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OJilT A TRAMP. Ht(DT MAGC1RI. " He wu only tramp," add the papers YVbrii telling the otolof the day. Of ht-W a poor man was tlUcover'd Just breathing his last by the way, Anil this was the epitaph written. Ami scarcely hi spirit bad tied Till nun? around him atherel To morbidly gaze on the dead. M t4euis, let us pause and consider Right here o'er his mortal r. mains, A e ue we. perchance, may discover. Rewarding us ail for our pains. From w heme he had come.and oound whither, Hla Mrth-plare and name to denote. What's this f Ah, Mesieu, 'lis a letter Concealed In the bresst of bis coat. We'll read" Mr dearhuaaand this letter 1 wilte you, hoping 'twill be Amttar ntiong link in love's letter I nai hind you so closely to mc ; My bean's dcanst throh of afli ction I send to you dulin?, and pray Kind lloiven for health and protection, And speedy success on your way. Our children arc peacefully sleeping I niHoy Mutes bless them fcr you, But Krctltlie is ailing from wvepitig And bal.y 1 troublesome too. Vet .-ier.u!ly, darling, I laKur Till you some employment secure, I'm h-i'ptd by kind-hearted neighbour Who iocls for the friendless and poor. This morning our Jennie came sprich tly Jo ai-s me ; she whi.iered me, 1 Ma, Sweet ;iiig- ls converse with me nightly Ai-d Kve;orl ti i.igs of pa." GihI fiivor my Iittlo romancer With virltiom dreams all her life, Impatiently waiting vour answer, lour faithful, afbctiuuate a ife." Then, 'llently stool each ?wttr Theireyea wereo'eifl iwing aiiatenrs. Ilieir lip where te niu of Creator H,l never been mentioned for yeaie Were now lirithing prayers full ot pity To;.! with an ea. ne.t desire For tho hi far distant city, lcprifid of a husband ami sire. The tale can ha told by that letter l)enid of employment ht home, His starving condition to better Away o'er ho land he did roam. Kepu'-ed by continued denials lio . unie to r-i'k rest on this sod. At la-t thorn's an end to his tria.s, He n M with a merciful (iod. And "onlv a tramp" e..id the papers When telling the news of the day, Of how a Hr man ti discovered Just breathing his Iv-t by the way, And thus was his epitaph writien. Ami scarcely that lelt. rwas lead Till many .Stuiiar t at gathered. To ay the lust riles of the Head. Dundilk 7ifcr. THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD l'.Y PR. OLIVER GOLDriMITII. I was ever of opinion that tbe houent man who married, and brought up a large family, did more service than he who continued firrgie; and I had scarce tpken order a year hefore I chose my wile, a trood natured, notable woman who could read any English book with out much spelling, while lor pickling, rreserviii; an-l cooking none could excel her. We loved each other tenderly, had an elegant house, a good neigh borhood, and lived many years in a state of much happiness. Our children were well formed and healthy, and though we had but six, connidered them a very valuable present maie to rvsv country, tuir eldest son wan nanif''. fJeorge; our wcond child, a irirl. Olivi:i; auot.her girl, fcophia; Mopes was our next; and after twelve years, we Juki two sons more, Kicliard and llii.im W'iiMi our visitors would sav : 'Mrs. Primrose, you have the finest children in the whole country !" "Ay, neighbor," she ' would answer, ''they are as heaven made them handsome cnou-ih if they be good enough; for handsome is that handsome does." And then she would bid the girls hold up their heads, who, to conceal nothing, were ce rtainly very handsome. Matrini'Kiy was always one of my fa vorite topius, mid I wrote several eer rnons to prove its happiness. It waa, perhaps, from hearing marriage so often recommended that mv eldest son, upon leaving Oxford, lixed his aOections upon a neighboring clergyman's daughter, Miss Arabella Wiimot, who was allowed by all (except my two daughters) to be completely pretty. Everything was noon happily arranged, but, as Mr. Vil mot was courting his fourth wife, and I always stoutly contended that clergy men should not marry a stton 1 time, our controversies on the iioint began to cool his iriendrhip. The day before the wedding a relation of mine called with sorry news. "The merchant in town," said he, ' in whose hands your money was lodged, has gone oH to avoid bank ru ;-ty, H:i.i is thought not to have 1-fr a si ilihi; in the pound." This blow sooit del- rtnied Mr. Wilmot to break off the match, and my fa.mil--found theniM lvcs humbled in the world, without an education U render them cal lous to its contempt. As we had only 1,000 remaining out of .14,000, "i joyfully accepted a email cure of fn teen pounds a year, meaning to in crease my salary b.y fanning. Mv eld est eontieorgp having started for" Lon don to seek his fortune, we set out soon after for our new home. Stopping the first night at an obneure inn, wo found there a roor gentleman, n.med ISurchrll, who lacked money to pay his reckoning, having temporarily i;np:veti-.hcd liim self by his lienevolence. 1 gladly lent him two pound., aud, during part of the next day, he traveled with us. giving me pn entertaining account of ir Wil liam Thornhill, the. generous and eccen tric uncle o" f.ur new landlord, and en dearing hinirelf to us all by plunging into a rapid stream and rescuing Sophia, who had been thrown from her ho rue by the force of the current. Our retreat was in a little neighbor hood of frugal fames. Tho hou e of one story, ws snugly thatched, and nicely whitewashed inside, and, though the same room served for a parlor and kitchen, that only made it the warmer. We had many pimple pleasures to refresh us after our honest industry, and often sat together, when the weather was fine, on a rustic t-v.il overshadowed with huwlhorn and honeysuckle. There, one holiday, a genteel young man approached us with a careless supe rior air, and toon let us know that he was 8o,uireThornhill,our landlord, tuch is the power of fortune ami fine clwthes that he was forthwith on the easiest terms with the female part of the fami ly, and rc.ilily obtained permission to renew his visits. My wife thought this meeting a most lucky hit, and declared she could see no reason why the two Miss Wrinklers phou Id marry great fortunes, and her children jret none. Observing that Olivia i-ecretly admired the (--quire, I warned them heartily against dispropor tioned friendship., but the arrival of a sid? of venison, with his compliments, dnlied the edge of my remonstrance. That evening jxxir Mr. Hurchcll made us a visit, and helped up the next day in the hay field, asi-ting Sophia with assiduity ; but I had too pood aa opinion of her understanding to ba under any uneasiness from the attentions of a man of btok n fortune. Shortly alter, we entertained our land lord nt dinner, and though he talked like a flippant free thinker, he made himself highly agreeable to Olivia and her mother, who began to speak exultimrly of a match with the srjuire's family, and defended him with warmth when I de clared : 1 could have been letter pleased with one that was poor and honest than this fin- centleman with bis fortune and infidelity." I he uext morning Mr. I?urchell came apiii', and thouuh Lei was always cheer ful, tiniitlile, and even wise, I began to b disposed with the impression hf ffeiB--d n bo making on Sophia. H Tei, he k -W himeelf away when the tyjuire pert word by his chaplain ti .v. h intended jiving a moonlieht V-.-1 1 on the tras" before our door Mr. Th'irabi!! fttehd two young ladies of firhiori ir.-m town ; ceigbbor Flambor i:ihV rsy daughter were brought in, d.it.nt wi;h rod top Vcots, aod wc bad a ry g-iy tia: of it, wisdicg up with prayere. My eirls pooa began to pitch their thought very hijjh, and their pride was n- low.. ! by a fot tune-telling gvppy ' ;n in in-ei; Livy a s.juire n.i Sophy a I loid.' ad for a sliibing apiece! Then! the two twit; hulp-s !rom town paid us a vi-it Li l li.atncy and Miss Carolina Wilhelimna Skeggs and though Mr. Tbircholl turntd his back, and cried ' Fudge !" at the end of each sentence, w were vas.t'y j.lc-ascJ with theit high ilfe c inver.