Rensselaer Union, Volume 11, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 October 1878 — Page 3

The Rensselaer Union. RENSSELAER, - - - INDIANA. ■

RESIGNATION. Doud! Will you read the telegram over again to That came, in the early morning, from Memphis, 'f Died. qf ike yellow fever, laet night, at kalf-paet Edward, your eon." Hov dark a path to lead to the gate of "Heaven! . Ned, my beautiful darling—so gay. so liappy and Could not the angels have spared him a little longer to me? . J tut one month, thia morning, since be came to me and said: Mother, dear, darling mother, smile on your way ward Ned, . And say, ' God-«i>eed to the mission of mercy on which I go: To give to the sick and dying what comfort we can bestow.” “Not to the plague-stricken cities!—o, Edward, my boy. not there!” I cried, as his loving fingers smoothed down my thin, ffray hair. r "You are my youngest darling; I neveroan let you go— Pity your poor old mother; spare her this added wo. How could I live without you? Others, more wine than you, Will do more skillfully, better, the thing that you wish to do.” Softly, almost reproachfully, came back the noble reply: “ Some mother's sons, fever-stricken, for wantof my care may die. Think, darling mother, it might have been Benny, or Will, or Joe— Or even yonr Ned. Dearest mother, say you will let me go,” Yes, he was right; it might have been one of my —boys! -The thought-, Stirred all the tenderness in me—tears to my dim eyes brought. God would take care of my darling—bring him again to me; Surely no evil could reach him, working so earnestly Thus for the good of others, working in God’s own way-; —, — ' . So I crushed back the anguish, tho’ I could only Brokenly, tearfully: "Edward, kneel with me here;” and so, After our anguished praying, I kissed him, and wniipered “ Go.” So he started that evening. Just as he went to 'start He said to me: “'Dearest mother, keep up a - strong, brave heart; —„ —, I shall come back in safety and if I don’t—well, then We’ll trust that the gate of Heaven will open to let me in. . ” And be has found it!” you whisper. Yes, he has found it, dear; But he has left his mother, stricken and helpless here. “ Try not to talk of it?" Let me. ’Tis all the oomfort I know. Thus to talk of my darling, who cherished his mother so. First came his letters, written full of a beautiful faith That God would let him, for many, soften the pangs of death. And so He did—for many a dying message he heard And spoke to the stricken stranger many a comforting word. Never, in all the city, a face he had seen before: Ah, there's the >ang! Among strangers. There! 1 will cry out no more. Only the thought is so dreadful; pardon a poor mother’s moan Over her boy. so brave-hearted, dying alone there — alone. Talk of the charge of an army! "The charge of the Light Brigade,” Storming a battery unaided - meeting the foe undismayed! Well, they were brave—honor to them! ’Twas gallantly, valiantly done; But naught to a man going bravely to meet Death’s legion alone. They, excited by battle, obeyed a mistaken command; He, in the flush of his manhood, went forth with “ his life in his hand” Into the ranks of the dying, scourge-smitten ranks -not to make A name for the annals of glory; but for Humanity's sake. They are the heroes for story; they, the brave women and men Who have gone .forth Mus to battle; gone, but returned not again. Ah! you are weeping. I thank you. Tears for my brave-hearted Ned! He was the light of our home life; can it be true he is dead ? When 1 lint heard it, this morning, I thought that my heart would break. In tearless anguish I questioned how God his life could take - When Ire was working so nobly, exiled from friends and home. And 1 lay moaning, but tearless, here in my darkened room, When, underneath my window, Philip, the gardener, I heard Talking with Eli Bennett, who scoffs at God and His word. "I greatly fear me,” said Philip, “ his poor old mother will die, She cannot be reconciled; he lay to her heart so nigh." “ Ah, poor woman 1” said Eli. “ But where is her faith so bright ? I thought she believed her God could only do what was right.” “ Only do what was right"—yet, at the first stroke of His rod, In quick rebellion, my heart had questioned the wisdom of God! How do I know but my boy, much as it darkens our home May have been taken away from some great “evil iocome.” t ——-——— —- So, in the darkness, I hold fast to the Hand that I know Some day will lead me to him—my darling, who loved me so. • ~ —/Mecca Ruler Springer, in Chicago Times.

A JUDAS PEACE-PIPE.

