Rensselaer Union, Volume 5, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 May 1873 — Page 4

CURRENT ITEMS.

The tunnel under the city of Baltimore, built at a cost of $8,000,000, will be completed about the first of July. Miss Alice Fargo has been appointed Assistant Lighthouse-keeper at Dunkirk, New \ ork. , J, A Mr. Robinson, from Minnesota, aged 188, passed through Milwaukee, Wis., the other day, to visit a young son in Illinois, aged 98. The father of Fralich, hanged at Syracuse the other day, occupied a window where he could get a gooa view of the execution. i , The complete file of the Charleston (S, C.) Courier, for seventy years, was bought by C. A. Spofford for $2,250, for the Congressional library. A mas was lined $5 and costs, at Dunleith, 111., for cutting ofi a colt's car with a jack-knife, and perpetrating other cruelties on the helpless animal. The heirs of one Peter Gleason have established their claim to $4,000,000 worth of real estate ip the city of Trenton, N. J., which had mostly been leased for long terms by another party, who came into fraudulent possession of it Among new colors are ainon, a greenish yellow; alligator, a purplish blue; corbeau, crow color; ecorce; lichen, a grayish Hue; suede; paon, peacock color; apricot; nicolo; blanc. etperle; blanc et argent; Plane et or, and blanc et bleu. The salt well near Leavenworth, Crawford County, Ind., which is 1,065 feet deep, and has, for several years, yielded paying brine, has suddenly ceased to be salty, but is pouring forth coal oil in strange abundance. Intending visitors to the great Austrian exposition will do well to look to their vaccination marks as well as to their letters of credit, the deaths from small-pox in Vienna, at last accounts, averaging sixty a week. Fifteen hundred singing birds of different varieties, imported from Germany by a society organized for that purpose, •vyere turned loose in the suburbs of Cincinnati recently. The object is to domesticate them in this country if possible. While tearing down an outbuilding at the Yarboro House in Raleigh, N.C., a colored waiter found a package of money containing some $20,000 in old State banknotes, some Confederate bonds, SSOO in gold and-silver, and two watches. There is no clue as to when they were placed there or by whom. When fuel is burned jn an open fireplace, at least seven-eighths of the actual or potential heat passes up the chimney unused. About one-half is carried off with the smoke, one-fourth with the current which flows in between the mantelpiece and the fire, and the remaining loss is represented by the unburned carbonaceous matter in the smoke. A woman in Reading, Pa., used to buy peachss when they were sixty Cents a quarter of a peck; when her husband remonstrated with her for her extravagance, she would burst into tears, and say she ''jvas not extravagant, because when slie those peaches"she intended to put untif i&J"i>t!hef£er tor and kee P them ,^ m adel,yi woman wanten „ V]*?™ which to seyate her money, some 80 -* > * that ingenious article of feminine apparel v ao i4 as a bustle. Unfortunately another woman’s wit contrived a plan to chloroform her and relieve her of her funds, which *as successfully accomplished, and the dining operator got off safely with her booty A young man advertised for correspondence with ladies in Cleveland a short time ago. Some fellow answered, and appointed an interview one night on Euclid avenue. One of their number dressed in woman's clothes and met the advertiser and then another pretending to be her brother, belabored the romantic youth with a stuffed club, purposely prepared. He ran away crying loudly for‘the police. * An Indianapolis woman has notified several soda-water venders not to sell her husdand any more of that seductive impound of sugar, water and wind, llis organism is so sensitive (she says this) the promise of a drink of whisky intoxicates him, and two glasses of common soda causes him to step higher than a horse with the spring-halt, and his spirit to soar among the stars. One Allen, of Chicago, is now collecting documents and searching records, preparatory to commencing a suit to recover possession of a tract of land four miles square in Livingston Count}', N. Y., on which the village of Mt, Morris has been built. Allen claims to be a lineal descendant of Ebenezer Allen, to whom the land was ceded by Indians in trust, for his daughters, and who improperly disposed of it to Robert Morris,' who, in turn, sold it to individuals. Lawyers inform Allen that his Claim is good. * Professor Liebig, writing on the effects of various stimulants, describes the red wines as in some cases beneficial, or at all events the least hurtful; white wines generally are detrimental to the nervous system; sherry and strong cider intoxicate more rapidly' than most wines, and have a peculiar influence on the gastric juice. Beer produces a heavy' and dull intoxication, although the drinker of it is not apt to get thin. But the consumers of whisky ana brandy ‘‘are going to a certain death.” At San Francisco, recently, Miss Helena Frazer was awarded a verdict of $12,000 by a tender-hearted jury as a soliatum for blighted affections, breach of promise, etc., etc. The trifler with her maiden affections was a well-known lawyer bearing the eminently proper name of Thrifft, and how he allow'ed himself to be beguiled into such an untluifty piece of business as paying $12,000 for a few hours’ profitless flirtation is one of the mysteries of the case which ewe cannot fully understand.