-ao.i, acd my wife struck up a plan oi senii-'Ji: our two daughters to town as their companions, at stipends of thirty pounds and twenty five guineas a year. This they very condescendingly approved, only requiring, as a mere form, Mr. Thornhill's recommendation. This he readily gave, and the expedition to town was speedily resolved upon, tnougn Mr. Burchell very presumptuously Bought to dissuade us from it. As we were now rising in the world we determined to sell our old colt, which had no tail, and buy a better one. My sen Moses went to the fair with him; in a waistcoat of gosling green, feli into the hands of a prowling sharper, and brought oack only a gross or green spectacles! Then I took our other horse, old Black berry, and sold him myself to a most venerable appearing gentleman, who gave me an order on neighbor Flambor- ough for five pounds. But when my nonest neighbor saw the name ".bpliraim Jenkinson" he exclaimed : The greatest rascal under heaven! This is the very same rogue that sold the spectacles!" J went heme dejected, but iound my wife and girls in tears over a greater dis appointment, for the two fine ladies, baving beard reports ot us lrom some malicious person, had set out for London, leaving us to wonder who could have aspersed our characters thus basely. By chanc, however, Mr. Burchell was de tected in the villainy of having sent a warning letter to the ladies of Thornhill castle, and, when reproached, he showed such effrontery that I could scarcely govern mv passion. " Uncrateful wretch 1" I cried, "begone and no longer pollute my dwelling with thy baseness ?" J Is smiled and departed with the ut most composure, leaving us astonished and enraged at his assurance. "Squire Thornhill continued his at tentions, but all my wife's art could not bring him to a proposal. At last it was resolved that Olivia should marry, at the end of a month, farmer Williams (who was in easy circumstances. prudent, sincere and openly devoted to her), pro vided the squire did not neantime de clare his intentions. Instead, however, he discontinued his visits and Olivia seemed contented with the change in her fate. Four days before the nuptials, little Dick came running in, crying: " Oh, papa, she is gone sister Livy is gone from ns forever?" "Gone, child!" " Yes, with two gentlemen in a post chaise aud one kissed her and she cried but he persuaded her and she said : "Oh, what will my poor papa do whon he knows that I am undone!" " Now then," cried I, "my children, go and be miserable, for we shall never en joy one hour more. And, eh, may Heaven's everlasting fury light upon him and his! Thus to rob me of my child!" " She's an ungrateful creature," said my wife, weeping, "to use us thus." " Do not talk" hardly," said I ; "she shall be welcome to this heart, though stained with vices, if I find but repent ance." My suspicions fell entirely upon our young landlord, but, when I insisted on seeing him, he met me with an open face and seemed amazed at the elopement, protesting on his honor that he was quite a staangcr to it. This denial and some other circumstances soon convinced me that the real culprit was no other than Mr. Burchell!" I followed some clews to his flight with my peor daughter, but in vatn. lieturning sadly homeward, 1 fell in with a very well dressed gentle man who invited me to sun with him and talked politics at a great rate; but he proved to lie only the butler, and the sudden arrival of his master and mistress put me in great confusion. Just then, who should enter but Miss Arabella Wil- mot, who was formerly engaged to be married to my son George. Srhe recog nized me with joy, and, on hearing my name the old gentleman and lady, her uncle and aunt insisted on my stayin for some da vs. The next evening we went to see some strolling player act in a barn. When the chief performer appeared and per ceived Miss Wilmot and me, he stood sjeechless. It was my fortunate George! He burst into tears and retired. I con ducted .Miss limot home, and we soon had my son with us; all his travels had iTougni Hint no more fortune than a stick and a wallet ; but I fancied that 1 could discern that Miss Wilmot still looked on him with a favorable eve. Nor was this preference abate by the arrival af Mr. Thornhill, who, I learned had al ready inaoe her some overtures. He seemea surprised at seeing me, but was very friendly, and procured for George an ensign's commission in one of the reg iments going to the VVst Indies. riving my son ail I had my blessing I took leave of the good family that had entertained me so long; and set out (or home. Tutting up for the night at a little public house, I chanced to hear the landlady lie-rating some one in the loom above. "Out I say," she cried: "what, you trumpery, to come and take up an hon est hou-e without cross or coin to b'.ess yourself with ! Gome along, I say." "Oh, madam," cried the stranger, "pity me for one night, and death will soon do the rest !'' I knew the voice of my poor Olivia, flew to her rescue, and caught her in my arms. " Welcome, my dearest, lost one, to your poor old father's liosom V " Oh, you can't forgive mc ! I know you cannot!" " Yes, my child, I do. But it sur prises me how a nlau of Mr. Buchell's seeming honor could be guilty ef such baseness." " Papa you labor under a great mis take. Mr. Burchell always warned me against Mr. Thornhill, who " Mr. 'thornhill! Gan it be ?" " Yes, sir, it was Mr. Thornhill who employed the two ladies, as he called them, who were, in fact, abandoned women, to decoy us up to town. They would have succeeded, but for Mr. Burchell'e letter, and I am convinced he was ever our sincerest friend." " You amaze me ! My firt suspicions of Mr. Thornhill's baseness were too well grounded." " Alas, papa, yon are but little ac quainted with his villainies; he has been married already to six or eight wives more, whom like me, he has deceived and abandoned. So monstrously did he treat me that I left him and fled here, only to be at a distance from the wretch I det?sted." The next day I took Olivia home, ar riving near midnight, just in time to save my little ones from the flames which de voured our humble cottage beiore our eyes, leaving us houseless and hungry, but for the charity of ourkind neighbors. My arm, too, was severely burned, but I suffered les from that than information I received that Mr. Thornhill was going to be married to Miss V llmot in a few days. My Olivia's betrayer had ever the assurance to present himself to Die, with his usual air of familiarity, and pretend that his conduct toward her had nothing criminal in it. "Avoid my sight!" cried I. "Were my brave son at home he would not suf fer this, but I am old and disabled, and every way undone. IJ reposed my heart upon thine honor, and have found its baseness. Go, and possess what fortune has given thee- beauty, riches, health and pleasure. ( io, and leave me to want, infamy, disease and sorrow. Yet, hum 'tie as I am, though thsu hast my for givness. thou shalt ever have my con tempt." "Depend upon it," returned he, "you shall feel the effect of this inso lence." Nor did he threaten in vain. The next morning his steward demauded my an nual recr. i couia not pay; eo my cattle were sold, and myself was cat into prison, whither I was accompanied by my dis consolate family. Olivia wa trufferirg from a sTow fvef, acd one day io the depression of her pirits ihe was heard uttering thebe mournful lines : " When loTely woman rtoops to folly, Anl finds too litleih&t men bet'fiv, tVht rhuriu can soothe her melancholy ? Wliai art can wadb ber guilt away ? Tht only art her unlit to coTrr, To hi'le her iihauie from every eye. To i;ive repentance t Iter locr And wring his bosom to die." Wo had now nothing between us and famine, save what my son Moses could earn as a day laborer. Even in this strait I found a triend in a fellow prison- er, that veryEphraim Jenkinson who had got old Blackberry for a worthless dcaft on neighbor Flamborough. Hia cun ning had not saved him from the jail, but he promised to see what it could do toward relieving me. Meanwhile my poor Olivia grew worse, became speechless, and then came the sad tidings she was dead ! It was lor her sake I defied Squire Thornhill, and now I consented to make submission to him. In vain ! He would how no mercy! As if to complete the sum of our miseries, our dearest Sophia was snatched from us, carried off by unknown ruffians? But ill-fortune had still an other blow. The prison keeper entered with a man all bloody, wounded and fettered. Horror! It was my George! His regiment had not left England, and hearing of Thornhill's crime he had chal lenged the villain. Instead of appearing in persou, Thornhill sent four domestics to seize him. One he wounded, but the others captured my oor son ; as a chal lenger his life was forfeited! But let us be inflexible, and fortune will at last change in our favor. The next event was the