Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 June 1877 — Page 7

In a Royal Harem.

We were Introduced to Madamo Aali, a very intelligent-looking, amiable little lady, who aalamed us in Turkish style by putting her hand to her forehead and her heart, said a variety of pretty welcomes by means of the interpretress, and taking us by the hand introduced us successively to all the high and mighty female magnates of the land. We were exceedingly disappointed in the toilets of these ladies ; with the exception ot their undervests ot Broussa gauze, they were nearly all dressed in European fabrics of various kinds, full trousers, slippers, an overdress more like the soutane of a Romish priest than any otter garment—the train of which they slip under a belt when they walk, in the same manner that he does. Instead of the long braided tresses which we had expected to see falling to their feet, their hair was cut short, and surmounted by an embroidered gauze handkerchief put on like a turban; but to compensate for the lack of Oriental splendor in the rest of their dress, their jewels far outstripped our imagination. This being the only manner in which Turkish females can safely invest money, and often all tint is left to them at the death or sudden disgrace of their husbands, they seize every opportunity to enrich their store, and the display is certainly dazzling. Madame Anil's turban was surmounted by a wreath erf enormous pansies composed of diamonds, which completely encircled her head; and in the midst of the pansies rose, (mounted on an oscillating wire, a bird, the size of a humming-bird, which was one mass of .diamonds, with flashing ruby eyes. Ear-rings and necklace matched this diadem in magnificence. Most of the other ladies were (literally blazing with jewels, with the exception of the wealthiest and most nobly-born among them, an Egyptian Princess married to one of the Pachas, who, whether from having lost a near relative, or from weariness and contempt of the gewgaws, haa bedizened her numerous attendant slaves with jewels-worth a king’s ransom, and herself remained unadorned. One young married lady, about fifteen, was dressed in a French muslin of a brilliant corncolor, and next under it she had donned a crinoline, which articles were Chen worn very large, so that the effect of -the steels, clearly defined beneath the scant folds of the transparent muslin,was ludicrous in the extreme; but the others looked et her with admiration, as she paraded her French organdie and hoop-skirt before them —her girlish face surmounted with arregal coronet "of magnificent gems, Df the Moslems were harmonious in their dress before the time of Mahmoud, asithey must have been, from the accounts of travelers, its character has disappeared from the effect of has European innovations, for the scarlet fez looks as out of place with the straight-collared coat and modern trousers of the men, as the short hair and French fabrics do on the women.—Scribner for Jr*z.

Diplomatic Correspondence Between a Wary Lady and a Cautionos Lover.

