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General Miscellany.
WHEN DOES A MAIDEN BECOMj
AN OLD MAIDS
When does a maiden become an old maid?
Is a question qhute worthy of sober debate;
When do those leminine graces all fade,
The want of which prove her to be out of date,
And upon the back shelf matrimonial laid,
As unfit with the "lords of creation" to mate
Some say when she reaches her twenty-fifth year
Some say twenty-six, others say twenty-seven
Authorities very much disagree here,
Some good ones allowing her thirty years even
Ere her name in the sad catalogue shall appear
Amonng thosu barred out of the conjugal heaven
Bat I say it is not her number of years
(Tho' you'll say an old bach is no Judge I'n
afraid,) -
So much as the way she feels, acts and appears,
Should decide when a maiden becomes an ok
Should determine she's entered the low vale o
tears,
Or, to use a slang phrase, indicates she ii
'played."
When a maiden no longer delights in a spark,
*nd designates lovers' poor simpering fools,
Thinks for girls to sit up with their beaux in the
dark
Is a dire violation of modesty's rules
An act quite deserving censorious remark
In those feminine'circles" well named scan
dal schools;
When she ceases to paint, and wears dark-col
ored hose
Says she thinks tie more beauty a girl has the
worse,
And at all kinds of finery sticks up her nose;
When she cannot bear children, and thinks
them a curse,
(Sour d you remember the ftble I s'pose,)
And her greatest enjoyment's the house-cat to
nurse;
When in dress she puts none of that style known
as "flah'" on,
But instead consults only her comfort and ease;
When she'd mot rather die than be out of the fash
ion,
II And seeks more her own taste than ethers' to
please;
When a duck of a bonnet's no longer her passion,
When she laces so loose it don't hurt her to
sneeze;
When she takes her tea "straight, without sugar
or cream,
Has a weakness for pickles, or anything sour;
When she ceases of lovers and babies to dream,
And the moonlight has over her spirit no pow
er;
When a man can't come near her but what she
will scream
And she wears on her bosom a touch-me-not
flower.
But the sign above all other signs which denote
The old maid, one by which you may surely de
tect her
Is this, when she advocates women should vote,
As it shows very plainly she does not expect or
Hope ere to be able-you'll please to take note
To secure her a man to vote for and protect her.
When her dresses are all of a half-mourning
shade
When she sg and affects to be weary of life
Forgets how to smile, and grows solemn and
staid,
It is then she no longeris fit for awife;
It is then that a maiden becomes an old maid,
And should lay down her arms and retire from
the strife.
How a Vampire was Overcome.
Soldiers often figure, in ghost stories, as
overcomers of vampires. One of them,
for instance, is on his way home on a visit.
when he passesea graveyard. All is dark
around - but on one of the graves he sees
afire blazing. Guessing that this is the
work ofa lately deceased wizard, of whose
evil deeds he has heard terrible accounts.
he draws near, and sees the wizard sitting
by the fire making boots.
" Good evening, brother," says the sol
dier.
What have you come here for?" asks
thewizard.
"To see what you are doing."
The wizard throws his work aside, and
cries, "Come along, brother! Let's en
joy ourselves. There's a marriage feast
going on in the village."
" Come along," says the soldier.
They went to where the wedding was,
proceeds the story : there they were trea
ted with the utmost hospitality. The
wizard ate and drank, and then got into a
rage. He had drove all the guests out of
the house, threw the bride and bridegroom
into a deep slumber, took an awl, and
made a hole with it in one of the hands of
of the young couple, and then drew
some of their blood in a couple of phi
als. Having done this,* he went away,
taking the soldier with him.
" Tell me," said the soldier, as they
went along, .' why did you fill those bot
t!es with blood?"
"In order that the bride and bridegroom
might die. To-morrow morning there
will be no waking them. And no one but
myself knows how they can be restored
to life."
"How's that to be done?"
"They must have cuts made in their
heels, and some of their own blood must
be poured into those wounds. I've got
thabridegroom's blood in my right hand
pocket, and the bride's in my left."
The wizard went on braggi
" Whatever I wish," saidhe, thatI can
Imppose it's impossible to get the
"Impossible? No! If a man were to
ahe a bonire of aspen boughs, and burn
mti St, he'd get the better of me. Only
he'd hase to look sharp about it. For
iesses ead worms, and all sorts of ver
aln would erawl out of my inside, and
mews and mappes and jackdaws would
easellyiag aout, and all these would
have to be caught and hung into the fire.
If so much as a maggot were to
iIn that I should slip off."
sldier upali this in his mind.
lie and the wizrd went on talking until
the rachd hegraveyard.
Wed, brother!" saId the wlz -rd.
you up otherwise you
" are you talking about?" replied
t t ' You're very much mistak
I3~i hilag you'll tear me up. I'm a
ttbidul servat of God and the emperor!"
he wigrd guashed his teeth, bowled
sd, e at the soldier, whodrew
bbuwd~.andlidd about him lustily.
I ht tili the soldier was all but ex
le~i. Thus udduasly the cocks began
-D W agdtewiadfl lifeless to the
'ire soldier sook the vials of
Ou his pockets, and then went
ds went to the house in
eadt bad been held,
" e iia onei aon ntess ead.sTfh
'4U+ a nU O. hose had
td et
as Thena
w rS5 P b h o f t h
t e wood, and set
sido the
. tlti - ' and
K y'
. ý
.M .Yý
is stifled in the kitchen that it may not
exist during dinner.
E WrinklesThe first thing one lady sees
Husband-A person who writes checks.
and dresses as his wife directs.
Duck (in oAditAo y A trussed bride
groom, with his glblefa under his arm.
Brute-A domestic endearment for 4
hsad.
e?
r; " The Insanity Dodge."
The modern device for cheating the gal
~,lows of its dues is now having a charming
Sillustration in New I ork. The case, very
briefly stated, is this: Wm. Chambers
and James urns each killed their man.
n They seculd the services of Wm. F.