return of Sophia, who had been rescued by our old friend, Mr. Burchell. He received my apolopies in the kindest way, and Sophia explained that he had heard her cries and disarmed the ruffian who had seized her, but who had managed to make his escape. "Mr. Burchell,-" cried I, "as you have delivered my girl, if you can stoop to an alliance with a family so poor as mine, take her, obtain ner consent, and you have mine." Without the least reply he ordered dinner, a dozen bottles of wine, and some cordials for me, asserting that, though in a prison, he never felt more disposed to be merry. At my request Mr. Jenkinson and my son were now ad mi tted . George regarded Mr. Burchell with astonishment, and stood fixed at a respectful distance. Perceiving himself known, our guest as suming all his native dignity, desired my son to come forward. After pronounc ing severely on the sin of dueling, he ad mitted fucIi palliation of poor George's lault as induced him to forgive it. "If there be injury," said he "there shall be redress; and this 1 may say without boasting, that none have taxed the injustice oi fcir Win. ihornhill. We now found that our harmless. amusing companion, peor Mr. Burchell, was in reality the uncle of our onending landlord, and a man of large fortune and great interest, to whom senators listened with applause. My poor wife and So phia were overwhelmed, but Sir William reassured them, and at his request, Jen kinson, who had furnished a clue to the abducter of Sophia, was sent with two men to apprehend the rascal. lieiore we nad well tuned, a message was brought lrom Squire Jthoruhili.de sirinj permission to appear and vindi cate his innocence, with which request the baronet complied. JLJeing intro duced, he gave se smooth a version of his conduct as quite cleared him, if it could be believed. But at the sudden appearance of Jenkinson, with the ruliian who carried on Sophia, he turned pale, and it presently came out that he him self had instigated the abductions with the basest designs. "Heavens!" cried Sir William; what a viper! The unexpected arrived of Miis Ara bella Wilmot surprised us next, and it sneedilv appeared that the sauire to win her hand, had persuaded ber that George was married and gone to America. The revelation of his baseness revived her passion for my son, who was now released' at Sir William's request, and presently appered in his regimentals whereupon sue lost no time in blushingly letting him know that if she could not be his, she would never be another s. . The squire now showed himself the hardy villain, and laying aside shame insultingly declared that Miss Wilmot" a fortune was safely made over to him and he cared not who won the lady herself; this was too true ; but neither Geonre nor Arabella heeded it in the least. "Let him enjoy our fortune," cried she; "1 can now be happy even in in digence." "And I, cried the squire, with a ma licious grin, "shall be very happy with what you despise." "Hold," cried Jenkinson, "can the squire have this lady's fortune if he be married to another?" "Undoubtedly he cannot," replied the baronet. "Well," said Jenkinson, "he is married already; and, if the company restrain their curiosity a few minutes, they shall see his wife. So saying he darted off, and presently returned with Olivia I " Squire," he cried, " this is your law ful wife, and here is the license! You commissioned me to get a false licence and a falss priest, to deceive this youn; lady, .but I got a true license and a true A burst of pleasure now seemed to fill the whole apartment. Mr. Thornhill's assurance forsook him, he fell on his knees before his uncle and implored companion. Sir llham promised him a bare competence to support the wants of lite, and ordered him to be gone. All now hastened to salute Olivia whosa death Jenkinson and my wife hae thought it necessary to persuade me of. to procure my submission to the squire Sophia did not seem perfectly satisfied, but Sir William soon relieved her doubts by claiming her as his own "loveliest, most sensible of girls." The next day there was a joyful double wedding, seasoned with the good news of the recovery of my fortune from my mer chant in town, who had been arrested at Antwerp. All my cares were now over ; it only remained that my gratitude in prosperity should succeed my former submission in adversity. How to Make a Lactometer. Any housekeeper who desires to test the purity of the lacteal fluid furnished daily by the milkman, can lurnish her self with an impromptu and, to all pur pose, an efficient lactometer in this way. Procure a glass bulb and stem, both hollow; load it with quicksilver, sand or even bird shot, until the instrument will float upright in milk known to be pure. Mark on the stem the point to which it sinks the surface point. Re move it from the milk and float it in pure water, marking the surface point as before, which will be considerably higher on the stem than the other mark. Now take a narrow slip of paper, capa ble of being rolled lengthwise, and insert it in the stem of the instrument so that the figures on it will be visible through the glass. Lay off on this in the direc tion of its length a space equal to the distance between the two surface points, numbering the first )K)int 0 and the other 100. Subdivide this space into ten or twenty proportional spaces correspond ingly numbered t roll the slip and insert it in the stem until the 0 is at the surface point of the milk, the 100 at that of the water. Your lactometer is now complete. Float it in your milk can every morning, and tbe depth to which it pinks will register the percent age of dishonest water, if any, the milk contains. Suppose, for example, tbe in strument sinks till the surface line cuts the figure fifteen. The milk contains fifteen per cent, of added water. Pitts burg Zfiejxilcfi. The Jewish Kesforatlon. A curious rumor is afloat, for which we do not vouch, that the porte, in its eagerness for money, has offered to sell the hereditary pashalic of the holy land to any cand date accepted by tbe Jews in return for a loan. The transaction would be one of the most singular in history, but it is. not beyond the range of possibility. Palestine needs nothing but irrigation and trees, and though the Jews dislikis agriculture, fellaheen" suffi cient might bo rmtti acua from Egypt. The restoration of : the Jews, wivw tr(j Beaconsfield for first king, would be an incidt nt romantic enough to satisfy even the imagination of the author of Alroy." London Spectator. Tnn chap had legs like a pair of slate pencils. Small boy yelled to other small bov: "Sav, Billy, that feller's got a heftp o' courage to risk himself out on ruch les as them, this weather." "Wiy?'' "Might freeze, break off, stick "io bi body and bleed him to death. FARM AND UABDEM. The American Grocer gives the follow ing directions : 1. Avoid worrying me cows in auy way, or getting them excited. 2. Milk in a clean, weii-ventuatea place, free from all loul odors, and under shelter in rainy weather, letting the cows stand awhile, to drip and dry off, before beginning to milk. 3. Exclude ail hith lrom milt and strain as fast as milked. If it can be at once strained into the pan for setting, and the straining can be done without entering the milk-room, all the better. 4. The be3t way is to have the miiK- room so arranged that its temperature can be kept uniformly at about Bixty de grees, and then to use neither water or ice around the miiir men leave uie temperature of the milk to sink gradu ally to that of the room. The cream will continue to rise as long as tne tem perature is falling, and more alowiy afterwards. It will be up in forty-eight hours. It should be skimmed and kept at the temperature of sixty degrees until it becomes slightly acid, then it is fit to churn. If any other method of setting is adopted, it should not be one that will not keep the milk sweet forty -eight nours, nor one which will not permit the cream to rise in that time. It is more or less iniurious. according to circumstances, to have tho temperature of the room higher than that of the milk. 5. Never let cream eet more than slightly sour before churning, and churn ing it at about sixty degrees, witn a mo tion equal to that given by thirty or forty strokes to the minute by a dasher covenna tnree-iourxus oi ine lateral anarn nf the eh 11 m at the largest TXint, b. rJeiore tne DUtter is gainereu, au while in lumps about the size of wheat or buckwheat kernels, draw off or strain out the buttermilk, and thoroughly wash the butter with clear, cold water at about fift v-fi ve decrees, but do not pack the but ter together. Then sprinkle on, and carefully stir in. still avoiding packing, about one ounce of salt to each pound of butter. Set the butter away in a cool, sweet place, not above sixty degrees, nor below fifty-five degrees, until the next day, when it is ready to work and pack for market. 