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SPRING FLOWERS. Oh, dainty baby foresters, That liiac in silent nooks, Tbat linger by the cow-paths And peep Into the brooks. To me you are the warders Of the realm of Lonj? Ago, At whose soft beck unnumbered forms Like shadows come and go. By mossy rocks and nodding ferns "You lift your timid eyes. And by the wounded maple trees In smiling group arise. No more the shrieking winter winds Affright the naked woods. But all the scented aisles are gay With Flora's dappled hoods. Though years have sped since first for me You made the meadows bright. And many a sunset-tinted dream Has faded into night, Still do I hail with boyish love The violeta sweet perfume Still joy to see the crocus burst Like Lazarus from the tomb. I thrill to see the buds again Upon the apple-tree. Where every branch is eloquent Of glories yet to be; Where soon the winged Argonauts, From lands beyond the main. Will sing their merry love songs And build their homes again. 1 trace the tints of deathless Hope, Sweet flowers, in all your beauty; Tou come as meek interpreters Of raan'e exalted duty. You whisper of a dawning heaven Beneath us as above. When earth shall melt with poetry And man be full of love. Avyurtus Watttrt, in Golden Age. SHE THAT WAS PATIE3CE HITCH INS. It was a stifling morning in dog-days. Nature seemed just ready to faint, and so did Mrs. Mosely, when from her chamber window she spied Patience ilitcbins 6ighing on the door stone. It wan bad enough that oppressive day to d iscover mold in the cuke-chest and a blight on the ch-rr -trees; but to see the moid and blight embodied in Miss Pali nee crossing one's threshold was great deal worse; and Mis. Mosely was heard by her kitten to say that she ' should give up.' On second thought, however, she did no such thing; but, possessing herself of the camphor bottle and a touching look of resignation, descended to find her gue-t ea ed on the lower stair, wearily fanning herself with her pocket handker chief, which it was Miss ilitchins' habit to hoist as a signal of distress when suffering from an " attack." Sue laid it now across her chest, and mutely folded her band above it while waiting for her breath to overtake her. Hitting bolt up right against the balusters, with her veil over her face, she looked in her strip ed gown not unlike the dignified flower known as " Jack-in-the-pulpit," if a mature maiden of forty might be likened to any of the floral creation. It may be, with closed eyes, she seemed to Daniel Kilgore like the Sleep ing Beauty of his dreams, for he gazed at her through the doorway, with mouth agape, for a full minute before he re membered to ask Mrs. Mosely where he should set out " that ere rhubard." "Oh, wherever you can find room," she said, too intent on reviving Miss Pa tience to pay much heed to her hired man, who stood watching her as she re moved her visitor's bonnet and sprinkled her face with camphor. 44 She doesn't seem to come to. Sha'n't I lay her on the lounge I" said he, com passionately, advancing toward Miss Pa tience with arms extended. "No! no!" cried Miss Ilitchins, 44 com ing to" precipitately, and waving him back frantically with her black-mitted hands. " It's gone now! It's my heart!" Daniel looked as aghast as though she had made a tender confession, while Miss Patience, rocking back and forth in her own arms, proceeded to pity herself auaihly. " This is nothing to the turns I have sometimes. There are hours upon hours when I am so distressed I don't know whether I'm in this world or the next But I'm better than I deserve to be, and I feel to be thankful that I am as well as what I am." 44 You don't say so!" ejaculated Daniel, rather awkwardly. "Not that it would matter much if w as to die, being a lone woman so, sighed Miss Patience. " Perhaps it would be as well to plant those roots before the sun gets hotter," suggested Mrs. Mosely, opportunely; and Daniel retreated, his honest face aglow with sympathy. "She looks pindlin', that's a fact," thought he, tenderly stroking a wilted rhubarb leaf ; " seems to need chirking up. I wonder who she is and why she isn't somebody!" For Daniel's bachelor in stinct assured him at the first that Miss Ilitchins was a spinster. Had he lived long at Quigby he would have kDown also that she was a home less orphan, with a crushing legacy of hypochondria, spending her life in an eternal round of visiting. She settled down like a dreary fog in the various homes into which she came; yet every body spoke well of her, for her kind heart was brimful of sympathy for the rest of humanity as well as for herself. She and Mrs. Mosely coming down the gravel walk presently found Daniel seated on the wheelbanow musing. 44 I'm studying out a place for that rhubarb." he exclaimed briskly, his eyes on Patience. Now it isn't to be supposed for a mo- ment that Daniel was indulging in a fig ure of speech in which " rhubarb" stood for ' Miss Ilitchins;" but it is neverthe less certain that at the very moment of their approach he was thinking: "I wish I had a home to take that poor creature to;" for, by her own statement, Patience was a "lone woman," and Dan iel's heart always softened toward such. In many respects that organ was like a winter 44 Baldwin ;" it was 8und at the core; it was always aglow; repeated brumes only made it more mellow. Con sequently Daniel "dropped into" love as readily as Silas Wegg dropped into poetry, and it had long been his earnest desire to "settle down," as he expressed it, carrying out the poetic figure in which he spoke of himself in his bacnelor life as a " bird on the wing." But, unfortunately, ladies were not fascinated by DanieL " lie was well enough," they said; but they all wanted to I t well enough alone; and, be -ides, he really couldn't afford to light the hymen al torch now, with fuel so dear, and such a tax on matches! It is a mel ancholy fact that Daniel's very suscepti bility had been the cause of bis poverty. I I must be confessed that his irascible old father had never believed in love or, if he ever had, Daniel's mother bad shaken his faith and he bad no patience with his son's incurable heartburn. But his railery. scolding and downright anger were alike in vain. Daniel wrote love sonnets under his father's very eves, and drained his own purse in paying the trav eling expenses of bis maniage proposals with at persistency which is beyond all praise, refusals which failed to come by return mail. This state of affairs could not last al ways. Daniel grew softer, his father grew harder, till one fatal night, exas perated beyond measure at the then ob ject of bis son's affection a country milliner who couldn't make bread he willed his snug little farm to a widowed sister, vowing that not a cent of his property should be used for the support of " that doll with blows in her bonnet!" It was a harsh and cruel act ; but the old man was rendered spiteful by a week of sleepless nights, in which Daniel had given vent to his tumultuous emotion in Practicing 44 Os-ian's Serenade" and'4 The one. Starry Hours," on a cracked flute. Soon after Daniel was disinherited the milliner discovered that she 'had not kaown her own mind," and, the month follomng, Mr. Kilgore the elder settled his last remaining obligation the debt of nature leaving his only son bruised in heart and bereft of fortune. For a few days Daniel's flute wailed forth the most doleful tunes, among which could be distinguished, "I'll hang my harp on a willow tree" and 44 As on some lonely building's top;" but gradually it glided into livelier airs, till finally, taking up the ecstatic eulogy of 44 'Squire Jones' Daughter," it thus proclaimed its own-1 cr's restoration to his usual health and spirits. y Then, hearing that work was plenty here. Daniel came to Quigsby. and thus Mrs. Mosely secured a gardener and the village clocks a regulator; for, being gifted with ingenuity, Daniel, on rainy days, picked up an occasional sixpence iu putting broken jewelry in order or In repairing old umbrellas. So that it fell out that evening that he was seated on the porch-step at Miss Patience's feet, mending her large square breast-pin (which looked like an old fashioned