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About Nebraska herald. (Plattsmouth, N.T. [Neb.]) 1865-1882 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 27, 1876)
JLr. Blaln la the nest j. Debate on lm ? Mr. Blaine endeared himself to erery loyal and humane Amtriiaa heart yester day bjr bla cloins fpeech on the amncs ty question, lie has shown nerve, pood tense and magnificent capacity for learltr. ahip. lie bepan ty ftatmjr di.tinctl.v tho issue lie-fore the lfeuc, and, to a Inrjrc extent, the country, namely: Shall Jctl Daria lc npe:cially honored ly thit t'on fjress, and his record thus receive a qua. indorsement? lie is under no punish ment . He enjovit the freest range of per tonal liberty, fie ran even vote, and hold cry many jxolitical otlices. TIic Itand.ill lroMtsitifn was to make him cligildo to a aeal in Congress, or the Presidential chair, even, it Mas not his record as a rebel which was the objection, but hit crime as a party to the Audcrsonville atrocities. That contemptible demagogue, Ben Hill, had said that "the atrocities of An der.Honville did not begin to compare with the atrocities of Elmira, Camr Douglas and Fort Delaware, and of all the atrocities, both at Andersonville and Eliuirn, the Confederate authorities st-ind acquitted." The utter falseness of the charge against Klmira wits refuted day before yesterday by the Deuiorratic Con gressman from that district, and yesterday Air. lilainc called Messrs. (satillieM and Harrison, of this city, to U'stit'y as to Camp Douglas. They were reluctant to afford aid and comfort to the great lie publican leader, but they dared not so fai disregard the facts and insult their con stituents as to deny the claim that the rebel prisoners in this c'uy during the war were well provided for in every way. Tho (ienerat ami State Governments did all in their power to make the prisoners com fortable, and private charity nobly supple mented public humanity. CJcn. Hender son, of this Slate, lorc similar testimony, mly with increased emphasis. lint the most significant feature of Blaine's speech was the testimony adduced to show the real danger that still menaces the country. Andersonville is a thing ot the past, and it is hardly conceivable that in any event those horrors should be du plicated; but the spirit of rebellion may crop out again in a way to threaten tho Tery existeucc of tho Republic. History warns us that conspiracies from within against the life of a nation rarely die w ith the first failure. Jctl Davis has repeatedly claimed that the cause of the Confederacy was not necessarily lo.-t. " I (appears so," lie said, em one occasion, "but the princi ple for which we contested is bound to mm? ncrt itself, though it may be at another time and in another form." Such is the actual danger. The very man who now stands forth as the leader of the Southern De mocracy, Hill, mule a t-pcech not long ago. iu Atlanta, which was u threat that it the Republican parly carried the election for President in I7 another war would result. He talked in 171 precisely as firc-catcn talked sixteen years before. The eloquent statesman from Maine has the cordial thanks of tin; patriotic people of the whole country for his most timely exposure of the hypocrites who are so cry tender toward traitors, but belch venom and firo at the very thought ol another Presidential victory by the parly of loyalty and charily. Uhioigo J ournal. Jeff. Rati and Andersonville. Extract from Mr. Blaine's recent sprech in Con gress on tha Amnrstjr till. I no hot desire to go into eiu ti horrinln details from any purjMwe of raisin;; a bail I --1 i n -r. 1 (In sure only to cay Unit the mull who iKliiilni-teriil that ni-oii wftit there !y onlrr of Mr. bavi and s kiiI.iiiic1 by him, ami that this Win. J. Ham ilton, wltnso testimony I hav jut re.nl. went to (rn. llom-'il e'olib, romiii.'iiitiii Hint l-iii-t mi-lit, and asu 'I that the condition or the riou should hr transmitted to the t on udiTutc e.oviTiimriit lit l(i hinoiiil. In fact llirre are a irreal man? in tanrca and rooln show that Mr. Davis was in entire isi-sioii tlx- fnrtn in rrlation to Aiul 't onville. Wbrn den. Sherman invasion or wimn other invar-ion of that portion of the country mider way. and when there wax danger or supposed danger that it milit mine to tliut iifiirhhorliood. tha jeniilur military oriii-r No. 1:1. dated He.id'inar ter Confederate State Military Prison, Anderson vtlle, JulyiT. 1864, dinned by 15i t-r.