Democratic Sentinel, Volume 4, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 May 1880 — Page 4

OI Him ME NOT IN THE DESERT WASTE. BY ROBERT F. DOTY. [The following lines are intended as a companion to Mlhh M. Louisa Chitwood’s beautiful'gem of a poem, entitled “O ! Bury Mo Not in the Deep, Deep Sea.”] O! bury me not in the desert far From the dark blue rolling Bia, Where an arid waste beneath some star Expands itself to me ; For no growth is there, no life is there, No rosea to bloom in prime, No birds are there, no life is there, And no beautiful summer of time! O I bury me not in the desert sad, Fur off from the sunny lea, Where no bird-songs ever make us glad, As wafted from some tree. For rands arc there, and death is there, And the piercing sun-rays heat Thi' heads of those who travel there, In rounding up their beat. <) I bury me not in the arid waste, ■ Where the sun-lit sands do burn, For they haunt us not with Pleasure’s taste, Nor the manna that we earn. For bones are there, and skulls arc there, And devastation reigns; No hut in there, no water there, But a thousand human pains. O 1 bury me not in the scorching sand, Where all is crisp and dry ; Where no flowers bloom upon the land, Beneath a bright-hued sky ! For there is no human habitat, No Is antics living there ; No living emblems of the good— No blessings great and rare. (J! bury me not in the soilless land, Where no vegetation grows; O ’. bury me not in the rolling sand, Where no flower ever blows. For no worshipers will ever come To decorate, my grate, Though hero in this world I be. They will soon forget the brave. Ch I bury me not in the barren scope. Where no woodbine’s tendrils cling ; For no friends would come their eyes to ope On the grave of a woodland king 1 For 1 hate monotony in life And I know I would in death. So bury me in some woodland spot, W here nature draws a breath. Benton, 111.

CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE.

Information reached the French police that early on the morning of the 15th of April the Baroness de C. was lying dead in her bed, strangled with a piece of ribbon. She had been married as a widow to Baron de C., and was about 28 years old, very pretty, of engaging manners; and both she' and her husband were known far and wide for lavish hospitality. 'l'hree weeks before the murder the Baron set out for Russia, where it was said that he inherit'd some property from a relative. During the absence of her husband lite Baroness kept very much at home, with Ernestine Lamont, a beautiful girl of the most innocent and simple manners, who had been educated and protected by her. Ou the night before the murder the Baroness went to the opera. Ernestine, whow as not very well, did not accompany her; neither did she sit up for her, its the Baroness had a private key, and did not wish the young lady to be disturbed. It was the custom that when the Baroness, on awaking in the morning, rang her bi 11, Ernestine went first to her bedroom. When, on Hie morning after the murder, no bell was rung, the servants wondered, and at last one of them went up to Ernestine's room to ask the cause. It was empty. Thinking that she was gone, as usual, to the Baroness' bedroom, the servant went thither. There the shutters were still closed, and the night-lamp still burning on a. little table by the bedside. On the il • >r lay the lifeless body of Ernestine. Tn- girl now screamed for help: the otlnr s-rvants hurried up-stairs, and, on • p. niug the shutters, it was seen that the B.iioiie.'s lay dead, evidently strangled with ;• piec- of ribbon. which was at .■ •oLTiizo'i as belonging to Erm stii ". v.ho was lying in a swoon on the O. e, .mum to herself, it was naturally -:i].1.0-. a th it she would be able t‘o tin - w som light on tlie matter, but, to t'm.- surpris - of all, she showed a nervous h< sitation hardly i >be reconciled with innom-On further examination, it W,.s found that the secretaire stood wide i p. u. and that a quantity of paper's and oth'-r arti'-e s w.-re lying about in eons tv-ion. if the contents of each drawer hid l»i ri hastily turned inside out. By t; s thm- th ■ police bad arrived. With . •• lively a moment's hesitation they prole Tiimcd that one of the inmates of the hou-e mu-t i-itlr r have committed the crime, i >r at least been an accomplice in it. h vi.'lviitly, id so, there had been robbery added to murder; and, therefore, it was thought right to search the boxes of t ach member of th<- household. The servants were all willing ; but, when it cairn to Ernestine’s turn to deliver up h r k<-ys, the young lady showed a 1 (range unwillingness to do so. Of eonrse the | olice persisted, and in a very I ttle time discovered a large sum of money ami several jewels belonging to Ihe murdered lady carefully secreted at ti" bottom of her box. *■ How does mademoiselle account for thi-, money?” was the first question put lo her. “ 1 do not know—l —cannot tell. Pray- —do not ask me,” was the hesitating reply. The suspicions already attached to her were now considerably strengthened, and the police only discharged their duty in arresting her. .The case was tried, and Ernestine Lamont found guilty. A young lawyer named Bernard, whoso knowledge of Ernestine’s previous detract r made it very hard for him to believe her guilty, resolved to see her. After some little difficulty, permission was granted him to visit the condemned in prison. But, if he went thither with any faith in her innocence, he left the prison without doubt of her guilt. Her answers to his questions were evasive and um ttisfadory. ()ii reaching home late that evening he found a note lying on the table. It was from Ernestine, and ran as follows: My DEab Friend : I feel that I owe you at IwiHt Home explanation of my strange conduct, and will therefore put you in possession of the facts of (he case. . It is only forestalling my inti ution. This letter would have been delivered tn you after my death. Von are aware of the circumstances which marie me regard the B.ironess as a mother. You arc aware, too, of her husband's fatal propensity to the gaming-table, a passion which in course of time led to an estrangement between them. The Baroness was very beautiful, and still young, and, failing to find that love and affection which she hoped her husband would show her. formed an unfortunate intrigue. I '■■ns horror-struck when she informed me of this; but it was not for me to blame her. Ah might be expected, no good could possibly remit from this attachment. Her lover proved unworthy of her confidence, ami HUccecded, whether by threats or menaces I know not, in obtaining from her large sums of money. It wen t ut a lev.' days before her death that she eontiileil this to me, and at the same time begged me to take care of her jewels and money for her in my box, as she dread'd lest her sordid lover should obtain possession of them. The last time I saw her alive was on the night she went to the opera. Atwhat hour she returned I know not, for she always had a private key. The rest you know. Hence, dear friend, you will understand my reluct luce to have uiv boxes searched, and my evasive answers as to the money and jewels found in them.

