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-Immmr' THE NEW YEAR. '4J| Silent and white Thro' the dim night Pell the soft snow, i-, V:•!? Nowfaat, now Blow, Making the posta Like sheeted ghosts Bobiug the woods In finer goods Than ever were spun by- mortal skill, And bleached 011 the sunny side of the hill Where fringes are woven by weavers, where •The warn is mist, and the woof is air The world is dressed like a bride, in white, Althongh the poor old year diud last night, Drop not a tear On tho cold bier Of the bravo year Whose cowe is here. His work is done, Aad battles won, And he will be Named with the free Thro' future time For deeds sublime. We welcome here The new.born year. The snow that falls Prom the gray" walls Of the thick clouds 'Is not *ior shrouds For the days fled, Or the years dead. 'Tis the white fleece, Emblem of Sent down to cheer The soft yonng vear. May no red vein Make a red stain On the robe white Wove- last night. So ring the soft Sweet bells aloft, King the true chime Of the good time. Bing loud and clear For this New Year. AGRICULTURAL NOTES. Fencing and Soiling. The question rests upon the differ ence in the cost of fencing and the cost of soiling and the value of land. A common fence /will cost 75 cents a rod on the farm wbere the timber is found. If the rails are to be transported any distance the cost will not be less than a dollar a rod. On every eighty acres of cultivated land there are at least 600 rods of fence, costing $500 or $600 and about ten per cent, annually for repairs. This is on the supposition that the owner builds one hall' the line fence on three sides of the whole across the end lying on the road. We say nothing about the three or four acres of land taken up by the fences. A fence at best will not last over twenty or twenty five years. This $600 in fences is so much capital invested in the business of farming, and if we reckon interest at lowest rates and add the cost of repairs yearly: it amounts to not far from $100 yearly, for the cost of keeping up fences on an eighty acre farm. It will exceed this on"an average during twenty-five years. A' cow may be kept the year through on a little over one acre of land, if the land is in the best possible condition, by soiling but if pastured three acres are required. Here, appears to be a saving of land as well aa a saving of the coBt of fences to offset against the cost of soiling. What would be the cost of soiling under ordinary circumstances A writer in the Country Gentleman states that he has soiled thirty-five cows and three four-year old steers for $75 for the season, keeping an accurate account of the labor. If these figures are correct there would be a great sav ing if the system of soiling was adopted. Where land is worth $60 to $100 per acre the saving by soiling is no small item, and we do not hesitate to ex press the belief in the absence of a practical test under our own care and observation, which alone would make the matter a certainty, that the aband onment of the old system of fencing and pasturing, and the adoption of soiling all stock, would be the most certain means within reach of farmers to improve the business and improve it greatly. The cost of fences is a burden not lightly borne the value of land is an important item not rightly considei ed. We infer this is true from the fact that we quite often see a few animals put into a pasture of ten to twenty acres—soiling and trampling down the whole—when one half the number of acres would have supported them. Young men who are just starting in farming, should look these things over and make some close calculations, so that they may adopt at first the right -course. When a man gets into a cer tain routine of farming, or of doing any other kind of business it is hard to get him to Bee that any other way is better. In order to keep stock on the soiling plan a farmer needs feeding Ee laces, and needs to have his crops that feeds near at hand, and he must provide to have then come on in regu lar sucession. All this is a very simple and inexpensive affair. There will be at times portions of the farm which can be pastured then a cheap hurdle, or moveable fence kept for the purpose, could be readily put up around such portions and the animals turned in.—Detroit Free Press. Keep the Animals Warm, 1'he first cold blast of wind from the north is a reminder that animals, how ever tough and hardy, need shelter in winter. It will take less food to keep farm stock over winter in warm stables than when exposed to severe cold. Of course, good wood, stone or brick barns and atables are expensive, and there are many farmers, especially in the rel cently settled districts, who have not the means to build such structures, but there is no one too poor to furnish some kind of a shelter for their ani mals. If a man cannot afford to build what he desires, let him do the next best thing, and build something which will furnish shelter, even if it is nothing fetter than a shed, with sod for walls, and a roof of brush or cornstalks. All attempts at elegance or extra conven ience may be left out of the question where a man's purse is light still, it is economy to keep all farm stock shel tered from cold, wind and storms in winter, even if the owner does not pos sess enough of the humane feelings to care for their comfort. More than one-half of all the dis eases and parasites which infest farm stock are the direct result of neglecting to furnish them