Howe, a rominent criminal lawyer,
id through whose professional exertions
they were acquitted on the ground of in
sanity; and at the termination of their
1s trials both were very properly consigned
to the insane asylum at Utica. After al
lowing his clients to reside in the asylum
a few months, Mr. Howe now comes for
1e ward with an application for writs ofha
beas corpus, asking an unconditional re
lease, on the ground that their sanity is
_ thoroughly established, and further im
prisonment consequently illegal. The
application has been granted, and it only
remains to be seen whether the officers of
e the asylum will allow the matter to go by
default, or enter such a vigorous protest
as shall call public attention to the stu
pendous farce being perpetrated under
the name of law.
o There is not the slightest doubt in the
mind of any reasonable person that Wm.
Chambers and .ames Burns are perfectly
sane, and, being so, have no right to be
shut up in an asylum. Yet there is just
as little doubt that they are as insane now
as when they committed murder. They
escaped the penalty of their crimes by the
well-managed trick of a sharp lawyer,
who, not content with saving their necks.
coolly proposes to turn them loose again
upon the community. Howe asserts that
his clients were unquestionably insane
when they took the lives of their victims,
but havingo been cured of the mental mala
dyby judcious treatment, are fit to min
gle once more in the so lety which they
cursed with their presence. Conceding,
for the sake of argument, the truth of this
flimsy plea, what guaranty can Howe,]
give that Chambers and Burns will not, on
small or great provocation, become insane
again and kill somebody else? Homicidal
lunatics are not pleasant people to have
about, yet a pair of them will soon be set
afloat, with an absolute license to stab and I
shoot at discretion.
The simple truth is, that the insanity
dodge offers a premium for murder, and
whenever the murderer has money. or:
moneyed friends, he need give himself nw
fears concerning the result. A few
months in prison, a few more in an asy
lum, and he emerges P free and happy
man, ready to dip his hands in blood the
second time as soon as occasion offers. I
Unless, then, this (lodge is banished from 01
our courts, we might as well abolish capi- f
tal punishment in .dl .ases where the as
sa.sin can produce cash enough to fee an a
able attorney.-Mo. Republican.
Home Rule in Ireland-What the Brit
ish Government is Doing.
The English Administration seems in
fluenced very much, in pressing Irish re
form measures, by apprehensions of re
bellion, and by not much else. A corres
pondent speaks as follows of the recent
Government measures with regard to
home rule:
" It will be recollected that Mr. Glad
stone confessed that Fenianism had di
rected attention to the Irish chart and
land tenure questions; and the home rule
movement, a kind of bastard Fenianism.
worked by the priesthood to frighten the
authorities, now seems likely to be the
means of procuring another great boon
to Ireland. Lord `lartington. the Irish
Secretary, has made a very significant
speech in the House of Commons. Hle
said that the very small amount of time
'given by Parliament to Irish questions
supplied an argument in favor of home
rule, and he hinted that the government
thought of taking the wind out of the sails
of that movement by proposing to buy up
the Irish railways, and introduce better
and cheaper traveling for the benefit of
the people. There is something to be
said for this project, perhaps. The rail
ways at present are grossly mismanaged;
they are in the hands of a swarm of di
rectors, engineers, and other officials, who
suck all the profits and starve the lines in
order that they may put the money in
their own pockets; and the industry of
the country suffers from the depredations
of this flock of harpies. It mightbe worth
while for the State to try the experiment
of taking the Irish railways into its own
hands, but it is certainly unfortunate that
this idea should appear to be adopted as
the result of the home rule agitation. It
will only confirm the Impression of the
Irish that they can get anything they like
by the use of threatening language. The
value of the railways has been estimated
by a Royal Commission at £25,000,000,
but the Irish are already trying to stick
£5,000,000 on the price as a little profit
for themselves. The purchase of the rail
ways is almost a foregone conclusion; the
only question is whether it will be
thought a good bargain to risk £5,000,000
in largesse, for the sake of bribing the
country to be quiet. If it Is there will
be an unfailing recurrence of similar de
mands for blackmail."
A German National Fete.
The proposition recently made to cele
brate the 2d of September in Germany as
a national holiday, is commented upon
by the Sudliehe Poste as follows: " It is
true that German unity dates from the
taking of Sedan; but the nation effected
someting besides unity. It hoped that
this new organization would have liberty
for its foundation and watchword. It has
been bitterly deceived. The few consti
tutional rights, the few liberties that had
been secured in the south after long and
arduous efforts, have been destroyed by
the new federal constitution drafted by a
commission of princes.
"Instead of becoming a freer people,
we have fallen into an absolutism that Is
Ill concealed, as is proved by the brief ca
reer of the new empire. And is it for
that that this people should add the see
ond of September to the number of their
holidays? Asin proposition, indeed!
Instead of sedng their time and money
clrating fetos, the German people
would do better to make a united and
hearty effort to secure their liberties; in
stead of themselves the slaves of
the emperor of lsinarck, they would
do better to remember that they are both
the enemales of liberty; instead of obeying
the commands of the National Liberals,
ha etropen their eyea to the fact
thisaIS partybaa tll now been the first
of German liberty, and that
Seter be but an idle
*80'as lingas the at onal Liberals
have sa stso,
"It Is only when the German le
emery yearin sommemora
tloe of the 4th ofJsily f171, the day on
Aleh they beaoe a free . Tim
then our natmal cry oul e: 'No
fda., but struggle and wait!' '
Wxuzuvmn iron pipes ireemployed for
rL a medlunt should
set be to pass thfi i wood
Werk.. pales protected by "n earthen
eroxek. The iron r~Etmay be deoxidlrz
S har occurred from this
au~m~IishaW the
cbrkatiutlty,
-W80.m~yor Aryyears a elerk
in thet at Washing
tos, die a kw taysinee,
ot Thiers as an Orator.
s M. Thters aset nds the tribune and waits
patiently, his hands on the railing, till the
s. fouse is still. His black frock coat is al
ways buttoned to the chin. After a few
e- minutes of commotion, the Assembly be
comes quiet, when his "Messieurs," pro
p founced in his diminutive voice, as if by
Lnajoc, secures the attention of his entire
audience. This voice is one of the most
remarkable phenomejia the tribune has
ever offered. It is impossible to tell where
it comes from. it is so thin, small and
soft. It may be likened unto drops of
Y water that fall regularly on a stone, the
s noise of which is imperceptible at first.
