Rensselaer Union, Volume 5, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 July 1873 — Page 4

CURRENT ITEMS.

' ° Blest have bean found in tree# on the Sierras at an altitude of 8,000 feet. Brigham demands toll of every vehicle passing up City Creek, Salt Lake. A. daring youth recently swam across the Niagara River at the foot of the falls. Tire grape crop of Santa Barbara County, California, will be very large and fide this year. A pea-lion weighingover 300 pounds has been captured off Wells Beach, Me. A horned toad was lately dispatched by mail, in a sardine box, from Nevada City, to Tiffin, Ohio. ! Boston’s Model Lodging-house Association has proved a failure, and, will close up its affairs. f — p— Little boys and girls are fined $1 a head in Chautauqua County, New York, for boat-riding on Sunday. ’ THEpeach crop, ustiallv so abundant about Walla Walla and the t)alles, Oregon, is this year almost a failure from late frosts. " Utah is one of flic best stock-raising countries in the world., The cows get so strong that their cream churns itself. In a Boston office hangs a sign with the following inscription: “Peple arc forbidden to spite tobakerjuc on the flor.” A new swindle is being practiced on several New York railways. Counterfeit tickets are being sold extensively by putative agents. TnE movement recently started in Cincinnati, to give working-women a holiday on Saturday afternoons during the summer, bids fair to be successful.’' The President of the second branch of Baltimore’s City Council was arrested and fined for setting off flre-crgckers ,in the street on the Fourth. An annual known as the ToUouoy , a kind of Armadilo, has been discovered near the battle ground below Vancouver. It is about the size of a yearling bear. Work is being commenced in Arizona on the military telegraph, and the people are greatly rejoiced at the prospects of speedy communication with the outside world. . -■, Purchasers of accident policies should be a little particular about dates. A gentleman purchased one recently, good" for two days, but discovered ■subsequently that the date on the card make it expire two days before the purchase; ——- The forty thousand live shad sent to California and Great Salt Lake by the United States Commissioner of Fisheries under charge of Liviugton Stone, deputy for the Pacific coast, and two assistants, have arrived at their destination in perlect order. The second party of Chinese youth, about eighty ia all, who are to be educated.. in this country under the direction of Commissioner Uaisun, sailed lrom China June 20, and are expected to arrive in Springfield, Mass., during the last of the present month. A Linn (Mass.) lady sold rags to a Salem buyer. A week afterward she called at his establishment and desired to see what she had sold. After searching the loft diligently she found her SI,OOO in currency, and savings bank book calling for $2,400. Moral: Never hide jOur valuables m rag-bags. The Coffeyville (Kau.) Courier recomommends itself after this fashion: “The. Courier is printed nearer the scene of the late Bender horror than any other newspaper. Those wishing to subscribe for agood, live newspaper should make a note of 1 the fact.” A girl seventeen years old was arrested in Buffalo the other day, cha.ged with three separate attempts to burn her employer’s house. Alter denying the crime to. some time, she at last made a full confession, saying that she only did it “to have a little luu with the folks," as , she “knew they were badly scared.” The prohibitory liquor law in Massachusetts sometimes gives rise, to comic as well aS tragicTncideins, as at HolyokeTthU other day, when a State constaule, after an exciting chase, overhauled a truckman and seized upon the beer-barrel in his wagon only to discover that its contents were offal instead of lager. The counterfeit fifty-cent notes which are in circulation can be detected by bolding the notes to the light, when oue can see there are no silk fibers in the paper, but they are simulated by irregular scratches on the plate, which give the surface impression. The red treasury seal is alsoprinted in ink which will rub and blur over the paper if a person dampen his finger and passes it over it. They have a practical way of righting things up in Canterbury, N. 11. A Manchester man who bad unfairly obtained a farm of a dying man, to the detrimenlTor the widow and children, recently visited it to cut the hay, got his mowing machine ready for use the next morning, and retired. That night about twenty men and women turnyd out, prepared the hay by moonlight, sold the crop, and placed the money in keeping for the rightful heirs, all before daylight. An Expensive Pet DoG.—Tliere appears to be no need of a society for the prevention of cruelty to animals at Concord, N. H. A lady residing there has a pet dog of the black and tan variety, called “Maxie.” The dear little brute was put in a box covered with slats, and started, in the care of the United States & Canada Express, to spend the summer at a delightful place in Vermont. He gnawed out of the box, jumped off' the train between stations on a Vermont railroad, and disappeared in the woods. When tidings of his loss reached his mistress, she caused men to scout through all the region of his escapade, and after an expenditure of over S2OO, 3laxie was found. The market value of such dogs is about $5. The iady says Maxie would never have forgiven her if she had omitted any cfforjto find him.— Boston Adveri&er. “ U - ' .liyi.i, I • .

The Haunted Room.

