Rensselaer Union, Volume 11, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 September 1878 — Page 3

The Rensselaer Union, I RENBBELAER, - INDIANA.

THE BABY BOYS. Two little boy* I own; 1 ho elder scarcely walk* alone; Hi* sunny hair and light brown eyes. Mis earnest look of sweet surprise. Hi* funny ways and joyous shout I oould not tell you all about If I should try a year. He creep* so faot to catch his toys, And then he set* up such a noise; His horse and dog. and book and ball, He throw* them all about pell-mell. Oh, Mother Goose! if yon oould see This little boy, so full of glee. Your sides would ache, I fear. In hammock low, among the trees, Hooked back and forth by passing breeze. The baby swings and coos to see The gentle rustle of the tree. The lights and shade, the leaves that fall; The sunshine brooding over all—’Tis Indian summer hero. Way overhead, in the blue sky. The downy clouds float softly by, A lullaby fair Nature sings, And through the air its music rings; All things peaceful tenor keep; My little one falls fast asleep. His mother watching near. Two baby boys! a God of love Bends a* a gift from Heaven above: And like the shifting rainbow bright. Tinging the drifting clouds with Tight, Their souls so fine and sweet, shine out. Breaking through mists of grief and doubt. And make my pathway clear. ■—Boston Transcript.

MY LOST POCKET-BOOK.

Mr name is Edney—Philip Clement Edney. That was my father’s name before me. Twenty-odd years ago he did a small but comfortable dry-goods business in Utica. But in the panic of ’57 he met with severe losses; iyjd he had hardly weathered the financial storm when he was taken down with a disease from which he never recovered. In his last illness he was deeply conCbrne'd for the future of his family. I was the eldest son, and he frequently expressed the hope, to my mother and to me, that in some way we should be able to find Harringford. Thomas Harringford was a generoushearted, but rather unprincipled, young man, who had been in my father’s employ several years before. He got into bad company and was guilty of some irregularity, as the modern genteel phrase is, having helped himself to my father’s cash to the amount of several hundred dollars, before his dishonesty—l mean his irregularity—was discovered. He was penitent, and confessed everything, but it was impossible for him to make restitution. / f He had been a favorite of both my father and mother, and they could not bear to have him sent to prison. So, on his promising to reform, lead an honest life in future, and repay my father, when he was able, the sums he had stolen—l mean misappropriated—he was let off. He went to parts where he was unknown, and only vague rumors concerning him had reached us since. One of these rumors was that he had beeft seen in Buffalo and Detroit, and that he was doing a prosperous business. On settling up my father’s estate, my mother found that she and her little family were left in straitened circumstances. Then we remembered what he had said about Harringford. I wrote to him letters addressed Buffalo and -Detroit, but failed to receive answers. At last we were so much in need that I said: .... .. “ Mother, if you can spare the money for me to make the journey, I believe I can find him, and get at least a part payment of what he owes us.” It was a long time before she would listen to this proposal. She could ill afford the expense. Though we held Harringford’s note to myfather, it was outlawed, and she had not much faith in my being able to get a|ny money of him, even if he could be found in either of the two cities named. . At last, however, thinking the journey might do me some good, at any rate, she consented to.it r and In July 4 set out

I went first to Buffalo, where 1 began with the Postoffice and directory, but without being able to find the man I was searching for there, I proceeded to Detroit. No luck there either. I returned to Buffalo, stopping at Cleveland by the way, and finally gave up the search, concluding that Harringford must have gone elsewhere, and that the world was too large a haystack for me to hunt in for such a needle. But my mother had told me to be sure to visit Niagara before my return; so, one afternoon, I went down by a late train to the Falls, which I saw by moonlight for the first time. I was of course too poor to go to a first-class hotel, but put up at one both small and obscure. The next morning was fine. I was in good spirits, in spite of the failure of my undertaking, for I had youth and health. I passed the day at the Falls, but, for economy’s sake, I felt that 1 ought to leave on the night train for Utica. So I prepared to take leave of the great cataract. “ But 1 am going to drink out of it first, anyway,” I said to a young man whose acquaintance 1 had made that afternoon.

The American shore oi the river was not fenced in from the public in those days, as I found it when I was there a year ago. We stood at the very brink, near the edge of the fall. The wild, tumbling -rapids shot past us, seemed to pause ah instant on the verge, broke into curves of- mavelous green water, then erumbleilintomasscsof loam, and" fell thundering into the abyss. With that view before me, boy-like, 1 got down on my hands and knees for my drink. My lips touched the swift water. 1 had my drink, and was about to rise, when something dropped out of the inner breast-pocket of my coat, and shot away from my reach and sank from sight before I could put out my hahd. In my astonishment, I Was Hear making a leap after it, but the sight of the steaming gulf bftlow brought me to “Gone!” I exclaimed, flingiiig up hands in despair. “ Did you see “ See what?” said my companion. “My pocket-book!” I replied, full of consternation. “It,dropped from my * Coat-pocket into the water, anfl is lost. I came within one of going after it!” He had seen nothing. I explained how it happened. I-had always car" tied my pocket-book in that way and never dropped it before. But in stooping far forward to bring my lips to the water, I hail emptied my pocket and lost, in an instant, all my money, together with that poor outlawed note of Harringford’s, among other more or less valuable papers. ff. il My tiimrce wwiuairrtafncs eTfpressed his sympathy in well-sounding words, but all at once 1 he appeared to. have grown cold toward me. Perhaps he expected I should want to borrow