"The other morning a tolerably welldressed but wild-eyed gentleman called Mayor Macaulev to one Bide, in the City Court room, and said be wanted something done with his wife. “ What’s the matter?” inquired his Honor. “ She keeps giving me pills,” was the reply. , “I wouldn’t take ’em,” said his Honor. “ I can’t help it,” said the injured husband; “ she gives ’em to me when I’m asleep.” “ I’d wear a muzzle,” said his Honor. The Injured husband started. He hadn’t thought of that. —lndianapolis Herald. Church and State are at variance at Portsmouth, N. H. The people of that town have procured the passage of an ordinance forbidding the violent ringing of church bells, and on Easter, morning, when the rector of the Episcopal church ordered the sexton to usher in the day with a lively ringing of the bells, that official, fearing the terror of the law more than the denunciation of his spiritual adviser, flatly refused. Thereupon the rector sent his son, mid there was an alarm betimes, that dismal, stormy morning, bringing hundreds of people from their couches, and stirring up a fire of indignation that will not be quenched, except by the resignation 6f the rector. A little circumstance came to light at New York, a few days ago, that illustrates the beauties of the detective system as it exists in our ltrger cities. A gentleman was robbed on a street car of a set of diamond studs, a gold chain and locket, and a fine garnet ring. Without letting his business be known, he made an appointment to meet one Bennett, a city detective, at police headquarters. When they met as agreed, the gentleman was surprised to find, sparkling upon the little finger of the officer of the law, his garnet ring. He naturally mentioned the circumstance to

the detective. The latter at first denied the possibility of such a tiling, but subsequently admitted that the ring was given to him by a tliicF only a day or two previous. The gentleman thereupon gave the detective one week to recover the rest of the property, and within that time it was delivered to him in a sealed express package marked Philadelphia. Of. course the thief was hot arrested. Two - remarkable cases of theft have been developed recent ly in New Haven and Portland. In the former city, an unfortunate man named De Wolf was actually brought before the Police Court for sjealing an umbrella! Worse than this, he was punished, thus establishing the dangerous precedent that umbrellas are personal and disturbing the time-honored custom whiclf lifts allowed the appropriation of the umbrella wherever found. Mr. De Wolf, being tile first martyr to this absurd, not' to say monstrous, proposition, should carry the case up to the United States Supreme Court. It is a,question in which the whole people are interested. The second instance of theft is of a graver kind. An undertaker at Portland lias advertised for a coffin stolen from his shop, and offers to trim and line it for the use of "the thief, and engrave his name upon a handsome silver plate, if he will only return it. Such acts of generosity are rare nowadays.

Postage Matters.

The recent Congressional legislation provides that “all laws and parts of laws permitting the transmission by mail of any free matter whatever be, and the same are, hereby repealed from and after J une 30,1873.” This cuts off the free exchange of newspapers between publishers, and the free circulation of papers within the counties of publication. No changes in the rates of postage have been made, consequently postage charges will bo as follows: LETTERS. To all parts of the United States, three cents per half ounce. PAPERS, MAGAZINES, ETC. Pamphlets, occasional publications, transient newspapers, magazines, handbills, posters, unsealed circulars, prospectuses, book manuscripts, proof-sheets, maps, prints, engravings, blanks, flexible patterns, sample cards, photographic paper, letter envelopes, postal envelopes and wrappers, cards, plain and ornamental paper, photographic representations of different types, seeds, cuttings, bulbs, roots and scions can be transmitted through the mails at one cent for each two ounces or fraction thereof. Books, two cents for each two ounces or fraction thereof. Samples of merchandise, metals, ores, and mineralogies! specimens can pass through Jlie mail in packages not exceeds, ing twelve ounces, at the rate of two cents for each two ounces or fraction thereof; to be left open at the ends for examination, and to contain no writing other than the address 1 .

All liquids, poisons, glass, explosive material, obscene books, and all other material liable to injure the mails or those having charge thereof, shall be excluded therefrom. regular publications. Newspapers sent by mail must be prepaid by stamps, unless “regularly issued and sent to regular subscribers” by publishers or newsdealers, when the following rates are charged, payable quarterly, in advance, either at the mailing or delivery office: Dalies. t.■,.■,.35 cents Six times a week..................*..30 cents Tri-wecklv 15 cents' Semi weekly 10 cen ts Weeklies...' a cents] Semi-monthly, not over 4 ozs 6 cents] Monthlies, not over 4 ozs 3 cents] quarterlies, not over 4 ozs... 1 cent] Newspapers and circulars dropped into the office for local delivery must be prepaid at the rale of one cent for twm ounces, and an additional rate for every additional two ounces or fraction thereof; and periodicals weighing more than two ounces are subject to two cents, prepaid •>* letter-carrier offices mw. ,-osiage on regular papers, etc., must be paid in advance, either at the place of delivery, to the carrier, or at the office, otherwise they will be chargeable at transient rates. BOOK MANUSCRIPT. Book manuscript passing between authors and publishers requires prepayment at the rate of one cent for each two ounces or fraction thereof. ' Manuscript intended for publication in newspapers, magazines, pamphlets, etc., is subject to letter rates of postage. GENERAL RULES. Full prepayment by stamps is required on all transient printed matter, foreign and domestic. All letters not prepaid by stamps, all such as are received in the office with stamps cut from stamped envelopes, or with such postage stamps as were in use prior to 1861, or with revenue stamps on them, are treated as “unmailable” and sent to the Dead Letter Office.

