Rensselaer Union, Volume 5, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 May 1873 — Page 4

WILLIAM H. SEWARD.

Memorial services tohonor of the late William H. Seward took place at Albany, N. Y., on the 18th of April and the occti •ion was observed as one or great solemnity by the State authorities and as a day of Summing by the people geherally. The oration before the Legislature was'delivered by the Hon. Charles Francis Adatns. From this address we make the following extracts: On this occasion it is not my design to follow the common course of a purely chronological narrative. That work has been already well done by others who have preceded ine. ft will suffice to state that Mr. Seward was bom with the century, and issued from the college at Schenectady at the age of nineteen. Three years, passed In the customary probation of a lawyer’s office, gave him his profession, and one year more found him married. From that moment he could hope, to enlarge the basis of his imperfect education only by snatching what he might but of the intervals of rest in a busy life. Hence it becomes proper to assume that, in the just sense of the word, Mr. Seward was never a learned man. In the ardor .with which he rushed into affairs, the wonder is that he acquired what he did. To his faculty of rapid digestion of what lie-could read, lie was indebted for the attainments he actually mastered. For it should be further remarked, that though he faithfully applied himself to his profession, it was not an occupation congenial to his taste. On the contrary, he held it in aversion. He felt in himself a capacity to play a noble part on the more spacious theater of State affairs. His aspiration was for the fame of a statesman, and in indulging this propensity lie committed no mistake. The chief characteristic of his mind was its breadth of view. In this sense he was a philosopher studying polities. He began by forming for himself a general idea of government, by which all questions of a practical nature that came up for consideration were to lie tested. This naturally led him to prefer the field of legislation to that of administration, though he proved equally skillful in both. Almost simultaneously with his marriage he appeared ready to launch into the political conflicts of the hour. Commencing in this small way lie rose by easy degrees inks the atmosphere of statesmanship. As the result of a season of political'chaos and dissension the Whig element rose as the antagonist of the Democratic party; In the quibbles over immaterial questions sight was lost of the policy which was secretly lalxtring for the extension of slave territory. Sucli being the state of things at the outset of Mr. Seward’s career, the first thing necessary for him to do was to choose his side. Under his father’s roof the influences naturally-carried ifim to sympathize with the old Jeffersonian party on tlie one. hand, while therelics of the slave system-remaining in the family as house servants—the. least repulsive form of that relation —seemed little likely to inspire in him much aversion to it on the other. Nevertheless, he early formed his conclusions adversely to the organization in New York professing to lie the "successors of the Jefferson school, and not less so to the perpetuation of slavery anywhere. On the oilier hand the selection of the-more* conservative side, which lie finally-made, was one not unat tended with difficulty. The idea of a popular form of government, which lie liad built up in his own mind, was one of the most expansive kind. In this he was conservative, that besought to change, only the better to expand on a wider scale. So far'as I can comprehend the true sense of the word democracy, 1 have never found my idea more broadly developed than by him. It is far more practical than anything ever taught by Jefferson, and throws into deep shadow the performances of most of his modern disciples. He soon became a representative of the younger, the ardent and tin- liberal division which favored a policy more in harmony with the nature of our institutions than suited the adherents to long-established ideas. Yet these were not long in finding out that lie was possessed of powers to direct the popular sense, which, on the whole, it was not expedient for them to neglect. Presently an occasion made him prominent in the Shite elections. The ineonsisteucy, which he could not fail trr expose, of the power of secret societies with popular institutions, as illustrated in the wellknown story of the abduction and death of Morgan, made him first a member of the Senate of this State, and afterward raised him to be the Governor for two terms. The sentiments of Mr. Seward on the subject of slavery had l»een early expressed. Previously to graduating at college lie had passed six months in' the State of Georgia, but lie seems not to have been converted by iris experience to any faith in the system. His first public demonstration was made in a Fourth of July oration, delivered at Auburn, when he was twenty-four years old. In this speech the deliberate claim of a right in the Federal government to emancipate slaves by legislation was not less remarkable than the miscalculation of the force of the passions which led the South, in the end, to the very step that brought on the predicted consequences. Yet in his conclusion he proved a prophet. But he then could little have foreseen tlie share he was to have in controlling tlie final convulsion. Mr. Seward terminated his career as a State golitician with a very elaborate exposition of is views of policy, presented with great ability. From this date ilr. Seward remained several years in private life, steadily pursuing his profession. The course of public- affairs had not proven propitious to his party. General Taylor was made President, and si- , multaneously Mr. Seward was for tlie first time transferred from tlie field of State to that of national affairs. He came into the Senate of the United States not to leave it for twelve years. He came under circumstances of no trifling embarrassment. The new President was at the time utterly unknown to the public men and especially to him. 1 am very sure that Mr. Seward felt for some time quite uncertain wliat the issue would be. Everything depended upon the natural powers of General Taylor to distinguish the true from the false path. Happily for Mr. Sew ard, he determined to be guided by his counsel. Then came the struggle with Mexico, and Mr. Seward and the President differed in their policy. The successive speeches—one on the Util of March, the next on the 3d of July, and the last on the 11th of September of the year ISso—displayed in the clearest light his whole policy on this vital subject. At the very outset lie* declared himself opposed to a compromise with slavery in any'and all the forms in which it had bc-eii proposed, and he followed up the words with a close argument against each of those forms. Then began the great reaction in the North and West. At last the election of ]Bs(i displayed the fact that parties had thrown off disguises and were placing themselves upon the real issues vital to the country. Although the Buchanan was made to succeed Franklin Pierce, the severity of the struggle indicated but too plainly the beginning of the end. From this moment the Republican - pai U became the true antagonist to that domination. Mr. Seward now, for the first time, enjoyed the —great advantage of being perfectly free from embarrassments springing out ot a union w ith paralyzing associates in the same party. He took the field with all his vigor, and the speeches which he made, both in the Senate and before the people, remain to testify to his powers and his success. The effects of the hew union, reinforced by the extreme policy adopted by the opposite side, were made perceptible In the steady increase of the minorities in both Houses of Congress. The opening of the Thirty-sixth Congress showed that in the popular branch the Republican party counted a plurality of the members. After a long-con-tinued struggle they succeeded in electing their Speaker. It looked as if the handwriting would soon be visible on the wail. Then came a moment when a candidate of the party, at. -.last thoroughly organized, was to Vie nominated for the Presidency of 1861. [Alluding to Mr. Seward’s failure to get the nomination for the Presidency by tlie., Chicago Convention in 1860, tlie orator said]: '/ ” ■ Placing myself in the attitude of Mr. Seward,, at the moment when the news of so strange a decision would reach his ears, I think I might, like Jacques in the play, have moralized for an instant upon man’s ingratitude. But Mr. Seward, when he beard of it, did not reason on this low level. That he deeply felt such a refusal to recognize the value of his long and earnest labors In a perilous cause I have every reason Jo helieve. I had been long watching his course with the deepest interest, ■ sometimes fearful lest he might tend towards the delusive ! track of expediency, at others impatient at his calmness in moments fit to call out the fire of “ Demosthenes, yet, on the whole, if I may be fco bold as to confess it, fastened to his footsteps bv the conviction that he alone of ail .others bad most marked himself os a disciple of the school in which I had teen bred myself. In this state of mind I had indulged a strong hope, not only that his splendid services would meet with a Just acknowledgment, but that his future guidance might, be depended on in the event of critical difficulties. Mr. Seward entered Into the canvass in behalf of his rival

