Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 October 1878 — Page 4

WISHING AND HAVING. BY B. H. STODDABD. If to wish and to have were one, my dear, You would be sitting now With not a care in your tender heart, Not a wrinkle upon your brow; The clock of time would go back with you All the years you have been my wife, Till its golden hands had pointed out The happiest hour of your life; I would stop them at that immortal hour; The clock should no longer run; You could not be sad and sick and old— If to wish and to have were one. You are not here in the winter, my love, The snow is not whirling down; You are in the heart of the summer woods, In your dear old sea-side town; A patter of little feet in the leaves, A beautiful boy at your side; He is gathering flowers in the shady nooks— It was but a dream that he died! Keep hold of his hands, and sing to him; No mother under the sun Has such a seraphic child as yours— If to wish and to have were one. Methinks I am with you there, dear wife, In that old house by the sea; I have flown to you as the bluebird flies To his mate in the poplar tree. A sailor’s hammock hangs at the door, You swing in it, book in hand; A boat is standing in for the beach, Its keel grates on the sand; Your brothers are coming—two manly men, Whose lives have only begun; Their days will be long in the land, dear heart— If to wish and to have are one. If to wish and to have were one, ah, me! I would not be old and poor, But a young and prosperous gentleman, With never a dun at the door; There would be no past to bewail, my love, There would be no future to dread; Your brothers would be live men again, And my boy would not be dead. Perhaps it will all come right at last; It may be, when all is done, We shall be together in some good world, Where to wish and to have are one.

A TALE OF THE OLDEN TIME.

In the summer of 1757, when we were fighting against the encroachments of France on our Northern and Western borders, there lay among the picturesque hills of Northern Virginia a large plantation. The family mansion stood on elevated ground, with sloping lawns, and broad piazzas, shaded by an abundant growth of ivy and tall poplars. The owner of this beautiful estate was an eccentric old planter, whose chief pride lay in the immutability of his word. A law of the Medes and Persians could sooner have been broken than his commands changed; and under his arbitrary rule he had brought up a daughter—his only child. She was just 17, and was possessed of a beauty so rare and unconscious that, added to her prospective wealth, it caused her fame to spread far and wide. About this time the atro&ties of the Indians grew so daring and terrifying that the planter determined on getting a son-in-law possessing strength and courage, even at the sacrifice of his daughter’s happiness; but he matured his plans before he revealed them. One afternoon, late in August, the planter’s daughter stood on the western piazza, leaning against a pillar covered with climbing roses. She was dejectedly gazing into the golden, hazy clouds that lay piled in the distant west, and nervously pulling apart the roses, until the floor at her feet was covered with petals. “ Oh, dear,” she exclaimed at last, “ I wonder if ahything can be done!” “ About what, honey?” asked a moth-erly-looking darkey, looking up from her knitting through a pair of large brass spectacles. “ Haven’t you heard, mammy, of father’s last whim ?” sighed the girl. “We are to have a jumping-match on the east lawn in two weeks. All the young men of the villages are invited to take part, and I am to marry the one who slumps the farthest.” “ Lord o’ Massy, chile! de butcher’s son might jump de furdest!” “ Oh, no, there is little danger of that. I fear others more.” “ I reckon, darlin’, dem savages is de cause of all dis here trouble,” said the woman thoughtfully. “ Massa is awfully ’fraid dey’ll come up here an’ butcher us widout judge or jury, an’ he’s gettin’ ole, honey, and needs a son dat can site, an’ larn de boys to site, too.” A quick step on the gravel walk made the young girl turn. “ Oh, here is Tom at last!” she exclaimed, as, with beaming face and heightened color, she sprung lightly down the steps to meet a finelooking young military officer. “ I am so glad to see you,” she said, extending both hands.' “And so old Tim actually found you ?” “ Yes,” he replied, taking her hands, and then lifting her tell-tale face to find a confirmation of her words in the innocent depths of her dark eyes. “ Tim found me, and here I am, Nettie; but I have only ten or fifteen minutes to stay. Let us walk in that path yonder, where we can talk undisturbedly;” and he drew her hand through his arm. “ Your note tells me of this jack-a-napes whim of your father’s, and the consequent son-in-law business. It fairly makes my blood boil to think he would subject you to such a trial.” “ But you can jump further than any one else, Tom, and you won’t have to go to Carlisle, will you ?” “No, thank fortune, not for some time. We are at Fort Cumberland now, but in a few days will be nearer this plantation. Col. Stanwix sent me down with a party of men to help dose these Indians with gunpowder. They have committed some fearful ravages not very far oft’.” “ I wonder where Col. Washington is ? Why doesn’t he stop these cruelties, if he is as brave as they say?” asked Nettie. “ Because Gov. Dinwiddie is always interfering with him. He has scarcely more than enough men at his own headquarters in Winchester to protect Fort Loudon alone. As to his bravery, it can’t be questioned. He received four bullets through his coat at the battle of Monongahela, two years ago, and had two horses killed under him, and he was just recovering from a fever, too. But, Nettie, we can talk of this some other time. Now to business: On the day of the match, if—” “ Oh, don’t say it, Tom,” interrupted Nettie, hiding her face on his arm. “ You know father is inexorable, and if you fail!” “Fail or not fail, you belong to me, darling,” exclaimed the young man, emphatically, “ and nothing shall separate us. Wear this ring as a pledge, and, if the worst is realized, you and I must be among the missing immediately after the festivities. Will you do just as I tell you, Nettie?” “Yes, Tom,” she replied, in a low tone. “ Then we can make arrangements for a failure when we meet, for I can’t think it possible that I can fail.” He spoke hurriedly, for there was not a moment to spare. “ Duty is imperative,” he continued with a smile, “ and I have scarcely time to reach my post, so good-by, Nettie, for two weeks.” The appointed day dawned bright and clear. Promptly the young men assembled, each eager to win so much beauty and wealth. The gentry and farmers also came to witness the unusual spectacle. The old planter, with his friends, took places on the judges’ platform, while Nettie, at her father’s command, stood at a little distance, under a group of trees, with her old nurse and a few young friends. The contest began, and had nearly closed, when a horseman galloped up the road, and, seeing the crowd, fastened his horse, and walked over the lawn to inquire what was going on. He was about 25, very tall, and with a military bearing remarkable in one so young. Such dignity of deportment would seem, in these days, inconsistent with such a pastime as jumping, but then it was a common amusement, like

