Pike County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 44, Petersburg, Pike County, 17 March 1882 — Page 4

PIKE COUNT I DEMOCRAT. Published E very Friday. PETERSBURG, • . INDIANA. TO A FEBRUARY ROBIN. O wake not my heart wth your Binging, sweet Robin! O wake not my heart with your singing too soon! . For you sot the old wish for the sunny days throbbin' For tho pale blooms of May and the red ones of June. The crocus still hides and the violets cower In the shelter of withered leaves, brown and forlorn; And the North-wind is keen and the sun hath no power. For tho year is inverted and spring is unborn. Yet, as on a morning of May, while ail heaven Is black with the night and uudappled with dawn, Sro the hist rosy hint in the Bast has been given. Or the earliest maid brushed the dew from the lawn, Your shrill-piping' note, from the orchardbough ringing. Comes through tho s iroet gloom to awaken the sun. Till ho answers the querulous call of your singing With the splendor ol flame, and the day Is begun. Bo the spring shall awake, Robin Rod, for your catling, And the crocus pu3b up tender buds through the loam. And hope, every good ere its coming forcstall- ■ ing, t ■ v 5 Shall bless us with summer erb summer comes Jiome. Bo wake my glad heart with your singing, sweet Robin— Its hope and its promi so are never too soon— For you set the old wish for the sunny days throbbin’, And you bring us G od’s promise, n’er broken, of June, —Charles jXublc Gregory, in Chicago Tribune.

CHRISTIE’S TELEGRAPHING. , I am very glad, indeed, that telephones have been invented; and yet I am glad they were not sooner invented. I should like to tell you the reason. That wifl take some time for It is quite a story. We live in the country, at Oakbrook, and my father is the Treasurer and Superintendent of th’e Oakbrook Mills. Our house—a very pleasant countryhouse it is—is situated op a beautifully ■wooded slope close to the" river, and is a quarter of a mile from the mills. That is why a telegraphic wire was placed between the two. \ * " ’ I promised father when it was put up that I would learn to send messages over it. There was no one else in the family Who could have learned. Both my brothers were at boarding-school, and mother would as soon have thought of studying the Chinese language as telegraphy ! \ Father declared that I would never learn. Girls had but little patienee for such things, he .said. Nevertheless, the ■wire was put up and connected With a battery in the library. And in just four months’ time I had mastered the alphabet and the technicalities of the instrument, so that I could use it readily, and • was able to read the messages by ear. It was Harry Randall who taught me. He was one of the clerks at the office? and he had learned to use the instrument, because it was necessary to have somebody to send messsges by the wire that ran from the mills to the adjacent city of Palmer. [. Having explained so much, I think I have said all that is necessary to enable * you to understand what occurred on a certain February night, about which I am going to tell you. We were through supper, and were sitting together—father, mother and I —around the table in the library, when Joseph, our coachman and man-of-all-work about the place, brought ’Tn the (^'evening mail -as usu al. , > Father eagerly took a letter that he seemed to have been expecting, from the other letters. I noti ced a disturbed exfression upon his face as he read it; and was more anxious than surprised when be arose and went to the hall-door, and called to the girFwho was in the din-ing-room. “Mary,” said he, “tell Joseph to harness Prince at once. I must get to the Junction in time for the eight o’clock express. He’ll have to finish his supper when he gets back.’!1. Then he turned arid said that the letter contained intelligence that made it necessary he should go on to New York that night. Of course, as the wife and daughter of a business man, we knew what that meant, and that there was not a word of remonstrance to be said. So mother went to make for him what preparation was needful; and I should nave followed her a moment lat that father called me back. later, but ” “ Christie,” said lie, rather soberly, “ I am going to tell you something that no one l^no\ys anything about save Harry Randall. I have quite a large sum of money—over two thousand dollars—in my coat-pocket’.’ Ho touched his breast with his finger. “ I never keep large amounts of money by mo, but in this case it was unavoidable, and I thought I should feel less anxious to have it with me than to allow it to remain at the office in the safe. I cannot, of course, take it to New York. So I ■"'ant you to take charge of it,.and keep it until to-morrow morning, and then carry it to Randall for him to deposit in the bank. Don’t say anything about it to your mother. She is so timid and nervous that she would not sleep a wink all night if she knew so large a sum was in the house. Do you understand?” With no slight feeling of responsibility, 1 took the leathern pocket-book which he handed me and placed it in the pocket of my dress. Father went on, “ Perhaps you better j>ut it under your pillow. Of oourse.it is fire hat 1 am most anxious about. There’s ho danger to the money in any other way. Not a. soul knows about it.