tombstone), while she solemn ly knitted away at a black stocking. " You broke this kind of curious," re marked Daniel, polishing the monu mental slab on the cull of his left sleeve. " I didn't break it," sighed Miss Pa tience, as if it were a regret to her. "When I was stopping at the Widow Getchell's, her grandchild was possessed to play with that pin, and when I was havingone of my sinking spclh he got it and pounded it with a flat-iron." 44 Widow Getchell, at Shy Corner? Why, she's my aunt, and Bhe's living on my lather's farm! Do you know her?" "Just as well as I do Mrs. Mosely," said Miss Patience. " I've just been mak ing her a little visit. She hadn't fairly got settled after moving, so I took right held and helped her, and I remember I brought on the spell by looking over her wool and paper-rags. She felt awfully about my pin, "ind brought along this yarn I am knitting, and would make me take it." "I want to know!" said Daniel, who always adopted either the interogative or exclamatory style in conversation. "les, your aunt is an awiui Kina woman, pursued Miss i'atience, paus ing at the seam-needle. "I know when I felt a little bet-er and begun to winu the varn on an old letter I got out of the rags she took the bill and would finish it for me because I looked 'just gone,' she said." Daniel was so touched by his aunt's kindness that he pressed the melancholy brooch into Miss Ilitchins' hand, begging her 44 not to mention the trouble." This was the first of many happy even ings spent by him on the old porch at Miss Patience s feet. JNevcr uetore were Mrs. Mosely's tools in so fine a condition, for in the twilight of M ss Patience'n smile the jovial Daniel fitted rake-tceth and whittled hoe-handles with astonish ing ardor; and as the dews grew heavy and th bats were flitting he would possess him elf of the gradually diminishing black ball and slowly unwind it, while Miss Patience, guarded from the damp ness by a heavy shawl, as closely knit. t or Daniel was in love again, ana he knew it. lie had often had the sensation before, and was used to it, and yet each time it thrilled him with fresh rapture. There seemed to be an artesian well of hope in his breast which protected his spirits from drought ; and in spite of his numerous rejections he was firm in the faith that bis gushing affection would vet find a retuin. And why not in 31iss Pa tience? Was she not a 44 lone woman," timid and feeble, needing masculine sup port? But, alas! this very reasoning made him pause; for how could he and Patience both live on what was just enough for him! It was all very well in poetry to speak of sharing one's crust with another; but in the prose of every day life Daniel knew that a whole slice of "bread was not too much for his diges tion. And then there were the medicines, the pills and powders, the camphor and ammonia, which were a part of Miss Pa tieoce's daily diet, and surrounded her with an atmosphere peculiar to herself. Strong, cheery man that he was, her weakness and melancholy made her very attractive to him; but how could he af ford the luxury of a sick wife, or even of a well one, now tbat bis father baa cut him off without even the traditional shil ling? These thoughts possessed him one evening as he unwound Miss Patience's yarn upon the porch. She was toeing off the second stocking as he reeled the last thread into her lap and smoothed out the wrinkled paper on which it had been wound. 44 Jerusalem!" said he, after inspecting it a moment. Miss Patience impaled her finished stockings on the four needles and rose with offenaed dignity. 44 Moses in the bulrushes! Beg pardon. Miss Ilutchins, but as true as my name is Daniel Kilgore this is my father's handwritiog. Just listen: 44 4 1, Ebenezer Kilgore, of sound mind, do, on my death-bed, bequeath to my only son Daniel all the property where of I may die possessed, provided that said Daniel docs not marry Hester Ann Rogers. " 4 Should he marry the bonnet-girl afterward this will shall be null and void, otherwise it shall remain in full force.' "And here are the witnesses, and there is the date, three months later than that of the other will. Jerusalem!" and, paus ing for want of breath, Daniel turned to ward Miss Ilitchins, who stood trembling behind her needles like a thornbush agi tated by the wind. " Of all thing's!" she gasped, sinking down upon the door-steps. 44 And that is what came out of them rags in the attic, which Mrs. Getctell said hadn't been picked over ever since she movea into the house. Ohi'm all of aflutter." 44 Can't 1 kind o' steady you?" said Daniel, tenderly, crooking his elbow into an awkward resemblance to a photo graphist's bead rester. But the prudish Patience moved away and leaned her bewildered head agaiast the senseless door-post. 44 "iou ought to have the best right to your own father's property, I'm sure, and I'm glad you've got what belonged to you; but dear, dear, dear! what'll Mrs. Getchell think? I've as good as taken the bread out of her mouth, and she was like an aunt to me!" ' That's pleasant. Do let her be your a mt," pleaded Daniel, smoothing Miss Patience's sl tk locks so clumsily that h r back comb fell, and with it the neat little knob of hair it fastened. "Oh, my head! my head!" cried Miss Hitchms. staring up in frantic haste. " I must go in. I'm going to have one of mv spells!" "Don't yet," urged Daniel, securing her hand in his a measure suggested by prudence as well as sentiment, for the needles were fairly alive with excite ment. 44 1 want to know one thing fir8r. Are you at liberty, disposed, and will you " 44 Oh, my heart ! Oh, I've such a pal pitation!" gasped Miss Patience. "Thank fortune!" cried Daniel ecstati cally, disentombing her face, which the had buried in the black stockings. 44 1 was coming to that directly ! It's just what I want you to have. I've suffered with it all my life !" Coming into toe kitchen a few minutes later, 44 to set the bread to rise," good Mrs. Mosely stood transfixed with as tonishment at sight of Daniel staunch ing Miss Patience's ready flow of tears with his red bandanna; and when he followed this audacious act by boldly pillowing her camphorated head on his shoulder the bewildered matron was again heard to say that she 44 should give it up." Hester Ann Kogers, "the bonnet girl" aforesaid, said the same a week later, when she was commissioned to make Miss Patience's bridal hat. Out of spite she gave it a very melancholy effect, but it suited the wearer all the better for that. On her wedding-day Miss Ilitchins cast aside her brown striped dress for one of lighter hue, and in the fresh glory of a green veil the 44 Jack in the-pulpit" was transformed into the 44 mourning bride." Of course she had enough re gard for appearances to weep during tbe ceremony; but it was not in human na ture to remain long tearful in the sun shine of Daniel's presence; for if ever perfect satisfaction was seen in this world it beamed from his face that day. This satisfaction was greatly increased by the fact that Mrs. Getchell was pres ent at the wedding and greeted her new niece most warmly even congratulating her on the discovery of the will, and de claring tbat she herself was too old to have the care of a farm. Mrs. Mosely made the cake which, to the gratifica tion of the bride, was a little heavy but she protests that there is not the least truth in the report that she made the match. Improvident Habits One of the great characteristics of town life at the present time is the alarm inir predominance of improvident habits. Look where we will, the fact constantly appears. The spirit of extravagance has set in; no class in society is altogether exempt from it; and very few individuals regard it with unfavorable eyes. Upon the abstract argument that every man ought to live within his means, there is tolerable unanimity; but immediately the proposition is reduced to its practi cal application the general principle is discarded and each individual treats his own case as exceptional and as governed by special circumstances. The result, as might be anticipated, is iar irom being satisfactory. Social barriers are being broken down and destroyed, not for the purpose of abolishing