Madame Beshoulieres, the celebrated French poetess, was at one time on a visit to the ckateau of the Count and Countess de Luueville. Upon her arrival she was reque ted to make her choice of all the bed-rooms in the mansion, one only excepted, which no one was permitted to enter, as a report had been circulated that it was a haunted apartment, and, from .the strange noises that had been frequently heard at night in it, it was generally believed to be the case by the inhabitants qi the chateau. Madame Deshouiieres was no sooner made acquainted with this circumstance than, to the surprise and teiTor of her friends, she declared her intention of Occupying this dreaded room in preference to any other. The count looked aghast as she disclosed this determination; and, in a tremulous voice, entreated her not to be so rash, since, hbwever brave curiosity might, at present, make her, it was probable that she would pay too dearly for its gratifi- ' cation. TheJjountess, observing that all that, ■ her husband said Sailed in intimidating the high-spirited Madame Beshoulieres, now added her persuasions to divert her friend from the enterprise, from which - the bravest man might shrink appalled. All the arguments that could be urged were insufficient to shake the determined purpose of the adventurer. Her courage was superior to these representations of the dangers to which she was going to expose herself, because she was convinced that they must owe their coloring to superstition, acting upon weak minds; she entertained no faith in the fleshy arm of »

departed spirit, and from an immaterial one her life was safe. Her noble host and hostess pleaded, pitied, blamed, but , at length yielded to her wish of taking possession of the haunted chamber. Maaamc Deshoulieres found it grand and spacious, the windows dark from the thickness of the walls, the chimney antique, and of cavernous depth. As soon as Madame was undressed she stepped into bed, and ordered a large candle to be placed in the bracket, which stood in a stand near it, and. enjoining' her femme de chambre to shut the door securely, dismissed her. Having provided herself with a book, according to custom, she calmly read her usual time, i and then sank to repose. She was soon roused by a noise at the door; it opened, and the sound of footsteps succeeded. Madame Deshoulieres immediately decided that this must be the supposed ghostand, therefore, addressed it with the assurance that, if it hoped to frighten her from her purpose of detecting the impostor which had excited such foolish alarm throughout the castle, it would find itself disappointed in the attempt; for she was resolutely bent upon penetrating and-ex-posing if at all hazards. No answer was returned; thedhreat was reiterated, but all to no purpose. At length the intruder came in contact with a large screen, which it overturned so near the bed that, getting entangled in the curtains, which played loosely on the strings, they returned a sound so sharp that one under the influence of fear w ould have taken it for the shrill scream of an unquiet spirit; but Madame was perfectly undismayed, as she afterwards declared". On the contrary, she continued to interrogate the nocturnal visitor, whom she suspected to be one of the domestics-, but it still maintained an unbroken silence, though nothing could be less quiet in its movement, for now.itran against the stand on which stood the heavy- candle and candlestick, which fell with a thundering noise. At length, tired of all these exertions, it came and rested itself at the foot of the bed. Madame Deshoulieres, still retaining her self-pos-session, immediately exclaimed, “All! now I shall ascertain what thou art!" at the same time she extended both heqhands toward the place against which she felt that the intruder was resting. They came in contact with two cars, soft as velvet, which she firmly grasped, determined to retain her hold till the morning should lend its light to discover to whom or Jo what they belonged. Day at length-re-leased her from the awkward and painful position in which she had remained for many hours, and discovered her prisoner to be Gros Blanc, a large dog belonging to the chateau, and as worthy, if faith and honesty deserve the title, as any of its inhabitants. Far from resenting the bondage in which Madame Deshoulieres had so long kept him, he licked her hands, while she enjoyed a hearty laugh at this ludicrous end of an adventure, for which she had braced every nerve. In the meantime, the Count and Countcss, wholly given up to their fears, had found it impossible to close their eves during the night. The trial to which their friend had exposed herself -gfCwmore terrible to their imagination, the more they dwelt upon it, till they at length persuaded themselves that death would be the inevitable consequence. With these forebodings, they proceeded, as soon as it was light, to the apartment of Madame Deshoulieres; scarcely had they- courage’to enter it, or to speak when they had done so. . From this state of petrifaction they were relieved by their friend undrawing her curtains, and paying them the compliment of the morning, with a triumphant look. She then related all that had passed, with an impressive solemnity ; and, having aroused intense curiosity "to know the catastrophe, she said, “Monsieur, you shall-hb longer continue in an illusion which a long indulgence has endeared to you. There (pointing to Gros Blanc) is the nocturnal visitor whom you have so long taken for the ghost of your mother;” for such the - Count had “'Concluded itrto he, from his mother having been the last person who died at the chateau. “I will now,” continued the heroic lady, “complete my task, and emancipate your mind from the shackles of superstition, by proving to you that all which has 9Q long disturbed your family lias arisen mviirnatural causes'. ”. Madame arose,-and made her friends examine the lock of-the door; tire.wood of which was so decayed as to render the locking of it useless against a verv moderate degree of strength. This-faerlity of entrance had been, evidently, the cause of Gros Blanc, who liked not sleeping out of doors, making choice of this room. The rest is easily accounted for: Gros .Blank smelt, and wished to possess himself of the eandle, in attempting which he committed all the blunders and caused all the lioises ■ which had disturbed"dhtr ”srhnrce “of the night; and he would have taken posses-sion-of the bed also if he had not given the lady an opportunity of seizing liis ears. Thus are the most simple events magnified into omens of fearful and supernatural agency, while the conduct ol Madame Deshoulieres affords one example, among many others, of the superiority whiclt presence of mind and courage possess over superstition and credulity.

An Incident in the Life of Abraham Lincoln.