H ul I told the truth, should I have been believed? No I And how could I say anything that would dishonor the good name of one who has lei n more than a mother to me? Besides, I did not even know the name of her secret lover, raid 1 had never seen him. No ;it is better r.s it is. 1 am ready to die. My secret, to ail save you, shall die with me. That you believe in my innocence is the only comfort I have left. Your unhappy friend, Ernestine. “Thank God !” murmured the young man, pressing the paper to his lips. “ Henceforth, I will devote my life to prove your innocence to the world. God grant it may not yet be too late.” Late though it was, Bernard at once repaired to the Prefect’s house, and after some difficulty procured admission. The P.- f.-. t fortunately happened to be an old friend of Bernard’s father, and it was b cause of this that the young man was admitted at so late an hour. “But, my friend,” said the old man, after patiently listening to all he had to say, “believe me.it is a useless task ;

there is no doubt that the young woman is guilty either as principal or as accomplice. Still, as you so earnestly wish it, you shall be permitted to search the apartments of the murdered lady. And now good night,” he added with a smile, ‘ ‘ and let me hear the result of your investigation. ” Early the next moraing Bernard, accompanied by a gendarme, repaired to the Baroness’ house. Everything lay exactly as it had been left on the fatal morning; for the house had been and was still in the custody of the police. Not a drawer nor a cupboard escaped Bernard’s notice. There was no violence visible on the windows, as if forcible admission had been gained from the outside. Nothing, in fact, presented itself which gave the slightest clew to the mystery. The search had now occupied several hours, and Bernard felt that it was useless to remain there any longer. With a sad and heavy lieart, therefore, he proceeded to leave the apartment. But in passing out into the entree, which was quite dark, his foot struck against something which, on taking up, he found to be a hat. Thinking it belonged to the Baron, he was about to hang it up with the others on the peg from which he supposed it to have fallen. “That hat, Monsieur, if you please; I do not remember to have seen it before. It is strange,” remarked the gendarme, as he compared the hat in question with the others that hung up in the entree, “it is larger and of a different shape from them 1” “Let me have it, my good friend ; I will show it to the prisoner. If it should chance to belong to this secret lover of the murdered lady !” thought Bernard to hiniself, as he hurriedly drove to the prison. Ernestine was anxiously expecting to see her friend, for he had promised to visit her that day again ; and she wished to learn from his own lips whether he still believed in her innocence.

“Do you know that hat, Ernestine?’ said Bernard, on entering the cell. “That hat—good heavens!—it is the very hat the Baron had on the night he left'Paris,” said Ernestine, in an excited manner. “Impossible!—we compared it with the other hats—and this is much larger. I believe it belongs to the Baroness’ lover ” “No—no—a thousand times no—it is the Baron’s-.—he bought it the very day he left. It was too large for him, ami he asked me to put some wadding under the lining for him—see if it is not there!” “But, Ernestine, it must be fancy on your part—-this hat never , belonged to the Baron ! But —stay —you are right," said Bernard, as, on turning up the lining, the wadding fell out, and with it a piece of paper which had been used to add a little to its thickness. It was a trill written by the landlord of a hotel at Strasbourg, made out in the Baron’s name, for a week's board and lodging, ft was dated April 7 —just fourteen days after his departure from Paris. Ernestine and Bernard looked at each other for a few moments in silence, as strange thoughts passed through the mind of each. That it was the Baron's hat was now proved, but how did it come there? Had he returned to Paris secretly before the murder ? Was he the murderer ? Ernestine turned deadly pale. “ Do you suppose that the Baron—” she gasped. “Is the murderer?" asked Bernard, finishing the sentence. “Yes! I do. But I will go at once to the Prefect.” For the first time since her condemnation a faint'r.iy of hope was kindled in Ernestine's heart. The sight of Bernard, In r old frit lid in happii r days, had i’.id -id ». xeited a v.'-h to live in her young breast. “ How thankful I am I did not say anything at the trial. The good Gxl will protect me I"

B'-rnard now left the prison and hastened to the house of the Prefect. “Well! and what did you find?” asked the old man, smiling sadly at his young i'rimid, who ru-hed into the room without watting to lie announced. “Be good enough to examine this hat," said Bernard, as he handed it to him, and recounted to him the manner in which he had found it, and what Ernestine had subsequently told him.

“Her husband—he the murderer! Yes, it is plain—and we have been accusing an innocent girl [’’ejaculated the Prefect, carefully examiniim the hat; “but leave me now; I must think it over. But let.me enjoin secrecy on you, and depend on me.” Early the next morning Bernard was again sent for to the Prefect’s house. “ I have carefully gone over the whole evidence since I saw you,” he said, “and it certainly seems that there is very strong suspicion against the Baron. I have caused inquiries to be made, and have ascertained that the Baron was a confirmed gambler, and that his journey to St. Petersburg was probably only a ruse to avoid arrest. It is a ‘terrible case, and we must proceed very cautiously. The Baron stands very high in tin' public esteem, and it seems incredible that lie could have committed this horrible crime. Still that hat and the bill of the landlord made out in his name prove at least that he must have returned to Paris. Why should he return? What was his motive? Hoivevcr, I have dispatched an agent of the secret police to Strasbourg, to track his steps from that place. When I hear anything, I will send for you.”

On arriving at Strasbourg the police agent at once repaired to the Maison Rouge. The landlord perfectly remembered the Baron’s having stayed at his hotel for a week, and having then gone, whither he could not say. The porter, however, remembered where his luggage was taken. It was to a house outside the city, on the road to Saverne, where a hired carriage was in readiness. He got into the carriage and drove off. But, as the driver was an acquaintance of the porter’s, it was no difficult matter to find him. He remembered the job perfectly, but averred that the gentleman’s name Yvas Thionville. He should not, perhaps, have paid much attention to this fact, had he not a sister living at Saverne as chambermaid in the same hotel to which he drove his fare. On inquiring at Saverne, the agent found that a Monsieur Thionville had arrived at the hotel as stated, and that he had remained there four days, during the greater part of which he had kept indoors, from indisposition.

'Die description the landlord gave of his person and luggage left no doubt in the agent’s mind that he was on the right track. But nothing further could be learned. Still, one important circumstance had been proved—namely, that, instead of proceeding on his journey to Russia, he had turned back on the road to Paris, under an assumed name.

The only thing that now remained to be done was to put an advertisement in the French and German papers, inviting the husband of the murdered lady to repair to Paris, in order to claim the property of his deceased wife. For, it was argued, if he had murdered her for the sake of getting possession of her money, it was very probable that he would take the bait now held out. Neither did this surmise prove incorrect. Two months, or thereabouts, had elapsed, and the police were beginning to despair of getting further tidings of the Baron, when a gentleman, attired in deep mourning, ami apparently bowed down with grief, presented himself at the bureau of the police. “He had,” he said, “by chance seen the fearful tidings of his wife’s murder in a paper at St. Petersburg, and had hastened back to Paris as quickly as he could. The shock, however, it had caused him had brought on a severe attack of illness,

from which he had only just recovered, otherwise he should nave returned to Paris some weeks sooner.” Acting in obedience to the orders of his chief, the agent referred the Baron to a comptoir, where he would be furnished with the register of the death and burial of his wife. On entering the room, the Baron was politely invited to take a seat while the necessary papers were being found. After the lapse of a quarter of an hour an official entered the room and requested the Baron to accompany him to another comptoir, where, to his dismay, he found himself submitted to a rigorous examination. “ But, Monsieur le Baron, when you left home, on March 25, whither did you travel ?” asked the chief officer.

