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At the Altar. BY EIIEN E. BEX FOR I). Au old man sat in the doorway When tlie sun was going down. And heard the laugh of the children And chime of bells from the town. His hair like burnished silver Fell al! about his face, And gave to the old man’s features A look of saintly grace. The sunset faded from crimson Into the twilight’s gray ; And the laugh of the happy children. Like the sunset, died away. And a silence fell about him Vs ho sat there all alone Where the moonlight, like a blessing. Hay over the thresbol l-stone. Mary," be murmured softly. ‘‘Are the children all asleep?" And he fancied he heard her answer In the shadows grown so deep. “ I wish you would read a chapter From the Bible before I pray; Something about the city Of God. and the last great day.” And sitting there in the twilight. He fancied he heard her read From the Book to which, all his lifetime, He had turned and given heed. Fancied the voice of his Mary. Who foi years in Heaven had been. Was reading the dear old chapter Over to him again. And thou, when 1 e thought it ended ‘‘ Bet us pray,” the old man said, And knelt in the 1 eautiful moonlight, And bowed h's reverend head. * * * * * * * sj£ They found him there on the threshold Kneeling beside his chair, And the white threads of the moonlight Were tangled in his hair. But he did not - fir nor answer To the word-; his children said ; How at the dear < rod's altar He knelt, in the moonlight dead lmer/cun Home. FAK3I AM) HOUSEHOLD, Hound-, in Pattern*. Flowers are often arranged in a mere succession of bunches, but they look very still' ami unmeaning. Again,they : ! xcej lug I flowers > f , : le t aiiot s, jessamine, myrtles, etc., I have i in asti designs. ►Shaded boo,nets are far prettier, unless i artistic patterns are adopted. In many cases, it exceedingly small flowers are j us< and, the pattern can be very elaborate and perfect in taste and execution. A wreath of tiny, bright flowers and aves arranged on a white ground is specially lovely, and a {vreath of for get-me-nots grouped on a white ground is exceedingly charming and sentiment al, also a wreath of pine rose buds and blue hyacinths. Surely, such floral d< signs are far prettier than still', con centric circles of one color following another. The ground-work can be varied—pale pink and a porcelain blue can be sub stituted for white, but a ground-work of white sweet violets, double Chinese I rose, or th ntzia yra<-fH\, with scarlet, blue, pink or purple wTeahs, is doubt less the most beautiful. One kind of flower should form the ground-work, as it is more dillicuJt to keep the sur face level if different kinds of flowers a used. It is very essential to keep Die shape exact, and the curve should he very slight and the flowers kept care fully down to their proper level. In I; iteuing then to the- wires, soft thread is the best. If the stems are long enough each one can be tied to the center wires ; and it is well to wind wet moss or cot tou-wool among them to keep the flow ers from withering by the warmth of the heads. An outer boarder of leaves, feathery, variegated, of velvety texture, will add to the beauty of- the design. Scarlet geranium leaves are very pretty, as are all geranium leaves, unless their perfume renders them objectionable, the fair Helen and the oak-leaved being very unpleasant to many persons from their strong odor. Myrtle also makes a pretty edging, as its fragrance is so deli cate. It is a vexed question whether it is j best to commence the arrangement of flowers from the top or from the outer edge. For vases or dishes it is better to begin at the outer edge and work to ward the center, always laving a frill of foliage about the outside; but for boquets it is better at least in my opinion, to eouniu nee at the center, for no ocher way would secure the stalks in tiieir proper position. £u making a boquet with a white ground-work and scarlet wreath, a red camellia ceuld commence . the boquet and double center, with a wreath of white health and scarlet be gonias or poiusettias. After the wreath must come a band of the ground-work, and then a fringe of green and white. For a bridal boquet, take a white camellia for the center, with ground work of white violets or primroses; five more camellias at intervals inter spersed, then white heath or lilies of the valley. Avery little white tells well with a such a snow-white group, and the pale green fronds of the maiden hair can hardly fail to add grace and beauty to such flowers. A mixed bou quet of roses and geraniums is very lovely. Commence with one half blown white rose, and surround it w ith five or six clusters <i scarlet, a little below the level of the rose. Add ger anium or rose leaves with some f* athery white flower, and encircle with some pale pink roses closely gimped ; then a border of pure white roses filled up with fresh, bright green, and then a close border of scarlet geraniums mingled with lu ir o\n velvety leaves. Such a boquet is a miracle of loveli ne s ! Try it, fair friends, and see for y ursclves how brilliant and charming it is, Biirrimm!iiifc- of Uiinti Owi’lliiuiN. Alexander Hyde, one of the most ►untry, i the New 1 < > sin- the cause of ill-health among farmers: if anyone is so unfortunate as t<> ■ >w.; a house near a swamp, and cannot t sily remove, the best guard a const the exhalations of the decaying vegeta tion is to set out a plautati >ll of white l lies b tw< • n the premises and the s\v amp. These will in a short time fur nish a good barricade, and if thick • uough, will absorb ail unhealthy ex ! lotions, and will themselves exhale •eodii 5 ■ 3 balsamic odor, i aore are few things of a more auti . c and ui a laud of white pint s we expect to find a w it \a is and little consumption. The next surrounding