Rensselaer Union, Volume 10, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 January 1878 — Page 3

The Rensselaer Union. RENSSELAER, .< . INDIANA.

MY AVIARY. Through «ny north window, in the wintry weatb*hSi , . Myni ry orte! on the rhrrr-*h«re— I watch tb« nea-fowl iui they flock together. Where Ute the boatman flaehed hie dripping jt oar. The Bull, hiffh floating, like a »loop nnlsden Lets the loose water waft him aa it will; The dock, round-breasted as a rustic maiden. Paddles and plunge*, busy, busy still. 1 Nee the solemn Balls in council.sitting On somo broad ice-floe, pondennß lons and late. While overhead the home-bound ducks are flittin ir. And leave the tardy conclave in debate, Those weighty questions in (heir breasts revolving Whose deeper meaning science never learns, Till at some reverend elder's look dissolving, The speechless senate silently adjourns. But when along the waves the shrill north-easter Shrieks along through the laboring coaster's shrouds “ Beware T' The pale bird, kindling like n Christmas f caster When some wild chorus shakes the vinous air. Flaps from the leaden wave in fieroc rejoicing. Feels heaven’s dumb lightning thrill his torpid Now on the blast his whistling plumage poising. Now wheeling, whirling in fantastic curves. • Such is gall; s gentleman of leisure. Leas fleshed than feathered; bagged, you'll find him such; His virtue silence; his employment pleasure; Not bad to look at, and not good for much. What of our duck ? He has some high bred oousins— His Grace the Canvas-back, My Lord the Brant— Anat and Aitier— both served up bv dozens. At Boston’s Bocher, half-way to Nahant. As for himself, he seems alert and thriving'— G rube up a living somehow—what, who knows ? Crabs? mussels? weeds?—Look quick! there’s one Jnst diving! Flop! Hplash! his white breast glistens-down heaoeal And while he’s under—just about a minute — I take advantage of the faet to say His fishy carcase lias no virtue in it The gunning idiot's worthless hire to pay. He knows you! “ sportsmen” from suburban alleys. Stretched under seaweed in the treacherous punt; Knowß every lazy, shiftless lont that sallies Forth to waste powder—as he says, to “ hunt.” I watch you with perfect satisfaction, Well pleased to discount your predestined lack; The float that figures in yoursly transaction Will carry back a goose, but not a duck. Shrewd is our bird; not easy to ontwit him! Sharp is the outlook of those pin-head eyes; Still, he is mortal and a shot may hit him. One cannot always miss him if he tries. Look! there’s a young one, dreaming not of dan- — ” .‘ger} - --f Sees a flat log come floating down the stream; Stares undismayed upon the harmless stranger: Ah! were all strangers harmless as they seem! II abet! a leaden shower his'breast has shattered; Vainly he flatters, not again to rise; His soft white plumes along the waves are scattered; Helpless the wing that braved the tempest lies. He sees his comrades high above him flying To seek their nests among the island reeds ; Strong is their flight; all lonely he is lying Washed by the crimson water as he bleeds. O Tbou who carest for the tailing sparrow, Canst Thou the sinless sufferer’s pang forget? Or it Thy dread account-book’s page so narrow Its one long column scores Thy creatures’ debt? Poor gentle guest, by nature kindly cherished, A world grows dark with thee in blinding One little gasp—thy universe has perished. Wrecked by the idle thief who stole thy breath! Is t his the whole snd story of creation. Lived by its breathing myriads o’er and o’er— Ono glimpse of day. then black annihilation— A sunlit passage to a sunless shore ? Give back our faith, ye mystery-solving lynxes! Robe us once more in Heaven-aspiring creeds! Happier was dreaming Egypt with her sphynxes, The stony convent with in cross and beads! How often paring where a bird reposes, Rocked on the wavelets, drifting with the tide, I lose myself in strange metempsychosis And float a sea-fowl at a sea-fowl’s side. F'rom rain, hail, snow in feathery mantle muffled. Clear-eyed, strong-limbed, with keenest sense to hear • • - I My mate soft mnrmuring, who with plumes unruffled, Wbere’er l wander stall is nestling near ; , — -» • The great blue hollow like a' garment o’er me; Space all unmeasured, unrecorded time; Wlide seen with inward eye moves on before me ’Thought’s pictured trail ' lfiworldless pantomime. - A voice recalls me.—From my window turning I find myself a plumelesg biped still; No beak, no claws, no sign of wings discerning— In fact with nothing bird-like but my quill. —O.lcer Wendell Uolinet , in Atlantic Monthly.

