Democratic Sentinel, Volume 6, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 November 1882 — Page 4

OVER THE RIVBR. BY NANCY BBIBST. Over the river they beckon to me, Loved ones who’ve crossed on the rurtner s.de; . _ * The trleam of their snowy robes I see. But their voices are lost in the rushing tide, Thera’s one with ringlets of sunny gold. And eyes the reflection of heaven s own bine, He crossed in the twilight gray and cold. And the pale mist hid him from mortal view, We saw not the angels who met him there, The gates of the city we could not see, O i er the river—over the river— My brother stands waiting to welcome me. Ove • the river the boatman pale Carried another, the household pet; Her brown curls waved In the gentle gale, Darling Minnie! I see her yet. Fhe crossed on her bosom her dimpled hands, And fearlessly entered the phantom bark; We felt it glide from the silver sands, And all our sun«hine grew strangely darK. We kn-'w she is sate on the other side. Where all the ransomed and angels be; Over the river—the mystic river— My childhood's idol Is waiting for me. For none return from those quiet shores Wt.o cross with the boatman cold and pale; We hear the dip of the golden oars, And catch a gleam of the snowy sail; And 10! they have passed from our yearning hearts, Who cr ss the <-tream and are gone tor aye, We may not sunder the veil apart. That hides >rom our vision the gates or day, We only know that their barques no more May sad with us ver life’s s ormy sea; Yet somewhere, I know', on the unseen so re, They watch, and beck n, and wait for me. And I sit and think when the sunset s gold Ih flushing river and bill and 8h re, I shall one day stand by the water cold, And list for the sound ■ f the boatman s r ar; I shall watch tor a gleam of the flapp ng sail, I shall h ar the boat as it gai s the strand. I shall pa s from -igot with the boatman pale, To the better shore of the spit it land; I kn w the loved who have gone before, A d joyfully sweet will the meeting be, When over the river the p a eful river— The angel of death shall carry me.

A MYSTERY.

I, Roscoe Anthon, am a book-seller. My friend, Arnold Percy, is a cashier in a bank. Our friendship dates back to boyhood and will last as long as life does. We are not very old; lam 30 and he is two years younger. We are both well to do in the world. There is scarcely a scheme for the material advancement of the city in which we live in which we have not a direct money interest. t We each own a little—not very much—of the stock of the bank in which my friend holds a position. This is our oldest venture and it pays well. We each own st ck —more this time —in the water-wot ks and pumping machinery by which the city is supplied with w ater. ' We are quiet and steady in our habits. I have the reputation of being a good business man—in books; he—in money. But most men have enthusiasms outside of business. We have. In fact, we have two. We room in the same house, on the same floor and on exactly opposite sides of the hall. My room is open to him at any time and his is to me. But in the interests of electrical science we have each a telegraph instrument of the most costly kind on our respective tables and a “line” between our rooms. Beside this we have telephonic communication. A queer freak, yon say. So be it. We enjoy it, can ass >rd it, and we have it. Rare books, old and new, which treat of either electrical or psychological questions find their way to our tables and are read and discussed. We amuse ourselves for hours together with our instruments. Then we will meet in the roo.ni of one or the other to read, to smoke, to talk and to—yes, let me confess it, to write. For we are each at work on a book. Mine is not a bookseller’s catalogue. It is not a guide to read or study. I will confess again ; it is a book on dreams. And Arnold Percy, who will never write anything remarkable on finance, is making a very readable book on telegraphic communication. We are too good friends to be selfish. Arnold will talk an entire evening on what pleases me best. He records his dreams for me and helps explain them. That is, he does this when he has any dreams. We are both too sound sleepers to dream much. I, on the other hand, help him in every way in my power. In the preface of my book there are two fundamental statements which I will copy here. They are as follows: “It may help in our study of dreams to assert they are the result of definite, even if not understood, causes, and the study of a dream should include the study of the day before the night during which the dream occurs. “As it is difficult to tell just when sleep (and consequently dreaming) begins and ends, we should study all events wliich are closely connected with a dream in the light of the science of dreams.” I will commence then with the morni?g of a certain day and relate, in considerable detail, some of the events of that day. Arnold had told me the night before that he should lise early to write a few pages in his book. We had retired late, and had left our. doors open in order to get more air during the hot night than was otherwise possible. I opened my eyes just before daylight. In the room objects which were lighted from the window alone were in obscurity. But a flood of gaslight poured in at Toy open door from the room in which my friend was hard at work. “Up with the birds, aren’t you?” Slid I. And certainly the birds were singing in a pleasant manner outside. “Hold on. I want to try an experiment. Look toward the door.” “All right.” From my place in bed I could not see into Arnold’s room, but as Hooked the decre<se in brightness showed me that he had turned his gis almost but not quite out. He turned it on again, then almost out,and so on; sometimes slowly, sometimes quickly, the light would be extinguished. I saw in a moment, although the idea was a new one to me; calling a slow cutting off of the gas a dash, and a quick one a dot, my friend was saying to me; “Good morning, my dear friend Roscoe.” I answered him by a series of raps on the wall. He went on w'ith his writing. I rose and dressed. I don’t remember much about breakfast, but after breakfast we walked down to the new pumping works. We examined the system quite thoroughly, learned how “fire pressure”—that is, the pressure w’hen the hydrants are used for fire purposes—could b>. maintained, and returned to the work of the day with an increased idea of the vane of the interest we had in the waterworks. My day was a busy one. Arnold’s day was a busy one. My day was quite like other days, except in one or two particulars. I had a large quantity of books come by express, and so attended to them instead of going homo to dinner. We live far out in the edge of the city, and I could not spare the time to go.' Arnold’s day was quite like other days, too, as I have learned since. He sent me a note from the bank after his return from dinner, saying that he would come to the bookstore after banking hours, that is, after 3 o’clock, and asking me if I cou'd possibly leave my work in the hands of clerks and take a drive with him into the country. I sent back word that I would go. I was glad he was coming for me, for the bank was a long distance from the store and the day was terribly hot. At 3 o’clock I was ready, but Arnold did not come. At 4 he sent another note: “A mistake of a few cents somewhere is giving us lots of trouble. I shall let the rest go in a little while, but I must stay until the books are right, Go without me.” •