Letters which have not been delivered can be forwarded, without additional charge, upon a written request. Letters once delivered from a Post-office cannot be remailed without prepayment of postage. -- Departmental postage after June 30, 1873, will be prepaid by special stamps, prepared and furnished 'by the Post-office Department. It will, nevertheless, become important for correspondents of the several departments and bureaus to fully prepay their postage after the 30th of June next. Of course, the local officers and agents of the departments will be instructed to this effect. —Postal Record.

Vital Statisties of the Ninth Census.

The second volume of the report of the ninth census presents inany interesting facts regarding death from disease and the portions of the country in which special diseases prevail. In the “Special Tables of Mortality,” the deaths from twelve classes or groups of disease are given, and are so arranged as to compare each class with the number of deaths in each 100,000 of population from all other causes, and also the rate from each disease in each 100,000. The following show's the highest and lowest rates in the States and Territories from the principal diseases, viz.: Cholera infantum.— I Total number deaths in 1870, 20,255. In Utah the proportion of deaths from this cause to the total from all causes, was lin 9. New Mexico, 1- in IO.Sj; while in Arkansas it was but 1 in 156.9. Consumption. Greatest '“’proportion, Maine, 1 in 2.9, followed closely by New Hampshire, 1 in 4.5, and Rhode Island and Vermont each 1 in 5; while the lowest i 6 found in Arizona, where the rate is but lin 252 v — -■ - --- Croup.—Total deaths 10,692. Greatest proportion in Tennessee, lin 21.8, and least in Montana Territory, 1 in 185, followed by New Hampshire, 1 in 143. Whooping Cough.—Total deaths, 9,008. Greatest proportion in Nebraska, 1 in 27, and least in Utah, where it is but 1 in 445.5. t Measles.—Total deaths, 9,237. Greatest proportion found in Utah Territory, 1 in 15.9, and least in Colorado Territory, 1 in 375 Pneumonia. Total deaths, 46.042. Greatest proportion found in Arkansas, 1 in 5.1. followed closely by Arizona Territory, 1 in 6, and by Alabama, 1 in 7j. while the lowest is in MoHtaba Territory, which is 1 in 61,7. Small-pox,—While deaths from this cause cannot probably be accounted for by

climatic influences, it is placed in the twelve principal diseases, or classes of diseases, In Delaware and in Dakota, Washington and Wyoming Territories, there were no deaths. In (he United States, the total deaths from this cause were 4,507. -'Greatest proportion in Arizona Territory, 1 in 2.7, and lowest in Virginia, 1 in T 54.83. In Virginia, Florida and ■Colorado Territory there was hut one death each from this disease. Diphtheria and scarlet fever arc classed together, and from these combined causes the deaths number 26,623, of which 6,303 were from diphtheria, and 20,320 were from scarlet fever. The greatest proportion of dcatiis from these causes was in Nevada, where the rate Was 1 in 4.1; the deaths being 150, 141 of which were from scarlet fever, and 9 from diphtheria. The lowest proportion is found in Georgia, where, the deaths being 61 from diphtheria and 12 from scarlet fever, produce a ratio of 1 death in 186.4 from both causes. Intermittent and remittent fevers are classed together, and the total deaths from them was 11,423, being. 7,142 from intermittent and 4,281 from remittent fevers. The greatest proportion of deaths from these 'causes'was in Florida, the ratio being 1 in 10.6, while the least number was in Massachusetts, the ratio being 1 in 410.5. —From canrer tlie deaths were 6,244; The greatest rate shown was 13.9 in Georgia, and though there were none in Arizona or Montana Territories, the lowest rate shown Was in Nevada, where it was 1 in 615. Six hundred and fifty-one deaths from ccrebro-spinal, 22.187 _from enteritis and 1,770 from typhus fevers are grouped in one class, making a total of 24,008, of which the greatest ratio was in Oregon, being one in 11.3, and the lowest after Idaho Territory, which had none, was Wyoming Territory, which had I in 747 Diarrhea, dysentery and enteritis are grouped in one class; also the deaths being distributed: diarrhea, 14,195; dysentery, 7,912, and enteritis, 9,046, making a total of 31,153. In Wyoming there was no death in 1870 from either of these causes. The lowest ratio where such did occur was in Washington Territory, being 1 in 37.2, while the highest was in Utah Territory, where it was lin 8.7. The total number of deaths in the United States was 492,263, from the following causes, viz.: General diseases, fever, rheumatism, etc... .188,683 Diseases of Ihe nwvons system.;;....:r.-.y 60.455 Diseases of the circulatory system 17.034 Diseases of the respiratory system....'.. D'lseasesWmc digestive system". .. . ......... 73,'M9 -Mate di-eases -- .*:r::'.""4,744' Femalc diseases 6.128 Disi-ascs of the spine, hips and joints 2.187 Diseases of the integumentary system 2,778 .still-born, old age and debility [28,403 Poisons 2,351 Parasites 1,06(1 Malformation : 364 Accidents and injuries 22,740 Under the head, accidents and injuries, .••■wdre Included. 1,845 suicides, 1,582 deaths from railroad accidents,"^,os7 murders and 31 executions.— St. Louis Globe.