MINE HOST’S STORY.

“Well, yes, the Indians did get pretty dose to us, but I never heard of more than one being seen here,” replied mine host, an intelligent young farmer in the Town of L , one of the border settlements of Minnesota. “But there has been so much written about that terrible massacre that my story will seem stale, I fear.” I thought I saw a merry twinkle in his eyes as he looked athis wife, a very pretty little woman, too young to look matronly, but not too young to be the neatest, prettiest littlewiie““m the world. “ Oh, tell it by all means!” I urged, tilling ifiy pipe from the plethoric pouch which he offered me. “ Well—l will,” said he, after a moment’s thought, during which time his head became enveloped in a cloud of blue smoke; but I must be brief. You see, it was a much wilder spot about here than it is now. The village was simply a few straggling huts, yet improving rapidly. This house was just completed—the most pretentious dwelling for miles around; and where you see all those well-cultivated farm-houses was an unbroken waste of land. “ Carringsford—John Carringsford—owned this place then. He came from the East, where fortune had frowned upon him. Comparatively.poor in his native city, he was reckoned in these parts, where there was more land than money to buy, a perfect nabob. He was just the least bit proud of his position, putting on considerable style, yet he was a very good sort of a man at heart. “He had a daughter—a young lady of rare personal beauty and accomplishments. To tell you that Maud Carringsford’s hand was sought by nine-tenths of the young men about here, would bo repeating what you have already surmised. At first Maud treated her awkward aud bashful, yet true-hearted admirers, with chilling aisdain; but as time wore on she became accustomed to her new and wild, life, and she gradually lowered her aspirations to a proper level! “ Her father, however, was not so easily influenced. You know the adage :about teaching an eld dog new tricks. John Carringsford had not quite shaken off the dust of city life, and to marry his daughter to one of those country boors, as he termed them, was not to be thought of for a moment. You.oan guess he made it quite unpleasant for those young aspirants for Maud’s hand. They dropped off one by one, until only Charley Merriman was left. He was not frightened by John Carringsford’.'i dignity. He hau seen something of city life, although he never prided himself enough upon the fact to tell it Jie had been in tjie West long enough

