Democratic Sentinel, Volume 4, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 November 1880 — Page 4

fUB SIVWCAT.. BOY. BY JAMES T. FIELD*. Xt Is • ruthleiw, toothless wight Who d wells bea><le a wall. And spends his tune in singing aongf As loud as lie can bawl, And eoting stones at ptMcngers W ho may neglect to cill. The knave deals out inflated corn And other fluffy things, Gum-b:ills, and iniseelianeons pies, And doughnuts sh.iped like rings; The p< a-nut branch lie also plies, As ull day long he sin c s 0 urchin rud», of manners crude, Of unangi-lic voice, Pray te I in • true, you- g ruffian, do, It thus you live irom choice, Or li in your unhallowed ways YvU realiy don't rejoice. Your wares are insalubrious, Your carols are the same. Your b ld <-nreer is fr ught with fear, Your lr flic one of shame— A dark, my-terious, dre dful trade, A deed without a name. Bov, cease your harmful, dreary notes, And fling your goo Is away; Go get you to New Z -aland, or Boine'covein Baffin'* Biy: Expenses out (but no return) Myself will gladly pay. The rogue looks up with knowing leer, And bids me not re; i'>e, Then aims a missile at my head, w th phrase tt-at’s nor divine, And cionks a still more dirmnl song—- ■ The words, ahs! are mi ml —Harper'i Magazin'.

PASSION IN TATTERS.

“She has got a face like one of her own rosebuds,” said Mr. Fitzalan. “I’ve heard of her more than once,” returned Frank Calverly. “ ‘The pretty Hower girl,’ the people call her, don’t they? Old Frixham has doubled his custom since she came there.” “And the best of it all,” added Fitzalan, with a laugh, “is that she is quite unconscious of her own attractions —a little country lassie, who thinks only of her own business, and never dreams that she herself is the sweetest Hower of all the assortment” “Let's go in and buy a Marechai Niel bud and. two or three sweet verbena leaves,” said Calverly. “I should like to see this modern Flora of yours.” Dorothy Penfield stood behind the counter of the florist’s store, sorting over a pile of fragrant blossoms which lay on a tray of damp, green moss. Trails of smilax wove, their green garlands up to the ceiling; heaps of gold and rosepetaled buds lay in the window; tufts of purple heliotrope perfumed the air, and white carnations lay like hillocks of snow against the panes of the show-window, while spikes of perfumed hyacinths and cape-jessamine flung their subtle scents upon the air. And Dolly herself, with her round, dimpled face, pink cheeks, and soft, brown eyes, exactly the shade of the rippled hair, which was brushed simply back from the broad, low brow, was a fitting accessory to the scene. She looked up as the two gentlemen entered, and a soft, crimson shadow overspread her face for a second. “ Have you got one of my favorite button-hole bouquets made up, Miss Penfield?” Fitzalan asked, with a careless bow and smile. “I know,” said Dolly, softly. “A rosebud and a sprig of heath, and two or three myrtle leaves; that is what you like. No; I have none made up, just at present; but I can tie one up in about half a minute, Mr. Fitzalan.” “One for me, too, if you please," said Calverly, touching his hat. “Just the same?” Dolly lifted her long eyelashes, which were like fringes of brown silk, and gave him a shy glance. “A little different, please. Consult vour own taste, Miss Penfield. ' “I like the double blue violets,” said Dolly, gently, “with geranium leaves.” “ Then they shall be my favorite flowers also,” said Calverly, gallantly. The gentlemen had hardly taken their leave, when old Frixham, the florist, bustled in, with round, red face, shining bald head, and an air of business all over him. “ Isn’t it time you had the theater bouquets ready?” said he, looking critically around, and moving a glass of freshly cut callas out of the level sunset beams which at that moment fell, like a sheen of golden laces, athwart the deep bow window.” “I shall have them ready directly,” said Dolly, starting from her reverie, “ the flowers are all sorted out.” “We have too many carnations on hand,” said the florist fretfully; “and those gaudy cape bells are so much dead toss. Let the man from the greenhouses know, please, there’s a demand for halfopen rosebuds and forced lilies-of-the valley. ” “ Yes,” said Dolly, dreamily, “ I will tell him—when he comes.” The closed country wagon with its freight of fragrant leaves and deliciously scented flowers, came early in the morning, long before the fat florist was out of