money of him; for money I should certainly need in getting away from the Falls. I still had my hotel-bill to pay and I could not.very well travel by rail for nothing. We had already exchanged cards, and I had ascertained that his name was Eastmore—that he was a reporter, or somethihg of the sort, for a Buffalo paper, {thought ayoungrpanof his experience ought to be able to give me good advice, If nothing else, and I begged him to tell me wnat to do. “Have you any friend in town that you can call on for assistance P” he asked. “ Not one,” I said, and added, without thinking how hewouldtakeit, “You are the only acquaintance I have here except the hotel folks.” He laughed and looked embarrassed. “That’s bad!” he said. “I would be glad to lend you a little, if I had any to spare, but I haven’t. Perhaps the hotel folks will help you, if you can convince them of the truth of your story.” A horrible suspicion flashed across my mind. I might pass for -an impostor! “The truth of it!” I exclaimed. “Why, I had my pocket-book right here, with twenty dollars in it! And what motive could I have” — In my bewilderment I could not finish my -question. , “Of course you had your pocketbook,” he answered, with a smile; “ and mind, I don’t say you have any motive for making a false pretension. But the world is full of impostors, who are always inventing excuses for borrowing money or for omitting to pay their bills. Hotel-heepers have to deal with such characters pretty often, and we can’t blame them for being a trifle suspicious of men who have lost their pocxet-books?*' — —: • He must have been impressed by the horrified look I gave him, for he immediately went on— “ Of course I am as much convinced that you lost your pocket-book in the way you say as if I had seen it go over the Falls. But even if I had seen it, I never saw the money in it—though don’t understand me to say that I have any doubt of that either. I am only stating the case as it might look to other people, if you didn't carry such an honest face about with you.” ,„ “ Thank you for so much!” I said, bitterly; for now I perceived by something in his look and tone which he could not hide, that in his own mind, my story stood sadly in need of confirmation.

I couldn’t blame him, however. lm- f posters are in the majority among smooth-tongued people in want of assistance; and the worst of their sin is that they throw discredit upon honest people who have been really unfortunate. I was destined to find that out to my sorrow. felt that the first thing to be done was to make my case known to my landlord, and I went back to the house. 1 told him, in as cool and business-like way as I could, what had happened, and 1 asked him to trust me for the amount of my bill. Eastmore went with me, and I hoped he would say something to corroborate my story; but he was very cautious. He stood at my elbow, a little behind, and I suspect there was something in his face which did not help my cause. The landlord, a short, stocky, redvisaged, wall-eyed Irishman, glanced over his shoulder with the one good eye he had, and seemed to receive intelligence to my disadvantage. I turned quickly. I don't think Eastmore had made a signal, but he had not concealed his incredulity. I found then that I might better have gone alone to the landlord.

“I don’t know anything about your losing your pocket-book,” said the Irishman, after hearing me out. “If you have no money, you must get some. My business is to keep a hotel, and I can’t furnish guests with board and lodging for the fine stories they may tell.” The words stung me, but I managed to reply calmly: 1 don’t ask you to do any such thing. I shall pay you every cent I owe you. But I have lost my money, and can't very well afford to stay here until ! receive more.” Then it occurred to me that that was just what he would like to have me do. He could hold my valise for security, and my bill would be increasing, so I added: “I shall be obliged to leave your house, anyway. If yod will’.let me take my valise, I think I may get passed over the railroad; and I promise to send you the two dollars I owe you as soon as I reach Utica.” He smiled. , “What time is it?” he asked. I took out my watch and told him. “That’s a good-looking turnip,” he said. “ Leave that, afrd you may take your baggage.” The watch had been my father’s. I wouldn’t have trustedit in his hands on any account. “No thank you!” I said, and put it back into my pocket. He saw that I distrusted him, and became abusive.

“ You’re aswindler!” he cried. “I’ve heard of you before. -How many pock-et-books nave you lost this week? I’ve a cat here that could eat them all, and lick her chops for. more. Ah!” —he shook his fist at me angrily— “I’m the wrong man for you to try your little confidence game on. If yott come into my house again without the money,” he shouted after me as I was turning ihy" “back on him indignantly, ‘ r HT haveyou arrested! - I’ll have-- you- in the lock-up!’ 1 ’ I think! was never so angry in my life; but wnat is the use of arguing with a wild beast? I held my tongue, and walked out of his miserable hotel without my baggage. I had been poorly accommodated there, and his charge, after all, was exorbitant—almost as pinch as I should have had to pay in those days at a firsteflass ’hotlsw. “ I should have found no fault with that,apd would gladly have sent him the money if he would have let me off; but to feel that I had been imposed upon as well as insulted increased my indignation. .Eastmbre followed me out, and spoke some words intended to appear sympathizing; but I had no patience with the cold, suspicious, non-committal character of the fellow, and gave him but a curt reply. So lie went his way, and I mine. I had already resolved what to do. I walked boldly into a first-class hotel, entered my name on the register, and then asked the Clerk to be-good enough to put my watch in the hotel safe. It was an unusual act. I knew the clerk wouldwonder why I requested it; but I made no explanation. I then took a rumn rnd Wrotea tetter to mymother, which I thought would reach her the next morning, and serve my purpose as well as a telegram. I got my letter . into the mail ana took “mine ease in