7. The packingshouldbe done in clean, sweet packages ; and if the butter is in tended lor long keeping, the packages should bs air-tight. They can be made so bv proper use of the brine. . Butter so packed snouia oe sept, at, a temperature nor. arxive sixty uegrees, nor below fifty degrees, and in an apart ment where there are no foul ordors from vegetables, damp earth, or any other source. 9. The milk of sick cows, or cows in heat, should never be used for dairy pur poses, nor milk known to be impure from any cause whatever. 10. It from any accident, neglect, or over sight, a batch ot butter is not per fect, it should not bo packed for long keeping, but at ence put into the market and sold for consumption while in its best condition. But imperfect butter should never be made to eat. Dam Point About Fat Horaes. A fat horse is a proportionately weak horse. Fat is an oily matter, itself un endowed with lite or sensibility, con tained in cells, as honey i; within the honey-comb, which aie vital, aud so en dowed that they lose the power either of adding to or taking from the quantity of oily matter at any time existing. Ihe use of fat is to fill up crevices in the body, facilitate the movements of parts one upon another, and serve as a sort of internal nutriment, in case tne animal should be in a situation where he can not obtain food : but, when it accumu lates, instead of facilitating the motions of parts, it clogs and impedes them, and becomes, lrom its collected amount o freight, a burden to the body. A fat horje is not only unfit to go, but really has a weight within himself to carry which the horse in condition for work has been disencumbered of. A fat horse will not bear the loss of blood the same as a horse in a working state of body the one will faint from the abstraction ot a quantity which the other will stand without being affected. Plumpness. which arises from fatness, is too apt to convey to the eyes of the inexjierienced the impression of strength and ability to go to work, wbe.-oas it ought, we repeat be taken as a proof to the contrary When a buyer enters a dealer's yard to buy a horse, every horse shown him most likely certainly every horse four or five years old is fat, and, therefore, not in condition for work. Dealers byquanti ties of grain and sometimes by means of poisonous nostrums and by giving their horses only such little walking exercise as serves to keep their legs from swelling make the horses thev have lor sale as fat as thev can, and for two reasons First, fat fills up the crevices and con ceals any imperfections there may be ef outward form. It is the horse dealer putty ; by it, like the coach-maker or the furniture-maker, he makes his article for sale appear more perfect or freer from defect than it really is. Secondly, by it he gives an appearance of size and bulk to tire article which passes for eign of strencth and ability, but which, as we said bclore, is in reality a condition of weakness. Flue Manure va. Loii( Manure. Mr. Ives, a successful New York farm' er, says: I have come to believe from repeated experience in practice, that by applying the manure while in a raw or fresh state, if it is only fine enough to mix well with the soil, it will do the most good that it ever will ; thoueh possibly a load might go farther after Ijeing fermented and rot ted down, for in doing that the weight and bulk is very much reduced. By ap plying it while comparatively fresh, the process of rotting is done where its good ness is all saved in the soil, like the vege table matter from a good turf, or a clover crop, or from any vegetable growth plowed under for green manuring. We are told by scientific men that these the unfermented manure as well as the green vegetable matter go through a slow pro cess of fermentation while rotting in the soil, so that all their qualities are saved, and I believe that the farmer using cut feed, so that all the material that goes to make the manure heap in fine, would find no advantage in letting it ferment or rot before using it, when with long coarse manure he must of necessity put it through that process to' have it short enough to use. I might also state that the amount of manure I obtain yearly averages about ten loads per head of horses and cattle kept ; the horses being kept up through the year, and the cattic six to seven months, besides being taken in every night through the summer. All the manure ia kept under shelter, and the horse manure so mixed with tbat of the cattle,, and trodden down, that it seldom heats before it is drawn out for use. Ten loads to the acre, spread fromjthe wagon as I draw it, is the way I generally use it. Taking up cattle every night through the euniiner to augment tue manure heap is an excellent practice. Sheep should be managed in the same way. All stock ought to have a dry soft bed to sleep on, or in, such as straw or dry forest leaves will lurnish. It is perfect comfort, so fir as possible, that yields a maximum ot meat, milk or wool from the food consumed. Farming and tbe Credit System. A correspondent of the Country Gen tleman writes from southern Kansas: Bankrupt farmers make bankrupt mer chants. We can charge ur ill-success at farming to drouth and locusts ; that of our merchants to the credit system. One of the great evils of this day and age ia the credit system, and the people of this entire western country have cause to mourn that they have yielded to the smooth tongues of machine agents. Debt and interest wijl always eat holes into r .yings of the best of men. An ei- c.uS1e. "r-.-rp ;? always best for all. Farming land, witii ...v,. im provement, is plenty, and very C-J? I There are many claims nere mat can ue purchased for less than the government price of land, which is $2.50 per acre. Judging from the present indications, theie are many acre" that will not be seeded the coming season. Some have abandoned their claims ; some have sold at one-half less than their claims have cost : others have not seeds to sow one- half the land fitted for spring crops, while underlying all is the uncertainty of reap ing from what they sow. Drouth and ocusts, year after year, will soon wear away the nopes and patience of the best ef men. Speculation and stock raising seem to be the only Bource of profit in tbe country, and these require more capi tal than is possessed by the average settler. People who go west and settle under a cloud of loousta, and often where no crop can be grown without artificial irriga tion, commit a great mistake. In the south we have a ten-fold better climate, far les3 fear of insect depredation. ye are many miles nearer the sea, with its warm gulr stream, that brings twelve hundred times more water direct from the equator, with a very desirable heat, that flows into the great Mississippi river. Southern agriculture has an equatorial river that never feels a drouth or carries cold water, of inestimable value. Principles or Breeding. We often hear people talk as if it were an easy matter to originate a new race of domestic animals by taking a cross rje tween two races of breeds. Not many years ago it was often maintained that we ought to build up an American breed of cattle in this way, by many intelligent farmers, who supposed they knew what they were talking about. It ought al ways to be kept in mind that races have faxity ot type which is transmitted from parent to offspring, anel this offspring so closely resembles tne parents, wnen they both are ot tho same race, that no one familiar or conversant with that par ticular race would ever mistake it as be longing to another or different race. And yet the tiffspring will not once in ten thousand times be precisely like either of the parents. The individual will vary, although at tbe same time be may be a perfect specimen of the race. No Shorthorn would lor a moment dispute the " purity of blood " in Starlight 2d ; neither would he dispute it in New Year s Day, El Hakim, or Crusader. These bulls had all and each of them the physical characteristics of tho thorough bred Shorthorn ; but at the same time no two of them weie precisely alike they were true to the race, but varied as in dividual. Any two races will be prolific with each other, but a third or new race can not be formed from two old ones or two already in existence ; this has been tried repeatedly and never yet succeeded ; tne progeny will revert to one or both the original types or races. All that can be done in the shape of improvement is to develop aptitudesand have these become so well developed in a series of genera tions that they will belong to and be come hereditary as transmissible quau ties. The hereditary transmission of form is one thing and belongs to race. and the transmission of qualities is quite another thing and belongs to intelligent breediusr and care. The difficulties ought not to discour ace us from constant effort for the lm provement of our stock, it is true, but thev should have the effect to control and guide our experiments into practical channels and to accept some things as settled. X. E. Farmer. HoniehoM Kceiiteo. FuffFaste with Bf.efScet.