Rensselaer Union, Volume 5, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 December 1872 — Page 4

CURRENT ITEMS.

JSgvnHL. • . Omasa, Nebraska, is to have a public park seventy-two acres in area. .*'«*» A. Titusville mai 1 has had a book keeper in her eye for some weeks. ’ " How sweet a morsel is fame! Lucca has had a mud dredge named for her. A good man provides for his children. A policy in the Washington Lire is one way to do it v." vl ' Tenyoung buffalo hare left Minneapolis, gan.,T>o und East, to go into the show business. Tsn beautiful shell work of the West India fc ilands is used considerably as gar niture for ladies’ dresses. What do you expect to sec reflected in yoor inamorata's eyes? Yourself—if she is a good looking-lass. Onb of those rare coins, the Massachusetts Pine Tree shilling, bearing date of 1620, has been dug up at Portsmouth, Rhode Island. Young ladies who are learning to skate are putting more stuffing in their waterfalls, and making other preparations for falling down on the ice. A gushing poet asks in the first line of a reoent effusion, “flow many weary pilgrims lie?” We give it up, but experience has taught us that there arc a good •nmny. - M Vest Strange.— Life is a contradiction: we send to our butcher f6r a sweet bread, and if we want a-sweet meat we send to our baker! Footed up,—Men of business often complain that their gas account runs away with a lot of money; they don’t re fleet how many feet are represented In the bill!

Sex New York, one Maryland and three Pennsylvania regiments have signified their intention of participating in the inauguration ceremonies of President Grant on the 4th of March next. During the hot weather, Peg said she had been all over the house, and found the kitchen everywhere; explaining that she had visited every room and found it cool in nary department. » Irate parent: “Oh ! yer don’t want to go into business, don’t yer ? Oh ! yer want to be a clerk in the post-orlice, indeed ! Why, all your fit for is to stand outside with your tongue hout for peo pie to wet their stamps against!” A girl in Indianapolis, who has two hundred thousand dollars,advertises for sealed proposals for marriage. The postmaster has decided to charge her double price for her box, as it keeps one clerk half his time filling it up with pinktinted envelopes, and the - whole office is scented with musk and bergamot, like a perfumer's shop. A Kansas man was “set hack” the other day by a couple of squaws entering his house, whom he had forgotten he had married a Jfew years ago on the plains. What cheers him up is the fact that a Kansas court has decided that when a white man marries a squaw after the Indian fashion, the same is legal and binding upon the husband. Db. Hall gives the following “eating negations’’: “Never eat when you are not hnngry ; never eat when you are very tired ; never eat just before severe mental or physical effort; never eat while in a passion; never eat when very low-spirited; never eat Just before a hath ; never eat while greatly worried.” Will the good doctor please tell us when we can eat ? The Fat Contributor goes back of C. Julias Ciesar, and digs out the origin of the practice of parting the hair in the middle as practiced by male persons : “It was first adopted by an angry father, who, from some show of weakness on the part of his son, so treated the hair of that

youth in order to disgrace him in the eyes of his companions. The operation was a complete success, for the boy, unable to bear the stigma of looking like a girl, went straightway and hung himself.”" Wall habgings made of tin foil are a new Parisian invention, which has been, made the subject-of a paper read before the Society of Arts. The metal is in sheets about sixteen feet long and from thirth to forty inches wide. The sheets are painted and dried at a high temperature, and are then decorated with many different patterns, such as foliage, flowers, geometrical figures, imitations of choice woods or landscape pictures. ' Inquisitive people sometimes meet with little adventures which make them weak. A fellow who was “paying attention” to a girl in Andover, Mass., stole up to the kitchen where she was at work the other morning, thinking to see what kind of a housekeeper she was. He got interested as he stood behind a door all unobserved, watching the fair one at her toil, and in the ardency of his observations he obtruded his nose into a crack in " the door. She innocently shat that door a little, and there was a mashed bugle. He now wears it in a sling.