President Grant and the Indians.

It will he very difficult to convince the American people that President Grant can he held even remotely responsible for the assassination of General Canby and Commissioner Thomas by Captain Jack and bis associates, and, therefore, we deplore the attempt to turn that catastrophe into a party attack on the Administration. Nothing is so unjust as a passionate public opinion, except a partial partisan judgment, At first there was an almost resistless outcry for the extermination of all the Indian tribes, and now there is almost an equally earnest demand for the Indictment jOt the President by certain party journals; arid yet-we think it will soon, be shown, not simply that there is another side to this question, hut that General Sherman himself, in a most sagacious forecast of the Indian character, predicted the precise tragedy that took place at the. lava hells on April 11,1873. "We should recollect that every administration of a State or General Government is the very best judge of its own actions until indiflerence or treason is proved unOn >f. TKo EiooiitTye in this country must listen to the general constituency. When: there is no despot to make and enforce the laws, public opinion becomes the actutil ruler, and yet it often happens that those most urgent to insist upon remedies are most critical when these remedies fail. President Grant tried and is still trying the alternative of Indian conciliation because lie-preferred it to Indian carnage. That remedy has certainly not failed in consequence of the death of Canby and Thomas. Perhaps the cruelty of the Modocs and the terrible punishment of the Government may work out the speedy solution of a difficult problem, hut, in any event, we do not doubt that President Grant and General Sherman have done their best under all the circumstances. They have neither more nor less interest in the. settlement of the question than any of their fellow-citizens, and are therefore no more entitled to the censure of the extremest partisans than if they were tiie same private citizens they were in March, 1861, before the outbreak’ of the rebellion.—Forney's Press..

Washing Calicoes and Muslins.

The first requisite is plenty of water; this even more essential for colored than for white clothes. It should not be hot enough to scald, and should have a mod. erate suds of hard soap before the garments are put in. Very white and nice soft soap is preferable to hard for flannels —does not shrink them as much : but the latter is best for cotton goods. Wash calicoes in two waters, using but little soap in the secomL-When clean, rinse them two or even three times in tepid water. Good laundresses always assert that the great secret of clear muslin is thorough rinsing. The quality of starch used also affects light colors, and for muslins dresses especially only starch of the purest quality should he used. When no great stiffness is required, it is a good plan to stir the starch into the rinsing water; it assists in setting the colors where they show a tendency to run. For setting the colors of fading goods I have used ox-gall, alum, borax and salt—all with good results, though they will not “clinch” green and blues that are determined on taking French leave. One benefit in using a strong; solution of alum water is that it will "positively make cotton fire-proof. Mothers who “sit on thorns” at school concerts and exhibitions, watching the dangerous proximity of gossSmer dresses to the foot-lights, will appreciate this advantage. And! so far from injuring the looks of the muslin, there is no olher treatment that will so brighten and improve the colors. Colored clothes should be wrung very thoroughly, dried in the shade, and turned about two'or three times while drying.— Ohio Farmer. —A few days ago a citizen of Detroitmade a wager with a gentleman that Mr. Jones, a mutual friend and an influential gentleman, would sign any petition pre seuted by a reputable person. Accordingly, a petition was gotten up, prating for tiie abolition of the Fire and Police Departments and for the prompt execution of Mr. Jones. This petition was presented to Mr. Jones, who, after glancing at the first few lines in an absent-minded way, affixed his signature thereto. When chatting over the champagne he provided for his friends be-solemnly promised to eschew petitions forever after. —A grand fete is to take place in Paris, in the month of 'September, on the occasion of the evacuation of the territory. This fete will be the first celebrated since the declaration of war,

FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

—Cream Pie.—Whites of two eggs, one jablespoon of flour, one tablespoon heaping full of sugar, ope teaspoon of lemon; cream suffleientto fill the dish. This is only enough for one pie. —To Remove Grease.—Take one-quarter pound castile soap, one-quarter pound ammonia, very strongest, one ounce sulphuric ether, one ounce spirits of wine, one ounce glycerine. To mix this cut the soap fine ana dissolve in one quart of soft water, then add four more quarts of witter and ail ingredients. —The Practical Farmer mentions a, cranberry field in Burlington Co., N. J.) containing one hundred acres, which last season employed three hundred hands, who picked by the bushel, clean as they go, making good wages. Fifty acres picked over, yielded 7,000 bushels, four acres of which produced, which seemed to them enormous, 1,000 bushels. Twenty- acres more gave only 3,000 bushels, and the remainder made up. the quantity to over 7,000 bushels, yet tire owners complain of the shortness of the crop. —Milk for butter making should be handled gently and put at rest as soon as possible. A reduction of temperature is desirable as soon as the milk is drawn, but this should be effected with the least possible amount of stirring. The more it is stirred, the less will be the yield of cream. When set, it should be protected from even the “least Jar. Churning in a milk room, or any work that jars the building, will retard the rising of the cream. Milk, to get the best yield of cream, requires absolute and undisturbed rest. —To clean sweetment jars or bottles, pour in the jars hot water and a teaspoonful or two of pearlash. The contents which remain sticking to the sides aud bottom of the jar will be disengaged _ by the pearlash and float loose in the water. Wash ■bottles the same way, or kettles or any other vessels which you wish to purify or clear from grease. Strong lye poured off clear from good hickory ashes will answer nearly as well for the same purpose, and for kegs, buckets and other large cooking utensils, lye from good ashes may always be used.