People may talk as much as they please about the exquisite diplomatic skill of Gortschakoffor Bismarck in a long correspondence, but there has been one going on during the past week between a young lady who lives near Union Park and a deck in a big dry goods store downtown, which, for tact and fertility of resource, wecld extort, were it fullyknown, the admiration of all Europe and America. He has been paying the young lady very marked attention for tike last tenk months, aad as she would like to take a wedding trip to the East this summer, or else enter her suit for breach-of-promise before the courts take their vacation, she wants to hurry up things. Accordingly she has begun writing letters to him, aided by her affectionate brother who is studying lor the law; and he, being of a suspicious disposition, is giving«him most guarded replies. Last Saturday week she wrote to him as follows: Saturday, May 5. Dkabxht Howabd—Mamma will a«t>bein this evening. I shall be at home after 7:KO, and am afraid I shall be terribly lonesome if ns<one calls. Ever yours, Ada. When the young mangot this he winked and said to.himself laconically, “Not much she doesn’t,” and wrote bask: Dear Mms Asa —I regret that your vesnected mother will be abeent, as I had intended to call this evening to see if her health had improved. Your note, however, reassures me. You speak of being loneaame. Ah, I know too well the feelings, but in the company of our beloved authors, Milton, Shakespeare, Jeremy Taylor;Watts, and all those immortal friends who are never from home and sever out of temper, how<can we be lonesome? When the young woman had read this as far as “ company of our beloved;” she felt rather triumphant, but at the next word she bowed her beautiful head on her hands and burst dn to tears, saying: “He’s just as mean ae get-out.” Her brother Algernon read it reflectively, and said: “ lie demurs; we must join action and plead to the junisdiction. This is a deep Sis; he doesn’t wear his sting upon his but I’ll fetch him.” Then she dried her tears and wrote: It was unkind of yeu not to come last night; but Ferdinand was tare, and stayed till nearly eleven. He is such a darling fellow; I just dote upon him. But don't .be jealous. The Babbathbells are ringing sweetly. Do you not love the mellow music of the bells? At night I often an my dreams seem to hear .the chiming of a bell—you must know which .eno. “There,” said the brother. “I guess we’ve got him this time. If he answers [that in a letter two lines long Wirt Dexter couldn’t save him fr0m..|10,00(5 damages.” The clerk read it, sat down thoughtfully, and replied: “Don’t be jealous."- Why Should T? True friendship is never selfish; and under all circumstances, no matter how far apart we may be or hew different onr lot in life, J shall be your friend. Ferdinand is, noble fellow, and worthy of your love. When is it to come off? P. B.—l cannot say Ido like the bells, for I like to sleep late on Sunday mornings. The bell you say you hear at nights must be the alarm-bell on the West Lake steeet engine-house. As yen say, I know it, for I often used to hear it whan.l boarded over on Warren avenue. The young man did not conclude this letter without some misgivings, “ because,'” said he to himself, as he read the rough draft, “ it looks a little bit farced—too plain to be artistic. It might be construed that I was trying to beg off. Then, too, 1 don’t quite like the beginning. ‘Why sfaeuld IF seems as if I was so confident of her love that I couldn’t be jealous. Well, I’ll chance it.” So he sent the letter, and when she received it the girl had a fit of dry hysterics, and said :* “ Algernon, you must redress your sister’s wrongs. You must imbrue your hands .” Then she wept again. “I don’t know,” mid her brother, doubtfully; “ he’s bigger’n I am, and tossing about pieces of calico and boxes of thread and playing the counter was a set of parallel bars is powerful in developing the muscle. He’s a brazen, fiery sdrpent, and I always said he was, but if you will go on nursing brazen serpents in your bosom yog most expect them to turn again and

rend you. He must have a counsel learned in the law to advise him; beside, he has taken an impression of his letter in a copying-press. He is a three-ply traitor. Perhaps, though, we can scoop him yet," and so they tried, and, after a session of three hours, produced the following ultimatum: How funny your last letter was! Congratulating mr on my engagement to Ferdinand! The idea! Who better than yourself knows where my affections are unalterably placed? Won’t you come up to-night ? Fa and ma will be at hema, and they will be glad to see you. “ That’s pretty good, I guess,” shesaid, "and italicizing that ‘they’ will make the jury think that all our allusions to the old people were put in to be interpreted the other way. I guess, young man, that’ll make you sick." It did,too, for a while, for when the young man got the letter he read it over backwards ana forwards, and whistled softly copious selections from thirty-five standard operas before he saw his way clear to an answer. “ Yes,” he said bitterly, “ her pa and ma will be at home, but the old man’ll go un-stairs to bed at a quarter to eight, and the old woman’ll go out and tell the servant about putting the dry cod-fish to soak, and forSt to come back—O, I know the old rods line a book. Bully, I’ll take a witness with me 1 That’s it!” So he sat down and wrote: Thank your parents fur promising to be at home, and tell your respected mother that I shall expect her to teach me whist. And so Ferdinand isn’t the happy man; who is? I was just beginning to think that I might, when we knew each other better, come to be a hopeless adorer of yours, but it-seems I am to have no chance. Yon can’t have told me who the groom expectant is to be, or I should surely have remembered. The poor girl did not find much consolation in this, but as she had her parents well drilled in their parts, she looked forward hopefully to the night, being pretty sure that she could keep him there pretty late, make the weakness of her eyes an excuse for turning down the gas, “then," said she, "“my word’ll be as good as his before a ..jury with marriageable daughters.” When the bell rang at 7:35 she started up with a beating heart; and when he entered-with a companion and said, “ I have made bold to bring my friend, Mr. Bt. ," she screamed wildly, “Lost! lost!” and fell fainting to the floor. That is how the matter stands at present. -The young man thinks that he turned her position very neatly in.his last letter, and placed it on record that up to that time he hadn’t been paying -any attention to her. As for the future, that must look out for itself.— GhicagoiTribune.

