Rensselaer Union, Volume 8, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 June 1876 — Page 7

CENTENNIALITIES.

. resident of Joplin, Mo., named J. CX Temple, arrived at the Missouri State Building on the 13th of June, with a wheelbarrow load of fifty pounds of native mineral ore, which he had wheeled ail the way from home, a distance of 1,600 miles. The feat was the result of a wager. The start was made on the 20(h of February. —Among the beautiful and costly articles is a mantel or fireplace from St. Petersburg. This is made from a kind of marble or green agate which the exhibitor called malachite. The mantel is valued at $0,500 ; a pair of mantel ornaments or vases about three feet high, $4,500; three pieces of statuary sixteen inebes high, $540; a center table, with oval top made from the same material, $2,400. —Mr. John D. Laukenan, German Commissioner, recently delivered at the Women’s Pavilion, to Mrs. Aubrey H. Smith, Chairman of the Committee of Charity of the Women’s Centennial Executive Committee, a very beautiful album from Her Majesty the Empress of the German Empire. As a work of art this album is exceedingly beautiful. It is about twenty-Bix by-seventeen inches, and bound in an elaborately elegant style. It contains photographs of the various charitable institutions under the patronage of different members of the German Imperial family. On the reverse *ide of each photograph is (he name of the institution, with that of its royal patroness, in lettering of -the greatest artistic beauty. This album will be placed on exhibition at the Buream’of Charity of the Women’s Department. —The fifth annual meeting of the Na; tioaal Agricultural Congress will be held at Philadelphia, Sept. 12-14,1876. T*w annuel address of the President, the Hon. W.C. Flagg, of Illinois, will give a review <of our agricultural progress during the century; and attention will be given to '“The Centennial Idea” in other addresses. Thus the growth and present condition of leading agricultural interests —as grain, eotton, stoofc and the dairy—wild be discussed. Agricultural Education, Transportation *nd Commerce in theiriTelations to Agriculture, Organiza-tivn-among Farmers, ana kindred topics, will be discussed by L. F. Allen, Joseph Harris, X. A. Willard, and others. It is ■desirable to make this meeting national and representative in dts character. Delegates from agricultural associations of all kinds are invited as well as the attendance •of individuals interested. The full programme will soon be issued. For any *petial information, the President may be addressed at Mono, 111., or the Secretary, at the State Agricultural College, Ames, lowa. —The first railroad ever built in the United States, and the first coal-mine ever ■opened in this country, are both situated within fifty miles of Philadelphia, at the most, picturesque town of Mauch Chunk, and ought on no»aceeunt to be omitted by visitors to the Centennial. The railroad ■is. still operated, and called the “Switchback,” for the cars are up steep ■inclined planes by stationary engines, and 'then switched back, moving by gravitation down a slightly descending track. Pleasure cars nun over the road, and take ««ne in view of the -original coal-mine. This romantic town, where the wealthy Judge. Packer resides, is worth a whole