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Youth and Age.
O day bo fray, 70a could nt ohill me,
In that sweat time, far off and fair,
Though loud wind shrieked and eolieed shrilly,
And wild rain washed the woodlands bare 1
Thong 4 sodden fields stretched cold,-unvaried,
And birds flew south on weary wing ;
For in my happy hoart I carried
The hope and promiea of tho spring.
0 day so gay, you cannot thrill me !
Your light and(porfume, shower and song,
Your bloom and brightnoss, only fill mo
With olJ-timo moinorios, swoet and strong.
1 would not bid your swift hours tarry,
I do not hasten at your call ;
For in my thankful heart I carry !
The joy and fruitage of the fall. '
Farm, Gordon and Household.
Molasses Cookies. One mug molasses
eight tabiespoomuU warm water, with
' hree teaspoonfals soda dissolved in it, ten
ablespoonfuls butter and lard, one table-
poonfal ginger, one teaspooninl alum.
Cooking Vegetables. If on portion
of vegetables bo boiled in pure, distilled,
or rain water, ana anotner in wnicn a
little salt has been added, decided dif
f erence will be perceived in the tender
: nass of the two. Vegetables boiled in
pure water are vastly inferior in flavor.
CnioKKir Jkllt. For chicken jelly, take
a large chicken, out it up into small pieces
stone jar, with a cover that will make it
water-tight. Set the jar in a large kettle
of boiling water, and keep it boiling for
two hoars. Then strain on the liquid,
and season it slightly with salt, pepper
and mace, or with loaf sugar and lemon
juice, according to the taste of the person
for whom it is intended. Return the frag
ments of the chioken to the jar, and set it
again in a kettle of boiling water. You
will find that you can collect nearly as
much jelly by the second boiling. This
jelly may be made of an old fowl.
To Preserve! Strawberries. To a
pint of freshly gathered strawberries
put a light pound of sugar. In a large
deep dish plaoe a portion of the fruit,
strew it lightly with sugar, add more
fruit, then sugar, etc., till you have' dis
posed of all. Let the strawberries stand
thus for severaT hours to form sirup.
Put them on the fire in a bell-metal or
porcelain-linked kettle, and boil rapidly
fifteen or twenty minutes. When done,
put the preserves in tumblers or half
pint jars. Cover them with brandy pa
pers, using as paste the unbeaten white of
egg. If fastened up immediately, while
the glasses are yet hot, the white of egg
will adhere nicely. Set your glasses in
the sun for a day or two, and you will
find the preserves keep perfectly through
out the year, provided always the fruit
is sound at the time of preserving. Se
lect the largest, firmest varieties for the
purpose, and delay not until too late in
the season, when the berries are more
liable to mash and run to juice.
Applb Orchards. Joshua Jefferis as
mentioned by the Practical Farmer is
one of the most successful apple-growers
in Pennsylvania. His orchard is located
on a hill-side sloping gently to the south
and south-west, is of limestone soil, and
made fertile by surface application of
manure. This system he has pursued
for 15 years. Trees, he maintains,
should be fed regularly, not too much,
but just enough to enable them to main
tain a healthy moderate uniform growth.
He applies the washings of the roads on
his own farm, all the refuse ashes and
those made in the neighboring lime-kilns
in burning: lime with wood, and also
manure from the cattle yards. When
ever he has a spare load of fertilizing
matter, it goes to the orchard. Spread
ing these materials on the surface (al
though a preen grass sod is on the
ground), all over it, the soil is bo mellow
he can kick it np with his foot the
young roots coming up to the surface, or
nearly so, not being more than an inch
or so under it, for their food. There
they come in contact with light, heat,
and moisture, the important elements
of plant food. Trees treated under this
system are hsalthy, strong, and vigorous.
Although in a deep valley, liable to late
Spring frosts, he secures crops of fruit,
while his neighbors in more favored lo
calities fail.
AgbiooiiTxjraii Notes. Take care to
avoid the mistake of going into the cul
ture of any fruit or vegetable too largely
at first.
Success in the cultivation of any crop,
like the practice of any trade, requires a
minute knowledge of all the details,
which can only be gained by experience.
It is a well known truth, that the in
creased supply of any article enlarges
the demand.
Products which a few years ago were
considered as a luxury which only the
rich could afford, are constantly used by
the day laborers in our cities and villages
now.
It is important to the farmer so to
manacro that the land cultivated each
year should lie as much as possible to
gether. The census returns give the average
yield of hay for the State of Massachu
setts at a trifle less than one ton per
.acre.
Many farmers would obtain a larger
1 product at less expense, if the labor and
manure were concentrated on a smaller
space of ground.
The increased price of the great agri
cultural staples, does not keep pace with
the increased cost of production.
There are men, observing and practi
cal men, who have strung from the soil
all they possess of worldly wealth ; men
competent to teach, but who are only
unwilling to make the attempt.
One of the chief hinderances to agricul
tural progress, is the reluctance farmers
feel towards giving the public the benefit
of their experience, either by writing or
dj speecn.
Another Fearful Disaster .
A terrible accident occurred on the
Pittsburg, Washington and Baltimore
Kailroad, about three-quarters of a mile
this side of Connellsville. A freight
train going east was running at full
speed in order to reach the switch at
Connellsville before the approach of the
mail. At the point mentioned, at a
sharp curve on the road, both trains
came together so suddenly that the en
gineers of the locomotives could hardly
realize the fearful situation they were in,
nor had they time to make much effort
to check the speed of their engines,
which eame together with a fearful
crash that could be heard a long dis
tance off. The passenger train eseaped
with little injury. On the former
Henry Saxton and the conductor, Rob
ert Lookhart, were killed, and the mail
agent, Blackburn, was injured to the
extent that ho cannot live over the night.
Eight passengers were seriously injured.
Some have broken legs, others broken
arms and ribs, and it is expected that a
number of che&e will die, while some
nine others sustained injuries of a less
serious character. The collision of the
cngls, going at the speed both were
traveling, is said to have shook the earth
in the neighborhood like an earthquake,
and not one passenger on the entire
train could utter a word for a full min
ute after the occurrence.
Amy. Brown, aged eighteen, committed
suicide in Colchester, Conn., by taking
morphine, her affianced lover having been
accidentally killed a week ago. She left
letter giving instructions to have her
body buried beside his.
Many persons write articles and send
them to an editor to be corrected as if
an editor's o-ffioa was a feouse of correction.
Items of Interest. ;
Japan has abolished all edicts acrainst
Christianity.
The Democracy of Missouri instructed
their delegates in favor of the Cincinnati
Platform.
Over 700 persons have lost their lives
by the great floods which have occurred
in Bohemia.
Oft the occasion of his mnrriarrA' fha
young Emperor of Japan will open all
his prison doors and set his convicts
free.
. Boston papers report that the bonded
stores of that city are crammed with
goods awaiting the reduction of the
tariff.
There were in 1871 in the United
States 8,990,900 horses, 1,276,300 mules.
10,303,509 cows, and 16,389,800 cattle of
all other descriptions. ,!
Tennis C. Claflin has been elected
Coloneless of the New York colored resri
ment. The same evening she drilled the
regiment, much to the amusement of the
lookers-on.
TmsraHN hundred machinists, careen
ters, and painters employed at West
Albany, on the New York Central and
Hudson Biver railroads, have struck for
eight hours. ,5"
Dr. LrvrsasTONi did not seem anxious
to be found, and, after delivering dis
patches and letter?, again hurried into
the African forests, where he will no
doubt bo left alone. ?