mine inn.” I determined to enjoy my stay at the Falls while waiting for money to get away. The next, day, while walking out of the hotel, I met Eastmore walking in. He gave me a curious smile and went to the desk, where he seemed to be looking over the register for names. I didn’t have anything more to say to him, but sauntered away, with my head up. I looked eagerly, the next moaning,' for the expected letter from Home. It did not come. But I got an interesting bit of news instead. I took up at the breakfast-table a newspaper which a gentleman had laid down, and read with feelings which you can perhaps imagine, this item, under the heading of “Spray from the Falls:” “Don't drink out of the Cataract! That in what Philip Clemen* Edney attempted toda on Tuesday, in the presence of our reporter, and fhfiriWTlxl wi*ha l*ryeand well-stuffed pocketbook, which took that occasion to leap out of his breast-pocket and dart over the'Aincrican Fall like a fish. Philip Clement Edney was hugely disgusted; so likewise was the landlord of the Eagle House, when he found that the said P. 0. E. had nothing but fair promise* wherewith to settle hi* bill. Unfortunately our reporter could not swear to the wallet and it* contents; and in this age of dead beats and confidence men, P. 0. E. naturally fell under some supicion. “If an impostor— which our reporter did not believe—hets a very young, and a very goodlooking specimen. If an honeet person—a* he appears—we can only say that it was an expensive drink, and refer the prudent reader to the moral of our story, which, to insure it* being read, we have placed at the beginning, and here repeat at the end. Don't drink out ar the Cataract!"

Hot and cold.streaks shot over me as I read this smart paragraph. I burned to get hold of Eastmore’s sagacious nose, and be rude to it. My name—the name which the reporter had given in full—was on the hotel register, and already, no doubt, I was an object of suspicion by the clerk. 1 arose hastily and left the dining-hall. I went to cool my heat under the cliff below the Falls, and did not return to the hotel until noon. Again I asked the clerk for letters. There were none’ for me; but there was something else—a card. “H. F. Marston” was the name I read on it; and I was informed that Mr. Marston had inquired for me. “ I don’t know Rim,” I said. “ Who is he?” By way of reply the clerk struck a bell, called a messenger and sent him off to see if Mr. Marston was in his room, and to tell him that “ Mr. Edney” had returned. Then he said to me: “You are the young man who left a watch with me, I believe. Do you wish for it?” “ I shall wish for it,” I said, “ when I have money to pay my bill, which I am expecting by every mail.” “Then it wasn’t simply for safe keeping that you handed it to me?” he said. “Not altogether,” I replied. “ I had no baggage; and to avoid unpleasant explanations, and perhaps still more unpleasant suspicions, I thought I would place that security in your hands.” He smiled as he took the watch from the safe and handed it back to me. “ I don’t require the security. I believe you are honest, Mr. Edney. The paragraph in this morning paper has excited interest, and one or two persons have asked about you. Mr. Marston wished particularly to see you. Walk up stairs.” The messenger had in fact just returned for me, and I went with him, wondering all the way what would happen next. I found a tall, well-dressed, fine-look-ing gentleman waiting for me in his private parlor. “Is this Philip Clement Edney?” he said, with a smile, which brought up a host of recollections.

I stared at him, all a-tremble with excitement. I might have passed him twenty times in the hotel without knowing him; but now I was sure of my man at a glance. “That is my name,” I said; “and you” He stopped me with another engaging smile. “I am Henry F. Marston, please remember. If I had another name once, I should be glad to have it forgotten. But I am willing that you should know who I am. When I saw your name in the paper this morning, I knew It must : be you. Then 1 found you were stopping at the same Hotel with me. Your father was very, very kind tome, Philip; and when I learned” - The tears actually came into his eyes, as he faltered; and at that moment I forgave him all. “You were a little shaver when I knew you,” he went on, with another flashing smile. “I should not have recognized you; but you' have your father’s flame and your mother’s eyes. I don’t know why I have neglected to communicate with them. When I found that you were here, my heart yearned toward you. How are your parents, Philip?’’ He had not heard of my father’s death. When 1 told him, and described the straitened circumstances of our family, he appeared greatly astonished andcon-science-stijicken. *' l Why haven’t you sent for me?” he asked. “My father, in his last moments, begged us to let you know our circumstances, and I have gone through three cities in search of you.’ ’ I replied. * ‘ But no Thomas Harringford” He stopped me again. “Of course not,” he said. “ There is no such man now, and never has been, since 1 left Utica and began a new life under a new name. I have been much to blame that I have never repaid your father. Do you know the amount of the debt?” “ The face of the note .was $740,” I answered. But that, I am softy to say, went oyer the Falls in my pocketbook.” “'But I have a letter to you from my mother, which I have left in my valise at the Eagle House.” “ Go and get it,” he said. “Ican’t,” 1 said, “for I have. no money to pay my bill there.” Ha at once Qpened .frU “ Take that ana get your valise.” He put a twenty-dollar bank-note into my hand. ■ •- In half an hour I had redeemed my baggage, told the landlord of the Eagle House, in plain language, what 1 thought of his conduct, returned to Harringford’s room—or, rather, Marston’s—with my mother’s letter. In reading it he had to hide his face. Tears were still in his eyes, though he was smiling -again. Then he turned to me. “ That was a lucky paragrah in this morning’s paper,” he said; “and a lucky accident which detained you here. In your absence I have computed the present value of that note, at compound interest, and now it gives me the greatest satisfaction to re pay; your family in a time of need. I have deducted the twenty dollars I just handed yott. arni here is the balance?’ < He put a paper into my hands. I couldn't believe my eyes. It was a cheek for r-

