Plymouth Weekly Democrat, Volume 14, Number 33, Plymouth, Marshall County, 22 April 1869 — Page 4

The Purposeless Partj. Ose of the main reasons why the Republican party can count up, in its brief history of a very few years, so many of what, in a political point of view, may be considered successes, is that, from the beginning, the party was founded upon no nxed princ:ple or purpose. Of course, there was the single end in view, the attainment of power ; but how this power was to be reached, and, above all, how it was to be held when once in band, has been dependent from the start upon the happenings of the hour. 1 rom the beginning, the party plan has been to cast its net in a boundless sea, the surface of which only could be seen, trusting to chance that every drag would bring to shore a few more fishes and, perchance, a few floating loaves. Consequently, pretty much every thing that has come into the net has been so much gain. Those to whom the whole of life is but a lottery count themselves not less lucky when they chance to find a bill or coin lying in the street tlmn when they win by gambUog on the board or table, or by risking in ra Be. It is not the strangest thing in the world that a series of successes of this sort should lead the gamblers to believe at last that they are really engaged in a reputable business founded upon a substanti ll and respectable basis. Hence, we are ready for ihe howl of indigrmtion which WÜ1 rise from the rank and file of the Republican party when we tell Ibm that their party begun and has proceeded from ÜM beginning as t'mless of purpose as it has proved itself to be devoid of principle. Yet we all remember the derisive laughter with which" that party, from one end of the country to the other, greeted President Johnson, when that faithful public servant announced that he, at least, had a policy." With the Republican party "my policy" was tht great joke of the century. The idea that a man should have in mind some definite plan tor the restoration, not the reconstruction, of the Union whica four years of hard lighting had shaker, but ii 4 shattered, and that he should "x his plan opoa such a supposed surehold as the Constitution, which the Republican par'.y had already ignored as something too definite, restrictive, and posittve for purposeless people, was so immensely iact tious that even the grave Tribune was periodically runny thereover. To men of no parpotaB, plans founded upon fundamental law and the Irrevocable requirements of constitutions are of no account whatever. Those who wander in the dark take no heed of obstructions in the way, or, at best, they blindly put I w. their hands to brush th se obstructions aside, or to tc zch them so as to avoid and et around them. It we a source of nevtr failing MBIT infill to the late Thaddeus Stevens, the unprincipled leader of the purposeless party, that there were but two men in the entire party who believed the Reconstruction Acts to be constitutional, and these men were characteristically classed by the great mcral reformer as " two damned fools." And yet this reconstruction business is the only thing in which the Republican prty seems to have proceeded with a purpose. That purposu was not the re3 toration of the Union, nor even, as it appeared for a while, the reconstruction of the Union in such a manner as to turn ten 8 tatet into outlying verritories, to be ruled bf iniiit.iry satraps. There was no plan beyond the vague intention of somehow uing the situation, from week to week, and from month to month, for the advantage of Um party. The history of the past I or years Bhowi that, so far as reconstruction is concerned; nothing has been reconstructed but reconstruction itself. That process has been pursued with a pj rsistence which has kept the party busy. The doings of one session of Congress have i u undone or done over again by the xl session of the same Congress, and the so ca'led legisla'ion of one Congress ha3 been supplemented to the very verge of nullification by the succeeding Congress. A patch has been pinned to the Constitun only to be overlaid by another patch C I from the same shoddy. States have been admitted to representation in Congress only to raise the question how they can ha turned out again. The negro lias been elevated only to be a noisy, troublesome pest to his civil creators, since the purposeless party only wanted his vote, and took no forethought of what was Inevitable, that if Sambo was fit to vote, Sambo would deem himself fitted to held office. I i all this wild soaring after the indefinite i.nd deep diving after the unfathomable, and with reconstruction reconstructed till the very word is a subject for ridicule, the purposeless party has never proposed a single plan for relieving the country of the enormous difficulties which now ovreshadow and which may overwhelm parties and people alike in one common ruin. Nothing has been suggested which looks to the reductioa of the gigantic debt which the purposeless party has fastened upon the nati n. The vast army of blood-sucking place-holders has not been cut down by so much as a single platoon. The t -,!ked-ot reform in the civil service narrows down to fresh schemes for supporting the friends and relatives of the party in power from the public treasury. The foreign relations of the country have been so mixed and muddled by the purposeless incompetents wno have undertaken to manage the same that we are liable any Monday morning to be pushed into a war with (treat Britain, and to tumble into a war with Spain. Congrc s does not know whether it is safest to adjourn or to continue in perpetual session. Even the in ans for promoting the mere ends of party are nearly exhausted, and the -ants f the people have not been considered. This is the position of the purposeless party to-day, or of the party with a single purpose, that of plunder. It was eminently fitting that this purpoanieei party should elect a purposeless president a man who did not even know, when he was nominated, to which pnrty he belonged, and who boasted that he had " BO policy." It vas this, indeed, wh'ch m ijniy commended him to the party which hoped to mould him, and which ..as partly succeeded in turning him into Um ir own purposeless path of doing as much as may be for the party, and the party's friends and relatives, and as little eed be for the natiou. How long will it be before the purposeless President and to. purposeless followers will find themselves in a position where something "bc done, and the people discover that these are not tne competent men to do it IWJRm York Citizen, 10tA. The Wrong End or Economy. Wk are wi ling to admit that a large amount of wen has been uselessly spent at Washington in the employment of a legion of male and female clerks. We are also inclined to believe that the Federal capital has not been much improved either by an array of lazy male clerks or a swarm of nymphs of the goose quill, hconomy and morality may have equal! v required their dismissa' and so far the raid upon the poorc. the leeches which hang on the b-niy Jm Federal Government may be jm j. And yet the K thing may be designated as a mere show of economy, and a shallow vindication of public morality For, though it is true that thousands of tae3e clerks did nearly nothing, it wasnc t because Ihere was ne thing to do, but because the chiefs of the various departments did not make the clerks do the work. Wo know that the accounts of four or five thousand officers, who served toring the last war, are unsettled. In

