Rensselaer Union, Volume 10, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 May 1878 — Page 3

The Rensselaer Union. KKN*BELAEK : INDIANA.

THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH. k DREAM or roue* B* !*>*• . I. A story of Poooe de Leon. A voyager, withered and old. Who came to the .tinny Antillca, In quest of a country of gold.. He wae wafted pa.t inland, of spioes, A. bright a. the Emerald wait. Where ill the forest, seem Hinging. So thick were the bird, on the trees; *— The mr wus Hit clear a. the aanre. And m> deep and m pure waa the sky . That the jaaprr-walled city seemed shining J 11st out of the reach of the eye. By day his light canvas he shifted. And rounded strange harbors and bare; By night, on the full tides he drifted, 'Neath the low-hanging lamps of the stare. Near the glimmering gates of the sunset. In the twilight empurpled and dim. The sailors uplifted their voices And sang to tne Virgin a hymn. " Thank the Lord!" said De Leon, the sailor. At the clow of the rounded refrain: “Thank the Lord, the Almighty, who bleascs The ocean-swept banner of Spain! The shadowy world is behind us. The shining Oipango. before; Each morning the sun rises brighter On ocean, and island, and shore. And still shall our spirits grow lighter. As prospects more glowing enfold; Then on, merry men! th Cipango, To tho west, and the regions of gold!" n. There came to Do Leon, the sailor, Some Indian sages, who told Of a region so bright that the water. Were sprinkled with island, of gold. t . And they added: "The leafy Bimini, A fair land of grottoes and bowers, Is there; and a wonderful fountain Upsnnngs from its gardens of flowers. That fountain gives life to the dying. And youth to the aged restores; Tney flourish in beauty eternal, Wno set but their foot on its shores!” Then answered De Leon, the sailor; “ I am withered, and wrinkled, and old; 1 would rather discover that fountain, Than a country of diamonds and gold.” 111. Away sailed De Leon, the sailor; Away with a wonderful glee. Till the birds were more rare in the azure, The dolphins more rare in the sea. Away from the shady Bahamas, Over waters no sailor had seen. Till again on his wondering vision, Bose clustering islands of greeh. fc'till onward he sped till the breezes Were laden with odors, and lo!' A country embedded with tlowc A country with rivers agio’* More bright than the sunny More fair than the sh> .' > “ Thank the Lord!” saP, I **"”*• .„ .. fc.te. theßa ‘ lor ’ Aiore loveW* *° ' 4 regl ? n ’ “Y brothers, ArSTw ii earth, of a truth; ThiJlw 18 life-armng fountain—luc fountain of youth.” r it. Then landed De Leon, the Bailor, Unfurled his old hanner, and sung; But he felt very wrinkled and withered, All around was bo fresh and so young. The palms, ever-verdant, were blooming. Their blossoms e’en margined the seas; \) er the streams of the forests, bright flowers Hung deep from the branches of trees. Praise the Lord!’ sung De Leon, the sailor; His heart was with rapture aflame; And he said: “Be the name of this region By Florida given to fame. Tis a fair, a delectable country, More lovely than earth, of a truth; I soon shall partake of the fountain— The beautiful fountain of youth!” y. But wandered De Leon, the sailor, in search of that fountain in vain; No waters were there to restore liim To freshness and beauty again. And his anchor he lifted, ana murmured, As tho tears gatherer! fast in his eye, * 1 must leave this fair land of the flowers, Go back o’er the ocean, and die.” Then hack by the dreary Tortugas, And back by the shady Azores, He was borne on the storm-smitten waters To the calm of his own native shores. And that he grew older and older. His footsteps enfeebled gave proof, Btill he thirsted in dreams for the fountain, 0 The beautiful, fountain of youth. VI. *Osp day the old sailor lay dying On the shores of a tropical isle, «And his heart was enkindled with rapture, And his face lighted up with a smile. He thought of the sunny Antilles, He thought of the shady Azores, He thought of the dreamy Bahamas, • He thought of fair Florida’s shores. And, when his mind he passed over His wonderful travels of old, Hathought of the heavenly country, Ot the city of iasper and gold. Thank tho Lord! ’ said De Leon, the sailor, Thank the Lord for the light of the truth, I now am approaching the fountain. The beautiful Fountain of Youth.” vn. The cabin was silent: at twilight They heard the birds singing a psalm. And the wind of the ocean low sighing Tnrough groves of the orange and palm. The sailor still lay on his pallet, „ .Neath the low-hanging vines of the roof; His soul had gone forth to discover The beautiful Fountain of Youth. —Htoeklah RutUr worth, in National Journal of Nduoatlon. *

A FIERY STEED.