with proper food or shelter during cold, stormy weather. Cattle of all kinds, when forced to re main in muddy, wet yards during cold weather, are liable to various diseases of the feet, such as hoofail and foot rot, and the best preventitive is dry ground or yards littered with straw, or some amilar coarse material. Stand ings long time in -filthy whether in the stable or yard, is almost certain to bring on diseasee of the feet All kinds of farm stock acre liable to take cold when exposed to Bforms, and from this comes a weakened constitution, which umteavarious kinds of diseases and parasitic insects. Weakened vitality or vigor In either plants or animal opens the way to hundreds of parasites are fluch enemies. He has only to think of his own comforts, such as nutritiotis food and warm clothing, and consider how the reverse of these conditions would affect him, to understand how it is with his animals. It is unnecessary to go into details ill regard to the building of sheds, stables or other kinds of structures for shelter ing stock in winter, as every man knows best what materials are at hand or with in reach suitable for such purposes, but the fact should be apparent to all breeders of animals that in all cold cli mates some kind of protection is re quired. Out on the plains and prairies of the west and southwest it is often as serted that sheep need no protection in winter, and it is even claimed by some that they do better without it than with it but the frequent heavy losses by cold, starvation and diseases, plain ly show that all this talk of mildness of climate is an error. Sheep and other farm stock may live through the win ter without artificial shelter, or more food than can be obtained on the range in these favored localities, but they would certainly do better with added comforts every winte^r, and occasional ly heavy losses might be avoided by making the necessary provision to pro tect and feed them when severe storms prevail. How to Fatten Poultry for Market. Although the manner of fattening poultry may seem easy, yet there is nevertheless, aright and wrong way, a long and a short mode, of accomplish ing the object desired. Never let poultry forage or shift for themselves for at least ten days before killing, for they are apt to range in the barnyards, and pick up food, which permeates all through the bird, its flesh frequently becoming so tainted, that it is unfit to be eaten. The best method for steady and regular profit, or for domestic use, is to keep them constantly in high feed from beginning, with plenty of clear, cool water then they are alwaps ready for the table, but with very little extra at tention, their flesh will be juicier and richer in flavor, than those fattened from a low and emaciated state, always commanding quick sale, at the highest price in the market, a healthful, nour ishing and restorative food. Borne cram their poultry before kill ing, to make it appear heavy this is a most injudicious p)an, as it shows at a glance, the dishonest intention of the shipper to benefit himself and swindle others, in his poor effort to obtain the price of poultry for corn the undigest ed food enters into fermentation and putrefaction takes place, injuring their sale a great deal more than is gained in weight. Fowls should always dc al lowed to remain in their coop at least twenty-four hours previous to being killed, without food then taey will keep longer and present a better ap pearance. The best food for fattening fowls, old or young, is barley meal, or mixed with equal quantities of corn meal and fed warm (a small quantity of iron in their drinking water is recommended) which will make flesh faster and more solid, giving it a fine golden color after being dressed. Good food is positive economy. The best mode for killing poultry, as it causes instant death without pain or disfigurement, is to suspend the birds by tying their legs firmly to a pole or heavy wire across the floor, and open ing the fowl's beak, and with a sharp pointed and narrow-bladed knife, make an incision at the back of the roof, which will divide the vertebrae and cause immediate death. Dry-pluck the feathers and pin feathers all off, neat and clean while warm, without breaking the skin then plunge it into a kettle of very hot water, holding it there only long enough for the bird to "plump," then hang it up, turkeys and chickens by the legs, and ducks and geese by the heads. Do not remove the entrails, head or feet. This mode gives the poultry a nice buttery, golden color that attracts the eye of the epicure.—Amer ican Poultry Journal. Household Recipes. Jerusha Cake.—One cup of sugar, one-half cup of milk, butter the size of a hen's egg, one teaspoonful of cream of tartar, one-half teaapoonful of soda, two-thirds of a cup of raisins, if you like, and nearly two cups of flour. Verjuice Cabbage:—Stew quartered cabbage in a closely-covered porcelain lined kettle with water for two hours, then add verjuice enough to season, and a trifle of sugar if necessary stew down slowly for another hour, and serve warm. Taffy Candy.—One cupful molasses, one cupful sugar, two-thirds cupful of water, apiece of butter, the size of a hickory-nut. If brittle when dropped into water, pour out on large plates. Stretch out to the thinnest while warm. When perfectly cold, break in to squares. To Cook Cakrots by German Rule. —Scrape and cut your carrots after they are weii washed, put thjm into a pot in which a cooking spoon of suet or butter has been melted, then pour on a cup of water, add a pinch of salt and a lump of sugar. After they are stewed soft, brown a spoon or two of flour in butter and pour it over the car rots and let them stew awhile. French Blacking.