Rensselaer Union, Volume 8, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 September 1876 — Page 7

PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

—Mr. George JBancroft, the historian, owns real estate in Newport, R. I„ valued at 187,800. —The Pitch diamonds, after verification by Gen. Sherman, have been placed in the Treasurer’s vault in Washington for safe keeping. Handy jewels 1 —lt u said that President Grant, at the expiration of his term of offlctf, wUTfravel for a year or Jwo in Europe, and return home by way of China and Jspan. —Bupt. Walling, of New York, holds the opinion that Charley Ross is dead. He places the case in the same rank with the Tweed escape and the Nathan murder. —lt is reported that “ Con” Maguire, one of the members of the Bt. Louis whisky ring who is serving a term of imprisonment, was married privately, a few days ago. —Daniel Drew will have the satisfaction of knowing that when he was in business he did some business. His former brokers have presented iu court the account of the firm’s dealings with Mr. Drew for five years, to the amount of $75,000,000 in gold, all squared before Daniel’s bankruptcy. —George William Curtis is dependent on his salary from the Harpers; so is Mr. William D. Howell dependent upon his editorship of the Atlantic; Bret Harte, T. B. Aldrich, James Par ton, J. T. Trowbridge, R. H. Stoddard, T. W. Higginson, mainly upon fugitive writing; while Grant White has a place in the CustomHouse ; E. C. Stedman is a stock broker, and other authors are obliged, more or less, to do practical things in order to support the luxury of literature. — N. Y. Graphic. —Ralph Waldo Emerson and his daughter Ellen have returned to their New England home from a tour in Virginia. Mary Clemmer writes to tlio Cincinnati Commercial from Washington: “We shall hear more from this daughter Ellen. For she, in all likelihood, wul be the executor of her father’s papers and the delineator of that deep, still, inward life. It is memorable that the men who have achieved the most in letters and in science have always had a woman standing close beside them within the veil, as Carl Schurz says in homely phrase: ‘ Handing them the bricks while they build, and holding up their hands when they were weary.’ ” —Mr. Kerr owned a beautiful lot in the Northern Cemetery in the city, wherein is buried his second son, Charlie, who died in 1858, aged two years; his law partner, James A. Ghormley, who died of con sumption in 1862, and a little adopted daughter that Mr. Kerr took to raise. The lot is separated from the last resting-place of Gov. Ashbel P. Willard by a narrow ■walk through the grounds, and it is a little singular that these two great and honored sons of Indiana should take their final sleep so near each other. Mr. Kerr always expressed a wish to be buried here, and designated the spot where he desired his grave. While Mr. Kerr was a member of no church, it is known that he was partial to the Presbyterian faith, his estimable wife being an earnest and devoted member of that church. — Louisville Cour-ier-Journal. i

The Moral Character of the Oyster.

With the first day of Septeml>er the oyster comes again into favor and flavor, and as he is to associate with the men ana women of this land upon terms of the closest intimacy during the whole of the next eight months, it is worth while perhaps to inquire respecting his condition of life and his moral character. As to his fortune, a punster has already said of him that his case is moat uncommonly hard; that it is his, peaceful as he is, to perish in many a foreign broil; and it may be added that he is often in hot water, and perpetually in a stew of one kind or another. In temper he is even mild to placidity, although he is sometimes slightly ruffled, on his edges at least. He is quiet always, and usually very well-behaving; and yet he participates in nearly every scene of debauch and revelry. He frequents midnight suppers, and is the companion—the bosom companion we may say—of wild fellows of every degree. Ho makes no noise, and does no quarreling, but he is present in well nigh every riotous company, and is found at table with wines and liquors of every kind, name and quality. In himself, and so far as his personal behavior is concerned, the oyster is perfectly respectable, and gentlemen and gentlewomen have him at dinner without scruple; but there can be no doubt that his name is suggestive of dissoluteness and dissipation, precisely as the horse, noble as he is, is indissolubly associated in our minds with certain forms of knavery and with jockeyism “ in all its branches,” as the street signs say. Dickens, we believe it was, who pointed out the fact that the moment that any man falls into the poverty which comes of drunkenness and idleness he begins to eat oysters as a regular diet, and notwithstanding the high estimation in which the best of us hold this mollusk, his name somehow suggests irregularity of living, late hours, unwholesome haunts and potations of gin. Nevertheless he is a fine fellow, and we cannot spare him from the list of friends whom we are always glad to see at dinner. There is a placidity m his bearing, a decorum in his conduct which gives us confidence in him, and wherever ho is met he is sure of a hearty welcome.— JSf. T. Evening Poet.