A short time ago Engineer Thornton, at the instance oi the Grand River Transportation Company, made an extensive survey of the river with a view to the construction of dams and locks for the purpose of increasing the volume of water in the stream above Grand Haven. He concluded that the construction of two dams with locks would be sufficient to raise the river three feet at Grand Rapids and increase its volume, when at the lowest, to something over eight feet. It. is now proposed to construct one dam at Harris’ and another further up the stream, say near the salt well. The cost of these dams and locks would not cxpeed $50,000, and an effort will be made to obtain assistance from the National Government in carrying out the scheme. Thb New York Herald says: “Two English expeditions, having the facts which Mr. Stanley brought to'civilization from the store of Dr. Livingstone before them, are about to penetrate Africa—one from Mombas, on the east coast, to map out the series of lakes on the lacustrine river, now called Victoria Nyanza; the other from the west coast, to ascend the River Congo and settle the question of its source. Six German expeditions are also in progress, and will cover between them all the central region of Africa! The great movement toward the suppression of the East African slave trade, with all its horrors and inhumanities, is, perhaps at present, the greatest and most direct benefit civilization will reap from the journey of Mr. Stanley." An important decision, relating to life insurance, was rendered in the Supreme Court of New York, General Term, recently. It relates to the deception sometimes resorted to by parties seeking insurance, regarding their physical condition. The case under examination by the court was one brought by an executor to compel the payment of a policy by a Life Insurance Company, the latter seting up as a defense that the policy holder had not told the whole truth. The court held that the statements made by ofie whose life has been insured as to his health are not warrantees, as the statements in procuring insurance in Marine and Fire Insurance Companies as to the matter insured. The question was whether there had been fair dealing. A concealment of-the fact that the insured had been in the habit of consulting a physician, was held to beamisrepresentauon as to the material fact, and sufficient W poilcyi —7—± —; —: —< 8001 s after Preston 8. Brooks committed his assault upon Charles Bumner, Mrs. Seward was exceedingly the safety of her husbaad, and advised him to protect himself. “Well, my dear,” was his answer, -what, shall I do? I am . ■ ' ", Vi

a man of peace; I never reply to personal attacks; how am I to defend myself? Shall 1 go to the Senate with a musket or rifle on my shoulder ? If I use pistols, I am sure you will not ask me to sliodl anybody without notice. You say No. Well, then, It will be my duty, if I carry revolvers, to lay them ou my Senatorial desk, so that all men may see that I am ready to kill anybody at a moment’s uo tice. I think this is iny best weapon,” he said, as he closed the interview, and picked up the whip he carried as a sort of metaphorical help to the old horse that carried him to the Capitol.

A Hint to Coal Consumers.—A correspondent furnishes the following suggestions, which will be of interest to all coal consumers, and may result to a great advantage in the economy of coal: “Much fault is found with stoves that they consume a great deal of coal and do not give a corresponding amount of herd. This, however, is not due to the kind of stove used, as many suppose, hut rather to its condition. Having ft stove that was continually allowing the ashes to fly over the room, I determined, before putting it up this year, to make it air-tight. I obtained from a stove dealer some stove cement oi putty, and caulked up every seam, joint, etc. The result has been that no ashes fly out, and the stove consumes about twenty-five per cent, less coal, and jives twenty.flve per cent, more heat. Another stove, that had to be taken to pieces to be cleaned, and that refused to give out much heat although it burned much coal, was caulked in the same way, and it is now a wonderful heater. The experiment never fails, and should be tried by ! all who desire to save their coal and secure increased heat. —Chicago Inter-Ocean.

The Vallejo Independent relates this incident: A few days ago a lady in this city received a consignment of diamonds from a friend of hers, a near relation, who had toiled over mountain and plain and met the Apache Indian in his native wilds, all in order to get some diamonds and present them to a lady. There were eight diamonds in all, and they shono in the rough w’ith a dvzzling brilliancy which was delightful to bohold. When she re ceived the stones she was engaged in household duties, as every well-regulated housewife is, or ought to be, occasibnallyduring the day. Upon receiving,the package she laid down a dust pan, which she was holding in her hand, on a chair, and proceeded to examine the brilliant productions of Arizona. While engaged in this mariner there came a tremendous ring at the door-bell, and no less a personage. than one of the poiititnl lights of Marc Island was announced. Of course, the presence of so eminent a personage, who has the power to make or unmake Congressmen, had the effect of putting this lady, who claims no exemption from the delicate timidity of her sex, into a terrible flutter, and in- the hurry and excitement -she threw the diamonds into the dust-pan and .laid ..same papers, •which she had just swept off the carpet, carefully away on themantlepiece. After the politician had called and left, the lady returned to her neglected dust-pan, and pitched many dollars’ worth of diamonds nobody, not even herself, know r s where. The whole household lias been actively engaged in a search for the discarded diamonds, hut so far the hunt has heen unavailing. The absent-minded lady feels her loss very keenly.

The Hurricane in Sicily.