—Twenty ounces ivory black, sixteen ounces New Orleans molasses, five ounces linseed oil, one ounce sulphuric acid, one-quarter ounce indigo, one-half ounce mucilage mix the black and molasses well, so as to get out all the lumps next add the oil thenJ^y degree* the acids water as may be required to form a paste. AlmoueMacaroons.—One-half pound almonds, (prepared as for almond cake), one-half pound Bugar, white of two eggs rubbed together with a spoon. Dip your hands in cold water ana roll the preparation into ball shape and size of a nutmeg place on white paper one inch apart. When all are done, dip you finger and press them a little flat put in a cool oven: in three-quar ters of an hour they will be done. Light Ginger-bread.—One pint of New Orleans molasses set on the cor ner of the range until warm enough to melt one-half pound of lard in it beat it up well one nutmeg, one teaspoon ful each of cinnamon and cloves, and two tablespoonfuls of ginger, a pinch of salt, one cup of .milk stirred in two beaten eggs, and prepared flour, with two teaspoonfuls of baking powder added mix just stiff enough for the dough to break off dear when you pour it from the spoon. This resisted by the healthy indi- nndual, and the farmer should keep his •ttnniala a condition which will en- .. .fchletheai world appears very beautiful When yon are well. To remain well, healthy and ttrong, take Dr. J. H. McLean's Strengthening Cordial and Blood Purifier, the greatest tonic in the world. It strength ens the body and purifies t"ae blood, Dr. J. H. McLean's ofllce, 314 Chestnut, St. Louis, mo. Misses to ward off the attaoksof wear their hair in ohatelaine braids, in fancy nets. FOB THE YOUNG FOLKS. Naming the Chickens. Thero were two little chickens hatched out by one lien, And the owner of both wa* our little boy Ben: So he set him to work as soon as they came, To make them a house, and give them a name. As for building a house. Benny knew very'well That he couldn't do that but his big brother Phil Must be handy at tools, for he'd been to college Where the boys are supposed to learn all sorts of knowledge. Phil was very good natured, and soon his small brother Had a nice cozy home for his chicks and their mother And a happier boy in the country just then Could not have been found than our dear little Ben. But a name for his pets it was harder to find, At least just as suited exactly his mind No mother of twins was ever more haunted With trouble to find just the ones that she wanted. There were plenty of names, no doubt about that, But a name that would do for a dog or a cat Would not answer for chickens as pretty as these: Or else our dear boy was uneasy to please. These two tiny chickens looked just like each other To name them so young would be only a bother. But with one in each hand, said queer little Ben, I want this one a rooster, and that one a hen." Benny knew them apart by a little brown spot, On the head of the one, that the other had not: They grew up like magic, each fet feathered chick, One at length was named Peggy, and the other named Dick. Benny watched them so closely not a feather could grow In the dress of these chickens that he did not know And he taught them so well they would march at command, Fly up on his shoulder, or eat from his hand. But a funny thing happened concerning their names Hushing Into the house one day, Benny exclaims: Oh! mother! Oh! Phil! such a blunder there's been, For Peggy's the rooster and Dick is the hen!" The Season and Zone of Homes. One stronger reason than all others for being glad that we live in the tem zone, is that it is the zone of omes. Perate he Greenlanders and Laplanders, it is said, each consider their own country the fairest the sun shines upon, and charming stories of domestic life have come to us from these icy latitudes. But the Esquimaux and Xamtchat kans, and those inhabitants of extreme Arctic regions who must live in snow huta, or burrow underground for warmth, cannot know the rich and ten der meanings the word home" has for us. How much comfort there is in our cosy houses alone—in the clean, warm room, perhaps with a glowing fireside the white table spread with wholesome and delicate food the cheerful circle around the lamp at evening the books, the sewing, the games the sound sleep of the long, snowy night, in beds as white as the drifts outside and the many other nameless blessings of a civ ilized home! These the children of the eternal snows must do without. There is more poetry in a really beautiful home-life than in the finest Datural scenery but it lies too deep in the heart for words to express. It is poetry that is felt rather than spoken. A happy home is a poem which every one of the family is helping to write, each for the enjoyment of tne rest, by little deeds of tenderness and self-sac rifice, which mean so much more than words. This home-poem is all the more delightful because it does not ask or need admiration from anybody outside. The poetry that people live in, of which they area part, and which is a part of them, is always the moBt satisfactory, because it is the most real. Think, little folks, of all the poems and fragments of poems you know, that never could have been written ex cept in a country where tempest and sleet and long hours of darkness drove men and women and children within doors, and kept them there to find out how dear and sweet a thing it is for a family to live together in love.