The Way to Use Clothes Wringers.

The proper way to use clothes wringers is to adjust the pressure according to the thickness of the garments to be wrung. “ Well, who don’t know that ?” But who will do it, even if they do know it? More than this, large and heavy articles should be folded the long way into a narrow strip, so that they can pass smoothly between the Tollers. “Yes, 1 know that as well as any editor can tell me.” Then why not fold large articles straight and smooth, so that the bunches, wrinkles and rolls of the clothing will not strain the rollers and springs ? We have seen smart and intelligent women snatch up a corner of a large and heavy ooverlet, thrust it between the rollers when the pressure was adjusted towring collars and light fabrics,, and then jerk and yank on the (crank when large folds and wrinkles would obstruct the free movements of the rollers until the rubber would be tom from the iron journal. Untold numbers of good clothes wringers have been rendered worthless simply by such harsh and inexcusable usage. Which is the better way,; to fret and worry when using the wringer and rush clothes between the rollers in large bunches and damage the wringer, or spend three minutes more per day at folding the clothes properly into narrow strips and thus keep the wringer in good working order? It requires exceedingly rough usage to separate the robber from the iron journal. Still manufacturers of wringers

do a large business at repairing rollers that have been damaged by improper usage! We frequently stand by the washtub and direct the operator to fold coverlets into long and smooth strips before they are put Detween the rollers. Then they will slip through without straining any part of the wringer beyond its strength. Clothes wringers would last a lifetime if they were used properly.— ls. Y. Herald, - - — r ~—--4

Is Rare Beef Dangerous ?

For several years past hygienists and pathologists have been closely studying the progressive Invasion of the tamiodea or tape worms in the human species, in order to discover all the causes which lead to the presence of these terrible parasites and the means of preventing them. While many vital points relating to the subject are still in controversy, it has been demonstrated that we are attacked by the armed taenia (tafiia solium) and by the non-armed taenia (Usnia medio eannelluta or inermis), that the genus of these two entozoa are introduced into the intestinal canal through flesh food, and that the germs of the first usually come from pork and those of the second from beef and mutton. It has furthermore been pointed out, by M. Reguault, that, while the number of attacks of the armed taenia has not notably augmented, those of the non-armed worm are becoming more and more frequent. The cause attributed to this increase is, first, the therapeutic use of raw beef, and, second, the habit of eating that meat, as well as mutton (the latter, however, in „ a less degree than the former), in a very rare state. Both beef and mutton contain morbific germs, which might well escape the scrutiny of a much more rigid inspection of market food than obtains here; and these, lodged in some organ of the body, speedily develop into the mature worm. Cooldng the meat through thoroughly is a sure safeguard; but on the other hand, there are many who have no relish for well done beef or mutton, and, among the Germans especially, the meat is prepared in various ways without being cooked at all. We have frequently seen raw beef-steak served and eaten with the simple uccompatiments of pepper, salt and vinegar. Butchers in New York City chop finely the good meat which is trimmed from joints or bones, and sell it in its hashed state, at a low price, to the poorer classes, who likewise eat it raw, and thus save the fuel required for cooking. As indicated above, physicians often prescribe raw meat to the weak and debilitated, and it is no very uncommon tiling to see infants sucking tender pieces of raw steak. Of course all this is dangerous, and the fact, we have reason to believe, is not entirely unknown to those who favor the practice; but on the other hand, there is a general idea that if meat be cooked ever so little, merely warmed through, all peril is obviated. That this is a subtle error will be clear from a brief consideration of the cooking process. The rationale of broiling is the subjection of a large surface of meat to a sudden high temperature. Coagulation of the exterior albumen succeeds, and the juices are prevented from escaping, so that they are cooked with the fibrous part of the meat, enclosed as it were between two shells. Roasting, or rather baking, as it is practiced in this country, is virtually the same process, the hot oven being substituted for the coals. Frying accomplishes the same end by the action of highly heated fat. Boiling is just the reverse, as the heat iu that case is applied gradually, so that the albumen can be coagulated uniformly through the mass. Now albumen coagulates at 142 degrees Fall., and further heat reduces it to a firm transparent body, so that a piece of beef which is left “unbasted,” that is, unmoistened, during the cooking process, and its exterior temperatures not thus kept down, or a steak allowed to cook slowly over a slow instead of a brisk fire, is likely to become encased in a close crust, not inaptly termed “ leathery,” which tends to prevent the further penetration of heat. It will readily be perceived that thus, although the meat has been subjected to cooking a proper length of time, and although its exterior may appear overdone, a part of its interior may be practically raw, and may never have reached the temperature of 140 degrees, beyond which it has been proved germ-life cannot exist. Hence, in such portion of the meat thus prepared, the germs are none the worse for their warming, and enter the body in an active state.