numerable paymasters, commissary and quartermaster accounts, dating back to the Mexican war, and including an infinitude of accounts belonging to the rebellion, from first to last, are not yet adjusted ; and so great ia the disorder in the finance department that my particitlar account can scarcely be discovered under the mountains of pay-ro1 s and other loose records. Butlers, for instance, who have thousands of dollars credited on pay-rolls, have waited four or five years in vain for the payment of their claims. To work up all the arrears the whole of the dismissed clerks would have their hands full, and three times as much money might be recovered in adjusting the old accounts, making defaulters reimburse, and debtors settle with the Government, as can be economised by dispensing with a few hundred clerks. NothiDg, moreover, promises any improvement in the future, so long as the system remains unchanged. The fact is the superfluous clerks have been dismissed because it was an easy thing to dismiss them. The new Cabinet was desirous of seeming to perform its promise of reform, and, finding immense difficulties in the way of carrying on its programme on a large scale, has decapitated the poor devils to inaugurate an appearance of business. The Cabinet will scarcely Pticceed in making the knowing ones believe that the dispensing with a few hundred clerks is a great stroke of economy, or that it will be followed by the curtailment of expenses on a larger scale. There are thousands of other unnecessary officers employed. But their appointment is made by authority of laws which the Executive must enforce, and which cannot be arbitrarily changed. For a time of peace, our regular military force is too large. The Cabinet can scarcely reduce the expenses of the army, except by giving leave of absence to a few thousand privates. All the superfluous officers must be retained. It is the same in regard to the legion of Internal Revenue efficers. If one-third of the employes in service would work as long and as hard as private citizens do, the whole Government business might be done much better, cheaper and more conscientiously than it is done now. Millions and millions might be economized, and as there would be fewer officers there would be less stealing. But the Cabinet ia bound by acts of Congress to retain all these officers. The poor clerks, therefore, are sacrificed, as the mere signs of good intentions. If this sacrifice could be regarded as the commencement of a general reform it might be well enough, though it would always appear as ungenerous and cowardly to commence with the poorest and weakest, while the real cormorants are left in undisturbed possession of fat offices, and so will remain so long as the nation cn endure the expensive blessing of being ruled by Radicalism and having all its income absorbed by an army of civil rfficers, which will soon reach the number of men we had in the field during the rebellion. The discharge from serv.ee of these clerks evidently i only a deception. A little leak in the hull of the huge ship of state may be stopped by it, whilst there are many unmanageable ones. The least change in the tariff, a small mistake in the planning of a new railroad line causes greater damage to the nation than three times the salary of the whole list of dismissed clerks. If one bushel of coal per hour could be saved in running each locomotive engine in the courry, the economy thereby effected woula be infinitely greater than if the salary of all the railroad hands were reduced fifty dollars per annum. The latter would of course be the more showy economy ; the former more substantial. If, by controlliDg the internal revenue officers, the hundred millions of dollars which are stolen every year, according to the report of Mr. Wells, could be saved to the Government, not only could the poor clerks be retained, but their services, if well directed, might become invaluable to the country. The new Cabinet has evidently commenced at the wrong end. Had it started from the idea that many absolutely idle clerks were not eo costly and pernicious as fraudulent work done by a few officials, these few Government employes might still be used to great advantage in ferreting out frauds and malversations. Missouri Republican.

Petty Spite. We observe that Grant has removed from a small land-office in Greenville, Tenn., Andrew Johnson, Jr., a son of the late President. This act of petty spite toward his predecessor this absence of magnanimity, which almost any other person in the country would have observed is characteristic of the present Presi dent. How poorly and meanly this contrasts with the example of Gen. Taylor. When he became President, in 1849, he found a son of his opponent, Gen. Lewis Cass, the Minister of the United States at Rome. Gen. Taylor continued him there during his whole term. He declared that he would not be guilty of an act which might appear indelicate which might subject his conduct to misconstruction, and place him in the attitude of being governed as President by personal feeling and resentment. He, therefore, left the son of his late competitor undisturbed in a most important office. There was in this action magnanimity and delicacy worthy of Gen. Taylor. Grant has none of it. There appears to be nothing high minded or honorable in his composition, but everything which is exactly the reverse. Cincinnati Enquire: State Rights The Supreme Court, An important question has been decided by the Supreme Court of the United States : the question whether a State of the American Union can secede to the extent to work a severance of its relations with a release of its people from their allegiance to the Federal Government. The decision was rendered in the case of the State of Texas vs. George M. White, and others. The opinion of the majority of the Court was rendered by the Chief Justxe. The Court began by stating that : So far as the object could be accomplished by ordinances of the Convention, bj acta of the Legislature and by votes of the citizens, the relations of Texas to the Union were broken up, and new relations to a new government were substituted for them. The position thus assumed could only be maintained by arms, and Texas ac cordingly took part with the other Confederate States in the war of rebellion, which these events made inevitable. During the whole of the war thttre whs no (Governor or Judge, or any other State officer In Texas who recognized the national authority; nor was any officer of the United States permitted to exercise any authority whatever under the National (ievernmcnt within the limits of the State, except under the immediate protection of the national military forces. Upon this statement of the facts the Court inquires : " Did Texas in coneequence of these acts, cease to be a State ? Or, if not, did the State cease to be a member of the Union ?" And this question it answers as follows: The obligations or the State as a member of the Lnion, and of every citizen of the Jute as a citizen of the United States, remained perfect and nnimpared. It necessarily follows that the State did not cease to be a Stau, nor her citizens to be citizens of the Union. If thii were otherwise, the State mut have become foreign and her citizens foreigners. The war must have ceased to be a war for the suppression of the rebellion, and mnt have become a war for conquest and euMa fat ion. Our conclusion, therefore, is, that Texts continued to be a State, and a State of the Union, notwithstanding the transaction! to which we have referred, and thla conclusion, in our judgment, is not in eonfl'ct with any act or declaration of any department of the National Government, bat entirely in accordance with the whole series of such acts and declarations since the first outbreak of the rebellion. The argument not only includes the idea that the Union formed under the Coustitution ia perpetual and Indissoluble but