—The tide of favorable opinion for heading fruit trees low for orchard culture, is now experiencing a revulsion. Orchardists who cultivate their orchards, and are in the habit of ploughing "or stirring the soil periodically, say low-headed trees will not answer. It is impossible to Approach near enoigli with the horse and implement, and hence the high standard method of training will answer for garden culture, and for orchards where there is a good deal of land labor. Apple and peach trees must be trained high, but pears, we believe, are best grown on the pyramidal system, and this must. be low to attain succes a— _• ■) , '„ —A milk cellar will be coolest when well sunk into the earth, and not much above its surface. Eight feet would be a good depth. The windows near the top of should be protected from the sun either by trees or shrubs, or with blinds or shades; and wire screens inside should be made to exclude all insects. Covering the bottom with hydraulic cement will give it neatness, hut as cement is not a good conductor of heat, it will render the cellar warmer in summer and cooler in winter, by preventing access to the earth. Good stone flagging would be better in this respect, and hard burnedbrick would be better than common brick. There should be a ventilating flue run up from the upper part of the apartment, inwkicli the current of air may be regulated by means of a "register. —Country Gentleman.

Home-Made Wind-Mill.

J. Corwin, of New Jersey, says: “Farmers and others can, in many cases, conStruct ll W lmVinill tliemscihrcs for a tithe of the cost of the patented plans, that, for certain purposes, would suit them better, because easily kept in repair. Here is the suggestion of a plan for which it may he said that it can be constructed (for churning, stock pumping, etc.) for five dollars, beside the building material that the farmer can And on his farm and his own labor, excepting also the sails, which properly belong to the maintenance. Of course, to obtain such a result, the simplest possible plan must be devised, and all ‘improve, ments’ rigidly ruled out. It consists of an upright post supporting an upright shaft, having a hub on top carrying three horizontal arms, to each of which are hinged light rectangular frames covered with heavy-muslin or light canvas,regulated to swing in one direction only, from liorizon-tal-to perpendicular. The saps are carried with the wind, at right angles to it, and return edgewise against tiie wind. The post may lean two feet at he top, so as to shorten the connection of the upper box with it. The lower bearing may be in a post set in even with the ground, under the upper bearing. The pulley, four feet in diameter, secured near the bottom of the shaft, may have a smooth, true groove for rope bands burnt into its circumference by a ‘stone’ bar, its one end resting in a hole in the post, the other in the hand, the section in contact with the wheel being red-hot. A mill on this plan can, at moderate cost, be constructed so 'milling.

Exercise for Horses.

Dr. Withers, an eminent veterinarian of Chicago, says that exercise, when a horse is convalescing, is medicine; that without it disease will he perpetuated and become complicated. Therefore he believes the only question to be, how much exerciserdo our horses demand? The answer to this, oft course, will he that the amount of exercise must be regulated according to the condition of the horse. Some are in such a state that they demand only a walk up and down the barn, while others are actually made frisky by a drive of two miles and more. Now, says Withers: “If owners of horses will use judgment in the amount of exercise given to the animals, the effect will be beneficial rather than hurtful. The result of long experience, ana the present condition of the horses, sustain this theory. Dropsy, has afflicted more animals which have been withheld from labor than those which have been reharnessed and put into their old tracks. It is a disease which follows in the wake of every disease which tends to thin their blood, and can easily he by judicious treatment. Horses must nhf he exercised too much—neither too little, so that if dropsy shall prevail to any considerable extent, it will either be the natural result of the epizootic in those horses which have weak constitutions, or the result of defective judgment or abuse, iwgiving convalescing animals too much exercise.” The Delaware Legislature lias voted its .pay in gold for several sessions. : Ask for Prussing’s Cider Vinegar and take no other; Warranted to preserve Pickles. Chapped haxds are very common with those who hdve their hands much in water. A few drops of Johnson's Anodyne Liniment rubbed over the bands two or three times a day, will keep them soft and white. Fishermen, sailors and others 1 * will do well to remember this. Cristapobo's Excelsior Hair Dyb Is the most sure and complete preparation of Us kind in the world; Its effects are magical. - its character harmless. Its tints natural, Its qualities enduring. ... . ' '■- Lire Lightvtko are the Miraculous Cures effected with Flaoij’s Ixstaxt Relief. Aches, Pains, Sprains, Bowel Complaints, etc., cannot *tlxt If this great medicine is used. Relief warranted, or money returned Vegetable Pulmonary Balsam, "Doubtless the beet Cough Medicine In the werld.”