iucu 11 u iv(‘in lino ure mill, anu came ■very unexpectedly upon Joseph ; for I' heard him speaking somewhat sharply to him because ho had not gone to the stable, and declaring that his business was of more consequence than his supper. I heard Joseph mutter something about taking time to finish his meal. Ten minutes later, as father was going down the steps to get into the carriage, he turned back to me, and holding his umbrella so that mother should not hear, he said: ' “I’ve been thinking, Christie, that young Randall had better come and sleep at the house. 1! shall feel easiar about you. You can telegraph him at the office. He is to bethere at work tonight until very late. Then he stepped into the buggy, and they drove away down the' path into the darkness and" the rain. I did not send a message to Harry, however. Indeed,I laughed a little as I thought of father's anxiety. He was almost as timid as mother, after all. I was of a rather easy, careless disposition, and really had not a particle of fear in having the money in my keeping. And as we two sal; there in the library for a long time after this, mother dozing in the big chair a,nd I intent upon some fancy-work which I was anxious to finish in time for a friend’s birthday, I forgot altogether the package of money that lay at the bottom of my dress-pocket Joseph didnot get back until nearly ten o'clock, although it was only three miles to the Junction, and he should have been home kng before that hour. We thought "little of that, however. He had been with us for several years, and I had great confidence in his faithfulness. It was not until afterward that mother and I learned that he had recently been led into bad company, and that father had several times had angry words with him atiout his habits. Joseph slept in the house; and for that reason it b»4 spewed to we quite un

necessary that Hany Randall should! be there also. When tho clock struck ten, mother arose, declaring it was time to go to bed. She went into all the lower rooms to see that the windows and doers were fastened, and then came back to the library for me. But I did not feel sleepy, and wanted very much to get. on with my work; so I begged her to go up stairs without me, promising to come up in the course of an. hour. The clock struck eleven almost before I knew the time had passed. I laid down my work and counted the strokes without looking at the clock itself. I was sitting at the center-table, near the lamp. At my left, a little way off against the wall, was father's desjc, with books and papers scattered upon it, and the battery at one end. Opposite me were two long windows that opened upon the side piazza . Over these were thick curtains, closely drawn, which did not shut out the sound of the pelting storm outside. Directly behind me was the hall-door standing, as usual, wide open. Just then 1 heard, or fancied I heard, a low sigh or breath out in. the hall. I turned my head instantly, but did not see any person; and listening intently, heard no farther sound. I :felt a little uneasy and smiled to myself at my nervousness; then took up my work again. I had not quite finished what I had set myself to do. I had not taken three stitches when I laid the work down again. There was no use denying it or laughing at myself. For some reason there had suddenly • come over me a strong feeling of nervousness and dread. It seemed as if I realized, as I had not before that evening, the fact that 1 was sitting all alone down stairs in the bouse, at eleven o’clock at night, with a large

sum ot money in my pocaet. i glanced at the deslt. Possibly Harry was still at work at the office. If he was, a single sentence over the wire would call him. I was just getting up to go to the desk to signal and see if he was at the mill, when something occurred that seemed to turn me cold and motionl^s as stone in an instant. Behind me, so close that I know it must have come from the threshold of the hall-door, a low, hoarse voice, that I knew, without seeing the speaker, must be that of a desperate and wicked man, {broke the stillness and bade me “ Good-evening!” For a moment, as I say, I felt sis though I had been turned to stone. Then the voice, speaking again, seemed at least to restore the life In ffio, and to set my heart to beating violently. The language that the man used was not even as good English as, in attempting to reproduce it, i find myself writing. “ Don’t be frightened, miss. I beg of ye nbt ter be frightened. All ye' ve got ter do is ter keep still, an’ not a hair of yer pretty head shall be harmed.” Then I turned my head, Half-wheeling my chair at the same time, and saw, standing in the door-way, a large, brutal-looking man, altogether as ugly, and ill-conditior ed, and fearful-looking a person as 1 had ever seen. Naturally enough I opened my lips to utter a cry, but he stopped me by a single threatening motion of a club he carried in his hand. “■St!" he fiercely hissed. “If you raise a single scream, I’ll strike ye as senseless as yer mother is up stairs.” These last words changed for the moment the nature of my fear, and gave me strength to speak. “ What have you done to my mother ?” I demanded, excitedly. “ Do you mean —have you killed her?” He uttered a sort of low laugh . “ No, my dear; but she was wakin’ up, so we had ter use the chloroform. An’ you must keep still, or you’ll be served the same way. Yer see. it’s jest here”- .. He drew,* step nearer and seemed disposed to exp lain matters. “ What we want is some money that yer father brought down from Palmer yisterday.- Maybe yer don’t know about it; but we do, an’ we know he left it in ther house when he went off tonight. My friend is up stairs lookin’ for it this minute. All we want is the money. We don’t mean harm to nobody. Ye sha’n’t be touched if ye behave yerself an’ keepquiet.” Somewhat reassured by this, and having had time, while he had been speaking, to collect myself, I was now able to assume an appearance at least Of calmness. 1 took up my embroidery and went on working—or pretending to work—at the pattern I was embroidering. I think the action helped me, top; for I presently found myself really quite calm, and, with a coolness and resolution that I can hardly believe in now, as. I recall It, turning over in my mind what I ought to do. What would these men do when they found, as they very soon would' find, that the money was not up stairs? They would be disappointed and desperate—capable, perhaps, of deeds that they had not at first intended. Perhaps I had better give up the money at once, and so get rid of them. And yet, father had confided it to my care; and it d’d not belong to him, but to the company. I ought not to let these men have it if I could help it. Oh, why could I not give an alarm somehow? What if I should open my mouth and cry out at any risk? Could I make Joseph hear, away out in the wing of the house as he wsis? Alas, I knew that I could not, even had not this man been sitting there by the door— he had taken a chair now—eyeing me fiercely, as though he read my very thoughts. Ah, if I had only done as father wished, and telegraphed for Harrv Randall to come up! And then,, with this last th ought, another thought came to me. Why could I not summon Harry even now, if perchance he was still at the office? I arose from iny chair, mechanically grasping my work in my hand. My guard got up, also, evidently suspicious of my slightest movement. » “I’ll have to ask yer to keep quiet, miss,” said he, with a harsh, determined voice.