I sent one of the clerks out for a carriage, and I drove out into the country. I got away from the hot air of the city. I saw the green grass and the pure water, and the flowers and the blue sky. But I was too busy thinking to enjoy them much. I was running over in my mind the points which I intended to include in the next two or three chapters of my book. I returned to the city at 7 o’clock and saw one of those unfortunate things occur which are altogether too frequent in large cities. A large man, with a peculiar face, which I need not describe, stood on a street corner. Another man came up. Words passed between them. The large man knocked the other man down, and ran away just as the police arrived. A window flew up, anti some one inside (a woman I judged, although the curtain hid all but the hands) stood with hands tightly clasped for a moment. Then, beating them up and down in the air in a frantic manner for a few seconds, the person disappeared with a shrill cry of “He p! Murder!” It wasn’t murder, though. The man was senseless for a few minutes, but before I drove on was well enough to w’alk away. - I went home. Arnold had not arrived yet. I ate my supper, went to my room and spent the early evening writing in my book. I remember that I wrote on the remarkable sensibility of the ear in some dreams and on toe interpretation of a series of dreams. Arnold had not returned when I retired at about midnight. It i«, perhaps, no wonder I dreamed. I remember looking out on the hot sultry night. I remember saying to myself that it would rain soon/ I remember closing my window to guard against the coming storm. To help cool the room I opened the watercock. I remember looking at my watch, which pointed to five minutes to 12, and I am certain of nothing more, save the getting into bod, until I awoke again. To be sure, it seems as though I lay for a time in luxury of perfect restfulness, and then sank slowly to sleep. But, as my d'eam was of something happening in bed, I shall not attempt to say when it began. I thought it was morning. I opened my eyes. I wondered why the b’rds were not singing. My door slowly opened. A flood of light poured in. It lessened and brightened, and I read from the flashes, “Help! murder!” I awoke to find my door shut, no trace of there having been any gas lit; and I saw that the sto'm was almost upon us. The thunder could not be heard yet, but the lightning was very vivid. With such flashes lighting my room at short intervals, I found no difficulty in accounting for my dream. My watch pointed to just 12. I slept again, and I had another dream. There was a knock at my door. I opened it (in my dream) and found a note froxi my friend. It seemed as though I left my bed to go to the door; but, once I was in the door, it Was the door of my store. It seem'd to be as bright as day in the store, but dark as night outside. Some of the darkness of the night seemed to dri t in around me as I stood in the open door and read the note which the messenger had brought me. The note was an exact copy of the one which I had really received from my friend that day when he made the appointment to ride into the country. Then I said to the messenger: “But he’s being murdered! He wants help! I’ll go to tha-bank.”. 1 sent for a carriage and drove to the bank. The shutters were closed in front, but a light shone out of a window on the side which opened on a narrow passage between the bank and an empty build ng next to it. I knew this window opened from the room in ■which my friend would work if at the bank at night. I passed the narrow passage, when suddenly a hand was thrust from the window. I recognized the cuff-button as belonging to my friend. Up and down, up and down, now with a long sweeping motion, now quick and sharp. And again the silent message was “ Help! murder!” I sprang down the passage to the front of the bank to call the d iver, and when I looked up to speak to him I saw the face of the man who had struck down the one at the street corner that afternoon. And when he saw me he lashed his horses into a run ov r the pavement that made a noise like thunder. Yes, a'noise like thunder. For I awoke then, and awoke with the noise of real thunder from the storm outside sounding in my ears. I lighted my gas, went to the watercock at my washstand and took a drink of water. I was not frightened. I was not more than startled. I studied my dream for a minute; certainly not more than two. Anxiety for my friend —needless, though natural; the blow I had seen given; the hands I had seen at the window; the situation of tilings at the bank; it was certainly an easy dream to explain. I looked out toward the bank, a good three miles from where I stood, and sent out a wish for the safety of my beloved friend. The storm was coming. Great gusts of wind roared around the house. The darkness was intense.” I took another drink, thought of my stock in the water-works, thought there nfght not be another water cock open in the whole city at that time, and that the great pumps might be working for me alone in the silence of the night. I did not shut *off the water, but looked at my watch, which indicated ten minutes past 12, and then got into bed again without turning out the gas. I remember thinking of some of the m iny incidents with which I meant to fort fy my position and arguments with reference to the increased acuteness of the hearing during some dreams. Then I slept and dreamed ag tin. I dreamed I stood in the pumping-works and watched the ponderous machinery move. Only there was no regularity now, as there had been in the daytime. The great piston which I watched would make now a long sweeping stroke, and again a stroke like a flash of light. And the long and short stroke-, translated into dashes and dots, said over and over and over again: “ Help! Murder! Help! Murder! Help! Murder!” I could see the movement as I had seen Arnold’s hand, but this time I could hear it, too. A murmur or pulse, not unlike the noise made by a steam engine running almost silently, now long, now short, saying to the ear what the graceful movements of the piston said to the eye: “Help! Murder!” I started wide awake in a moment. I hope no one will be cruel enough to joke when I say I seemed to be all ears. It is certainly no joking matter. The storm had come at last, and was dashing in fury against the window and wall. I put in the real dash of the rain for the movement of the piston I had heard in my dream. But I heard a dozen mice in the wainscot, in different parts of the house. I had not heard them before, and the noise of the storm seemed deafening. Over in the next street I could hear a man walking. I could not have heard him on a quiet day. Despite the thick walls between, I heard something fall in the next house. And above the noise of the storm—no, above it would be wrong—but, in spite of the noise of the awful tempest, there was a sound like a breath—a sob—or the thought of a sob—intangible almost, dreamlike almost, but real for all that. Now, like a memory of a long-drawn breath paught quickly, it pulsed on on, I

•was never wider awake in my life. My mind was never keener. But I could hear, with waking ears this time, the pulses and puffs which spelled “Help! Murder!” For one terrible moment my heart seemed to stand still. After that I never failed in courage :md sense during the whole of that terrible night. I sprang from bed and dressed with a rapidity of wh.ch I should have thought myself' incapable, and that terrible message was repeating itself in my ears all the time. I dropped my revolver into my pocket, took my heavy ca-.e, put on my waterproof coat, shut off the water from the water-cock, and the sounds stopped. I opened it, and the message began again: “Help! Murder! Help! Murder!” I bent over and looked at the water as it fell into the basin. I half fancied that the stream was not steady, that it diminished a little and then increased again. I could not tell positively anyth ng about it. I could not say that the plash it made lessened and strengthened, nor could I when I found by several trials that the message came while the cock was open, and stopped when it was closed. That was all I found out then and it is all I know now.