For once May gave promise of being a May worthy of the many beautiful songs which havo been sung in her praise. She came dancing along after her sister April—who had just loft in a shower of tears—with a bright smile upon her lips, and a wondrous rainbow halo about her head. The young maples began to blush in happy consciousness oi her approach, and the delicate pink and white blossoms on the orchard trees opened their dainty leaves and shyly flung a welcoming fragrance on the soft clear air. All through the fields and meadows, the vales and woodlands, and over the hills, ran the viol its and 1 trailing arbutus and May-buds and daisies and their sister flowers, telling the glad tidings of sunny days and moon-lit nights and lovely butterflies and sparkling raindrops, and busy humming bees; and the birds, swinging on slender green boughs, sang in sweet tittering notes to eaoh other, “ Neighbor, soon we shall see theToses.’’ Along a pleasant, winding, lonely country road, with splendid apple and pear trees standing on either Side, and the spring flowers dotting the green carpet so thickly that the green is almost hidden, comes slowly, on this poet’s May-day, adiminutive, old, oddlooking white horse, drawing a small market-wagon 'filled with household furniture, accompanied by an enormous shaggy New Foundland dog and as pretty a country maid as ever milked a cow or made a pat of golden butter. The brd ad-brimmed straw hat she wears shades a low brow to which clings babyish rings of hair the color of the glossy, satin-smooth buttercups, a pair of innocently roguish eyes, cheeks brown with an underlying tinge of rose, a charming red-lipped moutn, and a firm, round chin. Across the brow, however, at this moment flits the shadow of a frown, and a look of comic perplexity comes into the sweet young face. The oddlooking horse has stopped in the middle of the road, and remains perfectly motionless, staring directly before him, save when he bends his head to a nibble at the flower-thick grass, as though suddenly oblivious of everything under the sun except the tranquillity of the June-like May afternoon. “On,*Charley! Charley! go on— do! —that’s a dear!” coaxes the young girl, coming to his side and gently patting his head with her little brown ungloved hand; but Charley merely whisks a toofamiiiar fly away with his forlorn old tail, and makes no further sign. “Charley, good horse, Charley—oh! why didn’t X bring some carrots with

me?—Charley, you bad, bad fellow, Jf you don't go on, I'll whin you u sure ae you stand there.- Come, be a darling.” And thus she alternately begs ana threatens, Lion assisting in dog language, with an occasional (lash at the neels of his obstinate equine friend; but Charley refuses to “ bo a darling,” plants his feet more firmly than ever, and never stirs; and at last, with an air of resignation, she goes bank to the Eath, seats herself on a rude seat formed V Mature of the gnarled roots of a misshapen old tree, and waits patiently for at least ten minutes. t ,At the end of this time Charley looks about with a just-waked-up expression in his eves, as who should say, “ Dear! dear! I quite forgot there was work to be done,” and starts off with quick steps that gradually become slower and slower. With a sigh of relief the young girl arises and follows—Lion, bounding back from the wood, where he has been making hasty explorations, having it in his mind that his mistress is not to be left without his protection for more than two minutes at a time, takes his place at her side—and the perplexed look fades away into a smile that brings to light two rows of pearl-white teeth.

But, alas! the smile is premature. In another ten minute!, again overcome by the beauty and peacefulness of tho i day, Charley falls into a reverie, stops once more, and onco more refuses decidedly to "go on.” And in this manner does that dreadful horse behave for a whole ho dr ma k„ ing short progresses and V' p ’ außeß> until finalfy coming to t^ e c^Jußioll that there had been qui^ enoughof this aort of thing, he de)^ oerate jy drags the wagon to the side ' <ls the his station hen^ jat j, a w ide-spreading oak, and pror jee( j 8 munc h the young grass at hiSj f u<) t, with a look in his eyes tnat pj a j n jy as words, "From r. B >t move me if you can.” Oh, Charley! Charley! how can \ ouP” begins the young girl, loudly and Indignantly, following mm with small brown hands clasped beseechingly. " Oh, you wicaed, wicked Charley!” "Did you call me?” asks a masculine voice, to her great astonishment; and as with'a slight start she turns in the direction of tho voice she sees a young man walking rapidly toward her, the sound of his approaching footsteps having been completely lost in the inquiring bow-wows of her canine guardian. “Didyou call meP” he repeats. “No, sir," she replies, blushing prettily, and looking at nim with frank, child-like eyes. “I was speaking to the horse. Be still, Lioa.” “Beg pardon. I thought for an instant you were speaking-to me. It seems I have the honor of being a namesake of your fiery steed. Ilut you arc in trouble. What is tho matter? Can I help you in any way?” “There’s nothing very serious the matter,” she says, with a smile. “We are moving to-day, and father went on ahead a long while ago, having some business to settle with our new landhe must be at this very moment waiting for me at the new house, and wondering what in the world has become of me. You see, we have no boys in our family, and the other girls are younger than myself, and father and mother both thought —this being a very quiet road—that Lion and 1 could look after Charley and the furniture; but Charley, who generally behaves very well, has been awfully contrary, and has stopped every few moments, and the oonsequence is we have been already two hours on a Journey that should have taken us but one, and there’s just as long a distance to go yet; and with Charley—oh, you wicked horse!—standing under that tree, I don’t know how we are ever to get to Grasstown . 1 ? i_V

“It’s almost as bad a plight as the old woman was in with her pig, when he wouldn't go under the stile, and she was afraid she couldn’t get home that night,” laughs the young man—a nicelooking fellow he is, with gentleman stamped on every feature of his handsome face. “But suppose I cut you a switch? Perhaps that, used with discretion, might nave some influence on the fiery steed.” “Oh no, th'U would never do!” she says, shaking her head emphatically. “Charley was never whipped in his life. He’d be so scared at the very sight of a switch that I believe he’d run away.” “ Wouldn’t that bo a desirable thing under the circumstances P” asked the young man, with a broad smile, the idea of the old - horse, whose principal desire appeared to be not to move at all, running away, striking him as inexpressibly comic, ana thinking, “ Bless her kind little heart!” he continues: “Well, since you refuse the switch, I will try how a'command in a masculine voico will aflect him;” and he commanded, “G’long, Charley!” Charley started, turned his head toward the speaker, recognized a master, backed away from the oak, and went off on a quick walk. “Well, the ids*!” exclaimed his young mistress. “ And now, with your permission, I’ll walk with you to the end of your journey, for I’m sure if I leave you Charley will note my absence immediately, and stop under the next tree.” “Oh, no, Indeed! you must not,” says the pretty country maid. “ You were going in an entirely different direction. T could not think of taking you so far out of your way. Many thanks for your kind oner, but indeed, sir, I couldn’t. Charley will behave well now. Won’t you, Charley?”

