Rensselaer Union, Volume 11, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 December 1878 — Page 3

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CHESTNUTS. I>>wn in the orchard, all the day, Hnjge, and thiokct, and h«»el ’J*’ ll - ■ Bat the rtmdy over the hill GnfXflWFprftAy.'MihMa eUli. And laughed in Hoorn at the wind ana rain. BeatingUdrdturljUi,*!* ui »■*». ■, wup * Huah!” «afd tke front. “If you’ll hold yonr ssassx. The min mnk town, and thtfwtafl Was Mill.. And the wmM W»» wr»P»ed iu the uMMudfaht And a faint white mist, like a stoat, wax uen OreepintoWt U» vall< HVO Jplwtl wiO Over the roofa of the aleeping town, S®6SS»Ej“S----’ And every portal flew open wide. Up sprang the wind with a loud ** Ho! Hof’ And scattered the treasures to and fro; And the children shouted, “Come away! There is sport in the chestnut woods to-aay.” —Emily Huntington Miller, in Chrittian Union, -a w >- IUE

LISBETH’S MISSIONARY.

“ The butcher’s bill, papa!” Outside, the locusts Were piping shrilly among the blue cups of the morning-glory vines; the bland September sunshine steeped everything in yellow brightness. Within, the country parson sat at his desk, with divers and sundry sheets of sermon-paper scattered before him, half a dozen reference books open at his elbow, and his head clasped tightly between his two hands, after a fashion which involved considerable rumpling of his iron-gray hair. ** Eh?” said the parson, letting his head, as it were, out of custody, and coining slowly down from the world of polemics, as he stared at the pretty, slender girl in faded calico and washedout ribbons, who stood beside him with .m ominous-looking piece of paper in her hand. “The butcher’s bill, papa,” Fenn; “and he’s waiting, please.” “But, my dear”—the parson laid down his pen, and took the bill into his hand with a puzzled air—“ we’ve had no buteber’s-meat this month. We have striven to be in the last degree economical.” _ “Yes, 1 know, papa,” said Polly, knitting her pretty brows; “ but we ordered three pounds of steak the day the District Missionaries dined here, and there was the joint for that Sabbatarian Society day; and the evening the Bishop was here—don’t you? remember?”

“Iremember, my child—l remember,” said the country parson, with a sigh. “Hospitality is an agreeable duty, and one that the Good Book enjoins upon us, but it costs money, Polly —it costs money. Put down the hill, child, and tell Neighbor Brisket that 1 will attend to it at my earliest convenience.” Still blue-eyed Polly hesitated. ‘ * And the grocer was here this morning, papa, and the account has really mounted up beyond everything. And he says that he hopes you will please to settle at once, and that hereafter he has determined to do business only on a strictly cash basis.” The Rev. Mr. Fenn smiled a sickly smile. “Then I am afraid, Polly/’ said he, “ that he won’t do much business with me. For as long as the vestry are so dilatory with their payments —” “ Yes, papa, that’s just what I told him,” said Polly; “ but he says that business is business.” “He is right, my dear,”- said the parson, “ and I am wrong; but it is through no fault of mine. Now run away, and leave me to my books.” Polly Fenn silently withdre#, with her pretty brows still knitted, as if she were utterly hopeless of comprehend ing the problem o! the world’s ways. The butcher, white-aproned and burly, stood at the door, a living impersonation of the fate which Polly could neither ignore nor avert. . “Well, miss?” said the butcher.} fj “ Papa will attend to it at his earliest convenience, Mr. Brisket, ’.’faltered Polly. “But his earliest conve njaaoe has been such a mortal long time a-oom-in’, miss,” grumbled Mr. Brisket “ And times is dull, and I’ve got notes to meet.” “I’m very sorry, Mr. Brisket but—" “’Tain’t no good here,” said the butcher, irritably scratching his head. “ I might ha’ knowed what answer I should ha’ got afore 1 crossed the threshold. But it’s hard on a poor man, that’s what it is, and them as calls themselves gentry hadn’t ought to eat if they can’t pay. I’ll cajl again this day week, miss, and then—” And with this the butcher whisked himself to way under the arch of morn-ing-glory vines, where the locusts were singing, and the pink and purple cups swung to and fro in the morning wind. And Polly, with crimsoned cheeks and heart beating with vague resentment, turned back into the great sunshiny kitchen, where Lisbqth was swaying nervously to and fro in the splintbottomed rocker,witl a week-old newspaper in her hand, her yellow hair catching the sunbeams like a coronal of gold as she rocked. “ Lisbeth,” said the elder sister, austerely, “ are the wild grapes ready for preserving?” ’ “Wild grapes?” repeated Lisbeth, Hinging the newspaper into the win-dow-seat; “I haven’t thought of them since you went away. Oh, Polly, how 1 wish w 6 were rich!” subtle perfume, and dusted over with pale purple bloom, and began to separate them from their stems with deft, quick fingers. “Why?” said she. “ I would go |o New York and see this new play/’ said Lisbeth, still swaying back and forth in the splintbottomed rocker. " Olivia was a country parson’s daughter, and so are we. I should like to see my own counterfeit presentment on the stage.” * Nonsense," said Polly. You had a deal better come here and help with these grapes.” , , t' “ It’s such wretched business to be poor!” said Lisbeth. She was a sparkling little creature, after the hummingbird type of damsel, with yellow hur curling low over her forehead, intense hazel-brown eyes, and a small red

