Plymouth Democrat, Volume 15, Number 14, Plymouth, Marshall County, 9 December 1869 — Page 4

Reoort of the Comptroller or -the Cur-

Acoordme to the report of the Comptroller ot the Currency, nine National Banks have been Wgwrf wl within the year, of which eight are now association, and one a conversion from a State bank, making the total number organized up to October, 1869, sixteen hundred and ninetyfour. The number in active operation is sixteen hundred and twenty. The total amount of notes of all denominations outstandinc on the 30th off September, 169, was $200,7S9,S05.45k The amount of United States bonds held by the Treasurer of the United States to secure the redemption of the circulating notes of National Banks on the 30th dav of September, 160, was :U2.47-,100. Of $17,560 of notes prepared in the usual manner for issue for National Banks which were purloined previous to the annual report of 1367, only $1,400 of the same have been recovered. Of these $4,500 were in fifty and one hundred dollar notes of the National City Bank of Lynn, Massachusetts, and $12,000 in fifty and one hundred dollar notes of the First National Bank of Jersey City, in addition to which several thefts of a single sheet had occurred. The Comptroller says it is a serious question whether provision should not be made tor the payment of these stolen notes when found in the hands of innocent holders. Their simularity to :he genuine issues of the same and other National Banks,and the difficulty, to any but the most expert and skillful, in recognizing the forged signa tur, make it in possible for the great mat ritv of those who may handle money to Üistinguish the spurious from the genu ine issues. The subject is respectfully submitted to the consideration 'of Congress. The Comptroller cites attention to the fact that, as the law now stands, a bank may, by a vote of the shareholders owning two-thirds of its stock, go into liquidation and close up its affairs. After the expira tion of one year from the publication of notice to its bill holders and creditors, as reouired bv the statute, it may deposit with the Treasurer of the United States legal-tender notes for its outstanding circulation, and take up the boadl held as security therefor. This section was undoubtedly intended to provide for the winding up of banks under the ordinary conditions incident to specie payments. But under existing ciretunst.tr. , banks ;." into liquidation, and call upon noteholders to present their notes for redemption, by publishing notice, as required Inlaw, but, during the whole year tint fol lows, are not obliged to redeem anything except, now and then, a worn-out or delaced note. This facility of circulation, and the absence of all cost of redemptions, have probably induced some associations to take the legal steps for going into liquidation, with the expectation of continuing to reap the benefit of their ovfltanding circulation, while they continue to do a banking business under State laws, or as private hankers. This is an abuse that could only be practised under a ospension of specie payments, and during the absence of all demand for redemptions ; but for the time it is none the less an abuse that require- orreotion. The Comptroller recommends that Congress should pass an act in one section, unconnected with any other subject, requiring all banks that go into liquidation to deposit legal tender notes for their outstanding circulaHoi'.,and take up their bonds deposited with the Treasurer ot the United States as sec trity for such circulation, within .sixty days from the date of the vote ot the share holders to go into liquidation. It is recommended that all taxes imposed on National Banks by the United State? be made returnable and payable to the Treasurer of the United States, in Ute MUM manner that the larger portion of them now are. The employment by the government of agents to examine into the atlnirs of National Banks, without prerifNH notice, has done more than any other one tiling to promote the safety and sound management of the banks, and "the good results lror,Lrht about, directly and indirectly, by such examinations, have fully vindicated the wisdom of the prov;ion. Congress is org i to make provision for an increase in the compensation of these examiners, as a nutter of necessity as well as a matter of jiu Im The salaries of the clerks employed in the Comptroller's office are inadequate to the abilities and integrity jmpdnd, an ! the Comptroller recommends that they be faenMea. He recommends that the Deputy Comptroller be paid a sal iry of s;;,500; the head of each division, $2,400; two correspondents, vl,200 each; and two bookkeepers fttflOQ each. The recommendation contained in his last preceding annual report, looking to the estabhshm- nt of an agency in the city of New York in the interest oi the National Banks, owned and controlled by them, for the redemption of all their issu- s and for the transaction of all their business, is again submitted to the consideration of Congress. Concerning the inteiest on deposit - and oall loans, the Coiuotioief says that the law for the organization Of National Banks defines tlnir power with precision. They are empowered to exercise under the act, "al! such incidental power- BJ shrill be necessary to carry on the business of banking, by discounting and ne gotiating promissory notes, drafts, bills of excliangc, an, other evidences of debt ; by receiving depo-:t ; by buying and selling exchange, coin, and bullion: by loaning mon'y on personal security; by obtaining, Usuing, and circulating notes," &o. from which it will be een UBB! National Banks are arthorized. among other things," re ce&vt deporit that is when money is brought to them they are authori."d to receive it. They are not, however, authorized to hire deposits, ami the law does not contemplate that they riwaM solicit loans, under the guise of deposits, by the ofTer to paj- interest on them. Tide practica, however, prevails extensively; ami although by implication, the law forbids it, the prohibition is not ii fri-i nt 1 v ex plicit or !ositive to prevent it if banks pay interest on these deposits, they most, of coure, use them ; and, as they are pay. able on demand, they MUM be loaned on call l all loans, as a rule, are made to brokers and operators in stork- and gold. M-n engaged in trade cannot ordinarily afford to borrow money which th y m y be called upon to refund at an hour's no tice. The facility with which large lotins tan be erl ectod, payable on call, at low rates of inter. st, waile commercial paper is only done at high rates, or is declined altogether, fosters ; mixtion. The delegation by the government to linking associations of the power to issue notes to circulate as money.has a tendency to lower the rate of interest, and so to furnish jhean money to the bu-dness com munity. The incorporated bank, doing business and issuing circulation under the authority of the government, is uniformly regarded as th" Mil reliable and reasona ble source of accommodation by the busi nms community. The private banker, depending upon the active use of his capi tal for bis probt, must charge a much higher rate of interest to realize the nw relative profit, supposing, of course, that the deposits of the two institutions are equal. The government, therefore, OOBV fere a greater boon upon tin; business public, by enabling it to borrow money at moderate rates of interest, than is general ly realized or admitted. If all the banks were deprived of theircirculation during the comine year, by act of (J n stress, the rates at which money could be borrowed in moat Mictions of the country would ! nearly doubled. The wwumption bv the government of the sole power to ftMM eir-niatii g notes would in no wise furnish relief. The average dividends made by the banks luring the past year will probably not exceed ten per cent, upon th ir capital, after deducting taxes and expenses. And as the premium on gold lhall diminish, and the National Banking ayatem shall be made free to all who art; able an 1 choose to comply w-th the conditions, the average profit will conform to the law which governs all business. It will be a fair living profit, and no more. There are two kinds of currency in use ; one issued directly by the Qoftfll III . the other issued by the lanks. One kind would seem to be enough. The Inert should be preserved and perfected ; the other withdrawn. The very moment the government issues are made redeemable,

