Rensselaer Union, Volume 6, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 January 1874 — Page 4

The Chinese Thief.

«- - I Tluiu are three branches of the art at whioh ihe Chinese thief excels, namely, housebreaking, * pocket-plcking, and sicken stealing. As housebreakers they beat the world, bat strange to say they are not accomplished safe crackers, although Instances might be cited where they have demolished an ordinary safe in very good style. But they cannot in this respect equal the fine work of toe American or English "cracksmen," whose jackscrew and “jimmy” vpill force toe stoutest and moat “burglar-proof ’ safe in the world. Looking at the “science" from a detective’s standpoint, toe “prettiest piece of work" of this kind ever accomplished in this city was perpetrated upon the brick wall of a building on Washington street, near Kearney. Three Chinamen commenced work upon the east wall shortly after the store had been closed, and work ing with padded iron bars forced their way nearly through the two feet of brick, and at dawn had punctured a hole about the size of a dour barrel head and a perfect circle the whole length. The housebreakers were under the impression that they still had the thickness of a brick to force, and placing a piece of canvas over theaperature postponed further operations until the next night Had the day been cloudy all would have been well wi.hthe thieves, but it happened to be a bright, sunny morning, and one of the workmen standing at his bench was dazzled by a single slender sunbeam shining through the solid wall—as he supposed—a phenomena so startling that he began an investigation. Ho found that the canvas on the outside did not quite cover the upper portion of the hole, allowing the sunshine to penetrate to a minute orifice that had been accidentally chipped through the corner of a brick on the inside. The thieves had literally gone a particle too far, and had they forced their way on for ten minutes more they would have succeeded in their object before the store was opened. The workmen immediately gave information to the police, and the next night the place was watched, Officer Ned Ward being ensconced on the inside, guarding the “hole in the wall,” with a double-barreled shot-gun loaded with buck-shot. The “wall pickers” commenced their work, and in a few moments had effected an entrance. A white man coaid not hare crawled through the hole, but a naked Chinaman did crawl through, and was promptly riddled with buck-shot by the officer. The Chinaman "fought game,” and it was only after a long resistance that he was eventually captured. In the meantime, the officers on the outside, hearing the explosion of the shot-gun, “corraled” the other Celestials, and the skillful trio are now serving a long term “across the bay." If the Chinese are fine housebreakers, they are better pick-pockets. No pocket, no matter how closely guarded, is safe front their digits, which seem specially adapted by nature for this light fingering. They hang around the entrauce of the Chinese Theater, among the “check grabbers,” and are to be found in all dense crowds in the Chinese quarter, or at a large fire' in other parts of the city. It is partly owing to the fact that ‘Chinese pick pockets are so expert that the remainder of their c >untrymen carry their valuables in a pouch at'their waistband, beneath a long blouse, where the arm and hand of the pick-pocket is inserted only with great difficulty. The Chinese chicken thieves have a wotld-wide infamy. They have reached the highest poiut 'in the art of stealing, and woe to the ill-fated hen-roost upon which they have btse designs. The chances are that bes re-meriting every barnyard beauty will grace the spit of a Mongolian Maison Doree, and that not a single unusual cry has emanated from that hen-hoase, so subtle and wary is the thoroughbred hen-iuveigler. The Chinese thieves are adepts at the departments of stealing mentioned above; but they are also good sneak thieves, and passable “watch grabbers,” but they do not* understand garroting, or the arts practiced by the confidence men. —San Francisco Call.

The Opposition War-Cry.

A year and a half ago the so-called “independent” press of the country clamored furiously for the election of Horace Greeley and B. Gratz Brown to the Presidency and Vice-Presidency. President Grant was bitterly assailed, and every prominent member of the Republican party connected with the Government was maligned and traduced without stint. The people coolly considered the situation, made up their minds that the attacks upon the President, the Republican party, and its prominent members were slanderous and false, and repudiated, by overwhelming majorities, the party, its candidates, and its “independent” press. The crusade was at an end; nobody had been hurt, except the men and newspapers engaged in the enterprise, but they were biuised and broken. The humiliation of disaster was the greater, in l proportion a« the movement had been hatched, nursed, and prosecuted in a * spirit of unparalleled audacity, and the mortification of defeat was the more intense in proportion 'as the heralding of the new party had been loud mouthed and impudently aggressive. The tragic death of the distinguished man who had been made the standard-bearer of a movement already defunct, added a shade of remorse to the accumulated misfortunes of the ..plotting political knaves, whose discomfiture was as complete as that of the Confederates when Lee surrendered his sword to Grant. It is necessary to recall these striking features of the defeat of Liberalism, in order to appreciate the more recent past, and to comprehend the present political situation. Individual leaders of the opposition of 187:3, whose terms of office expired, were promptly “relegated” to private life. Few dared to become candidates tor re election, and those who had the temerity to offer themselves to the popular suffrage were mercilessly slaughtered. But the “independent” press could neither voluntarily retire from public notice, nor offer itself as a sacrifice to the popular disgust. The newspaper must discuss public questions the day after, as well as the day before, election. Hence the independent press, having lost the confidence of the people, was compelled .to submit to the general judgment or antagonize it. For a time it maintained an attitude of stolid indifference, contenting itself with sneers and sarcasm ; but as the shame and humiliation of defeat wore away, it made choice and hoisted the black flag. It poured its vials of wrath upon all existing things; first upon the National Administration as the object of its most supreme hate; and, secondly, upon the people, because’ against its slandering protest, they had recently given to the Republican party an emphatic indorsement. In the panic, the independent press, now become Satanic, beheld a source of coveted revenge. Hence it hastened to assume that the country had long been on the verge of ruin, and with ill-concealed malice, declared that universal bankruptcy must quickly ensue. It quarreled with, ana denounced, the Pres»4deat and Secretaiy of the Treasury at the Dtee suggestion of the reissue of the f 41,006,000 reserve. It charged to the currency the financial revulsion and consequent disturbance to business, and heaped contumely upon the Republican party as the author of the national banking system. When It became apparent that Uie panic would nqt upomplish all the disaster bad predicted, specie resumj>.|