SAK shyly in .Wght*|| Ito tyM* n g 0 0 *** .washing and riD-' bons, and counting every pound of rice and every •potato! Even these tottd grapes, Polly, that you and I gathered clown Ihy ..the edge qt the sfrapMat’Mto of preserving tntea, fl Mrs. Deacon tUodgau»dia,’t / M>flfcrtoft to roily the *Q<>lado jaje <5 life!' Even Brisket the butcher thinks “we mustn’t order any more nauat at beth. Lisbeth looked up with sparkling e, increase papa’s salarer* Six hundred Polly shook her head over the grapes.

modern in his ideas as Mr. Crocus.” „ “But he is such a learned muu2’ cried out Lisbeth/teaking the yeltaw mart into one’s heart so! Sijr hundred dollars a year, Polly, for such work and study as thatP B L F .“There is no* dbufcVl- saki-FcUy, soberly, “ bat that clergymen are, as a general rule, very much underpaid marry a clergyman," cried Lisbeth, with energy. “!No, Polly, never!] I’d marry a dust-man first! For dust-men get their pay, and clergymen don’t, and—” - Lisbeth - stopped short, scarlet and confused, in this rhapsody of hers, for, chancing tbgiadce up; she bhheld in the doorway a taR and solemn-faced young man, with an umbrella in one nandand a traveling sachet in the other. “We don’t want anything, please,” said she, jumping at once to tue conclusion that she beheld a book agent, or a vendor of Patent polish, -or some such itinerant tradesman.

. beg your pardon,” said the gentleman, apparently as much embarrassed as was she harteH; y B‘I must have mistaken the house. I was looking for the Revqrend Francis Fenn!” “ My good gracious! another missionary,” munnured Lisbeth «<Uto voce, as “ You are nftt misteksn, sir; this is the house. Please tb walk into the parIqr, and I will speak to papa.”, drawn down, a jar of frMjrant dried rose leaves id the tife-piace, tend- a home-braided rug of party-eolored eloth Wd carefully down before the sofa to hide the darned spot in the carpet. . . ’ ’ . . “Not thatchair, please,” said Polly, coloring up to the roots of her hair, as the unwary stranger advanced toward a certain corner; “the leg is broken, and we’ve glued it, and I’m afraid it’s not quite safe. This One is better.” While Lisbeth, hiding her face in her apron, murmurs to herself “Is there no end to our humiliations? Is our world always to be full of glue and patches, and mends and make-shifts?” “ Lisbeth,” said Polly, returning, “go and call papa?’ ’ : “It’B another missionary,l’m sure,” said Lisbeth, unwittingly pulling down the sleeves of her brown calico dress. “And I know he’ll stay to dinner, and he’s get a hungry glare in his eves, and there’s nothing lor dinner but barley soup and a cabbage. Oh, dear!” with a grimace which made Polly laugh in spite of herself, “ I wish the race of missionaries was extinct.” I tor '

