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An Eloquent Speech by Schuyler Colfax.
Tn following In a portlonjof the speech
dcllTered by t'cliuj l.-r Oolfui, al Lafayette,
Indian, t
I com rre f)r TTH lihtftber purpofm.
It wm not to umbe s, politic! speech. It
u nnnerieewsry. You know Tight well, m
toq rtnd the newspaper, vital my . ortiu
ions &rtm Uie trout Questions of tho rW
I h.w fclt thnt Sblf-rvspcct nrl propriety
forbid in cHlorlne tlo DoViticsA rcDA. to
Analyse, Vscs, anii criticise tTic principles
nd policY rtt ihoM tmvpd nmlnftt ns.
I will rot denY thvt I hare lonaod thus to
peaK In this campaign b"t I have felt thnt
whe prrnomt Are Delected lor the two
Mghqnt office. In tho nution, as tlioy are
ndcViho itttfhctt In 4tao world. that a
enn f proprk'ty should rostrum thorn
ironv bluer or personal attacks or.mu
ciam on tho turn! Ion and character of rm
postnjr candidates. " Whatever, therefore,
othcrt may do, I must Ni iHlthrui to my
own convictliWH, ami aroid such a course.
in regard to tUo prlnclptoo, policy, piai
form and letters Tor the Democratic ciwidl
date and narty. dit Urs are sealed.
But there hjone suljcr on which my
llpa are not, and never ran be, sealed, nntU
tbev are scaled in death, and that is the
glorions record made by this noble, pat
riotic Republican party. That record will
stand furorer, written In letters of Hvinr
ruth and light, on the moat brilliant psjrra
of our country's history. Of tlds rooord I
can feel and skv. as you can, let posterity
read this, and let postwity Judge. Oh,
what a record it is t When this country
was racked to Its very centre, by the shock
ol contending; armies; when the ciejrener
ate sons of the countrv raised their re
bellious hands apnlnBt our fins;; when
men proved the msolvcs unworthy of their
birth, and sought to tramplo in the dust
that banner of beauty and Klory; when
they sought to make It tho winding sheet
of the world's hopes there was ono party
among whoso numbers not a single man
was unfaithful to the Constitution and Hag,
and that was tho Hepubllcan party,
Where, I ask, would havo been the conn
try to-day if there had been no Hepubll
can party t You would not have had a
country left to bo proud of. Our country
Uvea, because we dared to stand up ana
say the last man and tho last dollar shall
go, if necessary, to put down this Infernal
consptraov. Wo knew this war would
build ud a large public debt, and we knew
that tax laws must bo passed to pay it.
We knew theso things wore unpopular,
but we said this is necessary for tho salva
tion of our dear land, and must bo done.
Your Representative and I said if it drives
us into private lifo we will voto for theso
tax bills, for only by theso can our banner
be kept flying in tho field.
I don't speak to-day to gain votes. It
would bo unnecessary, If I was disposed
to do so. The result of tho election Is
Just as certain as if the votes were al
ready counted out In November. Ureal
applause, When tho time emio, In the
progress of Uie war, that conscription was
necessary, we knew how unpopular a
draft must be; but our soldiers wore
dying from sickness In hospitals, and
being shot down by rc.be! bullets, and wo
found this was tho only way to keep our
ranks full. Wo had but one motive, and
that was to save our country ; and your
Representative and I said that though the
act drive us into privato life, our voto
shall be recorded In favor of any and
every law necessary to crush tho rebellion.
Wo took the responsibility and tho coun
try was saved, and you rejolco over that
salvation to-day and do not regret that the
essential means were used. Wo had to
levy Internal taxes to pay tho publlo debt,
but we are reducing tho taxes every year,
and they will be further reduced every
yoar, until we will tax luxuries and im
ported articles only. The time will soon
come when this will bo suQlelcut to meet
the wants of the Govorument.
That is not all, but It is enough to
crown with eternal glory and honor those
who dared to stand In the gap ; to risk all
for the salvation of tho country. Hut that
Is not all. Oh, no. Let us look still fur
ther at the record of this party. You
know bow, fur years and years, wo hid our
faces in shitnto because of that
greatest of all disgraces, American
slavery. When that Institution, tho sum
of all villainies, had plunged the country
Into a terrible civil war, after three years
of forbearance, Mr. Lincolu ltomud his
proclamation declaring if tho Southern
people continued to murder Union sol
diers a hundred days moro, ho would
strike the institution with tho battle ax of
the war power, and shatter it from turret
to foundation stone. We stood by him
unswervingly in that exciting contest. Do
you not remember how faithfully every
one 01 you uepuoucaus siooo. ny our no
ble ana martyred standard-bearer? Do
you not remember how we were de
nounced for it, and had invectivo and
calumny heaped upon us without stint;
how we were called fanatics and negro
worshipers, and accused of making war
to free the negroes, and not to save the
Union r In Congress, on tho stump,
through the press, our enemies
endeavored to overwhelm us
with the torrent of calumny.
But. insnircd bv the same devotion to lib
erty and Union which inspired our fathers
in the devolution, you persevereu, un
wed. unchecked by the tempest of in
vective that raged around you upon every
side ; at last you triumphed. You blotted
out the stain from the national escutcheon,
and, at last, you could stand up in tho
great Republic and proclaim, from the
hundred harbors of Maine to that far-dis
tant Pacific State whoso foam is amber
and whose sand is gold, throughout the
domain of this vast Republic, that there
was not a single man who could stand up
and call himself master, nor call another
man his slave.
This, fellow llcpubiicans, was your
work, and of this you should bo proud, as
one of the noblest, legacies you can trans
mit to your children. In this great act of
lusuce and liberty you have been honored
by the world, and I sincerely believe ap
proved by Almighty Ood. Where are
the men now who pointed the finger of
scorn at you, ana who tilled their moi'ths
with revilings at you because you dared
to strike at slavery? Wot a tongue of
these men dare to wag now ; they are as
silent as the tomb, every one of them.
You and I shall pass away, but what we
have accomplished shall live in all future
history, ana brighten under the eyes of
posterity. As age after age rolls away,
your children's children will rise up to
call you blessed, because, Inthe midst of
civil war, you dared to strike down this
cursed institution of slavery; because,
despite the slanders that were heaped
upon you, you banished slavery forever
from this fair Republic of ours.
Do you wonder that my heart throbs
with unutterable pleasure when I think of
this, our glorious work r But we have
sua another honor In connection with
this work. We had a noble President,
faithful to duty, faithful to the country,
lalthful to the Constitution, and faithful
against the rebellion. You well remem
ber how all the element or party bitter
ness were let loose upon him; how slan
aer and abate and calumny were heaped
upon him, and finally how he fell, pierced
DJ the bullet of a rebel assassin. Noblest
or the Presidents siuce the days of Wash
ington, he was denounced as no President
ever has been reviled, and yet he reviled
not again, but pursued his line of duty un
flinchingly to the end. Supported by a
H prtHotiam, his course was true and
uithfal to the day he was numbered with
aZaS; P" I say? Ho U not
aead. Ills is one nf th. f,.-
that were not borne to die. I Pro
n.L ? ! r among
and
dirk.w '. . " uo rocoiiecuon or me
to the" 11 - . J hlXex rTOn elavery
P.'X0krrih00d- UUwi?
fact thaw. - JT back now Pu the
Sat weS VOUIl5 hlm- W feel proud
opnreesion? Huui vw7 d
JVZij1 w. have
WeT-X hoT T reit lndard .
torv. reticent in generous In vtc
tornal grani.i T iTT B
rm ashe
whim binnrih,,'.,u,-,lMet '
and upon
scribed : - Let us TnZ t 'a
four words, only, bW
tained in them, k thers u
American Republic, Wo havo passed
through a severe strngglo for national ex
istence. No land was evor required to
mako such swifleos as our. Wo had to
heap up golden and living treasures upon
our country's altar ; tho noblest and best
went lorlli to prove their devotion to tno
nag of our lathers, wow, in the language
or our leader, Jjd us have peace, we
want no moro taxes; no moro ctraiw; no
more carnage and bloodshed, and desola
tion. No, no. When we retloct that this
rebellion is only to bo remembered In
broken hearts, numberless graves and
enormous debt, wo can all say we want
no more war, but we want loyalty to be
triumphant, and wo want peaco through
Justice, liberty, nationality and security to
all. 0reut npplause. Are wo going to
havclhrm? I" Yes; when we elect Grant
and Colfax."! Yes; there Is one man who
commanded pence, who struck down and
ilrovo those who waged war Into tho last
ditch, and sent them homo as paroled
prisoners of war. When ho becomes
President, whenever treason dares to raise
Its hiMvt he will strike it down. e.very
man who dares to raise his hand against
his fellow-man will be met with the stern
power of tho Government. Grant will
give protection to all, through the nation's
strength. This is what Grant Intends to
do, and what he believes tho duty of tho
executive, as 1 know rrnm his own de
clarations. Oreat applause.