-t Jen. Wi ne'er, aras issued in thee word-": "Tho otllrT on duty and in charge of tho battery ol Honda artillery will, on rerriviii; notice. tli.it tha enemy ban approached within seven miles of thia post, ojn-n tire on the rtiji-kad with prapechot. without reference to situation lie youd tbia line of defense." Here were those :t: (f oor, helpless, naked, starving, siek and living men. This Catholic priest Mate hu went to ticti. I'ohl) to represent to him that if he could not ex change them they should be taken before thf I'nion line in Florida and paroled and let ;o free., nd yd if the Union force were to pet within even miles that regular order of Mr. Davis ollleer waa to open a battery of praenhot on those poor wrctchea without the slightest possible regard tc. What win eoiu on outside. Now 1 do not arraign the tsont hern lseople for thin, eiod forbid that I should charire any people with aympa'hizinn with men an order. There were many rviilrur.es of fTeat uneasiness anions the Southern people about t. and one of the great crimes of .Mr. Davis was that he concealed it from the Southern people. W e have obtained a completed series of Mr. l)a is' Dif"inini with the olliiial imprint at Kiehmond, and they are now in the Conrvaionul Library. I have looked over them and I rind in hi mrssa;;t-i tif Dec. 7, 18el, at the very time when thoso horror were at their acme, at their extretnest ver-;e of desperation, he says: "The solicit udo of the (..overiiiiient for the release of our captive fellow-citizen ha known no abatement, but ha, on the contrary, been still more deeply utlcetrd by the additional suflrrini; to w hich they have bet-u constantly submitted by the deprivation of ade quate food and clothing, and the fact that tiiey have not been permitted to purchase from prison antler." A nd then he adds that the "enemy at tempt to excuse their harharoua conduct by tha unfounded allegation that it wa retaliatory for like conduct on our pirt." Now, I undertake, to any there i not a Confederate soldier now living, w ho ha any credit a a man in hi community, and who ever wa a prisoner in the hands of tha I'nion force, and who will aay that he ever wn cruelly treated, that be ever wn deprived of the rame rations w hich the Union soldiers had, or the same food. There is no proposition here to pnnUh Mr. Davis. Nobody is asking to do ir The time for such a thin? ha cone by. The statute of limitation and common feclini; of humanity would Intervene for hi benefit. Hut what you ai-k ti to do i to de clare by a vote of two third of both branches of Conirres, solemnly, that we consider Mr. Dai worthy to fill the 'highest office iu the United Ptates, If ha can get a constituency to trust him. lie is a voter. He ran buy and he ran sell. He can k and come. He is as free as anv man in tho I'tiited States. There is a lon list of auhordiuatti office to which he is eligible, but thi proposition propoec, in view of the record w hich I have rend, to declare by a two-third vote of the Semite and a two-third vote of the House that Mr. Dai is elisible and worthy to fill any office up to the Pres idency of the United States. For one, on full de liberation, I will not do it. I bear it said that we are poinff to elevate Mr. Tavis into very rreat consequence by refusing am nesty to him. That in not for ine to consider. I only see before me. w hen his name 1 presented, the man who. br a wink of his eye. by a wave of his hand, bv a nod of his he.nl. could have stopped the atrocities at Andersonville. Some of us had kinsmen there. Most of us had friends there. All of us had conntrvmen there, and in the name of thoe kinsmen, friend, and countrymen I here protest, and shall with my vote protest, against ever calling back and crowning with the honors of fnll American citizenship tha man w ho organized that murder. Loud applause ou the Kepublican aide and in the galleries. . "aiild InHmlflalion." Ix late letter to the Herald, in which he speaks very plainly, as a Methodist, of ftishnp Haven and hts recent speech, Mr. Charlea NordholT aays, alluding to the Ftatc of (leorgia: "I'have the word of United States officers, strong Republicans, that there ia no political crime in that Mate: I have the word of Jsorlhern mis sionaries, lalronng entirclyatnong the col. orcd people, that the period of violence is Cat and that public opinion, even in the aekwooda counties, is now against it." Jlr. Nordhoir, as we have hitherto re marked, is one of the most valuable wit nesses as to the Southern situation that we have had, for he adds to a genuine sympathy with the colored population an unusual faculty of observation and great candor of judgment. Yet the remark that we have ouoted tdiows how very difficult t is to know precisely the situation in those States. Kepublican ofliecr and Northern missionaries think that the era ot violence is past in (Jeorgia; but i.ot, as tve shall show, that of injustice and out rageous oppression. It is conceded that In the Mississippi election, into which Mr. Morton proposes to inquire, there was "mild intimidation." That is eu phemistic for preventing colored voters from voting, and the method of producing hat result in Georgia is worth attention. In speaking last summer of Mr. Nord hotPs account of Georgia, we called at tention to two facts as s-howing the actual situation: the practical exclusion of col ored citizens from juries, and the im mense exodus of the same class from the State. Georgia is constantly cited as the firoof of tne success of Democratic rule n the Southern States, 13ut two such facts show that for