Beds and Bedding.

Beds and bedding need especial care; on fine days leave your sleeping-room windows open several hours, if possible, and, if not too conspicuous, leave your beds unmade, and let pillows and mattresses eir in the sun. Thoroughly examine the bedsteads —take out toe slats, which.you will probably find covered with dust—(accumulated dust will also be found on the slats of the spring-beds). Wipe this off with hot salt and water. Sait dissolved in a very little water, should be put on on with a small paint-brush in all the corners and crevices of the bedsteads, to prevent vermin from finding a place. If, by any chance, they are already there, this must be repeated as often as twice a week, until they are exterminated. Also wipe the edges of the mattresses well with a cloth wrung out of salt and water. You must meet this matter promptly,-and give it your personal supervision, for, if not attended to at once, they will get the better of yen and cause you great annoyance. If thero should be any spots on your mattresses —try spreading a paste of starch, mixed with a little cold water—let it remain until quite dry, then brush off; if the spot still remains, put a teaspoonful of borax to a pint of cold water, with a little soap; enough to make a good suds. Bcrub the spot with it, using an old nail-brush or small scrubbing-brush; afterward wiping dry with a ctewi cloth. Some housekeepers, when pillow-ticks get stained, and discolored, put them out on the shed or grass-plot in ahardehower, and afterward ary very thoroughly in the sun. This will undoubtedly renovate the feathers and freshen them; but we think it a better, plan to make new pillow-ticks, and change the feathers into them. The old ones can then be washed and boiled, and bleaohed, and put away until the time when the new ones are soiled and need changing. It is generally considered a disagreeable undertaking to fill pillows —but it can be done, even in your parlor, without the slightest inconvenianee—if you only know how. We learned the art a few years ago, of a dear old lady, with whom we were spending |he summer. She came into the bright sitting-room, one morning, with pillows and ticks, and said she was going to change the feathers from one Into the other. “Nat here,”' we cried, starting up with alarm, ana with visions of ‘down and feathers flying all over the room, getting on our clothes and settling in our hair. But ehe-said, very quietly, “ Don’t move; you won’t know it if you don’t look.” But we did look—and learned that we did not know everything. In each pillow-tick she had left an opening in the side seam about five or sic inches long, and at the top (in the middle), one about three inches long. Taking , a pillow in her hand, she shook the feathers away from the side, and down imto .the middle of the pillow, keeping them there with several pins, while she ripped a slit in the side just as long as the one already in the new one. These openings she now sewed together—making a communication between the two. Then she inserted her hand into the space she had left in the end seam, and we pinned it closely about her wrist, leaving no room for the leathers to fly out. Taking the pins out of the pillow, she drew the feathers easily out of one into the other. When they were all out, she carefully removea her hand and the opening was sewed up. The seam between the two, as fast as ripped, was pinned securely, and afterward sewed up. The pins were taken oht, the pillows beaten up into shape, and it was done. This bit of knowledge has beemaf great use to us; let us hope it will prove as valuable to you.—-Christian World.

A Washington letter-writer says “ Miss Waite, daughter of the Chief Justice, has the rare faculty of being able to talk to several people at once." Rare faculty! Oh, ignoramus-' Did you never hear a woman on moving-day tell the daymen how to carry the bureau down-stairs, scream instructions to the woman taking up the carpets, yell at the boy packing the china, tell the hired girl what to do with the tinware and stove furniture, shriek her husband into a cold sweat for emptying half a bushel of soot out of the stove-pipe od the parlor floor, sniff at the woman across the street who wasn’t going to move and was looking on, and scold seven children for nine different things, with one and tike same wag of her flexible tongue ? Rare faculty, indaed',—Burlington HawkEye.

USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

The plow is the emblem of civilization and Christianity.— lowa Stale Regitter. To save cabbages and cucumbers from flies and bugs sprinkle dry lime on them when the dew is on, or, which Is as well, go over the plants first with the sprinkler. To give glass great brilliancy wash with a damp sponge, dipped in spirits, then dust with powdered blue or whiting (tied in a thin muslin bag) and polish with chamois skin. To Remove Bunions.—Take a band of fine, stout linen, three inches bind tightly around the foot and over the bunion —sew it on, if necessary, to keep in place, and wear it almost constantly. This is the only safe way to do. — Exchange. The right time to harrow corn is from the time it is planted until it is coming up, and is nearly showing itself. And again from the time it is two inces high until it five inches. Machines and markers regulated at three feet eight inches generally plant too much seed, and if the harrow disturbs a stalk occasionally, don’t cry.— lowa State Register - Coffee Custard.—Boil one quart of milk with five spoonfuls sugar. Add one cup very strong hot coffee, four beaten eggs, one-half cup corn starch, rubbed very smooth, in a little cold milk. Stir well till smooth, put into cups, and when cool ornament with the beaten whites, just before serving. Another good method is to crush the coffee grains coarsely, and add one spoonful to the boiling quart of milk; then proceed as in an ordinary boiled custard, and strain into cups. Veal Sweet-breads with Tomatoes. —Set over the fire two quarts of nice, ripe, peeled tomatoes; stew half an hour slowly in their own liquor and strain through a coarse sieve; then put in tour or five sweet breads, well trimmed and soaked in warm water; add a little salt and cayenne, and one-quarter of a pound of butter, smoothed in three spoonfuls of flour. Stew slowly till the sweet-breads are well done, or about an hour and a half. A few minutes before dishing stir in the beaten yelks of three eggs. Strawbekby Shobccake. —Into one quart of sifted, prepared flour rub two good tablespoons of butter; mix with about half a pint of sweet milk, handling as little as possible and leaving it soft as it can be molded. Roll out lightly and bake on a flat, round dish, in a quick oven. After allowingdt to cool a little, separate the edges all eround with a fork, and then pull it in two pieces; spread a layer of strawberries, plentifully sprinkled with sugar, upon the bottom layer; on this put tiie other half of the shortcake, with the crust down; add another layer of fruit and sugar, and serve with powdered sugar and milk or cream.

A simple and inexpensive process for making sac-simile cqpies of letters with an ordinary copying I press Is announced. The letter is first written with a very strong aniline ink, acd is then suffered to dry naturally without the use of a blotter. When diy, a sheet of transfer-paper is dampened (as in ordinary copying) and laid over the letter, and both are placed in a leather folio or “ printing pad,” and placed in a common press. On taking these from the press, the transfer-paper has a copy of the letter in reverse, and, while this is still wet, writing-paper is laid on it, and the two are again submitted to the press. This gives a sac-simile of the letter, and a number of copies may be taken from the transfer-paper in the same way till the copies become faint. To take more copies, the transfer may be restored by dampening the back of the transfer paper, or by taking a second, or even third, transfer from the original letter. This process recommends Itself for simplicity and cheapness, and seems likely to prove as useful as the ordinary copy-ing-presis.—Scribner for June.

Poultry Yard Notes.