Theso Ku Klux outrages must censo,
You remember in lfcMiO, eight years ago,
i hero wcro thrcatcuiuga in IJio oouiu.
They said they wero going to rebel; you
did not bellcvo it then, but it was a stern
reality. Do you know that they are
letter prepared to-day than they were
then t Thev didn't then havo this onran-
Izod K u Klux Klan, tho existence of
which has been denied: but no man can
deny it now. No man now rises
up to deny what Forrest has acknowl
edged, that this is a powerful and armed
organization, ready to do iu work. In
imo, you know, men dared to stand up in
tho Houth and denounce secession, and
declnro their devotion to the Union ; now
no man can do so without being in danger
of his life. Speakers in tho South teach
tho people to ostracl.o those who speak In
defenso of tho Union. This you know la
tho CJixo now, and that it was not eight
years ago, be for o tho rebellion was organ
ieti. Theso outrages are encouraged by
tno men who then controlled incso mates,
and thereby organised tho Confederacy
and raised tho armies of tho rebellion to
crush tho Union. Thero Is only one party
to day that stands up against this wicked,
proscriptivo and murderous sentiment in
tho South, and that is the glorious Re
publican party of tho country. Wo have
said tho power shall not bo put back into
tho hands of those men, tho exocutive,
lcgislativo and fudlclal power of theso
Slates, to use as they used that snmo power
eight years ago, in raising armies to des
troy tlio nation.
The Republican party Is tho only bul
wark nguinst this state of things being
repeated. When you see, In tlio South,
tho newspnpers, which express public
opinion, speak of Union men, who havo
lived there all their lives, as scalawags,
and when they speak ol tho bravo soldiers
and others from tho North who have gone
down there and settled, as they had the
right to do, and call them carpet-baggers;
and when you have seen thoir threats, In
the form of a wood-cut representing: a gal
lows on which to hang, after next March,
those they cull carpet baggers and native
scalawags ; when you see the attempt to
put thudo Slates back again under the
power and control of rebels, if you consent
to It, then I sny you nro not worthy of tho
blood of tlio brave soldiers that dlod to
destroy that power and enthrone loyalty
in its stead A voice, " They will nevor
get it." No ; never, while Ood reigns in
licaven. Ho sustained us and our country
In tho darkest hours. Ho never saved our
Hag that it might be surrendered back into
tho hands of those who sought, though tn
ctl'ectually,to destroy it lie has prosper
ed us, as a nation, as no other land was
ever prospered. Ho has saved us from
perils such as encompassed no other nation
beneath tho circuit of tho sun. lie gave
victory to loyalty on tlio battle-Hold, and
ho will give victory to loyally at the ballot-box.
If wo deserve it wo shall have
peace ; we shall have protection to every
American citizen, South and North, at
home and abroad ; and with this wo shall
have stability, progress and power, and
tho grandest march of any nation in
ancient or modern history. Wo shall
recognize tho immortal principles of the
Declaration ol independence tho bap
tismal vow of our fathers when this Re
public was born Into the family of nations,
guaranteeing equality in life, liberty, prop
erty and protection to all whom God cre
ated. To secure this we have only to
plant ourselves on tho eternal rock of
right, as we did when we arrayed our
selves against the wrongs of slavery.
Ho converted what was Intended as a
crusadu for slavery into an onward march
for liberty, and you heard, rtnglng all
over tho Republic, " Proclaim liberty
throughout the laud, to all tho Inhabitants
thereof." We shall triumph because we
are striking for the right. We shall tri
umph because wo aro Inspired by . tho
noblest principles that ever animated a
party. We shall triumph because wo aro
faithful to tho honored dead, over whose
graves unrepentaut traitors have dared to
repeat their treason. They did not give
their heart's bliMxl to relinquish these
Slates Into tho hands of thoso who mur
dered them for their fidelity and loyalty.
Thoy went forlh from loving wives and
happy homes, to extinguish tho embers of
rebellion, never, as they hoped, to bo re
kindled. It seems to 1110 tliev must turn
In their bloody shrouds to day, as they
hoar over their graves theso threats of tho
men whoso power they struck down.
By all the memories of tho sainted
dead; by nil the blood shed so freely ; by
all tho sacrifices of the nation, I appeal to
tho thousands who stand before mo, to
speak that tho world shall hear that tho
American people will not welcome unre
pentant traitors to their Cabinet to rulo
this country ; nor to their Congress to
mako laws to govern the widows and
children of men they slew upon hundreds
ol uat'.lo-ncld; and every Irleml of liberty
turouguoui me worm win rejoice as be
hears the mighty volco of tho people that
loyalty shall govern wuat loyalty pre
served.
Johnny Shrimp's Composition on Amusements.
iiients.
From the New York Commonwealth.
Tnmm are various kluds of amusements.
Borne people tliink it amusing to null dogs'
tails. I tried It once with a big bull dog.
but I found it was not quite as amusing as
I thought. I never tried it again. Ma lias
many amusements ; one of 'era used to be
whipping me with a slipper; but I'm too
big for that now. It's good to be a big
boy for some reasons, only I don't think
that because I'm big, I should have to
carry all the groceries home Instead or pa.
Nomi'timea l luina na eeiunir lazv : nut i
never tell him so. for pa's irot a habit of
doing as he pleases spite or me, aud says
- . . . .- V
be don't want any lmpudeuce. 1 mink
when I get big I'll have Just such a habit.
Everybody says I tako alter pa wonder-
ful'y-...
Aunt jerusna savs my cinei amusement
is la tormenting olWrt. lie.t I don't think
so, for though I do like to plague folks, I
like the circus a good deal better. Oh I
dear mo t hote I do like the circus. I tell
you uow, I'd go to the circus every night
and to the two matinees if I could. I
once knew a boy who had a free pass and
could go whenever he pleased. I d rather
be him than bo an angel. I suppose I will
bo an anitel sometime. AU rood folks ret
to bo angels by and by, and have plenty of
ruaiaers. ivitni naa somo oi em nuw,
for my bed's awful hard.
If I could hare my choice, I'd like to be
the clown In the circus no) when I think
of it, I'd rather be the man in the middle
of the ring, who snaps the whip. 1 tried
it once at recess in school ; I whipped the
little boys on the legs with a long switch,
but they didn't seem to liko it and cried.
and I had to stop. Some boys never can
take a Joke. Then, 1 don t know but what
I'd like to ride on a horse like Nino Eddie.
No I I think after all, I'd like the Dying
trapeso better. I tried it once at home
wlien ma lert me to take care or me baby
wilk a clothue-line fastened to the top
of the book cose. But it didn't work
good. Somehow I fi'll, light on
the baby, too, and tteh a aqual-
Hag I But I &tm if id know a Ubf
that gets In the way so much as our baby 1
does. Don't it know how to cry, though I
How ma can call It a precious sooty -nooty-
ooty cnerui) 01 a lamo i can t see. L,amo,
ndoedl I'd like to lamm it. I believe
that baby knows better than to act as It
docs. Aunt Jerusha says I ought to ask
no better amusement than tending to that
sweet creature. Sweet, hchl Why it's
tho heaviest creaturo that ever Was born.
It weighs a thousand pounds at least! If
you had to carry It around the room when
It's teething you'd think so, too. It's been
a teething and a crying and a growing
heavier ever since It was born. That's
what Aunt Jerusha calls amusement.