I did not wait for my mother’s letter, but took the next train for home. I found my letter' there waiting for her. She was away, and it had not been forwarded. She soon returned, and I had the joy of putting Harringford’s check into her hands. We felt some anxiety lest it shouldn't prove good for the very large sum of money it called for; but it did; and it proved also to be the turning-point in our fortunes. ■ ■ ■ In my delight at the happy termination of my adventure, 1 forgave everybody who had wronged me. 4I forgave the wall-eyed landlord. I even forgave Eastmore. ... I have visited Niagara Falls more, than once since. But I never again felt any desire to drihk out of the cataract.—J. T. Trowbridge, in Youths" Companion.

Wheat Sowing.

As one of the great staples of the United States, the wheat crop is worthy of every advantage that it can possibly have. The profit of wheat-raising depends not so much on the area in cultivation, as on the yield per acre. In nearly all items of expense it costs about as much to raise ten bushels as it does to raise twenty bushels per acre. A little difference in the preparation of the soil and seed, and in putting the latter in the ground, will often make all the difference between a profitable crop and one that does not pay ex : penses. It is important, therefore, to give strict heed to all the conditions essential to success in this business. Much depends on the condition of the soil. I shall not stop to consider the different kinds of soils or the manures by which they may be fertilized, but snail proceed to invite attention to some of the mechanical means to be employed to bring it into the best condition for the reception of the crop. In the preparation of the soil by mechanical means, the object should be to stir it deeply and pulverize it thoroughly. It is impossible to get a soil too finely pulverized for a wheat crop. Indeed, much of its vigor and healthfulness, and especially its productiveness, depends on this condition. The fine, feeding roots will not enter a hard clod any more than they will a stone; and hence lir a soil that is large-

ly composed of these, the growing crop will be unable to get the benefit of a considerable proportion of the plantfood stored up in it. The harrow and roller should be employed to reduce tbe soil to as fine a tilth as possible. The finer the soil is pulverized, the greater the amount that will be accessible to the roots of the growing crop. And where it is sufficiently fine, the roots will find their way to all parts; their number will be greatly increased, and the crop will derive the greatest possible benefit from the soil. But depth of soil is of as much importance to a wheat crop as fineness. The roots of the wheat plant penetrate deeply when the circumstances are favorable.. The average depth is about three to four feet, but in favorable soils they run considerably deeper. In one case the roots of wheat of only forty-five days’ growth were found to have penetrated a light soil to a depth of seven feet. From these examples we may see the importance of a deeply pulverized soil in order to get the most vigorous growth possible. This depth of soil becomes especially useful in seasons of drought. If by shallow plowing, and a compact subsoil, the roots of the wheat are confined to a few inches of the surface soil, a severe spell of dry weather will prove very damaging to the growth of the crop, and cannot fail to greatly reduce the product. A deeply stirred soil will admit the roots to a depth that will give them access to a constant supply of moisture, even during times of severe dry weather, and thus a good yield will be insured when otherwise it would probably be father meager. A soil prepared as here suggested seldom fails to give satisfactory returns. The preceding crop often has a very important bearing on the fate of its successor, and it is well, even in the absence of a regular rotation, to have regard jo the coming wheat crop when planning for other crops. Probably the very best crop to precede wheat is red clover. This, even when mown, leaves a large amount of organic matter in the soil, and this is composed largely of those substances most needed by the wheat plant. To get the most good from a clover crop, it should be turned under when the flowers are generally drying up. If the surface is well cultivated Once or twice before the time to sow wheat, it will prove very beneficial. Flax is an excellent crop to precede leave the soil just in the best condition for the wheat to prosper. Buckwheat and the various root crops leave the ground in good condition for wheat, but they do not generally come oil the ground as early as it is best to sow wheat. In the Eastern and Middle States it is not advisable to sow wheat after wheat, as the later crop seldom succeeds well under such circumstances. But in the wheat regions of the West, it is a common practice to keep the same ground in wheat for a considerable number of years. And the practice does not seem to have any injurious effect upon the crop. Having the grain propbrly prepared, the manner of showing becomes an important question. The advantages of drilling over broad-cast sowing are now so generally understood that it would hardlytseem necessary to argue the point; yet there are some who still seem not to understand these advantages. It is certainly a matter of considerable importance to have a perfect.. ly even distribution of the seed over the surfaee. This can be done only by the use of the drill. A matter of even greater interest is to have the seed placed at a uniform depth, and more especially to have it put in direct contact with the moist soil. The impossibility of accomplishing these ends by any other means than by the drill will be conceded by all. In bfoad-cast, sowing, the grain is generally thrown on the top of a dry surface, and, even if covered by the drag or harrow, it is just as likely to be in contact with dry soil as with moist. That which pomes in contact with moist soil will probably germinate and grow at once, while that which is left in dry dirt will have to wait for a rain or for a slow and tedious germination, owing to a deficiency of moisture. It is easy, to see that, under such circumstances, the growth will be quite uneven.— Kansas. Cor. Rural New Yorker. —Ex-Gov. English, of New Haven, was visited by a tramp, the other day, who begged for an old pair of shoes, and after receiving tbemreturned in an hour or two and asked for twenty cents to pay for getting them mended. Whxn you see » bright baby, pleased with Itself and everybody else, be sure that Dr. Bull’s Baby Syrup has been used. Only 25 ' cents • bottle.