its perpetuity and indissolubility are distinctly affirmed. Citing the words of the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution, the Court inquires: "What can be indissoluble if a perpet a! Lnion made perfect is net?" The Court, however, tinds that this perpetuity and indissolubility are not inconsistent with the independent self existence of the States; and, having made the Union as strong :is it can be made by the use of the best language at i s command, the Court proceeds, by a similar process, to give the greatest possible strength to the Sta. js. " The indissolubility of the Union," says the Court, "by no means implies the loss of distinct and individual existence or the right of self-government by the States. The Constitution and all its provisions look to an indestructible Union, composed of indes true' ible States. There was no place for reconsideration or revocation, exempt through revolution, or t'.'rrlgh the consent of the States." Indissoluble, however, as the Union may be, it i, as the Court dmits, diss düble in two ways: by the consent of the States, and by revolution. Here are very important poiuta being lightly touched upon ; too lightly, perhaps, eons deriug their importance, and their connection with recent events and present conditions. What is meant by the consent of the States? What is meant by revolution? Until these matters are reduced to certainty, questions remain of vital moment to the well-being of the present and of future generations. If there can be reconsideration or revocation "through the consent of the States," how many S'ates, and how? If "tirough revolution," how is the revolution to be conducted in order to render the proceeding legitimate, and how signified ? As between a nation with vast and irresistible power, and a component prt of that nation with comparatively feeble power, there must be different degrees of indestructibility. The indestructibility may be absolute in one case, but it is far from being so in the other. We know that States are not indestructible; for States have been destroyed are now lying overwhelmed in destruction. Practically we have, without the presentation of hypothetical cases, the best of evidence of the non existence of an indestructible Union composed of indestructible BtaJtM : of the fact that such a thing has no potential existence. In short, we have the alternative : if the Union is indestructible, the States arc not ; and if the States are indestructible, the reverse is the case wi'h the Union. It must be admitted on nil hands that the decision is, incidentally, one of vast importance. It is no light thing for the highest tribunal in the land, the court of last resort, the authentic interpreter of the Constitution, to have decided that the States of this Union are indest-uctible that the obligations of the seceding State as members of the Union, and of every citizen of those States, as citizens of the United States, remain perfect and unimpaired ; that the States have not ceased to be States, nor their citizens citizens of the Union. Rights are the correlatives of Obligation ; and if these States are States of the Union, and their citizens citizens of the United States, and are under obligations as such, it irresistibly follows that to them appertain all the rights which correspond to sue l obligations : to the States the right of autonomy and self-existence ; and to the people the right of scif government, as fully and perfectly as they appertain to any of the States or their peoples. From this it follows, furthermore, that the United States can acquire no right of action against States, or against their citizens collectively, to dismantle or reconstruct the on1, or to disfranchise the other; thr.t the States neither have reared nor es n, at any time, cease to exist; and that the people cannot, except by their own voluntary act of abdication, lay down their rights as citizens of the States, and, by consequence, as citizens of the United States. Virtually, therefore, the decision is a judicial condemnation of the entire plan of interference on the part of the general government with the concerns of the States or with the political free agency of the people. It places the whole machinery of reconstruction, whether by legisla lative or executive act, in the light of r. usurpation. It condemns all that has been done in the past, and is a protest against all that may be done in the future. Missouri Republican, 14th. Objection Removed. I knew a case in which a most eligible damsel was pronounced by his friends as

unht to marry a certain young divine, because, forsooth, she u was without a penny." He was weak-minded enough, after having proposed to her in form, to give way to their remonstrances, and she was strong minded enough to bring an action against him for " breach of promise." The damages were laid at five thousand pounds, and she gained them in full. The impressional defendant who reaped nothing but ridicule from his former advisers, throughout this trying ordeal which include a protracted cross-examination by Sergeant Valentine was now brought to reason. He addressed the young lady even more fervently than before "I have behaved infamously," he owned, " but if you will only forgive and forget, we may be happy yet. The only objection which my friends had to you has been removed. They can no longer say that you are without a penny, since you have five thousand pounds of your very own." And the happy pair were married accordingly. Chambers' Journal. Stopped His Taper, The following anecdote of the late Mr. Swain, from the Philadelphia Prt$k is not without its moral in other latitudes than Pennsylvania : Many years ago, Mr. Swain, then editor of the Public ledger, was hailed at the corner of .Eighteenth and Chestnut streets by a very excited individual, who informed him in the most emphatic terms, ! have stoppeel your paper, sir," and proceeded to explain the why and wherefore, all the time gesticulating wildly. "My gracious, sir, you don't say so. Come with m; to the office, and let us see if we cannot remedy the matter. It grieves mo that any one should stop my paper." Down Chestnut 6trect to Third the two proceeded. Arriving at the office, Mr. Swain said, " Why, my dear sir, everything seems to be going on here as usual ; I thought you had stopped my paper." Then and there the excited gentleman, whom the long walk, by the way, had partly cooled, said that he had stopped taking his one copy of the Ledger. Mr. Swain was profuse in his apologies for having misunderstood the meaning of his late subscriber's words, and regretted that he had given him the tramp from Eghternth street to Third, down Chestnut. The gentlemen went on his way home, a wiser if not a better man, marvelling at the stupidity of editors in general, and of Mr. Swain in particular. Before he left, however, he ordered that the Ltdg:r be still sent to his address. Doos are In training in New York for thieving purposes. They are taught to rush into a room, seize from the counter a parcel, and quickly bring it to their mas ters. The counter is made to resemble the in banks, and the parcel is covered with yellow paper, to look like the packages of bank notes that are exchanged between different banks. A pocket rifle, with a barrel only eighteen inches long, has Wr invented,

farm axib ousef)olu.