with the utmost energy. 1 was, myself, a witness and companion through a large part of ids journey in the West. His speeches, made at almost every central point, indicate, nht simply tlie fertility of his powers, but the 1 fidelity to which lie applied tlicffi to tlie purpose in hand. They still remain with us to testify for him themselves. The election followed, making a new era in the history of this Republic. * The slave-holding power, which had governed for more than thirty years, liad at last ceased to control. * No sooner was the result known than South Carolina lifted the banner of secession, not having eliosen to wait for any assignable cause of grievance. Congress assembled at Washington to hold the last session under tlie Administration of Mr. Buchanan. Tied hand and foot by tlie conditions under which he had received his nomination four years before, his course had been faltering and uncertain, meriting praise neither for prudence nor patriotism. In the condition tilings were in at that moment, with a Cabinet divided, and both branches of the Legislature utterly without spirit to concert measures, tlie effect was equivalent to disintegration. Disaffection became rife everywhere south of Mason and Dixon’s line. And in tlie city of Washington itself it became difficult to'find among tlie residents persons wholly free from it. If such was the condition of the disaffected party, it was scarcely tetter with the loyal side. Tlie President elect/ wasstill at home in Illinois, giving no signs of life, and there was no one of tlie faithful men I vested with authority to speak or act in his •teinrff. That something ought to be done to keep the control of tlie Capital and bridge over tlie interval between tlie 4th of March in peace and quiet was manifest. In this emergency I have it in my power to .speak only of wliat" I know Mr. Sew’ard effected on his sole responsibility. Of his calmness in the midst of difficulty, (if his fertility in re-source,-of his courage in at once breaking up the remnants of party ties, and combining, as firmly as lie eould, trusty.men, whether in the Government, in tlie army, in tlie municipal boards or elsewhere, to seyure tlie policy of keeping everything steady, I liad abundant evidence. Tin- hearty co-operation of General Bcott, then Commander-m-Chief, although surrounded by less than even lukewarm assistants,. proved of tlie highest value. Tlie day is. perhaps, not yet come, if it ever does, when all the details of these operations w ill he disclosed. - But, if it should, it will only add one more to the many causes of gratitude due by the country to the memory of Mr. Seward. But out of all tlie sources of anxiety and distrust'heaped'tip in this most fearful interval, . that which appeared to many tlie most appalling was tlie fad that we were about to have for our guide through this perilous strife a person selected partly on account of the abwmee of positive qualities, so far as lie was kuown to the public. So it seemed absolutely indispensable on every account that not only ■ Mre-Seward- should ha ve, been -early ,secured- in a prominent post, Imt that liis advice, at least, should have teen asked in regard to tlie completion of tlie organization. The value of such counsel in securing harmony in policy is too well understood to need explanation. But Mr. Lincoln as yet knew little of all this, lienee it was at quite a late period of tlie session before lie liad disclosed Ills intention to place Sir. Sew ard in tlie most prominent place. So doubtful liad some of Mr. Seward’s friends teen made by this proceeding of tlie spirit of the President, that they were disposed to advise him not to assume any responsibiltty-uoder him

Let ine not be understood as desiring to say a word in a spirit of derogation from tlie memory of, Abraham Lincoln. He afterward proved liiinseif before tlie world a pure, brave, honest man; faithful to his arduous task, and laving down his life at the last as tlie penalty fur liis country’s safety. At tlie same time it is the duty of history, in dealing with all human action, to do strict justice in discriminating between persons, and by no means to award to one honors that clearly belong to another. Furthermore, he was quite deficient jn liis acquaintance with the character mid qualities of public 'men or their aptitude for the: positions to which lie assigned them. Indeed, lie never selected them solely by that standard. Admitting tliis to be an accurate statement, tlie difficulties in tlie way of Mr. Seward on liis assuming tlie duties of tlie Foreign Department may tic readily imagined. Tlie immediate reorganization of the service abroad was imperatively demanded at all points* It may he easily conceived wliat an effect could be produced in all quarters by the equivocal, half-hearted tone prevailing among the American agents themselves. Yet, assuming it to be indispensable that the foreign service should tie reorganized, a very grave difficulty forthwith presented itself. Tlie Republican party had been so generally in opposition that but few of its prominent members had had any advantages of experience in office. And, in tlie foreign service especially, experience is almost indispensable to usefulness. .Mr. Seward himself came iuto tlie State Department with no acquaintance with tile forms of business other than that obtained incidentally through his service in the Senate. He had not had the benefit of official presence abroad, an advantage by no means trifling ill conducting the foreign affairs. ThcUnarvrlous fertility of Sir. Sew ard’s pen spread itself at once over every important point Oil tlie globe, and the lofty firmness Of his tone infused a spirit of unity of action such as liad never been witnessed before. Tlie effect of this was that from a state of utter demoralization at the outset, the foreigiLseryieerapidjy became the most energetic and united organization thus far made abroad. The evidence of this-will- remain patent in the archives of tin* nation so long as they shall be suffered to endure, It may lie questioned whether any head of an executive department ever approached Mr. Sew ard in the extent and minuteuess of the instructions he was constantly issuing during tlie critical period of tlie war. While necessarily subject to imperfection, consequent upon the rapidity with which lie wrote, liis papers will occasion rather surprise at their general excellence than at any casual defects they may contain. Even in the darkest hours his clarion voice rang out more sharp and clear in full faith of the triumph of the great cause than even in the moment of its complete success. And” tlie consequence is that the fame of William H. Seward as" a sagacious statesman is more widely spread over every part of the globe than that of ally preceding statesman in our history.- - - ■ ■■;- _r_ * * * * * * * I am not going to touch upon tlie incidents of the great war. It is enough to say that Gettysburg and Vicksburg turned the. tide, and the Administration had nothing more to fear from popular distrust, Tlie election confirmed it in power’ and little was left to do but to heal tlie wounds inflicted and restore the blessed days of peace and prosperity. Scarcely had the necessary measures been matured, and fortune begun once more to smile, w hen the hand of the assassin, unerring in its instinctive sagacity, vented ail the rage of the bullied enemy upon the heads of the two individuals of all others who most distinctly symbolized the emancipation yf the slave and the doom of the master’s pride. Then followed a successor to the chair sadly wanting in the happiest qualities of his predecessor, but readily moulded to the very same policy which had beeu inaugurated byhim. In his earnestness to save it Mr. Seward subordinated himself just as before. ****** * in the spring of 1809 lie bid a last farewell to public life. The veteran who liad fought for the establishment of the great principles of liberty—clear of all hampering compromises, who bore on his front the gash he received because he had worked too well, a scar which would have made a life-long political fortune for any purely military man —w as permitted to repair in -silence to his home, now lonely from tlie loss of thoseVvholiad made it his delight, with fewer marks of recognition of his brilliant career than he would have had if lie had been the most insignificant of our Presidents. Such is one more example of the fate that awaits “those who hang qn princes’ favors,” w hether the sovereign lx- one, or he many. And,now liis native State, having bestowed on him all the honors within her gift during his life, with a natural pride in the career of so great a son, has sought outside her borders 'fofbflebTthehuffiWesr of ills disciples to cull a few fleeting flowers and place them on his grave. While Ido honor torthis manifestation on her part, 1 trust I may be pardoned fpr remembering that he did not save the State alone —he saved the Nation. Let me turn from this subject to the more agreeable task of pointing out to you some peculiar qualities of Mr. Seward," which merit ■close attention in any view-taken of his character. Of these the most marked was his indomitable courage. By *uperfieial observers among his cotemporaries, the breadth of his popular theory was set down as little more than the agitation not unusual with our ordina-ry-demagogues. Hence the prejudices more ot less imbibed by many of- his own party, and others who knew nothing of him personally. -Yet the fact is indisputable that very few- public men in our history can be -cited who have shown so much indifference in running directly counter to the popular passions when highly excited as he aid. And in such action rt is clear that be eohld have teen prompted by .no motive other thanythe highest of personal duty. i ’ T , -V