of the farmer v inch i; prolific <>t disease is his cellar. It i- apt to be damp, often undr.mud, and the repository of much tilth and some decaying vegetables. Me nave been in many cellars <>\er which we ■•uld no sooner think of living than over a tomb. The air was damp aud redolent of rotten cabbages, turnips and onions. The cellar windows were all shut, and there was no egress for the vile odors except up the stairway into ! the living rooms. If the dwellers in*a house over such a cellar should have the typhoid fever, they should not at txibute their sickness to some mysteri ous Providence. The wonder is that L rovideooe provides so many antidotes to disease wliou men are so careless. The cellar should be kept neat and well ventilated; especially should all vege- I tables be removed as soon as they begin I sprout and decompose. A coat of ' whitewash will do much toward sweet ; eniug tue air of ilie cellar, but nothing | can accomplish this eflectually without thorough ventilation. * Of course the windows should all be out, and the gangway left open. The most effectual ventilation for the cellar, and one which operates both winter and summer, is to 1 make a hole in the chimney. The draft will be up the chimney, whether the wind blows or not, and all vile odors will be deodorized as they pass up the flues. If allowed to escape from the cellar windows they often find their way into the house, and always pollute the surrounding air. Another frequent cause of disease in a farmer’s surroundings is the cess pool. Into this are poured the wash water and the slops of the house gen erally, and a richer compound for the land can hardly be desired than that found in a cess-pool during the fer menting months of duly and August, ft makes squashes and cucumbers grow at a great rate, but the very cause which makas it good for the land ren ders its exhalations unfit for breathing, j How to avoid the poisonous gases arising from the fermenting contents of I the cess-pool is one of the perplexing j questions of country life. We have no sewers by which to take off the waste] of the family to the seh or river, and would not like to loseall this fertilizing i material if we had a sewer. If the house stands on an elevation, this waste can be readily conveyed in ce ment pipes to such a distance that the ■ exhalations will not return to poison the family, especially if some pine j trees be planted between the house and , the outlet. At this outlet a compost j heap can lie formed of great value by scooping out the soil, bowl-shaped, cementing the bottom, if it is of a leaehy nature, and filling in occasion ally with sods or dry muck. The privy is another prolific source of disease around the farmer’s 'premi ses. Here tre deposited the excrement of the family, and though no one may be sick, and thus communicate disease through this sink hole, still the decay and waste of the body are represented in the privy vault, and the tendency of all decay is to propagate decay, it the water closet is under tin same roof with the house, the pernicious gases are liable to penetrate into every room, un less special pains are taken. The privy vault should be cemented on the side and made air tight on top, and then, with a ventilatiug-tube running from it to the top of the house—or, better still, the chimney—the current of air will pass down through the holes and up this tube. With a daily sprinkling of dry earth or sifted coal-ashes upon the excrement, the air of the water closet can be k< pt perfectly sweet and wholesome. The privy of many farmers are out doors, and of course there is less hazard from these, as the air circu lates between them and the house; but in these cases it will pay both in health and fertilizing material, to cover the excrement daily with thy earth and an occasional sprinkling of copperas. Another surrounding of the farm house, and a great breeder of disease as it is too frequent kept, is the barn yard. Xow barnyards are good in their place, but their place is not under the kitchen windows, as we have sometimes seen them located. He makes a great mistake who does not contrive to have a free circulation of pure air between the abode of lii.s family and the abode of his beasts. Ir may be very conven ient to go from the house to the barn without going out doors, but con venience is not the only thing to be re garded in constructing buildings. It would be very convenient to have a bedroom next to the stable. Put the barn and barn-yard at suitable distance from the bouse to the leeward of the prevalent winds, and out of sight and smell, if possible, if already located near the house, and it is impossible to move them, plant a screen of pine trees between the burn and the house, to pre vent unseemly sights and still more un seemly smells. Jn a ly event the stables should be kept sweet and the barn-yard should not be one great slough of des pond and breeder of disease. It was fashionable, a few years since, to rec cemmend a concave barn-yard, so as to save the liquids and manufacture more manure. This is all well enough, but the cattle do not thrive in tilth, they want a comfortable place to stand and lie down, just as much as other folks. Even that mm h-abused animal, thehog, is naturally neat, and becomes filthy only through poor domestic training. This leadsustosay that the hog-pen is another breeder of disease around the premises of many farmers. During the hot days we have melted hog-pens at the distance of ton or a dozen rods, that were enough to make a dog run mad. Keep the hog-pen well Uttered with refuse straw, or woods, or suds, and the profit will be increased, as well as the comfort and health of the fam ily. The suggestion with reference to the location of the barn will apply with to the -p< Indeed, though t!