The officer in command at Detroit in 1763 was a man of singular qualities, yet withal a true Christian. As an officer he was brave in battle, stern and fertile in emergencies, rigid in discipline, yet popular with his soldiers; but at the same time so affable as often almost to merge the commandant in the gentleman, so kind as to seem weak, such an admirer of women and always so richly dressed that it was written of him, “ Had he been placed in the same sphere of society he might have been a second Chesterfield.” Toward even squaws he was so courteous that they soon came to regard him in the most friendly spirit, thus enabling him to impress them with many a Christian sentiment. He made it a point to supply them as much as possible with employment in their particular forte, as Indian embroideries, bead work and buckskin moccasins. Many such things he sent across the sea to his English friends, where they were regarded as great curiosities. In the spring of 1763 the Indians were pinched for food, and many of them came and set up their wigwams near the fort, where, until summer, they might subsist upon the patronage and charity of the garrison.'" Among others there eame with her family a dusky Ottawa maiden named Mee-mi, an adept in every kind of needle-work known to the squaws. Maj. Gladwin soon heard of her and her unusual skill, and sent for her to come into the fort as he had an elk skin for her to make’ up into mocca'MPff-"—-——- ~ When sheqanrehefoundfrerrightiy named Mee-mi, which signifies wildpigeon, as she was peculiarly delicate and timid for a squaw, - ■ ■ Making known to her, by the interpreter, his want of moccasins, he gave her the elk skin from which, in a few days, she produced a quaint and beautiful pair. So delighted was he with -her work that he kept her fingers busy all the spring in one device and another, meantime showing her such courtesies, making her so many .presents, and paying her such liberal prices as to quite win her confidence. To gentle Mee-mi there was nobody like ie'good officer, so brave and renned, and yet so smiling and generous. He was so different from ber father and other warriors, who, with their courage and kingly stature,, combined rude rammers and often--nnigb-words. As ■ events proved, the innocent girl’s gratitude and regard toward him prompted her to a noble deed in his behalf. - ■ In the slimmer, while the corn was growing in the Indians’ fields and the was. increasing and fattening in

the woods, a motley orowd of men, women and children from the neighboring tribes, Ottawas chiefly, gathered in the vicinity of the fo¥t for the purpose of bartering away to the soldiers the trinkets which they had manufactured in their wigwams during the winter and spring. They were attended by the celebrated Pontiac, a great Chieftain, sometimes even styled an Emperor, and all their manners and associations seemed friendly in the utmost degree. Some days of pleasant trading passed, and at length their relations were so agreeable that Pontiac proposed to the Commandant of the fort a council for the purpose of “brightening the chain of peace.” Maj. Gladwin readily assented without a suspicion of harm, and it was arranged that tho calumet should be smoked the next morning inside the fort. To show his peaceful intentions and confidence in the whites, Pontiac stipulated to bring with him 200 unarmed warriors, thus making a most imposing display. During the day the fort was put in order for the council in the morning. In the afternoon timid Mee-mi mode her appearance with some uncommonly fine needle-work for the Major; but she was strangely reserved considering how familiar she had become of late. After a. brief attempt to learn the cause of her changed manners, he dismissed her with a fine elk-skin which he wished her to manufacture into moccasins and purses for certain of his Jriends. As the gates were being shut at night, the officer of the guard found Mee-mi still inside the walls and weeping as if in great sorrow. At being ordered out her distress was sharply increased, and sW Hereupon the officer led her away to the Commandant’s quarters and reported the facts to him. Now the girl showed still greater emotion, but gave as her reason for remaining within the fort that she did not like to carry away the skin because the Major set so high a value upon it. But this answer was so poor and unsatisfactory that it only made him suspicious of something of serious importance. He therefore urged her to tell what was in her mind. Finally she replied with sobs that if she told what she knew Pontiac would kill her. At this the Commandant redoubled his efforts to induce her to confide her trouble to him, promising to stand between her and all harm, even from Pontiac. It is no wonder, however, that a timid girl should hesitate to do anything to incur the vengeance of so mighty a Chief as Pontiac. At length Maj. Gladwin prevailed, and she stated that a plot was formed to murder him and the other officers at the council, in the morning, and then slaughter the garrison ami take possession of the fort. “Even now,” said she, in her rolling Indian language, “ they are cutting oft’ their gun barrels so that they can hide them beneath their blankets. And, when the great Chief draws the peace belt of wampum during his speech, the warriors will take the scalps of my good officer and all his And then the poor girl’s grief burst forth anew, and, sitting down on the floor of the quarters, she began to swing back and forth and utter th at doleful note always expressive of a squaw’s gyer.t sorrow—“Wahono win! Wahono win!” When she became calm again, and the interpreter was enabled to learn the whole plot, it appeared that the savages were actually intending to come to' the council rally ’ armed, every weapon concealed under their blankets; and, at a concerted signal from Pontiac, they would begin a massacre which would only stop when the last of the garrison was dead. A thousand warriors were to wait outside the gates ready to enter when those within should open to them at the beginning of the fray. What a Judas was Pontiac, and how worse than a demon’s kiss was to be that signal of the peace belt which would begin the carnage! But “forewarned is forearmed,” and Maj. Gladwin proved equal to the occasion.