bed, and while the silence almost of an enchanted land lay upon Upper Broadway. But Dolly Penfield was there freshening up the stock of the day before with wet moss and cool water, and clipping the stems of the rosebuds. “ No more carnations, John,” she said briskly, * ‘ nor amaryllis flowers, and we want plenty of camellias and geraniums, and those bright flowers.” “I thought, perhaps,” said honest John Deadwood, who measured six feet in his stockings, and had the face of an amiable giant, “you might want to go back with me to-day, Dolly. Your aunt has come on from Kansas, and there is going to be a dance out in the old barn, with plenty of candles and evergreen boughs. And mother said she would be proud to welcome you to the old farm house, Dolly. Your oleander tree is kept carefully at the south window, and ” “Dear me!” carelessly interrupted Dolly; “why don’t they put it in the greenhouse?” “Because, Dolly,” said the young man, reddening, “it reminds us of you. And the meadow-lark in the cage sings beautifully' and old red brindle has a spotted calt. ” “ Has she?” questioned dolly indifferently. John Deadwood looked hard at her. “Dolly,” said he, “you don‘t care about the old home any longer!” “Yes, Ido,” said Dolly, rousing herself, “ but ” She paused suddenly, the rosy color rushed in a carmine tide to her cheek, an involuntary smile dimpling the corners of her fresh lips as she glanced through the smilax trails in the window. John Deadwood, following in the direction of her eyes, glanced, too, just in time to see a tall gentleman lift his hat and bow as he went jauntily past. “Is that it,” said John, bitterly. * ‘ls what?” petulantly retorted Dolly. “I’m sure I don’t know why we are standing here waiting for and I with twenty-eight bouquets to make up by 2 o’clock. That’s all, John, I think. Don’t forget the lilies of the valley.” “But you haven’t answered me, Dolly.” “Answered you what?” “About the dance in the old bam, and coming back with me when the wagon returns at 5 o’clock. ” “It is quite out of the question,” said Dolly, listlessly. “Dolly!” “Well.” “You promised me years ago—” “Nonsense,” said Dolly, flinging the azaleas and pinks around in fragrant confusion. “I was only a child then.” * ‘But you’ve no right to go back on your word, Dolly, child or no child.” “I never promised, John.” “But you let me believe that one day you would be my wife. And I’ve lived on the thought of Dolly, ever since.

And if this city situation of yours should break up my life’s hope—” “Don’t hope anything about me, John!” brusquely interrupted the girl. ‘ ‘Here comes a customer. Please, John, don’t stand there any longer looking like * Arid honest, heart-broken John turned and went with heavy heart out to where the wagon stood, and old Roan was waiting with down-drooping head and halfclosed eyes. “It does seem to me,” he muttered between his teeth, “that there is nothing left to live for any longer.” Dolly looked half remorsefully after him. “I’ve almost a mind to call him back,” said she to herself as she picked out a bunch of white violets for the newcomer. I do like John Deadwood; but I think lie has no business to consider himself engaged to me, just because of that boy-and-girl nonsense. One’s ideas change as one gets on in life.” And Dolly’s cheek was like the reflection of the pink azaleas as she thought of Mr. Fitzalan and the turquoise ring that he had oiven her as a troth plight. Ami Mr. Frixham came in presently. “I’ve a note from the Sedgewicks, on Fifth avenue,” said he hurriedly. They always order their flowers from Servoss, but Servoss has disa} p tinted them. They want the house decorated for a party tonight—there’s not a minute to lose. I’ve telegraphed to Bolton’s for one hundred yards of smilax ami running fem and one hundred poinsettas; and I think we can manage the rest ourselves. You had better go at once, Miss Penfield, and plan the decorations—you’ve a pretty taste of your own—and I’ll send up the flowers with Hodges to help you.” And Dolly went, her mind still on the turquoise ring, with a band of virgin gold and its radiant blue stone. The Sedgewick mansion was a brown stone palace, with plate glass casements, and a ’vestibule paved with black and orange marble. Mrs. Sedgewick, a stately lady, in a Watteau wrapper and blonde cap, received Dolly in the great drawing room. “Oh!” said she, lifting her eye-glasses; “you’re from the florist’s, are you? Well, I know nothing about these things —I only want the rooms to look elegant. Tell your husband to spare no expense. ” “Mr. Frixham is not my husband,” said Dollv.

“Your father, then.” “Bat he isn’t my father,” insisted Dolly, half laughing. He’s no relation at all. I will tell him, however.” “Exactly,” said Mrs. Sedge wick. “I particularly desire plenty of white roses, as I am told they are customary at this sort of affair. It’s an engagement party. ” “Indeed!” said Dolly, trying to look I interested. “Between my daughter Clara and Mr. i Alfred Fitzalan,” said Mrs. Sedgewick, I with conscious complacency. ■ Dolly said nothing, but the room, with i its fluted cornices and lofty ceilings, | seemed to swim around her like the i waves of the sea. And as she went out, i with Mrs. Sedgewick still chatting about white rose-buds and begonia-leaves, she passed the half open door of a room, all hung with blue velvet, where a yellow tressed beauty sat smiling on a low divan, with Fitzalan bending tenderly | alxr/e her. “He has only been amusing himself 1 with me,” said Dolly to herseff. There was a sharp ache at her heart; i but after all, it was only the sting of wounded pride. Thank heaven—oh, ; thank heaven, it was nothing Worse than ; that! Honest John Deadwood was driving i old Roan steadily and solemnly along i past the patch of woods, where the vel--1 vet-mossed bowlders lay like dormant ! beasts of prey in the spring twilight, when a gray shadow glided out of the ' other shadows, and stood at his side. “John!” she whispered. “Dolly! it’s never you ?” , “Yes, John,” said the girl, gently but steadily. “I’m going back home with i you.” “God bless you, Dolly,” said the young man, fervently. “For good and all, John, if you’ll take ' me,” said Dolly, slowly. “I’ve had quite enough of city life; and I’ll help you with the green houses, and I’ll try and be a good little housekeeper at home. ShalM, John?” John put his arm around her and hugged her up to his side. “Darling!” said he, huskily, “it’s most too good news to be true; but, if my word is worth anything, you shall never regret your decision of this day.” So the pretty flower girl vanished out of the bower of smilax and rosebuds. The Sedgewick mansion wasn’t decorated at all, and Mr. Frixham had lost his new customer. And the turquoise ring came ; back to Mr. Fritzalan in a blank en- | velope.