“ Good heavens! I never knew my name was so musical before,” thinks the young man, and then explains: “I was going in an entirely different direction because I missed my train at the last station, and, if I had waited, would have had to wait two hours for another; but being rather impatient by nature, and tempted by the fine day, I set out to walk, my destination being the next village. And now if I return with you I shall have a much pleasanter walk, catch the next train, and lose no , time after all. Lion approves of my plan. Don’t you. Lion?” And Lion, usually very suspicious of strangers, comes ana lays his startlingly cold nose in his new friend's hand. And so the two young people walk along jide by side, crushing tne pretty flowers under their feet as they go, and Charley, looking back every now and then out of the corner of his right eye to see if the masculine voice is still there, never falters, but keeps steadily on his winding way. After a few moments’ silende the innocent little maid raises her blue eyes—they have been hidden by the long lashes—and says, in a shy voice: * “ You said you were going to DaisyvUle. I have lived there all my life.” “Not a very long time,” says the young man, with a smile. “Seventeen years. I was born and my three sisters were born in the same little farm-house we are leaving new.’.’

And a tear trembles on the long lashes and rolls down the round rosy cheek. The young man looks st the tear with pitying wonder. “And wore you very happy there?” he asks. “So happy," replies the girl, “that we fear we never will be half as happy , anywhere else. And”—a sudden light breaking over her face—“l believe that is what ails Charley. He knows it isn’t right that we should be going to a strange place, and does his best, poor fellow, to prevent our going.” “ Undoubtedly,” gravely assents her companion. “ But why, if you will permit me to ask, are you bidding farewell to DaisyvilleP—G’long, Charley,” as Charley evinces a desire to listen to the conversation.

“Father didn’t own the place. He had it on a long lease, which ran out the very week (a month & go) our old landlady died, and hor heir—a nephew —and his mother o,re coming to take possession of the Ostate, and they want our farm-house for their gardener. When Mrs. was alive ner gardener had rr jomß over the stables, and very comf' jr t a ble rooms they were, too, ana the Kitchen-garden was just back of the big bouse. But I suppose the new people are more stylish than the pi'll ones, and want <Ae*> kitchen-garden larger and farther away than Mrs. Marks’ was, and so they take from us our home, and we are obliged to move to Grasstown.” “ And are your father and mother as much attached to Daisyville as you and your sisters are?” he asks. “Even more attached to it,” she answers, “if that be possible. It almost breaks my heart to see mother’s sad face. But I must try to make the new home as bright for them as 1 can—that is, if ever I get there. Oh dear! how very unfortunate that Charley should have taken it into his head to be so naughty this day of all others!” “On the contrary, I think, Miss Gray”—it has transpired that her name is Bessie Gray—“ that it is the most fortunate thing that could have happened.” Her bine eyes and red mouth open in wonder.

“ Because”—answering tho look—“if Charley had behaved well instead of badly, you would have been at Grasstown long before this, and I should not have haa tne pleasure of meeting you. And now I am about proposing something which will seem extremely absurd to you, although in reality the wisest thing that could be dope under the circumstances. Suppose we turn Charley’s head in the direction of his old home, and see what speed he will make thonP” “ But.” looking at him half frightened, asLion bounds forward with a loud, joyful bark to meet a stalwart old man who comes suddenly around a corner, his hat in one hand and a red silk handkerchief in the other, and who shouts tho moment he catches sight of her—- “ Why, girl, where have you been? What on earth’s the matter?” Bessie leaves unfinished the “But”begun speech, and runs laughingly to him, ana taking the hat from his hand fans him energetically while she explains, “Chancy was the matter, father. You can’t think how aggravating he’s been. Ho wouldn’t go until this gentlemah”—with another pretty blush—“ was kind enough to make him go." The old man looked keenly at the young one. “ And pray where did you come from, and who may you be?” he asked, sharply. “ I will tell you where I came from, and how I happened to meet your daughter, at some future time. Meanwhile you will learn from this who I am”—handing a card to the old farmer, on which was engraved, “Charles Marks, Jun.” “Our old landlady’s nephew and heir?” “The same, at your service; and having no desire, in spite of my agent’s arrangements to the contrary, to Degin my life in Daisyville by turning so worthy a tenant (in his heart he added, ‘ with so pretty a daughter’) out of the house he has occupied so many years, I was just proposing to Miss Gray as you made your appearance that Charley should be stopped in his mad career, and once and for all be turned toward his old home.” “ Are you quite in earnest, sir?” “ Never moro so in my life. Whoa, Charley, poor old boy!" and around went horse and wagon, and off started the fiery steed so fast that they could no longer follow him, Lion, “leaping a yard in air” in the exuberance of his delight, galloping by his side. “He’s all right,” said the old man, his face beaming with happiness. “And won’t mother Took wonderfully surprised when she sees him coming up the lane. I don’t know how to tnank you, sir.” “ Don't thank mo. 1 deserve no thanks,” says Charles Marks, holding aside a low-hanging tree branch that Bessie might pass under. “ And tne new gardener?” asks Bessie, looking back at him. “ Will have the rooms over the stable. You know you said they were ‘very comfortable.’ ” “ But your trainP” persists Bessie, with the first gleam of coquetry that ever sparkled in her blue eyes. “I’d much rather walk," says Mr. Marks.