I passed down stairs, noticed that the clock in the hall pointed to twenty minutes past 12, add stepped out. It was a terrible night. The wind blew a gale. The rain was a torrent. The lightning was over and the sky was blackness. A livery stable was within two blocks; a police station a block behind that. It was a terrible walk to the stable, but I got there at last. The owner knew me but said I could not have a team on such anight; no driver would goon such an occasion. I was desperate, and' asked him to name some price, any price, for which he would furnish me a team and driver for the rest of the night. I had no theory, no definite thought; I only knew that I must and would know why Arnold Percy was not home vet. I gave him $25 the moment it was demanded, and I put $lO into the hand of the driver when I ordered him to the police station. I did not tell anything at the station more than that Mr. Percy had not returned, and that I -wanted to go to the bank and find out why. I could not relate a series of dre ims as a reason for sending a police officer three miles in a terrible storm, and, as for the message I knew I had heard, who would believe it? And where did it come from? I expected to make little or no impression on the officer in charge. I was disappointed. I asked for a policeman to go with me to the bank, and I got four, including the officer in charge of the station. “ Mr. Percy has not come home. There are suspicious characters in the city. We will take every chance.” I told the driver that if he got us to the bank within a certain time which I named he should have $lO more. He got us there in less time than I had mentioned. The front of the bank was closed and dark. The officer in charge thanked me for the trouble I had taken and the interest I had shown. “Your friend has doubtless gone elsewhere to sleep,” he said, “and we have come here for nothing. I don’t mind that. The way for a man to rise is to always do his duty. The policeman who does not hesitate to go on the merest chance is the one who will find baffled crime and personal promotion at the end of his road some day. I thank you again.” “Will yon bear with me one minute?” I asked. * “1 want to look at a side window.” We went together, and in another* moment we knew we had not come for nothing. The window next the empty building was wide open! “Watch here,” he said, and was gone. He was back in a half-minute with all the men but one, that one having been stationed at the front door of the bank. “We must be ready and follow one another as closely as possible. Have your revolvers ready. Don’t allow a man to escape, but kill no man unless it is absolutely necessary. All ready. One moment first,” and he turned to me. “Do you suspect Mr. Percy?”, ho asked. “No, sir. A better man never lived.” “I think so, too,” he said; “but there is this to remember; we are going to find some!lung -wrong in here. Keep your head whatever happens.” “I will,” said I; “go ahead.” “All ready? Be quick and quiet. This window does not open at once into the main banking-room. We must enter that together if circumstances allow. Remember, no one must escape. Follow me,” and he sprang through the window. In a minute we were all in and standing where we could see the door to the vault, and a little of the floor in front of it. Four men, surrounded by a splendid outfit of tools, were at work at the door, wliich held the wealth of the bank from them. “Ready,” in a whisper, “one—two—three,” and we were upon them. There were heavy revolvers on the counters and desks, but, fortunately for all concerned, not one was in reach of the burglars. “We surrender,” said a sullen voice, and I turned to look for my friend, leaving the officers to attend to the men they had captured. He was fastened in his office-chair by a rope passed around his waist. His hands wore fastened behind him with a cord slack enough to allow him some freedom of motion. He was backed up against the water-cock which served to supply the officers of the bank with drinking water. The whole arrangement was quite low; the catch-basin was small; the water was let on by pressing down a piece of metal which came back to its place when the pressure was removed. Arnold was not gagged, but he did not speak. I saw why in a moment. He was under the influence of chloroform. I stopped just before I reached his side. This is what I saw: Arnold Percy’s hand was on the metal piece which I have mentioned, and he was using it much as he would have u«ed the key on a telegraph instrument. And while I watched him he was telegraphing over and over again, “Help! Murder! Hein! Murder!”

Arnold Percy fell asleep late that evening, with the window open and his head on the sill. He knew no more until we bad him free from the influence of the chloroform which had been giveen him while he slept, and again from time to time, as the robbers feared he would regain consciousness. The burglars have more than ten years to serve yet before they will break open another bank. In answer to questions which I asked them, they said my friend “kept up an infernal racket with the watercock the whole time. ” Your humble servant Roscoe, Anthon, dear reader, has his theory of this whole matter. He will not insult your penetration and intelligence by stating it at greater length than the story itself has done. Nor will he offend you by a solution which might differ from your own. Two of the burglars were the two men who quarreled at the corner. To all the questions that may arise because of that fact, I can only answer coincid ence. Some one, not an editor, has made the novel dicovery that the cat is noVfcere mentioned in the Bible.

WILLIAM PENN.

Celebration of the Bi-Centennlal of His Landing in Pennsylvania. The Festivities Witnessed by Immense Throngs of People. The bf-centennial of the landing of William Penn in Pennsylvania.was celebrated by the people of Philadelphia in an imposing manner, the festivities running through nearly an entire week, and being witnessed by hundreds of thousands of strangers from abroad. The ceremonies opened at Chester, a suburb of the Quaker City, on Bunday. Oct 22, when the Society of Quakers assembled in large numbers. A letter from John G. Whittier was read, inclosing a poem which he wrote sixty years ago. Addresses were delivered by A fred H. Lane, President of the Pennsylvania Peace Society, and John M. Broomall, of Medina, Ohio. On Monday, at 2:30 there was a representation, at Chester, of the landing of William Penn and his party, which was witnessed by 2 O.OCO people. The landing was made at the exact spot where, 200 years before, the great Quaker first nut his foot upon American soil Thousands of human throats, numerous church bells, and an aggregation of steam whistles, greeted his advent, and the enthusiasm was unbounded. Later a monster meeting was held, at which 2,i 00 children sang “My Country. ’Tis of Thee,” and speeches were delivered by Gov. Hoyt and John M Broomall, who sketched Penn’s career in a masterly hand. A great parade in the afternoon and a brilliant display of fireworks in the evening brought the day’s celebration to a close. On J'uesday, the 24th, the festivities opened in Philadelphia, and lasted until Friday evening. First came the landing or Penn, which was witnessed by a vast thr< ng es imated at over 500,000 people. A dispatch from that city says: “As early as midnight last nignt people began to take available space in the neighborhood, and hundreds remained out all night so as to be on hand. This morning when the sun broke through the rain-threatening clouds the streets were blocked for several squares. So dense was the throng that men and women were trampled on and nearly crushed to death, and a dozen or more people were pushed off the dock, in the Delaware and got a thorough ducking. All of them were re cued, however. While the dense mass awaited the landing the river presented a beautiful appearance. Every ship for miles along the river front was deckod out in holiday attire. Tugs and steamers darted about, loaded down to the water’s edge. They met the Welcome several miles below the city, and the procession of tugs and steamers up to the wharf made a striking and pretty picture. As the procession came in sight the United States men-of-war belched forth a welcome, and scores of whistles added to the clamor. The Welcome drew up to the wharf, and Penn and his party of Dutch and Quakers, in ancient costumes, stepped ashore. They shook hands with more Dutch and Quakers and then the little procession fought us way through the crowd to the historical Blue Anchor Inn, and was subsequently escorted to Broad street and given a place in the great procession which started at 11:30 and held the streets for nearly five hours. The procession moved from Broad to Chestnut, to Third, up Third to Market out Market to Broad and out Broad to Columbia avenue, where it wa- dismis-ed. Never was such a scene witnessed. For five hours hon e cars were blocked, and all streets except those along the line of march were deserted. The column moved along Chestnut between two high walls of bunting and gay flags, while windows and roof-tops and stagings were filb'd Thousands of people poured into the city from all over the State, and all along the route they were packed 1 ke sardines in a box. It is estimated t at 500,000 people from outside the city limits witnessed the parade, in which 25,000 men took part Today was the civic parade, and, with the exception of the marines, no troops took part. Ihe police and firemen and letter-carriers weie followed by officials in carriages, 3,5 0 members of the Improved Order of lied Men, hosts of firemen from other c ties, with their machines, 1,2u0 butchers, mounted and in wagons, and the Total Abstinence and other societies. The head of the process on was dismissed long before the tail end had begun to move. It was a sight worth witnessing.” In the evening there were fireworks and pyrotechnic displays of a brilliant character. On Wednesday, the 25th, there was a disp'ay of the tra'des of Philadelphia and surrounding cities—all the largest machine shops, sac: cries, etc., accompanied by wagons, on which was exemplified the workings of the various trades. Thursday, the 26bh, witnes ed a musical repr- j sentat on of the Welsh singers in West Philadelphia. The German singers and fraternities of various nation dities appeared with appropriate emblems. The Knights Templar turned out 10,000 strong. In the as ternoon the school children to the number of 3,000 to 4,< 00 appeared. Friday, tile 27th, was marked by a grand army and navy parade with the iational Guard of Psmisylvan.aandNew Jersey, and vis. ting troops irom the neighboring States to the number of 12,000 men.