> ■ latter is ofteuer placed near : the house than is the barn, there is; greater reason for keeping it at arm’s j length : for the liog voids much urine, and his excrements ferment rapidly and with an abominable odor. A gentle man who is so unfortunate as to have his barn and hog-pen near his house, was recently showing ns about the buildings, and pointing to his hog-pen, said: "This is the greatest nuisance on these promises. I have sodded the pens and I have limed them, and they will smell badly.” We could see no remedy in his case except to move the buildings, and especially the hog-pens to a ren.-.Le distance. Wo would like to say a word about the swill barrel, which we sometimes see at the kitchen door, sending out a sour effluvia, but we have said as much about these nauseous matters as can be digested at one time. I M'tnl Rcclim**. Lemon Jelly.—Two cups ot sugar; yolks of three eggs; juice of two as. C k till! !by setti in loiling water, then add the wrll tes f thi eggs;s tween the layers of the cake, and trim off the rough edges. Peddino Sim;. —One-half teacup of butter, one and a half t acups of sugar, and one pin* of strawberries mashed till juicy. (Canned berries may be substituted for fresh ones.) Beat the butter and sugar to a cream, tin a sta in the berries. S\■ >v. Fttdding. Dissolve one-1 box of gelatine in one pint of cold water. After it is thoroughly dissolved add one pint ol warm water, two cups l of sugar, juice of two lemons. Let it cool, then put in the whites of tho eggs well beaten. Serve cold with sugar and cream. Buttebmtlk Yeast Powders. —One quart of fresh buttermilk made up with corn-meal to a stiff batter, with a tea cupful of yeast. Let it rise ; then add enough Hour to make a stiff dough. Put it on dishes or boards to dry in the shade. Rub it up, and keep it in a bag. To one quart of dour put one tablespoonful of yeast powder. Soft Gingerbread. Six cups of Hoflr, two cups of sugar, two cups of milk, two cups of butter, two cups of molasses, four eggs, one tablespoonful of baking powder. Melt the butter and molasses together, mix in the sugar, ginger, milk and eggs in the above or der, and stir in the flour, and lastly the baking powder. Dissolve one teaspoon ful of soda in the milk if sour. Sponge Cake, —Heat briskly together for fifteen minutes, one pound of fine white sugar and the yolks of twelve eggs, then star into this the grated rind and juice of one lemon, the whites of twelve eggs Ix-aten to a stiff froth, half a salt-spoonful of salt, and lastly, sta in three-quarters of a pound of sifted flour, stir well, and bake in a quick oven. These proportions will make three good sized loaves. Sponge Cake Pudding. —One teacup of fine white sugar, three eggs, one teacup of flour, half a nutmeg, one tea spoonful of baking powder, one salt spoonful of bicarbonate of soda, dis solved in two tablespoonfuls of milk. Beat together the butter and sugar, add tho milk, nutmeg and half a tea spoonful of extract of lemon; then the yolks of tin eggs well beaten. Sui tin' flour slowly, and lastly mix in the whites of the eggs. Beat well together and bake twenty minutes. Federal, Loaf. Cue quart of flour, a gill of yeast, two eggs, one spoonful of butter creamed, making it softer than light bread dough. Lighten in the shape you bake it in. For company invited to tea it is very nice to cut this loaf in slices nearly an inch thick, but tering while hot. Replace the slices when buttered, until the loaf resumes its share. At right angles cut through the whole, quartering it, and so send to the tea table, or hand arou ul, as you may desire. Cocoanut CiiKE.— Two cups of sugar, three-fourths of a cup of butter, yolks of three eggs, mix thoroughly, then add one teaspoon of sc da dissolved in one cup of milk, two teaspoons of cream tartar, rubbed into three and a half cups of flour, stir briskly (the more violent the better the cake) spread rhiu and bake as for jelly cake. Use the whites of the eggs for frosting, spread between each layer and sprinkle on the oocoanut thickly ; fiu.sh the top Un sum,. Pome mix the cocoanut into the frosting, but I like my way as it looks prettier. I use vhe prepared cocoanut. The above rule makes two medium sized cakes. A HeroScal Cochiuchincso. There are but Decius, the Roman, who threw himself in an abyss to serve his country; Wiukelried, the Swiss, who buried in his body the Austrian lances, to open a breach to his country men into the steel living wall at Sem pach ; and the French Chevalier D’As s.-is, bayoneted for refusing to keep Aleut, who can be compared to thi: gnsd and uoderu Phantaugian. This imtis was the gov nior of three Anna mite provinces, menaced, this year, by the fidvuaiecof the French troops from Saigon. Phantangiau hal considered resistance as quite useless, therefore ho did not give any orders for the de fence of the provinces, ami. poisoned himself. Before dying, he wrote to the French commandant of the invading force a letter from which the following passages look more Roman like than Cochinchinese like : “ While sub mitting to you, without fighting, 1 have obeyed the sentiments of a man who wants to prevent a useless evil. 1 know France and her resources, and I was aware therefore, that if you meant it, you would conquer those three prov inces. By resisting, I could have done some harm to you; but 1 would have only delayed an unavoidable evil, and brought down upon my peaceful countrymen ruin and desolation. I would iiavv drawn, perhaps, the whole Annaraite empire into a vortex of i - disaster. While, in dis obeying my orders, I leave to my gov ernment one door open for honorable negotiation, for it can say it lias not fought, and that I am alone guilty of the partial disaster. [ am convinced that I have acted well, as a friend of human kind, wishing only the good of my fello w men, and as a patriot I am always ready to giv>- up by life.” Regulating the Fare, Paganini, one day at Fhreuco.j limp ed into a cab and gave orders to be driven to the theater. Tno distance was not great, bin he was late, and an enthusiastic audience was waiting to hear him perform the famous prayer of “Molse” on a single string. “How mnci do 1 owe you V" said he to the driver. “ For you,” said the man, who had prized the gi eat violini t, “the fare is ten francs.” “ What, ten francs? You are surely jesting.” “I am speaking seriously. You charge a.