The country parson looked mildly ujj from the Second paragraph of his, “Thirdly” as Lisbelh came in, smelling of wild grapes, withan aureole of yellow hair about her race. , “ Pqpa,”>miid she, “ there’s a gentlemanjh that parlor to see you, with a carpet-bag and tuwhite neck-tie!” itar/> supneje. aHere mist jkjicdme. But I am just at present deep in the thread of a complicated polemic theory. Make mfr compliments to ■k£entleman, Lisbeth, and beg his indiflgWice for a quarter of an hour or so.” And the parson dipped Ms pen resolutely into the time-stained woolen standish, .as if he was determined to settle the Lisbeth had naught at his coat-cuff. to* reclaim him, temporarily, from the abysses of theological Argument. h<j ” looking absently at “Doyon think he’ll stay to dinner?” “ I aha& invite him, my dear, moat Lisbeth’s countenance felt “But, “ We Wist SeiWlt with the good oldfashioned sauce of welcome, my dear,” said the Reverend Mr. Fenn, with a grave, sweet smile, “andl doubt not. ft vyiU suffice.”, Lisbeth flounced out of the room she, to herself; “ but angels never were adapted to get along in this work-a-day world.” She put her golden head into the parlor-door for an instant.' “ Papa is very busy with his ‘Thirdly,’ ” said she, with a roguish twinkle in the deep haaeleyes, “ and he begs youmbe good enough to wait until he"s through." The stranger bowed, and looked more embai+assed than ever, as he answered, “ Oh, certainly, certainly. lam in no haste whatever.” wont back Pdfffr* mudThe7”whatsltallwe do? Company to dinner, and nothing to give thepi,” , r■ “ But we must have something,” sal<> Polly. “ Put on your things, Lisbeth. Go out and buy a fowl, and a quart of potatoes,, and a loaf oi*. bread. And stop at Mr. Dakin’s for an ounce of his best tea and a quarter of a pound of butter?* Lisbeth opejjed her eyes very widg at this extravagant order. “OH, you reckless Polly!” said she; “and where are all the funds to come from?" ’ 1 Pony sighed softly. “ I shall have to take the driedjsdMMVMWOMf,” said She, “that I was. saving op for my fall hat and gloves. But it, isn’t . much matter. I dare say I can manage very well with the old ones for a little, while I longer.”

“ It’tejVMafilUcried Lisbethjj'eheAn<||®think how ywgMkd aKatioSMM sufiKer days to pnVand 1 * *tf’he<toWno S®li> tor 'L deart”Laid| time to lose.” AJM U BtMtolsiwMM,” nrotesMr Li “ beth. “Why should all the traveling ’pebaChdfran d book agents and mission collectors come here and eat us out of dfx »U»to yjfto dpe<”iaid tfe.~l “ldq wonder,” cried Lisbeth, imisterKare? Ifmduro wards, Polly, I her sister’s straw fiat, and twisted a market-basket In her hand. nlMlwwNkl of girlfahod, to »h<> •deposited a plump chicken oiuhe tabto, for » Wily, that they’ll give the missionary the worst kind of a dyspepsia,” ’tbefgirlf la she turned to putkwai her hat. Polly turned around with a start, at the changed tenor of her sister’s voicex “What is it, Lisbeth? Wou’re not Ulf*’ Lisbeth, with a glowing face, pointed to the little wqpden cupboard in the wall, whieh. aeatendtag through fro* parlor -to kitohen, in butler’s pantry fashion, was used as a general repositor the lirst time, J olly pereetvetrthat both doors were slightly ajar. —uttered -the girl, hoarsely, “he lias heard every, word! He coulfeW help’dt.” her woodra sSIB to «Sr oSh Voon,; ind “It’s myHongue,” sobbed Lisbeth, “ mg jhftochdpi.'' chattering tongue, loose to jt; Polly always.told me it ever look liim ift the fape?” ; And with thiiydoMful-resume, I&beth buried her hotWtln Ue pillows, anderieißiarddr thamever. w