" but soon make themselves heard by con
stant repetition. With this extreme small
ness of volume the instrument is untir
ing. For hours the orator draws from its
- sounds, not a note of which is lost by any
r of the listeners. It neither become.
1 stronger or weaker, nor does it vary its
- cadences. There he stands at the other
* end of the hall, and seems to parler a
- l'oreille (speak in your ear). Every audi
- tor experiences the sensation. And curi
osity is all the more awakened by the pe
a culiarities of the speaker's manner.
If his gestures are not noble and com
manding, they are, on the other hand, not
vulgar, they are familiar. The low stat
uire of the orator, his short arms, plump
figure, malicious expression, thin voice.
and spectacles, are appropriate to the
familiar style, and, as he usually talks in
a chatty way, lie ordinarily preserves the
quiet attiti'de of a person in conversation,
but when he defies an adversary he cross
es his arms over his breast. moves his
head energetically, and his face assumes
the expression of an enraged osprey. At
such times he displays an energy and a
vigor that are truly surprising ft he dis
cusses a question, he walks to and fro and
saws the air in every direction, his eyes
flash, his features change expression con
tinually, and the tones of his voice become
alternately tender and menacing, modest
and arrogant.
The means he employs are a melange of
irony and finesse. of common sense, his
tory, military tactics, figures, citations,
auecdotes and witticisms, of admiration
for Louis XIV., devotion to the revolu
tion of '89, antiquated ideas, skepticism.
belief in the present, and attachment to
his personal theories. With all that, the
skillful orator plays the juggler so clever
ly, with an air so candid, with so much
assurance, hardihood, good nature and
cunning, that, although he may not eon
vince because we see one end of the cord.
he at least demolishes the arguments of
his adversaries, and in our confusion we
deeide to follow him for fear of something
worse.
An Otsego County Justice Arraigns
Himself for Drunkenness.
Old Otsego County boasts a Justice of
the Peace who flashes out in the annals of
1local fame as arraigning himself for a de
linquency. The Justice of the Peace re
ferred to (no matter about his name or
where he belongs) posses.es the excellent
attributes of integrity, ability, and worth,
but on one occasion he forgot his magis
teria; integrity. He let down in a weak
moment the judicial bars which should
hedge him in and roamed into the field of
Bacchus. In short, on a recent occasion
he imbibed too much strong drink, and in
consequence awoke with a realizing sense
of that fact next morning.
Now, here was a pretty go. A Justice
of the Peace had been on a bender, or part
of one. A man wh , was appointed to
swing the flail of justice over the heads of
poor unfortunate fellows, wandering over
into the wrong pasture himself. But
there it was. Ife felt reminders of it in
the occasional throbs of headache. But
what was to be done' The more lie viewed
it, the more he became disgusted with
himself. He made up his mind. lie
would attend to his case. He would vin
dicate the outraged law.
So, at the usual hour, he entered his
office. lie formally opened court, and
then called his own name as defendant in
a suit in which "the people" charged him
with an offenstgainst the law, went over
the circumstances in detail so far as he
could remember them, read " the statute
in such cases made and provided," and
then asked "the prisoner what lie had to
In the role of prisoner he pleaded guilty
to the offense, said it was a shame for a
man of his years and position, but hoped
-the court" would not be too severe on
him, as he was determined to reform.
"The prisoner will stand up," said
the stern old Justice. Tnen the prisoner
arose.
"Now," said the Justice, " I am very
sorry you have been brought into this
court on a charge which so seriously
affects your good name and your standing
in society. You have set a bad example:
and if you go on at this rate you will
bring sorrow and disgrace on yourself and
family. I sentence you to pay a tine of
$10 and costs, or to thirty days' imprison
ment in the couty jail."
The "prisoner" said he would prefer to
pay the tine; and when the court closed
he walked over to the poormaster of the
town and paid the $10.-Utica Observer.
To Drive Rats Away Without Poison.
. We know of three methods: First the
old French plan; this is followed chiefly
in Paris by men who make it a special
business. They take a deep tub with
water on the bottom, and a little elevation
in the middle line an island, on which is
only place for just one rat to sit on. The
top is covered and has a large balanced
valve, opening downward; on the side of
this valve a piece of fried pork or cheese
is tied, and when a rat walks on it to get
the cheese, the valve goes down, drops
tha rat in the water, and moves back in
position. A road is made from a rat hole
to the top of the tub, by means of a piece
of board rubbed with cheese, so as to
make the walk attractive for the rats. In
the course of a single night some ten,
twenty, or even more rats may go down,
and if the island was not there they would
be found most all alive in the morning
quietly swimming round; but the provis
ion of the little island saves the trouble of
killing them, because their egotistic in
stinct of self-preservation causes them to
fight for the exclusive possession of the
island, on which in the morning the
strongest rat is found in solitary posses
sion; all the others being killed and
drowned around him. Second, the New
York plan, invented by one of our friends.
The floor near the rat hole is covered with
a thin layer of moist caustic potassa.
When the rats walk on this it makes their
feet sore; these they lick with their
tongues, which makes their mouths sore;
and the result is that they shun this local
ity, not alone, but appear to tell all the
rats in the neighborhood about it, and
eventually the house is entirely aban
doned by them, notwithstanding the
houses around may be teemin& with rats.
