Rensselaer Union, Volume 3, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 February 1871 — Page 4

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to Kbet Dht—Live oa codfish. DAiroraocN Associates—Those who «ie “dressed to kiU.” I» yon here means, live within them; if yea have not, live without them. The seed cane in Louisiana was seriously injured in December, and the sugar crop of 1871 will be short. Thk Washln&tou Life is substantial in its assets, elevated in its standing, and carefttlh? energetic in its management.—Geo. Swinging is said by the doctors to be very good exercise for a person's health; but many a poor wretch has come to his death by it. * A oovntryman went to the Terre Haute, Ind., gas works the other day for a jug full of gas to burn in a coal-oil lamp. " A New York cat was so rash as to lick the cheek of a lady of improved complexion, and in a few minutes was no more. West Virginia law requires ministers to give bond for $ 1,50 J before they arc authorized to perform the marriage ceremony. “The prisoner has a very smooth countenance.” “Yes—lie was ironed just before he was brought in.” That accounts for it. A man in Washington got back a stolen qpat worth (10 by legal process at a cost of $25 for lawyer's fees and loss of wages. A sharp young woman says there is nothing more touching in this life than to see a poor but virtuous young man struggllhg with a weak moustache. A widow holding a policy in the Mutual Lite, of Chicago, on her deceased husband's life, gets the money herself. It cannot be taken for his debts. Imports at New York dining a recent week amounted to $9 ,705,764, one of the heaviest values ever reported in a single w eek. The duties were nearly $2,000,000. A Major in the Peruvian army has constructed a monumental clock in Lima, which is said to be as wonderin', as the famous Strasbourg clock. Good wliisslers are getting 'skar««-, 75 years ago they were plenty, but the desire tew get ritch, or tew hold offls, has took the pucker out of this honest and cheerful amusement. —Josh Billings. Mr. “ Chaw ls Thawmpson ” recently ran his head against a young lady during a cotillion. “ Ah! excuse me, deah,” he cried; “did it hurt, ah? ” "No, sir,” she replied, “ it’s too soft to hurt any thing.” Is Louisville, a few days ago, John Hayden scratched his hand with a bit of glass, and died within forty-eight hours thereafter, erysipelas attacking the wound and spreading into the heart. An old lady in New Jersey, having read an account of the bursting of a grindstone in a manufacturing establishment, became terribly alarmed least the grindstone standing in her cellar should burst and blow the house up. A brutal man in Marblehead, Mass., went home drunk the othert day, and tluust his wife out of doors and broke her leg. It was set, and a few nights afterwards he Went home, drunk again,' and broke her leg again in two places. A quAiST old gentleman of an active, stirring disposition, hail a man at work in his garden who was quite the reverse. “ Jones,” said he, “did you ever see asnuil ?" “ Certainly,” said Jones. “ Then,” said the old boy, “ you must have met him, for you never could overtake him.” A mathematical friend is bothering his head over the following problem : ls--4 dogs; with 10 legs can catch 89 rabbits with 27, in 14 minutes, how many legs must the same rabbits have to get away from 8 dogs with 32 legs, in 17 minutes and a half—allowing 365 days in the year. Portland, Me., rejoices in a useful Newfoundland dog. Let a horse runaway and he immediately seizes the bit, and by his united strength and dead weight stops it almost iustanter, and thereby prevents a smash-up, if not more serious consequences.

An ingenious wife in Des Moines, lowa, cured iter husband of snoring thus: She had a gutta percha tube, with two cupshaped ends; one she put over his nose and mouth, and the other over his ear. He consumed his own nose, as a stove 'does its smoke, and woke up instanter. In a remote part of Germany, a farmer recently yimed up with his plow 13,000 Koinan coins, of an uknowu metalic composition. They are thick and heavy, and date back to M&rc Anton}', Hadrian and Commodus. The heads are finely done, and the Inscriptions unusually plaiu. The Lafayette (Ind.) Journal says: We saw a mau at the hay market, yesterday, who followed a _poor cow some" distance, and took a wisp of hay out of her mouth, which she had filched from his load. That man will never die poor.” The Kenosha (Wis.) Telegraph -tells-jof a woman in that city who placed a pockef- . book containing S3O in parlor stove for safe keeping. While absent from home, her husband built a fire in said* parlor stove, and said pocket book and contents are not. Ik Chihauhau, Mexico, a gold field has been discovered at a place Called tlormigas, twenty leagues from the capital. The discoverer gathered twenty ounces of gold in one day. People are flocking there in masses, it is said, and all are doing well. Farm laborers are abandoning their work. A would-be-school-teacher in Alabama replied to a question by one of the examiners, “Do you think the world is round or flat?’' by saying, “Well, some people think one way ami some another, and I'll teach round or flat, just as the parents please.” Boston apothecaries are moving for a law declaring in effect that no person shall be allowed to engage in the retail drug business unless he have a diploma from a regular college of pharmacy, or has passed a satisfactory examination before an examining board, after serving a regular apprenticeship of four years in a dispensary. • The Portland (Me.) Company have completed a mammoth fog-whistle for the Lighthouse Department. It is the largest whistle ever manufactured in the United States, and, probably, in the worid. It is an 18-inch whistle, weighs some 450 pdfinds, and will require a steam boiler of 50-horse power to furnish the steam to blow it. ; | The young man who will distance his competitors is he who masters his business, who preserves his integrity, who lives clearly and purely who devotes his leisure to the acquisition of knowledge, who never gets in debt, who gains friends by deserving them, and who saves his spare money. About twenty couples in New Orleans have been greatly shocked upon learning that a clerk in Judge Shelley's effice forged the name of the Judge to their marriage licenses, and appropriated to his own use the money that they paid therefor. They do not quite know whether they are legally married or not Four couples were married in Bath, England, a short time since, who were all deaf and dumb, and, not being able to go through the service in the customary manner, followed the minister in his reading by running their fingers along the print ,- and, when the all-important question was reached, “Wilt thou have/’ etc., they nodded their asie it. Worcester, Mass., has a milk vender who occupies a room fitted up with a large tank or can, bolding about 180 gallons, into which pure milk is put. Every lime the receptacle is supplied, however,