HOME, FARM AND HARDEN.

—Deeay.ed fruits and wilted vegetables arefnot wholesome food. —A lady has discovered that aqua' ammonia is almost an instantaneous cure for a scald. -One of the most beautiful of Nature’s provisions is that while one crop exhausts the soil of that element which enters most largely into its composition, by the operation of some mysterious law it prepares that same soil for some other crop of a different character.—State. Register. —To remove ink spots, apply spirits of salts made into a solution with tive time its weight of water; then wash it off in a minute or two with clear water. A solution of citric acid or oxalic 'will answer the same purpose, and neither of them will efface the printing, but they will rot the paper if not washed off in pure water. -wTp have the genuine roasted green corn is to turn back the husks, remove the silk, then replace the husks as closely as possible, and bury the corn in the hot ashes of a wood nre. This is the very best way in the world to cook green corn, but to be thoroughly enjoyable it should be eaten in the woods or on the sea shore, and will need to be salted and buttered. — lowa State Register. —Ono of the cheapest and* best preserves in use may be made of ripe watermelon rinds. Cut out all the core, and trim off the green outside rind. Soak the white interior rind in salt water for several days, frequently changing it. Boil in white sugar, pound for pound, greened with fresh grape leaves, and flavored with tartaric acid and oil of lemon to suit the taste. Properly prepared, this is a real luxury, far superior to imported citron, and costing less than half the price. Now is the season to prepare it. —Many farmers who find that their “ medders kinder run out” forget how much a crop of grass exhausts the soil. A crop of English hay that weighs two tons removes from the soil about sixtytwo pounds of nitrogen, seventy pounds of potash and eighteen pounds of phosphoric acid. From an acre a crop of clover hay, weighing two and a quarter tons, abstracts about 175 pounds of nitrogen, 110 pounds of potash and 32 pounds of phosphoric acid. Two or three crops in succession, without manure, would almost exhaust the best land.— Exchange.

Wicked for Clergymen.

“ I believe it to be all wrong and even wicked for clergymen or other public men to be led into giving testimonials to quack doctoraorvilestuffs called medicines, but when a really meritorious article is made up of common valuable remedies known to all, and that all physicians nse and trust in daily, we should freely commend it. I therefore cheerfully and heartily commend Hop Bitters for the good they have done me and my friends, firmly believing they have no equal for family use. 1 will not be without them. Bev. , Washington, D. 0.

WitnoFT r s Tonic!—Unfailing and Infallible!—This great Chill Tonic cures Chills without the intervention of doctors and their bills. No consulting visits—no prescriptions to be filled—no huge bills, entailing pecuniary embarrassments, added to loss of health. It is the friend of the poor man, liecause it enables him to earn a living, and of the rich, because it prepares him to enjoy his wealth. This great boon to mankind is cheap, safe and prompt. Wheelock, Finlay & Co., Proprietors, New Orleans. Fob Sale by all Druggists.

A Word to the Wise.

We wish to caution purchasers of Dooley’s Yeast Powder against buying it tn bulk or loose. It Is the practice of unscrupulous grocers and dealers to keep cheap, inferior, and generally highly-injurious baking-powder in bulk, and sell it for the genuine Dooley’s Yeast Powder, or any other brand that is called for. Buy it only in cans, as it is not sold in bulk.

Another Fat Man Reduced.