The night was spent in stern preparation for the morning’s event. The soldiers were informed of the plot, and every man enjoined to put his musket in perfect order, load it carefully and pick the flint, and fill his cartridge-box with ammunition. Several cannon were posted so as to command the Council House, and when supplied with ammunition were covered with sailcloth to hide them from view. Certain weak places in the stockade were quietly repaired. And, in short, everything possible was done in order to give a fitting reception to Pontiac ana his bloodthirsty band. ; Promptly at ten o’clock the Indians appeared at the gate ready for their treacherous work. The stipulated 200 warriors were counted off’ and marched iu, apparently unarmed, although it must be confessed that for a warm July morning their extreme care in holding their heavy blankets snugly about them seemed rather ridiculous. When they had all entered, the gates were not only snugly closed, but certain ingenious fastenings applied which no Indian could readily loosen or break. Thus it appeared as if whatever slaughter of the troops they might undertake the 200 must have it out, unaided by the savages the other side of the walls. -Within, Pontiac noticed the garrison under arms and posted in battle order around the Council House, and upon asking the reason was told that it was designed as a mark of honor to him and the distinguished Chiefs attending him. Whether the wily old sachem mistrusted the real cause hig stoical face gave no token. The Council House was simply a wide roof supported on posts, without side-walls, so that, when the Indians had stationed themselves according to their Ideas qf rank they were in plain view of the preparations and precautions that Maj. Gladwin had effected. After a few of the highest Chiefs and some of the officers had puffed the pipe of peace, Pontiac began his speech in the course of which the phe was to occur. To say that every white man in the fort whs suppressing a furnace of excitement would not convey the fntensity of the hour. Around the speaker's waist was the wampum beltdeslgned to iUtroduoc the carnage, while under many a warrior’s blanket the ill-concealed shapes and corners of weapons Were discernible. But Pontiac and Ips band could not The cannon had-been uncovered ami the gunners stood by with burning fuses; every soldier was inpositionto discharge ,h is muske". at a second’s warning; while the savages, enoumbej’ftlJ with blankets and orow4ed to-

gether, were placed at a serious disadvantage. The speech proceeded, and at the point where the wampum was to bo passed to Maj. Gladwin as the signal for the fight, each officer drew his sword, each soldier raised his gun to his shoulder to fire, and each gunner at the cannon stepped forward for his fearful duty. But these movements showed the Indians that they were detected. Pontiac stammered and trembled, every Chief flinched and many exclaimed, and for once these stoics of the forest were unnerved. But here Pontiac’s consummate subtlety came to his help. •He neatly avoided the concerted sign, and, closing his speech words of the warmest regard for the whites, gave way for Maj. Gladwin’s reply. A»id now the polite and kind-souled Commandand showed himself master of the situation. He directly and loudly charged Pontiac with his treachery and taunted him with the crime and failure of the diabolical plot. And when the old Chief denied, and pretended there was no plot, and that his warriors were actually unarmed, as he had promised, Gladwin drew his sword, and, gallantly marching down the line of savages, pulled aside many of their blankets and revealed the shortened guns, tomahawks and scalpingknives. At this the red-skins’ confusion knew no bounds. But words are inadequate to describe the scene; the reader must picture it for himself. Just here appears the superiority in noble and humane qualities of civilized man ovef the barbarian, for instead of taking away their arms and imprisoning the whole band, or opening the great guns upon them, Maj. Gladwin mercifully ordered them from the fort, though it must be acknowledged that he did it.with vehemence of words and vigor of action that could not have been very flattering to the pride of a pompous Indian Emperor like Pontiac. —lrving L. lieman, in Christian Union.

Electricity in Thunder-Clouds.

The great development of electricity in thunder-storms has been a subject of much speculation. Its explanation, however, is still an unsettled question. Some views on this subject are presented in this paper. We have no evidence that the production of fogs or clouds—the change from invisible to visible vapor, or from combined to uncombined moisture - produces any electricity. All experiments to establish such a supposition havehad a negative result. These particles of vapor we may suppose to be small spherules, each with its normal portion of electricity that surrounds or occupies the surface of the sphere. When two of these particles unite and form one, the combined particles will have twice the electricity of either of the separate parts, but not twice the surface. There will then be an accumulation of electricity upon the surface of the combined particle; and still more will this be so. when thousands of those spherules unite to form a drop of water. .We may well conceive, therefore, that a cloud forming water should become surcharged with electricity, that will escape in violent explosions when the accumulation is too rapid or the circumstances are unfavorable to its being carried off by the surrounding moist air. It is not, then, the formation of vapor, but its condensation to rain, that produces thunder and lightning. And this, it is believed, accords with all our experience. Clouds are constantly forming and disappearing; fogs and vapors are accumulated in some places in great abundance, but no electrical excitement has ever been observed. But, on the other hand, there is never a flash of lightning without a manifest deposition of rain. To this there is no exception. There is, indeed, a manifest relation between the tw*d. The more sudden and rapid the condensation, the more violent and terrific the explosion. Sometimes, in thunder-storms we hear a loud crash, and then, soon after, comes an increased pouring down of water. Sound travels more rapidly than rain, and, although the report reaches us first, the interval between the events and the distance traveled plainly indicate that the explosion succeeded the condensation; and we naturally infer that it was caused by it. The loud crash and simultaneous lightning shows the nearness of the explosion, at the origin of the rain-drops.— Hon. Elisha Foote, in Popular Science Monthly for October.