Hitherto I have treated only Jils public life., I now propose to touch on his professional career, to which, though not attractive to him, lit steadily adhered so long ns it was practicable. lin'd lie devoted himself to it exclusively 1 have not a shadow of doubt lie w-ould have attained a position of tlie very first rank. [The speaker here related the circumstances of the memorable defense of tlie friendless negro, William Freeman, charged with murder. Mr. Adams concluded by pronouncing a eulogy upon Mr. Beward’s oratory, and read an extract from tlie argument tefore tlie jury.] I pass from tliis illustration of the resolute will and courage of tlie man to another of wholly different and a still higher kind. I shall not w'eary your patience by going over tlie well-known details of the seizure by our gallant countryman, Admiral Wilkes, of the two rebel emissaries, Mason and Slidell, by forcibly taking them from a British passenger Steamer then on iicr way over tlie high sens to a British port. You can all remember how much delighted everybody was witli tlie news. Few stopped to think of tlie possible consequences as affecting the rights of neutral nations. Some erroneous precedents were published in the journals which quieted possible doubts. Admiral Wilkes immediately received tlie official approbation of tlie House of Representatives and the Secretary of. the Navy, and rose in a moment to tlie height of a popular hero. Crowded public meeiings everywhere joined in their acclamations, proudly exultant at the gallant deed. On the other hand, tlie effect of the violent proceeding, when divulged in Great Britain, no one had a better opportunity to understand than I myself. It was at once presumed to have been authorized by the Government, so that no course was left to_the. Ministry other tlmn to demand immediate satisfaction for the insult. War was considered as inevitable: hence provision was promptly made by many to remove American property out of tlie risk of confiscation. Tlie dock-yards resounded by night as Well as by day with the ring of the hammers, fitting out the largest iron-dads, and orders went forth to assemble tlie most available troops for immediate embarkation to the points in America closest upon our northern-border, A Cabinet ■ council was promptly assembled. Four dispatches were’drawn up on. the same day, the 30th of November, three of them addressed t«i the British Minister at Washington, Lord Lyons, and one to tlie Lords Commissioners of tlie Admiralty. Ail of them distinctly anticipated an immediate rupture and made provision for the event. Looking at these proceedings as calmly as I can from our present point of view, it seems impossible-for me to doutit that tlie issue of tliis peremptory demand lias been already prejudged tiy her Majesty’s Ministers. They did not themselves believe that tlie men would lie restored. Yet, had it been judged proper to await for a few days tlie reception of official intelligence,-then on its way from Washington, these gentlemen -would have learned from Mr, Seward that the act was without.authority,-and that the Government was ready to listen to any reasonable representations that might be forthcoming: It was the writing of that preliminary dispatch that saved tlie dignity of the country'. Mr. Seward could point to it to prove that his action, when finally taken, had not been prompted by intimidation. Tlie precipitate British course had betrayed tlie rudeness of distrust and nothing more. He had- been ready to hear and discuss tlie question impartially and solely on It'S merits. A war witli Great Britain to maintain an unsound principle, merely because the people made a hero of Admiral Wilkes, would probably have ended in a triumph of tlie rebellion and a permanent disruption of tlie Union. When the time came for the assembly of tlie Cabinet to decide upon an answer to Great Britain, not a sign liad been given by the President or any of the members favorable to concession, Mr. Seward, who had been charged with tlie official duty of furnishing tlie expected answer, assumed tlie responsibility of preparing liis able argument upon which a decision was predicated to surrender the men. Upon him would have rested the wffble weight of tlie popular indignation, had it proved formidable. If I have been rightly informed, when read, it met with but few comments and less approbation. On the other hand there was no resistance. Silence gave consent, It was the act of Mr. Seward, and liis name was to lie chiefly associated—with it, whether far good or for evil. That name will ever stand signed at the foot of the dispatch. In my firm belief that act saved tlie unity of tlie nation. It was like the fable of tlie Roman Curtius; who leaped into the foaming abyss which eould have been closed in no other way. Tlie people acquiesced rather than approved, and to tliis day they have never manifested any sign of gratitude whatever. In 1809 Mr. Seward returned home to Auburn, the wreck of his former self. The continuous conflicts of twenty years, and especially those of the last eight, with the assassin’s knife, had told heavily-on liis frame. That home, too, was no longer what it liad been, when tlie gifted partner of his life and a beloved daughter spread over it sunshine and joy, in peaceful times. Worst of all the symptoms of a subtle disease, creeping slowly from the extremities, came to warn him that repose would be synonymous with decay. Nothing daunted, lie determined to fight the enemy to tlie last. He undertook the laborious task of a journey round tlie globe. The turn of liis mind, ever indulging in wide speculation upon the objects presented to his observation, is as’clearly marked in tliis as it is in any of his earlier productions. lienee it is clear that however impaired may have been" his tenement of clay, tlie living principle within held out firmly to tlie last. And now- the chief part of my work is done. I have tried to test the statesman by the highest standard known to mankind. His career covers the whole of what I designated as tlie second period of our history, thaty ’pending which; the heaviest clog to freedom, a ■perilous legacy from our forefathers, was, after long and severe conflict; at last happily removed. In this trial’Mr. Seward played a great part. His mind, taking in the broadest view of practical popular government, never failed him in the useful application of his powers to tlie removal of all adventitious obstructions to its development. He was never a mere theorist or dreamer Of possibilities lie could not reach. lie speculated boldly, but lie was an actor all tlie while, and effected results. It is in tliis sense that I think my narrative lias established for him a just claim to the high position I assigned tohinrat iny outset. He may not, indeed,, rise to the full stature of tlie philosopher statesman, “equal to the present, reaching forward to the future,’’ never seen even m the palmy days of ancient Greece, or perhaps anywhere else, hut at least lie stands in the first rank of those admitted most nearly to approach it. Thus far I have considered him exclusively in his public life. The picture would scarcely seem complete if I omitted a word about him as a man like all the rest of us. By nature he can scarcely be said to have teen gifted with the advantage of an imposing presence, such as fell to the lqj of Mr. Calhoun and Mr. Webster; Neither in face nor in figure would he have attracted particular notice, and both his voice and articulation-were little favorable to tlie power of liis elocution; yet he had in a remarkable degree the faculty of fixing the hearer’s attention—the surest test of oratorical superiority. His familiar conversation rarely kept in the dreary round of commonplace, and often struck into original and instructive paths. His personal address was easy and careless, sometimes rather Blunt. It lacked something of' the polish of the most refined society, but there w:as a simplicity and heartiness in his genial hours that often brought one close to him in a moment. At times, when in good spirits, there seemed a superabundant glee springing from his own thoughts, which spentJtself in laughter more robust than could be wholly accounted for by anything expressed. And yet it had a ' sympathetic power over the hearers almost irresistible. In his domestic relations he was pure and affectionate —ready to heed the monitions of a gifted and refined partner, and profit by her prudent counsel. To his intimate friends he was deeply attached. The line of great statesmen in Ameriek may or may not stretch out In yen bright track that-fires the western skies, to the crack of doom. But the memory of him who guided our course through the mos,t appalling tempest yet experienced in our annals can scarcely fail to confront aJJ future aspirants iu tlie samq honorable career, as an example w hich every one of them may imitate to his advantage, but which few can hope to be so fortunate as to excel.” ; Cost of Artesian Wells. —The Union Pacific Railroad Company have latelysunk six artesian wells on the elevated plains over which that road passes, 4,000 feet above the sea level. The deepest so, far is about 1,300 feet. A well of 1,000 feet in depth costs about $1,500. Several of these wells yield about 1,000 gallons per hour, sufficient for irrigating twenty acres of land, Others bring water to within ten or fifteen feet of the surface, and then pumps must be used. The flowing wells - are certain to be of immense benefit for agricultural purposes in the future.

