Nebraska Newspapers

    Gigantic Birds.
Tlio American 51 "'"'"ii- -v-.t- i, la
lory in Ontral J1"", ISeW lOlk, has
secured eic gigantic skeletons of ex-tinrx-species
of birds belonging to the
.amity btrut'tionidm. i ivc ot them repre
sent as many different species of the genus
JJinornis, and at leat-t one belongs to the
genus Palnpteryx. They vrcre obtained
by Dr. llaart, the Curator of the Museum
of Christ Church, New Zealand, and were
originally procured in a cave near Moa
Bone Point, on that island. The bones of
this race of colossal birds have been known
to the New Zealanders for many genera
tions biick, and have been indiscriminately
calied by them bones of the moa, or big
bird. 1 hey are found m recent deposits,
in the sands of the sea-shore, in swamps,
in the soil of forests, in river leds, and in
caves. Being of immense size, they have
been sought with avidity by the natives,
and wrought into various articles tor use
in hunting, in fishing and in domestic life,
and have thus been nearly exterminated.
The first of these huge bones ever ex
hibited to a naturalist was shown to l'rof .
Owen in ly:5'J. It was the bone of a leg,
and he immediately assigned the bird to
which it belonged to its true place in the
system of nature. All additional facta
concerning the species that have leen
pained by naturali.-ts since have sustained
the characters that Prof. Owen ascribed to
the bird whose structure and habits lie dc
writxtl with a single bne lor his guide.
Science named the bird Diuornis (wonder-
iul mm ). A great number oi oones oi me
Dinornis have since been found, and
several distinct species have been made
out. A series of complete skeletons have
also been discovered, including tight
species, the duplicates of which arc now
in the American Museum.
It is supposed that specimens of the
Dinornis continued to inhabit New Zea
land down to the seventeenth if not to the
eighteenth, century, while some believe
that even yet living individuals maybe
found in the remote m ilds of the island.
In 181(5 the son of Mr. Montcll, the dis- '
tinguished English geologist, spent a con
siderable time in the interior ot New Zea
land making extensive explorations in the
region of the moa-beds, in the hope of
finding a living bird. He was, however,
assured by the natives that the birds had
recently become extinct, although a lew
generations ago the New Zealanders hud
led upon them. The natives declare,
from traditions handed down to them, that
the bird were stupid, fat and indolent;
that they were incapable of Hying, and
lived in forests and mountain Va-tne?ses,
feeding on a vegetable diet. With this all
the inferences deduced from the bones by
comparative anatomists perfectly agree.
The bones are in many instances found
with considerable animal matter and even
with the periosteum preserved. In some
deep exc avations made in an ancient cliiF
on the we-tcrn shore of New Zealand,
near New Plymouth, a quantity of lames
of the largest sie were recently brought
to view. Among them were broken egg
sin lis and rings of the trachi;e. In some
fragments of the shells the lining mem
brane still remained. Some of the bones
that have been found are twice the si.e of
those of the ostrich. "The legs of the Di
uornis (ji'jihtfin are like those of the
largest x, while the spread of the Iocs is
about eighteen inches by sixteen. The
bones ot all these birds are tilled with
marrow in-tead of being hollow, as in
birds calculated lor flight. The cranium
is very small in comparison with the
enormous bulk of the body, and is reptile
like in the occipital region. Oneskeleton
in the American Museum is fourteen feet
in height.
The natives of New Zealand assert that
, the moas were decked with gaudy plum
aire, and that the great men among
their ancestors were in the habit of wear
ing the heavy, brilliant plumes of the
birds as ornaments for the head. The
Aptery.r, a genus of birds allied to the
moas, is still a native of New Zealand. It
is about the size of a goose, and is wing
less. Its bill U very long and slender, and
the bird makes a remarkable use of it
in supporting itself when it rests. It is a
nocturnal bird, and preys on snails, in
sects, etc. The natives call it kici-kici,
and prize it highly for its feathers. The
siwcimcus of the Apteryx in the Zoological
liardens, London, arc "fed upon minced
mutton and worms, of which each bird
consumes about half a pound daily.
Au Insane MoneyOIaker.
The New York correspondent of the
.Troy Times writes of insanity, and says:
1 may here refer to the death of an ac
quaintance, which occurred at Blooming
dale Asylum, lie was a man of slender
build, but mental disease had reduced
him to extreme emaciation. He had not
lived much more than forty years and yet
lie was the image of idiotic old age. Such
was the last scene in the life of one who
was-onec highly gifted and eminently suc
cessful. "When first I knew him he was a
fine-built young man, with a brilliant
countenanc e ami easy manner. He hired
a loft in a warehouse and began trade on
a capital which could not have exceeded
J.jOO. But from that beginning sprang
one of the greatest houses in the city. His
course was one of wonderful success, but
it taxed his system beyond its strength.
He was so excited that he could not sleep.
He ljecame delirious on the subject of mak
ingmoney. It was the sole theme of his con
versation, and at last it was feared that
this talk was but a form of insanity. He
would call on his friends to show them
"How to make money." And this with
other vagaries compelled his friends to
place him in the asylum. Here he be
came a lunatic money-maker. He would
spend the day in calculation and at night
tell how many millions he had made. At
last his brain wore out and he sauk into
. idiocy, which only terminated with his
' life. The concern which he built up is
one of great wealth, and he left histfamily
a half million, but it was a small price
for which to sell his reason.
r
A Tarahle.
I held in my hand a little dry tree, an
infant hemlock. Had it lived a century it
might have towered up above all the for
est and held up its head in majesty. But
it grew on a sort of a bog, and a muskrat,
diguing his hole under it, bit oil" its roots
and it was dead. It was lull of limbs and
knots and gnarls, and I felt curious to
know how it was so.
"Poor fellow! If you had all these
limbs and knots to support I don't won
der you died."
41 And with my roots, which were my
mouth with which to feed, all cut olf,
tool"
"Yes, but where do all these ugly limbs
come from?" said I.
"Just where all ugly things come
from," said he. 44 1 am"pretly much like
you men Find out where my limbs
come from and you w ill find w here all
human sins come lrom."
44 I'll take you at your word, sir."
So I took out my knife ami peeled off
all the bark. But the limbs and the knots
were left.
44 You must go deeper than that, sir."
So I began to split and take olf layer of
wood after layer. But all the knots were
there.
44 Deeper still," said the dry stick.
Then I split it all down to the heart,
taking it all off and separating it. The
heart was laid bare; it looked like a small
rod and about six fiet long, ami perh-ips
an inch through the end. Ah! and I
w as now surprised to see that every limb
and knot and gnarl started in the heart!