A oiBOXTS tent in Binghampton,' N. Y.,
was blown down in a gale of wind, hud
dling men, women, children, and wild
beasts in a confused mass. Several per
sons were injured.
In 1871 the United States raisad 22,
239,400 tons of hay, 255,748,000 bushels
of Oats, 12U,461,7UU bushels of potatoes,
991,898,000 bushels of Corn, 230,722,400
bushels of wheat, and 15,365,500 bushels
of rye.
It may seem remarkable, that where
as the United States buy annually frpm
seven to eight million dollars worth of
diamonds, that the industry of cutting
and polishing diamonds has until very
lately Deen unKnown in tne country.
AwOTrmw boilAi" Tina A-rnlnrlfirl tma-nltr-
five nersons killed, and no one. of mnrsp
to blame. This one of Death's most ef-
fanfiva anTiliariAO Vl -,,, rcr 4-n .... fl- '
boat on the Mississippi, and the acci
3 X X 1 1 r t -r
ueui took, piuce near xucurregor, xowa.
Mrs. Liberty Kixkorb, of Waterford.
Me., lately entered her brother's burning
house, and at the imminent risk of her
own life rescued her sister-in-law and
two nieces, who had been rendered help
less by suffocation, caused by the im
mense smoke.
The Boston Advertiser cries that the
great want of New England above every
thing else is cheap transportation be
tween every manufacturing and trade
center and the great wheat-field of the
North-west. And it asks the Boston
merchants what they are going to do
about it.
The St. Louis Democrat publishes crop
aispatcnes irom over 100 points m Miss
ouri. Kansas. Illinois. Town, n.nrl NTo'hvnH
ka, which represent that the winter wheat
A 1 . t
13 very poor, .a. large amount nas been
plowed up, and the remainder will yield
onlv from one-third to a half nrnn. Trifvrn
is very little old wheat on hand.
The report that two or three armed
expeditions have sailed for Cuba from
various points on our coast are not cred
ited. The story is believed to have been
started by persons anxious to irritate the
Spanish Government, in the expectation
that it will not release Dr. Houard, and
that the United States Government will
resort to other means than diplomatic to
effect his release.
How they Treat Mormon Apostles.
The experience of a Mormon emissary
in North Germany will not tend to create
a very great desire among his brethren
m the faith to undertake missionary work
in that part of the world. Christian
Hansen, a Dane by birth, lately made
his appearance in the German Grand
Duchy of Meoklenberg-Shwerin. He be
gan at ence preaching Mormonism
among the fishermen of that village and
the neighborhood, and in the following
three' weeks persuaded about one hun
dred and fifty persons to embrace the
faith of the Latter Day Saints, and to
prepare for emigrating to Utah. Han
sen promised to accompany them him
self to the land of the Mormons, but
two days previous to their departure he
was arrested by the police in Rostock,
the principal commercial city of Meck-lenberg-Schwerin?
and the Police Judge
of that place, having ascertained what he
had done, sentenced him to receive fifty
lashes on the bare back and to be impris
oned for six months, every other day on
a diet of bread and water. Hansen pro
tested violently against the execution of
this sentence, and telegraphed to the
Ambassador of the United States in Ber
lin, to interfere in his behalf. He re
ceived the lashes, however, before he re
ceived any reply from Mr. Bancroft, and
was taken to the correctional Prison at
Butzow. Mr. Bancroft refused to do
anything for him, and Hansen will have
to serve out his time in the Mecklenberg
prison.
Picking a Lock. Hobbs was an
American who went over to London to
pick a patent Bramah lock which had
been made to defy all the world to
open it without the key belonging to it.
He delivered a lecture in London after
wards. He said that his first step had
boen to take an impression of tha hole in
wax. He had originally supposed that
each slide had its spring, but he found
himself mistaken in that surmise. Hav
ing contrived the necessary implements,
he pressed down the disc, which left him
at liberty to work on the slides; intro
duced a lever into the keyhole, and ap
plied pressure to the cylinder ; felt the
slides successively, pressing them in the
false notches, and succeeded in loosening
the cylinder, and the lock was picked.
He said he had never seen the inside of
a Bramah lock before his experiments
had never tried to pick one; and he en
tertained no doubt that, with his experi
ence, he could repeat the process in an
hour's time. Mr. Hobbs alluded also to
the powerful reflector' he is said to have
used, and showed it to be a threepenny
mirror, and he similarly refuted the ex
aggerations relative to excessive filing of
the lock. In conclusion, Mr. Hobbs
said he had never made a lock, and sever
practised picking much; and he aston
ished his English auditors by saying that
he knew ma"y more expert lock-pickers
than himself.
Scolding Women. What if such a law
as this were in force now. Once it was
in the New England States and Virginia:
" Whereas, oftentimes many brabhnsr
women often scandalize their neighbors
for which their poore husbands are often
brought into chargeable and vexatious
suites, and caste in greate damages: Bee
it therefore enacted by the authority
aforesaid, that in actions of slaDder, oc
casioned by the wife aforesaid, after
judgment passed for the damages, the
woman shall be punished by ducking ;
and if the slander be soe enormous as to
be a judged at a greater damage than five
hundred pounds of tobacco, then the
women to suffer a ducking for each five
hundred pounds of tobacco adjudged
against the husband, if ho refuse to pay
the tobacco.
The trotting match between the stall
ions Ajax and Alexander, for $20,000 a
.straight beats by 4;a;-Timj2:29.
A Ualf Million Acre Farmer.
At the Alabama Settlement, in South
ern California, writes a correspondent, a
number of Southern families have bought
a large aud fine tract of land, much of
which they have put into wheat. Their
crops look well ; and I believe they are
well pleased with their location, finding
the country healthy, the soil rich, and
their prospects this year good. They
came here in the midst of the great
drought, and lost two crops ; but they
had means to support themselves, and
now will do well. It struck me that they
had made the common mistake of getting
too much land ; and I believe those farm
ers are correct who assert that in this
valley men will make more money on 160
or 200 acres than on 2,000 or 3,000. But
everybody must, I suppose, fiud out such
things. for himself. Trees have made a
fine growth in the Alabama Settlement ;
the orange, I was told, grows there of
course it does not yet bear and no doubt
tholive, walnut, and perhaps the almond
would .do well with irrigation. From the
end of the track the Visulia stage route
leads across Firebaugh's Ferry, and at
that point I remained to see something
of a life quite different from that on the
Merced side of the San Joaquii. On one
side of the river are wheat fields ; on the
other you find only cattle. Miller & Lux
own 40 milas on the Western side of the
San Joaquin ; and other persons own al
most equally great tracts. It is said that
Mr. Miller is the possessor of half a mil
lion of acres in thi3 State ; he has nearly
100,000 cattle ; and being a shrewd busi
ness man, he is fencing in his great es
tate, to reserve it for his own cattle. He
is rapacious for more land ; and is said to
have determined that he will not rest un
til he can drive his cattle over his own
land from Los Angeles to the Sacramen
to. Two men in San Francisco saw him
sitting somewhere, lost in thought, and
one asked, "I wonder what Miller is
planning now?" The other replied, "He
is making a little plan to buy the rest of
the State." Miller & Lux have now
about 125 miles of fence built, and will
build 100 miles more this year. Some
other great land owners have nearly as
much. Fencing costs them from $500
to $650 per mile. Of course these are
not the men who oppose ar'no fence "
law.
A Singular Case.