40 gallons of a mixture of burned mote, see, chalk, salt and water are added, and the whole mixed together and aold as genuine country milk. The oilier day, this man, named Whipple, waa flrifed SSO for this cheat. TnK late Lieutenant-Governor Htnry W. Cushman, of Massachusetts, left a beSuest of SIO,OOO, to bo given after the oath of his w idow, to the first town in the State, of not less than 1,000 inhabitants, which shall take his family namo. If uo town in Massachusetts adopts the name within five years from Mrs. Cushman's death, any town of the needed, population in the United States may receive it by adopting the name of Cushman. An ambitious amateur who had put up the play of the “ Isdy of Lyons” as a complimentary testimonial to himself, appeared before the curtain at the end of tnc first act and addressed the audience as follows : “ Ladies and gentlemen, With your kind permission, I will conclude the evening’s entertainment by singing 1 1 would not die in Springtime,'as I find thq part of Plaudc a little too hefty for mo." WE heard of a boy the other day who accidentally swallowed a silver half dollar. They gave hinj warm water and tartaremetic, and antimonial wine, anil poked their fingers down his throat until the lmy thought he would throw up his toe-nails After a while, a doctor eamc alone who understood such cases. He administered a small dose of patent medicine, and in less than ten minutes thfe boy threw up the half-dollar in fivc-cent pieces. Science, is a great thing.

The following notice has been published in an exchange: “Died—After a short illness, yesterday, my wife, leaving behind her three infant children. In the hope that her poor soul is with God, I beg to inform my customers that my store will be as well furnished as formerly, having confided my business to my principal clerk, who is extremely Intelligent and as well vefsed in the business as the deceased herself. N. IL—Fresh corned bsef just received.” One of the smallest newspapers on record is a copy of he Soir, which was sent out of Pari# not long ago. It had been compressed by means of photography, into a sheet only three and a half by two and a half inches. Nevertheless, this Lilliputian journal contained the full contents of an ordinarysized number, and could be read easily with the aid of a good microscope. It was printed on one side only of the little sheet, and lie.ded with a notice that it must be read as a transparency —that is, against the pane of a window—aiul with a magnifying glass. “ A member of the bar” through one of the New York papers, recommends that the members of the legal profession throughout the United States send five dollars each to Mr. Clurries O’Conor. to be invested by him in Government bonds, and the bonds sent to the daughters of Chief-J ustice Taney, as “ a just tribute to the memory of a great lawyer, whose judi cial integrity was never quest ioned.” The ladies in question are endeavoring to supEort themselves ar.ddhcir aged mother by aril 'work, very poorly recompensed, tis copyists in Washington. A Cleveland, Ohio, dentist has got into trouble. A young lady went to him to have a tooth extracted. The dentist examined all liertceth, and attempted to argue her into the belief that she should have her front teeth extracted and au artificial set inserted. She firmly delined. Her front teeth had given her no trouble, and she wished only to part with the one which had been rebellious. So the dentist administered gas. Byand-by the lady was aroused to consciousness by pain, and discovered that the operator had already taken out three front teeth, and apparently intended to proceed farther. The dentist has been arrested for assault and battery. A letter from Conneaut, Ohio, says: “ The rites of baptism wdre administered to ten persons, Sunday, at the creek just east of the village. The weather w’as bitterly cold and the stream full of floating ice. Among the number was one old lady, upward of 70 years old, whose feebleness of body, as well as her own judgment, seemed to question the expediency of being immersed in the chilling water. As she neared the brink she shrank from the requirement, -but was at length prevailed upon to have the rite administered, which was done without any serious consequence.” Tiik Boston Traveller says: “A lady who hail been boarding at it Southern Hotel, among sick and dying Northern people, writes indignantly to her friends about the cruelty of sending hopeless invalids away from the convenience and comforts of Lome, to suffer and die among strangers, without any hope comforts ana alleviations. And yet, physicians are continually’ doing this same t iling. Having a patient for whom they can do nothing, they send him South, with the delusive hope of recovery, when there is nothing before him but a sad and solitary death, away from home and friends. In the incipient stages of disease, and when the patient is well enough to take care of himself,, and to bear without great guttering the rough and tumble of ‘a life abroad,' it may be an excellent prescription to try a Southern climate; but where disease has got a firm hold, the cases are very few in which an experiment is advisable or safe.”

Personal Recolleetions of Distingnished Men.

BY THE “FAT CONTRIBUTOR.” My-only recoollection of" Demosthenes is ltis attempting to speak a piece at a dis-trict-school exhibition when he was a boy, and breaking down. He was reciting the familiar lines: Yon'd scarce expect one of my age. To speak In public, on the stage; If I should chance to fall below Demosthenes or ” At this point lie hesitated, put the corner of his apron to his eye, burst into tears and sat down, totally overcome by the allusion to himself and by the novelty of the situation. Cicero, who was a lad at the same school, made fun df - Demosthenes, asking him, derisively, if he hadn't better go and hire out for an orator! I was with Julius Ciesar when he passed the Rubicon. He held a good hand, and I told'him he had better order it up, but he penned. The result is well known; he lost the game, Alexander the Great and myself were schoolmates. ,We were brought up little f'rls together. lie used to amuse himself, remember, by smashing up all the globes there were In school, and then sit down and cry because there were no more worlds to conquer. I happened to be with him when he cut the Gordian Knot. Many others had tried in vain to do it. It was “knot for Jo.” Smart Aleck came along and cut it the first time trying, w ith a patent corn-cutter. Nero had one of ike most sensitive organizations I ever knew, and keenly sympathized with human woes. I have seen him sit in the ampitheater at Rome and weep bitterly when captives -were tom in pieces by wild beasts. It is a base slander to say he fiddled while Rotne'Was burning. He belonged to a fire-engine company, and I saw him!, working at the breaks mysetftSome one saw him as he helptd to break’er down, and'in the excitement of the moment thought he was fiddliiig, and so reported. I knew Shakspcare as long ago as when he tended store for the Merchant of Venice and sold the Prints of Denmark by the yard. He was an honest lad with the yard-stick, giving Measure for Measure. He always wanted to be an actor and was j