Potatoes as Food for Farm Stock. Immense quantities of potatoes were damaged by frost last fall, some before being dug and others in badly covered heaps in the fields. On this account, dealers are afraid to speculate in potatoes this year, and consequently if sold at all, must be at a low price. Although a large quantity was safely harvested, buyers seem afraid that the tubers will not keep and the farmer has either to consume them at home, or sell them at a low price. In many cases it will be found much more profitable to feed them to stock of various kinh than to dispose of them for a trifle, after the expense of taking them a considerable distance to market. Even those which are partially decayed may be made useful as food for hogs, the decayed parts being removed from the tubers. Potatoes are very much used in Great Britain and Ireland as food for horses, cattle, sheep and swine. On this subject a u Practical Farmer " has written an interesting article in a recent number of the Mark Isine Erpress. He says that full grown cattle will consume profitably from one bushel to two bushels per day, provided with good dry chaff, that is, chopped hay or straw. The trreat consideration is to keep their bodies right. The chief daneer arises from the laxative properties of the raw potato it is not purgative, bat frequently causes " hove " or great dis- I tention of the stomach. This, hower seldom occurs, except the aminals gormandise too much, as they frequently will do when large e.uantities of potatoes are given. It requires only ordinary care and watchfulness to pre vent this. A neighbor of his lost three steers recently from this cause. They came in hungry and gorged themselves ; hove and purging came on, and being in rathe r lo w condition they could not withstand those attacks. This was an oversight which might easily have been prevented. For young, growing cattle they are admirable food if given with judgment and discretion. Young calves thrive well upon them if they are well washed and cut for them. From a quarter to half a peck per day, is a good alowance for a calf, commencing when it is from ten to twelve weeks old. Young cattle, from two to two and a half years old, may have from two to six pecks daily, taking care to watch the .state of the bowels. As the spring advances these rations may be increased. Potatoes, like mangolds, contain considerable proportion of water, which during the winter is dissipated, and the tubers are thereby rendered more acceptable and wholesome food, and form an excellent substitute for eariy grass. It is remarkable that when cattle, which have been wintered on straw, a few roots and a little cake, are put upon good rations of pott, toes in spring, they thrive as rapidly as upon a good pasture, quickly lose their old hair, and look like cattle grazed on a rich pasture. When potatoes are properly managed they are decidedly the best spring food for cattle and hogs, and should the potato disease cease altogether it would be advisable to grow a reasonable quantity for these purposes. Some danger arises to cattle from giving these tubers whole, as small ones are apt to cause choking by becoming fixed in the gullet. On this account they should be sliced with a turnipcutter, or pulped with the pulper. Should choking occur, the flexible choke-tube, which ought to be in the posession of every farmer, should be gently passed down the animal's gullet to remove the lodged potatoe, care being taken not to wound the gullet. In some instances the obstruction may be removed by a small hand passed down the throat to grasp the tuber. When the obstruction is far down th's cannot be done, but the tuber may be pressed downward by the hand from the outside. As food for hog", mixed with meal, potatoes are unrivalled, whether boilrxl, steamed or pulped. In all cases they should be cleanly washed. The pulping is the least expensive process, but the potatoes are not so nourishing as when steamed or boiled. The difference, however, is not great. For poultry, boileel or steamed potatoes ar exceedingly valuable. Wettern Rural. Salt as a Manure for Wheat. Ground should be fest d for salt, and its needs ascertained befoie it is applied ; or else only a small portion of a wheat field should be selected for the purpose of making an experiment with a view of getting results that may be of use in after years. If the former course be adopted, and the farmer is unacquainted with the details of chemical analysis, the presence of salt may be ascertained by the following simple experiment : Collect from the fields a cupful of dry so" and stir it for a considerable time in two quarts of clear rain water. Filter it now through porous paper placed in a funnel, the same as druggists do their liquid preparations ; or carefully pour off the water after all the impurities have settled. Fill a tumbler with the liquid, and pour into it a little dissolved nitrate of silver, which will throw down, if salt be present, a white precipitate, which will be more or less plentiful, according to the abundance of the salt in the soil. The following are the good results that ordinarily follow the application of salt to grain fields that are deficient in it ; plumper, firmer and more numerous berries; a more tenacious stalk, which is less liable to lodge ; the destruction of several kinds of insects that are injurious to the young plant, hastening the maturity of the crop ; and the prevention, to a considerable degree, of the liability to rust. Now all these are desirable ends to accomplish, and, at a time when two bushels of salt can be bought for one bushel ol wheat, we trust that farmers will risk a little in making an experiment, even if on a small scale. It Is the usual practice to scatter the salt broad cast, at the rate of four or five bushels to the acre, after the grain has been put, in. Many farmers Who have used it is this manner, have given their testimony that their crop of wheat has been greatly increased, and the crop of weeds, bugs and worms corrcs pondingly diminished. If this is, so it is evident that salt performs two important offices, while ordinary manure performs but one. Prairie Farmer. Early Chickens. Fok this latitude and with the necessary facilities for protecting the young broods against the Btorra and inclemencies incident to the season, I esteem the months of April and May as the best for having them come forward ; while in regions further south I should prefer to have (hen hatched oat at least a month earlier. Now, this preference for early hatching is predicated in part upon the supp jsition that somebody will look after the welfare of young birds, and not allow them to be given over entirely to thei mother's care. Where they are to be abandoned entirely to their mother, and to struggle and scratch their way up as best they may be able. I think the better plan will be to al low the hens themselves to determine the time and season when they will bring forth their broods. Chickens hatched in the early spring, where properly protected and tended, ar generally more vigorous and healthy, grow more rapidly through the summer months, and make larger fowls than those arriving in latter portions of the breeding seasons. And, furthermore, pullets which come in the early spring arc bo voll matured that

they will commence laying in the ensuing fall, and lay through the winter, if they are duly fed and protected. From my own observation, I am satisfied that chickens coming in early spring are less liable to that petiferous affection called gapes (a disease which destroys thousands annually and, which is caused by a little red and threadlike worm, which is supposed to be produced through the spring rains or night dew, and finds its. way, through the food or drink of the young chick, into its windpipe, and there remains and feeds till the lungs of the little birds are perforated, and life is destroyed) than those which come at a later period, when the chilly nightdews hang heavy upon the rank grass, and the genial sunshine of May unbars the prison doors of that insect world, evoked from its long torpor, is vitalized into an active ministry of evil as well as good. American Stock Journal.