“I traveled through Germany, en route for St. Petersburg.” “ Good! But which was the first town at which you stayed ?” “Strasbourg.” “ Quite true !” said his questioner, referring to some papers. “On what day did you arrive there ?” “ On the 28th. ” “Yes ! and how long did you remain ?” ‘ ‘ Let me see—yes ! it was one night and half of the next day,” replied the Baron, with a little hesitation in his manner. “And where did you proceed to next?” resumed the officer. After some reflection, the Baron answered that he had gone to Frankfort. “Indeed !” answered the officer, raising his eyes, and directing a steady glance towards the Baron. “To Frankfort! I think you are mistaken. You say you arrived at Strasbourg on the 28th, where you remained till the following day. But the landlord of the Maison Rouge says that you remained at his house till April 7. How do you account for that, Monsieur le Baron?” “Was I there a week? Yes! now I think of it, you are quite right, Monsieur; for I met several friends there, who persuaded me to lengthen my stay." “ You also state that you next went to Frankfort. But, if Monsieur le Baron reflects, he will remember that he went to Saverne in a close carriage.” “Yes ; but that was only a day’s trip, and had nothing to do with my journey,” was the ready answer. “But may I ask, Monsieur, why all these questions ?” “Excuse me, Monsieur le Baron, you are here to answer questions, not to ask them. Suffice it to say, it is usual under such circumstances. Now, please to attend. You said, just now it was only a day's trip, I think: how was it you came to stay four days at Saverne?” “‘I had only intended to remain one day at Saverne', but was taken ill during my stay tit the hotel.” “Was that why Monsieur le Baron changed his name?” continued the officer. “Changed my name? Monsieur must be in error." “Not at all. You took the name of Thionville, for some reason best known to yourself. But. as you seem to have forgotten this circumstance, will you have the goodness to tell us where you went on leaving Saverne?” “ I returned to Strasburg.”

“Pardon me, Monsieur le Baron, and allow me to refresh your memory. You went, or pretended to go, to a private house ill the neighborhood. But was not Paris the goal of your journey, and did you not arrive here about April 15?” “Monsieur!" exclaimed the Baron, “I have submitted to these impertinent questions quite long enough. By what right you presume to interrogate me in the inanu-r you have done 1 do not know. Rst assured I shall represent the matter to th" Minister of Police. I wish you a very good morning!” And the B iron turned himself round to leave the room.

“ Not so fast, Monsieur. I have not yet done with yon,” continued the officer, without noticing the interruption. “ I repeat—you arrived in Paris about the 15th, and you were in your wife’s bedroom on the night of the 15th and 16th.”

A t these w ords the Baren leaped to his feet, his face distorted with pangs of fear and passion. “Calm yourself, Monsieur le Baron, I have not finished with you. Will you then explain, if you were not in the bedroom oi your w ife on the night in question—which you w ill remember was the very night on which site was murdered —how it was ypur hat was found in the passage ?” And w ith these words he handed a hat to the Baron. All eyes were bent upon him. The Baron turned deadly pale, and remained speechless for a considerable time. At last he stammered forth incoherently. “It is not my hat. I never saw-this one before. Iliad one like it—but not this.” “ Not this?” exclaimed the relentless questioner. “Monsieur le Baron, you have been followed, step by step, from the day you quitted Paris to the day yon returned. If this hat be not yours,' then have the goodness to tell me how your bill incurred at the Maison Rouge, Strasbourg, found its way underneath the lining. Please to look for yourself.” “Hotel bill!” gasped the Baron, as he struck his forehead with his clenched hand.

“Yes! wretched man. By that little piece of paper Providence has disclosed your crime, and prevented an innocent girl from dying a felon’s death. Confess that you entered your wife’s room and committed the diabolical deed for which you would have allowed another to suffer.” But such a confession w as never made. That night Baron de C. was safely shut ii]i in prison till bis trial should take place. All Paris rang with the news that the real murderer of the Baroness had been discovered, and that he was no oilier than her oivn husband. But that night the prisoner escaped. Ou entering the cell the following morning, he was found lying stretched out on his couch, cold and stiff It was supposed that, living a lawless life, he had been in the habit of carrying poison about him.

Years have elapsed since the above events took place. Monsieur Bernard soon became one of the most celebrated ornaments of the French bar, and his wife, ace Ernestine Lamont, noted not only for the brilliancy of her balls and dinners, but for the affability of her manner and the courteou.sness of her disposition. Of the story of the murder nobody knows more than is here told.

Disfranchisement in England.

Guizot, while on a visit to Lord Aberdeen in Scotland, was talking to him in the park one day about the English system of elections, when his host stopped before a modest cottage. “This little house,” he said, “ recalls to me a shameful deed in my political life.” “ What! an act of violence?” “You shall hear. I had a tenant here, an independent fellow, who annoyed me horribly. In every election he strenuously opposed me. I made up my mind to be' rid of him.” “Ha ! you turned him out?” “No. I reduced his rent by a guinea and destroyed his qualification—a mean trick, and I’ve always been ashamed of it.”— Fall Mall Gazette.

The American show at the Berlin Fish Fair is already the subject of admiring comment for its fullness, variety and rarity. But it must be a puzzle for the Prussian observers to determine to what department of pisciculture belongs the fire engine, with horsts yoked and men seated, which appears among the exhibits.

‘ ‘ Y oun babies ” will alwavs be good if you give them Dr. Bull's Baby Syrup while teething. It is a reliable and sure remedy and costs only® cents,

FARM NOTES.

Come, let us plant the app'e-tree Cleave the tough, green sward with the spade; Then gently lay the roots, and then Wide let its hollow bed be made; Sift the dark mold with kindly care And press it e’er them tenderly, Ah round the sleeping infant’s feet We softly fold the cradle sheet; So we plant the apple tree. In some parts of Kansas farmers have sown flax and spring wheat in the same fleld. The profit is said to be greater than when either crop is sown alone. One of the occupations of young men who are filling up Western Texas is to breed geese. One of these has 3,000 geese, whose feathers are plucked every two months. Each bird will average a pound and a half a year, worth 50 cents per pound. A well-known fruit grower, in making a new orchard, systematizes matters by setting his apple trees so that the summer apples will be together, then the fall apples, then the winter apples, and so on. It makes it easier to gather them, and avoids the necessity of hauling all over the orchard.

Plants must be allowed air; even those that will not bear the outer air must have the air of the room frequently freshened by ventilation, to preserve them in health. ‘Care should be taken not to let plants stand in a draught, for when so situated one strong gust of cold wind will often prove sufficient to destroy them.

A woman in Wyoming Territory who has raised large numbers of hens says that after vainly trying the recommended remedies for lice she hit upon the plan of giving them once or twice a week a large loaf made of graham flour in winch a handful of sulphur had been mixed. The hens liked it, were freed from the lice and kept liealthyall through the summer.