one part of the popu lation, at least, it is no Paradise. Order reigned in Warsaw, but the 1 'tiles were oppressed notwithstanding. " Violence" may lie passive as well as active. X voter shot or harried by the Ku-Klux is treated with violence. Hut a voter inten tionally prevented by a quiet crowd from voting is also violently restrained. In the county of Chatham, in Georgia, w hich includes the city of Savannah, there are 41,27'J inhabitants, and more than 10,500 voters. In order that they may vole fpuielly, and that, so far as practicable, ev ery chance of trouble may be removed, there should be several voting precincts. In Haltimorc there are eighty polling filaees, an average of one to 7."0 voters, n Augusta, (Ja., there are four, or one Klling-placc to every CIO voters. In dladelphia there is one to every 800 voters, and in New York the proportion is altout the same. Uut in Savannah, in the county of Chatham, jn Georgia, where there are 2,000 more colored voters than white, a Democratic ordinance requires that more than 10,000 votes shall be tic posited at one place within the voting hours of the day. The purpose of such a plan is evident. The country vote of the county is chielly colored. Iu order to vote, large numbers of colored voters must lose their day's work and come from one to filtccn miles to the polling place, which is the Court House in Savannah. It ii simply impos sible, with such an arrangement, that the whole vote, or any considerable portion of it, can be polled; and the arrangement is designed to reduce the colored vote. This is not the violence of the Ku-Klux or ot the White League, but it is practically violence, and a virtual disfranchisement of citizens. A.ul this is, of course, the work of Democrats. Such also is the ex clusion of Hie colored citizens from the jury lists. Doi-h facts reveal the feeling from which, inevitably, constant aud in numerable oppressions spring. Une thing, and tine only, holds this spirit in check. That is the national supremacy of the Republic ans. With a Democratic restoration the mild intimidation" would tend to become as absolute as the " patri archal" authority of slavery. Jlarpcr'a. A Jlcroic Deed Adonis After a llnge Doll in a llear-Pit. Call for the Kepublican at!onnI Con vention. Tns next Union Kepublican National Con vention for the nomination of candidates for President ami Vice-President of the United Mates w ill be held in the city i.f Cincinnati on Wednesday, the 14lh day of June, ISTii, at twelve o'clock in., and will" consist of dele gates from each. State equal to twice tho number of its Senators and Representative in Congress, and two delegate, from each, organized Territory and the District of Co lumbia. In calling conventions for trie election of delegates the committees of the several States are recommended to invite all Kepul liean electors, and alt other voters, w ithout regard to past political differences or pre vious party affiliations, who are opposed to reviving sectfonal issues and desire to pro mote friendly feeling and permanent har mony throughout the country by maintain ing and enforcing all the 'constitutional rights of every citizen, including the full and free exercise of thp right of suffrage, without intimidation and without fraud; who are in favor of the continued prosecu tion and punishment of all official dishon esty, and of an economical administration of the (ioverumcnt by honest, faithful anil capable officers; who are in favor of making such reforms in the (ioverumcnt as experi ence may from time to time suggest; who re opposed to impairing the credit of the nation by depreciating any of its obligations, and in favor of sustaining in every war the rational faith and financial honor; who'hold that the common-school system is the nursery of American liberty "and should be maintained absolutely free "from sectarian control; who believe that for the promotion of these ends the direction of the Govern ment should continue to be confided to those who adhere to the principles of 1776, who support them as incorporated in the Consti tution and laws and w ho are In favor of re rganizingand strengthening the fundamen tal principle of national unity in this centen nial anniversary of the Kepublic. E. D. MORGAjr, Chairman Republican National Committee. AM. E. ChaSDLEK, Secretary. Ham Journal of Health insists Uiat ere should cat onions. Have one ? YcstctVtay afternoon . a tragical incident occurred in the Zoological Gardens. A Times reporter happened to alight from a street-car beneath the railroad bridge in proximity to the garden simulianeoiisly with a handsome young matron, a nurse girl with a baby in Iter arms and a pretty child about four years old. 1 he lady was richly attired, and so juvenile w as her ap pearance that any observer might have thought she was probably the sister or auut of the little one that toddled beside her. A moment afterward a light wagon occupied by a good-looking, well-dressed man and a liveried servant approached at a rapid gait. As it