USEFUL HINTS.

If the collar or cliff be too stiff to button easily, press the finger a little ! dampened with water to the button-hole, i and you will have no further trouble. To restore color when acid has been dropped on any article of clothing, apply liquid ammonia to kill the acid; then apply chloroform to restore the I color. I Carpets should be thoroughly beaten ] on the wrong side first, and then on the right, after which spots may be removed by the use of ox-gall or ammonia and water. To keep seeds from the depredations of mice, mix some pieces of camphor with them. Camphor placed in trunks or drawers will prevent mice from doing them injury. To clean gold : Powder some whiting, and make it into a moist paste with some sal volatile. Cover over the gold ornaments and surface with a soft brush, let it dry, and then brush it off with a moderately-hard brush. To join alabaster: Ornaments of alabaster or plaster may be joined together by means of a little white of an egg, thickened with finely-powdered quicklime, or by a mixture of newly-baked and finely-uowdered plaster of Paris, mixed up with the least possible quantity of water. To repair a damaged mirror : Pour upon a sheet of tin foil about three drachms of quicksilver to the square foot of foil. Bub smartly with a piece of buckskin until the foil becomes brilliant. Lay the glass upon a flat table, face downward; place the foil upon the damaged portion of the glass; lay a sheet of paper over the foil, and place upon it a block of wood or a piece of marble with a. perfectly flat surface; put upon it sufficient weight to press it down tight; let it remain in this position a few hours. The foil will adhere to the glass. It is said that pencil drawings may be rendered ineffaceable by this simple process : Slightly warm a sheet of ordinary drawing-paper, then place it carefully on the surface of a solution of white resin in alcohol, leaving it there long enough to become thoroughly moistened. Afterward dry it in a current of air. Paper prepared in this way has a verj smooth surface. In order to fix the drawing the paper is to be warmed for a few minutes. This method may prove useful for the preservation of plans or other designs, when the want of time, or any other cause, will not allow of the draughtsman reproducing them in ink, A simpler plan than the above, however, is to brush over the back of the paper containing the charcoal or pencil sketch a weak solution of while shellac in alcohol. Myriads of people sacrifice themselves through carelessness. They are attacked with a ’ ne ßkct h an 'l die, instead of taking Dr. m- 01 - Cou T h Byru P and bring on wfully. Price ?5 cents a bottle, ’ J

FARM NOTES.