week’s stay. Unexceptionable accommodations are afforded at the American ■House, where plain, and respectable trav■elers with only one trunk receive as much attention as thoße with a half-dozen, which, •says a. correspondent who speaks from ■experience, is more than can be said of most hotels in that and other places. A iflne railroad ride over the mountains to Wilkesbarre. overlooking the far-famed ■and beautiful Wyoming v alley, is one of the delights of this region. . —iThe lowa State building i 3 at last in . a-condition calculated to make glad the heart of every visiter from that State, tthoygh everything about the institution is not yet exactly in “apple-pie order.” The. building stands on State avenue, a few: numbers west of-the Illinois Building, and is somewhat larger and more ■elegantly furnished than the latter. When it JSi remembered, however, that lowa appropriated $20,000 for Centennial puriposcg, and Illinois only half that sum, it is .not to be wondered at that our sister State west of the Mississippi River should .have erected larger and more costly headquarters. Like our own, the lowa Building has every convenience for visitors, including reading and .writing rooms and files of home papers. A register is kept for the names of visitom from lowa only, •and.a general register will soon be opened fo,the.nameß of pt rties from other portions of the Union who' may happen to call, as many do. Since the State register was opened, at jut three weeks ago, •500 names have be. n entered. The average daily number of visitors from that State is steadily increasing, though no great rush is anticipated till early In the tall.— Got . Chicago Journal. —The.turnstiles are excellent things in their way, as they not only afford amusement to those who are compelled to push throtyjh them, but when worked as they were not on the opeing day, they prevent any of the “ tricks that are vain.” Among th*> now and .then, these nineteenth cefltury inventions prove less adapted .to the work than the patentee might be , disposed reasonably, to desire, ana a case in, point happened yesterday. A fat boy, fourteen years of sag, a home specimen from Illinois, visited the Centennial, and upon reaching the usual places of entrance found it not cnly impossible to pass, through any of the stiles, but even uncomfortable to stand in the narrow alleyway leading to the automatic contrivance. The gate-keepers wave powerless to render assistance or advice; their orders were.to permit nobody to pass into the grounds.except through the ntile, yet this applicant was, in the most Literal sense, a*' body.” What was to be done ? The boy had his fifty-cent piece in his hand, and demanded admission. The Department of Admissions was applied to; a hurried consultation was held by tion, and, as a last resort, the heavy youth was admitted through the wagon gate, Whether a dyspeptic individual was hired to pass through the stile, in order to make the registrations agree with the receipts, or whether a special note was made of the fat boy’s entrance at headquarters, could not be ascertained: but it is to be presumed that some definite arrangement was agreed upon for like emergencies, as several other corpulent individuals are expected at the international city within the next fortnight.— Philadelphia Inquirer. ~