—St. Nicholas. The Husband Who Was to Iliad the House. A STORY FROM THE NORSE. Once on a time there was a man so surly and cross, he never thought his wife did anything right in the house. So, one evening, in haymaking time, he came home, scolding and showing his teeth and making a dust. Dear love, don't be so angry there's a good man," said his goody to-mor row let's change our work. I'll go out with the mowers and mow, and you shall mind the house." Yes! the husband thought that would do very well. He was quite williDg, he said. So early next morning, his goody took a scythe over her neck, and went out into the hayfield with the mowers, and began to mow but the man was to mina the house, and do the work at home. First of all, he wanted to churn the butter but when he had churned a while, he got thirsty, and went down to the cellar to tap a barrel of ale. So, just when he had knocked in the bung, and was putting the tap into the cask, he heard overhead the pig come nto the kitchen,TheiiujflLha-xan ._npdfch?_ cellar steps with the tap in his hand, as fast as he could, to loot after the pig lest it should upset the churn but when he got up, and saw the pig had already knocked the churn over, and stood there, rooting and grunting amongst the cream which was running all over the floor, he got so wild with rage, that he quite forgot the ale bar rel, and ran at the pig as hard as he could. He caught it too, just as it ran out of doors, and gave it such a kick, that piggy lay for dead on the spot. Then all at once he remembered he had the tap in his hand but when he Q—the-eallj^ -ftysry H.rnrv nC ale had rim out. Then he went into the dairy and found suonjh crs&in Isft to fill ths churn again, and so he began to churn, for butter they must have at dinner. When he had churned a bit, he remem bered that their milking cow was still shut up in the byre, and hadn't had a bit to eat or a drop to drink all the morning, though the sun was high. Then all at once he thought't was too far to take her down to the meadow, so he'd just get her up on the house top—for the house, you must know, was thatched with &ds and a fine crop of grass was growing there. Now their house lay close up against a steep down, and he thought if he laid & plank across to the thatch at the back he'd easily get the cow up. But still he couldn't leave the churn, for there was his little babe crawling about on the floor, and if I leave it," he thought, the child is sure to upset it." So he took the churn on his back and want, out with it but then he thought he'd better first water the cow before he turned her out on the thatch so he took up a bucket to draw water out of the well but as he stooped down at the well's brink, all the cream ran out of the churn over his shoulders, and so down into the well. Now it Was" near dinner-time and he hadn't even got the butter yet: so he thought he'd best boil the porridge, and filled the pot with water, and hung it over the fife. When he had done that, ho thought the-cow might per haps fall off the the hatch and break her legs or neck. So he got tip on the house to tie her up. One end of the rope he made fast to the cow's neck, and the other he slipped down the •chimney and tied round his own thigh and he had to make naate, for the wa ter now began to boil in the pot, and he had still to grind the oatmeal. So he began to grind away but while he was hard at it, down fell the cow off the housetop after all, and as she fell, she dragged the man up the chimney by the rope. There he stuck fast and as for tne cow she hung half way down the wall, swinging between heav en and earth, for she could neithbr get down nor up. And now the goody had waited sev en lenghths and seven breadths for her husband to come and call her home to dinner but never a call they had. At last she thought she'd waited long enough, and went home. But when she got there and saw the cow hanging in such an ugly place, she ran up anacut the rope in two with her scythe. But as she»did this downcame her husband out of the chimney and so when his old dame came inside the kithen, there she found him standing on his head in the porridge pot. Baby-Life in China and Hindooatan. The bare-headed baby of China, not quite so grave as his Asiatic cousins, is still a contented little traveler, whether he rides on the back of mamma, or is tied on a mat to sleep, or exposed be side the door in a bamboo cage, or fas tened'to his gilded baby-chair, to teach him to sit up. The most important moment in his young life is when, at the age of one year, he decides his fu ture destiny in a curious way. He is carefully dressed in new clothes, and seated in the middle of a large sieve, in which are placed many articles, among which are money-scales, a brass mirror, writing utensils, books, silver and gold ornaments, and fruits, while the anxious parents stand by to see which object will first attract his sober black eyes. If he takes up a book or pencil, he is destined to become a scholar if the glitter gold or silver at tract him, his fate is to amass wealth if fruits suit him best, he will incline to spurn the rice of his father's tabie, and feast upon delicate puppy-stew, or bird's-nest soup. At two years of age he will dress like his