our base-ball. He stepped up to Tom, and asked, “ Can any one take part? I should like very much to try my skill.” “ Certainly; I believe the old planter’s whim included the world at large,” said Tom, curtly, as he moved off to take his turn. The soldier stood near black Tim, who had been watching the contest with much interest, but who now turned his attention to the long limbs of the stranger, with a good deal of concern expressed on his old black features. “ I say, massa,” and Tim’s eyes rolled round in his anxiety in a way quite fearful to behold, “dis yer yous, what you was talkin’ to, is Massa Tom, an’ dey is ’gaged already—de young missus an’ him. She likes him wonderful, but p’raps you donno dat our Miss Nettie is de prize, what de old massa put up for the biggest jumper. I’s awful ’faid you’ll jump de fardest wid dem long legs. No dispect meant, massa.” The reply to Tim’s discourse was lost in a shout from the crowd, for the people’s favorite—young Capt. Tom Lenard —had outstripped all of his competitors. But, to the surprise of many, this military stranger claimed a turn, and the old chronicler—Tradition—bears a fabulous record of his success across this chasm of 120 years. A moment of silent astonishment succeeded, and then rose a few shouts of admiration, a feeling all would have shared but for their sympathy with Annette. Trembling like a leaf, she leaned sadly on Tom’s arm, while he whispered hurried directions for their flight, and was leading her reluctant steps toward the ivy-covCred tower, that had been arranged near the platform for her and her successful knight. The old planter stepped from his slight elevation, and, placing his daughter’s hand in that of the victor, said, “ You have won the prize, sir, and, as my word is never broken ” “Excuse me, sir,” broke in the soldier, holding the hand of the blushing girl, “ but you must allow me to interrupt you one moment. I took part in this contest for the simple pleasure of trying my powers with others, and not as a rival. I confess this solitaire jewel is a rare prize, wonderfully rare, for a father’s heart to surrender to such an occasion, and, much as I might regret it under other circumstances, my engagements render it impossible for me to accept the honor you seem willing to confer. I, therefore, relinquish my right in favor of him who came next me in the list,” and, turning, he placed the hand he held in that of the surprised and happy Tom; adding, in a lower tone, “ besides, the hand and heart should never be divorced.” “ Look here, young officer,” abruptly interrupted the planter, “ I should be glad to know your name, and have you remain with us.” “ Thank you, sir,” was the reply, “but I have already lingered here too long. We are making military preparations to stop these Indian depredations, and you can judge it is no time for an officer to be long absent from his post. lam sorry to be forced to bid you so hurried a farewell.” He shook hands with the young couple and congratulated them upon the happy termination of the contest, and, waving an adieu to the rest, mounted his horse and was soon out of sight. The old planter did not long survive, and never saw his young visitor again. Tom and Nettie married and settled down in the old homestead, which wealth and happiness turned into a paradise. The French war was soon closed, but a greater one began when the colonies threw off the galling yoke of England. From this struggle rose the fame of Ggorge Washington, Commauder-in-Chief of the American armies, until it. not only filled all Europe, but rose higher still to be “ first in the hearts of his countrymen.” After liberty was gained for 3,000,000 people Washington sought the retirement of home. Ou Christmas eve, 1783, he once more reached Mt. Vernon, after an absence of eight years and a half, during which time he had stopped there only twice—on his w’ay to Yorktown and back. The September following his return he began an equestrian tour beyond the Alleghanies, where he held some property, and, going near the plantation where twenty-six years before he had participated in a jumping-match, he called. Two young girls were sitting on the piazza, and rose to meet him as he ascended the steps. “Do Captain and Mrs. Lenard still reside here?” he asked. “ Yes, sir,” answered the younger. “ I will call mamma;” while the elder, pointing to an easy chair of willow, said, “ Won’t you take a seat, sir; it is cooler out here than inside,” blushing all the while under his scrutinizing gaze just as her mother had done years before. “Is your name Nettie?” he asked. “ Yes, sir.” “ Named for your mother, I suppose.” The astonished girl had no time to reply, for the Tom and Nettie of olden time appeared through the arched doorway and the stranger rose to greet 1 them. “ Will you take in an old friend and ; wayfarer to dine with you to-day? It is pleasanter being with friends than at an inn.” “ With pleasure,” they replied, in the old Southern style of true hospitality. He noticed, however, their look of per- i plexity, and said: “ I will not tax your i memory too far, for twenty-six years I bring heavy changes, still you can’t forget our last meeting. Do you re- ' member a young Colonel, Captain, whose presumption enabled him to outstrip you in a jumping match years ago, and who yielded his right to the prize you so much coveted?” “ Indeed I do,” exclaimed Capt. Lenard, springing up and grasping his hand once more, “ I knew I had seen you somewhere, General”—a name Tom had unwittingly given him from the first—“ but I could not recall the occasion. We are indeed glad to see you, and give you a warm welcome to our table.” They sat on the piazza after dinner, the same old western piazza, with its climbing roses, where Nettie stood in her youthful grief, just twenty-six years before. And here, shaded by the same old ivies and poplars, they talked of the changes the years had wrought, particularly for our country. Gen. Washington enjoyed his visit exceedingly. They all addressed him as “ General,” but their free and unconstrained remarks relating to the late war, and their intense admiration for the great leader of the American armies were evidence enough that he was unknown. When he rose to take leave, and was giving each a warm pressure of the hand in farewell, Capt. Lenard said, “ General, I gave you this name because it seemed to suit you, not that I thought you were one then, and it is the only name we have known you by. Were you aware you had never enlightened us?” Washington smiled. “I supposed from several remarks made to-day that I was unknown, and I have enjoyed our free, social intercourse too much to enlighten you. Will you excuse what has seemed like a breach in politeness ? and I will rectify the error now as far as possible.” Saying this, he presented his card: Geoeoe Washington, Mount Vernon. Not a word was spoken, and in the silence of amazement their worldfamed guest departed,

AGRICULTURAL AND DOMESTIC.