I know a boy who's been to Humpty
immpty, and lie snows me now r ox iooks,
and makes faces that would scaro a ghost
Into conniption fits. Thero was a man
once who promised to take mo to Humpty
Dumpty, but be never did. I suppose ho
forirot IU Men always do fwrget Just when
you want 'cm to remember, but they're
piagney sure w rciiienioi-r wiinb u
rather have 'cm foriret. If that man was
a boy a little bit iiltlortthan I am, I'll
make him remember.
There are many other kinds of amuse
ments, besides tormenting others and the
circus, and the baby and "liumpi;
Dumntv." There Is skating and base-bal
and iroinir to the lectures. I went to the
lecture onco with ma, and I thought it
was the sleepiest amusement I ever had In
my lifo. I'd rather mind tho baby. Huso-
ball Is very good, except when you get hit
on the none. jly nose was onco swelled
up as big as a cucumber in this amuse
ment. It's all right now.
Good by. Yours truly,
P. S. Dear sir,
JNO. GEORGE WASHINGTON SHRIMP.
Natural Curiosities.
A mono the natural curlostios of the
Black Hills the most prominent and at
tractive Is the Fortress of Rocks situated
about three miles southeast of Sherman.
This fortress encloses, in circular form
about five acres of ground, and its outer
walls are built of solid rock, having regu
larly shaped port holes at eciui-dlslant
places. 'I he inner walls aro composed of
shelving rock which rises to tho height
of twenty ieet, and the grounds on the
insido havo thoir tent-shaped caverns, par
titioned rocks and parapets. Outsido of
the walls Isan impassable barricade formed
by the fallen troes, and so complete In en
tire structure In all the requisilo forms of
a fortress, that tho first sight of it would
convince any man that it had been pur
posely designed and built for an impreg
nable fort, which all tho cannonading of
the heaviest artillery could not demol
ish. To the nerthwost of Sherman Is the
Wall of Rocks which extend In length
over two miles, and reach in hctghth over
seven hundred feet. Their color at tho
baso is a dark-brown, changing in hue as
it ascends tho top until It reaches a light
grey. At different places on the ton ot
this wall aro large boulders, pyrnm idal,
spherical and triangular, many feet in
neigntn, stanuing solitary and alone as
immovable sentinels, and on the further end
half reclining over tho wall is a globular
rock hundreds of tons iu weight, apparent
ly ready to fall, and which in tho distance
is a very apt resemblance of the picture
of the world being borne on tho shoulders
of tho Atlas.
Rocks in tho shape of turtles, monu
ments, Inverted elephant legs, with exact
shape of their feet, may be seen standing
all alone In tlitl'uront places on tho prairies,
and In short almost cvory species of sculp
tural work may find a very pleasing coun
terpart among tho numberless rock curi
osities of theso wonderful hills. Cor.
Omnha lleraltL
Earthquake Anecdotes.
Cuuiovr, and even funny, things some
times occur in connection with earth
quakes. We can recall, at this moment,
two anecdotes illustrating this fact :
A highly respectable gentleman residing
in Middle Tennessee, in describing the first
f;reat. shock which was felt in that quarter
n 1811, said that ho was asleep in bed at
the moment, and being aroused by the
shaking of tho house and furniture, bo in
stinctively rushed into the open air ; thero
mo eartu was trembling under his feet,
and the trees swaying to and fro, as II they
had each of them a lit of shaking ague.
His first feelinc was ono of dreadful frlcht
and nausea, but almost Instantly the
thought came Into his mind that the end
of the world had come, and his feeling
cunngeu vi ono oi prine ana satisiacuon
that ho should be among those who were
to behold the "wreck or matter and the
crash of worlds." In the house was a
guest who was a merry, rollickinst fellow.
very fluent In speech, and rather given to
Jesting on serious things. Ho, too, had
rushed out from tho house, and was to be
seen running wildly about in a single and
rather brief garment, and, frightened Into
seriousness, was trying to pray, but being
unpracticcd lu that lino, could only utter
mo rnyming nursery prayer :
"Now I Ujr ma down to (loop,
I prij th Limi my soul to kuon."
Tho recollections of that night of horror
were never afterward an agreeable subject
oi conversation wnen no was present, par
ticularly when his stylo of prayer was al
luded to.
Another anecdote we had from the lips
of that estimable gentleman, the late
Judgo Maurian, of this city. He hap
pened to bo at Caracas at the time it was
visited with the destructive earthquake In
18W. A mcrchaut of tho city, with
whom ho had business relations, had In
sistoil upon his going out of town to visit
his country estate, a few leagues distant,
beyond a range of seacoost hills. During
the nk'lit tho shock of an earthmmkn wu
felt at this estate and its vicinity, and it
was thought best to shorten the visit and
return to town, to ascertain if any injury
hail befallen It. On reaching the point
wnuro me roau crossed tno summit of tho
hills, an Immense cloud of duat
the site of the city, and they hastened to
reach it with all speed. Judge Maurian
n it very anxious, as he had lea in the ar
molr of his furnished room a sack con
taining all the gold he then had at com
mand. On reaching the city, his first
care was to make his way as rapidly as
the many obstacles offered by masses of
stone ana iimoer in most or the streets
would permit. At last he arrived at the
house where his room was, and found that
it had been divided into two portions al
most as neatly as if machinery had been
employed in tho operation. Looking up
he was as much surprised as rejoiced to
see tho armoir which contained his effect,
standing upright near the wall. A ladder
was procured, and climbing it he soon
had his precious bag of doubloons In his
hand. am OWm JSwyun.
The Railway Whistle.
A correspondent of the New York
iini9 thus voices the sentiments of
very many people: Did you ever live
near a railroad ? No disrespect is meant
though if you have not, it might seem
to be inferred that you had not lived any
where, net-works of railroads now cover
ing the whole country But did you ever
live near that particular point, that very
post, about hundred rods lrom the sta
tion, where the steam whistle opens its
dreadful throat? If you have not, you
may not care for what I am going to say,
and perhaps will not print It. Touchwood
did not care for Saunders Jaup's Jaw-hole,
till he fell into lu A boy with a drum a
mile off is one thing, but a boy with a
drum in the next yard, as some people
know, Is quite another thing. Now, the
sound of the railroad whistle, while It
lasts, Is worse than all the drums in the
Great Frederick's army. Sam. Weller de
scribes it as " that 'ere frightful scream,
vich seems to say : Now here's two hun
dred and forty passengers in the very
greatest extremity of danger; and here s
their two hundred and forty screams in
vun." But It is worse than that It is, as
it were, the last, shrillert death-shriek of
all those passengers. It is the most ear
SDlittinar. nerve torturinr sound that Tr
waadtvised. It is positively " infernal "
I quote the word. Every family living
within ten rods of the road will know
very well what I mean, and that I use no
exaggeration.
Is this abominable nuisance necessary ?
Not in the least. The whistle pitched on
a low key relieves all the difficulty and
gives all the required notice. It is used
all the purpose ; at least on the lower part '
or the rosd, at lrvlngton, I have heard 1U
ucnllcmons houses stand thickly along
there, and I think they have devised the
remedy. A deep booming sound Is pro
duced, which Is perfectly well heard, and
gives comparatively little annoyance.
This Is a matter of more importance
than it may seem to many. Not only com
fort, but health and life may be concerned
In It Suppose a person in a critical ill
nesssuppose a patient in a nervous
fever, put with great pains Into a hopeful
sleep, and awakened by this horrible dis
sonanceit may bo as much as his life is
worth. Wc give up our land to tho railroad.
It passes through our groun Is. perhaps
through our very gardens. It is a great
sacrifice f yet we are compelled to make It,
and aro willing to make It for the public
good. Ought not the public, on Its part,
to relievo tlio Inconvenience as much as
posslblo, and especially at as small a cost
as altering tho whistles?