perpetually quoting Bhakspeare to customers. People used to leer at him for it; I have even seen the King Lear. Bhaks pemro only laughed, and said they were making Much Ado About Nothing, adding, “ you can have it As You LlkeJt’’ He was fond of the ladies, and popular scandal associating ids name with certain Merry Wives of Windsor, his employer raised such a Tempest about his ears that he ran away and Joined a variety company. He made his debut as first grave-digger in Otbnilo. Diogenes waa one of the most eccentric, men 1 ever knew. His mother was a washerwoman and he lived lu her tub, except op wash days, when she had to use it to make a living for him. Although he Sts a good deal of credit nowadays for ving lived in a tub, he didn’t at the time of it. The neighbors used to call him a lazy, shiftless fellow, lolling around in a tub, talking philosophy to a lot of other good-for-nothings iustondof working for a living. ' *

A good deal has been said about his going around the streets of Athens with a lantern “to find a man.” *1 saw him at the time. He wanted to find a man that would' stand treat. The greatest remark of his "that has liccn preserved, was when lie said: “If I could live Alexander the Great, I had rather Di-ogenes!" Columbus was a mild, sweet-disposi-tioned, but exceedingly thoughtful boy, as ns I remember him at school. When we boys were out playing, he would sit and weep for hours over the incompleteness of the maps of the period. He felt as though something was wanting. lie wasn't satisfied with three-ijuartess of a globe, such as was employed in the schools at that time. He pined for the other quarter. I recollect liis borrowing a quarter of me on two of three occasions. He used to tell us we were a continent out, somewhere, and that when he got big enough he meant to mil way from home, go on the canal and discover it; but we only laughed at him, little thinking he would yet give his name to the State capital of Ohio. I lost all traces of Christopher until years afterward, when the telegraph brought the announcement of his having discovered America, which, up to that time, bad successfully eluded the most persistent. efforts of our best discoverers.— Cincinnati Times.

Republican Achievements.

Both in war and in peace the Republican party has marked its way by achievements of a most beneficent character. It has wrestled- with and overthrown national corruptions to which all other l>arties were held subservient. Mightier foes never confronted any party, and grander or more complete triumphs were never before gained by any party. That patliized with by a powerful faction in the loyal section as weli as embracing the entire force of eleven of the States of the Union. It abolished slavery, restored the national authority, established order, and gave to the people of all races and of every condition t heir proper places of citizens andvoters in a free republic* making us what no other republic has ever been, a nation with no class of its male citizens permanently shut out from a share in the government. The moral triumphs and the martial victories of our cause have been grand and glorious, but they have not been our only achievements. The Republican part}’ has given the country a revenue system, wisely adapted to the necessities and exigencies of the times, which, without a change in the principle which pervades it, may be readjusted and modified as circumstances and contingencies may require. Under that system the country has been prosperous and free from financial disaster and revulsion to on extent never known for any ten years of our previous history. Our cities have grown as if conjured up by the power of Ithuriel’s wand. Our manufactures have advanced to a higli degree of perfection. Capital has found remunerative investments, and labor has been in- constant demand and has been more highly remunerated than ever before. The farmer has had a ready sale for all his. products, with nearer market* and better pay than he ever knew before. And, notwithstanding the opposition and denunciation with which interested combinations have met that system, the country has grone forward with more steadiness and less interruption than was known in the days when the Democracy bore the burdens of the government. But not the least of the triumphs of this party of reform has been vanquishing the treacherous, inconvenient, heterogeneous l>aper currency with which the Democracy cursed the country. State banks, with their currency, like the doctrine of State rights was a source of immense mischief and loss. The currency of Ohio was at a heavy discount in New York. The currency of one State was sometimes by law interdicted from entering another. Counterfeiters then had their golden age. Bank note detectors were a household necessity. Every mail brought news of bank failures, and set every man to inspecting the contents of his pocket book to see how much ’the latest bank-break had cost him. Happily for the country, all this is changed. We have a safe national currency—good from Maine to Texas. Bill-holders handle it without fear. It has one value all over this great continent. The money the Ohio or Indiana merchant takes for goods at his counter redeems his obligations without cost in the cities of New York or Baltimore.—Toledo Blade.

The Education of Boys.

A whiter in the Providence (R. I.) Journal offers well-considered advice, as follows: Each child has a natural aptitude for, and gratification in, some especial study, employment or pursuit. One takes to music,.another to mathematics; some boys turn spontaneously to mercantile undertakings, others are bom book-worms; it is the duty of parents to acquaint themselves with, and direct these inherent tastes. Few peoplC can do many things well, but almost all, with the proper training, could perform successfully, if not with marked superiority, in some one line of life. Superadded, then, to the general education requisite in all conditions, there should be the full development of any particular valuable faculty. 1) Excellent are our common and high schools, and important as may be a collegiate education, there is the further necessity—if the highest attainable point is to be reached—that the dedication of the life be made to that calling which the natural capacity .of the youth best fits him for. A large proportion of those who are stranded in the early part of the voyage of life, are wrecked because they, or others for them, have mistaken their vocation. They go on year after year, like an axle that is always cither robbing in its bearings, or hot from friction. They may rob j through with a decent success, but it is by haid effort and.-with an abiding dissatisi faction. We are inclined to think that the rage for entering professional life is somewhat abating, it having given place to that thirst for gofil which is promised a speedier satisfaction in commercial life. But every | youngster desires to begin where his father | left off, and most are likely to leave oft' : where their father began—in poverty.,

To Make Stewed Oysters Tender.