, angel. “ Lisbeth.” saidnhe, ‘^darling,<dp»’t fret—you meant no Mror Get up and braid your hair trad come down-stairs. Binder will be oh the table directly, is asking for you.” Lisbeth sat tip and pushed the damp fringe of ydllbw hair out of her eyes. “ I shall not cbmq down, Polly!!” “ But yonhiutt, defir; papa would be very much vexed.” , “Never!” cried Lisbeth,with afresh burst of tears; “ nevpr!* But the country parson himself presently hame tb the rescue, with mild eyes and a firm, genfle voice. “No member of my family must be lacking in courtesy to a guest,” said he, taking Lisbeth gently by the hand; and the poor child was led shamefacedly into the kitchen, where the table was spread, and Ppllv stood smiling at its head. Mr. Vincent,” said the parson to the tall stranger, “this is my youngest child.” “I am the black sheep of the family,’’ said Lisbeth, hanging her head, “ and I’m very sorry, sir, and I beg your pardon.” “Pray don’t mention it,” said Mr. Vincent, in genuine distress at the sight of the mortification of this yellow--haired lassie with the deep hazel eyes and the rW,-sensitive mouth. And when dinner wpp over—and here let US mention ThatTMi. Vhrneut ate and drank with an excellent appetite, as if no lurking shadow- of the threatened dyspepsia disturbed his digestion—and the country parson had taken his guest .into the study, Polly put her arm arotnd Lisbeth’s waisU and drew her out undeg; the morningglory vines, wbfirft by this f time, the blue and rosa-tinted cups had all folded themselves irttp tight little parasolettes, and hidden behind the leaves. “ Lisbeth,th® shft ’’l’ve got good news for you.” “Nothing can tie good hews any more,” said Lisbeth, with afresh burst ot . c (j t ; .1 “Oh, Bht listen,” soothed Polly. “Do you know who this Mr. Vincent is?" “A—missionary, I suppose.” And poor Lisbeth spoke the word as it was a dose of quinine. “No,’dear, he’s the .Bishop's stcreItary. And he hM heard of papa’s learning and zeal and talent, ana he has come to ofiur him a parish near New York, with twelve hundred dollars—only think of it, Lisbeth—twelve hun-dred dollars a year, and an assistant. We shall be rkh, darling, and dear, dear papa will have a little rest and ease in his old age. “It can’t be true,” said Lisbeth, vagttely. “But it is,” cried Polly; and then Hie two sisters began to cry and sob, with happy incoherence, in each other’s arfos. “Is it possible,” cried Polly Fenn, “ that it is a whbfeyear since we came to Moreham Rectory?” It was a year. OnCe more the wild grapes were scenting all the woods, once more the golden-rod held up its torches of flame along the course of awfes-g lightly along the garden path, with the yellow sunshine tangled in her hair, and an unwonted moisture in her deep eyes. g j ’‘What have you done with Mr. Vincent?” asked-Polly, demurely. “He is walking dbwn by the falls, with papa,” said Lisbeth, coming up to her sister’s side, and slipping one arm through Pole’s- Polly—” "I—l have somethingto tell you.” “ Couldn’t I guess it?" said Polly, Jaughing. /‘No, Lisbeth, don’t turn •your face away-I know it all, darling. Zfe-te«myou. and ymj.„.baY,fi...promiaed. to be his wife.” " Polly,Y said Lisbeth, “ I think you must be a fortune-teller. But, oh! I am so happy! and.l can hardly believe Vlhat it isn’t all a dream.” . ;

“ But. Lisbeth-” fiF “SB’W* ll, |fcri>ver, TviiMJ.fflMfflßft littlekniidptbssrai Over her aistertoMiouth. <Md her pleaik I Wfly B<| tondjrPfeasfMjyHy. dou’t,”. supped ulPTOntencenwAt vriuTfflr ishea. And Polly 'was merciful, and didn't. —Harper's llazar. ■t ■galstokx agriculture ymd when wo, think now edge enougblQglo the wtrnre jt does to-aay; and when we, aww: 0 ! o #® wßfth cultMltftTOmrit re sonrmOTe of HUWS are those who will persist in shutting .along #s fathers did. It is to The farm is no place for a man who does not know anything. Usually he would fl’ove as vnccessful, and more ' * feiA'er sbctold be educated in the truest sente of titoltym. Certainly no one wiil deny_ should be familar wiwi the sciences wmeh especially pertain to the soil and the growth of 7til ww enA i HSwtH-ntouta"w arcmdHM Books of science are.. tAa result of experiwent. the tWMT totMsMMM uMAteWof growth, the requirements of the soil for specif purposes, and rery mupto*of pose to go ovewttoe'sama ground tjrat tnSE Tt TacKS Tnose itfgr&tnenls which wouldme foSy tokeep on experimentwhich Jis lacking. There are fortunes izers which are almost worthless, as io vii© piOdi.i’uviOii oi Tii© crop NVnicri soil lacks and the crop needs, and so to fertilize the land with our breath. Fanning without a knowledge of the science of farming, which includes varjou# sciences, is simply a game of chance—it is the walk of a blind man on strange ground. If such a man should attempt to practice raedicflie he would be called a “quack.” and if to practice law, a “shyster.” The farmer should be pre-eminently a well-read man. ; He should read the gist of all that is freshly written on agriculture, which he can find in any first-class agricultural journal. / If what he reads is not sound, he can still profit by it by permitting the truth to be more firmly fixed in hre mlnfl" by contrast. No one should attempt to conduct a farm without being 1 something of a veterinarian. Knowledge of veterinary science is almost constantly required on the farm, and the lack of it is frequently not only very inconvenient, .but it Is expensive. -Regularly Educated surgeons are often, and in the great majority of instances, difficult to get at, and many a sick animal must necessarily die, or be beyopd the possibility of regovpry, befqre the services of one can be' obtairie'd. We sometimes see expressed in the columns of our county exchanges, Jhe wish, that the regular physicians would fecldde veterinary in their prilotleo. Tlila Would be of little advantage. The doctori, do sot know anything, or scarcely anything, with reference to the diseases of animals. Veterinary is essentially a separate scieuoe. in theteiSPc*pf medicine as applied toman and the brute, bit not enough to enable the family physician to be a good “ horse doctor.” Fir better would if be for theTarmer to qualiA’’iftnnMfc* tri rorWttfry? cases, m least.' And nbMihMotr Industrial colleges have ODurwa its veterinary scinnce,it isnot vevyi difficultfor our young num to »qqpire*W»P edge in this ffirecMpn. , 4 ,