-- Where you can not obtain good butter lor mak ing paste, the following is an excellent substitute. Skin and chop one pound of kidney beef suet very hne, put it in mortar and pound it well, moisten with a little oil. until becoming, as it were, one piece, and about the consistency of butter; proceed exactly as in pult paste, using it instead of butter. Paeskips. Scrape and wash your par snips, and put them on with just enough water to boil them, and no more ; when thev are done they should be nearly dry Then dish them and pour over melted butter and a little salt, or some drawn butter. Or. boil them as directed above and when done cut them in half, grease the bars of vour srndiron, put them on i over some lively coals and brown them How to Candy Frvit. When finish ed in the svrup. put a layer into a new sieve and dip it suddenly into hot water, to takeoff the syrup that hangs about it nut it into a napkin before the fire to drain, and then do some more in a sieve have ready sifted, double-refined sugar. which silt over the fruit on all sides till quite white ; set it on the shallow end of the sieve in a slightly-warmed oven, and turn it over two)r three times ; it must not be cooled till dry. Fkicasseed Chickex. Divide your fowls; wash well and lay in a flatdxt tomed vessel with the bone side down ; cover evenly with part boiling water and milk; let simmer until tender ; skim off the fat that comes to the top; season with salt and white pepper; pile the chicken nicely on the dish, put in the gravy a bunch of parsely ; a large minced boiled onion, one blade of mace, a gill of cream.Jthe yolks of two eggs, and a tea spoonful of butter, rubbed to a crfam in two tablespoonfuls of flour ; let all boil a few minutes ; take out the parsley and mace and turn your chicken, which you must have kept hot. To Cook aniSeeve a Loin of Beef. Select a twelve pound loin of beef of good quality, bone, season inside with salt and pepper, roll and tie it firmly with strong string, cook the same way as beef a la mode, omitting the calf's feet: when done (it takes at least four hours) drain, pare, glaze and keep it warm till wanted ; free the gravy of its grease and reduce with a quart of Espagnole sauce ; dress the beef on a layer of brazed red cabbage, garnished around with alternate groups of glazed onions and boiled and glazed beet roots, nicely reunded ; pour the same over the garnishing and serve. Macaroni a t,' Itamexne. A cor respondent of the New York Times says: Have a pan of boiling water, with a spoonful of salt in it. Put the macaroni in and let it boil until tender, but it must not become a paste ; strain dry in a fleve ; put into the pan with some white sauce, or any strong stock ; a tea spoonful salt, a half teaspoonful pepper and pinch of cayenne ; when boiling put in the macaroni. Take hold of the handle of the saucepan and shake it around, but do not stir it. Add to a pound of macaroni a grated qusrter of a pound of Parmesan cheese, shake over the fire until well mixed. An Immense Washing. A few days ago a lady rooming at a fashionable lodging-house got struck with the bed-quilt mania. She determined to manufacture a bed-qailt for some of the church fairs, to be composed of 6.843 pieces, irrespective of the edging. Full of this sublime feminine conception, she gathered up all the old calico rags that her neighbors were glad to get rid of, and spent a whole day cutting them up into pieces; then aliout fivo o'clock she went out to dine. When she return ed the rags were gone. The way that woman fretted and worried about those old pieces af patchwork was especially enlivening to the roomers on tne same floor. She went to chief of police, called on the mayor, all the aldermen, and bored the head of the fire department al most to death to get some kind of redress. She wanted every room in the house searched. Yesterday afternoon her Chinese wash-boy appeared with a big bundle, which he proceeded to deposit on the floor. " How mnchee, John ?!' " Eighty-seven dollar and Bixteen bitee." A shiver went through that woman's frame. The Chinaman unfolded the washing and there were those 6,843 pieces of patchwork and 8,689 ragged edges which had been cut off, all neatly washed, ironed and folded. . Dr. Harris was called to attend the wounded man, and says that the flat-iron wounds on his head will take him off if erysipelas sets in. Virginia Chronicle. Majok Powell quotes the following proverb from the Indians : Let a nun. wv a Triy Ion? time. Let a man talk a rei nie. A hole be will hnre into a rock. Wiry suffer from Cold in the Head ? rjy. J. fl. McLean's CaUrrh Banff soothts and cures. Infallible tor CaUrrh and any Sores ia the Now. Trial Boxei 60 cts., by mail. Dr. J. H. MoLean, St. Lonia. , Tlic Telephone. . The telephone itself is a simple affair. and one which every person acquainted with the electric telegraph would under stand at sight. The instrument consists of a powerful, compound.' permanent magnet, to the poles of which are attach ed ordinary coils of insulated wire. In iront ot the poles, surrounded by these coils of wire, is placed a diaphragm of iron, wane a mouth-piece to concentrate the sound upon this diaphragm substan tially completes the arrangement. When the human voice causes the sensitive di aphragm to vibrate, electrical undula- uuiiB are ixiuuueu m me cons surrounu- ing the magnets precisely in the same manner as the undulations of the air are produced by the voice. These undula tions then travel through the wire, and passing through the coils of an instru ment of similar construction at a longer or shorter distance, as the case may be, are again transformed into air undula tions by the diaphragm of the instru ment. It will be borne in mind that the voltaic battery is dispensed with entirely, and all that is needed for transmitting the voice sounds are the instruments and the telegraph wire. In this connection a re markable peculiarity of the telephone is that a practiced ear is able to distinguish the voices that speak through the in strument. The inventor claims that as any affect produced by electricity over a short wire, can with equal facility be produced overone of 100 or 1,000 miles in length, provided the insulation be good, so can the electric wave of the tel ephone be perfected to render free and easy the sounds generated by the human voice to any length. In fact, with such advances as the system has made of late, there would seem to be no limit to which it may be put, and the practical advan tages likely to result lrom it. Ihe inven tion is now in its infancy, but no doubt it will soon astonish the world by what it may be able to do. It is probable that among the first practical uses to which the telephone will be put will be its use by several of those railroads that have special wires used only for railroad purposes. Next, private banking houses and large ruanu- lacturing estaoiisnments, etc., win unu it advantageous to use the telephone. It ia well known that the expense and trouble of batteries and keeping them in order has been one of the main items in the account of telegraphing, and with the present system expert operators are required. Under the system of telepho ny the cost of constructing the line and putting in the instrument is all, and the affair is permanent eo long as the wires and poles shall last. Ihe invention will be wonderfully economical, to say the least, as well as more expeditious and easier to learn to operate than the pre sent system