When next the blossoms are on the orchard trees and the spring flowers are running wild through the grass, there is a new mistress at the big bouse In Daisy ville—a pretty little thing, with lovely blue eyes, bright golden hair and a sweet cheerful voice. Her name is Bessie, and she is the idol of her husband, and, strange as it may appear, the beloved of her mother-in-law. And in the stable, as well, nay, better oared for than the handsome ponies and the splendid chestnut, is an old, white, odd-looking horse, called Charley, his days of toll all over, and all his ways ways of pleasantness and all bis paths paths of peace.— Harper's Weekly. ■ <4> As showing the cost of labor in Europe, the rate of wages paid on certain railroad works of the same class, was : In Portugal, 91.45 a week; in Ireland, $2.20; In France, 92.90, and in England, 95.30. Nevertheless, it was found that over the whole works the same amount of earth had been moved for the same amohnt of money.

Young girls have revived the fashion of wearing their hair in pne long thick braid, tied with a bow of ribbon—of course, it is fringed over the forehead. — N. Y. Graphic." Aix babies are diminutive Cesars, since they come, they see, they conquer, sometimes by their gentle stillness, but of tener by continued uproarious crying, Induced by Colic, Teething, Flatulence, etc. Dr. Bull’s Baby Syrup, by Its genUe yet specific Influenso, quiets the little ones without ever producing the least injurious effect. Price 90 cts. a bottle.

HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

—Economy meads cutting down needless expenses pnd buying onjy the actually necessary things, at the same time increasing and developing to tbo utmost all sources of profitable lnoome. —Connecticut farmers are hiring their hands for the summer season, at (16 to (20 per month, with board. Eighteen dollars is said to be the average price, but common laborers are very plenty at these figures. —To restore old kid gloves, make a thick muoilage by boiling a handful of flaxseed; add a little dissolved soap; then, when the mixture cools, with a piece of white flannel wipe the gloves, previously fitted to the lianu. Use only enough of tho cleaner to take off the dirt, without wotting through the glove. —To make corn meal pones, tako three cupfuls of milk, warmed a little; two and a half cupfuls of yellow Indian meal; one and a half cupfuls of wheat flour; a good pinch of salt; one cupful of good sweet yeast. Set to rise in the morning (if wanted for supper), and when the sponge is light stir in three eggs well beaten, one half cupful of molasses and a small lump of butter melted. Let it stand another hour or Iwq, and bake in gem pans, taking care to grease well and heat before dropping in the batter. Bake at least half an nour in a quick oven. As a “ set” of gem pans does not bake a sufficient quantity at one time for us, I use any old tea and coffee cups that are “chipped" or with broken handles, ami out of use; they turn out in just as pretty a shape, anu then only the one baking is necessary. —Bessie Burton in Country Gentleman.

—Agricultural writers are inclined to recommend small farms. As well advocate doing business of any kind on a small scale. Better have a small farm paid for and well managed than to owe for a large without the means to work it well. But if a farmer is able to own a large farm, and has the ability to manage it, no one need to waste any sympathy on him. Large farms are often poorly farmed, so are small ones. The difficulty is not so much with the size of the farm as with the capacity of the farmer. Good farming can be done just as well and more economically on a large farm than on a small one. Teams, implements and farm hands can be used to better adyantago on the large farms, for the farmer can afford to have a variety suited to his needs. It is foolish to seek to get a largo farm just for the sake of room, but if the large area is fully utilized then we see no objection to it.— Husbandman. —lnasmuch as every farmer’s wife must have the ordering and arrangement of three meals a day for 365 days in the year, and as a good supply of vegetables is absolutely necessary to secure a good variety with tho advisable changes, wc gladly give place to the following suggestion from a farmer’s wife, as to what may properly come within the limits of a good farmer’s garden: Butter beans for early use, early and late beets, early and Tate cabbage, carrots for soups, celery for fall ana winter use, corn planted at vais for a long season, cucumbers for early use and for pickles, lettuce the whole summer long, musk and watermelons for their season, asparagus and pie-plant in permanent beds, onions for the whole year, parsley for flavoring and garnishing, peppers for various purposes, parsnips and salsify for late fall and early spring use, pease sown at intervals so as to make a long season, squashes both summer and winter, spinach for greens and tomatoes for all sorts of uses. This is quite an array; but there is no reason why nearly all of the sorts may not be grown in every garden on the farm, and what a delightful choice the housewife could have in the planning of the endless number of meals. —Detroit Free Dress.

Dr. Pierce’s Invalids’ and Tourists’ Hotel—Grand Opening.