(From the American Agriculturiet, for November.] Turnips may be left longest before digging, but repeated freezing makes them pithy and innutritions. Soft roots and hollow ones, which cannot be pitted, are profitably fed to either pigs, sheep, or young cattle, and also to cows that are dry. Rainy-day work is painting and cleaning of'tools, oiling and mending of harness, cutting kindling wood and such like jobs upon every farm. Buildings may be repaired andpainted, if that has not been already done. The season is favorable for painting, as very little dust and no insects are likely to adhere to the paint. Draining upon upland may now be prosecuted more conveniently than at any other season of the year. Labor can be* hired cheaply, and the work can be rushed if desirable. Never lay these drains less than three and a half feet deep, if it can be helped. Thrashing must be done generally when you can get the thrasher—so it is well to speak for it in season. The sooner grain is thrashed the more there will lie of it. It should, however, be thoroughly dry. Small farmers will improve rainy days as they come by thrashing by hand. Pitting Roots.—Trenches four feet wide and two feet deep are of a size well suited to either a moderate or severe winter. If put in too large heaps, or too deep pits, roots heat, and, of course, do not do well. Cover with straw, and lightly with earth, patted down to shed rain, and ventilate well. Root-tops and small roots may be fed to cows and young' stock quite freely, before they heat, which they will do quickly, if in heaps. It is well to lay them on the north side of some building, where they will not become sundried, for thus they will be kept much longer than in any other way. Manure and Compost.—The season is still favorable for the growth of the compost heap. Weeds and all sorts of hedgerow rubbish ought to be burnt, for the seeds are ripe, and we can not depend on their germinating in the compost heap. Grassy sods, the tops of the roots which can not be fed out, leaves, and wood or swamp mould, and all such things add both bulk and value to the heap. Horses, though they may still be kept at pasture, if desirable, should have a shed at least to retreat to during hard storms. Do not work them at all on the road if they have colds or the prevalent influenza, absurdly called “epizooty,” the best cure for which is a warm, airy stable, and perfect rest, although they ought to have a good ran in the pasture during the warmest part of every day. Ditching. —Should the season continue dry, ditching in the swamps is in order. In muck swamps dig the main ditches deeper and broader than necessary, say two or three feet vide at the bottom, and eight or ten at the top, and throw out the muck on one side and freeze until spring, while the tussocks and sods are thrown by themselves, to be burned next summer when thoroughly dry. Neglected Work. —Should any of the proper work of last month have been neglected, such as sowing winter grain, husking corn, etc., it may perhaps still be done. Corn-husking may be done at any time. Rye may be sown as long as there is a prospect of a fortnight of open weather. Wheat sown in November often does well, so if the ground is prepared your plans need not be changed, for the probabilities are in favor of good crops, though late sowing has nothing to recommend it. Beets and mangels are protected by their broad leaves from frosts which would otherwise injure them and cause them to decay; but as soon as the leaves r.r • wilted the growth of the root is checked, and they should be harvested and pitted at once*. The same is true of carrots. They bear very little freezing, and the frosting of the leaves is the signal for rapid gathering. One of the most convenient methods is to plow a furrow close to the row—and run a subsoil plow close on the other side. The carrots may then be pulled unbroken, and with perfect ease. Poultry.—The poultry year cnlmi nates this mouth. With plenty of corn, and something to pick up in the fields, poultrv increase rapidly in weight, and. should be forced so long as the weather remains moderate. When the thermometer goes lower and lower, they will stop gaining suddenly, and hardly hold their own, though consuming more feed. Of course that would be the time to kill if every body would not kill at once. Those who have warm, airy houses for their poultry can profitably hold on to them until the reaction comes and prices rise; but those who watch the market may take advantage of fluctuations as they come at any time.

HOUSEKEEPERS’ HELPS.

Old potatoes may be freshened up by plunging them into cold water before cooking them. Never wash raisins that are to be used in sweet dishes. It will make the pudding heavy. In boiling dumplings of any kind, put them in the water one at a time. If they are put in together they will mix with each other. Cookies.—Two cups of sugar; one of butter; two eggs; one-half cup of sweet milk; three teaspoonfuls of baking powder. Flavor to suit the taste; mix stiff; bake in a quick oven. Tea Cake.—(hie cup of sugar and two eggs beaten well together, half a cup of butter, half a cup of sweet cream, two cups of flour, and three teaspoonfuls of baking powder. A delicious breakfast cake may be made by taking enough bread sponge to make, when risen and baked, a cake about two inches thick; knead into it a a piece of butter about the size of half an egg; after it is in the tin put on the top little lumps of butter and then cover it with fine white sugar and ground cinnamon; when baked there will be a sort of crust over the cake. This is verv nice with coffee. Soda Cake.—Since the introduction of baking powder this cake has been but little made. It is, however, very good and useful by way of a change. Rub half. a pound of butter into two pounds flour. vv-x with it a pound of currants, half a pound of raw sugar, two ounces of shred candied peel and a little grated nutmeg. Beat up two eggs, add them to a pint of new milk and two teaspoonfuls of carbonate of soda, stir quickly into a cake and bake immediately. Apple Fritters.—One pint of sweet milk, six eggs, flour enough to form a stiff batter, a pinch of salt, half a teaspoonful of salaratus, a teaspoonful of cream of tartar; then slice some good sour apples rathe.? thin and mix in the batter. Fry in hot lard, browning them nicely on both sides. Sauce—a little cream and sugar. They are nice made of raisins or currants instead of apples. Delicious if made of canned peaches, and the juice of the peaches well sweetened and poured over them when served for sauce. Sausage.—Nine pounds of fresh pork, six teaspoonfuls of black pepper, eight of salt, and ten of powdered sage. Mix thoroughly, cook a bit to see if properly seasoned, and pack in jars, covering with melted lard. If you prefer to keep in skins, empty them, cut them into lengths,, scrape with a dull knife, put to soak in salt and water, let stand three days, then turn them inside out and soak two days longer. Again scrape, rinse well in soda (baking) and water, wipe, tie up one end, blow into it, and if whole and clean, stuff with meat

Homemade Yeast.—Boil two ounces of hops in four quarts of water for about half an hour, strain it and let the liquor ‘cool to new-milk warmth, then put in a handful of salt and half a pound of brown sugar; beat up one pound of flour with some of the liquor, then mix all well together. Let it stand two days; then add two pounds of boiled and mashed potatoes, mix as before, and allow it to stand another day; then strain and put into bottles, when it is ready for use. This yeast must be frequently stirred while making and kept near the fire, so that it may never be quite cold. It should ferment spontaneously in the pan in which it is made.

Humbugged Again.