THURSDAY, NOV. 30,

By Proclamation of the President, to be Observed as a Day of Public Thanksgiving and Prayer. The following' Thanksgiving proclamation has been issued from Washington: By the President of the United States of America—a proclamation: in conformity witn a custom the annual observance of which is justly held in honor by this people, J, Che-ter A. Arthur, President of the United States, do hereby set apart Thu sday, the Moth day of November n xt, as a day of pub ic thanksgiving. The blessings d mantling our gratitude are numerous and varied: For the peace and amity which subsist between this and all nations of the world • freedom from Internal discord and violence; for increasing friendship between different sections of a land or liberty, justice and cons itutionai government; for the devotion of the peop e to our free institutions and their cheerful obedience to mild laws; lor the constantly-increasing strength of the republic, while extending its privileges to the lellow-men to us; for improved means of internal communication and increased facilities .of inter course with other nations; for the general preva bug health of the year ; for the prosperity of ad our industries, a liberal return for the mechanic’s toil, affording a market for the abundant harvests of the husbandmen; for the preservation of the national faith and credit; fora wise and generous provision to effect the intellectual and moral education of our youth; for the influen e upon the conscience of a restraining and transforming religion; and for the joys of home. For these, and for many other blessings, we should give thanks. Wherefore I do recommend that the day above designated be observed throughout the counti y as a day of national thanksgiving and prayer, and that the people, ceasing from their daily labors, and meeting in accordance w th their several forms of worship, draw near to the Throne of Almighty God, offering to Him praise and gratitude for the man fold good which He has vouchsafed to us, and praying that His blessings and mercies may cont nue. And I do further recommend that the day thus appointed may be made a specal occasion tor deedsof kindn ss and charity to the suffering aud needy, so that ah who dwe 1 within he land may rejoice and be glad in this season of thanksgiving. In witness whe eof I have hereunto set my hand, and earned the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the City of Wa hington this 25th day of October in the year of our Lord 1881 and of t ie Independence of the Unite I States the lb7th. Chester A Ar i hub. By the President: Frederick T. Fret inghuysen. Secretary of State.

Rubbing It Out.

The editor of the Courier, Mr.W. F. Cook, was seized a few mornings ago by a terrible pain in the left shoulder and neck. Having been favorably impressed for some time with the virtue of an article recommended for all sudden pains, and especially rheumatism, we rubbed the offending part, and, in less time than we write it, relief came. That article is St. Jacobs Oil. Canajoharie, N 7 Y., Courier. Farmer Watson, of Marcy, Oneida county, N. Y., will exhibit at the state and county fairs specimens of German carp that he has cultivated in his ponds in Marcy. The original carp were sent from Washington two years ago. Of Mr. Watson’s share only eight, about one inch in length, survived. Now he has four ponds with six hundred or eight hundred fish of various sizes. Some of them weigh between five and six pounds. General Sheridan receives, on an average, 1,200 invitations a year to reunions and similar gatherings. “I believe St. Jacobs Oil to be the very best remedy known to mankind,” says Mr. Roberts, business manager of this paper.— Milwaukee, Wie., Sentinel.

Almost Persuaded.

It Is not te be wondered at that ehrenie dyspeptics are peevish, eroea and nervows. The disease poi-ons the blood, weakens the kidneys ana shatters the nervous system. To those who feel almost persuaded to try that never-fating cure for drßpepaia and general weakness known as Dr. Guysott’s Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla, we desire to say you make a great mistake by delaying. Now is the time. It will positively restore you to health, strength ana vigor. It is the prescription of an eminent physician, and is composed of Yellow Dook, Sarsaparilla, Juniper, Iron, Bucbu, Celery and Calteaya, Ask your druggist to get it for you. It appears from chemical investigation that opium is generally worse even than it appears to be, from the fact that on account of its many adulterations, its strength can only be guessed at. Some samples lately analyzed showed that over a third of the mass was composed of crushed linseed. Other samples are found mixed with liquorice, cashew, sesame oils, gum arabic, and tragacanth, sand, vegetable earth, lead, starch, and animal excrement. A lot imported into England looking well, but contained only two per eent. of morphine. Bullets of clay, chopped P o PPy leaves, rumex leaves, tubercles of hel lanthus, dahlia, colchicum, and dried mushrooms are found, the resinous character of the substance being supplied by a plentiful use of pitch. Turkish opium contains raisins, crushed poppy, desiccated eggs, wax, rosin, and pulverized brick. One sample was made up of opium, clay and dried excrement._ Mr. 0. B. Young, of Portsmouth, Ohio, writes: “I suffer- d severely from pile-t and indigestion. My urine was cloudy, full of sediment and voided with pain. My general health was very poor; the least exertion gave me great fatigue, for I was very weak. I was recomm--nded to try Dr. Guysott’s Yeilow Dock and Sarsaparilla by a Cincinnati friend who had been cured by it of liver complaint and weak kidneys. Three bott.es made a well man of me. ”

The Wells in Sahara.