Around the Farm. Lice on Stock. —Calves and yearlings, and cows and oxen as well, when nfested with lice, should be freed at once by rubbing the skin with a mixture of sweat oil and kerosene in equal parts.— Exchange. The earlier grass lands are topdressed in the autumn the better for the next year’s grass. There is no better place for fine manure than grass land, especially where in the rotation the meadow is regularly brought into tillage crops. Two or three quarts of water —“ as near ice-cold as it is possible to get ” added to the cream toward the end of churning, will, says Col. Curtis, in the Weekly Rural, “cause the butter to gather a great deal quicker, and come hard and firm.” The temperature of his cellar is 64 degrees, and the water used as above probably two degrees colder. The following are the steps of quick transit in the upward march of cattle improvement: The produce of a common or “ scrub” cow by a thorough-bred bull would be a half-blood; this halfblood and a thorough-bred again coupled would produce a three-quarter-blood ; the next cross would be seveneighths, and the next a fifteen-sixteenths. The Grub in the Head.—Some months ago Mr. Crabb, of Oakville, Napa county, told me his remedy was to bathe the head with spirits of turpentine. I have been experimenting recently with several sheep afflicted with the above-named disease. After bathing the head well between the ears, I poured one teaspoonful into each ear. Relief was manifested immediately. In a few days they were perfectly well.— Letter to San Francisco Chronicle. Goats Versus Rats.—lt is a very prevalent opinion that rats will not stay where goats are kept, and, if this is a fact, we must say we respoct their judgment. We cannot say from our own knowledge as to this, but a friend who some years ago took a farm that was overrun with rats assures us that they have disappeared since some Angora goats were brought on to the premises. Our own farm was at one time infested with rats, but they disappeared upon the application of vigorous measures, although no goat was upon the place. So the question has two points of view, and may be considered a doubtful one. —American Agriculturist. The German way of prolonging the enjoyment of fresh currants is to train the plant in tree form, and when the fruit is ripe—not dead ripe—inclose with a cone of tall straw, not thick enough to exclude air, tying at the top. In the absence of straw, cloths may be used. A correspondent says that the adoption of this plan enabled him to pick delicious currants so late as October. The Prairie Farmer reminds its readers that the same result is secured by setting the bushes on the north side of a high fence, in the shade of trees, not forgetting to give some liquid manure during the season of growth. Mr. B. H. Warner, of Livingston county, N. Y., says, in a letter to Rural Home, that the fertility of his farm, and many others, has been kept up by plowing under clover, by laying blind drains, by use of improved implements, by free application of plaster, and by feeding out (mostly to sheep, which were sold off before grass-time in the spring, horses and cattle enough being kept to inn the farm), all hay, straw, corn-stalks and coarse grains raised (and more, if required), and using the manure in the right time and place. Has bought no commercial fertilizers until the last two years—these years w’ith good results. Every Minute.—So much may be accomplished in the spare minutes! If the farmer, while he is waiting for his dinner to be'“ dished up,” would nail on that loose paling to the garden-gate, or do five minutes’ work on the doorstep which needs repairing, or tack up the vine which the storm has beaten down, he will feel none the worse for it when he sits down to dinner, and yet the piece of work will give him satisfaction every time he thinks of it. More than this, the mended gate wall keep the chickens from destroying the garden, thus saving him dolla rs of money and hours of time. The mended step may save some members of the household a heavy fall, and perhaps broken bones. The vine over the window gives an air of refinement to the house. The lesson can be applied in-doors as well as out. The woman that is quick to observe little things that need doing, who mends garments as soon as possible after they are torn—who does not think it too much trouble to get her needle and thread and sew a rent up in an odd five minutes—will never have her mending basket piled up so high it half distracts her to look at it. The old adage, “ a stitch in time save* nine” is as true as ever it was.

HOUSEHOLD ECONOMY.

Salt water has a tendency to decompose cements of all kinds. Fly Destroyer.—lt is stated that flies hate the odor of the elder bush, and a branch or two hung up in the dining-room will rid it of these pests. An exchange states that if a shirtbosom or other article has been scorched in ironing, laying it a while in the bright sunshine will take the discolored spot entirely out. Use Kerosene.—Don’t forget, once or twice during the summer, to rub a little kerosene over your unused stoves. It keeps them from nisting. It is also good for all iron utensils upon the farm. Remedy for Black Teeth. —Take equal parts of cream of tartar and salt; pulverize them finely, and mix well. Then wash your teeth in the morning, and rub them with this powder. Afterward, keep your stomach free from fetid gases. The way to tell a ripe watermelon is by numerous black specks, scales or blisters on the rind. It is necessary to look closely to see them, but a ripe melon will always show them in abundance ; and if they are absent, few, or only partially developed, it is safe to say that the fruit is not fit for use. To Clean Bottles.—Cut a new potato into small pieces and put them in the bottle, along with a table-spoonful of salt and two table-spoonfuls of water. Shake all well together in the bottle till every mark is removed, and rinse with clean water. This will remove green marks of vegetation and other discolorations. Hard-crusted bottles may be cleaned off by rinsing with water and small shot. An excellent pomade for the hair may be made thus: Marrow bone, one-half pint of oil, 4 pence worth of citronella. Take the marrow out of the bone, place it in warm water, let it get almost to boiling point, then let it cool and pour the water away. Repeat this three times until the marrow is thoroughly “fined.” Beat the marrow to a cream with a silver fork, stir the oil in drop by drop, beating all the time. When quite cold add the citronella; pour into jars and cover down. Blackhead Pimples.—Take a pin—a needle is too sharp—insert carefully, until felt slightly; turn the pin around several times until the blackhead is dislodged at the extreme point, where it clings with the tenacity of a thing of life; remove the pin, squeeze firmly, not