~ But beside being a chemist, botanist and veterinarian, the farmer of all men in the world should, be a general mechkhlc. He should know something of all the Common mechanical arts,* from that of building a house to hooping a barrel. Such knowledge would prevent i ,'ffoen |t was necessary to employ a mechanic,, but 4 would save a great deal, of needless expense, not only in the.,aqtual outlay fdr many descriptions* ts repairs, but in th* 1 destruction of implements, resulting often from a neglect to regard the old adage, “ a stitch in time saves * r w t ’C/iS!il h F n T ßl O kor ’ 5’ something nreaKS.mqd Xue negiefft is frequently the causy the total destruction of the thing inquired. In this brief?omßiW, therefore, we show that ndMwtfW’Mtftem no place for stupidimWrothat the farmer should really ha ft universal genius, and such*, mamwill al ways be successful as alarm, er. yestem Hural. “ An’ is ho out, Mrs. Murphy “Ye ye’im *ye knew lure, Mr. ihlferty.' “ An’ an. 1 out, Mrfc'Mmphy?” “ Via; au* be the loikesvMf i», ye T il'‘staw there, MrRafferty!’! aniftlM door swung to with a bang. ... When a man is hanging by his toes from the coMUMkoUthignTnuUding, and expects mcmebtwfly #WB3?<*ti|jkK ' ■VTUtOAnWTB3TX38 a , * - Jwo little Georgia negroqs btirhed would riot Irit them go goober grabbing. ■ Pass or cbargb. Tour druggist will refund your money, if Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup does I not give you satisfaction sad cure your cough.

AGRICULTURAL BREVITIES.

H PulwrheArtlyireaal ha# • MB fl eet upon MMted animals. ■<,*. «. m 7 Young stook are too often neglected too lone in the fall without shelter. t I< Th* •OardtWicr’ff Monthly recommends whitewashing pear trees during the winter as a preventive for Wight Cattle ana grain raising l , instead of being antagonistic, are complementary to each other. • ' >3One reason of hard f ifties is'that we kwste and throw away w-hat wopld feed »some other Nations. 2Grass makes fat stodk, stock makes fat land, and thus the good grass farm- * is apt tb be a good farmer .in other «BpecU. "Plants do not require nearly so much .watering in the winter as in. the summer. They should never be watered until the surface of the soil is dry. If Watered too much the soil becomes Npur and heavy, and the plant diseased. A pail of milk standing ten minutes rwnere'it is exposed to the scent of a strong-smelling stable, or any other offensive odor, will imbibe a taint that Will never leave it. »" It is more honorable and dignified to be llvThg independently on a farm, making good butter ana cheese, and raising abundant crops and fine stock, than to sit in high places and aid in making bad laws. It is a laudaVlp. ambition which every farmer should possess, to excel as tiller of the soil, a grower of the finest crops; ambition,^.hpeed.thq hnest animals of the best breeds; ambition to have model buildings, fences, hedges, lawns, trees, shrubs and flowers. When men trained to think, and whose thought is, trained to take ex-, pression in action, enter upon the arena of farming life, the possibilities of our soil and location are to become developed to an extent little realized. ’Every day we see nice calves coming to the butcher. This is wrong. With our cheap lands and boundless prairie Matures, eveity calf should be raised— Tne steers for beef, and the heifers to replenish dairy and breeding herds. Spruce butter-tubs are the best; white hemlock makes a sweet tub; acids from the oak colors the butter and inwirtt® ash gives the butter a stpeng flavor, if kept long; and increases ine "liability to mold; maple smells and cracks badly. Soak all tubs four to six days, in brine, before using. - • • A true farmer, of culture and breadth of mind, is a true man, whatever position you may place him in. He is called upon to fill the small but important neighborhood offices. He is Commissioner of Highways, School Director, Justice of the Peace. He fills those offices well. His ability is strengthened. He is sent to legislate for the State. He knows the wants of the people and works for them. A seat in Congress is within his reach. In fact, there need be no office within the gift of the people to which he may not aspire. But such a man will never forget that ha. is a farmer. Being a true man, he thus ennobles his profession. He has no cause to be ashamed of it. To him there is no higher calling. And such men will convince, are oonyineing r the world that thero M no>' vocation higher or njore honorable.