Th Jackson Mich.) Citizen prints the
1 allowing : xienry miller, a drorar, was
sent to State Prison by the Reeorder's
Court at Detroit in February, 1870, for
grand larceny for a term of three years.
Miller says he housed his cattle one night
on a farm in Wayne county, and the
next morning his men drove an animal
into the cars that did not belong to him.
He sold it, and was arrested, tried and
convicted as stated above. He had a
father who was a millionaire, living in
Albany count,y New York, but at his
trial he neither applied to him for assist
ance nor allowed him to be imformed of
what was occurring. He had a cousin
with him. .Charles Parker by name,
from whom he extracted a promise never
to write to him or to imforni his relatives
of his whereabouts. Mr. Parker has
faithfully kept the latter portion of his
promise, as was evinced by a letter which
Mr. Miller received from him a few days
ago. From this, which we have been
permitted to see, it appears that Miller
had Bent, hia nntfln fr liio fottmi. -R..f
vw.w v .LlUJl.l, ty JJU1'
falo, and this was the last indication re-
1 1 - 1 . -. .
ceivea ov nis mends to show that ho was
living since his conviction. He was
literally dead to the outside world. His
father became alarmed at his long ab
sence, and set out to hunt him up. He
travelled all over the world, says the let
ter, and finally having heard that his son
was in California, took Parker with him
and went there. Of pmi rsfl 1ia Tuna un
successful, and returned home to die of
a broken heart. Parker kept his secret
faithfully, and the old man died mourn
ing for his lost son. He left all hi3
property, some $900,000 in real estate
and 'nersonftl efTWr.a. StSfl flflfl
r y f.wiwv vi - VO V
in a bank, to his son; who by this letter.
ior tne nrst time since his incarceration,
hears from hia fvinrls nr. Tin-mo TMir
Parker writes from Cooperville, ia this
r-i 1 1 i . .
oiaxe, wnere no is stopping a few weeks
on business. He will probably pav his
cousin a visit before returning to New
York. Miller's time will expire in
August, unless he loses a portion of his
gooa time.
What is Water ? Wtr ia mot- n
red nowder that falls from
has long been subjected to the, Action of
moisture, is rust 01 iron. j.tis the oxide
01 a metal, and so ;s water. Water is the
rust of hydrogenium, a true metal. This
wonaenui element no human eyes have
ever looked upon, aid probably never
will, as in its free state it exists only in
the form of an invisible
llVtbV
cently science has demonstrated experi
mentally wnatnas Jong been suspected
that hydrogen gas is a metal, and capable
of assuming a solid form in alloys. Oxygen,
by uniting with this gaseous metal, rnsts,
oxidizes or burns it, and water is the rust
or ashes. This strange mfit.nl hvoVo.
genium, and its oxide, play an important
pars in an tne operations 01 nature. It is
not alone confined to thA lit.tla hall of
earth upon which we live, hut it exists in
the 6tellar worlds above us, and in those
misty points of light, the nebnlaa, which
have so long puzzled and perplexed the
astronomer and men versed in the physi
cal sciences, ine recent discoveries by
means of the Bneo.t.rosp.onA h
r ) -' V y V V JVA
that this element enters largely into the
uniormea cnaotio masses of matter, mov
ing in space, of which the works are made.
It is ready when the formative act i
fully accomplished, of taking its place
in combination with oxveen. as water.
to aid in the sustention f animal nni
vegetable life upon spheres so far dis
tant that our imagination even cannot
reach them. Dr. JVtctoi' Fireside Science.
PRONOSTTf!ATTOO T hnvA ollSAi-tral
savs a farmer that, wnnn . omn of nThnof
was kept back in the spring, as it lias
came, during June and up to harvest,
that wheat alwnvn runted on tho flic-
hand, I have observed that when wheat
got a good start m the spring, and was
large and promising the first day of May;
that such wheat did not rust. I have
supposed that in one case tbe very rapid
growth during June was not,
with the vigor neeRsarv to nrofffc tli
plants from the ruist, and in the other
XT i XT 1 j , .
vaaa mm me pianis grow SO Slowly that
they were healthy and strong, and there
by escaped. So, I consider the present
crop to be in great danger of rust, in
case we should have a wet and warm
month in June: I venlnro now f.o nnf
this conjecture on paper.
Editorial Excursions. A considera
ble party left here on the so-called edito
rial excursion through the North. But a
small proportion of the party have any
real connection with the press of the
South, and a still smaller proporticn are
editors. Exchange.
So it is with editorial narties cenerallv
Your bona jkle editor lias too much on
his hands to take part in excursions, and
so, full of good nature, he lets ohers do
the excursioning for him under his name.
We regret to say that not unfrecmentlv
many of these would-be editers, by their
conduct on, the trips, reflect no credit
upon the good name and fame of the fra
ternity. An archery club has been organized in
Milwaukee, with a membership of seven
ty young ladies and gentlemen. Tourna
ments are to bo held at stated intervals
during the summer, the first on the
Fourth of July. Several clubs were or
ganized last summer m Western towns.
and the now sport may in a few years
ocoome as popular as case pan,
The Stamp Question.
For the benefit of our readers, we give
here a list of the stamp taxes that are to
be abolished by the new Tax and Tariff
bill, which goes into effect on th 1st of
October next : ;
Contracts for insurance against acci
dental injuries.
Affidavits. I
All agreements f contracts,- or renewal
of the same. i
Appraisements of value or damage, or
for any other purpose.
Assignments ol a lease, mortgage, poli
cy of insurance, or anything ielse.
Bills of exchange, foreign, inland, let
ters of credit, or anything of that kind
now taxed by stamps.
Bills of lading and receipts in the
United States, or for anywheje else.
Bills of sale of any kind.
Bonds of indemnification of any kimd.
Bond of administrator or guardian, or
anything that has the name of bond in
it, and now taxed by stamp.
Broker s notes.
Certificates of measurement of any
thing.
Certificates of stocfc, prohts, damage,
deposit, or any other certinoate now
taxed by stamp. ;
Charter, or its renewal, or a charter-
party of any kind.
All contracts or agreements.
Conveyance, or any part of the work
conveying.
Entry for consumption, warehousing
or withdrawal.
Gaugers' returns.
Indorsement of any negotiable or not
negotiable instrument.
Insurance policies, contsttts, tickets,
renewals, etc., (life, marine, jinland and
juease. All through the lease list is
abolished.
Legal documents. Writ or other pro
cess, confession of judgment, cognovit,
appeals, warrants, etc., letters of admin
istration, testamentary, etc.
Manifests at Custom-House, or any
where else, or for any purpose.
Mortgage of any kind.
Passage ticket, to any place in the
world.
Pawners checks.
Power of attorney for any purpose.
Probate of will, of any kind.
Promissory note for anything.
Protest of any kind.
Quit claim deed.
Receipt. Now generally exempt, and
if included in present law in any case
will be hereafter exempt.
Sheriff's return.
Trust deed.
Warehouse receipt.
Warrant of attorney.
Weigher's return, of any character.
retained.
The tax of two cents on checks, drafts
and orders is all of schedule B that is re
tained. Old Friends.
The mosquito has arrived. His cheer
iui num is neard as he drops into our
homes, and with playful persistence
manes himselt one of the familyr He is
a gentleman of diversified tastes. The
hovels of the poor are not beneath his
contempt, while he is not disconcerted
on entering tha mansions of the rich.