Even' one was there, and every one grew
out of the heart. The germ of the starting-point
of each one was the center of the
heart. Etdianrje.
m
A precocious Ellsworth (Mc.) young
ster recently stole $ 'JOG from his father,
and when taxed with it by a lawyer pro
tested his innocence, also declaring hi3
belief that his father had hid the meney
while asleep. "When it became too hot
for him, however, he returned all but
eixty dollars, claiming to have found the
hiding-place employed by his erratic
parent.
A TrrrsviiXE philosopher is cudgeling
his ounce of brains in an attempt to un
derstand why a woman can fall in love
with a man who has a cork leg. Some
body ought to iofewn him at once that in
nine cases out of ten a cork leg i much
the most intelligent and incorruptible part
of" man, and there is 'now and then a
woman who comprehends the fact.
The Question or '70.
But the reasons for opposing
the Democratic party are national rather
than local. They concern the spirit and
conduct of the General Government in re
gard to the viul question of our political
situation. No man who takes time to
think of the subject can suppose that the
tremendous conflict of the last half century
upon the question of slavery, which was
not a question of labor only, but of polit
ical convictions and of social philosophy,
could end in a long and terrible war that
destroyed a whole" industrial system and
radically and totally changed political and
social relations without leaving a situa
tion which is not settled because of what
is called reconstruction. It does not fol
low that everything is preci.aely as it was
before, with.he exception of slavery,
merely because there arc no armies
in the field, and because the States
have resumed their relations in the
Union. Reconstruction is not completed,
as we sometimes hear asserted, because in
the nature of things it is a very gradual
process. Certainly the Democratic party
is not strong among the whites of the
Southern States because it is the party of
union, of liberty and equal rights, but be
cause it is known to be hostile to the par
ty that maintained the Union and pro
claimed freedom and established justice.
And with equal certainty the Republican
party is not opposed by the same class be
cause of its alleged corruptions but be
cause of what is called its unconstitutional
exercise of jwwer, the proof being its pro
tection of the colored class. If this is so
and as a general statement it is undeniable
if the policy of reconstruction, as the
most intelligent of the Southern Demo
cratic journals concede, is not 44 accepted"
but is inertly acquiesced in under protest,
then the hostile spirit remains and recon
struction is still but formal and is in no
proper sense completed.
It is not surprising that this should be
so. It is only surprising that anyone
should suppose that it is not so. It would
be a moft serious mistake to enter upoa
the election of 1870 w ith the theory that
there is the same kind of homogeneity in
the Union that there is in the State of New
York, and that the only question at stake
is one of persons, and of the economical
administration of a government in which
all agree. It would be as if the English
Whigs in the beginning of the eighteenth
century had supposed that because the
Jacobites were not in arms they were
friendly to the revolution and the new dy
nasty. The Democratic party, as we have
often said, will necessarily Lc controlled
by its strongest element, and that element
is not composed of the theorists of North
ern newspapers, but of the Southern lead
ers, who have a great and substantial pur
pose to achieve. That purpose is not a re
newal of the rebellion nor an attempt to
dissolve the Union, but it is to perplex and
defeat the iolicy of equal rights; to sub
ordinate tiie colored citizens to the white,
and to this end to render the amendments
nugatory by olrffiining control of the Na
tional Government; by refusing to pass
necessary laws or to execute those which
are already passed; by repealing what
is called unconstitutional legislation; by
changing the Constitutions of the States,
and making the late slave States a political
unit against the general policy known as
Republican. This is the purpose of lead
ers who have no especial affection for the
Union nor any strong faith in republican
government ; w ho are, many of them, intel
ligent and proud, but who are Americans
uiainly in name and by birth, not by oro
found conviction. Their predecessors,
whose theories and purposes they have in- J
heritcd, were accomplished politicians,
who studied men ami were trained in pub
lic affairs. They long controlled the Gov
ernment through the Democratic party,
ami when they thought they could control
it no longer they attempted to destroy it
Many of them still survive, and they have
educated those who are to succeed them.
These leaders are very patient and wary.
They believe that the people of the North
ern States huve no real sympathy for the
colored race; that they are essentially
traders, mercenary anil timid; that they
can be easily fatigued, and readily divided
under plausible pretexts of conciliation;
and these leaders hope by apparent defer
ence to the wishes of their allies in this
part of the country to regain the ascen
dency which they lost fit teen jcars ago.
This is the spirit and the purpose which,
under cover of the Democratic charges ol
corruption and unconstitutionality against
the Republican Administration, hopes to
return to pow er in 1S7(5. The contest is
really one of vital American principles and
of political progress. It is especially not
one of men, but of tendencies and meas
ures. The actual situation, not its theo
retical aspects, demands the most careful
reflection of every good citizen. We freed
the slaves. They had been the victims of
a system which for generations had im
bruted them. They had no h ibits of self
help; they had no hope, no ambition.no
relations to society; they were carefully
held in abject dependence. Freed by a
great war, they were left without property,
without education, with- ut skill, without
habits of industry, without knowledge of
affairs, of intercourse, of rights, and
among an imperious master class,
who "saw in the freedom of their
slaves the memorial of their own
humiliation and defeat. The instant
the National Government under Andrew
Johnson betrayed and d-ert"d the Repub
lican spirit and gave sign of Democratic
sympathy, the master e!as made serfs of
the freedmen. Then we t.ivc them the
ballot as a means of defens-; the ballot
to the class we have decribi; among those
to whom sen ile deference w. s a tradition,
and who were the most practiced and con
summate politicians. Rem -mber this sit
uation ; remember our system of govern
ment the separate power of the States,
and the dependence of the States up
on the Union; remember the traditions
and convictions of the late master class,
and then say w hether the peace, prosperity
and progress of the country will be more
probably secured by in'i listing the Nation
al Government to the White League and
the party which symp thizes with it and
supports it, or to the party which has
proved its fidelity to freedom, justice and
equal right?. Harper's Weekly.
Democracy.
Democracy has been tried and found
wanting. It once stood lcfore the people
as a party of honor and justice. But il
turned its back on freedom, persecuted its
champions and became the mere tool ol
the slave power. Infidelity to principle
brought corruption into its administration.
When the nation rose in to cast it
out from its high office of governmental
control it was" not tho political freak f
an hour, but the resolve of a people that
had no further use for a party that had be
trayed its trust. Its fall wa.s the death
blow of the power which sustained it.
The grave of slavery should have been the
grave of Democracy.