of telegraphy. This inven tion will not only be a decided improve ment, but may exert a powerful influ ence in breaking up the telegraph monop oly and reducing rates to a lower scale than that now in vogue. Respecting the adaptation of the in vention to leng distances the late ex periments warrant the belief that it can be made to answer all the purposes ot the telegraph either under the ocean or across the land. The artificial resistance employed in the experiment between Boston and Salem, as already hinted.was much greater than an equivalent of tbe lencrth of the wire between New York and San Francisco or the Atlantic cable. In fact tbe inventors hope soon to talk through the cable and send their compli ments to queen Victoria. Graphic. The Circulation of the Blood. Physiology was destined to receive more substantial contributions from (Jesalpino than either botany or min erakwry. The circulation of the blood, that is its pijssage from the right side of the heart across the lungs to the lelt side, had been known to Galen, who also knew the arteries and veins in their ultimate ramifications communicate with each other across an "anostoraosis" of minute vessels in every part of the body. This knowledge was vitiated by the hypothesis that the blood passed from the 1 ight side of the heart through tbe intervening septum ot the left, an hypothesis of which Julius Cae?ar Arantius, of Bologna, ex posed the absurdity. The next and final step in the discovery belongs according to the Italian physiologists, to Oesalpino, who in 1569, demonstrated the passage of the blood fromjthe arteriesjto the veins, acioss the capilaries throughout the sys tem, and applied the term "circulation" to the perpetual movement of tbe blood "from the veins to the right side of the heart, from this to the lungs, from the lungs to the left side of the heart, and from this to the arteries." In 1593 he published the "Quistioni Mediche," in whie:h he illustrated the circulation by constricting any limb ot the body with a bandage, whereupon the vein swelled in the interspace between its capilliary organ and the ligature, so that when cut with a lancet the black venous blood flowed out; and after it tbe red arterial bleod. "Cealpino moreover" (says his recent apologist, Dr. Ceratlina, of Genoa, to whom I am indebted for many of the above mentioned facts), "recognized that the blood is contained at a higher pres sure in the arteries than in the veins, and that in its passage from the former to the latter the capilliary anatemoses in terpose a greater or smaller obstacle ac cording to the degree of their dilation. 'All these facts," continues Dr. Ceradini, 'Cesalpino taught first from the chair of medicine at Pisa, and subsequently at ltome, where he Hied in 160.''. All that was left for Harvey to do was to strength en Cesalpino's discovery by t ssigning to the valves (of which Fabricio l)i Ac quapendente first pointed out the ex istence) the function of opposing the centrifugal movement of the blood. In fact, Harvey's merit really and only consists in baving successfally sustained a struggle against the prejudice and ig norance that impeded the acknowledge ment of Cesalpino's discovery." His old that, after such proofs of scientific acumen Cesalpino should have written seriously on witchcrait ; but such is the fact. Some nuns of Pisa were reputed to be possessed by demons, and the archbishop of the diocete convoked the theologians, philosophers, and phy sicans of the university to investigate whether the phenomena manifested by the nuns proceeded from natural causes. Cesalpino's contribution to the subject judiciously refrained from denying the existence of evil spirits. He said that these unseen agencies makes use of phy sical means, diffusing a gubtle poison which causes fascination, enchantment, and other signs of demoniacal possession. These phenomena, however, can be cured by physical means like another disease; though, he cautiously adds, religious ministrations will enhance the efficacy of the remedial agent. In this recog nition of the church Cesalpino betrays the dread common to Galileo and ether contemporary savans, of offending the spiritual authority ; and, though be wa3 accused of materialism and atheism by Dr. Samuel Parker, archdeacon of Can terbury, and the French physican, Taurel, he never lost the favor of the Rome Curia. In fact, the cardinal who presided over the press, in allowing him to publish his "De Metallicis," declared the treatise worthy ot its author, "Che fa tempre diligentinrinw trqxiice dei dogmi peripatetkhe" (who was always a very diligent follower of the Aristotelian dog mas). Another point worth noting in Cesalpino's career is the fact that he was past fifty when he began to write, and he was eighty-four when he published his last work, an appendix to his earliest ("The Quistioni I'eripatetiche"). At that age he died, leaving behind him a world-wide reputation for versatility, sagacity, and learning. The Inter-Oceanic Canal. The interest in the loDg talked of in ternational vrork is just now being re vived throughout our country by the re ports recently submitted to the govern ment by the commission which was some three or four years ago appointed to ex amine as far as might be practicable the different routes across the isthmus, so far as such proposed water routes might Vw rWmed worthy of examination, and I make full reports'of the result of such commission-nan Wbjyi..10" that tne elusion that the route via LiikV ITO"- .ntt la tViA ruia VvMrt aA a itst 4 V making of a great inter5ceanic passage- way across tue great isim oarner mat has so long barred the passage of ships of all nations from the Atlantic to the Pa cific ocean, and visa vera. This route will have a length of one hundred and eighty one miles from Greytown on the Atlantic side to Bricto on the Pscific side. In this distance there will be a run of fifty-six miles through Lake Nic aragua. The surface of this lake is one hundred and seven feet above the level of either ocean, and the calculation iB that it will require ten locks on the Pa cific side and ten on the Atlantic aide to overcome this elevation. On the Atlan tic side the San Juan river will be used to create slack water navigation for a dis tance of sixty-three miles. KEMUtOl'S NEWS. Of the 60,000 Chinese in San Fran cisco, about seven hundred! and fifty at tend the evenimr mission schools. Three hundred have joined churches. Seven hundred are members of christian societies and are studying christian doctrines. Nearly 1,000 regHiarly attend Sunday-school, As the result of the interest created in Chicago by Mr. Moody's preaching, the churches of that city are receiving large accessions to their members. On a re cent Sunday the first Presbyterian, of which the Kev. A. K. Kittndge is pas tor, added to its roll of members one hundred and sixty-one persons. This is but one instance. Churches of other denominations show like signs of pros perity. The progress of Christianity in India receives a fresh illustration in the fact that the Methodist Episcopal church has organized there a second conference, the south Indian. It consists of twenty four preachers, and takes in both Bom bay and Calcutta. The public meetings of "the conference, held at Bombay in November, were attended by Hindoos, Parsees, Mohammedans, and christians. A religious body not much known, but very active, is tbe church of the seventh- day adventists. They have at Battle Creek, Michigan, a publishing house college, aud health reform institution. Another publishing house is located at Oakland, California. In circulating the issues of their press the adventists dis play an unuhual degree of energy. The question whether the basis of fraternity adopted by the northern and southern joint commissions last summer, and which was so acceptable in the north, would be equally acceptable in tne seuth, i3 by this time definitely settled. The southern conferences, as they suc cess" vol y meet, express approval with gre.