THE PEACE OOiKCNdiXBBXOX*. -

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It was* Peace Commissioner. And Ills garb was sober drab; His hair was lone and while, and he Economized Ills gab. In short, he was a reticent And inoffensive slab. His style was philanthropic. And he bore a carpet-bag. In wbicli he stored his tracts and soap. And oiher peaceful swag Which Indians patronize when war And cattle-stealing lag. Long they sat in solemn council. The agent and the red. Mildly talking flabby virtne. Till the sachem shook his head, As with doubt and dim suspicion; Taen he grunted low and eaid— Not with eloquence of nature—- . Net in metaphoric style, Butin simpler frontier lingo, Mingled slang and grammar vile—- “ Na-ree-trow-zis; want some whisky; Injun empty; drink a pile.” Then that meek and lowly Quaker Remonstrated with a tear; Spoke of fire-water and ruin

"tion was demanded as the only cure for ills that had already well nigh disappeared. Those who objected were assailed with sneers, as “inflationists, speculators, ignoramuses, and debtors.” The crusade ! for specie resumption has been as bitter, as wild and reckless, and as void of common sense and common prudence as was the heartless, malevolent, and. unreasoning contest in favor of the fraud named “Liberalism.” The currency of the country has been pronounced an “engraved lie,” and greenbacks sneered at as “dig- ; honored promises to pay.” With $2,000,000,000 American debts held in Europe,! upon which interest must be paid in gold, 1 the independent presp noisily demands ; “specie resumption.” Possessing a cur- j rency commanding the ut most confidence, ! of which it is not possible for the holder j to lose one per cent., the independent! press cries,- “Down with National Bank j nqtes; down with Greenbacks; let us have j goldl” Demonstrated arhuadred times that resumption is practically impossible, and that to attempt it is only to fail and involvethe whole country in financial ruin, still the independent press cries: “The way to resume is to resume.” Does anybody tail to perceive that these frantic appeals are neither the mouthings of ignorance nor the ravings of insanity ? They are rather expressions of the insensate rage of baffled politicians. The independent press pronounced the Administration imbecile, but the people reinstated it in power. The independent press pronoucea the Republican party corrupt and decaying, but the people sustained it. The independent press declared the panic the sure forerunner oFuniversal bankruptcy, but it has already past away, and business assumes all the appearance and signs of prosperity. llow long can the independent press continue to stand while its political and economic prophecies come tumbling about its ears, branded “false, fraudulent, uncurrent ?” It is because of this sickening, humiliating series of failures that the independent press cries out lustily, “specie resumption!” It desires to score a lailure for the Republican party, and, in the urgency of its distress, it is willing to east into the scale the commercial integrity, the industrial enterprises, every material interest of the country, if it Can for once make the great political party of the nation kick the beam. Hence it cries: “Up with gold; down with paper!” The incoherent demands of the specie rgsumptionists are as -violent and ill considtred as was the first wijd shout for the election of Greeley and Brown to the highest offices in the nation. The people were taken by surprise and hesitated, but in that moment of hesitation Liberalism was doomed, and henceforth regarded as a calamity. So in the case of the cry for specie lesumption. It was so violent, and so aggressive in the outset., that there was danger that the people w’ould be taken by storm and permit themselves to be committed to an egregious blunder. But it is too late. The storm has passed and reason has resumed its sway. Not one in ten of the forty millions of our people believe it possible now to successfully resume specie payments; not one in five would specie payments to-day if it were possible. Specie resumption may then be dropped as a subject of discussion, to be replaced by the real question whether the currency we have is of sbfficient volume to meet the wants bf business. The verdict of the country has been recorded in a thousand-, ways in favor of the character of our present currency, and there is a strong and increasing demand that its volume be enlarged. Let Congress discard the very idea of specie resumption, and address itself to the practical business of so amending the currency act as to put it within the power of the people to regulate their money affairs with a freedom equal to that which they enjoy in all other commercial concerns. The people have imperiously cried halt! to the folly of specie resumptionists, and it will not be long before the demand for more currency will be equally imperative.— Chicago In-ter-Ocean.

Old Fruit Cans.

Empty tin fruit cans, like old hoop skirts, are a nuisance when out of place. The question is; What is their place ? and 1 should be willing to answer it a hundred times, if I could banish them from the gutters, the ash heaps, the vacant lots, and, above all, from the hand 3 of the boys. I shudder now at the very suggestion of their ever being used again as music boxes, strung with rosined chords. Did that epidemic visit your locality, my dear reader? If so, you would be in haste to prevent the slighest possibility of its recurrence. But to the remedy; In the first place, to open the cans properly, put hot coals on and around the little soldered tip on the top, until the solder melts, then scrape off lid and coals together, with a table knife. Be careful, however, not to set the cans on the hot stove before they are opened, by which little neglect steam enough to burst the can might be generated, which would not be a very pleasant, or profitable method of opening it. When opened properly, you have a smooth, round orifice through which to remove;, the fruit. When the cans are empty and diy, in-

A ri-XJTK PASTORAL.