Half the Fine Went to Him.

A Belgian bridegroom, being about to start for Paris on his honeymoon tour? was informed by his bride that she thought of concealing several thousand francs’ worth of lace about her, hoping by its sale to pay the cost of their, journey. The bridegroom was not smitten with this frugal project, and pointed out that there were CustonvHouse officers and a female searcher at Ercquslinesr—who iveresonietiraes struck with an unaccountable fancy for examining passengers’ pockets. " This he said, being a timid man, and his bride, to humor him, promised to give up her plan; but of course she secreted the lace all the same without telling him about it. Now, as the train approached the French frontier the husband reflected that if his wife were not searched his fears would be mocked at as having been groundless, and he would start on his married career with prestige' im-= paired. This was not desirable. The rather was it essential that he should, frotn the very outset, assert his infallibility. So, when the train stopped at Ercquelines, and the passengers alighted, the bridegroom left the bride’s arm tor a moment, and, sidling up to a douanier, whispered: *‘T think if you search that lady yonder you may find some lace.” The douanier the happy bride was accosted with an invitation to walk into the female searcher’s room; she turned pale, tottered, but was led awayi and five minutes later dismal sounds of hysterics were heard. Thon' the douanier reappeared and said to the horrified husband: •* Thank you, sir; it’s a good capture. The lady will be taken to prison, and half the fine will go to you.” —A twelve-year-old boy recently stole a horse in Clover Valley, Cal., rode bareback ten miles and completed his outfit by stealing a saddle, bridle, blanket and revolver from a miner’s cabin. He had made up his mind to become a robber, but was arrested while lying in wait for a stage coach. Wair suffer with a bed cold If one bottle of Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup will cure a rough of the worst kind! Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup « sold for 25 cents per bottle, or live bottles for MOO, In every respectable drug store In the Uullfd Stftes. / \

HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

Home production for home consumption is the key-note of success in a State, a town, or in a family.—Exchange. —lt is folly to think that after a man has exhausted everything else, he can fall back on farming. He vainly imagines that any good, common, intelligent man can make a good and successful farmer without any particular previous study or experience.— lowa Stale Register. —Dissolve common salt in water, sprinkle the same over your manure heap, and the volatile parts of the ammonia will become fixed salts, from their having united with the muriatic acid of the common salt, and the soda thus liberated from the salt will quickly absorb carbonic acid, forming carbonate of soda; thus you will retain with your manure the ammonia that woula otherwise fly away, and you have a new and important agent introduced, viz., the carbonate of soda, which is a powerful solvent of all vegetable fiber. Chautauqua Farmer. —The Mexicans have a method of subduing fractious horses and such as are inclined to run away which might be introduced here with profit. A hood or winker is so arranged th at the driver or rider can in an instant draw it directly over the eyes of the animal, effectually blindfolding him. When this is done the horse instantly becomes quiet, and a repetition of the blindfolding two or three times gradually results in his'beoomlngijuletand docile. Such an arrangement would be a valuable appendage to the headgarof such horses as are disposed to runaway. •Exchange. Hckles~made after t&e”fullo wing recipe are said to be excellent: Put cucumbers, peppers, etc., in vinegar; a lump of alum, size of an egg, to three gallons; thus leave them two or three weeks, if necessary; then pour off vinegar, and let it come te a boil. Having placed your pickles in stone jars (not glazed) or firkins, with layers of green Savoy cabbage leaves between, leave a week; then repeat, pouring off the vinegab, and boil it, and again another week repeat the boiling. Tie up in thin muslin, bags green ginger, horseradish, English mustard-seed, whole pepper, cloves and allspice, and a little garlic; add cassiq buds. —A method in practice among the best butter-makers in England for rendering butter firm and solid, is as follows: Carbonate of soda and alnm are used for the purpose, made into powder. For twenty pounds of butterime teaspoonful of carbonate of soda and one teaspoonful of powdered alum are mixed together at the time of churning and put into the cream. The effect of this powder is to make the butter become firm and solid, and give it a clean, swe’et flavor. It does not enter into the butter, but its action is upon the cream, apd it passes off with the buttermilk. The ingredients of the powder should not be mingled together until required to be used, or at the time the cream is in the churn ready for churning.— Cincinnati Price Current.