French enterprise is steadily persevering in the work of redeeming the Desert of Sahara by means of artesian wells. A large number of wells have been sunk alo ig the northern border, more than 150 in the Province of Constantino alone, and the work is advancing into the interior. One of the curious phenomena which the digging of these wells has brought to notice is the existence of fish and crabs at great depths. The learned engineer, M. Jus, who for twenty years has direct' d the work, avers that he once boiled and ate a crab which had been drawn up from a depth of 250 feet, and that, moreover, it was of an excellent flavor.

Report of Flemming & Merriam's Co-oper-ative Fund W.

In another column will be found a detailed report of Fund W., operated for the east eight een months by the commission house of Flemming <fc Merriam. Th s report, shows clearly and >n a concise manner the age of the Fund and the profits it is paying monthly. The report shows this to be the old-n-t house operating capital in this manner. The record of the Fund and the standing ot the house show it to be desirable and safe for those who wish to invest small and medium amounts in the speculation markets. CHICAGO WAREHOUSE FACILITIES. The rapid growth of the commission business and the grain and general produce interests of Chicago has ca led for greater warehouse f cilities, which is being reSj ond -d to by some of the wealthier com-mi-sion firms. Among the latest improvements in that direction is a new grain and gene' al produce warehouse, six stories high, with every improvement and dock and river frontage * belongin ' to the commission house of Flemming & Merriam, which gives t em pro baby the best facilities in the rece.ving dne in the city of Chicago. The turn have ample capital and make reasonable advances on consignments. Thank a kind Providence for the decora' e l banjo craze. After a banfo is decorated it canh-it be paved on without spoil ng ’I e pi ures. Now won’t tome good ange s'art a mania for dec rating accor iions Philadelphia News.

A New Principle.

The principle upon winch Putnam’s Painless Corn Extractor acts is entirely new.It does not sink deep into the flesh, thereby producing soreness, but acts directly upon the external covering of the corn, separates it from the under layer, removes the direct pressure from the part, and at once effects a radical cure, without any pain or discomfort Let those who are suffering from corns, yet skeptical of treatment, try it, and by the completeness of the cure they will be ready to recommend Putnam’s Painless Corn Extractor to others Wholesale, Lord, Stoutenburgh & Co., Chicago. In a gambling saloon—One of the bystanders excl ims: “I take bo. k one louis. ” The haulier replies severely: “Pardon, monsieur, but you have not deposited anvthinz. ” “O, then I’ll take back what I said. ” —J’uris Figaro.

Save the Vital Forces.

Heat is life, and the best and most economical stoves are Rathbone, Sard & Co.’s Acorn cook and ranges and the Westminster henter. They make the dwelling’s of the rich delightful and warm the cabins of the pioneers on the outskirts of civilzation. If you want the best stoves made, ask for the Atom cook and ranges and the Westminster heater. “Ah, Brown! Understand you’re coing to marry again!” “Yes; my first wife alw >ys said I was a fool, and • o I am goin*r into matrimony again in order to be consistent, you know. ” — .Boston Transcript.

Personal! —To Men Only!

The Voltaic Belt Co., Marshall, Mich., will send Dr. Dye’s Celebrated Electro-Voltaic Belts and Electric Appliances on trial for thirty days to men (young or old) who are afflicted with nervous debility, lost vitality and kindred troubles, guaranteeing speedy and complete restoration of health and manly vigor. Address as above. N. B.—No risk is incurred, as thirty days’ trial is allowed. “Plunged in a gulf of dark d-spair” was the cht erinsr tune which greeted tee ears of a newly-married couple as they w re leaving th" altar. The org nst was probably a married man.

Free to All Ministers of Churches.

I will send one bottle of White Wine of Tar Syrup, gratis, to any minister that will recommend it to his friends after giving it a fair test, and it proves satisfactory for coughs, colds, throat or lung disea-es. Db. C. D. Wabneb, Reading, Mich. A gentleman had his picture taken recently; cost him S2OO, and still he is not happy. A fellow took it out of the ball when the latch was up.— Boston Commercial Bulb tin. Common colds neglected cause onehalf the deaths. Consumption lurks in every cough; often using as a mask the ruddy cheek and sparkling eye till its deadly seeds are deeply planted in the system. Eilebt’s Extract of Tab and Wild Chebby will surely cure colds, coughs, croup, eatarrh bronchial complaints, and ward off consnmpl tion. A Chinaman ha* written a poem on a grain of rice. Let American poets follow his example. Grains of rice won’t fill up a waste basket very fast. Db. Winchell’s Teething Sybup is just the medicine for mothers to have in the house for the children. It will cure colds, coughs, sore throat, and regulate the bowels. Do not fail to give it a trial, you will be pleased with its charming effect Sold by all druggists. Neveb ffo under a tree during a thunder storm. It isn’t fair to the lightning, which often has to spoil a very good tree to get at a poor sort of a man. Uncle Sam’s Condition Powdebs should be used by every one owning or having the care of horses, cattle, hogs or poultry. It improves the appetite, promotes the growth, and restores the sick. Sold by all druggists. The best reason yet advanced for hav'ng Monday w?nhing-dxv, the next day after Sunday, is because cleanliness is next togod-hne-s. Pube Clod-Liver Oil, made from select livers on the sea-shore, by Caswell, Hazabd <fc Co., New York. It is absolutely pure and sweet. Patients who have once taken it prefer it to all others. Physicians have decided it superior to any of the other oils in market Talk of human pride. Can anything equal the haughtine s of a boarding-house keeper who h<s just had two applications for one vacancy? Chapped Hands, Face, Pimples, and rough Skin, cured by using Junipeb Tab Soap, made by Caswell, Hazabd & Co., New York. An exchange puts a so’emn truth in a novei way wh n it says that ‘some men w nr their be-t ‘ rouseri out in the knees in win er getting religious, and the seats of th© r pants put in summer backsliding.”

Solid men admire the beautiful, and thia aononnta in some measure for the thousands upon thousands of bottles of Oarboline, the deodorized petroleum hair renewer and dressing, which have been sold yearly since its invention, by Messrs. Kennedy & Co., of Pittsburgh, Pa. One consolation: A French paper has the story of a widow who visited the tomb where reposed her lately-lost husband. •Well," said she, "there is one consolation for me. I now know where he spends his evenings. ”

Skinny Men.