-> much for a place at your con cert.” Paganini was silent for a moment : then, with a complacent glance at the rather too witty driver, said: "I will pay you ten francs when you drive me upon one wheel. Purifying Water. Professor Bisehof, of Glasgow, is re ported to have improved his well known invention, and now filters water for drinking purposes through spongy iron and pounded limestone. The iron is placed in th up] r movable ch im ber of an earthenware filter, and pounded limestone is arranged in a seperate layer below. Ti e iron is pro cured in a powdery, spongy state by* the reduction of ore without fusion, af ter the extraction of sulphur and cop pr by heat. It removes all albuminoid and nitrogiuized compounds, and also lead contaminations, from the water, and a trace of iron taken up by the water i- separated by its subsequent passage through the limestone. It is stated that one charge of the material thus described, and costing only about 21 cents, secures efficient tilt 'ring for ten gallons of water per day during 200 davs. A Louisville merchant recently received the subjoined apology from a southern debtor: ‘‘Sir: The lirm of is busted, and Mr. H. has gone away with all that w.b left. For myself, I am nut able to pay any thing. I am nearly bare-footed; the seat of my pants is out, and uiy shirt is as ragged as a politician's conscience ; sides, i .... . ilj to take . .‘.re of, who arc in the same condition. Yours respectfully, .” ft is hardly i; c-ssaiw to-ay the bill was cancelled and seat .South immediate ly. A New Apparatus for Steering- Balloons, The London Times says: “The inventorof the balloon steering apparatus which is awaiting trial by the War Department at Wool ich is Mr.C. A. Bowdler, whose plan has been un der the consideration of the War Office for two years past. It has been sub jected to some preliminary trials by means of models on more than one oc casion. These trials being made within doors and in a still atmosphere, are said to have demonstrated the practi cability of navigating balloons in atmosphere. The object of the torth cc-ning experiments is to ascertain wh ther the same end can be attained in the open air under slightly adverse circumstances, for to sail the balloon iti opposition to a strong wind is at present unthonght of. It will be re garded as a great and important result if the balloon can be steered even a single point from the direction of the wind, though there be ever so slight a breeze. The inventor, with Mr. Cox well and Mr. Orton, another well known aeronaut, who is taking aii interest and some part in the experiments, was again at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, yes terday, making arrangements for the ascent with Lieutenant Edwards, 11. E., who is in charge of the Works Depart ment, but the wind was again unfavor able, blowing w ith considerable veloc ity and directly seaward. The steering apparatus was brought down in a cab, consists of a screw propeller like that of a ship, of metal made an light as pos sible, and is to be fixed to the car hori zontally, and made to ty/TTrat the rate of about fourteen revolutions per second by means of some simple machinery worked by a single hand winch in the car. A similar screw, fixed vertically, and worked by the same gear, is de signed for raising and depressing the balloon without any expenditure of gas or ballast, and a disk shaped rudder of canvas to steady the balloon com pletes the apparatus. Mr. Cox well j much prefers the small screw propel lers, which are but three feet iu diame ter, to those proposed by a French aeronaut, which are to be sixteen feet high, and are therefore regarded as 1111- I manageable and dangerous to the bal- j loon especially in the descent. The screws will probably be made somewhat larger if the trial is in the least degree successful, but ir is considered prefer able to increase their power, if neces sary, by multiplying the speed of revo lution by the use of some other motive power than manual force,either electric ity or atmospheric pressure or even the steam engine—an agent which l as hith erto been discarded on account of its nec essary weight an I the risk attending it. Mr. Coxwell has recently instructed two detachments of the German army in military ballooning, but steering bal loons formed no part of the drill, the principal purpose of which was to teach the troops the use of captive balloons for reconnoitering. He was engaged by the* English government ten years ago for a similar object, columns of troops being marched out in various directions for the purpose of observation.” A Sea Monster Captured Near Atlan tic City, # Quite an excitement was produced at Atlantic City, New Jersey, by the ar rival recently at the landing in the in let of a fishing si op, having on board a vcritai.de sea monster, which the old est fishermen and watermen are at a loss to deline. It is of the turtle species, with a head similar to a cow, with white spots on the top. The body i- black in color, and from the nose to the tip of the tail, six feet long. It has four flukes or flippers, and is five feet seven im lies in breadth. The diameter of the body is two feet and a halt. It is estimated Unit its weight is about TOO pounds. The monster had been seen ii the neighborhood for two or three weeks past, and numerous fishermen had at different times pur sued it with darts and spears, endeav oring to capture it. One day in the afternoon Capt. Dan Champion and crew east a large seine off Brigantine Shoals, about live miles out at sea, and were successful in getting the animal entwined in the meshes of the net. A rope and tackle were slipped under its body, and it was raised into the sloop and deposited in the hold, and after ward the monster wa. transferred to a large batteau, and finally placed in a tub, which had to be built for the pur pose near the New Inlet house. There it was visited during the day by hun dreds of persons who expressed the greatest surprise at seeing what may be termed a wonder, and which will no doubt engage the attention of zoolo gists and showmen.