered “ No.” The man took a paper out of his pocket, s nd, spreading it open before ns, put one of his slender forefingers upon the following paragraph : Fatal Accident.— This afternoon as two men, named respectively Henry Yan Scoter and C. H. Griggs, were at work chopping timber in the piueries near Scranton, a troe fell upon them, killing Yan Scoter instantly, and inflicting injuries upon the person of Griggs from which he died in less than an hour. They are residents of G , and it is understood that their remains will be taken to that place for bnriaL “ Henry Yan Scoter was my only brother—my twin brother—who resembles me very much, and Charley Griggs was my sister’s husband. It’s a sad blow ! a sad blow! I don’t know how my poor sister will bear it. It’s about this sad affair that I came here chiefly. I want to send the two bodies through to G by express Thursday, by the 11:40 train. What will be the charges ?” “ The charge will be $25,” answered the agent. The stranger only bowed olemnly in recognition of the reply. Then he was silent for a minute or two, during which time he appeared to be struggling with bis grief. “The bodies*will be here Thursday morning,” he said; “I hope you will make all arrangements to prevent any delay. I guess my package won’t come this week.” The agent assured him that there would be no delay, and he might depend on having the bodies go through to G with the greatest possible expedition. The man bowed again politely, then he said: “Is the telegraph office near ? I must break the sorrowful news to my poor sister, I suppose, though it’s anything but a pleasant duty.” I told him how to reach the place he sought, and, with a polite “thank you,” the sad man with the red eye walked out of the office, and in a couplo of minutes the sounds of his footsteps died away in the distance. “A queer sort of a chap,” said I. “A little odd,” answered the agent. “ I wonder if he heard us talking about the specie ?” I queried. “ He seems honest enough.” “Yes,” said I; “but I’m sure he was listening to our talk when I first saw him.’ “Are you certain of it?” the agent asked, eagerly. “Well—no,” I replied; “not altogether certain beyond all mistake, but it looked mightily like it, I can tell you.” “Suppose you go to the telegraph office and see what kind of a message he sends,” suggested the agent. No sooner said than done. I hastened around to the tel graph office, and as I went in the men came out. He didn’t seem to recognize me—at least he didn’t look at me—and I thought it prudent not to appear to notice him. “Did that preaclier-looking fellow Bend a message to G ?” I asked of the operator, when I had gone in and closed the door after me.” “Yes. Why do you ask?” “Oh, only out of curiosity,” I replied. “Was it anything of importance? The man said that his brother and brother-in-law were both killed this afternoon.” The operator took the copy of the message from a file on the table and laid it before me. It was addressed to Mrs. C. H. Griggs, G , and signed Isaac G. Yan Scoter. It read : Henry and Charles are both dead. They will be sent homo Thursday. Everything seemed consistent, and any doubts which I had entertained of the good intentions of the stranger were speedily dispelled. I didn’t go back to the office, but turned my steps toward my boarding place, thinking, as I walked along, that Thursday would be an uncommon day with me, with two corpses and SBO,OOO in specie in my car. The money was safely deposited in the car an hour before the time for the train to leave, Thursday morning. It was securely locked in two strong, iron-bound chests, and when they were stowed away in the large safe and the heavy doors made fast I thought everything was pretty well fixed. A few minutes before we pulled out two wagons passed by the car, one of them containing two coffins and the other six men, who were evidently acting as pall-bearers. I looked around for the bereaved brother with the peculiar eye, but he was nowhere to be seen. I thought it a little strange that he should be absent at such a time, but I forgot all about it in a moment.

The coffins were placed in one end of the car, and, after it had been arranged that one of the men should come into the car and take a look at the bodies when we arrived at Bedwood, he shook hands with the others and entered one of the coaches. As tbe doors closed on him, the bells rang and we went steaming away. I was pretty busy for an hour or more, aud we had passed three or four stations before I had time to cast more than a casual glance toward the quiet passengers at the end of the car. But after a little, when I had more leisure, an uncontrollable wish took possession of me to look at the faces of the two dead men. - It wasn’t mere morbid curiosity, and I can’t describe it in any way better than to say it was a sort of vague desire which I could not quiet without satisfying it. I noticed that the lids were not fastened down. My next discovery was that the screws were gone. This struck me as strange, for I was sure I had noticed them when the coffins were lifted into the car. I remembered that I had given the attendants permission to arrange the caskets to their own satisfaction, and that they had been a long time doing it. If they had removed the screws unobserved at that time, what possible object could they ba ye had in doing so ? With this question on my mind I raised the upper portion of the lid of the Coffin nearest me and took a look at the faoe of the occupant. He was a young man, with a full face and square features. His cheeks were not sunken, and he had a decidedly fresh appearance for a young man who had been dead nearly two days, I thought. Beplacing the lid, I passed away to the other coffin. Here a new and startling surprise met me. The man in the coffin was the man whom I had seen in the express office 1 That red eye was staring straight at me, and I was not mistaken ! For a moment my consternation was too great for words. I could not have uttered a sound had my life depended on it. This man who was alive after the accident, which the paper said ca sed the death of Van Scoter and Griggs, and who had made arrangements for the transportation of their remains, was now here in this coffin, to all appearance, dead ! Then I remembered that the bereaved stranger had said that his dead brother resembled him very closely. But two brothers lire not apt to have red glass eyes ! Such a coincidence as this was beyond tbe pale of reasonable probability.

