Rensselaer Union, Volume 2, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 August 1870 — Page 4

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THEM. nfcrNrw EbslanD boy loot Ma non rewmuy, by peering into a trout pond. Tut Jtvnrita romance of office aeekeri inbtaptaw.* _ Amtom the 170.000 inhebftante of Ban VtaMtolA about ditto an Gtemnx Tn Plbasamtbst Ta»— Gfe tn«ur ance, The Company—The Wheblngton FnanrYocu. American Secretary of at Park, ft writing a life of aaaadh tett It wUHwtyey to galtier thorn 1 A •toWM terrier mounted oteA‘ Wy trptteroan often beam taking an airing onHariem Lane. N. Y. Ttt dlvidands of the Washington Life aramadeand paM in cash or insurance, annally teem date of policy. Tan latest flak story Trom Northern New York la, that four men caught 1,607 trout one afternoon recently. ▲ RATYLBAnakb, with eight rattles, was killed In one of the streets of Meridan, Cqnm, a few days since. A Pbobia, HL, man has had a " revolution * that he Is to die August 16,1871, and has hla tomb-stone lettered to that effitcL • An eaghkwa* shot near BeUye, in Austria, recently, bearing a Dollar with the date IMS, a*d a partially effaced ooat-of-arma. Nxw York physicians daim that soda water was largely responsible for the great number of sudden deaths during the recant hot weather. Ajr old lady at St Landry, Louisiana, before her death, could count up over eight hundred lineal descendants, all blood relations of hern Tmb Philadelphia Ledger says: “We have had another trial in this city of a woman indicted as a ‘common soold,’ and, what is most extraordinary, the lady when she was arraigned.” A New York lady, who used eome kind of dye to produce the golden hair so much admired, has had one side of her hair tun perfectly white, and the other side of a yellowish green. At Boddin, Mo., lately, a lad was bitten on his foot by a common gray spider, and in a few days mortification took place, and large pieces of flesh .dropped out, so that his foot had to be amputated. Wun the SB,OCO insurance on the life of a Mr. Cole, late principal of the high school in Walpole, Massachusetts, was paid, the legal heirs at once handed over the amount to the young lady to. whbm he was engaged to be marned. Thu Boston Journal of Chemietry warns against the dangerous character of galvanised iron pipe when employed for conducting water to be used for culinary purposes, as it will rust even more rapidly than dean iron m most localities. The Austin (Texas} Body Journal says they had snow balling there on July 6. This luxury was due to the working of an ice machine recently established in Austin. The snow-balls were made of ice shavings. A vbrdant Rhede Islander, looking at the trench for the water pipes on William street, New Bedford, the other day, and mtetring the gas pipes, asked a byetandtr if all the streets were held together with iron rods.

A wild cat attempted to take a baby out of its cradle in a cabin near Mankato, Minn,but a little black and-tan dog attacked the catamount and fought it until the mother came in and drove the .wild beast ont with a brand of fire. Turn is the latest from Paris: “Doctor,” said a nephew, on settling the fee question for his uncle's illness, and from whose death he entertained great expectation sj “I beg, for the future, you will not interfere in family matters.” Mbs Kate Howard, who died reccnfly at Paris, Ky., at the age of 89, was six feet and one-half inch in height, and weighed 280 pounds. Her husband was six feet four inches high, and all but one of their ten children were over six feet iq, height, the tallest being six feet ten inchex Thb other day Mrs. Vincent Colyer, of East New York, after rescuing her little grandchild from being run over by. a double team suddenly put her hand to her forehead, exclaiming, in a faint voice, “I was scared so much,’’ and fell heavily to the ground, and died in three minutes. Or a recent hot morning the Oberlin, Ohio, College junior class, built up &Hre in their recitation room, and when the hour for recitation came, and with it the Professor, the heat was so intense that it was almost suffocating. The Professor stood his ground, and made the class sweat before they got through with the joke. By Prussian law every man capable of bearing arms must enter the army. _Np substitutes are allowed. He is enrolled at 20, and serves seven years, three in the regular army and four in the reserve He is then in the “ Landwehr” for nine years, and is then enrolled in the “ Landstrum ” till he is fifty. In case of war the regular army is called first, then the reserves, then the Landwehr. The Land strum is not called beyond-the frontiers. A gentleman yas recently poring over what to give a young lady friend, and at last decided that it should be a ling. “Now, my dear friend, what kind of a ring would you like!—it is so very puzzling; there are so many sorts.”—“Well, Mr. Johnson—one, you know, don’t like to make a choice in these matters—little delicate—you understand—but really, if you insist upon it—l s’pose you willwhy, I should like an engagement ring I dearly,** was the innocent reply.

