Rensselaer Union, Volume 7, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 January 1875 — Page 7

INDIANA NEWS ITEMS.

Allen County. Anthony Mahon, of Fort Wayne, died the other night from the effects of a blew on the head received a few days before at the hands of a man named Deveney. The parties got intoxicated, fought, and Deveney struck Mahon with a boot-jack. Misses Zimmerman and Meyer, of Fort Wayne, were recently seriously Injured by being thrown from a wagon by a runaway team. An important test case was decided by the Circuit Court at Fort Wayne a few days ago: Jas. k. Edgerton is owner of a large amount of land in the county, on which he had paid one-half of the taxes, in accordance with the law of March 8, 1873. When the other half became due on the 15th. of November he was delinquent, and the lands were so adjudged and would have been offered for sale on the second Monday in February. Mr. Edgerton subsequently offered the Auditor and Treasurer the exact amount due for taxes, which was refused unless he would pay penalty and interest. This he refused and brought suit for an injunction against the County Auditor and Treasurer to prevent their advertising his lands as delinquent. Judge Lowery decided the case in favor of plaintiff, stating that he thought the opinion of the Attorney-General . was not a legal one. As he construed the law of March 8, 1873, it makes no provisions for collection of the second installment of the tax, either by sale or otherwise. Adolph Sputter, of Fort Wayne, was seriously injured lately by his horses becoming restive and throwing him violently on the ground. He was internally injured, and picked up in an unconscious state. Elkhart County. George K. Winters, of Goshen, had four fingers of his left hand sawed off the other day while at work with a circling machine. J. B. Eckhart, of Goshen, a cooper, while cutting staves recently, had his hand horribly mutilated by sliding it under the knife. Greene County. Elihu Hardin was shot and instantly killed a few days ago at Lyons by John Huey. Both were intoxicated, it is thought. Harrison County. The wife of Mr. Herman Evans, living near New Middletown, was recently shot dead in her own house during the absence of the other members of the family. The ball entered the hack of her head and came out at the side of her face, and death must have ensued instantly. The object of the deed was to secure a quantity of money Mrs. Evans had recently received. .Knox County. The Vincennes Sun of a recent date says that a few days ago Mr. Charles Bezot, living near Vincennes, when endeavoring to drive a calf from the yard, called to his wife to come to his assistance. The infuriated animal made a plunge at her, and striking her in the temple with his horn she fell, and died in a few minutes thereafter.

Marlon County* The Indianapolis Sun has just been mulcted in the sum of SBOO for libeling Albert- J. Horrell, of the police force. ....... ZZ_ Leroy Sherman, of Indianapolis, committed suicide by shooting a few nights ago. HugE McManee, a workman on the Indianapolis Postoffice building, recently committed suicide by taking arsenic. The Indianapolis papers note a singular suit in the courts of that city, wherein John Rothart has instituted proceedings supplementary to execution against Mrs. Elizabeth Jolly to get possession of-SSOO alimony recently decreed her by the court from her divorced husband. The petitioner alleges that the defendant contracted a debt prior to her marriage, to liquidate which he asks to have this amount applied. Marshall County. Gottlieb Hesseberger, a German living near Plymouth, after attempting suicide three times at last succeeded in hanging himself a few nights ago. Hard drinking is what ailed him. Morgan County. Henry W. Wintermute, of Monrovia, while out hunting, recently, shot himself in the lower jaw, carrying away one and a half inches of that member and several of his teeth. He bids fair to recover and says he will try it once more. Randolph County. ' ■■ W. T. Thorn berg, of Windsor, recentlycoinmitted suicide by shooting himself while sitting in the parlor with his family. Financial troubles is supposed to have been the cause. Ripley County. A recent fire at Batesville destroyed the furniture factory of H. Schroeder & Co. Their loss is estimated at over SIOO,OOO. Adjacent dwellings worth $25,000 were also destroyed. St. Joseph County. During the recent trial, at South Bend, of Hickman and Bennett for the murder of Cihauski and wife, near New Carlisle, in July last, Bennett turned State’s evidence, and confessed that he stood guard while Hickman killed the victims with a club and set the house on fire. There was but little evidence against them, and that only circumstantial, and it is thought they would have been acquitted had Bennett not confessed. George Coquillard was found guilty of arson in the Circuit Court, at South Bend, recently, for which crime, the jury affixed a penalty of two years’ Imprisonment. The burning was done some months since. Coquillard disappeared immediately after the fire, but returned three or four weeks ago and gave himself up.