to get some of the polish rubbed off, but he had not forgotten everything. He was the least objectionable of all Maud's suitors, but ho wore cowhide boots and flannel shirts, and all those sort of things, and John Carringsford couldn’t go him quite. “ Charlie understood all this, but he considered her too valuable a prize to relinquish without some efforts, and John Carringsford grew to like him after awhile for bis perseverance. No doubt he would have givon Maud to Charlie if a new aspirant had not appeared in the person of a very elegant young man named Silas Wheeler. “ Tnis new-comer was quite a curiosity about hero. He was got up regardless of expense, and to hear him talk one would suppose that he was abundantly able to buy the whole of Minnesota and the northern tier of counties in lowa. “John Carringsford was taken with him at once, and he was taken with Carringsford. He became a frequent visitor at Carringsford’s. It was not hard to guess that Maud was the attraction; neither was it difficult to see that John Carringsford was pleased that it was so. Ho gave Wheeler every encouragement, while Maud did not repulse him. - * ‘lt looked rather blue for Charlie Merriman. His friends pitied him, but he only laughed at them. “ ‘ Don’t worry about me,’ he would say, ‘ I am willing to wait.’ “ About this time the Indians began to be troublesome. Reports of their outrages were brought to us every day or two. Settlers, fleeing from a horrible death, came in singly, or by dozens and scores; and at night the sky to the north and the west of us was lit up by lurid glares, which told too plainly that the red fiends were at their desolating work. We made preparations to defend to the last the homes we had labored so hard to build up. “John Carringsford was as much alarmed as any one, and our common danger made him one of us. Not 80 with the elegant Silas Wheeler. ‘“lam not going to stand here to be scalped,’ said ne to Carringsford one day, when the rumors were more appalling than ever. ‘lf you want to risk your lives with these bumkins, of course I cannot prevent it, but I protest against endangering Maud’s life by such foolhardiness. “ ‘ What would you do?’ asked Carringsford, influenced by Wheeler’s words. “ *1 would marry Maud and take her to a place of safety.’ “John Carringsford did not reply immediately. Tne fear that this child might fall into the hands of the merciless savages had troubled him more than a little, and he had thought of this same plan a hundred times. After some reflection he said: “ ‘ Set the time, Mr. Wheeler.’ “ ‘ replied Silas. ‘1 would have liked a more pretentious wedding than we shall be able to have on so snort notice, but under the circumstances, it is useless now to think of it.’ “Charlie Merrtman overheard this conversation. He was coming to the house to contradict some false rumors of the morning, but hearing Mr. Carringsford and Mr. Wheeler in conversation, he hesitated about interrupting them. “ ‘So far along as that!’ he muttered, when he heard the plan; ‘I mast see Maud at once.’ “He slipped softly away from the door, and went round to the back of the house. He found Maud, and they talked long and earnestly together. Then Charlie hastened away. “Short as the time was, when the hour arrived, everything was in readiness for the wedding, m the presence of a few invited guests, Silas Wheeler led Maud Carringsford to the altar. " Probably not one person in that room thought of Indians at that moment. All eyes were turned toward the bride and bridegroom, and silence reigned there. Just as the pkstor opened his lips to commence the ceremony, a blood-chilling whoop smote the cars of the inmates of that room; and the next instant a hideously-painted savage leaped in through the window .screaming and yelling liko a thousand demons. “ The little party ytere taken so completely by surprise, that they lied panic stricken from the house, supposing thHt they were surrounded. “ When the men recovered from their momentary fright, they rushed back into the house, but the savage was gone. He had accomplished his object, however; pretty Maud Carringsford was a prisoner. So was Silas Wheeler.

“ ‘God spare her!’ prayed the father. * God save them both!’ ,Jl‘ After tMs outburst of prayer, ho turned to the men who stood about him, and shouted, •To the rescue!” “ At the end of another five minutes, a dozen mounted men were galloping away through the darkness, with John Carringsford at their head. “They searched all night, but found no trace of the savages, or of the captives. About daylight they rode back to John Carringsford’s. Charlie Merriman and Maua stood at the door. “ ‘ I have brought her back to you,’ said Charlie. “ joy was too great for utterance, but he wrung Charlie’s hand, and then clasped Maud to his breast. “Charlie was overwhelmed with questions, but he quietly answered: “ ‘ While you were planning I was executing. I had a good mile the start of you. Poor Wheeler! I fear we shall never see him again! I tried to catch up with him, but it was no use.’ “Well, we never did see Wheeler again. I don’t think Mand cared much for the loss, however, for She soon married —the Indian.” “ Good heavens!” I exclaimed; “is it. possible?” “ Yes,” replied mine host, “ His name was Charlie Merriman.” This revelation came upon me so unexpectedly, that at first I did not “ see heat?, however, and I laughed at Charlie’s ruse. , “What of Wheeler? Ido not quite see that yet.” “ He fled from the house the moment the supposed Indian appeared, mounting his horse and dashed away. By some strange oversight he took the wrong direction,and Charley chased him until he felt sure he would not venture back. I have since learned that he reached the settlement without mishap. 1 have no doubt he believes to this day, he was chased by a real savage.” ■ “ And Charley—does ’he still five about here?” I asked. “ I have been telling you my own story,” replied mine host. Allow mu to introduce to you Maud Carringsford Merriman, the heroine of the only remmiseenee of the Minnesota massacre that ended happily,”— Crick# on the Hearth. rr *

HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

—.Nearly all trials with house-plants are spiders, lice, etc., and no blossoms. Frequent sprinklings and water on the stove counteracts those complaints to a large degree. —State Register. —A correspondent of the Dental Cosmos says that the beat treatment in' regard to offenaivo breath is the use of pulverized charcoal, two orthree tablespoonfuls per week, taken in a glass of water before retiring for the night. —Dark Steamed Pudding.—To be steamed two and a half or three hours. One cupful molasses, one cupful sweet milk, two cupfuls butter, four cupfuls flour, one teaspoonful soda, three-quar-ters cupful fruit; spice to suit the taste; to be eaten with sour sauce. —Meat Pies.—A good very dry crust, one pound of flour, half pound of butter, naif pound of lard; after making the paste proceed in the usual way. After rolling in the butter and lard oilce, let It stand a half-hour; then roll as above, and let it stand ten minutes in a very cool place. Roll in the remainder twice without letting it stand. --Plum-Pudding.—One half pound suet, one pound flour, half pound, dried currants, naif pound stonedraisins, two eggs, one nutmeg, half tablespoonful cinnamon, half teaspoonful cloves, half tablespoonful salt, one and a half cupfuls milk, citron if you like, spread the suet and rub it through the flour; mix the fruit and dredge flour over it; beat the eggs very light, add the milk to suet and flour, then eggs, then fruit; dip pudding-bag into cold water, turn wrong side out, flour well, turn the batter in and tie, leaving room for pudding to swell, boil constantly three and a naif hours; serve with sweet sauce.

—Let every farmer, where jt is practicable, periodically weigh his stock this winter, sheep and pigs especially, and let him rest assured, when he finds their weights at each successive weighing stationary, or nearly so, that he is losing money and wasting his feed. No animals pay that barely exist. The horse loses power and endurance, the cow shrinks her milk, the light clip of wool and the scanty number of puny lambs in the spring tell the tale of the sheep, and the poor pig, the most neglected of all, we fear, too often becomes a bag of bones. II is on behalf of the latter that we particularly plead, and more especially on behalf of his younger brothers and sisters. If we are to have thrifty pigs next spring, they must have snug pens, plentifully supplied with bedding, together with warm, nutritious diet. Warm food in winter is highly desirable, both for comfort and digestion. —Country Gentleman.

Fattening Stock in Winter.