at the surface of the skin, as they are deep in the flesh and the pressure must force them out entire or they grow again; apply camphor to remove any soreness. White spots under the skin should be removed with a needle, as they are inclosed in a sack-like skin very difficult to penetrate; many allow them to remain, but they increase in size and do not generally pass away. All such disagreeable blemishes should be removed at once from the face. To Restore Old Solid-Wood Furniture. —If possible, have an uncarpeted room with no other furniture than the piece to be treated, as the dust is very penetrating; rub the article all over with medium sand-paper, taking particular pains with carving, corners, etc., using a fresh bit as soon as the paper gets smooth; afterward brush and dust thoroughly; then rub down with very fine sand-paper, such as is used for nice bracket work, till the surface is smooth to the touch; polish -with any good furniture polish, not varnish, or make a simple mixture yourself, consisting of 5 cents’ worth of both spirits of turpentine and raw linseed oil, thoroughly shaken; apply with flannel and rub hard; after it is nearly dry go all over it with fresh flannel or chamois skin; it may require several applications to give desired luster.

A Husband’s Hobby.

Mr. Waite is a model husband—that is to say, in a good many respects. He neither drinks, smokes nor chew’s, stays at home evenings, never gambles, and gives his wife all the money that she wants. It is said that all men have some idiosyncrasy or hobby. Mr. Waite has his. It is a deep-rooted mania for attending auction sales, and buying articles of every description, a la Toodles, without regard as to whether they will ever be of any practical or imaginary use to him. As long as he gets them at a bargain he is satisfied. A good joke about this peculiarity of his was related to me the other evening by a friend of his. Mr. Waite went to an auction sale of a dealer in sporting goods. He bought 200 dumb-bells, at -20 cents a pair, and carried them home in triumph. He stored them in the cellar, where they remained six months or so. Mrs. Waite got tired of seeing them occupying so much space, especially as she wanted the cellar for some purpose of her own. So, imagining that her husband had forgotten all about his novel acquisition, she sold the dumb-bells for a mere song to an auctioneer. That evening Mr. Waite returned home with a hand-cart. His face was flushed but triumphant. “ What have you got in that handcart, my dear,” asked Mrs. Waite. “ Dumb-bells, darling.” “ What?” “ Dumb-bells. Bought 200 pairs at 30 cents a pair. Paid more for them than for the others I got, but you know it will never do to let the price of dumbbells drop.” Mrs. Waite took one look at the articles. Her worst - fears were realized. They were the same old dumb-bells that she had sold in the morning. Mr. Waite had chanced to be in attendance at the sale where they had been offered, and had bought them in at one-half advance over the price he had first paid for them.— Alta California.

Fashion Notes.

Short suits are growing shorter. Lizards are a favorite bonnet ornament. Felt hats and bonnets will be worn as much as ever. Round hats are again worn with dressy street toilets. Every imaginable kind of corsage is w orn this season. The Scotch plaid short suits are all the rage at the moment. Old gold satin piping is used on many of the new costumes. The Queen Catharine bonnet is a stately novelty bonnet for matrons. Garnet and turquoise blue are favorite millinery combinations. Moire and satin striped in edging and trimming bonnets and hats. The leading round hats of the season are the Henri 11. toque and the Madeleine. Corduroy velvet is very fashionable for both millinery and dressmaking purposes. ; Garnet and jet bead edgings are seen on hats and bonnets of velvet, felt, and plush. Nearly all the new colors this season take their names from precious stones. New picture frames are of smooth, polished wood, without any carving or tracery.— New York Sun.

A Good-Hearted Man.

A stranger who boarded a Michigan avenue car at Jefferson avenue yesterday forenoon did not mind the fare-box until a woman came aboard and dropped in her nickel. She was talking with another woman about the fever sufferers as she did so, and the man pricked up his ears and also put in a nickel. A fourth, fifth and sixth passenger got aboard and paid their fares, and every time a nickel went into the box the stranger “saw” it. By-and-by, after he had deposited ten fares, to the great amusement of other passengers, an old woman with a basket took her seat and sent her fare along, and at the same time happened to look across at the good-hearted man. “Bluff, is it!” he called out as he rose up and went down for big change. “Well, if a crow'd like this ’ere can bluff me on yellow-fever nickel subscriptions then I’ll eat my boots! Here, you walleyed crowd, climb over this two-dollar bill and I’ll drop in a five!” He pushed the money into the box, and the driver opened the door and inquired : “Do you want change?” “Change? Not a red! I’m waiting for this caboodle to call my hand if they dare!”— Detroit Free Press.

“Stop That Car!”

“Stop that car!” cried old Mr. Nosengale, chasing a flying car up Division street, the car fresh as a daisy, and Mr. Nosengale badly blown, and the distance pole not a minute away. “Stop that car!” he shouted to a distant but fleet-limbed boy. “Certainly!” shrieked back the obliging boy; “what shall I stop it with?” “Tell it to hold on!” shouted the abandoned passenger. “Hold on to what?” yelled the boy. “Make it wait for me!” puffed Mr. Nosengale. “You’ve got too much weight now,” said the boy; “that’s what’s the trouble with you.” “Call the driver!” gasped the perspiring citizen, and, as the car rounded the corner and passed out of sight, the mocking echoes of the obliging answer came floating cheerily back, “All right! What shall I call him?”— Burlington Hawk-Eye.

For His Wife’s Sake.

A Newark bachelor dropped in, the oth'er evening, to see a married friend whose wife was absent from home on a prolonged visit. He found him smoking desperately at a cigar nearly a foot long. “Why,” asked he, breathlessly, “ where on earth did you get such a preposterous cigar as that, Charley?” “ Had it built by contract,” was the response. “ You see,” continued the smoker, explanatorily, “ I promised my wife before she went away, bless her, that I wouldn’t smoke more than six cigars a day. Promises to a wife are sacred, you know, and I mean to keep mine if I have to get cigars as long as a lamp-post,”— Newark Call,

Heat of the Sun.