Consumption.—For the cure of this distressing dint-use there has been no medicine yet discovered that can show more evidence of real merit than Allen’s, Lung Balsam. This unequaled expectorantfor curing consumption, and all diseases leading to it,such as affections of the throat, lungs, andalldißcascsof the pulmonary organs, is introduced to the suffering public after its merits for ttie cure of such diseases have been Tally tested by the tnedical faculty. - The Balsam is, consequently, recommended by physicians who have become acquainted With its great success. The Two Extremes.—Two classes of medical thinkers attempt to cure disease bv opposite modes of treatment. One class forces the system into preternatural activity; the other depresses and weakens it. Both are wrong. To inflame the blood of an invalid with medicated alqqhol is as dangerous as to,apply undue) steam pres-' sure to a weak boiler; and to prostrate the physical energy, which is the natural opponent of disease, by depleting treatment, is an act of almost equal temerity. There is a medium between these two extremes, and Dr. Joseph Walker, to whom the world owes the famous California Vinegar Bitters, has been fortunate enough to strike it. He has produced from simple vegetable elements without the admixture of any distilled or fermented fluid, a specific comprising the important-properties ofawholesome tonic, a gentle evacuant, a purifier of the secretions, a pulmonic, a sedative, and a powerful anti-bilious agent. Never before were these six sanative qualities comprehended in one medicine, and never before did one medicine cure so many different diseases. Dyspepsia, liver-complaint, diseases of the kidneys, rheumatism, intermittent fever, disorders of the bowels, gout, and nervous affections, and maladies proceeding from impurity of- the blood, are only a few of the bodily ills for which Vinegar Bitters is considered an unfailing remedy. The Times says Dr. Walpole has lost his beautiful chestnut mare. She died suddenly in harness, it is supposed, from hots or pin worms. If the Doctor hail used Sheridan's Cavalry Condition Pouxlen, lie would, no doubt, have had his mare to-day—they are death on worms. Valuable and Reliable.— “ Brown’s Bronchial Troches” are invaluable to those exposed to sudden changes, affording prompt relief in Coughs, Colds, etc.

Prop tile Falling. It is a great blessing to have by nature a strong constitution. hntnotTTiore than one-half of theinhabitants of the civilized world are thus provided. Many constitutions are feeble to begin with, many others, originally vigorous, arc .crippled by overexertion,dissipation, unhealthy surroundings, grief, privation, or some other portentous cause, before the prime of life is attained. But is this an-evil without a remedy or a palliative? Nol constitutions can be replaced. Hundreds of thousands of instances.might be adduced invvhich constitutional decay has been arrested by the continuous use of Ilostetter’s Stomach Bitters as an invigoraut. It is constitutional strength that enables one man to recover from a disease which would be mortal to another destitute of this element of resistance. Whenever a malady of any kind obtains a foothold in any part of the human body, and becomes a chronic fixture, it is proof positive that the constitution has been mastered by the disease and urgently requires help. In such a case Hostetler's Bitters should be taken at least three times a day, until the natural powers of the system are recruited. Then the morbid principle which generated and feeds the complaint will have to succumb to the influence of animal vigor, aided by the toning, regulating, purifying operation of tho Bi tters upon the organ or organs in which the ailment is locateij. There is nothing like the mighty tonic to “prop the falling.” ■ The Little Corporal Magazine.— Chapter ix. of “Uncle Dick’s Legacy,” by Mrs. Emily Huntington Milter, and chapter v. of “Hidden Treasure," by Mary A. Denison—with illustration—are given in the May number, accompanied by several snort stories, sketMies, editorials, etc.— all entertaining reading for the young folks. Prudy’s Pocket and the Work and Play departmentare well filled. A picture story is also given in this number. Two beautiful chromos are given to each subscriber to this magazine on receipt of ten cents to pay postage. Terms $1.50 a year; single number fifteen cents. Address John E. Milled, publisher, 165 W. Washington st„ Chicago. * Tlie Late Gov. Geary wrote as follows: Executive CnAMBEn, Hareisbußg, Feb. 21,1871. “Dr.. Shallexbkrgek: Dear Sir:— l regard yonr Antidote as a public benefaction. In the fall of 1854, It proved itself in my case, as well as In many others that came under my observation, a most Invaluable remedy for FeverSnd Ague, not only prompt and powerful tn curing the disease, but singularly pleasant and beneficial In its general effects upon thg system.” Sooner on later, a neglected Cold will develop a constant Cough, Shortness of Breath, Failing .Strength, and Wasting of Flesh, all symptomatic of some serious Lnng Affection, which may be avoided or palliated by nsing in time Dr. Jayne’s Best and Oldest Familt Mho (cine. — Sanford's Liver Invigoralor— a purely Vegetable Cathartic and Tonic— for Dyspepsia, Constipation, Debility, Sick Headache, Bilious Attacks, and all derangements of Liver, Stomach and Bowels. ABk your Druggist for It. Beware of imitations.

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A dose every two days Is the way to take Shallenherger's Fever and Ague Antidote. One dose stope the Chills, and a cure la certain.