As a political "power it should have
been b inisliorl from the field of American
polities. But the power ol evil oftentimes
outlives the institutions which generated
it. Slavery is dead, but its ri pencil fruit,
corrupt Democracy, still lives to exert its
baneful influence bn the destiny of a na
tion. To re-ist the spread of its political
poison rrquiren fidelity, watchfulness,
energv and thorough organization on the
part ol those; who love their country and
desire its govwnment to remain in the
loyal hands of thse who saved it from the
deadly attack of Democracy and slavery.
Jiej'iibfie Magnine.
.
ZW The Presidential election of 1872
was the people's rebuke to the Democratic
party. Grant then that of 174 was their
rebuke to the Republicans, which of the
two organizations had used the result
most wisely? The Democracy are univers
ally admitted to have proved themselves
unsafe, incompetent and corrupt. Gov.
Tilden is the only man among them who
seems to have seriously tried reform, and
his party is largely opposed to him. Re
publicans, on the contrary, are everywhere
scanning the field, trying to learn what
are the complaints, ami seeking to remedy
as fast as possible. They both want pow
er; one lusts for it and the other strives to
deserve it. This is an obvious difference.
lli'puhiic Magazine.
IIekk, how's this? Not a single base
ball player h;.s been killed or crippled for
life during the lat three months. Some of
the wheels of this country are not in woik
ing order.
Food for" the Croat.
. "Great men are great eaters" would
probably be the first exclamation of one
who was given to over-hasty generaliza
tion. There would, indeed, be many ex
amples to support such a rule. Charles
V., for instanej". was an enormous eater.
"We are told that he breakfasted at five on
a fowl seethed in milk and dressed with
sugar and spices. Alter this die went to
sleep again. He dined at twelve, partak
ing alwa3's of twenty dishes. He supped
twice; at first soon after vespers, and the
second time at midnight or one o'clock,
which meal was, perhaps, the most solid
of the four. After meat he ate a great
quantity of pastry and sweetmeats, and he
irrigated every repast by vast draughts of
beer and wine. His stomach, originally a
wonderful one, succumbed after forty
j-cars of such labors (Motle-, 44 Rise of
the Dutch Republic"). After all, Charles
died at an age about fifty-eight at
which we are accustomed, in these days,
to consider a statesman as still in the
prime of life. The love of pastry appears
to have been hereditary in the house of
Hapsburg. Philip II., the same historian
tells us, 44 looked habitually on the ground
when he conversed, was chary of speech,
embarrassed, and even suffering in man
ner. This was ascribed partly to
habitual pains in the stomach, occasioned
by his inordinate fondness for pastry."
Philip ofdering an auto-da-fe alter a meal
of gooseberry tart, which had disagreed
with him, is a subject foran historical pict
ure. Frederick the Great is another illus
tration of the rule. Though he could dine on
a cup of chocolate in war-time, he loved
good eating and drinking, and undoubted
ly hastened his death by refusing to con
form in any way to proper rules of diet.
44 The King," wrote Mirabeau, who was
in Berlin at the time, 44 eats every day of
ten or twelve dishes at dinner, each very
highly seasoned ; besides, at breakfast and
supper, bread and butter covered with
salted tongue and pepier. We are at the
last scene." No wonder. A short time
before a gentleman dined with Frederick,
when an eel-pie was brought to table
which he declared was so hot 44 that it
looked as if it had been baked in hell."
The King was immoderately fond of these
eel-pies peppered to excess. But about
six weeks before his death we have the
record of a breakfast such as a sick man
has rarely eaten. Our authority is again
Mirabeau. 44 On the 4th of July, when
the doctor (the celebrated Zimmermann,
from Hanover) saw the King in the after
noon, all had again changed lor the worse.
He had applied himself to public business
from half-past three in the morning till
seven. He then ate for his breakfast a
plate of sweetmeats composed of sugar,
w hite of eggs and sour cream; then straw
berries, cherries and cold meat." Fred
erick's illness was dropsy. He died on
the 17th of August, 170. Every school -lny
will remember the parallel ol the En
glish King who died of eating too many
lampreys. King John, too, is said to have
died of a surfeit of peaches and new ale.
The verdict of modern epicures will prob
ably be 44 Served him right. Bdgraeia
Magazine.
Behavior of Children.
Wk like children good ones, we mean
and, if v.c accept the opinions of the
fathers and mothers, all children are
good.
We do not remember having ever heard
a parent call his child a bad boy or a bad
girl except in a sportive way, as a sort
of pet name'or a term of endearment.
A lew days ago we heard a young moth
er exclaim :
44 Oh, Johnny is such a bad boy, the
precious little darling!" and then followed
the hugging, and the kissing, and the
shaking which fond mothers deem it nec
essar to inflict upon their offspring to
testily their affection for them. And John
ny's badness only consisted in his having
thrown a pet kitten into the well.'
We have always observed that most
young ladies dote on children that is,
when there are anj- young men present.
We have seen sisters who habitually
scolded and cuffed the juveniles of the
family gush with kisses and sweetness
toward them when 1 1 en ry or Alfred was
present, and the children were generally
honest enough to 44 let the cat out of the
bag," and inquire what they meant.
As to a baby! why, a baby stands no
chance for its life where there are half a
dozen young ladies and a beau or two.
The poor thing is turned upside down,
and topsy-turvy, and squeezed, anil
shaken, and kissed, until the only wonder
seems to be that it does not give up the
ghost on the spot.
Generally speaking, it is refreshing to
visit in a family where there arc children.
If you wear your mauve silk, or your
white organdie, you can have polka spots
of graduated sizes gratuitously imprint
ed upon it in molasses, or grease from
doughnuts and cake, by the busy little
fingers, which are never easy until they
have felt of the ruffles on your skirt and
counted the folds and ruchings.
When children take a lunch as most
of them do twenty times a day, they al
ways come to a visitor and make a table of
he,r lap, and use her overskirt for a nap
kin. The little dears know that it is an
attention which she expects from them,
and that she will feel disappointed if it is
not paid.
You go and spend a week in a family
wherc there are about five or six children,
and sec if we do not tell you the truth.
They will get into your lap the first
thing. They will balance themselves on
the rockers of your chair, and lay out all
their strength to see if they can tip you
over.
They will play w ith your watch-chain,
and pull at it to see if it is strong. They
will want to open your locket to see what
is inside. They must try on all your
rings. They will unclasp j-our car jew
els. They will take our your hair comb.
They will get their hands in your pockets?
They will generally offer you a taste of
their bread and butter; anu when you de
cline they will want to know if your
teeth take out to be cleaned, like grand
ma's. They will cut off your pet curl w ith their
mother's scissors, and they will comb
your hair with a net comb, and take out
the friz ; and if 3011 have a bow of ribbon
left anywhere about you after you have
submitted to their manipulations you
may regard it as providential.