— Philadelphia Pt'CS*. SwLs Kxporlationlor ihe United Slates. The latest Berne correspondence of the Messager Franco-Amcricain con tains very important and interesting statistics, which are translated and con densed as follows. These figures were officially furnished to the Swiss Federal Bureau of Statistics by the America!! Consuls at Zurich, Bastes, and Geneva. During the year 1873 Switzerland has exported to the United States ; Value, francs. Silk goods 27,060.929 . woollen goods 2,9329 Embroideries 10.853.320 Straw and horsehair goods 2,209,634 Clocks, watches 13,054,147 Music boxes 433.573 Cheese 2,063,003 Leathern goods 426,461 Miscellaneous 1,350,913 Total 60,391,809 The average exportation, from 1861 to 1872, was of 56,559,870 francs; it ed, in 1572, 79,481.103 francs. Swit zerland has, therefore, suffered little from the financial and commercial crisis in the United States. Tin decrease in 1873, compared with 1872, bears only on two articles—silk goods have decreased by 13,700,012 francs, and watches by 5.257,364 francs. This may be due to the fact that watch work progresses very favorably in the United States, and that Lyons, in France, drives an active competition with Switzerland for s ;l k goods. But the articles which, like the embroideries of St. Gall and Appenzell, are a specialty of Swiss industry have w >t snll'ered of any decrease. “ Don’t Hold Them, General.*’ Writing of General Custer, a cor respondent of the Cincinnati Com mercial says: It may not forgotten how he demanded certain things of General Longstreet. Says Cnst< r of the lowing locks; “General Longstreet, 1 demand a surrender of your army to me, Gen. Custer, and to Gen. Sheridan. I'ilgive you twenty minutes to decide; after that 111 turn my boys knise on you. I can hardly hold them now.” Gen. Longstreet—“ Don’t hold them, Gen. Custer; I've got enough men to eat you and your ‘boys’ up, and wc ain't very hungry either.” True, Longstreet was not very good at devouring the boys in blue, yet the retort was good, and Caster saw it. “Yes. sir, said a Michigan Fourth of July orator. “ Putnam went right into Pa* wolf s -‘oil, dragged her out, and the ind> penitence of \nxericfi whs secured.” Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription is wry strongly recommended by the Mi dical laoudvand is largely prescribed" amoi g th oir | Female Patients. It is worthy of all coufl i deuce, as may be seen from the following testimonials: Br. ti. B. Chapman, Plattsraonth, Neb., writes: I have under treatment a lady, who, for the pastjseven years has been afflicted, and. after trying several physicians without receiv ing benefit, is gaining rapidly on your Favor ite Prescription. Atlanta. 111., July 14, 1872. Dr. 11. \. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. —Dear Sir: I have not words to express my gratitude to .vou for your advice and assistance in mv case. Iheie has not one who has used your medicines since they have been brought here, but that can say with me they have been greatly bene fited. Since I have been so helped by its use. six or seven around me left - ft’ all doctors and other medicines, and now use it in their fami lies, after being cured of flic same disease as mine. You do not know what a wonder it created in our city, by its restoring mv sister I wrote you about, for she had been under the care of three of our best doctors, but could not sit up but for a few minutes at one lime. 1 begged of her t o try your medicines, and be fore slie had used half the bottles she could go all around tlie yard, and has now come home from a visit five miles awav. Mns. thos. McFarland. From Miss Lop.inda E. St. Clair, Shade. Athens <’o.. Ohio. Oct. 14, 1872: Dr. B. V. Fierce. Buffalo, N. Y.—Your Favorite Prescription is working almost, like a miracle on me. I am better already than I have been for over two years. From Ella A. Schafer, Zanesville, Ind.. Aug. 3, 1372: Dr. Pierce : I received tiie medicine you sent me, and began using it immediately. Asa re sult of the treatment I fool better than I have for three years. From Mrs. John K. Hamlin, Odell, 111. March 19, 1872: Dr. Pierce: The Favorite Prescription has done mo good, which 1 am very thankful for. Favorite Prescription is sold by all druggists Dr. Treatise on Chronic Diseases of Women will bo sent to any address on receipt of two stamps. A Physician who Healed Himself. —lf ii railroad director were lashed to every locomotive, there would be fewer railroad accidents, and if doctors had to take their own physic before admin istering it to their patients, fewer peo ple would be poisoned. Dr. Joseph \ alker, of California, took this course when he lirst compounded the famous Vinegar Bitters which now rank as an inestimable household remedy in all parts of the United States. He healed himself with this specific before he of fered it to the world. He introduced it with a simple statement of the man ner in which he had discovered its veg etable ingredients and been cured, while