A story has been told of a graceless scamp who gained access to the Clarendon printing office in Oxford, England, where the forms of a new edition ot the Episcopal Prayer Book had just been made up and were ready for the press. In that ot the “form” containing the marriage service he substituted the letter k for the letter v in the word live, and thus the vow “to love, honor, comfort, etc, so long as ye both shall live,” was made to read “ so long asye both shall like !*’ The change wa* not discovered till the whole edition was printed off. ▲ widow of New Jersey, who was once fascinating, haying noticed that her beauty was becoming daily more “modified,” and, as a consequence, less to be admired, invested in a quantity of that “refrigerative balm which restores the freshness of youth,” and applied it to her scalp and face. She was awakened on the following morning to find that her hair had all dropped out, and that her face was all covered with blotches that no effort of science could remove. She has only one desire now left unsatisfied, and that is to be brought face to face with the owner of the ’* balm,” Aa American on his travels says: “I asked a fellow touiist his opinion of the Rhine. ‘ Wai, sir,’ said he, *it is not so grand as our North River. We hain’t got them old castles, to be sure, but our water's as broad, and our rocks are twice as big, and mostly perpendic’lar.’ I remarked that the Rhine ruins were extremely picturesque, .and certainly enhanced the beauty of the river. * Wai," said he, ‘I shouldn’t wonder if our builders could put up a few if we offered them the contract, but our people don’t deal mue i in ruins, that’s a fact, and when you oome to think ot it, you can’t say there’s jnucuusein 'em’”

. A mam recently died in Paris in whose mattrees was found Bb,ooo franca Bvery morning ho went out armed with a good hunck of bread; then, taking a turn round the market he would pick a cherry here, a staawbeiry there, try a bit of cheeee, and then a eared of dried fish, Just testing and trying before baying. In this way he would ■ make hie. chief meal. Water wawMtxacnlsr dring, but on occolons he would be tafcen sick in the street, and then the charitable would run to the nearest wine shop end get a chopin for the poor invalid overcame by the weather. Tn Louisville Courier reports the case of a bdy burglar tn that city who had entered and robbed many houses with the assistance of a trained raccoon. The boy’lplaß consisted in letting the boon looefwear the house intended to be robbed, and then in asking permission to be allowed to hunt the animal, which had been taught to enter tbs premises his master had designated. While the search was going on, the boy would pack up such valuables as he could lay his hands on and escape with them unseen. The boy in his last attempt had packed up a market basket with clothing, and was making off through the back yard, when he was arrested and, after a vigorous struggle, held fast to by a young girl, and handed over to the police.

The Work of the Republican Party.

Thb work accomplished by the Republican party during the war has been repeatedly sanctioned by the nation as eminently patriotic and tucceMful. Not less qualified has it shown itielf for the work of peace—not less successful has it proved in dealing with the legacies left by a revolutionary epoch. The one tested its capacity to meet the highest strain; the otner has subjected it to the no lees trying ordeal of sustaining, with Just measures, the relaxatioas of peace. It has shown tqbsl readiness for both. The latter test has been protracted through a period of five years. During all this time Congress has been dealing with its difficult and perplexing problems. Doubtless there have been moments when criticism found necessary scope for its exenolM. But, review tag the work as a whole, no party has ever presented a grander record of administrative capacity or success. The .close of the war left the Union preserved and a raxta dßtoelpated.from But the frtedteen Were still id' a ptwurious situation. They were in the midst «f an unfriendly people, whose passions had been, arodwd by War, and whose hearts had been envenomed by the failure of all their designs. Two dangers threatened them. The first was the apparently implacable resentment of the whites, Mianifesting itself in constant persecution and repeated outrages. The second was the want of preparations upon the part of the tlaoks themselves fortheir new cratic party, the latter especially was fraught with the gravest perils.- The blacks, according to .their statements, were lazy, indisposed to work, revengefill, full of animosity toward their matters, incapable of fulfilling the requirements oi freedom, equally certain to be in perpetual trouble with the whitey and to be an unceasing embarrassment to the Government These difficulties the Republican parly had to confront. It had to protect the freedmen from outrage and develop them into fitness for citizenship. How well both of these tasks have been fulfilled, the country now thoroughly understands. The threatened w*ar of races has nut occurred. Under judicious treatment, the antagonism has passed away. All the alarming cries which the Democratic party so sedulously and clamorously raised five years ago have been falsified, and the great problem of black citizenship has been successfully solved.

So with the restoration ot the rebellious States. The war left them suffering under nolitical as well as material desolation. They had no loyal or legitimate governments. The majority of the whites were adverse to the Union. The practical relotions with the government had been severed. It devolved upon the Republican party to evolve order out of this chaos •sad those disorganized and, embittered temimtanities to their places In the sisterhood of States. Under some circumstances this might not have been ap embarrassing work But with k perfidious President reviving the rebel spirit within the breasts ot the defeated section, with the results oLhe war not acqukscediq, W ith communities split into distrusting races instead of being a homogeneous people, it was a work of great difficulty and delicacy. Thanks, however, to the persistent courage and fidelity of the Republican party, it has been successfully accomplished. The States are again restored to their full political position. They are again blooming under a rich material prosperity. Thewaste of war is being rapidly repaired. The SjUth is entering upon a new career of industrial success, and her prospects were never as brilliant and promising as they are to-day. Still more perplexing, perhaps, were the financial problems bequeathed to us by the war. We were told that the debt could never be paid. We were told tiat the ba: den of taxation would weigh us down. We were told that the only way to endure these difficulties was the issue of an unlimited quantity of greenbacks—a course which would have entailed immediate and irretrievable ruin. The Republican party met these questions as boldly and intelligently as the others. It has already paid nine hundred millions of the debt since the close of the war. It found an-annual taxation of four hundred and fifty millions sis dollars, and it has reduced it a.third. No one now questions the possibility cf easily paying the debt. No one doubts the ability of tne country to sustain without difficulty all the taxation essential to the legitimate demands of the Gowernment. The elements of the financial problem which were regarded with alarm five years ago, no longer afford scope for any apprehension, unless the Government is put into the hands of the party of repudiation.