they will cease to answer the purpose of currency; for, after they are redeemed, they are in the treasury and cannot again be paid out, except upon appropriations made by law, in accordance with the constitutional provision, and consequently cannot again be put in circulation, except as disbursements may be necessary to pay-

expenses ami üeots oi the government. So that government circulation is convertible, and therefore is not elastic, and cannot be made so without first making a radical change in the organization of the United Mates I reasury, by which it should be converted into a huge banking institution calculated to receive deposits, make loans, and otherwise perform the functions of a National Bank. The notes issued bv National Banks are nominally redeemable ; and, if the legaltender notes were out of the way, would be actually so, and, being issued by institutions in sympathy with trade, would contract and expand in obedience to the law of supply and demand, so that they would also possess the element of elasticity. As to the comparative merits of the two different kinds of currency, an impar tial consideration would probably decide in favor of a bank circulation, principally because it would possess the power of adapting itself to the exigencies of trade. If government iasoeaconld be made to pos sess the same power of adaptation, the ver dict would be in their favor. A canuid investigation, however, cannot fail to divelop the fact that there is no branch of the fiscal service adequate to the direct bane and can; of such a currency as the country requires. The Treasury system is so arm'rary in its collections smd disburse meats, so little in harmony with the busi ness interests of the community, that it frequently absorbs large amounts of currency at most tuoportune Beaonsand disburaes them with just as little regard to the wants of trade. So 1 ng as the collection of revenues is liable to be a process of contraction, and their disbursement a process of inflation, the agencies through which collections and disbursements are effected cannot, be regarded as suitable agencies for furnishing a sound curr-ncy to the people. The argument that the government should furnish the currency in order that it may realise the profit upon its circula tion is a common one, but will not bear scrutiny. There is no profit to the government on the circulation of an interior currency. Only a sound currency will promote the inaleri ü prosperity Of the people; and the government can realize no prolit from anything detrimental to their interests, As a cum m y, therefore, government issues are not profitable As a loan without interest thej are equally unprofitable, because they are injurious" to the nation d credit, and add enormously to the expenses of the government. If, however, it is impossible for the government to comply with the conditions necessary in order to furnish a sound cur re icy, it can at least provide for the w ithdrawal of its own notes, and prescribe the conditions upon which, and the agencies through which, a better currency inay be provided. As before stated, there should he but one paper currency In the country, and that should emanate from a source that is Infloenced by, and is amenable to, the lawi of trade No check or limitation should be imposed upon it, other than the law of apply an 1 demand. ran r.ANKiNK. A self-adjusting currency is the only one thai is adapted to the exigencies of trade, ami to the wants of the country ; and it is a vital question at this time, whether this result can be reached before the return of specie payments, if possible at all, it hi only possible through the agency of the National Hanks. The machinery of the government is not adapted to such ends. And further, il possible, it is only upon the adoption of a policy which will tend gradually but surely to a resumption of p cie payments. It must be the gradual development of a process which shall abs rb legal tenders, and put in their place a pa p;.r currency v.mch shall at all times and under all cir. u instances be exchange able for coin, either of paper, (legal.tenders) oi oi jroi(i-t paper currency w hich shall graaaauy increase, while the legal tenders tor its redemption shall gradually decrease, in Bucn a ratio as a healthy demand for banking facilities may determine. Where banking facilities were already abundant, there would be no inducement for the establishment of banking institutions for the issue off currencv upon conditions that would inevitably diminish the volume of lawful money applicable to its redemption, and so gradually, but surely, enhance the cost of such redemption; whii i in other sections destitute, in whole or in part, of banking facilities for the legitimate demands of business, the nccessity for banks and eurrencj would fasti fy the Increase off bank circulation, notwithstanding the (act that by such increase the burden of its redemption would also be enhanced. The en. ire Bouth an I many portions of the W&t are very n nth in need of the facilities and ad vantages to be derived from properly organized banking institutions, and their necessities would Justify them In deliberately adopting measures to supply their wants, the direct tendency i f which would be to hasten the return of specie payments in the manner indicated, to wit, by the increase of bank notes, and the absorption of the legal-tender notes. As the former increased, the latter would diminish. As lawful money became kree, its raine would be enhanced, and wouid gradually approximate to par with gold. Thus specie payment may be reached through the agency of the National Banks, and by the operation of natural causes. The process will not be rapid or spasm, die, because it will in all its stages, and in all its details, be governed by sound principles and conform to establish laws. At the same time, the benefits and advantages of the National Banking system would gradually become more equally diffused, until all sections would at length get their just and equal share, apportioned beyond cavil or objection because regulated by the actual requirements ot business. While IV, , bankincr mav thus be MtmK lished with safety, anterior to specie paynraw, comuuoneii only upon the with drawal anu cancellation ot a legal tender uobar lor every dollar of bank currency hawed, free banking upon a specie basis may also be permitted, with eoual saftv. and without dewy. With detail, properly abjustf d, banks may be established with authority to issue and put in circulation gold notes-limiting the amount onl v by the ability of the banks to comply with the necessary conditions, and to redeem their huuea, Some prorisJon of this kind Is probably necessary in order to supply the Pacific and gold-producing States with a paper currency. A circulating medium, cheaper and more convenient than coin, has kmg been a necessity in those States, and would undoubtedly do much to pro mote activity, enterprise, and development. Experience litis demonstrated to tlu m that a enrrency composed exclusively of sp. cie bi not eiempt from the fiuctuations to which mom y ami trade everywhere are subject, which may lead to the introduction of paper money, if the opportunity is offered. liy the establishment of banks on a specie basis, the resumption of specie pay ments is only anticipated ; and familiarity with sold values will do much to relieve the subject off the mystery with which it U associated in the minds of many. Looking forward to the day when uniform values shall again prevail, it may be, by wist; legislation now, a b inking system can lie established, truly national in its character and scope, which will furnish a sound enrrency of uniform value in every State of the I'nion. Respectfully fubmit ted. Iruunp Ii. Huunnarj, C nptroller of the Currency. Omve Looan was asked by an impudent wag, the other day, if it was true, ai the papers report, that e wore fifteen hundred dollars on her hand in the shape ot hair. " Ouite true," replied the centle L Olive; "and it is also true that 1 wear twenty thousand dollars in my mouth in the shape of teeth, and half a million dollars in the shape of lougM, to say nothing of a billion or two of dollars in the shape of eyes, - ara, and such small de r. And, to tell the truth, I wouldn't sell out even at these figures." Paris has a widow who has been married eleven times.