grandfather of eighty, and look like that old gentleman seen through the small end of an opera-glass. When he first enters school, he will bring, not a spelling-book and slate, but two candles, a few sticks of incense, and a small quantity of mock money (made of pa per), to be burned before apiece of pa per having the name of Confucius writ ten upon it. Thus the little Chinese traveler is launched on his school-life. The little traveler on the shore of the Ganges has a very different life. Bath ed every day in the Sacred stream, or in ajar of its water scrubbed with its holy mud—ears, eyes, and mouth thoroughly purified from all sin, as his parents devoutly believe—how can he help being better than other babies? He is a jolly, happy baby, bright as the sunshine of his native land not troubled with clothes if he belongs to the poor classes but wrapped in gor geous silks of scarlet and blue, loaded with jewels, and weighed down by enor mous gold-embroidored turban, if he happens to be a prince. This little Hindoo traveler sleeps in a basket hung from the roof, and rides out on mamma's hip and, what seems dreadful to us, he learns to smoke be fore he can walk, his mother often tak ing a cigar from her own lips and put ting it into his. If his life-journey is cut short, his body is carried to the grave in his basket-cradle, which is cov ered with a fringeu canopy and hung from a pole on the shoulders of men, and left at last upside down on his last resting-place.—St. Nicholas far January. No more sneezing or bad smells in your rose. Catarrh is cured by Dr. J. H. McLean's Catarrh Snnff. It soothes and re lieves irait&tion. Trial boxes 50c. by mail Dr. J. H. McLean. 314 Chestnut, St. Louis Causes of Death in England. Half a million people died in Eng land, and two-thirds of the deaths oc curred from one of fifteen causes. Bronchitis heads the list, its victims were 53 000 consumption comea next, with 49,379 atrophy and debility, 30, 995, chiefly young children old age is fourth in the list, 28,604, all over 65 heart disease increases, and has carried off 28,513 convulsions, 27,139, nearly all children pneumonia, more fatal than usual, 25 927 scarlet fever, 25, 922 diarrhoea, 21,204, of which 18,000 were children under five, a mortality thought to be caused by a mixture of sewage with water, one of the curses of civilization apoplexy and paralysis, 12,848, but nervous diseases have not increased as much as those of circula tion. Tubercular diseases show symp toms of decline death by alcoholism was higher than for many years. Vio lent deaths, 17,920. Killed on railways, 1.219. against 1.316 by horse convev ance. Among the queer causes of death was one from a bite of a fox, from the bite of a rat, from the scratch of a cat, from the bite of a leech, from the sting of a hornet, and two from th® sting of a wasp. Not His Funeral. The humorous incidents of the Brooklyn fire are not very plentiful, but here is one told by the New York World: "On that fatal night two youths, one a resident of Newark and the other of Brooklyn, attended the Brooklyn Theater. They left the build ing previous to the last act, as the New ark boy had persuaded his Brooklyn chum to go home and sleep with him, and it was necessary to leave early to catch the train. No hint of the terri ble disaster reached Newark until the next afternoon. The day after this the Brooklyn boy returned to his home. He found a hearse at his father's door and all the other appliances of a funer al. Hinging the door-bell he was met by a servant girl who nearly fainted at sight of dim. Whose funeral is this said the boy. It's your own, darlin'," said the girl "we got your body yester day at the morgue, and you're just af ter bein' buried." The denouement may be imagined. A party of vegetarians who were boarding at a water-cure establishment, while taking a walk in the fields, were attacked by a bull, which chased them furiously out of his pasture. That's your gratitude, is it, you great, hateful thing exclaimed one of the ladies, panting with fright and fatigue. Af ter this, I'll eat beef three times a day 1" At our request Cragin & Co., of Phil adelphia, Pa., have promised to send any of our readers gratis (6n receipt of fifteen cents to pay postage) a sample of Dobbins' Electric Soap to try. Send at once.—Com. All female weaknesses can be cured without medicine or supporter. For full and free information, address Dr. Swan, Beaver Dam, Wis. A Magazine for Farmers. Colonel George E. Waring, of Ogden Farm, near Newport, R. 1., will soon be gin the publication in Scribner's Monthly of a series ol papers of special interest to those living in the mntry, in which will be con sidered the advantages offered to farmers from a concentration of their house] and farm-buildings into villages, especially as a relief from the dullness and isolation of ro mote farm-houses, as affording better edu cation for children, and as making the farmer's life more attractive to the yonng. Another paper will treat of the work to be done by Village Improvement Associa tions." Still another paper will give explic it instruction as to the means for giving a good sanitary condition to the village and to the country house. In the PB08PK3TUS OF SOBIBNKB'S MONTHLY for 1877, other papers are announced that will be of especial interest to farmers. Among these, Mr. Charles Barnard's articles on various industries of Great Britian in cluding the History of some Experiments in Co-operation, a