A Revival of Our Ancestors’ Manners Desirable

Much as wehope for from the future, what just now jeopards our public and social welfare; is not old bnt young America. _ Half a century ago there was among us a real respect for aged people, outside of the circle of near kjnshlp. BBya and g iris V V - *"* ide were not ashamed to " make their manners” to their elders, who, in turn, had the politeness to return their courteous thanks for this youthful civility. That was ttment, But th*, movement of the spirit of the age' has 'reft this most!/ behind; and with thia respeotful feeling forthose whose years ana position entitle them to an honorable regard, has gone, to a perilous extent, the reverence of many for the authority of the paternal ml* for the authority also of the State and the statute-book. It is very difficult to break down a proper habit of esteem for one object, and npt involve a weakening ot mapect for others. It is very difficult to bring up that lad into a trusty, law-abiding citizen, who has cultivated the vice of a contemptuous disregard for his elders and his betters. Sometimes there has been a servile deference to these, which is the leaning over of a virtue to the other side; That is not ottr danger. Now and then « pMSiOfl'frr Ute Mr tfque is the fashion, and the hunt becomes ludicrous in its eagerness after almost anything which has an ancient look and odor. That is not to be at as a folly except in its excess. Bpt we are polishing up and restoring these relics of our fathers? furniture and wardrobes with so much zest, we would, revive, at the same time,, and re-enthrone some of their sound and righteous principles of honor to whom nonor is—due, our dwellings and persons would not only receive adornment, but our land would be toned up with a return pf stable, healthful public sentiment much needed to allay the fever, and to purge off 'the impureness of our general social and civil life.— Sunday Afternoon. They were twins, were these two ■lUfle girls, and FfttcMid, “Than gate fjtecousins, ain’t they?” "N<k” replied Jlte mother, “ they are twins.” “ Yees don’t say so,” said Pat; "well, now, bed ad, they look enough alike to be sisters.” Death and marriage are two evils to which all men come sooner Or later. To the first they come unwijllnspy; to. llhe last Wftlfa certain eagerffites Which I»°ws how profound is their ignorance Los [Consequences.—N. Y. Herald.

Lady Beautifters.

J ‘ Radies, you cannot make fair akin, rosy Meeks and sparkling eyea with all the cos:Setica of France, or beaatHtert of the world, While in poor health, and nothing will give you such good heal th, strength and beautj as I Hop Bitters. Atrial is certain proof. See another column. —w

A Reliable Life Insurance Policy.

We take pleasure in commending to our readers a thorourf4f«* «d iwa»m|few siirance agency, whose funds or assets are Inexhaustible. It is a stock company, operating under the Joint title— Health. Life policies are Iseucdin the form of Dr. Pierce’s Golden Discovery and PlesswU Purgative (which, it taken as directed, insure the system against disease) upon payment of a very small fee. All the principal druggists .are constituted agents. ..Ahout organs, this fact is conclusive: Ma--eim <t Hamlin omnwhave-Uken the highest ■* ‘imnors at every W’orfcP* Exhibition for twelve years, and no ot ier Amerlcau 'organ has taken the highest sward at any tuck. \ Pabticulam regarding Electric Belts tree. Address Pulvermachsr Galvanic Co.,Clncln.,O.