If their mother doesn't want to see 3011,
they w ill tell 3 011 of it. And if their
father came home the night before exhil
arated, they will tell you of that also.
They will give you all the information in
their possession of Sister Jane's beau, and
confidentially enlighten 3ou on the sub
ject of Brother Jim's kissing the chamlx-r-maid
in the hall.
They will try on your gloves and put
marbles and dead mice and broken crock
1T3' and oyster-shells and sandw iches in
your best hat, and make vour Paisley
shawl up into a bed for the dog.
If you were a man they would ask 3-ou
to play leap-frog with them, and they
would wonder why 3-our whiskers are so
much blacker than 3-our hair; and they
would tell 3-ou that Sister Jane says 3-ou
are a regular bore and she w ishes 3 011
would st3- at home and mind 3-our busi
ness and not coime sneaking after her.
And if their mother hears and observes
all this, as she generally does, she will
exclaim:
44 Why, children! how 3-011 do go on ! If
3 011 don't behave I shall have to tell 3-our
pa! Why, I declare! you are almost as
bad as Mrs. Brown's children! And I dread
to call there, they are so naughty! But
there (to you I, children will lie chil
dren, the little e'ears!" And then
she will go on to tell you that her
children have learned a great many
bad habits of Brown's 3'oung ones; and
the will groan w hen she mentions that
wicked Sammy i.rown, who will yet
bring his father's gray hairs in sorrow to
the grave, etc.
Ah! well, it is ver3' true that children
will lc children, and we have no wish
that it should be otherwise; but have
these latter-day parents no duties to er
form toward "the children they have
ushered into the world?
And why should they lake less pains
and feel less interest in the proper train
ing and discipline of their children than
they should in the training of a favorite
horse or pet spaniel? Kate Thorn, in X.
Y. Weekly.
CoxxECTKXT pnxluces 8,000,000 to 10,
000,000 pounds of tobacco per annum.
USEFUL AD SUGGESTIVE.
R.vsrBERRT vtseoar hi made by add
ing three quarts of vinegar to six quarts of
iKrries. Let it stand twenty-four hours,
then squeeze the Inrries, add to the juice
nine pounds of sugar; scald and bottle.
Scrambled Eggs. Into a frying-pan
pour a cup of cream ; when this is hot iour
in a dozen eggs, previous broken into a
dish. Cook slowly, stirring constantly so
that the eggs will be evenly done, and
serve immetliatel3.
Macedoixe of Beaxs. Put in a stew
pan one pint of stewed tomatoes, boil and
add one pint of boiled or baked beans, and
loil up; chop one pint of boiled potatoes
and set them into the oven until quite hot,
then add these to the contents of the pan,
still cooking; stir all together and serve at
once. If desired more highly seasoned,
put one spoonful of fineby-ininced onion
into the tomato and cook ten minutes be
fore adding the beans.
BritxEn CrsTAKD. Fill a glass lowl
nearly full with three pints of nice boiled
custard. Beat until perfectly light the
whites of six eggs. To each egg allow one
tablcspoonful of pulverized white sugar,
which add gradually, beating all the time.
Heap the bow l with this meringue, and
with an iron plate or clean shovel heated
red-hot brown well all over until the deli
cate, much-admired flavor is imparted
that gives this the name of burned custard.
Carrots foh Eggs. It is not generally
known that boiled carrots, when properly
prepared, form an excellent substitute for
eggs in puddings. They must, for this
purpose, be boiled and mashed and passed
through a coarse cloth or hair-seive
strainer. The pulp is then introduced
among the other ingredients of the pud
ding, to the total omission of eggs. A
pudding made up in this wa3' is much
lighter than when eggs arc used and is
much more palatable. " On the principle
of economy this fact is worth 3' of the pru
dent housewife's attention. iv. Y. AVf.
WrxTEit Succotash. This may be
made with Limas, horticultural, garden
beans or white field-beans. The latter are
seldom used for succotash, but they make
it very nicel3'. The method of proceeding
in each case is the same. Boil the beans
without soaking until three-fourths done.
In the meantime put an equal amount
(dr3) of dried sweet corn with three parts
water, and let it steep on the stove for two
hours without boiling, then add it to the
beans and let them cook together gently
until the beans are done. Serve Warm
and do not break the lK-ans. Science of
Health.
How to Judge TnE "Weather. The
colors of the sk3 at different times, are a
wonderful guidance. Not only does a
clear sunset presage fair weather but there
are other tints which speak with clearness
and accuracy. A bright yellow in the
evening indicates wind; apale3ellowwet;
a neutral gray color constitutes a favorable
sign in the evening an unfavorable one in
the morning. The clouds arc full of
meaning in themselves. Iftluy are soft,
undefined and feathery, the weather will
be fine; if the edges are hard, sharp and
definite, it will be foul. Generally speak
ing, an3 deep, unusual hues lie token wind
and rain ; while more quiet and delicate
tints bespeak fair weather. Simple as
these maxims are, the British Board of
Trade has thought fit to publish them for
the use of seafaring men. Exclianye.
Mechanical Alteration of Soil-riow-
mg et Laud.'!
The last four dry seasons have been ex
cellent helps to the killing of weeds; we
have found it so, and have so labored at
them that this 3-ear we have only used our
little wheel-hoe, evca in the cultivation of
our garden-crops. Those who have got
them under need not hereafter be severely
troubled with these pests, if thev use the
proper means for prevention. These dry
seasons have also tended, in a great meas
ure, to ameliorate and to being our prairie-soils
into excellent mechanical condi
tion. WI13'? The soil, except in certain lo
calities, has not been so wet as to become
injured by plowing. The wise farmer
should profit b3' this lesson of Nature and
hereafter never plow his land when so wet
that it will not break in a friable condition
from the mold-board of the plow.
We believe one cause of the success of
ancient husbandry was from the fact that
their crude implements of culture would
not allow of plowing the soil except w hen
in a friable state, and consequently in con
dition. Herein lies a fact that moderns
may profit b3. We have always believed,
have repeatedly so stated, and" have satis
fied ourselves b3r its practice, that in our
virgin Western soils, being principally
loams and humus cla3s, the want of me
chanical condition friability is agrcater
draw back to fertility than lack of manure ;
not that we underestimate the value of
manure, but here, again, manure acts both
mechanically, as a "divisor of the soil, as
well as chcmicallv.
Our prairie soils loam, muck and clay
when in a virgin state are character
ized by a granular state, which gives free
percolation to the water, admits air, and
prevents contraction and expansion inci
dent to freezing and thawing and the al
ternations of a wet and dr3' condition.