-t unanimity. The North Georgia con frenee declsres its "promt nd grati tntb. to God for endowing His servants the commissioners with wisdom to for mulate the existing sentiments of fraternity in language at once honorable to both churches and acceptable to this conference." Mr. Lewis E. Jackson, who has for years given close attention to the relig ious statistics of New York, has com piled the following table : The Baptists of the city number thirty-nine churches and 12,Sol communicants; the Concrega tionalists, five churches and 1206 com municants; the Episcopal Methodists, fifty churches and 10,668 communicants; the Protestant Episcopalians, sixty churches an 16,568 communicants: the Presbyterians, forty churches and 17,994 communicat.ts; the Reformed (Dutch), fourteen churches and 5299 communi cants. Missions, and other protes ant churches represent about 9CKK) com municants. There are in New York three hundred and ninety-six protestant churches and missions. The protestant" population of the city hardly exceeds 500,000. The clergy of Prussia have a social duty imposed on them which is peculiar to that kingdom. It is that of reconcil iation, if practicable, of parties who con template applying to the courts for di vorce. Every demand of legal divorce must be preceded by an appeal to this peace tribunal. The law on this subject dates from 1844, and has been a practical success. In the seven old Prussian pro vinces, which have a population of 17, 000,000, there was in 1873 7,325 couples that desired separation; in 1874 there were 7430. In 1873 there were, out of the whole number, 2829 couples recon ciled; in 1874, 2088. These reconcilia tions appear to be mostly permanent; in 1873 only about six hundred couples ap peared before clergymen for the second time ; in 1S74, about five hundred. In every case the parties first appear sep arately before tbe clergyman, and after ward together. Bishop Whipple, in a letter to the Churchman of January 13, complains of our new treaty with the fcioux Indians as a flagrant breach of national faith. Beinc a member of the Sioux csmmis- sion, he speaks with authority. The chief points of the new compact are, tnat, when placed on their reservation, these Indians shall labor or have no govern ment rations, that each one who com plies with the necessary conditions shall have a title to his land, and that they shall be governed by the laws of the United States. The bishop charges tho last Indian war to our own disregard of our promises. We make treaties only to break them at pleasure. Sitting Bull was not included in the agreements of 1868, but might have been kept peaceful had therenot been great blundering. Dr. Whipple, whose whole heart is enlisted for thelndians, thus concludes his story: "The peace policy would have been a per fect success if the system had been reform ed. Even without government, without law,without personal protection in prop erty and life, it has done more than was done in anv previous period of our history. One thing I beg of all christian man . f nrar f irxl to incl ine the heart of the nation to deal righteously with the scattered remnant of the Indian na tions under their charge. I ask breth ren in the ministry to preach such a revival as the old prophets preached, 'to undo the bands of wicked nesV The Struggle for Existence. Tbe different members of the organic world are so bound together by complex relations that one change usually invol ves many other changes. We know lit tle, it is true, of the way in which one animal or plant is bound cp with others; but we do know that groups the most apparently disconnected are often en tirely dependent on other groups.Thus the introduction of goats into St. Hele na destroyed a whole flora of forest trees. This was the sentence of death on all the insects, mollusca, and perhaps birds, which found their livingon trees. Swine, which ran wild in Mauritius, extermi nated the dodo. The same animal is the most mortal foe of venomous ser pents. In many districts the browsing of cat tle will prevent the growth of trees. With the trees an end is put to the in sects which depend upon the trees, to the birds which feed upon the insects, and to the small inammaLs which live upon the fruits, eeds, leaves or roots Insects, moreover have the most wonder ful influence on the range of mammals. Jn Paraguay a species of fly destroys new born cattle end horses. Hence neither of these animals run wild in that country, although they abound in the adjacent regions. This leads to a great diflerence in the vegitation of Paraguay, and through that to a difference in its insects, bird?, reptiles, and wild mam mals. The extinction of this fly would change the whole face of the country. So in South Africa, in the districts in fested by the tsetz fly. no horses, dogs, or cattle can live. Yet it has no effect on asses, zebras, or antelopes. Mr. Darwin's often quoted case of the cats and clover afford an apt illustration of the points in question. It ia known that in England both red clover and wild heartsease are fertilized only by the vfsita of bumblsbees. But bumbls bees are largely kept down by field mice, which destroy their combs and nests. Field mice in their turn are kept down by cats. If there were no cats there won Id be no red clover or wild heartsease. For in that cae there would be no check on the field mice, which would multiply so abundantly as to destroy all bumble bees. red clowiflfa "EJ""' j Vt.. . "I planta would produce no ' seed ana u eome extinct. There was an irreverent man at the "Forefathers" dinner in New York who toasted the Puritan mothers, on the ground that they were compelled to endure not only the inconvenience of a j .. - ... , e rigorous climate ana the norrors oi avage warfare, but a worse evil, the rilgrim fathers. ..Surprise is the essence of wit. but somehow when a man is climbing down a ladder, in an awful hurry, and never nnus out tnat one ot the rounds is gene until he tries to step on it with both feet, it never Beems very funny to him. THE GOSPEL OF MERIT. Where there is so mack rivalry aa in the manufacture of family medicines, he who would succeed must give positive ami con vincing proof of merit. Thia is an ne of inquiry. People take nothing for granted. They most know the "whys" and where fores" before acknowledging the superiority of one article over another. Anions the few preparations that have stood the test, those manufactured bv It. V. Tierce. M. I)., of the World's Dispensary, Budalo, N. Y., have for many years been foremost. The truth of any easily ascertained, for Dr. Sage's Catarrh I Remedy and Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery are now prescribed by many phy sicians in caring obstinate cases of Catarrh and incipient Consumption. The Discovery has no eiul in curing Coughs, Colds, Bron chial and Nervnui Affections. It allnys all irritation of the mucous membrane, aids di gestion, and when used with Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets readily overcomes torpid liv-r and Constipation, while the Favorite Prescription has no rival in the fiei'l of prepared medicine in curing diseases peculiar to leraa'es. Jf you winh to " know thyself" procure a copy of "The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser," an illus trated book of nearly 1,000 pages, adapted to the wants of everybody. Price $1.50, pontage prepaid. Address the author, It. V. Pierce, Buffalo, A. i. Is THERE ONE reader of this paper suf fering lrom rheunmtiMi) .' it so, write to Uelphenstine & Bently, Druggists, Washing ton, l). c, lor a circular 01 liurang s Kheu- rnatic Remedy. This medicine is taken in- ternally, and will positively cure any case of rheumatism on tne lace 01 tne green eartn. Price, one uollar a bottle. It ia a rare thing that phvBiciana give any countenance to a medicine, the manu facture ot whicn is a secret. About the only exception we know of is Johnson's Anodyne Liniment. This, we believe, all endorse, and many ot them use it in their practice with grettt success. Persons requiring purgatives or pills should be carelal what tney bu. botne pills not only cause the bowels in a torr sons Purgative Pills and cleanse the blosd without injury to the system. Vegetable Pulmonary Balsam, tbe great New England cure far coughs, colds and con sumption. Cutler, Bros. Co s, Boston, only genuine. MARKET REPORTS. 