Tippecanoe County. Patrick Flnegan, while playing on th j 0 i ce a t Lafayette the other afternoon, broke , through and drowned before assistance c reac h him. The boiler in Rager & Rogers Lafayette burst the other da '/*nd seriously injured the foreman. Ve.y lit Mother damage was done. Vigo County. $ On the 29th Chauncev Terre R made a donation to t' sßstitHtionß located there of $356,000. T , Ha ute S ehool of Industrial Scie leaveg s2o6ioooi and to the Vigo Cou; OiphaTre ’ Home 1150,000. He has before lar g e wmß j n benevoence an c including SIOO,OOO to the Ladies Ai< aD large sum to charities in New ' Ff e has also promised SIOO,OOO to the .ana State Normal School, located at »crre ’j Will <], jydonnjy. u, D’iri ag :a drunken 'brawl at Coesse the other night James Carey struck William Weav< -r <ui the head, inflicting injuries from the es act of which he died." Co' km Drop Cakes.—‘■Mixcornmeal with ng new milk until you have a thick batter ; put in the'patent pans at once and bafae tor Vwantyor thirty minutes.'

Prison Statistics.

The annual report of the officers of the State prison South was made public on the morning of the 30th. The Directors compliment Col. Shuler, the Warden, and repeat the opinion expressed in a former report, that he has no superior in the management of convicts. The Warden submits his sixth annual report, from which the following figures are taken: Total receipts..s79,94l 63 Total expenditures, 79,853 25 Excess of receipts. 88 38 Total earnings 69,226 34 Ordinary expenses 52,937 03 Excess of earnings. 16,289 31 ■Cost of repairs. 21,577 21 Convicts’ labor account for year is 64,098 20 Daily average number of convicts at work 388 The report of Dr. Wm. H. Sheets, prison physician, states that the year has been an unusually anxious one. During the summer 200 cases of dysentery were treated, twelve of which were fatal; and during the year over 1,200 cases Of different diseases were under treatment. The exact figures are: Total number treatedl,22s Percentage of deaths. . 1.8 Treated in hospital 224 Treated out of hospital .1,001 The general health of the prison is good at present. The Chaplain, Rev. John W. Sulhvan, reports that no one act of kind consideration has nad so fine a moral effect as the substitution of new clothing for the degrading striped garb heretofore worn. Religious exercises are regularly conducted, and much interest is taken in them by many prisoners. The following table gives the counties represented, and number from each: Vigo, 57; Vanderburg, 56; Jefferson, 18; Knox, 99; Clark, 13, Floyd, 18; Hendricks, 10; Posey, 11; Ripley, 4; Bartholomew, 9; Decatur, 13; Marion, 4; Pike, 5-Clay, 3; Norwich, 8; Morgan, 2; Daviess,!; Martin, 4; Monroe, 6; Switzerland, 9; Hancock, 7; Crawford, 7; Rush, 1; Gibson, 16; Franklin, 4; Parker, 9; Orange, 4; Wayne, 14; Brown, 1; Laporte, .1;, Washington, 5; Owens, 8; Dubois, 4; Henry, 4; Sullivan, 7; Fayette, 3; Spencer, 7; Johnson, 9; Jackson, 11; Dearborn, 8; Greene, 4; Putnam, 9; Perry, 2; Jennings,4; Shelby, 12; U. S. District, 2. Total, 417. CRIMES AND NUMBER OF EACH. Murder, 57; manslaughter, 14; rape, 14; grand larceny, 203; burglary, 20; assault and battery with intent to kill, 41; intent to rape, 10; intent to rob, 3; larceny ana burglary, 10; petit larceny, 24; receiving stolen goods, 1; perjury, 3; obtaining money under false pretenses, 3; bigamy, 1; arson, 5; forgery, 14; obtaining goods under false pretenses, 4; aiding prisoners to escape, 2; seduction, 1. Total, 417. TIMES OF SENTENCE AND NUMBER OF EACH. Life, 38; 21 years, 12; 20 years, 2; 19 years, 1; 18 years, 1; 16 years, 1; 15 years, 1; 14 years, 4; 12 years, 1; 10 years, 12; 9 years, 4; Byears, 2; 7 years, 8; 6 years, 7; 5 years, 34; 4J< years, 2; 4 years, 28; 3 years, 43; 2%years, 3; 2 years, 188; IX years, 1; 1 year, 24. Total, 417. Number of convicts who can read and write, 272; readonly, 48; no education, 97; number intemperate, 145; moderate, 128; temperate, 144. Total, 417. Number married, 29; single, 363; widowers, 25; in confinement Dec. 15,1873,383; since received, 230; recaptured, 1. Total, 614. Discharged, 127; pardoned, 24; died, 23; remanded, 14; escaped, 6; commuted, 1; transferred, 2—197. Total in confinement, 417.