Turn the oysters wilh the liquor into a conveuit nt dish. With a fork remove each oyster to another disn, passing it as you do so through the oyster liquor, in order

to wash off any bits of shell, etc. When all have been removed, strain the liquor through a fine sieve, which will retain the bits and yellow crabs. Home people eat' these little crabs, but I reject them from an oyster stew as they suggest carelessness. Put the strained liquor into the kettle with the [quality of water or milk you think proper, and set to boil. Add rolled cracker and salt. A little mace (only a little) is a great addition, as Jt brings out the oyster tvor j Ido not put in pepper as some guests do not like it, and the color of the soup is not so good. Each person can suit his own taste by using either the black or Cayenne. The dearer and whiter a soup appears, the better it will be relished. I omit cracker in a dinner soup; each guest must be supplied, however, at the table. Keep- out the oysters until ail the ingredients of the soup are added, and until-it thoroughly boils. Now add the oysters. As soon as it comes to a good boil, the soup is ready to serve. If you have a very rich stew, a great many oysters and little soup—lt may lie well to put only a part of the oysters fn at a time, waiting until the first lot have had a good scald before adding the remainder. The idea is to give each oyster a good scald on the outside surface; it cooks them sufficiently and avoids the toughness that comes from overcooking. Treated according to these directions the oysters in a stew .will be as tender as raw ones. It is very easy to spoil oysters by overdoing them.— American Agriculturist.

A Grievous Wrong.

There is the soundest common sense In the following paragraph from the Manufacturer and Builder : AVhy is it that there t& such a repugnance on the part of parents to putting their sons to a trade? A skilled mechanic is an independent man. Go where he will his craft will bring him support. He need ask favors of none, lie has literally his fortune in his own hands. Yet foolish parents—ambitious that their sous should “ rise in the world,” as they say—are more willing that they should study for a profession, with the chances of even moderate success heavily against them, or run the risk of spending their manhood in the ignoble task of retailing dry goods, or of toiling at the accountant’s desk, than learn a trade which would bring them manly strength, health and independence. In point of fact, the method they choose is the one least likely to achieve the advancement aimed at, for the supply of candidates for “ errand boys,” dry goods clerks, and kindred occupations, is notoriously overstocked ; while, on the other hand, the demand for really skilled mechanics of every description is as notoriously beyond the supply. The crying need of this country to-day is for skilled labor; and that father who neglects to provide his son with a useful trade, and to see that he thoroughly masters it, does him a grievous wrong and runs the risk of helping by so much to increase the stock of idle and dependent, if not vicious, members of society. It is stated in the report of the Prison Association, lately issued, that of fourteen thousand five hundred and ninety-six prisoners confined in the thirty states, in 1867, sev-enty-seven per cent., or over ten thousand of the number had never learned a trade. The fact conveys a lesson of profound interest to those who have in charge the training of boys, and girls too, for the active duties of life.

Management of Balky Horses.

The first and better way is never to have a balky horse. If horses are handled properly they will never balk. After a horse has been “fooled,” as horsemen very properly say when a good horse balks, it will require a vast amount of cautious management to correct the bad habit. Horses are taught to balk by stupid and cruel drivers, who have really less good sense than the animals they drive. Many strong and excellent horses are managed so improperly that they soon become almost incorrigible balkers; where, if a driver of ordinary intelligence had held the reins, the animals would have always been as true as steel. If a horse is properly managed he will draw with all his might, trot or run as his driver may indicate, until he drops in his harness from utter exhaustion. After a horse has really contracted the habit of balking, the vice can be corrected only by kindness and gentle treatment. The more he is whipped, kicked, clubbed, and handled roughly, the more obstinate he will be. Hence, throw away whips and clubs, and let gentle treatment bear rule. Then, beware of over-loading. A person can coax out of a horse a service that whips and kicks can never secure. Always provide some means to enable a team to start a heavy load easily. Avoid stopping—J£ possible—where it will be difficult to start. It is better to let a team stop for a moment, ten times, when hauling a load up a slope, than to aliow it to stop in a place where it will be difficult to start. The writer was once accustomed to carry pieces of plank to a field for the wheels of the wagon to rest upon, while it was being loaded with pototoes or corn, so that the team would move off rapidly with a heavy load, that they could never start, if the wheels had been allowed to sink into the ground while the load was increasing in weight. When a horse balks on account of exhaustion, allow the animal to rest until he has recovered strenght to draw his load. Above all beware of too heavy loads, of impatience, or roughness. and of over-driving.— Exchange.