FACTS AM) FIGUB2S. Amos Kesdm.i, left three hundred

thousand dollars.' TnE Johnstown (Penn.) iron works employ :J,000 workmen. Only seven of the active members of the Philadelphia press in 1840 are now alive. Tuf. Bible is now printed by the American Bilde Society in the languages of 700,000,000 people. The Empress Eugenie, during her visit to Constantinople, made presents to the amount of $100,000. Getting into debt is like a mouse getting into a trap very easy going in, and extremely difficult getting out. In 1843, the British Museum had only 1,000 works relating to America. Now it has upward of 100,000. C. C. Qrnson, a celebrated Eastern violinist, when a 10 year old lad, walked from Henniker, N. EL, to Boston ;i ml back, over 150 miles, to attend one of Ole Bull's conCerts. TnE Vermont Legislature has passed a bill holding Pernor dealers responsible for the damage to person or property done by those obtaining liquors of them. All organists, soloists and ehoristi have been invited to join in organizing ior the monster concert in New York, next May. A c Useum is to be erected in Central Park. Miss rE GomAn is a London gjrmnasl who jumps from a high platform, bursts through a double paper balloon, and is eanghl by one of her brothers who hangs suspended from the trapeze with his head downward. Tarn Coroner of San Francisco reports seventy six cases of suicide, forty-four of drowning, and thirty-live of homicide in that city since December 1, 11866. Only one of the murderers was sentenced to be hanged, and he oomitted suicide in his celL The Rev. John Smith, the pastor of a Pre ibyterian church, at Washington, was, the other day, voted by his congregation an increase ot one thousand dollars a year on his salary, but lie declined to accept the increase, saying he was satisfied with the amount pan him. TitM i'i'MAX, the assassin of the Kink family, has found his rival in the Department of Hainanlt in France. The name of this human monster is Dessous le Moustier. Be has killed six persons namely, three brothers, the wife of one of them, and besides, he has poisoned his own wife and his own son. Bishop Simpson, in a speech at the Methodist Missionary Anniversary in New York the other night, ma-'e a curious Statistical statement. He said there were 7ou.oou.000 persons still out of the pale of Christianity, and at the rate the work is gl :nur on the entire world would not be converted in less than -",000 years. The city of Trier, in Germany, formerly the Beat or one of the Electors ol thcGerThi Cincinnati correspondent of the Newark, (X. J.) Journal says: "Tears a :o we met a farmer, residing near Albany, Who Visited this spot ill 1805, when the infant emporium contained about fifteen tnnarau people. A inend urged him to buy forty acres of land in what i now the heart of the city, for $1,300. Ok those admitted during the year to the Washington Home of Inebriates, in Boston, there have been clerks, salesmen and book-keepers, o0; merchants and traders, 94; lawyers, 7; physicians, 5; printers, ' ; formers, 2 ; editors, 'I ; judges, g; actors, i; clergymen, a, ana one or more from nearly every trade and calling. At a hotel in Bonoma, Cal., on the UJth a one wiiiiam Hurd, who wa drunk, to William Hudson, his friend, also slid drunk, with wnom he had never Quar reled : " I wish you would cut my throat. or my head off." Hudson replied: "All right; I can do it for you in a minute." Soon after Hudson borrowed a knife, returned n hero Hurd was sitting and inflicted a severe wound in his neck, causing almost instant death. Hudson was arreted for thus accommodating his friend. A PUBLIC lecturer in New York recently ersjtted that science teaches us that in six thousand three hundred years more, a grand deluge will end man and make him a fossil Astronomy shows that the earth la oscillating in the angle of its axis to the ran in periods of twenty-one thousand years. The zones are undergoing a constant change. Now, at the North Pole, it ifl growing colder each year, and at the South Pole warmer. Thus, an immense accumulation of glaciers, or icbergs, at the .North role wdl result, while ;it the B mih they wHl not form at all. In six thousand three hundred years the claciers will have accumulated so much that they will suddenly overbalance the earth. Then the waters or the sea will rum from the Smith to the North and there will be a deluge. Tin: Protestant " K-tablishiuent of Deny ooneaaos,1 in the line de Keuiily, in Paris, was entered recently by burglars during the night, and robbed of 9M 1 Directress received next morning by the p -I the following note: 'vMada.ne: 1 am sorry to have canned any annoyance, but I really wanted lome 80 or 100, and it occurred t me that I should find it In your honse. It you had left your keys on your table I .should not have broken open your secretary. I only took .i'7-2, and 1 . ft you t i. My idea is "that 1 shall return the money with interest about Easter. And now let nie advise you to beware ot the lumber-yard behind your establishment, ih re is the line of country I took to break into your room; I crossed the garden, I got on the roof of the furl's school; and from that on that of the church ; I entered by the bath room window, and thus easily got at your cash bo. I advise you to have a couple of watch dogs in ftttnre ia your yard. Von really ought to raise your wall, and have broken glass stuck on the Urn. Pray, believe, .Madame la Directrice, that my heart will ever preserve a pleasant r collection of my visit to your cash box, and believe in my profound gratitude." USE TL 1UXIPES, ETC Dir the ends of nails into grease, and they will drive easily into hard wood, where they would otherwise double ami break. ALWAYS tie halter by first making a ringle loop, and thrusting the end ol the halter through thia loop. This laqaiekly united, and will never come untied of itself. CoOKOtG A Calf's 'JIkad. Soak the head in cold water for a ooaple of hours; then put it into cold water and bring it to the boil Simmer for another hour and a half, skimming carefully. Beere with parsley and butter, and ham or bacon. Ton PhUndelpbia fVsnt giTti wtase surprhnng Gtchl as the results of the establishment of Dree baths in a certain district of that city, Iu June the baths wi re set up i an adjunct to the Mission House in Bed lord street. Duringthe summer over ten thousand baths were tjiren, During the same period but one death occurred in the Street Previously the deaths had averaged nearly two a day. Stkwii.u Foe i s. Fowls are better steamed than boded, especially when tin re ll BO veal stock on hand to boil them ir. When steamed, the juices should be saved by placing a pan under the simmer to eaten all the drij-ts. Drawn butter, plain or seasoned with parsley or celery, is the most common sause used for boiled fowls. Liver sauce is good ; but when oysters can be had, oyster dauce is to be preterred above all others. K.rrhange BrosjUl Cakr. 1 pound of sugar, 1 , pound of Hour, 9 eggs, the juice of oil lemon, and grated rind, and a pinch of alt. The yolks of the eggs and the sugar should be beaten together, the whites Separately. The whole sh uld then 1' put together, the Juice of the lemon added last. No soda or cream taitar should go into sponge cake, as it makesil dry. The lemon is very essential, not only för the Is vor, but. to make it light The quicker it is (eaten together and put in t he oven, t he battel it is. The oven should be pretty hot. Mjnck Pies Take 1 1 ; pi ntsof chopped,

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boiled meat, 2 pints of chopped apples, pints of sugar, 3 of a pint of vinegar, 1 pint of the broth in which the meat was boiled. A large C pint of raw beef suet finely chopped, J pint of brandy with half a pound ot raisins, seeded and cut in half, 5 tablespoon fu Is of ground cinnamon, and if of a tablcspoonful of