Strangely enough, the murder of Mansfield T. Walworth by bis son recalls the story of Abraham Lincoln’s duel. The mother of Frank Walworth is the daughter of Colonel John T. Hardin. who~ saved Mr. Lincoln from the remorse which would have overshadowed his life if he had killed General Shields. Colonel Hardin was a prominent Whig politician, -and-was esteemed the ‘.‘bravest mail in Illinois.” He was killed at the battle of Buena Vista, and in his death fairly earned the distinction which his admiring friends had given him while living. Mr. Lincoln was his intimate friend, and both men were gifted with a large sense of humor which they turned to good account. The hostile meeting between Mr. Lincoln and General Shields - was brought about in this way: A witty young lady wrote a communication for one of the 'Springfield papers, in which there were several passages which the General was pleased to consider as personally offensive. He forthwith went to the newspaper office and demanded the name of the correspondent. and this being refused, he gave the editor three days in which to make up his mind, either to refer him to the writer or to take a whipping himself. The poor man was greatly distressed. He did not like to be guilty of the utjgailaht act of betraying his lady correspondent, and he did not care to have a fight with General Shields, who was a much stronger man. In this dilemma he came to Mr. Lincoln and told him of his trouble. The lawyer tooji the matter into consideration,’but he could think of no strategem for the relief of his friend. At last he said to him: ‘‘When Shields comes around with his club tell him that Abe Lincoln wrote that letter.” Thd editor acted upon the suggestion, and when the irate politician appeared ready to carry his threat into execution, lie was politely requested to call upon Abraham Lincoln for satisfaction. This put a new face on the matter.' General Shields knew better than to come fooling about Mr. Lincoln with his cane. He was at that time a great, long-armed, muscular fellow, good natured, but resolute, and when the occasion demanded he could deal such blows with his lists as made his antagonists think that railsplitting was his pastime:- If-he had jjfcen attacked by JShMds. v Wid Tiad ' i V‘

supposed that it would add anything to the humor of the fight, h«; would have , bent his assailant over his knee and administered punishment after tl}e manner of conscientious mothers. But, after all his threatening and blustering General Shields could not back out without subjecting himself to the ridicule of his townsmen, so he concluded, to challenge Mr. Lincoln. The challenge was accepted, but to the great dismay of the challenger Abraham named long swords as the wsapons. He had no skill in the use of the sword, but with his tremendous reach of arm and great muscular strength he would have cut off General Shields head before he got himself into position for one of his scientific thrusts. The time and place of meeting were agreed upon. Mr Lincoln went to the ground early with his second, and there being some’buslics in the plat selected for the fight, he set to work to clear them away-with a hatchet. While he was engaged at this, other gentlemen came on the field, and they were so struck with the ludicrous scene that they could not refrain from laughter. Just then Colonel Hardin appeared, and appreciating the humorous situation, he appealed to both parties not to make fools of themselves, with such effect that they went home without fighting. Mr. Lincoln often said afterwards that his participation in tiffs affair was the meanest act of liis life. Colonel llaril in, although a peacemaker on this occasion, was a man of great courage andmost chivalrous bearing. At the breaking out of the Mexican .war he was put in command of the First Illinois Volunteers, and died on the battle field of Buena Vista, as already stated, —Baltimore American.

Accusations Against the President.

Reaping the accusations against President Grant in some of the papers, that during his late visit to Chicago he forgot alike his self-respect and the dignity of lffs high office, we are reminded of the celebrated story of Hon. S. A. Douglas, who was even more violently- assailed. They laid every transgression at. his door, and he bore all in silence until he was charged with stealing h horse. That filled him with anger, and he brought suit for slander. “And would you believe it?” he used to say in a burst of laughter, “they proved it on me! After that I submitted to every- story that was started, and let it die of its own poison.” General Grant’s safety consists not only in his calm indifference, but also in lff's almost constant publicity. We never had a President who saw or was seen by more people. He is never hidden away. He is ready to meet his friends and fellow-citi-zens of all conditions at all times, and seems to be glad to be among them. Call it a mistake, if you please; it certainly shows that he is not afraid of criticism into his manners, lffs habits, or hisopinions. He has, for instance, been much in Philadelphia, the guest of our main hotel, and the guest of citizens of both parties, meeting men of every shade of opinion,the clergy more than all, perhaps; and yet we have yet to hear the first whisper against him in any quarter. Of the thousands he has met not one has ever laid the accusation at his door now trumpeted -from Chicago, and as emphatically- contradicted. We are proud to make this statement for the honor of Philadelphia, and we may add, though it seems unnecessary, that among General Grant’s fastest friends here are men of’ the severest morals and the strictest temperance; men who never have asked a favor at liis hands, and Who stand aloof from all kinds of politics and ambitions. They- are in fact far more his confidential advisers than any of the party leaders, and thev never go to him save to help the cause of peace, the public credit, or Christian reconstruction. They confide in his character. They believe in his honesty-. And they would assuredly do neither, being wliolly independent of him and of lffs patronage, if he were (lie un worthy person his Chicago enemies declare him to be. A statement like this is worth a library of affidavits. The subject is not a pleasant one in any of its aspects, but, as we are writing about it, we cannot forget that the same stories were told of him during the w-ar, and yet he fought it through without, complaint or denial, and when he finished his work he received the acclamations of a grateful people, and was chosen twice to. the Presidency, the last time almost by acclamation, though all the time pursued by these malignant and cruel misrepresentations. After such an experience one would think he can afford to maintain lffs silence and lffs assailants can afford to stop. — Forney's WeeUy Press.

In Trances.