He is a lover of places of public resort,
and instead of paying an entrance fee.
like other amusement-seekers, he always
presents a bill. In fact, he is fitted by
nature for a play-goer, as he always
niaKes a point 01 carrying a bill of the
play with him. At concerts he takes
part in the performance, and one is often
startled by hearing his melodious notes
amid the exhilarating strains of one of
iStrauss's waltzes, or amid the teadsr
harmonies f Lumbye's "Visions in a
Dream." Some people even speak of
him as a vision in their dreams, and
make odious allusions to the nightmars;
but such persons are undoubtedly over
sensitive.
vve ii6 tne mosquito. iis note is
not obtrusive, although he sometimes is
There is such energy about him, such
persistence, such a go-ahead quality,
that one at onca knows he is to be
amused whether he is in the humor for
it or not. And, then, there is such fidel
ity about the mosquito ; no slights, not
even positive rudeness, can drive him
away from those he likes and he is
universal lover. He remains your friend
in spite 01 yourself.
We suppose there will be "more of
him" here before long. It is a cheerful
prospect for company during the sum
mer when the rich people and the office
holders are out of town idling their time
away in "sea-side loiterings." In the
meantime we welcome the mosquito who
has come, and wait with patience for the
arrival of his family. 2V Yt Paper.
How tovGet Rid op Superfluous
Flesh. Not lone aco a, irpnf!mnn of
threescore, who had hardly ever been
sick in his life, thought he was too fleshy
and began to Bantamizn. TTa KimnAorlorl
famously, and boasted to his friends that
ne naa got on ten pounds in a lew weeks.
a little later he was attacked with a pain
ful and dangerous maladv. from whmh
he has been suffering more than a year.
xi a man can sieep soundly, has a good
annetite. with no nnnlMMnt. TBminrln
after meals, the bdily habits being reg
ular every day, he had better leave him-
Mnl 1. 1 . . ,
ecu aiuuG, nuciixier juo ia aa uig as a nogs
head or as thin and di-v as a fan on vail
Several cases of Bright's disease have
1 J a -
oeen reported Dy medical men of reputa
tion as a direct result of practicing Ban
tam's clan for gettincr lean. Tim
best and safest way to get rid of fat is to
worn it on. xnis paay be aided by eating
food which contains a lnrir amount of
nitrogen and a small amount of carbon.
Nitrogen food is that which gives
strength, power to work, as lean meats;
Oats. Josh T?illinmj anva All .An
n
have to do to raise oats is to plow the land
cieep, tnen manure it well, then sprinkle
the oats all over thA crnnnrl on in a
place, then worry up the ground with a
j 1 1 ,i . , , ,.
urag uii over, men set up mtestOKeep the
chickens and woodchnp.ks out nv thorn
then kradle them together with a kradle.'
men rase tnem togetner with a rake, then
bind them together with a hand ihon of alr
them np with a stack, then thrash them
i. !iL11iT I .1 ...
out wimi a uau, men ciean tnem up with a
mill, then sharpen both ends of them with
a knife, then stow them away in the grana
ry, men spena wemaysana Sundays trap
ping for rats and mice. It ain't nothing
but phun to raise oats try it."
A Tennessee Venuetta. At Brown
ville, Tenn.. John Hitrsins and Jnsnnh SupII
both colored men, had a desperate fight,
giowing out oi an oia leua. l ney were ar
rested bv the Marshal and r.arripd oft' Soon
afterwards Snell's wife entered Higgins'
nouse, armoo witn an iron poker, .and beat
Higgins' wife t death, literally smashins
her skull like an -egg-shell. Higsins and
Snell being soon released resumed the fight,
and but for the interference of citizens, fa
tal results would have ensued. Snell "and
wife were arrested and lodged in jail.
What the Strike Costs. It is esti
mated that there are 70,000 workmen out
of work in New York City in consequence
of strikes. Average their daily wages at
553 a day, and we have $210,000 a day or
$1,200,000 a week drawn from the cur
rency circulation.
The strike of the coach and carriage
makers.including body-makers,trimmers,
painters, &c, of New York numbering
5,000 men, terminated by the entire body
returning to yrok on tfc old system,
The Plot Against Hawley.
CHAPTER I.
HOW THE tOT ORlGUrAT.
Sear noon, the 5th of September, 1852, a man
laboring under great excitement was walking
hurriedly up Broadway, New York; His features
were flushed and convulsed, his -glances wild
and restless, bis whole mien indicative of keen
anguish. j
Turning to the right into Bleefcor street, he
soon reached a plain three story and basement
brick house, to which he gave hitasolf admit
tance. . "Are you there, Kuth?"he called from the
hall. . i
A step was heard overhead, -foowed by.the
rustling of a drpsei and a young lady descended
the front stairs. Despite several points of
marked contrast, there was a family likeness
about the couple that proclaimed thorn to be
baother aud sister.- I a, . J r
" Why, what's the matter, Luke ?" cried the
latter, starting at sight of the disturbed counte
nance that met her view' " Are you ill ?"
" I've just received bad news?' replied th&
brother.loading the way into thnarlor "news
which has given me a terrible shofck."
Shocked ? 1'om : Wha has happened ?"
" In a word, Clara Aymar is mairiod 1" ,
" Harried I" ' echoed the sister, recoiling.
" Clara Aymar married 1 Is it possible ?J? j .
" Yes, marriedl the girl I've beep laying fiege
to for' years past the .pnly girl T ever c'aed
pin for. Imagine the shock this event gives me.
I'm nearly crazy." : '. '
" Then you really loved her ?"v j '
" Loved her I I must have worshipped her, or
else this- thing would not have tp, completely
upset me."
" Oh, as to that, the loss of a thing always
gives us an exaggerated notion of its valu,
said the sister philosophically jas she sank lan
guidly into an easy chair, and' smoothed out a :1
fold in her showy morning robe. You "are
simply shocked, as you say.,. But by to-morrow
you will laugh at the whole matter."
"Don't Ruth T' Implored t&brother, sinking
heavily into the nearest chair Clara Aymar,
is more to me than my life 1 My love for her is
a delirium 1 , It's no Buoh passing fancy as you
suppose, but an everlasting passion a rag a
flood of molten lava 1 And I've counted all along
upon marrying her. True, Bhe has rejected me
twice, but I thought she'd change her mind1
" She was in no way committed to you ?'' .
" No, of course not. She has never given me
any encouragement. " But I am none the less
surprised. I supposed that everything was
favorable enough to my wishes. I knew that
she was still young to marry an orphan with
out monoy and without friends presumably
without suitors ; and I flattered myself that
she couldn't always remain insensible to my
attentions.
Luke : but reason never decides these matters.'1
declared the sister, with a sort of contemptuous
compassion. " A whim a chance meeting a
smile or a word a moment's weakness any
trifle these are the things by which marriages
are brought about, nut who is tne onae
eroom." " Ah ! that's a point that will touch yon a
iittie, l tiunK. uan t you guess wno n is t
" I haven't the least idea."
" Well, then, he's Will. Hawley."
The sister sprang abruptly to her feet, clasp
ing both hands to her heart. The changing
oiora oi dot Drotner,ms agnation, ma anguisn,
all passed to her own featuros.
Will. Hawley?" she gasped. "Oh, you don't
mean it, Luke !"
"But 1 do though. It's God's truth. Clara
Aymar 'and Will. Hawley are husband and
wifo." ' v ; 1 ' .
A heavy fall succeeded. The sister had faint
ad. She lay upon the floor as one dead.