It does not follow, however, from this that we are to interdict that most noble of all dishes, the rare cut of sirloin, but it does follow that we should exercise some greater care in its preparation. And in lis respect we have a very safe and simple guide in the two temperatures noted above, or rather In their close approximation. Everybody knows the difference in color and general appearance between meat nearly raw and meat cooked, and is capable of observing the glairy, flabby condition of the former as compared.with the firmness of the latter. In one case the albumen has not coagulated, in the other it has. But in the latter instance we know that a temperature of 142 degrees has been attained, and that is two degrees higher than the germ death point; hence we are thus rendered certain that the danger is obviated, on simple inspection of the condition of the meat, which still is rare enough to satisfy any healthy taste. It is not difficult to perceive that the ravages of that other fearful pprasite, of the hog, the trichina spiralis, have been the cause of greater care in the preparation of pork; and as the same thorough cooking which destroys the trichina likewise destroys the taenia germ, both evils are obviated at once. Hence we find another cause for the diminution in cases of armed taenia noted by Regnault, while the prevalent neglect of precautions regarding beef and mutton may likewise account for the spread of the affliction attributable to those meats. It is a curious fact in this connection that a prominent French medical journal (the AbeiUe Medicals) strongly recommends horse flesh to be used raw therapeutically, and asserts that it is much more nourishing than either beef, mutton, or pork. We doubt whether this last assertion will meet with general acquiescence; but if it appears, as our contemporary states, that the horse is not subject to the parasitic affections common to the cattle now used as food, there can be no question but that, from a sanitary point of view, the food value of our superannuated chargers is greatly enhanced. At all events, for some reason the consumption of horseflesh in France is rapidly increasing, as recent statistics show that nearly thirty per cent, more of the animals have been slaughtered, for the markets in Paris, during 1876 than; were killed last year .—Scientific American.

You have to draw the line in society somewhere, and die sextons in the Boston churches draw it what they call the “ side aisle trash.”

HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

—Every farmer should have a good woodshed, and during the fall it should be well filled with wood. Dry wood stored in the shod will be much more pleasant and economical to use during the cold, rainy and unpleasant weather at winter, than will that which has remained outof doors. —When fence rows are cleaned out do not throw the trash over the fence into the road, or into the corners, but burn it, or, where there are gullies which wash out, throw the trash into them, and so prevent any further damage, but never waste or destroy anything which may be turned into manure. —Have a particular place for every implement about the premises, and when not in use, be sure to keep it there. By so doing a great deal of time, trouble, vexation ana hard feeling will often be saved. Put everything where you can go directly to it and place your hand on it in the darkest night. Don’t leave your farm tools exposed to the weather, or they will soon rust and rot out, and you will be compelled to buy new ones.— Ohio Farmer. —Among the things which every farmer should have is a well stocked orchard of fruit trees. Whenever a tree dies it should be replaced by another, and by having trees of different ages, he may be almost certain of fruit every year. A liberal supply of apples and peaciies should be planted, together with a few pear and cherry trees. Small fruits for family use should not be neglected, and good care should be taken of all. Fruits are among the most healthful of our foods, and no farm should be without them.— lowa State Register. —A neighbor of ours recently informed us that he had lost a most valuable horse by a casualty by no means uncommon. A knowledge of a simple remedy would have prevented this loss. The horse trod upon a nail which entered his foqt. Lameness followed, the nail was extracted, but lockjaw supervened, resulting in death. An unfailing remedy in such cases is muriatic acid. If, when a nail is withdrawn from a horse’s foot, the foot should be held up and some muriatic acid be poured into the wound, neither lameness nor lockjaw need be feared. Why the iron should have the effect which it frequently' has, and the rationale of the above remedy, we are unable to explain; but of the certainty of the counteraction of disease by this perfectly safe application, we are well convinced.— Rural Home. —Roses intended for forcing in pots next winter (having been kept in their pots during summer) should be taken out at this time, the old soil well shaken from the roots, and repotted in the same sized pots. The soil most suitable for rose culture is good, fresh loam, mixed with about one-third well-decayed cow manure, which is much superior to horse manure, or any other kind of animal manure—horse droppings are apt to create fungi when used for any purpose under glass —and, besides, oow manure is cooler, and consequently more suited to the requirements of the rose. What is termed a stiff, mellow loam is what the rose does best in; very loose, open soil does not produce such fine buds, nor are they so highly colored as when grown in ihe stiff soil. When potting, firm the soil well around the roots, and leave no empty space around the edges of the pot. Prune the plants well back when they are taken out of the pots; it is not only much more convenient doing it at this time, but they generally make finer breaks that when left until later.—Gardner*’ Monthly.

Transplanting Evergreen Trees in Autumn.

If evergreen trees are transplanted in late autumn, they cannot be expected to survive the cold of winter, for the reason that the roots have no vital hold' on the soil. But if they can be put in a deep, rich and mellow bed so early in autumn that the roots will send out new rootlets, which will take a vital hold of the soil before the end of the growing season, the chances for living will be greatly in favor of the trees. Hence if trees be planted in September, there will be sufficient heat in the soil to start a system of new roots at once. A farmer of extensive experience has communicated his practice as follows, with reference to transplanting evergreen trees early in autumn: It is generally supposed that spring is the only safe season to transplant evergreens. Indeed, so uniform is the teaching of nurserymen and other writers on the subject, that one who has never tried it is likely to be led to’the conclusion that it cannot be successfully done at any other season of the year. My own experience has led me to the conclusion that while May and early June is a good season for this worK.u. is not the only time that this work may be successfully performed. Some years ago it became necessary, in changing the location of a nursery, to reihove a large lot of evergreens during the latter part of August and early September. Thcv ranged from two to eight feet in height. The weather was dry and no special pains were taken more than I would take in handling any stock under similar circumstances ; that is to guard against the drying of the roots while out of the ground. As the soil was quite dry, some water was poured in around the roots when the hole was half filled with dirt. Not one per cent, was lost, and the trees grew the next year as if they had not been disturbed. The difficulty in transplanting evergreens is found in the fact that the leaves are always on, and of course evaporation goes on all the time. The idea seems to be, therefore, to get the roots into action as soon as possible after the operation of transplanting. At the season of which I speak the growth has ceased and is simply ripening up, and the tree hastens to restore the balance between root and top by pushing out in a short time small rootlets from the mutilated roots. With these precautions evergreens may be transplanted in the late summer and early fall. Never let the small roots get dry. Pack the soil well around the roots, and if very dry, water m setting and then mulch well to keep the soil from drying out. If the ground is poor, bring a few shovelfuls of rich soil from some other place to scatter directly on the roots. — N. T. Herald.

Farm Villages.