Experiments in Germany show that if potatoes are fed to milch cows they should be cooked. Rtiw potatoes will give a larger yield of milk, but less butter, than cooked ones. In the case referred to raw potatoes were first added to the daily rations .of hay, straw and other materials. The result was that with raw potatoes the ration gave 282 J pounds of milk a week, yielding six and three-fourths pounds of butter, while with cooked potatoes it gave 2481 pounds of milk, yielding nine and one-fourth pounds of butter. Wood ashes will decompose bones. Expose to the weather a barrel filled with alternate three-inch layers of broken bones and ashes for several months, when, on examination, the bones will be found to be reduced to a jelly-like substance, forming phosphate of potash, one of the most powerful as well as lasting fertilizing materials known, and one which, when exposed to the sun for a few days, may be easily reduced to powder—the very best condition for applying to the land. Do not hurry the operation, but save all the bones and let time and woyd ashes convert them into a rich manure.

The ylmcrican Cultivator records the names and addresses of 150 enterprising farmers who last season, by careful and intelligent management, succeeded in raising an average of nearly twenty tons of sugar beets to the acre, for v liich they averaged a cash return of about SIOO each per acre. This record represented the product of many farmers in different towns and in three States, viz., Maine, Massachusetts and New Hampshire, which makes it appear that successful beet culture is not so much a matter of soil or locality as of individual effort and skill.

An exchange stiys : It is impossible to convey to the reader an idea of the vast valuable forests of fir, pine, and cedar in Oregon and Washington. Trees 200 and 250 feet high, and six feet in diameter, are never out of view ; eight and ten feet in diameter, and 300 feet high, are not uncommon, gem rally two-thirds free of limbs. Fifty and sixty good timber trees grow on an acre, as a rule, and yield seldom less than 300,000. feet, and instances are on record of 1,000,000 feet from an acre. No acre is worked for profit which cannot yield 300,000 feet at least, and even this yield is rare. An agricultural writer' says his advice to farmers is to try and keep off disease. Keep hogs in clean, good fields; give them access to good water. In the dryest part of the field provide good shelter both from sun and rain. In troughs near their resting-places, two or three times each xveek, place a composition of salt, soda, red pepper, and ginger. To four parts of the first trvo articles, add one part of latter. Common red pepper will answer, well pulverized, and all the ingredients thoroughly mixed. This is no remedy, but a preventive of the injurious effects of the foul gases and the pestiferous filth in which hogs have been allowed to wallow.

A Rattlesnake Concert.

“ Talk about snakes,” remarked an old frontiersman, “ there are more snakes in Arizona than ever existed in Ireland before good old St. Patrick came along and gave them the grand bounce. Why, I have been everywhere ; waded Southern swamps when I would have to stop a minute, the water up to my chin, to allow a drove or school of water-moc-casins or cotton-mouths to go by ; up in the far Northwest and British America I have lived like a fighting-cock and to the Queen’s taste for weeks at a time on snake steak, but I saw more rattlesnakes down in Arizona one summer than ever before in my life, all put together. Down there they don’t go in pairs, clusters, or droves, but in columns, just for the world like the children of Israel got up and tramped out of Egypt with Moses and Aaron in the van, and Joseph, with his circus coat, bringing up the rear. I and a friend went over in the Tombstone country, among the hills on a prospecting expedition. There were rattlesnakes all around us, but they did not seem to be veiy savage. We would scare them up riding along, and they would sneak away from our track like coyotes. One day, about 2 o’clock in the afternoon, we were taking a hill, and, as the ascent was very sharp, our horses would stop every few minutes to blow. Long before we got to the summit we heard a strange noise, or rather jargon of noises, apparently on the other side, and, if we had been shot the next minute, could not have told from whence it emanated. Why, it was worse than the average church choir. Well, we got to the top after awhile, the noise increasing every step we took up. By the time* we had got there it had become little short of terrific, and, looking down over the side we saw a sight that, took the cake. On a little plateau of perhaps fifty yards dimensions, about seventyfive feet below us, was a regular rattlesnake*reunion and concert. The ground and stones were just yellow with them, and if there was one there were at least 10,000 snakes in the gang. They were of all ages and sizes, and how they enjoyed themselves ! The two oldest king-pins of the crowd were in the center, and the other snakes were all gathered about them. Each and every snake had coiled himself up in such a manner as to allow their tails and rattles good -play, and they were all rattling away as if for wages, and their wicked tongues were darting out and in, keeping up an accompaniment to their tails. We looked at the racket for about a minute, and then with an awful flourish the rattling stopped. The two old snakes reared their heads at least three feet off the ground, and looked all around over the field in a manner indicative of a General on a battleground. After surveying the situation and apparently seeing that every member of the snake combination was readv for business, they sounded a note by way of tuning up, and the win le crowd commenced their concert again. It

took them about ten minutes to finish one tune, and we must nave watched them there through at least a halfdozen. After a while I got tired of the business, and rolled a rock down in the crowd. This broke up the meeting without delay, and, as several of the snakes were .crushed to death, the others set up an awful rattling, and crowded away to their respective dens. I have been among snakes all my life, but that was the first snake concert I ever witnessed. ”

BITS OF INFORMATION.

The seven wonders of the world were: 1. The pyramids of Egypt. 2. The Pharos (or lighthouse) of Alexandria. 3. The walls and hanging gardens of Babylon. 4. The temple of Diana, in Ephesus. 5. The statue of Jupiter Olympus. 6. The mausoleum of Artemisia. 7. The Colossus of Rhodes.

A book was kept in the English monasteries wherein details of the scandalous enormities practiced in religious houses were entered for the inspection of visitors, under Henry VIII., in order to blacken the reputation of these institutions and hasten their dissolution ; hence, possibly, the phrase, ‘ ‘ I’ll set you down on the black book. ” The Romans went for many ages without a covering for the head, which is the reason the heads of all ancient statues appear bare. But at one period the cap was a symbol of liberty among the Romans, and when they gave it to their slaves it entitled them to freedom. The cap was sometimes .used as a mark of infamy. In Italy the Hebrews were distinguished by a yellow cap, and in France those who had been bankrupts were forever after obliged to wear a green cap. Bunker Hinn monument is 221 feet high, and is built of hewn Quincy granite. The corner stone was originally laid by Lafayette, on the fiftieth anniversary of the battle, June 17,1825, but, like the corner stone of the Washington monument he laid in Washington square, Philadelphia, afterward, nothing sprang from it. In March, 1827, another corner stone was laid on Breed’s hill, and for several years the work lingered along until the ladies took it up. They raised subscriptions, and got Fanny El'lsler to give a benefit in aid of the fund. Thus supplied with money, the managers erected the monument and completed it July 2, 1842.

The word month is derived from moon, and accurately means the time taken by the moon in passing through its regular phenomena—from one full moon to another, or from one new moon to another. It was naturally the easiest division of time to make, and was used the world over by all barbarians. The next great division of time was the year or return of the seasons. . But twelve lunations are not enough and thirteen are too many to make a year, so various expedients were used by Assyrians, Egyptians, Jews, Greeks, Romans and Chinese to patch the calendar. Julius Ctesar reformed it altogether, and our July is named for him as August is for Augustus Caesar. It cannot be said that anybody ever discovered that time was reckoned wrong, or that anyone ever rectified it as he might a barrel of highwines. Chronology was always loosely kept. Events were recorded as “in the blank year of the reign of King Tumblebug.” Official documents still keep it up, statutes in England being known, for example, as “ 14 Victoria,” meaning a statute passed in the fourteenth year of her reign, and even in this country proclamations ar ■> dated “in the year * * * of the independence of the United States the .”