passed the j'oung man stared inquisitively at the lady who was just entering the ga:eway, looked back and a moment afterward pulled up, paid the entrance lee and went rapidly up the walk in the direction the lady and her coniDanions had taken. It was evident to the most nonchalant observer that lie was smitten by her licauly. On the brink of the skating-poml the reporter again saw the lady "nd her charjj-es, find saw tha. the l.aie girl had liecn intrusted to bear the burden of Iho baby, w hich was nearly as large as her self. A few yards away stood the young Adonis, trifling with his long, tawny mustache, evidently desimu-iof making an impression. After awhile the little girl complained tfiat it was cold and that she wanted to see the bears, so the party proceeded toward the pits where the ursine animals are confined, closely followed by the dashing young man. W hile trying to induce one of the sun bears to catch a chew of "solace'' the reporter heard a shriek and saw something white flutter down iutothe well of the black bears ad joining. The baby had evidently fallen into the pit. In nu Instant the chlvnlrous admirer of its mother had mounted the railing, nnd with wonderful agility sprang out upon the barklcss tree in the center i? the well, down which one of the bears was descending with the intention of de vouring the small child. He reached the ground almost as soon as the bear, and, pluckily grasping the fallen infant, was endeavoring to rcascend the tree when another lcar came galloping with unsteady gait out of the hole, and grasped his coat tail. The cries of those above the cages had liecn heard by the keepers, and Nash, tfcattcrgood and Superintendent Thomp son came running up. In his efforts to hold to the tree the young gallant relaxed his hold upon the child ami it fell into the paws of the first bear. All hope for the poor little creature was given up by the spectators; but Nash unlocked the gate of the den and beat the bears back into their Caves. "Never mind me; save the child!" cried the agile Adonis. " Come down out of there, you enchant ed idiot, or I'll have you arrested," waa Capt. Thompson's reply. lie descended nnd uuickbr Meat through the iron portal of the pit. " . " 'I he baby r be murmured. " My w ile and I are very much obliged to you for j-our gallant effort to rescue our daughter's doll, sir; but do you think the game was worth the candle?" said a stal wart, rubicund gentleman, Jlr. Charles Secley, of Green street, upon whose arm the lady w ho had excited the admiration of the liear-dcricr was now leaning, con vulsed with suppressed laughter. A glance toward the nurse-girl, in whose arms were the headless remains of a large wax doll, satisfied the chivalric gentleman and he started lor the gate on a rapid w alk I'kiUultiphi'i Timet. An Eastern writer claims that half the minister of the Gospel do not know how to pronounce the word "God." Some pulpit orators, he says, enunciate the word as though spelled "Gawd;" others, as though 'rhyming with ml or sod. Among the former class, all lold speakers, like Talmage, Murray and Pun shon, are found, while the more reveren tial divines, like Spurgeon, Simpson and Swing, make the name of Deity to rhyme, st illustrated, with rod and sod pro nouncing it gravely, slowly and in sub dued voice. The latter use, though more rare, is preferred by the Eastern critic, who backs up his position by saying that none but the " affected and unschoiarly" would say: "A laborer carrying a 'hawd and a rawd,' being tired, sat down on the 'sawd,' ate a little 'cawd fish which he had in a ' pawd,' and soon began to 'nawd,' when he was aroused by a yellow 'dawg,' w ho was barking at a hawg, who was going at a quiet jawg' toward a ' bawg' filled with lawgs.' A thick Taws' soon hid them all from Bight, where they had better remain." How an CId Fellow Mad a Fortune. The following story is told by the grand son of the chief actor: Victor Troyon oned a small house near to the eventful field on which went down the star of Na poleon ; and since the battle he had madf) arrangements for accommodating, in an humble way, such visitors as choae to Call upon hltn. In short, he opened a small tavern. The fever for relics was at iu height. Everybody who visited the his toric spot wauled to carry off some suita ble souvenir. 