It is patent to all who have made live stock a study, that one of the indispensable conditions to success is that they be kept both dry and warm. That is, they should not be exposed to storms of rain nor the freezing winds of winter. It is well known that animals cannot be successfully fattened in winter, nor can they be made to more than hold their own even under the best feeding, unless they be provided with good warm quarters in stables, or the equivalent in well-covered sheds, where the wind may not reach them. Even where good sheds are provided, the stock is checked and does not gain flesh during the prevalence of storms, and very oftr en with the greatest care, animals during such periods will lose flesh, despite the efforts to prevent it. To keep the animal economy intact, a certain quantity of food is necessary. All the animal eats over and above the quantity necessary to supply . waste.goes to increase the original weight. If »t takes a bushel of com to keep up the animal heat and waste daily, and a bushel is all the animal can consume, then the feeder loses daily the bushel so fed. If a bushel of corn worth forty cents bo capable of making eight pounds of flesh, worth five cents per pound, and the bushel makes this eight pounds over and above the animal waste, the feeder, saves the value of the manure, and the difference in transportation, of, 8 vs. 50 pounds to market.. He also saves the difference in the value of a steer weighing, say 1,200 pounds in ordinary flesh, and worth three cents per pound, and, the fattened one, weighing 1,400 pounds, and worth five cents per pound fat, this would amount to $34, and would pay for feeding eighty-five bushels of corn. In this case, to make all come gut right, the eighty-live bushels of corn must have produced 200 pounds of gain or nearly two and a third for each bushel fed. As a rule, stock fed in the fields increase but little if any during winter, 100 pounds gaiirto the steers is a very good one. In stables, where the conveniences for feeding are good, 200 pounds and over may easily be laid on, unless the season be exceptionally untoward; and, here again, the disability will act with greater force out of doors than in. The principal question is, Will it pay better to feed out of doors, where the stock are subject to storms, in any event? Decidedly no; shelter of some kind is essential to success. Good sheds, protected by timber, will keep out rain, and also cold to a good degree. For the prairie, the need of artificial shelter is more pronounced. Then they must be made both wind and rain proof. Then, with water in abundance,! stock may.be successfully and economicallyfattened, with corn at average Western prices. But, the greater tne value of corn, the greater the economy or increased shelter. —Prairie Farmer.

Marketing Grain and Produce.

It is not an unreasonable assertion to say that about one-half of the profits in farming consists in knowing just how, when and where to market produce. A and B may be neighboring farmers; they have farms of about the same size and with out iittio u any uiiicrcnco in the number of petes tilled each year and the condition of those acres; yet while A sums up at the end of the year quite a snug balance of profit, B has but a very moderate cash balance as the result ofnis year's labors. The crops may have been equally good and harvested properly, yet the net proceeds were wiqely different. A discovered by consulting the market reports in the papers, and by keeping his eyes open in other directions, when and where to send his grain, etc. He took pains to ship only in the best condition and realized only the best market prices, while liis freight bills were only what he would have had to pay op the same quantity of poor produce. B was ignorant of all this. In regard to grain, we think that in most cases it pays best to feed most if not all the grain(whest excepted) on the farm, and ship it in the form of meat. Even if you do not receive any

more for your meat than will barely pay you for your labor of feeding and what you would have gotten for your grain, still you are making a very nice profit on tno laTgo quantity of rich manure which you have made during your feeding; it is right on tho place where you want it, without the trouble and expense of hauling it a long distance, which is often done. You are thus losing nothing on your grain and are annually enriching your farm, which should be tho object of all farmers. If one farmer holds his wheat until a big rise in the markets (which may never come), and another ono sells as soon as it is lit for market, say for a period of ten years, and a strict account be kept of the same by each, it will be found that the latter one has realized the most for his wheat, for he suffers no loss by shrinkage, by rats, in interest, etc., as undoubtedly does the former. Wo have known some farmers hold on their wheat for several months, in somo cases borrowing at a good round rate of interest to see them through, and then at last be forced to sell at a much lower rate than they could have gotten in the forepart of the season to get cash to use m liquidation of bills and to carry on the operations of the farm. With hay the matter is somewhat different, for there is not so much loss, and it can, with less expense, be held till the market is good, though we would here say that much of the trouble consists in not knowing just when that point has arrived, for some are so anxious to get the top-notch price, they hang on till that time has passed and are willing to sell for a comparatively low one. When it has reached a paving figure, which every farmer should know, then sell freely. As a rule, home markets will generally return a larger average profit on Bmall fruit than will distant markets where the long freights, commissions, cartage, etc., eat up much of the profits. By watehing the markets closely, a farmer can usually form a good idea of when to ship. Tho commission merchant who receives and sells his goods, if a good, reliable one, will keep the farmer well posted in regard to prices and supply. The condition in which any kind of farm produce is shipped has much to do with the price. We can readily prove this by a single experience of our own: By taking pains to have our strawberries sent to market only in the best condition, we receive from two to two and one-half cents more per quart than the regular prices. This paitt for picking and part of the transportation charges. — D. Z. Evans, Jr., in Ohio Farmer.