Repeated stirrings when out of condition,
or plowing such soils when wet, cause
them to become like vast mortar-beds, and
run together, and, drying again, the3r ac
quire the solidity nearly of bricks. Such
soils stirred when wet combine into
smaller lumps; and, once in this state,
nothing but the continued action of frost
can ever bring them again into condition.
Such soils also become more or less in
crusted when in good condition, after
rains, and require that this crust be
broken as soon as the land is suflicientby
dry, to reach the best results in tillage.
"Those farmers who arc in the habit of
keeping up a strict rotation of crops arc
seldom troubled with lump3' soils, or lanil
badly out of condition; for the judgment
necessary to keep the rotation intact as
nearly as possible enables them to see the
consequences attending the working of the
soil when wet; and the part of the farm
kept in grass enables such portion to re
acquire a state somewhat similar to what
it was when in its natural state, before it
was touched by the plowshare, or the fur
rows trodden br the feet of teams.
One of the best means to keep heavy
soils in condition, or to bring them back
when out of condition, is fall plowing; and
we hold it to be better to plant 3113- crop
on this fall plowing without rcplowing
than to touch it when wet in the spring.
Laud is alwa3 s out of condition for plow
ing when, the fresh earth being squeezed
in the hand, it does not readily crumble
again, but retains the form given it l3" the
hand.
If land is to be again plowed in the
spring we should advise plowing as soon
after harvest as possible. This serves a
twofold purpose: The weeds spring up
and arc destrc3-ed by the frost ; and the
soil also has the benefit of the sun, and
air, and dew, to ameliorate it during the
autumn months.
Prairie-soils are injured, not so much
13' their wearing out as by their changed
mechanical condition Incident to bad
plowing and working the soils when wet.
We have already stated the peculiar struct
ure of our soils when in their natural
state and how the3r may measurably lc
brought back again to this condition. In
all new countries fertile soils arc charac
terized by a peculiar texture and condition
which enables the cultivator to produce
those crops natural to the climate, not
onl3 with comparative' uniform success,
but with the expenditure of a minimum
amount of labor. So, for a series of 3-ears,
wheat that great staple of new countries
and of virgin soils is produced with cer
tainty on land not subject to draining.
As the seasons pass the crop Iwcomes ex
posed to various contingencies w hich tend
to reduce both the quantity and the qual
ity of the yield until it ce;iscs to be a pa3'
inr crop. "
This is principally due to the mechan
ical alteration of the soil. It causes winter-killing,
heavingand lifting of the crop,
blight, rust, mildew, etc. Upon soils
more arenaceous or those containing
enough sand so that they will not run to
gether under the combined action of moist
ure and working, and therefore not liable
to be affected by mechanical influence,
good crops continue to be produced in
definite'. This proves that the failure of
crops is not due to the wearing out of the
soil, but to its changed mechanical condi
tion ; for our strong loams, mucks and
cla3'3 are far richer in organic and inor
ganic matter than these sandy soils.
Farm and Garden, in Chicago lribxine.
Back Yards.
FROXTyards arc like company manners,
and are not a very reliable index to the
character of the inmates of the house to
which they belong; but a back door-3-ard
tells prcttj' plainly how much its keepers
think of their surroundings when re
moved from the view of others. If it is
overgrown with weeds and littered with
old boards, promiscuous wood-piles, beds
of chip3 which have been accumulating
for 3'ears, old ash-hoppers, hoopless tubs,
legless chairs, old iron, tin cans, worn-out
implements, rags and filth, one feels pretty
confident that the same plan is followed
incurs, and that the front room is about
the only decent apartment.
Most people sec more of their back
yards than they do of the front; why
should they not present just as neat an ap
pearance, and be made as pleasant and
attractive with shade and flowers and grass
and good walks? There is usually some
attempts made at cleaning up all back
3-ards in the spring; but plenty of people
don't seem to know how to go about it,
nor how long to keep on.
It would be a good deal easier to tell
how to make a new 3-ard, but, as that is
not what we set out to do, we will only
say to the lord of the manor, please don't
plow up the prairie sod on 3-our door
3-ard unless 3'ou are able to smooth it
nicely and seed it well with blue grass,
and make the blue grass grow, for nothing
will make a pretty nor a tidy yard if it has
not a good sod.
No amount of trees, shrubbery and
flowers will compensate for the lack of
green grass ; no house can be kept clean
unless a mat of green turf surrounds it,
and that, we insist, must be the first con
sideration both for comfort and appear
ance in any 3-ard, but if the 3-ard has once
been in grass and it is now half covered
with trash and rubbish, do give it a good
cleaning up and the grass will very soon
spread and grow again.
Begin at the wood-pile, and if it is so
near the house as to make the whole j-ard
unsightly remove it entirely to some more
suitable place ; or if it has been for a num
ber of 3'cars in the same spot it will pav
to remove it for several reasons the prox
imity of such a bed of deca3'ing vegetable
matter is very unwholesome. If the
larger chips are raked out, several wagon
loads of excellent manure Avill be found
beneath them.
If old boards, tjimblc-down sheds and
pens, useless fences, shingles, barrels and
such combustible matter encumber 3-our
premises, collect them in a pile and use
them for kindling. Carry the old ashes,
bones and rags to the compost-heap, ancl
make it out of sight of the house if pos
sible. If 3-ou can have a pit where ticre
is no dangler of the babies falling into it,
have one if 3-ou can get it, and put there
all the old tinware, worn-out stovepipes,
broken crockery and glassware. There is
no nicer way to get ricl of such things than
to bur3" them. Don't, let me beg of 3-ou,
keep the swill-barrel w here 3-ou can de
posit things into it without stepping off
the piazza, or out of the kitchen-door.
You had much better have the pigs there
and let them cat up scraps as fast as they
are carried out; and don't put even-thing
into that barrel ; for instance, vegetable
tops and apple and potato parings ; such
things should be thrown to the pigs im
mediately. Because pigs will eat swill, it
does not follow that alllheir food should
be made as disgusting and unhealthy as
possible. Let us repeat, then, keep this
barrel at a respectable distance ; see that
it is emptied every day or two, and
occasionally scrub it out with an old
broom and the washing suds (a boy or
man can do this as well as a woman,
where mothers and sisters are scarce, and
hired men and good bovs plent3 ). With
this nuisance removed from under our
nostrils, and a swarm of flies with it, we
might get a breath of pure air in the back
yard if we only had a drain, and almost
an3r amount ot hard work, persuasion or
strategy is allowable and advisable in or
der to'secure one that will carr3' away f rom
the house and the well and the cellar and
out of the 3-ard the hundreds of gallons of
dirty water that are thrown out of evcr3
house in the 3-ear. Take out the weeds,
rake and sweep the whole yard, and give
the grass a chance to grow, and 3 0U w ill
soon have, not only a decent but a beauti
ful 3-ard. The more 3'ou can ornament it
with trees and shrubs, vines and flowers
the better, so that 3-ou don't kill the grass,
nor enough of it to destro3' the effect of a
green plat about the house ;. but if 3-ou
cannot ornament it all, it will look clean
and inviting, while a rubbish patch is al
wa3's slovenly and repulsive. Kansas
Fanner.