Somo twenty years ago Dr. Dewey said
In a lecture that the escape steam of our
boats at landings might be turned into the
Fipcs or a rudo organ, and give us music,
t was cautrlit un bv tno newsnaocrs as an
oddidea.perhaps; butslx or seven years ago
an attempt was made to realize It, and a
sort or harsh music was heard from some
of our steamboats, and railroad locomo
tives also. I reme mber that some of the
papers then called it a Dowey-typc ; and
ii it naa oeen a success, pernaps the ven
crablo doctor would not have been unwill
ing to have his name associated with such
an agreeable improvement. It may yet
succeed and fill tho land with music. But
If we cannot have musical notes, it does
not ioiiow mat wo must havo theso mur
derous ones.
Swindlers in Boston.
Tiiicna aro young men with no legiti
mate means of support, who hire a small
office, and then advortiso desirable
chances of business, or else for a man to
fill a situation at $18 per week, if ho can
give them $:t00, or so, as security for his
honesty. Many younir men from the
country, who are anxious to fill easy and
remunerative situations, are enticed bv
such advertisements to tho haunts of
these villains, and they pay their $300
rcauuy. At me end ol a week or so they
are pronounced incompetent, and dis
charged, and are told to eet their money
if they can. This is one plan, end another
Is to accuse them of stealing money, and
threatening to prosecuto them If they
mako any disturbance about the money
thoy paid to their temporary employers.
Another dodgo which these sharpers havo,
is to open a main oflico and advertise sit
uations. Young men apply, and each
Cays one dollar. They are sent to a
rauch office, whore a book-keeper, or
somothingof Hint kind is wanted, and the
low livod agent in charge of tho branch
Immediately rejocts them, seriatim, on the
score ot incompetency. lie In turn ad
vertises situations, collects the dollars.
and then sends the victims to tho main
olllce, whore the latter innocently sup
pose that the clerks are wanted. There
they are of course rejected. The sharpers
are getting ncn, as mere is no law cover
ing their cases, thouirh I am happy to re
cord tho fact that the next Legislature will
bo called upon to enact a law imposing a
iioavy penalty lor moso oUenscs. lioston
vor of an Exchange.
Petroleum Oil Test.
Tim following useiul information Is from
f. a. Pease s Ci Circular :
The general and prevailing opinion In
regard to kerosene or refined petroleum
oil is, that it must be of a high tire test to
oo saie, ana to burn well ; tins is based on
tno tact that so many accidents have oc
curred from tho uso of kerosene or netro-
leum which have proved to bo of a low
fire test, and below tho Government test,
which is considered sale.
we nnd tiy experiment that thero is a
certain point, above which an Increase of
the fire test is detrimental to the burning
quaiues or mis Class ol on. All ot theso
oils contain more or less of the paralllne
or heavy oil which is not a burning oil,
and tho higher tho test the less readily it
will volatilize or feed thronch anv of the
ordinary koroseno wicks, and tho more it
contains of the heavy oil. This fact fol
lows with all classes of distilled oils, from
the heavy Canned and Albertine coal oil
through Pennsylvania, nnd oil distilled
from the heavy Western Virginia oil, no
matter how highly purified, or at what
point in distillation they aro cut off, or
wiiai mo color may do, mere is a point be
low which it is not safe with the ordinary
merchantable lamp, and a point above
which its burning qualities aro seriously
Injured. The point to arrivo at, is that
which contains tho least amount of par
aftlno that will consume with tho other oil,
and not wax, rosin, or burn on tho wick
or tube.
Tho color of tho flamo is also a guide or
test ; lower tho fire test, white will bo tho
light, and the light commences to shade to
a yellow red till it readies a point whero
tho oil is so heavy with paraltlno, or heavy
oil, that tho light or flame is dark, poor,
and inferior. This important point, after
careful tests and observations, wo have es
tablished as 14 deg. above the Government
test, and 24 deg. above what is considered
safe merchantable oil, and betcen 110 deg.
Government test, and 1U4 deg. to 110 deg.
and to be 123 deg. to 124 deg. Fah. stand
ard oil. For all ordinary uses, a lower
test is considered perfectly safe and in
general use.
Corry O'Lanus on Boys.
Some things may be said in favor of
boys; some trades would hardly livo
without them.
The alass-pit-in-mcn wouldn't have
much to do, and putty would decline if
there were no boys to break windows.
There would be no customers for tho
cast Iron peaches, and greuu apples which
come in early in tno season, nut tor tho
Doys, aud the doctors won kin t liave so
much to do curing cases of cholera mor
bus arising therefrom.
Boys can bo useful when they have a
mind to, and can sell newspapers, black
boots, hold horses and do chores.
In priutlng offices, the boys are known
as devils printers have a plain way of
speaking.
Boys individually are better than boys
collectively.
If thero was only one boy in tho world,
I think he would bo a good boy ; it gener
ally takes at least two boys to get up any
mischief.
Have one boy in a store, and you can
have him useful.
Hire a second boy aud their time will be
chiefly devoted to chasing one another
over the counter, and firing the dust brush
and directory at each other's heads.
A boy begius to be a nuisance when he
is right years old. How soon he grows
out ot it depends on circumstances.
Some never da
It is a question whether boys lead an
enjoyable existence. They take a great
dual ol fun at other folks' expenses but
they have most always got grlevanooa.
Ihey would like to have their way a ht
tle more, aud a pretty way it would be.
Give a boy hi choice of an ocenpvtion
n life, and the chances are that he would
a desert island, or captain of a band of
robbers, such as he has read about, and
seriously thinks of going iuto one or the
other of these desirable occupations when
be rets to be a man.
lie has great respect for the stage driver
and the captain of a canal boat there is
an air of command In these positions that
takes his ideas.
His idea of being a mast Is, having plen
ty of money, doing what you please, and
being able to smoke or chew tobacco with
out getting sick over iu
Somebody wrote a song, " I would I
wrre a boy agaiu." Those who tad the
bringing of him up are not likely to hare
echoed the aeutunent. HaUlng a boy once
Is as much as anybody wauts to undergo,
and fortunately when they once grow up.
they stay growed up and have boys or
their own to affilot them.
It has recently been discovered In Ron
dout, N. Y., that one of the hok-1 has, for
twelve years, been stealing its gas from
the gas company. The proprietor long
ago erected works, as it to manufacture
his own gas, and then ran a pie under
ground and tapped the main pijs wllcb
supplied ciutouior of tt company, i
Farm and Household.
Hints for the Month.
OcTonBR Is a season of harvest scarcely
less bountiful to the provident farmer than
the one of midsummer; The corn crop,
with its store of grain and fodder, is to be
secured, potatoes dug, and fruit gathered.
The farmer should employ plenty of help,
so as to secure all crops in season and In
good order.
Anirrutli. All fatting stock should have
some extra food this month, even If the
pasture be flush. Grain fed on grass, in
ha n.ii.l m t ti m n wnatlio. will nriwliifu
very satisfactory results. Remember it is
easier to put fat on stock now than in mid
winter. Hogs should be pushed ahead as
fast as possible. Cooked food is economi
cal, and no extensive feeder can afford to
do without iu it win pay to stable cows
nights, and give them food In the manger.
Cabbases. roots, and corn fodder are excel
lent, and a little meal or oil cake is indis
pensable. Work horses should be in the
stable when not in the harness, and all
stock ought to have tho shelter of a straw
stack, or a shed, accessible on frosty nights
and rainy days.
Com. The bent, twisted or fallen ahoeks
ought to be first husked to save the fodder
and grain. It pays to secure tho stalks In
good order; if they are Bet up Incompact,
round bunches, and bound tightly at the
top, they will stand a great (leal of rain
uninjured. But it is a good plan to draw
the stalks when dry, especially if they are
to be housed. It is a good plan to nil a
shed or barn floor with corn, to be husked
in rainy weather.
Orat Seed Many farmers sow timothy
seed when they do wheat but it Is apt to
grow so largo next summer as to injure
the grain. This may be prevented tv
sowlnir the crass seed In October, and I
will also be surer to catch than If sown in
tho snrlncr.
Manure. By keeping the hog-pens and
stables well littered with straw, leaves, or
dry muck, a groat deal of manure can bo
made and the comiort oi mo animals pro
moted. Painting. It is a good season of tho
year to paint buildings, as tho paint will
harden slowly and not dry so quick as to
powdor.