Thus in every particular the croaking notes of the Democratic party have proved false. Instead of a country weighed down with unendurable debt and taxation, darkened by a war of races, imperiled by a separate people no longer under restraint, and at the same time unfit for the responsibilities of freedom, with a section overwhelmed by the waste of war and the worse impoverishment of an unfruitful peace— instead of all thisi we witness reviving prosperity, burdens removed, former master and slave working side by side for mutual benefit, the blacks ripening into intelligent citizenship, and the whole country, North and South, entering upon a new and brighter career. This is the work of the Republican party, and we may confidently challenge in the history ot any other party, in this country or elsewhere, the production of so great and successful a work accomplished -in so short a time and amid so many embarrassments.—AJtany Kttning Journal, July 26.

A Yarn —The Ant and the Grasshopper.

BY JOSH BILLINGS.

Once on a previous time, about 400,000 years ago, in the old ov the moon, during a verry dry spell ov weather, just after a hard frost wnen grass butter was skass, while venus was an evening star, an old ant who had lost awl her front teeth, and was twisted with the rhumatis, sot in an easy chair, near the front door ov an anthill, superintending a phatt kumell

of wheat, wick the yung anta were trleing to get down heller into their house. Just then along cum a loafing grasshopper, smoking a pipe, and singing, “Begone dull care, i pray thee begone from me," and spieing the old aunt, giv Ing orders tew the yung aunts, he stopped to nave a talk with her. “ Good teckning, old fopther Industry, good morning I” «|d the grMabugTT* A fine oernel of wheat ttott, yn 1 are rollln in2* \ ** Have yu heard the grate news! “ Dredful sharp frost last night I “ Winter will soon set in i recken I “ I herd the owls hute last night I “ Terribel bad acksident on the Harlem road yesterday I “ When dew yn think specie payments trill be took up! “ Thare I mi pipe haz gone out, kant yu lend me a match! “ How menny aunts hav yu got in yure village! “ Enny sickness amongst them ! “ I wonder if thare iz enny truth in the dispatch, that the aunts down on Sandy Creek hav all struck for higher wages! ‘‘Who do yu think yure aunts will vote for, for Justin uv the peace! “ What iz yure solid opinyun uv the new license law, will it make rum enny scarcer! “Do yu buy enny grocerys uv old Ferguson, {'hope not, he iz a mean 'old «kihflinter, he sold me only last week a pcc uv bar soap for some beeswax. “The world iz getting more full uv wussnew every day! “ I wonder if thare iz enny truth in what evrybody sez about old square Benson, that he kant pay, only now and then sum uv his dets I “ Do you see much uv the krickets nowadays! “I should really like tew know how they are getting along; rather tuff times for them i guess, yu don’t think they will winter, do yu! “ When duz the moon change now adays! “ Hev yu got any onion seed to spare, that yu kan rekommend! “ Dew yu think England will ever pay the Allabarmer klairns ! “ I kant see what makes the cockroaches so stuck up. I met one this morning, and before I could put two civil questions at him he wuz out uv sight. “ Sum folks are in such a swetting hurry! - “ Ain’t thare sum good law agin spiders bildin their webs in the grass! “ How much wheat haz yure aunt got laid up ; yu must hev sum to spare! “ I wonder if it wont up and ram be fore to-morrow? “ They tell me that maple sugar iz a drug in the market, owing to its peculiar muchness; yu kant tell, kan you, whether this iz so or not, i wish yu could I “ Mi opinyun now iz that he who lives to see next year, will see buckwheat a big crop. “ I overheard the older hens say, az I cum past nabcr Sherman’s lower bam this morning, that eggs waz gitting a good deal onplenty, and they must git tew work again I “Wellliam in an awful hurry; iam going down tew tend* a jumping match betwjsen Springsteel and Steelspnng, two yung grasshoppers; this to be the hop ov the season. “ I must be going I “I am uncommon sorry i kant stay longer, and make yu a good visit I “By the way I Old mother Industry, 1 have got a profound sekret that i want to tell yu, but i wouldn’t have it known bi ennybody for awl the world, if it should git out once, it would ruin me I” “Then keep the sekret yureself,”spoke the ant, “it iz worth more to yu than ennybody else.” This iz every word the bizzy old ant sed, but kept her eye all the time on the phatt kfeernel ov wheat, and the loafing grasshopper moved off, whistling “ Sally cum up.” remarks. This is the way with awl loafers, if they kant steal yure time with idle questions, their last dodge iz to steal yure credulity with an idle sekret. — New York 'Weekly.