Cooking Food for Swine.
These steamers and food-cookers one
sees at the lairs are all ver3 nice, but a
farmer can make a better cooker for him
self at one-third the cost of those patented
affairs. Make a box of hard wood, and of
the desired capacity, ends and sides slop
ing. For the bottom use a piece of sheet
iron as wide as the outside of the lox.
Place the box upon brick work (a trench
in the ground can be made to answer the
imrpose), w ithin which the fire is placed,
it should have a door, with a damper be
neath, to admit the air, that the fire may be
properly regulated ; the cseaic for smoke
at the opposite end. In the end of the box
should be a faucet or slide, through which
the box can be emptied. The cover is
movable, and should consist of plank, cut
on a bevel to correspond with the slope of
the sides and the cuds of the box, and made
to fit inside, not on the top.
Place a few loose cleats or supports at
intervals in the bottom of the box, after it
is placed in position over the fire-box or
trench, and upon these supports place a
false bottom. The false Itottom should be
erforated sufficient- to allow water to pass
down and up freely, but the perforations
should be sufficiently small to prevent con
siderable quantities of the contents of the
1mx from passing down. ' The false bottom
should be taken out whenever the box is
cleaned, in order to prevent tin accumula
tion of material beneath it. Its object is to
prevent food from burning, w hich it would
do if upon the bottom of the box proper.
It not only has the merit of economy in
construction, but of being very economical
in operation. The box will hold all that
will likely be required at one time. The
fire-l)OX is large and rooni3', and the fire
can le made largely of old chunks fit for
nothing else, or of long pieces of wood,
and when the firehas once got fairly un
der way the dampers can be closed, and
the farmer can go to other work while the
cooking is proceeding, for if the wood
does not burn long enough the bed of
coals remaining will be sullicient for the
purpose.
In constructing such an apparatus it
would be well to make the sides ol the iox
long enough to admit of their being fast
ened together by iron bolts outside the
ends to prevent spreading, and the bottom
might be made a foot or more longer than
the Ihvx at one end, and in' the projecting
portion a joint of stove-pipe fitted to act as
a chimnc3', and before the bottom is nailed
to its plac e a heavy coat of thick white-
lead should be smeared upon the edges of
the boards that will receive it, that the
joint may be tight. The fire-lox or trench
should le a little narrower than the lot
tom of the lox, so that the fire will not
act directly upon the bottom where it is
nailed to the wood.
Such an apparatus as is bore described
will cook corn admirab-, and - would, w e
believe, answer the purpose with meal, if
the mush were not required too thick. If
corn unground is cooked long enough to
become soft, it will probably be found to
answer all the purposes of grinding. Such
an apparatus can also be used for soaking
corn when it is not designed to cook it;
and, when hog-killing time comes, it will
be found of great use as a scalding vat,
keeping fire under it all the time, and re
ducing the temperature of the water, w hen
necessar3', bv the addition of cold water.
National Lite 8Uck Jour mil.
Designs in hosiery amount almost to
a fine art this season. Some in silk are
really beautiful to look at, although the
niatprial i not as acreeable to the foot
as the cottons or Lisle-thread. Among
the prettiest are stockings in two snaaes
of the same color, the upper half being
in the lighter shade. Others have a
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leading medicine of the day, and respecta
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are the best and mo&tpopvhir preparation in
the market." They have stood the test of
public opinion and won confidence. They
sell rapidly because they cure. If 3-ou are
sick 3-ou want reliable medicine. VrxEGAit
Bitter s commend themselves to the ail
ing and afflicted, as they are deficient in
one thing alone, viz.: the stimulant that
unduly excites the brain and creates a
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bowels will find them a constitutional
specific and a fountain of vitality and
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coo, gushing spring of water to tho
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Agub Toxic. This invaluable anil standard
family medicine is now a household word
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prescribed daily in the Charity lhispit.il and
other hospitals in New Orleans. Wiluoft's
Tonic is thus highly recommended by the
leading medical men of the country, and is
worthy of mi-1i indorsement. Wheelock,
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TooTnxcnE proceeds from ngue in tho
face, operating upon the exposed nerve of a
decayed tooth. Kub the gum thoroughly
with the linger, wet with Johnson's Anodyne
Liniment, heat the face well, and lapallan
ncl wet with the liniment 011 the face; also
put a little of the liniment iuto the cavity of
the tooth on cotton.
The system frequently gets out of order
and should lie at once regulated, else other
troubles will ensue; when physic is needed
take J'arsons J'urintire I'iUs; ihey are a safe,
wholeeome and natural medicine.
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Gov. Jn-o. Gilt. Shorter. "Tour SIM.
HONS LIVER REGULATOR has been in
use in my family for some time, and I um
persuaded it is a valuable addition to the
medical science."
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All hotels and pickle houses use rrnssing's
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Some water-mains lying in the streels of
Wheeling, Va., ;:!i' r'k.l the small 003-3
much diversion in cmwling through them,
until one adventurer got Muck and could
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breaking the
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Oiicvc-ir'sfaviiie-x will huv m ow.
mi Mouk sot it mtf-:.i).
N hiter, I.iirhtcr. Swe. li r, Kicher.
i-:vj-;ii i iui Piui.t n it.
The La-lie- are all in love w ith it.
SKI.I.S likellOTt AUKS,
C end at once for Circular to
4&i llUlluumiM., tw lurk.
" MORGAN'S
WELL-AUGER."
An en is A. i t:i every
where, V.U feet per hour
bored bv one man and
hore, Without liltiiin the
shaltitijr. liorra from 1 to
A l....r it, uiillh Atiecr t
- i l ffl l7U A filled and miM-d bv horse
V '-H -mV - and lowered I. v hand brake.
3 '-' r -I "V -l"-'"' for Ki'le. Send lor
&S&VmLyJi- cr . .in-. A.W. Mouuak,
- ' -i esjBpy.y;wy-3; uis L m-ii-j.1 ludiauapolit
Wm
ffl
CHEAP
CASH.
We mean Home Scirinfj Machines.