class distinctions and treating all as members of one great and homogeneous community, but mere ly to foster and perpetuate extravagant habits. Some people are so advanced in these views as to look upon a spendthrift as a benefactor of his species. They do not care to inquire how the money has been spent or whether it has been em ployed productively; the mere fact of its having circulated is regarded by them as all-sufficient. There is a constant disre gard, also, of that beneficial habit of laying by a store for a rainy day, of pro viding for less prosperous seasons, and of preparing for the time when labor can not be pursued. The motto of the ca rousers: Be happy to-day, what care we for the morrow? is acted up to hymen who in other respects are looked upon as possessing a fair share of worldly wis dom. The pretext for doing so is the very shallow one of keeping up appear ances. They imagine, or at least profess, that they must spend precisely the same as their neighbors, keep up the same style, give the same parties and dress in the same way, or they will lose caste. The question as to whether they can af ford these luxuries is never considered and they would fain regard themselves as martyrs to circumstances when in truth the deception can be seen through by all their friends. The unsuccessful merchant imitates the wavs and style of the successful one, greatly to the injury of "his creditors. The evil does not, however, stop here. The s inae plan is adopted by the mer chant's clerk, who afl'ects a fine house in the suburbs, k-eps a couple of serv ants, lives in good style and entertains troops of friends. N one pretends that he can afford to do this or that it can last for any considerable time; still, the system prevails to a considerable extent. The false notion of keeping up appear ances serves as an excuse and a clak for all manner of wasteful extravagance. We fear, also, that it begets habits of a more criminal character which cannot but be deplored. But why all this de sire to appear richer than he really is? There is an end to all things, and those who live in this assumed and artificial style speedily realize this truth. Debts accumulate and means decay; and then these people, who have always stood upon their dignity aud kept up appear ances take the cap round to their friends for the purpose of obtaining temporary assistance. This must be very humili ating and at the same time is unpro ductive of any permanent benefit, owing to their having contracted habits which are difficult to curb and lead to greater excesses. The result generally is that the parties who adopt these unwise plans are the architects of their own misery, They can never hope to attain that proud position of being independent of work; they condemn themselves to per petual anxiety, and though their labor may be incessant they will never reap the advantage of their industry. We regret to say that vast numbers of workingmen come under this category. Most skilled artisans earn sufficient, if rightly applied and wisely expended, to enable them to place a small store awav This would soon accumulate, and bring with it the dawn of independence. Con trast this state of things with the specta cle which meets our eyes when some strike takes place. Workingmen who for years have been enjoyine thebene fits of regular employment are then found, after the first week's cessation of labor, to be penniless. The folly of ex travagance is most to be deplored in the case of those who have to earn their sub sistence by laborious work, and is, in tact, wnoiiy inexcusable. Much misery and poverty might be prevented by the very simple expedient of counting the cost before rushing into unnecessary ex pense. It is quite true that many work ingmen earn comparatively small sums, and that the cost of living is much great er than some tew years back ; still it is conclusively shown by the records of provident societies that there is a clear margin above necessary expenses which could be reserved for the future. Ilome Journal. Romance in Oregon The Portland Oreqonian thus gives the particulars of a marriage which took place a week or two ago at Kalama: 44 More than twelve years ago a certain gentleman (name not necessary to the interest of the story) was acquainted witnaJi'tie girl a mere child, as she was only seven years of age out in v asbington County. When the gold ex citement broke out in Idaho the gentle man, tnen but a sti inline, caught the auriferous contagion, and, along with thousands of others, took his pick, shovel and pan and started to make his fortune among the hills and canons of that re gion. Alter several years ot mining vicissitudes our hero came down from Idaho and settled on a farm somewhere in Washington Territory. Although twelve years had passed over his head the gentleman never forgot the sweet heart of his boyhood days. During ail thee years he never saw the girl, nor did even a letter pass between them. A few months ago the gentleman sat down and penned the young lady a few lines, reminding her of 4 old times and asking to renew acquaintance and brighten up the old rusty chain of friendship. In a short time to his great joy he received a favorable response. Correspondence fol lowed, photographs were exchanged ard matrimonial overtures were made aud promptly accepted. Every preparation was made for the nuptials, and a few days days since these parties met at Kalama, alter an absence of twelve years, and were joined in wedlock within an hour. Yesterday the happy couple came up to this city and took the train southward, intending to make a hymeneal tour through the valley." Honing a Razor. "The first requisite," says our corre spondent G. AV. D., " is to have a well shaped, well-tempered and well (water) pround razor; unless very truly ground it will be impossible to hone it properly. Take an Ital:an hone, of not too fine grit, iace it perteciiy witn nne emery paper glued on a board; dust it off and drop six or eight drops of sperm oil on its face. Hold the razor perfectly flat em the stone, draw firmly but lightlv from heel to point (from the further right nana corner to tne lower left hand cor ner), against the edge ; if a wire edge be produced, run the edge lightly across the thumb nail, and a few strokes on the hone will remove all trouble on that score. If you will examine the edge of the razor now by aid of a magnifier you will find that the fine grooves or teeth incline toward the heel. " I would here say that the hone must be kept perfectly clean, as, after using a few times and then neglecting it, the pores will get filled with steel, and in that case it will not be possible to- get a keen edge on the arazor. I have had a hone in use for forty years, for my own and friends' razors. I have kept it per fectly true, and yet there has been no perceptible wear. " I make my own straps as follows : I se lect a piece of satin, maple or iose-wood, twelve inches long, one and three-fourth inches wide and three-tightbs inch thick; I allow three and one-half inches for length of handle. Half an inch from where the handle begins I notch out tbe thickness of the leather st as to make it flash toward the end. I taper also the thickness of the leather; this precaution prevents the case from tearing up the leatLer in putting the strap in. I then round the wood very slightly, just enough (say one-twelfth of an inch) to keep from cutting by tbe razor in strapping and turning over the same. I now select a proper-sized piece of fine French book binder's calfskin, cover with good wheat or rye paste, then lay the edge in the notch and secure it in place with a small vise, proceed to rub it down firmly and es solid as possible with a tooth-brush handle (always at hand or 6hould be), and after the whole is thoroughly dry trim it neatly and make the case. 44 Use cold water for lather, as it softens beard and hardens the cuticle; hot water softens both and makes the face tender. Always dip the razor in hot water before using and also after use, as it will dry and prevent rusting." Scientific Ameri can. Two or Three Tretty Things. Take a strawberry box left of last summer and cover it with the fine green moss that you can find in