l turned upon nim indignantly. “I suppose I may chancre my seat if I like,” said I. _ And without waiting tor his permission, I walked deliberately over to the desk and sat down in the revolving chair that stood before it. At the same time I threw my work down on the desk in such a way as to cover completely the battery, which instrument my companion had probably not noticed at all. Perhaps he would not have known what it was if he had. I sat there a moment, listlessly twisting the chair back and forth, anil trying to make up my mind what was best to do. Just then ttere was a slight noise on the hall-stairs, and the man became uneasy, stood up and looked at the library door, as if he was about to go toward it. Then he turned again to me, and with a threatening gesture, said: “ You just set there, while I step inter the hall a bit.' And if ye stir, or make a noise, it’ll be the worse for ye. Do ye mind that!” He then went softly into the hall. Feeling that now was my opportunity, with ft trembling hand I put my finger on the knob, and as silently as possible sent my signal out over the wire into the night, down to the mills and to Harry Randall. “Harry, are you there?” In another instaht 1 was leaning back in my chair and moving an inkstand on the table to make a noise. How my heart was beating, and my ear was strained to catch the sound that—if 1 might in God’s goodness hope it—might presently come back to me! Almost a minute—it seemed an age—I listened; and my heart sank as ho answering signal was heard—Then—Click! Clickl Click! came the sounds, sweeter to my ears than the sweetest music; and 1 knew thai: Harry was there. Those sounds were to some extent covered by

the drumming of my thimble, and were. to me as plain as spoken words. “Yes.” Instantly I sent back my answer. Two excited words, run all together: “ Robbers! Help!” The total silence that followed assured me, after a minute's anxious waiting, that Harry had cbmprehended my message, and that doubtless he would at once come to the house. Fortune had favored me, for I had heard the man creeping up the hall stairs, and thus I had escaped the results of any suspicions he might- have had had he heard the clicking of the instrument. I did not look at the clock and cannot say exactly how long I sat there in silence. It seemed to me that it was hours. Then there was the sound of whispering in the hall. The next moment them appeared in the doorway a second stranger, rougher and more desperate, if possible, in appearance than the first; and close behind him, to my great surprise and indignation, was our man Joseph. They both advanced into the room, the one looking angry and disappointed, and the other with a sheepish air as ihe caught my eye. “ We found the key of the safe,” growled the second stranger.. “ But all for nothing. The money wasn’t in it,' and we’ve looked high and low and can’t find it. But Joe here sticks to it that it’s somewhere in the house; and he thinks,” looking fiercely at me, “you know where. It’s no use, Miss-; we haven’t any more time to spare and we won’t stand ,po nonsense. I see it in your eye; you know where the money is. And you’ve got to tell.” He had advanced while he had been speaking and was now quite near. 1