Da. R. V. Piibci, of Buffalo, N. X,, th* proprietor of Dr. Pierce’s Family Medieinea. ai>d«a»«44he invriMs’ SnATourtata' UhteVi «t that city, has recently bees ejected to Coaxresa by the very flattering majority of neflfiy mivt signifies that hie services-have bran we are informed, be neglected iMmffir in tbs least when the time arrives for him to take bls soak In Congress, it being intrusted to hid brother and other experienced medical gentlemen who hive long been associated with the Doctor In the Medical Department of bis eel-' lebratcd World’s DBnensarV and Invalids’ Hotel. Besides, «s the FOrtwMtffi OngrOsedoea not convene until December, 187 V, Dr, Plerce’a patients will not lose his personal attention for some months yet . . i Tna Amßhicam Buildm, for tea yean the organ of.carpenters and builders, offers to send its November and December uumbere free to all who subscribe before the Ist ofJanuary. Price three dollan a year. Address Chas; D. LaK>Y, 17ft Broadway, New YtJHL NATURES H VEGETIHpO . Tht CfltAT Btooo won .'' ' AsHLir, ILL, Jan. 12. 1878. H. B. BTSVKNS: -1 Daar Sir— l have been using Vegetlne for Dyspepsia, and And mere relief from it.Uian all the other medMnee ! I ever used. There U nothing like It for Dyspepala. , . huh. M. tt fow urn I am personally acquainted with Mre. Xowlka, andean certify that the above statement la true W. a PACK M. D.. Druggist, Ashley. DL Vegetlne la Bold by AU Draggtst*. k . fl firmly believe Fellows’ Hy- 1 aoQhospnitCH AM done more sort than any medicine yet discovered la the cure ot Oonaumptlon, Broodntls, Asthma Whooping Cough and kliulred diseases. ' ' W. & THOMPSON, p TelegraphStetten, ’• ) Harbour Urace, Newfoundland.) ■•■ N toa—, , ■ y.^.,„,,y„ Persons suffering from Impure blood, or whose health Is giving away, either as ministers or those who study closely, will find FeUows’ Syrup of Hypophosphites the material to build them up, and the tonic to keep thorn there. DB. CLAY. Pugwash, N. 8. . Each effort ot the mind, every act of the body, will extract a volume of nervous element In proportion to the magnitude ot the thought or action, and since Eeitows’ Hypophosphites really will supply the nis t«a to the body, It must support the human mechanism sue. oeeefully after the vigor ot youth Is past

DR. JOHN BULL’S & Siffl’sToKSn THE CURE OF FEVER and ACUE Or-CHILLS and FEVER. The proprietor of thia celebrated medicine justly claims for it a superiority over all remedies ever offered to the public for the SAFE, CERTAIN, SPEED YandPERMANENT cure of Ague andPever,or Chills and Fever,Whether of short or longstanding. He refers to tjio entire Western and Southern country to bear him testimony to the truth of the assertion thatinno case whatever will it fall 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 families have been cured by a single bottle, with a perfect restoration of the general health. It is, however, prudent, and in every ease more certain to cure, if its use is continued in smaller doses for a week or two after the disease has byer checked, more especially in difficult and long-standing cases. Usually this medicine will not requiropny 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 Tonic, a single dose of BULL’S VEGETABLE FAMILY FILLS will be sufficient. The genuine SMITH’S TONIC SYRUP must have DR. JOHN B DLL’S private stamp on each bottle. DR. JOHN BULL only has the right to manufacture and sell the original JOHN J. SMITH’S TONIC SYRUP, of Louisville, Ky. Examine well the label on each bottle. If my private stamp is not on each bottle, do not purchase, or yon will be deceived. X>Zl. «rOSC9ff STTKeXa, Manufacturer and Vender of SMITH'S TONIC SYRUP, | BULL’S SARSAPARILLA, ■- BULL’S WORM DESTROYER, The Popular Remedies of the Day. PrineipalOffice, »1» Maia St., LOUISVILLE, KI. fIBVRfSSKI Fbr all Mn<fo of Ptot, Lepqf Ou Skin and lUwd. OWB .■UsUMMI 11OTTLB WAHRANTKI) TO Ct KK *l.l. IWnllTvTrll CASB » or ph-bs; from ONI to Twaw hornM yy. c*s«* or ■MW*™* u wr bottle ■■ ■ There is no rare for MMH| W Bright's Disease ot the Kidneys nSfiml* ■ orßlalder and Urinary I'om- ■■■ ■ plaints. They are In error. HUNT'S REMEDY euree •He Kidneys, Bladder and Urinary Organs are cured by SmnTO BKMKDW. ' 9Ba d to pm»pb^ Mfl^proTUeooe>ai _