We can measure the quantity of heat that the sun constantly emits, because we can measure the amount received by our earth, which intercepts about the 2,300,000,000 th part of all the light and heat emitted by the sun. We thus find that, in every second of time, the sun emits as much heat as would result from the combustion of 11,600,000,000,000 tons of coal. In passing, it may be convenient to notice that each portion of the sun’s surface as large as our earth emits as much heat per second as would result from the combustion of 1,000,000,000 tons of coal—a simple and easily-remem-bered relation. Now it is easily calculated from this that if the sun’s whole mass consisted of coal, and could burn right out to the last ton, maintaining till then the present rate of emission, the supply would not last more than 5,000 years. As the sun has most certainly been emitting light and heat for a far longer period than this, the idea that the solar fire is thus maintained is, of course, altogether untenable. There are, however, many other reasons for rejecting the idea that the sun is composed of burning matter, using the word “ burning ” in its proper sense, according to which a piece of coal in a fire is burning, whereas a piece of red-hot iron is not burning, though burning hot. In like manner we find ourselves compelled to reject the belief that the sun may be a body raised at some remote epoch to an intense heat throughout its entire mass, and gradually cooling. For we find that in the course of a few thousands of years such a mass would cool far more than the sun has cooled (if he has cooled appreciably, at all) even within the historic period, and we have evidence that he has poured his heat on the earth during periods compared with which the duration of the human race is but as a second amid centuries, while the duration of historic races is utterly lost by comparison.— Cornhill Magazine.

A Health-Destroying Vapor

Is generated by the action of the sun’s rays upon damp, decaying vegetation, stagnant pools, and marshy, low-lying tracts. The true nature of this miasma is by no means clearly understood, but there are two facts in relation to it that are. The first is, that the periodical fevers which it breeds are of the most virulent type; the second, is, that these maladies are rarely cured, although they may be ameliorated, by the ordinary remedies employed to overcome them. The 'true antidote to the effects of miasma is Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters. This medicine is one of the most popular remedies of an age of successful proprietary specifics, and is in immense demand wherever, on this continent, fever and ague exists. A wine-glass-ful three times a day is the best possible preparative for encountering a malarious atmosphere, regulatifag the hver, and invigorating tile stomach.

The Fat Men’s Convention.

We can see some pleasure, if no reason, in the convening of a baby show, but we confess we could never see the slightest cause, reasonable or otherwise, for a fat men’s convention, unless it be the fact that misery loves company. For fifty or a hundred men, whose several weights range from two hundred to three hundred pounds, to hold a convention simply because of so much surplus avoirdupois, is absurd to say the least It becomes doubly so when we reilect that obesity is a disease. What would we think of as many persons emaciated by consumption holding a convention to compare their relative weights? There is but one ground upon which we would advocate another fat men’s convention, and that is that they will meet to discuss the merits of Allan’s Anti-Fat, the only known remedy for obesity. It is safe and reliable. Sold by'druggists. The Heart is a delicate organ and must be kept in perfect health that the blood may circulate properly and promote the growth of every organ of the body; therefore, if you have any symptoms of Heart Disease, do not delay, but procure a suitable remedy, such as we offer you in Dr. Graves’ HEART REGULATOR, and arrest the disease—delay is always dangerous. Among the many forms of Heart Disease are Palpitation, Enlargement, Spasms of the Heart, Stoppage of the Action of the Heart, Trembling all over and about the Heart, Ossification or Bony Formation of the Heart, Rheumatism, General Debility and Sinking of the Spirits. Send your name to F. E. Ingalls, Concord, N. H., for a pamphlet containing a list of testimonials of cures, etc. The HEART REGULATOR is guaranteed to cure all symptoms of Heart Disease, organic or sympathetic, and can be procured of your druggist at 50 cents and $1 per bottle. Visitors to Paris who have not seen the city since the Exhibition of 1867 are struck by the sense of personal freedom which is now experienced. Soldiers are hardly to be seen; even policemen are few and far between; and though they are still required to give up their walking sticks and umbrellas at the doors of some places—as, for instance, the Invalides—where no mischief could possibly be apprehended from their retaining them, they are not subjected to this annoyance at the Louvre and other museums.

Wxlhoft's Tonic ! —A Safe, Sure, and Scientific Cure !—The unprecedented sale of this world-renowned medicine proves incontestibly that no remedy has superseded the use of this reliable Tonic. No spleen has been found so hard as not to yield to its softening influence, and no liver so hypertrophied as not to give up its long-retained bilious secretions, and no Chill or Fever has yet refused to fall into line. Wheelock, Finlay & Co., Proprietors, New Orleans. For sale by all Druggists, ’ CHEW The Celebrated “Matchless” Wood Tag Plug Tobacco. The Pioneer Tobacco Company, New York, Boston and Chicago. For the benefit of our readers we give, this week, a sure cure for colic or belly ache in horses. To one bottle Johnson's Anodyne Liniment add same quantity of molasses and same quantity of water, and pour down the horse’s throat. A Favorable Notoriety.—The good reputation of “Brown's Bronchial Troches,” for the relief of Coughs, Colds and Throat Diseases, has given them a favorable notoriety. 25 cts. a box. To cleanse and whiten the teeth, to sweeten the breath, use Brown’s Camphorated Saponaceous Dentifrice. Twenty-five cents a bottle.