A daily ration of green food is an actual necessity for laying hens. Vegetables, either raw or cooked, of which they are very fond, supply in a measure the place of green diet. Onions chopped , fine and mixed with their food are very wholesome, and in many cases a preventive of disease. There is no green food so good for growing chicks as onion tops, cut up fine; they should always be fed something of this kind when it is necessary to house them on account of inclement weather. Put away choice eggs with the name of breed and date of laying until some hen wants to set. Select a good clean nest and put in a china tegg, hang a piece of board over the nest to keep the hen in and outsiders out. Put the hen on the neat and shut the door; if she is wild, a few hours will'quiet her, .and by evening the valuable eggs may be substituted for the china one. The eggs should not be more than thirteen days old, and marked with the date of setting, in order to know when to expect the brood to hatch out. Feed setting hens with corn once in twenty-four hours. Close the doors of the hen-house, lift the hens from the nest by their feet, provide them with com, fresh water and a box of sifted ashes or road dsst. Close the nests find leave the hens for twenty minutes, when they will be ready for their nests. During the latter part of the three weeks sprinkle the eggs daily with lukewarm water, while the hens are .feeding. If the hen was set late in the day the chickens should hatch out at evening or in the night; by the next day they should be ready to leave the nest Put a mixture •of kerosene on their heads and under their wings, and move them with their mother to a clean coop. Darken this coop somewhat for a couple of days, so that the hen may keep herself quiet and her chicks warm. Cover the floor of the coop with sifted ashes. It pays, And pays well, to keep poultry if cared for as they should be. The guano alone, if well housed, is worth more than it costs to keep the fowls. No department of the farm is so geaerally neglected as the poultry yard. Pure Lred fowls pay much better than tbe common ones. If farmers would raise more poultfry for their own table, as a change from the monotony of pork, they would have better health.— N. X. Herald.

The Watercress Trade in Paris.

Watercresses are now an important article of commerce in Paris, where their consumption has of late years increased enormously. Formerly Paris depended for its watercresses on crops gathered by night from brooks and ponds by persons who made it their business to traverse the country for some miles around the city in search of them, and they were, as a rule, of very inferior quality. In 1810 an officer of the French Army, being at Erfurth, saw a number of wide ditches filled with spring walercresses, and conceived the idea of forming in the Valley of Nonette, Semis and Chantilly, a similar cress-growing establishment conducted on a system. This led to a great development of cress-culture and of the market for this plant. Other cress-growers started in business in the environ* of Paris, and at the present time,

at all seasons, more than thirty cartloads of cresses are sent into Paris daily, each load being worth about 300 francs, representing a consumption of about 0,000 francs’ worth of cresses in the twenty-four hours, or more than 3,000,000 francs’ ($600,000) worth a year.— Pall Mall Ga eette.

Consumption Cured.

An old Physician, retired from active practice, having had placed In his hands by an East India Missionary the formula of a simple Vegetable Remedy, for the speedy and permanent Cure of Consumption, Bronchitis, Catarrh, Asthma, and nil Throat and Lung Affections, also a positive and Radical Cure for Nervons Debility and all Nervous Complaints, after having thoroughly tested its wondetful curative powers in thousands of cases, fe< Is it his duty to make it known to his suffering fellows. Actuated by this motive, and a conscientious desire to relieve human suffering, he will scud (free of charge) to all who desire it, this recipe, with full directions for preparing and successfully using. Sent by return mail by addressing, with stamp, naming this paper, Dr. W. C. Stevens, 12ti Powers’ Block, Rochester. N. Y. WiLHorr’s Axti-Pbriodic or Fbvbb am> Agub 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 prescribed 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. G. R. Finlay & Co., Proprietors, New Orleans. For Salr bt all Druggists.

Rheumatism Quickly Cured.

Dubang’s Rheumatic Rbmbdy, the great Internal JMieitie, will positively cure any case of Rheumatism on the face of the earth, no matt rof how long standing. Price 91 a bottle: six bottles, $5. Sold by all druggists. Send for circular to Hrlphbnstinb & Bentley, Druggists, Washington, D. C. Rufus Blanchard, 132 Clark street, Chicago, has just published a Map of the Northwestern States, size 38x50 inches. It shows Counties, Towns and Railroads as plain as the letter press of a Family Bible, and Is the best Business Map we have yet seen. Canvassers would do well to secure the agency of it, by addressing Mr. Blanchard.

Constipation.

Persons suffering with this painful condition of the digestive organs will experience permanent relief by the use of Dr. R. A. Wilson’s Pills. They have been thoroughly tested in this and other diseases. B. L. Fahnestock & Co., proprietors, Pittsburgh. Sold by Dealers generally. “ Mr Dear,” said Mr. S , to his blooming helpmeet, “ I must congratulate you on your improvement in cakes, biscuit, bread, rolls, every kind of pastry in short.” “Oh!” said the wife, “ I’ve solved the secret by using the greatest thing in the market for baking —Dooley’s Yeast Powder, Henceforth I’ll use no other.”