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Beat AdTertiring Medium in tbe Booth, rate., quantity and qoalitr of circulation consid ered. Kate card and eoploe of the p.per fr. Addreea A. H. kll;WFRIEI, Manager CoaaaaciAL loata llle. liy. tStnLLccr "THAYER5 s "oc OR BTST Ik TWiZ IN 7W ifig pail p V. B. THAYER, Manufacturing Jawaler and Jobber in Watc.ea, Diamonds, Jewelry, Clock, ol all manufacture, Diamond Settinga and Fine Ulnge. la k plain gold rlura at !. a pwt. Seal king., 4 to -1 dollar.. We have a genome JSIfln movem.Dt in a coin nlvar raae guarantee at 14 dollar.. Fine rolled plate gold ebaine. aeota, to la dollar.; ladiee a to S dollar.; gn a ran teed to wear for yeara Good, aent on .elec tion. AdJ-.ttoJi of all kinds of wtcbea. Old void and liver taken is trad. V. R. TUA Tttt, tba live Jw-oler. -ra.p-.ia. TeatD. A LUCRATIVE BUSINESS. ar WE WANT SOO MOUe riRST-CLASS 8EWINQ MACHINE AC-NTS, AND BOC MEN OF ENERGY AND AGILITY TO LB ARM THE BU8INES80FSELLIN08EWINCMA CHINES. COMPENSATION LIBERAL, BUT VARYING ACCORDINC TO ABILITY. OH AW ACTER AND QUALIFICATIONS OF THI ACENT. FOR PARTICULARS, ADDftESf Wilson SewiUei Machine Co.. CMctio. (b 1 11 & O C u Bto AS" ml y w wn V '.TnJricir uts iiroao lK3-i l runn-l NMA-P-I " w,TUa ftX. aa-u.1 awajuaJA ft I.- Lpv II. fe i.is" iTth"i SPECIFIC. , But to ti VcrM. Atun wantd- on aalarr or torn minion. Kaw butt. l. A-MlT" J 'P. Map.ft, :). St. LunU. F.a. lpackajr relaod.O ALS I HMtlorM. LfeMlTHNfUHT.Clwlaod.t i atiiii iiiiAniriunmonr. 1 rial I J I A WI'FK Catalogue and Camrlo FREI upxrvf KKLToN A CO. llSaaausl..w in SO FT A OAT to Agouti. Saroplatrea. -Ia-iLO tlaluf iia- L.lf LKTCU lift. 1 1 lr t tfttCKP CW Week to Ag-nta. 110 Oiitfltjrn, tPOOeC) P. O. VlC-kln. Auguata, Me. O Ola IHT. HOW TO MA K E IT. fiomfH ISVISIBLK w KM 1 Pi u oaaoaiai cr . - . i if . At. SI2 nta wanted. Ov fit and terioa free. TRUE CO., Auguata, Main n ru n I if r n " . 70 ! rtl. Ctt.fr". ntvuLVLn WF.aTr.nx (JON WoaV.C-Ho.ni. AbtN lOJ.M.U IN YON a C -..Chicago, $66 week In to n town. Terma and gS outBI free. H. HALLETTA CO. Portland, Mains. aarorHtgCTmri linnrn n nao--n rn Price 3cu.u I u,"' MUUCrtO rHd II LLCO.rm 11. stowniaCo. frloeS Urinal K'LarUMt jwn, Mm. N Jlj 1 ami KoT 1,1 t r. H.N. A ArUmrMfl..rd. u-. with aur Stoncll k outnt. ircnlara Kill ton HI . K. 1. $350 U A Month. AffentnwftntM. B4lb-.t aelllfi. rtirlm in tn worm. 'beainpi Mm rem J AY BKO.M4K, Uetrott. Mica. J Vl'liroiiinii forl. 2 BltllHil- I I""" WAKTKIt. 11 for 1. 2ai Twi-tity f)sll Muiintpd 1, po.l. it III jr . e'uiitincntal e'hromot o. 37 mau St.. l"w York. n rr.O 8alomrn to trarnl and ll 0da to DkhIt.. KHlKrr liberal ah rxpciiK" r"ll ' nr- Adiln-M BOHHEB Jl '.. in-limti. Olno awnUV lcnrcd. fii'l navi'd, ann horn '"crr"! ( blmvr) i J "y v nnUinir tli" KDiml I'ral't. h-na ' stamp f .r.lrciilur (with tjntlinonl Colfoid. 7 sHi;iin M.Plilln., r- al) to Henry IMTm-lea io,I-ii ..i.l. r. t .r nr c.h1: All I tU pprmaafal f iBplojmmt l 4 I'alon liMtuMi-inl Worka. iii-nnmt. W. Billiard Tables. II. W. "allriMlrr. t-uc-c-...r to f'lirlan I'ollen J.t. tin. 71H ltnd. Vw York, Manufiicturcr .r Miwi.iaru .irir.n Billiard Tal)ln. lllumratrd atal..ii.c tent hy mail. $3 GxiUl. u- -rdinj htm A (JftMit HpnaiittoB. VfalrX and OuliU tr" to A9nU. B" t'r tha Addreaa A. ot!I.T:K -- Jhleao. Gold. aUierand t opprr -iM-, Two kiiiiln ik. All forli x tn. pont-panl. Tnw are lot cuiorea " "" " ", , - O f(( A Year and Mnoiiae io " ilt.iiini.1. nri nl.nl limlneM. rrtlrtilri fn". Art, Iron. J. 1VOHTII Aid . tt. I.ouin. M Mad rapldlr raaltic. na la Ira clollora pT day '"r"" (oral. Kre Hottlt. No Capital. IlimineM. . WU.U!HOX. I nda nail. Obi. .50SE CROVVIf. 3 COMPANION AND FLORAL GUIDE I T,,rl l'"w 10 Kr,,w H"., lii riuiiiiiin. -. Tl II? PCl irtff- Mail'tiK Hint. Sjxjri.ltr. ! - '"r kviiUw E. Y. TEAS &. CO., Richmond. Ind I MK1 ttr--l andtfll to Ii-iilera onr Ini-w nntirenkniilr (r'aan rlilmiier" and lamn aooda. N Hfldllnir. Malnrr lli-rai. I.unin.. r nnai.rnt. Il.,tl trarl'Pna'a paid. Monitor Ulaaa t'-o..:M MaunHt.. e to- inuaii. v. AGENTS, i- InT-tlnntn the merits of The lllua- nttod WIJ wmp nmrmiium pon yont una iu aim iu.-i . Tba combination for mn ' - JV :"Z hmtornn attempted IVrin. aent ; ' 'y t lima. e'Li'C4a Co. . It N airen att-t. N York. $lOO. REWARD. $100. Tnm MOIlBTrHKpr'''' """""" f tb ol l)vm llan u' lth'.iit Fri'. !j t il la 1 . .,. fnr IfaH" W H. A. CThUlTU a CO- AI'B, PilaUaa. 1U. Prof. Haifa Maa-W t l la the only pr?rrl oncparkeof whlea will ton: Ihe tM-ril Io ittow thick tad he. on the iimx.ttie.1 face (wilhmil injure! la ft dart in evetv caee, or money elirerlully ra lundrd. ft', rrnt, per iwk.-r, pmlpehli S l Mlcrats. K. W. JllNt.l. AJileod. ateaa. M, L ... m " l' "J" TJSMuT i.Diinan at uaiwum A BOOK for the MILLION . "altrrh. fiiplure. Op.ulu Habit, c, ht.NT FHKI. eo naat.. A m Z:h inwar, No. H N. gthtt. St-1-mU. av Il W. Hatch t'o.: 1 have eolil vt.nr t niver-al k u.. unPl i i,-m. vfito. II aiv'-ff. aoon HA'la- la.-lion. anil 1 liav no hemtmioii In r.--oiiiiii';iilni it agonal it not.uperior .Vi'".'"."' yii.M' Y,. urn truly, A-,.w.- 1,1 ', '!. 1 Vi.,;,,. p, s. I bate aol.l more I iineKal Loiisli . "rup tli ail any other roiieli remedy. A MORPHINE HB!Tri3' uied by Vr. lle k only known and sure Ilrtnedy. KO CIIARUE for treatment until cured. Call on or addreaa DR. J. C BECK, tXACLNSATI, OHIO. 113 John Sfe- ... !,... I . f"r Fowl-Kaif-raiuia raiiriera.br S. S .UW IrllOkSlMli, mill. in l77i. I Him ... ol Ponltrr.how: torurc th-m' t. " Uw' Breeding.' III" etvln. 3 Til" Oame Jowl-tor ft. or the Spit.-I With el-Rant Mil PK- tro.i.,pie:. in color. ,rlll.ihirted t irr.ilerol the r. ka. and of mv chid- KrahniBH and l ot hin. Ur.e.1 and -wi KoviNiii the world .uiHii-d lor :!-c-ent .tump. Miner book fent. iat p .id, for " rent, I y i.Kn. P. Ill KNHAM. lr.iB0hr., Mam. li,Mlti rfcetofi "ui. d a- forn t.r toek and fowla, nd more pmlmr ; very nutrition-, tlonr il,. on upland.. land, the drouth belter than ..hr cereal-, and weigh. eiiy pound, p-r bii.li. I. Ill- ' .... ... i. ..r... i.ri-iillnri.f-. will. .'ill'tr wiin ui'oir..-Mi'-u. . ---- - , f I,.., rii,li,,n Int. One rnekage ol .'it grill . I'f mail, fiflv ..'111.; three pa kat'.' U.lfn Addre.a r. ii. k ni's . J Mli liim. Say what paer yon ea w Una ill. I it. K.oil. "IT FRANK SKII8 AT HKillT. LESLIK'S llbT'lRICAL REGISTER OF THK CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION. Ia the oolv complete 1',. t .rial 11 i.lor y oM Ii- eol en ninl pilldbhed A mammoth panorama. I.OOlar engr.vin. manv of them la-im' U'j bv li'r inc.liea (rn' IVa.led. A.hlree. Agenc. Ih.parl.nenl rllANK l.l-.M.I K - PIKIISH . 111,1 UK. .V,7 I'eill I Slleet, New olk. To Continental and Security Life Insurance Co.'s Policy Holders. Mr. Hherpnrd n. m.i... Art.iury ,,f. N, w..,T',k offer .the benefit ot In. eup-.ieiiee and p-eltlon to anv r-.lirv holder, of tho alve named '"miy nle.. and will .rt aa their attorney l 'tilemei,t of th-ir claim., wilhont any rl.arg" for 'l '""" upon or aridre.. 11. M. HlKMi, Mobile. Ala. Tli Itra- Traa. wlthonl Me:alr.prlligeer invent. No hnmloig rl.lae f a ear. i ri.di. al cure l,nt a or ant.n of a cm forte Ma. cute and .ati-lBr.,rr apl-ll-anee. H- le.'l Ma. fcc and nav fiill -rlee for all that do ao l'rir.elnalelikciit,.l; tor both alde,aa. Kent bv mall, jx-et-pfio. on receif.t ni prico. Trua will cure more Ruplnre. than anvof which extrav.gant claim, are made. 'lrr.,llr!.V7" Paan roT Tru ..7l l roadway, bew lota "I ACTS WANTED KOR HISTORY R Centehi EXHIBITION It contain. aOO fine engraving, of building. an .cenea In the firand Kxhildtion. and 1. the i.Lly au thentic and complete Lj-torv publbhed. It treat, ot the grand building". Wonderful evhlldl., curloitie. great evetil., etc. very . neap nun een. . mria .., A gent ..HO eop.e. , u oneoay. r-n,i 1 inir.ao. term, to Agent, and a full de.rrlrllon of the work. Adilree. Mnltonal lu blt-l.lng aa., bt. I, m. Mo. f'll'TltlV I'nreliabl.. and worthle.a lnoa In till, I IV.l. H,e Kjl.il, ill, ,n are la-lug rlr nlat ed. Io not be deceived Hee that the laiolt you buy ton- taint taiii pane, and 4on tine engraving.. TO ADVERTISERS. DEALS & FOSTER, 4t I'ark or, XKIV XttHK GEXKltAI. AI-KST- roft TUE XSmm A'EH'SP.H'ER I .WO LISTS OF CO-OI'ERITIYE SEWSPArEBS. Arfrt-Ttif! i.otffrinjr to n flhr of tht J-UU n'tt T.ut.lifthf in thHir niKilv ) rimy mtinauiiif nlfl with Mot-ftr. Hi A iM A J- OSTFU rlirrrt, an all ord'-ra ... iiHrHftf r iMtrft tlir'iti h t MH.r lm n it A. J. A I H KIN H, Irrl1fit American Aewnpapfr I nloa. -31 Eatabliahad itaAlf J.ESTI3Y &'?. Brattlcboro, "7't. nrSend for Illustrated Catalogno. $5 to $20 tree. oriNma t"o.,I'o.tland,Maln TrriiK; Vt .lraM njjum u I be aftxrlle-aai'ai la lull paper. ,-.!. 7. SEW WU-bCOX ft Cl-iDI Late Only machine Invention, arid J producing in ihf worht with ' ntoinatic fen .Ion and rttltrh Indicator. moet Mnrvelotn Ivfalllta. Trade Mirk la baa. - efevei. ai.rtiin.. SII-12NT SI.WINO MAt'lllNK. 3and rostal Card for .'UuittaUd IMoo Llat, dca. "WlUcox & C.lhbH Se-M. Co., (Cor. Bond St ) 668 llroadwl'. Mew Tcrrk. J AN. T. I TT1 iiak 111 . .1 1.... aw.n.aa nt i.ttr CirCIX' : 175 2 00 rwiM 1 a a a, r OPIUM Tl