wandering, sick and poor, among the California tribes. He stated what the pieparation had done for himself and a few sufferers from dyspepsia, bil iousness, rheumatism, lung diseases, and many other prevalent disorders, believed him, tried the new restorative and were more than satisfied with the results. In this way the sale of the Vinegar Bitters began, and we mention the fact as an evidence that in this age of intelligence and inquiry, nothing that is really valuable to mankind can prove a pecuniary failure—even though it may lack the help of capital, and have to light its way against powerful opposing interests. Within two or three months after its introduction, tin article became self-supporting, and it now yields a magnificent annual rev enue. Com. Thebe are no bouquets about a news paper office, but sometimes the contents of the paste-cup acquire a maturity which by any other name would smell as sweet. Goon articles are always cheapest in ti e end. jin* is especially the case with paper collars, astlc Kim wood will wear longer than any others, ami look well all the time. (.’uni. A paik of shoes will cost you only 5 c nts more with a Silver Tip on than without, an 1 it will add twice the cost of the shoe to their wearing value. -Com. Tlir I.ndies* Sorosis I'luh, if New York,re cently changed their discussions from Woman’s suffrage to Hair preparations and Pimple Banish ers. They declared that where nature had not endowed them with beauty, it was their right yea, their duty to seek it where they could. So they all voted thrt Magnolia Balm overcame Sal lowness. Rough Skin and Ringmarks, and gave to the complexion a most distingue (Sorosian) and marhle-like appearance (dangerous to men, no doubt); and that Lyon’s Kathatron made the hair grow thick, soft and awful pretty, and moreover prevented it from turning gray. If the propri etors of these articles did not send the sisters an invoice, they are not smart. Not Hi’.itc So Kasl, .Hr. .limes!- A In.rse doctor in Philadelphia was caught changing the celebrated Mexican Mustang Liniment into other bottles, and using it as his own recipe. Honesty is always the best policy. These medicine men like to follow up such fellows. It cured the lame horse all the same ; but it damaged the Doctor’s reputation, and benefitted the proprietor in pro portion. We have heard of so many Rheumatic persons and lame horses being cured by the Mus tang Liniment that we advise every housekeeper, liveryman and planter to invest in a no ct. or a SI.OO bottle, against accident. Beware of counter feits. It is wrapped in a steel engraving, signed “ G. W. Westbrook, Chemist.” Tlie (iiiimi Revolution is Mf.dicai Tiikat mkjt which was commenced in ISOO, is still in prop ess. Nothing can stop it, for it is founded on the principle, now universally acknowledged, that physical vigor is the most formidable an tagonist of all human ailments, and experience has shown that Plantation Bitters is a peerless nvigorant, as well as the best possible safeguard gainst epidemic diseases THE MARKETS. NEW YOKE. Beef Cattle—Fair to prime ? 9 •*► 0> Hoos—Live 6 50 0 7 n0 Sheep—Fair to prime 5 iK> (<£. 6 "Jo Cotton—Middling (.a IT’q Flock—Skiing extra 5 4 ; ) (ft 5 85 Wheat—No. 2 Milwaukee Spring.. 1 29 0 t 30 Cons —Western mixed 70 <<4 SO Oats—Western .. 50 (A #>o Rye—Western 90 iA J 05 Barley Or 1 12 i’or.K—Mess 023 7S LaKD <4 14'i CHICAGO. i im—Choice to extra prime... .$ 5 25 O C 50 Medium to cht ice 4 75 0 5 00 Common to fair 2 50 fl 4 00 Hoos—i Ivi 25 0 7 25 Si; v; e—Uve, good to choice...... 4 25 0 5 < 0 Bumter—Clioiee 22 (4 27 800 - Fresh it 0 15 Flour-White winter extra 6 50 (4 7 75 Spring extra. 5 50 (4 fi 00 Wheat -Spring, No. 1 1 <*7Vi 1 08 Spring, No. 2 1 <;3'. 4 1 04 BH —No. 2 0 e' , ) ATF—No. 2 (4 38 Uye—No. 2 <4 73 Barley—No. 2 (4 1 04 Pork —M.-ke, new 023 80 Lard 14 (4 14?£ CINCINNATI. I.F.LK Cattle $ 3 60 ® 5 no Hoos—Liv ■ <> 25 (4 7 (X) Bhkrf -J 8 50 0 4 75 Flock—Family 5 10 a 5 mi Wheat—Bed (4 1 05 Coen 65 (4 67 Oats 44 (4 4s Rye <4 80 Barley I 05 <4 1 07 Pork—Met-s <423 00 Lard <4 16>t ST. LOLTs. Beef Cattle —Choice 5 4 W 0 4 75 Good to prime 3 00 0 3 75 Hoos —Live <>2o 4 7 si She v p—Good to choice 4 00 0 4 50 Flock—Spring XX 5 dO 0 6 25 Wheat—No. 2 Spring 0 1 17 Cobs <‘*4 <4 65 C \ts—New 40 (4 41 Rye 75 £> 75 Barley—No. 2, Sept (A 08 1 Poke—Mess 024 00 Lard 15 0 151, MILWAUKEE. Cattle —Choice to extra prime... .$ 5 75 0 0 50 Medium to choice 4 50 0 5 25 Common to fair 3 50 0 4 25 Hoos— Live -. <* *>s 0 0 00 1 Sheep—Live, good to choice 3 CO 0 4 25 Better —Choice 20 <4 24 Eoos—Freeh 18 0 15 Flour—White winter extra 6 00 0 <5 73 Spring extra 5 50 0 6 37 Wheat —Spring, No. 1 <4 1 16 Spring, No. 2 0 1 08 Cobs —No. 2 0 66 Oa~s—No. 2 0 40 Hi —No. 1 i 1 AKIU Y —No. 2. Sept ;of 1 <>4 i ICV * —Mrs* 024 on ' Lap’s 14 *4 15 To remove dandruff- go out on the plains and insult an Indian. t HE THE NEW IMPROVED REMINGTON Sewing Machine. AWARDED The 1 Medal for Progress/ AT VIENNA, ISIS. The Highest Order of “ Medal” Awarded at the Exposition. Xo Sewing Machine ll<reived a Higher Prize. A FEW ;001 REASONS t I.—A New Invention Thoroughly Tested and secured by Letters Patent. а, Makes a perfect loon stitch, alike on both sides, on all k inds of goods. S.—Ruiis Light, Smooth, Noiseless ami Rapid— hest combination of qualities. -I .--Dr gable Nuns for Yea rs without Repairs. 5. II ’Hi do all varieties of Work and Fancy Stitch ing in a superior manner. б. Is J lost Kasily Managed by the operator. Length of stitch may be altered while running, and machine can be threaded without passing thread through holes. 