An article in the Popular Science Monthly recalls these instances of escape from burial alive: “On the 15th of October, 1842, a farmer in the neighborhood of Neufcliatel, in the Lower Seine, climbed into a loft over his barn to sleep, as lie usually did, among the hay. Early the next day, liis customary hour of rising being past, his wife, wishing to know the cause Of his delay, went to look for him, and found him dead. At the time of interment, more than twenty-four hours after, the bearers placed the body in a coffin, which was closed, and carried it slowly down the ladder by which they had gained the loft. Suddenly one of the rounds of the ladder snapped, and the bearers fell together with the coffin, which hurst open with the shock. The accident, which might have been fatal to a live man, was very serviceable to the dead one, who was roused from his lethargy by the concussion, returned to life, and hastened to get out of his shroud with the assistance of those of the bystanders who had not been frightened away by his sudden resurrection. An hour later lie-eould recognize his friends, and felt no uneasiness except a slight confusion in his head, and the next day was able to go to work again. At about the same time a resident of Nantes gave up life after a long illness. His heirs made arrangements for a grand funeral, and while the performance of a requiem was going on, the dead man returned to life and stirred in the coffin, that stood in the middle of the church. When carried home, he soon regained his health. Some ttrofi afterward, the cure, not caring to be at tbe trouble of the burial ceremonies for nothing, sent a bill to the ex-corpse, who declined to pay it, and referred the cure to the heirs wlio had given orders for the funeral.. A law-suit followed, with which the papers of the day kept the public greatly amused. A few years ago, Cardinal Bonnet, in the Senate, tola his own story of the circumstances under which he narrowly escaped being buried alive. Horse Craze. —A young girl, about twelve years of age, daughter of Mr. Rootes, ’of Rolling Prairie, was before Justice Fradenburg with a view of having her examined and sent to the insane asylum. From the evidence, and the reports of the neighbors, the child presents a singular case. She appears to have a strong fondness for horses, and occasionally imagines herself.,an animal, and will get down and eat grass, and stamp and kick, and in divers ways imitate the acts of a horse. She will frequently get up in the night, harness her father’s team, and drive miles away, or until she is overtaken and brought back. She will even go to the neighbor’s and hitch up their teams and run away with them- Her acts are said to be a great annoyance to the neighborhood, but the attempt to fully establish her .insanity failed, and she was discharged.— hrrpvrte ( Irid.) Aryue.

FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

—Crop-Bound Fowls—One person must hold the fowl quite still, while another cuts the crop open, and entirely empties it of its / contents, then sew ft carefully up again. When this is done, place the patient in a coop by herself for a few days, and feed her on soft food. Under this treatment, ninety out of every hundred will recover. —To prepare raspberry juice of fine color, flavor and aroma, a French journal says: Take the berries well ripened and cleansed, crush them in a glass vessel with a wooden pestle into a homogeneous mass, add to them five to ten parts per one hundred of cane or grape sugar, and allow the whole to stand, mixing up occasionally. By means' of the alcOhol resulting from the fermentation the pectin is precipitated, and a clear juice is obtained, preserving perfectly the aroma and taste of the raspberry. —To Cook Green Corn.—Many cooks boil their com too long- If the corn will prove tender at all, it will be so after an hour’s billing, and twenty minutes is usually sufficient. After it is done, it only loses in sweetness by longer boiling. Like all/mA vegetables,"it should be put into boiling water to cook. Almost fill people prefer to gnaw it directly from the cob, but it may lie sliced off as soon as done and seasoned with cream and salt, or with a small piece of butter, salt, and pepper. —How Easily Butter is Spoiled.— A farmer’s wife writes to an exchange:—“Of all the products of the farm, butter is the most liable to he tainted by noxious Odors floating in. the atmosphere. Our people had lain some veal in the cellar, from which a little blood flowed out and was neglected until it had commenced to smell. The result was that a jar of butter, which I was then packing, smelled and tasted like spoiled beer. Another lady writer observes that there was a pond of filthy, stagnant water a few hundred feet away from their house, from which, when the wind was from a certain direction, an offensive effluvium would be borne on the breeze directly to the milk-room, the result of which was that the cream and butter would taste like the disagreeable odor coming from the pond. As soon a 9 the pond was drained there was no more damaged butter. —Cherry Trees.—These should never be highly manured. Singular as it may seem, better results have been obtained by growing cherry trees in grass than by cultivating them as highly as pears. Experienced fruit growers "in Deleware, who once began a system of liberal manuring and treatment of cherry trees, found after an experience of a few years, that the bark would burst, gum would ooze out, and many portions of the tree show an unhealthy condition. The growers immediately "discontinued high feeding, and seeded the land down.to grass. The trees recovered their health, and have borne bountifully since the system of grass culture began. It is the only fruit tree of all varieties which we can safely recommend to be treated in this way. A Delaware friend says lffs row of cherry trees, growing in grass along the fence, are the picture of health and luxuriance; while in previous years, with Orchard culture, he could never make them successful.— Independent.

Care of Paint Brushes.