Dr. R. V. Pierce opened his new Invalids’ and Tourists’*Hotel, at Buffalo, N. Y., on the 29th of April, with a reception to the press, followed by one on the 80th to the citizens, both of which were largely attended and highly enjoyed by all the guests, whom the genial Doctor received and entertained Fn the most princely style. The structure itself is magnificent and imposing, the style of architecture being what is known as the modern French. Situated as it is, on the highest ground in the city, with a pleasant wooded lawn before it, sloping gently to the Niagara River, it commends the finest and healthiest position obtainable, especially as Buffalo is probably the healthiest city in the country. Skillful combinations of maple, asn, oak, cherry, ebony and mahogany, with tiles in according colors, form the richest effects in the several halls and parlors. It is heated throughout by steam, and fresh water is drawn from the street by a large pump, which forces it up into tanks on the fourth, fifth and sixth, stories. Pure air and sunshine being two of Dr. Pierce’s favorite medicines, the system of ventilation is, therefore, most perfect—every room being so constructed as to receive fresh outdoor air and provided with a double escape for any air which has become impure. The value of such ventilation to invalids needs no comment. There is not a room in the house that is not visited by sunshine, or from the door of which a staircase oannot be seen. On every floor there are four stations, each provided with 100 feet of hose, connected with the Champion chemical fire-extinguishing system, and which, with the assistance of the speaking annunciator, can be made instantaneously available. Everything pertaining to the medical department is placed down upon the basement floor, thus giving no unpleasant suggestion of the sick room to those guests who d not need a physician. Here we find the Swedish health-lift, reception-room, consulta-tion-rooms, of wnich tjiere are several, each one for some special class of diseases—all tastefully arranged and well supplied with the appliances necessary for their different departments. The bath system is arranged in the most complete and luxurious manner. The rooms are large and fitted up with glazed tiles, and comprise Turkish, Russian and electric baths. In the matter of recreation, the house is well supplied, having, a bowling-alley, bill-iard-room and gymnasium. The capacity of the house is about 250 guests. The tower, 140 feet from the ground, rears its magnificent head above the whole, making a grand tout ensemble. The hotel opened for business on the Ist of May. The enterprise will doubtless meet With that unbounded success which It post surely deserves. Cultured women in Europe never wear jewelry except when in full dress. Woman tempted man to eat 1 , but he took to drink himself.

The Farm Garden.

Farmer* are so determined to follow the old arts of gardening that but few farms real'y have gardens, except of tho most scanty varieties and limited dimensions A little squaro patch, too cramped for the team and plow, makes gardens expensive and neglected, except to the already overworked female portion of the family. Gardening, as well as farming, is advancing. Nearly everything should bo planted in long rows, and frequently many things in one row*to make it long enough. Have it in connection with a corn field or potato natch, but as near as possible to tho house for the convenience of the family. Then the garden can be worked principally by the plow. But plant liberally of all the valuable garden fruits, vegetables and flowers. Raise and eat more of such tilings, and less of pork and soda bread. It is a poor excuse that tho head of the family or tho children “don’t like” this or that vegetable. Taste and liking are all a matter of good education and good raising. And a family intended to bo raised right, should be taught to oat more of fruits and vegetables, and less of condiments and meats. It is folly to talk of a race not liking tomatoes, onions, carrots, lettuce, celery, asparagus, cauliflower, egg-plant, etc., and yet eat and enjoy the filthiest and foulest weed of the vegetable kingdom Then we say quit planting the garden in a cramped place, but plant everything in long rows and far enough apart to admit freely the double team and plow. Thus three-fourths of the work is saved, and its thorough cultivation more certainly guaranteed.— lowa State Register.

Tiie Georgia Orange says that it the planters of the South would make their plantations strictly self-sustaining, and buv nothing which they could themselves produce, cotton would never be below thirty cents a pound, and they would become the wealthiest people under the sun. m -W “Never be critical upon the ladies,” was a maxim of an old Irish peer, remarkable for his homage of the sex; “ the only way in the world that a true gentleman will ever attempt to look at the faults of a pretty woman is to shut his eyes.”

Why ile Wouldn’t Merry Her. “Marry herl by George! I would If it wasn’t for her confounded nose.” “Nose! Ha, ha! What’s the matter with her nosol Is it too short, too long, or crooked —which? You’re too fastidious, young man. A woman may be a charming wife ana have any one of these deformities." “It isn’t any of them, old fellow. The fact is, 1 like Kitty—like to look at her and talk with her—but any closer relationship I could not endure. Her nose is too o-d-o-r-o-u-s I" Unfortunate Kittles should use Dr. Sage’s Catarrh Kcmedy, the wonderful disinfecting properties of which instantly sweeten the breath, destroying all offensive odor. To its mild, soothing, and healing effects the most inveterate cases of catarrh promptly yield. Sold by druggists. America In the Foreground. I From N. Y. Tribune Special Dispatch.] Paris, May 1,1878. Mason & Hamlin, who took the first medal for their cabinet organs at the Exposition in ISO 7, and have won the highest honors at every world’s exhibition sinw, are here in competition with a fine lot of organs. Several other American makers exhibit, but few if any of them will venture to compete. Happiness at Home. No household is I happy one unless there is method in the kitchen, and no kitchen is complete without Dooley’s Yeast Powder, which always proves reliable in making biscuits, cakes, rolls and bread elegantly light, wholesome and nutritious. If you would like a change and are willing to acknowledge that a o'if.nge sometimes brings better thinns for less monoy, try the new smoking tobacco, Bull’s Eye and Nigger Head cut ravendish. Tell your dealer about these tobaccos. Don't fail to give one of them a trial.