Autumn Care of Stock.

A correspondent of the Country Gentleman makes the following suggestions: The critical seasons of thrift of our cattle and farm stock are the times of change from grass to hay and from hay to grass—fall or spring. It becomes all thrifty farmers therefore to bridge over these seasons to the best possible advantage; and in no way can it be better done than by good feeding just previous to and during the transition stages. Many farmers who practice on this principle make as great profit from their cows in the fall as at any other season, and get, if we except the first greatest rush and flow, a full average quantity and better quality of milk. In the fall there are pumpkins, which are one of the best milk ana flesh producers and sustainers when judiciously fed in conjunction with other feed; as cornstalks and other matter abundant at this season, which it is impracticable to keep into winter. Much of this costs very much less to produce than the hay, grain, or other feed sifited away for winter feed, and is better for present feeding than these, and will produce more and better milk, while the condition of the stock is improved and the system better sustained if full fed. Extra fall feeding should be begun when grass begins to grow short, to be increased as tlie grass diminishes in quantity and quality. Where this system of feeding is practiced, cows will keep up for several weeks their flow of milk (till January or later), giving a handsome profit in milk and butter. The farmer who does not avail himself of the advantage of extra fall feeding, finds his cows oegin to diminish with the decrease of pasture, and shrink largely with the first cutting frost, gradually shrinking till they dry off in December or earlier. A good hard frost generally uses up grass and forage, so that there is Very ltttle nutriment left in it; and although cattle may apparently fill themselves (plump and full), nevertheless they actually shrink In flesh, for enough' nutriment to sustain the system cannot be obtained. It is unwise for any farmer to cause his stock to depend almost entirely upon such grazing, giving them perhaps an occasional feed of some poorer quality of roots. Regularity in extra feeding should be the rule. Many farmers have large quantities, of apples, which they are at a loss what to do with, or perhaps they have roots,- cabbages, etc., all which can be safely fed to milch-cows and other stock, if their allowance of salt is increased. net no farmer think that because this can be done advantageously, that it may be indiscriminately or injudiciously done. An excess or full quantity given act the same on the animal as oh the human system. The way to do is to begin with a small quantity, and gradually increase from day to day till you have fed -the animals all they will eat. An illustration of ill effects of over-eat-ing apples by cows unaccustomed to them lately occurred with an acquaintance, where the cows broke into an orchard and ate all the apples they chose... They shrank and failed in their milk. Let a child eat as many apples as it can force down, not being accustomed to them, and see what would be the result. Had these same bows been fed apples, and gradually accustomed to them, such result would not have occurred, even had they eaten all they could. Df course, excesses are to be avoided when possible, but what ts-here .meant is. that.comparative resujts are very different. In the fall, tl>en H thj> prudent farmer will improve his time and all bis ad vantages; bnt be should not wait, but begin wjth summer and spring. He should plan his work beforehand;

pumpkins and roots must be started in spring or at their appropriate season. The man with cow often understands and practices something of this, and thereby obtains correspondingly profitable returns. What this man doos with his one cow, the other man with his herd may do proportionally in a similar manner. Not oniv is their profit in thus feeding cows, but similar profit is gained by feeding all other farm-stock correspondingly well, Good stock in the fall is a first requisite; the keeping it good is the second; the regular attendance is the main thing. Any irregularity in attendance is sure to crop out and tell the, ta|e f If our stock pass the transition of spring and fall safely, there is usually no trouble to be apprehended during other seasons; therefore it is wise to see to it and provide for these critical seasons.

Harvesting Potatoes.

“ Well,” says many a reader, “ don’t anyone know how to dig potatoes?” If they do, but few of them practice It. Many dig them with a sharp hoe, and cut and slash them A potato cut by digging should never be sent to market, nor be eaten after it has lain a week. It is sensitive of a wound. Potatoes should be dug when the ground is dry, on pleasant days, and exposed to the sun and light as little as possible. Exposed for a week by laying on a barn floor or in a pile outdoors, they are not worth half price. They grow in the dark, and to keep them right they must be kept in the dark. WheiTput, in a cellar tliat'Tsaov very dark they should be covered to keep out the light. Potatoes should not only be dug carefully, but handled tenderly. The invention of the steel scoop was unfortunate for potatoes. If handled with a scoop, it should be a wooden one. They must not be thrown or poured so as to bruise them. Pouring from a basket into a barrel is injurious, without it is done with care. And the practice frequently resorted to of conducting potatoes from the wagon by a shute into the bins in the cellar should not be tolerated by any careful man. Digging should be done with a plow, or, if by hand, with a potato-digger, or a broad-tined fork. The Irishman usually takes a sharp-pointed, longhandled shovel, and, if trained, he does it delightfully.— lowa State Register. The opium product of China is increasing so rapidly that fears are entertained by the English that the Indian article will be. supplanted in the Chinese markets. In the opjum-producing districts of China, smokers are estimated to comprise five-tenths of the native male population, and in all China three-tenths of it. There have been public edicts against the cultivation of opium, but they avail little, as the producer silences the official with a fee.