description of the British Workman's Home, and Clarence Cook's ar ticles on Household and Home Decoration?. All profusely and elegantly illustrated department called the World's Work an other entitled Home and Society, which will treat of domestic life, the care of chil drtn, etc. GXNKBAI) MC'CLILLAH'S TEAVBL8, begun in the January Scribner, with A Winter on the Nile," will run on through the year. There will be three serial stories: NICHOLAS MINTWBW," by that popular author Dr. Holland (the Editor), author of Bitter Sweet," Kath rina," Timothy Titcomb's Letters," Ar thur BonnicaEtle," and the story of Seven oaks." The scene of this latest novel is laid on the banks of the Hudson. The hero is a yonng man who has been always (ted (o a woman's apron-sitings," but who by the death of his mother, is left alone in the world,— to drift on the current of life,—with a for tune, but without a purpose. Another serial, "His Inheritance," by Miss Traflon, will begin on the completion of That Lass o' Lowrie's," by Mrs. Hodgson Bnmett. Saxe Holm, Tourgueneff, Boyesen, and McKay, will contribute short stories. Saxe Holm's new story. FARM KB BASSKTT'S EOMANCB, will be printed in two or three monthly parts. Tonrgueneffs new story will appear simultaneously with its publication in Russia and France, and the magazine will also publish a critical paper on Tourgue neff by Professor Boyesen, accompanied by a portrait of the famous Russian patriot. The Editorial Department will continue to employ the ablest pens both at home and abroad. There will be letters on literary matters Trom London by Mr. Welford The Department of Bric-a-Brac will be filled with the choicest bits of American humor. Scbibnkb's magazine (besides St.Nicholas for the Boys and Girls, by the same publishers) that has found any considerable number of readers abroad. Ecbibnib is issued simultaneously in London and in New York. The Weekly limes, {English), says: It pets to shame all our monthlies." (15 MONTHS FOB $4. To new subscribers who wish to get the' opening chaptersof "That Lass o' Lowrie's," we will send 15 numbers for $4.00, begin ning with the magnificent Midsummer Holiday number (August, 1876), and ending with October, 1877. $4.00 a year 35 cents a number. Postage prepaid. Send 25 cents for a specimen number. Scbibnib Co., 743 Broadway, N. 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Ed These is, probably, no way in which can benefit cur readers wore than by recommending to tbem for general use oi Johnscn?± Anodyne Liniment. It is adapted to almost all the purposes of a Family Med icine and as a specific for coughs, colds, whooping congh, soreness of the chest, lame stomach, rheumatism, spitting of blood, and all lung difficulties, it has no equal that ever we saw or heard of. These can be no mistake about it, "Matchless" plug tobacco takes the lead. Old fine cat chewers say it gives better satis faction and is cheaper than fine cut. Yon cannot be imposed npon, as each ping has the words "Matchless P. T. Co," on a wood en tag. Try it once and you will always chew it. Manufactured by the Pioneer To bacco Company, New York. Rheumatic Remedy will most positively care any case of rheuma tism, gout, neuralgia or lumbago on the face of the earth, no matter of how long standing. 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Cattui—Choice to extra prime. 8priilg No. 2.....™ o. 2T«d._. Cork —No. Oats—No. 2..._ Ry*—No. 1 Barlkt—No. 2. Pork—Mess ™™....., 46 rowed....™ Poke Labd—Hees. Hoes—Live...... 6 oe 8 75 20 20 Flou*—White Winter extra 5 50 Sara—Shorn, good to choice. .™ Btjttkr—Good to choioe....™ Spring No. Corn—No. 85 SO .17 75 12* cmcAdo. CATTiJt—Choice to extra prime.... 15 00 Medium to choice 4 50 @550 9475 @4 00 6 50 4 50 24 22 6 00 5 90 1 80 Common to fttir 2 50 2..u.™.............„™....... Oatb—No. 2. Ry»—No. 2- ........... Bablxt—No. #17 2} MX 500 400 8 78 6,80 4 '50 28 22 7 (10 5 87 1 82 ...$4 25 Vediom to choice....™.. 3 75 Common to Air. ... 2 75 Hoos—Live 6 00 Shskp—Good to choice.. 3 so Choioe.... 20 Sees—Fresh. .................... 20 Flodr—White Winter extra....—.. (U 6 00 4 8* Down In the Mouth." Where there is a continual 7 dropping down into the back of the mouth, with ir ritation and inflammation of tne nasal cavities and throat with hawking, spitting, and a sense of fullness about the head, be not deceived or fancy it a simple cold. Yoa are afflicted with that sconrge of this climate, Catarrh, tbe forerunner of Con sumption. In its early stages a few bottles of Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy will affect an entire cure. When confirmed, Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery should be used in connection with the Remedy. These standard medicines have been beforo the public many years, and their use has been attended with the most gratifying success. A full discussion of Catarrh and its rational treatment is contained in "The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser," a book of over nine hundred pages, illustrated with two hundred and eighty-two engraving, bound in cloth and gilt, price post-paid, $1.50. Address Publishing Department, World's Dispensary, Buffalo, N. Y. The propriety of giving condition medicine to horses, cattle and shesp, was discutsed and admitted by many of the Ag ricultural Societies throughout tne state last Fall, and we believe that in every case but one tbey deeided in favor of Sheridan's Cav alry Condition Powders. Good