ART SCHOOLS orm . v> CMcam Acatay of Drain. By a recent reorganisation, the Chicago Academy of Design has been put in bettor condition than at any time since the Are. Tin: ART SCHOOLS Are in complete order, and persons who wish to pursue any branch of Drawing or Painting, Portraiture in Ing. Mechanical DraughUng or Perspective, will find here the best Instruction under Hie fullest advantage*. The Teachers are H. F. Srsaap and LC. Eablb. Prolessors of Drawing and PnlnUng; W. L. B. JSNNSX, Lecturer upon Architectural Subjects; N. IL Cauraxnm. Instructor in Perspective. The Secretary, Ma. Furthen. also acts as assistant In instruction. The Academy baa line and commodkrus Studios, open to pupils from ft to 4 O'clock, dally, with the use of all materials lor study, copies, costumes, casts from antique sculpture, under*constant and competent Instruction. The term now In progress will continue through the whole summer, with eapeelal reftvewea tw the Maeda of Teachers, and pupils will be admitted at any time, by the month or quarter. Certificates of attknunent will be loaned for decided merit _ . -President. Jas. H. Dole: Vice-President WuT.BStW Treasurer. Murry Nelson. „ Circulars. with all particulars, will be sent upon at> plication to W. M. R. FRENCH. Sec’y Chicago Academy of Design. 170 State street Chlcagu ■aka your own dirono-Photographaby tbe NEW METHOD of Photo-Enamel Painting, The dlmcplUes of spotting, etc., overcome. Any perlon can. In two hours, produce, from a photograph. an ELEGANTLY PAINTED Poktiuit. far superior and more permanent than by the old method. FULL INSTFUCTIOXS. and composition sufflclent to doadoaen cabinet portraits, sent on receipt of MlrWSto one cent stamps. These pictures make handsome presents. Address E. E. PRATT, 79 Jackson St., Chicago, 111. •T'AXinKMMIBT’S Manual. A I complete practical guide to collecting, preparing, preserving and mounting animal", birds, reptile*. InTlliisf ratart, Tl) eta, Hnfitur >jkrt Tranpar*a HANBYfcCO.. 110 Nassau M-,New TCffc. U turrirvt}. Trapping* Fishing, PreparJra Ing Furs, training sporting dogs; how to teach Screes, dogs, etc., amusina and wonderful tricks, with many other Interesting and valuable things; tn Haney** Information for the People. mammoth "Ise, Illustrated; TpiaOCimoiwisT’s jbvmwAia ■rtvrecixftcy pretty *““ , ■MBS »G'SEHS»'

BoWjteHbJ Wattrbun; cu-’i; WO tZyotiSJK to M> Church Offering. maaanthM.il. aM alent eiwnntete iA er XnUwm and Uhanta f<» all the rrellvi and Mrvtee* •( tM ycee. Atm book. The School Song-Book. , < KBT. It an excellent boot foe Otrta’ HWKar Nor, nMlSeheete orfor Hrmlnirlaa. Oond kMtrMUeee and very good music. • tr Any Book mailed, poet-tree, for the above srtMA LYOE k HMAK.T, Chicago. ' OI JVJEIt IHTffiOM dfc CO.. Bootom. X MRMUBMMNBMBMMBMMHBBMM D. I. O. Is an alwolnte and lrr«rt.t«ble cure for DRUNKIng all taste, desire and habit of using any of them, rendering the taste or desire for any of them perfectly odious and disgusttog. Gi.ing everyone perfect and irresisteble control of the sobriety of themselves »ul their friends. JUSS»4SS3I»aM3ai off from using stimulants or nsreoUca. Package, prepaid, to enre charitable societies should uaclL . It is harmlew and never-falling. HOP BITTERS MFO. UO-, Hole Agent., ROCHESTER, IV.Y. 4 The J(op Cough Cure Destroys all pain, loosens the cough, quiets the nervessniprodjorn tert. U fails In performing a perfect cure where there is a .hallow ot hope. , <i Try It once and yon will find it so. FOR BALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.

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