WHEN WRITING TO ADVERTISERS please say you saw (be advertisement In tbls paper. , Si ||.| Eplzooty Cold. Epizooty Cough. If neglected, will result in CONSUMPTION! YOUR REMEDY IS ALLEN’S LIG BALSAM! What the Doctors Say. Amos Woolly, M. D., of Kosclusco Co.. Ind.,«ayß: “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., 0., says: “Alien’s Lung Balsam not only sells rapidly, but gives perfect satisfaction In every case within my knowledge. Uavingxjonfidenee in it, and knowing that it possesses valuable medicinal properties, I freely use it in ray daily practloe, 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 Middlebury, Vt., says: “ 1 have no doubt it will soon become a classical remedial agent for the cure of all diseases of the Throat, Bronchial Tubes and Lungs.” Dr, Lloyd of Ohio, surgeon in the army during the war, Iroin exposure, contracted consumption, he says : “ I have no hesitancy in saying that it was by the use of your Lung Balsam that 1 am now alive and enjoying health.” - Dr. Fletcher, of Lexington, Mo., says: “ I recommend your Balsam in preference to any other modi* cine for Coughs,and it gave satisfaction.” * Drs. Wilson & Ward, physicians and druggists, write from Centrevllle, Tenn.: “We purchased Allen’s Lung-Balsam, and it sella rapidly, we are practising physicians, as well as druggists, and take pleasure in recommending a great remedy, such as we know this to be.” W" Physicians do not recommend a medicine which has no merit. What they say about A Hen’s Lung Balsam can he taken as a fact. Let all afflicted test it at once, and bo convinced of its real merits. It is harmless to the most delicate child. It contains no Opium in any form. Directions each bottle. Call for Allen’s Lung Balsam. <l. N. HARRIS & CO., Proprietors, CINCINNATI, OHIO. IW~ For Sale by all Medicine Dealers. Tie Wtat M ts America! HEALTHFUL CLIMATE, FREE HOMES, GOOB MARKETS — THE NORTHERN PACIFIC RAIL,. ROAD offers for sale its Lands ill Central find Western Minnesota, embracing: 1. The best of Wheat Land; 2. Excellent Timber for the Mill, the Farm arid tlie Fire ; 3. Rich Prairie Pasturage and Natural Meadow, watered by clear lakes and running streams—ln a Healthful Climate, where Fever and Ague i 8 unknown. Grain can be shipped hence by lake to market ns cheaply as from Eastern lowa or Central Illinois. -Cars nowTUurthrongh these Lands from Lake. Superior tolhikota. price of land close to track SI.OO to SB.OO per acre; further away $2.50 to SI.OO. Mcvcil Years’ Credit ; Warrantee Deeda j-Northcrn Pacific 7-30 Bonds, now selling at par, received for land at sl.lO. No other unoccupied Lauds present such advantages to settlers. SOLDIERS under the New Law (March, 1872,) get 160 acres FREE, near the railroad, by one and two years’ residence. TRANSPORTATION AT REDUCED RATES furnished from all principal points East to Purchasers of Railroad Lands, and to Settlers on Government Homesteads. Purchasers, their wives and children, carried free oyer the Northern Pacific Road. Now is the time„for Settlers and Colonies to get Railroad Lands and Government Homesteads close to the track. Send-ior Pamphlet container full information, map, and copy of new’ Homestead Law. Address LAND DEPARTMENT, NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD, ST. PAUL, MINN., Or »3 Fifth Ave., cor. Ninth St., NEW YORK.

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TO INVESTORS. The Northern Pacific Railroad 7>30 First Mortgage Gold Bonds, which we reeommena as a profitable and well-secured investment, bear 7 8-10 per cent, gold interest (about 8% currency), - and have the following elements of security, viz.: 1. They are the obligation of a strong corporation. 2. They are a First Mortgage on the Road, its Equipments, Rights and Franchises. 3. They are a first lien on its net earnings. 4. There is pledged, in addition, for the payment of principal and interest, a Land Grant of 12,800 acres per mile through the States, and 25,600 acres per mile through the Territories traversed. The Company is already entitled to nearly Ten Million acres of its Grant, and its Land Sales thus far have averaged $5.66 per acre. With nearly OOOtailes of the road constructed and in operation, the earnings for 1873 will he large. All marketable stocks and bonds are received in exchange for Northern Pacifies on most favorable terms. JAY COOKE & CO., New York, Philadelphia and Washington. FOR SALE BY BANKS AND BANKERS. WANTED— AGENTS per month, everywhere; to sell one of the most useful articles ever invented, needed in every family. Send for Circulars— Address,, BECOME & CO., 157 State-st., CniCAQO, 111.