No person can perform a good job of painting unless his brushes are in a soft and elastic condition. Those persons who have occasion to do a small job of painting only a few times a year, are apt to find their brushes in such a bad condition that a new brush must be procured and a good one thrown away, for the simple reason that when used last, their brush had not been properly cared for. Any good brush will last' to do an immense amount of painting, if it is only-, taken care of when not in actual use. ’ In order "to render a brush doubly serviceable, before it is used turn it botj tom end up, open the bristles and pour in about a small teaspoonful of good varnish, in a small brush, and several tablespoonfuls in a large brush,' As soon as the varnish lias Till been absorbed among the butts of the bristles, pour in another supply. Keep the brush in the position indicated until the varnish lias become quite hard. White-wash brushes, brushes for calcimining, and all paint brushes should be treated in this manner long before tliey are U6ed. The varnish will cement the bristles together so firmly that none will work out when the brush is in use. Shellac varnish is better for this purpose than any other kind, as it will not be dissolved or softened so read"\viien a brush is used only two Sr three times a year, the better way to keep it in a good condition is to wipe out as much of the paint as possible with a woolen cloth; then fill the bristles with spirits of turpentine or benzole, manipulate the brush until the small quantity of paint left in it is dissolved and loosened from the bristles, wipe' the brush agam cleanse it with strong soapsuds, wipe the bristles dry, wrap the brush in oil paper and keep it in a cool cellar where the handle will not shrink. When one has several brushes, and has occasion to use them nearly ever day, or even every week, the better way to keep them from becoming dry and hard is to wipe the bristles as clean as practicable with a woolen cloth, wrap each brush in a piece of pa per, and stand them in a small deep pail in which there is crude or unboiled oil sufficient to-cover all the bristles. Water is frequently employed in lieu of oil. But a varnish brush cannot be kept soft in water, white in oil it can ■ be. Besides this, water will often evaporate so rapidly that before one is aware of it, the brushes are exposed to the air and Ffive become quite dry. When in oil, even a varnish brush will remain soft and elastic for years. One of the most convenient ways to keep a varnish brush in a condition always ready for use is to let it stand in oil in a coffee cup, or in an old can that was originally made for containing fruit; then fit a wooden lid having a hole in the center for the handle to pass through. By this means, dust will be excluded, and the brush will be always ready for use. A brush that is employed to lay on shellac varnish may be kept neat mid clean in this manner.— American Builder.

Feed For Producing Milk.

The Practical Fanner says: It is well settled in the opinion of our best dairymen, that bran greatly promotes the milk secretion in cows, and it is fed almost universally. About equally mixed with corn-meal is the usual proportion. This mixture seems to promote both quantity and quality of milk:. From several sources we hear That, buckwheat bran Is a great milk producer, and it is now being used considerably among our Chester County dairymen, in about the same proportions as the other. Thomas Gawthorp, near West Grove, Chester County, by repeated trials with • his own cows has fully satisfied himself that they do as well with com and cob meal and bran as with pure corn meal and bran. The amount of nutriment in com-cobs is so very small that this result will have to be explained on the supposition of the ground cob acting to promote digestion by distending the stomach: The presence of bulky material being necessary to promote distention and fill up the stomach of ruminating animals before perfect digestion can be accomplished, is frequently lost sight of.

Hungarian grass is also found for milch cows to be rather superior to the ordinary run of hay. The last year or two Hungarian grass has loomed up wonderfully in the estimation of our dairy farmers ; and a very large scope of land will be sowed with it the coming season. It matures for cutting in about sixty days, and produces two to four tons per acre—the latter of course on good soils. Three pecks to the acre is the usual allowance of seed. Where a good hay market is convenient, this substitution of Hungarian grass for common hay in home Feeding will be a clear additional source of profit. Ask for Prusslng's Cider Vinegar and take no other Warranted to preserve Pickles.

Cholera and Pain-Killer.

Perry Davis’ Pain-Killer. —This unparalleled preparation is receiving more testimonials of its wonderful efficacy in removing pains, than any other medicine ever offered to the public. And these testimonials come from persons of every degree of intelligence, and every rank of life. Physicians of the first respectability, and perfectly conversant with the nature of diseases and remedies, recommend this as one of the most effectual in their line of preparations for the cure of Cholera, Cholera Morbus and kindred bowel troubles now so common among the people. California’s Biggest Ncgget— -Ilow much we owe to California! Her precious metals kffve enriched thousands of our fellow-citizens, and have proved the main stay of America in times of national pecuniary embarrassment. Her mining industries have given employment to myriads of mechanics and laborers! She is the lrnd of promise to the fortuneseeker. But the Golden State has lately sent us a new treasure. Her last nugget is Dr. Walker’s California Vinegar -Bitters. The health-giving principles contained in this curative are a more precious boon than gold. In .all affections of the liver and stomach, remittent and intermittent fevers, rheumatism, and pulmonary diseases, it may be relied upon. As a blood depurent and invigorant it is unequalled, purifying the circulation and infusing new vigor into the debilitated frame, it conquers that most unyielding of all complaints—dyspepsiaana we know- of no other remedy that can accomplish this. Its entire freedom from alcoholic spirit, which retards and neu tralizes the effect of any medicine, and which forms the basis of many of the pseudo bitters and tonics, doubly enhances its value to the sick. The papers of the United States vie with one another in doing honor to Dr. Walker. We, too, add our voice, and say all honor to the man whose science and skill have enabled him to draw from the vegetable kingdom such a balsam for human suffering.

Farmers’ Fourth of July.

The masterly address of S. M. Smith, Secretary of the Illinois State Farmers’ Association, delivered at Pontiac, Illinois, on the 4th of July, lias been published as an 8-page document by J. W. Dean, room 6, Tribune building, Chicago. Price, single copy, 2 cents; 10 copies, 15 cents; 100 copies, 75 cents; 1000 copies, $5.00. We see by the Chicago papers that Procter & Gamble have reduced the price of their longestablished and popular brand, Mottled German Soap. Its present price and superior quality makes k the cheapest as well as the best soap for consumers. A fact worth remembering—Five cents’ worth of Sheridan's Car gin/ Condition Pmcdecs, given to a horse twice a week, will save double that amount in grain, and the horse will be fatter, sleeker, and every way wortli more money than though he did not have them. The cathartics used and approved by the physicians comprising the various medical associations of this State are now compounded and sold under the name of Parsons’ Purgative Pitts.