The London Times of November 8 has the following account of the hurricane in Sicilv, which destroyed the town of Palazzolo: There has been no instance of such a calamity within the memory of a living man. No earthquake ever caused so much destruction. There are houses ruinedrhouses fallen to the very ground, the walls cleft hanging outward as if to rest on the adjoining houses. There , are roofs wholly swept away; sunken vaults and balconies torn from their place; windows and shutters cither entirely carried oil; or hanging loose from the walls; lamp-posts forced from their sockets, and up rooted trees, and this is all one sees along the northeast side of the town. Not a single house remains on which the whole roof and windows do not require thorough repair. The streets arc a mass of fragments and rubbish. The incidents of the disaster are so strange as to be almost incredible. There was a store of twenty-five hcctoli-* tres of wheat, of which not a trace is anywhere to be seen. The books of excise and of the land registry offices have vanished, and only their torn leaves have been found here and there at great distances. In one house all the copper kitchen utensils were blown through the roof. In another the benches and heavy chests flew through the windows. The iron bars of one balcony are to be seen curled up one way, and those of another twisted up another way. There is a pillar of a palace which has been moved one foot without breaking, and stands up isolated, all in one pieced There is awall Of another palace which has fallen back more than three feet without a crack. Here is a beem of one house which has thrust itself into another house. There is half a hp.iislp.ad, the nt.hp.r~. bsif rtf which

lies no one knows where. All the tiles of one building are huddled together in one spot on the'roof, crushed and broken up. as small as if they had been pounded. The rafters of another building are all bare. The tiles have flown, no one can see where. In a stable, on the bare ground, men are laying the bodies, one by one, as they are being dug out. Most of them are in their night dresses, having been crushed as they’were quietly sleeping. Their features and forms are’so disfigured that one cannot look at them without shuddering. Their nostrils, ears and mouths are stopped up with earth, and the white dust has everywhere pierced through the skin. Here is the of a man holding close to his heart a child, probably bis own child, and the skulls of both arc shattered. There arc two young men in each other's arms, probably brothers, and the chests and backs of both are crushed. Near them is another youth covered with bloqd, who was clerk in a Government affiee •< He-had fehr eyeglass-stiff Fififlk'Tn his right eye, and was probably reading or writing when he was struck. There arc some past recognition. Others that seem unhurt, and look as if they were sleeping. \ , Without exaggeration one third of the town is dismantled, and more than 1,000 families are literally Without a home. About 1,000 more have only one little corner of what was once to shelter them. The dead number thirty, two, and the seriously hurt about half a score besides. - - '■ --Sms -—' ■ s » —The Stephen Pearl Andrews who has been arrested with Mrs. Woodhull and Miss Claflin, in New York, was once a resident of Houston, Texas. He came here in 1839, we believe; but hafi not been a resident long until one day he was conducted to the wharf by a number of citizens, put aboard of a boat, and requested to make himself scarce in Texas, at once; which he did .—Houston Union , t» » Ml. —Mr. Edward Tompkins, of Oakland, Cal., has founded a new chair in-the University of California, which, in honor of Prof. Agassiz, fs named the -Agassiz Professorship of Oriental Languages and Literatare." *—-7 m ■ —Dr. Cote, of the Southern Baptist Convention, lias been offered , a magnificent site between the old and new parts of the city of Rome, Italy, for a Baptist church.

The Vote of the Southern States.

It is worthy of special notice that General Grant, while carrying all the New England, The MUl'dlo, “thewestern, andPacific States, without an exception, has also carried a majority of the Southern States. During the canvass it was claimed, and by the supporters of Mr. Greeley confidently expected, that the Southern vote would lie overwhelmingly in his favor. Here his greatest strength was said to be, and hero wap placed his chief ground of hope. Tlty underlying theory of this proposition was that the Southern States had been so badly treated by the General Government under Kepublican rule that they would hail almhst anything, •ven Mr. Greeley himself, as a boon, if it promised to mitigate the grievances and oppressions under which they had been suttering. Mr. Greeley adapted himself to this theory; and, honco, in his electioneering speeches, he was constantly descanting upon the wrongs, the injustice, the proscriptions and disfranchisements perpetrated against the South, meaning the white men of the South. All this was a -political hid, designed Jto invite Southern support to the Greeley Democracy, as being the only hope of relief. While the canvass was proceeding, we pronounced the whole allegation to be a vile slander upon the Government and utso-upon the- Republican party; and we now think no better of it.

The result of this appeal at the South is tile most. astonishing that was ever, heard of, if there had been any truth in the appeal itself. Put the theory and the voting together; and then we are presented with the spectacle of a “heartbroken,’’lnjured, crushed and outraged people turning their hacks upon their political savior, and by an overwhelming majoiity greeting and cordially welcoming their oppressor. They vote for the tyrant, and against the; linn who will secure to them their rights. Such stupidity Is too great to be possible. The plain truth is, the votiug at the South gives the lie, the Southern people themselves being judges, to the whole accusation which formed so large a part of the Greeley Democratic campaign. They have proven that they prefer General Grant, with all the alleged wrongs inflicted by him, to Mr.. Greeley, with all his promises ofrclief. They are-satis-fied, at least a majority of them are, with the Republican patty in its administration of the Government. The political plea that was designed,to win their favor turns out to be a signal failure ; and the reason wc have in the fact that it was not founded in truth.