There is no necessity that farmers should be isolated so much as they generally are, nor any need that the farm buildings should be m the center of each farm. It is simply a matter of figures and ealeu* lation, as to whether the saving of a few hours’ labor—or a few days in the aggre-gate-yearly, in hauling the crops to the earn, with the bam and house in the center of the farm, and a mile away from the nearest neighbor, is of more value or more convenient than to have one’s neighbors closer and one’s fields farther off. There are many advantages in having three or four homesteads contiguous and forming a hamlet, or with a few tenant houses or cottages, a small village. This is especial-

ly desirable in the West where the land was originally so divided that four farms necessarily meet at one comer, where two roads cross. Where farms are 100 acres in extent, there would then be four houses together at every mile; four sets of farm buildings; four orchards, and four plantations, which wbuld condense the shelter provided by these, and make it much more effective than when scattered half-a-mile apart. At or near one of these corners the blacksmith’s shop and other conveniences would naturally be located, and in time a farm village would be .built Up. There would be far better social opportunities than farmers now entoy and many more opportunities for combining labor and capital in joint enterprises. The scattered appearance of the houses in the early settlement of a new western country, and even of the more substantial homesteads of an older one, is one of the most conspicuous disadvantages which strike a visitor from a more populous part of the country. Neither does it improve upon acquaintance, and tlic necessary isolation is much felt by the new comers. It is convenient to be in the center of one’s farm, but it is a question worth considering when a new house is to be built, if it would not be better to build nearer to one’s next door neighbor. —American Agriculturist.

Japanese Fans.

I have been to see the fan-makers today. Kioto, Nagoya, and Tokio are the places most noted for the quality and quantity manufactured, but Fukui has few shops where ogi (folding fans) and uchiwa (flat fans) are made. Again I find we foreigners do things upside down. With us flie large, flat fans are for gentlemen’s use, the folding fans for ladies. In Japan the gentleman carries at all times except in winter the ogi in his girdle, bosom, under his collar, or, in his merry mood, under his cue. It is a dire breach of etiquette to appear in the street with a flat fan, which is almost exclusively used by the Japanese women. Millions of these fans are being made for the foreign market and sold in Europe and America. They are cheap editions of art in the land of the gods Jor all the world to look at. They wil. probably do more to advertise Japan abroad than any other means.

As the principles of centralized capital, immense manufactories and division of labor are as yet scarcely known in Japan, these fans, like other articles of art and handiwork, will be made by tens of thousands of independent workers all over the country. The Fulkuians make fans of all sorts and for all purposes; of waterproof paper for dipping in water —a sort of vaporizer for making extra coolness on the face by evaporation; of stout paper for grain-winnows, charcoal fire blowers, or for dust-pans; double-winged fans, for the judges at wrestling matches; gorgeous colored and gilt fans for the dancing girl, who makes one a part of herself in her graceful motion and classic pose; for the juggler, who will make a butterfly of paper flutter up the edge ®f a sword. The splitting of the bamboo, the folding or pasting of the paper by the girls, the artist’s work, the finishing and packing are all done before my eyes. The manifold uses and etiquette of the fan I am gradually learning. I find a rack of silver hooks or a tubular fan-holder in every house, in which are several of these implements of refreshment which are at once offered to the visitor on his arrival. I have received a stack of fans inscribed with poetry, congratulations, or with maps, statistical tables, pictures of famous places, classic quotations or useful information of varied nature. Many depict life, manners, architecture, etc.,- in Yokohama and in Europe. They are thus the educators of the public. Many of the Fukui gentlemen have collections of fans with famous inscriptions or autographs, or pictures from noted artists. A scholar or author, in giving a party to his literary friends, has a number of ogi ready for adornment; and people often exchange fans as we do photographs. When Igo into a strange house, especially in my trips to villages where the foreigner creates a sensation, I spend the whole evening writing in English on fans for my host, his wife, daughters and friends. How .far the excerpts from Shakespeare, Milton, or Longfellow may be appreciated or understood I cannot say. To make the pictures for common flat fans the design is drawn by the artist on thin paper. This is pasted on a slab of cherry wood and engraved. The pictures are printed by laying the fan-paper flat on the block and ‘pressing it smooth. In the same manner the Japanese have printed books for centuries. The various colors are put on with sometimes as many as twenty blocks. The art is chromo-xylography, instead of chromolithography. The picture papers, sometimes with musk or other perfumes laid between them, are then pasted on the frame. The costly, gold-lacquered, ivoryhandled and inlaia fans are made in Tokio and Kioto.”—lT. R. Griff's Experience.