While yet I gazed at the supposed corpse, the other eye opened a little, aud I was sure that it was looking at me! I was convinced there was fraud hers, but to show that I had discovered it might cost me my life. So I very quietly replaced the lid of the coffin and took a moment’s time to think the matter over. I remembered my conversation with the express agent, which we feared had been overheard by the clerical-appear-ing stranger, and could only come to the conclusion that the whole thing was a deliberate plap tq jnurdey pie and gain

possession of the SBO,OOO in my charge. There was no denying that Hie man with the red eye was alive, and I had no doubt that the other man was also. Kneeling down, 1 placed my ear close to the side of the coffin, and could hear him breathe quite distinctly. I remembered that it was the intention of the attendant who had boarded the train to enter the oar at Redwood, ostensibly for the purpose of seeing to the bodies, and I could not doubt that the three men intended to attack me after the train pulled out of the station, and rob the car before our arrival at the next stopping place. There was but one station between ns and Redwood, and I knew we would be there in ten minutes more. I had no time for hesitation. Instant action was my only chance for safety. If I could secure myself against attack until we reached the next station, I felt that all would be welL In one instant I had decided upon a plan of action. As quietly as possible I piled several heavy boxes of merchandise on top of the two ooffiDS, and then I knew I was safe. Scarcely was this accomplished when we ran into the station. ’ I immediately fonnd two or three officers. First the man in the coach was secured. He was highly indignant that he should be disturbed on such a solemn mission. But it was no go. He was handcuffed in less than two minutes and marched out on the platform. It was an easy matter to secure the two quondam dead men. They were taken greatly at a disadvantage, and were deprived of all power to resist almost before they became aware how their nice little scheme had terminated. All three had been well armed. Bound and guarded the three miscreants were taken to Redwood and lodged in the county jail. Before I left I took a look at them through the grated doors of their cells. When I paid my respects to the man with the red eye, he smiled a little and remarked patronizingly: “You’re a pretty sharp young man. It takes a middling keen boy to outwit us.” “ Permit me to sympathize with you in your Sorrow at the loss of your dear brother, just a little.”

A Wild English Mob.

The Lancashire mob, which burned mills and houses, and had its own wild will for a single night last month, sprung up as if by magic and set out for the stone mansion of Col. Jackson, the Chairman of the Masters’ Association, stopping on the way again and again to ravage and destroy the property of manufacturers. The window-blinds of Brookhouse Cottage were torn down and converted into banners, which were carried at the head of the lawless procession in tne direction of the Clitheroe. For about three miles this headlong course was pursued, until the mansion was reached. Thousands vowed that they would have the life of Col. Jackson, on the ground that he had been prime mover in the attempted reduction of wages. There were two roads that ran to the mansion, and, on hearing the mob coming, he darted out at the back door and down toward the Bull’s Head, where he managed to get a hired cab; then he drove on toward Blackburn by an old highway and reached the Town Hall. The mob took possession of another cab which was seen on the other road and wrenched open the door. Mrs. Jackson and her children were inside, crying bitterly: Tue mob allowed them to go on, and then swarmed about the house. The best chairs, a piano and other furniture were brought to the door and smashed, and the bedding was tossed out of the windows. The mansion was set on fire in a dozen places and burned to the ground. Then a carriage was taken from the stable and trailed down the turnpike road to the town. On Salford bridge vitriol, spirits and combustibles were applied, and the vehicle was burned amid shouts of approval from the crowd. Some of the rioters at the house were mad enough to be unwilling to hold their hands when it was learned that two women servants were still in a bedroom. “Let them burn,” was the cry; but happily they were allowed to escape. Col. Jackson’s old port wine was drunk up, and probably added something to the fury of the uproar with which the mob returned to town.

A Infuriated Elephant.

There was a dreadful scene here on Tuesday afternoon, when a very large mad elephant ran through the station and killed half a dozen persons. The elephant belonged to the Bajah of Vizianagram, and was brought here from Benares by a wealthy Mohammedan on the occasion of the marriage of a relative of his. The animal was, as the mahout reports, kept in the sun, overworked and not properly rationed during its journey. The mahout states that he asked for some money for medicine from his master, who ordered payment of 4 annas or so, which he declined to receive. There were a couple of men on the howdah, and the mahout was on the shoulders of the elephant when it ran away. The riders got free of the animal by catching hold of the branches of trees by which it passed. The mahout remained for some time on its back, and tried his best to keep it in check, but when he saw it was impossible for him to control the animal ne jumped from its back. The brute killed six persons and injured two. One of the deceased climbed-up a bamboo tree in his endeavor to escape, but the animal uprooted the tree, the man fell to the ground and the elephant killed him on the spot. At 8 o’clock in the evening the elephant turned toward the Government treasury and the Beserve Police lines. Some of the Sepoys, leaving their charpoys, climbed up the mango trees, and some bolted toward tbe English quarters. Continuing its mad career, the elephant entered the compound of Mrs. Cooke’s bungalow, now occupied by Mr. Nicholson, SubDeputy Opium Agent, who fired and hit the animal on the head. This made it more furious, and it endeavored to enter the room occupied by Mr. Nicholson and his brother. Seeing the elephant in the veranda he fired again, hitting it on the trunk, and blood poured profusely from the wound. The animal was at large until next morning, when it was with great difficulty secured with chains by the mahout and several others.— Bombay {lndia) Gazette.