Third, the Dutch method: this is said to
be used successfully in Holland; we have,
however, never tried it. A number of rats
are left together to themselves in a very
large trap or cage, withnofood whatever,
their craving hunger will cause them to
ight, and the weakest will be eaten by
51n0 strongest. After a short time the
light is renewed, and the next weakest is
the victim, and so it. goes on till one
stron rat Is left. When this one has
ese atremhans of any of the others,
ite Iseatloose; the animat has now acquired
sach a taste for rat-tesh, that be is the
abiy ort ti hee premlses are abandoned
yall ether rats, wbleh wll not come
b~before the eanibul rat has left or has
died.--Mfas~ wue and Builder.
---he mpeorWilliam has prchased
for .~ Itwas attlple
the mperor's parents passed their sad
qeason of 1806-7, and the Emperor him
Iself suent a food nart of his youth there.
I FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
-s -Saratoga potatoes. Take raw potatoes,
e slice and lay in cold water for a short
1- time; have ready some fresh lard, boiling
v hot. After seasoning with salt and pep
per, lay them in as you would to fry frit
ters; when a lovely brown, turn; when
soft, remove to a clean napkin.
e -How TO FRY POTATOES.-Boil potatoes
t nicely with the skins on. When cold,
s peel and slice, chopping the slices slight
e ly; have ready a pan with a small quanti
:1 ty of butter-about one teaspoonlul to
I six potatoes ; put in the potatoes and
brown slightly, seasoning with salt ar d
pepper. Just before serving, turn over
- them half a cup of good cream, stir, and
- send them to the table hot.
-Keeping cream. Nextin importance
to having milk perfetly- pure and sweet.
and free from all animal odors, conies the
matter of keeping the cream alter it is
taken oil the milk. In the tirst place, the
less milk there is with the cream at the
time it is set in the cream jar, the better.
A great deal of carelessness*is shown in
this matter, for be it known that milk
makes cheese, while the cream only makes
butter; and the more milk there is in the
cream at churning time, the more cheesy
flavored will be the butter, and, therefore,
the more likely to spoil afterward, unless
well salted or kept covered with brine.
-One of the best farmers east of the
Hudson expended, ten years ago, one
hundred dollars on a shed thirty feet long
by twelve wide, under which his cart,
wagon, sled, mowing-machine. plows,
hoes and chains could 1e kept when not in
use. His implements are as good now as
they were then, with the excel sn of the
inevitable wear which their use involves
and, in the opinion of the owner, the
building has saved him at least twenty
per cent. of its cost each year. The same
roof can be many times made to cover a
loft which can be used as a granary, or
for some other purpose which the busi
ness done upon the farm may make de
sirable, at the same time that the lower
part is used for the purposes indicated 1
above.
-Layering may be done any timen dur
ing this month. ofsuch shrubs and vines it
is desirable to increase the stock of. It is a
simple and easy way to raise choice roses,
wigtelias, dwarf flowering almond, snow- I
bapls, orany shrub or plant the shoots of
which are long enough and near enough I
to the ground to bend under so as to bury '
three or four inches beneath the surrtce.
Some kinds, as the snow ball, root free
enough just covered with soil, but with t
roses and most other plants. it is necessary c
to slit the branch where it is buried be- t
neath the surface of the ground. Pinks
and carnations may also be livered where
there is no facility for winter propagation,
but where there is. it is so easy to root them t
by cuttings that but few florists bother
about layering.
-Iht'ORTANt FACT I\ GiAPi CULTURE
-We would mention a fact which ha>
come within our observation and experi
ence, which, if generally true, is of some:
importance. It is this: That the fruit
bud from the base of the past year's can(
throws out larger and better developed
grapes than either the first or second,
The grapes from these buds seem also
better flavored, and ,enerally superior to
those on the first an l second. In accord
ance with this hint, we have adopted tlu
plan of cutting the cane at such length as
to leave the third bud, generally, and
=o:aetimes the fourth, when a good
strong one, and then rubbing off tle
first and second buds, and leaving the
third and fourth for fruit. The number
of fruit buds left on the vine must de
pend on the age and strength of the vine.
if the vines are strong and vigorout
at three years, from two to three buuche:
of grapes may be allowed to mature on
each branch without injury.-Pacific Ru
raI Press.
Girls Should not Study Medicine.
Mrs. Elizabeth Dudley has contributed
an article to the Heraldof Health for Au
gust, in answer to the inquiry, '' Why do
girls study medicine?" The author crit
fcises the women's colleges in New York,
of which there are three, though without
the endowments, the students, or the an
atomical preparations for one. In view of
these facts, she recommends thit these
" colleges" be abolished, and what wo
men desire to study medicine, do so in
men's colleges, where proper instructions.
both chemical and anatomical, can be
given.
But Mrs. Dudley does not stop here; she
gives reasons why women should not
study medicine at all. First, those who
are ambitious at "6getting on" in the
world generally have not the means to
pursue this road to fame and wealth.
Even after graduation, a number of years
is spent in picking up paying patients and
attending upon paupers gratis. It is but
rarely that even the most gifted physician
attains to fame and lucrative practice be
fore his fortieth year, and more ofteu he
is fifty. Besides the prejudice against
youth, which is stronger in regard to the
medical profession than any other, women
have to grapple with the prejudice against
sex. Hope deferred maketh the heart
sick, and women doctors, after spending
their money, usually take up some other
calling as more remunerative.
But, secondly, supposing that the fe
male physician does build up a practice.
and granting that it pays moderately, the
author shows that the health of the prac
titioner generally breaks down. In order
to make this part of her essay still more
impressive than a logical statement, how
ever precise it would leave it, she relates
he own story. She was twenty-eight
w n she graduated and of very robust
health. And yet in three years she com
pletely broke down. Being " rung out"
of bed at unseasonable hours, hurried ofi
to loathsome houses; to be present at
sickening scenes of sickness or death,
proved too much for her nervous system,
and she is of the opinion that on a fair
trial the life of the ordinary practitioner,
while being one of the least remunerative
professions, will prove too laborious for
the ordinary class of women. Women's
nervous organization cannot stand the
strain thus put upon it.
A woman physic an herself, who has
abandoned the profession for the reasons
here given, Mrs. Dudley very properly
laughs at the pretension that women
should study some branches of medicine
in order to treat the special diseases of
their own sex. " Local treatment" is
generally injurious, and always so at the
hands of self-educated men and women.