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The Lesson of Nature. Torpor is the characteristic of winter. Vegetation dies or falls Into a state of trance. The whole aspect of Inanimate nature teaches us that there is a paralyzing influence In the air, and ought to teach ns that onr bodies require an Increase of vital power to contend wMth it. Some of even the warm-blooded animals bury themselves In, the earth, and remain In a state of partial stupefaction until the season is over, and the elixir of the sptlng sunshine stimulates their stagnant blood, and restores their vigor. Bat man, although he feels the Influence of the season, can protect himself againßt its inclemency. He has fuel to warm him externally, and can tone and strengthen his Internal organization, and endow it with the extra amount of vitality which the circumstances require. Of all lnvlgorants that have ever been recommended for this purpose, nostelter’s Stomach Bitters is the purest and the beat. Fortified by the daily use of this wholesome vegetable tonic, the human system may defy the chills and damps of winter in any latitude. Its effect is to promote a brisk and regular circulation of the blood, and activity in all the secretive organs. Without the slightest tendency to produce fever, It imparts a healthful glow to the surface, and stimulates the exterior vessels to discharge, in the form of gentle perspiration, the useless matter eliminated from the blood. Thus the system is kept miclogged. Fever and ngne, biliousness, indigestion and colic, all of which are the common consequences of the searching damps and low temperature of winter, may be avoided (as well as cured) by a course of this genial tonic and alterative. » A Dialogue Sn Wall Street*—lt Is a vulgar error to suppose that the haoituis of Wall street converse about nothing hut stocks and gold. Sometimes they talk about their health; and they all seem to have ojie tronblc —hi iousresii. The wear and tear of sj>oculation invariably tells noon the liver. “How do you think I’m looking?” said a well-known “ Hull ” to a friend in the Long Room, a few days after the late *mash-up In gold. ** Do I look panic struck ?” “No; by Jove was the reply; “you look In trim to fight for a Tnan*s life. Never saw yon looking better.” “ L“t tne tell you a secret, my boy,” returned the great operator: “I drink no wine, no* brandy, no liar-room stimulant of any kind; but I Just keep my stamina up with an occasional dose of Plantation Bitter* ; and if you’ll do me the favor to try it for that bile on the stomach you're always complaining of. I’ll furnish you the margin l for your next Bjiec. if it doesn't cure you. The gentleman referred to (the initial of whose Christian name is not very far from the end of the alphabet) lias unboukided confidence in the restorative ;and nis bright eye, firm nerves, and wonderful powers of endurance, prove that it is well-founded.

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NEW YORK, Feb. 3,1871. BEEF CATTLE—Fair to Prime $14.00 ©515.00 HOGS—Live 8.25 © 8.50 Dressed.. 9.82 © 10.00 SHEEP 5.00 © 7.00 COTTON—Middling 15&© 15* FLOUR—Extra 6.75 © 7.30 WHEAT—No. 1 Spring,new.. 1.55 © 1.57 RYE—Western 1.10 © 113 CORN—No. 1, Mixed 88 © .87 OATS—Western 82 © .84 PORK—MesB, new 22 75 © 33.00 LARD 12 © .18* WOOL—Domestic Fleece ..... .4814® .62* Palled T. '■ -.7)8 © .44 CHICAGO. BEEVES—Choice $6 25 © [*6 80 Prime 5.75 © 6.00 Fair Grades 6.26 © 550 Medium 8.50 © 4.75 STOCK CATTLE—Common... 8.25 @ 4.23 Inferior 2.25 ® 800 HOGS-Live 690 © 7.75 Dressed.. 8.50 @ 8.75 SHEEP—Live—Good to Choice 4.00 © 5.00 BUTTER—Choice 26 © .28 EGGS—Fresh 23 © .24 FLOUR—White Winter Extra.. 6.50 © 800 Spring Extra 5.75 © 7.00 Buckwheat Vi.... 4.00 © 4.25 GRAIN—Corn—No. 2, new.... 51*© .52 Barley—No. 2 79 © .80 Oats —No. 2 4814© .47 Rye—No. 2 86 0 .87 Wheat-Spring, No. 1. 1.2614© 1.27 No. 2. 1.26 © 1.2614 LARD 1214© -1214 PORK—Mess, new 22.25 © 32.87 WOOL —Tub 45 © .50 Fleece 85 © .44 Unwashed 15 © CINCINNATI. FLOUR-Family $6 25 • *8.50 WHEAT—Red 1.35 © 1.36 CORN—New 53 © .55 OATS-No. 2 48 @ .50 RVE—No. 1 1.08 © 105 BARLEY ~..* 93 © 1.05 LARD 12 ® 1214 PORK—Mess 22.00 ® 22.26 BEEF CATTLE 8.00 @ 6.50 HOGS-Live 6.75 © 7.50 Dressed 8.25 © 8.60 ST. LOUIS. BEEF CATTLE-Choico $5.50 © *6.50 Good to Prime 4.00 © 6.00 HOGS-Live 7.25 © 7.75 FLOUR—XX 5.75 © 6.00 WHBAT-No. 3 Red 1.46 © 1.47 CORN-Mixed 47 @ .48 OATS-No. 3 48 ® .49 RYE .90 © .95 BARLEY 80 © .95 PORK-Mess 22.25 ©32.50 LARD .1114© 1214 MILWAUKEE. FLOUR-Spring Extra $5.10 © *5.25 WHEAT—Spring, No. 1 1.2814© 1.29 No. 3 1.28 © 1.2614 CORN—No. 3. . 68 © .69 OATS—No. 3..., 51 © .52 RYK-No. 1 ' 89 @ .90 BARLEY-No. 3 89 © 90 HOGS—Dressed v 8.50 © 8.75 CLEVELAND. FLOUB-XX Spring *5.50 © *6.25 WHEAT-No. 1 Red Winter.? 1.40 © 1.41 CORN—New. 60 © .61 OATS—So. 1 49 © 50 ii

NINE CABEB OF Out of every ten are curable by Dr. Tooker’s system of treatment. PARALYTICS CAN BE TREATED AT THEIR HOMES. Senastamp for circular. R. N. TOOBKR. M. D., U 7 East Fifth street, Ctndjinatl, Ohio. S3OOO REWARD for a «npr rlor article. *3 to 828 per day and no risk. Do you want a Kituaaou.ni> salesman at or near home, to Introduce our new Tstrwad Whits W i** RoP* Cnoriua Lons which will tASTVOaxyea. Don't miss this chance. Sample free. Addrraa He won Kivxh Wiaa Co., ta Willi amljt., N.T., or 16 Dearborn St„ CWcaga, HI.