31. Troyon .was beset by his visitors for relics of the battle; but he honestly answered that he had nothing of the kind. He was very poor and he worked hard to keep his little tavern g ing. One day ho was complaining to a neighbor of his povertj' and also of the annoyance continually put upon him by relic-hunters. "Well, why don't j-ou make the source of your annovance relieve yur poverty?" suggested the friend. " How can 1 do that?" " If you have no relics, make some. At Brussels they make anj' quantity of them. For instance, the next man who asks you for a relic, tell him that Napoleon or W ell jngton entered j our houe during the bat tie and sat in that chair. Or tell him that on that table Napoleon wrote his or ders toihediffcrent division commanders. Not long alter thi3 an English tourist stopped at the tavern and asked for a relic of the great battle. He heard the chair story and bought the simple piece of fur niture at an immense price and glad to get it at that. The table on which Napo leon had written at least a dozen orders to his Marshals was sold toa tourist from the south of France for 2,000 francs (L'HO). J5y and by 31. Troyon called to mind that lie still preserved the glass from which Wellington drank ; and the "Wellington glass" is still shown the admiring visitors at a substantial English residence, by the son of the man who paid JL'oOfor it. Even the nail on which Napoleon hung his military cloak was pulled out from the wall to satisfy a craving relic-hunter. In short, 31. Troyon kept on until, piece by piece, he has sold the very roof from over his head; and it is said that more than one enthusiastic worshiper at the throne of Waterloo, w hen there was noth ing else to be gained for a souvenir, took away a package of the dirt on w hich stood the house in which Napoicon and Well ington had rested! Of course, 31. Victor Troyon did not come out very poor from the shattering and scattering of his old home. A Romance of the Mines. , There is such a thing as too much as well as too little caution, and the chances for losing a fortune while sail ing under the colors of either are per haps about even. An instance in which excessive caution came near robbing a man of all his spare coin was brought to our notice to-day. In the Crown Point mine works a quiet, unassuming man, who by his most intimate acquaintances has never been heard to talk of his stocks or money, and who, up to a few davs ago, was supposed to be in most destitute cir cumstances. Yesterday, or the day be fore, an incident occurred which showed that he was not the pauper Le was sup posed to be. At that time John 3IcLeod, after going home from his day's work in the mine, shortly returned, nnd calling the foreman to one side disclosed to him the tact that ho had . by a mistake taken some other man's bucket out of the mine, and the bucket, instead of containing a specimen of crystallized quartz which be had placed in his own bucket, held fs'OO in coin and if:!(X) in mining stocks. 31c Leod had scarcely finished his story be fore another man, pale, haggard tuid out of breath, rushed up to the foreman, and in accents will asked: "Did you see him? Where is he? Where did he go?" After calming the excited individual so that he could talk coherently it was dis covered that he ttat the owner of tho bucket w hich 31cI.eod had just brought to the surface. The ow ner thereof w as shown his treasure, and with a w ild cry he gath ered it to hislxisoin and went on his way rejoicing. It appears that ever since the great lire in Virginia the man had been in the habit of taking the money with him to his work, being afraid to leave it in his lodging-house or tuist it in the hand-t of a banker. Had 3IcLeod not been honest that man would now be mourning the loss of his $1,100. (JoUl Jlill (Acc.) A'ctr. A Pitzxle for the Doctors. A physician of Sibley, Iowa Dr. 3IU ler has a strange case of disease in his practice, the details of which may be in teresting to your readers and of value to medical men. 3Irs. Carcw, the patient, is probably fifty years of age, ami well re spected in this community, where she has resided for three years, during which time, and for years previously, indeed, she had been an invalid. The disease de veloped what are commnly known as fevcr-sores on various parts of the body, and one of these, situated in the region of the right breast, became so depraved that it was a source of great pain and annoy auoe. The ulcer finally assumed a sort of cancerous character, and for a number ot months 3Iis. C. was under medical treat ment for the supposed cancer, and at one time she was supposed to be incurable. However, for several months past Dr. 31iller has been attending the case, and now comes the strange pan of the story. During the past two weeks, at different times, he has extracted sew ing needles and brass pins from the aforesaid ulcer, the total number being five pins snd threo needles, some of which arc extremely cor roded, and one of the pins is con siderably bent and evidently had once been used. One needle was extracted only jesterday, but w hether any others remain of course it is impossible to siy. With reference to how the pins and needles came to be imbedded in the flesh is some thing of a mystery, especially how they catne there without the patient's knowl edge. The only solution of the difficulty seems to be that during the patient's se vere sufferings, induced b' the treatment of the ulcer as a cancer, as she occupied a reclining position for da-s and weeks together, the cloths and bandages were generally pinned to her- "clothing. The ulcer seemed to have its seat in the alveo lar tissue, that united the lobes of the mammary gland, and this tissue was wasted