Can’t Preach Good.

No man can do a good job of work, preach a ,ood sermon, try a law-suit well, doctor a patient, or write a good article, when he feels miserable and dull, with sluggish brain and unsteady nerves, and none should make the attempt In such a condition, when it can be so easily and cheaply removed by a little Hop Bitters. See “Truths” and “Proverbs,’’other column.

The Fat Men’s Convention.

We can see some pleasure, if no reason, in the convening of a baby show, but we confess we could never see the slightest cause, reasonable or otherwise, for a fat men’s convention, unless it be the fact that misery loves company. For fifty or a hundred men, whose several weights range from two hundred to three hundred pounds, to hold a convention simply because of so much surplus avoirdupois, is absurd, to say the least. It becomes doubly so when we reflect that obesity is a disease. What would we think of as many persons emaciated by consumption holdings convention to compare their relative weights! There is but one ground upon which we would advocate another fat men’s convention, and that is that they will meet to discuss the merits of Allan’s Anti Fat, the only known remedy for obesity. It is safe and reliable. Sold by druggists. The (liikat Family Medicine.— Dr. Wilhoft’s Anti-Periodic or Fever and Ague Tonic I No case of incurable Chills has yet presented. itself, where Jus -.cientifle and safe medicine has been enipiujed. No case'has been found so obstinate as to resist its prompt and masterly action. No man has been so reduced by malarial influences, but with its use. has come up perfectly -reconstructed. No’ pills or purgative required with this medicine. WIIBELOCK, Finlay & Co., Proprietors, New Orleans. -—c.—- ; Fon sale by all Druggists. A cable dispatch to the Associated Press says that Mason & Hamlin have been awarded the highest gold medal at the Paris Exposition for their Cabinet Organs. Thirty best makers of the world were competitors. Particulars regarding Electric Beits/ree. Address Pulvermacner Galvanic Co.,Cincin.,O.