She winds up her thoughtful and convinc
ing essay by saying that with the exten
sion of proper hygienic knowledge fewer
physicians will be needed, and the money
now spent in endeavoring to be healed of
diseases resulting from the ignorantly
breaking of some law of health will be
spent upon those aesthetic products which
women are so capable of producing. The
women who now look upon medicine as a
way of making a live'hood, are warned
off in this briefessay by "one who knows"
that it will never return the outlay, rare
ly support the practitioner, often end in
death, and more often still in broken
health.
Guano Deposits.
A Peruvian journal, El Heraldo de Lima,
has a lengthy account of the discovery of
immense guano beds on the main land, a
discovery made through a scientific ex
pedition sent out by Harry Meiggs, Esq.,
the great railroad king' of Pert: " The
deposits are north of oCallao, and extend
from Gramandel to Colorado Grande.
Punta de Santender Casma, Caleta de
Mongon, and neighborimjg places. Millions
npon millions of tons of this valuable fer
tilizer can easily be procured, the quality
and purity of the article being superior to
that found on the celebrated Cbincha Is
lands. As guano has been the chief ar
tiele of export for Peru, the journal men
tioned congratulates the Government and
Meiggs upon the fortunate discovery. The
public credit of Peru will be materially
enhanced in foreign marketsowingto thib
rich strike. Exaggerated reports of the
discovery of great quantities of guano,
rt miles in extent, near Pisca. adjacent tc
the Chincha Island, having reached Lima,
another exploring expedition, fitted out
t- by Harry) Meiggs, proceeded to the plac
n indicated, and returned with the report
that no deposits exist there. The com
4 mission sent to discover the guanoteds
north of Callao says that millions of -
lions resort in the immediate vicinity of
the deposits. As the sea-lion is a very
v ialuable animal, his capture would prove
only second in importance to securing car
1 goes of guano.
r Sumac.
Sumac is prepared in different ways.
Only the leaves are valuable. No stems
nor other parts of the plant must be miix
ed with the leaves. They are gathered
after attaining full growth, and before
frost or before they fade or turn red. A
correspondent of the Country Gentleman
says; Cut the stalks of the present year's
growth and cure them as you wouni hay,
taking care to preserve it from rain or
clw, as both injure it the same as they in
jure hay. Put it in the barn and examine
it often for a time, for it will heat and spoil
very soon if not properly cured. Let it
lie until the weather is very cold, then
thresh it. This may be done by throwing
it on the barn floor three or four feet deep,
and put on a span of horses. They will
soon tread the leaves from the stalks.
Rake off the sticks and put on another
tiooring. When the leaves and small
branches that do not rake out have become
a foot or more deep on the floor, put the
horses on to that, and tread and stir it un
til it is quite fine; then sift it with a large
coarse seive-about half-inch mesh-and
it is ready for sacking. Before using, it
is ground in a mill somewhat similar to
an old-fashioned bark mill. These mills
are made in Virginia, and we suppose it is
usually sold after being ground and bolted.
Sometimes it is spread on lattice work for
curing, as it is gathered. In Sicily the
roots are planted and cultivated. It is used
for tanning morocco and for dying and
printing calico.
-While giving botanical evidence in
some thistle prosecutions, Dr. Daniel
Bunee, curator of the Geelong Botanical
Gardens, stated that an infallible way to
destroy thistles was, just before the but
began to form, to cut the root through
with a spade about two inches below the
turface; also that the practice of cutting
them above the surface was an utter waste
of both money and labor, as thistles thus
treated invariably sprang up again with
a greater number of heads than before.
-Mu1Mahon is quite sure lie will like
the presidency when Thiers dies.
TTIIEN writing to advertisers please mention the
5! name of this paper.
REASONS WHY
PERRY DAVIS'
PAIN-KILLER;
IS THE
Best Family Medicine of the Age,
And why it should be kept Always Near at Haud.
Pnin-Killer is the most certain (holerc
t ._r that medical sciencu has pic hrd.
2d. Panin-illert. eta ltiarrhea and iDyectitery
hido.j. if '-Icr fails.
.Pain-Kiler illiure Cramps or Pains in
: y t i.f the )aeteii. A.I .g:e doue u:swalf'
"'-i~sa cure.
.it. PainKttilerwillenre Dypresia and Indi
g''tion if used accordinig to otrectiont
ath,. Iain-Killer is an almost never-fairing cure
tur yudnt~i~ Cold , C'ontwt, etc.
I.L. P.:in-Killer has prived a Socercign !ir"e
,.r neverl Ani st i an & hill Fever; it lias
l' d the must oi-tiishl ca-es.
Iti. PI in-Killer, sa liuv::r t. t sn ,u luncatl oi r
Siret HICe.Clbi, elnu
y rains etc.
r!:. fain-Biller has erred -ces of tlhet:Iiati-u
! n No: rait:a after j fcar- -tantlitng.
iti. P n in-Killer will dc'trv Atiils. F. 'i-r.
- ti ll ,. -cd r". -i' tug relic tfrom inht
sihr toe liram.t'''liciti-ul.
Ft I. fain-Killer cures lleadacheiand Tooeh che.
.. Pain-Killer ill satOouodaystf si
dad maiy- a dollar in time and ductNrs l'!.
PtPain-Killer ls a purely I get.th:e ep-iara
. .Ifto hie9 and use in every faul. The
-attenlinzi~tiut.toget yer with the gei t
t.: y"di mis...tnIn;E .uk hreenirt'lveratiicattedhi
r, tgreit siin..att of pain and suir inu t-'ri ai
e ii"te thro hti -.-enink sitiipuratiio i
lo t ry pery.et to *C"ityp ihefuseflt es itit': thti, Ytlua
attle remedy, and to ki cp it alwas's near at Halt.