C1T LARGE DISCOUNTS FOR CASH
Machines bent ON tiual to any part of
ilw country AT OCR ExrKKSE if not ac
zept::l. Bend for laiest circulars and terms to
JOHNSON, CLARK & CO.,
en"1 AeHm U.S.H., CHICAGO,
Iflllf A t '."'"VrrCJ Wanted to sell "Til
ISUlFlt AllJj-iA lnPiiiple'(i.mm(m
Sense Mt-ilicMl Adviser." It Is t lie cheapest PooK
ever nublifhL'il : naues. over 2-l illustrations;
& I Th..iis.'iti.lM huv It sr niL'ht who could not he
induced to purchase the hiiili-price.l books treating of
Uomcstie .Medicine. L nuke onier hooks soiu ttirouK'i
spine this work Is thoroughly advertised throughout
North America. This fact, together with the. larjre
si.c. elegant appearance, ana many new leatnresot ma
hook, causes it to sell more rapidly than any work evr
published in this country. Thn of my amenta who
have iiad experience in r emu? hooks say mat in ail
their previous canvassing ti'". never met with such
success, or made so lafre as since commencinir
the sale of my work . l'or let ins .u:d tei ntory address
Unclosing two puslatrs' stamps and Matingcxpeueucej
k. V. I1! KUt K. M
World's lUspen-arv. Pti.'ialo, N. Y.
fTete. Xlark envelope " I or 1'ublii.hiin; Dep't."
Smith Organ Co.,
doston7mass.
Tliesc Standar-.l Instrument
Sold by Music Dealers Everywhere.
AGENTS WANTED IN EYEF.Y TOWN.
80LT TimOtT.IIOL-T THE VNtTKI) FTATtS O.V THE
IVSTALLMKXT 1'bAV ;
Tliat Is, on a System o.' Monthly riiymonts.
Purchasers should ask t':ir the Pmi i n A m in: i-cs On
CAN. Catalogues and full particulars on application.
vY MDtal m the 100 !bs?5- rt
listabdshcd isrs.
ft? 72 IK ? :;, U?9K
'"lrS.-J
.. tW-iw soot
TRABS MAKE, rATFJiTEO.
Tile best ai:l cheapest P.iint fit Ihe
Worlrl for Iron. Tin. or AVood. 1 r .i!e
bvTenlers everywhere. yv.VSi'V.A' tT-:TAT T,I ',
TAINT CO.. Mnnufl'mrs, !'(". (Vi! ir St . New York.
CI-C ACTION.-l'urcliascrs will jlea
see that our name at.il tr;n:i ni:;rkar oil cacliauC
every packapro. Scinl for a (":rcul.ir.
fp-,. BFwriXE F nil km; i) rsrisss!
d VA Wl 'ol TAH Kl.l.. TO IlKLTSalld
t f I jj at Hau ls are indorsed l y the
t .7 r. most eminent physicians iu
the world lor the ureot rhen
mat is in, neural -ria. Iiv.-rcoi.i-
rL-1jr f-. Plain I , in spci':. I a, K 11 1 IV)
!t li ease,ai In--. I -a ins. nervous dis-
f X t--. orders. n ts.. female i -..nipiin nt-V?--
nervous and cnieral ilcl.ititv.
- innl otner i nr-.ioe uiseases oi
tliecliesf.tiead. liver, stoma. 1.
- "f I I l.l I I'.,,.!.- w.i I,
13 LIFrL. full particulaislieel.y Voi.t.
" 'Ilri.r Cv, Cincinnati, Ohio.
13. JESTVEI'TXj: 5 CJO.,
fti sivrnrTCKKlii of
1. I'lasicrCeiiK r-rii ccs, Mrac-UclK,
i-Cy AM ALL KIN Or"
C'V PLASTER ORNAMENTS,
Ca! is 1 &MSTATESTMi'PIi.l,limTl!tc,
ciiicyv.00, iiiZi.
sTTTariies wishing Centers would do well ut send
sie of rooms.
We M vi-KAfTf Rft PM?llol Columns. I'llri'-fC-'t.ctC.
Period iiuilaiiou ol tho U i Il'ercat-cotort J Marbles.
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ITottlid III as. 11 is i .il oSMhle n cm reive Of ft
more refiesioiii; uiaiitrhi in:.!! is mII ..riled 1-v
Tarrant's Effervescent Seltzer Aperient.
Which combines the advan'nrcs of a luxury Willi
those of the purest, sa fest and most Ferial aliemtivn
ami tonic ever administered a a cure for dyspepsia
and bilious affections.
fe)LI 111' ALL DKt'tlGISTS.
Dr. J. U;il!irr:s Califcrila Till
0. ar liiKci'S :itf: ;i ir.if.!y VrucWtblC
cl:il ;itii'.l. tii:n!c ( liii'Ily fc .Mil tllO 1KI-
licrbs 1'iiiiiiJ mi tlio i r ranges oi
!!io Skint Nc :nl.i inotnititins of Califr-
U.o niciiii'iiial riMM ti'5 (f Jiit lt,
i:io cxtnit-tcJ lliL-i'.'lVuin v. itlif'Ut tio use
.f Alcohol. 'i".ic qm'-tit)!i ii :ilnsc
daily n-skf " w'.i.il is tl.o c:.n. o of i!pj
liiniaialK iiv'. Pticccs., of VlNt'iiAlt liiT
i r'tisr' (::r :::r,vcr i, that t'.p'y ri'inovo
:l:o c.'Uiso of (li.oaso, :iinltln; jatioiit l'i'
covt'i'.s lii.s liealtli. 'l'lioy nro tho gn'.it
iiiioil iiii i!i'i'a:il :i lifo ivinp: irineiilo,
i j.crltTt I'cnu'.itor uinl luvi;Tor;jtof
uf the system. Never befuro in tr:a
listory of" t!io wiuKl h.is u incili ;iniy licer
i uiiijiuaailo.l tMissesMii; tho r ni.iikalild
imaliiirs tif ViNKti.Mt Ilri'TKits in hiMliiijr tliu
sick 'f every tliseaso man U heir t;. 'J lu y
to a freiiUo I'urfr itivc a? well n.i a Tunic,
rclii;- t Congest m .r Iiiflainii.alioii i
'jc Liver and Visceral Oi'g:n.f', ia Jiiliom
U '-('. LSI -a.
The lUOitH tiYs of H'ai.kkkV
t t-K(i.ii l'.i n Kits nr.; A i'i'.ii'iit. 1 i.iilioretii',
1. ainiiinativp, N titritinti.s I,:ixnt.ivi Pmrotiii
Sc.! itive, Cniintfr lint'uit, Lud .lie, AlU-rv
tivs, and A titi-1 Jiliou.-.