Somnambulism Extraordinary.

Ja Coarrier cU Nord of a recent date tell* a sensational story of a somnambulist. A Mme. D , residing at her country-house near St. Amend, France, bad for some lime been annoyed by numerous petty thefts of jewelry, luce and

other articles of a smaller character. Entrance to the chateau was so difficult as to be practically impo*nible; the fidelity of the servants of the family was beyond question, and the whole anair was one of the most Impenetrable of mysteries, when the lady’s son, an officer just back from Africa, arrrived at the house, and, being informed of tho mysterious disappearances, undertook to watch for the successful thief. Concealing himself at night in the corridor of the chateau, he watched till one o’clock, when a shadowy figure made its appearance, at which he presented his pistol and drew the trigger. The cap snapped, but the arm was not discharged, and by the flash of the cap the officer recognizod the thief. It was his mother. The lady was a somnambulist, and was in the habit of stealing nightly her own jewelry and laces, and hiding them in a cupboard in the corridor. There all the missing valuables were, on investigation, discovered. This story may be true, or it may be a French plagiarism from Barham’s tale of the officer’s trousers in the “ Ingoldsby Legends.”

Hotel Life in San Francisco.

A story is told of a San FranciscoThouse, but as it is notlocalized, we cannot possibly saddle it on any one of them. A man boarding there thought prudent to settle terms beforehand, to be sure that his money would hold out. Two dollars a day. He staid two months and sent for his bill. Carr&mba! The two dollars a day for board was only a small part of the items charged. Sixty dollars for fire loomed up conspicuously. Boarder demurred. “ Can’t help it,” saysthe landlord, “we can’t afford to famish fuel and a men to attend to it for less than a dollar a day.” “All right,” says the boarder, “I’m willing to pay you a dollar a day for fire, but don’t want to pay for any more than I’ve had. Now, out of all the time I’ve been here, it’s impossible that I could have had a fire more than half a dozen days in the whole sixty.” “ Well,” says landlord, “ that’s mot our fault; the fuel was there, and a man to attend to it; you might have used it if you had been a mind to.” But the boarder remonstrated still further, “Now if youoome up and look at nay room, I 'think I can convince you that there never has been any fuel there, and what is more,” continued he, rising to the sublimity erf tire situation, “‘there's no place to put it, if it were there. There is no fire-place in the room, and no stove. There’s not even a chimney in the room for smoke to go out at, nor a stove-pipe, nor a hole to put a stove-pipe around.” The landlord “went down in his boots.” —St. Helena Star.

