Democratic Sentinel, Volume 4, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 June 1880 — Page 4

MY CASTLE BY THE SEA. BY BOBEBT F. DOTY. [ln a reverie I thought that I wan rich. The vision of wealth eeenied a great caatle by the sea, adorned with the most beautiful drapery, the choicest statuary, landscape paintings, model architecture, a magnificent library and all tlrat was beautiful aud grand.] I. I built me a cast e By the deep-heaving sea, And the foam of its waters Was thrown over me 1 Oh ! Fairyland summers Were bright in a dream, While I slept in my castle— The castle marine. ii. Oh ! cartie murine, Thy beauties I see Of tapestried halls, All open to me 1 Oh 1 sculpture and art; Oh I painting so rare, Was ever such seen In delicate card ? in. The castle marine In a dream came to me, On a great golden coast Of a beautiful sen, Where my ship came in, All laden with gold— The wealth of the Indies, And the world all untold ! iv. My castle was built By a loud-sounding sea, Where the foam of its waters Was thrown over me! Ah I I played with its sprays As they fell through the door Of my castle marine That stood on the shore. v. Of dream-plays I tire, And I sleep on and dream Of the wealth of my castle, The castle marine. There were crowns in its chandlers of great jasper wnl ! s, With their white marble floors And their great golden balls, vi. Which hung in suspension From gn at ivory hooks. No heathenish Idols, But idols my books Were there in profits!' n, And lavishly bound, With pictures of rarity More rare than is found VII. And this is my castle, The castle for me, s With its gs, at open doors Looking out on the sea; Where my ship rideth on Like a bird in the air, Over cuttie and coral And anemone fair 1 VIII. Many would that it were Not a fast-fleeting dream, But a “sight-seen ” castle— Not a cast'e unseen ; But here is the beauty, Fora dream of sweet hope Is fostered in n aeon’s Beneficent scope! ix. I? t us build up castles— Bright thoughts in our brain, 'I hat will lure us still on Through heartaches and pain I Let the mermaiden sing <lf //<’/■ home in the sea, While each person can say There’s a castle for me I Benton, 111. •

FOUR OLD MAIDS.

I love an old maid—l do not .speak of an individual, but of the species—l use the singular number, as speaking of a singularity in humanity. An old maid is not merely an antiquary, she is tin antiquity; not merely a record of the past, but the very past itself ; she has eseaped a great change, and sympathizes not in the ordinary mutations of mortality. She inhabits a little eternity of her own. She is miss from the beginning of the chapter to tile end. Ido not like to hear her called mistress, as is sometimes the practice, for that looks and sounds like the resignation of despair, a voluntary extinction of hope. 1 do not know whether marriages are made in heaven ; some people say they are. but I am almost sure that old maids are. There is something about them that is not of the earth earthy. They arc spectators of the world, not adventurers, not ramblers; perhaps guardians; we say nothing of tattlers. They are, evidently, predestined to be what they are. They owe not the singularity of tlieir condition to any lack of beauty, wisdom, wit or good temper; there is no accounting for it but on the principle of fatality. I have known many old maids, and of them all not one that has not possessed as many good and amiable qualities, as ninety ami nine out of 100 of my ma ried acquaintance. Why, then, are they single? It is tlieir fate ! Ou the left hand .of the road between London and Liverpool there is a village which, for particular reasons, I shall call Littleton, and will not so far gratify the curiosity of idle inquirers as to say whether it is nearer to London or to Liverpool; but it is a very pretty village, ami let the reader keep a sharp lookout for it the next time he travels that road. It is situated in a valley, through which runs a tiny rivulet as bright as silver, but hardly'wide enough for a trout to turn round in. Over the little stream there is a bridge, which seems to have been built merely out of compliment to the liquid thread, to save it the mortification of being hopped over by every urchin and clodpole in the parish. The church is covered with ivy, even halfway up the steeple, but the sexton has removed the green intrusion from the, face of the clock, which, with its white surface and black figures, looks at a distance like an owl in an ivy bush. A little to the left “of the church is the parsonage house, almost smothered with honeysuckles ; in front of the house is a grass plot, and up to the door there is what is called a carriage drive ; but I never saw a carriage drive up there, for it is so steep that it would require six horses to pull the carriage up, and there is not room enough for more than one. Somewhat farther up the hill, which bounds the little valley where the village stands, there is a cottage; the inhabitants of Littleton call it the white cottage. It is merely a small, whitewashed house, but as it is occupied by a genteelish sort of people, who cannot afford a large house, it is generally called a cottage. All these beautiful and picturesque objects, and a great many more which I have not described, h ive lost with me their interest. It would make me melancholy to go into that church. The interest which I had in the parsonage house was transferred to the white cottige, and the interest which I had in the white cottage is now removed to the church-yard, and the interest is in four graves that lie parallel to each other, with headstones of nearly one date. In these four graves lie the remains of four old maids. Poor things! their remains ! Alack, alack, there was not much that remained of them! There w>s hut little left of them to bury. The bearers had but little work. I wondered why they should have four separate graves, and four distinct tombstones. The sexton told me that it was their particular desire, in order to make the church-yard look respectable.; and they left behind them just sufficient money to pay the undertakers bills and to erect four gravestones I saw these ladies twice, and that at an interval of thirty years.. I made one more attempt to see them, and I was more grieved than I could have anticipated when the neighbors showed me their newly-closed graves. But no one long pities the dead, and I was, after a while, glad that they had not been long separated. I saw these ladies twice, I said ; and the first time that I saw them the only doubt was which of the four would be first married. I should have fallen in love with one of them myself—l do not know which—but I understood that they were all four more or less engaged. They were all pretty, they were all sensible, they were all good-humored, and they knew the world, for they had all read Rollin’s “Ancient History.” They iiot only had admirers, but two of them even then had serious suitors. The