With eloquence severe— Said, quite feelingly, that whisky Was a foe most insincere. Spake once more the child of nature, Keeping down his growing bile, 41 Has my brother brought tobacco? Is there powder in his pile?" But the honest agent answered With an unsuspecting smile: 44 Ilad ray varietrated brother Ever studied Mr. Trask, He would never. I am certain, Snch a foolish question ask. Read these pamphlets;. iher will teachy*>a In the light of truth to bask. 44 Powder I have none—nor whisky. Nor the braiu-destroying leaf; But of moral tracts and stories l have many for the chief." Then the Indian, weeping sadly. Said it caused hint bitter grief, , _ - ■ That hfs moral sense compelled him To extract his brother's hair; Which he did with nice precision And a sad ami stricken air: And that hopeful Peace Commission Terminated then and there.

vert them in hot coals in the stove for half a minute, or on a hot stove, until the solder melts and loosens the remaining top of the can; then strike it off, smooth ; off the bits of solder, and you have a very convenient cooking utensil. For a lid, use a saucer, or the covers to old tin pint cups of pails. Rice, wheat, sauip T pearl barley, split peas, and many other dishes lor a small family, and small dishes for a large family, can be cooked in i them, either standing directly on the | stove, or placed in a large boiler.or saucepan of water, to prevent the possibility of their burning. It also saves more costly 1 tin utensils;' for this method of boiling ! water is hard on the tinware. One can i may be kept for onions; others can be | U9ed for baking or steaming rye and Ini diau bread, and some kinds of pud- | ding. , They are also convenient for pantry j use, for holding articles to be used in cookery or in the laundry ; for garden seeds, for paint pots, and for many other things that will suggest themselves to every housekeeper, and for which indeed they would long ago have been used but for the untidy, jagged edge made by the common method of opening them. If covers are wanted for them in these capacities, discarded rims and lids may be put together with a little solder.- - -- If there are tin shears at hand, and any one to use them, the cans may be made into very passable'scoops. Take several Of them at a time to a tinner, and lie will cut them into the shape for a trifle. It saves time to have a scoop in every meal tub, flour barrel, sugar pail, and starch box* In short, old tin cans are far better for many purposes than for street organs, or for ornaments to dogs’ tails. Suppose we change the tune, and have better economy, more and a higher grade of music.—SciVace of Health.

Winter Yard for Sheep.

One of the important things in the winter care of sheep is that the yard where they are allowed to run shall be absolutely well littered and dry. They never should be compelled to move about or stand in yards that are covered with muddy litter, much less the actual mud itself. It is sometimes difficult in the West, with our changeable winters, with alternate freezing and thawing, to keep the yard in proper condition without using a large amount of litter. It should, however, be done at any cost of material, and when once there is a sufficient layer of straw in the litter, the subsequent quantity used will be found to be but little. Since on most Western farms there is always much straw that must go to waste, and since also the litter and drippings make most valuable manure, it will be found to be economy in the end, from tiiis point of view. Besides this, the clean out-door bed to stand on in wet weather, and the clean and warm one in cold weather, will so promote their well-being,and consequently health, as to prevent the occurrence of those diseases incident to sheep that must be subject more pr less to wet, and at certain seasons of the year spongy pasture. Muddy yards prevent sheep, and indeed all animals, from moving about and taking the exercise absolutely necessary to comfort and health. The absolute dryness of the yards is especially necessary to the long-wooled sheep, since they are especially susceptible to foot rot, fouls, the other- diseases incident to piud and uncleanly care. If a little straw be scattered over the yard at proper intervals after the first good coating is given in the autumn, the sheep will pick a little of the better portions, and be all the better for what they tread under foot.—Western Rurtl. Itch in Sheep.—A correspondent who asks for remedy for itch in sheep, is informed that the following has been recommended : Shear off the wool about the pustules; then let the scab be removed with a knife or a comb, after which the diseased parts must be washed with soap and water; then kpply the following mixture: One pound of plug tobacco to four gallons of water, which should be thoroughly boiled; then add the same quantity of lime-water with one pint of spirits of turpentine, or in these proportions if a less quantity is needed. After the diseased sheep is shorn of its wool, as well as all the sound ones, prepare a decoction of the above, and, with a sponge, wash well the entire body, which will prevent a recurrence of the disease, even if turned in the old pasture. —Cincinnati Timet. —Preventive Wash for Sunburn.—Take two drams of borax, one dram of Roman alum, one dram of camphor, half an ounce- of sugar candy, one pound of ox gall. Mix these all together, and stir them well for ten minutes; repeat the stirring four times a day for a fortnight, at the end of which time the lotion will appear clear and transparent Strain through blotting-paper and bottle for use. I Wash your face with this every time you go into the sunshine. |J .. / _ —Plain Cake for Square Pans.—One cup butter, one cup sirup, three cups flour, half a cup sweet milk, five eggs, one spoon cream-of-tartar, half a spoon soda, plenty of spice. Bake in a square tin.

USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

Am excellent wa*bing-fluid may thus be made: Three tablespoonftils of soda, the same quantity of dissolved camphor (the same as kept for family use), to a quart of soft water: bottle it up and shake it well before using. For a large washing take four tablespoonfuls of the fluid to a pint of soap, make a warm suds, aud soak the clothes half an hour; then make another suds, using the same quantity of soap and fluid, and boil them Just fifteen minutes, then rinse in two waters. In view of the cases of fatal poisoning occurring from little ones obtaining matches and eating them, it would be well to remember that animal charcoal or bone black, according to Eulenbery and Wohl, is a superior antidote to the poisonous effects of phosphorus. A number of experiments warrant the belief that it is far more efficacious than the oil of turpentine, which, although valuable for the purpose, frequently produces severe headaches. The bone-black is administered in the form of pills made with gum tragacanth or other mucilaginous substance. Oyster Patties.— Make the usual phfl' paste, say for a dozen patties; bake an hour in a brisk oven; set to cool; wash and drain three dozen large, fresh oysters; put them in a stewpan with only enough of their own liquor to keep them from burning; season with cayenne and mace and a few of the greeu tops of celery, minced tine; add quarter of a pound of butter laid iu bus among the oysters; to enrich the gravy stir in the beaten volks of two eggs er 'some thick cream—l like the latter the best. Let the oysters stand iu the gravy about five minutes. When the patties are beginning to cool, put three of the oysters in each. A thin lid of pastry, if you like, can be placed over the patties when put into the oven to bake. Germtmtotm Ttleyrap/l. Ano ft- Milk, iso.—Next to having good cows is the importance of having milking welt and properly done. Cows' should be put into some' sscure plane ,to milk, either in a barn or a shed expreSslv for that purpose, with a good ventilation for Warm weather. The practice of milking cows running loose in the yard is inconvenient and disagreeable ; neither can it be done as cleanly- as in stanchions; nor will they do as we.l out-of-doors, where they are the greater part of the season teased by flies. There -should be as much uniformity in the hours of milking as possible. Before commencing to milk the udder should be entirely clean, ancT each milker should milk the'same cows through the season, and in the same order. Harsh treatment should sever be tolerated; for cows that are not well treated will not give as great a flow of milk as when used gently. If ordinary soap is employed, the valuable shawls and fabrics of cashmere will be creased and spoiled by the alkali it contains, and it will leave them, at any rate, much less pliable and velvety than they are when cleaned after the manner of the Turks and Persians, who make use of a root which affords an abundant mucilage when heated with water. M. Jaubert, who brought into France several goats from Thibet, also imported from Asia, under the name of ishkar, a quantity of this soapy root. It is usually as large as the thumb, of a grayish yellow color, white within, free from smell, almost tasteless, and affording an ashcolored powder. When mixed with water it becomes a very thick, yellowish mucilage. With this paste the beautiful stuffs of the east are cleaned, and while it always removes greasy stains, it leaves them the yellow tint so much prized.— Daily Graphic. Graham Gems.— Beat one egg to a cream, add to it nearly a pint of sweet milk, one-lialf cup of white flour and enough Graham flour to make the batter the consistency of ordinary tea cake, perhaps a trifle thicker. Use only the shallow iron gem cups, have them smokirg hot, drop the latter in with mixing-spoon aud place immediately in a hot oven. Fifteen minutes is sufficient to bake them Dr. Dio Lewis’ receipt is water and flour only, baked, however, same as ours, and made of the same consistency ; they are. light and sweet; but I think not quite so pleasant flavored. HoweVer, there is difference of opinion on the subject. Some inquire what makes them light. ’Tis not the egg simply, nor the beating, but more especially the hot cups and hot oven. The batter should be well beaten to render it smooth and free from lumps. The egg and milk give it a richness which the water does not impart.— Cor. Country Gentleman.

Don’t Tamper with a Cough.— Perhaps in the whole category of diseases to which humanity is susceptible, the cough is most neglected in its early stage. A simple cough Is generally regarded as a temporary afflictionunpleasant more, but to those who havepaid dearly forexperienee.it is the signal for attack for the most fearful of all diseases—Consumption. A cough will lead to consumption —if not checked—so sure as the rivulet leads to the river, yet it is an easy enemy to thwart, if met by the proper remedy. Allen's Lung Balsam is the great cough remedy of the age, and it has earned its reputation by merit alone. Sold bv all Food druggists. —Columbus, Ga., thinks she will re* ceive about 53,000 bales of cotton this season, 5,000 less than last season. Dr. Walker’s Vegetable Vinegar Bitters. —Business men, worn by care and sedentary habits, often suffer from constipation of the bowels, until the evil consequences of such a condition are realized in extreme debility, nervousness and prostration of the vital energies of the system. And it may be safely asserted that a majority of the female sex are little better than invalids, from the same cause; but by using Dr. Walker’s Vinegar Bitters, this natural aperient and tonic btings back the vigor and buoyancy of health, happiness and beauty. Pure blood is essential to sound health and sound life. No chronic disease, sores, ulcers, skin eruptions, glandulous swellings,discharges from the ear, sore eyes, sores or cankers in the mouth will ever appear if the blood is pure. To secure this take Dr. Walker’s Vegetable Vinegar Bitters. Is is the great Blood Purifier and Life-Giving Principle, increasing the power of digestion, and exciting the absorbents into healthy action, whereby all impurifies of the system are carried off. 2#

Let the People Speak.

t> „ - MiunATTxa, April?, JBH. _ R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. X -. , A . Dear Sir: Your Favorite Prescription has done my wife a world of good. She has taken nearly two bottles, and has felt better the past two weeks than at anv time in the past two years. No more-periodical pains; none of that aching hack or dragging sensation in her stomach she has been accustomed to for several years. I have so much confidence in it that I would be perfectly willing to warrant to certain customers of ours who would be glad to get hold at relief at any expense. I have tried many Patent Medicines, but never had occasion to extol one before. Very truly yours, Geo. B. Whiting. Mrs. E. R. Daly, Metropolis, 111., writes, January 9, 1S78: “Dr. R. V. Pierce: My sister is using the Favorite Prescription with great benefit.” Mart Ann Frisbie, Lehman, Pa., writes, May 29, 1872: ’ “Dr. R. V. Pierce; What I have taken of your medicine has been of more benefit to me than all others and hundreds of doctor’s bills.” - _ - - No one should fail to subscribe for a good metropolitan weekly, and we know of none better than the New? York Weekly Sun. It is a large eight-page journal of the $2 6ize. It is sold at the bare cost of manufacture. Read the prospectus and save money by subscribing for Tee Scy. fi ryear.