A famine in the northern provinces of China is producing disastrous consc ?uences. There are thousands of deaths rom starvation daily. Rice is ordered from the south and from Formosa. The Peking authorities have given 100,000 taels and 1,000,000 catties of rice for the relief of the destitute. Hanlin College contributes 1,000,000 piculs of rice. Lie Hung Chang, the Viceroy ot the Chile Provinces, also sends 1,000,000 piculs. It is not believed, however, that any efforts can check the calamity this year. Japanese merchants are shipping large quantities of rice to the North of China, in consequence of the famine there.

A Theory Borne Out by Feets.

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Scheme's Pulmonic Steep, for the Cure of Consumption, Coughs sad Colds. Tht great virtu of this medicine Is that It rlpsao tbs matter and throws it amt at tbs system, pandas the blood, and thus effects a cure. Sch (salt's 8u Wrd Tonic, for the Cure of Dyspepsia, Indigestion, etc. The Tonic produces a healthy action of the atomaOh, Treating an appetite, forming chyle, and coring ihe most obsttnata cases of indlgasthm. a Sohsnck's Maxdbaxk Pnu, for the dare of Liver Complaint, etc. These pUls are alterattva aad produce a healthy action on the lhrer without the least danger, aa they are free from calomel, and yet more emcaciouu In restoring a healthy action of the Hver. T There remedies are a certain cure for Consumption, as the Pulmonic Syrup ripens the matter and purities the blood. The Mandrake Pills act upon ihe liver, create a healthy bile, and remove all diseases of the Uver, often a cause of Consumption. The Sea Weed Tonic gives tone and strength to the stomach, makes a good digestion, and enables the organa to form good blood; and thus creates a healthy circulation of healthy blood. The combined. action of these medicines, as thus explained, will cure every case of Consumption, if taken in time, and the use of the medicines persevered In. Dr. Schenck Is professionally at his principal office, corner Sixth and Anon Sra., Philadelphia, every Monday, where all letters for advice mast ba .aridi—«sA Thx Co-operative Stove Co., of Cleveland, Ohio, has already sold for the coming season’s trade over 6,000 of the wonderful and only successful base-bnrning stove for kJI coat —“ The New Rotary.” We advise our readers to see this stove before purchasing. —Ex. • Wht suffer with Chills? Oro dose of BhaUenlx“rger’s Pills will put you to work. FARMERS Who want a Good Manuro, use Nationalßone Dust and Meatand BoneCuano. They will more than pay the cost in the Increase of yield the first year, permanently Improve the land, produce larger and better crops, and Insure a good stand of grass. Circulars furnished on application. Jterth- VP re ter it Co., 90 West Jackson Street, Chicago. SCHOLARSHIPS. sisswiß'iM. E. E. PRATT. 7# Jaekaon-st, Chicago. A TTKND Business College end Telegraph Inittt’e A.at Kalamaioo, Mich. Board fifia week. Journal free. SSffiffiS? HEXT PRESIDENT Boston, Mass. a Week to Agents. Samples FREE. 3500 H ©4 4 P. O. VICKERY, Augusta, Maine. an OUTFIT FREE, Best Chance Yet Writs at Once. COLLINS A C 0. ,» Clinton Place, N. Y. 8 A fFfif FILED easily, $2. Hew machine. Stamp for iilust circular*. E. Both, New Oxford, Pa. IF AWT®Traveling salesmen# for every county. Liberal Salary or commlislon. Gem MTg Co.,St.Loui*. (l A a Week Salary guaranteed to male A female. 'Send &U stamp for circulars. E M.Bodlne. lndlanap’s.jiid. AGENTS wanted, on salary or commission. NewhusA lness. Address J. B. Massey A Co., St Louis, Mo. Urge DUcoanU W Apula. J. H. BUFFOHD’S SONS, BOSTON. oaassssiAat muiam, Carlwtsmttt.. tbs IINIHrNIaM bent a cheapest Sample copies bj mall,Me. Circular free. WIL M. OONaLOSON, irt PubUshar, Ondmiatl. AlWffi xir GOLD given away to every agent yea I M Circulars free. Samples *3 cts. Empire W■ ■ 'w Novelty Co.. 907 Broadwav. New York COCA A Montis. Agents wanted. 36 beat «J»wSXweelllag articles in the world. One sample free. Address JAY BRONSON, Detroit, Mich. A Jll 1/ Tollman's. Only True Article made. Mil VK Manufactured first in 1860. A delightful Ivl U Wl% perfume. Sold at Drug A Fancv Korea.