VEGETINE XS RECOMMENDED BT ALL PHYSICIANS. VALLKT STREAM, QUEENS C'O., LONG ISLAND, M. Y. Mr. H. a Stevens: Dear Sir- 1 take the pleasure of writing you a small certificate concerning vegetine prepared by too. I hare been a sufferer with the Dytiepiia for over forty yean, and have had the Clironic Diarrhoea for over six months, and have tried most everything; was given up to d% and did not expect to live from day to day. and no physician could touch my case. I saw your Vegetlne recommended to core Dgtptptia. I commenced using It, and 1 continued doing so, and am now a well woman and restoied to perfect health. All who are afflicted with this terrible disease, f would kindly recommend to try It for the benefit of their health, and It Is excellent as a blood purifier. By Dr. T. B. Forbes, m. D , for MBS. WM. H. FORBES. VEGETINE.—When the blood becomes lifeless and stagnant, either from change of weather or of climate, want of exercise, Irregular diet, or from any other cause, the VEGETINE will renew the blood, carry off Urn pu trtd humors, cleanse the stomach, regulate the bowels, and Impart a tone of vigor to the whole body. VEGETINE For CANCERS and CANCEROUS HUMORS. The Doctor's Certificate. ASHLtT, WASHINGTON CO., ILL., JAIL 14, 1878. Mr. H. K. Stivers -. , „ . Dear .s'lr-Tnly is to certify that I had been suffering from a Now Vane* on my right breast, which grew very rapidly, and all my friends had given me up to die when I heard of your medicine, Vegetlne, recommended for Caneer and Cancerous Humor*. I commenced to take It, and soon found myself beginning to feel better; my health and spirits both felt the benign Influence which it exerted, and In a few months from the time 1 commenced the use of the Vegetlne, the Cancer came out almost bodily. CABBIE DrFORREST. I certify that I am personally acquainted with Mrs. De Forrest, and oonalder her one of our very beet women. 88. 8. H. FLOWERS. All Dlteasee of the Bleed.—ls Vegetlne will relieve pain, cleense, purify, and cure such diseases, restoring the patient to perfect health after trying different physicians, many remedies, suffering tor yean. Is It not eondustre proof, If you an a sufferer, you can be owed? Why Is this medleine performing such great cures V It works In the blood, In the circulating fluid. It can truly he called the Great Blood Purifier. The great source at disease originates In the blood; and no medldne that does not act directly upon It, to purity and renovate, has any ]ust claim upon public attention. VEGETINE X Regard It m a Valuable FAMILY MEDICINE. Fail-1, 1878. lia. B. B. anvsNt: Dear Sir—l take pleasure In saying that I have used the Vegetlne In my family, with good results, and. 1 have known of several cases of remarkable cun effected by It I regard It at a valuable family medicine. Tral, REV’ WM. MCDONALD. The Her. Win McDonald la well known through the United States as a minister b> the M. K. Church. THOUSANDS SPEAK.—Vegrtine Is acknowledged ana recommended by physicians and apothecaries to be the best purifier and cleanser of the Wood yet discovered. and thousands apeak In Its praise who have been restored to health. VEGETINE The M. D.’s Have It. Mr. H. B BTRTKNS: Dear .vif-lhave sold Vegetlne for along time, and find It gives most excellent natisfartmn. & & DE PRIEST, M. D, Druggist. Uaiietbn, Ind. VEGETINE PBKPAItED, lIV 11. It. STEVENS, Ronton * Mass. Vegetine is Sold by All Druggists.

MINNEAPOLIS CONFLAGRATION. How to be Secured Prone Hie EChets of a Like Calamity. To protect one’* life and property against unforeseen accident and destruction it a duty scarcely anyone will dispute, but just the means to he used may be, and In, debatable. Death t eiU come to all; and lot* by fire of the most valuable property as well aa the lowliest ’ home is recorded every day of the year, and will lie, so long as time shall continue. Whose life lata he cut off, or whose hqpae Is to be destroyed no one can tell. Neither can they even suspect when or how, certainly not when they aro expecting It; else would they be ready to extinguish the devouring element In It* incipient first spark of existence. Either like the dreadful explosion at Minneapolis, or at tho dead hour of midnight, or perchance when liusbnnfl and protector is far away in the field docs the demon strike. In our opinion there is but one, and only one, remedy or security, and that Is a Policy of Insurance la some good sound Insurance Company. And among all the companies doing business in our country we know of none presenting better security to the farmer and those owning dwelling-houses than the American Insurance Company, of Chicago. Confining its Insurance to farm proparty, dwelling houses, private barns, their contents, churches and schoolhouses—writing no policies in any of the large cities, and only $5,0000n anyone risk, making a great loss by a sweeping conflagration impossible—,with cash assets amounting to 1904,224.81, being 8470,805.67 more than is necessary under the Insurance Laws to pay all liabilities and reinsure all outstanding risks. In addition to which this company has over one and one-half million dollars of installment notes not yet due. The following statement of amount of cash received by twenty-four companies doing the largest business in the Btate of Illinois during the year 1877, as shown by the official reports on file in the Insurance Department of said State, places tho “ American" at the head of the list; and also shows the total receipts in Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Wisconsin, lona and Ohio, by the same companies. Namk or Comf’i. Homs tones. Illinois. Total iiSK2“EE ’MS M Aetna Hartford 210,181 #87,D18 Hertford Hartford 182,84? 494,124 Hockfort Burtfotd, 11) 158.142 215,527 Tradere’ T... Chicago 188,240 184.488 Phoenix Hartford 103.228 458,868 Ina. Co. ot N. Am. Philadelphia..... 100,852 387,034 Phenix Brooklyn 80,889 828,848 Fire Association.. Philadelphia..... 87,983 258,022 Agricultural Watertown, N. Y. 87,403 102,444 Liverpool, London and Globe Liverpool 85,508 229.880 Continental ....New York 85,218 427,028 Girard Philadelphia.... 81,067 150,818 German Amirl’n. New York 74,121 244,870 N. W. National.... Milwaukee 78,880 174,144 German Freeport, 111 89,882 139,801 Royal Liverpool. 67,718 278,785 American Central St Louts 85,881 188,588 Springfield F.&M. Sprlngfleld, Mass. 81,441 177,780 Royal Canadian.. Montreal 58,418 78,128 Lycoming Monde, Pa 57,8721 118,200 Germania New Yurt.. 51,0841 144,093 North B. and MercanUle I London 50,4821 209,218 Wilhoft’s Fever and Ague Tonic.—For all diseases caused by malarial poisoning of the blood, a warranted cure. No poison, no arsenic, no mercury, no quinine; no bloated face or glaring eyes, no bursting head or breaking back, no weak knees or paralysis ayitans from its use I It Is safe, invigorating and leaves the patient renewed in mind and body, and sound as a dollar. It wipos out all sallowness and gives a blooming complexion in the place of that sickly, dirt-eating color peculiar to Chills and Spleiio-hcpatlcderangements. Wheelock, Finlay & Co., Proprietor*, New Orleans. For sale by all Druggists. Particulars regarding Electric Belts free. Address Pulvermacher Galvanic Co., Cincin.,o.