whole village of Littleton and many villages in the neighborhood rang with the praise of the accomplished and agreeable daughters of the rector ; nor were the young ladies dependent for their hopes of husbands merely on their good qualities-; they had the reputation of wealth, which reputation, I am constrained to say, was rather a bubble. The rectory of Littleton was said to tie worth £I,OOO a year—but it never produced more than £OOO. And the worthy rector was said to lie worth £IO,OOO or £12,000. Bless him !he ought to be worth that and a great deal more, but he never possessed so much ; the utmost of his private fortune was £1,500 in the 3 per cents. It is enough to designate the ladies by their Christian mimes. Their good father used to boast that his daughters had really Christian names. The eldest was Mary, the second Martha, the third Anna and the youngest Elizabeth. The eldest was, when I first knew them, actually < ngaged to a young gentleman who had just taken a wrangler’s degree at Cambridge, and had gained a prize for a Greek epigram. Such an effort of genius seemed next to miraculous sit Littleton, for the people of the village never gain prizes for Greek epigrams. The farmers who had heard of his success used to stare at him for a prodigy, and almost wondered that he should walk on two legs, and eat mutton, and say “How do you do?” like the rest of the world. And everybody said he was such a nice man. He never skipped irreverently over the river, as some young men of his age would do, but always went over the bridge. It was edifying to see how gracefully he handed the young ladies over the said bridge, Mary always the last, though she was the eldest. The young Squire of the parish was generally considered as the suitor of the second. The third had many admirers; she was what is called a showy young woman, having a little of the theatrical in her style. She was eloquent, lively and attitudinizing. SJie had a most beautiful voice, and her good papa used to say: “My dear Anna, the sound of your voice is very delightful, and it doe ; me good to hear you sing to your own harpsichord, but I wish I could hear you sing at church.” Poor man ; he did not consider that there was no possibility of hearing any other voice while that of the parish clerk w;is dinging in his ears. Elizabeth, the youngest, was decidedly the prettiest of the four ; sentimentality was her forte, or, more properly speaking, her foible. She sighed much herself, and was the cause of sighing to others. I little thought when I first saw them that I beheld a nest of predestined old maids ; but it was so, and the next time that I saw them they were all living together, spinsters. How I was occupied the next thirty years would be tedious to relate, therefore I pass over that period and come again to Littleton.

Time is like a mischievous urchin that plays sad tricks in our absence, and so disarranges things and persons, too, that when we come back again we hardly know where to find them. When I made my second visit to Littleton, the good old rector had been several y«ars in his grave; and, when I asked after his daughters, I was told that they were living, and were together, and that they occupied the white cottage. I was rather pleased to hear that they were single, though I was surprised at the information. I knew that I should be well received ; that I should not find all their old affections alienated by new ties. I knew that ] should not have to encounter the haughty and interrogatory eyes of husbands; that 1 should not be under the necessity of accommodating myself to new manners. I had, indeed, some difficulty in making myself known, and still more difficulty in distinguishing the ladies, the one from the other, and connecting their present with their past appearance ; for Anna’s attitudinizing days were over, and Elizabeth had ceased to sigh. But, when the recognition had taken place, we were exceedingly glad to see each other, and we all talked together about everybody and everything at once.

My call at the white cottage was at the latter end of August. The weather was line, but there had recently been much rain, and there were some very heavy clouds, and some little growling of the wind, like the aspect andtoneof an angry schoolmaster, who had just given a boy a sound thrashing, and looks as if he were half inclined to give him some more. The cottage was very small, very neat, very light. There was one parlor, and that was a very pretty one. A small carpet covered the middle of the room; a worked fire screen stood in one corner ; a piece of needlework, representing Abraham going to sacrifice Isaac, hung opposite the door; shells, sea weed and old china stood on the man-tel-piece ; an old harpsichord in a black mahogany ease stretched its leviathan length along one side of the room ; six exceedingly heavy and clumsily-carved mahogany (-hairs, with high backs, short legs and broad, square, flat seats, any one of which might have accommodated all four sisters at once, according to their mode of sitting, stood around the room; these chairs, I recollect, had been m the dining-room at the rectory, but then there was a great lubberly cub of a footman to lug them about. The fire-place was particularly m at. It had an old brass fender, polished up to the semblance of gold, delineating in its pattern divers birds and beasts, the like of which never entered Noah’s ark, but they had a right to go in by sevens, for they were as clean as a penny. The poker looked like a toothpick, the shovel like an old-fash-ioned salt spoon, and the tongs like a pair of tweezers. The little black stove shone with an icy coldness, as if the maid had been scrubbing it all the morning to' keep herself warm; and the cut paper was arranged over the vacant bars with a cruel exactitude that gave no hopes of fire. The ladies themselves looked as old as the fire-place; and I could hardly help thinking that a stove without a fire, at the cold end of August, looked something like an old maid. The ladies, however, were very chatty; they all spoke together—or nearly so ; for when one began the others went on, one after another, in the way and after the manner of a catch, or, more accurately’ speaking, perhaps somewhat in the similitude of a fugue. They talked very loud and sat very upright, -which last circumstance I should have thought very conducive to health, but they were not healthy; the fact is, they lived too sparingly, for their father hail left much less than had been expected, and they were obliged to keep up appearances, as they still visited the first families in the neighborhood. By living together they bad very much assimilated in manners'; they all had the same sharp, shrill voice, and the same short, snappy, not snappish, manner of speaking.

When I called on them I had not dined, but I supposed they had, for they asked me to stay and drink tea with them ; though I should have preferred dinner to tea, yet for the sjike of such old acquaintance I was content to let that pass. They pressed me very much to take a glass of wine, and I yielded—but afterward repented it. Single elderly ladies are very much imposed on in the article of wine ; ill-luck to those who cheat them ! Then we had tea. I know the old cups and saucers again, and the little silver cream-jug, and the sugartongs, made like a pair of scissors ; I was glad to see the tea-urn, for it helped to warm the room. The tea made us quite communicative ; not that it was strong enough to intoxicate; quite the contrary, it was rather weak. I should also have beeij glad of some more bread and butter,' but they landed me the last piece, and T could hot think