Hannapord & Thompson, Subscription) Book Publishers, Chicago, have in press ail exhaustive History of the Farmers’ Movement, by Hon. J. Periam, Editor Western Rural, one of our ablest ana best known agricultural writers. Its title is Tun Groundswei.l. It will be the standard work on Granges, Clubs, etc., and i 9 ccr tain to prove a great hit. Book Agents, and Farmers especially, should reuu the pub. Ushers’ advertisement. It is bound to sell. The propriety of giving condition medicine to horses, cattle and sheep, was discussed and admitted by many of the Agricultural Societies throughout the State last fall, and we believe that in every ease but one they decided in favor of Sheridan's Cavalry Condition Powders. Good judgment. • There is, probably, no way in which we can benefit our readers more than by recommending to them for general use Johnson's Anodyne Liniment. It is adapted .to almost all the purposes of a Family Medicine; and, as a specific for coughs, colds, whooping cough, soreness of the chest, lame stomach, rheumatism, spitting of blood, and all lung difficulties, It has no equal that we ever saw or heard Of. An Ahticuc or TRUK Merit.— " Brown's Bronchial Troches" -re the most Popular Article In this t oniitry or, Kurapg,.fflt:Throat .I>iscases aud Coughs, and this popularity is hosed upon real merit.

TUUIy Vtars' Rxperienc. of an Old Nurse. M*s. Wissiow's SoonriNo Syrup Is the prescription of one of the best female Physician, anil N'ursea la the Untied States, and has been used for thirty years with never-falling safety amt success by millions of mothers anil children, from the feeble truant of one week old to the adult. It eorreeta acidity of the stomach, relieves wind colic, regulates the bowels. and gives rest, health, and comfort to mother and child. We believe it to be the Best and Surest Remedy ill the World la alt cases of DYSEXTERT aud DIAKKHCK. a IN CHlLDßEN,whether It arises from Xeetbiugor from any other cause. Full directions for using will accompany each bottle. None Genuine unless the fac-siuule of CURTIS & HERRIN'S is on the outside wrapper. Solo nr all Mslicin'* Puma Children Often hook Pale and Sick From no other cause than haring worms in the storn ach. BROWN'S VERMIFUGE COMFITS will destroy Worms without Injury to the child, being [►erfeetly warns; aud free from all coloring or other Injurious Ingredients usually used in worm preparation*. CU'RTIS A BROWN, Proprietors, No. 215 Fulton street. Now Tort. Solti by Pntfffliis and Chemists, and Dealers in Medicines, at Twkntv-fiv* Csxiis a Box. The Household Panacea and Family Liniment Is the best remedy In the world for the following complaints, viz.: Cramps in the Limbs and Stomach, Pain In the Stomach, Bowels or Side, Rheumatism In an Its forms. Bilious Colic, Neuralgia, Cholera, Dysentery. Colds, Flesh Wounds, Bums. Sore Throat, Spinal Complaints, Sprains and Bruises, ChUla and Fever. For Internal and External use. Its operation Is not only to relieve the patient, but entirely remove the cause of tho complaint. It penetrates aud pervades the whole system, restoring healthy action to all its parts, and Quickening the blood,. Tn* Household Panacea Is Purely Vegetable and Alr-fccaling. Prepared by CURTIS & BROWN, No. 215 Fulton street. New York. For sale by all Druggists. Brown’s Bronchial Troches for Conghs and Colds, A COUGH, COLD OR SOltE THROAT Requires Immediate attention, and should be Checked. If allowed to continue, Ibbitation op thk Lungs, a Permanent Theoat Affection, ob an Incubable Lung Disease Is often the result.’ BROWN’S BRONCHIAL TROCHES, Having a direct Influence on tho parts, give immediate relief. For Bronchitis Asthma, Catabrii, Consumptive and Theoat Diseases, Troches era used icUA always good success. Singers and Public Speakebs Will And Troches useful in clearing the voice when taken before Singing or Speaking and relieving tho throat after an unusual exertion of the vocal organs. Obtain only “Bkown’s Bronchial Troches," and do not take any of the worthless Imitations that may be offered. Sold Everywhere. Best and Oldest Family Medicine.— Sanford's Liver Inrigorator—a purely Vegetable Cathartic and I'onlc— for Dyspepsia, Constipation, Debility, Sick Headache, Bilious Attacks, and all derangements of Liver. Stomach and Bowels. Ask your Druggist f.r It. Beware of imitations. WHEN WRITING TO ADVERTIHERB please say you saw the advertisement In this paper Mriiijiii, COUGHS, Bronchitis, Asthma, and Croup. As an Expectorant it has No Equal. It ia composed of the active principles of roots and plants, which are chemically extracted, ao as to retain all tiieir medical qualities. ELI’S LTO BALSAM. I Tills Great Medicine was First Offered For Sale Ten Years Age. Its pood qualities were soon made known at home, and very soon its fame was noised far and near : now it is sold in nearly every drug store in the United States. No similar medicine stands higher wlfh the people. It is well known on the Pacific aoiiat. and even from Australia large orders are received for it. And throughout Canada it ia well and favorably known, and sold everywhere. Ministers and Public Speakers, Who are so eften afflicted with throat diseases, will find a sure remedy in this Balsam. Lozenges and Wafers sometimes give relief, but thlsjßalsam, taken a few times, will insure a permanent cure. will all those afflicted with Coughs or Consumption give this Balsam a fair trial? They will be pleased with the result, and confess that the SURF REMEDY IS POtND AT LAST* READ THE.FOLLOWING t What the St. Louis Journal has to say: Rkad and Reflect.