Draper Am l .!*. ll diwcjM of I q&aaf&EftSKl rtTrtTT WTIQ Send for fall list. Hershey School of Musical Art, At Hex-alley Music Hall. Chicago, 11lAll branches of MUSIC, MODERN LANGUAGES and ELOCUTION taught Unusual facilities uttered. Concerts, Classes hi Harmony, Hlglit ringing, Italian, Elo--uti m. etc., fret to nil tnw< s. Bud for Circular. XIWDSEY’S BLOOD SEARCHER J % Is the greatest Blood remedy of the eg*, M M Tetter. Scrofula, Ulcers, Boil*, Pimples, ud «])XL Blood dlae&se* yield to it* wonderful power*. Puro.BlOOd ia the guarantee of health. Kew* “It cured mj son of Scrofula.'*— /. E. Brook*, Paints till t, O. “It cure*! nij child of Rrroipe- M Ml it MrtKSmeiUer . Lannter*,Po. Price t 1.% M B. !. SKLI.KRS * CO.. Prop s, Pittsburgh. P». \ f The genuine h>* our name on bottom *f wrapper*. % Desiring to reach - - THE HEADERS OF THIS STATE Can do so in the Beet and Cheapest Manner ny addressing E, E. FBATT, 79 Jackson Stroot, Chicago, lIU |W Orders received for eny Western State, Seod lot Catalogue.

WORK FOB ALL/ The publisher of the Agents’ Index, wants* t<> engage the services of an Active man or I woman in every countv. city and village in 1 the U. S. and Canada. You can Take Tour m m Choioe out of over 10000 Fast Selling M M Articlea. You can engage either as local or m m traveling agent, on Salary or Commiaaion. M w If you desire to hear from the best Agents' I Furnishing Houses in the U. S.. with a descripI lion of their business, send three cent stamp to M. O. QUEEN, Publisher, Bronson. Pi’s Eitrast! The Peeple’e Remedy, /er Internet and External Vee, DOWD'S EXTRACT CURES Plica, blind and bleeding; lit flaw. a. axioms sad Ulcerations; Henso.Afcaxe from any organ —Nose, Gums, Lungs, Bowels. Kidneys, Womb, 0(0. | Congestions, Enlargements. POND'S EXTHACT invaluable Tot Dysentery and Rhenmatlsm; Inflamm* tlon of Eyes and Eyelids; Inflammation of Ovaries; Vaginal Uacorrhm; Varicose Veins: Sore Nipples. TO FARMERS—Pond’s Extract. No Stork ‘ err Man can afford to be without It Htho leading Livery Stables. Otiset list Horsemen In New York City. It Sprains, Harness or Saddle ChasIcratches. Swellings, Cuts, LaceraPneumon la. Colic, Dlarrhcea, Chills, range of action Is wide, and the reno prompt that It Is luvsluablo la every Farm yard at wed as In every Farm-boost. Let It be tried ouce androu will never be without It CAUTION 1 Pond's Extract has been Imitated. The genuine article baa the words Poad's Er. tract blown In each bottle. It la prepued by On only persons living who ever knew how to Reran It properly. Refuse all other preparations of Witch Hue!. This la the only article used at Physicians, and la the hospitals of this country sod HIStORT and Usee of Pond's Extract, la pamphlet form, sent free oo application to POND'S EXTRACT COMPANY, 96 Hilda Idas, Now Tort, BEST IN THE WORLD 7 For HARNESS, CARRIAGE TOPS, OvnCRS AND FACTORIRS I Gievelaad, New York, Chicago, St. Lewis. Send /or Circular, etc. Address NAI AD OIL AND BL’K*B CO. rafflisaiißi IIIDUtXMUaSRM. BUEL, COOK A SEIXAB, O/ Manufrs and Wholesale Dealer* Ju/ HTDont fall toexamlnvGoodsand Prices when In Ghh ago. Stork New and Bought tor mm Cash. Orest Inducements to Cash Buyers.