of taking it, so it went into the kitchen for the maid, and I did not grudge it her, for she seemed, by die way, to be not much better fed than her mistresses. She was a neat, respectable young woman. After tea we talked again about old times, and I gaye several broad , hints and intimations that I should like to hear their respective histories ; in other words, I wished to know how it was that they had all remained single ; for the history of an old maid is the narrative of her escapes from matrimony. My intimation was well received, and my implied request was complied with. Mary, as the eldest, commenced: “ I believe you remember my friend, Mr. M ?” “ I do so, and is he living ? ” “ He is, and still single.” I smiled and said, “Indeed!” The lady smiled not. “ Yes,” continued the narrator, “ho is still living and still single. I have occasionally seen him, but very seldom of late years. You remember, I dare say, what a cheerful companion he was, and how very polite. He was quite of the old school, but that was only as regarded his external manners. In his opinion he partook too much of the new school. He was one of the Liberal party at Cambridge: and, though he was generally a very serious and good man, he perplexed his head with some strange notions, and, when the time came that he should take orders, he declined doing so, on account of some objections he had to some of the Thirtynine Articles. Some people have gone so far as to say that he was no better than a Soeiuian, though I do not believe he was ever so bad as that. Still, however, it would never do for the daughter of a clergyman to marry a man who had’ any doubt concerning any of the Thirty-nine Articles. We did all in our power to convince him that he was wrong, and he did all in his power to convince us that he was right; but it was all to no purpose. Indeed, he seemed to consider himself a kind of martyr, only because we talked to him. He argued most ingeniously that exact conformity of opinion was not essential to happiness. But I cculd not think it correct to marry a man who had any doubts concerning the ai'ticles ; for, as my father very justly observed, when a man once begins to doubt it is impossible to say where it will end. And so the matter went on from year to year, and so it remains still, and so it is likely to the end of the chapter. I will never give up the Thirty-nine Articles.” All the sisters said that she was perfectly right; and then Martha told her story, saying: “It was just about the time that you were visiting Littleton that Mr. B who had long paid me very particular attention, made me an offer. Mr. B—— was not a man of

first-rate talents, though he did not want for understanding ; he was also tolerably good-humored, though occasionally subject to fits of violence. His father,' however, most strenuously objected to the match, and from being on friendly terms with us he suddenly dropped our acquaintance, and almost persecuted us. My father was a man of high spirit, and coulcl not patiently brook the insult he received, and I have every reason to believe that thereby his days* were shortened. In proportion, however, as the elder Mr. B opposed our union, the affection of the younger seemed to increase, and he absolutely proposed a marriage m Scotland, but my father would never allow a daughter of his to bo married otherwise than by the rites of the Church of England. At length old Mr. B died, aild then it was thought that we should be married ; but it was necessary to wait a decent time after the old gentleman’s death, in which interval the young Squire, whose attentions had diminished of late, went to London, where ho married a widow with a fortune. They arc now living separately. ” “You were faithful to your first loves,” I observed. “But I,” said Anna, “have a different story to tell. Iliad four offers before I was 19 years of age; and I thought that I was exercising great judgment and discrimination in endeavoring to decide which was most worthy of my choice; so I walked and talked and sang and played and criticised with all in their turn; and, before I could make up my mind which to choose, I lostjhem all, and gained the charactenqfii flirt. It seems very unfortunate that we are placed under the necessity of making that decision which must influence our whole destiny for life at that very period when we least know what life is.”

“It is expedient,” said I, “to entertain several lovers at once.” “I found it expedient,” said Elizabeth, “to entertain several lovers in succession. My first lover won my heart by flute-playing. He was a Lieutenant in the navy, visiting in the neighborhood. My father disapproved the connection, but I said that I would not live without him, and so a consent was extorted ; but, alas ! my flute-player’s ship was ordered to the West Indies, and I heard of him no more. My next lover, who succeeded to the first rather too soon in the opinion of some people, was a radical man, and for a marriage -with him a reluctant consent was obtained from my father ; but before matters could be arranged it was found that his business did not answer, and he departed. Another succeeded to the business, and also to my affections, and a third reluctant consent was extorted, but, when the young gentleman found that the report of my father’s wealth had been much exaggerated, he departed also; and in time I grew accustomed to these disappointments, and bore them better than I expected. I might, perhaps, have had a husband, if I could have lived without a lover. ” So ended their sad stories ; and after tea we walked into garden. It was a small garden, with four sides and a circular center, so small that, as we walked round we were like the names in a round-robin, it was difficult to say which was first. I shook hands with them at parting gently, for fear of hurting them, for their fingers were long, cold and fleshless. The next time I traveled that way they were all in their graves, and not much colder than when I saw them at the cottage.

Law of the Case.

No man who builds up to his line has the legal right to open a window upon his neighbor’s land. The main reason for refusing such a privilege is that after twenty years’ enjoyment it becomes a vested right, so that the owner of the land upon which the windows open cannot build it up, and thus by his own walls close up the windows. An owner of a lot up town allowed his neighbors on each side to open side windows to their houses upon it, supposing that they could only enjoy it until he wished to build. Alter twenty-one years he found that he could not build so as to close the windows, nor could he sell the lot for anything like the value it should have represented. One of the natural curiosities of Nevada, according to the Reno Gazette, is a petrified tree, near Lovelock station, which measures 600 feet in length and two feet in thickness. Its roots and most of its branches are still perfect. The tree is described as lying on he surface of the ground and petrified through and through from bark to core. He held a seductive-looking piece of jewelry in his hand as he kept calling—“only 25 cents and did you ever see anything so cheap?” “Yes,” roared one of the crowd—“ Dr. Bull’s Baby Syrup is the cheapest and best remedy known for childrep."

AGRICULTURAL.

June Work on tiic Farm. [From the American AgrlculturiaLJ Poultry. —Mtway chickens arc carried off by hawks, rats, etc., unless safe coops are provided, which should lie cjosed at night and not opened until the dew is off’ the grass in the morning. Ticks. —lmmediately ■ after shearing, the ticks leave the sheep for the longer wool of the lambs. The lambs thus infested should be dipped in a decoction of tobacco stems, which will destroy the ticks.’ Several sjiecial dips are in the market. Cellars should bo ventilated at night and kept closely shut up and dark in the day time. The outer air, highly charged with moisture, if allowed to enter the cellar in the day time will de-; posit much of its moisture upon the! cold walls, and the cellar is made more damp instead of dryer by the day veii-j tilation. Buckwheat may be sown during tliis month, and may be made a profitable crop, especially upon newly-cleaned ground where the mellowing effects pi the crop are of importance. The silver- ’ hull buckwheat is better than *the common variety, the yield being, greater and the flour from it whitey and.of a finer quality than the ordinary sort. Hat-caps are excellent things to protect the hay from the damage that showers would otherwise do to the curing hay. They should be made of stout cotton a yard or a yard and a half square, provided with loops at the corners for fastening down with wooden pegs. If well cared for, a set of caps will last many years, and save several times their cost. Hay tedders are important implements in conjunction with the mower. Frequent stirring of the grass, to give the air access to all parts without burning the surface in the sun, is a great aid in making hay of the best quality. Grass cut in the forenoon, and well stirred with the tedder, may be, put into cocks in the afternoon, when it will cure better than if spread over the surface of the meadow. Potatoes.—The Colorado beetle must be kept in cheek by free and judicious use of Paris green, or the equally-effi-cient and cheaper London purple. The liquid method of application, using some sort of a sprinkler, is now most generally practiced. It must be remembered that these substances are deadly poisons, to be handled with caution and stored in a secure place, or serious results may follow.