Public Meetings.

Subordinate Granges can add to their membership by an occasional public meeting. The meeting, though, must be interesting and of an informatory character. A dull, insipid meeting will not only be of no benefit but it may prove a detraction. The speakers ought to be farmers, horticulturists, Horticulturists — in other words, practical producers from the soil; and this should be their paramount interest. There is not much show of consistency in having a lawyer the leading speaker at a meeting where the interest to be advanced is agriculture, and the plea presented that agriculture is the most honorable of all occupations. A farmer, though he may not have the flowery eloquence of a Talmage, will cause more conversions in his own practical way than a man of city habits and city life, be he ever so popular as an orator. It sounds well to hear townfolk declare that of all callings agriciilure is the most ennobling; but when you examine these town-folk from top to toe, and arrive at the conclusion that they cannot tell a cultivator from a plow, and that they never turned a furrow in their lives, the oily-language isn’t quite so convincing as if given under different circumstances. And then the thought will come up: “ Why don’t you live in the country, then?” Patrons, have your public meetings; let the time and place become widely known; make the occasion an interesting one; have short speeches; have pointed addresses; don’t be afraid of a little appropriate music; let the objects of the Order be fully made known, and you will find your local Grange increasing in interest and membership, and, it may be, applications coming in for new Granges in adjoining townships.—Farmer''» Friend.

That Boy!

There he is again—rip, tear, slam bang! What a jumbled, tumbled, mussed-up mess of humanity is that boy. Hear the cat! That boy is pulling its whiskers. What a cackling! That boy is teaching the chickens to swim. Here he is! No, there he is! No, that’s him scudding along under full sail after the What a boy! Everybody says he w ! j) amount to nothing in this or any jjf’ aer world. • Who placed a pin on the tee Cher's chalt? That boy. Who drew a nlap o f the pond, ducks and all, on blackboard? That boy. Who filler bowl with salt, hung his sist best bat on the tallest tree, and thc, Q demurely in ttee corner with boo,£ upside down, foot oh the cat’s tail. and. grandmother’s spectacles above his nose? You might know that it was that boy. “ I can’t do anything with him,” says mother. “ A useless concomitant of humanity,” says teacher. “A lad whose baneful influence is being felt in a pernicious manner by all hie associates,” says pastor. But wait. Who brings the first of everything good to his mother? Who is always on hand when the schoolmaster asks a favor? Who tumbles heels overhead that he may obtain a geological specimen for the minister? Oh, it is that boy, is it? Well, then, just look down into his heart and you will find it different from wli'at you imagined. His soul is full, and ft bubbles up and over every time he moves. Mischievous actions'; lively pranks,, and sharp sayings are only the gateways through which escape the superfluous floods of his nature. The trouble is, that his body is- too small for his big souh Let him laugh and frolic ,and play. Yes, help him to do all this, and more too. Remember that our moral and intellectual giants were once just such boys, helped along by love; Also, bear in mind that pressure upon and abuse to such natures will make them fiends in human form.

Take them by the hand, and you can lead them up to the' loftiest pinnacles of thought and action. Drive them, and they become the devil’s strongest allies. If you have one of those frolicsome lads in your home, school or neighborhood take care of and watch over him, and the time will come when you will be proud of that boy.— N. 0. Advocate.

How to Prepare Feathers for Use.