Perfect Butter.

There have been in the Providence market this winter a few hundred pails of butter which have a histone They erme from a single dairy in Illinois, and are uniform in quality, hardly distinguishable, indeed, one from another, although made in summer, autumn and winter. Tlicy are sweeter, and have a fresher and more delicate aroma than any ball butter we were able to find last summer in Rhode Island. They contain little salt and no buttermilk. Tliis perfect butter is churned daily from fresh milk. Here lies the secret. Milk one hour —butter the next. No setting of milk-pans and skim-, ming and storing-up of cream. No subjection of milk and cream to atmospheric, electric and thermal changes. No expensive cellars with running water to secure fresh air and equal temperature, or, in default, a perpetually fluctuating product of butter.. In place of the inefficient hand working of the butter, jaws worked bypower, squeezing out the buttermilk, just as the melted slag is squeezed out of the softened iron in puddling. The dairy farm at which this.butter is made has, we believe,, a hundred or more cows, in addition to which milk is purchased from tlie neighboring farms. It is, in other words, a factory, producing butter on a large scale, of uniform, excellent quality. Our theory of butter-making has always been to carry the milk from the cows directly to the churn, and only to delay churning long enough for tlie milk to cool to the proper temperature. There would then be two churnings each day, and the quantity- should he sufficient to make one or more Complete packages for the market at each churning. Theoretically, also, the caseine should be immediately separated from the residual milk and buttermilk, and the ultimate products, butter and cheese, be the only substances remaining to be cared for from day today. In sucli a factory, power and good machinery would substitute hand labor, and a uniformly good product of butter should result. The cheese would he of secondary, though considerable importance. At the present time large quantics of French butter, of uniform quality, are sold in tlie English market, at a good price. Meanwhile, American butter, in England, brings much less than its value, from the fact that no two packages arc alike, cvch from the same dairy. This holds good oT Rhode Island butter, in our own jaariESk. Tlie butter from the same dairy, in successive weeks, in summer, has hardly a recognizable resemblance. A principal cause of this diversity- and inferiority of product, is the difficulty or impossibility of keeping milk and cream, in our variable climate, and in any but the best appointed dairy rooms or cellars. The remedy for this is in Rimming fresh milkinstead of stale cream. —Proviilcuce Jem rnal.

The Nashville Union and American says : “ This paper took great pride in.publishing to the world, three months since, the gratifying fact that the ladies of one of our churches had pledged themselves to discountenance extravaganc e and folly, by appearing at church in the future in calico dresses. We are now enabled to report that the commendable resolve is carried into effect, one lady member of that church having made her appearance at divine worship attired in a calico dress, which cost, with all its frills, flounces, frizzes, folds, frumple.4, fringes, fixings, furbelows and filagree work, only $19.50.” Ask for Prassing’s Cider Vinegar, and take no other. Warranted to preserve Pickles. Consumption.—For. the cure of this distressing disease there has been no medicine yet discovered that can show more evidence of real merit than Allen’s Lung Balsam. This unequaled expectorant for curing consumption, and all diseases leading to it, such as affections of the throat, lungs, and all diseases of the pulmonary organs, is introduced to the suffering public after its merits for the cure of such diseases have been fully teated by the medical facnlty. The Balsam is, consequently, recommended by physicians who have become acquainted with its great success. TnE Poison mongers who advertise compounds of Fluid Fire and pungent alkalies as “balsamic medicines,” “safe and harmless tonics,” and “genial invigorante,” are worthy of being classed with tlie old Barnegat wreckers who kindled deceptive beacons, in order to decoy mariners to inevitable death. But a time came when the lures of the coast bandits failed, and a time leas come when the venders of Bittered Alcohol fail to impress the reading public with a belief in their fictions. , —lt is duo to that conscientious and aide physician, Dr. Joseph Walker, of California, to say that he has largely contributed to this desirable end, by providing tlie world with a Tonic-. Corrective and AntiFebrile Vegetable preparation, Which accomplishes all that is mendaciously promised on behalf of the alcoholic nostrums. His California Vinegar Bitters prepared from botanic productions, now- for the first time employed in tlie pharmacy of civilization, is the leading tonic in every State and Territory in the Union. The fact that this wonderful elixir contains no alcohol, no mineral, no dangerous element, is one of‘the causes of its immense popularity ; another is that as a stomachic invigoront, blood-purifier, alterative, anti-spasmodic and anti-bilious medicine, it is as far ahead of every other preparation as Temperance is ahead of _ - .. : We have heard recently (if several severe eases of spinal disease cured by Johnson's Anodyne Liniment; one case of a man fortyfive years old, who liad not done a day’s work for four years. Tlie back should first he washed, then rubbed with a coarse towel. Apply the Liniment cold, and rub in well with thirhand.’---