Mowing machines have come to be an indispensable part of the machinery of the farm. It is a serious loss of time and money to get in any large crop of hay without using them. Scythes may be used around fence, corners, trees, etc., but in open fields they must give place to the horse mowers, many kinds of which are so near perfection that it is hard to go astray in selecting one. Haying.—Clover and timothy should be cut when in full blossom ; if allowed to get ripe, the quality of hay is not so good. By beginning early the work need not be hurried. Use the mower after the' dew is off in the forenoon. Cut only as much as can be well cared for. It is often remarked that the average quality of hay is not so good as be-i fore the introduction of the mowing machines, from the temptation' to cut the grass faster than it can be cured. Swedish Turnips may be sown this month in drills thirty inches apart. A plenty of seed should be sown, to insure an even stand of plants—two pounds per acre is not too much. The land should be well manured and thoroughly prepared—a fine tilth is especially essential to success on old ground. Thin the plants, when the second leaf appears, to at least twelve to fifteen inches apart. Partial or total failure is, in many cases, to be attributed to defective thinning. Sheep Shearing.—Washing sheep, under the present system of buyingwool, will, perhaps, be the prevailing practice. If care is taken to keep the sheep so that the wool will not be filled with dirt, it is better not to wash. Fleeces should be done up with care, nicely rolled aud securely tied with light twine. When it is known that a farmer puts up his wool in neat shape without any tags, etc., he will obtain the highest price. Everywhere, but especially here, “Honesty is the, best policy. ”

Summer-Fallows.—ln rare cases it may be well to summer-fallow. The object is mainly to kill off weeds that have become plentiful and sire otherwise difficult to destroy, especially on heavy clay soils. There are so many green crops that may be grown to advantage for cleaning the ground that it seldom pays to keep a field idle for a whole season merely to rid it of weeds. If it is decided to summer-fallow it should be done with thoroughness, that the greatest good may come from the expensive rest that it has given the fallowed land. Fodder Corn may be sown in drills, two and a half to three feet apart, and at intervals of ten days for several weeks to come. It is not well to sow the seed broadcast, as the plants, to do the best, need to be cultivated while young, and for this purpose drills are necessary. The smaller varieties are preferable on account of superior fineness of the fodder. The notion that sweet corn is better for corn fodder than the ordinary field sorts is without foundation. That the grain is sweeter in the former does not indicate that the stalks arc any better.

Corn.—Frequent cultivation is necessary to the destruction of the weeds while they are young. A smoothingharrow may be used while the corn is small, to be followed by the Cultivator and hoe, as the plants get larger. The double cultivator with a span of horses is more economical than the single cultivator and a single horse, as it saves the labor of one num. One great advantage of the corn crop is the opportunity furnished lor thorough tillage, the beneficial, influence of which will be felt throughout the whole rotation of crops. The labor expended upon the, growing corn should be charged in part against the crops that are to follow. Orchards.—With newly-plarited trees it will pav to give a little time in examining their condition. If they are loose or leaning to one side, a minute spent in pressing the soil about them with the foot will often save them. A mulching, if not already given to the young trees, should be provided before the long drought. Almost any substance that will cover the soil and protect it from the sun will do. Grafts set this spring should be looked to, and if the bud or buds grow too vigorously, pinch baak into shape; in fact, a graft should be treated as if it were.a young tree. Cut away all shoots that come upon the stock below the graft, that the nourishment may go to the graft. See that, the branches of the graft have plenty of room and the growth is not interfered withby surrounding branches.

Racing on a Grand Scale.

An ocean steam-yacht race is to take place in September next from New York to Southampton, England. A prize of $60,000 is offered, and four new steam yachts now building expressly for the occasion are entered in the competition. They are the Corsair, which belongs to Mr. Charles J. Osborne. She is building at a Philadelphia yard, and in appearance is said to excel in model and style anything that has been attempted in this country before. She is 179 feet feet 6 inches long, pu the main deck, 23 feet beam, 13 feet depth of hold, 9 feet mean draught and 11 feet draught aft, schooner rigged, built of iron, laid flush’ and has a displacement, of 380 fojrs’

Tlie yacht Stranger, owned by George A. Osgood, a "Wall street Broker, is built on the same model as the Corsair, and there is scarcely any difference between than, except in their interior arrangements. The third vessel is the Yosemite, building at Chester, JPa., for William F. Belden.- The dimensions are : Length over, all, 200 feet; length of deck, 175 feet; breadth of beam, 24 feet; deptteof hold, 16 feet, and draught of water, feet. The engine will be similar to those of the Stranger and Corsair. The fourth vessel is building at NewfeujK for Mr. James G. Bennett, bu&fenbt sqfar advance! as the other

How to Make Good Times.

vlf you aria a farmer, patronize your home m»rchar#end manufacturer. if Spend your money with home tradesthereby -assist in making your Wffre bn®ess man, the mechanic and tradesman Are prosperous, the farmers and all others in a community trill be benefited. Do your business in a spirit of reciprocity. Let each vocation try to assist ,the other, and in this way will a friendly and mutual relation exist which will prove beneficial to all. '-Do not purchitse articles from abroad a,pe manufactured at home if you can possjl >ly help it. The .trite cause of prosperity is to be found in' industrial habits, when aided by judgment, to make- the labor profitable, because all wealth, without exception, is the result of well-regulated labor.

TROUBLE IN THE CAMP.

[St. Louis (Mo.) Times.] We are sure that it is ilothiug like as had to have trouble in the camp, as to have trouble in the stomach. Thus, Mr. M. J. ' Falk, Kansas City, Mo., speaks from experience: For many years, 1 have been an extreme sufferer from Dyspepsia, and no physician could remove this chronic trouble. I finally resorted to the use of the Hamburg Drops, and have been helped wond crfully. Mb. Charles Reade, since his reported conversion to Congregationalism, is said to be a most diligent student of the Bible—the whole bent of his mind being now toward attaining Christian knowledge and doing Christian work. It is said, further, that he is meditating upon a delineation of scripture characters and events.