AVe regard it as fortunate for the country that the re-election of General Grant is thus relieved from any .fae&nalaspect. Had it been otherwise—had the South voted solidly against him, and the North as solidly for him, and his election been secured simply by the preponderance of the latter—lhen we should have had an exhibition of territorial antagonism eminently undesirable. Happily, no such picture is presented. The President-elect is no more a Northern than he is a Southern President. He is the choice of both sections. We have no Northern policy confronting a Southern, and no Southern policy confronting a Northern. The majority of the people, both North and South, declare themselves to be in favor of the same policy. This would seem to be “reconciliation” already attained. If there be an irreeoncilcd minority at the South, we know of no relief for it but to accept the will, of the majority and make the best of its own situation, since this is a stern necessity in all popular governments. The New York Tribune , even since it became “a thoroughly independent journal,” has spoken of theSoutli ns “abiding the issue,” and expressed the hope that General Grant will hasten to clear out the “thieves” who have been plundering this ill-fated South. Pray, what issue has the South to abide, for which to arm her patience, and jn respect to which she needs the advice of the Tribune? Absolutely none, except that to which she has just made herself a voluntary party. She has not befen defeated by a Northern majority. She has not heen conquered by a Northern ballot-box. Mr. Greeley has been defeated, hut not the South. She has voted for the candidate of her choice; and that candidate was not Mr. Greeley. We can readily understand how he must abide tlie issue ; but there is none for the South that is not entirely acceptable to a. majority of the people. And heartily do we rejoice in the good prospect for the future afforded by such a fact. - It looks as if the millenium plight be nearer than some people have supposed.— New York Independent.

Valuable Suggestions.

Tiite American Educational Monthly, of a recent issue contains the following interesting and valuable suggestions in regard to proper school discipline : f. No child should be allowed to attend school before the beginning of his sixth year. 3 The duration of daily attendanceincluding the time given -to recess and physical exercises—should not exceed four and a half hours for the primary schools; five and a half for other schools. 3. There should be no stui y required out of school—unless at high school—and this should not exceed one hour. 4. Recess-time should be devoted to play outside the school-room—unless during stormy weather—and as the time rightly belongs to the pupils, they should not be deprived of it except for serious offenses; and those who are not deprived of it should not be allowed to spend it in study; no child should ever be confined to the school room during an entire session. The minimum of recess-time should be fifteen minutes each session, and in primary schools there should be more than one recess in each session. - 5. Physical exercise should be used in school to prevent nervous and muscular fatigue and to, relieve monotony, but not as a muschlar training. It should be practiced by both teacher and children in every hour not broken by recess, and should be timed by nuisic. In primary by exercise, recess or singing. 6 Ventilation should be-, amply provided by other means than by. windows, though these should be used, in addition to special means, during recess and exercise time ;' V r ‘ '7. Lessons,should be scrupulously apportioned to the average capacity'of the pupils ; and in primary schools the slate should be used more and the book less ; and the instruction should be given as much as possible on tho principle of “object teaching.’’ ' 1

Worn-out Meadows—Manuring.

I have noticed this until I am fully satisfied: That, we spread our manure too carelessly— Vs do not fine it enough, and get it down on the ground. In all mv observation find practice—and they are in a district where the thing is thoroughly and extensively tested— l have aheqt/s found careless, lumpy spreading to be of lessbepefit than fine' and even distribution, an<rin.,proportion as the two were practiced was tbe effect seen. . .The reason,'Ejthink, is clear. Soil is attractive,':)! disinfectant. Manure coming into contact with it must necessarily have its properties absorbed by it—that jis, the gases and the juice. If not coming into contact, it cannot be thus taken up, and the air must-get it. The lumps will dry and he an : incumbrance. This every farmer mustjpiow. Pulverized afterward, there is little strength left. _

1 Apply as soon as possible after the manure is made, and harrow in at once. Spread even and keep off the brush; use the harrow; let it not be a fine toothed, bhra’substantial one, the common harrow of the farm. This for meadow or pasture, or for anything except seeding to grass or clover. People are sensitive about the harrows on their meadows. A greater error never was entertained. The grass, especially when there Is a thick Soa, can bear to be cut up, thinned out* and a chance given for new growth. A new infusion in old meadows is wanted. Besides, the stirring of the soil is never sufficiently estimated. It is like harrowing or hoeing your wheat. The bare spots (small) will at once be-taken possession of by the grass or the clover, whiph will thrive doubly on. the nevV ftlellpw soil. We see the principle of this in clover, which, when the frost lifts it the second year, fts is often he case, leaves the field comparatively naked, but, at the end of the season, often the best meadow, with -usually tall heavy grass, to be improved the year following. This is the winter’s repeated experience. The clovc.r, with its long tap-root, -prepared the ground better than the harrow could, and the grass eagerly took advantage of it, tillering and occupying it. Use the harrow in the fall, early. This will heal the “hurt” and give the grass a good start by winter. In the spring there will he a sod at once. I Itis a.gqod plan when the grass is thin to scatter a little seed (titnothy) along with the harrowing. In such a case the brush may follow the barrow, and seed down between the two. Manure, followed by the harrow, seed sown and finished with the brush, will re-establish any old worn-out meadow. If the ground is soft, less harrowing ;if hard, more. Be-not afraid to harrow and re-harrow, mixiDg ground and manure. If the manure is applied in the winter —which is best, all thing considered — spread at once (from the sleigh or wagon), and in the spring, as early as the ground will admit, harrow and roll. There should be less ground broken ud ; a lighter barrow used. The crop will be a good one this year, and a better next. — Cor. Ceninlry Gentleman.