Didn’t Have Time.

A man who had a leg smashed near Oregon, Dane oounty, by the tornado, and who was moving out West from Milton, was placed upon the cars at Madison to be taken home. He was giving an account of the affair to a number of men in the baggage car. He said he had stopped at a farm house, and was leading his horse in the barn, when he was struck quicker than lightning, thrown into_ a straw heap, his horses blown into the air, the barn taken away, and his wagon crushed to atoms, and his leg broken. A minister, who was present, asked him if he put his trust in Providence. “By gaul, Square,” said he, as he hitched his broken leg around into an easy place, “/ didn't have lime." — Peek's (Milwaukee) Sun.

Something “ Fresh.”

“Anything new or fresh this morning ?” a reporter asked at a railroad office. “ Yes,” replied the lone occupant of the apartment. “What is it?” queried the reporter, whipping out his note-book. Said the railroad man, edging toward the door, “That paint you are leaning against” Suoh are the loads a newspaper man must bear. —Keokuk Constitution.

AGRICULTURAL AND DOMESTIC.

Around the Ham. Pasture is the most natural, as it is the most universal, food of sheep. In some countries sheep never get anything else; though feeding artificial food to a certain extent is remunerative. A correspondent of the New England Farmer induced the striped bug to “leave at onoe,” by simply placing “on the center of each hill a handful of ashes moistened with kerosene.” Seeds will germinate quickly at a temperature of 60 deg. Fahrenheit; but, for growing strong and healthy, a temperature of 50 deg. is better. Peas and beaus germinate quicker, and are less likely to rot in the ground, if soaked for twelve hours before planting. It should be borne in mind that every farmer who will take the trouble to keep up a tasteful appearance about his house not only pei forms a good work for 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. Rat and Mouse Exterminator.— A sure cure for rats and mice on a farm is a good supply of cats. It looks rather expensive to see fourteen or fifteen cats running around on a farm, bnt in the end you will be surprised to see the amount of grain they have saved yon. I speak from experience. We have had as many as fifteen cats at one time, and the amount saved by them would enable us to keep three or four times as many, if necessary. The Scientific American gives the following, which our readers, who raise poultry, will do well to heed : “Tut a table-spoonful of sulphur in the nest as soon as the hens or turkeys are set. The heat of the fowls causes the fumes of the sulphur to penetrate every part of their bodies; every louse is killed, and, as all nits are hatched within ten days, when the mother leaves the nest with her brood she is perfectly free from nits or lice.” The Live Stock Journal decides general questions as to cow food : “We have seen pumpkins fed quite freely, with excellent result in quantity and quality of milk ; but it is not fit or economical to feed too largely of any one food. Potatoes, fed in moderation, are excellent for milk; but, given in too great quantity, they will reduce the yield. Turnips or beets must not be given too liberally; corn-fodder, given as a sole ration, is Unprofitable ; but fed with half pasture will keep up the yield of milk and add largely to the profit of the season.” How to Feed Corn to Swine.—Although grains of undigested com are but seldom seen in the excrement of hogs, the long experience of some of the fatteners of hogs would go to show that for fattening purposes ground com is considerably more valuable than the unground. With the former the process of digestion goes on more rapidly, and the animals steadily increase in weight with a diminished amount of aliment. But the time consumed in getting the grain ground, and the miller’s toll—onetenth—mast be taken into the account.— Germantown Telegraph. To Stop a Horse from Chewing Harness —This and similar habits are among the consequences of some often-trivial derangement of the digestive system. The use of salt, and of some antacid, is generally sufficient to abate the nuisance. Keep the horse for a few months loose in a comfortable box stall, in one comer of which, upon a small shelf, place a piece of stone salt, and in another corner, also on a shelf, keep a supply of powdered chalk. At the same time, mix plenty of powdered aloes into the harness-blacking smeared on the parts of the harness or strap that he is in the habit of chewing. Western Rural. I noticed a few weeks since, in the Atlanta Constitution, the following remedy for blind staggers in horses : “ Turn up the tail of the horse and cut to the bone, crosswise, from hair to hair, about three inches from the root of the tail,” which it was said would afford immediate relief. Some two weeks ago, I had a mule taken with the blind staggers, and so violent was the attack that, had he belonged to any other person, I would not have given one dollar for him. As it was a desperate case, I thought I would try the remedy. He bled freely, and was better in two minutes, and was entirely well in a short time. Please insert this in your paper, and for the benefit of the public I hope it will be extensively copied.— Cor. Rome (Ga.) Courier. Self-Cleaning Stable.— E. W. Stewart has contrived a self-cleaning stable, which for twenty cows costs S7O, and pays for itself in two years in the saving of labor. An iron grating is placed for the hind feet of the cows to stand on ; the fore feet stand on plank. The gratng is composed of iron bars resting on iron joists. The iron joists rest on an angle-iron sill at the back side of the platform, and the other ends on a wooden joist under the plank. The bars are an inch thick, an inch and a half wide, and an inch and five-eighths apart. The platform is raised twelve inches, the gutter sunk eight inches. The droppings all pass through into the gutter below. The manure no longer soils the cows; that which had adhered to their flanks disappeared. The cows did not slip on the iron bars. —Country Gentleman.