An Aquarium for Anybody.

It may be that the only available receptacle for the aquarium is a large glass pickle jar, or a jar such as confectioners use,or even a finger-glass. Well! more living organisms than one observer could well describe in a year mav grow, and live, and flourish in the -smallest of these vessels, especially if attention be paid to the mioroßCopic inhabitants of the water, whose name is legion. In dirty situations and in smoky towns it will generally be ncoeesary to cover the topofthe aquarium with a piece of glass or imuslin to keep out the “ blacks.” The .first thing to be done in the formation of a fresh-water' aquarinm is, if possible, to establish the plants—do,place them in suitable soil at the bottom of your tank, and leave them undisturbed exposed to the light, under the water, until they begin to grow, and the little active bubbles of oxygen are Been rising to the surface of i the water. We have grown Valisneria spirals, water crowfoot, the starworts, the various species of Chara and the Canadian waterweed (Anacharis alsinastrum) in profusion. The soil best to plant-such in as have roots is clean river-sand mixed with pebbles. Such plants as Conferva; and others which float on the water and do not take iroeff in the soil «Io not,> of course, require .planting. After tchoosing your plants from, such as you mqy collect from rivers and,ponds in any country .ramble, plant them, and cover the f-surfcace of the grounds with bits of rock,, pebbles, or anythingithat is suitable and in harmony with the rest of the arrangements. Do not put into ■& fresh-water aquarium, or artificial objects where all should be natural. Then fill the vessel with water very carefully through a funnel or siphon, so as not to disturb the soil and the roots of your plants.— Chambers' Journal.

Boys, Do Something.

We want to say just a word to the boys of the farm. We have no sermon to deliver, no lecture—just a bare suggestion—and we hope .every farmers’ boy will heed it. Make a beginning for yourselves this Centennial jear. The time will finally come when you must look to your own exertions for a living. It is your wisest course to fit yourselves early for ithe battle of life. Solicit from your father the right to plant and cultivate some .certain plot of ground, be it ever so email, the product from which shall be your own. Prepare, it most thoroughly, plant it with care, keep it clean of weeds, harvest the crop and sell it, .putting the proceeds at a fair rate of interest, so that when you “become of age,” you wHI be able to begin your business career as independent, well-to-do citizens. Suppose you are ton, or twelve, or fourteen years of age. Just sit down and figure up what the mete trifle you may earn for yourselves this year, at compound interest, will amount to by the time you are twenty-one years old! Then if you add to it eaeh year, in a proportion to your efficiency as farmers, you wiil he astonished at the result. Do not fear that your parents will not second your every effort. Nothing will please them so mumt as to realize that you .are really a young farmer, with great hopes of the future and a great ambition to excel. They know that the farm house k the real home of happiness and comfort, if within it are found contentment and high aspirations. Tbetime has fullycGiSe when the lorcS of the soil are the lords of the country. With careful lives, with good edneation, with even fair ability, the farm boy may hold any and all positions, when in manhood’s prime, and it is to him that the Nation, in these days of corruption, must look for true manhood and true patriotism. The beginning of nil this future brilliant career Is dependent upon early self-exertion more than upon all other things. Whether, your parents are rich or poor, does not matter; it is individuality that wins. Strive to have and to be something, while the bright son of youth lights the way .—Prairie Farmer. When Brigham Young finds that the biscuit are burned and the meat is over, done, he pats on his hat and goes out and brings home a new wife. This course is calculated to make his wives careful. The acreage of cotton in the Sooth this season is 9,51£,000,

HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

—A mixture of oil and 4nk is said to be a good thing to clean kid boots with; the first softens and the last blackens them. —Bleeding from the nose may often be stopped by putting bits of lint into the nostrils, and by raising the arms over the head. —The shaking of currant bushes at noon in a clear day will cause currant worms to drop td the ground, and nbt one in fifty will regain thebush.— Exchoi.gc. —Puff Cake.—Two cupfuls of sugar, one of butter, one of sweet' milk, three of flour, three eggs, one and one-halt tcaspoonfUls of yeast powder, extract of lemon. Bake quick. —To clean an oil painting that is injured by dust and particles of wrapping paper, an exchange says, take the picture out of the frame, lay a coarse towel over it for ten or fourteen days; keep it continually wet until it has drawn out all the filthiness from the picture; pass some linseed oil which has been a long time seasoning over it, in the sunlight, to purify it, and the picture will become as lively on the surface as new. —Oatmeal for a very young infant may be prepared in this way: Take three or four tablespoonfuls ofbest Scotch or Irish oatmeal to a quart of cold water and let it soak all night. In the morning drain oft the water and boil it (not the meal but the water). It will soon thicken and become gruel. You can add salt and sugar if you like, and mix with milk, or, it the child likes it without the milk, it can be eaten that way. The meal that lias been soaked will make a very good dish for the family breakfast— N. x. Timet. - -When bulbs, Buch as hyacinths, crocus, etc., have beeD flowered in water, they should, as soon as the flowers begin to fade, be removed and planted in earth, where they will get a little nourishment. Even then the bulb is much weakened, and it is useless to try to flower bulbs in water twice. All bulbs, with annual roots, which includes pretty much all but the lilies, can be taken up as soon as the leaves are ripe and brown, and be stowed away without the least injury to the flowers of the next season, because the roots will die if the bulbs are allowed to remain in the ground. After taking them up, allow them to dry in the shade for a few days. Then remove the tops, roots and rough skin, and put them away in paper bags, properly labeled, in a cool place in the house until planting time in autumn. Vick's Floral Guide. —A writer in an exchange says the greatest evil to which farriers are exposed by patronizing traveling threshers, is the carrying of foul seeds from one farm to another If one farmer raises red root or Canada thistle, the seeds are sure to be carried all through the neighborhood by these threshers and clover hullers. The remedy suggested is for good, tidy farmers to club together and buy a thresher—not the large six or eight horse-powers, but a good tread power as now made, with a level tread, that will thresh two hundred bushels a day, with one team and three men. “It is far safer,” he says, “more profitable because less expensive, costing not more than one-half, some say not more than one-third as much per bushel to thresh grain as with the traveling machines, and it relieves the house of a small army of men. As long as traveling machines are used from farm to farm, they should be brushed and swept from top to hottom before moving from each station. This is the only precaution that can be taken to guard against the dissemination of foul seeds, except the plan above suggested.”—Practical Farmer.

Experience With Bees.

Julia M. Wheelock, in wilting to the Patron's Helper on her experience with bees, says: Many persons who have kept bees on the old plrfn have a strong impression that they should not be meddled with, and think that the little workers can and will do all their “ house cleaning” in spring, attend to all their family matters, increase at their own pleasure, and Lay up stores for future need, better without any assistance than with it. A case of this kind came under my observation this season,' the relation of which may be of benefit to some of your readers. Neighbor A. had, by the advice and success of has friends who were controlling their bees advantageously, been iuduced to adopt such hives as were convenient for examining bees, and really seemed to lee! that be was trying the “new way” of bee-keeping, but for some reason, he had not visited them this year, and it was then near the middle of June. He had walked near the hives, and discovered that some of them were not so busy as were some others; and wisely mistrusted that there might be one hive at least without a queen, in which case, as apiarians well know, the whole family must sooner or later die. At this time we were induced to examine neighbor A.’s bees —some less than fifteen swarms—and found many swarms apparently doing well as to honey, and raising brood, but having never “ cleaned house’’ this spring. The dead bees were from one to two inches thick on the bottom (A most of the Jrires, in the midst of which were brown moths, cockroaches, ants and some other insects, drawing sustenance from this filthy mass, which the bees had not been able to remove. The hives were then carefully cleaned, but this is not the object 1 had in telling this, but simply to urge upon those who think that bees should never be disturbed, the importance of ascertaining whether they need assistance or not. In the case referred to, the bees could not have removed the rubbish, however annoying it must have been to the little laborers, whose strength is limited, except in selfdefense. They undoubtedly, in some cases, throw dead bees and other filth from the hives, but they do not always do it, even when they are strong in numbers and rich in stores. I have seen many .colonies this year which had dead bees etill clinging in the comb, where they had died last winter or spring, and, contrary to our general supposition, had not been removed by the living bees. Whether the hooey came earlierln flowers, and they considered their time demanded in the field or not, we cannot tell, but suppose the labor requisite for house-cleaning must have been beyond theirabilities, as they are supposed to have a just estimate of wha they ean perform. In raising brood, they have such correct estimates of their strength and capacities that the increase of honey will cause the queen to lay more eggs, or a decrease of honey will cause her to diminish the Quantity- And in cases where dearth of honey comes suddenly, from drouth, or grasshoppers, or other cause, bees have been known to destroy some of their brood, where they had more than they could feed and take good care of. r—,, r The bee-keeper should always carefully examine his bees in spring, and remove all dead bees (or anything else which may become offensive) from the hives. Some-