arose rrom my cnair tearing that he meant to lay bands upon me. And at that instant—my ears painfully alert to any noise—I was certain I caught the sound of a. footfall outside the window, and I gained fresh courage. “ And why have I got to tell?” "demanded I, purposely raising my voice so that it could be heard outside the house. “ What right have you to break into this house in this way”—— The man suddenly caught me by the wrist, uttering at the same time a fearful oath. 4 “You make another sound above a whisper,” he Cried, in a voice hoarse with rage, “ and. I’ll”He did not finish his sentence. There came a loud crash at both windows at once, and the next instant Harry Randall, with two watchmen from the mills, burst into the room. The rescue was complete, so far as saving our ljves and saving the money was concerned. The robbers attempted no resistance. In an instant,'before 'a word could be said, or a blow struck, the man reused his hand and dashed the lamp from the table. In the darkness and confusion the burglars, Joseph among them, made their escape. And although every effort was made, both then and later, to secure their arrest, they were never taken. However, as I said, our lives and the money that had been confided to my keeping were safe; and we were all thankful for that. And I may say again that I am very glad that, at that time, at, least, the telegraph had not been superseded by the telephone.—Youth's Companion. Wicked Elephants. “ Look out, ole man, he’s gwine to paw yer!” The male elephant Tip was being put through his daily instruction yesterday at Rorepaugh’s winter quarters, Lehigh avenue and Edgemont street, when Eph. Thompson, the colored keeper, creed out to George Smith, a white man, who was assisting in the tedious task of teaching the huge animal to waltz. A blinding snow-storm without, and a cold, dreary atmosphere within had evidently affected Tip’s temper, which is none of the kindest, even under the most favorable circumstances. The warning came too late. With a peculiar cry of rage, the elephant lifted his trunk and lumbered forward toward the assistant, who sought to flee, but before he could move a dozen steps Tip had pressed him against a wooden post, and by sheer weight fractured his shoulder blade. In an instant the colored keeper had seized an iron goad and began prodding the enraged animal in the tenderest part of the flank, which gave Smith an opportunity to crawl away on his hands and knees out of reach of the enormous foot lifted ready to crush him. “ It was jes’ nip and tuck with him. I can toll you what,” said the keeper last night, while relating the incident to a Press reporter, “ If them air five toes kem down on George, good-by Liza Jane. Yes, sir-ree, when an elephant gets his mad up it’s time to take a walk. Some of ’em are good-natured enough, but mos’ all gits ‘ omary ’ once in a while. Tip has apowerful bad temper, ’cause he’s new; never been broken yet, and it’s a dangerous job to lam an old elephant new tricks. . “ There are twenty-one elephants here,” continued Eph, “eleven femalosi and ten males; eut of the whole lot there ma.y be two, or, perhaps, three, with good dispositions; the rest can’t be trusted for a single instant. This one, Tip, which nearly caused the death of young Smith, will allow no one to approach him but Adam Forepaugh, Jr., and myself; he is always watching for a chance to get a smack at somebody with that trunk of his, and God help them if they ever fall near his feet Talk about training an elephant with kind words; it’s all bosh; the kindest treatment I believe in is a good sharp-pointed goad and steel-lashed whip. Elephants are too cute to stand petting. Rocks is another bad one; he has as much sense as a man and can sling that trunk around like a prize-fighter does his fists; Romeo and Mongo, females—I dunno how they come to call her Romeo—are another bad pair, though they’ve been in the show business' for years. Basso and Jennie are about the only elephants in the herd that don’t show any temper, but there's no knowing when they’ll get mad and raise old Harry. I’ve seen Romeo refuse to budge an inch until the blood streamed down her side, and then didn’t she want to roll on somebody bad? Well, whenever you see the day that elephants can be brought up to do tricks without the whip and the goad, then they will be born without either trunks or tails.”—Philadelphia Press.

The Curfew Bell. In Boston, and many other New England cities, one of the church bells is always rung at nine o’clock in the evening. It is a city regulation, and the custom has prevailed from early Puritan times. It was brought over ■'from the old country, and stiff remains in force in many parts of England. • It is curious that a custom established by the Norman Conquest, and a memorial, therefore, of Saxon defeat and subjection, should be maintained both lb Old and New England. William the Conqueror enacted a law, that soon after sunset, at the ringing of a bell, all lights should be extinguished, the fires put out and the people retire to rest The law was passed to praveot evening meetings among the ^Saxons, in which conspiracies plight he formed against the crown. William jiad previously passed a similar law .in' Norms jidy, at a time when conspiracies were frequent. The bell was called the curfew bell, from two French words, couvre, to cover, and feu, a fire. Tho nine o’clock bell was probably established by the Puritans, as a signal for parties and meetings to break up, and for people to i retire to ran.—Youth's Companion,

Hi A Remedy for Burns ud Scalds. Accidental boras and scalds, even when not very severe, extensive, or dangerous, commonly cause so much pain for an indefinite time, depending probably as to duration and severity a good deal on the age of the sufferer, and on the greater or less degree of sensitiveness of the individual's skin or constitution—not forgetting the feverish reaction, and the dangerous internal secondary inflammations that are apt to follow in some cases—that any easilyapplied and quickly-available remedy ana relief, without perhaps the immediate necessity of calling in professional assistance, will be acknowledged as a boon by most persons; and egJJRiially so, when it is remembered gnat the sooner the agonizing burning pam in the part can be allayed, the less chance there is of dangerous secondary effects, besides sloughing, etc., so severely-trying to children and old persons. The usual first applications, to these paififul injuries, whether'"socalled popular remedies, or sflcl} as are usually recommended by members of the profession,, are nuniercus^nough, but can not unfortunately hnnerto bo considered as generally successful in giving certain and speedy refief-Jrom pain, and, too often, intense suffering. One friend will recommend that the parts be covered with flour from the dredger; another will advise fine cottonwood, or wadding; another, starch in powder, or soap, or treacle,^Rc.; but hardly one of such applications can be said to give more than very uncertain or temporary relief from pain, although, perhaps, by occupying the attention of the sufferer,"they may iif this way prove of some mental benefit during his suffer