“Horse-Men,” and others who pretend to know, say .that the following directions liad better be observed in using Sheridan's Vamlry Condition Ponders: Give a horse a tablespoonful every night for a week; tlie same every other night for 4or 6 nights; the same fora milch co,w, and twice as much for an ox. The addition of a little fine salt will bean advantage..-, As Quick as a Flash ok lioßtntxo docs Cristalioko’s Excelsior Hair Dye act upon tin' hair, whiskers and moustaches : no chameleon tints, but the purest Raven or the most exquisite Browns will be evolved. In One to Five Minutes, Headache, Earache, Neuralgia, Lame Back, Diarrhoea, Croups, Sprains, and alPeiinilar complaints, are relieved by Flaou’s Instant Relief, or money refunded. Contentment and happiness reign in all households where Dooley’s Yeast Powder is used. Try it. Your grocer lias it. Put up full weight. Coughs and Colds. —Those who are suffering from Coughs, Colds, Hoarseness, Sore Throat, &c., should try "Bream's Bronchial Troches.’’. . ■■' • ./_ , Arthur’s Illustrated Home Maga-zine.—-Among the interesting contents of the May nnmber are: Frontispiece—a Picture of the Old Homestead; The Sleeping Babe—illustrated; The gtraits of Magellan—illustrated; A Visit to Friends’ Meeting; Iceland—illustrated; Cruel Nursery Lessons; The Coming Schoolmaster; The Capercaillie—illustrated; Going wirh the Angels—illustrated; A Day Lost; The Wolf and the Lamb—illustrated; The Deacon’s Household; Alice and Phoßbe Cary, and their Friends; Crooked Places; Hetty Henderson’s Era; Necessity of Sleep; Onr Clnh; Insubordination—or. The Shoe- - “maker’s Daughter. The different Household departments are well filled with useful matter. Terms, $2.50 a year, or $1.50 for six months, with a reduction for clubs. A beantifnl steel engraving sent free to each subscriber, whether single or in clnbs. Address T. S. Arthur & Son, Philadelphia. Pa. * Get Rid of a Cold at Once by nfin<r Dr. Jayne’s Expectorant, a certain cure for all Pulmonary ana Bronchia] Affections.

The Phrenological Journal for May in an excellent number, containing many particularly interesting features, among which are: The Portjfttits and Life Sketches of twelve Editors of leading Religious Newspapers; Human Knowledge Past and Present; Mouth* we Meet and their Meaning—illustrated; Does Sorrow Kill?—a pathetic story; Building with Rough Stone; Doea the Human Race Degenerate in America? The Gulf-Stream; Curiosities of Sfticide, etc. The number merits general approbation; let everybody read it. Price, 30 cents; three months on trial, 50 cents; a year’s subscription, $3. S. R. Vi ells. Publisher, New York. * Godey’s Lady’s Book. —Tlie embellishments in the May number—'“The Two Mothers,” a steel plate; "A Still Breeze," a handsome woodcut; a Colored Fashion-plate, and one of the best Extension Fashion sheets ever given in this magazine, with a full department of Designs—make this the 'handsomest number of the year. The literary contents are also very attractive, and much useful information is given in the different household departments. The publisher of this unsurpassed lady’s magazine gives a handsome chromo to each subscriber for 1873. whether a single subscriber for $3.00, or a club of six for $14.00. Published by L. A. Gooey. Philadelphia, Pa. * Tiie Children's Hour.— Speaking of this beautiful little magazine the Christian Examiner says: “The Children's Hour always excites a lively interest in the children-aa soon as it appears. Its ilustrations are so beautiful and so true to nature, that they strike the simple and innocent _minds of children as something made for them, and the interesting and instructive stories whicb crpwd. it* pages are always eagerly read. $1.25 a year; five copies, $5; ten, and one extra, $10; extra inducements to getters-up of "clubs. T. S. Arthur & Son, Philadelphia, Pa; .

Spring in tlie Clearings. In newly cleared regions of country, spring is always an unhealthy season. The virgin soil, enriched by decomposed vegetable matter, sends up, when first bared to the sunshine, volumes of miasmatic vapor that generates every variety of intermittent and remittent fever. All low laying, swampy districts, the deltas of rivers, the prairies, the salt-marshes on the coast, the bayous of the Gulf States, and the shores of the northern lakes are also visited at this season- by malarious epi-‘ demies that prostrate no inconsiderable number of their inhabitants. This ought not to be, for it can easily be prevented. No fact in medical history is better established than the fact that Hostctter’s -Stomach Bitters will avert every speeies of malarious disorder. A course of this standard tonic and alterative commencea'Hradvance ofthb uiihealtliy season and continued regularly"until its Close, will prove an absolute protection against chills and lever, bilioits remittent fever and other complaints of a periodical type, as well as against the disturbances in the digestive organs and bowels, so common at this period of the year. As a remedy for dyspepsia, biliousness, liver disease, nervous 'disorders, physical weakness, rheumatism, mclam cholv, hysteria, and ailments to which the weaker sex are exclusively subject. Hostetler's Bitters has no competitor at home or atiroaa. Tiremore Inveterate and unmanageable a case ot Ague may prove, underordinary treatment, the more striking is the immediate benefit ot Shallenberger’s Pill*.

THE MARKETS.