Dried Cream in Butter.

Mrs. L. Jennings, in writing to the Rural New Yorker on dried cream in butter, says: - : 1 think the cause too much air, or a current of air Which dries the cream while it is rising. Have observed this same effect in my own milk. If a pantry oft - the kitchen'ffimt be used through the stimmer. for milk, it should be . kept, nearly closed anddarkened, as it will then keep more of an even temperature, taking pains to open it offiy alien the air is coolest,“say early in the morning. I do not think it possible to make good butter in warm weather, where the pantry is used as ours generally are, for all the table dishes are passed from the heated kitchen to pantry, Taking the heated air from a cookstove into the pantry, and often hot victuals too. No person of sense and economy will practice it. I have seen a large cupboard, made and set in the kitchen for dishes, etc., where the means tvould not allow of any better way. A good cellar suits me the best in hot weather; and then I enjoy the time spent there, it is so cool It does not matter how small the cellar is, only large enough for the milk, if it is well drained and clean," no decayed vegetables and no vin egar or old cider in it. We used one several years, with no light except from the door, and that was kept shut when not needed. We made prime butter, I mention this because many people think they cannot make butter unless there is light and a draught of air, and so leave the cellar filled with rubbish all the sunmier, and try to make butter in the pantry. I wish to say to those, try the cellar; clean it early in the spring; drive away rats and mice; if they trouble you, use chloride of lime in it a few times. When the warm weather comes, clean again; be sure there is no decaying substance, and then try the milk there. I have found salt thrown over the cellar bottom to bo excellent in keeping insects away; also wash milk racks with salt and water, to keep off the mold, and never open the cellar windows in hot weather.

—The. Rev Dr. Ormiston, of New York, visited the big trees on the Pacific, and preached on the stump of one which had been smoothed so as to makean even floor for the summer-house erected over it, Fifty-five persons were present, and a hundred more could have been accommodated, leaving room for tbe pulpit and melodeon. —Theological students who desire to receive the aid of the Episcopal Society for the Increase of the Ministry will have in the future to go without tobacco and alcoholic drinks. Fever and Ague prevails to a painful extent In most sections of the West. A good safe and sure remedy is looked for by the people; one they can take to their homes to nse in time of need. We would, therefore, recommend to all, Perry Davis’ Pain Killer, as being a safe and 6ure remedy; by using it internally and externally freely, it will soon drive all appearances of the disease from the system. For sale by all medicine dealers. Cabi.e Screw Wire Boots and Shoes.—A word of explanation may notbe out of place. The cable wire acts as a screw, is strong and firm, and at the same time is elastic and comfortable. It is much preferable to the old method of pegging, and quite as soft and elastic as sewed work, but much stronger and less liable to rip, and much less expensive. Wo have tried the cable screw shoe, which has proved all that is claimed for it. The increase in this now method of manufacturing boots and shoes is very rapid, and promises to supersede the wood peg afia waxed thread.— The Standard, Chicago.

California’s Biggest Nugget.—How much we owe to Californfk’ Her precious metals have enriched thousands of our fellow citizens, and have proved the > a>ai» America i» times -«f aaUsnsd pecuniary embarrassment. Her mining industries have given, employment to myriads of mechanics and laborers. She is the lahd of promise to the fortune seeker. But the Golden State has lately sent us a new treasure. .Her last nugget is Dr! W alker's California VINEGAR Bitters. Tho health-giviDg principles contained in this curative are a more precious boon than gold. In all affections of the liver and stomach, remittent and intermittent fevers, rheumatism, and pulmonary diseases, it may be relied upon. As a blood depurent and invigorant it is nriequaled, purifying the circulation and infusing new Vigor into the debilitated frame! It conquers that most unyielding of all complaints—dyspepsia, and we know of no other remedy that can accomplish this. Its entire freedom from alcoholic spirit, Which retards and neutraliz es the effect of any medicine, and which forms the Wasis of many of the pseudo bitters and tonics, doubly enhances its value to the sick. The papers of the United States vie with one another in doing honor to Dr. Walker; We, too, add . our voice, and say all honor to the man whose science and skill have enabled him to draw from the vegetable kingdom such a balsam for human suffering. Butter and cheese are almost indispensa-, hie, articles of food. Properly used, they are nutritious and healthy; but an inordinate ush of either causes indigestion and dyspepsia. Parson'* Purgative Pills, judiciously used, will remove both of these troubles.