I'oultrt.-r-The former should fatten his
poultry for market, by placing a down
fowls in a coop and finishing them off.
Do not sell lean poultry ; the least profits
are the greatest.
Potatoe. Where this crop Is grown for
market, it is the main work of the month
to harvest iU As yet farmers derive but
little aid from horse power applied to po
tato digging. The potato hook, with
round, steel tines, is the best hand imple
ment In many cases It pays to run a cul
tivator along the rows, to level the earth
and draw somo from the bills. The crop
Is first Btored in piles on tho surface of the
ground and covered with straw and a light
coat of dirt, or under tho cover of a roof,
where it remains until the potatoes sweat
and tho skin becomes tight. They are
men ready lor nandimg, aud may be bar
rcled or taken to market in bulk.
titone Should bo picked from the fields
which tho mower and reaper will pass over
next year. Autumn is a better lime than
spring for this work.
Itoott grow well through this month, and
tho harvesting of them should be delayed
as lone as it is safe to do so.
Fall Plowing. There Is not enough of
mis done, we believe in plowing barley
ami oat ground invariably in the autumn.
If it could be subsoilod at the same time
it would become dry earlier iu the spring
ana admit oi more seasonable sowing, un
thoroughly undcrdrained land subsoil
plowing in autumn would be the best pos
sible preparation for spring grain.
Die Garden should be put in order this
month, its remaining crops gathered, the
soil manured, aud, on hoavy land, thrown
into ridges for tho winter. Farmers are
too apt to neglect this, doemingthe garden
of comparatively small importance. A
farm never should lack In this particular,
for garden products are essentials in all
homes, and should be duly provided. liu
ral Jfeto Yorker.
Pasturing New Seeded Fields.
TnsRB aro somo cases where it will do
to pasture new seeding. With a good
growing season, whou tho clover and
gross is un so that somo is cut by tho
reaper, and there is a vigorous growth af
ter harvest, there is no harm in pasturing
moueraieiy. i nen consiuorauio leea may
no naa wimoiu injuring suDsequeni crops.
Indeed I have seen new seeded clover in
jured by getting too forward tho first fall.
Tbo crop was never so good afterwards.
If tho clover had been fed off, there is
little doubt that the crop would have been
heavy the next season. But such cases
aro rarely seen. It is only whon clover
very generally comes into blossom that it
may bo injured in this way. Vastly more
is injured by feeding dowu too close.
In dry seasons, when land is nono too
well seeded, aud tho young clover and
grass has made but a small growth at best,
It is a losing practice to pasture new seed
ing. The young plants need all of their
lifo and vigor to stand the heat and drouth,
and to make a sufficient growth ; while
they need all the growth and strength of
root that can bo secured to stand the win
ter and spring, and mako a good crop
next season. The root will be in propor
tion to tho top. Whon fed off. there is
much less growth of root the efforts of
I ho plant being directed to secure a proper
proportion ol leaves, on which the general
growth of tho whole plant so largely de
pends. If theso leaves aro closely fed off
during tho fall, little gain in size and
strength is secured. Then the root has
but little hold on tho soil, and in freezing
and thawing weather is easily thrown
out
There Is a good deal lost in this way.
The small growth affords but little pasturo
at tho best while succeeding crops are
seriously injured. Many dollars aro thus
lost lor every dollar a worth of food ob
tained. Few are aware or stop to consider
how much is lost in this way. With a
good seeding, and fine growth after har
vest considerable pasture is secured with
out any apparent injury to succeeding
crops. So they expect to feed off all stub
bles, and the next season, if the crop is
light, it is attributed to some other cause,
or thero is much wonder and surprise
that It is no better. Frequent cases or this
kind have come under my observation, and
repeated trials have shown that a small
growth, when not fed off the first fall
will give a much better crop tho next
year. Cor. Country Uentleman,
mum
The Hog and Cleanliness.
All the anti pork eaters, from the time
of the ancient Moses down to the era of
the modern vegetarian, have united in a
wholesale condemnation of the swine, on
accouut of its filthy habits. These derid
ers of a very useful animal would lead us
to suppose that hogs take an especial de
light in wallowing inthe mireln preft-r-suce
to walking in flowery paths or bath
ing in crystal pitols.
That the hog is not so particular in some
of his habits as we wish he was, or so
dainty in relation to the kinds of food he
devours, considering that nearly every por
tion of his body pusses into the human
stomach, we will readily admit ; but that
It mauifests any especial preference tor a
filthy abede, or has an inherent and pas
sionate appetite for bad. unsightly and
unwholesome food, we do not believe.
On the other hand, wc are Inclined to the
opinion that the unenviable reputation
that the porker has acquired in relation
to his filthy domestic habits aud his indif
ference in respect to the kind or quality of
food on which he feeds, is chargeable to
his owner rather than to himself. Prob
ably the reason why the hog is not very
particular lies in the fact that by iu pecu
liar organization he could not be other
wise If ne woulJ. But. another very po
tent reason for his proverbial untidynesa
may be attributed to the circuuulance that
he is, in a domesticated state, debarred
from the use of such facilities as nature
has endowed him with, and without the
free enjoyment of which it is Impossible
for him lo lead a difforent life from tnit
which he is constrained to do.
The beaver U often cited as an txample
of cleauliness and industry, and in these
respects is held up in contradistinction
with the hog, which is not very famous lor
either of tht.e qualities which in human
bolcjt r s&lj t4 U allied to GodU&eo.
But we must remember that nature has
furnished the beaver with almost as many
tools, implements and appliances for hand
icraft, as art nas provided lor the
carpenter, or Indeed any other me
chanic. In short ho can work the
ground with his feet, cut wood with his
teeth and plaster walls by means of his
tail, llesides all these advantages, lie can
make bis body uncful both as a land and
water carrier. But to the poor, despised,
slandered and persecuted hog, no such fa
cilities are accorded. He has no horns
llko an ox, no bill like a bird, no proboscis
like an elephant, no claws liko a cat. no
leg like a horse. The very tail, which Is
of so much advanAge to birds and fishes.
and which is of great uso to many land
animals, is to mm only an article of orna
ment of which ho is often deprived, by
the ruthless knife that afterwards cuts his
throat. His cloven foot, too, serves him
for no other purpose than to steady his
ungraceful body, unless it to be to suggest
to somo anti-pork croaker that the Devil
having entered into tho hog had put the
family mark upon him.
Formerly tho hog was treated bettor
than now ; persons sought to inculcate
precepts of industry on the susceptible
mind of the youthful swine by using the
time-honored inluciction, "Root, pig, or
die." Ho had 1UT V " to go In and out and
find pasture" a44 he could. He shared
with the young ot tho household the nuts
In tho forests, the early droppings In the
orchards, and was at liberty to seek out
frubs and vermin in their hiding places,
n those old days, the hog, for the chances
ho had, was a cleanly animal. He ate
fresh herbage, laved in clear waters, and
laid himself down to indulge in sweet
sleep and poetic dreams on tho green grass
or tho dry fallen leaves. But now all this
has changod ; the hog is kept shut up, and
with this loss of " liberty and the pursuit
of happiness," it is but natural that he
ghurjose his pride and take tho man
nek JT tho abject slave that he is. Or if
ho nii3 is sometimes the ense, allowed tho
liberty of the yard, why, In that event, his
snout is first abridged and ho is denied the
only privilege granted to Adam when
driven out of paradise, that of working
the earth.
Now the hog, which Is really tho most
helpless of animals, is blamed for being
an uncieaniy Dcasi ; dui our word tor it,
no loons as nay as ne can under me disad
vantAges we have spoken of. Many farm
era devote more time, in a single day, to
keeping a pair of horses clean, than they
give to a dozen hogs during their lives.
Tho horse is placed in a clean stable, is
curried and brushed every morning, and
has a new bod to rest on every night Not
so the hog. He Is often shut up in a tight
pen, with less room than is allowed to
culprits In a dungeon, and compelled to
stand and lie on his accumulated filth.
Give the horso or cow no better advan
tages, and will they present a more clean
ly appearance T 1'ut your pet horse or
your choice cow in your hog-yard one
nigut, ana where is their sleekness then ?