ground cloves. Mix all well together, and put into the crust and bake. It is well to only put iu half the brandy when you mix it, then put one or two tablespoontuls in each pie just before it is baked. This cptantity will make six pies. American Airk'rtturixt. Sausages. The proper seasoning is salt, pepper, sage, summer savory, or thyme ; they should be one-third fat, the remainder lean, finely chopped, and the seasonings well mixed and proportioned, so that one herb may not predominate over the others. If skins are used, they cannot be prepared with too much care ; but they aie about as well made into cakes; spread the cakes on a clean, white wood board, and keep them in a dry, cool place; fry them long and gently. Peterson Magazine. For Sprain8 or Bruises. Take one pint of lard-oil; half a pound of stonepitch ; half a pound of rosin ; half a pound of beeswax, and half a pound of beef-tallow. Boil together lor half an hour, skim off the scum, pour the liquid into cup When needed, it must be spread upon coarse cotton cloth, or kid (the latter the best), and applied to the spram or bruise. It will give quick relief, as it entirely excludes the air. One or two plasters of it will cure the worst case. It acts like splints on a sprained ankle or writ. It is also good for cattle, horses, or dogs in all cases of injury. llearth and Iltmc. To Menu Old Pails. Pails are f jrever losing their handles: those used in stables and barns are especially addicted to this infirmity. Just at the wrong moment, out comes the handle, and though the tub is good, a handle is not easily improvised by a farmer or hostler. An old boot-1 or strip of harness-leather can be cut to a proper sie, holes punched through the upper p;.rt ot it, which will hole tue bau firmly, and then tack on the leather to each side of the pail. If the bail is lost, an old piece of rope will do good service. Firkins can be made by this simple contrivance into most useful pails. It will give another year's wear to many a broken pail, and prove the truth of the old adage, that " A penny saved is a penny earned." Ciiilt.lains. In cases where the irritation and swelling have not resulted In ulceration or abrasion, soak the foot iu tepid water about ten minutes, just before going to bed. "Wipe the foot dry, and immediately anoint the part affected with pure oil of cloves. Cover it w ith a piece of oil silk, or the film taken from leaf lard " or suet; drawT on a cotton stocking for the night ; and, ordinarily, the soreness and irritation will have disappeared by the next morning. If one application is not fully successful, try it again the night fol1 twine, and repeat as often as the chil- ! blains appear. This remedy has be en ap ears, desire rienced oil stone or slip for sharpening gouges. The ordinary way is to grind oil the highest parts, and then rub it on a gritty floor, or, it near a foundry, to get some uartinir i sand ami snrinkl on the floor nrW.rd nti which you wie nibbing ; better still if you 1 CAn find the true surface of a castine before it is cleaned this v.-. 11 cut it away quite fast. Hut recently, while trying to shape a small slip, it occurred to me to try some glass paper, and to my surprise I fmnd that it cut away very fast. For truing an ordinary oil-stone for sharpening planes, take a sheet of glass paper, N . 8, and lay it on the bench, and rub your stone on it ; in this way you can true the stone in one-(uarter the time it would take in the ordinary way; and carpenters have always such means at hand. Five or ten minutes' rubbing w ill be found sufficient. Your glass paper will not be spoiled by the operation. OntOa CSreuhr. s as Chafing a Hat. The most absurd pirht in the world, next to a man with a bandbox trying to engineer an umbrella down a crowded street in a windy day, is the spcetac le a man presents in chasing his hat in similar weather. The fun is enhanced if it happens to be raining a little. You see a portly individual bearing down the street, serenely unconscious of such trifles as head winds and cross seas from orerflowing gutters. Suddenly his shiny black top gear tilts back, he clasps one hand on his head, then reaches up frantically with both, broaches to, comes before the wind and bears away in chase. Just before him the tantalizing thing skips along as if bent on enjoying its newly-acquired liberty. He pauses as it whirls under the imminent wheel of a passim omnibus, lurches after I it again with new enenry, makes desperate crabs which bring tin handt'uls of mud. and seems on tne point of roccesa. when up it fjoes, clears a lamp post and comes down in a puddle. At last then. He moves on H cautiously and tries to Hank it. Pretends not to see it, and inakv s a dig sideways at it. Not much. Up tha street again like mad, and now, losing all patience, he goes for it vigorously, and by getting his !X)t on it, and mashing it out ot all shape, finally picks up the wrecked and dirty thing, clasps it victoriously on his head, and sails away with an air of triumph. Mark Twain. A Lesson in Gardening In a certain village, there is a young lawyer who took lessons and degrees on the old home farm till he became satisfied there was an easier way to get the daily bread of his life, and then went to college. " Old Waterville " gave BO letsonj in iield culture, and our young squire has always exhibiticd his approval ol her lenity by the general aspect of his garden the tares in which, as in days of old, got tbe better of the wheat. One morning this summer, a little earlier than he usually put on his slippers, there was a ring at the door, and Bridget ran to answer it the squire4at the same moment jumped into pants and dressing gown, in expecta tion oi ajj early client w ith a grin JJrulgtt returns " What Is it, Biddy f "Ah, he didn't tell me a bit !" and Biddy grinned wider still. M But what did he want?" " I don't b'lave he wanted notion' at all, sir" and Biddy snickered in full Irish. "Didn't he sajr anything?" in a jerk that led the pious Biddy to fear a wicked word or two would follow, and she harried to say in the greenest Beaerald M He did sure he did he said if the squire wants his weeds to do the best they can, he better pull them nibbins o' corn out o' the way !" Waterville Mad. Dressed Hogs. At a meeting of the Delaware (Ohio) Farmers' Club, the subject of slaughtering and dressing hogs was discussed, as well as the curing of pork. It was recommended that the, hog should be laid on the back ; that the party butchering should stand over the hog, left hand on UOSe, edge of the knife toward the hog; cut both arteries, three inches lufflcient fire better, the main thing being to bleed well. Scald as soon as killed two hog to one kettle of water; blood is a good test for the water; if too hot it curdles the bhxxl ; water should be soft; if har'i throw in some ashes; some prefer pine tar or resin. Throw a bucket of cold water over the hog a soon as scalded- it closes the pores and whitens the skin. When hung up, wash, scrape upwards, wash again, and wipe with a cloth; should be thoroughly washed, scraped and wiped ; heart or liver should never be cut in the hog; take entrails out to jugular vein, then take the vein, heart and liver out The pork should be slightly salted for two or three days, skin down, and then turned and covered with salt; put in brine for thirty days tor medium sized bam; brine should be preserved, old brine the best, but should be boiled and skimmed before used ; salt should be well rubbed in ; eoetee Nil the best, not sate to use salt, in the bottom of the barrel after havingsto.xi lor same time; eight pounds salt, live pounds SUCSjT, and 0110 fourth pound Ball pcW r toJOO pounds meat is the best recipe Crack Duiunu's only brother has re c ntly died.

The Broken Home.