USEFUL RECIPES, ETC. It is said that passing a red-hot iron over old putty will make it so soft that it may be readily removed. Knun hen feed with a strong suds of common soft soap is recommended both as a preventive and cure of gapes. We see it stated that if weil seasoned shingles be dipped in limewash, and dried before laying, they will last much longer, and not become covered with moss. Mr. Joseph Kauris writes to the American, Agriculturist that one of the most, convenient methods of reviving chilled lambs or pigs is to bury them up to their heads in a barrel of steamed chaff or straw. Coffee is highly recommended as a neutralizer of foul odors, and can be used to advantage where other disinfectants would be inadmissable. In cases where rats or mice die in spaces between the floors of dwellings, a pound or two of freshly burnt coffee will produce the desired effect. It is also said to be incomparably superior in a sick chamber to most other disinfectants ; it has a beneficial chemical action on the atmosphere, besides giving out an agreeable perfume. Jlotrth and Ilome. Ginger Bread. Four ounces of bruised ginger root, one ounce cream of tartar, uve pounds of white or light brown sugar, and the juice and rind of one lemon. Put these in a vessel which can be covered and pour on them five gallons of boiling water. Let them stand for eight or ten hours in a cool place, and then add one pint of porter; stir thoroughly, strain clear, and bottle in strong bottles and tie the corks down immediately. Place in a moderately cool cellar, and in three or four days it will be fit for use. Exchange. Bismark's wife acts as his private secretary. Godey s Lady's Book for May. The embellishments consist of : Twining a Wreath, a steel plate; Colored Fashion-plate, six gennine fashion? ; a page of fancy work, printed in blue ; the regular extension sheet, containing forty-one engravings; The Last Dodge a street scene in Philadelphia; Chignons and Coiffures, four en graving. The work department is embellished with the usual number of useful and fancy ariicles. mine literary department are articles from pome of the best writers in the world. L. A. Godev, .fhiiadeipnia. One copy one year, f 3 ; two copies, 5; three, f7.50; four $10; five, and one extra, fl l; eight and one extra, f-21 ; eleven, and rue extra, f 27 50. Woman and her Needs. Subject by the law of nature to many physical afflictions from which man is exempt, woman is peculiarly entitled to the best efforts of medical pcience in her behalf. For a majority of the ail ments to which her sex is exclusively liable, U03lETTER'S STOMACH BfTTERS are warmly re commended on the authority of wives, mothers, and nurses, who have tested their genial tonic and regulating properties, and "know whereof they speak and also with the sanction of able physk cians, who have administered the preparation to their female patients, in obstinate cases of fune tional derangement, with the happiest results. Almost all female complaints of a special charac ter, are complicated with mental LOoom and de spondency, and the gentle and lasting exhilarat lug enects of this wholesome medicated stimu lant adapts admirably for cases of this complex nature. As a remedy for the hysteria and mental hallucinations which sometimes mark both the earlier and later crisis in the life of woman, it has no equal in the repertory of the healing art. and as a means of relieving the nausea and other unpleasant feelings which precede maternity, it is equally efficacious. Nnrsing mothers also find it an admirable invigorant. It is highly satisfactory that a preparation which embraces in its remedial range so many of the complaints common to both sexes, should prove eo eminently beneficial to the weaker one. Hear in Mind, That MISIILER S HERB BITTKRS is skillfully compounded, free from injurious component parts, agreeable to the taste, and destructive to disease. If yon detect any change from the natural functions of your system, no matter how trivial, or where located, or if disease has already entrenched itself, the really true and reliable remedy in either case is MISUSER'S HERB BITTKRS. This assertion is based upon what we know it will do in relieving, curing and warding oft diseae. For want of space we cannot detail the diversified uses of this Bitters, but its erencral effects upon the human system are to purify the hlood and secretions ; correct morbid changes in the blood, equalize its circulation, enrich its constituents and regulate its supply ; it imparts vitality and elasticity to every organ ; overcomes all functional derangements ; assists in the process of digestion ; creates a healthy appetite; prevents and cures miasmatic and intermittent, fevers, dyspepsia, liver complaint, nervous headache, kidney n tactions, and revives the physical energies by inlying new life and power into the system. A Sure Cure for a Felon. When the soreness first commences, or even when far advanced, it can be relieved and entirely cured hy holding the Sneer or part nfilicted in Perry Davis' Pnfn Killer for half an hour. It has been thoroughly tested, and proves a never-failing remedy. A felon is a troublesome thing, and we won'id advise all so troubled to test the remedy. SoH by medicine dealers generally. EARLY ROSE POTATO. NK ft. EAK1,Y KOSE Vsent by mall, post-paid, It. ( lbs. EARLY RUSK, sent by mall, post-paid, S3 00. Bert Spring Wheat in the world; the earliest and most productive Corn; wonderful yielding L iit -white and Meek weighing 4R pounds to the bushel ; Bprlng Barley: Grass Seeds; Kowla ; Egs : Hogs 5 the great Teed Cutter. 8end for the EXPERIMENTAL FA KM .KUTRN AL-mwt wtblf InMatM ftHMrf in this country only fl-50 per year. Subscribe, If you want to make your Kami pay. Address OKO. A DE1TZ. Chambershurg, fV DAVISON THORN LBSsT RASPBERRY PLANTS. For Ale by ths niece, down, hondmd or thousand. For particulars address, JOHN GAOKa (WIN. Vlnwlarrt. N. .1.. or jfijg IVurhom H. Ch lesen A Star in the East ! ! A new star has appeared In the literary circles, called Tns TYrktkr World." Its Illustrations are all prlited In beautiful oil colors, from one to S:ven, at a single Impression. 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THE GREAT FAMILY MEDICINE.