IK, II. MrI0AI.I CO.,
pnrcists and ii n. A cts.. S.iu r'niu-ii-.-o, 'u' Torni.v,
uu.l cor. of Vu."l.imrtoa and Cl.arlt.ei "-is., . Y
!olil by all Jru-,;is( ami Di alers.
r. i
AS
mm
VANBUSilRK'S FBAC-RANT
o3
W Wf
AST) INVICOHATrs AND
HARDENS THE GUMS !
Itimrart3 a delightfully refreshing
taste nnd feeling to the mouth, remov
ing all TAI.TAII and SCUHF from
the teeth, comitktcly arresting tho pro
gress of decay, aud -whitening Buch
parts as have become black by decay.
IMPURE BREATH
caused by Bad Teeth, Tohacco, Spirits,
or Catarrh, is neutralized by the daily
use of
It is as harmlessjts -water.
Bold by Drcgghta nnd Dealers In Taney Good
One bottle -will last six months.
NICHOLS, SHEPARD & CO.'S
litoatofTlireslier.
TheMUI.LI.Vyr SltCKSS of tlil r.mln
Saving, Time-Saving TIlliKSIIKIC la un
pri'ci-ili ijtcil lu thciMiualitof Farm Miwliintry. In a
liriof period it Tins become wittily ktinn n and
KI'M.V lOSTAIItilSIIKIJ an tins LUA DI.NC
TlUlIiSIUVCi MACIH.XK.'
Olt.lIV-HAISKKS HKFl H to ml.tnit to
tlx: a-tcful mid mi rf.'Ct work of uiIi-t 1 lirdii'i ",
h.-n po.t.'d on flirt rttKt kujrioriti ...1 t!ii one r.i
riMnir cr:ilti, H'tvtug Uuio au J doiHK fot, tlioruuKli aud
econoliiicil work .
TllltKSIIKKMKX FI5D IT litrrtily a.U -antacroui f.
run u iiiai'iiin: tliat haa no " iicai. r." " I'ii 1. cr." or
" Ajiroli;" that linnil!'' ritni tii.'.ln. In Mrnw,
II-..riiiLTH. Flav. Timothv. M'U. t an. I nil foi i .lifr. u't
irraln nn.l nwl.llliEMiHK KAK A U K-
KKt I II K.MSi i lei.n t jTI. . Hon : .
In; farmer lil ttirch-nlil tiypxtrt ...viitif i.f pnii'j;
iinki.nu "I.itfiTfturt.:" rcuiilrcH I l v I II ( V n.'
II I F t!l llHllal It' ll. ISoxi-h, .Ii.uriiitlH and (.. u-;
.iM.-r luanii.-il ; lc1 repair; oio: tli.it Kraln-rai- n
refer to einnlov and unit for. run ut it.l-
viiniulpniin, uilc uluer Uiaciiluet aio "vtit of
lo:..
Fnor ir nmV, rllH 0, H, 1J nn.l 14
liorac "Motintcd" I'owtn, nl u. i tal
ly f Separator "alone," cxtin-imlr for
STKAM 1'OWEU, ami to niultli olhr
Ilra I'owrn.
If liit.Tct.v In (rrain-rniln( or tfirc'iinp, urilc f..r
liiMr.uol Circular (mm( rtl. with full iu.n,ri.Ui .
Of hvIch, prices, tertioi, -tc.
NICHOLS. SHEPARD & CO.,
Battle Creek, Michigan.
STOCKS
iea'.t In at the Now York Stock Kxrhange bought and
old by ut on margin of five I it cent.
ATTK.vrioy, OIVSKIW OP IIOKSKs.
.8kyonrIlamesa MUKeri-.r
tlio ZINC COI.MK l'AI.
Tliey ars warranted forme
anj Fore iicelt on lio,r"e or
nii.r". or tiionev r-fin.i'ei. if
printed ilin-ti.m ar f. 1-
inc foliar Ya-l Co. -o!u !
Mauurt'rs, rjm iiarau.3IicU.
BOOSEY'S
CHEAP MUSIC.
Full Catalogue Free ty Mall.
34 tal 14th. t-t.. Kew Tork.
Il(IKKIU PTFTS.-.'rl'( , mi.. 10:
? rrrm h, 1 yr. 10: lija. 1 yr . Ii. ; -r tie lt,r
ronntrig taken tocetlier. ,r"' rt'-
Pend for circular aud references. Kn jOI ' ar.
HtlilitliT CO.. 07 &trud, ltii, iK-
reir .tia'rd t otip to two-per cent, from market en
ineiiilter of tlie New York Kcliani:e or rep'n:bl
pirtien. biKf limn Imve l. rn i.-aliz.jd tl.e pail ai
day, i'ut or call to.m on Uy xliaru
$106.25
Ptrad.lle frfl em h. control J.'!0 lire r.f 'oek for
fn.liv. without fnrll.er ri-iv. wli.le niair thoiiHnl
dollar piotil ir.n le trained. Advice nnd information
furiiMird . riinintil.-t. c .ii'aiioiiif valual'lv alatimlral
information and liown ti'jw Wail btrtrcl uperatiunt
are cuu raiicu, leni
FREE
to any ddre. Ordei i,Heitd -y j.il cr wire tnl
jrouiptly executed ly n. ,d.ire
71'MBRIDGE A CO.,
liaukert and Crukerf,
Ko. 2 Will sucttt. Kew Tork.
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Every Man His)wn Painter.
AX V 53ASS bs P JOairfc I j JST 1 ACS
Our I;i r,!!r.t:r.IX r li.n. been u-d on manv t!,ou
and l.ii:.,nir- and tm ;.n .r . , ,.,t v,-i . :..t r.u-.
lory. i have nutnep.u- I i in.wimL : .1, ii,,. f. ,;),,.
Itiir. vf. : . y miki'I" ALU A y,.un y,n y.
.. .V- , K,-N"- Futa Ho...,-," p. , , ,M..
Ilav :i.-d your I'.nnt on t;,e i.ii.tid .,i. . M,n-
'tra.aiel I .i. i-..iia I'on..., 1 r,-,-.,,,, ,..,,,! .,,
llr...,ll,.,i, 1 ItlDKOiAiiK if.. Mm-
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I.riu: Ii I !ii. . ,v Km t. rl'i.,Mi w ,..i NKIVVOUK.
co , " s","h H'li'l M.l . I IH I.v. Uil.
. ' "est Van Ktiren sit. i t. ilirAijii If L.
A. N. k.
.il-i-S R I.
i IMllS r. I'FII is rrlotod wtili IN'K uiaio'iactured Ly
I G. ll.KANECO.,l'JI n.ailiorn hi., ('Idea"
For .ale by A. . Kki-I-ooo, 77 J-ckou iL, Cbica'h