About the House. Tea Hair Tonic.— Strong infusion of black tea, one pint; bay rum, four ounces; oil of lavender, one drachm; alcohol, four ounces; glycerine, four ounces. To Keep Lemons. —Lemons can be kept a long time in silver sand perfectly dried. Place the stem end of the lemon down, and have them three inches apart. Keep in a cool place. Antidote to Laurel Poison.— Strong green tea is a remedy for sheep poisoned with laurel. A teaspoonful of green tea boiled in water sufficient to make a cupful of the liquid, and given from a bottle when cool, is sure to cure. Cabbage Salad.— One cup of vinegar, one teaspoonful of mustard, one tablespoonful of melted butter and one egg ; beat the vinegar and add the butter; beat the egg, to which add the mustard; then stir into the vinegar, and pour over shredded cabbage. Fkenoh Loaf Cake.— Two and a half cups of sugar, one and a half cups of butter, one cup of raisins, one cup of warm milk, five cups of sifted flour, three eggs, half a wine-glass of wine, a little nutmeg, a small teaspoonful of saleratus; mix butter and sugar to a cream, add part of the flour and yelks of eggs, then the other part of. the flour and whites of eggs. Bich Waffles.— Take a teacup and a half of rice, which has been well boiled, and warm it in a pint of rich milk, stirring it until smooth; then remove it from the fire, and stir in a pint of cold milk and a little salt; beat four eggs very light, and stir into the mixture in turn, with sufficient flour to make a thick batter ; bake in a waffle-iron, butter them, and send to the table hot Cleansing Beds.— We have been renovating our hair matttresses this spring and finished the last one yesterday. They look as good as new and I am pleased to say cost us nothing except our time and labor. The mattresses were ripped on three edges, the hair taken out, put on the grass, well pulled apart and beaten with long whips. The tioks were washed and ironed and their hair put back evenly. Then, with a long upholsterer’s needie and strong twine, the mattresses were tacked down tightly in diamonds, the same as before, with a

roseate of blue or red "worsted tied in with each tacking. I "found it rather difficult in the first one to spread the hair evenly. Tht mattress, when tacked, was high in the oenter and with scarcely any hair in the comers so that I was obliged to undo part of the work. Profiting by this experience, I had no difficulty with the second.— Mrs. E. 8., in Rural New Yorker.

THE MICROPHONE.

A New Wonder Invented In England That Giwea the Telephone the Voice of Stentor. [From the New York Tribune.] We appear to be only at the beginning of discoveries in the line of the telephone and phonograph. An entirely new field of science has been opened; the limits cannot even be guessed. An instrument has been devised that bears a relation to our ■ capacity for hearing similar to that which the microscope or telescope does for vision. The new device magnifies sound. It is appropriately called the microphone. By its means sounds so faint that they have never before been heard by human ears may be made of any degree of loudness. A feather’s edge brushed over the sounding board of this instrument has been made to crash on the ears of the listeners. The touoh of the tip of a camel’shair brush was the occasion of a “crackling noise, of which the intensity was almost painful to the ear.” The faintest whisper of the human voi<*e can be reproduced in the loudest tones. “The maiden's sigh may roar like the cataract of Niagara/’ Prof. D. E. Hughes has given a full account of the microphone to the Royal Society of London, and described the steps by which he was led to the invention. He is most widely known in London as the inventor of the type-printing telegraph instrument, which is in general use in that country. Although he is an accomplished electrician, the apparatus which he has employed for his new experiments is of the simplest character and most trifling cost. With it he has made the footsteps of a house-fly distinctly audible; and all these sounds, after being intensified, are transmitted to any needful distance by the ordinary telephone.