The Vital Drain.

It is necessary to the health of the body that its exhausted and refused particles Bhonld be carried off by the excretory organs, and it is cqnally necessary that the waste matter thus expelled should be replaced by new elements derived from digested and assimilated food. It is evident, therefore, that good digestion and perfect assimilation are essential to bodily ylgor; and it is because Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters powerfully assist these processes, that it is regarded by the intelligent classes, whose opinions are founded on observation, as the only absolute specific for dyspepsia and its attendant ills, at present known. When the system, either from constitutional causes, overwork, excess, anxiety, or actual disease, is In an unnaturally relaxed condition, something more than its exhausted particles passes through the pores. Vitality leaks through these ventages. Elements which should remain in the blood and enrich it arc evolved and that fluid becomes then watery and incapable of removing the solids of the body as fast as they decay. The consequences are emaciation, debility, nervousness, loss of spirits, and a general, or perhaps a rapid decline gs all powers of life. It is ip. cases like this that the restorative properties of Hostetter’s Bitters are most conspicuous. The first two or three doses sometimes produces a change in the feelings and aspect of the invalid that is perfectly astonishing, and by a persevering use of this superlative vegetable tonic and alterative, the vital drain is sure to be arrested, the strength reinstated, the flesh restored, the constitution reinforced, and the brain relieved of the cloud that obscured it.*

THE MARKETS.

NEW YORK, July 17, 1873. BEEF CATTLE *10.50 ©*12.50 HOGS—Uve 5.25 @ 575 SIIEEP—Live 4.50 @ 6.50 COTTON—Middling 20V,@ .2021 FLOUR—Good to choice 6.50 @ 7.23 WHEAT—No. 2 Chicago 1.42 & 1.43 CORN—Western Mixed 56 @ .Mi OATS—Western, New.... 43V4® .44V4 RYE—Western 78 @ .79 PORK—New Mess....„ 17.25 @'l7.6u LARD jgk...: ÜBV4® .08» WOOL —Domestic FlctiCe 48 @ .52 CHICAGO BEEVES—Choice .....!..* 5.85 @*6.50 Good 6.50 @ 5.75 Medium.■ 3.50 @ 4.73 - Butchers’ Stock 3.25 @ 4.25 “ « Cows and Heifers.... 3.75 @ 4.25 HOGS—Live 5.00 © 6.10 SHEEP—Good to Choice 4.00 @ 4.62;J BUTTER—Choice 18 @ .23 EGGS—Fresh 13 <§ .14 FLOUR—White Winter Extra.... 6.75 @ 9.00 Spring Extra 5.50 @ 6.50 GRAlN—Wheat—Spring, No. 2... 1.18 @ 1.18V4 Corn—No. 2 35*4@ .35^ Oats—No. 2. .28>i@ .2814 Rye—No. 2 i 55 @ .58 Barley—No. 2, New... .65 @ .67 PORK—Mess 15.50 @ 15.62*4 LARD 08;4@ .08 \ WOOL—Tub-washed 45 @ .48 Fleece, washed 33 @ .40 “ unwashed 25 @ .28 Pulled 38 @ .42 CINCINNATI. FLOUR—Family, New *6.75 @ *7.00 WHEAT—Red 1.40 @ 1.42 CORN., 44 © .45 OATS 32 @ .33 RYE. 70 @ .72 PORK—Mess * 16.75 @ 17.00 LARD oßVi@ -OGJ4 ST. LOUIS. BEEF CATTLE—Fair to Extra...* 4.00 @*5.80 HOGS—Live 4.00 @ 4.50 FLOUR—FaII XX 5.00 @ 5.50 WHEAT—No. 3 Fall ‘-.,-.-1 1.18 @ 1.20 CORN—No. 2 Mixed 3714® .88 OATS—No. 2 34 @ .3414 RYE—No. 2 .68 @ .58 PORK—Mess 16.50 @16.75 LARD 08H® .08« FLOUR—Spring XX. *6.75 @*7.00 WHEAT-Spring, No. 1 1.28 @ 1.29 “ No. 2 1.22 @ 1.2214 CORN—No. 2 34 © .35*4 OATS—No. 2 28 @ .2814 RYE—No. 1 59 @ .60 BARLEY-No. 2 65 @ .70 CLEVELAND. WHEAT—No. 2 Red * 1.48 @* 1.49 CORN.... . ....—.. .45 @ .47 OATS—No. 1... .. 39 @ .40 DETROIT. WHEAT-No. 1 *I.BO .©* -LSIAmber .'... 1.53 @ 1.54 CORN—No. 1 45 @ .46 OATS,*... 38 @ .39 TOLEDO. WHEAT—Amber Mich *1.56 @ *1.57 No. 2 Red 1.57 @ 1.58 CORN-Mixed... 43 @ .44 OATS— No. 2 34 & .3514 BUFFALO. BEEF CATTLE.. .* 5.30 @ *6.25 HOGS—Live 5.00 @ 5.16 SHEEP—Uve 4.00 @ 5.50