Ph5 Pain-Killeris now re-ta n and sppreei
tr it t. t e: quarttc r of the glube. Pity c-itiiii' ic-at
iii '.i it , toir Irictlice cihile alt eta--c-s tf -uc-iuity
1,' lo:ut1 in it relie~f and ecomfort, h~it eit a trill
T7Directiens accompany each hottle._3
Price--253e., 50e., and 51 per Bottle
J.N.HARRIS&CO.,Cincinnati,O.,
Propri tots fur Pt. s1uthern and W estern States.
rFFOit SALE Hi AIL MEDICINE DEALEIie..y1
IN TWENTY rEARS,
THE SALE OF
AK
Has Increased 800 Per Cent.
20,130
SOLD IN1871.
25OOOOPE INE
250,000 DAIRF PSE
1 Doing More Work!
Doing it Better!
Doing it Quicker !
Doing it Cheaper
Doing it Cleaner !
Doing it Easier I
And with greater satisfaction and Saving of Labor
than any stove in use.
SOLD BY
Excelsior Manuf'g Co.,
SAINT LOUIS. MO.
Wholesale Dealers in all kinds of
TTINh B ABTOCE,
AND BY ALL
Live Stove Dealers.
DR. WHITTIER, 617 Sr-%kMgYJpEET,
ie~uts Sttiuuee5 S 5t~u t icct ie.sCallastrite
C stir 05 5 a ins a 55 ina teae
WORK FOR ALLi
At their own Homes.
* *
* CONSTANT EMPLOYMENT. light alt e
* !J profitable. Boys and girls can earn as minch
a as older people. For Instructions, sendl (1nc105 -
* Ing 10 cents, and stamp to pay postage) to
* A. S. LONGFE.LLOW do CO.. *
* 606 North 5th Street, St. Louis. Mo. *
COLLEGE OF THE
CHRISTIAN BROTHERS,
Corner of Eighth and Cerro'Btreeta,
sT. ~Ioxs. 310.
This Institutiton will open its next Session on
MONSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5.
ltoard, Washing. Toilu an-i lhysician's
tee, per session or ten months, 5 * $)0 00
I Yor Da Stutdens.------------- Ii-)d 10
in the Primary ('taos. -- -- --ii eat
sitr ptartlettarc. aidress
Be.~ JAMES, Preeldent.
THE NEW DISCOVERY,
10,
to In Chemical and Medical Science.
18,
Ut
Lie
)rt
18
sla
of
rV
Lr
S.
r(1
;n TDr. 3. F. f At1ATTIgT'M
SOLUTION AND COMPOUND ELIXIR OF
fT, .A. R.
FIR"ST AND ONLY SOLUTION ever made In
it one mixture ot ALL THE TWELVE valuable
, active principals of the well-known curative agent,
r Q'TziEz 'Tx' .r 'x'. .,
UNEQUALED in Coughs. Colds, Catarrh, Asthma,
llBronchitis anl Consumoption.
C Gazzraee WNithout Fail,
A recent cold in three to six hours: and also, hb
its VITALISING, P'URIFYING and STIMC'LA'T
iC ING efttects upon the general system is remarkably
ce efficacious in all
1- DISEASES OF THE BLOOD.
e Including Scrofula and Eruptions of the skin, Dys
) pepuin, Diseases of tie Liver and Kidneys, Heart
tDiuease and General Diebility.
It
0 ONE TRIAL CONVINCES !
ALSO A
VOLATILE SOLUTION OF TAR
For INHALATION, without application of HEAT.
A 'remarkably VALUABLE. discovery, as the whole
e apparatus can be carried in the vest pocket, reads
at any time for she most effectual and posith eli
curative use In
AH Diseases of the NOSE, THROAT and
LUNGS.
THE COMPOUND
I Tar and Mandrake Pill,
For use in connection with the ELIXIR TAR Is a
combination of the TWO most valuable AL'rEICA
'TIVEF Medicines known in the Profussion, and ren
ders this till without exception the scry best ever
1 off'ered.
The SOLUTION and COMPOUND ELIXIR OF
I without doubt the Best remedy known In
Cases 01
I CHOLERA AND YELLOW FEVER.
It is a specific for such diseases, and should be kept
in the household of every family, especially during
those months in which
CHOLERA AND YELLOW FEVER
liable to prev al. A small q1 anttty taken daily
Ii irei Iut contracting these terrible diseases.
col ii In and ntompointd Elixir. $1.44) per bottle.
1<tfile Solution fr Inhalation. $5.00 per box.
Tar and Mandrake bills. .cts per box.
wn :I !or Circular of POSITIVE CURES to
Itr ''g-i st, or to
L. F. HYDE & CO.,
Sole Proprietors,
FN Secnisth Avenue, New York.
Wholesale Agents,
N. SMIITH, 714 North Fifth St., St. Louts, Mo.
. 'COVIL, 11@8 Prairie Ave., Chicago, III.
Fy° Soil by all Druggists.
MOTHERS! MOTHERS!!
MOTHERS!!!
t aon't fail to procure MIRS. WIN"
I VIW'AW SOOTHING SYRUP FOR
CHILDREN TEETHING.
Tti'; vatnabte p reparation lisa bseen toci with NEV
EIt-FAit i\G SCESIN, TlIltt'AAtiS~iFCASES.
It unt inly ru-licves the cthild fromt pain, but invig
oral -s titst,»iab unit hourwelsi crrects ac idity, aund
ýi-tout' ad energy to the whoicl systemt. It will
:,lao instantly relieve
Griping in the Bowels and Wind Colic.
We biteve it the BPE"T and SURESP REMEDY IN
THE Wolt.D. in all ca es of DYSENTEltY AND
tIA)IllultEA IN CHlILtii.EN, whether arising from
teutifttg or itny ottier cals'.
Itec int upun it, niothcr,, it will give rest to your
sel es, and
Relief and Health to Your Infants.
Be nure .ini call for
"MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP,"
Iaving the fac-simile of "CUETIS & PERKINS" on
tli io tide, wrper tt ow.
tD°bohi by dreggi~ta thrirotughtt the world.