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IM. JOHN BULL’S SmitfsTomSynj ! FOR TH! CURrOF FEVER and AGUE Or CHILLS and FEVER. The proprietor of this celebrated medicine justly claims for It a superiority over all remedies ever offered to the public for the SAFE, CERTAIN, SPEEDY and PERM AMENT cure of Ague and Fever, or Chills and Fever, whether of short er long standing. He refers to the entire Weatern and Southern country to bear him testimony to the truth of the assertion that in no case whatever will it fail to cure If the directions are strictly followed and carried out. In a great many cases a single dose has been sufficient for a cure, and whole famlliee have been cured by a single bottle, with a perfect restoration of the general health. It is, however, prudent,audio every cnee more certain to cure, it its use is continued in smaller dotes for a week or two after the disease haa been checked,more especially in difficult and long-standing oases. Usually this medicine will not require any aid to keep the bowels in good order. Should the patient, however, require a cathartic mediedne, after having taken three or four doses of tbs Tonic, a single dose of BULL’S VEGETABLE FAMILY FILLS will be sufficient. The genuine SMITH’S TONIC SYRUP must have DR. JOHN BULL’Sprivate stamp on each bottle. DR. JOHN BULL only has the right to mannfsetUro and sell the original JOHN I. SMITH’S TONIC SYRUP, of Louisville, My. Examine well the label on each bottle. If my private stamp is not on each bottle, do not purchase, or you will be deceived. JOHN SUXjZa, Manufacturer and Vender of SMITH”! TONIC SYRUP, BULL'S SARSAPARILLA, BULL’S WORM DESTROYER, The Popular Remedlee of the Day. Principal Oflee. Sib Hain St,. LOUISVILLE. KT. TfinilftT Remedy. lIIIV I HtXTW REMEDY ■ B Mil I Cures Dropsy. Kidney. Blad- ■ an RW ■ der »n<J Uri nary Complaints. Bright's Disease, Diabetes and ■HIRD Gravel. HUNT’M KEMEB II UY cures Pain In tbe Side, f I < Back or Loins, and all Dis ■ V eases of tbe Kidneys, Bladder and Urinary Organs. HL'NT'N KEMKOV eucourages sleep, creates an appetite, brace* up the system and renewed health Is tbe result of using HUNT’S* MEMED Y. Send for pamphlet to WM. K. CLARKE. Providence, B. L Kalamazoo, Mich. Board, »8. W. F. Parsons, Preet irn. HENRY A. ELKINS’ BCKOOL IN ADVERTISERS DESIRING TO REACH TheKEADERS if THIS STATE CAN DO 80 IN THE Cheapest and Best Manner n APDiMsnia E. E. PRATT, TO Jackson Street. Chicago. ~ - —... .. . received for aay Westen State Send forCatalogu*. A Table Book and Introductory Arithmetic, BV LYDIA NASH. This little book Is the liest In use for beginners in the study of Arithmetic. It takes the learner through Long Division, and. In Its caret idly-prepared questions and examples, It leaves no point untouched which Is necessary for tbe scholar’s complete mastery of this department of knowledge. It, In fact, exhausts the subject, and no teacher who has once used It will ever think of changing It for another. It has also the additional recommendations of being small and Inexpensive, Apply to the author, 88 Broad steeet, Elizabeth, N. J. Piice 16 cents. Ko charge made lor postage In mailing the books. ART SCHOOLS or THB Cfajo Acatay »f Design. Be a recent reorganization, the Chicago Academy of Design has been put In better condition than at any -ammnbrttebnc— —; —r—- ———— : ■ z—. THE ART SCHOOLS Are In complete order, and persons who wish to pursue any branch of Drawing or Painting, Portraiture In Crayon. Oil* or Water-Color, Drawing from Casts, Landscape Painting, Figure, SUU Life or Decorative Painting, Mechanical Draughting or Perspective, will find here the best Instruction under the fullest advantages. The Teachers are H. F. Sprzad and L C. Earls, Professors of Drawing and PalnUng; W. L. B. Jznnzt, Lecturer upon Architectural Subjects; N. H. Carpenter, Instructor In Perspective. The Secretary, Mr. French, also acts as assistant In Instruction. The Academy has Hue and commodious Studios, open to pupils from 9 to 4 o’clock, dally, with tbe use of al! materials for study, copies, costumes, casts from antique sculpture, under constant and competent instruction. The term now In progress will continue through the whole summer, with especial reference to the needs of Teachers, and pupils will be admitted at any time, by the month or quarter. Certificates of attainment will be Issued for decided merit PresldentJas. H. Dole; Vice-President Wm. T. Baker; Circular,, with sll paitlciilani, will be sent upon application to W. M. R. FRENCH, Sec’y Chicago Academy of Design. 170 State street Chicago.

PKOVEKBS. “ No one can be sick when the stomach, blood, liver and kidneys are healthy, and Hop Bitters keep them so." “ The greatest nourishing tonic, appetizer, strengthener and curative on earth— Hop Bitters.” “It is impossible to remain long sick or out of health, where Hop Bitters are used.” “ Why do Hop Bitters cure so muchl” “ Because give good digestion, rich blood, and healthy action of all the organs.” “No matter what your feelings or ailment is, Hop Bitters will do you good.” “ Remember, Hop Bitters never does harm, but good, always and continually.” “ Purify the blood, cleanse the stomach and sweeten the breatli with Hop Bitters.” “ Quiet nerves and balmy sleep in Hop Bitters.” “Nohealth with inactive liver and wintry organs without Hop Bitters.” THT HOP COUGH CCKK ANU PAIN KKI.ISV. For Sale by AU DraggUO. H<m Bittsn ifVf-iL. Reckester. *. t. 1 Vj Vy ** 1 I_S W T I MASON ft HAMLIN CABINET ORGANS Demmuiraled beet by HIGHEST HONORS AT ALL WORLD’S EXPOSITIONS FOR TWELVE YEARS; via: st Paris, IM7; Vknna. 1878; Santiago, 1875: Philaiiklphia, 1878; Paris, 1878, and GfUNDSWXDIsii GOLD MsbAU 187 A Only American Organs ever awarded highest honors at any such. Sold for cash or Installments. Illuetraled Calaloyuee and Circulars with new style* and prices, sent free. MASON A HAMLIN ORGAN CO.. Boston, New York or Chicago, ~ SCHOLL SAWS* t! R»*Fairey Wood*. Ilrelym. Care ■ m Wing Tools, Lathes, Machinists’ and Mechanical Tools, Household Toots. t* llo ** ** M| Catalogue Free-edgm-nt and Abstract Only «ne dollar tor each lot. No lota donated after thia month. S and 10-acre orange