NOTHINQ BO GOOD AS DR. WEAVER'S MEDICINES, For Humors. THF.BE Invaluable Medicines have achieved a COMPLETE TRIUMPH In eradicating Humors, of all kinds, from the hrnnsn system. They were Introduced to the public some six years since, amt have been Used with entire success. The Unite, *r amt Hall Uhruiiii Myrßp is taken Internally, which cleanses the Blood, by throw ne Impurities to the surface, wlhii the Cera te Is “l'l'h™ externally, and all eruptions are destroyed, and nealtn and Beauty restored. Their A-tonlauing bucecas baa called out many Ignorant pretender*, who have Introduced their wonderful preparations to the public, nicy arc out In almost every torm, from Panaceas down lo Pills, and all for Humors, (of court* IVy are.) But it has been reserved to Dr. W caver’s Nyrup and Orate to achieve what (under the circumstances), may be regarded a* the most brilliant triumph yet achieved bv any medicine ever Introduced to tlio American public. Why Is this? Simply because they perform what they promise; and notwithstanding the Introduction of these new and wondcrflil pn*;»ar:itlonß to the public, the Halt Hhrom Myrnp and Orate keen MeafWy on their way, conquering a* they go. It the public wish to try these new preparation*, we have-not a wornl to say, f<»r they have a Sure Remedy to fall bnek-npon, viz., Dr. Weaver** danker and Salt Rheum Syrup and Cerate. Of thin fact the public are well aware, lor thousand, In all nectlon* of the country* have l>een cured by them, after all other remedies have utterly failed. J. N. HARRIS & CO., Proprietor*, CINCINNATI, OHIO. Foa Kal* by all Mkdioal Dbalkiu.

■TKINB OPIUM BANISHED! A Harmless and Superior Substitute for , wj-Opium, Morphine, Laudanum, Paregoric, and all tlie no mil* l Soothing Syrups, Elixirs, | \WT Nervous Antidotes, ana other Opium poisons. | _ PAINE’S CHLORAL SOOTHER! (Compound Scri p of CHLORAL), PLEAS A N C, HARMLESS and POWERFUL: rw-Th» svKKsr ami saficht HI-EEP-PKO-DIJCEK -n-1 NEUVOI M AATIDOTE gy and GENUINE HKLIoK-tJIVJiK For AT, I, Sall'erci-n-Olil and Young. er Also an infallible cure for Delirium Tremens. Small Dottle*. U*3c. Pound Bottles, Ask your DruggM lor The True Chloral Soother, prepared by PAINE BROTHERS, DT Druggi *t*, New York, and task no othkr. i -r chloral throat pastilles Thoroughly Delight ftl and Efficacious! [V Instantly relieving » ouohp, Soke Throat, Hoakhbnk**, Bronchitis, Ac. 35c. a Box. tr PAINE BROS., US Malden Lane, N. Y.

GETTING UP CLUBS. Great Saving to Consumers: Parties enquire how to get un club*. Onr answer Is send for Price Lint, and a Club form will accompany It with flill directions, making a large saving to consumers and remunerative to Club organizers. THE GREAT AMERICAN TEA CO. 31 A. 33 lTettey Street, P. O. Box 56-13. NEW YORK. Wlji iMTiPluii CHARLES A. DANA, Editor. Jliitlatii'cfhlii St un. A Newspaper of the Present Time*. Intended far People Now on Earth. Including Farmers, Mechanics, Merchants, Professional Men, Workers, Thinkers, and all Manner of Honest Folks and the Wh-es, Sons, and Daughters of all such. ONLY ONE DOLLAR A YEAR I ONE HUNDRED COPIES FOR ISO. Or less than One Cent a Copy. Let there be a ISO Club at every Post Ofllce. THE SEMI-WEEKLY SUN, S 3 A YEAR, of the same size and general character as THE WEEKLY, but wilh a greater variety of miscellaneous reading, and furnishing the news to Its subscribers wllh greater freshness, because it comes twice a week Instead of once only. o THE DAILY SUN, SO A YEAR. A pre-eminently readable newspaper, with the largest circulation In the world. Free. Independent, and fearless In politics. All the news from every where. Two cents a copy ; by mall, 50 cents a month, or SO a year. o TERMS TO CLUBS. THE DOLLAR WEEKLY SUN. Five copies, one year, separately addressed. Four Dollar*. Ten copies, one year, separately addpe&cd (and nil extra copy to the getter up of club), Eight Dollars. Twenty copies, one year, separately addressed (and an extra *opy to the getter up of club), Fifteen Dolht-r*. Fifty copies, one year, lo one address (and the SemiWeekly one year to getter up of club). Thirty-three Dollars. Fifty copies, one year, separately addressed (and the SemiWeekly one year to getter up of clnb). Thirty-five Dollar*. One hundred copies, one year, to one address (and the Dally for one year to the getter np of clnb). Fifty Dollar*. One hundred copies, one year, separately addressed (and the Dally lor one year so tlie getter np of club), Sixty Dollar*. o THE HEMI-WEEKLY SUN. Fire copies, one year, separately addressed, Eight Dollar*. Ten copies, one year, separately addressed (and an extra copy to getter up of club). Sixteen Dollar*. SEND YOUR MONEY In Poet Office orders, checks, or drafts on New York, wherever convenient. If not, than register the letlcrs containing money. Address I. W. ENGLAND, Publisher, Sub Ofllce, New York.