The philosophy of the new invention is more difficult to explain than is the telephone itself. The discovery has been made by Prof. Hughes that the vibrations of sound are reproduced with the greatest delicacy and increased force by certain materials interposed in an electric circuit. The reproduced sounds gain their increase of power, doubtless, at the expense of the current. After a large number of experiments he gives the preference to carbon for this purpose—especially to pieces of charcoal that have been heated to whiteness and then plunged into mercury. These pieces, in one of his experiments, he placed in a glass tube, and brought a pressure upon them that squeezed their ends together. This apparatus was made part of a closed electric circuit cf three small cups. A Bell telephone was then introduced into the circuit, and the whole thing was complete. All that was necessary to do was to talk to the tube, even at a respectful distance from it, and the telephone repeated the sound, at any distance yet tried, with a loudness dependent only on the pressure. This disposes at once of the fear that the telephone was nearing the end of its usefulness as an instrument for conveying speech. It is only at the beginning. With such means there will be no obstacle to reporting a public speaker or singer; no difficulty, in fact, in hearing whispers inaudible to unassisted ears. All that has ever been imagined as among the possibilities of the phonograph or the telephone seems now certain to be outdone. Since the falling of a pin can now be heard at the distance of 100 miles, little will be needed to realize Hood’s metaphor that Silence herself may be making a row.

“Not at Home.”

A sign on a house on Croghan street informs the public that washing is done there, and it was quite natural that a mechanic working near by should take a bundle under his arm and call there and ask of the boy on the step : “Bub, is the washwoman in?” “ No, sir 1” was the prompt reply, “ there’s no washwoman here at all I” ~ “But that sign says washing done here,” remarked the man.

“ S’pose it does!” remarked the boy, in a higher key—“ s’pose it does ? A lady may become the victim of unfortunate circumstances to such an extent that she is willing to wash and iron shirts and sheets, but that doesn’t make a washwoman of her, does it?” “I thought it did,” said the man. “ Humph 1 If you draw a buggy down to the shop to be repaired, does that make a horse of you ?” Tie man was silently turning away when the boy added: “If you want to find the lady of unfortunate circumstances, go round to the side door, but the washwoman isn’t at home.” —Detroit Free Press.

A Mine of Wealth.

A Nevada newspaper says that it is but little over five years since the Big Bonanza mine was discovered, and that, in that time, not far from $100,000,000 of ore has been taken fiom it. The development of the Big Bonanza was gradual. No great noise attended its discovery, and some time had elapsed after that event before the mine was thought to be very rich. A few old heads had their private opinion on the subject, looked wise, but held their peace, so far as the public was concerned. The first miners struck small veins of ore, which gradually led up to the vast treasures that have since made the name Big Bonanza world-famous, a synonym for untold wealth, or rare good fortune of any kind. If the Big Bonanza had had very little in it, its opening would have been heralded far and wide; an office would h ive been opened in Pine street, and particular friends would have been taken in (in a double sense) on the ground floor. Mines seem to be like streams. Those that are deepest are quietest. It is the shallow ones alone which make so much noise.

Slashing a Leeper.

Beport says that Miss Coffey was one of the most modest and sweet-tempered young women in Lawrence, Kas., and that Mr. Leeper was a worthless, bullying fellow; yet, when they married, it was his parents who objected to the union. He lived with his wife only two weeks, and then it was mutually agreed that they should separate. The bride assented quietly, saying that she was pleased to be rid of her husband. He subsequently spoke disrespectfully about her to his friends. One evening he stood jauntily in the door of tne Postoffice, smoking. She came along in her customary diffident manner, handed her parasol to a bystander, took off her gloves, drew a cowhide from her pocket, and slashed Leeper across the face until he was terribly disfigured. Then she took back her parasol, put on her gloves, and walked demurely on.

Big Lecture Engagement.

Thomas Maguire, of San Frar cisco, has signed with Henry Ward Beecher for ten night lectures in California, five of which, at least, will be given in San Francisco. Beecher is to he given sll,000 in gold coin, that is to say, SI,OOO per lecture and SI,OOO for expenses. He is to have a repertoire of three lectures. Maguire was desirous that they should be given in September, but Beecher’s hay fever will probably delay the date until October. Two dollars is to be the price of seats. Two of the lectures will be delivered in Salt Lake.

Horse-Stealing in the West.

During the past ten or twelve years horse-stealing along the Western border or along the State lines of lowa, Nebraska, Kantum, Missouri, and Arkansas has been a lucrative business. Thousands of fine horses have been stolen and ran out of reach, mid comparatively few of the thieves have been arrested. Within the last eight months the number of horses reported stolen at police heada carters in Kansas City was 868. The lefts reported were divided among the four border States in the Mississippi valley as follows: Horses reported stolen in Kansas, 157; in Missouri, 140; in lowa, 50; in Nebraska, 21; total 368. This number only includes those advertised by their owners, and whose cards reached the Kansas City police station. It is presumable that this estimate does not cover more than one-half the number stolen during the last eight months in the Missouri valley and the adjacent country. It is not unreasonable to estimate the losses of the owners at SBO,OOO in the four States bordering on the Missouri river. The favorite mode of running out horses is thus described: “ Two of the gang enter a settlement where there are good horses, and hire themselves out as farm-hands. By this means they learn the habits of the owners, and the location of the coveted horses. Within a few days after they leave a place or a neighborhood a raid is made upon the stable, and the coveted horse disappears. The tnieves run then stock over lines seldom traveled, and, as the gang is very large, the same men seldom go more than one or two weeks before changing horses, and return to the neighborhood of the theft to take notes and spread false reports to mislead Eursnit. One instance is related of a orse stolen in Fremont county, lowa, passing through ten hands, all of them members of the gang, before it was sold in Sherman, Texas. In some places in Western Missouri, Arkansas and lowa, and in Eastern Kansas there are farms kept open for the especial benefit of the gang. These are generally in quiet, remote districts, far from the main road, where horses can be fed, doctored, and disguised for a safe sale. Notwithstanding the zeal with which Western farmers endeavor to suppress them, the number of horse-thieves is constantly on the increase. Of the 157 horses stolen in Kansas, more than 100 were stolen by boys under 23 years of age. Of the 140 stolen in the last eight months in Western Mis souri, more than two-thirds of the number were stolen by young men. But older men do the concealing and trading. The records of the past year show that more than half of the horse-thieves caught in this region were men of mature age. A liberal estimate of the number of stolen horses recovered in this region is one out of two.” —Kansas City Times.