“Brown’s Brerchial Troches."

Coughs and colds are often overlooked. A continuance for any length of time causes irritation of the Lungs or some Chronic Throat Disease. 11 Brow*'• Bronchial Trochee" are an effectual Cough Rbmxdy.

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A Magnificent Tribute I Ole 801 l had mode every arrangement for Ms de parture to Norway. America bad received Mm well, and he bad enchanted America with the (trains of bl» vloiln. Wherever he had been, the musical talent of the country bad •orreaderod their bigbeat encotnluma, and the great inusiciaa looked back upon Ma snecesses with a feeling of regret that he mat leave the land tn which ho had achieved them. A grand complimentary concert had been planned tor him, and the Everett Boom* in New York were thronged with the friend* who bad come to pay homage to hl* genius and bld him farewell. Musicians whose fame bad flooded the land and crooeed the water clustered around him. Men who had become the high priests of mnslc filled the rooms. It was a grand tribute to the old man’s succeas tn life, and one which he never forgot, even when the storm* of congratulation tell around him In Ma native land. _ The concert opened with Rossini’s overture to •’ Semlramlde," arranged for piano and violin. Mia, Annie A. Watson, niece of Mr. J. Jay Wataon. bad been aelectcd to accompany Ole Bull, and th* vaat audience aat In amazement as the grana old opera flooded the rooms. It seemed aa If fresh Inspiration touched ibe airtuga of the violin that night, and In sweet accord arose the strains or the piano, enriching the effort* of the great artist, and expounding the music as never bad the chorda of piano expounded It before. Writing to a friend about the concert, Mr. Wataon said: ** Before the overture was finished I bad decided that a great revolution had been effected in planomaklug—the beautiful Uhe and wonderful equality throughout Ita whole com xass captivated me at once, and afthungh the • Everett Rooms' are exceedingly deficient la their construction. In point cf musical acoustics. several prominent musical artists present assured me that the most delicate passage* executed upon the Instrument were perfectly distinct in every part of the hall. Since the date of this concert the Mathuahek piano haa been my favorite. Ole Bull remarked, a short time since, while examining the equalized seal", * that It would remedy the great evil that had bean the cause of so many failures in constructing pianos by the continual drawing of many thousand pounds’ weight upon one part of the Instrument; this continual strain from a given part causes the piano* made upon ordinary principles to become comparatively worthless In a few years, while the new and scientific Improvement of the equalizing scale render* it actually an Impossibility for the pianos to become strained or warped In any way.* ‘Comparisons are always odious,' but I do not hesitate to say that the Mathushek pianos are undoubtedly the most reliable Instruments made. Experience has taught me that persons purchasing pianos should a«k themselves the question, before selecting one, * Where can we purchase instruments that will sound well after ten years' use ?' Pianos may have a charm when we first hear them, bnt in a few months they will begin to show their weak points, and. In a couple of years at the farthest, become more like the tinkling of a cracked cow-bell than a musics! Instrument. I firmly believe that the Mathuahek pianos will last a life-time, and the day Is not far dlatant wben this Instrument will take the lead of every other now in use." The Incressed sale of these pianos and the constant demand have compelled Messrs. Peltok A Pom* boy, the Chicago Agents, to move into larger and more commodious warerooms, at No. 150 State street, where all classes of Instruments of tbe celebrated Mathuahek make are on exhibition. Pensions, Prizes. Bounty and Claims of all kinds promptly collected. Soldiers disabled in tbe service (though bnt slightly lean get pension; if dead, tbe widow or child can get it. Most pensions can be increased. If discharged for wounds, injuries (rupture), full bounty is paid. Apply at once or you will be too late. Have had five years* experience at the front as a soldier; H years as Pension Agent. letters cheerfully answered and full information given free where stamp is Inclosed. Send 10c. for Bounty and Pension Laws. Please give me a trial. Address E. R. WEEDEN, Chicago. 