The Little Corporal.—" Life on an Island," a new story by Helen C. Week*, is begun In the July number, and thoee who read the opening chapter will be sure to want the remainder of the aerial. “Hidden Treasure,” by Mary A. Denison, is continued In this-.number, and there are also several short Interesting original stories, poems, etc. The terms of the little Qorporal are $1.60 a year, and In addition to the handsome magazine you will get two beantifnl chromos. Extra inducements are offered for clubs. Sixty cents will secure a canvassing outfit, including both chromos. Address John E. Milieu, Publisher, 161 Randolph street, Chicago. * To Drive Impurities prom the Blood use Dr. Jayne’s Alterative, a remedy that stimulates the absorbents, and imparts vigor to the whole system. Dr. SnALLENBEROEU's Pills are not a purgative. They cure every form of Fever and Ague immediately, without sickness or discomfort.

WHEN WRITING TO ADVERTISER!* please say you saw the advertisement In tnl* paper. A CHOLERA REMEDY Rxaiwr, you will find It In that Favorite Homs Remedy, FSRHT DAVIS’ Pain-Killer? CHOLERA IN INDIA. What a Missionary says : * * * “I regret to sa/ that the cholera hna nrevailed here of Ute to a fearful extent. For the last three weeks, from ten to fifty or sixty fatal capes each day have been reported. I should add that the Pain-Killer sent recently from the Mission House has been used with considerable success during: this epidemic. If taken in season, It Is generally effectual In checking the disease. , Ksv. CHAkLES HARDING, Sholapore, India.” Its Merits are Unsurpassed. If you are suffering from INTERNAL PAIN, Twenty to Thirty Drops in a Little Water will almost Instantly cure you. There is nothing equal to it. In a few momenta it cures Colic, Cramps, Spasms. Heartburn, Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Flux, wind lu the Bowels, Sour Stomach, Dyspepsia. Sick Headache. It cures Cholera, when all other Remedies Fail. It gives Instant Belief from Aching Teeth. In sections of the country where i Pevor and A-gvio Prevails, there is no remedy held in greater esteem. IW~For Fever and Ague— Take three of the Pain-Killer lu about half a pint of hot water, well sweetened with molasses, as the attack is coming on, bathing freely the chest, back and bowels with the medicine at the same time. Repeat the dose tai twenty minutes if the first, dose doeßiiot stop the chill. Snould it produce a vomiting (and it probably will if the stomach 1a very foul), take a little Pain-Killkr in cold water sweetened with sugar, after each spasm. Perseverance in the above treatment has cured many severe and obstinate cases of this disease. WHEN USED EXTERN ALL Y, ASA LINIMENT, nothing gives quicker ease in Burns . Cut*. Bruise*, Sprains. Sprigs from Insect* and Scalds. It removes tne fire, and the wound heals like ordinary sares. Those suffering with RHEUMA TlStf. GO UTor NElilt \LGIA. if uot a positive cure, they find the PainKiller gives them relief when no other remedy will. Every Housekeeper should keep it at hand, and apply it on the first attack of any Pain. It w4U give sailsfactory relief, and save hours of suffering. Do not trifle with yourselves by testing uni ried remedies. Be sure you call for the PA IN- KILLER. gyDirections accompany each bottle. Price, 25 cents, 50 cents, and SI.OO per Bottle. J. IV. HARRIS & CO., Cincinnati, 0., Proprietors for the Southern and Western States. tSTFor sale by all Medicine Dealers. CINCINNATI THE LEADING INDUSTRIAL FAIR OF AMERICA I The Fourth Exhibition will open Wednesday, September 3, and continue until Saturday, October 4, 1873. Goods received from August 4th to 30th. Exhibitors should make immediate application for space. Tr * ltE Mar.. uight with CholoTß MorbuH, an-1 in both lustanoos your Bittkiw j grive aJtno3t IrtJtr.eVHate relief, and etfectually cured her without other medical aid. It also acts powerfully ou the Blood, and thus Eli rifles Mu system-for “ the. life is in the Blood." I therefore ' earthy recommend it to all as u necessary family mediciue which j la nt all times ready lor use. Kev . joilN 0. FKITCIIKY, Pastor ofHit Gentian Reformed Church, Lancaster; Pa. j We dte the above as an evidence of the HOME REPUTATION ] of MISHI/Elt'S HEiin BITTERS. It is hot only kept in almost every family, but every one is fumlliar with its merits.. In every divergency it is the Heady Remedy at once cnllod futo requisition ; and such is its proved success, thni our people regard it as 1 THE fiKEAT HOUSEHOLD REMEDY, Always prompt, certain and safe; it never disappoints. The “Messebger of Health" is furnished gratuitously to Druggists and Country Storekeepers for distribution, or will be aent free, by mail, on application to DR. S. It. HARTMAN A CO., Lancaster, Pa. m Has all the Medicina^ropertiea of Crab Orchard w V K Springs of Ky. Has no equal ■■ IS fculAiP mM in Nausea, Headache, Dya- «■** Sa IffiwPiol I hot weather. Best laxative M D tho i^ rld * Sold b y ail Write for a Price List to J. H. JOHNSTON, breech-Loading shot Guns,’s4o