The Beginning of the End

Secretary Boutwell has directed the preparation of a tabular statement showing in detail the receipts and expenditures of the government from the 80th of June, ISGI, to the close of the last fiscal year. The. statement shows from what sources the funds have been received and tor what purposes expended during this entire period of eleven fiscal years. The footings for the different years are as follows: Exp ndltnres. Receipts 1860 18 1 66 357.117 2) 4,314,983 82 1862 474,741,781 22 M,98\720 76 1863 714,7J9,99> 58 IU.BM 788 48 1861 865,214,687 86 266 682,717 44 1865 r... 1,29 312.982 41 329,567,886 (IS '866 520 809 416 99 660 250 353 10 1867 357 642 478 71 49U.634 0 0 27 1863 1' 337,340 284 86 405,638,63 382 1869 82! 1870.. 292.111,269 31 4'8,831,372 45 T0ta1515,303,760,811 23 $3,687,155,475 30 Of this vast expenditure of more than five thousand millions of money, the great proportion, of course, was required for war purposes: to put down the Slaveholder’s rebellion and save the Union. Thus there was disbursed for the regular army and volunteers the sum of $1,149,632,060,94; for the quartermaster and other staff departments for the supply of the army, $2,146,776,896 52; for the navy, $408,043 081; for bounties, $98,208,000; for pensions, $136,931,457.58; for interest on the publie debt, $851850,713.' Allthese immense items, it will be seen, are directly chargeable to the rebellion in the South, and the men of the North—every one a Democrat—who gave it moral aid and comfort. -

It will be seen that the greatest expenditures were in the years 1864 and 1865. These enormous sums of money were the most wicked financial waste of the war. For in July, 1863, the enemy was completely beaten on his right at Gettysburg, and on hia left at Vicksburg, lu November, of that year, the back-bone of the rebellion was broken by Grant’s magnificent battle of Chattanooga—Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge—and all fighting by the rebels afterwards was mere desperation and folly. It will be observed that the fiscal year 1870—the first, since the war, wholly under Republican administration —is thefirst in which the gratifying fact is presented' of larger receipts than expenditures And this fact is all the more gratifying, all the more conclusively demonstrative of the financial success of the Administration, because the taxes had already been largely reduced when Grant went into office. They have been again reduced seme sev-enty-five million dollars, and still there is a margin left, under the same economical administration, for a reasonable reduction of the public debt. Thus the beginning of the end may be seen. The great debt of the war may be removed, while the burden <?f taxation may be constantly decreased. Hsnest, faithful, economical administration, steady revenue reform, will solve our financial problem'before the croakers quit growling.— Chicago Pott.

Government Fiuances.

s<jtihng seems to trouble the Democracy so much as evidence that the expenses of the Government are-being rapidly reduced. They are perpetually alluding to Buchanan s Administration as a standard of comparison, and wholly omit all reference to the interest on the public

debt, the vaat pension list, and other coats growing out tff the War. Deducting these, then, the caet of the Government u but a mere trifle greater than in 1860 the gold, standard as a basis of calculation—and making due allowance for increase of population. In 1866, at the close ot the rebellion, the expenses of the Government were 1620,808,982.41, fr. m which they have steadily decreased to 1870, when they were, to the end of the fiscal year, $292,118 269.81. This Includes more thin $120,000,000 for Interest on public debt; $40,000,000 for pensions, the coat of the army, navy, ana appropriations of all kinds. Tre reduction this year, as compared with last, was $29,877,828 44, and the reduction of the public debt in the same time was about $160,000,000. That looks like business.—Chicago Republican

Republican Rule.

The first documentary gun of the campaign was fired by Senator Morton on Monday night last at Terre Haute, Ind. It bristles with striking points, but its chief strength is in the exhibit it gives of the financial success of the Administration and the reduction in both the taxes and the public debt under Republican rule. The last Congress left a record which will doubtless secure another Republican national legislature. It is a fact, however amazing it may appear, that Congress reduced taxation eighty millions of dollars, fifty-seven millions of internal taxes and twenty-three millions of tariff This was done tn full view of the fact that we must have, an annual yield of one hundred and sixty millions of revenue, and in the expectation that this sum could be mainly collected from luxuries. The tax was, therefore, taken off or reduced wherever it was possible. The internal tax remains only upon whisky and tobacco and upon the sale of these. The annoyance of stamping receipts was removed by abolishing stamps on receipts, and notes under 1100 no longer require to be stamped. The reduction of twenty-three millions in the tariff was made mainly upon those three articles which touch the purse of the laboring man and the man of mederjjjJj circumstances, viz.: coffee, tea and sugar. The enormous deduction should satisfy even our Democratic friends T hose who have been compelled to go ill-clad and ill-fed, and to deny their children the luxuries of their richer neighbors because of the great burden of taxation which has rested upon th 6 country, may now invest them proportion of the eights millions in such comforts and luxuries as they have long suffered for. At the same time, the Administration will conspire with Congress to better their, condition another year, for it is largely due to faith! ul collection of the revenue and economy in administering the Government, that Congress has been able to make the reduction mentioi ed. Up to this time, the Administration has reduced the public debt about one hundred and forty six millions of dollars. During the first sixteen months, up to the firtt of July, the decrease was over one hundred and thirty-nice millions, as shown by Mr. Boutwell’s stat/ment. If our Democratic friends had had the power they would scarcely have dene better than this, for, during the last sixteen months of their Johnson Administra ion, the amount of the public debt paid off was somewhat less than nine millions. Then, in collection of the revenue, the present Administration has also the advantage over the Johnson-Democrat-ic Administration. Comparing the last sixteen months of Johnson's term with the first sixteen of Grant’s, we find a difference in favor of the latter of over fifty-one millions, over thirty-two millions of internal revenue and over nineteen millions of customs duties. It is this difference which is so rapidly reducing the burdens which rest upon the people, especially upon the Democratic back, for, as an unwilling heart doubles the burden, the Democracy carry much the heaviest load. A calculation will show that Grant has paid more per month than Johnson did per year, aud it is not unfair, therefore, to infer that Democratic rule w°uld require as many years to remove the public debt as Republican rule would months. Some other facts are worthy of note in this connection. Besides reducing the taxes eighty millions, Congress, in the appropriations, reduced the-amount $31,000000 below the estimates. Another fact is, that while the Democracy complain so much of the tax burdens, none of the Democratic members voted for the tax bill making the reduction of eighty millions on its final passage.— Toledo Bl'ide.