Emaciation, dropsy, mental and physical weakness arrested by Malt Bitters. Bushels of seventeen-year locusts were unearthed by Peter Welrich, of North Lebanon, Pa., while plowing in an old orchard last week, the sod of which had not been disturbed for many years. Night sweats, cough, emaciation and decline prevented by Malt Bitters. The stomach daily produces about nine pounds of gastric juice for the digestion of the food; its capacity is about five pints. Lyon’s Heel Stiffeners keep boots and shoes straight. Sold by shoe and hardware dealers.

THE MARKETS.

NEW YORK. Bj.eves $8 50 @lO 00 Hogs 4 65 (pj 5 50 Co t ton 11 (fi, 1Flour—Superfine 4 00 (o 4 85 Wheat—No. 2 1 25 tai 1 36 Cohn—Western Mixed 51 (.<> 53 Oats—Mixed 42 (e. 45 Rye—Western 00 (o'. 92 PoiK—Mess 11 00 (a 11 25 Lard 7 CHICAGO. Beeves—Choice Graded Steers 4 70 (S', 5 15 Cows and Heifers 2 60 (a. 4 00 Medium to Fair 4 20 <«> 4 40 Hogs 3 50 «. 4 70 Fi.ouit—Fancy White Winter Ex.... 5 50 (.< 6 25 Good t > Choice Spring Ex.. 5 00 (<r 5 50 Wheat—No. 2 Spring 117 (a 1 19 No. 3 Spring.... 96 (« 98 Corn—No. 2 37 (a 38 Oats—No. 2 30 (nJ 31 liiH—No. 2 84 (aj 85 Bami.EY—No. 2 78 (<■' 79 UcTTEii—Choice Creamery 20 («' 21 Eggs—Fresh B'..tn 9 Panic—Mess 10 40 <.. 10 60 Lard 6 • 4 <.t 7 MILWAUKEE. Wheat—No. 1 1 17 (S. 1 18 No. 2 1 11 «• 1 12 Cor.s —No. 2, :n o' 38 Oats—No. 2 30 (a 31 Kyi:—No. 1 81 ( rs 32 Bahi.ey—No. 2 68 <n’. 69 ST. LOUIS. Wheat—No. 2 Red Fall 1 10 ® 1 11 Coitx—Mixed 31 («) 35 Oats—No. 2 30 (al 31 Rye 89 (.<' 90 Pome—Mess 10 25 Or'lo 50 Lard 6',(.r' 7 CINCINNATI. Wheat 1 15 ( n . 1 18 Corn 35 (n 37 Oats 34 (n>, 35 Rye 94 (rs 95 Poke—Mess 10 75 (®ll 00 Lard TOLEDO. Wheat—Amber Michigan 1 21 <rf 1 22 No. 2 Red 1 21 ot 1 22 Corn —No. 2 41 (d>, 42 Oats—No. 2 34 DETROIT. Flour—Choice 5 60 @ 6 75 Wheat—No. 1 White 1 16 (ro J J 7 No. 1 Amber 1 15 1 16 Corn—No. 1 42 (O, 43 Oats—Mixed 37 @ 38 Barley (per cental) 1 25 («J 1 60 Pork—Mess....» 11 50 @l2 00 INDIANAPOLIS. Wheat—No. 2 Red 1 13 @1 15 Corn 37 @ 38 Oats 32 (nJ 35 Pork —Clear 12 00 @l2 50 EAST LIBERTY, PA. Cattle —Best 5 00 @ 5 25 Fair 4 00 @ 4 90 Common 3 50 @ 3 75 Hogs 4 40 @ 4 85 Sheep 4 00 @ 6 50

Be Wise and Happy. If you will stop all your extravagant and wrong notions in doctoring yourself and families with expensive doctors or humbug cure-alls, that do harm always, and use only nature’s simple remedies for all your ailments, you will be wise, well and happy, and save great expense. The greatest remedy for this, the great, wise and good will tell you, is Hop Bitters —rely on it. See another column. —Press. When exhausted by mental labor take Kidney-Wort to maintain healthy action of all organs.

Dr BULL’S BABV SYRUP

In Powder Form.

Vegetine put up m this iorm comet within the reach ot all. By making the medicine youracli you can, from a 50c. package containing the barks, roots and herbs, make two bottles of the liquid Vegetine. Thousands will gladly avail themselves o’ this opportunity, who have the conveniences to make the medicine. Full directions in every package. Vegetine in powder form is sold by all drug ists and general s'.ores. If you cannot buy it oi them, enclose fifty cents in postage stamps for one package, or one dollar for two packages, and I will send it by return mail. H. K. Stevens, Boston, Mass.

A Household Need.

A book on the Liver, its diseases and their treatment, sent free. Including treatises upon Liver Complaints, Torpid Liver, Jaundice, Biliousness, Headache, Constipation, Dyspepsia, Malaria, etc. Address Dr. Banfora, 162 Broadway, New York city, N. Y.

The Voltaic Belt Co., Marshall, Mich., Will send their Electro-Voltaic Belts to the afflicted upon thirty days’ trial. Bee their advertisement in this paper, headed, “On T 1 irty Days’ Trial” The Elkhart Buggy and Harness Manufacturing Co., Elkhart, Ind., ship buggies and harness anywhere, with privilege of examining before paying for, and pay all charges if not satisfactory. Best hand-made buggy harness, oak stock, $9 to $lB ; best team harness, S2B ; plat-form-spring, two-seated wagons, SBS; threespring wagons, $75. Catalogue, with prices, sent free. Address C. B. Pratt, Sec’y. Light-colored or yellow axle grease uoon wears off. Get the genuine Frazer.

Conmimptlon Cured. An old physician, retired from practice, having had placed in nis hands by an East India missionary the formula of a simple vegetable remedy for the speedy and permanent cure for Consumption, Bronchitis, •Catarrn, Asthma, and all Throat ana Lung Affections, also a positive and radical cure for Nervous Debility and all Nervous Complaints, after having tested its wonderful curative powers in thousands of cases, has felt it his duty to make it known to his suffering fellows. Actuated by this motive and a desire to relieve human suffering, I will send free of charge to all who desire it. this recipe, in German, French, or English, with full directions for preparing and using. Sent by mail by addressing with stamp, naming this paper, W. W. SHERAR, 141) Powers* Block, Rochester, N. Y. Dr. C. W. Benson’s Celery and Chamomile Pills are prepared expressly to cure Sick Headache, Nervous Headache, Neuralgia, Nervousness, Sleeplessness, Paralysis and Indigestion, and will cure any case. Price, 50 cts. a box. or 6 boxes for $2.50. Post free. Parsons, Bangs Co., Wholesale Druggists, Portland, Maine. Order at once. Satisfaction guaranteed. A CARD.—To all who are suffering from the error and indiscretions of youth, nervous weakness, early decay, loss of manhood, etc., I will send a Recipe that will cure you, FREE OF CHARGE. This great remedy was discovered bv a missionary in South Am- rica. Send a self-addressed envelope to the Rev. Joseph I. Inman, Station D, Nen Fork City.