How They Caught a Sword-Fish.

The Fall River (Mass.) Nevjs of the 23d ult. tells this story: “ Capt. Whitmore, of the schooner L. T. Whitmore, which arrived in this city yesterday from Florida, reports that one day during the passage, when apparently becalmed, he threw his log to see if he was making any headway. The log was one of the new patent kind. In the course of a few moments Capt. Whitmore took hold of the log-line to pull in the log, when to his astonishment he found he could not move it. Calling two or three men to his assistance, they succeeded in getting the log close up to the vessel, when to their astonishment they discovered that they had a large sword-fish in tow. It is supposed that he grabbed the log when it was first thrown overboard, and when in an upright position; that it became wedged in his mouth in some manner, and the more the fish tried to free himself the more did he become * snarled up’ in the log-line. However, another line was made fast to him, and the crew of 'the Whitmore finally got him on board. He weighed about 300 pounds. ” The Western Christian Advocate says that “ barbaric hate is Communism. It means man without a hope—a creature of despair—a people without religion—a world without a God. That is Communism, and Communism is hate.” We still assort that Heart Disease can be cured, and ask you to read this : I was afflicted for several year* with Palpitation of tho Heart, attended with dizziness and gradually increasing debilitv. For more than two years 1 was subject to severe darting paius through the heart, followed by a sense of suffocation and difficulty of breathing, threatening instant death. For eight months 1 was unable to lie down, but was obliged to si*, bolstered up in bed, or in my chair, through tho night. When asleep the motion ol the heart wouid often stop, causing me to wake suddenly in great distress, and preventing me from getting necessary rest. I was very much reduced in flesh and strength, and had given up all hope es permanent relief, when I was induced by a friend to try the efficacy of the HEART KF.UULATOR By the use of a few bottles 1 was restored to my usual health, and, for the last ten years, I have suffered no severe attacks. I cheerfully and gratefully recommend its use to all persons afflicted with Disease of the Heart. Mrs. K. P. Reed, Concord, N. H. The HEART REGULATOR is for sale by all druggists, at 50 cents and $1 per bottle. Wilhoft’s Fever and Ague Tonic.— Chill Cure !—Safe and Sure !—Dr. Wilhoft’s Tonic is curative and protective. It will cure Chills and protect from further attacks. Its reputation is established. Its composition is simple and scientific. It contains no poison. It acts promptly and its effects are permanent. It is cheap, because it saves doctors’ bills. It is harmless, speedy in action and delightful in its effects. Try it, and prove all that’s said. Wheelock, Finlay <fc Co., Proprietors, New Orleans. For sale by all Druggists. Mothers ! Mothers!! Mothers!!! Don’t r ail to procure Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup ti.r all diseases incident to the period of teething in 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-tried remedy. After you have read all of the important news in this paper read the advertisements, and the ‘ ‘ Don’t Forget It ” advertisement in particular.

THE MARKETS.