i BcKutaNy tax art Ctai M fit SINGINGSCHOOLS. Johnson’s Method , * r ° JSinging Classes. r»rlcro, *O.OO per Dozen. SRiSISSSS’S<S3SE' srat “ Jolubod’sKM for States Is Mlmply and Entirely an Easy and Interesting Method of TEACHING the NOTED. The Explanations are divided tnto 41 chapters, wttb example* and questions, and constant references an made to 77 tunes, which are arranged as practice Isa connected with the Instruction, while they furnish ttretrate music for recreation. Teachers will sorely be ylesssd with ft, and they will find It a very aaay booh, to teach from. •END «O eta. for SPECIMEN COPT. OLIVER DITbOBT A 00.. Booton. LVON * HEALY, ClalfiM**. Established 188*. MBROIIAN-T-9 Gargling Oil Liniment Yellow Wrapper for Animal and Whits for Human Flesh. . is good row Burn* and Scalds, Sprains and Bruise*, Chilblains, Frost Bites,Stringhalt, Windgalls, Scratches or Grease, Foot Rot In Sheep, Chapped Hands, Foundered Feet, Flesh Wounds, Roup in Poultry, External Poisons, Cracked Heeia, Sand Cracks, Epizootic, Galls of all kinds. Lame Back, Sitfast, Ringbone, Hemorrhoid* or Piles, Poll Evil, Toothathe, Swellings, Tumor*, Rheumatism, Garget in Cows, Spavins, Sweeney, Cracked Teats, Fistula, Mange, Callous, Lameness, Caked Breasts, Horn Distemper, Sore Nipples, Crownscab, Quittor, Curb, Old Sores, Foul Ulcers, Farcy, Corns, Whitlows, 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, tr; medium, 50c; small, zee. Small size for family use, ajc. Manufactured at Lockport, N. Y ~ by Mi-rcflaul's Gargling C'll Company. JOHN HOMIE, Sec’y. Graefenberg Vegetable PILLS Have boon ackncwledffed for ovor Thirty Tear* to ba a certain care for SZL&DACBB, LIVX2B COMPLAINTS, DISEASES OF DIGESTION, BILIOUSNESS, AND FEVEHS OP ALL KINDS. Theca PILLS act with neat miMaeas. and will restore health to those nMat tnn QENIBiL DEBILITT and NERVOUSNESS- Price 25c. per Box. Send for Almanac. GraefenbergCo.s6 ReadeSt N.I PENSIONS ARE PAID every soldier disabled In line AB of duty, by Accident or otherwise. A N*!t v WOUND of any kind, loss of FIN- JW I GER. TOE or EYE. RI PTI RK, XKk If but slight, or Disease of LVNGi*. ■Mi noLNT Y—Discharge for Wound. Injur- WNffl les or Kupture, <lves FL'LL Honnty. 19QV Lost Horses. O.mcere’ Act ount* and all War Claims settled. RE-■IEC-TED CLAIMS REOPENED. Mfli Send 25 cents tor a C opy of Acts MS* on PENMIONN, BOUNTY ANDtKU* LAND <LAIMM. Nend stamp for lEd MB Clrenlara. . S’WM. F. CUMMINGN A CO., IKLIV U. S. CLAIM ACT’S and PATENT ATT'YS, 11MFB Rex see. Wauhlnxtoa. D. C. The Antidote To Aleohol Fownd at Lae* I 1 troys all appetite for alcoholic liquors and builds up tbe nervous system. After a debnneh, or any intemperate Indulgence, a single teaspoonful will remove all mental and physical depression. It also euros every kind of n. vxr, DrsezesiA and Torpidity of th* Liver. Sold by all druggists. Price. SI per bottle. Pamphlet on “Alcuhol. Its Effects, anil Intemperance as • Disease,” sent free. Father Mathew Temperance and Mannfactnrlnx Co., M Bond Mt., New York. INSTITUTE. ' '<’l Established In 1572 for the Cure Cancer, Tnniors, Uleere, FygWPfMSthWNerafula. and HKin Diseases, w ihoui lire u-e of knife or loss of blood and little pain. For information, circulars and references, anLess Dr. F. L. POND. Aurora.KaneCu-.llL MIF DIDn6 THEIR HABITS, HAUNTSsnd bAlJlt DliWd, HOW 10 SHOOT THEM. By TOOMAS AL«XAirr>Bn. anthor “Fiah and Fishing.” Ac. New shooting costume; a uew method of learning how to shoot •’ on the wing.” with improved Bight for the purpose; upland shooting; wildfowl shooting; new deeoys. to swim, fly and dive; boat*, stands, new Portable Blind: trafnlngthe doe; the Rifle ana Its use, with new sight*. Ac. Over Be Illustration*. The best book on the subject. Erie* poet paid, only go cent*. Sold by all Newsdealer*, or address Donnelley. Gaoaette A Loyd, Tbe Lakeside Library, Chicago, caialogue troa

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