—uuiug uiuccu ciu|jiu)ou ivauj lur want of anything better—although, in fact, some of these applications, such as treacle, flour, starch, etc., prove so disagreeable in their after-effects, being often difficult to remove and renew, as to add frequently to the poor patient's depression and suffering owing to their adhering to the injured parts in dry cakes very irritating to the raw surface. It. is now many years ago that the author of this paper, while engaged in some investigations as to the qualities and effects of t he alkalies in inflammations of the skin, etc., was fortnnate enough to discover that a saline lotion, or saturated solution of the bicarbonated soda in cither plain water or camphorated water, ff applied speedily, or as soon as possible, to a burned or scalded part, was most effectual in immediately relieving the acute burning pain; and when the burn was only superficial, or not severe, removing all pain in the course of a very short time; having also the very great advantage of cleanliness,, and, if applied at once, of preventing the usual consequences—a painful blistering of the skin, separation of the epidermis, and perhaps more or less of suppuration. For this purpose, all that is necessary is to cut a piece of lint, or oldTsoft rag, or even thick blotting-paper, of a size sufficient to cover the burned or scalded parts, and to keep it constantly well wetted with the sodiac lotion so as to prevent its drying. By this means, it usually happens that all pain ceases ip from a quarter to half an hour, or even in much less time. When the main part of a limb, such as the hand and fore-arm or the foot and leg, has been burned, it is best, when practicable, to plunge the part at once into a jug, or pail, or other convenient vessel filled with the soda lotion, and keep it there until the pain subsides; or tht^limb may be swathed or encircled surgeon’s cotton bandage prer soaked in the saturated solution, constancy wetted with it, the immediate, prosaturated and ip is neglected is evident fact that beans sold in this marweek for $3.75 per bushel. Afew ago the price of beans was about "ame as that of wheat, and still farmers found it profitable to raise them. They raised them in many cases on land that would not produce paying crops of corn or any kind, of small grain. They found the crop an economical one to raise, for the reason that the planting, cultivating and harvesting ooula be done at times when there was no pressing work to be performed. No costly machinery was required for cultivating them, and no expense was incurred in thrashing them and preparing them for the market. During the past rear, almost dor the first time in the history of the country, beans have been imported in quite large quantities from Europe. There is no State or Territory in which field beans cah not be raised to advantage. They come as near being a “ sure crop” as any that the farmer attempts to raise.. The plants are not genera'ly liable to attacks of insects anu are not destroyed by the wind. The crop matures quickly and is therefore less liable to be damaged than many others. Ground can be prepared for a crop of beans after the small grains are sown. The time for harvesting them occurs between that of grain and potatoes and com. They can be thrashed on a barn floor with a hand flail any time in the latter part of the fall or winter. They can be winnowed by pouring them against the wind that passes through the barn ddbrs. The crop is a profitable one for all farmers, and is specially adapted to those of small means who are not prepared to purchase expensive farm implements. Few kinds of vegetable food are as nutritious as beans. In all countries where much attention is given to economy in food beans are extensively cultslvated and form a leading article of diet;—Chicago Times.

Horses, Mules and Oxen. When thin steer3, poor cows, and scrub stock generally, are very plenty anil very cheap, hogs of all kinds and fat cattle are scarce and high-priced, and another kind of stock is more scarce still, and that is working horses and mules. For the last three er four years theft has been a large demand for horses and mules, from the best to the poorest, and last summer it had increased so much that the loss of an eye, a curb or a spavin, would not prevent a sale, and unsound plugs sokl last fall for nearly as much as sound common stock ten years ago. But this winter the price has been increased by the home demand for mule teams, if not to cultivate a greatly increased acreage, at least to do tne work better,, and it looks now as if the old army price in greenbacks will je-appear' in gold in the course of the season. Already good, heavy mules and horses cannot be had at what are thought to be fair prices. Oxen are being substituted by those who own large herds of rough steers; and this may oe a start in the direction of a partial substitution of oxen for horses for farm work,—Prairie Farmer. —Hams mm be preserved by merely rubbing them frequently with a,mixture of four pounds of salt, a pound and a half of brow n sugar, and four ounces of saltpeter, and keeping them with the flesh side upward. But nothing is gained by this dry method; on the contrary, the meat is drained of all its juices and is made very dry and hal'd when cooked—N. T. Times. —At Bellefontaine, O., the other day, a funeral from the country, passing through town, stopped in front of a photograph gallery, bad the corpse carried in and “its picture taken. ' The hearse was (hen photographed, and the cortege moved on.

——— USEFUL AND SUGGESTITE. —Ice-cream is now served in molds to resemble asparagus. —Strawberry plants should be set out as early in the season as possible in order to avoid a dry spell. Nothing is so fatal to young plants as lack of moisture after being transplanted. —A teaspoonful of ground mustard in a cup of warm water is a prompt and reliable emetic and should be resorted to in cases of poisoning or cramps of the .stomach from over-eating. —Avoid purgatives and strong physics, as they not only do no good, but are positively hurtful. Pills may relieve for the time, but they seldom cure. The pill-taker’s bitter end is always worse than his first condition. Stomach bitters are a snare, and only create a desire for stimulants. —A nice meat stew can be made by taking pieces of mutton or veal, boiling till tender, adding a few potatoes cut sipall, and thickening a little with Hour; first stirring the flour smooth as for gravy. Season to taste with pepper and salt, Have ready a pan of hot biscuits, open them and spread in a deep dish, and pour the stew over them. This is very nice and more wholesome than dough boiled with meat. —From the day you slip a halter over a young horse’s ears he should be encouraged tolook to yon like a child for all his little wants and simple pleasures. He should come cantering up from the further corner of the paddock when he hears your voice; should ask to have his nose rubbed, his head stroked, his neck patted, with those honest pleading looks, which make the confidence of a dumb creature so touching.—Wallace'i Monthly.