[Chicago Evening Journal.] The Hon. Leonard Swett, the great lawyer of the Northwest, was cured of rheumatism and neuralgia by St. Jacobs Oil. In an interview article upon the matter, the Journal representative says he felt as have many others before, that St. Jacobs Oil, the Great German Remedy, is the best and most thorough conqueror of pain the world has ever known. Bonds worth $4,000 were stolen from a Philadelphia safe, and J. F. Southern, the clerk in charge, was arrested. Certain circumstances were taken as strong evidence against him, and he was committed for trial. Then John Casey, a professional thief, came forward, and not only confessed that he was the thief, but proved it. He said that he was not mean enough to let an innocent man be punished in his stead.

Consumptives gain in flesh, strength and spirits under a daily use of Malt Bitters. A San Francisco man wont to a dentist, while temporarilv insane, and said that he wanted his teeth all extracted. The dentist advised him not to get rid of them, as they were sound; but he insisted, arguing that a false set would be far'handier and more comfortable. As he did not seem crazy, the dentist performed the job. On recovering his teason he brought a suit for $5,000 damages under the California law against professional malpractice. Nebvous, sleepless and overworked find rest and nourishment in Malt Bitters. Recently, in the trial of a mining suit, one Capt. Tom Bates, a man wellknown throughout the mining regions of the West, was on the stand, and in cross-examination he was asked if he was not a mining expert. He replied that he was not. He was asked to state what a mining expertwas. “Well,sir,” said he, “ a mining expert is a man who wears eye-glasses, parts his hair in the middle, has graduated at Freiferg, and speaks bad English.”

In Powder Form.

'• Vegetine put up in this form comes within the reach of all. By making the medicine yourself you can, from a 50c. package containing the barks, roots and herbs, make two bottles, of the liquid Vegetine. Thousands will gladly avail themselves of this opportunity, who have the conveniences to make the medicine. Full directions in every package. Vegetine in powder form is sold by all druggists and general stores. If you cannot buy it of them, inclose fifty cents in postage stamps for one package; or one dollar for two packages, .and I will send it by return mail. H. 11. Stevens, Boston, Mass. Dr. C. E. Shoemaker, the well-known aural surgeon of Reading, I’a., offers to send by mail, free of charge, a valuable little book on deafness and diseases of the ear—especially on running tar and catarrh, and their proper treatment—fixing references and testimonials that will satisfy the most skeptical Address as above.

A Household Need.

A book on tho Liver, its diseases and their treatment, sent free. Including treatises upon Liver Complaints, Torpid Liver, Jaundice, Biliousness, Headache, Constipation, Dyspepsia, Malaria, etc. Address Dr. Sanford, 162 Broadway, New York city, N. Y. Physical incapacity from loss of power, causing depression, is cured by Medelur. It is said that four million packages of Fraser Axle Grease were sold in 1879, and we believe it. Lyon's Heel Stiffeners keep boots and shoes straight. Sold by shoe and hardware dealers.

C. Gilbert’s Starches are always pure. HOFMANN’S HOP PILLS, aspecific cure for Fever and Ague, Biliousness and Malarial Poisoning of Fifty pills for 50 cents., A CA K—To all who are suffering from the errors and indiscretions of youth, nervous weakness, early decay, loss of manhood, etc., I will send a Recipe that will cure you, OF CHARGE. This great remedy was discovered by a missionary in South America. Send a self-addressed envelope to the Rev. Joseph I. Inman, Station J), JHew York City.

MeLAWS VERMIFUGE BONBONS for Worms in Children are delicious and never fail to cure. I>ansrhfer«i, Wive* and Mnlhcr®, DR. MARCHISPS UTERINE OATHOLICON will positively cure Female Weaknes* such a- Falling of the Womb, Whiles, Chronic Inflammation or Ulcer tion of the Womb, Incidental Hemorrhage or Flooding, Painful, Suppressed and Irregular Menstruation,&c. An old and reliable remedy. Send postal card ora pamphlet, with treatment, <uro : and eertiticn es from physiciansand patients, to HOWARTH A BALLARD, UIICA, N.Y. Sold by all Druggists—sl 50 per bottU.

Baby Prizes, S6OO. An eminent banker’s wife of , N. Y., has induced the proprietors of that great medicine, Hop Bitters, to offer S6OO in prizes to the youngest child that says • Hop Bitters plainly, in any between May 1, 1880,. and July 4, 1881. This is a liberal and interesting offer, and everybody and his wife should send 2-cent stamp to the Hop Bitters Mfg. Co., Rochester, N. Y., U. S. A., for circular, giving full particulars, and begin at once to teach the children to say Hop Bitters and secure the prize.

D r BULL’S BABY SYRUP

Ti»e Voltaic Belt Co., llarshall, Mich., Will send their Electro-Voltaic Belta to the afflicted upon thirty days’ trial See their advertisemyt^^in„thia paper, headed, “On Thirty Medet»r restores strength and vitaW to the muscular tissues and morbid organism.

THE MARKETS.

NEW YORK. Beevessß 25 @ 9 75 Gfoas 4 60 @ 4 75 Cotton 11 Ji® 12 Flour—Superfine 350 @450 Wheat—Na 2 119 @1 30 Corn—Western Mixed 53 @ 56 Oats—Mixed 40 @ 43 Rye—Western 95 @ 97 Pork—Messlo 75 @ll 25 L *«t> 7 @ 7)4 CHICAGO. Beeves—Choice Graded Steers 4 50 @ 4 75 Cows and Heifers 260 @ 4 00 Medium to Fair 4 10 @ 4 25 Hogs 300 (S 4 40 Flour—Fancy White Winter Ex.... 550 @6 25 Good to Choice Spring Ex.. 500 @5 25 Wheat—No. 2 Spring 1 01 @ 1 02 No. 3 Spring 92 @ 93 Corn—Na 2 36 @. 37 Oats—No. 2 30 @ 31 Rye—No. 2 74 @ 75 Barley—No. 2 75 @ 76 Butter—Choice Creamery 18 @ 19 Eggs—Fresh 9 @ Pork—Mess lo 25 @lO 50 Labd 6)tf@ 6’4 MILWAUKEE. Wheat—No. 1 1 04 @ 1 08 No. 2 86 @ 87 Corn—No. 2 35 @ 36 Oats—No. 2 30 @ 31 Rye—No. 1 75 @ 76 Barley—No. 2 67 @ 68 ST. LOUIS. Wheat—No. 2 Red Fall 1 05 @ 1 08 Corn—Mixed 35 @ 36 Oats—No. 2 30 @ 31 Rye 79 M. 80 Pork—Messlo 25 @lO 50 Lard 6>4@ 6X CINCINNATI. Wheat 1 11 @ 1 12 Corn. 40 @ 41 Oats 33 @ 34 Rye 83 @ 84 Pork—Messlo 50 @lO 75 Lard.. 6W@ fiv, TOLEDO. Wheat—Amber Michigan 1 15 @ 1 16 No. 2 Red 1 16 @1 17 Corn—No. 2 40 @ 41 Oats—No. 2.... 33 @ 34 DETROIT. Flour—Choice 5 50 @ 6 75 Wheat—No. 1 White 1 11 @ 1 12 No. 1 Amber 1 10 @lll Corn—No. 1 44 @ 45 Oats—Mixed... 37 @ 38 Barley (per cental) 1 25 @ 1 65 Pork—Messll 50 @ll 75 INDIANAPOLIS. Wheat—No. 2 Red 1 10 @ 1 12 Corn 36 @ 37 Oats 30 @ 36 Pork—Clearl2 00 @l2 50 EAST LIBERTY, PA. Cattle—Best 5 00 @ 5 25 Fair 4 00 @ 4 90 Common 3 50 @ 3 75 Hogs 4 30 ® 5 60 Sheep 3 50 @ 4 25