the woods, nestling close to the roots of the trees. To fasten the moss on you must take brown cotton and wind it round and round. The thread will sink into the fibers of the moss and will not be seen Now, if youJiave boily berries or tiny shells arrange them here and there upon the moss. Stick the coral berries in, stick the shells on, with mucilage. In side your box set a low tumbler, fill it with water, and in it place plentiful sprigs of the basket-plant trandeseantia, commonly known as 44 The Wandering Jew," or 44 Creeping Jacob." Ii grows rapidly when potted, and even in water, which must be changed once a week or so, it will put forth shoots and make a most refreshing greenness. Such an ar rangement as this, the moss-covered box and the trailing vine, set on a bracket will make one corner of your sitting room a source of interest and delight. If you have a little table whereof the top is scratched or worn j'ou can make a cover for it that will be really ornament al by cutting a square or round of bright red flannel the size and shpe of your top and piuking it around the edge in the same manner. Upon every alternate scallop of this upper cover fasten with mucilage a little fluted shell of the sort used to make pocket pincushions of. If you want your shell to look very gay in deed wind it with sewing-silk of different colors in the convolutions. Are you boarding or crowded for room in your house, so that contrivances are a necessity? If so, you may like to hear of a new scrap-bag, which is convenient for soiled collars, cuffs and small pieces or for rags. You will require a yard of brown lawn to make it. Make an ordi nary bag, ten inches from the bottom run in a shirr and introduce a hoop skirt wire, over which, to hide it and for ornament, sew a quilling of bright satin ribbon ; shirt-braid will do if you don't wish to'be extravagant. Pieces of linen, oblong and cut in points, may be braided and hung from the shirr, in which case they may be put on before the ribbon quilling. Finish the whole with a bright cord or string of ribbon and hang it by your bureau. liural Ilome. Keeping1 Accounts. How maxt of our readers will start out this spring with a determination to keep an accurate account ot their entire farm operations? Twenty thousand we hope " W hen it rains 1 cannot shingle my house, and when it does not rain it don't need it," are words attributed to some shiftless wight. When the farmer gets through the year with money ahead he is apt to think that accounts are ot no par ticular value. If he falls behind he cares little about seeing the figures in black and white. But such farming is not business farming, there may be, and in thousands of cases are, men emi nently successful at farming who never Know what it costs to grow any particu lar crop or to feed anv particular lot of animals. And likewise there arc men who keep accurate accounts of these ex penses who fail. But the intelligent man, the man of tact and thought, by his accounts is much more likelv to be able to tell why he failed to get a good return and to reach a success! ul change than he who goes it blindly year after year, losing where he least expects it The business method goes a long ways in the education and discipline the farmer needs, now that he is taking his place in the law-making and law-enforc ing positions ot the btate and nation This hint is worth something to young farmers who are to have a better field and a broader one for action than most of their progenitors have had before them. Prairie Farmer. A Postponed Burial. The pall-bearers at a funeral in North Carolina were latelyWievcd from duty in a manner not anticipated. The funeral occurred at the time of the recent flood, and the procession on its way to the cemetery had to cross a small creek. In .crossing the creeK, wbich was rising rapidly, the wagon stuck fast, and those in charge of the coffin were rescued with difficulty. Ko sooner was the wairon-bed relieved of the weight of the ten bearers than a new trouble occurred, 'he box of the wagon rose upon the water and floated awav, carrying tbe coffin with it In vain those in the procession attempted to recover the body. The wagon-box capsized and disappeared, but the coffin floated still, and, despite the energetic efforts to secure it, was carried away by the raging waters and soon lost to sight in the distance. Naturally, this little occurrence prevented the consummation of the funeral ceremonies., a body being one of tbe first requisites for such an oc casion. Days atterward, when the flood had subsided, a coffin was discovered upon a pile of driftwood, thirty miles from where the accident at the funeral occurred. It proved to be the one lost. and was, with its contents, uninjured in anyway; so that the ceremonies were not prevented, only postponed. It is doubtful, however, if burial exercises were ever postponed in just such a way before. Victoria as a Paragraphias A writer in the Philadelphia Press says: "It may not be generally known that Queen Victoria, though not actually on the staff of any public journal nor regularly engaged to perform editorial work, sometimes docs contribute lead ing paragraphs if not leading articles to the dailv naner self-entitled the leadintr journal of Lurope.' For this there is no lack of precedents. Napoleon I., before and after he became Emperor, frequent ly wrote stinging articlej in Le Jfoniteur, the official organ of the French Govern ment, chiefly attacking the English, and Napoleon III. also wrote occasionally for Paris journals, though never in a tone unfriendly to England. In the London Time of March 10 the following appears in the Court Circular immediately lollow- ing the political editorials of the day: 4 By the death of Sir Arthur Helps the Queen has sustained a loss which has caused Her Majesty great affliction. As a loyal subject and as a Kind friend he rendered to Her Majesty very important service. He assisted with a delicacv of feeling and an amount of sympathy. which Her Majesty can never forget, in the publication of her records of the Prince Consort's speeches and of her 44 Life in the Highlands," to which he willingly devoted the powers of his en lightened and accomplished mind. The Queen feels that in him she lost a true and devoted friend. " To Keep Dried Beek in Summer. Take a clean box or barrel and put in a panful of hard-wood ashes, wrap each piece of beef in a thick paper and pack tight in the box of ashes; put a layer of beef, then a layer of ahes; be sure the ashes cover the beef ; I think vou will find the last piece of beef will be as sweet and good as the first; ours is. Smoked hams can be kept in the same way by putting corn-cobs between the layers. Cor. Household. A Chinese vniinir ladv was an annli. cant for a vacancy among the teachers of a oan r rancisco scnooi. AGRICULTURAL AND DOMESTIC. A correspondent of the Scientific American gives the following new cure for wounds: As soon as such a wound is inflicted, get a light stick (a knife or file handle will do), and commence to tap gently on the wound. Do not stop for the hurt, but continue until it bleeds freely and becomes perfectly numb. WTien this point is reached you are safe ; all that is then necessary is to prefect it from dirt. Do not stop short of the bleeding and the numbness, and do not on any account close the opening with plaster. Nothing more than a little simple cerate on a clean cloth is neces sarv. I have used and seen this used on all kinds of simple punctures for thirty years, and never knew a single instance of a wound becoming inflamed or sore after the treatment as above. Among other cases a coal-rake tooth going en tirely through the foot, a rusty darning needle through the foot, a bad bite by a sucking pig, several instances of file shanks through the hand, and number less cases of rusty nails, awls, etc.; but never knew a single failure of this treat ment. How to Select Beef. See if the meat is fine, of a clear, red color, with a yel lowish white fat. Cow beef must also be of a clear red color, but more pale than other beef; the fat is white. Bull beef ia never good; you recognize it when you see hard and yellow fat ; the lean part is of a jlirty, reddish color. The roasting or bakiog pieces are the tenderloin, the fillet, and some cuts of the ribs. For soup, every piece is good; to make rich broth, take pieces of the rump, sucket, round, etc., but every piece makes excellent broth and there fore excellent soup. A good piece of rib, prepared like a fillet or tenderloin, makes an excellent dish, the bones and meat around them being used to make broth. Cattle-feedig. 