Millions of pairs of shoes tipped with metal are sold every year. For children’s shoes they are absolutely indispensable, unless one can afford the waste of buying two Pftlrs, whcn.oniyjone would be needed ; and few can safely submit to such a constant leak. With most people it is the little economies of the household that supply its members with comfort, and at the same time make the load of the father of moderate means a lighter one to bear. Cents invested in the purchase of metal-tipped shoes, save many a hard-earned dollar. — Amer. Workmm. r r Have yon ague in the face; and is it badly swollen? Have you severe pain in the chest, back or side? Have you cramps or pains in the stomach or bowels? Have you bilious colic or severe griping pains? If so, use Johnson''g Anodyne Liniment. Cocans and colds abb often overlooked: A continuance for any length of time causes Irritation of the Lungs or some chronic Throat Disease. - " llrone/»f«f s ?Vo<'7(es ,, 'are an effectual couoii remedy.

The Children's Hour.—The December number of this beautiful little magazine is issued. Now is the time to send in subscriptions for the new year. We notice that every one who senus a club will receive as a premium a copy of "The Christian Grace*," a large and exquisitely beautiful steel engraving. Subscription priGe, $1.25. Five copies, $5. Ten copies, $lO, and an extra copy to getter-up of chib. Address, T. S. Arthur & Sox, Philadelphia, l’a. * Ocit Boys, for December, is enlarged to sixtcen.pages and sixty-four Columns, making it one of the largest and most“wide-awakc journals for the youth in America. It contains two grand serials, “Sturdy and Steady,” and "Lance and Lasso,” with fifteen complete sketches, poetry, games, head-work,- IllitJY trated. Edited by Charles Dikhl. $1 a year. Twenty-live cents, allowed on small clubs. Send .stamp for specimen to Our Boy*, Chicago. *

, Arthur's Home Magazine,—The pubUshers of this favorite magazine close the present year with a number of rare excellence. Itcontnins the opening chapters of a new serial by Edward •Garrett entitled “ Crooked Places ; a Story of Struggles and Hopes.” The “ 7/qtfic ’’ for the coming year is to he enlarged and illustrated. Every subscriber w ill receive, besides the magazine, a copy of a large and beautiful steel engraving entitled “The Christian Graces.” Miss Pipsissiway Potts, whose " Other People’s Windows ” have been so large an attraction ju the. Home Magazine fo’r the past two years, will commence a new series of papers with the opening year,. T. S. Arthur, Miss Virginia F. Townsend, Kpsella Rice, and other favorite writers will give their best efforts to the magazine, which promises to he one of the most attractive in the country. Published hy T. S. AnTtiun & Sox, Philadelphia. Price $2.50 a year. * The Little Corporal fur December 'hrcTTipliaticnliy a holiday number, as it is full of good things for Christmas reading. The new story by Mrs. Miller has already developed sufficiently to assure every reader that it is to he one of the best things for the coining year. The letter to Santa Clans, by the same writer, is one of the best things in this number. Mrs. Weeks’ popular serial, "Dora,” is brought to a close; and a new story by the same author is announced for next year; also, a story by Mary A. Dennison, to begin in the Janury number. Send SI.OO to the publisher, John E, Miller, Chicago, and receive its excellent magazine for hoys and girls one year, and a pair of beautiful chromos. *