They will look even worse than the hog.
We have tried it, and have never known
a hog to decline a well made up bed of
clean oat straw. On the oontrary, they
will busy themselves in arranging it to
protect them both from dirt and cold.
Besides tho protection which the straw
gives, there is economy in moro ways
man ono in providing nogs with litter.
The hog. being nearly destitute of cover
ing, is very sensitive to cold, and there is
great liability, unless some clothing bo af
forded him, that much of the corn given
to him will be used in keeping him warm
instead of making him fat. Again, straw,
in most cases, is ot little uso as food to
stock, and is of little service as manure if
applied directly to the land or after it has
been used tor the bedding of horses and
cattle ; but straw that has been through
the hog-pen is in an excellant condition to
apply to the field. It ia well broken up,
saturated with urine and tho softer dron-
Sings of the hog and in a way to speedy
ecompositlon.
But hogs that aro shut up for fattening
or as stock hogs need to be washed ; they
need even more than this, they require a
good thorough scrubbing with warm soap
suds and a broom as often as once a week.
After this warm bath It is well to rinse
them off with clear cold water; This
treatment at regular intervals preceded by
a cleaning out of the pen and a generous
bedding of straw, will keep the hogs clean
and healthy, and will repay tho farmer for
his time and trouble hotter than almost
anything lie can do. Hogs thus kept will
be much more marketable, if sold to resi
dent butchers or sent away to market ; or
if needed for home consumption one will
have the satisfaction of knowing that he
is eating the flesh of a clean animal
Prairie Farmer.
How to Grow Chestnuts on the Prairies.
An Iowa correspondent of tho Prairie
Farmer, who has had cxperionco, gives
the following practical directions for
growwtr this tree: To raise a chestnut
grove, I should get fresh nuts, pack them
in damp (not wet) sand, and plant latu in
fall, or early in spring, four feet apart each
way, two or three nuts in a hill, and cover
with one inch of leaf mould, or light prairie
son, ana cultivate like corn. At one or
two years old, thin out to ono in a hill.
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At lour years of age, cultivation may cease;
the trees will by this time shade down the
weeds. In a few years each alternate row
may bo removed. And a little later, each
alternate tree in the remaining rows.
These will furnish much valuable ma
terial for fences or hop poles. Such a
grove of a few acres would bo of immense
value. Tho troes aro rapid growers ; tho
nuts are always in demand at a large price ;
the wood is very durablo and in great de
mand for posts, railroad tics, aud roils, and
is coming into fashion with cabinet-makers.
I know of no wood that combines, in so
great a degree, strength, lightness and
durability. Again, when a chestnut grove
is cut down, it sprouts vigorously irom
the stump, and usually attains a height oi
thirty feet in four or five years.
How to Build an Ice House.
A suhscribkh wishes to know how to
construct an ice house that will supply
four families ; whether to make above or
below ground ; in a grove by tho side of
a stream , or on the open prairie, etc.
There are very low men who favor mak
ing ice houses uudcr ground, as it is found
that ice wastes faster from the heat deriv
ed from the earth than that received di
rectly from the sun. We would commend
building in the shade rather than ou the
open prairie, as the air would bo some
cooler. Near the stream would be a con
venient site for the building, as it would
be little trouble to put the blocks of Ice
into it, and the spaces between the blocks
could then be easily filled with water and
frozen during some of the severest days of
winter, wooa is generally regarded as
the cheapest and best material to use in
the construction of an Icehouse, as it is
necessary to have a hollow or double wall
and a filling of some non-conducting sub
stance in any case,
A building eight feet high, eight by
twelve on the ground, would doubtleja be
of sufficient capacity for supplying four
families and allow one-fourth of the ice to
go to waste.
Many persons build ice houses by plac
ing the sills dii-ectly on the ground, but
our experience is that the ice will keep
better if the building is entirely support
ed by upright posta, which we would
prefer to have imbedded in charcoal.
This allows a free circulation of air under
the building, and provides for suitable
drainage. The only difference between
building an ice house and any other
building, is that it must be a double build
ingone inside of tho other at least as
far as the walls are concerned. The space
between the walls will depend upon the
efflcieucv of the non conductor used for
filling ; if it is to be pulverized charcoal,
six luches would be sufficient ; but if saw
dust or spent tan bark ia to be the ma
terial, then a foot would be the proper dis
tance. The floor may be made double
like the wall, or a single floor will answer
if there are several inches of straw put un
der the ice. The roof is sometimes made
double lik the wall, but it is a cheaper
plan to make a floor across from the eaves,
v,-uicu uir oo cortrcu on uie top witn
loose w dust If this plan be adopted,
the wali. of the gable ends may be single,
and a door eC be cut through one of them
and throueh thO T rrosa the eaves,
through which the ,'ce can be passed into
th huildlE . it f W diTlJe 0ff filW
feet on each end of the building for a cool- j
ing room for milk or for keeping fresh
meat and vegetables, i ne doors leaaing
into and out of this room should be double
like the walls, and may bo either fitted
with heavy hinges or made to slide. An
Ice house should be opened but once
a day, which shonld be as early In the
morning as possible! and If several rami
lies use from the sams. they should unite
on a time in the morning when they will
get their supply. irairn Fanner.
The Chemistry of Furniture.
Yocno househoepcrs do not always un
derstand the theory of the chemical and
mechanical action of different substances
on articles of furniture. Tho substances
from which furniture is chiefly exposed to
injury are water, oils, alcohols, and acids.
Acids act on marble. Marble is itself com
posed of carbonate of lime ; that in, it is a
compound or carbonic acid ana nme.
Now. tho carbonic acid has a compara
tively weak affinity for lime, and most
other acids will prevail over It and take
its placo when brought In contact with It
thus destroying the texture of the stone,
liberating thecrabonic acid, and leaving
nitrate ot lime, or muriate of lime, or sul
phate, or aeetata of lima. thn rn mnv
be, in the form of a white powder, In its
place. But oils, alcohols, and water p;o
duce no affect on marblo. All varnished
or polished surfaces of wood, on the pthcr
nana, wbllo not injured usually by acids,
are attacked by alcohol. Varnishes are
composed of different gums and resins,
which are generally soluble in alcohol.
Many of them are made by dissolving the
materials in alcohol so as to liquify them,
and then, whon they arc applied, the alco
hol evaporates, leaving the gum or resin
in a thir, even coating over the suriace,
If now any alcoholic Bubstance comes up
on such, a surface, whether it be alcohol
itself, as used for lamps, or spirits of any
kind, or even wine, which contains but a
small per centage of alcohol, a portion of
it is dissolved, and the brilliancy ot me
surface is destroyed. Oils will not attack
cither marbles or varnished surfaces, and
will do no injury except to naked wood or
other porous substances which admit them
into the norcs. from which thev cannot
afterwards bo easily expelled. Water af
fects no substances except such as have
open pores exposed, in which case it en
ters and causes the substance to swell, or
such as are soluble in water, as clue in
Joints, and mucilage or gum arable, used
sometimes tor attaching superficial orna
ments to fancy work. Kxclwmge,
Fireside Culture.
Orn American homes have a great work
to accomplish. No peoplo, taken as a
whole, have such an attachment to homo ;
none lay such an emphasis of generous
pride and pleasure upon its comforts and
joys. The passion for home is tho chief
strength ot our civilization. It is grow
ling, too, with our material wealth, but not
growing as wisely as It should ; for we are
neglecting that domestic provision for the
nurture of intellect, which, next to good
morals, is the surest sign of a substantial
civilization. In this respect we have de
generated. Our fathers read more, thought
more, talked more around the fireside than
we do, and thereby contributed more to
tbo real progress of the ago than we can
boast of doing. Recently, however, a
signal change has been exhibited. The
demand for home reading has increased,
so that as respects the class of publica
tions to meet this specific want, never did
such an abundance exist. The culture is
evidently increasing, and as this culture
takes deeper root and spreads more widely
around, we may safely calculate the social
fungi, native or exotic, will be starved out
of our prolific soil Harper $ Baiar.
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How Japanete Train Cucumbers. The
manner of cultivating the cucumber was
to me somewhat novel, and it appeared to
me in some respects superior to our modo.