Relative Importance of Studies.

Evidently the most useful knowledge, for without it all other knowledge would be worthless, is that which teaches us to escape the perils by which on every side we are constantly beset. Here Nature has done much, and our every-day experience compels us to be constantly learning the lessons of selfpreservation. Yet how imperfect our knowledge in this department is, may be judged from the fact that very few of ns eanibesaid-.to b& in. perfect health. And—it-is—indeed surprising, that many people seem rather tb'glOFV in their ignorance. A man who will blush to admit his ignorance on some point of heathen mythology will yet confess that he does not know the functions of the liver or lungs. Next in order of importance is that knowledge which enables ns to earn a livelihood. Here, too, science is of supreme importance; for, do we but shovel dirt, the labors of the chemist, physicist, mathematician, mechanic, anil perhaps astronomer, were required in collecting the material, and constructing the instrument, with whieh we work. Hardly is there any occupation of civilized life, that is not directly dependent upon science. Of third importance, because only by the two foregoing does it become of value, is the knowledge of the proper way in which to real’ the young, if the sciences of psychology and physiology were better, we do not say perfectly, understood, how much better physically, intellectually and morally, would be the condition of future generations! Of fourth importance is the knowledge of one’s duties as a citizen; anti to acquire this, a knowledge of the elements of sociology is“necessary. This can well be obtained by tho study of organized history; not the history that treats of battles and defeats, that this is prolific in names and dates, but Tliat which treats of manners, customs, morals.

Of fifth and least importance, comes the knowledge by which we obtain the relaxations and pleasures which fill our leisure time and render life more enjoyable. Under this head comes an acquaintance with language, literature, art,' music and the like. But here, too, science is at least co-equal; for more and more is a thorough, knowledge of acoustics becoming necessary to the skilled musician, and the-best artist is he who most closely translates Nature, The great poet is of nefcessity a good psychologist; then, too, what poetry can appeal more strongly to the imagination than that long streak of traprock, those parallel scratches on yotfdcr ledge, that handful of silicious earth, or piece of chalk? — N. Y. School Journal.

Two Children Die of Hydrophobia.

’ About three months ago two of the children of Mrs. Ferlin, residing on Jourdan avenue, near the levee, were playing in the green near tho residence of their parent, and were attacked by a savage dog, the property of a colored woman named Mme. Pierre, and severely bitten. One of the two, a little boy, aged two years, was bitten in the arm and face and the girl in the ankle. The dog, at the request of the owner, was killed immediately and the children attended by a physician. A few days after the children were, it was thought, well, and played around the house as usual. One month later- the. boy complained of being ill, and, after a-fevr days, dicd es what wasdeclared by the physician to be hydrophobia. Just one month and two days after the depth of the little boy, last Saturday, Viotorine told her mother that her leg, at the place where she had been bitten, pained her. Hardly had the child been removed to her bed than she complained of violent pains in the stomach and expressed an ardent desire for water; but as soon as the liquid was handed to her she repulsed it The next day, whenever anyone would approach, she would complain that their breathing was so violent that it annoyed her extremely, and during the four days of her illness, whenever any of the dogs of the house would enter her room she would scream and oriter it taken away. On Wednesday the pains increased considerably, and, after terrible agony, Victorias died at two o’clock Thursday morning. -*~ 4 Vcw Orleans Picayune.

PERSONAL AND LITBRABY.