- H. A. Kufus, dealer in dry goods, Woodhull, 111., writes Botanic Medicine Co., Buffalo, N. Y.. June 22d, 1878: “ Gentlemen— Please find inclosed $5.00. for which send me, by express, Anti-Fat. I have taken one bottle and I lost five and one-quarter pounds.” Particulars regarding Electric Belts free. Address Pulvermacher Galvanic Co..Cincin..O. Alfred L. Sewell, Chicago. Ill.,wants agents

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JULIUS BAUER & CO.’S _>| CELEBRATED **7 V IPWSQJ. DHUU imuiKMS. Used and recommended by 8,000 Bands and the most prominent Band Teacrt era tn the Unlted Stttes.-”” tW*Send for Catalogue., J» New U'areroomn. MS -MS tVabasli Ave. lIIINT’Q nHI I lilalH-tre. Gravel and IlVIn ■ w Dropay. Retention and Incontinence of Urine. ■aUtUMBBIUII HINT'S KKME1W iz ■> W UV cures rain tn the K■*HIF II ■ Hack. Side or Units, Nerv IlfelYllmW I ou » •" d Bright's Disease of the Kidneys. HI'XT’S KF..WKI»Y cures all Diseases of the Kldneu, lUaddet and Urinary Organs. THV HUNT’S HMKDY. Send t<»P»mp^o a HJFor all kinds of Piles, Zeproey, Scrofula, Tetter or Rina Worm, Salt Rheum, and aU f'U meet oj the Shin and Slood. ONI BOTTLE WARRANTED TO CU RE ALL CASES OF PILES, SsOM ONE TO Three Bottles all Cases or Humors. If your DruuglstAn. not got It, ask him to send W it Price, 81 per bottle. fl DI lIU HaHt Cured In 1 Oto2o XJ r I W Iwl days. Nochargetlll cured. Per. fectly painless. Dr.J.LlriEi'HXNßjlLlnooip-av.Chlcagu. Pnintnnn New ’ Rap!d“and Easy process tit

DR. JOHN BULL’S Smifli’s Tonic Synii FOR THE CURE OF FEVER and AGUE Or CHILLS and FEVER. The proprietor of thin celebrated medicine justly claima for It a superiority over all romedies ever offered to the publio for the SAKE, CERTAIN, BPEEDY and PEBMAMEHT cure of Ague and Fever, or Chills and Fever, whether of short or long standing. He refers to the entire Western and Southern country to bear him testimony de the truth of the assertion that in no case whatever will it fall to cure if the dlreotions are strictly followed and carried out. In agroat many cases asinglo dose has been sufficient for a cure, and whole families have been cured by a single bottle, with a perfect restoration of the general health. It is, however, prudent, and in every case more certain to cure, if its use is continued in smaller doses for a week or two after the disease has been checked, more especially in difficult and long-standihg cases. Usually this medicine will not require any aid to keep the bowels in good order. Should the patient, however, require a cathartic medicine, after having taken three or four doses of the Tonio, a single dose of BULL’S VEGETABLE FAMILY FILLS will be sufficient. The genuine SMITH’S TOHIC SYBUFmust have DE. JOHNBULL’Sprivatestamp on Adh bottle. DB. JOHN BULL only has the right to manufacture and sell the original JOHN J. SMITH’S TONIC SYBUF, of Louisville, Ky. Examine wbll the label on each bottle. If my private stamp is not on each bottle, do not purchase, or you will be deceived. X>Xl. ffOTINT 33TTXeXi, Manufacturer and Vender of SMITH”! TONIC SYRUP, BULL’S SARSAPARILLA, BULL’S WORM DESTROYER, •The Popular Remedies of the Day. Principal Office, 81# Mala St., LOUISVILLE, KT.

valuable truths. If you are suffering from >oor health, or languish ng on a bed of sickness, take cheer, for Hop Bitten will Cure Yoa. If you are simply ailing; If you feel weak and dispirited, without clear- ly knowing why. Hop Bitten will Revive Yon. If you are a minister, and have overtaxed yourself with your pastoral dudes; or a mother, worn out with care and wort. Hop Bitten will Restore Yon. If you are a man of bus Inees, weakened by the strain of your everyday duties; or a man of letters, tolling over your midnight wort. Hop Bitten will Strengthen Yon. If you are young, and suffering from any Indls. iretlon, or are growing too fast, as is often the ease, Hop Bitten will Relieve, Yon. If you are In the wort- shop, on the farm, at the desk, anyuAere, and feel that your' system needs cleansing, toning or slim mating, wMoul iruozt UUiny, Hop Bitten la What Yon Meed. If you are old. and your pulse is feeble, your uorves unsteady, and your faculties waning. Hop Bitters will give yon Mew Ufa »and' Vigor. nr HOP COUGH CUM AND pain bhuhv. For Sale by All Druggist*. Hop Bitters MFg Co.. Rochester, N. T. Kalamazoo, Mich. Board, $3. W. F. PABSfiNS, Prost xx. x>. p. UtXKHAL AuHXT HARTFORD STEAM BOILER IHSPEC* TION AND INSURANCE CO. 15C A 15S La Salle Street, CHICAGO.