" Did she thiuk that much of Hawley?" mut
tered the brother, astonished. ' I didn't sup
pose " -.- ij ,
He hastened to bring a pitcher of water "and
bathe the white featuros, and then set himself
to chafing the clenched hands.
Capt. Luke Pedder was twenty-seven years of
age, with an originally light complexion, which
had reddened with generous living and bronzed
with exposure to wind and sun. His form was
f the average size and height, and his features
of the most ordinary type. He was singularly
selfish and unscrupulous, but of gentlemanly
manners, being well educated and used to good
society. His ability as a navigator was fair for
a man of his age and experience, but he owed
his position a8 commander of a fine Australian
clipper, more to respect for his late father and
t0 jympatbizing favor than to his own merits.
Miss Ruth Pedder was two years younger than
her brther,and consequently twenty-five yaara
oi age, aitnongn she ownea to only twenty. n
was tall, thin, and a little inclined in her out
lines, as in her temper, to angularity. She was
not particularly bright, but she was1 bold and
unscrupulous, and possessed a nerce energy
which was capable of compensating in any
emergency for laok of genius. -
The father of the couple had been a prominent
ship-owner and merchant. But: in his latter
days the senior Pedder had been unfortunate,
and had finally been broken up completely a
result hastened, it was whispored. by the wild
ways and financial irrogularities of his son. The
old man's failure had soon been followed by his
death, and already for such is fame 1 he was
generally forgotten.
" How odd it is I" ejaculated Capt. Pedder, as
he rubbed his sister's cold hands. " She madly
in love with Will. Hawley, and J crazy after
Clara Aymar 1 And now Will, and Clara are
married, and tfutn ana l are icic out in tne
cold."
Under the vigorous treatment he had adopted,
Miss Pedder soon recovered her senses.
" Are you sure they're married ?" she de
manded.
"Perfectly. I learned the fact half an hour
since from Hawley's eommander Captain
Oreggs, you know. Captain Gregg s was at the
wedding. It took place last Friday evening
the very evening after Hawley's return from his
last voyage to Bio. It was a quiet affair. Only a
few friends were invited. But let me ask you a
question. Did Hawley ever propose to you I"
" No. But I expected that he would soon do
so. He has been here often enough " '
"Yes. he came several times to ask me for a
berth in my clipper. I promised to think of
mm at tne nrst opening, ana l reauy meant to
help him, for I knew in a general way that you
liked him." - . - - .
" I thought he'd realize that you could be of
service to him," explained Miss Pedder. " I
thought he'd remember that mother left me
this house and a few thousand dollars to Ao as
I pleased with. I -was conscious, too, that I
possessed a fair share of personal attractions.
And as I supposed him to be entirely heart-free,
I took it for granted that I should get him. His
attentions seemed marked enough "
" He treated you politely, of course," inter
rupted Peddr, "and he couldn't haTe well
done less, after asking me to befriend him.
But he never made a..y formal declaration ?"
" No, he didn't. As mate of a Bio ship, he
was away fteven-eighths of the time, and I did
n't expect a regular courtship. But I took it
for granted "
Pedder made an impatient gesture. .
"We've deceived ourselves," he muttered.
" We've beon carried away by our feelings.
The girl's rejection of me was really intended
to be final, and Hawley's visits here were mere
ly visits of business and friendship. But why
Clara should prefer Hawley to me 1 can't imag
ine," added Pedder,' drawing -himself up
haughtily. " Hawley has neither name, nor
money, nor position !"
" Nor can see why Hawley should prefer
Clara Aymar to me I" said Miss Pedder, as she
glanced at her reflection in one of the long
mirrors near her. . " She's a hired attendant,
or something of that kind tho creature."
u I'd no idea that you thought so much of
Hawley," observed the brothor, as he strove to
calm his painful emotions.
Miss Pedder moaned. Her eyes .filled with
tears.
" I thought all tho world of him," she mur
mured. A long silence foil between the eouplej
" Well, weir, they're "husband and wifo," at
length muttered Pedder hoarsely. "And this,
I suppose, is ail there is to be said."
Miss Pedder' compressed her lips uniil they
bled, staring at her brother .with a fixedness
amounting to ferocity, o H ? . . i
" No 1 no 1" she breathed fiercely. " The
matter shall not end hero. That marriage
that abominable marriage ".
She clutched at her heart again, as if suffo
cating. ;
Pedder opened his eyes widoly.
" Why, what can we do ?" he queried. "You
wouldn t have me murder Hawley. I suppose ?
That wouldn't nialio him your husband. And,
on the other hand, it wouldn't do me any good
if you were to kill Clara Aymar."
" But there is a way, Luke, of undoing that
marriage."
Peddor started toward his Sister, as if elec
trified. ...
" Do you mean it ?" he demanded.
" I mean it, and I swear it I I'll never cen
scnt to that girl's having Hawley 1 I'll dig a
gulf between them as broad as tho ocean 1 I'll
undo that marriage, or die!" .
" Softly 1 Where is Kato ?"
He reforred to their single servant.
" She'a out top tho day," answered Miss
Pedder, arising and planting herself in a chair.
" There was little to do, you know, as I did not
cxpoct you home until dinner."
" Then no one will hear us.".
He drew a chair nearer to that of his sister
and Bat down beside nor.
" What's your idoa ?" he asked, in a whisper.
" My idea is to separate them ; to turn their
love to hate ; to dig a pit beneath their feet
that will remain open forever 1"
"But how?"
" Will. Uawley li poor, Isn't h ?"
"Certainly; there is no mistake about that.
His mother was a helpless invalid for the last
ten years of j her life, and Will, insisted .on her
using for her comfort every penny he earned.
Tt V.t mnT,tV mfnnm hoar., nlinul
of that burden. He's poor, therefore, as you
say poor as Job's turkey 1" .
" Then he'll have to leave his darling Clara."
sneered Miss Pedder venomously. "He'll have
to absent himself from hiB deary in order to
earn their mutual bread and butter. In short,
he'll have to go to sea again 1"
" Well, yes j I suppose he will," assented
Pedder. "He can get better wages at sea than
elsewhere. He'll sail again soon, no doubt."
" I thoughts much. And the sea is full of
terrible dangers 1. When do you sail again for
Australia?" 1 1 A. -
" In about two weeks possibly in ten days.
as the ship's filling up rapidly."
" Hawley is thoroughly competent to be your
first mate?" :
Pedder looked, wonderingly at his sister a
moment, and then answered : '--j k
" Of course. I know of no better man for the
post." :
"He must be your first mate, then. . You
have influence enough with your owners, I
hope, to turn out the present incumbent ?"
v " Why, the post is already vacant. Mr. Jar
ding you have seen him -Mr. Jarding has
just been called home suddenly to Ohio, on
account or bis lather s illness
"Goodl That's fortunate. You must rec
oftimeno, Hawley for the vacant place to yonr
owners, ana f?et tnem to engage mm. in
thing can be done?" ' '
" Without the least doubt. It was under
stood, you know, as I Just now remarked, that
I was to help Hawley at the first opportunity.
We'll accordingly suppose that he sails with
me as first mate the noit voyage. What then?"
; I' You must leave him not dead, but a pris
oner on some desert island between here and
Australia 1" .
Pedder looked his astonishment. -"If
it can be done," he said, after a Muse,
"what, next?"
" You must come back and report that he is
dead, furnishing full details and good m-ocfa.
Those details and proofs will not be difficult to
manufacture. Then you must be all kindness
and sympathy to the young widow, as Bhe will
suppose herself to bo, and in less than a year
thereafter she will be your wife."