TRUTH STRANGER TION." TRAB FTC' In San Francisco, on the north fide of Foteora treet, overlooking Miseion Bay, stands a palatial residence. The interior of this honse i? even more beau tiful than its exterior, every apartment being in its way a irera of mairniflcenee and refinement. The library especially reali.eo the most perfect Ideal of an elegant and cultured home. And yet. at the moment we look in upon him one August anernoon, as he occupied his library the proprietor of all this wealth appeared of all men the most miserable. He was Mr. Morton Preble, for many years a leading banker of San Francisco. It was in vain that the broad bay-wtndow at the south end of the room had been opened, giving ingress to the rnnrihipfl and the fragrance of rare flowers in vain that the walla were lined with richly carved book-cases and painting -in vain that soft conches and luxnrious chairs had been gathered around him. lie wa wretched. Tie lay on a sofa, ?. the depths of the great baywindow, the wreck cr a once powerful man. His figure wa thin and pnnt: his tv.'-e white as marble ; his eyes eerier, an expression of woful appre hension, of har.owmg anxiety, of dreadful expect ancy. It was 5-dont at a glance that no merely physical ailment '.ad made him what he was. By wtiat withering secret, by what dostroyin; affliction, had he been thus agonized ? thns haunted? thM basted! he so noble and good! he so wealth; nnd dl-r m pdabd ! As he moved res! MNNty upon his luxurious cashinns the pnttj clock on the mantel-piece struck five, every stroke seeming to fall like a hammer upon the heart of the nervous, invalid. He aroused him self, struggling feebly toa sitting posture. "Oh, will this fatal day never, never pn.ss F" he murraared ; 14 nor bring us relief P' Noticing with a nervous start that he was alone, be touched a bell upon a table before him, and called : " Helen, nelen! where are you?" lJefore the ecboea of Ins voire had died out a step was heard, and his wife entered bis presence. "I left you onlv for a moment. Morton." she said, advancing to the banker's side. " You were do.ine. I think. I wished to send for the doctor t She waa a beautiful woman, of some six and thirty years, graceful, with broad white brows, and lovinjr eye, in which the brlirhtnof ana sweet ness of a sunshinv nature were still perceptible. under a grief and anxiety no less poignant lhan that evinced hy her husband. "The doctor 1" lie echoed, half reproachfully. "Yes. dear." she said, in a calm and cheerful voice, as sm drew a chair to the side of the sofa. and sat down, stroking tbfl corrugated forehead of the invalid with a magnetic touch. "He will be here immediately. Your last nervons ciisis alarmed me. You mav iiecome seriously il! f Mr. Preble bestowed an affectionate look upon bis wile, bat said despondently: "Tu" doctor! He cannot -minister to a mind diseased!1 Oh, if thc.-e Ion? hours WOttld only mm ! If 1 onlv knew what the day has yet in store for us!" " Look up, Morton!" enioiiK i Mrs. Preble, with a reverently trn-tful "lance upward through the open window at the blue skv and as if looking be yond the azure clouds the eiu. "Let us appeal from the injustice and wickidness ol earth to th' goodness and mercy of Ilea en !" The banker gave a low. sobbing sk-Y u I eanaw look up, Helen, he answered, with a pasaiooste tremor in his voice ' only down, down at the irrave that is openuiL' he fore me I Mrs. Preble continued to stroke his forehead softly, while she lifted her pule face to the sunlight streaming into the apartment. Look up. .Morton always loon ip : she acrain enjoined upon the invalid. "Duiing all these fourteen vears of agonv. I have not once doubted either ihe goodness or the Justice of Heaven messed are they that mo.irn; lor tney shall he comforti-d.' I believe tha we shall yet rejoice more keenly than we have nourned, and that we shall come to a glorior cij joy beyond all tlii lotiir night of BOtTO? ! The face of the invalid lighted up with an an s ting ü1ow, and he murmured: "(florions faith I My wife, you are indeed a Mealed comforter! Perhaps, after all, von are right r A knock resounded on a aide door at this junctnre. and the text moment Dr. Ilufton. the family physician, for whom Mr.-. Preble had sent, entered the room.j He was an old man, portly in figure, with white hair and bear,!. 'out wit ii a fre.-h and ruddy complexion, a pair of shrewd Mus eres, and with an exuberant boyishness, of mamer that sat well upon him. He had a kind heart and clear head. He approached the sofa after greeting the hnahaad and Ife, and lifted the thifl restless hand of Ihe invalid, feeling his MÜaa. Qnitea high fever," he said after a brief pause. Worrying again, eh, Mr. Preble ? You are wearing yoncsell out. Medicine will t'.o you no good so long as your mind is in its present condition. 1 must give you an opiate " " Not now, doctor." interposed the banker. "I cannot must not sleep to -day ! I need to be broad awake now. for I csnuof tell at any moment what the next may bring forth. I am looking for the culminanon of all my yean ot ngnlsb fbrthe crowning agony of the whole. Perhaps even now Ah, what was that P He etArted up wildly, and then. n the sound that hart rtisturhort him wan not repeated, he sank hack fratn on bis cnpbJona, pallid and panting. The doetor Indeed at Mr?. Pre hie with an nnxiou. questioning glance. " It i the anniversary."' phc replied to his unspoken inquiry " the ajndTWnurj Of OUriOSa" M Alt. yea,1 s:iid the doetor. ' 1 reaaearter." u Ye-, it's another of UiOM terrible Sajm,1 criert the hanker, in a hollow whisper. " Sit down. doOtor, sad I will tell yon the whole Ktory. I run think of notatSK SMS to day, ami am aimont wild weh anprebenaioa and anxiety. Sit down." Dr. Hutten drew up ;i r hair and tated himself, his face expi usxing the dotrble solicitude of a friend and phy.-imin. " Von know u ronrteen years ao, doctor," said Mr. Prehte. M Wt lived then where We do now, in a cottage on the fite of this ereat man-ion. There were hut the three of as Helea and I, and our three-year oUl legale. And it was fourteen years !i" to day that our little Jes-ie wad stolen from us." "I remember it." paid the doctor poftiy. "Yet miirht che not have been lot. Air. Preble? She Wenl out to play in the garden, if I remember rightly, and wat never teen by yon again. She might bave strayed away " So we thought for a whole year, doctor," Interrupted the banker. "We never dreamed that sh leen stolen. We searched everywhere for her, sad offered immense reward! for her recovery. I employed detectives, but ail to no purpose. When onr little Jessie ran down tbe steps into that flower-garden." and he pointed to the front of the house, "SS If the earth had opened and swallowed her np, we never taw her again." "She mnst have found the gate open, and wandered out," snggeftert Dr. Untton. "She might linve strolled down to the waters and been drowned." The banker fixed his burning eye npon the physic an'a lace, and whisjiered: I s dd we never saw the poor child again. I did no' say we had not heard of her. She was lost on the Ma ot August, 1864. For a year we thought her dead. But on the anniversary of our MM we received a written message concerning her." "A message !" cried'Or. Ilutton, starting. "A mere scrawl a single lino in a hand evidently disguised," said the hanker. "Here it is." He produced a dingy scrap of paper from a drawer in the table, and held it np to the view of tbe physician, whore id as follows : "August 0, ISM. ;. A ha! JtsH." Dr. Hutton looked, wi'h a puzzled air, from the scrap of p iper, which he turned over am. over, to the countenance of the hanker. " 1 can make nothing of this," he declared. "It is merely a date with the name of your lost daughter. It tells me nothing.' "tier did il us, at tlrst," au Mr. Preble. "Then hat name and that date, with the demon laugh connecting them, set ns to thinking. A whole rear We agoadaed over the dreadful problem, and then we received another flMSMge, which you lhall see." He thrust a secoad slip of paper. Ideatical in shape and appearance with the first, beloie the gaze of Dr. Hutton, who read it aloud : Angnal H.V. Your Jesttr aaVlNSS.1 The physician started, as if electrified. "Ah! this is noun: tiling definite something decisive." he muttered, "it convinced you that your daughter was still living." "Yes, loctor," said Mr. Prehle, "and every r.nnireraan ot that da;- has brought us some message. The aaiappearanos of the child, mysterious as it is. dorn not seen to ass half so rtrange as that ti e villain who took her away could contrive to com aannlCStS with ns every year since, and always on a particular day the anniversary of that on which she was stolen without our being able to discover who he is. And a still greater wonder to me is what can be hia Motive, ft aeeBM incredible n it v.- ?at"d in a novel many people would not believe il. Hut ' truth isstraiu or than fiction.' " Mrs. Prehl drew from her husbands urastpockct his no' book, opened it toihe proper page, ami presented it to the physician. Dr. Hutton adjusted ins MSObMSSS, glanced over the page, and then slowly read the trroup ot entries aloud. The entry the first year is as follow- : August 9, 18.1. And the next year it is Anguwt O, 18'0. And the next - M Augii-t 9, 1857. And the r.ext August 9, 1S58. And the next " m:.. im 9,1859. And the next - An mi Ml 9, 18ÜO. And the next " 18GI. And the next k AneMt 1), 18U2. And the next M incnst 9, 18G3. And the next AuicuatO 1861. And the next A ii(HNt 9, 186'. Ami the next " A ti gnat 9, I860. And last year it is . .s si , Ao, ha I Jetrte " Your Jt4 ttilt fit.'" S&e i in good hatd .'" fly wr tcell at evtr " J fair her yesterday .'" SSVi rroiring rajiidly!" .SV rontin'U f to do tnll " rve aw her again " Sfit't beKOtniitg a teoman " Your child it UdrUMir Shs'g lowlier than ever" fiV realty rhftrmbtgf" My reward it al'nihd:" And what shall we pet to-dav I I ne physician looked up and fixed his thought ful gae upon the bereaved hnsband and wife ;ae upon im How Ji tbe ' How manded e messages coma to you "" he de " Fnvarlablv by post," replied Mr. Preble. " 1'sually to the house, but sometimes to the oflice !" And yon have never seen their author f" " Never I" "The Inrt of them is dated, I see, a year ago today !" "Yea. yen," faltered the banker, "and the time has come for another message. This is the !th of August, 1S8I" " I see," ld Dr. Hutton. "And this Is the seend ot your terrible excitement ! You are expecting to receive to day another of Uiese strange messages t" there was n brier silence. Mi Preble's hand lettered In Its task, and her face grew very pale. The hanker breathed gaspingly. Tl; phyrfilas re garded then Snth In Inendly syiupaih . " We shall hear or her again to day." said Mr. Preble ; " and what will the message bef" Th mother averted her rice. Her brave heart , fii'-'-'i fi as that question echoed In her sonl. I " Tho writer of thete letters isj unquestionably

the abdnctor of your child !" eaid Dr. nntton. " Have you any suspicion as to his identity?"