Attention, O3wners of Horses!
TIHE ZINC COLLAR
P AD) ts guaranteed to
(n re the li r ( it litse of raw
adjoittiiid ia-re n"-k in J
Tru Io:o-s, and iroil the
S,,-oO Fr -uo day/, or tmtcfly it
rfuntded ;tint wislt iot ti
chafe or wear the mane ot! it
of the neck. For sale by
Saddilry tiurtware Establislments and larness
Makers. :-a0rtii'iitnred by tii,
ZINC COLLAR °'AD CO.. Buchanan, Mich.
REW'ARC
a ar any Ca of ttitr t(
b 1! ti: i, liruhi r or t hes
S t.i Pis.1 ' m= rI n.' ri
$1, U D 8 I'Fv sc`Y ti' t' 0'
'ai
ti
Also for CAMPAIGN GOO00 . Address.
GoonSi EFO' E3irtEE PurLtcitt~tc HotS. Chitia
go, Citnttnati, St. Loutte New Orleans or New York t
ST. LOUIS LAW SCHOOL,
[Law Department, Washington University.]
- d
The regular annual term of this Law School will
open on
Wednesday, October 9th, 1872.
Full course. two terms-six months each. Stu
dents admitted to the Senior Class on examination
by application on or before October 5th, 1872. Tui
tion fee, $9o first Fear; $60 second year, incltdint
use of library. k or particulars address.
G. M. STEWART.
Dean of Faculty, or
HENRY HITCHCOC ,
Provost Law Department, St. Louis, Mo.
THEA - NECTAR
BLACK TEA.
ru iteea Mst, with the, green tea flavor. War
rated to suit all tastes. Fot salt.
erwan itere An Itorsate whole
sale onlyy hi thte Great AtlanticI
I acitlcTea( Co. liFulton st and 2
r Sen I for ThtesaNectar etir ar
P.980 X1079PITTSBURGHPA
Blreeclt-Loaintg Sltot 111015, 5-tI toS$11). Double' Shot
Gunts. $8 to $I50. Single (Gine, $.3 to $^A) Rtifles $8 to
$75. ltevolvers, $0 to 252. SEND iii. SJP tOtPltCk.
LtiST. Army Gana, Re silrerx '. o tihfst srtraedfsr
THE YOUNG LADIES' ATHENIEUM
If won have a daughter to educate you
sh~ould real ithe Cireitlat of the Aihona'stm. Ini fa
ciliti~es for e~ithtir Solid tor (prnametntal Culture it is
linelirpatocil. At-icersily (Charter. Twenty-on
Trustees. A fai"iot oi Seventeen teachers :No
east-iroin routtitte atid til sthamiinitg. To understand
Its NE~W METFIOD, addiress. for Circutlar, Win. D.
SAtNDERS. Supetqnteident, Jacksonville, Illinois.
P. O. Box 293.
THE ILLINOIS
CONSERVATOPY OF MUSIC,
JACKSONVILLE, ILL.
This is a perfectly organized College of Slusic. with
ftll corps of distil'nished European and Americas
Professors. Best instructions In Singiniiani ot rtei7/
String or Wind Is4rument and in every department ot
theory and practice, and at lus/h less thla the a.inid
...t. Its Pianists. Its Organists. its Violinists. it'
Cornet Player, its Flutist, and its Teachers of .S:n0
iiiilyitsursassel in .S\neiriea. For ('rtlrete. Ad
idcess, THE ILI.INOtS ('O\S~FtVºATOUY (IF
MUt tIC. Jacksonville, Illinois, ew, 909.
_ K. PHIENIX, Bioom5ingt on Nursery. Ill.
F. S010 -ore-'. Ott .-'ar. 12 tr-esnhouies. 'reet
I311bu.,hedgrlltthts,\trm'eryblovck.lcataloune at,
[AR BIT
No Person can take these Bltters accord
ing to directions, and remain long unwell, provided
their bones are not destroyed by mineral poison or other
means, and the vital organs wascted beyond the point
of repair.
ziness, Sour Eructatnons of thte ýtomach, had Taste
in the Mouth, Biious Attacks, Pa~lpiation of the
Heart, Inflammation of the Lune, Pain in the regions
of the Kidneys, and a hundred other pa'v'i cd ps ,
are the offsprings of Dvopepsia. In these eomplait
it has no equal, and one bottle mill prove a Letter guar
antee of its merits than a lengthy advertisement.
For Female Complaints, in vung or old,
married or single, at the dawn of wnmaholld. ur the
turn of life, these Tonic Bitters display so decided an
mntuence that a marked imprtvement is so1 n perc1
tibie.
For Inflammatory and Chronic Rhen
matism and Gout, Bilious, Remittent and letlr.
nirtent Fevers, Diseases of the Blood, Live-. K.i:
and Bladder. these Bitters have no equal. S"- I :
eases are called by Vitiated Blood, which is ge: er /y
pjeduced by deraneement of the Digestive li-nlse
They are as Gentle Purgatise as well as
a Tonic, po sse.i a.! the peculiar merit of actll
as a powerful agent in i ni evinl' Congestion or vina:
01at10n of the Liver anl Visceral Organs, and ia Bi.i.us
Diueases.
For Skin Diseases, Eruptions, Tetter, Salt
Rheuit, lOitches, Spots, Pimp1e, Pustules, Boils, C1r
bunc'e,. Ring-worms. Scald-Bled. Sore Eves, Ery
sipseas. Itch, Scurfs, iisco orati-nsof the Skin, Humors
a id Diseaso; of the Skin, t i -hotver name or nature,
are itnrai!v d:, lip and carried out of thei system ill a
short 0ute by the uce of the0-e Lter
Grateful Thousands r 1, n l :510 BIT
TORs the m1st soondorruj Ii. i-r -a1t ii o-r sustained
the sioikiig svstem.
J WA.LKI-;le. Prop'r. It. H. ]IcDON 1LD & CO.,
Drgg;sist and Gen. .-gts., Saii Fratri :-ci and Ney Yirk.