44 Little and often" is the motto of the careful and skillful caUle-feeder. As an example the prac tice of the most successful of English feeders is given. At 6:30 in the morn ing, meal mixed with pulped roots and cut chaff, just enough of the roots to moisten the chaff; at eight o'clock twen ty pounds of sliced roots; at ten o'clock, meal and chaff, as before ; at noon, oil cake and chaff ; ai two o'clock, meal and chaff, as before; at 4:30 p. m., meal and chaff; at six p. m., hay, from four to five pounds. Water is kept where it can be taken at all times, and the animals are kept in boxes, loose. Three or four pounds of meal is enough to begin with per day, and it is increased as the cattle need it. Farm Mortgages. We do not desire to excite unneces sary alarm, but the great extent to which farms are becoming mortgaged to East ern capitalists is a bad state of affairs. We are informed that three-fourths of all the farm3 in some of the counties in this State, as well as Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin, are mortgaged to long time loans, at from 10 to 13 per cent, interest. There are agents in all our counties for Eastern moneyed men liberally advertising money to loan. Generally the owners of the money get 10 per cent, and the agent adds as much more as will pay him for his trouble. Of this we do not complain. Anyone has a right to loan his money, and in many cases it is advantageous to have such an opportunity to borrow money. But there are but few men and few branches of business that can pay for any length of time 10 per cent, interest. It is al most sure bankruptcy to the borrower. And if the agricultural interests should be depressed for a few years, but few ot the present owners of the farms of the 'Northwest will be the lords of the soil. Let us look at this question. In Iowa for the past six years wheat has not aver aged over twelve bushels to the acre, nor over seventy cents per bushel, making the value of the product per acre, at the railroad warehouse, $8.40. The cost of production is, seed, $1.40 per acre; rent of ground, $3; plowing, $1.25; seeding and harrowing, $1; har vesting, stacking and threshing, $4.30, hauling to market, $1 making it cost $11.05 per acre, or a loss of $3.55 per year, or more than the entire rent of the ground. Others who keep no books, and know nothing what it costs to raise wheat, may bhow different figures, but twenty years of close observation has so ground these items into our mind that it will require strong demonstration to re move their impressions. With this show ing and with a determined persistence in rais5ig wheat there is no wonder our farms are thatched with mortgages. In our late trip South we frequently met with Eastern tourists who were lavish of their statements that they had large in vestments in mortgages on the farms of Iowa or Illinois. We would advise our farmers to prepare for the storm that is coming. " Estimate exactly when your mortgage has to be paid, and create a sinking fund to meet it. If the debt is $500, and is due in three years, buy at once at least ten good steer calves and set thern apart to meet that debt, or in some other way set apart some certain source- to meet it, and by economy and mdusfry keep out of debt otherwise, and thus let the intolerable incubus to the prosperity of our State be wiped out at maturity. Wheat alone will not do, but will sink deeper and deeper those who are bound hand and foot to the cart that bears the sheaves. Iowa State Register. IVew Process for Preserving Wood From Fire and Decay. The following process is by S. W. Moore and Weatherby, of England: The wood to be prepared is first kiln dried, which process deprives it of all moisture and much of its volatile turpen tine and other inflammable matter; it is then put into suitable cylinders, in which lime and water, with sulphurous acid gas, are forced into the pores of the wood under considerable pressure, the sulphurous acid being a by-product from the wasting of pyrites. 1 he wood is removed and dried, and is then ready for ue. hen sulphurous acid is passed into lime under pressure, a sulphate of lime is formed which is soluble in water, ca pable of crystallizing as a bisulphite, which is readily oxidizable and converti ble into sulphate of lime or gypsum. As this is an exceedingly insoluble salt, it is not easily removed, therefore. from the pores of the wood, and not only protects the wood by its presence as a non-conductor of heat, but deoxidizes all matters which are likely to prove ob jectionable as ferments. The advantages presented bv this wood are that its weight ia less after treatment than of the same wood before kiln-drying; a series of pieces gave a mean specific gravity of 0.3501. The process lor workiDg is very much cheaper than that of any other yet devised ; it is an admirable means for preventing dry rot and decay from the action of water, as the pores are coated with an insoluble salt; it thus wears longer and vibrates less than ordinary pine; it resists the attacks of insects, and, from the removal of tbe volatile inflammable matter, as well as from the introduction of a non conducting material, it is well able to withstand fire, the interior parts not giv ing up gaseous matter, which always so readily inflames. Ibe wood, although answering these ends, contains but little matter foreign to itself. Wood fiber, 87.2; moisture at 239 deg. Fahr., 8.5; ash, 4.3. Total 100. The idea here presented is much the same as that noticed accidentally in the late Franco-Prussian war ; many houses there were found to have been protected from fire when they were largely built with plaster; lath and plaster walls were absolutely uninjured by the fire when surrounding parts were destroyed. Scientific American. Chestnut Pudding. Take clean. boiled chestnut kernels and pound them in a mortar, or rub them through a sieve. To one cup of this add three cups of chopped apple, one cup of chopped rais ins, and one-half cup of sugar, and one cup of water. Mix thoroughly and bake cne-half hour, or until the apple is ten der. Serve cold. A Remarkable Rook. Z In 1S58 P. T. Barnum wrote h'15 Autoblogra- fthy for Burr & Co., the celebrated publishers n Hartford, Conn., for which they paid him $15,000. It made a book of W) pages, was profuselv illustrated, gave a particular a" couutof'Barnum's eventful life in all parts of the world, and included his celebrated lecture on 44 The Art of Money Getting." Horace Greeley pronounced the book 44 worth a hun dred dollar greenback to manv a beginner in life." The publishers sold 9J,000 copies of the book by subscription, at three dollars aud a half a copy. In 1S71, when Mr. Barnum started his great traveling shows, he bought back the copyritrht and stereotype plates of his book for $10,000, added an Appendix bringing: the account of his life up to that date, printed an edition of 100,000 copies, sent them with hU traveling shows, and sold the whole of them at cost, oue dollar each. He has added an Appendix each year, which has now increased the volume to a thousand pages. It averages a sale of lOOtMW copies each year. They are neatly bound iu muslin, gilt, and sold in all his traveling shows. A9 his patrons emerge from his great show tcnU with his hooks under their arms, tuey iook a if coming from a circulating library ' book in this country ever had such an enor mous sale, or so abounds in curious incidents of real life and valuable experiences. J"j- talo Lottiter. m Theodore Iiiomas, of 1 nomas' or chestra, than whom there is no higher musical authority in the world, says there are no other cabinet or parlor organs equal to those made by the .Mason !c Hamlin Organ Co., and that musicians agree with him in this opinion. r V Send for "Chromo" J.H.liL t FOIUTS SON