NEW YORK, April 23, 1873. BEEF CATTLE $10.50 @513.50 HOGS—Live 5.75 @ 8.25 SHEEP—Live ■■■...-.•■ T.""0.25 @ 7.00 COTTON—Middling l!Hi@ .1««» FLOUR—Good to Ch0ice........' 7.85 @ 8.25 WHEAT—No. 2 Chicago. .... 1.58 @ L«7* CORN—Western Mixed .66*® .87* OATS—Western, New .52 @ .54 RYE-Western ................... —BO @ :"~82 . PORK-NewMess 19.75 @ 20.00 LARD 09 @ ’.o9* WOOIc-DomesticFleece.. .48. @ .52 . '• >iExtra Pu11ed..... "740 @ .44 . CHICAGO. BEEVES-Choice $5.70 @ $6.40 G00d......... ... 5.25 @ 5.62* Medium 4.25 @ 5.00 Butchers’ Stock 3.50 ® 4.25 Cows and Heifers.... 3.75 @ 4.n0 HOGS-Live. 5.40 @ 5.60 SllEEP—Good to Choice 5.50 @ 6.50 BUTTER Choice .30 @ .37 EGGS—Fresh ....7.77777:. .13 ® .13* FLOUR—White Winter Extra.... 8.00 @10.50 Spring Extra 5.50 @ 6,75 GRAlN—Wheat—Spring No. 2,....... 1.23*@ 1.23* Corn—No. 2 ..... .37*® .37* Oats .29*® .30 Rye—No. 2 60 @ .60*. Barley—No. 2, New... .70 @ .71 ■ PORK-Mess 18.00 @ 18.12* LARD 08*@ .09 WOOL—Tub-washed ~■■■■. .55 @ .65 Fleece, washed 42 ® .52 “ unwashed.. 25 @ .35 Pulled 40 ® .44 CINCINNATI. FLOUR-Family, New $7.50 @ $7.75 WIIEAT-fted 1.64 @ 1.65 Corn 42 @ .43 OATS 32 @ .41 RYE 79 @ .80 PORK—Mess 17,75 @ 18.00 LARD 08*@ .Oil HOGS Live........ 4.75 @ 5.25 ST. LOUIS. BEEF CATTLE—Fair to Extra:. $5.00 @ 7.00 HOGS—Live, ~ 4,80 ® 5,20 FLOUR -FallXX 6soo @ 6.50 WHEAT—No. 2 Spring 1.18 @l.lll CORN—No. 2 Mixed 37 @ .37* OATS—No. 2... 31 @ .31* RY’E—No. 2 66 @ .67 -PORK—New Mess ........... 17.50 @ 18.00 LARD 08*@ .09 MILWAUKEE. FLOUR-Spring XX $6.25 @ $6.87 WHEAT—Spring, No. 1 1.34 @ 1715 “ No. 2 1.25 @ 1.26 CORN—No. 2 40 @ .41 OATS-No. 2 29 @ .30 RYE—No. 1 .67 @ .68 BARLEY-No. 2 .83 @ .85 CLEVELAND. WHEAT—No. 2, red $1.62 @ $1.(13 CORN 49 @ .50 OATS—No. 1 - .41 @ .42 DETROIT. WHEAT-No. 1. $1.94 @51.95 . CORN-No. 1 .45 @ .47 OATS 36 @ .37* TOLEDO. WHEAT—Amber Mich $1.70 @ $1.70* No. 2 Red 1.67 @ 1.68' CORN-Mixed 44 @ .45 OATS-No. 2 37 @ .37* PITTSBURGH. BEEFCATTLfi $6.00 @ $6.60 HOGS-Live ......... 5.50 @ 6.00 SHEEP-Live 5.00 @ 7.00

Hhen writing to advertisers plcaM<; »ay you saw the advertisement In this paper. Epizooty Cold. Epizooty Cough. If neglected, will result in CONSUMPTION! YOUR REMEDY IS ALLBN’SLMG BALSAM! What the Doctors Say. Amos Woolly, Mt D., of Koscfusco Co., Ind.,Boys: “ For three years past I have used Allen's Lung Balsam extensively in my practice, and I am satisfied there is no better medicine for lung diseases in use.” Isaac A. Doran, M. D., of Logan Co., O , says: ‘Allen’s Lung Balsam not only sells rapidly, but gives perfect satisfaction in every case within my knowledge. Having confidence in it, and knowing that it possesses valuable medicinal properties, 1 freely use it in my daily practice, and with unbounded success. As an expectorant, it is most certainly far ahead of any preparation I have ever yet known.” Nathaniel Harris M. D., of Middiebuiy, Vt M says: “ 1 have no doubt it will soon become a classical remedial agent for the cure oi all diseases of the Throat,. TJroncnTal Tubes and Lungs.” Dr, Lloyd, of Ohio, surgeon in the army during the war, from exposure, contracted consumption, he says : “ I have no hesitancy in saying that it was by the use of yonr Lung Balsam that J'am now alive ana enjoyiDg health.?’ Dr. Fletcher, of Lexington, Mo., says. “ I recommend your Balsam in preference to any other medicine for Coughs, and It gave satisfaction.” Drs. Wilson & Ward, physicians and druggists, write from Centrevllle, Tenn.: ‘‘We purchased Allen’s Lung Balsam, anti it sells rapidly. We are practising physicians, as well as druggists, and take pleasure in recommending a great remedy, such as we know this to be.” gy Physicians do not recommend a medicine which has no merit. What they say about Allen’s 1-ling Dnlsam can be taken as a fact. Let all afflicted test it at once, and he convinced of its real merits. It is harmless to the most delicate child. _i < • It eontains no Opium in any form. Directions accompany each bottle. Call for Allen’s Lung Balsam. J. N. HARRIS & 00., Proprietors, CINCINNATI, OHIO. W For Sale by all Medicine Dealers. <24 n p pr wrF k IN CASH (0 good Agents. Ad«p7tu dress A. Coulter A Co., Charlotte, Mich.

12,000,000 ACHES Cheap Farms! the CHEAPEST la No in market, for sale by the UNIOIi PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, In the Gseat Platte Vallet. 3,000,000 Acres in Central Nebraska Now for sale In tracts of forty acres and npwards op FIVE AND TEN TEARS’ CREDIT AT 6 PEE CENT. NO ADVANCE INTEREST REQUIRED. Mild and healthful climate, fertile soil, an ABUNDANCE OF OOOD WATER. THE BEST MARKET IV THE WEST! The great Mining regions of Wyoming, Colorado. Utah and Nevada, Deing supplied by the farmers in tbe PlAtte Valley. Soldiers Entitled to a Homestead of 160 Acres. THE BEST LOCATIONS FOB COLONIES. FREE HOMES FOR ALL! Millions op a ruins of choice Government Lands open for entry under the Homestead Law. near this Great Railroad. with good marketß and all the conveniences of an old settled country. Free passes to purchasers of Railroad Land. Sectional Maps, showing the. Land, also new edition of Descriptive Pamphlet witu new Maps Mailed Free Everywhere. Address, O. F. DAVIS, Land Commissionei' U. P. li. 12., Osiaha,Nkb. * PORTABLE Soda Fountains, 510,850,875 and 8100. GOOD, DURABLE AND CHEAP! SHIPPED READY FOR USE, Manufactured by J. W. CHAPMAN & CO., Madison., Ind. fy Send for Circular. MOTHERS! &QTHER&U MOTHERS!!! nan’t fail to procure MRS. WINS* I.IJW’S SOOTHING SYRUP FOIt DMIIiGREN TEETHING. This valuable preparation has been used with NEV SR-FAIUNG SUCCESS IN THOUSANDS OF CaSES •It not-only-relieves the child from -paiu, but luvig-. or*r»t«“i the stomach and bowels, corrects acidity, anu gives tone and energy to Uits whole system It wih also instantly relieve Griping in the Bowels and Wind Colic. We believe It the BEST and SUREST-REMEDY 15 THE WORLD, In all cases of DYSENTERY AND IHARRHCEA IN CHILDREN, whether arising Horn teething or any other cause. Depend upon it. mothers. It will give rest to 3’our selves, and : • • . .. .. . Reliefs and Health to Your Infanta, Be sure-and call fpr - --- - “MRS. WINSLOW’S SOOTHING SYRUP * Having thefac-snnlle of ‘‘CURTIS & PEitlvlN'S ! ot the outside wrapper. gST Sold by druggists throughout the world. [EstrblUheu 1830.] WELCH & GRIFFITHS, Manufacturers of Saws. SUPERIOR TO ALL OTHERS. EVERY SAW WAItKANTEI). *5 Files. Belting and Machinory, lists and Circulars free. <0 WELCH & GRIFFITHS, ■ Boston, MaNs.i and Detroit' Mich. USE the Keisinger Sash Lock and Support to FASTEN YOUR WINDOWS I No spring to break, no cutting of sash;-cheap, durable, vei-y easily ard*iied: Holds sash at any place desired, and a self-fastener wnen ttiesash is down.-Send stamp for circular. Circular and six copper-bronzed locks sent to any address in the IT. S., postpaid, on receipt of 50c. Liberal inducements to the trade. Agents wanted. Address—Relslnger Sash Lock Co., No. 418 Market street, Harrisburg, I’a. l For illustration of this cheapest and best lock, see Wood's Household Magnate, A, Y. Independent,&c. ,&a;