The Science of Health for December closes the first volume of this new independent Health Monthly. The present number contains a large Variety of illustrated articles, including Popular Physiology; The Eye; Medical Systems; Walking and Walkers; Wicked Quackery; Gentle Heat in Cooking; The Horse Malady; a timely article on the construction of Ice Houses. The Health of Preachers is considered; The American Institute Fair is described; Malarial Diseases, and a great variety of important subjects in Answers to Correspondents; making a very readable magazine. Price 20 cents; or, $2 a year. Three months free to those who subscribe now Address S. R. Wells, Publisher, 58!) Broadway, New York. » ‘ A Veteran.— The New York Observer^ ing for Its thousands of subscribers a New-Year’s Gift in the shape of a Jubilee Year-Book, which"" will he embellishedwith.several appropriate illustrations. The Observer was launched in 1823. and few papers can present such a successful history; and while there are plenty of good papers published, there are few that equal the Observer lor all the purposes of a family newspaper. Large, comprehensive and well filled, it cannot full to pay those who take it four-fold for their outlay. All subscribers get the Jubilee Year-Book, <,trails. }3 a year. Sidney E. Morse & Go., 37 Park Row, New York. * WnAT Unspeakable Relief is afforded to the burning and throbbing flesh by n single application of that unequalcd balsam for human or brute suffering, Mexican Mustang Liniment. The tor menting and sleep-destroying pains ofrhojnmitism, gout anil neuralgia, arc completely banished by Its use; stiffness of the joints and painful swellings quickly yield to Its emollient influence; lt^licals' bruises, cuts, scalds, etc., with astonishing rapidity. Forwtrains, spring halt, scratches, saddle, -collar and harness galls, as well as tiic most serious external maladies of the horse, it Is a swiss and thorough rcpicdy. UiHSTAnbno’a Excelsior Hath Dvr stands jinr)vailed and alone; tis merits have been no universally acknowledged that it would be a supererog alien to descant on them any further—nothing can eat it. ' Flaoo's Instant Relief lias stood twenty years’ test. Is warranted to give immediate relief to all Khenmatic, Neuralgic, Head, Ear, and Back Aches, or money refunded. ■ Ask your grocer for PriißSing's Celebrated Cider Vinegar. Warranted pure. Preserves Pickles.

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Humbug Dissected. Quaint old Burton Jias favored us with an “ Anatomy of Melancholy,” but who shall dissect the melancholy fallacies and fibs With which knaves and fanatics endeavor todelflde the slckandfeebieof-thls generation. Charlatans, through the newspaper press, recommend to the strqngtlilcss victim of disease convulsing purgatives which, if taken, are sure to turn Ills debilitated system almost inside out, and sink him Into the uttermost depths of helplessness and despondency I Fanutlcs, on the other hand, assure the prostrate patient that no medicine containing a diffusive stimulant ought to pass Ids lips. If lie elects to be guided by the advice of imposters and lunatics, let him make his wiH and order his coffin; hut if there Is a spark of common sense in Ms composition, let him resort in life extremity to Hoslytter’s Stomach Bitters, the most potent of vegetable tonics and alteratives—the purest and most entirely wholesome of medicated stimulants. The wonderful cures of dyspepsia, biliousness, rheumatism, physical prostration, anil malarious fevers whiclrthls rare specific lias effected during tlic lost twenty-two years are the most conclusive answers that can be given to tlic enemies of niauklnd, who offer, vulcanic cathartics as tonics, and to the mistaken beings who would refuse a medicinal stimulant to a poor, broken-down Invalid, who la literally dying by inches for the want of Judicious stimulation. Temperance, properly understood, countenances no such folly as this. The State laws enacted to put down the abhorrent vice of drunkenness, provldo for the sale of brandy, whisky, and other liquors as medicines-, audit these adulterated liquors of trade are accepted by temperance legislators ns remedies, what ought to be tlic general verdict of tlio temperance public ks regards the peerless vegetable tonic based upon a sitoimlant absolutely pure. Tint Longs ar* Strainrd and KacK*d by a persistent Cough, the general strength wasted, and an Incurable complaint established thereby. Dr. Jayne’s Expectorant is an effective remedy for Coughs and colds, and exerts a beneficial effect on the Pulmonary and Brohcliial Organs. ■»

TXrUKN WHITING TO ADVERTISERS TV please say you saw the advertisement In this paper A CHALLENGE Is extended to the World To place before thepublic a better Cough or Lung lieniedy than ALLEN’S LUNG BALSAM. It Is warranted to break up the most troublesome Cough in an incredibly short time. There is no remedy that can show more evidence of real merit than this BALSAM for curing Consumption, Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Croup, etc. It Acts on tho Kidneys! It Acts on the Liver! SW” Which makes it more than a Cough- Rcnicdy. LATEST EVIDENCE, g, Wliht well known Druggists of Tennessee say about Alien’s Lung Balsam. Springfield Tcnn., Sept. 13,1872. Oentlkmkn: Please ship us six doz. Allen’ 3 Lung Balsam; Vie have not a bottle in the store. It lias more reputation than any Cough Medicine we have ever sold. Have been in the drug business 27 years. We mean just what we say. Ymg iniljr }mjarfL What the Doctors Sayiv ■- - Drs. Wilson & Ward, Pliyslclana and- DKlgglsts,* write from Ccntrcville, Tenn.: ‘.‘. Wa-nurchaaed Alien's Puug Balsam, and It. sells rapidly; We are druggists, and take pleasure in recommending a grout remedy, such as we. know tills to be. ~ , , Physicians do not recommend a medicine wluen nas no merit; what they say about ALLEN’S LUNG BALSAM Can be taken as a fact. Let all afflicted, test it at once and be convinced of its real merits. It is harmless to the most delicate child. It Contains no Opinm in Any Form. . o^xj^xoiNrBo not deceived. Call for ALLEN'S LUNG BALSAM, and take no other. fST Directions accompany each bottle. J.N. HARRIS & CO., Cincinnati, 0., PROPRIETORS. , - 1 ffg.U by All Medicine Dealers.