rsot the slightest, said Mr. 1'rehie. " we nave puzzled over th- problem for many yeans, but we cannot gnesa who he is." Think," said the doctor. " Have yon no ene my I I do not mean people with whom yon are not friendly every stirring man has plenty of these but a downright enemy! Is there no man whom yon knew hi the Kast who hated you No one against whom you were called npon to testify no one whom you possibly inmred?" The banker shook his head. He had asked him self .all these questions repeatedly. " l have no such enemy, doctor, ' he answered with sincerity of voice and manner. And Mrs. Prehle ?" suggested the doctor, turn ing to her. "Have you no rejected suitor who might be revengeful enough to desolate your home?" No," said the lady. " I was married early. Morton was mv first lover I" This is strauge very strange !" muttered the doctor. " Yon are not. conscious of having an enemy in he world, and yet you have an enemy a hidden loe a fiend in human rorm who is working out against you a fearful hatred! And you have not the slightest suspicion as to whom heis?" 'Not the slightest," declared the banker. Not the slightest !" echoed Mrs. Preble. " My husband had a step brother who might have been capable of this iufamv but he is deadl "1 he handwriting is not fannliar? "No. It is merely a rnde scrawl, as von see," said the banker. " ft suggests nothing except that it is evidently disguised !" Again there was a profound silence. "Our child is seventeen vears old now," at length murmured Mrs. Preble, her voice trembling. She is on the threshold of womanhood. No doubt, duiing all these years, she has vearned for us. wherever she may be, as we have yearned for her!" But where is she ?" asked the physician and now his voice was broken by his deep sympathy with the agonized parents. w here can she her Heaven only knows, answered the mother. 1 PerhSM in San Francisco nerhans in some rude hut in the interior, with some obscure farmer and iiiid'r a name that N not hers! I think her ab ductor would have carried her to some lonely re gum ot the interior, among the valleys and mann tains. Yet I never see a yonng girl in the street without turning to look at her. I never hear a gitli-h voice without li.-tentr.g eagerlv, half fan cmg that it may prove the voice of my lost Jessie I" Oh. pitving hesvenP sighed Dr. Hntton. dash ing a Hood of tears from his eyes. "Will this long agonv never be over: "we hope so. and even believe so, answered Mrs. Preble, with the firmness of an unfalterin trust in uoq s mrcy. lue last message we re ceived from onr enemy seems to point to some kind of a change." "True," assented Dr. nutton. looking at the message in question. "It is unlike the otlfers. it an that nis 'reward is at hand, lie nvans lither that he intend to marry your daughter, or rhat he intends to demand money of you for bringing her back- or lwith." " We shall soon know." said Mrs. Preble, with forced calmness. "To-day we shall have another message, nodouht. hat will it ber The hanker turned restlessly on his sofa, and his race g' ew even paler. "Whatever it is, let it come!" he murmured " Anvthirg can be borne better than this swfa suspense. Let it come ? '' As if his impatient words had precipitated cri.-is. a step was h-ard on the walk at this moment, and a ring at the front door followed. " Another message !" breathed the banker. A servant soon entered, bearing a letter, which he extended to Mr. Preble, saying: "The bearer is in the hall." With an eager gaze, the banker glanced at the superscription of the missive. " It is from im.'" he faltered. He tore the envelope open. It contained a slip of paper, of well-known shape and appearance, npon which was scrawled a single line, )n an equally well-known handwriting, which the banker exhibited to Iiis wife and the physician. This line was as follows: " August 9, Mas, At fir I MSB rail .'" A shock of wonder and horror shook the three simultaneously. " Will call n cried Mr. Preble, starting to his feet, and glaring wildly around. "Is coming beref" cried Mrs. Preble, also ari-ing. " It seems so." said Dr. nutton. his eyes again reverting to the message. " He will be here at six o'clock, and see it is six already!" Kven as he spoke, the clock on the mantel-piece commenced striking the appointed hour, and at that hMtanl heavy footsteps resounded in the hall, approaching ihe library. It is he " cried the doctor, also arising. As the last stroke of the hour resounded, the door leading from the hall again opened. One long and horrified glance cast the banker and his wife in that direction, and then she fell heavily to the floor. Her SC awes had left her. Tho above we publish a a specimen chapter; but the continuation of this story will be found only in the N. T. Ledger. Ask for the number dated December 4th, which cm he had at any news office or bookstore. If you are not within reach of a news office, you can have ;he Ledger stalled to JOS for one year by sending three dollars to Robert Bonner, publisher, lv! William street. New Vork. The Ledger pays more for original conti ihm ions than any other periodical in the world. It will publi-h none but the very, very best. Its moral tone is the purest, and its circulation the largest. Every body who takes it is happier for having it. Leon Lewis. Mrs. Harriet Iewis. Mrs Southworth, Mr Cobb. Profcssot Peck, Mary Kyle Dallas, Kanny Kern and Miss Duptiy will write only for the Ledger hereafter. Mr. Ronner, like other leading publishers, might issue three or Sve papers and magazises; bnt he prefers to concentrate all his energies upon one, and in I hat way to make it the best. One Dexter is worth more than three or five ordinary honea. One science only can one genius fit. So va:-t is art, so narrow human wit. Postal Decision. We observe that some of our contemporaries are still publishing an incorrect Statement to the effect Unit & newspaper one side of w hich is printed outside the county where published, is not entitled to the usual exemption from postage