V egetine. IN POWDER FORM 50 GTS. A PACKAGE. Dr.W. ROSS WRITES: Scrofula, Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia, Rheumatism, Weakness. H. R. Stevens, Boston : I have been practicing medicine for twenty-five years, and as a remedy for Scrofula, Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia, Rheumatism, Weakness, and all diseases of the blood, I have never found its equal. I have sold Vbgetink for seven years and have never had one bottle returned. I would heartily recommend it to those in :ieed of a blood purifier. Dr. W. ROSS, Druggist, Sept. 18,1878. Wilton, lowa. Vegetine. One Package in Powder Form Cured Scrofula. HOW TO REDUCE YOUR DOCTORS' BILLS. 88 Bremen St., East Boston, Mass.,) Sept. 80, 1879. J Mr. H. R. Stevens—Df ar Sir : My little daugh ter Stella has been afflicted a long time with Scrofula, suffering everything. I employed differem physicians in East Poston, but they helped hei none. I bought some of your Powder Form Vegktine, 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 gainer in flesh and strength. She is now gaining even day, and I can cheerfully recommend your remed' to be the best we have ever tried. Respectfully yours, J. T. WEBB. Vege'ine is Sold by all Druggists.

HOW TO GET A GlßL.—Essay on Flirting, 10 cento. Send stamp. E. ELLERY, 53 East 9th St.,New York. USE STERLING CHEMICAL Wick in Lamps and Oil Stoves. Cheap, brilliant; avoids dirt and trinnninor. d» C 4 - <b t] n per day at home. Samples worth $5 freo. <J>O TO h>£U Address Stiuson A Co., Portland, Me THE National Temperance Songster; lOo; SO per 100. 8. L. MARROW, Indianapolis, Ind.

(JjTQaweek. sl2 a day at home easily made. Costly £ Outfit free. Address Tbue A Co., Augusta, Me. UMMTen Arena everj.hee. to oell Teo, Coffee. B»km; V* All luU Powder, Plavorinr Extrnou.ea.,by osmple, to femllieo. Profit rood. Ontat tree PEOPLE'S TEA CO.. Box MSb, 8t Uuio, Mo. NEXT OF KIN. of Great Britain, Ireladn.Ao. A Registry of 20,000 Names. Heirswanted. Price SI. Richardson A Co., 711 Sansom St.. Philadelphia, Pa. ri» £“ /* PER WEEK easily made oDOv Lu v by either sex. For particulars address J. F. Cavably A Co., P. O. Box 3117, New York. SISbJ Ittl Ml A YEAR and expenses to agents. Outfit Free. Address P. < a < O. VICKERY, Auguste, Maine. ■fl Es ILI WASTED. A reliable man in every 111 Cl “ county. Will nay 575 per month. Write at once. W. P. WHITCHER A CO., Cincinnati, Ohio. BIT Fl TH fl for the TRADE. Territory given. K 8 1141-r I r X ENTERPRISE CARRIAGE CO., *J (J M M 111 M Cincinnati, O. Catalogue FREE.

VOUNG MEN ■ month. Every graduate guaranteed a paying situation. Address R. Valentine, Manager, Janesville,Wis. NEW WORK. Recent imprisonment and martyr, dum of Free Masons. Recent remarkable discovery of ancient masonic emblems on the foundations of Cleopstra’B Needle in Egypt. Graphically illustrated with / Nf \ colored plates. Rare chance for agent*. Send for orospectus, new illustrated catalogue, nnd terms. REDDING & CO., Masonic Publishers, 731 Broadway, New York. ® TRUTH & MJOTXI Bp*»i»h B*«r will for a<* C«aU, with ywwr f W •<•, bmght, e.lor of tytt, and lork of hair, I N Mad • »orr««t fiitun of your faluro has- I J bandor nam., limo and plao. wh.r. you will fir»t moot, ar.d date of marri.fo; tddraoß. Prof. MA RTIN KZ.<2 Pro»iao. sk. .Boaion, Maaa. TA«« it a. I On 30 Days’ Trial. We will send our Electro-Voltaic Belts and other Electric Appliances upon trial for 30 days to those ifilicted with Aervous Debility and diseases o/* aperum (nature. Also of the Liver, Kidneys, Rheumatism, Paralysis, Ac. A sure cure guaranteed or no pay. Address Voltaic Belt Co., &fsa**abull, Mich. A fTOTItO Wont Pll or richly illustrated, and onlj W UUluU complete and authentic history of GRANT’S TOUR AROUND THIS WORTH. It describes Royal Palaces, Rare Curiosities, Wealth and Wonders of the Indies, China, Japan, etc. A million people want it. This is the best chance of your life to make money. Beware of “ catchpenny” imitations. Send for circulars containing a full 'description of the work and extra terms to Agents. Address NATIONAL PUBLISHING CO., Chicago, 111. The Great Remedy For THE LIVER, THE BOWELS,and the KIDNEYS. These great organs are the Natural cleansers of tho System. If they work well, health will bo perfect, if they become clogged, dreadful diseases are developed because the blood is poisoned with tho humors that should have been expelled naturally. KI DN E Y-WORT will restore the natural action, ana throw off the disease. Thousand have been cured, and all may be. For sale byallDruggists. a rp portable feSoda Fountains! S3s ’ * <io and * so; 1100 CHEAP AND DURABLE! Will yield 200 per cent. Shipped ready torose. Addiesstheonlymanufacturers, OHAPMA.v A CO., Madison, Ind. mi non reward K iS I Blind, Itching, or Ulcerated Piles that Deßing’s Pile wl ■ ■ B Remedy fails to cure. Gives i B B B ■ immediate relief, cures cases of long standing in 1 week, and ordinary cases in 2 days. UIUUU CAUTION wrapper has printeaonil in black a l*ile of S ones and Dr. J. P. Miller's signature, Philo. Slabofte. Sold by all druggists. Sent by mail by J. P. Miller, M. D„ Propr., S. W. cot. Tenth and Arch Sta., Philada., Pa. K 90,000 Acree Fanning I Andi eww-. rme I u ■ ■■■ w Branch Office. 92 Randolph BL, Chicago, His,

The Farmer as a Citizen.