ILERS LIVER PILLS/ LUer PHb huve rtood for Thirty years a ff ird Remedy for the cure of Xi Ver ’ C<>n*ptalnt, W enese, Kick Headaches, and ail Derange- K of the Liver. ■ Hera* Vermifuge, the great Worm De-W *r," expelled 400 large, live worms from my W years old. Wni. Sarver, jiLLouis, Mo. Price W keep them. •*-nd form K. SELLERS A CO.. Propr s. Pittsburgh, Pag > Chicago Sclodl of Art —AND— Drawing and Painting Academy. Oil, Water Colors, India Ink. Painting, Pastel, Crayon Sketching, Object and Antique Drawing, Modeling Sculpture. Mechanical and Architectural Designing. Oil and Water-Color Painting a Specialty. A few pupils can be accommodated at residence ot manager. Decorati v» Art- CAJrasos uow open. Summeg Classes now open. Special terms to Teachers. PROF. M. H. HOLMES, Manager and Proprietor, 1099 Indiana Ave., near 24th St, Chicago. ART SCHOOLS OF TUB Chicago Acaflemy of Desijn. . I 1 '■ ■ I - —■■■■.x— “ By a recent reorganisation, the Chicago Academy ot Design has been put in better condition than at any time since the fire. THE ART RCHOOLR Are tn complete order, and persons who wish to pursne any branch ot Drawing or Painting, portraiture in Crayon, Oils or Watercolor, Drawing from Casts, Landscape Painting, Figure, StlU-LUo or Decorative Painting, Mechanical Draughting or perspective, will find here the best Instruction under the fulles: advantages. The Teachers are H. F. Srar.Ah and L. C. Earle. Professors of Drawing and I’aluliiigLjY.JU.JL—l-RNNEV;-' Lectarer ups®»AreMtecturrd srihyeCbi; N. H. Cartsn--TER;“'ltfe'triictor in Perspective. lh ’ Secretary, Mr. French, also acts as assistant In instruction. The Academy has tine and comm-xllous Stuolos, open to pupils from* to 4 n’tUock, dally,, with the use of all materiato-for study, copies, costumes, casts from antique sculpture, under constant and competent instruction. The term now in progress win continue through the ; whole summer, with especial veTerencc to the i needs or Teachers, and pupils will be admitted at | any time, by the month or quarter. Certltlcatee of at- ' talnment will be Issued for decided merit _ . ' _ President, Jas. H. Dole; Vice-President, Win. T. Baker;, Treasurer, Murry Nelson. Circulars, with all partlcul ira, will be sent upon application to W. M. K. FRENCH, Sec’y Chicago Academy of Design. 170 State street Chicago. rm ” -■ •<-- -• Hershey School of Musical Art, At Henhey MusU Hull. Chicago. 111. All branches of MUSIC. MODERN I-ANfIUAGES sad ELOCUTION taught. Unusual faculties oifernL Concerts, Classes In Harmony, sight-sliigiog. Italian, Uo wllMLetc- free wMvunile. Snd tor circular. | WE WANT It known to all Cash Buyers of 800 Wind Shoes In the Western country that we hme raraiWiahofl» Cash House in Chicago For their especial accommodation, where prices are dmmlo sninducfimfint to all CashJPuschaaors. ■<t«L, COOK d BKIXAS, Ml 4k BIS Madiawn Street, CkUeago, KU. |3r~No Old Gooda Stock Entirely New and Purahaeed ftrCattL " INSTITUTE. ■ w >1 soul tue use of fewsssKiizKKia

MUSIC BOOKS FOR the FALL TRADE. THE HARMONIA. FOUE-FAMT DONGS FOB MALM VOICES Male quartet book* Complete, BS.M; Voeal part*. eaektoeU. Together, Se.oe. Teat-hwy eto., are invited Io send for CMalogwbdMt Circular* containing large lists cd the beet, moagotofai and newest books tor their use the cointag season. DIWON A CO.’D MUSICAL RECORD. A New Weekly Mueical Paper. coaunsncea Sop*. V. pita. Organ" u.*' jSUraUrJjj pages reading matter, « pages selected music (813 pages per year). 82 per year, in advance. Teachers of Ringing Claatos will please examine L O. EMERSON’S •• Onward” (87.50 w dosenh to the •• Kncore.” so widely Shown. OTA. N. JOHNSON’S “Method for Singing Classes” (86-<>O per doran), or KMEHSON’s “Salutation” (811 per per dozen;, for Choirs and Singing Schools. WAII Books sent, post-free, tor Retail Price. LYON A HEALY, Chicago. OLIVER DITSO.N A CO.. Betook. C.H. Dltson A Co.. E. nltsoa A Co., 84* Broadway, N. Y. PM Chestnut St. Phil*'! Established 1888. MERCHANT'S Gargling Oil Liniment Yellow Wrapper for Animal and White for Human Flesh. u good row Burns and Scalds, Sprains and Bruises, Chilblains, Frost Bites,Stringhalt, Windgall., Scratches or Grease, Foot Rot in Sheep, Chapped Hands, Foundered Feet, Flesh Wounds, Roup in Poultry, External Poisons, Cracked Heels, Sand Cracks, Epizootic, Galls of all kinds, Lame Back, Sitfast, Ringbone, Hemorrhoids or Piles, Poll Evil, Toothathe, Swellings, Tumors, Rheumatism, Garget in Cows, Spavins, Sweeney, Cracked Teats, Fistula, Mange, Callous, Lameness, Caked Breasts, Horn Distemper, Sore Nipples, Crown scab, Quittor, Curb, Old Sores, Foul Ulcers, Farcy, Corns, Whitlow®, Abcess of the Udder, Cramps, Boils, Swelled Legs, Weakness of the Joints Thrush Contraction of Muscles. Merchant’s Gargling Oil is the standard Liniment of the United States. Large size, 81; medium, 50c; small, 35c. Small size for family use, 35c. Manufactured at Lockport, N. Y., by Merchant’s Gargling Oil Company. JOHN HODGE, Bse’y.