—«is saia that no animal is so extensively diffused over the srlobe or increases so rapidly as the liog. Marshal Vauban calculated that the produce oi a single sow in ten years, assuming six pigs at a litter, would increase to 6,484,130 pigs, or as many as any of the chief European States could support. If this calculation were carried , on to the twelfth generation we should find they would fill all Europe with a supply, and by the sixteenth cover the entire globe. —How to Cleanse Cashmeres and Woolen Dresses: Take one-quarter of a pound of white castile soap, four ounces of carbonate of ammonia, two ounces of glycerine, two ounces of chloric ether, and two ounces of alcohol. Shave the soap into thin- slices, ftnd turn over it one quart of boiling water, and let it dissolve over the fire, stirring it rapidly. Add the glycerine and the ammonia when the soap is nearly dissolved. Stir well, add three quarts of cold water and when quite cold stir in the alcohol; put into a gallon jug, cork tightly, and it will keep good till used up. To cleanse the dresses: Put a teacupful of the mixture into three or four parts of lukewarm water and stir it up, then dip the fabric into it and rub off all grease and soil. Rinse in strong bluing water to give a good color to black or blue goods, and iron with moderately heated irons, while damp. For taking soil out of coat collars, vests, etc., turn some of the mixture into a cup of tepid water and apply with a sponge, then clean, rinse off' with cold water and a clean sponge. It will freshen old clothes wonderfully. What the Farmer’s Home Should Be. _ I see, or think I see, great probabilities in the farmer’s life yet to be reached. Agriculture is nowyuid must, from the nature of the ca^Ber remain the employment of the^^Knass of people in the world. Thej^HKit live on the products of the miof^^Hill. It is of the utmost i mportan^^^Bt the great mass of humanity co^^Hd with farm life should be able the best possible conditions fo^^^Kau development and enjoyment. .^^Bome is the center of life, and the home we wish to improve—to cu^Bon more rapidly and intelligently Bp good work that has-been going on for the past fifty years. When picturing the farmer’s life of the future we must remember that we live in an age of invention and discovery, and some new element may come in of which we at present know nothing. There must be food for all, and such variety of food as will call for a great amount of hand labor; and there must be material for clothing, wool anil cotton. These come from the field. The question then arises, is the tendency in the future to be a division of land into small farms, or a swallowing up of small farms into large estates? Great estates must fall to pieces. The tendency North and South is to small farms as diversified industry increases, • and diversified crops are called for, those that require an increase of hand labor. The time is coming, though perhaps a long way off, when the surplus product of our land will come from a multitude of small farms, representing pleasant, thrifty homes, instead of from great Iilantations, representing nothing but and robbing and unsettled, wandering wage labor. And the products of our soil will be more and more consumed in our land las new branches of manufacturing spring up to supply the material now purchased abroad. Hence we ask what can be done to make homes what they ought to be ? , The first thing we want to see prominent on every farm is that its chief end is a home, and that the end for which all others are simply conditions is men and women. We counsel the owners of farms to see that the fruits are the best that can be raised, that the animals are of the best breeds, but we want above all that every son shall go forth from the farm-house with a good education, trained to honest labor, with a 9ense of his duty toward his fellow-men, his country and his God; and every daughter with equal training, certain then that she will find her own sphere through that womanly spirit implanted in her nature, which needs only culture and a fail chance to make her the blessing to the world which all good women are.

ioe nisi wing m me cnoice or a tanner’s home is that it be in as healthy a locality as possible. As a general rule, the buildings should be placed on the highest ground of the farm if it is easily accessible. If water can be secured from a spring that comes directly from the deep strata of rocks so much the better. Don’t fear the cool breezes. They will not be half so fatal at the worst as the damp of the valley below, and they can soon be wonderfully modified by evergreen screens properly placed. Make the location as near good neighbors as you can. Vicinity to school and church is a great advantage. Let the permanent work of the farm, the planting of trees, the cutting of trees and all other farm changes have reference to the ultimate place of residence on the farm. * Then let the inside of the house be pleasant. It may be small and plain, but let it show signs of taste ana culture; make the home pleasant to your children and make a nappy childhood for them. Send your chilaren to school and fit them to be citizens, but never send them to college; let them go of their own choice. I believe the farmer’s home of the future will continue to improve, and that it will be a place of honest labor, of generous culture; the best place to begin life, a good place to spena it, and the best place for it to come to a close. The only entailment of property we want is the continuance of the old farmer’s homestead from generation to generation in the same family, because it is a place worthy of preservation for its conditions of high physical, intellectual, moral and social life.— From Dr. Chadboume'a Address before (to Massachusetts Board of Agriculture.