Q O’CloclL I^PECTORAL^. rtV.\X \ RN Cut «9 covens, ceoup, bronchiti& COLD 4, ABKTMA, INFLUENZA, Hoarseness and Incipient Consumption. Bake's Pkcttokal Blizik has rapidly won the favor oj patients who have tried It, and also the patronage of the medical faculty In every section ol the country where 11 has been introduced. No remedy for the lungs and throat ever discovered stands so popular after o r <e used, throat preparation. It Is made under the supervision of Mr. T. H. Barr, one of the best practical chemists In the State. The success which has attended the use of this remedy for the past sixteen years, where known, has Induced os to make It more widely known for the benefit of the suflerlmr. Let the afflicted give it a fair trial, as we are confident that relief and permanent cure will be the result. Sold by all druggists In the section where this advertisement is pubN. B.—Circulars giving certificates ol remarkable cores of the afflicted will De sent on application, or they will be found accompanying each bottle of the Pectoral Elixir. The Elixir to pleasant to take, and 1s neatly »nd ds gantly put up in large bottles, at ONE DOLLAR BACH. T. H.BARR &CO., ifiWSfflß* * KD6ALL; E. BURNHAM * BON ; BLOCKI * 00.. TOLMAN * KING •, BOCKWOOD * BLOCK!. kick * reusing! Shmidt ; green In BT. LOUIS by RICHARDSON * CO.; COLLINS BROS. Amt throughout the Northwest by sll Druggists. TO THE SUFFERING. A recipe for Consumption, Bronchitis, Allhma, Sore Throat, Hcrolala. Conalis, and Colds, ssNTraax. Till* recipe t discovered while residing In Brazil as * missionary. It cured hie ol Conn limptlon when *ll other mesas hsd (ailed, therefore I leel It my duty to send It, free of cbaige, to *ll who are suffering from Threat and Lung disorders. Address R*V. WIUJAM H. NORTON, 36 Bleeeker St., New York Cdy

EVERY FARMER Should **nd fit.so for O'Hara’* Pocket Giant Corn Shelter. Capacity six bushels pot hour; weigh* only - 11 ounce*. A pmed Agent wanted In every county, t'ommluhni lutn. Send *1 .VI for sample. Ad.lre*. SNYDKII A VAN SICKLEN, lit West Fourth St.. Cincinnati, (). P.0.80x IUI4. Dr. J. Walker's California * VINEGAR BITTERS.

HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS boar testimony to tbolr WomUrful Curutlvn KfTecta. They are not a vile Fanoy Drink ma<lo of Poor Rum, Whiskey, Proof Spirits and Refuse Liquor*, uoctoferi, spiced nnd sweetened to ii’.camo tho

For FEMALE COMPLAINTS, whether In young or old, married or single, at the dawn of womanhood or at the turn of life, theae Tonic Bitters have no equal. Read carefully circular around each bottle.

They are the GREAT BLOOD FUHIFIER ami a* LIFE GIVING PRINCIPLE, a perfect Renovator and Invigorator of the Hystein. No person can take thft Bitters according to directions and remain long "15? Inflammatory *mi cuuonto RHKumaand GOUT, DYSPEPSIA, or INDIGLSIION. BILIOUS, REMITTENT .ml INTNHMITTKNI' FEVBItS, DISEASES of the BLOOD. LIV LR, KIDNEYS, and BLADDEII, these Bitters huve been mot 81 DYSPF.P8IA or INDIGESTION. Headache. Pain in tho Shoulder*. Cough*, Tightness of the Chert, Difcine**. Sour Eructations of the Stomach, Bad lasto in the Mouth, Bilious Attacks, Palpitation of the Heart. Inflammation of the Lung*. Pain in the Regions of the Kidneys, and a hundred other painful symptom*, Tetter, Suit Rheum, Blotches, Spots, Pimples, Pustules, ‘Boils, Carbuncle*, King Worm*, Scald Head, Bore Even, Erysipelas, Itch, Scurf*. Discolorations of tue Skin, Humor* and Disease* of the Skin, of whatever name or nature, aro literally dug up ami carried out of tho system in a short time by the use of these Bitter*. PIN, TAPE and other WORM S lurking in the system of so many thousands, arc destroyed and removed. • J. WALKER, Proprietor. R. 11. MoDONALD ii Co., Druggist* ami Gen. Agent*, San Francisco, ami 33 &84 Commerce Street, N. 1 . , t»-SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS AND PFALBtUU