judgment. fpp a week In your own town. Terms said 85 out fl «0u free. H. HALLETT & CO., Portland, Maine AKalamazoo, ildreBS Business College and Telegraph Institute,. Mich.,for Journal and Penmanship. POBTBAITS, etc., drawn by mMhimry. Appwstai by He. Atnli wMUd. Bmlthtpipl MP| Ofc, PWli, Pfc cn» PEB WEEK and expenses to good men. )plO PHOCtflX M'F'G CO., Battle Creek, Mien. & OAaDar. HOW TO MAKE IT. Something tyAUandiMbU. OOE. TOSH UO.,8t.Lo*i».Mo. fn tOfl per day at home. 8amples worth «5 $3 TO ITee. STI'NsOtf & CO., Portland, Maine. fll»OK A DAY to AgeiitB. Sample free, ravage Catalogue. L. Flbtchiu, 11 HOW8. Dey St., K.T. to Trapl'Uhand Tan FanforMe W. DAILY, Hirnisilla, Summit Co., Ohio. ACTUUJt The only sure remedy. Trial package Ad I nffiAi free. L. 8MITHNIGHT, Cleveland, O. Agents wanted, on salary or commis'on. Hew bus!' ness. Address J. B. Masset A Co., St. Louis, Mo. OUTFIT FREE. Best chance yet. Write at (Jp once to F. NASON, 111 SaBsau St., New York. (htiTj a week to agents. SamplesFais, OOhU I P.O.VICKEEY,Atignsta,Maine. •JO a Day. Employment for all. Chromo A Novelty 5 Catalogue free. JTolton St Co., 119 Nassau St., N.Y. What OC UfSII fl/t Particulars free. G.Luck ZOcts Will U0i921Marke?St.,Phila.,Pa DCVM VCDS shot & 7 A Yejretable Monthly is the only American free. T. McMiceael,now styles, ul Cat. free. nLVULf CnwisTEBN Gun W* bxs, 0% WATCHES. A Great Sensation. Sample S3 Watch and Outfit Jree to Atmf. Better than W Gold. Address A. COULTER A CO. ..Chicago cured,fuel saved, andheatincreas -ed by applying the Spiral Draft. ijr IOIY CHIMNEYS) Send'stamp for"circular with testi* moniala) to Henry Colford,7268an8omStMPhiIaMPa. dline^QC a day *nrc made by Agents wiling oar Chromoi, u)IU u)bid Craymt, Picture ftnd Chromo Cartjs. X2& ^^.pka*, worth sent p8tjiaid for t*l Catalogue free* J* H. BUFFOM)* S KIPPERS PASTILii8.^1c FARMERS-IS Investigate the merits of The Illtis tratedweekly before determining •upon your work this Hail and winter. AGENTS U|VU wu» *T, The combination for this season sunasses anything heretofore attempted. Terms sent free. Address CHAS. CLUOAS & CO.. 14 Warren St., Hew York. A BOOK for the MILLION ucnipil MIVIPE ««Mge Pamphlet on Special MlUIuAL AUtIuCA. and Chronic Diseases, Cancer, Catarrh, Bupture, Opium Habibie., SENT FBKX on receipt of stam- n. *.». m™,™. ry, No. 12 N. 8th ,. Address, Dr. Butt's Dispensa 3t., St. Louis, Mo. ACSEJTTS WASTED for the NEW FARMER'S BOOK Gives full information on all kinds of Farm-work, Drainage, Fertilizers, Rotation of Crops, and Farm Stock. Inclades a most valuable and practical treat ise on Honw-bnililing, and book of Lecal forms ana ~7..-.7.7. ''unji^r'sbookCTfT irms, address For any pnblication for 1877 send 10 cents to T. H. Edwards & Co., Springfield, O., for a sample copy The Western Family Magazine and full particulars about their very liberal terms to clubt or tvo, or if you prefer an agpculturalmM» zine send 10 cents for a copy of their WAHJHKtat HOHTHLT. Best magazines and best terms, aampica uiiiy iu ctriits. WjrJttfiaag The But Tnsaa withou Metal Springs ever invented humbug claim of a oar im radicalcure, but» guar antee of a comfortable, »e cure, and satisfactory appli ance. We win take back ami Rupture pay foil price/or oil that d» not tvU which extravagant claimt are mode. Circulars free. POMSBOTTBCSS CO.. 746 Broadway. Hew York A N S A S All about its Soil, Oiimate Besource*, Products, Iiaws, and its People are riven in the.KAHSAS FARMER, a 10-page Weekly, in its 15th year. Post age paid, 3 months for ®jt|1j.nAMw88 J, TTt TojrJBKA, AAaoaST Has quickly tftkea a high place among aj^cnltural journals.—JT. T. IVi&tine....We have considered it among the best of our exchanges, and a worthy rep resentative of the West.—Practical Farmer^ Phil a. ... .Oar Kansas friends should feel macn pnae in tae high character and sterling worth of their State agricultural paper.—National Lite Stock Journal.... We cheerftiUy credit it with toeing one of the teest edited of our Western agricultural exchanges.— Spirit of the Times, Hew York. THE BEST PAPER -IS THE— fiHICKO I EMBER Only :ratni 34 72 2.....™..................™ gLMayear, and lie for postage, will secors 70a 2....™..n,.™n Best Story and Family Paper CATARRH SORELY APPUOTKD. J. O. Bosvmrtk A Co^ Venter, Col.: Gentlemen,— Prompted by a fellow-leeling for those afflicted with k-j": Catarrhal wish to add my testimony Id roBD's judical CtrBx Oblass, He., April 21,1876. Chicago,III. SO? 0NS, BOSTON, MASS. Pulmonary Baliam. the great New England enre for Coughs, Colds and Con sumption. Cutler, Bros.6 Co.'s,B68ton,oxi]y genuine. DCyCintlQ No matter how slightly disabled. In iLIIOIUIVw creases paid. Advice and circular Atty., 707 Sanson* St.,Phila.,Pa anrfli MOHTH.-Agents wanted. 88 beat sell. V1H ing articles in the world. One sample free, A|drea,JAY BBOKSON. Detroft.Mich. CCkin A STAMP and we will send you a specimen OLflU copy of the Cricltet on the Hearth, our mam moth 56-page, W-column Illustrated LiUrary htoi ™ri0ned In ioma manner the disability ha Family Journal. F.M.LuptonACo.,37 Park Row,N.I. it wa at Srn. Frerloiu to March 8.187S, invalid rtTlTTTHf HABIT CUBED AT HOME. I IK I II Ifl No publicity. Time short. Terms moderate. 1,000 testimonials. Describe case. Dr. F. S. MAKSH, Quincy, Mica. Tn VMIlin uril WHO wish to learn Loco- lu TUUnO mtR-otive' ^and -r *aTi°# vviiw Engineering.