“ Wells’ Health Renewer" restores health and vigor, cures Dyspepsia, Impotence, Sexual Debility. SI. Druggists. Send for pamphlet to E. S. Wells, Jersey City, N. J. “I have a fresh ca'. J,” said a ren leman to his ac-mintance. “Why do you have a flesh one? Why don’t you havi-it cured!” The Howe Scale took first premium at Philadelphia, Paris, Sydney, and other exhibitions. Borden, Selleck & Co., Agents, Chicago, 111. Ben Franklin s id that soft words butler no par-nips, but t’ev have helpedeleot many a man to office for all that. Five Thousand Letters Have been received by proprietor of the White Wine of Tar Syrup, from parties claiming to be cured of consumption, by its use. “Yes,"said thefanner, “barbed-wire fences arc expensive, but the hired man doesn’t stop to rest every time he has to climb it” It will do one good to look in at H. B Brya Chicago Business College and sue the busy workers. “Generous to a fault” may be said of men —at east they are generous enough to their own faults Get Lyon's Patent Heel Stiffeners applied to those new boots before you run them over.. A farce-seeing man: One who believes that fife is only lolly. Try the new brand, Spring Tobacco. It is not the cheece to ask: “Will you love me when I’m mold?”

AN EXTRAORDINARY CASE. Austin, Toxas, February 20,1551. To Mr. J. W. Graham, Druggist: Dear Sir—My case was an acute form of Bronchitis, snd was of one and a half year’s duration. I employed the best medical aid possible, but failed rapidly, until the doctors said I would die—that my case was incurable. Thrown upon my own resources, I got a bottle of DR. WM. HALL’S BALSAM FOR THE LUNGS, and in six hours felt a decided relief. In three days the cough almost disappeared. Now that my chanees of life are good for many years, I earnestly recommend the above to every sufferer of throat or lung disease. C. G. LATHROP.

FOH RHEUMATISM, Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago, Backache, Soreness of the Chest, Gout, Quinsy, Sore Throat, Swellings and Sprains, Burns and Scalds, General Bodily Pains, Tooth, Ear and Headache, Frosted Feet and Ears, and all other Pains and Aches. Mo Preparation on earth equal! St. Jacobs Ora M a safe, sure, tintpie and cfceaje External Betnedy A trial entails tut the comparatively trifling outlay of 50 Cents, and every one Buffering with pain can have cheap and positive proof of its claims. < Direction! in Eleven Languages. * BOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS AND DEALERS IN MEDICINE. A. VOGELER & CO., Baltimore, Ud.., U. S. A. Q Q Q IMMONS SASH SUPFOKTERS.Chicago. 0 Q 0 übstitute for Weights. 2UO W. Luke Street. AGENTS WANTED for the Best and Fastest-Sell-ing Pictorial Books and Bibles. Prices reduced 33 per cent. National Publishing Co., Chicago, 111. Yfll IU fi ME M D von want to learn Telegraphy ta a lUU"v mull tow months, and bo certain of a sit nation, addreoe VALENTINE BROS., JaneevUlo, Wla MIITYMirO I Jewelry, Silverware, retailed I® H I 11 Hi* X * at wholesale rates. Price-list free. IN HI Will. U ■ T. W. Kennedy, P. g. Box 850, N. T.

* MONTH—AGENTS WANTED-** b«s» selling amides In t he world :1 sample fr*e Address J. A. Brensvu, Detroit. Mich. 8100.00 IN COLD GIVEN AWAY. To all subscribers to the PEOPLE’S WEEKLY, or any person who will subscribe for the paper at the regular price of $2.00 per year, we make this offer. We will give to the party who will send us bv matt, before the 1. th of December next, the largest list of words used in the Engii-h language that can be formed from any or all of the letters composing the name of “THE PEOPLE’S WEEKLY,” The sum of FIFTY DOLLARS IN GOLD: to the party sending the second largest list, THIRTY DOLLARS IN GOLD, and to the party sending the third largest list TWENTY DOLLARS IN GOI D. THE PEOPLE'S WEEKLY is the Cheapest and Best Illustrated Paper in the country. It is printed by the well-known house of Rand, McNally A Co., Chicago, 111., and contains every week elegant illustrations of current events, American and Foreign scenery, views, portraits of eminent men of the day, Ac., Ac.: also choice stories by the best writers, sketches, anecdotes, Ac., Ac., Ac., to amuse, please and instruct, and is only Two Dollars per year—just half the price charged for other illustrated papers. Send in your subscription for THE PEOPLE'S WEEKLY at once—for your name must be on our subscription list to enable you to compete for the above prizes. The prizes will be paid in GOLD COIN, and the successful lists, together with the names of the fortunate competitors, will be published in full in the issue of Dec. 23,1882. Address all letters and make Postoffice Orders payable to Manager THE PEOPLE’S WEEKLY, Chicago, Hl. We guarantee tile above to be carried out In every particular. RAND, McNALLY & CO.

PATENTS CAN I OBTAIN A PATENT? Send a rough sketch or (if you can) a model of your Invention to GEORGE E. LEMON, Washington, D. C., and a Preliminary Examination will be made of all United States patents of the same class of inventions and you will be advised whether or not a patent can be obtained. FOR THIS PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION NO CHARGE IS HADE. What will a Patent HTZVCti” V If you are advised that your inven- ® I S tion is patentable.send S 20,t0 pay Government application fee of 815. and 85 for the drawings required by the Government. This is payable when application is made, and ip all of the expense unless a patent is allowed. When allowed, the attorney’s fee (825) and the final Government fee (820) is payable. Thus you know beforehand, J<>r nothing, whether you are going to get a patent or not, and no attorney’s fee is charged unless you do get a Patent. An attorney whose fee depends on his success in obtaining a Patent will not advise you that your invention is patentable, unless it really Is patentable, so far as his best judgment can aid In determining the question; hence, you can rely on the advice given after a preliminary examination is had. Design Patents and the Registration of Labels, Trade Murks and Rc-fasues secured. Caveats Prepared and filed. Applications in revivor of Rejected, Abandoned, or Forfeited Cases made. Very often valuable inventions are saved in these classes of cases. If you nave undertaken to secure your own patent and failed, a skillful handling of the case may lead to success. Send me a written request addressed to the Commissioner of Patents that he recognize George E. Lemon, of Wash- * ington. D. C.. as your attorney in the case, living the title of the invention and about the date of filing your application. An examination and report will cost you nothing. Searches made for title to inventions, in fact any information relating to Patents promptly furnished. Copies of Patents mailed at the regular Government rates, (25c. each.) Remember this office has been in successful operation since 1865, and you therefore reap the benefits of experience, besides reference can be given to actual clients in almost every county in the U. 8, Pamphlet relating to Patents free upon request CEO. E. LEMON, 015 15th St., WASHINGTON, D. U. AUorney-at-Law and Solicitor of American and Foreign Patents.