PERRY DAVIS' PAIN KILLER. 'I'HK PAIN KILLKR Is both an Internal and External Remedy. 'THE PAIN EILLRR 1 Should be used at tjio iranirestatlo.: o Cold or Cough. 'PRE PAIN KILLER A Don't fall to keep It In the house ready for ure. 'PHR PAIN KILLER A Is an almost certain cure for CHOLERA, and has, without doubt, been more successful In curing thii terrible disease than any other known remedy, or even the most eminent and skillful Physicians. In India. Africa and China, where this dreadful disease is evei more or less prevalent, the Pain Killer is conslderec by th natives as well ashy European residents In thos Climates, a sure remedy. rpiIE PAIN KII.LRK A Each Bottle is wrapped with full directions foi Its use. The good people of the West shou'.d always keep by them a good preparation, and PAIN KILLER Is that preparation . Don't be deceived by the tranj worthless stuffs oflered, such as King of Pain. Pain Paint," and the llks. The Pain Killer is knowt to be gooL IHE PAIN KILLER Is sold by all Lrugglsts and Dealers In Famll Medicines, SOKE EVKS CTRp;d. The foUowIn;; letter wll! prove themritsof Dr. Weaver's Cerate. It will cur all ernptioi.8 and diseases of the skin : "Hamilton. Ohio, Aug. 17, 180. I have been afflicted with tore and eenk ey for th last five ycur' on the recommendation of a friend, ) was lndnced to use Dr. Weaver's Cerate, and hare derived great advantage from its use. "JOHN H FALCONER" CKIiAlE SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. ELASTIC JOINT Iron Roofing Can be applied hy any one, M.VNUFACTL'ntrD RT SHOENBERGER 6c CO. Public Lamfiii'j, CtnednmtUtjÜ IN THESE HARD TIMES You cannot afford ?o pay thrne or four profits on articles of necessary use, when hy sending a Cluh to farkj:k & co.'s Great One Dollar Sale Of DRY OOODS, LINKNS. PAP.ASOI.S, ALBUM". HOSIERY, SILVKH PLATEO WAKE, JKWFLRY. CCTLKUY, FKES'CH and GERMAN FAWCY OOODH oi erery description, you can purchase any tbln in their Immense ock for ONE DOLLAR EACH. The Recret of onr low pries Is this: We hare a very large Cas'j Capital, and have buyers in all theprlncipa cities of this ("o-intry and in Vurope, who purchase FOR CASH, DIRECT FUOM THE MAM FACTORE1I8. all the goods us"d hy ns, thus savlrg the consumer the profits made by the ninorter, or Commission Merchant, the Wholesale and Retail Dra'er, each of whom demand a larirer profit than taken liv in. We eanglve 31 OK E OOODS FOK ONE DOEI.AK than the Retail Merchant for twice or three times that sum. Our :oodsare described on prin'ed checks, which will he sent n Clubs for Ten Oeata each, to pay postage, printing, &c. If the article named on the Check 's not wanted, von can exchanre from a list comnrislne Three flundrrd nuri Fifty l'pful Artlcli', amonz which are Ladihs' Pti.k 1'arasoi.s. Eatiifs' Fttte Wn'Tn TrcKKD Skirts, Silver PLaTKD Eivk Rottlkd Castors, and a larsre variety of useful articles, rt one of which can he bought in any other way for nearly double the moncv. Rf-rert-ncc will be given, if required, from the most reliable Wholesale Merchants of Ilosion and Ne York, as to our standing and the strict y honorable character of our business. rfs Wp u-ant Aeents in every town, to whom the following Commission will be paid : TERMS TO AGENTS. For n Club of 30, and Three Oollnrfi-31 vnriln Jiiurn rr fll nulled SliSrthio. trnrl nid. All wool Pants and Vest Pattern. Marseilles Onllt. 12 yards good Bod Ticking. 7 yards Red Twilled Flannel IS vards Cotton Flannel. 1 dozen rents' 1.1 nen Hand Iterrliiefn Fine wht'e (icrmai Counterpane, frlneed Handsome Balmoral skirt. Elegant dinhle clasp 100 picture Ph'ttogr.iph Album. Silver-plated engraved five-bottle Castor Elegant silk Fan. ivory or sanda wood frame, beautifully spang'ed. Handsome headed and lined Parasol. 20 yards pood Trlr.t, fast colors. Fine damask Table Cover. 1 dozen fine linen or damask Towels. Ladies' real Tnrkcy morocco Traveling Rag Delaine Iress Pattern. 6 eleeant engraved Napkin Rincs. 1 dozen fine Merino or Cofton Stockings. Violin and bow In box complete. Set Jewelry with long pendant drops. Ladles' fashionable Souare Shawl. Good Meerschanm Pipe In case. M dozen Rogers' best sliver Dessert Forks. Orone article from Club of 30 and one from Exchange 1.1st. For n Cluh of 50, find Five Dollnrs-33 ynrU nr-i rjwtht'j liromi or lUearhrd Sheeting, yff'l triil FaMonable Alpacca Dress Pattern, any color. 1 set Lace 'nrtains. 1 pair Wool R'anke's. Enjrraverl silver-plated six-bottled Castor. 3X yards very fine all wool Casslmere for pnts and vet Set of 6 Ivoryhandled tea Knives, with silver plated Forks. Handsome satin or silk Parasol, heavily beaded and lined 00 yards roM Prints, fast colors. Ladles' or rents' large real morocco traveling bag. French frame Handsome Poplin Dress Pattern. Lad'es' Cloth Cloak pattern. Ladies' fashloniMe Shawl. 