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£ The CAMPAIGN Uniform*, OsMjMUfnltomim, Tor*Hr*. VlttQH, Streamer* and all Campaign Goods. Bend for Illustrated List, showing the Uniforms, Torches. 4 ‘gjhftgaai’iaß a ,o ffiSSKvBHH REVOLVERS Nsrw Buffalo Bill Revolver SWIVW Bant with 100 Cartridges focjl. Fm Niciu Fun 1 Satisfaction guaranteed. niuthraUd au*lo**t FREK. WESTERN GUH WORKS, Chicago, 111., PasiUnn-st. (MoOormtcfc Block). P. O. Boa HO. PARENTS Affl) GUARDIANS. The School and Chile** Directory for 1876, 910 psssa _ EvamTTniKO About Schools ; _ Mar and Illustrations or Schoolss Pupil's Kailboad Expbnse paid bttjhs Bumau. Faaa by mall fur pottage (W cts). T. COTES WORTH PINCKNEY, Domeatlo Baildlng, New York. ‘ AGENTS WANTED FOR THE GREAT Centennial history It sells taster than any otHer book ever published One Agent sold 61 copies In one day. Send for our extra terms to Agents. NATIONAL PUBLISHING CO- Chicago, m. ■ eupeonH! and outer places fully attest the greatbeneflu which have resulted from Its use. Rheumatism can be cared. Noone need suffer from NeursjgU, Headache. Berea or Bruises, If they will eooU KVPXOX. Said tot circulars. H. A. HU RLBUT A.CO., 75 A 77 Randolph street. Chicago, Wholesale Western Agents, Green Mountain Renovator, The wslLAaswa HSsd ParUst-, Cures Scrofula, Erysipelas. Tumois. White BwelUngs, Heart Disease, Piles. Fever snd Ague, and all diseases arising from Impure blood. Recommended by eminent Physicians. For sale by all Druggists. See circulars. H. A. HURLBUT * C» 75 *77 Randolph street, Chicago, Wholesale Western Agents.

j . ■■ : iWill jlwLVro & COCKS, B VALUABLE RECIPES I TOOK— 'i ACTUAL EXPERIENCE. FOX THX ftittil* l.OOOßedpflt Recipes furnished oy ladles of Chicago cad adjaeengf towns; name to each recipe. Large amount of other Information, making it a most valuable work. Paper used superb; binding particularly adapted to the kitchen nee. Trad« will be supplied by JANSEN, M» CLURG* CO, W. B. KgEk CoftKS A CO„ ang WESTERN NIC WB CO., CHICASO. Gff'Book will he mailed on receipt of prlae.