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sea H.EIOEIPTS which cost $135.00 sent on receipt of 10 cents. Address UTs BKNJxVAILNi td.-Lo«4svM<f,- ' : * f{K K VAIaUA RXE Send thrce-eenC stamp foU DOBSON - JI * YXKS * DR. WHITTIER, 617 st b?WM REEII Longest engaged, an-d xeost saecwd.n f-bysiciaa of the age Cajior write. ' Sent by mail for 10 cte. E. B. FOOTE, M. 8., ■\TUCH practice has gtvea great value to the advice ILL of the undersigned in anv foreign estate* claim. J. F. FBUEAtIFF, Attorney at Law, Colombia, Lancaster Co., Pa. QIIEEF.-4VEBB BOUTHDOWNS FOB SALE.t 5 GEO. H. BROWN, Mlllbrook Dutchess Co.. N.Y. pTHEft-NECTAR with the GAn?flavor. War ranted to suit all taste*. For salg y everywhere. And for sale yt;h6i«*

m No Person can ink© tlieac Bitters according to directions, and remain long unwell, provided their bones are not destroyed bv mineral poison or other means, and the vital organs wasted beyond the poiu\ of repair. * v . , DyspepHla or Indigestion. Headache, Paul in the ShOitUiers, Coughs, Tightness of the Chest, Dizziness, Sour Eructations of the Stomachy Dad Tast% in the Mouth, Bilious Palpitation of the Heart, Inflammation of the Lungs, Tain In the regions of the Kidneys, and a hundred other painful symptoms* are the offsprings of Dyspepsia. In these complaints it has no equal, and one bottle will prove a Letter guarantee of its merits than a lengthy advertisement. For Female Complaints, in young or old, married or single, at the dawn of womanhood, or the turn of life, these Tonic Bitters display so decided an influence that a marked improvement is soon perceptible. For Inflammatory niul Cltronic IMieumatfism and Gout, Bnious, Remittent and Intermittent Fevers, Diseases of the Blood, Liver, Kidneys and Bladder, these Bitters have no equal. # Such Diseases are caused by Vitiated Blood, yvldth ts generally produced by derangement of the Digestive Organs. They are li Gentle Purgative as well as a Tonic, possessing also the peculiarmerit of acting as a powerful agent in relieving CongeStfen or Inflammation of the Liver and Visceral Organs, and in Bilious For .Skin Disease*," Eruptions, Tetter, Salt Rheum, Blotches, Spots, Pimples, Pustules, Boils, Carbuncles, Ring-worms, Scald-Head, Sore Eyes, Erysipelas, Itch, Scurfs, Discolorations of the Skin, Humors mid Disuses of the Skin, of whatever name or nature, are literally dug up antTcarried out of the system ill « short-time by the use of these Bitters. Grateful Thousands proclaim Virtuear Bitters the most wonderful Invigorant that ever sustained the linking system. J WALKER, Prop’r, R. H.'McDONALD & CO., I Driiggists ami Gen. Agts., San Francisco and New York, cy SOLD BY A LI. DRUGGISTS & DEALERS.

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MOTHKItS! MOTHERS!! MOTHERS!!! Don’t fiill to procure BIRS. WINS. LOW’S SOOTHING BYKUI* FOB CHILDREN TEETHING. Tills valuable preparation bas been used wltb NEV-EK-FAILINGSUCCESS IN TIIOUSAN 1)SOb CASKS. It not only rcllavcs the ohlld from pain, but Invigorates the Btomach ami bowels, corrects acidity, and gives tono and energy to the whole system, it wut also instantly relievo . -"r - , Griping in the Bowel# and Wind Colic. We believe It the BEST undBPREST REMEDY jg THE WORLD, 111 all cases of IFi SENT Elt\ AND DiARUIUHA IN CHILDREN, whether arising from teething or any Other cause. ' Depend upon It, mothers, It will give rest to yourselves, and Roliof and Hoalth to Yonr Infants. Bo sure and call for “MRS. WINSLOW’S SOOTHING SYRUP,” Havtngdhe fac-slmllo of **CUBTIS A PEIIKINS" on the outside wrapper. , ~ taf-Sold by druggists throughout the world. • ritHE best selling book in the market il JL The Struggles of Petroleum Y,Na% It Is Illustrated by THOMAS HAST, the greatest of American artists, ami contains an introduction by Hon. Charles Sumner. Agents wanted for tlilt and other popular books. Address I. N. Richardson & Ob., Boston, Mass., and St. Louis, Mo.

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