I saw so much said about the merits of Hop Bitters, and my wife, who was always doctoring and never well, teased me so urgently t 6 get her some, I concluded to be humbugged again; and I am glad I did, for in less than two months’ use of the Bitters my wife was cured, and she has remained so. for eighteen months since. I like such humbugging.—H. T., St. Paul.—Pio-neer-Press.

BITS OF INFORMATION.

The meaning of the word amen is “so be it. ” It was introduced from the Jewish into the Christian church about 390 A. D. The drink known as “ punch ” was introduced into Europe from the East Indies by Anglo-Indians at some date between 1746 and 1760. It is so named from the Hindoo word pantsc-A (Persian, pans), because it consists of five ingredients, which, when first made, were arrack, tea, water, sugar and lemonjuice. The famous Vauxhall punch was an admixture of arrack, brandy, sugar, lemon-juice and water. The President of the United States cannot be arrested. If he commits any high crime or misdemeanor he can be impeached by the House, tried by the Senate, and if convicted can be removed from office. After removal from office he can be arrested and tried, the same as any other citizen, for any crime which he had committed while in office. If the President could be arrested on charges preferred against him, any petty magistrate might endanger the peace of the country. The mammoth trees of California are the largest known. The dimensions of one tree, in the Tulre group were, according to the measurements made by members of the State geological survey, 276 feet high, 106 feet in circumference at the base, and 76 feet at a point twelve feet above the ground. The redwood tree frequently grows to a height of 300 feet, and a diameter of 15 feet. The hark of a California tree on exhibition is thirty-five inches thick. The origin of the game of philopena is said to have been as follows : The people of Alsace and Lorraine were formerly under German rule, as they now are ; but while a part of France they lost in'a great measure the use of the German language, and what they retained became corrupt. It was an old custom among them for young couples to engage themselves by eating the halves of double almonds, and then to salute each other as “well beloved” each time they met. The word in German was vielliebchen, but, having forgotten the meaning of this word, they gradually changed into “ phillipo,” which sounds like it, and “ phillippina.” The first meteoric shower which attracted attention in modern times was that witnessed by the Moravian missionaries in Greenland, in 1799. This phenomenon was observed over a wide extent of territory. Humboldt, then traveling in South America, said: “Toward the morning of November 13, a most extraordinary scene of shooting stars was seen. Thousands of bodies and falling stars succeeded each other during four hours. Tiieir direction was very regular from north to south; from the beginning of the shower there was not a space in the firmament equal in extent to three diameters of the moon which was not filled every instant with bodies of falling stars. All the meteors left luminous traces or phosphorescent bands behind them, which lasted seven or eight seconds.”

LOCKING BACK TO ’72. [From the Wheeling Intelligencer.]

That the great campaign now upon us will exceed that of 1872, when the ‘“Go West’ philosopher” was in the field and fray, no one doubts. Time works wonders; but with some things it can niake no change, as (he following from our esteemed fellowcitizen 11. F. Behrens, Esq., will show: 1 have sold the Hamburg Drops since 18i2. and have never heard a complaint; I know families who would not be without the Drops for anything. Every dealer says the same.

The Charity of Extravagance.

Whenever the laboring men are out of employment they begin to hate the rich. They feel that the dwellers m palaces, the riders in carriages, the wearers of broadcloth, silk and velvet, have in some way been robbing them. As a matter of fact the palace-builders are the friends of labor. The best form of charity is extravagance. When you give a man money, when you toss him a coin, although you get nothing, the man loses his manhood. To help others to help themselves is the only real charity. Whenever I see a splendid home,* a palace, a magnificent pile, I think of the thousands who were fed, of the women and children clothed, of the firesides made happy. A rich man, living up to his privileges, having the best house, the best furniture, the best horses, the finest grounds, the most beautiful flowers, the best clothes, the best food, the best pictures, and all the books that he can afford, is a perpetual blessing. The prodigality of the rich is the providence of the poor. The extravagance of wealth makes it possible for the poor to save. The rich .man who lives according to his means, who is extravagant in the best and highest sense, is not the enemy of labor. The miser who lives in a hovel, wears rags and hoards his gold, is a perpetual curse. He is like one who dams a river at its source. The moment hard times come the cry of economy is raised. The press, the platform and the pulpit unite in recommending economy to the rich. In consequence of this cry, the man of wealth discharges servants, sells his horses, allows his carriage to become a hen-roost, and, after taking employment and food from as many as he can, congratulates himself that he has done his part toward restoring prosperity to the country. [From the Bay City Tribune.] Dr. A. A. Pratt, of this city, says: St. Jacobs Oil is splendid. All to whom I have sold it pronounce it the best medicine for rheumatism and pain they ever used.