times it is best to remove moldy combs as worthless, although the bees sometimes clean such combe; but it is a question whether they could not build new. comb nearly as quick, and with more safety to themselves, as mold Is known to be very poisonous, and must have a deleterious effect on the bees, while removing it from their combs.

The Language of Fowls.

Is there any one who keepß fowls who him pot noticed the great variety of sounds they make, expressive of their feelings? It amounts almost, if not quite, to a.anguage; probably more so than any other creature except man. Even the modulation of noises made is very significant of meaning. First, there is the piping of the little chick, calling for the care of its stately mother who continually keeps answering with the assuring “cluck, cluck.” As the chick grows a little older, the piping is succeeded by a chirrup; then there is the trilling Song of pleasure they make under their mother’s wing when sitting down to rest; but just put your hand under the mother and pull out one of the little chicks, and hear its cry of terror, mingled with the defiance and abuse of its parent. Throw a large beetle into their coop, and hear the consternation uttered by all the little family, mingled with the warning voice of their matron. Now, throw them some dainty bit, and hear how soon her voice changes; her children understand there is something extra nice lor them by her peculiar declamation, which brings m all stragglers in a great hurry. How well the Tittle things comprehend the peculiar cry of their mother in case of danger, such as the approach of cats or hawks; or let a little straggling waif peep into the coop, and hear her timely warning to keep out. In the course of time the mother tires of her charge, and gives her children the slip, -who express their forlorn feelings by a whining cry, while hunting around for her. In due time the young gentleman chick tries his voice at a crow. Could any ene ever believe that such stammering, such straining and croaking, would ever reach the clear, rich song, that has been celebrated in the history and the poetry of all the great nations of the earth, and caused so many great “awakenings” in all classes of society? Soon be begins to feel gallant, and if, by chance, he finds some rare bit, he calls some of the nearest belles to partake of it, but they frequently arrive just in time to see him bolt it himself. One of the next musical strains is the prating of pullets when they feel happy and well; then there is the alarm, when startled by anything strange; also the shrill cry raised by ail, should a hawk appear. Another peculiar noise is made when you approach their roosts at night, uttered and answered all round—a slight, trilling noise, as much as to say, hark! what’s that strange noise! —which is deepened into a sharp tut-tut, if danger is suspected, and into a shrill, piercing cry, if taken from their perches, evidently suspecting that you may be thinking of chicken pot-pie? I think there is no domestic animal that has a less offensive voice than the domestic fowl. It will compare favorably with the voice of the duck, turkey, guinea fowl, goose, or pea fowl. Their loudest noise nas a charm for many a fancier, when they set up the cry, “ Come! Come! Come! Take the egg.” —Henry Hales, in Poultry Bulletin. . The herring fisheries of Scotland continue to-decline seriously. In them are engaged 45,226 persons, who own 14,847 boats with a tonnage of 105,577 tons, and have invested a capital of £1,072,777. In some of the waters the fishery has become absolutely unproductive and the failure threatens the destruction not only of an important national industry but of a large source of food supply. The diminution of the herring is attributed 4o the facilities which, under the existing regulations of the fishery board, have been afforded to the taking of sprats and herring frv in the friths ana inner waters of Scotland by means of trawl-nets. While the sprat fishing was kept in check the herring fishery was prosperous : but since, and wherever 'trawling has been practiced, the destruction of young herring has resulted to a prodigious extent, and year by year the legitimate fishing has declined. Dr. Schenck’s Pulmonic Syrup, Ska Weed Tonic and Mandrake Pill*.— These medicines have undoubtedly performed more cures of Consumption than any other remedy known to the American public. They are compounded of vegetable ingredients and contain nothing which can be injurious to the human constitution. Other remedies advertised as cares for Consumption probably contain opinm, which is a somewhat dangerone drag in all cases, and, if taken freely by consumptive patients, it mnst do great injury; for its tendency is to confine the morbid matter in the system, which, of coarse, must make a cute impossible. Schenck’s Pulmonic Syrup is warranted not to contain a particle of opium. It is composed of powerful bnt harmless herbs, which set on the lnngs, liver, stomach and blood, and thas correct all morbid secretions and expel all the diseased matter from tl.e body. These are the only means by which Consumption can be cured, and, os Schenck’s Pulmonic Syrup, Sea Weed Tonic and Mandrake Pills are the only medicines which operate in this way. kis obvious they are the only genuine cure for Pulmonary Consumption. Bach bottle of this invaluable medicine is accompanied by full directions. Dr. Schenck is professionally at his principal office, oorner Sixcn and Arch streets, Philadelphia, every Monday, where all letters for advice must he adorersed. , Economy.—Yon will save money by using Procter <fc Gamble's Original Mottled German Soap. It will not waste nor bocom* soft like ordinary yellow soap when used in warm water, nor is It cheapened with articles Injurious to clothes. Remember, you obtain a fall on e-pound bar if you purchase their brand. To protect the!, brand from imitators Procter A, Gamble patented it. and the patent was sustained in the United States Courts. Examine the stamp on the bars when you hut Take their Soon on lst. Ir you have any form ot ague, no matter how obstinate, or how much other medicine you have taken to no purpose, Shallenberger’s Pills will cure you. Price one dollar.