The New Pension Act.

The new Pension act, which went into qffect July 8, contains the following provisions: Section 1. Pension agents shall prepare and transmit, within fifteen days preceding the 4th of March, June, September and December in each year, vouchers for the quarterly payment to pensioners direct, who, on or after said 4th days named, may execute and return said vouchers, and none other, to said pension agents. Sec. 2. Upon the receipt of such vouchers, properly executed, and the establishment of the identity of the person entitled to the pension, the pension agent shall immediately forward by mail, to the said pensioner direct, and to no other person, a check payable solely to the order of said pensioner, except when the pensioner is required to appear personally and receive the pension. Sec. 3. No pension shall, under any circumstances, be paid to any one but the pensioner entitled thereto, except in case of persons legally disabled, when payments may bs made to guardians; and in case of persons resident abroad, when payment may be made as provided in the previous acts.

Bkc. 4. Pension agents shall receive for all services rendered to pensioners, including postage, thirty cents, payable by the United States, and not more shall be received by them under penalty of SSOO. Skc. 5. The Secretary of the Interior shall provide blank vouchers to be used as above Stated, and regulations therefor. .yfiEC.A , Pension, agentsand their author-,' ized clerks-shall take and certify affidavits of all pensioners-who shall appear before them for that purpose, and give the check for the pension ta.the pensioner personally, and for taking any such affidavit falsely and corruptly, the affiant shall be deemed guilty of perjury, the penalty of which shall be imprisonment for five years or less, and a fine not exceeding SI,OOO. Sec. 7. The fee of an agent or attorney for the prosecution of a claim for bounty land shall not exceed $25. The agent or attorney must file (without cost to claim ant) with the Commissioner of Pensions duplicate articles of agreement, duly attested, setting forth the fee agreed upon. When nosuch agreement is filed or approved by the Commissioner, the fee shall be $lO, and no more. Bec. 8. For contract for demand, or receipt or retention of any compensation greater than above stated, the penalty shall be a fine of SSOO or less, or imprisonment for five years or Jess, or both. Sec. 9. The Commissioner of Pensions shall forward to the pension agents, withthe certificates of pension, one of the articles of agreement, if approved by him, and directions as to the pavfnent of fees. 8«c 10. The pension agents shall deduct from the amount of pension due the amount of , fee, if any, and forward the same (less thirty cents) as directed by the Commissioner.

Buried Allve in a Qnlcksand.

This afternoon the citizens of Silver Lake were shocked by the intelligence that a man by the name of Price Roberta wu partially burled in a well on Big Soldier. In company with Dr. Wood and others of this place, we repaired to the acene of the disaster. The circumstances are aa folio wa: Mr. Elmore Randall engaged Mr. Roberts to dig him a well. When he had rank to the depth of twen-ty-five or thirty feet, he commenced curbing with rather frail material, using grapevines secured by boards* When at the depth of forty feet, having dug five feet below his curbing, he was urged by Mr. Randall and his friends to come out, but having struck water he was anxious to secure the Shortly afterwards Mr. Randall’s ears were startled by the cry for help, Seizing the windlass, they dragged him up about fifteen feet, when the treacherous curbing gave way. forcing him to one side ana under the bank, breaking his hold and entangling his legs in the curbing. Burled up to his chin, and with a fearful prospect of another slide every moment, Mr. Randall, with heroic fortitude, descended the well and commenced digging him out. Death was around him and above him—on all sides —yet he worked until he had got the land away to his waist. Weak and exhausted, he was pulled out. He mounted his horse and rode after help. When we reached the spot we found Mr. Roberts still alive, and giving directions to those above how to proceed. We constructed a curbing about twelve feet long, and let it down; but, owing to the curbing below, we could not get to the bottom within three feet. Moments were eternities with the poor fellow. The first to descend the curbing was a young man of the name of Johnson, who pulled the sand away from his face, and Mr. Randall went down with a hoe. Mr. Robert’s ap peal, “ Save me, Mr. Randall," and the response, “My God, Mr. Roberts, I will save you if I can I” struck deep into the hearts of those above. This noble youth worked until, fainting and exhausted, he was pulled up and placed on a bed, and restoratives given to him. An rienced well-digger was next to go down. He worked faithfully, but gave up all hope of getting him out. The sun had Set, and deep down in the darkness of that “chamber of death.” Mr. Roberts still continued to give directions. Dr. Ward went down with a lantern. A bottomless box was lowered, which the Doctor placed over his head to protect him from the quicksand. We were fulfilling other orders of the Doctor when he exclaimed, “He is gone!” Another slide completely covered him, and almost fastened the Doctor in. Every effort was nut forth to save him, but in vain. We returned home with the sad reflections that we had seen a fellow-being buried alive.— Kansas Journal.