1 fine large Marseilles Qui't. 2 Honevcomb Onllts. Silver-plated Cake Rasket, n'ated on fine white metal. Genuine Ifearaehara Pipe- I pair gents' Calf Boots. Orone article from Club of 30 and one from Clubol 20, or four art icW from FTClianire t.lgt. Club of 100, nndTcn Dollnr One of the following artie'es : 1 rich Merino or Thibet Dress Pattcru. 1 pair fine D imask Tab'e Cloths and Napkins to match. 1 pilr eents' French Calf Roots. Very fine all-wool Cloth for 'tidies' cloak. 6fe aonH fooi flmirn or BMdkflfJ Shying, wirrt iritis. 1 elegant high-colored all-wool plaid PopMn Dress Pattern. 1 Empress Cloth Dress Pattern. )4 vards flue Casslmere f.ir suit 1 set lvorv bu'anced-handle Knives and Forks. 1 Iad;i ' Of cents Silver Hunting case Watch. 1 Bartlett hand portable Sewing Machine Sp'ndld Family Bible, steel ensrravines. with record ami photocrraph pages 25 yard good hemp Carpetincr. eood colors. 1 pair good Marseilles Quilts 1 good six-barrel Revolver 1 elegant Eur Mult and Ca;e l sinir'e barrel Sho( Gun. l rirrer-ptated engraved six bottle Kevo'ving Castor, cut-elass bottles 1 very fine Violin and Row. incase. 1 verv fine all wool Line Shawl. 2 'tf yards double width "Reaver Cloth, f;r overcoat. Or eight articles from Exchange List. nr For a more extended list of Commissions, see Clrcn'ar. We also give Agents additional Gommlaslons. in proportion to the amount of money returned for goods. This extra commission 1s not offered by anv other honse We are the only nr.M who pay tin ir H'' nts for KNU'xn for node after thry have obtained nihserlbers to their clubs IF" lie mir to m-imI nil money by ltrifltereel Letter. SKND FOR flRfl LARS. Send your address In full, Town, County and State. PARKER & CO. Now. 98 and lOO Summer St., Boston, Hl'NTINO AND TUAPIMNO. -Instruction! with diagram and directions for maklnztrsp. a'so How ! Train Anlmnls, Including many amnsIne and wonderml tric ks ; in Nos l.'l nd 1 or Hanky's JorKHAU f newsd ih rs or, on trial. 3 Months Free v mail for 15c Jk.kse Hanet & Co.. 119 s'assau St N Y A:fnts wantfd. A new and wondernü Invention, wlmls np like a clock, kills rats, gophers, squirrels, mice, Ac, throws them and S'-ts Itself quick as its na'iie Indicates. me trap ar.d terms to iizcnts sent bv expres oh receipt of one uolla-. Adtlr cs Lk.iitni.no I rap Co., 95 Mercer M.. New York. NEW YORK VELOCIPEDE AGENGY. I am now prepared to supply Velocipedes of all the b st st vies in ush at the fallowing price, viz.: ?0. SSil. S!o. SI 00. tlftS, tlSS. Orders by ma, 1 promptly attended to. Trade sup plied. Clrealani eeat oa application V. M. MI NN. . Drondwny, N. Y. I ARISTO I 'OK UN BLflAfty' IPq we will send ymi hy return mall two papers Mlllward's ass rted five toten Need es, iHscnpwve list and circular of our UEAT OME DOLLAR SALE. Agents can earn a Silk Dress, or a Go a tfatofc, a sewing or Kniitin Machine, in a few evenings' work. Ageuts wantuJ. Ad lres. M r SERVE ft COIM Sudbury St., Boston, Maas. BH gcnt winto.1 for ths Kat StLLmo llaMJs.wl Me licinf. Krj 'amtd" or Hvrn'i " F jmi'ji laeaasalW Phym ."in ' ha colcrnl pl.te; prio. Small; .-.- , r, !4 BIO. akwaVMHl linking fjUm" wnA oUier bucks l or nrcstan Mre. Howe's Book Concern. Cia'tL O. LIVINGSTON & COm Iff FlllOT, IMTTSBCKOII, PA., Manufacturers of si I'KKU U BRXT OK CASTIIVOS ! For AGRICULTURAL IMTLKMENTS. Fence and Counter Railine, LtcM Machinery, nnd Miscellaneous Articles (ienerally, Ilequlrins either n oft or Stron Iron. tW Our arran cements .or LOW FRÜ.IUHTS to all parts of the West, ena'tle us to furnish Superior Castinrs as low as any Works In the country. Pcrfd M ater-Proof Popper Roofing. Siding. ( 'tiling, I Carpeting, WaJt-er Pipes, Eave Gutters, &c. AÖrewl 0. J. FAY & Oundm, Now Jersey. kKAFNESS, CATARRH, !CROFl'IA. atarrh and Scrofula, was enred hv a stmi le remcdv n rm w no usa suneied im rears iro n Peain.-. Her sympathy ai.d eratHude piompts her t send ths receipts free of chatfe to anv one similarly afflicted. Addi'ss Mrs. M. C. Lunonrr. Hohoken. N. .1. To mi Wobkino Clam. 1 am now prepared to furnish all classes Ith constant employment at theli homes, ihe whole of the time, or for the spare moments. Business new, light and profitable. Fifty cent to fS per even rp, Is easily earned hy persons ol either sex, and the boys and plrls earn nearly as much aa men. (treat Inducement are ottered those who srlll devote their whole time to the business ; and, that every person who tt-es this notice, may send me their address and test the buMr.es. for themselves, I make the following unparalleled offer: To all who are not well satisfied with the business. I will send l to pay for the trouble of wrltlnp me. Full particulars, directions, Ac . sent free. Sample sert by mall for 10 cents. A-idres F ( At.LKN. Aueust, Me. F1NB ALUMINIUM UOLf JKWKLRT ches, Ks: Pri ii,. si-ere limtnr... Finger Rlnps, Stuus. Plns e., richly flnl.hrd In chased or frosted pold- trom TSC ta. to M. Rend sddres, with ?0 Cts . and receive one of the above as spedPAUL LKK A CO-, Vit' Broiwy, ff. i .