Vegetine. IN POWDER FORM 50 CTS. A PACKAGE. Dr.W. ROSS WRITES: Scrofula, Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia. Rheumatism, Weakness. H. K. Stevens, Boston : I have been practicing medicine for twenty-five years, and as a remedj for Scrofula, Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia, Rheutna tietn, Weakness, and all diseases of th« blood, J have never found its equal. I have sold VegEtinj: for seven years and have never had one bottle returned. I would heartily recommend it to those in need of a blood purifier. Db. W. ROSS, Druggist, Sept. 18, 1878. Wilton, lowa. Vegetine. One Package in Powder Form Cured Scrofula. HOW TO REDUCE YOUR DOCTORS’ BILLS. M Bremen St., East Boston, Mass.,) Sept. 80, 1879. / Mr. H. R. Stevens—Dear Sir : My little daughter Stella has been afflicted a long time with Scrofula, suffering everything. I employed different physicians in East Boston, but they helped her none. I bought some of your Powder Form Vegktinb, and my wife steeped It and gave It to the child according to the directions, and we were surprised in a fortnight’s time to see how the child had gained in flesh and strength. She is now gaining evert day, and I can cheerfully recommend your remed.' to be the best we have ever tried. Respectfully yours, J. T, WEBB. Tegretln® Is Sold by all Druggists. QC 4- <D O(1 por day at home. Samples worth $5 free vv 10 (P4.U Address Stinson & Co., Portland, Me \IJ A MTCH Agents for the Wonder of the Age, the Russian Fire we Iwl U M Proof Lamp Chimney. Bic profit*. J. WORTH A CO.. Box 2482, SL Louie, Mo. * USE STERLING (Mxmical Wick in Lamps and Oil Stoves. Cheap, brilliant; avoids dirt and trimming. <£ Q Q si week in your own town. Terms and $5 Outfit VvO free. Address H. Hallett A Co., Portland, Me YOUNG MEN ■ month. Every graduate guaranteed a paying situation. Address R. Valentine, Manager, Janesville,Wia. Handsome Lithographed Oil 851B 51 Chromo “Sunbeam,” size 16x21 inches, sent/rer for 3c stamp for postage. Donnelley,Gasßette&Loyd,Publishers,Chicago. Bin large or small amounts. $25 or P ■ $25,000. Write W. T. SOULE A CO.. A. I Jj K-Jl Commission Merchants, 130 LaSalle l&M ’GSf Street, Chicago, 111., for Circulars. A GREAT OFFER up WIIIVd*A NOSJ Slupward. Warranted <1 yeiirw. Second llnnd Instrument* nt Bargain*. AGENTS Wanted. Illustrated CATALOGUE Free. HORACE WATERS &. CO,, B’d’y.N.Y. YOUNG MAN OR OLD, f If want, Imariant HuaMaeke, flewS<ilsf inf whishura, a hsavv growth of hair < -/iRw »£■ held k.adi. or t* thisksn, •tronfthou ao4 Wfi wPjKSW A) tfnviforaia the hair any whore, Jo*’ i - k ZflF Jskjp. X kumbtifftd, but eend only SIX eetile for the Wr.at Bpaaiah Diaeov.ry that ba. noror Miks3Bs9Ei3 I*' A<Mraw>. DU. GONZALK*, Y nSWT Mo* 1M», Deetew. Maae. aewr/asU. XWEf 1 K wi Afi/pe He elae. A score of tua.e may bo nlaved oa it. A child o f 12 yeare aw work a. In.tmrtiooe flvea. For day, wil Iwnd a GOLD FLATCI SAMPLE free for only 25c, Oliver er atampe. This barely pays coot J packing and poatare. Wo first dnthio to introduce them. Aoaoto wanted everywhora f 1.00 FOU 25 CTS. Addrooo SMITH’S VALVE OUUAN CO., PateUaov IS AGENTS WANTEB.piapF PAVING outfit For Young Men, Ladles, Teachers and others in ever.? county. SSO to $95 per month. Send for circular and outfit. P.W.ZIEGLERACO., 1000 Arch St,Philadelphia, Pa. On 30 Days’ Trial. We will send our Electro-Voltaic Belta and other Electric Appliances upon trial for 80 d <ys to those ifflicted with Aervous Debility nnd dieeoMee of a perton I nature. Also of the Liver, Kidneys, Rheumatism, Paralysis, Ao. A eure cure Guaranteed or no pay. Address Voltulc Helt Co., Maxi’shull, Mich. SAPONIFIER Is the “Original” Concentrated Lye and Reliable Family Soap Maker. Directions accompany each Can for making Hard, Soft and Toilet Soap quickly. It. is full weight and strength. Ask your grocer for SAPONIFIEK, and take no other. Penn’a Salt Manufact’ng Co., Phila. HAIT UNFERMENTED TwuFStters' TRADE MARK guMALT fcITTEHS THERE is no greater Blood Purifying and Life Giving Phinciple in the world of medicine than BITTERS, prepared by the MALT BITTERS COMPANY from Malt and Hope. It is a Perfect Renovator of feeble and exhausted constitutions. It enriches the blood, solidifies the bones, hardens the muscles, quiets the nerves, perfects digestion, cheers the mind and vitalizes with new life every fluid of the body. It is so, because it strikes at the root of all ISHeI)~BHX)D LED DIGESTION and IMPOVKR. SOLD EVERYWHERE. SIM ■ mi Itching Humors, Scaly Eruptions, Ug B EmH Scalp Affections, Salt Rheum, I I Bwl Psoriasis, Scald Head, Ulcers and i U g Sores infallibly cured by the niopoopo Cuticnra Remedies, UlOuUvudl w hi c h have performed miracles of healing, unparalleled in medical history. Send for ILLUSTRATED TREATISE, containing testimonials from every part of the Union. Prepared by WEEKS A POTTER, Chemists, Boston, Mass. Sola by Druggists.