Instead of sowing the seed in hills, it is
sown in double rows, as peas are frequent
ly done, only at a greater distance apart,
both between the rows and the plants, say
three feet between the first The vines aro
supported by placing brushwood along
each row, forming an arch, over which
they may grow. The advantages this
mctnoa presents arc, mat me truit is al
ways clean and straight, of a uniform
color on all sides, and can be gathered
without incurring danger of injury to the
vines Dy irampung on mem. liogg uar
dtning in Japan.
For heavy work, always feed corn to
horses. Where you wish them to be
sprightly and lively, feed them oats. It is
not always safe to allow all horses to "feel
their oats " too much. The late Sir Rob
ert Peel, one of the most eminent of Eng
lish statesmen, lost his life by riding a
irocuous norse, wnicn cis groom naa neg
lected to fill up with water before his mas
ter rode him, as he had been ordered. Sir
Hobcrt was consequently thrown off and
killed. A horse that has a couple of buck
ets of water in him just before being driven
or rodo out is not so wild and frisky as one
that is empty. That much water is heavy,
and keeps him quiet, and compels his good
behavior. Exchange.
m m
Tho Winterset (Iowa) Maditonian
tells a good story on ono of the school dis
tricts of that county, where the Democracy
are in the ascendant . The "people con
cluded it wfluld bo a good thing to estab
lish a Sunday School, and had a meeting
for that purpose. Everything went on
smoothly until tho matter of purchasing a
library came up. One thought they had
better buy of the Baptist Publication So
ciety, another of the Methodist, and so on,
until finally a Republican suggested as it
was a Union School, they should buy of
tho Union Publication Society. . An old
Democrat immediately arose and said ho
thought it a great pity that now-a days
they must bring politics even into the
Sunday School. For his part he didn't
want any Union books I
The Scourge of Our Race.
Tennyson describes a cavalcade, six hundred
strong, riding onward to destruction regardless
of IU certainty. But huadredt multiplied into
millions, scarcely nerve to tell the number who
are hastening along life's pathway, hugging mis
ery worse than death In the form or that terrible
scourge Fever and ague. Now, this complaint
is very common and dangerous. But It can be
eombatted and conquered with MISULER'S
11EKU IUTTEHS, which Is prepared both as a
juvfVi'iiv mncalton, for warding oft dlnsm aris
ing from malarlou. caueet, and aa a potent rem
edy for curing inch dieoiuee whore thoy have al
ready enacted a lodgment lu, the fyetem. It
mako no diU'erence how long the victim ha. suf
fered, nor how violent the diaeaae ! the result of
u.ing ihie Bitter mutt be tuccewlul and satisfac
tory, bold everywhere.
Counsel for the Careless.
The body Is t machine, and carelessness lu it
management Is as sure to lead to evil results as
carelessness iu the management of a steam engine.
Yet the last thing that most people think of is
the protection of this delicate piece of the Crea
tor's handiwork from th subtle causes of disease)
by which it is surrounded. It Is no easy thing to
repair th system when In ruins ; but there Is
no difficulty In fortifying It against many of the
danger to which It IsexpoMd. (iuartiaoaiiutiur
cous debility. At the first symptom of this fore
runner of more serious ailments, sustain th flag
ging energlea ol nature with U08TKTTEU S
BTOMACU B1TTK1W. Take It regularly and
persistently, until bodily vigor le thoroughly re
stored. It creates an appetite, promote or. It
might as properly be said eompis th complete
digestion of th food, regulates th ecratlv ac
tion of th liver, tone and Invigorates the bowels.
Improve the condition of the blood, and give
flrmness to the nerves. Vpon a system thus
strengthened aud regulated In all It important
functions, the fog and exhalations of autumn,
pr? trnaiit with the element of Intermittent and re
mittent fever, nn make little or no Impression
Whoever supposes that fever and sgn Is an vk
toidMt evil lu certain districts, at this season of
theyer. Is egrglously mistaken. Aseflectually
aa a draught of cold a.r Ii sDut out by th doting
of a door, this complaint, and all disorders of a ml
atnaOc tvpe. may be prevented by the use of the
B1TTKKS. When ektneks can b avoided by a
means so safe and simple. Is It not the meiest
fautultyto neglect the proflorvd antidote! Re
garded either as preventive or a cur for dy-
Jwpeia, biUoueooas. Intermlueui fever, aervoas
itsorders. general debility, or con.lipatloa ol the
bowels, this pur vegetable prepaiauoa a lac da
AGENTS WANTED S
IM1U, CAPITAL SFOCIPSO. rapid and extaav
ve suade, all wai.tlk f jr aampie n.i elica-
tt eacluee oue stamp u Box 180. BanieavUls. Ohio.
Marking staanpa of a!l kl-la. cteciaiiy
jpuol-lMli. fct-suuijfi, Ufiivvml bv uisvll at
low luUn. l'!ft'u!r fro. ttt-Utl (orotic
n B Iivj.i.v, uiuDfrisud, Ha.
EV, J. O. HCHAFFFKR. mor of Mirror
IV. I Ar f ai.d sFoba.ar i.otlur, '
Til VL I t II A l. Iru.4
tUHl UU4 rrtluMU Oi .N,u-.nU AJtH tH'liilUIHJ ';
AUltHOB OTHCR SotTon, wis.
CHEAP CUNS FOR THE PEOPLE.
Bax 1 T SmUtin.1,1 ,trHt, Ptttthnnrh, r.
TANNERR' TJlitl.T. rmmr
- - -- . - J J
Snt rtw on w1ot of (rtftmp trtr rMnn notM
nictnrflr ol Uniform and CftinpaUcokuppUca.
piIKAP PAlNTlHfJ.-
I
1
nio t. of the lVror Comnanv.
orr paint (rotln i?v wl'l paint
an mncb a W . of Lead, "n-1 wear
lower. For particulars aMr-M B.
BOWKN, Boc'y, No. 15 N. fOUlim
St., Philadelphia, 1'a.
S -COST
I.F AT.
AOFfiTS WANTED
ITT ItVlrnV CoriTT to Intmrmre onr Nrw Star HTovt.
Of S-wlnf MMilr. Tne only rw oi.
1.0CK HTITC'I MACIIINS manufactured. ForLiroo-
l.ra a..inl. U.wlntf .IA .n.l. tn
B. OMI L II un.ur win.
N"WTsMI.A B IfRRft, "finite T
f:ii. cnn f.ir Catalogue (free) of S00 BTKUKtl
BOOIMO VlKWSor Vt- N.ll Adirondack and Florida
Scenery, to A. F. STVLKS, Burlington. Vt.
Twlnm, 4'ordac, Ac.
(IILItKHT llHH HI Ac ".,
T TWINF8 AND OOROASR. Cotton Canvaa all
Wldtha. TKtirs, AWN1NOS, WAOON COVSJUt.
Tar, ritch. Oakum, Taokle Blorka, FLAOS either
Silk or Bunting, iiu) and KUT South Water St.,
Chlcato. Illinois .
1 .. . .... . . f I . U . 1 1. m.l.AJPA
WANTF.r. l-sdtM and Gentlemen everywhere.
In ImalncM that will par W to J0 per day: no
twmir Mi.ntn.iii tuMiif-Ml hnmhiifl. but a atandard
arttctv of merit, wanted by everybody, and sola at one
third the naual price, with J00 per cent, profit to onr
areata. Sample andetmilaraiMait by mafl for -Jn cents.
WIlITWIi V A BON, Tromont St. . Boston, Mass. . .
TDOI.l.ArTltAI.J5.--8end TKN CKNrS to
IKSKltVB A CO., .iJSndbnry street, Boston.
Maaa., snd ft sample Pen Fountain and rtencrlptlvs
Hat or articles for aale, and c.rcol.ir. Male or female
agents wanted everywhere.
Tim BK-T TIIIHO "VKT.-rnll printed tn.