b.UobUJD. Ad- A Hint to the Wouki xa Max. A man with a family, however poor he may be, owes it to ms wue to save uer health and strength in every way possible. He has no right to al low the mother of his children to wear her life out toiling with her needle to clothe her family. His duty is to buy the llson shut tle sewing machine, the best machine for family sewing and manufacturing purposes ever invented, and he can buy the AVilson machine upon terms which enatle him 'pay for it in small monthly installments, that ne can spare outoi his wages without leeiin the drain. He will get, tuerebv, a machine capable of doing every variety of family work in the most beautiful manner; a machine tha even a child can operate, and which will prove a permanent family blessing. Machines will be delivered at any railroad station this county, free of transportation charges, ordered through the company's branch hous at i'J7 Slate street, cmcairo. iney send au elegant catalogue and chromo circular free on application. This company want a few more agents. A $4.00 Book, for $1.50. Tbe People's Common Sense Medical Ad viser, in plain English, or Medicine ttimpli tied; by It. V. Pierce, M. D., Counselor in Chief of the Board of Physicians and Sur. geons at the World's Dispensary, Buffalo, N 1. the above WorK a book 01 about nin hundred large pages, profusely illustrated with Wood Engravings and colored plates, and well and strongly bound will be eent, postpaid, to any address for One Dollar and tnty Cents making it the cheapest book EVEll OFFERED TO THE AMERICAN I'EOI'LE. Other books treating of domestic medicines of like size and style of binding, and not nearly as well illustrated, with no colored plates, and some of them containing no pre scriptions and making kuown no means of 6clf-cure for the diseases which they discuss sell for from three dollars and a half to live dollars. Were Dr. Pierce's Work not pub lished by the author, printed and bound with lm own machinery, aud were it 6old through agents, as other like works are, the price of it would have to be not less than four dollars For when the publisher pays the author fair price for his production, then adds a profit to his investment large enough to sat isfy himself and compensate him, not only for his labor, but also for the risk of pecuniary loss which he assumes in taking the chances of the. enterprif e proving a success, and when the State, county and canvassing agent has each received his profit, they have added to the expense of a book that -''originally cost about 1.25 so much that the people have to pa v not less than 4.00 for It. 1 he People's .Med ical Adviser, on the contrary, is placed within the pecuniary reach of all classes by the author, who adopts the plan 01 the Grangers, aispens ing witn middle-men and giving the bench of their profits to the people, offering his book at a price little above actual cost of publication. That those desiring the book may run no risk of losing their money in sendinir it through the mails, the author ad vertises that money addressed to him at Buf falo, 1., and inclosed m REGISTERED let ters, may be at his risk 01 loss, ibe authon large correspondence with the people upon medical matters twmcn, we are credibly in formed, frequently exceeds 300 letters a day and requires several trained and skillful med ical assistants and short-hand reporters to en able him to entertain and answer them), a well as his large daily dealings with disease at the orld's Dispensary, appear to have pe culiarly fitted him for writing the Work, by rendering him very familiar with the every day medical needs of the people, lie eu deavors, in this work, to answer all the nu merous questions relating to health and di ease that have been addressed to him by the people from ail parts of the land, and hence it contains important information for the young and old, male and female, single and married, nowhere else to be found. All the most prevalent diseases of both sexes are also plainly and fully considered, and means o self-cure made known. Unlike other works on Domestic Medicine, it includes the sub jects of Biology, Cerebral Physiology, Hygiene Temperaments, Marriage, Reproduction. etc., all cf which are treated iu an origina and interesting marner. It is a compendium of Anatomical, Phvsiological and Medical Science, and embodies the latest discoveries in each department. Herbamstic Kkmedies. In former days, if a member of the household be came indisposed, the family-head, under instructions from the gray-haired dame went to the forest or the field to gather herbs or berries, from which were quick ly made invigorating extracts, which ere many days brought the patient safely around, and saw the family gathering once more without a missing member How is it now? The slightest indisposi tion brings the 44 family physician," with his handsome carriage, lie feels the pulse, examines the tongue, looks very grave.writes a few lines of hieroglyphics charges a big fee, and leaves, only to re turn the next day and find, his patient mercurialized sufficiently to be really sick. A week or two of attendance tol lows, and therein lies the secret of "wealthy physicians." Compare the physique of the present age with the past and the story is complete. Keader, dis card chemicals and try herbs. If j'ou are ill, try the great herbalistic remedy, ur J. Walker's Vinegar Bitters. 30 Davis' Pain Killer. This article needs no comments from us, but the real worth of so valuable a compound compels us to give nublicitv to it. 1 he Pam luller we keep con stantly at hand, and have done so for a num ber of years, and have administered it for ails of all descriptions, both external and in ternal, aud have ever found it to be the best remedy extant. We well recollect its first in traduction for public patronage: it was then sold in a few shops in the city; look at it now the world are Its patrons. Sold everywhere. Dr. A. JonNsoN. one of the most successful practitioners of his time, invented what is now called Johnnon's Anod'M Linitr.cn f. The jrreat success of this article in the cure of Bronchitis and all diseases of throat and lungs will make the name of Johnson not less favor ably, if less widely, known than that of Louis rsapoleon. Electricitt is Life. All nervous disor ders, chronic diseases of the chest, head, liver, stomach, kidneys and blood, aches and pains, nervous and general debility, etc., quickly cured after drugs fail by wearing olta s Elec tro Belts and Bands. Valuable book free, by Volta Belt Co., Cincinnati, Ohio. The public are hereby assured, through the columns of this paper, that Pamons' Purgative Pill contain no injurious principle, but that they may le administered to children and the most weak and shattered constitutions, in small doses, with great certainty of success- Glen Flora Springs are located at Wau kegan. 111. Cares Dyspepsia, Bright' Dis ease and Kidney Complaints. Circulars free. Prussixq's celebrated White Wine Vinegar has been before the public twenty-seven years. Td Northwestern Horsb-Nail Co.'s '4 Finished" Nail is the best in the world. T1 I f to .- PE II t I W CaUilogUO. J. I r., T-ix-.. ,.,,iTiin riniltl ti mull for Vif ITVEItY FAMILY WANTS IT -Ajolil by Agent. $72 Monev In it. Address M.X.LON I LL, fc-rie. l it. t'.arh Wr.. :Oi.l lKSt'IIi HIF.K. AUdresa rainier, Al:era - ., Si. Louia. Mo. Dry Slpnm ilrU n lumber 111 2 dats: ruros C li'"' warms Huusoh cheaply. H. O. Bulkier, Clevelsml.U. Ci(U A U'KF.k "TO AGKNTS every where. .iA)J.ddrcss Duncan & Millkh, Unchmimi. Mich. 1 k OIL t'llKH.HOS lor ! : two for iV. AwnM 1m wanted. t'.W.Mt Clkavk& ( o.,Hontii & CliicapJ Qi O per day nt homo. Term 1'rce. Addrrm tFt) V oio. bxiKsox & Co.. 1'ortlaud. Maiue. ttyAfk month rJJ KXiELSIOll SI f t to aeents every whe e. Adir liil? lll."l! I t l'i..l. inui. Mi..)i UKNT9. Chang ChniiK arils atr'it. Nr-cessary as toup. Good free. CliaiiK Chaiii; M'f'K Co., 14 jslon. :"itiin. Hook u now reuti y . .Min ion!: can betold. Ooudrin-vd I'uMiKhV liuiise.Oiiicatfo IJLACKIlILLSo!;!.!.1; Get the best. The best Elastic Truss is Pomeroy's, 744 Broadway, N. Y. Write for it. Bl rnett's Cocoaink is the best and cheap- e it hair dressing in the world. IFHEJI WUITTNO TO ADVERTISERS, II please my yon saw tbe AdTertlae meat in thla paper WHISKERS The Onlr Prenarat Ion that trivet iK-rfect ttaticfactioii o thoM wiKhing to raise Beard uMna nrpnu 1-.1 4lll V 11 t i tv. t v minne. nrri on recelnt of !. Samplea inallert for 15 Ua. Addret j y yrtAN-gux. bole Importer, jersey -. ) , Fl-:n HAY Commission orS Ml -rrV t. r iirv, and exponas. We o'ier it and vi;i y it. Apply now. Ci. Webber Si Co., Marlon, o. IHUOJO nWK!