^ Send your name with two 3c stamps to F. Keppy,Bridgeport,Ct. Steady honorable 1GEIIT? Wanted, male and female. HQLn IO employment. Business and pleasant, eood Salary, Commissions on sales, and Expenici paid oy the ECLIPSE TfftwfkrtBrtiif Co., Cincinnati, Onio. DB.S.laKITCITSPaper S. FAStBLX PHTHOAS. Sua vie Copy, Cover, 16 Cent*. Baud CleA, witT IUnainUoas, MS mate a. cento by —all. AMrssi t® 714 BrosMtOTay, Hew Tart. Sure relief eimnw 1 S to well & Co, MH^nB^^BHMHHMMCbarleatowiiiHais. Electricity Is Life. IB Paolis Belt, best in the world Cures Disease when all other remedies fall. Testimonials and circulars sent free on ap plication, to P. J. WHITE, 27 Bond Street, New Tork. PNOLI'S CHAIN their sons wanted this fall and ..iter, (lor 2 in each Co.) to sell a few staple articles of real merit to the farmer* in their own counties*. Business pleasant, pro fits good. Particulars free. T. W obth. £t,Louis»Mo. a day at borne. terms free. TEUE A|Q a day ^Itterm: Agents wanted. Outfit and E & CO., Augusta, Maine. Fror. Hall's Hade Compound is the only preparation, one package of which will force the heard to grow thick and heavy on the smoothest free (without ityuiy) in 21 days in every case, or money cheerfully funded. 85 cents per package, postpaid 3 *br 50 cents. JS. W. JONESTAshland, Hash of Sax- Ton Catabbh.jMhalf I hsve been which grave me almost Instant relief. It being a con stitutional as well ss a local remedy. I belleveit to be all that ls-clalmed for It, a Badtcal Cure for Catarrh. Very truly youre, WM. AMETIVE, DzrrUB, Sept. 28, X875. With Jeusoo, Bllu Co. GREATLY AFFLICTED. Messrs. J. 0. Sosuorth ds Co., Denver: Gentlemen,-* takepleasure in recommending Sakfobd's Raoioai# Cubsfob Catabbhto all who are afflicted with thla disease. I was greatly afflicted with It for along and cured it with two bottles of the above Cob*.time, About a year afterwards I TO again taken with Ca tarrh quite severely, and immediately sent for another bottle, which fixed me all right, giving me relief from the first dose. Iam confident tbat this remedy will do, all that is claimed for It, and more too. Wishing yoa success In Its introduction, I am, ^r^trug^jrogrs, Djmteb, Oct. 4,1875. of Smith 6* Don. TRIED EVERYTHING. Messrs. f. O. Botworth Co., Denser, Col: OentW men,—I Sajtpobd'b Radical Cuzx vox Cai abbshaveItusedgiven and has perfect satisfaction. I have tried almost everything, and it is the only thing that hss ijlven me relief. I therefore 'take pleasure In recommending its ose to all afflicted with Catarrh of any kind, and offer this as my testimony to its benefits. W. Oper package, all Druggists tfirong] POTTER, GeneriL oston S. DECKER. iy a bout the United States. WEEKS General Agents and Wholesale Druggists, COLLINS' VOLTAIC PLASTERS Afford the most grateful relief in all Affections of the Chest and Lungs. CHRONIC PLEURISY CURED. Messrs. Wzeks & Pott*b: Gentlemen,—Having for many months past suffered with a very lame side, called by my physician Chronic Pieuris: which as the iy, caused by a former Injury and strain, and for I used many prescriptions and liniments, as well so-called rheumatic cures, without the least benefit, my physician recommended one of your Col- lixs' VoltaicruiSTKBB, which, to my great surprise, relieved the pain and soreness almost immediately, and I have been able to attend to'my household at fairs ever since with perfect ease and comfort, where as before the application of your invaluable plaster I was scarcely able to do anything. I consider them inestimable, and Bhall with pleasure Tecommend them to the afflicted. Yours respectfully', Mrs. fga wars A tzrtv A aectiveinTicklingCoughs.thatapplianceTickinprotective'ffective There Is no medical or will prove so grateful and believe them capable of preventing serious diseases of these organs. Irritation and Soreness of the Chest and Lungs, we Price, 25 cents. Sold by all druggists. Mailed on receipt of price, 25 cents for one, $IJ5 for six, or 12.25 &™2SlTej..£2.refnllJr wrapped, and warranted, by WEEKS 4 POTTEK, Proprietors, Boston, Mass. ipxavszovst •SS PAID TO SVBEY SOLDIKB who «r*g dlubled while in the service of the United Btatev, by reason of wounds, iitfnr les, hernia, or rupture (no matter hew alight), Lost of ejre»tight, diseased eyes, itiafiift of the Langs or heart, rheumatism, loss of heariag, rarieose veins of the legs, piles, falling back of meaatea, of ckrvnio diarrhoea. Sven the los* of a finger or toe, ia any way, bj aoeident or otherwise, or any other injury or ttaea»e, end Livi & soldier to a pension. Pensions and bona* ties procured where discharge papers are lost. Kew discharges obtained when loet. BOUKTZSS "PATH to A! OI2BS who were discharged by wounds, rapture, or accidental injuries, under new laws. PENSIONS XXCBSAfLBD. It Ls from 10 to 15 years since maarreceived their wounds, or the disease for which th«y wen 18: fat in* tmsu. ers oould not draw more than $8 per month, no matter disabled. Now $18 may be divided between $2 and $1 valid pensioners after the $8, the pension Is rated at $U, $16 and $18. Where the pensioner ean't labor, £24. Under the old law $2 was given for finger or thumb, new it is $4 to $6 per month* So apply at once and get an increase, Voebarge fbr advice, and vo ra until claims are paid. Thonssads are yet entitled to pensions and bounty, aad don't know it. CXRufr* ULB8 7BBS. "SOLDISHS* BEVIBW," an eight pag* paper on pensions and bounties Cor 75 cents per year, opeeunea oopy yHER send address oa "postal." 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