Jams and Marmalades.

Peach Marmalade.—The fruit of this preserve, which is a very delicious one, should be finely flavored, and quite ripe, though perfectly sound. Pare, stone, weigh, and boil it quickly for three-quar-ters of an hour, and do not fail to stir it often during the time; draw it from the fire, and mix with it 10 ounces of well refined sugar, rolled or beaten to powder, for each pound of the peaches; clear it .carefully from scum, ana boil it briskly for five minutes; throw in the juice of one or two good lemons; continue the boiling for three minutes only, and pour out the marmalade. Two minutes after the sugar is stirred to the fruit, add the blanched kernels of part of the peaches. Peaches stoned and psred, four pounds ; three-quarters of an hour. Sugar, two and a half pounds; two minutes. Blanched peach kernels; three minutes. Juice of iwo small lemons; three minutes. Greengage Marmalade.—When the plums are thoroughly ripe take off the skins, weigh, and boil them quickly without sugar for 50 minutes, keeping them well stirred ; then to every four pounds add three of good sugar reduced quite to powder, boil the preserve from five to eight minutes longer, and clear off the scum perfectly before it is poured into jars. When the flesh of the fruit will not separate easily from the stones, weigh and throw the plums whole into the preserv-ing-pan, boil them to a pulp, pass them through a sieve, and deduct the weight of the stones from them when apportioning the sugar to the jam. The Orleans plum may be substituted for greengages in this recipe. Greengages, stoned and skinned, six pounds; 50 minutes. Sugar, four and a half pounds; five to eight minutes. Gooseberry.—Stalk and. crop six pounds of the small, red, rough gooseberry, put them into a preserving-pan, and, as they warm, stir and bruise them to bring out the juice. Let them boil for ten minutes, then, add four pounds of sugar, and place it on the fire again; let it boil, and continue boiling flor two hours longer, stirring all the time to prevent its burning. When it thickens, and will jelly upon a plate, it is done enough. Put it into pots, and allow it to remain a day before it is covered. Blackberry.—ln families where there are many children, there is no preparation of fruit so wholesome, so cheap, and so much admired, as this homely conserve. The fruit should be clean, picked in dry weather, and to every pound of berries put a half pound of coarse brown sugar; boil the whole together for three-quarters of an hour or one hour, stirring it well the whole time. Put it in pots like any other preserve, and it will be found most useful in families; it is medicinal for children. White or Red Currant Jam.—Pick the fruit very nicely, and allow an equal quantity Of finely pounded loaf sugar; put a layer of each alternately into a preserving pan, and boil for 10 minutes ; or they may be boiled the same length oi time in sugar previously clarified and boiled candy high. Black Curbant Jam.—Allow equal weight of dipt currants and of pounded loaf sugar; bruise and mash the fruit in a preserving-pan over the fire; add the sugar; stir it frequently; when it boils, skim, and let it boil for 10 minutes.— Western Rural. The Phrenological Journal and Packard's Monthly for August makes Its appearance somewhat later than aenal, on account of a fire which occurred in the building where it is put in type. Its contents, however, are as interesting and as valuable as ever. We note one or two articles from the long list. “ Madame Demorest,” the well-known modiste, is portrayed and sketched ; “ Sanity vs Insanity,” treats of the conduct of Insane Asylums; “Physical Education,” is learnedly and Instructively discussed; “Persona's and Ma.rlmonials ” receive a severe handling by a well known writer. We commend this August number to the reading community. P.ice •It) cts. $3 a year. Published by S. R. Wells, No. 389 Broadway, New Yorkr Every Saturday.—Chapter seventeen of “The Myrtery of Edwin Drcod” Is given in No. 81 A double-page illustration, in the shape of a supplement, of the late State Ball at Buckingham Palace, six full-page engravings, and a likeness of Alfonso, son of the ex-Queen of Spain, and heir-apparont to tiro crosn, comprise the excellent pictorial display in this number. Fields, Osgood & Co., Boston. 75.10 per annum.

DaViu' Pain Killer.—From the reports ot dca’crs in this city, we think no proprietary medicine has had a larger sale. Its valuable properties, «s a speedy cnre lor pain, cannot fail to be generally appreciated, and no family should be witbontlt, in case of accident, or sudden attack of dysentery, diarrhea, cholera morbus, and even Asiatic cholera yields to its made power, aa wo see by reports from those sect’ons In the southwest where the disease has been particularly virulent the part summer.— Hohtreal Traiucripl.