-S." nircmos: "01 rP" in J terestln? read;.'i!. J'rMi-4.1 S!" f.. en's frsj for circulars. t.EO. SUKHWOOD & CU.i t-uu-.,. 8 fm r A MOTH ARcnts wanted eTrry jy 8 c tliere. i'uslnens honortttle and first Fml ElS Cl!"8. P-Htirn'iirs pe.it free. Ad Ir.'ss LA JOHV WoKTll 4 t:o. St. I.ot:ia Mu. COMKTIIIMJ NKW A rent 1 ttle rocket '." O rolver and Caoe (siiniNr to the Sn illi Ai v e-on, gent by mm! or express on receipt of Ail-iress FIUt-.VUMS.VF U CO.. Box .'Ml, I lium City. Ind. lill) I 'C Very cheap, to close biistnecs, 2 II. I t It illJib Ui f)oni,i,. t yl. Flooriiicai.il I In. Ganfr Lath Miir-liines nil hp). For further purllc ulnrs UiUlree L It. Walker, l."9 S. Green-st , CliieHj:'). T?OR. VAI.ITA1Sl.Iii ItPORJf ATICTV, Mrw JL Ai. JM. iiAKKlh, HOX aidU, IJOStOU, -I.l8 FOR AGENTS In our ton New Nove!llea. Jntotit. Needed In pvr'rv hnime. .jirn ile ur.d eiren- II. B. W111TE& CO., riwari, N. J. $ MONEY lars free by mail. Prof. D. Meeker's Painless Opinm Core ! a A ft R 3 700 SI PEORIA CORN -STARCH Makes the most Delicious PIES. PrDDlX OS. PLANX' MA-NUIi, i.tc. for bale Ly All i lrst-elass Grocers. mil- ir'tf-v Continued or Sersr.tir.r al Stories In the PEUPLU'KLEUUEK, H hiru-e nases every week. 5 years old ; Kent on trial 3 months to? only 5I rent. A Special Acen.t anted for every t.i-n in whom we rnrniKh AaveniHintf ihciuih-h uu uood par. II. K. C CUTIS, Publisher, Uoston, aiass. S?Rr!E?g Con,) Ui'T I.' I TQTV V .r- Inu' f.i Ivudf. IM M)t fcl.lMI fc :o.. 101 S X. 5th St.. St. LotiU, .io. OPPOltTI'NITY for I cle linaneiai specula. i .i ......... til Ll' HI. i-i.rr "iiioiu.irB Ji-1 hriDi'sWIO.COO. Send 15 cents for To; k fivins iio -.-(! and apl.iininn he !..sf Mh it:veh'niiit o: ti.o t.ay. a lii sa l.o MQ. 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HKK- FKOSp, Seeds, lmilclueula, tic, 250 Stt-U, Chicago. JIOJEY I1V IT SlUF.! .Tost out. I'seful, Handsome, ( heap. Sella everywhere. A rare chance. Also, Xew Maps, Charts, &c. Our new chart, CHRISTIAN Hit AC KS,isaeplendid fiicccs6. Cin cinnati in tcei same as N.York. Send for termsto E.C. Hkipomak, 5 Barc lay St., N.Y., & 1T V.4tn bu,Cln..O, JUST Tfl IB BOOSC vou CAN SELL! SENT A book exposinB the mysteries of T T TQI and how any one may operate; M .'VJJIJCilt Aiii-..o6rnllv with a rnitjil of A.iO or A 1-4 MMi. Com plete Instructions and Illustrations to any address. Tl'MllKIUtiK A; CO., UAMkEKs JLSi Elioiiiitta, A Mail street, is ew lort Dunham & Sons, Manufacturers, Warerooms, 13 East lth Street, EsUblishell834. NEW YORK. Stndfor Illustrated Cxrrular and Vice Lui. WANTED IM EVERY TOWN, onerellabTe aprent to sell the celebrated Combination Hame Fastener; all horsemen acknon h dee it to be the boss arramr'inent for a bnme tlran. The hook aitjcli- u;ent Is made- of wrought iron, in suitable s'.zvs for nil kinds of liames. No stitches to rip. CRuntitfiiipr.rour.il when the names are being buckled. Is clu :ip and very durable. Sells at siht. A (rents double their money. ill be sent a sample to any add re: ready lor ui-e, nostnaid. on reeeint of 25 cents. Sclid for circular and price-list. Address E. COYEKT. Patentee and S"la Manufacturer, Farmer Village, S ncca County, N. Y. The Best. Alienors. One Wafer makes .1 trances. Sample and Circu lars mailed for III Cfnts and stamn. . tlPVUVfPVLLTil L i f ' 1 I ...... I . , r, v- IIS) ? .T. S. "Winslow & Co., ST. ip , Y.'roIffx. Ijr tliim', Mi iy: " e honestly think vour be Foambu- penm to au oilier it.: in rownei. IVful.StoneitCo., Vro'-r, SpriHarti lt, M'UK, any : " Sea Kuam 'i!iiliu-H al 1 t ie qujt: il i-a de.i: 'd la a Iirl-rl.ua haklnir Powder." Try it. "It Is lust the thinie frr DyieptP- and wetlt leitmuf, and tteiur 'tilt for tha stronr. and well.' Watty ValiiaMe Cookina Keflpea sent free. Send fur 43 17 ft luanc St., INew York. Thl new Truss Is worn With perfect comfort, nlt-iit and tl 'V. Adapts lteif to every notion ol the body, retaining l;m- tjre uniii . the harde, t exercise or severest strain until permanently cured. Sold cheap by ths ELASTIC TUS3 CO.. 40 nuAH.1. fa- aT'E.4 ' and Bont tj- iuaU. C ull or cud for circular and be cured . mailif-r aSalal-paAAayr ' ".fa i-Lf M rsJ-j? p. r :r. mmmm AO EXTS TTAHTXn fortf-9 C E ti T E N N I A L XJxixEDSmBsG.aZETTJaEIl I A book for every American. Sella everywhere at Might. F"aruierH,Teachere,students.Ijwyers,Mercha'tH.School Directors, Manufacturers. -Mechanics. Stunners. Su! men. men of learning and men whocan only read, old ana young, all want it for evervdav reierence an.l u'. Shows grand results of I (Nt V-Vm' Proar-... A rhole l.i brary, JUmtoii. Gi'tbe N ot a Inm ry, b"t a necessity. Inttr-Urmn Itrst-Hcll ing txsik pub lished, tMxl Par. SiWantiien.Aa-t. in evervcitv of 10,iT0 Address J.C. McCl ltlJ V fc ., Jal- lisuera, t-ui emium, v., imcago, ill., or st.Loins,.Yio. , 1 . -T.i .... ua., . I . POPE'S f RIFLE AIR-PISTOL Slioot Dart or King Perfect ly Aicuralc. j:ecoi:imei'!c.l iy Sortmen and MiHt.trv m n. Spiend.d Parlor Amusement. Oi:e Liar become a i 'c:m miih nir oracticintr witn it. i o a rw.rrsmiiu it is lnvuluablH. Price, including Dart. Slugs. Targets and .nnsiocK. a.ou. tiantisomeiy nn-kei-pluteq, vvj. elf-Adlust.ng 1V11 Target. tl.m. For sale bv (inn Dealers, or sent hv mail on reeeint of nrl e and .5 cts. postage, I'ope Hbos., MTra, 15 Jligh-et. Iostou, Masa. V aft The c- cessitu remedy or the present day. Send for paper on opium tatmit. r. o. Uw ;... aju oiuis, lsu. f9 qf j t JrVS aft HETTICIt for Atrcnt. IV I nilSM Wanted in every fanulv. !;. tails for t3. Lai-f: ? commissions. l;eauy sr les. "Write now for full particulars and special tVrir.s, T. It. l(.ifIdel,liJ L.U, Sialic St., Cl;iuo, 1 loot it -2. 700 SUPERB VARIETIES OF I ,0OO Oreenhouso Planta. lias Planta a Bnecialty. strated Catalogue Free. TEAS & CO. Richmond, Ind. Dr. J. lVallicr's California Vin- r l.iffrrs are a vurclY ccctaL.: preparation, mado cliicl!y from iho na tive herta found on tho lower ran03 of tho Sierra Xcvadn mountains of Califor nia, tho medicinal properties cf which nto extracted therefrom without tho uso of .leohol. Tho question ii dmo.-t daily apked, " What is tho cauco of Hki unparalleled succc?3 of YixkoaiI Jit tki:s ? Our answer ia, that they rcmoVO tho caupo of disease, and tho patient ro. rovers his health. They aro tho gre;e' Llood purifier and a life-giving principle, a perfect Innovator and Invigorator of tho system. Never beforo in thn history cf tho vorld'haaa meditir.o been compounddl possessing tho rornarkalila qualities of Viskoar iirrTEr.s in houlinj? tho fick of c-ery dise.no man U heir to. They aro a pent'o Purfrutivo v-!l a1 a Tonic, relieving Congestion or I;l'a:ri:iiatin of tho Liver and Visceral Organ, ia lluioun Diseases. Tho properties of pn. walkkh's YiJiEOAR liiTi iJKS are peril-lit, D ar horetie, Carminatives, Nutritious, Laxative, Diuretic, Sedative, Counter-irritant, Sudoric, Altera livo. and Anti-Hiliona. r ii. vieuaswn A co tniirc!s!s and Gen. Ada., San FrnncUco, California, uad cor. of Vv'uMiiirton nml Charlton Su., N. Y. Sold by all UriigIatK and L ultra. IIIXTS OV CARDIAC IMSEAStC SO. 1, Tim veins aro cunMrucu.tl, In iroticnil, likn Hi llrterW'K, lint tlu lr coats art- much tliliiinT. Many of Hut lart-r v.'lnx, particularly In tli llinlx. Iibvh rrca-I'.'iit-hliapcd valvra, UMiully arranged in palm anil op. posito t acli oilier. Tln-y arc formed ny t n l-uliUiiKa of tlit! HniiiK nieiiilinmc, f I rcnt In-lied Hh lnttrrvcu inx llhro-clantic tixMH'. liclilnd cacti valve then; la a filiation of ih vein, forming a lit lie pouch. 