7• —Design Simjile, Ingenious, Klegunt, forming the stitch witfunit the use of Cog Wheel Gears. Rotary Cams or Lever Arms. Has the Automatic Drop Feed, which insures uniform length of stitch t any-.yed. Has our new Thread Controller, which allows easy movement of needle-bar and prevents infill y to thread. s. -Comb feoctioe most< ireful* ■ I fimishmd. is manufactured by the most skillful and experi enced mechanics, at the celebrated Hciuiugton Armory, llion, N. V New York Office, X. C> Madison •.quart*, (Knrt/.*.*i Itliild inir.) IIKANCH OFFICES t tiS5 Slate St., < li lea go. III.: *470 Sn peri or St., fie vela ml. <>.; IS I Fourth St., ( inciimnti, (L; KH! Main st., KufTalo. N. X '.i'.i'i St.. Host on, Mass.; HID Chest out st.. Philadelphia, Pa.; lO sjith St., Pitts- Pa. r TUBWf n ‘S'jf 9 ’ n J iL* JL JLe&f 1 .617 k. Charles Street, St. Louis, Mo., I > • ■ • r 1!u; ;• <r ktie>s which result* from jj lis: rcti-.ta of sm;.r -i v. .h ui* paralleled Mid" .. i) . ...'a cdtab’i:!:': • • char''red by tb • Stated Mi - f*■ irl, W:t.; ?•.. r.d and *i• b.-.-a established to ► e--.. • s * : ct. - A., -til rcli...ue reli ; t iug a graduate of . r*l medical i-*fs, anti bavin-; 'he* experience of a t r '" ij“ 4 ’but li these i’;i- * itii paAents • ' No i. • c great i t r _■ •’- • tfion i ho id enabled k p fcis charges r. 30 .: :n ; *. - CiUIDE,' - -1 I*. bo* A will. h hou!J W read hy every* No minded pair, -r p-rsons rontemplattne mar t • ' i..• - v. ; l • ... jt :ott . ,••> ue ermm of ; • i*v:r- . i t ir. subject the ~ aissof Ir. U s • \\ hut is ihis tireu t Remedy* and what are its effects? These arc questions which the great American public has a right to ask. ami it has also a right to expect a candid and satisfactory reply. The preparation is a mild and gentle saline ca thartic alterative and tonic, and is m-st care fully prepared in the form of a snow-white pow der, containing all the wonderful medical proper ties of the far-famed Selt/er Springs ol Germany. Of its effects, those who have tested the prepa ration ;. re the best .lodges, and they declare, over their own signatures, that the preparation will promptly relieve indigestion, regulate the flow of t lie oile. cure every species of headacin . trai uuil ize lh" nervous system, refresh and invig irate the weak, mitigate the pangs of rheumatism, neu tralize acid in th ■ stomach, cleans, and tone the bowels, assist the failing appetite, cure the heai thurn. If you are a sufferer, give tins remedy one trial, and it will convince you of the above facts. Sold by all druggists. _ - Haifa Dollar " ,LL ~AY KOK THI WEEKLY SUN For the Next Half Year. The Wkeklt Srx is a large S-page, uk-coiumn independent Newspaper, which no intelligent family should be without. Try it. Address, THE SI Sew York City. MJ Per the Middle TAWI 1 Region Western ill Wil 1.500.000 Aer. s U. R. Lands, better and che: p er than can be had elsewhere. The best Corn, Wheat and Cattle-raising belt in all the West. Trice $5 and §6 per acre. Climate and soil unsur passed. Pure water, bo ague no grasshoppers, no Indians. SEND FOR A HAND-BOOK. Tt costs nothing, and gives maps, full .eseript ions, prices, terms, and h<>v. to reach the lands free. Address IOWA It. K. LAND CO-.Chieag .. Iliiimis. or Cedar Ei i ids, 1 wa. JOHN 15. < ALHOt N, Land Com miss inner. t WHY WALK 100 MILES n • . . - - ! the best in use to prep re la.id for sectlivpr; cloir.tf twice the - •*-work < fa Draff, with loss labor. ■ - ' 1 f It er . Is .s iw pi - rfi'rohl,\ rti and f vorr it<ted. ii | Ei I * Address, EXCELSIOR WORKS, Massillon, Ohio. THIS PRINTING INK I u Harper's Building, New York. It is for sale by Mil waukee Newsp pe I’nion. Milwaukee, in 1G lh. and 25 lb. packages. Also a full assortment of Job Iwks. vnHiTfi wrij Wanted at once to learn iuyilu irli ill offices on new linen w hick m 6 ing with operators. Salary from .sio to .SIOO pe. m nta. Circulars mailed f. to. N. W. TELEGRAPH INSTITUTE, Janesvi le.Wis i\.isciits ’Wniitccl for Prof. FOWLER’S GREAT WORK <)*i M;i n hood . \\ oinn ulioo<l aml I heir .Mu - Inal Inter-Rrlafions ; !,ove, Ith Ln\v, Power, eft*. Agents are selHr g from IT* to copies a day. Send f*r specim n pages and terms to Agents, and see why it sells faster than any other book Address NAT LIM B. CO..Chicago 111 F£RRYHALL--ONCE i ■ ivi i ■ li and for Toting Ladies will wpeii its next year f Wu*ic, Drawing and I’ i 'vtinff, -s, AVO; Hi tt?, witli a full classical and literary course. Thoroughly eijnipned for the best rk. Lake Forest. HI. F.I)\VAI!O i*. WKSTON. Vl.l. FAK.MKItS AM) MM) OW.NKH*- should know what minerals are on 4hei r lands. For particulars address Win. L. BILI.IN, Phila delphia, Pa.. P. O. Box gML Ujuy i Send 25 cents and Ur address of tiv.- Per 1* M I |c, ns and receive by mail a Beautiful Chro | mo, size 7 by o—worth $1.50 and full in- U*T sto clear b2O a daj Address nil I ■ 1 Pi.r.Mi! ■' Cos . 10BSouth -th s; . Phils . Pa VIA AVI Medical Wonder . Should be read Kill 111 I,v oil- Sent free r or 2 stamps. .Vd dress DK. BON APAUTE, Cincinnati, O VGKXTS W AXTEI).-Wen or women. ? a week, or SIOO forfeited. The secret tree. Write at once to COWEN 4 Cos., hth St.. Jfew York. (tjr; dIOP perday at home. Terms free. Address 3>o o vf.li Oso. Stivbov A Cos., Portland,Maine. (5,) “ PER DAT( or §l5O a week tyAJfl Salary and exps We offer tt and will ptiy it. Apply nut c. O. Wnunti. A Cos., Marion, O. Money Milking Kiiiployinent. Best iver . offered. Address, M. N. LOVELL. Erie Pa. | .tmnlovment, -Money madi easily. Catalogue A Ei sample/e< B It. D glas, B V BUY J. & P. CCATS’ BLACK THREAD for tout MACHINE. TABLE KNIVES AND FORKS OF All KINDS, AND EXCH SIVE MAKEBB OF Ami tbe ••Paifcnl Ivory" '>r Celluloid Knife. These Handle* never ".I lon(. aio i t "• ‘*d by hot wntel. and art- the most (iitriiMt huivrn known. Alwa\ a call fm the Tradt Mark . "MEKIDEN (TTI.KKI ( O.HP\M M un the t.idc Warranted and Sold t > hi', dealer *n | Cutleiy, hikJ by the MERIDEN CCTI.ERY CO <0 Chambers Street, New York (jirafottil Thousands proclaim Vin egar Bitters the most wonderful In vigurant that over r-ustaiued the .