The Lift Saatalnlßr Prtoelplft •The vital ano u>. saasentor syrtenw are e*tlrtly distinct from each other. A man may have the brawn of a Herenlea, but if he to deficient in vital energy, bo will not wear as well, or last aa loot or be aa healthy and happy while he does last, aa the man of ordinary, or even slender build, who poe- ****** a larger share of this animating principle. One of the greatest recommendations of that pure vegeubie Invigorant, Hostetter's Btomach Bittern, In that ft increase* the vital force of the system. No medicine can double the volume of a man’s muscle,nr thicken and vulcanise his thews and sinews; but Hostetter’s Bitters has an effect much more important. Its use promotes constitutional vigor. It reinforces the life-power, of which bon# and sinew and muscle are merely the instruments holding the same relation to it that machinery does to steam. Let the slight and apparently fragile take heart, they may have more stamina, though far lees physical strength, than the broad shouldered athletes they regard with envy. To restore, to sustain, to increase this staminal principle which, when in full supply. Is the source of health and the beat guarantee of longevity, to a special property of the famous restorative. It Is not only a specldc for dyspepsia, bllonsness, intermittent fevers, constipation, Ac., and a preventive of all diseases of a malarious character, but the best of all medicines for strengthening the constitution and awakening the powers of nature from whatever cause they may have become lethargic. Batchelor’s Hair Dye. This splendid hair dye to the best in the world, the only true and perfect Dye; harmless, reliable, Instantaneous; no disappointment; no ridiculous tints; remedies the ill effects of bad eyes ; invigorates and leave# the hair soft and beautiful black er brawn. Bold by all Druggists and Perfumers, and properly applied at the wig Factory, 16 Bond street. New __ ______ IV you do not teei wen you senu tor a doctor, h* calls upon you, looks wise, scrawls some hieroglyphics upon a piece of paper which you take to a drug store and there pay 60 cents to <I.OO, besides the doctor’s fee, for a remedy nine times out o! ten not half so good as Dr. Monsn’s Ixdiax Hoot Pills, which cost but S 6 cents per box. Do you think the former the best, because you pay the most for it f If you do, wo advise you to use, just as an experiment, the Monsn’s Ixdiam Root Pills. They arc prepared from a formula pro nonneed by the most learned physicians of our country, to be the best and most universal of family medicines. The Mobss’s Indian Root Pills cure Headache, Liver complaints, Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Female irregularities, Ac., and are put up both sugar-coated and plain. Give them a trial. Bold by all dealer , Dnrno’s Catarrh snuff Strengthen* Weak Byes—lmproves the Hearing, Relieves Headache, Promotes Expectoration, Cure* Catarrh in its worst forms, and sweetens the Breath. It contains no Tobacco, is mild, and promotes a pleasant sensation and beneficial results to all who appreciate “ A Clear Head." Sold everywhere by Druggists. Kidder A Wbtherull, Agents, 104 Wllliam-st.. New York.

Railroad Gazette. The Railroad Man’s Paper An Illustrated Weekly Quarto Journal, or Twenty-Four Pagej, Devoted to 1 and Law, Operations. Mechanics. & gJLW/A *<>"<*• V j A-dvertisinff. TERMS: $3 per Annum; Single Copies, 10 cents. A. N. KELLOGG. Publisher. 101 Washington St., Chicago. Tbe most Popular Medicine Extant. 18401 Thirty - Tears ! 1870 Since the Introduction of PERRY DAVIS’ PAIN KILLER. Thirty years it hw been before the public and tn that time has become known in ail parts of the world, and been used by people of all nations It remains, that same rood and efficient remedy. Its wonderful power tn relieving tbe most severe pains has never been equaled, and it has earned its world-wide popularity by its intrinsic merit. No curative agent has had so wide-spread sale or given such universal satisfaction. Directions accompany each bottle. J. N. HARRIS & CO., Bole Proprietor*, Cincinnati, Ohio. Bold by all Druggist*. SOMETHING NEW! Will all those Afflicted with Cough or Consumption Read the following and learn the value of AnBEN’S LUNG BALSAM. DR LLOYD, of Ohio, Surgeon In the army during the war, from exposure, contracted consumption. He aaya: “I have no hesitancy In stating that It was by the use of your LUNG BALSAM thatsl am now ailve and enjoying health.” DR. FLETCHER of Missouri, says: “ recommend your BALSAM In preference to any other medicine lor Coughs, and it gives satisfaction. ALLEN’S LUNG BALSAM I* the remedy to cure all Lung and Throat difficulties. It should be thoroughly tested before using any other Balsam. It will cure when all others fall. Direction* accompany each bottle. J. N. HARRIS A CO., Sole Proprle ors, Cincinnati, Obio. EWSOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. Ask for the « orient” flavoring ex TRACTS—The Purest and Bast In use. L. J. HITZ A Cl)., 841 Bt*te-st„ Chicago.