to S3OO. ’ Double Shot Guns.sßtoslso. Single Guns, $3 to S2O. Rifles, $8 to $75; Revolvers, $6 to $25. Pistols $1 to SB. Gun Material, hishingTackle, A*c. Large. (U*coir?its to dealers or clubs . ArniyGuns.Revolvers,etc..bought, or traded for. Goods scut by express C. 0.1). to be examined before paid for--10,000 FARMERS WANTED, To Improve 1,433,000 acres Railroad Lands In the Middle Region of Western lowa. Average credit price, $6 per acre. Title clear. Climate and soli the best in the world. Pure running streams. No fever and ague. Theso lands are traversed by the Chicago* Northwestern and 11l Central lowa lines, over which land Exploring Tickets are sold from Chicago, Dnbunue, Clinton, Sc., receivable for lands purchased. Field agents will attend parties through from Chicago, and snow the lands to pnrenasers. Forß. B. tickets or hand-book and guide, giving maps, descriptions, locations, prices, terms, and all Information, call ou or address, JOHN B. CALHOUN, Land Commissioner lowa B. B. Laud Co. Omcu-HQ Eandolph Street, Chicago, 111, or Cedar Baplds, lowa. “AMERICAN SAWS." “BEST IN THE WORLD. MOVABLE-TOOTHED CIUfT’LAKN, PERFORATED COOKS CUTS. Send for Pamphlet to AMERICAN SAW CO.. NEW YORK. J. M. BRABSTREET & SON’S Improved mercantile Agency. Established 1849. The July volume Issued by us contains the fullest record of business houses In the country,audis indispensable to all houses extending credit. Terms and full particulars ean he obtained by addressing as at Portland Block. Chicago. • mi BRADSTREET & 80N. J. K. KEESE, Superintendent. IMPERIAL -GlN.—The only Giu distilled In America by the Holland process. Medtcinally and Chemically pure. Equal to the Imported. at less than half the price. H. 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Dr. J. Walker’s California Vinegar Bitters aro a purely Vegetable preparation, made chiefly from the native herbs found on the lower ranges of the Sierra Nevada mountains of California, the medicinal properties es which aro extracted therefrom without the use of Alcohol. The question is almost daily asked. “What is the cause of the unparalleled success of Vinegar Bitters 4 ?” Our answer is, that they remove the cause of disease, and the patient recovers his health. They are the great blood purifier and a life-giving principle, a perfect Renovator and Invigorator of the system. Never before in the history of the world has a medicine been compounded possessing the remarkable qualities of Vinegar Bitters in healing the sick of every disease man is heir to. Thoy aro a gentle Pnrgativo as well as a Tonic, relieving Congestion or Inflammation of the Liver and Visceral Organs, in Bilious Diseases. The pro] erties of Dr. Walker’s Vinegar Bitters are Aperient, Diaphoretic, Carminative, Nutritious, Laxative, Diuretic, Sedative, Counter-Irritant, Sudorific, Alterative, and Anti-Bilious. i:. ii. jjtooMi.n ck qo.. Druggists mill Bi»ii. Acts.. Sun Fninciseo. California, and dor. of Washington mid Chariton Sts.. St. V. Sold by all Druggists and D, aims. rSiii LOW RESffiTOffi Are Suited to all Climates, AND FAMOUS FOH BEING BEST TO USE! CHEAPEST TO BUY 11 EASIEST TO SELL Uj . vv\A(L' tJ/s Famous for doiDg more and BETTER COOKING. Boiko IT Quicker and Chenpep - JIJ Ll. Thao any Btovoofthe co*t, ( <Ttn r FAMOUS roB giving Satisfaction Every wliers, AND BEING Especially Adapted TO THE mis in mm nil, SOLID -E’ST EXCELSIOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, 612 and 614 N. Main Street, ST. LOUIS. MO. CON^miON And. Its Cure. WILLSON’S Carbolated Cod Liver Oil Is a scientific combination of two well-known' medicines. Its theory Is first to arrest the decay, thi n build up the system. Physicians find the doctrine correct. The really startling cures performed by Willson's Oil are proof. _ ...... Carbolic Jad poßitltfly arrest* Decay. It Is the most powerful antiseptic In the known world. Entering Into the circulation, It at once grapples with ■ corruption, and decay ceases. It purifies the Source. ot Co,T'vcf'r Oilts Hature’e best assistant In resisting. Consumption. Flit up In large wedge-shaped Lnttlea, bearing the inventor's »Ignnnire. an“ sold by the best Druggists- Prepared by J. H.WILLSON, 83 John St., New York. < ntim BUT & EDSALL.Chicaoo. Western Apt’s: ) r ICH aBDSON A CO.. St. Louis. REWARD - '|»ij!edhjj|, ifcEjuiwjr y and liathltig elseV'sohtl hv all Druggists. Price II.OU. «Tn tn S2O ts j) I U HI 4>aU blair A CO., St. Louis, Mo. +a Chor|P«rday! Amenta wanted! All classes of tPy LU H)A\J working people,of either sex, young or old, make more money at work for us In their spare momenta or all the time than at anything else. Particulars free. Address _G. Stinson rn., Portland, Maine. 579 HA each week-agents wanted. I Business legitimate. Particulars free. J. WORTH. St. fl LoaifL Mo. Box 2481. WARNER & BEERS. Chicago, 111., publish the best Illinois State Maps. A. N. K. v 413 R.X. DR. WHITTIER, 617 BT s¥TOIV<P“ T LoiifM .ny.iod. u><i m*at inreei.rul phyootiut of the MX C«c Bulu.lion or r-.ffirh let free. Call or write. I