-ijikii c system. No Person can take these T,i‘te.*N according to directions, a: <1 ; in; n: unwell, i*rov ; d“d tlu'ir 1 ,:i stroved by mineral poisuii or mm. means, and vital organs wasted beyt ni repair. Bilious. Remittent and Inter mittent Fevers, which are so preva lent in the valleys of our great peer., throughout the United States, especially those of the Mississippi. Ohio, .Missc . •. Illinois. Tennessee, Cumberland, Arkau sas. lied, ('dorado. Brazos. liio (irande. Pearl, Alabama, Mobile. Savannah, if. aneko, dames, and many others, with their vast tributaries, throughout our entire country during ine Sana acr an i Autumn, and remarkably so during sea sons of unusual heat and dryness, aic invariably a< eon;;' inied by i sten do rangeraents of the stomach and liver, and other abdominal viscera In their treatment,a purgative, exerting a pow erful influence up* a these various <n gans, is essentially uecc -any i i.c: >- is no cathartic forth- purposi ciu.d Ds and. Walker’s Vi xeg a k Urn as they will speedily remove the d;.:>. colored viscid matter with winch rh bowels are load.cd. at the ::r • • - . imulating the secret ioi f t and generally rest- ring the !. g Uy functions of the digestive organs. Fortify the body against disease by purifying all its fluids with \ ink... a a Bitters. No epidemic can take h- .*.; of a system thus fore-armed. Dyspepsia or Ir.digesli -n. ib.-.ut ache, Pain in tb -. . Con ’! i. bttiesof the ( 5- i Eructations if the Stomach, U. i Tis-c in the Mouth, Bilious Atta tation of the He; , I Lungs, i‘a;n in the region >f i .e U i neys, and a lumdre<l other p tin.fu! - n> toms, are the s of 1 v.j <•; - -. One b< r:; w j better go of its merits than a lengthy . I -.vw meut. Scrofula, or Kind's I vij, White Swelling*, l iters, S ■. . ~••<! N.-< k. Goitre. Scrofulous Inflammation lmlob*n* InflamaiHtioiis, Mcrcuria! AlUnvoits i ■ Sores, Eruption# of the Skin, S m* K • • In these, as i.i .til other r-. n.- ti; .;:al D. eases, Walker's Vin hoar Hitters 1... shown their great vtiratno powers i.J must obttinalc and iutn:. ui'.m- i . • For Inflninmntory jcd! Rheumatism. Got t. B tent und Intermittent I-V\ ei s. i 1 the lllom! Liver, k these Bitte i han i re caused I\ itiitetT ]>! <• i Mechmik ai Disra? tragetl in If tints Minerals. sucii ■ • i’iu nbers Type- .-Cci . Gold-ben' r-. . Miners, s • ifey latvaui- in I if-, t< ] ■; i of the B' ■; ■ t this, 1 ■ eof A ; . BOA t Bitters oeea -i<>n; lly. For Skin Dlsei ■Ki i■ • t *-t. Salt Rheum - 1 Pustules, Boil- - , (’arhnnrle , Ki jr-won *. Scald-head, Sore Eyes. Erystp-la', i Vh. Scurfs. Discolorations of tl; Kkin II ■ u * and Diseases of the Skin of wliaK * nan;- or nature, tiro liter illy dug up a ■ i < out, of the system in a short line let: o i of the.-'O Bitters. Pill. Tape*, ami other V: urns lurking in the -ystem of so nn.:.e th. umiiuls, are elicctually destroyed and removed. S> system of Hiedieine, no vermifuge , i.r i r. theiuiiniiies will free the .•ystem from ' dm • tike these Bitters. For Female Complaints, in you no or old, married <r single, at the dawn ol w manhood, or the turn of life, these To: ;c Bitters display so decided .sn : and improvement is soon perceptible. FleailsetliC Vitiated Blood when ever yon find i:s impuritit .- bursting through the skin in Pimple , Eruptions, or cleanse it when yon find it obstructed and slnggi-h it the vein--; el*;;, ■ it when it is ft ul; your ! eeiings will '.(*ll you when. K( >i. the blood pore, and the health of tbs system will follow. K. 11. MfDONAIiD A CO.. Dnirgisti* iiiul (Ji ,1. A gts.. Sun l-'j-.ij. i-c > Cahf.d-iiia and cor. of V'a. .‘.ingtini iuid ( ' rltsi S:- N. \. Solti l>y all and 9. ulcrxt a E YEN’S Iplli Pocket Photoscope. Has great Maoni> vino power; used for detecting Counterfeit Money. Shoddy in Cloth, foreign sub stances iii the Bye, ■•, Wounds, eti ~ I to i ■ lbs i ■ I-■ ta i Pla ti del • iiiioiu Metals, fineness of • od-graiu, to df-mpher writ ing otherwise illegible, and for the inspection of grain, minerals, etc. Useful for everybody. Double ( oi >ex Lens, ! . inches in diameter. M dinted in leather, and carried in the vest pocket. Price c>is c< ta, • <i. fee i y mall Agents \Vsated. Illustrated Circnlan and ■ n \ . M l, BTKN, P. O Boa 1,669, New T rk. Office, No. 4!> Nassau Street. State where you saw this. Agent You Can Make $l5O Je r Month, selling our new MAPS, PICTURES, CfIROMOS, <Vc. Look Cats! ige and see k bat we offer Bi ill Capital Beaded. [Large prof! fs, Oui< k sales. Hr* v r.. c. Bridgman, C f fc| 5 Barclay Sires t, N. Y ADVERTISERS Tt ho desire to reach country readers can do so In the nest ai.d cheapest manner By using one or more -ee lions of TliK Urea r.N i.-.vspAi-i.u Ai'mliap.v Lists. Apply to E, E. PRATT. 7UJackaon-.it.. Chic ago. VDVERTISERS ! Am. Newspaper Union repre sents over I,SOO papers, divided into 7 subdi visions. Send .’{-cent stamp foi Map showing loca tion of papers, with combined and separate lists, giving < stimates for cost of advertising. Address S P. SANBOKN. 114 Monroe street. Chi ago, ill. fTITI A Cl I r AX 1 liAU - t article Trade continually in creasing -Agents wanted best inducements don't waste ti ne semi for ('Ocular to ROBERT WELLS, 4-i Vesey St,. N. Y., P O. Bex IJ-7. \| /\ VT I."' \* East!. made, t v s.-ILtig 1 EAS at illl/.liil IM POUTERS PRIf’ES or g.-tting tip Clubs in Town and Country, for th- oldest Tea Cos. in America. Greatest inducements. Send for circular. CANTON TEA CO., 14> Chambers St NY VDVERTISERS! Send twenty-five cents to GEO. I'. ROWELL .t C0..41 Park Row.New York f ,r the ; Pamphlet <■/ 100 jhiges. containing lists of- .to new. • papers, and estimates showing cost of advertising M N U No. 34 WHEN WBITINti TO ADVKKTIKEK H, please say you saw the Acivertinenient in (Ii is* Paper.