within that county. This matter has been definitely settled in favor of such publishers by a recent decision of the Postmaster Qeneral, which we find in the November issue of the United State Mad, to wit : "A newspaper having a known ofliee of publication, notwithstanding one side of the same is printed in another county or State, is entitled to the same privileges as though both sides were printed at the said office of publication." MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. Titrc Piece Festival A quilting party. Thk Scene of Disasters Kerosene. A Table of Interest The dinner-table. Drawing-rooms Apartments of a dentist. Original Water Works A pair of eyes. Thk Best Marriage Gift A policy in the Washington Life. It is a mistake to suppose that the sun is supported by its beams. Has the " tide of events" anything to do with the current of public opinion?,' SrsncioN A punishment often inllicted by the evil-minded on themselves. What class of people bears a name meaning M I can't improve?" Mendicant (Mend I can't.) Misers take as much care of their money as if they owned it, and use it as little as it they didn't. Eve it y plain girl has one consolation though not a pretty young lady, she will, if she lives, be a pretty old one. Wf. have heard of but one old woman who kissed her cow, but there are thousands ol young ones who have kissed great calvea. A dentist having labored in vain to extract a decayed tooth from a lady's mouth, gave up the task with this apology : 41 The fact is, madam, it is impossible for anything bad to come from your mouth." " You never saw finch a happy lot of people as we had here yesterday," said a landl.uly in a Western State to a newlyarrived guest; "there were thirteen couples of 'em." "AVhat! thirteen couples just married?" "Oh, no, sir; thirteen couples just divorced r Join 42. Saxb, at a huts! the other day, undertook to carve a piece of beef which was so tough that the carving-knife made but little impression upon it. 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N a sBY.) is now cnuaut d on a new story entitled "l'AI'l. DEN MAN ; Or, LOST AND SAVED," a story 81 the Orrat R. belli. in. This thrilling story will be put lished in the columns of the Plaue during the coming ye n . and of Itwdf will lie pronounced by every reader north many times the subset Iption price of the paper. TKRMS. si n:de copies. Sf2 p,r year; Clubs of five, f1.7.1 BSCB Clubs ot n and over, mf ,( cadi, and an extra copy to c cry person setting up a Club. r : I-ai ! r : We pav Hberallv, In Cimh, all who assist us in extending the circulation .! the u a i'K A( BN'TS V VNTl-n.-WewantanAcentate- ry i . . i ... ..... i os! (.iure iu ine i ruled sta'es. .Vud for out fP-eil ( irculn i - toAaenta. SMClBfU "OPIRH sent f.ee to any addreas Send for a copy, and at the same time jive ns Ui addrea of a dozen or so of your friends, at as man' different Tost Offices, to whom we 111 send copies tree al iKHtagi Address MILLER, LOCKE & CO., Toledo, Ohio, HOLIDAY GIFT FOB A LADY. THE LAMB KNITTER Knits ever twenty (armenta: pair of aocks complete Iu jaw It minnt. s, wl h rlblel tops and double heels and toea. Every lainlly should have oik , and . very w. man Who wants t. make money Ten TMui-aml m.ichinea In uccifiul oH-ialion -eultl inoil in aunstng i" ni- h. I mh M m'Hinr nas awarded the blühest premiums at all state ami County Fairs tins year, over cverv other knitter in the market. H-nd stamp for BAMl'LK STOCK I Mi and circular showin herein the I.oik M aciiink miftntnr in nil piniit rjv, . hetrtter tkat anv 'i: Add.e 1 AMB KNITTlNii IIA CHINK CO , 99 Wsshlnaton Bt., Chicago.

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DONALD C. MITCHELL, ssi-ted by an able Corps of Associates In all Department. HE KTH ARS HOME m-et th" wants of 11 nicnirT" of good lamlli o tv rr Ut-re, and contains the bettor ev r tiling for evi rybody in city, village, ami country. It give practical Instruction, by tli most xperlenc tl writer, npon all Rural topics FarminK. Friilt-tirowiiijc. Flower-f'ulliirr, Ornamental farde nhi;. Rural r liit.cinrr. ouulrv and City Hume, their I'iim In.- and ttlornmeitt, IKimeMlc Kconoiny. HouMekrepin flints, &r. It h fholce Kiorie. Sketches. Kssay, Poems, it ml Humor, tin- ews, Money and Market Report. Beautiful Pictures by the artist, anl. in hört, all the fi-atun s of A First-Class Family Weekly. It contain" innen room thnt everr number lia an aimndant variety for FhiIht. Mothers. n. Dnuhters, down to tin RBMJCn RATES FOR IH?0. ImariaMv in 14tmc. fcingle l opies. t ; Thr-e oi." time. : Five Cople. 12 : M.-.k-rp II t A i: 1 M AND IIOMK. to a liil oi Five or more - - r ut j2. IO eh, rhe f heapesi ts it is tl lnt Com Hetr KMII,t r. Khl.i M-;IM'PLH he world. Sub-crnx-rn belor the llr-t of .Imiuxrr i it. will 2't all numl.t r to that dst' Free, and tlioir r ar w 11 end January 1, Ib'.l. tn-tlinen nnnib-ia si r I free. pi:ttent.ill, rates & c o., :J7 lark Itou, lork. 5 1 uc. FAMILY. 5 . i4 The 'ompanion Is an elbt-page wrehly paper practical in Ha cbaracler, wide-awake, and eutertaining. It slvea a great variety of reading. Interesting alike to young and old and has lor contributor auch writer an Rcr. Kil ward K. Hale, narri'd Rccchcr Mows, Mrs. L. Chandler Mnulton, "Sophie May," Miss E.Stuart rhclps, Mrx. Helen C. Weck, Together with many othr well kno-m and popular authors. Subscription Price, fliO. Send for a specimen copy to PERRY MX OY A CO., Publishers Yonth'a Companion, 151 WaMnston St., Boston, Ma AUBVTS TKI KOK ris by SunliSTit and Gaslight V WOKK des riutle of the Ml TFRIKK sl'I.KMinii- mid HCl l RH, ll'ES. ( KD1KS .1 tie OKI'MtlIt tells how Paris has become the Uavest and most Beautiful City in the x.orld : ho- Its H anty and Spk-n-dor are purchasisl at a fearful cost of Mis rj" and 8utfiring; how visitors are swindled by Professional Adventurers ; how Virtue and Vice arm ln-axm in the Beantifol City ; h..w the most F- arfnl Crimes am committed and concealed : howr nioui v U squandered in ns'-iess luxnrv ; ant contains over lSu line Engravings ot noU'd Ir faces. Life and Scenes in Part, fanvasuing IndoU-s sent free. Address NATIONAL PI BLtsi iN'i CO., Chicago, lit., and St. Louis, Mo. BIG MONEY ! IGEXT8 U WTED to s irders for of the :at'-st selling articles lu th'1 world. No capital required. Address, STAN KO Kb dc CO 146 ! hi i...rn St,. Chicago. 