A atrnottona for trapping Bears, W'olves, Wlld-Csta,
Cataiuounta, Foiea, Coona, Hkunka, Opoaauma, Beaver,
Otter, Mink, Marten, Munk-Rata, Owla and Bawka,
with recipes for tanning fur skins, aent to any address
for SI. Isell no recipes bat my own, and warrant them
to rive satisfaction or refund the money. Address
J. W. CAMI'FIKLI). Shelbyjlilo.
nH AUTIFDL PHOTOQUAPHS of flrsnt A Coirag
15c; Seymour A Blatr, ISO ; or the 4 mailed f'r 308
ddreea ULAC'KIK A CO, 7t Broadway, New Tora
VlairnitD f Ask your Grocer ror Pttraamo s
I IfltUArt I Oinaa VmsoAn. o-lihrau-d for Its
purity, strength, and palatablfloeas, WAaaairrKD to
rRSaaHVa pioxlks. FIK8T l'HRMIUM awarded
at the V. 8. Fair, 111. State Klr, and Chicago City Fair.
Largest works In U.S. 3-t 311 Btate-aU, Chicago.
s. a. uu.
o. o. raasLsr.
HILL'S MAGIC CEI.1EHI.
EVERY HOUSEKEEPER
ANI MECHANIC BUOU1.D
HAVE A BOTTLU.
rJ. Oencvol Jetof. JVb. 74
Madlton St., Chicago.
State and County Bights for sale.
Agents wanted. H. II. HALT, CO.
Thla Is an entirely new scientific prepfrrntlon discov
ered by Prof. KAK, Chemist, United Ulalea Laboratory,
contains no jStlrate of Silver, ttulpliur, or other dulcto
rlous drugs.
IT NEVER FAILS
In any etve tobrlnsr baric, fry fewftppiinntlonn, White
or Uray Imtr to ltd or iflnftl color, J-'nir Hroum or ftt'Uk.
It prevent the hair fulling out. and promotr
new Krowth. Having no urdimpnt, it 1 thf bput !rrfm
eU It. Prepared by
ROBERT RTTCIITE fc CO.,
livery Wood-worker ghuuiq nave one ol tlieae Machines
PAT JOIST'S
Water Proof Eoeflng,
u,ra ) BASUCBM PArn,
ftsasl ttuu fct Ctmlw sMsi BvaVftt) mt
th Papa.
O. J. FAY 4fe CO,,
14 YUM St. OutA, V. Jww
Bennett Colleger
Or ECLECTIC MEniCIKE A 8 UXQER F,
OIUOAOO, ILL.
Tbls ColleM offers facilities to strident for acqnlr-
.tig a medical education untmrpaweU by any College la
the Union. Lecture commence on November 2nd,
For announcement, with full parttcnlanu addreas Prof.
JOHN FOKMAN, M. I)., Dean, or Prof. U. A. 3UNN.
M. D., Secretary, 163 South Clark atreet, Chicago, 111.
An Antidote for Tobacco.
its ffrent retnedv tnvnrt.Mv nmm. tttl
ior -nu'acco, anu ia tnnrtiy eaeutou ana IMr
It la anaan excellent appetizer. It purifies thVTlood,
iuvlgoratsatbo aysteiu, ponscases greut DtmrJelTinc and
strengthenilw power, enables the stoniuffto digest
the heartiest fVd. inakaa aleen ren-eahifiv anit Hl.h.
Ilshes robust htiNji. Hmokert and uKtu tm for Fifty
IVxir Cured. l'Ttsm Fifty Centyfer Bo, poet fsee.
A Treatise on tbe IiiVrlmi Voevt. r T..hn.n m-ib
lists of testimonlnK nVrenoKTeto.. sent ma
Airenta wanted. AddrTir. T. K. Abbott, Jersey
i-i-motman's TjstimohtV-Oki! liox 6r Ahti-
oti cured my limrffer and myt-X It Mavaa rAlia.
Key. 1. ttyuormkEE. Keifcy'. Station, fa..
natiTn .prSTtENOTit C.Amrn. Vro'"'vi aferen
. ofjlethni am restored to trmnd AJWA ny using
the AsTytZra. 8. D. Bowles, ProspectaUll, &lu.
Jyn T1J1 U. B. TaEASnRT. StOrttMT1'tglcs.
1 iese send a aunnlv of A nti none. Th. nn.
. uvN. it. tttirs BUnKLT. U, T. EDQaE
Copyrighted.
NoTmFrom letter and report received:
I. Your Axe t bound to be Tna Ax.
IT. It will cut an per cent, better.
III. My brother loat one arm in the war, bnt with you
Axe he can cut a well aa any one else can.
IV. If I could not get another, twenty -Ave (f35) dol
lars would not buy It.
V. It wlil cut hoop-poloa better than any other Axe,
VI. I would not be without tt for any tiling.
For tale by all renponMlite dealcra. and the makers, ,
Lli'l'lNCOTT BAKKWELU
PrrrsBUKUii. Pa.. Sole owners of the Patents
O- O. 3D.
American Waltham Watches.
In view of the many frauds perpetrated m the publlo
by dealers In base metal Swltts Watohea, which ar
mainly the refuse of the lottery and (tlft enterprise
swtndiers, the underslinied desire to Call attention to
the very low price at which he will send genuine Walt
bain Yi sic lies, now universally conceded to bo the beat
made and At Uie same Uine luo cheapest watch In th
world.
Hunting Watch In 9oi. Colo Silver Case 918.00
The same, Kxtra Jeweled , JO. 00
The same, Kxtra Jeweled, Chronometer Balance.. J-00
For either of the above. In Sox. case (extra) 9.00
For either of Uie above, Lu os. casa (extra) i&Q
The Watches to be sent by Express, ACCOMPANIED
WITH AMKIilCAN WATCH COMPANY'S CiwIiTLKI
CATJI OK OKNL'lNKNh.88
THR BT7TKK TO II A V R RIVTI.OR OFVRTAMT.
NATION IN PO8SKSMON OK KXFUK8S COMPANY.
a aureus must oe plainly written, ana purchaser must
pay express cUarKt. M. K. CHAPMAN A CO.,
no. t LiDny Bireeu new lore.
Farms & Fruit Lands.
The Illinois Central Railroad Comnanv Lave for Jala
In trai'taoi to acres and upwards, TfAl.wal acres of choice
faruiin.t and fruit landa, alllyinjEaillacent tothelrroad.
For Kraln-srowlnr. atock-ralaliig, and every purpose of
prohlalile agriculture, these lauds possess every ragul
site of soil aud climate.
THE Fit V IT HXGIOX
of Southern Illinois Is aotedf Its wonderful fertility
In the production of spples, -are, neachea, and all
slnda of frulta. llurlna the aeann or 1M6J. the BnectaJ
Fruit Kipreaa Train brought over Sull.OOO boxes of
peaches and 30.0UO bushels of strawberries to Chtcazo
alone, from thence furnishing- the flrat fruits of the
season to all the northern markets. UUO.uoo acre, of
these fruit lauds ar now odered for sale on favorable
term.
Title In re from tn state.
All Station Arenta era nrovlded with Plata, ahowtlur
the landa for aale In their vicinity.
tar- Information given upon all points at th offlc ol
Uie Land Department, J"i Mlchlxaa avenue, Chicago,
or a descriptive pamphlet, with maps, showing tli
exact locality of all the lands, suit to my person writ
ins tor uie same, in any iauuagu, w
JOHN B. CALHOUN,
Labs CoamiaaloaBa, CaraAao.
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Olreoler Saw, of on temper over tbe wbol plate
Millar, atllC Clues-cut and tju "jul to anv n ads
tneworio. ror sale uj mu .
' m-mCOVC A AAA m. nuabnrfb, P,
BCCXEIE
BELL
F0U5DET.
V1KUI SKN A TIFT. MS and 104 Knit
Keeetid bl.. Linen all, tttitu. manufacturers ol liell
Ur CUiirvhea. Aca.faeiulea, riaiKatloh, etc., made of
,e eonui!i nen Mn.i, aiu utuinui-tj witn our raleiit
nits. vl ttulmrv tiaitali.ipi. All K.ll. ...r.niwi
,ua.ny and laino,-. si t J"rie Um awl aa
lilUva. AatiSlUnad it &f; . . 4 jj 0 '-
Zff-raaj
$! SImS: ''-H
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