.•9> CARLETON’S HOUSEHOLD ENCYCLOPAEDIA. The most valuable single Book ever printed. A treasury of knowledge. Tnere has never before been published in one volume so mnoh useful information on every subject. Beautifully illustrated, price ▲ WHOLE LIBRARY IN ON# VOLUME. Tn inru-rn \B°ld only by sutwcrlption. Th. TO AGENTS kDOWtt - G.W. CARLETON de CO.. Publishes. N. Y. Pity tfORTAB LK Soda Fountains! •35, »45, *6O and «SO. CHEAP AND DURABLE! Will yield 900 percent. Shipped ready for use. Address the only manufacturers, OHAPMAx A CO.. Madison, Ind. _ NATRONA’S Is th. best in tbe World. It Is absolutely pure. It is the best for Medicinal Purposes. It is the best for Baking and all Family Uses. Sold by all Druggists and Grocers Penn’aSaltMaMfact’inttCo. l Piiila. BEATTY organ BEATTY EIAJSS 'Jew Organs 13 clops, Ssct Golden Tongue Rerd«, 3 □ knee• well*, walnut ea»e,w ant'd Oyean, stool /: hook Xew I’lanos,stool, eover A hook, £143 to 3355. Before jou huy he sure to write bin Illustrated Newspaper sent Fro© Address DANIEL F. BEATTY, Washington, New Jersey• JOSEPH C. TODD, Engineer and Machinist, Paterson, N. J., and 10 Barclay St., N. Y. Flax, Hemp Jute. Rope, and Bagging Machinery; Steam-Engines and Boilers of every deficnption ; Hoist-ing-Machinery for mines. Ac. Owner and exclusive manufacturer of the new Patent Baxter Portable- Engine; these Engines are a great improvement over tbe old style, and are admirably adapted for all kinds of agricultural and mechanical purposes.—Send for descriptive circular. Address as above. wlimwr JJESTEY & C 2 Bha.ttleboroV£ SORE EARS, CATARRH. Many people are afflicted with the.e loathsome disease , but very few ever get well from them ; this isowing to improper treatment only, as they are readily cura le if properly treated. 'This is no idle boast, but a fact I h ive proven over and over again by my treatment. Send for my little Book, free to all; it will tell you all about these matters and who I am. My large Book, 3.5 pages, octavo; price, $2, by mail. Address DR. C. JE. SIIOI.MAKER, Aural Surgeon, Kendlng, Pa. The Koran. A. curioKity to every on •, and a neco»«lty to all Mtndciitft of* History or Religion : THE KORAN OF MOH AMM ED /translated from the Ara ic by Geo ge Sale. Formerly published at $2.75; a new. beautiful t<pe, neat, cloth-bound edition; price, 35 cents, and 6 cents for postage. Catalogue of many standard works, remarkably low in price, with extra te ms to clui'S, free. Say where y u saw this advertisement. American Book Exchange. Tribune Building, N. Y. These Boots and Shoes Are made with double soles, rubber lined between. The outer sole is made with Gooiricli’s Patent Bessemer Steel Rivet Protected Sole, and are guaranteed to outwear any sole ever made. All first-class dealers sell them. If taps are wanted, send paper pattern with 75 cents in stamefi for men’s size, or 50 cents for boys’ size, to H. C. GO <DRICH, 19 Church Street, Worcester, Mass., or 40 Hoyne Avenue, Chicago, 111., and a pair will be <ent by mail. PENSIONS Ar« paid to all :•% diem who abow that they are disabled from any fiiaabilitj •ontracted in the senior, auch ma wound of any kind, loaa of flnzer, toe M •ye. rupture, though but alight, disease of lungs, ▼ ricoae reins, chronic diarrhea', piles, rheumatism, or any other disease Widows, children «nd»r II and dependent parents, where the soldier has died of disease eontra«t*d is the service, and it can b« so proven, are also entitled to a pension. In order to get th»- benefit of the arrears of Pensions, application must be mads vert soon, as the time is limited by the law. If applications get in tn time ths eeV diet applying will draw back to date of discharge, in many instances getting thousands of dollars at the first payment. On this account appl'.satiens should lie tn ide at once. Thousinos arc still entitled to bounty. Thousands who are now drawing pensions are also entitled to increases. Bend twe - •tamps for summary of Pension and Bounty acts. Bv ixrmiMloa we refef o the following parties in Indianapolis as to our standing: R. F. Ki 'Nidt, I'res’t Central Bank. I Frsd Bago*. U. 8. Cel. Ink Rse. W. J- ItoLiziWAY. Postmaster. I Hon. J. C. Dinny, Kx-Att’y Qea*k Hon. J. B. Julian. Ex-Judge Cir. Court. | Indiana Banking Co. H. FITZ<3rEKALD Either Box C, Washington Clty.D. C«or Indianapolis,lnd. Emission Truss. The most reliable mechanical appliance to prevent and absolutely cure involuntary’ emissions. Inclose stamp. Address I)K. KIN( H, Box 143, Chicago. 111. IF F eme dyg| BW THAT ACTS AT THE SAME TIME ONBI SgTHE LIVER, U □ THE BOWELS, R M and the KIDNEYS.M ■fl This combined action (jives ufwn-kl laa derf ul power to cure all diseases. U Iwhy Are We Sick?|| Because we allow these great organ. l ?BM kflto become clogged or torpid, poisonous humen-s are therefore .forcediEa kflmto the blood that should be eapelledn k£| naturally. M n KIDNEY complaints, vrinari FJ Isl DISEASES, FEMALE WEAK- | J M NESSES, AND NERVOUS U £3 DISORDERS, causing free action of these organsgm Wan J restoring their power to throw n/f 1 M Why Suffer Billons pains and aches J [J RN Why tormented with Piles. Constipation !■ kg Why frightened over disordered Kidneys Ik’ J U Why enduro nervous or sick headaches! fin Bji Why have sleepless nights I U| a Use KIDNEY WORT and rejoice in§3 1 health. It is a dry, vegetable compound andlß !W One ruckage will make »lx qtaof Medicine, m Get it of your Hrugqist, he will order USlf for you. Price, sl-00. VI M WELLS, EICHAESSOM 4 C 9., Frcjristars, M (Wlllundpct Burlington, Vt. DR. MIRCHISI’S CA U THoTr C ON will positively cure Female Weakness, such m Falling of tho Uterus, LeuoorrhcßA, Chronic Inflammation or Ulceration of tbe Uteme, Incidental Hemorrhage or Flooding, Painful, Suppressed and Irregular Menstruation. Ao. An old and reliable remedy. Send postal card for a pamphlet, with treatment, cure* and certificates from physicians and patients, to HOWARTH A BALLARD, Utica, N. Y. oold by all Druggists—sl.M

Important to the Fair Sex! j M < m a : • H THE GREAT ENGLISH REMEDY, euros Leucorrnoea,(orwhites.)Painful Menstruation.Ulceration,Ovarian Diseases, Absent Menstruation, all diseases, known as female weakness. They have been used in England for years as a periodical and regulating pill. Sold by all Druggists everywhere. Price BLCO per box or six boxes for so.oo, sent bv mail free of postage, securely sealed. Wholesale Agents for IT. 8. C2f Pamphlets sent free. VAN BCHAAOK, STEVENSON A CO., Agts., Chicago