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Chicago Houses. nAUWKLL J. V. Sc CO., Importers. r tt, 4-t ana w v sitasn Ave -A- Jobbers in Dry Coods and Notions. FISK D. O. Si CO., M and Lake St., Who eaale Dealers In millinery and Straw fiooda, Ladies' Furnishing and Fancy Goods. IW Orders oücUeii and satUfactlon guaranteed. H AltltlS Um II., South Canal St., Fire and Burglar Proof NalCM Sc Lock. S 1 TOW A SMITH. !W m-st Kanooipti Mreet. VELO II I. OK Ulli I I, Carriage and Va;n Wood-Work. Wagon and Carriage Makers, we can make it to your advantage to call and see u when In the city. tW Send for price list. LORING sSp KEENE, MATFACTI EKKS OF FIRST CHICAGO VELOCIPEDES, The Best Velocipede la Ihe Market. LICENSER INDER THREE DISTINCT PATENTS. Northwestern Fire ExtlnirnUlier Co., IM WAifHIXUTON ST, CHICAGO. The Board of Cnderwrlters and tie Fin; Com'ols sloners of Chicago have recommended their general Introduction T. P. Harris, La'e Kirc MaryhaJ of the city, has placed them on sale in his warehouse of firemen's materials. 6" Wells 8t., as the best thin of the kind In use. John V. Farwell A Co.. the larnest Dry Goods Jobbers In the West, have li ited the prtaM!ege of se lies: them to their customers, as ttie beet means of pro'ctlon against Are. FIIKD. K.HPFKR, Dealer in all kinds of SINGING BIRDS. FANCY POULTRY, and EGGS Of Rrtihmas. Rlack Spanish and others. wa-rnted fresh and pu-e. Cng . seds and the celebrated prepared MOCJUKG KIKD FOOD. Green 'louse Plants, Flower Beel, Bulbs. Rustic Work. Shells, &c. Also Cold Fish and Aquaria Tank. Vtt IIAPI.SO sr.. CHU a GO. MACHINERY. C.& J. COOPER & CO. SS Jllcliltraii Ave., ChUago, PBOPRIBTOBS JI Manufacture Stationary, Portable and Farm Engines ! Of 7 to 1200 Horse Power. Tubular, Locomotive and Flue WSEAM OlLER, Circular Saw Will. PORTABLE Grist Mills and Bolts, For llerchnut nnd Cuntom Flooring ."Mill. Factories, Elevator, nud I urn Also, Importers and Dealer In Circular NnwH, Kelt ins:, Paekinp;, Iloe, Lacing;, Mill toae, Boitin: Clotli. WHEAT-CLEANING MACHINERY And 8ole Apenta for Hl PATKNT I1VSERTFD TOOTH lAWm, PL. S AND DRAWINGS executed, and Mill wrishts sent direct irom the orks. to erect Knslnes ami Mills. All Machinery and ioods cuaranteeU to give batisfactiou. SJcnd for circulars. Address C. &i J. Cooper fc Co., 88 Mir bican Ave., - - ( Wcaffo, 111. IflllTftaD I A" Fnnr (rocer for PRrssiNO'a I lilkUAK I I'iraR Vinkoak. A most sptmdld article. Warranted pure and to preserve pickles. FIK&T PREMIUM at the U. S. Fair, 111. State Fair, and Chicago City Fair. Lareest works of 'he kind IB U.S. Kullshedlt4S. 339 A. '141 Stute St., Chicago. OI'FK i: OI' North-Western Fertilizing Co., Cor. Istike & Lt-.i'aUc Sta.. Chictnjo, ill. This company havlnc the control of an amount ot HONKS, lilOOII nnd MKVT. are prepared to otler to Acricultarlsts a few buudrcd Wns ol the MANURE'S mentioned heloffW The standard of each article Is gta n a. x t f d . Kaw Itnne Saprr I'hn.phnlr ot I.lrae, Price per 'iOOH lbs., - - S40 Cnsb. CHICAGO Kl.OOII MAHUftB. Price per INN lb., - - 3i I a.h. CAI.I Ml KT 1II.1. HONK DI'ST. Price per JOOU lb.. - 630Cnh. JIKAT AMD BONK til NO, Price prr '0IO lbs., - - M3 rash. Dif-'ti-u from above pn.yn to Regular Denier. TFIOSK WISHING TO TEST these Manures, are notified that they must order early or It will be Impossible to eupply them promptly. Address all ordera to, NORTH-WESTERN FERTILIZING CO., Cor. Ukkc LmSsjMe M., hlraso. III. AOKNTS WANTKI for ths onlv steel enpravlnc of OKN. OBAN I' and his famllv, puhlisned with ihetr approval, blzc 1S19. Address, GOODSFKKDA i .. 37 Park Row New York. 3O00S A LA K V. Address V. 8. Pisao OOs N. I FkBURRIt K Tr v K x ( , . O . I Kovembcr 2, tits. J LtPriNeoTT A r.AKWKi.L eor flN -I raeetvad y.ur second Red .lack-t .x per eptes. and now acknowledge the same. For the benefit ot all whose desires or necessities make It their business to chop with an axe, 1 would say : Try the Red .lacket ; and, as the Supr :ne Coart have held that a Doctor's opinion without his reasons Is o; little vslne. I will pive my reasons: Fir The Red Jacket c; t deeper than the common bit. ss It N-int roxnd on the cut. It not stick In the wood. 7ft?.f Kvery chopper with the common a m'ist dls cover that there is as much lahor and strength exind ed In takln the aieout of the cut as In maklnp the Wow. JWtA-Thls with the Red Jacket is all aVol ' ed, and from one-thtrd U onehall tllginbor is saved la cutting the same quantity, f y puttlnr 1n thauie labor that Is nece-ry with i a common ase. you can easily make at lea thirty three per cent ivonwood In the same tlmu. Ton are aafe in lettlnf any honest man try your Red .lacket on these tests, audi it taDs retund him his money, ilia , n Respectm'ly. yours. HARRT BALRWIH. For sale by all responsible dealers, abd the manufac tnieA LlVl lNron BAKKWKLL. iMnnHtsH. Pi.,l)o!t owners of Colhurn'" H"1 eet Pwt.n. Wer D the norr.itc sr. v. CHARLES A. DANA'S PAPER. The cheapest, neatest and nv rrr'b'eof New Torfc Journals. Everybody likes It Three ed'Her. ri'iT Rkmi-Wxk&lt and WiiiLv. at !. ', and a year. Full reportaof markets, arrlcnlt . Far:-h and Fmlt row em' lnha. and a complete tory la very Weekly and Rem! Weekly nuoiNr. A valuable present to every subscriber. Send ror specimen, with premium lbt, 1. W. KCLAKD.IblisAnTftaii New orlL

m mm mi mumm Manufactured by the 1 1 Ä 4 si!? XXl ir 112 . A '-n i co O