THE MARKETS.

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■J a ■ rw Send postal for Bl’st’d Catalog. HULL’S n Al H Hair Store, 38 * 40 Monroe Chicago. lai ■ 11 W For prioea. eta. write Tan AUI.TMAN A TAYLOR CO. Manaflald-O. ■ ■■IM Wholesale and retail. Send for price-list. Em n I |J# Goods sent C. 0. D. Wigs made to order. IS Ml Bl E. BURNHAM, 71 State street, Chicago. "kittr — Van MOT •3 VIILWINW UUANYw<reH,I_J WEAR OUT. fini Til hv Watchmakers. By mail, 26 cts. Circular! OUlulJ FREE. J. £. BIRCH R CO.. 38 Dey St.. N.Y pa M A Postal Card to Clarke Bros., Bible ■ House. New York, the New Publishers < f Fine, Cheap Subscription Books, for their "/'rirula Circular la At/eiUx." It will puezle and astonish you. COO Oil C I Grocery. One of the best-located and run OfrLC ■ lyst-payin ' steres in Chicago. Has a la-ge a d mpidlv-incr aring business. About $5,00> wifi buy. W.ll take desirable farm property in full or partial payment. 111-health of present owner the re son for selling. Address C. A. MORUII.L A CO., Wholesale Teas. 30 A 32 i-outh Water St., Chicago, 111. raj m Jra COTES iffiERE All ELSt FARS. £3 pa Best Cough Syrup. Tastes good. Prf Use In time. Bold by druggists. EH wrftai, r«ti<fln the wont casas.lnaureH comfort-■ able sleep; effect! cures where all others fail. A ■ trial emvincM thtmott ikeptical. Price We. and■ KOGA’S “ CONSUMPTION was promptly ’niff nniTTmTD’f a remedy based followed by the V 11 WH { V 011 Koch’s theory, mcreimportaniJJlU UU " till 1 arationalmeansof TRIAL is offered to all afflicted with symptoms of lung disease. Ad tress Box 788, N. Y. City. This H.Y. Singer, S2O With €8 M‘t of Attachment# Free. v * rra ntec! perfect. Light running quiet, and durable. Sent lUr 011 trial-plan when desired. Bfr-jvBK J zfin Uxifipy* Uome Organs: 4 sets MfW Keeds, 12 Btops, Mechanical Sub Bohr, octave coupler. 2 knee k wells, J with t.B stool ana $1 Book.onlv $75 TV Sil 1 Aleo sent on test trial-plan if de4 sired. Elegant case, magnificent tone*, durable inside* and out. Circular, with testimonials, f rec. A kJc G. Payne & Co. 47 Third av,Chicago GS2S Every Day Can be easily made with, our Well Augers & Drills Oae man and one horee required. We are the only makere of the Ti*ln WellBoring and Rook-Drilling Machine. Warranted the Beat ea Earth I Many or opr euatomera maha from te a daj. Book and Oiroulara FBXB. Addreaa. LDOMIS i NYIUS. TUTU. OHIO. FAIL. to tend for our fall price SMn for 1882 ' ?V " to EH Jfilany addrovs upon appli. cation. < 'ontains doser-p tion.of rvcryr/itay roq.vr ed for Personal or Family uae. with over £,BOO iliuatmtlon.. We sell all rood! at whoteaitle price, in quantities to au’t the purchaser. The only Institution who make this their special bust new. .iIOXTNSO.SIEMY WARD A WL 847 A 22t> Waboah Avenue. Chicago, Hliiiol. mA Y caMANran 'TW »V%M ■ ■ ■ orlfMcrrn P 4 /~z~ Hom, KUf forca taloguc. isF/ndian£

SI,OOO Seward! "firn er lean Etiquette’ Is the STANDARD. It is USEFUL, BEAUTIFUL and POPULAR. SELLS WITH EASE. On January lit, 1881 we will pay the following CASH PREMIUMS In addition tea LIBERAL COMMISSION ON EACH BOOK SOLD. To the person Belling and delivering the largest number of "American Etiquette" betweei Dee. Ist, 1882, and Jan. Ist. IR3J, the second the third, 8100; the fourth, 875: the fifth k*2si all payable in GOLD. This is the MOST LIB ERALofferevcrmade. and all should avail thetnselvci of this opportunity to MAKE MONEY. CII< »ICE OV TERRITORY GIVEN. Send S2.IW for COMPLETE CANVASSING OUTFIT, and enter the CONTEST' A'l ONCE. Particulars sent on receipt of three cent stamp. Write at once to Subscription Book Depart ment. Mention this |>vper. Reference, any Bunk Ir Chicago. HANI), McNALLY A CO., I hictigo, MASON & HAMLIN ARft * AIO are certainly best, having been IlStla AN\ so decreed at EVERY GREAT U n fl IW W WORLD’S INDUSTIHA L COMPETITION for SIXTEEN YEARS, no other American Organs having been found equal at any. Alvo CHEAPEST. Style 109: SJtf octaves; sufficient compass and power, with best quality, for popular sacred and secular music in schools or families, at only 822. ONE HUNDRED OTHER STYLES at 83Q. 857, 866, 872, 878, Bf)3, 8108, 8114, to 8500 and upward. The larger sti/les are wholly unrivaled by any other Organs. Also for easy payments. NEW ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE FREE. R| B MB AO This Company have commenced HI A Ml IM the manufacture of UPRIGHT ■ IHFIvO GRAND PIANOS, introducing important improvements, adding to power mid Is-auty of tone and durability. BUM not require tuntngonequarter as much as other Pianos. ILLUSTR. AT ED CIRCULARS, with full particulars, free. THE MASON & HAMLIN ORGAN AND PLANO CO., 154 Treinout St., lioston; 40 E. 14th Kt., M. York; 140 Wabash Ave., Chicago

Consumption Can Be Cured, ft HALL’S Iungs.BALSAM Cures Consumption, Colds, Pneumonia, Influenza, Bronchial Difflculties, Bronchi tis, Hoarseness, Asthma, Croup, Whotming Cough, and all Diseases of the Breathing Organs. It soothes and heals the Membrane of the Lungs, inflamed and poisoned by the disease, and prevents thv night sweats and tightness across tile chest which accompany it- Consumption is not ar incurable malady. HALL’S BALSAM will cure you. even though professional aid fails. ■ , W|Tgß