— To such as mav desfpe a remedy for this curse of humanity, Consumption, Allen’s Lung Balsam gives the anchor of hope. Allen’s Lung Balsam has been tried by thousands, who give evidence, not only by writing testimonials, that they have been cured, but by their physical appearance. The recommendations this valuable remedy “has received from those who know the good it has done for them, place AllenVLung Balsam in the front rank of the healing and life-restoring remedies of this century. CAtTTION.-Be not deceived. Call for ALLEN’S LUNG BALSAM, and take no other. PfDirections accompany each bottle. J. N, HARRIS & Co., Cincinnati, O.,Proprietors. For Sale by all Medicine Dealers. A tlTTfflnS3Ss?s& APA B I ftyy, sending ns the address of ten persons, with 10 Hal I lets, will recelve v /ke«, a beautiful Chroiao and fiur | Instructions bow to get rich, post-paid. City ill. t ILforelty Co., 108 South Bth St., Fhlla., PaAt* I AOT We have found something N*w for A I LAO I a-rents. It will sell better than anything yon ever handled. Bampies 25c. EUREKA MANUgACTUß’QCo..l4SClarkorll4MadlsoaSt.,Chicago DB, WHITTIER, •"JMSSSSS."*Longest engaged, and mot taticce*Bful Physician of the age. Consultation or pamphlet free. Call or write. Q CPDCT of Perpetual Beauty. New scientific OEIfIIEI discoveries. Particulars FREE. Address Southwestern Ageucy, Carthage, Missouri. £J| fi &3 CV Made Stencil & Key Check IrHlnb! Outfit:.Catalogues,samplesand Jnll narticnlarsTKEML S. M.SPKNOJCB,TI7Ji;mover.St.,T3o6ton fffl 1 1 ■■ fora full course of Telegraphing, when USk taken with BUSINESS COURSE. For ■m |,l circulars address Jones Commercial Col•F*V lege, SL Loulb, Mo. Open Day and Night DR. WHITTEBR, Longest engaged. And most ancccanful Physician of the ago. ’ Consultation or pamphlet free. Call or write. i WOMEN, Men, Girls and Uoya wanted to sell our French and American Jewelry, Books, Games etc- No capital needed. Catalogue Terms, etc-, sent frqe. P- <>• VTCKFMJV £. Cn..-Augusta. Me. A MONTH—a packages fine white envelops and 2 quires note paper, Trifle fi, for 50 cents. Circular forstainp. 6 HOOK, Cedar Rapids, lowa. WEATHER STRIPS. Western States to sell my Weather Strips. Warranted tho best iri market. Large discounts to aired ts A. BROWN, 397 W. 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iptKßi gsmi NEW YORK, 1879-4. WEEKLY, SEMI-WEEKLY, AND DAILY. THE WEEKLY SUN is too widely known to require any extended recommenda tlon; but the reasons which have already given it fifty thousand subscribers, and which will, we hope, give it many thousands more, are briefly as follows: It is a first-rate newspaper. All tlio news of the day will bo found in it, condensed when unimportant, at full length when of moment, and always presented in a alear, intelligible, and interesting manner. It is a first-rate family paper, full of ontertaining and instructive reading of every kind, but containing nothing that can offend the most delicate and scrupulous taste. It is a first-rate story paper. TUtJ best tales and romances of current literature are carefully selected and legibly printed in its pages. • _ It is a first-rate agricultural paper. The most fresh and instructive articles on agricultural topics regularly appear in this department. It is an independent political paper, belonging to no party, and wearing no collar. It fights for principle, aud for tho election of the best men to office. It especially devotes its energies to tlio exposure of the great corruptions that now weaken and disgrace our country, aud threaten to undernuno republican, institutions altogether. It has no fear of knaves, and asks no favors from their supporters. It reports the fashions for the ladies, and the markets for the men, especially the cattle markets, to wltifch it pays particular attention. Finally, it is the cheapest paper published. One dollar a year will secure it for any subscriber. It is not necessary to get up a club in order to have THE WEEKLY SUN at this rate. Any oub who sends a single dollar will get the paper for a year. THE WEEKI/Y SUN.-Eight pages, flfiy-eix Columns. OnJy SI.OO a year, na discounts '•front this raltt.--- ——e-»8•— THE SEMI-WEEKI.T SUN.—Same sizo as the Dally Sun, $2.00 a year. A discount of 20 per cent, to Clubs of 10 or over. THE DAI I. Y SUN.—A large four page newspaper of twenty-eight Columns. Daily Circulation over 120,000. All tlio news for 2 ccnls. Subscription price 50 cents a month, or $0 a year. To Clubs of 10 or over, a discount of 20 per cent. Address, "THE SUN,” New York City. a ’ - ~r