Railroad Gazette. The Railroad Man’s Paper AH UAtrsnUTXD WSXXLT yCABTO JOURNAL, Of Twuktt-Foub Fa«hs, Dxvotbd 70 Rl FTetc* an* Lo*. Operation*. I Jfngineerirf. ( Sleohanio*. flßßSrtt pwAniiiSißgiu II «iti. A. X. KELLOGG, FcblisW, 101 Wasntngfoa fit., Chirac* \ILSSW\ BOIIGUET TIIK NEW PERFUME. BLOOMINGTON NURSERY, ILL. 19th Year. GOO Acre*. 13 Greenhouses. Largest Assortment-nil sly.es. Best Htock! Low Pi Ices! Would you know What. When, llow to Plant Fruit, Shad.*, Everjrnvn Trees; Root Grail*, Seedling*, Osage Plants; Apple Seed; Early Rose Potatoes; Shrub*; Roses, Greenhouse anq uaruen PhihtS, &C. t &c. Flower nnd Vegetable Heeds. Finest, Be*t Collection—Sorts and Quality. Send 10' cent* for New, lllistrated, J)e*criptivc Catalogue-90 pages. Send stamp, each, for •atalogues of Seeds, with plain direction* ■G4 p:*g«*s; Be* ding and Garden Plants—--33 page*, and Wholesale Prh e List—34 page*. Address, V. K. PHOENIX, Bloomington, Illinois. WA I%Tr.D—A4iKNTHf (ftlO per day) to seh the celebrated I;(*MJ£BHUTtLKBKWINCI MACHINE. Has the under-fted, makes the “loeft stitch " (alike on both tides.) and la fully licensed. The best and cheapest *amUy jewing Machine in the market. Address JOHNSON. CLARK & CO., Boston, Mass., Pittaburgh, Pa.. Chicago, 111., or Bt. Louis. HAWKES’ PATENT FOUNTAIN PEN.—No Inkstand required. One filling write* 13 hour*, bend .‘ tamp for Circular. Also, other styles of Gold Pens. Sent by mail. Pen* repaired for W) cts. GEO. I*. HAW KF.B, Nassau street. New \ork. Agents! Read This! w of 830*pVr week ‘oraliow a larae conimlMlou, to sell onr new wonderlul Invent ons. Audress, M. WAONKit & CO- Maraliall. Mich. nCRIOSITY.-A *lO and S2O (Q bill sent ns a curtoslty lor GO cts. H. o. Jonks, 27 Otis Block, Chicago. PERFUMERY: W. 11. TALLMAN’B Florida Water, stronger and more dellghtJtal thancologne; Egyptian Calla, for tlie Handkerchief; Tonquin Musk, Lang lang, new, very fine ; Coloonm. Hair Oils, Baoukts, Pomades, Court I la stick*, Cooking Extract*, Handkerchief Extractts, all kind*, handsomely put up In beantifiil 3-l>ottle Ivoxea. Wliere not sold, Fannlk* can obtain a supply at wholesale prises by writing for price IW-. Cowls sent by express. Laboratory. .T A N SEVILLE, WISOOKSIW A GKNTM a month)—by the A AMERICAN KNITTING MACHINE CO., Boston, Mass., or St. Louis. Mo. t I [PHAM’S DEPILATORY POWDKR.U Removes superfluon* hair in fivk mini te*, witliout injury to the skin. Sent by mail-for $1325. * UPIIAM’S ASTHMA CURE Relieves most violent paroxysms in five minutes, and effects a si>osdy cure. Price $2.00 by mall. THE JAPANESE HAIR STAIN Colors the whiskers and hair a boautiftil hlack or brows It consists or Otild me pnpamlixm. "ricenlsbymat. Address 8. C. UPIIAM, No. 72t .tnyne St, Philadelphia, Pa. Circulars sent lbce. Sold by all Dmaitsts. LANDS! Ik Wonth-West Mi«*ourf. The Atlantic & Pacific R. R. Co. Have for sale 1,500,000 acres, of best quality, on long credit, Cl The«elandß are Just brought into market, having been reserved since 185:1 till the eontpleMon of tills Road. None of these lands have gone into siieculntoiv* hands. Aciiiai settlers are coming in. and to them only are sales mam, The best climate, with sliori, mild w inter*, and long summers, relieved by geological elevation, Irom peat heat, and healthfiilncs* superior to all consumptlvo. teiuleiicics, Invite Hettlers to this region. For partlctiiai - *, in psinplilets apply to * AMOS TUCK, Land Commissioner, ,Cor. Sixth and Walnut Sts., St. Louis* Mo. WuWCM out TO TH E X7ORKINO CLARS.-We arc now preparedto furnish ail dn«sc« with conatant employment »J kome. th« Yrholeofthjtiin-ioribrrticf'parc momenta. Bunuiiwnew, light and c.otitable. Persons ofcUher hcx easily earn 6&. to s3per evening, nnd n proportional dcvohnj their whole Umc tothebusincr?. Boys nnd girlscntn nearly cs much ns men. Thatnllw ho see this notice may scndhnr eddress. nnd tcet the business, wo make this unpornllcieu offer: 'losuch assre not wcllsaHstied, wo will * for the tronblo of writing. Full pnrticulam.nyßihiableMm--r>le which will do to commence work on, and* copyof J J\oule'» Literary Companion- ons of th«l •rres t ni)« best family newspapers published—all JJSv addled Reader, if you wnntjrermam>nt, rre •table jwk,, ada » U. C. ALLEN & CO., Apoobta. Maiee. DESIRING EMPLOYMENT, should enpjk* In onr new, ltistit, pi-ofltable and honorabW huafrcei- w « *3o WfcffSS W&X f— Sf sub ecu, on receipt of 10 cnita. wmm PIERCE & BTOKEB, Aneußlo, Maine. TMIIIOVBR SEED. Pound %0 cts California Mammoth Squash, packet, 20 c ™ (The only splendid Mammoth Squash. See cover o( S Floral GuUfe.'S Florul Onlde lor 18T1, « ceat*. All A heynoLDS, 'Rochester. N. Y.

$5 TO $lO PER DAY. MfcJW who engugo In our now biu Inecs make from W to 810 per day iu their own lociUitios. FuH partied’ tars and Instructions unit free by mail. Thosela need Of permanent, profitable work, should addrets at once. Uechos Stineos A Co.. Portland, Maine* MMKMfIMSS Sffifc. sre quite sure of permanent rellcr and core. Do not liiienu to blow, but simply s»y <ra u one*. Your Druggist etui purchase ol the trsde In Chicago; price. 50 any with,*, upon reed* of W

, ; #4 - * « TrtKT A.RH A Onnu PUROATTVB AS WRI.T. AS A TdRIC. pnwess- * ing also the peculiar merit of a*-ting a* a powerful agent in relieving *3 congestion or inflam mat! on of the liver, and all the visceral Ergans. * r

A PURE CHINESE . BLACK TEA, With Green Tea Flavor. Warranted to Salt all Taste*.