NICHOLS,SHEPARD & CO. BaffleGreet,BL . Brtablished ORIGINAL AND ONLY GENUINE 1 *** RTTirri — m M j. ■ Threshing Machinery and Portable and Traction Engines. Tills STANDARD or excellenc. «»roup»ou< th» Grata. a Baiting World. ■ MATCHLESS for Grain-Saving, Time-Saving, Perfeoi Cleaning, Rapid and Thorough Work. INCOMPARABLE In Quofiry of Material. Prr/ecrton u at Parts, Thorough Workmanship, Rlrguid finish, and w<l| ll\ Bhauty of Model. . -MARVELOUS for •«•«» tuperior work tn aU kMtd ' ....: . Grain, and univerraUy known as the only suoeeaslul Thresher * in Flax. Timothy, Clover, and all other Seeds. ASTOJiTSHI-JfGI/Y IWultAßm and ooofufortWlw sample, nafnc less than one half the usual gears and belts. PORTABLE, TRACTION, and STRAW-BURNING STEAM-ENGINES, with special features of Power, Durability, Safety, Economy, and Beauty entirely unknown In other make.. Steam-Power Outfit, .nd Steam-Power Separator, a specialty. Four slier of Separators, from Bto 11 bone-power; also 1 style. Improved Mounted Horee-Powen. SS Year, of Piwwrperoue and Contlnuou. Rmtneaa by thia house, without change of name, location, or manageKent, famishes a strong guarantee for superior goods au4 honorable dealing. f ft A I |T| ft M f Th ® ’onderfnl success and popularity of UrlU I lUN I our Vinnaron Machinery has driven other machines to the wall: hence various makers are now attemptIng to build and palm off Inferior and mongrel imitations of i ’ r our famous goods. BE NOT DECEIVED rJI by such experimental and worthless machinery. If you buy 'J' TX kJ St an, get the “ORIGINAL” and tho “GENUINE” 07* For ftaU particular. call on <rar dealers, or write 10 us tor Illustrated Circulars, which w« mall frr.. Addr.se EICHOM. SEXPABD A CO., BattU Creek, Mich.

gKweft m week. 812 a day at home easily made. Costly $72 Oum Ad<nX True 4 Co- Augusto. Mo. Wat Everybody Wants Who Has Not Heard and Read of It. NOTE THE FOLLOWING i Phahisbuiig, Ohio, May 19. Meshbs. J. N. Harris 4 Co.— Permit me to say that for several weeks I suffered with a severe cough. I first used Denig’s Cough Balsam, and after that several other preparations, each of which I gave • fair trial, which availed me nothing. For the succeeding six days I used no medicine. By that time I was thonghr in the first stages of Consumption. My cough being more severe than ever, I then emmeneed uring » Lung Bai-sam, which has effectually cured me. I conscientiously believe it to be an excellent medicine, ano can assure you that it will afford me the highest possible C «t?sT d “ to For Sale by All Medicine Healers. sumeS This wonderful substance 1a acknowledged by phy.l- - throughout tbe world to be the beet remedy diecovered for the cure of Wound., Burn., Bheumntl.m, Skin Dl.eitaea, I'lles, Catarrh, Chilblain., Ac. In order that everyone may try it, it te put up in 15 and 25 cent bottle, tor household use. Obtain it from your druggist, a nd you will find it supertax to anything you have ever used. 1 Pertaining to Per- / s© «.w / Tu_ /*r-. eons. Places and J CT A’;7 Things, with Black/Dlhl r- / hf. board Designs, Bible 1 / 01 li I t Studies, Conceit Ex ! A / **-I Etsthi erctees apd Prayer # o / Meeting Outlines. f yh / KtIFASi Introduction by J H. Vincent, D.D. Cnn be ««ld in every linnlly. UTAGENTS WANTED s-s FORSBEE&MCMACKIN at.,Vlnclnni«ti.Olil« PEN SlO NS! New I-aw. Thousands of Soldlore and heirs entitled, Penaions date back to discharge or death. Time UmitiS, Addreaa, with etamp, GEOKG E E. LEMON, P. O. Drawer BS3. W’nehlnglon, D. C. RED RIVER VALLEY 2,000,000 Acres Wheat Lands best in the World, for sale by the s St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitotoß'.R. CO. Three dollars per acre allowed theiettler for breaking and cultivation. For apply D. A. McKINLAY, Land CoinwiiHHloner. >_ THE VlCf&lB Double HulMpr Clover Machine I s th o on^v Idnd that has ever hulled 100 bushel? of sol’d q'(■AcSS.iX * n one dfitjip.' Aid wet straw. Send.,.for DeJ y scrlptive Ckrcu/kF aWS Price ma vFrlSi/ List, which contains many ■ letters confirming thH." Ilngcretown Agricultural Implement Mfg. Co. ptatc where you taw Advertisement, llagemtowu, M<L The Pitts Agricultural Works, Buffalo,Ji. Y., U A. THE STANDARD of Threshing-ifA< bine excellence throughout the (Zra/n.Grojrfwy Wr/rf. SELDOM EQUALLED. Never excelled, NO T O RIO US« 3 a jfust yet thoroughperfect cleaner, and entire saver of all jdn'as and conditions of grains nnd /Zax and timvthy scct\s. NOTORIOUS as the only rtnehine that is a Hiiccess in all kinds of threfduDg ' and| a failure in none. . y . . NOTORIOUS ns the best built,m<ist di/raule, handsomest of the Threshing-Machine Tribe. STEAM THRESHERS a specialty. Their superiority, it can be said with truth, is acknowledged throughout the world, ’..it lffawjMjnf.-e.iir-- «' n A KITS To Agents as well as ThresherUAU I 11111 men. Be sure yon gtl the gnnnne Buffalo Pitts, made at IHE Pi£TS Agiucultural Works, Buffalo, N. Y. It is BouLthnt other manufacturers are using the name ‘ liujjalo Fitts" on their make of Threshing Machines. This Unintentional Comrl’ment , to great reputation of the only irrnilinc Ii»J;alo / /'/.s, by use of its title to sell inferior machines,is rattaing to the °Buffalo Pitts.’/ But Agents and Threshers must not be deceived, nor h°»d tho {genuine Buffalo Pitts responsible for the faults of its bastard namesake. For C,’ <t’dogues r n<l PriceLists of the genuine Buffalo Pitts, nddref s THE PITTS AGRICULTURAL WORKS, Buffalo, N. Y., U,S. A. [842. J. I. CASE 1880. Threshing Machine (K RACINE, WISCONSIN. i VIUTED STATES .(| CENTOTdAI. APRON! ECLIPSE! AGITATOR I Do you want the BEST APBON THRESHER? Buy our 1880 Eagle Machine. Do you want the Popular ECLIPSE THRESHER ’ It’s Ours Exclusively for I8&0. Doyou want the BEST AGITATOR THRESHER? That’s our New 1880 IVZachinc. Our 1880 Double Pinion 4 Wheel Woodbury, The BEST HORSE POWER in the World. PORTABLE AND SELF-PROPELLING" FARM ENGINES. ALL WARRANTED A No. 1. 8,10,10 Hox-wo I’oxßC’-ex- !■ li nsJI •I. I. CASE &, CO. annually nvike, nnd sell more Threshing Machines than any firm in tho wor.d. Its use yields .Hore Profit ro TlircKbermen and Farmers than any iWacbine umde. tVCatalogue free for asking. O. N. U. No. 21 WHEN WRITING TO ARVERTIKEKH, V lease say you saw the advertisement iu this paper.