Hi'. -T. i\ a liter's €;ili forma Vinegar Bitters are 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 of which are extracted therefrom without the use of Alcohol. Tho question is almost daily asked, “What is tho cause of the unparalleled success of Vinegar Bitters?” Our is, that they remove the cause of disease, and the patient recovers his health. They are the great j blood purifier aud a life-giving principle, ! a perfect Renovator aud luvigorator of tho system. Never before in the history of the world has a medicine been compounded possessing tho remarkable qualities of Vinegar Bitters in healing the sick of every disease man is heir to. They are a gentle Purgafivo as well as a Tonic, relieving Congestion or Inflammation of the Liver and Visceral Organs, m Bilious Diseases. . The properties of Dr. Walker’s Vinegar Bitters are Aperient, Diaphoretic, Carminative, Nutritious, Laxativo, Diuretic, Sedative, Counter-Irritant, Sudorific, Alterative. aud Anti-Bilious. r. h. McDonald <s co , Druggists and Gon. Agts., San Francisco, Californio, aud cor. of Washington and Charlton Sta., N. Y. Sold by aU Driifiaists and Dealers*

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AT PANIC PRICES, For Pastil, STHEA-NECTAR IS A PURE BLACK TEA. with the Green Ten flavor. \Varranted to auitnll tastes. For §ulo every'where. And for sale wholesale only by the Great Alantic & Pacific Tea (j0.,3 > and 37 Vesey Street, N, Y. P. O. Pox 5500. Send for Tflea-Nectar Circular. Attention, Agents! Ecadjr for Agents, the GKOUND3WKLL ; a History of the FARMERS’ MOVEMENT, By Hon. J. Pkrjam, Editor Western Burnt. The People versus Clubs, Granges, etc.; Truusporiation aud Other Grievances ; What has been Accomplished ; More yet, and How to Do ftT TMhscri»J—Kdncntion; Railroad- Rights and Wrongs; Rives of. Prominent Lenders; etc., etc. 100 Engravings; Original Portraits, etc. Low in Frier. Fanners, Book Agents, Ladies, and Others, Wanted to Sell tills .Great Work. Send for Terms, Territory, etc., at once. Address, HANNA.* FORI) k THOMPSON. Publishers. 193 K 5 Whhli u St., Chicago. . r.AiJ’CfQN pushed. Do not be imposed oh. Mr. PlTlaiii SWurtt Is full ttnaauthoritative. Hone other u. The Largest and Best and Cheapest Par per in the World Is the TOLEDO BLADE! NASHY'S PAPEK. Fifty-six Wide Columns (8 pages!. For $ 1.50 per year, in Clubs! WITH BOOKS ALMOST GIVEN AWAY l gy Specimen copies sent free to any address. Send for a specimen and examine It. PV Nasby writes nls Political Letters exclusively for Tam Blade. Address LOCKE! A JONES, Toledo, Ohio. MAGNIFICENT?^,? One manlust cleared 890 In 4 days, selling t he COMPLETE DOMESTIC BIBLE, Just out New type ana talking features.. Km) Engravings, superior paper, excels e»cry way anil sells quick. Big te mis to Agents. Outfit Free. For full particulars address Blackburn Broß..Pubß..l76Grlswold-at, Detroit. Midi. fIS'TO EACMWEEII. Agents wanted. Fartlcu»Jp I U Jars free. J. Woeth A Co M St. Louis, Mo. Dr. Turner's Guide to Health, Giving aH advice necessary for every one liable to Disease of any kind, married or single- old or young; for all ages, sexes, or conditions in lire. Agents wanted for this the best-selling book published ; send SO cts. for sainpie copy to Dr. L. Tushes, 906 Washington Avc., 6t. Louis, Mo. TI! C H CUf The most perfect and complete _ VS*i_*S 5 . Sewing Machine ever manufacAMFRinAN lured. A model of Simplicity, SHsUySAM!.— Durabiilu, Efficiency and Bellabill it/. Light- lira n txa, and the only machine In the world having a Self-Threading Situttle. Sold on liberal terms. Agents Wanted. Send for circulars and samples of work. Address AMERICAN' SEWING MACHINE CO., 76 State street, Chicago. 111. SIOO Invested In Wall-st. I Jin hTglJi 111 ,ften leads to a fortune. No : '■bug! lljrlsk. 33-page pampjilet free, Valentine Tumbrldge A’ Co Bankers andßrokers,B9Wall-st,N.Y. nnni/AOE (IT ® get thebesi book A beat KIIIIK Abfcn I 9 terms. Send for circulars UUUIl 0 of Things Worth

OOR^^IOH And. Its Outre. WILLSON’S Carbclated Cod Liver Oil Is aseientiftc combination of two well-known lnedirlncs. Its theory Is first to arrest the decay, then TniTTirup the o> stem. Phyriilans-lin j the dnetrine gp> _ reel. ’lho really startliut' cures performed by >iUlBern's 01! are proof. . _ _, . Carbolic Aral posttirely arrests Decay. It Is the mostpowcrfnl flnllpefittc in the known wor d. Filtering lido tlio circulation, it at once grapples with conniption, and decay ceases. It purifies the bournes ot tDdLin : r OSUs Nature's best assistant In resisting .Consumption. ..... Put tip in lnrgo wctlacc-alinpeil bottles, bra ring <’■<' inventor's slgliutuve, 11 nd ia sold by Hu best Druggists. Prepared by J. H.WILtSOV. 83 .lolm St., New York. _ , . t HUItLBUT * EDSAl,l..Cmtao«fc Wbstbbk Agl a:^P.IQUAItDgON As.CO. Sr. Louie.