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NEW YORK. Beeves $6 00 @lO 00 Hoos 3 87U>@ 4 12ii Cotton Flour—Superfine 350 @3 85 Wheat—No. 2 Chicago 96 @lO4 Corn—Western Mixed 47 @ 49 Oats—Mixed 26 @ 32 Rye—Western 57 @ 60 Pork—Mess 8 75 @ 9 25 Lard 6’<i@ 6% CHICAGO. Beeves—Choice Graded Steers 5 00 @ 5 25 Cows and Heifers 2 00 @ 3 00 Medium to Fair 3 60 @ 4 10 Hoos v 2 50 @3 65 Flour—Fancy White Winter Ex.... 4 75 @ 5 50 Good to Choice Spring Ex.. 475 @ 500 Wheat—No. 2 Spring 83 @ 85 No. 3 Spring 70 @ 72 Corn—No. 2 34 @ 35 Oats—No. 2 18 @ 19 Rye—No. 2 44 @ 45 Barley—No. 2 106 @lO7 Butter—Choice Creamery 20 @ 25 Egos—Fresh 15 @ 16 Pork—Mess. 7 75 @ 7 90 Lard 6 @ 6% MILWAUKEE. Wheat—No. 1 ... 90 @1 04 No. 2 84 @ 85 Cobn—No. 2 33 @ 34 Oats—No.2 18 @ 19 Rye—No. 1 43 @ 44 Barley—No. 2 1 03 @ 1 04 KT. LOUIS. Wheat—No. 2 Red Fall 86 @ 87 Corn—Mixed 32 @ 38 Oats—No. 2 19 @ 20 Rye 42 @ 43 Pork—Mess , 850 @ 8 60 Lard 6 @ 6% CINCINNATI. Wheat—Red 88 @ 88 Corn 38 @ 40 Oats 22 @ 25 Rye 50 @ 53 Pork—Mess 840 @ 8 50 Lard 6%@ 8 TOLEDO. Wheat—No. 1 White 94 @ 97 No. 2 Red 93 @ 94 Cobn 38 @ 89 Oats—No. 2 20 @ 21 DETROIT. Floub—White 450 @490 Wheat—No. 1 White 95 @ 96 No. 1 Amber..., <»2 @ 93 Cobn—No. 1 43 @ 44 Oats—Mixed 23 @ 24 Barley (per cental) 1 25 @ 2 50 Pork—Mess 9 .75 @lO 00 EAST LIBERTY, PA. Cattle—Best 4 12 @ 5 12 Fair 3 75 @ 4 00 Common 340 @360 Hogs 3 35 @ 4 15 Sheep 3 00 @4 75

The Professional Indorsement which has been accorded, by leading medical men in various parte of the country, to Db. Wm. Hall’s Balsam fob the Lungs is a sufficient guaranty of its efficacy in eradicating diseases of the breathing organs. These gentlemen have thoroughly tested the remedy, and their concurrent testimony is to the effect that it is a positive specific for lung, bronchial and throat affections of every description, and a most reliable preventive of that dreaded scourge, consumption. Druggists sell it Fob upward of 30 years Mrs. WINSLOW’S SOOTHING SYRUP h'as been used for children with never-failing success. It corrects acidity of the stomach, relieves wind colic, regulates the bowels, cures dysentery and diarrhea, whether arising from teething or other causes. An old and well-tried remedy. 25 eta, a bottle. Famillabitt with the writings of the great poets is a necessity to any one who wishes to appear well in company. For 10c. we will send a Took of 160 selections from the beautiful melodies of Moore, the grand poems of Byron, and the uneqnaled songs of Burns, and 50 popular songs. Desmond A Co., 915 Race street, Phila. A man recently asked, in a drug store, for a box of rough diamonds, but the druggist knew no such remedy. After much parley, the druggist found that his customer wanted Parsons’ Purgative Pills. He says: “That’s the only fit name for ’em.” Thirty of the best organ makers of the world are competitors at the Paris Exposition. A cable dispatch to the Associated Press says two highest awards have been awarded to the American makers, Mason & Hamlin. Hon. C. R. Parsons, Mayor of Rochester, was radically cured of Bright's Disease by Craig's Kidney Cure. Depot, 42 University Place, N. Y. Chew Jackson’s Best Sweet Navy Tobacco.

IMPORTANT NOTlCE.—Farmers, Families and Others can purchase no remedy equal to Dr. TOBIAS’ VENETIAN LINIMENT, for the cure of Cholera, Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Croup, Colic and Sea. sickness, taken internally (it is perfectly harmless; see oath accompanying each bottle) and externally for Chronic Rheumatism, Heidache, Toothache, Sore Throat, Cuts, Burns, Swellings, Bruises, Mosquito Bites. Old Sores. Pains in Limbs, Back and Chest. The VENETIAN LINIMENT was introduced in 1847, and no one who has used it but continues to do so, many stating if it was Ten Dollars a Bottle they would not be without it. Thousands of Certificates can be seen st the Depot, speaking of its wonderful curative properties. Sold by the Druggists at4OcU>. Depot, 42 Murray street. New York