111. SW~ No charges unless claim is allowed and paid. The Human Eoeemntlve should be carefully engineered, otherwise it may run off the track of life at any moment. To keep its delicate Internal machinery In perfect trim, or to put it In good working condition when out of order, is the peculiar province of Tarrant’s Effervescent Seltzer Aperient. The thoroughness with which it cleanses, without Irritating the bowels: the tone and vigor which It imparts to the stomach: its appetizing effects; its cooling, refreshing operation In fever; tbe relief it affords in headache: its antiblliotu properties, and its superior merits as a general corrective, justify the assertion tbattt is, beyond all comparison, the most valuable family mtsHclae of tbe age. A. L STUSOft American Express Building, OHICAOO, XXZXs., WILL FILL OBDXBS FOB ’ndla-Bubber Clothing:, Beltinc, Hose, Machinery, Seines, Cordage, Tents and Flags; CHILDREN’S CARRIAGES, ETC.; Books, Notabial Seals and Btatiosxby; SEALING-WAX ; FINE OREBB MATERIALS | Hotel and Household Goods ; Cj9LXt.X > Zl*Fiei (85 eta. to $2 per yarn.) RIFLES, GUNS AND PISTOLS; Pianos, Music and Musical Goods, WATCHES AND JEWELRY. 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THE ORIGINAL AND ONLY GHKTTJINR] “Vibrator” Thresliing Machines, ■-■ ■ —a— CONSISTING OF T Complete Horse-Power Establishments, with 24-ftcn, 28-lnch and 32-lnch Cylinders, and 6,8, 111 or 12 Horse Powers to match. Two Styles of Monnted Horse Powers; our improved “Triple Gear,” and Unproved ” Spur Sneed (Woodbury style), both kinds moanred on four wheels, and special sizes made tor s, K 10 or 12 burses. Complete Hr earn Power Ontflia; our unrivaled "Vibrator” Separator,., made expressly for Steam Power, with 32-inch Cylinder and -IMnch Separator, or%-lncb Cylinder and 48-lneh Se;uir.iting and cleaning parts, with all the other parts proportionately capacious and full of “buslneaa’-; also, cor inatclilesaMtcnin Thresher Engine., of cur own mike, beyond rivalry in Power, Durability, Easy Firing, Beauty of Design. Perfect Workmanship, Elegant Fl.tisb, complete ft every detail and ft nil refpec-u a fit companion for our celebrated Steam Separator, % Our “Tibrater” Separators “•lone,” made expressly for Steam Power, and to match to any and all other make of Engine., also, perfectly adapted to go with any and all other n.akeof Horae powers Four sizes, ranging from 21 to 8»-lneh length of Cylinder, and 8« to 48 inches width of Separating parts. . The.World.Wl4e Reputation of our matchless “vibrator" Thresher* for rapid threshing, perfect saving, adndrable cleaning, no wastage, cleanliness, economy in repairs, durablltty. ease of tnanageueot and a general superiority In various other respects, la now fully esb.bliahed and generally recognized. The Acknowledged Head and Front of Grain Thresh its, end especially superior fl grain be damp or wet. wMla for Flax, Timothy, and like Seeds, no ollpr macMbu* can mWaUn claim any eompariton. 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Mr head haeelnee been perfectly free Irom nincou* accumulation*, my breathing eaay, and not a aymprom of trouble about my back and bowola ha* presented itself. Its effect la my case baa been truly remarkable. Very respoctfolly, RM. TALE. Ball and Awnlag Maker, 2 South Market fit* Each package contains Dr. Sanford’S Improved In. kallng Tube, with full directions for use in all caaea. Price 01M per package. For aale by all wholesale and retail druggist* throughout the United States. WEEKS A POTTER, General Agents ami Wholesale Druggists, Boston. MS COLLINS’ VOLTAIC PLASTERS. "electricity As a grand curative and restorative agent Is not equalled by any element or medicine in the history of the healing art. Unless the vital spark haafied the body, restoration by means of electricity is possible. It is tbe last resort of all phyaiclans and surgeons, and has rescued thousands, apparently dead, from an Untimely grave, when no other human agency could have succeeded. 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