Aft H. F. BURNHAM’S Sl 1874 Turbine JkWATER WHEEL lla * displaced hundreds of ether vSiWBW Turbines, but has never bees. The Signal Service Barometer and Thermometer Will detect *n<t Indicate correctly any ehango fn the wwther IX to 34 hour* In advanco. Save* farmer* SO time* It* com mw> bp a son. rent, expr«M paid, on receipt of Send mow mp order or retflutered letter. Agent* wanted. Send atamp tor rfrcular. If. W. POOL *OO., MS Broadway, Haw YortL Wm know Pool it Co. to he honorable nod ndiobU.—Bt «*n AdJ> TrvmrMer. The Enemy of Disease, the Foe * of Fain to Han and Beast, Is the Grand Old MUSTANG LINIMENT, *Bl craiti’so ACHE, SOwS THAT coating *se.. 30c. or *I.OO, has often savsi the life of a human being, and restored ioltfe and ossfiilnsy many a vslashlt hens. Tobacco Users tg 4 NIC-IN-NO6 with their TOBACCO. Prevent* Vertigo, Dizziness. Faintness, Nervousness, without Impairing its Soothing, Comforting and Trant/ullUing powers. Trial Dkgs, by mall 28c. F. STEARNS. Druggist. Detroit. Mlchl THE^FARM^COLBMM. It costa but one cent to send Your address by postal card to either advertiser In this column, with request tor further Information concerning the property advertised. FARMS FOR SALE. 1 AAA ACRE IMPROVED FARM—* on tiJBSL 1 ;UU\fAddress Robert WATsoM.Peabody,Kansas.IOA ACRES, mostly Woodland, In Clark 14U Wisconsin. Address S. B. Hctchikgs, Chicago, 111. KA ACRES GOOD LAND. Well Improved. VoderOU laid with coal. Suitable for Fancy Pigs, Chicken* and Fruit. miles from city of fO,(X» Inhabitant*. Dr J. O. Habbih, Ottawa, La Salle Co.. IIL FARMS AND UNIMPROVED”LANDS, Address - Motto ah Evebtb, Webster City, Hamilton Co-Jew*. BARGAIN—SIxty-flve acres, 7 miles from R. Rdepot, with crop. <I,OOO cash. Title perfect. JabUEOMcKxkziz, Juts vista, Daviess Co., Mo. OAA IN PROSPEROUS NORTH TEXAS, the great* uUU stock and wheat region. Information and do- - scriptiou of Texa* free. E. 8. Graham, Louisville, Ky. IAA ACRES, known as “OldCross"Farm. 3 wells, JLUU good honse, small barn, tr> bearing fruit trees, IW acres In plow-land. Address Dr. M. H. Haskiss, . Amboy, 111. ' 1)1 A ACRES In Dodge Co., Wls., 80 improved, t>Je»- £ Ilf ty timber and water, 4 dwellings, school and i church privileges. M. T. ThoMpso*. Columbus, WhLFKUIT FARM—acres. 2 miles west of BnrUSfum. lowa. House and other Improvements. E. Calkixs. )U SALE OR LEASE-500 acre* on Iron Mt. R. K__ at Horine station, 2S miles from St. Louis, Mo. 14* sere* la cultigstlon. balance well Umbered; 4 good’ homes, orchard and other limirovementa on the tract. For term* and particulars address Mbs. E. M. Hokiwm, Springfield, 111. Oh ACCOUNT OF SICKNESS—Fruit farm, 2H mUew from St. Joseph, Mich., 10 acres; S In young orchard. of all kinds fruits, for sale cheap. bsjcißX Bunv St. Joseph, Mich. ONE MILE south of Sedalla, Mo.—o acres planted Ut> vineyard, orchard and small fruits; suitable far market gardening and fruit farm. A bargain, Saw Miller, Sedalla, Mo. />A ACRES of Good Land, near Toledo. Will be BWl added. If desired, and sold on any length of timet, at eight per cent Interest. Address Chas. F. Hastt, Bodley, Lucas County, Ohio. r A SPLENDID FARM. 340 scree, in high state of ewPtl vat Inn, good house with large cellar, stone mllkhotue. one barn, cribs, sheds, two wells or water, ns cistern, a large apple orchard In full bearing and smaßi fruits, situated 56 miles south of Chicago, 1 niliesowlßt of Kankakee City, which affords superior marked; church and school advantages. Address the owner tor price and terms, at Oswego, Kendsll County. Sa incumbrance and title perfect T. F. Baldwih.

Farms wanted. INARM of 100 to aoo acres, Improved, to Southeastern: J Michigan. Kbllbt Kaos., Toledo, O. LAMP' FOR'' IXCHAWCI. ''' lOOfor exclumge tor anTfoiprovedtonn as port mT. | H.J. RAVVkKgpaaoaa. Toledo, a r" —; S OA OR ISO ACRES Good 1-and near Winona, Warn. OU Address F. A. Kumlbb, Toledo, O. F LARGE OR BMALL TRACTB, near railway sag navigable salt water. In Talbot Co- Md. cifiuat* mild and hcaltWrTltlogood- Particulars free. CL E. Shanahan, Easton, Ms. 64 iwd AmidaS AN'. M. 7. *l7—lt. WHEN WRITING TO AOTKRTISKBS, PLIAWH W NAT TOO SAW THE ADVERT INEHENT-IJA THIS PAPKE.