CELEBRATED SALVE A SURE RELIEF FOB THE SUFFERER. A Vegetable Preparation, Invented In the 17th century by Dr. William Grace, Surgeon In King James’ army. Through its agency he cured thousands of the most serious sores and wounds that baffled the skill of the most eminent physicians of his day, and was regarded by all who knew him as a public benefactor. CURES FLES7T WOUNDS, FROZEN LIMBS, SALT RHEUM, CHILBLAIN'S, SORE BREAST, SORE LIPS, ERYSIPELAS, RINGWORMS, CALLUSES, SCALD HEAD, CHAPPED HANDS, BURNS, CANCERS, FELONS, SCALDS, SORES, ULCERS, WOUNDS, STINGS, SHINGLES, FESTERS, WENS, STIES, PILES, ABCESS, FRECKLES, BUNIONS, SPRAINS, BOILS, BITES, CUTS, WHITLOWS, WARTft, BLISTERS, TAN, pimpt.es, corns, scurvy, ITCH, INGROWING NAILS, NETTLE RASH, MOSQUITO AND FLEA BITES, SPIDER STINGS, And all cutaneous diseases and eruptions generally. PRICE 25 CENTS A BOX. BY MAIL 35 CENTS. Three dozen Boxes (1-4 cross), will be sent TO PEDDLERS, STOREKEEPERS, DRUGGISTS, (expressage paid), on receipt of s4.oo—about eleven cents a box. PREPARED BY SETH W. FOWLE & SONS, 80 HARRISON AVENUE, BOSTON MASS. QOOHH* YEAR. Howto Make it. New Agent. UU 6 — 4 ** COE YONGE. St. Louie, Mo A COOD WELL or SSO is made In one day with our 4 foot WELL AUGER. Auger Book free. W. GILES, St. Louis, Mo. zTsFV, A DAY to Agenu canvassing for the Fir. JL I aide Visitor. Terms and Outfit Free. Ar ■ dress P. O. VICKERY. Augusta, Maine. — / DARNING STICKS /<RNTi\N'' 1 ABOLISHED. zY) Al’ll\ f\ No More Stencil Plates. / )• “I ’\ Rose’s Name-Writing nnd DarnI [/ i is \ 1 ing Attachment for Sewing MaI f v I chines. Simple, yet wonderful. I ■ , I Special attachment for each \ >' J kind of machine; in ordering, \ / name the machine. Price One / Dollar. Ask a Sewing Machine dealer. Agents wanted. R. M. ROSE, r«sun Building, Ne w York. r CURED FREE! An infallible and unexcelled remedy for Epilepsy or Falling Sickness \V nr ran ted to effect a speedy and ■ MBA PEIIMANEN T cure. **A free bottle” of my ■ renowned Specific tnd a valuable Treatise sent to ■ any sufferer sending me his ■ ■ Postoffice and Express address. Dr. H. G. ROOT, 183 Pearl Street, New York.

For Beauty of Polish, Saving Labor, Cleaalinear. Dm ability <fc Cheapness, Unequaled. MORSE BROS., Prop’ra, Canton, Mati

THE LICHT-RUNNING NEW HOME Is the Best, Latest Improved, and most Thoroughly Constructed SEWING MACHINE Ever invented. It is NOISELESS, and has more POINTS of EXCEL. LENCE than all other Machines combined. t3f~ AGENTS WANTED in localities where we are not represented. sJOIIIVSOTS-, CLARK & CO., 30 Union Square, New York. Orange, Mass., Pittsburgh, Pa., Chicago, 111.. St. Louis, Mo. THE SMITH ORGAN CO. First Established 1 Most Successful! THEIR INSTRUMENTS have a standard value in all the LEADING MARKETS OF THE WORLD! Everywhere recognized as the FINEST IN TONE. OVER 80,000 Made and in use. New Designs constantly. Best work and lowest prices. 468“ Send for a Catalogue. tarni St, opp. Wtlta SI, B«sta, Maa ifwith this SA W HOB Se\ -fik I X can saw more raw I logs or cord wood than Zag/ira This LIGHTNING SAW HORSE is indeed a wonderful invention. The weight of the man who is sawing does one-half of the work. It will saw logs of any size. It will saw off a foot log in 2 minutes. Circulars free. Address. T r. GILES, St. Louis, Mo. NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES at club rates. Time, trouble and expense saved by subscribing through tne Rocky Mountain Subscription Agency, which furnishes any paper (except local) published in the United Jtatee. Musical Instruments, Sewing Machines of all kinds Chromos, Frames, Sewing Machine Needles and Attachments at reduced prices. I will also furnish Books of all kinds at lowest prices. Rocky Mountain Stereoscopic Views a specialty. Don’t fail to write at once for our circulars. Agents can make big money. Address JAMES TORRENS, Evans, Colo.