"Oh, if this thing were possible I" sighed
Pedder, beginning to look relieved. .
, " fasaxble T . It'e as simple as kissing. And
the moment you are married to Clara. I will
take a trip to Australia for my health, and naj4j
uiauy euuugu, bvuuiuio upuu tuu very iniauu
wnere you nave leit tiawiey ; enect ms rescue ;
tell him his wife is dead ; condole and sympa
thize with him like an angel ; and conclude the
whole comedy by becoming his wife and sett ling
in Australia, xou'll thus nave your Ulara, on
this side of the ocean, and I shall be happy
with Hawley on tho other." , , i,i n
i She was smiling now, with every sigh of anti
cipated triumch. !
As to Pedder he twisted "nervously in his
cnair, scarcely venturing to oreatne.
" There's iust one difficulty." he muttered
" that of getting Hawley on the desert island
wiinoui die suspecting anyiuing.
" It can be done," and the lips of Miss Ped
der came together like the laws of a vice
" There's no difficulty about finding a suitable
island?!' .
"Not the least. I saw the island in my
mind's eye the moment you uttered the'word,
auu a giuriuus uuu i. is lur uur purpose,
" It will be easy for you to get Hawley upon
it." suggested Miss Pedder thoughtfully. " If
it i near your route, you can call there for wa
ter. If it's out of your way, you can be blown
there by adverse winds, or be drifted there by
unknown currents, or fetch up there by a mis
take fn your reekoning or a fault in your chro
nometer. And once there, you can have Haw
ley Seized by some trusty agent, while he is
ashore upon business, or you can send him
ashore under some pretence, such as looking
for a deserter from the ship or for a shipwreck
ed sailor, and then sail away without him"
" Say no more," interrupted Pedder, with
wno exultation. " i see now to manage the
affair from its beginning t its end."
"And you now see that we can, undo that
hateful marriage ?" j tk ' f. c,
" Perfectly perfectly. The affair will require
a little time and patience, of course, and a lit
tle expenditure of money, but we are sure to
triumph. Capital 1 glorious 1 What a load you
have . taken from
my souljButhl
What a
gemuft-you are 1
He leaped to his feet and began pacing to
and fro rapidly, with the most extravagant
. igns and exclamations of Joy J"-
" First to get Hawley on his island," resumed
Miss Pedder musingly. ' "Next for you to mar
ry the pretended widow. Then for me to rescue
the prisoner and marry him. And finally for
you and me to be happy, you in your way, and
I in mine you with Clara in New York, and 1
with Will, in Australia. You comprehend the
whole project clearly ?' -'
" From the fiost step to the last. There's
only just one possibility of failure
"And that one?"
"A, refusal on Hawley's part to accept the
post offered him a refusal based upon his
marriage. -Miss
Pedder turned pale at the thought.
"But he won't refuse," she soon declared,
recovering her equanimity. " He has long been
wauwuKjusb eucn a yiaco. married or single,
he ean't neglect his bread and butter." .
" Well said, Buth. I think we can count
upon him. The post he came here to ask me
for is now vacant, and I will accordingly have
it onerea to mm, just as it nothing had hap
pened." " Exactly. You needn't speak of his marri
age, ur otom w Know anyuung aDout it. xou
can simply offer him the post in question, in
accordance with the old understanding. And
he will accept it. He can't, possibly have any
suspicion ofanything wrong. Outwardly and
apparently we are all on good terms with one
another, and will remain so. Let the wagfs
offered him be liberal. Possibly he may object
to leaving his young bride so seon, but the next
voyage after thin one"
Pedder interrupted the remark by a gesture
of impatience. He was all eagerness now all
determination.
" That next voyage after this one will not an
swer," he declared. " Hawley shall accompany
me on my very next trip.- To make all sure on
this point, I, will have aim engaged this very
day. In fact I will see to this now." V ,
He seized his hat and gloves, addressed a few
words to his sister .and quietly took his depart
ure down town. The last gianoes the couple
exchanged at the door were full of jubilant
The next three or four hours passed slowly
to Miss Pedder. She was beginning to fear
that the whole project had miscarried at its
very commencement, and was fretting herself
into a lever, wnen i-euuor suaaeniy made his
appearance. One glance at his vivid flushes.
at his dancing eyes, at his airy manner,-was
"We triumph then?" she cried, throwing
ncrseu into msarms ior tne nrst time in years:
" Completely 1 I saw my owners on the sub:
ject, and they sent for Hawley. He at first
offered some objections, as was natural, but
the high wages, the great step upward, the
kindly interest we all manifested, soon brought
mm to a graieroi acceptance i
"SjMendid rmtirntured -Miss Pedder, with a
riDDhng laugh. "I knew the thine war faitihtfl -
And so in two weeks more our fond bridegroom
will be plowing the sea again "
- - 'In two iveeks more, Ruth ? We shall bo off
in six or eignt oays. xne cargo is fairly tumb
ling aboard the Flying Childers. to say nothing
of a fair list of passengers. The honevmoon of
our loving doves will be abridged to six short
uays more, you may be certain."
CHAPTER II.
A OEEAT STEP -TAKEN.
In the' midst of the Antarctic ocean, a little
off the route from New York to Australia, there
lies a large island named Kerguelen's Land, or
as Capt. Cook called it the Island of Desola
tion. V. S ' ; ,
It was discovered just a hundred jrcars go;
(in 1112,) by the French naval officer whos
name it bears. It was uninhabited then, and
is to-day as deserted as ever.
The smallest school-boy among our readers
can find it upon his map of the world, about
midway between the south end of Africa and
Australia, well up toward the South Pole. -
It is a hundred miles in length by fifty in
breadth, and is consequently three or four
times as large as Bhode Island. ...
. Its coasts are so wild and dangerous that its
discoverer, during the two expeditions that he
made to it, did not once bring his ships to an
chor in any of its bays and harbors.
Its shape ia very irregular, but something
like that of an hour-glass, it being nearly cut
in two by a couple f large bays ; but these two
divisions are unequal in size, the northern pen
insula being much larger than the southern.
Its coastline is wildly broken and jagged, its
innumerable gulfs being long and narrow, and
lis promanwnea are curreapunuingiy Oliarp ana
slender, reaching out into the ocean like fin
gers.. - The body of the island indeed resembles that
of some huge monster of the antediluvian world
even as its capes and headlands resemble such
a monster's unsightly limbs and claws. . .
A more terrific solitude than this isle of Deso
lation does not exist upon our wrecked planet.
Neither the snows of Himalaya nor the sands
of Sahara can outvie its terrors. ' ' -
No inhabitant is there, not even a savage no
house, no tree, no shrub, no fence nor road, no
field nor garden, bo horse, no dog not even a
snake or a wolf.
Lone, blasted and barren, it looks like the
skeleton of a land that has perished.
It may indeed be that Desolation is the relic
the surviving fragmont of a continent that
wont down here ages ago. with hosts of inhabi
tants, in some vast convulsion of nature.
It has certainly undergone dreadful visita
tions ; been rent by earthquakes, pulverized by
frosts, lashed and wasted by fierce tempests.
Its mountains- are only of moderate height,
but are capped eternally with snow. ,
Its vegetation is limited to a fewvdwarfish
plants, including somo mosses, a species of
lichen, a ccarse grass, a plant resembling a
small cabbage, and a sort or cress.
Its winds are raw and piercing, it summers
cold and frosty, its winters those of the Polar
Circles.