—ln letting Stanley discover Interior Africa tin! sura of SIOO,OOO has been expended. —Editor Samuel Bowles says: ‘‘Nothing is th« matter with mo but thirty!five years of hard work.” —Dricsbach, the lion-tamer, died on his Ohio farm, lately, a poor but contented man of seventy years. —Farjeon has made more notoriety from marrying the daughter of Joe Jefferson than from} writing books. —Flood and O’Brien, of bonanza fame, live in unpretentious style in San Francisoo. O’Brien is a bachelor. —ln writing for Canadian papers you have to nut au in your colour. They don’t mind a little extra labour over there, either. President Hayes’ annual message con* tained 13,000 words. It was telegraphedfrom Washington to Philadelphia and other points in forty-five minutes. r—Burton, the comedian, used to refresh himself by going into a compos-ing-room and setting up a stickful! of matter, to remind him of early days. —Senator Hamlin is the oldest member of the United States Senate. He is sixty-eight. The youngest member is Senator Dorsey, of Arkansas, who is thirty-five. —Why do papers speak of America’s poet as Mr. Longfellow. The “ Mr.” adds no honor to nis name. Who would say “Mr.” Milton, or “Mr.” Homer? — Exchange. —Representative Gilbert C. Walker, of- the Richmond (Va.) District, announces his intention to retire from public life at the close of his present term in Congress. -- —The health of Elihu Burritt, of New Britain, Conn., the “learned blacksmith,” is quite precarious, and he has had several hemorrhages within a few days past. —President Porter and the Rev. Dr. Bacon are to have chairs made out of the largest elm in New Haven, which has just been cut down. It was nearly 162 years old, and was planted by the Rev* Joseph Noyes. —Matt Carpenter is the most brilliant pleader now before the United States Supreme Court, and is making there an income of $50,000 to $60,000 a year. Sidney Bartlett, of Boston, is at the head of the Supreme Court Bar. Senator Edmunds stands next. Ben Butler, David Dudley Field and Philip Phillips, of Alabama, are other prominent practitioners. — Chicago Tribune. —Benjamin Mott died recently, in Alburg, Vt. He was an ardent sympathizer with the French-Canadian rebels in 1837-8, and when he left home to join their forces, his wife, who knew nothing of his intentions, bade him bring home a pound of tea. At a fight next day ho was made prisoner by the British, and shortly after condemned to death, a sentence commuted to transportation to Van Dieman’s Land. He was released in 1846 and enabled to return homer Like a dutiful husband, he did not, forget the tea, but, entering his house after an eight years’ absence, placed a package on the table and said to his 'wiferwho-had failed to recognize ■him. ‘JLMother. here’s that tea.” 7;

An Alpine Avalanche.

In the summer of 1864, a party of tourists, while visiting the Alps, climbed, with great difficulty, to an elevated and snow-covered plateau, in order to obtain a better view of Swiss scenery, and contrast the beauty and richness Of midsummer below with the bleakness and sterility of midwinter around and above them. In play they rolled the moist snow into large balls, they crowded it overthe edge of the plateau. In falling it struck softer snow, which immediately gave way, and soon an avalanche was tearingdown the moun-tain-side, burying and destroying everything in its ceurße. As the handful of snow became the irresistible avalanche, so the hackingcough with sore. throat and Catarrh,, if.neglected,, speedily develops Into that dread destroyer, Consumption. In the early stages, Dr. Sage’s 'Catarrh Remedy will effect a cure, though if the blood be affected or impoverished it must lie purified and enriched by Dr. Piercc’sGoiden Medical Discovery, and the liver and bowels kept active by his Pleasant Purgative Pellets. Many who despaired of life and had been Sven up to die Dy physicians and friends, owe eir restoration to the above remedies. Ely, Linn Co., lowa, May Bth, 1877. Dr. Piekce. Buffalo. N. Y,: Dear {Hr— I was prostrated some three years since with pleuro-pneumonia, which left roe with a troublesome cough, that gradually grew worso until physicians gave me up to die with consumption. I tried several remedies, that are advertised to cure consumption, but without obtaining any relief or benefit. Seeing your Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant Purgative Pellets advertised, I concluded to try them, and I found them to be all that you claim for them. My restoration has remained complete for over two years. Inclosed find $1.50 for a copy of your Common-Sense Medical Adviser. Ever gratefully yours, Jason C. Bartholomew. The New York Philharmonic Journal cautions its readers against being swindled in the purchase of the cheap organs and pianos which, it says, are now being almost forced into the houses of the people, at prices which seem very low, but whfch are really very high, considering the worthlessness of the instruments. The warrants which the makers of such instruments make are practically worthless, because the expense, trouble ana risk of enforcing them are so great that mosvpeopie, when they find out about it, will rather bear their loss than to* to get reparation. Makers know this and warrant organa which they know must very soon be utterly worthless. The safest way Is to buy the best. Anyone buying a Mason & Hamlin Organ, for instance, runs no risk; and he is wise who insists on having one of these organs, and will not be persuaded to take any other. It should be rememberedthat dealers sometimes try very hard to sell inferior organs, because they can make more on them.