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balJbam [This engraving represents the Lungs in a healthy statej A GOOD FAMILY REMEDY! STRICTLY PURE. Harmless to the IMost Delicate I By its faithful use CONSUMPTION has been CUBED when other remedies and Physicians have failed to effect a cure. William 0. Diggks, merchant of Bowling Green. Ya., writes April 4,1881, that he wants us to know that the Lunu Balsam has cured Me mnt/ier of C,Hi.eump«<>H. after the physician had given her up as incurable. He says, others knowing her case have taken the Balsam and been cured; he thinks all so atnietod should give its trial. William A. Graham * Co., wholesale druggists. Zanesville. Ohio, write us of tile cure of Mathias Freeman, a well-known citizen, who had been afflicted with Bronchitis in its worst form for twelve years. The Lunu Balsam cured him, as it has many others, of Bronchitis. As an Expectorant It has No Equal. For Mule br nil Medicine DenJcra. 4TH WEEK OF OCT, ■ 1882. Fimin & lemani, MUTUAL CO-OPERATIVE FUND! Nos. 141 & 143 LaSalle St., Chicago. For the Snfe and Profitable Investment of Small anil Medinin AniounU. Dividends are pa'd on the flret of each month. Io out-of-town Su!>ncrlbern a Draft in . ent l.p Mail. ISPI* -A.T JEIIVr JS! ZKT'I? Of the Profits ninde on each Share of Fund W. during the pa-t 18 months, or from May Ist, 1881, to Nov. Ist, 1881. (Shares of SW) Each.] Per Share. May, 188 t 46 per cent *4.o<> Julie, “ <>B “ 683 July, “ 45 * 4.50 Auv., “ 85 “ 8„i0 Sept., * 68 6.:«» Oi t., “ ” 8 - o Nov., * 51 5.10 Dec., “ 4<W 4.05 Jan., 1883 65 * 6.50 Feb.. “ 35 * 3.50 March, * 43 “ 4.30 April, “ ; 4ft * 4.51 May, “ June, “ 5, 5.76 July, “ 2'X . Aug., * : j6 3.(10 Sept., “ 25 2-ftO oct., “ 86? X “ 3.117 M Profits on each Share of $lO for 18 months.Sß4.32sJ «S~ Dividends or Profits arc paid M nthly. Statements are sent Weekly to Shareholders, giving account of Trades made for the Week."«ft Owing to the many changes in values during the past seventeen months, a number of trades were made and closed without profit to the Fund, which wore fullj’ explaine 1 in former statements to share-owners: yet, notwithstanding these trade--, a profit of MS-4. 2W was made on each snare, and we are pleased to hoar of the general satisfaction of shareholders. October Trades of Fund W. First Week October Profits are 11 1-2 per cent. Second Week October Profits are 8 per cent. Third Week October Profits are 8 1-2 per cent. Fourth Week October Profits are 8 3-4 per cent. OH $3.67 1-2 PROFITS FOR THE MONTH OF OCTORER.

AS* Fund W has been so long in operation it has attained a position and force in the market which makes its future profitable success of much easier aud certain attainment. , , ~ , , As the Fund becomes more fit l.v subscribed for, wo are enabled to take larger trades, fully proU-et*-'! by h<-avy margins, thus increasing the percentage of for Fund W now being Subscribed for. No liability to the shareholder beyond the amount inAuv shareholder who may become dissatl-’flod, or for any cause may wish to sell his stock, can send it t<» our office, and it will be cashed at its full face value by Fund W Company. Wc also execute orders for the purchase or sale of Grain, Provisions amt Stocks on margins for largo or small individual trotters, and tor Stock-, Bonds and other investment securities. i he ( ash l‘r fls paid to hharelv Iders of Fund. W, for the post FOCH MONTHS, have amounted to ov r 1O() per cent on their investment, leaviny the oriyival investment mafcitiy money, or payable on demand. All money goes info the working fund as soon as received, and draws dividend from all 1 iituro profits made immediately after entering the fund. The largo circular gives full explanations and particulars. They are ent free on application. Shares for Bale now in Fund W. AdvanoM inaile on < nnjmits. Address FLEMMINC & MERRIAM, General CoiiiiniMMion Merchant#, 141 & 143 LaSalle St., Chicago, 111. HL??' Special attention jiaid t 6 our Receiving Department of General Proance, having large Warehouse, centrally located, and other special facilities. Cash advances made. Correspondence with shippers to this market solicited. CIV WHY WABTI MOWKT I T«mf »aa ev «14. Of If y«8 vast a LuiurUnt ■aoaueba, flowing CTS kM... K m Tincii^'*»'lxxNu , TuS< »*.. Vgr&vS B, VIOOavTX «h. HAIR u><!«.■« ta ULLU. KM. a«MB. Mma Bww. W>U Mtaw ’ PIANOS Special prices and terms. REED’S TEM I’LE OF MUSIC, 130 Stntc Stinet, CIIICAGO. THI9 NEW TRUSS Hm ■ P»d dlDrl.r from mil elk.ra, I. T c.p-ch.p., with Salf-Adjaalla, gSwru. rm r M in enter, ad.pt. Htalf to all pwlUMta rd th. body, whll. th. BAH ta th. Hernia Isl bzid wcurely fjy and night, and a radical wr« tadn. 111* eaiy, darablfl and tbeap. Bent b* mail. Ciroalarf *"• Egntestoo Truss Co., Cbicago.. UU CT m BLOOD! Parsons’ Puririitlve Pi rin make New Rich Blood and will completely change the blood In the entire flyntem in three months. Any person who will take one pill each night from 1 to 12 week* in «y be restored to sound health, if such s thing be possible. Sold everywhere, or sent by mail for 8 letter stamps. I. tt. JOIfWHOS Al CO., lioßton, Moss., formerly Bangor, Mo.

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FRAZER AXLE GREASE. Beat !■ the World. Get the genulao. Kt•ry package has oar Trade-aiark and io ■tarkod Fraaer’a. MOLD kVERYWHERi. INCMEASI2 $lO YOUR CAPITAL. Investort of small and medltua dbdhßa amounts in Grain, Provisions anti wTfllfl Stocks as fully protected as taosd tSCjU extensiveaud influentialoperatora ~ Our successful, fully tried, old as- ______ . _ tablished plan. Try It. Keporta WHEAT seat weekly, dividends paldmeuth- " ly. Send at onoe for explanatory circulars and pant record, krks. WCn Dividends paidauringpastthirteca dalll months on this fund $00.71 pea share. Address FLEMMING * MERRIAM, 141 « 148 LaSalle STOCKS St., Chicago, Ml. We want a local agent la _ every town. Excellent indue*O*nn mentg. Good pay to a responsiman. Write lot O.N. 0. No, 44, WHEN WRITING TO ADVERTISERS, v v please say you saw the MvertlicintMl In this paper.