The interior of the island is oeenniefl hv 1m.
mense boggy swamps, where th gronnd sinks
at avery step.
The rains in Desolation are almost incessant,
in their season, and the island is accordingly
veiued with numerous torrents of fresh water,
some oi which nave worn out oi tho solid rock
tremendous cavities and gullies. Tn only
other season than that of the rains is one of
almost constant snow.
..The foes of that ehastlv region are well
worthy ef the rains, being of a cloud-like den
sity, and hovering almost continually over the
whole face of the island.
The sun of Desolation is usually hidden by
a canopy of lead-colored clouds, and appears,
on the rare occasions when it iB visible, scarce
ly brighter than the moon in other latitudes.
As to the moon itself, ud the stars, the clouds
and fogs' rarely permit them to betray their
existence 'f ' -
No fish worthy of note, not even . fishes of
prey, abound in tbe adjacent waters, by rea
son, poi naps, or tneir containing poisonous
minerals, or deadly exhalations from the vol-
canic fires beneath them, a i
Yet the dark- grim sea inclosing Desolation
has done something to repair the sterility of
the lsiana.
Pecruins. dunks, gulls, cormorants and other
marine birds 'are plentiful in some of its har
bors.
Seals also abound.
.I Strahgaand terrible land 1
Not a Bingle human being, so far as is known,
has ever lived there, save as is now to be re
corded in these pages.
Near the middle of a dull, dismal afternoon,
some' eleven weeks-later than tho date of the
preceding events, the good ship fflying Chttders
urew near to tne lsiana oi uesoiation, snaping
her course toward its northernmost bay, called
by Captain Cook, Christmas Harbor.
A fair breeze was blowing from tho North,
and the ship was carrying every stitch of her
canvas, including studding-sails.
ner crew ootn watcnes were ousy about
the deck, and her passengersa score in num
bershad gatherea in" group's, mostly forward,
and were gazing with great interest upon the
wild, rugged shores before them, so far as the
fog suspended upon those shores permitted
them to become visible..
The ship had come here for water, nearly all
her water casks having been stove or started
during a squall ten days previously, and every
soul aboard of her having bean since that dato
upon shart allowance.
Upon the quarter-deck stood Capt. Luke
Pedder, looking unusually happy, with Will.
nawiey oesiae mm. -
i'l-mean to get bur"water aboard before
dark:. Captain. Pedder, and so avoid losing a
night here," said the young executive, totally
unconsciouH of the plot to leave him alone on
the desolate island, and of the extraordinary
adventures which were before him. The
strange events that happened there, and indeed
the whole of this thrilling Btory, will bo found
only in the New. York Ledger, which is now
ready and for side at all tho book-stores and
news-dejpots. ""Ask for the number dated July
13, and in it you will get the continuation of tho
story from the place where it leaves oil here,
If you wish to buy or sell any Railroad
Bonds, write to Charles W. Hassler,
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A Death Dealing powder. Uuu and large pack
age of Powder sent free by express for $1.00,
Agents Wanted. Webb Man'f'q Co., 66 Cort
land St., lNew xork. luom.
The ElmWood Collar, from the peculiar man
ner in which it is made, with folded edges, cloth
face, and perspiration proof finish, will keep
clean longer than any other collar. It is more
economical than low-priced goods. Buy the
Elm wood at any Gont'sTfurmBhing Stores.-Cbm,
""A trehtleman" afflicted with tbe chrouie rheu-
maiiBm. say s,--. k'.No description of my case can
convey the vast amount of benefit I have re
ceived from tne use of Johnson s anodynk .lin
iment. I believe it is the best article in the
world for rheumatism. Cpui.
. If a horse has a good constitution, and has
Once been a good horse, no matter how old or
how much run down he mav be. he can be
gseatly improved, and in many respects made
as good as new, by a liberal use of Shejudax's
UAVALBT IjONlWnON I'OWDEBS. Ljom.j
Ton Bocauses. A hundred reasons might be
given why Lyon s Kathairon should be used by ev
ery intelligent human being in preference to every
other preparation for the hair, but ten win suince
Here they are : Because it nourishes tbe fibers, mul
tiplies them and makes them grow ; because it thus
prevents them from withering and bleaching ; be
cause it removes the scurf and dandruff which choke
them as tares choke the golden grain ; because it
keeps the scalp cool and prevents eruptions; because
it renders the hair as lustrous as satin ; because it
makes it pliant and elastic ; because it ia a fragrant
and delightful dressing ; because it does not soil the
pillow, the cap or the hat ; because it is without a
rival In cheapness, aud because no other article sold
for the-ame purpose, in this or any other country,
possesses aU, or even one-half of these Invaluable
properties.
Yr.n In n Klnnd WhfS the blfMtd is wnll Klin-
plied with it iron element, we feel visorons and fuU'of
animation. It is an insufficiency of this vital element
that makes ns reel weak and low-spirited : in such oases,
thA Pauvian Syrup (a prot Slide ( Iron) can sunpl-r this
defloienoy, and its use will invigorate ni wonderfully.
Com.
Tha BnnWNfi and BLACKS nr, dneed bv that ster
ling nreDarstion. Oriotsdoro's zoelsior Hair Dye. ean-
tiot be excelled by Nature ; its tints challenge compari
son with Nature's most favored productions, and defy
detection. Coin.
TrT.AfiO'8 INSTANT RELIEF. Warranted to re
lieve all Rheumatic Afflictions, Sprains, Neuralgia, etc
The best, tne surest, ana tne qmokest remedy tor all
Bowel Complaints. Relief suaranteed or the money
refunded. fVm.
- Hpoial Notioes.
liost Health Keg-avlned.
Self-negleet lays the foundation of nmoh bodily suf
fering. As a rale men are more solieitons to repair and
preserve their houses, stock in trade and other perish
able property than to repair and preserve themselves.
They can see when a wall natures a prop, or a weak
structure a girder, bnt appear to be nnoonsoious of, or
indifferent to, the tracks and flaws and evidenoes of
decay in their own frail and sensitive rganizations.
The eonsequenoe of this want of common prudence is
that thousands fall by the wa side In the prime at life
every year who might have lived to enjoy a hale and
hearty old age, if they had resorted to the proper means
of reoruiting their failing vigor at the proper time.
Seeing what that famons vitalizing and invigorating
elixir, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, has done for count
less multitudes of the enervated and broken down, and
with the long, unbroken reoord of its cures before him,
it seems amazing thit any sufferer from premature
decay, nervous weakness, dyspepsia, biliousness, ohronio
constipation, or disease of a remittent or intermittent
oharacter, should delay, even for an hour, to seek the
aid whioh its toning, regulating and invigorating proper
ties have never failed td afford. ' .
It is no exaggeralton to say that Hostetter's Btomaoh
Bitters is the most faithful ally of nature, in her strug
gles with waaknass and disease, that medjoal botany and
feeneit afeemUtry hava yt givso to tha world.
Latest dispatches from Gsnsva in
form us that the Board of Arbitration
have decided that the indirect claims
are untenable. This procedure will
doubtless, quiet tli the qualms of Great
Britain, whci now certainly ought to
allow the ligromate business to go on
without any iurtliei delay, we presume
that one of the nrst questions next taken
up will be that of private claims.
fetus
no Person rnn tnko these Bitters accord
ing to directions, und remain long unwell, provided
their bones are not destroyed by mineral poison or
other means, and vital organs wastad beyond th
point of repair. n
Dyspepsia or Indigestion, neadacha, Pant
in the Shoulders, Coughs, Tightnase of the Cheat,
Dizziness, Sour Eructations of the Stomach, Bad
Taste in the Mouth, Bilious Attacks, Palpitation of
the Heart, Inflammation of tne L.ungs, rain in ma
region af the Kirinejs, and a hundred ether painful
symptoms, are the off-springs of Dyspepsia. One)
bottle will prove a better guarantee ef Its merits
than a lengthy advertisement.