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j T MB gMSuHiI * TIBRATOE*^^ THE OMBHML A ONLY SERUM “Vibrator” Thresher*, MOUNTED " hORSE** POWERS, Ass*, ■tram Thresher Baglaee, lICHOIS, SHEPARD * 00., BATTLE CHEEK, MICH, THE Matchleai Graia-rtaving, Tine, I Serins, end Mon.yS.vlnr TnrMh.ro of!hi, dny mi * narration. BnrMtlll Uninkf laMW«t,f» Wet fte«nlif,ud for fcviai Hita am Wramw BRAIN Ralsera will net Rekailt to the •normona wmntrrn of Ornla A lII* inferior work dan. by tb* tlhtr mochliwt, when once posted on the dUhnen. THI KMTIEI Thverttit lihmm (end often ft to ft Him* that amount» can bw male by Ue Bntvn Oreln BA VXD by these Improved MecMnee. NO Rmlvlac flltfks Inside the Separator. Kalirwi/ fr«* Irom P«*t«r«, Pick era. lUihllea, end elf ••eh time- warning end grain-WMtlag compU •etione. Perfectly adapted to all Klnde end Onn.iltiona of Onto, Weft er Dry, Len« er flmrt, Heeded er Bond. ** eeaaful Threebef In Fla*, Timothy, Mill#*, Clover, end Ittoßsodo. Beewfrweo “aU*rbm*nf "or "robntldf— H 10 Makae ne Liltorlnfs or Scatterlnfft. POUR §lim tfStodmen Hade, nuf* f ing from Mx to Twelve Hora# else, end two atylaeef ■ Mounted Mono Powers to meldfe. ■TEAM Fewer Thresher* a Specialty. Ql speelel sloe Separator mede eoprwmly far Mas Power. fITJWWBLBsaJjgWJh; twirw, fkr bayo*4 nay olkw IMS* er kia*. * .te., w “ViaanTOa-THirakw Petal*nralaonwpnraie*. The Best in the World. «Beady_fbr Use. CLEFELAJH*, FEW rOKM, CHICAGO, ° FT. covin ■ ANYSHADE DESIRED. Rubber Paisa Co.: Erracax, N. Y. Gentlemen—All ot our customers who have used youx Paint, speak in the nlgheel terms of Its covering capacity■ cheapness ana beautiful glossu finish. We eonsld—two coals of the Rubber Paint fully equal to three ooats of White Lend and OIL Yuors truly. M. E. BENNY [T a (XX CV*BKND FOB CIRCULAR, ETC.^a Graefenberg “Marshalls” CATHOLICON AM HIP ALLSLB lIOBT FOR ALL riSULI COMPLAINTS. FRIO $1.90 PBB BOTTUB. THB ■psmisos or MAinr trass ASONS TBS MOST CULTIVATED AND RRPUfSD HAS RESULTED IN STAMPINCI THU BBM ABE ABLE PREPARATION AS THB ONLY BE LIABLE REMEDY FOB THB DISTBSSSINO DISEASES OP WOMEN. SOLD BY Re&deSfc N. Y

Etc. ur’Prlce-Llsts sera on application. A. ffOeWiMBB. Wsstaßesd, Dad. 'iKfcC’ S’T Tj b V fi 8. p* r> I t** , . j •11 dteeanai of the Throet and Longs. Send for Circular. Sold by all Druggietaj MKFOMR BUYING OR REWINDS A CABINET OR PARLOR ORBAN Be «ure to send for oar LATEST Catalog in and Circular, With NKW BTTLK9, RKOUCXD PRICKS Bfld fflUCh » formation. Stnifree. MASON Ji HAMLIN OBGAN OOt* Ptrttim. Hew Yen or Chicago, luiiitoi will do iu»u the »-mouihewr f»ud». tM.OOD earner no ALUTAIIV Vf.AB I"* ~MuxkVr jiol;dta£ii Pa s d maei*. ***** —« inn nnn Acm or ou» mo umlUU)UUU u. Eauda/or sole cheap. Send sump and get description and prtoe-llst of Selected Lamb and Improved rarnu for sale, cheap, by H. N. BANCBOFT, Jefferson, Ashtabula Ox. OUa E NTB .... m.i vei oi besaty, eh.isa.io .at ewtvsswsee Adjuisus mU-.lt. v>:»kIVALE Wrltl.! Vtsk.Os ,) t 4 SolbM. SiMr.M.witluUmp, j.S.raiuOfc,Ulnla«Jß‘«k WANTED^y^±ri MrawßwrawsawwraSpSo nil . nuu slid. )u.t i*tcni.,l. TsAuAs, JrST Üborml Unu. Lure P o*<*. Small MplnL R. ■OttWM. rtMoogo. Ml. ■rev 1C For the best Texas Uoltle, I CARwi with Bates of Fare and Information I generally, send for ST. LOUIS TEXAN. Only 82 8 per year. 608 Market strew, 8t Louis. M > til 9 £9B R day wtare made by Agents selling - Crayon., rictsrt aChroeto CSrta l$N MaspU-a, wurlb SO. tolw'l tor no.. U .US . c»uu»a. rrra. J. a bcFruann soira, sM. mhs. RBITe Epflepsy, FaHlcr StrfcaeM, Pwdtlrsty L| I o fared by using "Dr. Hebhard’a Care.’* rppr snrxms* bbard compound wnxrprf ■ iwßl B nraAm Nbltkert fT«W dwUMartOOtbMlfhM ■ llßm HOCAA Month-AgeNt* Wanted > A JjllflflbesLseinngaitlcl«slntheworld;lsample JvVfiw Address lit Bronson, Detroit, Mich. fin 11111 Hahlt* NklH mseueh lyiUwlßf^^iSßSgsa^ DPVm VTD VD W y-shot revolver, with OBMHISKHsSS ItADDay. Bine to Make k Something Xm 9 CM/or Agents. COS, TQN9S *OO., St. Louts, Mo. FREE TO All^sea^fiSa SIOOMSffiCSSSttZi? yxsirgy atK. < !r&jaaai». asaii^SMiimst.'taaar iKsasaasaaasgsatg w«aßaawasc»M« i p fyMooiMi Ctfik jWllWft 21 ShpSSg A.W. K J*' •**-* *■ „ AWNINGS, vlf, [A 1 . ■