Make bags of coarse, unbleached cloth—one to contain the geese and ducks’ feathers and the others for chickens* and turkeys* feathers. When plucking the poultry, cut off the wings first; and if not needed for dusters, strip off the feathers from the parts nearest the body, and then peel off the feathery part from the quill, but take care that no skin or flesh adheres to any of the feathers. Put thd’bags into a brick oven, if you are the fortunate possessor of one, arid keep them there, excepting when the oven is used for baking purposes—taking them out to the wind occasionally arid beating them with a stick. IJhen you have collected enough to fill a pillow, cut the shape you desire out of bed-tick-ing and stitch it round on the wrong side with coarse, well-waxed thread, leaving a small space at the top to put in the feathers. Now lay it on a table and rub it over on the wrong side with a piece of beeswax, just warmed a little, so that it will besmear the ticking. If ycu cannot obtain the beeswax common yellow soap will do aa well, . ' If you do not wish to use the feathers either for pillows or sofa cushions, they can be put in beds that have become a little empty. The geese and duck feathers make the best beds, but the mixed -feathers do well for cushions. If any of the skin or flesh adheres to the feathers they will have a putrid odor, which may seem to be an insurmountable objection to their use; but if, after a family wash is finished, the bag, tied up closely at the neck, is put into the boiler of soapsuds and boiled a few moments, moving it about with the clothes-stick and lifting it up ajjil down and squeezing it out a few times and is then taken out and hung in the air and shaken hard for several days, when the feathers become dry they will be light and free from any bad smell, and they can now be put into the oven, and thus kept from moths and be always ready for use.— Country Gentleman.

Getting the Best of His Parishioners.

Old Dr. Strong, of Hartford, was not often outwitted. On one occasion he had invited a young minister to preach for him, who proved rather a dull speaker, and whose sermon was unusually long. The people became wearied, and, as Dr. Strong lived near the bridge, about the time for the commencement of the afternoon service he saw his people flocking across the river to the other church. He readily understood that they feared that they should hear the same young man in the afternoon. Gathering up his wits, which generally came at his bidding, he said to the young minister: “ My brother across the river is very feeble, and I know he will take it kindly to have you preach to his people, and if you will do so I will give you a note to him, and will be as much obliged to you as I would to have you preach for me, and I want you to preach the same sermon you preached to my people this morning.” The young minister, supposing this to be a commendation of his sermon, started off in good spirits, delivered his note, and was invited to speak most cordially. He saw before him one-half of Dr. Strong’s people, and they had to listen one hour and a half to the same humdrum sermon that they had heard in the morning. They understood the joke, however, and said that they would never undertake to run away from Dr. Strong again.— Worcester Spy.

Temptations of Trade.

A dry GOODS clerk was on trial yesterday on a charge of dishonesty preferred by his employer. The latter gave a woman two one-dollar notes, which she Avas to hand the young man as if by mistake for a single note. The trap was well baited, and the youth fell into it putting the odd dollar into his pocket. But he was not without a his own behalf he stated that he had been educated to dishonesty. His employers had been ’“damaged goods,” representing that they had been wetted at a fire, w en j n f ac t the hydrant in the cellar wag brought into requisition to damage them. The clerks were compelled t& tell falsehoods about the goods, and were thus ’trained in a school of rascality. Iflaw and justice were synonymous the yo ung man who simply followed out his eniployer’s teachings ought to have been invited to step down and out of the pr isoner’s dock, and his employer should l\ave been sent to jail. As it was, th'j accused was acquitted. But the moral of the trial is worth its cost to the ci ,ty treasury. A business man who chea ,t s his customers may be sure that his clerks will rob TorA: P‘ tper.

Pianos and Organs.