Delirious Cookery. The most delicious, light, white and wholesome biscuits, rolls, muslins, waffles, cornbread, cake, etc., are possible to every table by using the celebrated Doolky’s Yeast Powder. It Is absolutely pure ami will go much further In use than other kinds of baking powder. It Is Impossible to fall with It tn baking. Ask your grocer for it, add do not be put off with any other. mothers who hare Delicate Children who are Subject to Croup, Read This. Aixrn’s Long Balsam should always be kept In your house, and be given Immediately when the first symptoms appear, which will remove the mucous collected in the throat and save the life of your dear child. mothers, mothers, mothers. Don't fail to procure Mrs. Winslow’s Soothnto Strut for all disease* of teething in children. It relieves the child from pain, cures wind cello, regulates the bowel*, and, by giving relief and health to the child, eivesrest to the mother. Rheumatism Quickly Cured. “Durang'a Rheumatic Remedy,*' the groat Internal Medicine, will positively eon say case of rheumatism on the faoe of the earth. Price 91 a bottle. Sold Ire ail Druggists. Send for circular to Hclphenstme ABeriOcy, Washington, D.G. Interesting to All_ Is the offer of a Genutne Afieroocope for a trifle. See Advertisement. NATURE'S REMEDY. \ • **•■• ?EGETIHO The Cat«T Btpoo PuwntjL^ Psotidfncr, H. L. 164 Transit Stskst. H. It. STEVENS, toj.: . . I feel IXMimt to exprtss with mj slgnatuie the Idgli value I place upon jour YHUKTINK. V> lamll» hare umsl It fur Ihe last two rear,. |u nervous debility II U liivaluable. anil 1 recnnnuetul II to all wlui may need an Invigorating, rwtovkMng-Rmic. WAIKK „ Formerly Pastor ol liowiluin Square Church. Boston. Vegctine is Sold ty All Druggists.

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PURELY VEGETABLE, „ . . An Effectual Specific sot mifitioai/evmL. Nausea, Oollcy < • WtlflU Sick Headache, Constipation and BlHouaneas. ASK the recovered dyspeptics. Bilious sufferers, victims us Fever and Affile, the mercurial diseased patient, how Extract of a letter from Hon. Alexander H. Htcvcns: “ I occasional!; nee, when m; condition requires It, Dr. Simmons' Liver Regulator, with good effect It is mild, and suits me better than more active remedies” t oxsnr AT lON r TESTIMONY OP THE CHIEF-JUSTICE OP GEORGIA—I have used Simmons'Liver Regulator for constipation of m; bowels, caused by a temporary derangement of the liver, fur me last three or four years, and always, when used according to the directions, with decided benefit I think It Is a good medicine for the de rangement of the Uvee-at least, such has been my personal experience In the use of It HIRAM Warnxr, Chief-Justice of Georgia. Original and Only Banulna, MAIUrAOTVUD ONLY BT J. H. ZEILIN A 00., PHILADELPHIA, PA. Prbw SI.OO. Sold by all Druggists.

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