$5P" SOLD) It ALL DRi t.tHie" S ý, DEALER`;.
PiY OU rTtI) SBSCRIBE
IT W ILL tYrtle K ls-rEIBN
RURALIST. It costs but one Dollar a
year, and Is a large, s pace, 45 column
sgricultural andfauiily oh ter F vry ' We
yearly subscriber rerej~iver FREapeddOLCI0lpintdwn ifrn ooswi lLn LV
Inlhdhferentcoloro, widllan 1
Is worth the price of suliserlle. a aetnt It
lon. Every number tt brim racti town
full of interesltng mat gte at i count
Bend $1 at once and get In the wrst, rk t
ere to a ts tireolt uolici
ohe ol tchromiand paper Si tv ork
forone year, orsedD tg ibne mriptilns or
vt. foearious My.n a ied Weotern lut.
414 N. Third S t rt. 1. (li1e 31I) sobleo
St. Louis, Mio. ' w 5iv~eoia-li yearlys ihl
Three months scibelrr, tiakes it ta'ke on
on trial for 2i s lIl:t. We lpay large eash
21 CENTS cononilssiojs to noru agrnts,
TRY IT. ladies or gents. IIan laidies
ThYIT ý are miaking it pay. and it ke the
TRYý employment. cmi Ito thltlop tilil
d' ens for Agents ('ireiilar.'' sohicl
A to the best adI autage. anl extampiles of
various plans ad liited by our mosct suc
cesofu lagents A ldmesc
hi, 01 itD 0) . Piublishers.
a 411 North Third Street. St. Lomujo. 1o.
3'OTT TU5'B
CELEBRATED
Horse and Cattle Powders.
This preparation. long and favora
bly known, will tlhor-ugl. re-in ~s
orate broken down and low- pirii I
horses, by strergthl in' iOni ch n
in the stomach and inteltin r
It iasiure p r , nc et t n iti il dill
Cc. Its use insprot es the wind,
increases the appetite-.ites an
formsoW h ATERl HEAtninto ,
Sa tine-looking and spirited horse.
To ( S R. or (Fowsthis prepar
ati..ni inia!: a':e. It is a sure
}r.. ; ts tier Inipro icSitoe is in.]
holo 1 t i . a t . It 11 f l tr co
1,r.. t by art:. I en; wrintent t..
ininrrae teeae astily the a -k ies
t ni:wg rattl:glsy -s-taan trp
petite. loose rs their eike, at i to ake thet thrio
mucb faster.
In all .nio i ea nt uof e t hos.lcers
TIn the Li- Cei Li% i rr.i r
I tle acis asa speIuse. y p bi le
Tro t -hal a it p:.i ttlr
it brelo sw i h e thee , ý ii.*iiii s
- vii''. ,- e--iil ii tlierr
" aint lreosentive and crore iar the
DAVID E. FOUTZ, Proprietor,
BALITIMORE, M~d.
RA OTEAU & CO., 711 N. Fith ' treet, Agents
fo intet. Louirs.
For sa~leit t rugg, sts aed sr itirely estlrnh
ST. LOUIS
UNIVERSITY.
Eas1ta71lishectL in 1888,
BY members of the Society of Tesus, and incorpo
rated by an act of the Mtate Legislature in tct2.
it has experienced uninterrupted success, and con
tinues to otfer the studentit ci cry facility for acquir
ing a thorough
Classical and Conmnercial Education.
Every candidate for admission not personally ac
quainted with some member of the Faculty. mus.
produce proper testimonials of good moral charac
ter.
tntlletins are sent three tienis a year to the pa
rents or guardians of the students, to inform themis
of the conduct, health uit iuiprovenment of their
sons or wards. An experienced physician daily
visits the institution. and the greatest care and at
tention are bestowed on the sick.
TERMS:
Board and tuition, per session, ten months, $2-0
The next session begins on September 2,1, 1872.
Payments mest be made gitarterty, or semi-annu
ally, in advance. Catalogues containing instrtc
tions to parents, and full partictlars, will be sent
free on applicati on to
l rev..1. G. ZEALAND. S. T..
President St. L uls University, St. Louis. Mo.
AGENTS WANTED
For Prof. O. S. FOWLER'S Great Work.
SCIENCE OF LIFE,
Love, its Laws, etc. Thteonlty soesi tie work on the
stbitect Pure and eevatedn tone. No kFamil
Jars" where this hook in read. A iarp possesuor
of a copy writes as folttowse 'ren': iottarswniiui
not take it from us ifwecould not get another Seud
for sample pages. terns antd oit desert pttion. Ad
dres NATIONAL PUBrLISHILNG(c), St. Louis, M.
ESTABLISHED -3 YE A R S
0 O 'y '
Commercial & Telegraph
S. W. corner 4sth anti Olive Streets, St. Louis.
JONATHAN JONES, President.
Yonig men tnalititid for situations. Cataloges
and Circulars mailed JOHN W .JOfNSON,
Managing Principal.
* N,) vacatton. (ot this out; it directs you to
the place.
5 . 00o VALUE TO EVERY
BOi5Y-Oldoryoung,hig
or low, ,male eor female
sick or well, rich or poe .
stamp for circular. Address DOBSON, HAYN t
t & CO.. St. Louis, Mo. Agents wanted.
ECONOMY IN MOURNIaNC
- ChoapSSie uattry
C HE NEW PATENT
ALBERT CRAPE
0 a sbe sold for over rwo rears. 1vintt
it l7mversat satisfaction.
Opinions from Wearers
every day1 tor nsarly a9ya 55's ~
roughest umage turnedt sut to be-moat it
sodra n
' haTT beR, .8 mnth pleased with !c
NeaN or tle As Crape, lust vca
strOilgiF reeOCOi.
!rv tcn th ler rp to boa
*tt ueiaiiptaar t ra yI eer tn
71 ~ BOLL`By
MILLINERY & DRY GOODS ELt
DR,. WHITTIER 61 L i~xJ1V
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