NEW YORK. Beeves $8 50 @lO 50 Hoos 3 50 @ 3 80 Cotton . ll*@ lljtf Flour—Superfine 3 30 @ 3 80 Wheat—No. J 2 Chicago 1 11 @ 1 12 Corn—Western Mixed 45 @ 47 Oats—Mixed 27 @ 32 Rye—Western 63 @ 64 Pork—Mess 10 00 @lO 26 Lard 6*£@ 7& CHICAGO. Beeves—Choice Graded Steers.... 5 20 @ 5 50 Choice Natives 4 60 @ 4 90 Cows and Hellers 2 25 @ 3 75 Butchers’ Steers 3 75 @ 4 00 Medium to Fair 4 20 @ 4 40 Hoos—hive 2 75 @ 385 Floor—Fancy White Winter...... 5 75 @ 6 00 Good to Choice Spring Ex. 5 00 @5 12V Wheat—No. 2 Spring 99 @IOO No. 3 Spring 88 @ 89 Corn—No. 2 86 @ 37 Oats—No. 2 „ 23 @ 24 Rye—No. 2 61 @ 62 Barley—No. 2 48 @ 49 Butter—Choice Creamery 16 @ 18 Enos—Fresh B%@ 9 Pork—Mess 9 00 @ 9 15 Lard 6* MILWAUKEE. Wheat—No. 1 102 @lO6 No. 2 1 00 @ 1 01 Corn—No. 2 36 @ 37 Oats—No. 2 23 @ 24 Rye—No. 1 61 @ 52 Barley—No. 2 59 <a 63 ST. LOUIS. Wheat—No. 3 Red Fall 100 @1 01 Corn—Mixed 34 @ 35 Oats—No. 2 25 @ 26 Rve 47 @ 48 Pork—Mess 9 00 @ 9 15 Labd..... 6*@ 6* Hogs 3 00 @ 360 Cattle 2 50 @425 CINCINNATI. Wheat—Red 95 @ 1 05 Corn 41 @ 42 Oats 26 @ 29 Rye 55 @ 58 Pork—Mess 9 25 @ 9 60 Lard...; 6#@ 734 TOLEDO. Wheat—No. 1 White 1 ll @ll2 No. Red 106 @1 07 Corn 39 @ 40 Oats—No. 2 24 @ 25 DETROIT. Flour—Choice White 5 25 @ 6 60 Wheat—No. 1 White 1 12 @ 1 13 No. 1 Amber 1 03 @ 1 04 Corn—No. 1 38 @ 39 Oats—Mixed 26 @ 27 Barley (per centa ) 1 00 @ 1 30 Pork—Mess 9 25 @ 9 50 EAST LIBERTY, PA. Cattle—Best 5 CO ta 5 20 Fair 4 50 @ 6 00 Common 4 00 @ 4 40 Hogs 2 25 @ 8 65 Sheep 3 25 @ 6 00

Dooley’s Toast Powder. There is, probably, no other baking powder manufactured that has beoome so mneh of a household word as Dooley's Yeast Powder. For twenty years it has stood before the public, and the innumerable testimonials that have been called forth voluntarily testify folly to its merits. Great age carries with it a certain respectability whether it attaches to a person or thing. This is seen particularly in the oase of Johnson's Anodyne Liniment, which is the most marvelous internal ard external remedy ever discovered. It onght to be kept in every house. Don’t Forget that the oountry is fall of tramps and thieves, and that vou onght tc S provided with a weapon of defense. Bee vertisement in another column headed “ Don’t Forget It." Ip farmer s and others continue to buy dnst and ashes put up in big packs and sold for condition powders it won’t bo our fault. We have exposed the swindle time and again. Sheridan's Powders art the only kind we know of worth carrying home. CHEW The Celebrated “ Matchless” Wood Tag Plug Tobacco. Tax Pioneer Tobacco Company, New York, Boston, and Ohioago. Don’t Forget It —That vou onght to read the advertisement so headed in another column of this paper. The Greatest Discovery of the Awe Is Dr. Tobias’ celebrated Venetian Liniment t DP yean before the public, and warranted to care Diarrhea, Dysentery. Colic and Spasms, taken internally: and Croup, Chronlo Rheumatism, Sore Throats, Cuts, Bruises, Old Sores, and Pains In the Limbs, Back and Cheat, externally, ft baa never failed. No family will ever be without U after once giving it a fair trial. Price, 40 cents. 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, Outs, Bruises, Old Sores, etc. Sold by all Druggists. Depot— lO Park Place, New York.

#Fi£LLOWB' Compound Syrup is composed es Ingredients identical with those which constitute Healthy Blood, Muscle, Nerve and Brain Substance, whilst Life Itself Is directly dependant upon some of them. Dr. Ilowe’s Testimony. During the past two years I have given Fellows’ Compound Syrup of Hypopnosphites a fair though somewhat severe trial in my practice. In restoring persons suffering from emaciation and the debility following diphtheria, it has done wonders. I constantly recommend its use in all affections of tho throat and lungs. In several oases considered hopeless it has given relief, and the patients are fast recovering. Among these are consumptive and old bronohial subjects, whose diseases have re* slated other modes of treatment. For Impaired digestion, and in fact for debility from any cauae, I know of nothing equal to it. WM. 8. HOWE, M. D. Pittsfield, Me. Hint I STUFfi Fret Haws! Rend 100. for 100 ruui LfllnCOpp. E. BROWN. Lowell, Maas, ■%■■■■■■■■■%■■ |WThat the WESTERN O L urn LII D ■_ Dnkws company KhMcMbcnus dealers at Wholesalo Rates. pT Send in orders. PURE LUBRICATING CASTOR OIL Is the best article known for Reapers, Mowers, ThreshCarriage Axles, <fco.; also as an Oil for Harness. I" Ask your Druggist or Grocer for it. CA TAD D U For 10 cents to pay printing “ ■ IX *» 11 s and postage, I will send to any sufferer “The True Theory of Catarrh,” with full information of a Sure Cure. I had it 24 years. DR. O. R. SYKES. IGO Madison St., Chicago, 11L sloes2s selling <mr Fine*.Art NOVELTIES Illustrated FpGQ by ihall on Catalogue A VS 14. bills A 1 CC application to J. H. BUFFORD'S SONS, Manufacturing" Publishers, 14 1 to 14? Franklin Street, Boston, Mass. Established nearly fifty years. NO EXPLOSIONS FOR 15 YEARS. Exeter Safety Boilers, Exeter t4ten.ni Engines. Hawkins Blowers and Exhaust Fans. The only first-clsse exhausters for the removal of shavings, dust and for ventilation made. 1,000 Testimonials. Medal and diploma awarded at Centonnial. Send for Illustrated circulars. EXETER MACHINE WORKS, 140 Congress Street, Boston, Mass. ifffisMOWA I ,200*000 Acres bUE WK£f from Chicago At f 5 to *B, In farm rots and on terms to suit all classes. Send postal-card for maps and pamphlet descriptive of 16 counties. Low freights. Excursion tickets, out and back, free to buyers. Start right I For any information apply to lowa It- K. Land t'o„ lift Randolph Street, Chicago, or Cedar Rapids, lowa. J. B- CALHOUN, Land Commiationer. 1759 LIARS As traveling agents are lying about our Five-Ton Wagon Scale, on whioh we prepay the freight, sell on trial for SSO, and ask no money till tested and found satisfactory. For Lithograph and Prioe List (free) addross JONES OF BINGHAMTON, Binghamton, N. T.