I think the influence of agriculturists ought to be increased in public affairs. I would not like to see a Legislature composed exclusively of farmers and mechanics, nor would it be for the public good that there should be no representatives of these in that body. There should be in -every Legislature men skilled in the laws of the State; there ought also to lie there an influential body of men connected with the leading industries of the State, familiar with the wants and wishes of the great mass of the people. If they should draft 110 laws, if they should inaugurate no new and untried policies, still there would be that in the very atmosphere in which such a body of men move which will influence beneficially the action of the Legislature.— Judge George Starkville, Miss.

&CC a week in your own town. Terms and $5 Outfit WO U free. Address H. Hallett A Co., Portland, Me. What Everybody Wants Mo Has Not Heard and Read oflt. NOTE THE FOLLOWING t „ , „ „ Pharibburg, Ohio, May 19. Messrs. J. N. Harris A Co.— Genltemen: 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 a fair trial which availed me nothing. For the succeeding six days I used no medicine. By that time I was thought in the first stages of Consumption. My cough being more severe than ever, I then commenced using ALLEN'S lung Balaam, which has effectually cured me. I conscientiously believe it to be an excellent medicine, and can assure you that it will afford me the highest possible gratification to commend it to any person you may refer to me. Yours truly, NEWTON MURPHY. For Sale by All Medicine Dealers* 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 SAPOATFIJEK, and take no other. Penn’a Salt Manufact’ng Co.. Phila. The Koran. A curiosity to every on?, and a neceaeity to all KtudcntM of lli*tory or Religion : THE KORAN OF MOHAMMED; translated from the Arabic by George Sale. Formerly published at $2.75; a new. beautiful type, neat, cloth-bound edition; price, 35 cents, and G cents for postage. Catalogue of many standard works, remarkably low m price, with extra teims to clubs, free. Say where you saw this advertisement. American Book Exchange, Tribune Building, N. Y. iSVASEMNEsThis wonderful substance is acknowledged by physicians throughout the world to be the best remedy discovered for the cure of Wonndi, Burns, Klienin.itism, Skin Diseases. Piles, Catarrh, ChHblnlns, <fcc. In order that everyone may try it, it is put up in 15 and 25 cent bottles tor household use. Obtain it from your druggist, and you will find it suporioi to ..nything you have ever used.

NATRONA""" Is the best in the World. It is absolutely pure. It is the best for Medicinal Purposes. It is the best for Baking and all Family Uses. Sold by al* Druggists and. Grocers. Penn’a Salt Manfacfinii Co., PMa. PENSIONS! Wew Law. Thousands of Soldiers and heirs entitled. Pensions date hack to discharge or death. Time limited. Address, with stamp, GEORGE E. LEMON, P. O. Drawer 895. D. C.

C.GILBERT'S STARCH

1 TRADEMARK ju MALT AND HOPS Fitters FIR ENFEEBLED DIGESTION, Impoverished Blood, Weak Lungs, Kidneys and Urinary Organs, Consumption, Emaciation, Mental and Physical Exhaustion, Delicate Females, Nursing Mothers, Sickly Children, and Debility of Age, MALT BITTERS are warranted more Nourishing. Strengthening, Vitalizing and Purifying by reason of their rienness in Bone and Mus-cle-Producing Material than all other forms of malt or medicine, while free from the objections urged against malt liquors. Prepared by the MALT BITTERS COMPANY from Uhfermented Malt and Hops. Malt Bitters Company, Boston, Mass.

SI W ■UN Itching Humors, Scaly Eruptions, Bff I Rlkß Scalp Affections, Salt Rheum, A B lw Psoriasis, Scald Head, Ulcere and | | W Sores infallibly cured by the Diseases. c,rtlC " ra Be ““ dle8 ’ * which have performed miracles of ... „ . , healing, unparalleled in medical history. Send for ILLUSTRATED TREATISE, containing testimonials from every part of the Union. Prepared by WEEKS & POTTER, Chemists, Boston, Mass. Sold by Druggists. Purchasing Agency. required for Ladies’, Gentlemen’s and Ghildren s v\ ear, and articles of every description for House, (counting Room or Store, purchased by experienced buyers with taste and discretion at the lowest cash Prices. Circular containing full particulars sent free to aiw address. Samples sent on receipt of 25 cents. Correspondence solicited. Address » MRS. MARY THOMAS, P. O. Box 1626, Philadelphia, Pa. oharge of Purchasing Agency of PETERSONS’ MAGAZINE,” Philadelphia, Pa. Important to the Fair Sexl , VAI I M < S THE GREAT ENGLISH REMEDY cures LeucorrboeaUor whites.) 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 nil Druggists everywhere. Price 81.00 per box or six boxes for 85.00, sent by mail free of postage, securely sealed. THE GH.AYMEDIICINR CO., Mechanics’ Block, Detroit, Mich. Wholesale Agents for U. S. sent f tee. VAN BCHAAOK, STEVENSON A CO, Agts., Chicago