MAMMOTH PUMPKIN. From oite seed ot this new species there was raised last year tbe largest Pumpkin overgrown in America, weighing 587 Tbs. 5 seeds sent post-paid for 25 cents, or 12 seeds for 50 cents. T. 11. GREGORY. Davenport, lowa. WEALTH & of the TTrEST.Hon.W.I. ONDEKS Boundless VV EBB, Author - Our new plan 13 magnificent Chromos FREE' immensely successful. RIO capital enough , & no rial***. RPtMTC IAIAMTCfI for this GreaHUlustrated Autll I O WAHI tU Book. Send for conMential terms , etc. E.IIAffNAIDBP & CoGinclnriftllfcCli ioago. Sweet Chestnut Trees and Seed, &c. Fine Yearling Trees, postpaid bv mail. 12 for 75c 100 for $3. Nuts, in excellent condition ior planting, per lb, 50c; 3 lbs, sl. An illustrated circular free; also a 56-page catalogue free, of new, rare and beautiful greenhouse and Bedding plants. Nincteent* year, 200 acres, 11 greenhouses. Address, STORES, HARRISON & CO.. Painesvillc, Lake County, Ohio. FOR Tin: LITE AND TIMES OF HORA&E OREELEY, By L. D. Ixokiisoi.l. An !tnbiii:-i:d, non-partlzan Life of this Great Man,'with extended pot-ices of many of tils Cotemporiiry Statesmen and .tournalists. Tills work is gotten up in superior style, Royal Octavo of 600 pages,fully illustrated. A great opportunity for Agents. For descript lon address UNION PUBLISIHNG CO., Chicago, 111. “AMERICAN SAWS.” BUST IN THE WORLD. * MOVABLE-TOOTHED t'IItCULAUS, PERPORATEH ( BOSS CUTS. Send fnr Pan'.ptilot to . AMERICAN SAW CO., KEW YORK. GREATEST selling weekly. Price r>o cents. No humbug. Address GKOuGE A. HKARD & GO., Boston, Mass. X tical guide to collecting, preparing* preserving and mounting animals, birds, reptiles, insects, &c. New and revised American edition, with many fine engravings* only 50 cents. J. lIANEY & CO., 119 Nassau St.,, N. Y. ————————— in WANTEM-- AGENTS per month, everywhere; to sell one of the most useful articles ever invented, needed in every family. Send for Circulars— Address, SECOMB * CO.i 157 State-st., Chicago, 111. $j RD^ ; Q anti nothing else. Sold by J all Druggists.v Price ft. Oft THE VICTOR WASHER Is readily adjusted to any sized tub, easily operated, entirely supersedes the rub-board, and is admitted by all to be the cheapest mid best washer in use. Agents wanted in every comity in the U. 8. to sell the Victor. For Washers or terms to agents, which are liberal, ipnlyto THE VICTOR CO., Elgin, JU. Correspondence solicited. Circulars free. <Jvxr 4. <fcon perdny! Agent* wanted ! Allclassesof kP JbO 4)ZU working people,.of either sex. youngor old, inake more money rfc work for us in their spare moments or.ail the time than at anything else. Particulars free. Address G. fellnsoir& tov. Portland, Maine. Onn EACH WEEK-AGENTS WANTED - Btißlness legitimate. Particulars free J. WORTH. St. Louis. Mo. Box 3481. glgpTHEfl-NECTfIR with 1 tTiHT*?'!>a War faiited t<> tuifpll tastes‘For sale 1 ? liL>re. Aiifj foi-Halev li« .ie C'-y iws sflWw**Uvby4fr^(Tro;itAtlantic* RA Pac J lieJ'-eaCtt: V 2TU-F ul ion st, and 2* f Church.st, N. Y. P. (>. Box. r r v*; gMMa fr.i- 'l'fit'a-Npcfarcircular DR. WHITTIER, d 7 er^MSfiiW IlEE *' Lonef-st engaged, nud l g of ’tlin u** vonsulution or n*ir ph int r r** o~ t>!o emnloymr;nt,arTioin'\ da «o r evening; no capital roQmred; fill insajucttnnn and vii'iith),! package of geodsnent ticv hynlait. ''Mi.■.Wfbftx cant return stannn M. YGirstra CO., U Curtlaudl-aU New Torn.. , _ _ _ _ per day. Azenta wanted everyslo to S2O m a o h - AGENTS WANTED and Polishing Tronif Large profit*. Add’i mE.Madison st. Room 15,Chicago.