Tine new rosewood pianos for S3OO. Fine walnut organs, six stops, $125. Good second-hand pianos, $l5O to S2OO. Reed’s Temple of Music, Chicago. Worcester, Mass., has the latest intelligent dog, and his penchant is for baby-tending; he is a Newfoundland, and his charge and plavmate a six months’ old youngster, fiaby was upstairs the other day, when, its mother gome awav. the little fellow set up a pitiful cry, "to the great distress of the dog, which barked and whined. No relief appearing, doggy took the matter into his own charge, find, picking up the baby, carried it down two flights of stairs into the kitchen, where he deposited It safely at the feet of its terrified mother. Bka Foam Baking Powder. —ln another column will be found the card of the old and reliable house of Geo. F. Gantz & Co., who have won an enviable and solid reputation as the inventors and proprietors of ” the best Baking Powder in the world.” All through the Eastern States it is universally used, and countless praise* are daily received from dealer and consumer. Those who have used it will have no other, and those who have not have yet tolearn the delights to be derived from sweet, pure bread. — American Aewxpajter .Reporter. Theri is probably no way in which we can benefit our readers more than by recommending to them for general usuJohnwn't Anodyne Liniment. It is adapted to almost all the purposes of a Family Medicine, and as a specific for coughs, colds, whooping eough, soreness of the chest, lame stomach, rheumatism, spit ting of blood, and all lung difficulties it has no equal that ever we saw or heard. The propriety of giving condition medicine to horses, cattle audsheep w as discussed and admitted by many-of the Agricultural Societies throughout the State last fall, and we believe that in every case but one they decided in favpr of SAerfifaw’* Cavalry Conaiiijh Pbwdere. Good judgment. -

No Uncertain Sound.—When a man discovers a great truth it is his duty to proclaim it to his fellow-man. The use of Dr. Walker’s Vinegar Bitters cannot be too strongly recommended to the. invalid public. To those who have tried it nothing need be said —their experience is their proof, pure and positive as Holy Writ. To those who have not tried it these truths cannot be too often repeated. It is a certain vegetable specific which aids faltering nature against the triumphs of dyspepsia, bilious disorders of every kind, malarious fevers, constipation of the bowels, liver complaint, Spring and Fall debility, etc., etc. It costs but little and can always be at hand. It is the poor man’s friend. It saves a doctor’s bill and tiie time lost in riding five, ten or twenty miles after him; besides being free from all the poisonous medicaments of the pharmacopoeia. It will not stimulate you to-day to leave you weaker to-morrow. Its benefits are permanent. 16

The Road to Health.

Cleanse the stomach, bowels and blood from all the acrid, corrupt and offensive accumulations which produce functional derangement, and you remove the cause of most diseases which afflict the human family, and thus save large doctors’ bills. The most effectual and reliable remedy far this purpose is found in Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Purgative Pellets. No cheap wood or paper boxes, but kept fresh and reliable in vials. High livers, those indulging in ease and pleasure, and those of sedentary habits, can prevent Boils, Carbuncles, Gout, Red Skin, Eruptions, Pimples, Constipation, Piles, Drowsiness, Biliousness, and other conditions induced by such habits by taking from fo«r to six of Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Purgative "Pellets once a week, or, better still, one or two each night.’ They are sold by dealers in medicines. Wilhoft’s Anti-Periodiu or Fever and Ague Tonic.—This invaluable and standard family medicine is now a household word and maintains its reputation unimpaired. It is indorsed by the medical profession, and pre scribed daily in the Charity Hospital and other Hospitals in New Orleans. Wilhoft’s Tonic is thus highly recommended by the leading medical men of the country, and is worthy of such indorsement. Wheelock, Finlay & Co., Proprietors, New Orleans. For Bale by all Druggists. A material reduction of rates has recently been made by the Sherman House, Chicago. Its proprietors are determined that it shall continue to be the most popular hotel in Chicago with business men and the traveling public in general, and they are accomplishing their purpose. Most people like to hear of a good thing. We will tell them in confidence that, if tneywant to be dressed well, they should wear the Warwick Collar. An old adage says that with a nice collar and clean boots a man always looks well dressed. Remember the Warwick. The Northwestern Horse-Nail Co.’s “ Finished ” Nail is the best in the world.