Graefenberg Vegetable PILLS Have been sdmowledged for ever Thirty Years to be a certain core for HD AT ACHE, LIVES COMPLAINTS, DISEASES OF DIGESTION, BILIOUSNESS, AND FEVERS OF AU KINDS. These FILLS act with treat mildness, and will restore health to those suffering from GENERAL DEBILITY rad NERVOUSNESS- Price 25c. per Box. Send for Almanac. Graefenberg C 0.56 Reade St. N.I PENSIONS AREFAlDeverysoldlsrdteabled inline of duty, by Accident or otherwise. A Cl 1 WOUND of any kind, loss of FIN- Jjjf I GEK.TOE or EYE, RtPTI kK, MBFkl If hut sllgh* or Disease of LVXBB. norxTV- Discharge for Wound. Injur- FjrWj les or Rupture, gives FC LI. Bounty. nraMp Lost Horses. Officers’ Accounts and all War Claims settled. REJECCF.D CLAIMS KEOPEMED. Wi, Send S 3 cents for a Copy of Acta HFjEjk on PENSIONS, BOUNTY ANDfBSWb L (Sil CLAIMS. Send stamp forint MH Circulars. hKt IB WM. F. CCMMINOM A CO., WJI U. S. CI.AIM KOT’S and PATENT ATT'YB, ra f Box S»O. Washington. O. C.

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900.000 acres taken In four months by 85,000 people. Good climate, soil, water, and buiMin; atone, and good society. Address, 8. J. Gilmore, Land CoasY, Salina, Kansas. IWAgEiH . C7l~ and World; State Maps. Atlases, Pictorial L I , n Charts, Lithographs, ChromoA Stationery, Novelties, etc. Prices low. Profits large. < cireulaia free. Address Gao. F. Cram, 66 Lake-et, Chicago. DI. REVOLVERS English eteel harret and cylinder; nichel-plaiMt and ride bore Also PJfles, Shot-Guns, etc., at areally-reduced prices. AGKimW ARTED. Catalogue free. new York Pistol Manto Co., J. H. LITTLEFIELD, Warn AgX Ogden B*ld’g, cnr.Clark A Lake it., Chicago. dOark*a R. P. lasect Powder. Sure Death to all Insect Life. Ask your druggist or grocer for it 25 cts. per box. Agents wanted. BEFOIK BOTlie ORIRKNTIXe A CABINET OR PARLOR ORGAN Be sure to send for our LATEST Catalogue andCiacu labs, with new stiles, REiiucki* PRICES and mueb in forhiatlon. Sent free. idASON A HAMLIN ORGAN CO.. Boston, New York or Chicago. _____ ■ ■ ■ ■ MK Wholesale and retaiL Sood for priceI ■ I ■ ■ list Gooils sent C. O. D., any where. H I sole Agent for the “Multiform.’* Mi U B wigs made to order and warranted. Bl ft 111

CIpERISOIIK IT ’ W.ZINBaEB<kOO.,IWWIIIIamBUN.Y?V I R (inn Ak«bU Wanted. From *2 to ! U.uUU 61s P«r day Is being made now by Agents bond one-oent stamp for particulars. KEV. S. T. BUCK. Milton. Northumberland Co., Pa. E’S K X Itlnehlne will cut smooth and true. Price 42.5 ft Illustrated circular free. E. Roth A Bro., NewOtfettLPa. Ilf A LITE fl AaeKts— Everywhere, to sell WAN I EU our new inventlon-a necesslty-no com"t'tlon-X!«l in every house-sells oa etght-mMtE Urge/Don’t fall to write to & J.Sfalpino ACO-.CMcago, CE nn foir s ® c ” »“<1 ■“ humbug. J) U■ U U send one-cent stamp for partlculara. M. L FREE & CO., Milton. Northumberland Co.. Pa. ORGAMSSKBSS I PEkITC Bmd ,or Obmilar and highly important RUCH I O business infonngt’n. Hall,234B’dw’y.N.Y. —■ .til.- I ■■■ i, ' ~ .an h» rm in » nip Wg«es Summer and WintorSam-piafiM. OIU National Copying Ca. 800 W. Madtoon-4t,CMcaga ' tsii uUIIU ontnt tree. Address TRUK A Oft, Awnn Mw O K Ashes of Rosea Cards, in Ane case, W cte. # ■! AyAnrx*xiuUU, CWM LXH>iM»MUiBt V*i ivibCOX * GIOBS Klecan* Cabinet Csm — —. N. K. T»» 8,