■MTmrHB Warranted a PERFECT CURE (or Mil4|Lß money returned) /or all the iror»t Of Piles, Lepkosy Sckof- “ k MB vla. Rheumatism. Salt Rhei m. Catarrh. Kidney Diseases. a-J all diseases of the SKIN and BLOOD ■JHkQUU H. 1». FOWLE &' CO., Montreal and Boston. Sold everywhere. SI.OO a Bottle. FULLER A FULLER, Agt»,Chicago Brown’s Bronchial Troches, for coughs and oolda fIHEAP GUNS. Illustrated Catalogue free. "“Ad dress Great Western Gun Works, Pittsburg, Pa. BdoempSthTSEISS: Mass. (bin tn (bl nfifi Invested in Wall St. Stocks makes fbiU 10 (DIuUU fortunes every month. Book sent v xw tv <4»av free explaining everything. Address BAXTER t CO- Bankers, 17 Wall St.. N. Y. B>| > HOC >lB5 to 81OQ—factory prices—flW Snni 11 W highest honors—Mathusiiek’s sea lo ■ IHHVV for squares—finest uprights in America—over 12,000 in use—regularly incorporated Mfg. Co.—Pianos sent on trial—4 B-page Catalogue vkee. Mendelssohn Piano Co.. 21 E. 15th Street. N. Y. $108525 selling our Fine Art NOVELTIES Catalogue A Outfit Free application to J H. BUFFORD'S SONS. Manufacturing Publishers, 141 to 147 Franklin Street, Boston. Mass. Established nearly titty years. MABON&HAMLIN CABINET ORGANS Demonfraud best by HIGHEST HONORS AT ALL WORLD’S EXPOSITIONS FOR TWELVE YEARS, viz.: At Paris, 1557; Vienna, 1873; Santiago, 1876; Philadelphia, 1878; Paris, 1878; and Grand Swedish Gold Medal. 1878. Only American Organs ever award ed highest honors at any such. Sold for cash or installments. Illustrated Catalogues and Circulars, with new styles and prices, sent free. MASON A HAMLIN ORGAN CO- BOSTON. NEW YORK, or OHIOAGO. NEW RICH BLOOD! Parsons’ Purgative Pills make New Rich Blood, and will completely change the blood in the entire system in three months. Any person who will take 1 pill each n ght from 1 to 13 weeks may be restored to Bound health, if such a thing be possible. Sold everywhere, or •ent du mail for eight letter etampe. I. S. JOHNSON £ 00., Bangor, Maine. OORAIGTIIDNEY CUBE! THE qr VIU»£X ES! -Rc/rr by special permission to Rev. Dr. J. E. Rankin, Washington, D. O.; G. T. Heaton, M. D- Newton, Bucks 00., Pa.; John L. Roper, Esq., Norfolk, Va.; Dr. J. 11. White. 417 Fourth Ave- New York; Dr. O. A. Dean. Charlotte, N. Y.; Hon. C. R. Parsons, present Mayor of Rochester, N. Y. Ask your druggist. Send for pamphlet, and address Dr. VtCAIG, 48 UNIVERSITY PLACE. NEW YORK.WWW). Unrivalled h Appearance. Unparalleled in Simplicity. Unsurpassed in Construction. Unprecedented in Durability. Unexcelled in Economy of Fuel Undisputed in the BROAD CLAIM oi being the VEBY BEST OPERATING, QUICKEST SELLING, HANDSOMEST AND MoiTPnww Ever offered to the public. MADE ONLY BY EXCELSIOR “ANUFACTURING CO. Nos. 612, CK-, 616 & 618 N. Main St.. ST?e TGOUIS, MO. noo.ooo acres taken in fnnr months by 85,000 people. Good climate, soil, water, and building stone, and good society. Address, 8. J. Gilmore, Land Coni’r, Salina, Kansas. ForSinsingScliools&Clioirs L. O. Bmerson’B AVAR!) ! a liew book f or Singing Schools, fully equal to any ever issued, is ready for use. 66 pages of instructions, 60 pages of Glees, ana 60 pages of Sacred Music. 75 cents; $7.50 per dozen. Emebson’s f 1111 ldi OffCl a new book for Choirs, conta ns a large and admirable collection of Anthems, which fit perfectly to the Episcopal Service, but are of the best quality for any service. Also a large number of fine Chants. $1.25; or $12.00 per dozen. Emerson’s S<ICI C(1 Qllftl a new book for Quartette Choirs, has a most musical collection of new pieces by the most popular authors, and provides about one new one for every Sabbath in the year. Boards, $2.00; Cloth, $2.25. Cobb’s Festival ( hOIUS Book (jß i 25) has a fine selection of Chornses. W. O. Perkins’ RLQUIEM i B a nBW an( j con . venient collection of Hymns and Tunes for Funeral occasions. Price, 60 cents. F7?~ Send for Catalogues containing the descriptions of many other excellent books for Choirs or Singing Classes. Any Book mailed post free for Retail Price. OLIVER DITSON & CO., Boston. C. 11. Ditson & Co., J. E. Ditson Co., W 43 Broadway, N. Y. <>22 Chesnut St,. Phila a successful start in Business Life at Eastman College. The oldest, largest and only Institution that gives a practical course of study. Currency and Merchandise used have a real value. Each day’s transactions based on quotations of New York Market. New Buildings. Rates low. Graduates assisted to situations. Applicants' received any week-day. Refer to Patrons and Graduates in nearly every city and town. Address for Prospectus giving terms, course of stndy, faSTM a W <"<hr v r»..v Established 1888. 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MIKE HENS LAY. An English Veterinary Surgeon and Chemist now traveling in this country says that most of the Horse and Cattle Powders sold bore are worthless trash. He says that Sheridan's Condition Powders are absolutely pure ind immensely valuable. Nothing on earth will make hens lay like Sheridan’s Condition Powders. Dose, one teaspoonful to one pint food. Sold everywhere t or sent bu mail for eight letter etampis I. S. JOHNSON A CO., Bangor, Moina MM It is estimated that the. farmers of this country have lost FOURMILLIONHO&S try tilts terrible disease. Many patent nostrums have been imposed upon the pub'io under the pretension that they would cure the disease, but in almost all cases they have ? waved failures The, disease seemed nbsoutely incurable until Dr. Albert Dunlap, an accomplished physician, undertook a. thorough examinai ion of the. disease. After much study and many experiments, he announced his now celebrated remedy, THE EUREKA SPECIFIC. 77ie success of this remedy has been wonderful. It has saved the hoys from tie cholera wherever used. Mr. O. W. Hardesty, of Canton, Til., had a lot of sick hogs. ILe bought some of t e EUBBKA SPECIFIC, and, , JVG DIBECTLONS C. 4 BKEULLY, GAVEO EVERY HOC. He highly commends I', and says: “ I have no interest in the matter personal to myself, but having tested the remedy, and seen it .tested by others, 1 KHOW IT TO lie -4 OitOll THING. 1 KNOW IT WILL PREVENT Dllt.Mt: AND CUBE THE HOG CHOLEB4. “Jl far as I am able, to tell, the Specific is unlike any other preparation for the d sease of swine. Dr. Dunlap is a sclent fie man, as the Specific goes to prove. ** I advise farmers to keep a supply of the remedy on hand at all times.” Do not let your hogs suffer any longer, but send for this SUttti CettE. The price for single package, $1; per dox., $ TO. Send money order or bank draft, Sent by express anywhere. Address THE EUBEKA SPECIFIC CO., Chicago, 111. FULLER & FULLER, Obieato,) Whole»»M H, A MUKLBUT A CO.. “ I A«eo’H J. ESTEY& co. BRATTLEBORO, VT. Send for Illustrated Catalogue* la the Old Reliable Concentrate* bye FOR FAMILY SOAP-MAKING. Directions accompanying each can for making Hard, Soft and Toilet Soap QU I <’KL Y • IT IS TULL WEIGHT AND STRENGTH. The market is flooded with (so-called) Concentrated Lye, which is adulterated with salt and rosin, and won't naketoap. SAVE NONE?, AND BUY THE Saponifieß MADE BY THE Pennsylvania Salt ManuTg Col PHILADELPHIA. ' O. N. U. No. 41 VA UI'.A VVKIIWU TO AIHEKTIMJKS, TV please say you ww tlie ar ’eniHetrein ■ this paper.