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A beautiful specimen of pen flourishing seat fur ths Bsme* and I*. it. addrers or ten young men. Send Tor circular,, ula'lna inhere von saw this card. MONTAGUE A LILLIBKIDGK, Davenport, lowa,. HALF a dollar CHICAGO For the Next Half Year. The Lkdgkel* a large S-paga.SOcohnßn, Independent Newspaper, which no Intelligent family should be with- ° MERIDEN Cl “Pitts* Ivoet" lixnu Table Km MANUFACTURE ALL KIN /Exclusive makers of the “PATKHT IVORY” or Ce known. The Oldest Manufacturers In America. Origin XI TE want good salesmen to sell staple goods to mer- . »T chants in every city In U. 8. We will pay travel, lug expenses and ,alary to men with ability who cse give good references. Address, with tump. Mica abbs Packing Co., Nos. 2,4 *t N. Clark fit., Chicago, liL

ORGANS For Sale ataßmpii 10-MTOP NEW CABINET ORGAN. Manofaoturar’a price *360. WILL BE SOLD FOR S2OO CASH. Address J. MtCUNDY, 79 Jackson *l., Chicago, 111. BARGAINS For Sale by E. E. PRATT, TS Jackson St., Chicago, 111. SCHOLARSHIPS. One In the Nt. Paul Bwslnesa College. Value ISO; for *25. One Jln^CJ nkm^T ollege of Uw, Chicago. o VSul",lKr , lS fl,rth ’* One In Jones* Commercial College, 8L Loots. Value *OS; for *35. FIRE-ARMS. Two Remington Breaelt-ljoadlng Hlflis ■ NEW. List price *32each; for *l6. Fair Belt Revolvers, Remington—SEW. List price *18; for *l2 per pair. MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. One Child* Bio*. Organ-NEW. Price IM;. for *240. One First-Claua Mew Plano. Price MGD; tor *4sok BEWINC MACHINE. One AMERICAN Sewing Machlne-MEW-Trice *7O; for (5a “TEE VIBEATOa” MOO BOLD LAST SEASON WITHOUT ONE FAILURE 02 BEJEOZKOI This |* th. famous IhnsfalDK —-Hu- **».* kj. “swspt the field ” and created euch a revolution in the trade, by it* matchlesb Qum-Savna aid Tiue-Sat* Hid principles. THB ENORMOUS WASTAGE of grain,so taestfaMs with other dates ot Threshers, can he SAVED by ttrir Improved oflfefeW, o* stag job, to wars these FLAX. TIMOTHY, MILLET, HUNGARIAN and Nke seed* art threshed, separated, cleaned and saved a* easily and perfectly aa Wheat, Oats, Rye or Barley. AN EXTRA PRICE is usually paid for grain an* Seed* cleaned by this machine, for extra cleanliness. IN THE WET GRAIN of 1875, these were sulatan* tially the ONLY MACHINES that could run with profit or economy, doing that, thorough and perfect work, when others ultsrly Jailed. ALL GRAIN, TIME and MONEY wtxting complication*. such a* “Endless Aprons,” “Raddies," “Bister*'• “Pickers,” etc., are estkrdg dispensed with; lew fins one-half the usual Gears, Belt*, Boxes, and JoursaU; ; easier managed; more durable; light running;mngar ly repair*; no dost; no“ titterings” to clean m: not., troubled by advene winds, rain or storms. FARMERS sad GRAIN RAISBBS who am j/crifefiur in the large saving made by it will not emptor/int*,. rior and wasteful machines, hut. will UsSam Hfit* Improved Thresher doing finr work. FOUR BIZBB mad* for 0. 8, 10 and M Bona Powers. Aim a specialty of foinnu; designed and made rosam von srah fowkb. TWO ®TTLBB 0F HORSE POWERS; viz.: our Ira- <** IF INTERESTED in Threehing or Grain Nichole, Shepard 4 Co,, BATTLE CREEK. MICH. The Enemy of Disease, the Fo* ol Pain to Man and Beast, Zs the Brand Old MUSTANG LINIMENT, WHICH HAS STOOD THE TEST OF 40 TEAKS. THERE IS NO SORE IT WILL »»T HEAL, NOLAMENEBB IT WILL NOT CntK.foo ACHE, I*o PAINT, THAT AFFLICTS* THE Hl Sf AN BOIW. OB THE BODY OF A HORSE OR OTHER DOM EMTIO ANIMAL, THAT DOEfi NOT HELD TO ITS MAGIC TOUCH. A bottle costing *sc v BOe. oxOl .00, has often saved the life of ■ tuaman being, sad restored to UFe ondugoftelnoia many nwnlneUhlo horn. fa^*o N^A^ IUV^HI 1 UV^H IS TOR T £*£ CuiiwiiLMtUMbywefiiiea »«thor,or vonhy to Ito ashthird 1 * both K.(lbh and Gem... One Urg* Übd* proAiwlytllaatrotvd, jctlav-yrioedvrlou. MmS. eo.irnuof.uy «ucr. gtdriiidl«tylllMmualMtolßtofoprwdl country: hr ace. rare etmn e fi>r A Send at once tor d«Mrii»> Ito. Mdtom»,toßOA**l3lKH.AOO.r Chicago, 111. HALF A DOLLAR imiitwlw For the Next Half Tear. miERYCp" D 8 OF TABLE CUTLERY* Haloid Knife, the molt durable WHITE HANDLE al maker, of the HARD RUBBERHANDLE^ - A.N. R. At ta-K. , IIfHEN WRITING TO ADVKKTMIUUL. 2Ls* firwSst ® Awflt