Wouldn’t Call Names,

Bill Jones had been to sea, and, on his return, he was relating to his uncle an adventure which he met with on board a ship. “ I was one night leaning over the taffrail, looking down into the mighty ocean,” said William, “ when my watch fell from my pocket, and immediately sunk out of sight. The vessel was going ten knots an hour ; but, nothing daunted, I sprang over the rail, and, after a long search, found the watch, came up close under the stern, and climbed back to the deck without any one knowing I had been absent.” “William,” said his uncle, opening his eyes to their widest capacity, “how fast did you say the vessel was sailing ? ” “Ten knots an hour,” replied William. “ And you dived down into the sea, William, and came up with the watch, and climbed up the rudder chains ? ” “ Yes, uncle.” “And you expect me to believe your story?” “Of course,” replied William, “you wouldn’t dream

of calling me a liar ? ” “William,” said his uncle, gravely, “ you know I never call anybody names; but if the Mayor were to come to me and say, ‘ Josiah, I want to find the biggest liar in town,’ I would come straight to you and say, ‘ William, the Mayor wants to see you. ’ ”

No Need for a Draft.

Just at present these is no pressing need for a draft in this, country, for there were 23,767 applications to enter the regular army last year, when only 5,000 were wanted. Of the 5,000 who were accepted, 3,441 were born in America. New York furnished the most, 727, and next in order were Pennsylvania 474, Ohio 307, Maryland 255, Virginia 205, Indiana 140, and Kentucky 140. No other State furnished as many as 90. Connecticut contributed 58. These figures are as regards nativity, not residence. Massachusetts did not have a third as many as Tennessee. Of the 1,565 foreign-born enlistments, Ireland furnished 575, Germany 447, England 185, Canada 155, and no other country so many as 50. New York State, it may be mentioned, gave more than any foreign country, and more than all the Southern States together. Farmers are more numerous than any other class in the new recruits, numbering 1,483, against 1,405 “laborers.” 564 soldiers, 248 clerks, and so on, including 30 school teachers, 32 druggists, 13 architects, 4 photographers, who no doubt can “take” the enemy when he keeps sufficiently quiet, one stenographer, and others of classes not suggestive of regular-army tendencies. Runaway boys show up well among the rejected, for 2,568 were turned away as “minors.” Tall men are proved to be far less plenty than short ones, for, while 114 were rejected for “overheight,” there were 1,477 rejected as “ under-height.” On the other hand fat men are plentier than lean, for 207 were rejected for “over-weight” and only 186 for “under-weight.” The chief of ail causes for rejection was intemperance, which caused 2,758 to be turned away from the recruiting station. About 600 applicants were rejected because they were rendered worthless for service through diseases due to their own immorality. It is a rather tough picture. While about 2,500 were rejected as minors, 1,000 were turned away as over age; and thirty-two branded deserters applied for readmission.

More Spanish Than Skunk.

I have read many articles published in the Chicago papers from various writers trying to prove that Chicago was named after a skunk, none of which did I place any confidence in, for I could at one time speak the Indian language as well or better than I could the English. I came West in 1832. I now find the following on page 34 of the “Pictorial History of the American Revolution,” in regard to Hernando De Soto, in 1540. It appears that he had just had a groat battle with the Indians, at Mobile, destroying 2,000 of them and losing fortytwo of his own men, and that on the 16th of November, same year, he turned his face northward, and in five days he entered the province of Chicazo, where he remained all winter. Had another fight with the Indians and lost forty men more. Then what does this prove ? It proves that as early as 1510 there was a province five days’ march north of Mobile called Chicazo, and I presume it extended as far north as the northern lakes, and that the name of our city Chicago came from it. The word Chicazo is evidently Spanish, and when spelled with the English pronunciation, combined with the Indian, we have Chicago. De Soto was evidently as brave and gallant a gentleman as ever trod American soil. He was always dreaming of finding .gold in the western wilds of America, and also the elixir of life, the El Dorado of perpetual youth. Gold was long since discovered in California, and now, perhaps, this new late groat mineral discovery in Texas is De Soto’s elixir of life. It does appear that Chicago is more Spanish than skunk. — Cor. Chicago Inter Ocean.

A World of Good.

One of the most popular medicines now before 4he American public is Hop Bitters. You see it everywhere. People take it with good effect. It builds them up. It is not as pleasant to the taste as some other Bitters as it is not a whisky drink. It is more like the oldfashioned boneset tea that has done a world of good. If you don’t feel just right try Hop Bitters.— Nunda Netvs.

Carelessness With Letters.

Nearly 22,000 letters were posted in England last year without any address. Among these mysterious missives were more than 1,100 containing cash, bank notes, checks, and bills, with an aggregate value of above £4,000. As many as 72,000 postage-stamps were found loose in the letter boxes. More than 27,000 articles of various kinds escaped from the covers in which they had been imperfectly secured, and were sent to the Returned Letter Office. This flotsam of the Postoffice showed last year an increase of one-half as compared with the rear before. At the present time the German empire is represented abroad by eleven Consul Generals, thirty-six Consuls, and three Vice Consuls, while in addition to these Germany has 611 so-called Merchant Consuls or Vice Consuls, and eighty-four Consular Agents. The greater number of these Consuls are in European countries, there being seven-ty-three in the United Kingdom alone—-forty-seven in England, eighteen in Scotland, and eight in Ireland. In the United States there are seventeen consulates, the Consuls at New York, Chicago, Cincinnati, San Francisco, and St. Louis belonging to the regular service.