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' A LARGE ENGRAVING GIVEN EVERY TWO MONTHS, OR SIX ENGRAVINGS A YEAR TO EVERY SUBSCRIBER OF THE NEW YORK FIRESIDE CO M PAN lON. PROSPECTUS FOR 1«75. - —.- THE NEW YORK FIRESIDE COMPANION stands at the head of all the weekly papers published in the United Stites. Its circulation is equal to that of the most widely circulated . journals in the world. , The great feature of The New York Fireside Companion isG°od Continued Stories ■ It contains the swee'est and purest love stories. It has the largest list of popular s’ery writers, and ; ! constantly offers better stories thiti any other paper. Our readerswill bear witness to our un- ■■ : worried efforts in securing the best writers. During 1875 vre hope to furnish a greater number of good stories and a greater amount of good matter cf all than has ever been given be- 1 fore. As a Family Piper, The Xeio Yo'k Fireeide Cdhifyaniow \s n peer. At . least Nix Continued Stories will be published constantly, and * new story.will be i | commenced about every second week, so that new readers will be able to get the beginning of a story of the newsdealers, or of us, no matter at what lime they may subscribe. Back numbers I , canalways be had, containing the commencement of every story. The foUowimj m a partial lift of our Contributors for 1875. OLIVER OPTIC. Dr. JOH m B. WILLIAMS, TONY PASTOR, PETROLEUM V. NASBY, CLARA PERCY, LUCY RANDALL COMFO I<T, Maa. SUMNER HAYDEN J. W. MACKEY, P. HAMILTON MYERS, LESLIE THORNE, FRANK COREY. AGILE PENNE, Paor. JAMES DE MILLE, Capt. CARLETON, MARY GRACE HALPINE, SHIRLEY BROWNE, BRICKTOP, MARY J. WINES. 8. W. PEARCE. G. L AIKEN. G. G. SMALL, ALBERT W. AIKEN, JOHN ELDERKIN, ALLAN DEANE. No effort Is spared to add to the interest and variety of the contents of the paper. Beautiful engravings ate distributed to subscribers free as supplements. Early in 1875 we shall publish I A Nrae Story by Mrs. Stunner Hayden. A Few Story by Agile Fenne. A Nrsß Story by Oliver Optic, Author of “True to his Aim.” etc., etc. Ld A><p Story by Tony Pastor, Author of “Old Sleuth, the Detective;” “The Shadow Detective;” “The Lightning Detective,” etc. ! A Sent story by Fr-f. Janos De Hille, Author of “The Babes In the Wood;” “The Dodge Club;” ‘‘Cryptogram;’’ “ Cord and Cresse,” etc. ! A Xew Story by Dr.' ohn B. Williams, Author of “ Deadly Foes;” “Fighting for a I Fortune; ” “Maurice Flint;” “Under t Mask,” etc. A Vew Story by Mrs. Luctf Rmdail Comfort, Author of‘Little Gay, or Disinherited, ’etc. Humorous Articles by Petroleum V. Fasby. _ A S' Vj Story by Franlc tlor,y. Author of “Sweetheart and Wife, etc. The paper will have the best A hurt stories. Sketches, Poetry, F.iography, Fashion Articles, Humor, Gossip, and Hotices to Correspondents. a No effort or pains are snared to make th ■ CORRESPONDENTS’ COLUMN most a’tractive and ; useful to our readers. This department is edited by a gentleman of wide experience anil sound judgment, and a vast amount of information is given: answers to questions relating to love and etiquette; legal and medical questions; Information for the kitchen and househo.d ; in fact, answers to ail questions that turn up in life, can be found in this column. READeS'G FOB LUTLE F<>LKS.—Th\s is and will continue to be one of the nremineat features of the paper. The contributions to this department are by the very foremost •Writers for children in the country. This alone ma es the FIRESIDE COMPANION Invaluable to every household where there are children. We know of instances where the little ones insist upon having these articles read over and over again to them before the paper of the following week is issued MUNItO’S GIRLS AXI) BOYS OF AMERII’A. The largest and most select popular weekly for young folks. It is the only paper which contains the kind of stories which mothers want to read aloud to little ones, and which every father may unhesitatingly place in the hands of his children. It contains a larger amount and variety of good J reading for girlsand boys than can be had In any other weekly or monthly periodical TERMS FOR 187’S-XOW IS THW TIMB TO SURSCRIBE. \ MVXftCrS GIRLS AND BOYS OF AMERICA and THE NEW 10RK BIRESIDE I COMPANION' One copv of Munro's Girls and Boys of America will be sent for one year to any subscriber in the United States on receipt of $2.50; two copies for $4; or, nine copies tor , *l6 The New Yari/'iresids <7ompani>» will be sent for one year on receipt of two co pl « for $5- or nine copies for *2O. Getters up of Clubs can afterwards add single copies at *2.;>o each. I We wiR be responsible for remittances sent in Registered Letters, or by Post Office Money Orders. Both papers sent to one address for *4.50. Postage free. Specimen copies, with pictures, sent free. GEORGE MUNRO, Publisher, 84 Beekman Street, New York. I*. O. BOX, 8H57.

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