SDRS ACE’S CATARRH

This Is NO PATENT MEDIoINK HUMBUG, gotten np to dupe the ignorant and credulous, nor Is it represented as being “ composed of rare and precious substances brought from the tour comers of the earth, carried seven times across the Great Desert of Saharah on the backs of fourteen camels, and brought across the A lantlc Ocean on two ships." It Is a simple, mild. eoo'Mng Remedy, a perfect Specific lor Catabsh and "Cold in tbb Hbad," also tor offensive Breath. Lou or Impairment of the Sense of Smell, Taste or Hearing, Watering or Weak Eyes, Pain Or pressure in the Head, when caused, as they all not untrequently are, by the violence ol Catarrh. I offer, in good faith, a standing reward *SOO for a case or Catarrh that I cannot cure. FOR SALE BY MOST DUGGIBTB EVERYWHERE. Pbiob 50 CXN ra. Sent by mall, postpaid, on receipt of Sixtt Cxxts. Four packages for *2.00 or 1 Dozen for *6.00. Send a two cent stamp for Dr. Sage’s pamphlet on Catarrh. Address the M D ‘ PurrADO, N. Y. CORNS & BUNIONS. oat pain or use of knife. Price, 50 cents. Sold everywhere. Who! csale, 98 Broadway, New York- Address letters, A. II AV ENJ, P. O. Box, 4954, New York. Don’t Shock the System. Never uunltasy,. tern weakened by disease with violentJlfj'jjj*"**; Convulsive purgation leaves the discharging organs powerless to resume their natural back to a healthful regularity, by an Invigorating as wll as a cleansing process, ar.dfcr this purpose emplov tha mo-t delightful of all hes. Tab bast’s KrPBRvjttoKKT Bmltzbb Ap«ri«wt. ballne medicines are pronounced by the very highest medical authorities btst adapted to this end, and of all Sffies of £1 class the Je?U r Aperient is the mildest, the gg Black aa the Raven’s Wing Is Kidder’s Raven Indelible ink. it flows freely, never blots, snd never fades. Used ss easily sa common Ink, with a steel or s quill pen. Remember. "Raven “‘“’"g Manufacturers, N. Y.

A 8 RE AT MEDICALDISCOVERY Dr. WALKER'S CALIFORNIA VINEGAR BITTERS j Hundreds of Thousands ?f j h iff Mi WHAT ARE THEV?hs 511 / —si* b; / \ m $r 6) ■ rd Hi Sa? 5-i h: i! ’’Qw is tesn si:'* O t « THEY ARE NOT A VILE » 9 *saF ANCV DRINK, m Mad* of PoorJßam, Wbiakey, Proof Bplrj 1 and Rcfu*e Liquor* doctored, spiced and sweetened to please the taste, called " Tonic*,” "Appc'.’xer*,” " Restorer*," Ac., that lead the tippler oa to drunkenness and ruin,but are a true Medicine, made from the Native Roots and Herbs of California, li-eo from all Alcoholic Stimulant*. They arc thu GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER and A LIF.I GIVING PRINCIPLE a perfect Renovator ’.nd Invlgorator of the System, carrying off all poison”-.-* matter and restoring the blood to a healthy condltv.a. No person can take these Bitters according to dl.-t----tlon and remain long.upwcll. 81U0 will be given for an incurable case, provided the bones are not destroyed by mineral poison or other means, and the vital organa wasted beyonu ‘.he point of repair. For Inflammatory and Chronic Rheumatism and Gout, Dyspepsia, or Indigestion, Bilious,Remittent and Intermittent Fevers Diseases of the Blood, Liver, Kidneys ap .' Bladder, these Bittershave been most succe-.-ful. Such Diseases are caused by Vltiat. '. Blood .which Is generally produced by deraugeme ut of the Digestive Organs. DYSPEPSIA OR INDIGESTION, Head ache, Pain In the Shoulders, Coughs, I'lgbtness of t M Chest, Dizziness, Sour Eructations of the Stomach, Bad taste In the Mouth, Bilious Attacks, Palpitation of the Heart, Inflammation ot the Lungs, Pain in thu regions of the Kidneys, and a hundred other painful symptoms, are the offsprings of Dyspepsia. They Invigorate the stomach, and stimulate the to* pld liver and bowels, which render them of unequal!®., efficacy In cleansing the blood of all Impurities, and Imparting naw life and vigor to the whole system. FOR SKIN DlSEASES, Eruptions,Tetter,gelt Rbuem,Blotches, Spots, Pimples, Pustules, Bolls,Carbunclos, Ring-Worms, Scald Head, Sore Eyes, Eryslp. elas. Itch, Scurfs, Discolorations of the Skin, Humor* and Diseases of the Skin, of whatever name or nature are literally dug up and carried ont of the system In a short time by the use of these Bitters. One bottle In such cases wIU convince the most Incredulous of their curative effect. Cleanse the Vitiated Blood whenever you And Its Impurltlcsburstlngthrough the skin InPimples,E-up-tlons or sores ; cleanse it when yon hnd It obstructed and sluggish In the veins; cleanse It when It Is foul, and your feelings will tell you when. Keep the blood pure and the health of the system will follow. PIN, TAPE and other WORMS, lurking tn tho system of so many thousands, are effectually destroyed and removed. For full directions, read carefci '• the circular around each bottle, printed In four mugnages—English, German, French and Spanish. J. WALKER, Proprietor. R. H.MCDONALD & Cif. Druggist* and Gen. Agents, San Francisco, Cts. and 32 and 31 Comnierce Street, New York. nr SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS AND DEALERS.

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