IHaiilei*, liiise & Co., 139 & 141 Monroe St„ CHICAGO, Dealers in rrirdinn Mat (Hah of ATX Kinds, Printing Presses of the leading -» «nufacturers, ami exclusive Agents in Chicago for Wade’s Standard Printing Inks, ami Potter Cylinder Presses. REDUCED PRICES. Jloman, Italic, Old Style and German. In FonU In Fonts * of 100 pound* \ of levis than nnd over. 10t> ll»«. Diamond [£• ** * Min io n J ri " 058 0 5S LmA’iumT •• J] 50. J a<* KmtUeii o to 0-si (treat Primer,. 0-4fc. 0 ±. Two-line English, 0 4a. 0 50 Two-line (treat Primer 0 -15 -row#paragon,......o 45....-.. .;........ o aO Can0n....... 0 43 0 4» Four-line Pica, 0 4 -0 4S Five-line Pica, 0 43 0 48 Six-line Ptca,....-, T „........... 0 43....... 0 18 Seven-line Pica,. 7..........7 ,.■ ... .yvv. -044 - Eigtit-linc Pica, 0 42.. 0-H BRASS RULE— LABOR-SAVIKB. -_- Fonts (f a, 5, and 10 lbs. S ingle, Dotted and Hyphen. B-to-Pb'-a,. .—. .per If>..*2 H) •" •• 6-to-Piea....... ...2W “ a -- 5-to-Ptca, “ 2 00 Single Rule, 4-to-Small Pica,. L • ■ } Double liule. lir.t ", • • ]Tj " “ seeond- " ■ ■ ; A Parallel " first “ * Ai‘, >i —.: —t* BfH'ond ———■ ~,,;;; —I 'd* Heavy Double and Parallel Rule, “ 1M With all our Labor-Saving Fonts of Brass Rule, Mitred Corners are furnished: except the Dotted and Hyphen. The reduction in our Strip Brass Rule is about 20 per cent. BRANS DASHES. Nos. Ito 50, our old Specimen Book each 10 10 Nos. 51 to7o, ** ‘‘ “ •••• M Nos. 71 toßo, “ “ •••• „ S 'll NoA.fd-to *.Kk “ >J - * if. N0h.91 to 100, “ ;* ••••., z Nos. 101 to 108, “ “ .... ..... g? Nos. 109 to 118, “ .... 0 8a LEADS. Metal FuriNture. Per It.. ’ _ 3,1, 5 and 6-to-Pica, .#0 25 o . „ , * 7-to-Piea 0 :«> 25,50 & 100 lb. fonts,.W & 3-to-Piea].... 0 35 9-to-Piea,... .vrri..... 0 50. , „ . 10-to-Plca.... T) 7ft Quotation Fuml-Labor-Saving Fonts ture. font 6-to-Piea, and 25 and 50 lb. fonts,.. .f 0 2o uiarly graduated . - lengths'from 4 ems DASH RI LES. Pica upward,...... 0 iX) • „ , . Single. Parallel and SIiUGH. Double, each, ?0 08 Per th. Nonpareil and larger, _ . cut to any length,. |0 25 AdvertlMlng Rule*. Lalior-Saving,j>ut up in fonts of 25 lbs.. Single* each fO 01 and upwards, accu- ...... —__— curately cut, front . Including all sizes, = ; „ to justify with Ui- _ Double, Parallel and bor-Savlng liule-,.. 030 \N ave, each,....... ,f 006 CHEAP FARMS IN lOWA. Upon application to the undersigned, there will be mailed to any address, post-paid, a new Railroad Map of lowa and a pamphlet containing sectional map, description, terms of sale,etc. of r>QO,(KH) acres of the finest agricultural lands in the State. These lands are .near completed through lines of railroad.-between the important ifltles oi J)es Moines and Council BlulTs, and in the midst of a large popnlalion.’ They are ottered to actual settlersat very low prices, and on terms to suit all classes. KXPIaOHI!V<ir TICKETS, entitling a purchaser of land to a return of railroad fare, are sold at the Company’s ticket offices at Chicago and other principal stations. Address •T. L, DREW, Laiul Commissioner, Chicago, Bm k Isliyiil Pacific lt. lt. Co., Davenport, lowa. H iLGMI Has all the Medicinal prop-fed 'i" ytHLrA crticH of Crab Orchard Kkt if Springs of Ky. Has no equal 5 fcl 1 m'fenin Nausea, llcndaohe. Pys- f-p- - Bilious I*^ o vV senses nnd ills incident to |Rf * uT)t -iS) Sm/s 1 hot weather. Beat laxative Anu the world. Bold by all^J 1 AM DELIWIITED^S fiuL, woublnot be without it for ten times its sub6crij)t ion’price. Riuiiahd Vailks, Tb \ Kearney Junction, Hu Halo Co., Nebraska. w V Tlie above sample of hundreds of .letters recclvud-by the St. Louis Midland Farmer, the cheapest and hand-mmest agricultural and family “lournal iVnbis eoutitry; eightpagefl, forty coiUitins, FIFTY Cli.Vl’N A TEAR, CTuus of ten for st. Two sain pin copies of differentdates forthuie cent stamp. It is giving perfect Ballsfivction evervw’!tei;e. Try it. Address BOWMAN & MATTIIEWH, Dublislters, TO INVESTORS. TlieNortliern Padfle Railroad 7-30 First Mortgage Cold Bonds, ivliich we recommend as a profitable anti well-secured investment, bear 7 3-10 per cent, gold interest (about currency), and have the following elements of security, viz.: 1. They are tbe obligation of a strong corporation. 2. They are a First "Mortgage on tlie Road, its Equipments, Rights and Franchises. 3. They are a first lien on its net earnings. 4. There fs pledged, in addition, for tlie payment of principal and interest, a Land Grant of 12,800 acres per mile through tlio States, and 25,600 acres’per mile through tlie Territories traversed. Tlie Company is already entitled to nearly Ten Million acres of its Grant, and its Land Sales tlms far have averaged f 5.00 per aero. With nearly 500 miles of tlie road constructed and m operation, the earnifigs fbr 1873 will he large. , All marketable stocks nnd bonds are received in exchange for Northern Pacifies on most favorable terms. JAY COOKE & CO., {(evv York, l'hiftulclpliln ftVid AVmhliinntou. FOR SALE BY BANKS AND RANKHIiS. The Best is the Cheapest. PROCTER & GAMBLE'S ■ MOTTLED GERMAN SOAR. This Soap has been sold for more than 18 years. It is economy to buy it, as it Is sold at tlie price of ordinary soaps, nnd doc# more service, bcinK harder, will not waste, yet washes easy. You can buy It of your ncarestgrocer. This soap Is packed Honestly. Can you affoial to pay for wliat youilonot receiv e t ORDER FROM - r Chleayo nnd Milwaukee Wholesale Grocers. MINERAL SPRING WATER, OF MILWAUKEE, WIR., Cures Dropsy, Diabetes, Bright's Disease. Stone In the llladdcr, and all Diseases of the Kidneys and Urinary (Irfans. For proof of same, send for circular, or water, to SILO AIM MINERAL SPRING CO., Milwaukee. Wis. Write for a Price List to J. H. JOHNSTON, Hreeeh-Loadinff Shot Dans, $lO t 0.5300. Doable Shot '(uu.*., WJIS?. £ia*l.Gan.,*3tosir Rißes, *8 tos76, Revolvers, *K to $26. Pistols, $1 to *B. Gan Maten»l, Fishing T»ckl«, Ac. Largs discount* to dealer* or rluh *. Army Gan., Rsvolrers. etc., bought or traded for. Good, sent by szpreM 0.0. D. to be exanuoad before paid for. .Sewing Machine 1$ THE BEST IN THE WORLD. Agent. Wonted. Send for circular. Address, ” DOMESTIC '* SEWJNG MACHINE CO., N. Y, HINTS to Stock Bl eeders; tells how to breed male or female Seel for 25 cts. 1.. B. Silver, Salem* O. A. N. K-. 401-R.X, DR. WHITTIER, SI Longest pnguged, ami niottt #urc>»«lul (iliyalcUn of tbe «ge. CoosuUatinn or (r««. OUIofWIIU.