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OPIUM DB.im MAUgH, of Quiney, Mleh.,cbntlnues to make immense sales of his nnti* vt k nrrn dote ,n connection with hlB specialty, OplUAISII mu Eating. He has already acquired a national reputation, andnumdreds attest his /vrrß-riyK remarkable success In the treatment of this habitr. Send for Circulars. [Eatabliahcd 1830.3 > w WELCH & GRIFFITHS, Manufacturer* of Saw*. SUPERIOR TO ALL OTHERS. EVERY SAW WARRANTED. Files, Belting and Machinery. EVLIBERAL lists and Circulars free. <0 WELCH A GRIFFITHS, * Boston, fltaaa., and Detroit, Mich. USE the Relsinger Sash Look and Support to FASTEN YOUR WINDOWS! No spring to break, no cutting of sash; cheap, durable, very easily apDlied; holds sash at any place desired, and a self-fastener when the sash is down. Send itamp for circular. Circular and six copper-bronzed locks sent to any address In the U. S., postpaid, on receipt of 50c. Liberal inducements to the trade. Agents wanted. Address—Relsinger Sas_, Lock Co., N 0.418 Market street, Harrisburg, Pa. _[For illustration of this cheapest and best lock, sea Wood's Household Magazine, X.Y. Independent,&o. ,&c jfeß +n (t!on Perday! Agents wanted! All classes of IDG Ilf ip All worklngpeople. of elthersex, young or eld, make more money at work for us "v their spare moments or all the time than at anything else. Tunicularsfrec. AddressG Stinson A Co., Portland Maine. ©7,0 nn EACH WEEK—AGENTS WANTED, rip I jU.yJxJ Bnslneas legitimate. Particulars free. J. WORTH. St. Louts, Mo. Box 2481. (Pin <rnn pe . r Agoiti wanted every I II Tfl 5/1] where. Particulars free. A. H. dr I w IU ysU BLAIR A CO., Bt. Louis, lfe. DR. WHITTIER, «« BT fi g^j^|yjKEET Longest engaged, and most sneeos ful physician of the **• Coronation or fire. Call op. write. iTHEA-NECTAR SSfeJ SIUXOK TWA-, nA#*wlth the Breen Tea flavor. War' ranted to suit all tastes. For sale 4JT everywhere. And for sale whole 111 sale only by the Great Atlantic Ik ■■ pacific Tea Co., 191 Folton St-and M 2*4 Church St., N.Y. P.0.80x 5504. Send iofTbea-Nectar drcnlar

12,000,000 ACRES! Cheap Farms! T THK CHEATKBT LAND IN MABKXT, for sale by the UHION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANI, In the Qbiat Platte Valley. 3,000,000 Acres in Central Nebraska Now for sale In tracts of forty acres and upwards on fivjc and tkn Years’ credit a 1? 6 Ptfß cent, ho advance interest required, ’ Mild and healthful climate, peetile soil, Ait abundance op good water. THE BEST MARKET IN THE WEST! The great Mining regions of Wyoming, Colorado. Utah and Nevada, being fluppliea by the farmers in the Platte ValsLEy. Soldiers Entitled to a Homestead of 160 Acres. THE BEST LOCATIONS FOB COLONIES.\ FREE HOMES FOB ALL I Millions or acbbs of choice Government Lands open for entry under the Homestead Law, near this Great Railroad, wltffßaod markets and all the convenience* of anol* settled country. ... Free passes to purchasers of Railroad Land. Sectional Maps, showing the I,and, also new edition of Dercrii'tivk Pamphlet with new Maps Mailed Free Evkrywiieke. Address; O. F. DAVIS, Land Commissioner U. P. It. if.. Omaha, Neb. t PORTABLE Soda Fountains, 840, 850, 873 and 8100. GOOD, DURABLE AND CHEAP! SHIPPED READY FOR USE, Manufactured by ,1. W. CHAPMAN & CO., Madison, lntl. tW Send for Circular. MOTHERS! MOTHERS!! MOTHERS!!! Don’t fail to procure MRS* WINS* LOW’S SOOTHING SYRUP FOR CHILDREN TEETHING* This Valuable preparation has been used with NEV-ER-FAILING SUCCESS IN THOUSANDS OF CaSES. It not only relieves the child from pain, but invigorates the stomach and bowels, corrects acidity, and gives tone and energy totiuiwhola system. It wIU also instantly relieve . Griping in the Bowels and Wind Colie. We believe It tlie BEST and SUREST REMEDY IN THE ■WORLD, 111 all cases of DYSENTERY AMI DIAKIUKKA IN CHILDREN, whether arising from teething or any other cause. Depend upon it, mothers, it Will give rest to you» selves, and Relief and Health to Yonr Infants, Be sure and call for _ “MRS. WINSLOW’S SOOTHING SYRUP* Havingthe fac-stmlle of “CURTIS & PEREINS” ou the outside wrapper. |2r*Sold by druggists throughout the world. The gre Mcsi success of moon n j-nn 1m f lie only original American Illustrated naipei published lustruotlve.eiuertaimngand pi Jgressive. Free to every sudseriber. tlie magnificent eliromo “.nrsT so ihgh. :l The most beautiful ever published. Sold only by sunsenption. Agents are havingunheard-of succeßS.one having taken over 1,500 names. All pronounce this great coinbijiatlon the bechance for money-making ever offered Circulars free. Maclean. Stoddard & Co.. Chicago, 111. GREATEST CURIOSITY selling weekly. Price 50 cents. No humbug. Address UV/re B|f I ASA ifttl A © <T> MALE or FEM A LK, S6O a Ww«ss'*BWgJ e.sLr'n'S&'ti)swoekguaranteed.Respectable emp’.oymeut.nt nbiufe, day or evening.; no capital required; full instructions and vahiablo pucka jo of goods ssnfe free by mail. A ddress, wit h six cent return stamp, M. VOUNG «!fc CO., 16 Uoitlandt-st., New York.

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