1 lie veins are arranged in two M't, tin; Mipcrlli ial and the decu acatcd ; the former lie immediately tiuiler the ykln. poa-(m'im-Iiik no correpoiiilliits arti-rfeai the deep-Heated veins directly attend the arterlea. and ii-ually take the aauin mime.. Tho larci.t arteries hav one venous trunk; the iiiodium-Kized have two. railed 1 'ikK oiii ltea The w alla of the aneriea and veins uC furnished ith nutritive vcwel and iiervea. The unaljaeaof l'.lood hy flillerent chemiM five different remit, duo c-hieily to the varvinf? condition of health, arc, teiu pernnient, ele.. of llio person from w hic li It 1 taken. The following from Lehman ptvcn the compoMt ion of 1.0UU narta an calculated from t lie aiiah ls of vemma llloodhy Lccnuu: t orpneles Water, lit! : llalmiitiil, 8..s;.: t.lobnlai. 11.111; fat, J.l.Vi: Kvtniiiive ltter, l.S; Sails. 4.i;: Fibrin. : Aiiiu'iieli. I'laMina Wafer, 1M.45; Fat, .Hi: Kxrrartive Matter. I. 7: Salts. 4. AcOordSin; to tiiis i -Mimafc, KliH.di-oiitHii' about x'per cent, of water and an per cent, (lid liMtfcr. lUooil cbnr'C-d Willi pum-s Oxyp-n, Nitrogen and Carb inlo Acid li:t A faiilie tate liud iilknlilie qua Hie. When Hloi.d is exj'i.M d to the air the Fibrin contained I" co.iiMVites, told carries down with It mechanically f)"' corpuscle, which li aM-s i;n amber-colorc I 1'iud tailed fri mm. in w hit h I lie so i id pari or clu I floats. Dr. Newman, of London, regard 'he -c of nrretiif? and otlier ison- In f r -day medical prnriice. as a -'Uili:i hi taiise of the prevalence ot heart flii-ease. These tend to diminish the uhe and r an e the vol" nine of biood ill the heart, arteries and veins. J'lof. I arker. ot New York, reifiirtia extreme Medical imi n a proline cause of heart-dropsy, wnh lis attendant symplouis ot'jrenersl ileliHitv, shofthess i f hrentli nnd sense of s'llns-utioii. l'rof. t liapiiian. d riilii.dclidiia, riec!are that any coiir-eof medication lib U reduce the volume of blood tends to cause heart-' trophy. i:i l Induces general dropsy nnd panilysis. Mr. Hoo'l.ip posea t ! :e extreme Use of canst ic on IhesV m 111 ei upth diseases, because of tbctr tendency t i strike to III') heart, and thus produce sudden deaUi. I-r. .M. Itichntl, of Paris, reports, nineteen ca-es of heart disease, re pull inn from I lie use of this and similar mrcnti lor ttm cure of aVsec-.scs, ulcers, cancers, arrottibi, ami tho lik", all of w hli h disappeared from I lie anri;iee. hut - infected tin: heart thai i'cricaniitis, Dropsy and aud den d' ath requited. The prevalent forma of fardlar complaint r rn laivmenf, coiifi -tion. intlaiiiniaiioii and dropsy, ami of these t'ie most couinioii symptoms are a ru-h of biood Io the heart, cold let t, i'eiu ral wcaknc-s. short ness of breath, tiizzint ss, und a m-ii-c "i siittot -ation in the region of the heart. Many ci' .- H e on record where persons nppiireurlc free f-'oiu disca'' have, ntter a full meal, or in a lit of linger, or in all utlut k of niir'ilmare. died almiet In an Instant. Water around the lu-art i a l , i roti? f irm or Car iliac disease, and arises from a varieiv of causes, lit its earlier sta r" it yields t prop r t rei'i tueiii. lui' I have never k:io'. n'aii 1 :.st.i n- c el .-ore a ti r the h'1 rt has become entirely s.ii ror.ii'.ed Willi 1'ie thud. 'I hu tissues arc soconstriu-ied that their vi'a'i'y dcpci drt ll p in their act ivit v, w hich i u t io n is depei.i-.ei.t i n I '.it (iti.uitil v uf nxjpii ai.d nut r:t,e mailer si, pi 'bed -! a! former leln heccssa' y to t he l,ca:t hv si : u. ul us of tint ret vo-iiiuscular system and to t h chemical c.:nl.i;a lions, w l! :i"tit which third i mid be i.o renew a I ol le suc particles, and I he Fitter t se !;!' w a - can -! bv tin' ch'.llle.il and Vllal aetivll h ... II :iee t he l.ccc--(.fly of a pneumatic, apparatus fu provln' a e. inl.iht supply of x L'en, nnd a hydra uie i. pp ir..tn- t i ma ev that prep ired iiulrLuei.t to every jmrtol tie b..d; aid remove the worn-out particles. I he forim r i- pto vided by t he lun-'s and the I liter by t,. b a' t and bl'S"l-Viseis. '1 lie two rv'ciieies. biirr.i'.aio.. .y wn!', iiiir by Hi' ans of ihe tl'iuhf ircut'tU;nt t :-i.-ii: v; 1 i' ne cessity .if t he double heart. ll often happen t hat disease attack one Mile of I;..! heart w h iioiit im oW inn the other. 'I he l.tshl .;i:d I'll, sides, act alternately ami ii:il pem:, '':'. l! h i.- no rest, and works on from the day if l.'n.i until death, and hence none of t he ori-ans in the huei.ia ei . in.i.iy reijuire more skili fill I re.; t iiicnt w hen a; : u k -1 i '!'-ea.-e. Leiii'-dies should be c hosen w if a i-ve..i c u e and administered with H:lil and .iu-Umeiil I pi." su :..i of sairaeity and cxperieiM e. There appears., iti thep:es ciitd iy. a spirit ol re. kleM: 'S iiiimiff ph-,t i..i.a in the adiaini tratnui of miw en ul r t.o up s ly way of experiment ll practice, wlocii should i.'t oeroa; nanced. 11 Is iiieiui-stior.ainv II ne inn n i.i;,.' pcr- A Is --h I a ccnta'-rc of d -ease and con. e':i:- ut l.i' directly iro!,i tins cuim-. F rom tin left ven' ririe the p; Bort i, to be thence di!:'ii--cd tbr. capillaries in c cry part of the turned by the x eii's throieh thi auricle, w !i: ll del hi rs it to t he cenpletes t!'e ' tinr r- t ni. ventricle it is throw n into t be 1 t!inui;!i its I ram-In s to t' i- tin nee reform d by tli" 1 lout lilesc into t'io tir-iilti' of the ll. taiicou .: contra ul Unary n leli i en: rich .'. T-elv.i uble c; i-ciii.. . . 'I he IC'I i ion n.id ihi..; loll I. It i.m !c!e. '.ii's compii tiii . :..-t'le!e one c ii. L":!i are ca s contract and .,lb.w.d 1 f .re. .1 Ic.t.i V." al ter.' t i I se b .1; . 111., thel ce re l ( i. 'f , tt to 1 '.e r i h t, neiit Vllirii "e. 'i ids .mi. I roM 1 he ri:-! t iihaniii'i y ci o r , cud uil'loli'i! Y capOi.i-n -; ual V ci l.H. v. I: v i h Ibe ) like nelioll i I Ihe vlil nc. I'.j tl el. is throw n it: to the body mid impure lnt almost si!iiultaiieo";-i tae auricles r blood from Ihe iwvlv ;!! pure from tli jif'tn it tlm'Hi'l ' !''( lilt m i i en t 'mtti ijiale, sti'l tins ,l!i eiliateiy bv i Ti-r pi.r--1. I'll .il the luiii-'s : and eive impure jum's. MORE 55 To b! continued by N. - Jodi-e, M- l , v 1 o may lie Consulted at the l'aimerllou.sc, Lhicuiro; timely liolh o 1 visit will he given. : IiiActiial Use : E THAN 000 RGANS! ISTEY MANUFACTURED BY J. ESTEY & CO., BUATTLEDORO, VT. Sent fob Ilixbtbated Catalog?. IP The C, K. I. & P. R. R. Company I oftareis lot ala at Lo FriMJ aa Moat lU-aMiial la Term, TO AC"! '.. JIKTTI.HIN. .Somcof llir ?lot I)eirnil- ami 1-ertlie llilliilirnvrii i.uiiii 0 LANDS ntlv lrtr- th irniTtj.- t -.tn-a of m wmvi rx.lrr.1 tr J RFAT 1 u ,tir t iirl, tu4 avr .i I .inll b'Ua'l, LB tt in of Xoa-aV. IjOVV. Ranging from 55 to $ I O per acre. The ivcr.if price nctiur witi'n nat n sa umn . ar-fcpl"0' O '7 tn-'.-l''ir r.lrnrf t.-r m i i u a., mr,f f.-r la. 1. f..r .! BWchwri. Ml '. . J. 1. DIIKH , C. 11.1. Ul 1'. It. air.rn-it.ml t. krt i u(.f 0 ' Irrtuc ut scm 4tn-l tuct.on w i&tsMMUng TjMimI ( ommlwlonrr, mm GUI CUI Oil immmMmmm agJrawt rj. mm 3r.fi" 500.000 ACRES or MICHIGAN LANDS S J. L E! The Lands ef the Jackson, Lansing k Sarins w Ball- road Company are ow Offered For Sale. They are situated airmail railroad and contain large tract of excellent rAli.Il-Vu ana ris t Laud. The farmiuu iuu inciuue noma 01 tne most fertile and well-waterea naruaiwa lanaa in tin- Mais. I liev are Umbered in .inly with hard-maple anil bea-ch : ofl black, sandy loam, and abound In anrmca of purest water. .Micnis-an n one ot tiie least Imicfdetl ami nua-t nrfisnenius State in t lie I'nion. anil its lartnera ba e a greater variety of crop and resources than fcry West ern btate. wniie aoine or tne prairie Mate may pro duce corn In frreat abundance, they have no other re aource, and when this crop fail destitution follow. a ha Deen tne case the past year In Kansas hiuI Nebraska, For Maps. Circular, aud further lulortu atom, apply to or addic; . ?. li vki:. IMa tommissloucr, I..uia:n, Mu higau. CHEAP ' I'Olt CASH. We mean ILme teicing 3ftehines. rgr LARGE DISCOUNTS FOIl CASH. Machines sext OX trial to any part of ihe country at ocu ExriiNtE if not ac cepted. Senajor latest circulirs and terms to joilsox,clai:k a co., (ien'lAs'tal'.S.A., CHICAGO, ILL. DO YOUR OWN PRINTING! OVELTY PEI1TTI1TG- PP.ECS. Kr l'ro I .-aa I o ti u I anil Amiit.-oe I'rlnlrra, ra huula, a. le t i.-a. 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