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Warner’s Safe Kidney and Liver Cure is the remedy that will cure the many diseases peculiar to women. Headaches, neuralgia, disordered nerves, weakness, mental shocks and kindred ailments, are effectually removed by its use.— The Mother's Magazine.' In the town of Portage, N. Y., a man was out hunting squirrels,- recently, shot at what he supposed to be a red squirrel, lying on a limb in a chestnut tree. The squirrel did not drop, but yelled outright, and was found to be a boy who had on red stockings. $5,000 will be forfeited and paid by the Malt Hitters Company if Malt Bitters', a family medicine prepared by them, does not excel in a fair competitive examination all other compounds now before the public called “Bitters.” The province of Buenos Ayres possesses 54,000,000 sheep, of which 18,000,000 belong to Irish settlers. Dr. C. E. Shoemaker, the well-known aural surgeon of Reading, Pa., offers to send by mail, free of charge, a valuable little book on deafness and diseases of the ear—especially on running ear and catarrh, and their proper treatment—jiving references and testimonials that will satisfy the most skenticaL Address as above. 25c. buys a pair of Lyon’s Heel Stiffeners and make a boot or shoe last twice as long.

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me Voltaic Belt Co., Marshall, Mid*., Will Bond their Electro-Voltaic Belts to the afdicted upon thirty days’ trial. See their advertisement in this paper, headed, “On Thirty Days’ Trial” Wx confidently refer our readers to the card of Dr. O. R. Sykes, in another column. He is an old resident of Chicago, a regular graduate, honest, honorable and responsible, and, as a physician, takes first rank in his chosen specialty of catarrh and its complications. Mat, art at, fevers can be prevented, also other miasmatic diseases, by occasionally using Dr. Sanford's Liver Invigorator, the oldest general Family Medicine, which is recommended as a cure for all diseases caused by a disordered liver. Eighty-page book sent free. Address Dr. Sanford, "162 Broadway, New York. Vegetine is nourishing and strengthening, purities the blood, regulates the bowels, quiets the nervous system, acts directly upon the secretions, and arouses the whole system to action. Wanted, a business education? If you expect to make much use of it, get it at headquarters—H. B. Bryant’s Chicago Business College. ’ Welhoft’s Fever and Ague Tonic. This old reliable remedy now sells at one dollar.

Danghters, Wives and Mothers. DR. MARCHISVS UTERINE CATHOLICON will positively care Female Weaknos , su' h a» Falling of the Womb, Whites, Chronic Inflammation or Ulcer tion of the Womb, Incidental Hemorrhage or Flooding, Painful. Suppressed and Irregular Menstruation, Ac. An old ana relia’ le remedy. Send i ostal card 'or a pamphlet, with treatment, cure’ and ce tifica es from physicians and patients, to HOWARTH A BALLARD, UiICA. N.Y. So.d by all Druggists—sl 50 per bottle.

vegetine: Kidney Complaints. DISEASE OF THE KIDNEYS, The symptoms of an acute attack of inflammation of the kidneys are as follows: Fever, pain in the small of the back, and thence shooting downward; numbness of the thigh, vomiting, usually at first a deep red color of the urine, which becomes nale and colorless as the disease increases, and is discharged very’ often with pain and difficulty; costiveness, and some degree of colic. In chronic diseases of the kidneys the symptoms are pain in the back and limbs, dryness of the skin, frequent urination (especially at night), general dropsy, headache, dizziness of sight, indigestion and palpitation of the heart, gradual loss of strength, paleness and puffiness of the face, cough, and shortness of breath. In diseases of the kidneys the Vegetine gives immediate relief. It has never failed to cure when it is taken regularly and directions followed. In many cases it may take several bottles, especially cases of long standing. It acts directly upon the secretions, cleansing and strengthening, removing all obstructions and impurities. A great many can testify to cases of longstanding Paving been perfectly cured by the Vegetine, even after trying many of the known remedies which are said to be expressly for this disease. KIDNEY COMPLAINTS. Cincinnati, 0., March 19, 1877. H. R. Stevens: Dear Sir—l have used your VEGETINE for some time, and can truthfully say it has been a great benefit to me: and to those suffering from disease of the kidneys I cheerfully recommend it. " Respectfully, O. H. SMITH. Attested to by K. B. Ashfield, Druggist, comer Eighth and Central Avenues. Cincinnati, 0., April 19, 1877. Mk. H. R. Stevens : I have suffered several years with the kidney complaint, and was induced to try Vegetine. 1 have taken several bottles of your preparation. and am convinced it is a valuable remedy. It has done me more good than any other medicine. I can heartily recommend it to all suffering from kidney complaints. Yours respectfully, J. S. MCMILLEN, First Bookkeeper for Newhall, Gale A Co., Flour Merchants, No. 86 West Front Street, Cincinnati, O. VEGETINE has restored thousands to health who had been long and painful sufferers. Vegetine is Sold by all Druggists. HOSIHTEIfc BITTERS Meets the requirements of the rational medical philosophy which at present prevails. It is a perfectly pure vegetable remedy, embracing the three important properties of a preventive, a tonic, and an alterative. It fortifies the body against disease, invigorates and revitalizes the torpid stomach and liver, and effects a most salutary change in the entire system, when in a morbid condition. sale by all Druggists and Dealers generally,