■ —Reuben Steele and John Coon lived near neighbors at Bennett’s Comers. They were firm friends, and had every night for years played dominoes together. .One evening they separated after their usual gaae^ An hour after Coon reached home a messenger informed him that Reuben Steele had fallen dead. Next morning Mrs. Coon found her husband dead m bed by her side.—N. T. Sim. Uncle San’s Hen. Uncle 8am’t letter-carriers are a hardworking set of men, and are liable to contract rheumatism because of the constant exposure to which they are subjected. Calling at the Post-office the reporter had a pleasant conversation with Mr. J. H. Mattera, ons of the most popular and clever letter-carriers in Indianapolis. Ur. Mattern said that, while in the army during the civil war. he sprained one of his ankles, which was always worse in the spring daring the period of the rapid changes in the weather. He did not find much relief from the several remedies he applied. Bat two years ago he hit upon St Jacobs Oil, and experienced wonderful relief from its use. Several applications of the Great German Remedy relieved him entirely. The reporter talked with others among the letter-carriers and found that the Great German Remedy was popular in the Post-office. They use it for sore feet, rheumatism, etc., and praise it highly.—IndicauqooEt (/ad.) Arm. She was a wee bit of lovable humanity, and when she murmured “ Yes” to his tender iuquiry, he called her “ a little one for assent.” —Or. T. A'em._ W* see in the New York Spirit of the Times mention of the cure of Mr. George Drake, 46 Fifth street, Indianapolis, Ind., of a severe case of water rheumatism, by the use of St. Jacobs Oil.—Cincinnati Enquirer.

In replying to a toast to his health at the Savage Club recently the Prince of Wales said: “In becoming a member of your club I feel I am not among strangers, for at this moment I can Bee around and before me many gentlemen whom I hare had the advantage of knowing, some in distant parts of the Empire, while others there are who have made me both laugh and cry. I am well aware that your club consists of gentlemen connected with literature, with art, with Journalism, and with the drama, and I can easily understand how you must enjoy these convivial meetings after the long and arduous duties of your respective callings. Gentlemen, I am given to understand that your qualifications are that you must belong to literature or art, ahd also that you must be good fellows. I feel that I can hardly aspire to the first qualification in order to be a competent member; but if you will allow me, I will be the second.”—London Cor. AT. r. livening Pott. The Kindness of Nature. Nature intended that the art of healing, the sustaining of animal life, the enjoyment of perfect health, and the road to longevity should be searched for principally among the herbs and vegetables of earth, and not one in a thousand who seeks to be relieved by the use of mineral poisons will find the panacea hoped for. Then away with mercurial medicines 1 Let Nature be assisted by nature! Invigorate the system and improve the animal economy of nutrition and assimilation, by using such well-known and tried, harmless vet effective vegetable tonics as Yellow Dock, Sarsaparilla, Juniper, Celery, Calisaya Bark, etc., allot which enter into the composition of Dr. Guysott’s Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla. If you are weak, nervous and debilitated, or suffer from dyspepsia, weak kidneys, impure blood, etc., it will do you more permanent good than any other remedy known. “ What to eat and how to cook it,” is the narhe of a book recently published. “What to eat and where to get it,” would meet with a livelier sale among the laboring classes. Mrs. Luct T. Colrman, of Hamilton, O., writes: “ For many years I suffered from a complication of diseases. Dyspepsia, impure blood, and irregularities were my greatest troubles. I was also very nervous, and at times my heart ached most severely. I often sufferedfrom heartburn, belching, nausea, etc., after meals. 1 was advised by my neighbor, Mrs. Longmore, to try Dr. Guysott’s Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla. Having tried so many things, I did so with very little faith. I was highly pleased to find it just the medicine I needed. It surely must contain some secret ingredients, for 1 can not believe that simply Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla would create such a remarkable change as it did in my case. That queer sensation of bearing down and pain in the loins never troubles me any more at all.T* ^ “ I think,” said Mrs. Partington, getting up from the breakfast-table, “ I will take a tower or go on a discursion. The bill says, if i collect, rightly, that a party is to go to a very plural spot, and to mistake of a very cold collection. I hope it won’t be as cold as ours was for the poor last Sunday. Why, there wasn’t efficient to buy a foot for a restitute widder.” And the old lady put on her sash and left ' Guilty of Wrong. Some people have a fashion of confusing excellent remedies with the large mass of ’• patent medicines,” and in this they are guilty of a wrong. There arc some advertised I remedies fully worth all that Is asked for them, and one at least we know of—Hop Bitters. The writer has bad occasion to nse the Bitters in just such a climate-agwe have most of The year In Bay City, and has'vdways found them to be first-class and reliable,. .doing all that is claimed for them.—TribtHSa Pat says he was born on the last day of the year, and congratulates himself that he was born at all. “For if it bad been the next day what would have become of mel”— Ited-Rldden and Cured. W. E. Huestis, of Emporia, Kan., say* that his wife had been sick nearly seven years, and 9 tor the last four months bed-ridden. She has been treated by a number of physicians and only grew worse. Her attention was called to Dr. Pierce’s “Golden Medical Discovery” and “Favorite Prescription,” which she commenced using. In one week she could sit up, and in three weeks could walk about. By druggists. Br contracting a disease you help to spread it. Queer, isn’t it!—.Yew Haven Palladium. General Debility and Liver Complaint. rf-R. V. Pierce, M. D., Buffalo, N. T.: Dear Sir—Mr wife has been taking your “Golden Medical Discovery” and “Pellets” for her liver and general debility, and has found them to be good medicines, and would recommend them to sill sufferers from Liver Complaint, Sour Stomach and General Debility. Yours fraternally, N. E. Harmon, Pastor M. E. Church, Elsah.lll. Bacon says; “Reading makes a full man.” That must be the Reading in Pennsylvania where the brewery is located.—W. 0. Picayune. Youns, middle-aged, or old men, suffering from nervous debility or kindred affections, should address, with two stamps, for large treatise, World’s Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y. Why are seeds, when sown, like gate posts! Because they are planted In the earth to propagate.