MXLRCBAZfX’S GARBLING OIL The Standard Liniment of the United States. IS COOD TOR Burns and Scalds, rheumatism, < hilllains. Hemorrhoids or Piles, Sprains anrf Sore Nipples,. chapyed Hands, ('al.ed Breasts, ' Flesh H'aumls, Fistula, Mange, Frost Hites, Sparine, Sweeney, External Poisons, Scratches op Crease, Sand Cracks, . Sit itipnall, Windgalls, Calls of all IS nils, Foundered Feet, Sit. tail, Itirrjbmie, —— (' racked Jleels, Poll Foil, Foot Hot in Sheep, Bites of Animals, Botip in Poultry, Toutlui he, Lame Back, <J’c., <jV. Largo Sizo SI.OO. Medium 50c. Small 25c. Small Size for Family Use, 25 cents. The Gargling Oil lias been in use na n liniment since 133 d. All wo ask Unfair trial, Inti be sure an. I follow directions. Ask your nearest llruggistiivdealei in Patent Medicines for one ol our Almanacs, and read wlmt the people sav about tho Oil. The Gargling Oil is for sale by all respectable dealers throughout tho Vmted Stales and ottier ixmwteiefi* - —-——< Our from TBi# to the present, anil are hnsolicitcfl. AV e a 1 ho mu 11 u iue lure Worm r jTablet«* AYe deal fair and liberal with all, and defy contradiction. Manufactured itt Lockport, N. Y., U. S. A., by Mcreliimt’s Gargling Oil Co„ JOHN HODGE, Secretary.

POSITIVELY NO CIIROMOS. The Banbury News FOR 187-4. TnE Nkws is edited by Tue Dandury News Man { Is confribjjicd to by Geoiioe Aleiikd Townsend,tho chief of Newsnane.r GorrcspondeuU; Chahley Lkonai:d, author of the “Sheet Jron Cut,’’ aud one of the cleverest parugraphers In the country and other excellent writers Tiie News has Its own Scientific, Fashion, Chess and Puzzle editor*; puhlLsliesUie heist. the best miscellany, and the freshest and best stories. Subscription, $2.00 per annum, Sample Copies free. Special rates to Postmasters and clubs. BAILEY & DOAOVAN Danbury, Ct. CINCHO-QUININE is as effectual a remedy FOR FEVER & AGUE as the Sulphate in the samo doses, while it affects the head tens, is more palatable ami much cheaper. Send for descriptive Circular with Testimonials of Physicians from all parts of tlu> country. B3F*Sample packages for trial, 25 cents. Prepared by BIT,LINGS, CLAPP & CO.,Chemists, Boston, Mass. New York Ollico, 8& 0 College Place. 200 PIANOS m ORGANS NewffHrfSccoiul-lmndtfl/First-classMftkeri, UUll behold rtf Dower Prices/or cash,or on Install* meutsrtn city or country 9 duiinff tills financial crisis and the llolidayM* by lioi aco Waters as Son, ISI Broail way, than ever before offered in New York. Agents Wnntcd/ose/f Waters’ t’eh brnted I’innos, to and Orchestral Organs. Illcisi’tedcnfnloguesmailed. threat Inducements to the Trade. A large dlHCOiint to Ministers, Churches, Sunday -Schools,etc. AGENTS WANTED FOR THE UNDEVELOPED WEST —OK,— ’_A FIVE YEARS IN THE TERRITORIES. lta Resources, Climate, Inhabitants, Natural Curiosities, eto« It contains 340 fl»o engravinffs of tho Scenery, Lands, People, aud Curiosities of the Great West, hiul Id tMßphiTesft undheat selliupr hook ever published. Send for specimen pages and circulars, with terms. Address NATIONAL PUBLISHING CO., Chicago, 111., or 6t.Louis, Me. IT _ I For the Tatty/* g 4 n IMiddle Koffion fjWll JLIU ■ of Western 1U 1! U. HOMES IN THE_NEAR WEST! Better Lands at Cheaper Prices than can be feunil elsewhere. A choice out of 1,500,000 acres, on the lli cs or the Chicago ami Illinois Central Railways, in lowa. Average credit price S 5 and 80 per acre. Title elear. No fever anil apne. For Land Exploring Tickets, or a Map and Guido giving full descriptions, nilccs, tefuis, or any Information, call on or address JOHN B. CSLHOUN, k I,anw> Commissioner lowa itao dial Lnno Ce Offices,DOiiaudolph-st,Chicago.e, tcudi .mpldß.ia. WE OFFER OUR IMMENSE STOCK OF QAA PIANOS AND ORGANS ■ IIII) or Standard and Reliable make, at Great ss Bat-gains for cash or easy payments, it wilt nay those who contemplate huylng to send wer circulars. I>. H. BALDWIN & CO., mmm wanted! All olauei l»U S4U of working people, of either sex, young or old, make more money at work for ub in their ep»rs moments, or all the time, than at anythin* else. Particu* lara free. Address G. Stinson A Co., Portland, Maine. f! A V A TJ T? T¥ lnv cuwJ Ht your home. Alzll. Send Stump for Circular. , DB. VAN HUMMELL, Indianapolis, Ind. S^^ee^tzVj^alSli-sh^^ 8 * A.», K. 1 ’ "438 RP. Jt I «i ‘ nycilLO or Gentlemen. Full particulars o'* Wanted. TiHIS PAPEIt is A-ftitMl wtth OTC mannfhmtwd s ItWSWKW