111. Tills Ikfallibli Kididt Saas W U like the jKlsonoub, lrr'.taün enuUf ajil strong cuusttc solutions with which the people have long been liumbogred, 6laiplT palliate for a snort time, or rtirr the duea n the tarns as there Is danger cf doln? la the uae of such nostrums but tt pmauf' t rxBFKOT axd pr snAXK?rT crxas OF TU a WORST OA KS OF C1IEONIO CATAKRH, M thonsands can t tify. "Cold in the Mead" b ured wltn a few applications. Catakbrax. Hkapachu Is p-':. eS and curol aa It' by tr.aeic It reno.es ollenatve ltreat'i, Los or Impalru.eiit of the sense ol taste, smell or hearing, Wsterini' or Weak Kyes, and Impaired Ven. n y, when caused by ihe violence ! CHtarrh. as they ail tr ouently are. I offer In coo., faltl: a ataadBas rewaru ot tr:0 ior a case af Ca'arrh that I csr.not nre. FOUSALE BY MOST DRUIIOIbTB hVhHVWHKKK. Pau'K Oxly 50 Ckxts. As your Drngsrlst for the Kekf.öv ; t-ut tf h. hs.s r ot yet got It on sale, don't be i ut off bv avt erable worse tha.i woitMleas substithtc.buten: ;.s'Sity cents to me, and the tlemcdy 111 be aent von i ost-paia. Four packag -s f '.'.OO, or or.e doren tor S.OO. Bend a two tWi At ent stamp ior lr. ßagi'ü Jir. bage r.antpMH . r ?)det en Catarrh an s tne rroprie tor, ll. V.riLKCF. M. Ü.. lirTAto, K Y. r 0 L L A wu. rilAS. A. IHNA. Inn The rhcapet. Miiartest. and bet New V.-rk n-w - -i-ETPTVh.Hlvllkc.it. T!;r.-e e.'lti t.- D1I. !tJ SiSTanrxr, SS "d Wirai r.81 yer. An rns Ki at half-jiric. Fuli reiw.ru if markets, agriculture. Farm. -' and Fruit Omcrrn' Clutw, and a cwnwlete trr iu everr W.-ckly antl 8cmi-Weekly nnmher. A pn-sent tif vtiatle pUnt-and v.iies t" evrn i!i ri;-r; imlim mrnU t cnvaaaer unitrpased. 1" lifr In.'iritiees, (irand Use., Mowing Msebtne, Psrk.r rce. Sewing Mitchine. r imon: th.- premium'.. SK-ciin.r.s nd ht fni-. S.-u l a Dollar aad t- H 1 If. RXOLAND, INhSaker un, New York. A BTRBICan PAXo. For Inirodttcing nnd Negof iat ing nluahie latent. Oflice W' 1 ak- St.. t Hii . in. L. J. jaf" Sen.: for Circnlsrs, etc. 1 At.WBLl.. K. A. Kl 1U OKTTt. P. J. r0 IKS. VINEGAR. HOW M A l K HioM CIIKK. INI- M'iLAK8ICS HR S 'Kl.llCM In 10 ho art, wl-iont us in drus. For i Irculars. ad'r "M K. I. WAUR, Vlcecar Mkr. Cromw.-IL t oi.n UILDING PAPER. This is a hard, compact pap t. l'.ko an ordinär-hook cover, and is saturated rvith t:ir and used on th outside of frame hulidtnaa, under the clapboan's. also under slUni-lia aiid floor, to kis-p uit damp and cold. It la also uetl on the Inside, not saturated, id0tmä0fPmtteriti'7. and niakew a wann and cheap wall. It oMs only from fn to W .a or ilUij to size) to cocr housia on the outside. tr Samples and descriptive circulars sent free. Addreat KOCK KI V KK PAPIK (t CHICAOO. IJOK Family use ain.pl", cheap, reliable. Knits evei pi", cheap, r. Ilatile. Kn.'s every1 thine. AHMT wa stocking FKFK. Addn'ss H'.NKI.FY N , (n. ire u l.ir ana sah pie U N 11" I INt. MAt:iilM i , . i - vi li, ,'i .. 'il. i n i .i . , . ' m l i ' i bk. 1 ' 1 I . VI . . . .r- J . V .. SA North Ninth St.. fhlladct i la. I s7 Me st. Chi cago, in.. I " st r ourth St., i , Cincinnati. Ohio. COMMON SENSE!!! W NTFD- AGENTS. fj(0 per rinth i.. m ll th. nalT C.i l INF IMl HtiN M) ( oVMiiN M l FAMILY M.Hl.Mi MACUINE. 1'ilcc l. 1ind'ieement-. t. Agents. Thi i the iut p.-culr iii M.whine the laj mxkes the faiu"i " lTs.-U it h ' -M ild ant kind nt work thti cn he doaeen anv MachiiM 1 OOiOOO BOM and in . rn i-it'.. w i tin-time Uitske an Avn v. pV nte ' -cuHr. a.f Itr-v nr v' ni'rivT' -lü A.ldre M ( U CO., Ii. -i n, Mi.. Pittsliunth. r,or flsHosM... OMEN of New York; T, the I ndrrswarld of the t.rrsu City. The sin ot er i I ... . I !. '. t -p -cl. Aim the Rmlrorvi to nr fireh ea dancer are up. Moe Momt l Itrosl ni AOKXTS Til AK AKT OTBIB HB. Ifcke three presse ill the time t print fst ers-mrh. One 7ea took 1 7 S err M 1 0 ''"- ,. , Ulostrati V- . r3,bO. Anent- WautBaaV Slln i 1 hook f O., ltf Ssi Hii Tel THK WOR.KIX; l l k!S. We are now prrpaml Ut ftiri sll ele ith ennstam e:npl.. incut at home, Ihe ah le.if the tune or fertile spare i.u uwntv Hu.nesaer, IVt.i.rvl r-rotilahlr. PrrM-iK ofeltii.r f. x eaMlv ear n f'..ni Wr. tn . is r evt-iln. an n pnii.'ti. their wh. If time t.-ttie 1-UMiie . Bo s iIy mm ht - men. Thai nil wlmsee thi r..ttr- RUT rnil t heir ad.lrc,and test the h iMness, e mske thi U'iparalkied nft rt T..nckarr? n-.t wrll atiflr-t, r .11 ei,-t I t.. r f r the tninSI of ritinjr. Full artieiilai.a alnabk- amnlc hieb iil .Io tic inuvrni e woikc o, aud C"t f J A '" N lAi'-rnrf fWwii ore ef the arret end Vt famil nrwpa;s-r pul.li-hed all prut free by mail. Ite.der, if yen s.nt i . mmnul. pr..Stble Wisk. addnas F.. C. ALI.FN a CO.. AroryTt. Maih. IslNrTOÄ3kVIT- 3ÖLJXTIT Gl NTS V Kf ee, rv where II he AMFKICV KKrTTINQ M AClllN'F.rhrcrtv ntsetlewl I 'atajBT Km':!- j M.nchin ervrlu veated. Pi" -V Will kn' t.Mi. r r minotr. Addrrsa AMLK't IW kNlTTlNO MA HIX F t ' . L.v n. Man nr ft I " Ma ( HKiyi riKii in Tin V Ricn, I Atta. Kn T ; full r 1 'ct, i I WOULD. cn. 11, Ra t : fall ol Fst-r, t n and Fast ; wtv to pl-ae hll hands." tlnlj All ct.. a j ar sloahle prctniuma to snt. cr Users and r "ts. KpccUuena six cts. 8v w her ' on saw this. Addresa I hi BAMKR. BVIfhaS, Maine. j.Wlit l.i li'Ht rlt ii. 7 ll-tae l-taiioa. I For h:st cli on tHa'. I . I'MMmh York. Wrote A corruptlou oi luorab usually b-w lpt1. II ol S.lM.H " a profanation ot the 28.000,000. e n' 1 oplnh.ii f lhehet Isavei renee Toanlev Ktate, of land. Aer n'lnr t,, tha I .in tl... K. lr I. . ttila L - opinion o.e.. ' J" mrmev te proseente m claim tn Enflatid. For parttoljs, anarcss .lAeir.i. i.A " nr.rv .-rw i um

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