ASTHMA. Thousands of the worst cases of Asthma have been relieved by using Jonas Whitcomb’s Remedy. In no oase of purely asthmatic character has it failed to give relief. Cincinnati, January 81, 1878. Messrs. Joseph Burnett A Co., Boston: Gentlemen —l am happy to be able to recommend to those Buffering from the distress of Asthma, your valuable relief, Jonas Whitcomb’s Asthma Remedy. So far as 1 have used it my statement concurs with others with whom I am familiar, as to the most favorable results derived from its use. J. N. DEAN. Student at Cincinnati Law College.

Hues in Minnesota. Minnesota s h*ss tS'-vs Dollars. THIRTY-FIVE MILLION bushelt of Oats, Com. Rye, Barley, Buckwheat and Potatoes, worth over Twenty Million Hollars. Four hundred and Five FLOURISH MILLS. Fifteen hundred and eleven Run Tlneflnfii of Stone. The Greatest Milling Coun MPfl jj |1 1 I try in the World. The beat Water Power I A UU.U.U li n the United States. One Hundred and twenty thonennd Horse Power at St. Anthony Falls alone. FIVE HUNDRED MILLION FEET of lumber sawed. QMJEA.T RVSUfur choice WHEAT XAA/JN. Imense Migration in TJnp 1878. Nothing like it ever known. Twenty | 111 Three Hundred Miles of Railrona, * w * mndevery train crowded. Land offices besieged with throngs of applicants. Wisconsin, lowa and-Kansas also coming. We invite the world into the EMPIRE STATE OF THE NORTHWEST. Twenty-Five Million acres of land awaiting settlement. 1 Ann Free Homes, Free Schools, Free Lands. In// Pamphlet of Eighty Pages with a fine * U f I ■ Map will be sent, post-paid, to EVERY APPLICANT everywhere, to every country, the world over. Apply to JOHN \V". BONO, Hec’y of State Board of Immigration, St. Paul, Minnesota. Don’t Forgot It! After you have been aroused at night by burglars In your house a few times, yon will feel the necessity ol having a good REVOLVER. Probably not before. When you do feel that necessity, DON’T FORGET that you can buy a FIRST-CLASS Nickel-Plated Steel Barrel and Cylinder SEVEN-SHOT REVOLVER, warranted perfect In every particular, for the small snm of THREE DOLLARS, and. In addition, receive a copy of the BKBT FAMILY PAjtaßte the United Statee-THE CHICAGO K.llS’te Wfe'oKfVKt who buys one of onr Revolvers. REMEMBER, this is no oheap, cast-iron Revolver. II is first-class in every particular, and will be sent by mail. to .,l ny a ’?'?J eß Si on receipt of *3.00. Or for $3.50 w* will send the Revolver and 100 Cartridges by Express. These Revolvers are manufactured expressly for us, and are the best ever offered <or the money. THE LEDGER U ma led one year FREE to every purchaser. Thre«

NEW BUCKEYE MOWER. ™ THE CELE L . BUCKEYE HARVESTER AND SELF-BINDER. For further information, address either C. AULTMAN Si CO., Canton, 0., or AULTMAN, HILLER Si CO., Akron, o.

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CELEBRATE THE FOURTH OF JULY. My new Niokel-Plated Seven-Shot Steel-Barrel am# Cylinder REVOLVERS make a Louder Report thaw anything of the kind ever Invented. Just the thing fur firing Fourth of July salutes with. Cartridges to fit them' oan he had at any general store. Unequaled as a weapon of defense. Sent to any address, postage paid, ott receipt of $2-00. Send in your orders early. G. A. HARRIS. Manufacturer, 177 Fifth Ave., Chicago, 11L

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