For Female Confplalnts, In young or old,
married or single, at the dawn of womanhood, or
the turn of life, these Tonto Bitters display so
decided an Influence that Improvement u soon
perceptible.
D'or innsmniaiorr nun vnromv wiw
matlsm and Gout, Bilious, Remittent and Inter
mittent Fevers, Diseases of the Blood, Liver, Kid
neys and Bladder, these Bitters have no equl.
Such Diseases are caused by Vitiated Blood.
They are a gentle Purgative as well a
a Tonic, possessing the merit of acting as a
powerful agent in relieving Congestion or Inflam
mation of tho Liver and Visceral Organs, and la
Bilious Diseases.
For Skin Diseases, Eruptions, Tetter, tuui
ltheura, Blotches, Spots, Pimples, Pustules, Boils,
Carbuncles, ltlng-worms, Scald-Head, Sore Eyes,
Erysipelas, Itch, Scurfs. Dlscolorations of the Skin,
Humors and Diseases of the Skin of whatever name
or nature, are literally dug up and carried out
of the system In a short time by the use of these
Bitters.
Grateful Thousands proclaim Vinboar Bit
ters the most wonderful lnvlgorant that aver
sustained the sinking system.
It. II. IIcWONACI &. CO.
Druggists and lien. Agm., San Francisco, Cal., is.
cor. of Washington and Charlton Sts., N.Y.
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS DEALERS. .
N Y N TJ-No XT
30
N EW BOX OS and 80 Seeeipta mailed free.
T. F. WOOD. Venwn, N. J.
AD nckaa for flrst-elass Pianos. No discount. No
tf f Agents. Address U. B. PIANO CO., 861
Broadway. N.Y. ,
C"tOI.T-ECTIOBr of all manaer of Dehu, InhnrUcmr
J InurrM and Renti. in all parts of Gttai 0Hmin. Ht-
UmiL Francm and Germany, a speoialty of J. F. FRUBV
HONEST, enorgetio, Ood-teannit men and women,
ran have jileasant, profitable work; no risk or ettp
itaL Write H. L. Hastings. 19 Li ml all St., Boston. Mans.
A "WATCH FREE, worth fW, given gratis to
every live man who will net as our agent. Business
light and honorable. Pays $30 per day sure. No gift
enterprise. No humbug. Address,
MONROE KENNEDY A OO.. Pittshnrgh, Pa.
A RES TS Wanted. Agentsmake more money at
JtL work for ns than at anything else. Particulars free.
G. Btthboh A Co.. fin. Art PuMiVii-, Portland, Maine.
P3 Tlie Records of Tests
Prl at LOWELL, Mass., proves
Cj N. F. BURNHAM'S
. NEW TUKBIIME
fl s'lporior to all others. It gava
. a higher percentage than any
o her wheel of oominen finish.
Pamphlet and Prioe List, by
r N. jr. BUKNHAM , York, Pa.
A GREAT OFFER!!
Horace Waters. 481 BnsdvsF, N. Y
will dispose of Onb Hundred Pianos, Melodioks, and
OiiUANaof six first-class makers, including Waters's, at
xtremely low P'io& f"r mA, during thut month ; or will take
.from $4 to $20 monthly until paid : tbe same to let, and
rant applied if purchased. A new kind of Paklor
Oboam, the mot beautif uf style and perfect tone ever
made, now on exhibition at. 481 Broadway New York.
THE GETTYSBURG
K.A.TA1.YSJNK WAl'KK is sold st the Spring
at lue following rates : Three-gallon domijohns, $3.0U
each. Six-gallon demijohns, $9.00 each. Oases of two
doeen quart bottles, $4 Oil each. If neighboring drug-
Siats do not keep it. invalids may bave it sent from the
pring by Railroad or Adams' Express, by enclosing
Post Office Money Orders or Cheoks. Pnysioians and
Clergymen supplied for their own nee with three-gallon
domijohns at $2 60 each ; with six-gallon demijohns at
$3.61' each ; with eases of two dozen quart at $6.60 each.
Medical and olerical vocation mant be certified by near
est Postmaster or other responible parties. Address,
WHITNEY BROS., 227 B. Front St.. Philadelphia. Pa,
fl Thea-Nectar
IS A PURE
niiALCK TEA.
With the Grten Tea Flavor. Tha
bst Tea Imported. furMfeaww
uars. A nd for sale wholesale only
by tbe Oi-ent Atlantic and
Paclflo Ten Co., No. 181 Fulton
Nt. ilt 2 A 4 Church St., New York
P. O. Box. AftOH.
IRON IN THE BLOOD.
The PERUVIAN SYRUP makes the weak strop, p;
and expels disease by supplying the blood with
Nature's Owk Vttaliziko Agent IRON. ,
Caution. Be sura you tret Peruvian Syrup. '
Pamphlets free. J. P. DfNSMORE; Proprietor,
No. 88 Dey St., New York.
Sold by Druggists generally.
i.ttentlozif
OWNEES OF HORSES !
THE ZISO OuLLAR
PAS is guaranteed to car
ne worst case oi raw and in-
darned sore neck in Fen Day,
ana wore the Horn every day.
or money refunded ; and will
not ouaie or wear the mane off
of the neok. For sale by Sad
dlerv Hardware Establish..
ments and 11 u uws Maker. Manufactured by the
ZlNOl tlLLAK ''A I) Hnohnn. Mich.
".Their Sant In I.esrlon." Dvsnensia is tha na.
rent of more evils than flew out of Pandora's box. Bie-
iiriiniium, ruui ntviunuui mi t; s4t.sx jm wiioiibiiuu ntu ivui
debiliiy, nausen, and IncloscribabU mental misery are
auionjt ite tprribln offaprinT. Giw9 tbom ll tho oup Hs
ffirtre with TA11RANT 8 tKPEKVESOKNT KKLTZKB APERI
ENT, which rfmovatvii and regulates the bowels, tonne
th stomach, and is a sure remedy for indigestion and
an ICS concomitants.
MOTHERS! MOTHERS!!
MOTHERS!!!
Don't fall to procure MRS. WIKSLOWS
SOOTIIISG SI HTTP TOR CHILDREN
TEETHING.
TM vfiln.tile rirertiLrniinn hju, heen u.ai will, lBnnps
F.ULING SUCCESS IN THOUSANDS OK CASES.
It not only relieves the child from pain, bnt invigor
ates the stomach and bowels, correct aoiility. and gives
tone and enerirv to tha whole system. It will . in
stantly relieve
Griping In the Bowels ssad Wind Colle.
Wo believe 1', the BEST and SUREST RKMEDT TT9
THE 'WORLD, in all caws of DYSENTERY AND
DIARRHEA IN CHILDREN, whether arising from
toethinR or any other cauxe.
Depend upon it mothers, it will (rive rest to yourselves;
and
Relief snd Health ta Toaur Inftsnta.
Be sure and oall for
" Mrs. 'Wlnalow'a Soothing; Syrap,
Havinir the fac-slmlle of " CURTIS A PERKINS'
an tha ouUids wrapper.
aid by 2nmta thrahM k WarU
rv v -r