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Removing t le Capitol. A tew. years ago it was the fashion among a certain cl que of politicians, heed by a porwhosc ut terances we re echcei _ . tionof the press, to c amor for the removal of the Capitol from Washington to some representative West irn city near to the geographical center of the country. The topic seemed to prove n seven days wonder, however, and w as soon forgotten in legation's the rush and require; aeots of the argent business. No v whether the Capitol will ever be remc Fed or not is not near so interesting a quei tion to some people as whether rheumat: sin can or will be removed from their 1 odies. The subject of the removal of tl ds disease from the system has very su jcessfully interested myriads of people, s nd from the extended expressions con’ eyed by the almost innumerable stater lents received from representatives of e wry class of the community, we append; he following brief selection,—premisin’! for the benefit of the reader that the dii ease referred to is rheumatism orneur dgia and the remedy is that grand old pain panacea—St Jacobs Oil.—The lit. Rev. Bishop Gilmour, Cleveland, 0 hio: “ Excellent for Rheumatism and ki idred diseases. It has benefited me great y.”—Hon. Carter H. Harrison, Mayor of Chicago: “Has been nsed in my family a id neighborhood with remarkable results, and I tilink it an excellent remedy.”--John _Carr Moody, Esq., Connselor-at Law, Vallejo, “ The relief afforde 1 in a short time was suphas to make rue disregard thy evidence of my own senses.”—Capt. Paul Boyton, the World Renowned Swimmer: “I do not see how ! could get along without St. Jacobs Oil.’ -Mr.DTW.McDonald, Sergeant-at-Arms < >f the House of Commons, Ottawa, Can.: “A splendid remedy; cured rkeumn :.ism of my wrist and hand.’’-Command ;r J. B. Coghlan.U.S. N., Mare Island, ('al.: “ Complete and wonderful cure of i aost painful attacks of rheumatism.W n. H. Wareing, Esq., Asst. G eneral Supt. Ne v York Post-office: “Proved all that is ;lai ned for the Oil and found efficacious. Ready relief for rheumatic pains. ”-Ex-I ost uasterGen. James, while Postmaster of Sew York, tersely and characterise; illy endorsed Supt. Wareing’s report by writing: “Iconcur.” A WEEK in y >ur o rn town. Terms and as outfit Iron Aa< r*H alleUACo Fortl»n<Ut», BUGGIES ENTER >RISt CARRIAGE CD.,CIN.,0. T-.rtl wry G <w.CaU%nSW KEW AGENTS lOOIS'MXtSr SOfl per days thorn*. Samel es worth#* W 18 tiUftw Addraani sonacC,Portland, Me. inn TREKS. Hardy Cat lpa,or «• Concord Orate Vino loo by mail for at now. H. 1. ROWLBY. Laoon, in. MEMTSr01" ”05" *few »uut'v7 mu ran viianc ■ xi# ...... . — Receipt I Kook. Newly revised and en ■anted. By mall. 12. Addr u Cha e Pub's Co.. Toledo, O, best :ch. HAIR Wirrr d Wa xavant ',a.D. anywhere. Wholesale4 KeUM. Price tat>«. flood* tend, B.C.S utm. 15T Wabaab-ar. ®70 A WEEK. $12 a day at home easily made JIu Costaoutfit free. Addr*■ rue 4Co, Aucuath, Hi ROMMEjrrSJS^VSmm Write for lllustra ed die .lars and best ten ooc — .....<... ww. . ... i u«a mu best terms to DAN. L1NAIIAN Sc CO., Publ shxbs, St Louii, Mo. THRESHERSgwps free. THE AtJLTMAN * TAT OK CO.. Manefifld. O. ■ ■ Temperance borer «e. A ryonr dminri.’l,orrent by mail for a«o. C.E. iuuta, <SH. Dela. Are., Phils. E Ml PLOV ME NToMtW. State which prel :rred; also amour*; wanted per month for service* hie. is and expe ble. permanent, «ad ea#slv SLOAN & CO.. M • Georg' Ban!ness honora•ted. Writ* us, Cincinnati. O. Books, music, »lays, etc. Prioee reduced. Fi ill desert- live catalogue of above Mnt free of postage toa .r applic nt Send your name and P. O address, on Postal Card, m ntioning this paper, to SX WITT, PsUimhor, Hu MB u Street, Hew York, EUREKA SHOW USE CO. NOWOPINATMSe. Ina.itt Hn NORTH MAIN ST., *»* MJUIS, MO. NTWrite for Prtc -LUt e nd BIUMBta FREE IOC SELECTIONS for Autograph Al nuni,l pk Transparent Cards, lpk era, $ Actress Picture zles, and an eight-page All the above sent on i postage. &c. Andrea month*. cover

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