BP BITTERS?! Medicine, not a Drink.) CONTAINS i, BUCIIU, MANDRAKE, DANDELION, Purest and Best Medical Quali- ■ I'B OF ALL OTHER BITTEBB. EIEY CURE csof the Stomach. Bowels, Blood, fl idneys, and Urinary Organs, Ner>ss, Sleenlessnessand especially Female Complaints. OO IN COLD, id for a case they will not cure for anything Impure or injurious found in them. 1 druggist for Hop Bitters nnd try I >re you sleep. Take no other, I in nhsoluteandirreslstiblecure for I uness. use of opium, tobacco and narcotics. i Send fob Circular. ■■■)■■ All above sold by druggist*. Wfg. Co., Rochester, N. Y.,-A Toronto, Ont. B ClQaweek. sl2 a day at home easily made. Costly Outfit tree. Address True & Co., Augusta, Me. E> B © 4*%’ Q I I E 3 E? ,or Consumption is also ” I d V# V IT Ci the best cough medicine. ®Si C a week in your own town. Terms and $5 Outfit V 0 O free. Address H. Hallett A Co.. Portland, Me. SMJ Ml MJ A YEAR and .zpensee to X y J 7 agents. Outfit Free. Address P. S C G O. VICKERY, Augusta, Mains CHEA A MONTH ! Agent. Wanted 1 ■flit YJ. Best-Selling Articles in the world, asamijlWUU pleyree. JAY BRONSON. Detroit/Mich. £“ Send for FREE SAMPLE COPY of the KrPsl, WEEKLY BEE JOURNAL. If LKaW T. G. NEWMAN, Chicago. 111. ' Morphine Habit Cured In 10 9 13*1 S SrftfS L»2O<«»y"- No pay till Cured. VI IwwlVl Db. J. Stkj'henh, Lebanon, Ohio. YOUNG MEN £ e . an J. Teleffrap^yand e*m sio to itJUIsU ITILts !*>l<;O a. month. Every graduate guaranteed a paying situation. Address VALENTINE BROS., Managers, Janesville, Wis. TMT ANTED—Agents everywhere to sell our goods ’ ’ by sample, to families. We give attractive presents and first-class goods to your customers; we give you good profits; we prepay all express charges; we furnish outfit ’ree. Write for particulars. PEOPLE’S TEA'CO., Box SOSS, St. Louis, Mo. ® TRUTH & Z&\ Spanish Baar will for 3OC«U, with yw / % h«rht. eolor of gyaa. cud lock of hair, I WMV m 4 a eorrs«t pxfsu-r of your future hag- I 1 bander wife, initialaof uatso. time and place vh.ro you sriil fl rut moot, and data of marria<.: addroea. Prof. M ARTINEZ.42 Praviaeoßt..Bo«tou, Maaa. fiw m m Lataf I TP A Q —Choicest in th. world-importer.’ price. linlJ -Largest Company In America—staple ar- •"*•**• tide—pleases everybody—Trade continually increasing— Agent, wanted everywhere—best inl waete time—send for Circular. ROB T WELLS, 43 Vesey st.. N. Y. P. O. Box 1287. On 30 Days’ Trial Me will send our Electro-Voltalc Belt, and other Kleotrie Appliances upon trial for 30 d<ys to those inlicted with JVervous Debility and dieeaxes \>f a per- !?" I. ature. Also of the Liver, Kidneys, P.heumaHsm * Ac. A cure cureyuaranUed ar no pay. Address Voltule Belt Co.. Miu-.ball, Mich. BEFORE BUFING OR RENTING AN ORGAN fiw oK an «?R< Sent T r '*- mason A HAJL ulhßf kpwvauv Tremont St., BOSTON; 48 Ea2| 14th St., NEW YORK; 149 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. as YEAR’S USE has proved onr Jj .«$ Celebrated No. 30 Naples Strings to be most durable, produce the finest I RRiffw Q ualst y of tone and are the whitest,most OnTHi and transparent strings in the C iLrVr nW Vy wor ld. Best players and great artists jy * z them exclusively. For introduction i \ ll n nly, sample string 25 cts. Full set for w ■ PU WVlolin 75cts. for Banjo 90 cts. for Guitar T uAy w $1.20, mailed prepaid. Money refunded if unsatisfactory. LYON * BSALs, 149 Slate Street, Bl.

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