NICHOLS,SHEPARD & CO.Battle (MMMl . S*t»blUhad ORIGINAL AND ONLY GENUINE Threshing Machinery and Portable and Traction Engines. TILE STANDARD of excellence throughout the GrainRaiding World. MATCHLESS for Grain-Saving, Time-Saving, Perfect Cleaning. Rapid and Thorough Work. INCOMPARABLE in Quality of Material. Perfection • Parts, Thorough Workmanship, Elegant Finish, and _*M%RVEIS’UB for way ruperior work In att Unde of • nn.—_ Grain, and universally known aa the only successful Thresher * -«r vwwm . Pl*x, Timothy, Clover, and all other Seeds. ASTONISHINGLY DURABLE and wonderfuUy simple, using less than one half the usual geare and belts. _ PORTABLE, TRACTION, and STRAW-BURNING STEAM-ENGINES, with special features of Power, Durability, Safety, Economy, and Beauty entirely unknown in other makes. Steam-Power Outfits and Steam-Power Separators a specialty. Four sizes of Separators, from «to 12 horse-power; also 2 styles Improved Mounted Horse-Powers. 89 Years* of Proeperoua and Continuous Buaineae by this house, without change of name, location, or manage* Bent, furnishes a strong guarantee for superior goods and honorable dealing. fl AllTlfiftl f The wonderfnl success and popularity of UAU I lUR ■ our Vibbator Machinery has driven other machines to the wall; hence various makers are now attemptIng to build and palm oh' inferior and mongrel imitations of •ur famous goods. . BE NOT DECEIVED by such experimental and worthless machinery. If sou buy .Ni at ail, get the “ORIGINAL M and th© “GENUINE* from ua. Vwx (£7*For flail particulars call on our dealers, or write to «s for Illustrated Circulars, which we mail free. Address JTCCHOLS, BHEPABB h CO., Battle Creek, Mich.

HAMBURG A ft I DROPS THE ©BEAT GERMAN BLOOD PURIFIER, CURES DYSPEPSIA, Liver Complaint, Costiveness, Bilious Attacks, Indigestion, Jaundice, Loss of Appetite, Headache, Dizziness, Nausea, Heartburn, Depression of Spirits, Sores, Boils, Pimples, Skin Diseases, Eruptions, Foul Breath, and all Diseases arising from Impure Blood. The Hamburg Drops are recommended as being the best and cheapest Family Medicine ever offered, ami aro sold by Druggists and Dealers at 50 Cents a Bottle. Directions in Eleven Languages. Genuine bears the fac-aimilo signature, and private proprietary stamp of A. VOGEI.ER A- CO., Baltimore, Md,U.B. A. nin large or small amounts, $25 or llr a| | $25,000. Write W. T. SOULE A CO., £J3 hA Commission Merchants, 130 LaSalle w Street, Chicago, 111., for Circulars. DANIEL F. BEATTY’S ORGANS 17-Stop Organs, Sub-bass <k Oct. Coupler, boxed A shipped, only New Pianos to 1 Before you buy an instrument be sura to see my Midsummer offer iliustiafrd, free. Address DANIEL F. BEATTY, Washington,N.J.

THE VICTOR iiwmiim t Dou blo Huller Mg-rig Clover Machine F?; hulled 100 bushels of seed v * n onc d a y damp and wet straw. Send for Dek scriptl’vc Circular anti Price which contains many i letters confirming this. Hagerstown Agricuhural Implement Mfg. Co. fiitafe where you saw Advertisement, llugcrsto wn, M<L RED RIVER VALLEY 2,000,000 Acres Wheat Lands best in the World, for sale by the Bt. Paul, Mlnncapolls & Matilola R.R. CO, Three dollars per acre allowed the settler for breaking and cultivation. For particulars apply to D. A. McKINLAY, Land Coinmtatiioner. Nt. Paul. Minn.

SEND IO CENTS For One Month or $1 for u Yeur’rt subscription to the Gieat 11luttrated, eight page Story Paper. Tf.hWkekly Call, like the N.Y. Ledger* Fireside Companion, etc. Penonnl notice, for Annual «übscriben free. A good e hance to get a wife or a husband. Nothing in It* columns to offend the most fastidious. Try it a month. Address, T. G. MORROW, PUELTSHKH, M 5 A 157 Dearborn St, Chicago, IU. MINNESOTA M CHIEF BEST THRESHER GN WHEELS Is not a Vibrator nor an Apron Machine. Is wonderfully simple and admirably perfect in itn threshing and separating qualities. Saves nil the grain, and cleans it ready for market. Runs easily, is constructed durably, is finished beautifully, is the most economical, least expensive, and most satisfactory machine in the market. SVIII handle wet grain as well as dry. Has no equal in threshing flax ami timothy, threshing and cleaning both as well and nearly as rapidly as wheat, and requires no change except the sieves. Haa nvtre square feel of srparating ajid cleaning surface than any other inachine made, and can not bo overloaded. Is both over- ami under-blast Our CLOVBtt lIULLINU ATTACHMENT is new and very desirable. Does the work more rapidly and better than an exclusively Hulling Machine. SEPARATORS of the various sizes fitted for Steam or Horse Hower, as desired. An Improved Pitts Power, an Improved Woodbury Power, and the Elward Equalizing Power, all mounted on four wheels, aro manufactured by us, and are not surpassed by any in the market. We are also prepared to furnish first-class Portable Engines with our Separators. For Price-List and Circulars, address SEYMOUR, SABIN & CO. Manufacturers. Stillwater, Minn. Th. Pitt. Agricultural Work., Buffalo, N. Y., U. v. A.

ORIGINAL /IND ONLY GENUiNE Buffalo pittS

THE STANDARD of Threshing-Machine excellence throughout the Grain~Groirina World. SELDOM EQUALLED. Merer excelled. NOTORIOUS as a fast yet thorough thresher, perfect and entire saver of all kinds ana conditions of grains and flax and timothy seeds. NOTORIOUS as the only machine tlxit is a RiicccNH in all kin da of threshing and a failure in none. NOTORIOUS ns the best built, most du raf)le t nnd handsomest of tile Threshing-Machine Tribe. STEAM THRESHERS a facially. Their superiority, it can lie said with truth, is acknow lodged throughout the world. PAIITIfIN To Agents as well as TlireHlierUnU I lUIS men. Be sure yon get tho genuine Buffttlo Pitts, made only at THE Pitts Acbicultural Works, Buffalo, N. Y. It is said that other manufacturers are using the name “llnffalo Pine" on their make of Threshing Machines. This Unintentional Compliment to the ffrrat reputation of the only genuine Ihrfialn I‘ttle, by use of its title to sell inferior machines, is flatter, ing to the “Bnflalo Fitts.” But Agents and Threshers must not be deceived, nor hold the genuine Buffalo rilte responsible for tho TowiM of its bastard namesake. For Catalogues end i’neeLists of the genuine Buffalo Pitts, address THE PITTS AGRICULTURAL WORKS, Buffalo, N. Y„ U. S. A. O. N. U. No. 24 WHEW WRITING TO ADVERTISERM, please say you saw the advertisement in this paper.