by suppuration until the purulent cavities were formed, into which a pin or needle might have dropped without any great difficulty, and lhat, too, w ithout the patient's knowledge in the midst ot her excruciating pains. Then, of course, w hen, under judicious treatment, the proc ess of healing began, these foreign sub stances would necessarily find their way to the surface. At any rate, 3Irs. Carew is slowly recovering her health, ami is aa much astonished as anyone at the fact that tho old time caucer turns out to be needles aud pins. Cor. isttj L'Hy (Icw-i) Journal. m . A Kin-uuiVK ti nt the other day called at the residence of Gov. Peck, of Ver mont, and, inquiring lor the Governor, was told he was out on the farm, where some men were at work clearing a new piece. The first man the chap reached was well blacked with the burnt logs and working like a beaver. The young gent accosted him with: "Say, old fellow, can you tell ine where that old Gov. Peck is? They told me down to the house he was out on the farm, and I want to see him." The "old fellow" repliel: "He's about here somewhere." " Wal, if you can help me to find the old cuss I wish you would; I must sie him." To which the Governor replied: " if you are in a hurry you can talk w ith me." The young man scraped and bowed, inadu known his business and slunk away, satisfied that the next "old cuss" he imt he should treat a little more civilly. There is a strong flavor of common sense in the remark ol a Boston lady, who had successfully managed a large estate lor many years, that, " so long as the people of this country continue to eat roast beef when they have only money enough to pay for salt mackerel, they will have, and de serve to have, hard times.-' Lewistox, 3Ie., has a religious society, one article of whose creed is never to call a doc tor, but to heal the sick by prayer and laying on of hands. They believe also in the gift of tongues as in apostolic days. Electrical Fishes. 31 n. F. W. Cl.vhke has contributed to the Venn Monffdy an interesting paper on electrical fishes, from which we make the following abstract: At the present day at least four, and possibly six, genera of fishes possessing electrical powers are known to science. The four of which ex act knowledge have been gained are the Torjwlo. Gymtiotus, 3Ialapterurus and Tctroson; and the remaining two, of which the information is still 'uncertain, are the Trichinus and Khinobatis. The Torpedo has been familiar from the earli est times. It was described by Aristotle and Pliny, while Galen and Dioscoridcs recommended its shocks in the treatment of headache and gout. Two species are found in the 3Iediterranean nnd on the cistern lnirders of the Atlantic, and others have been taken south of Africa, on our own coasts and in the Carribean Sea. The species captured near the Cape of Good Hope rarely attain more than eight inches in length; those of the 3Iediterranean are on the average sixteen inches long by seven broad, and those in English waters sometimes measure four and a half feet in length, and weigh letwccn seventy and 100 pounds. In shape the Torpedo is much like the skate; it is rounded and flat, with the two eyes on the upper side, and an elongated tail, keeled on lioth bor ders. In England it is commonly called the cramp-fish, nuinb-lish anil electric ray. Walsh determined the electrical char acter of the shock of the Torpedo in 1772; in his experiments transmitting the stroke through wires. O'her experts have ob tained visible sparks from the fish, and decomposed water and magnetized steel by means of its galvanic force. Ordinari ly the Tofpedo dues Hot give r. shock in response to a mere touch, but to some dis tinct irritation. Should a living fish (say) sixteen inches long be grasped in the hands it will discharge at one stroke as much electricity as one person can bear. For a time the disc harges succeed each other with great rapidity and intensity; but, when the creature has once exhausted llsell, a long rest is ncces sary in which to generate a new stock of electricity. In the space ot a minute anil a halt al.-h obtained Ironi a vig orous Torpedo fifty shocks, which were transmitted, by means t wires, throng u eight persons at once. The fish has the habit ot burying Hsclf in the mud in shallow places, and bathers unwittingly treading upon it sometimes receive the full power of its batteries, which are, under such circumstances, most heavily charged - The Gvmnotus, or electrical eel, is a still more interesting fish than the Torpedo. It inhabits the rivers and lagoons of tropical South America and first attracted the at tention ol Europeans in the latter part of the seventeenth century. A specimen measuring forty-three inches in length was brought to Philadelphia in 1775; an other was conveyed to London and dis sec ted by Dr. John Hunter: and, later Humboldt studied the fish iu their native waters. 3lany have since been the sub ject of experiment in Europe out; nidi vidual, forty inches in length, being ex hibiled in tne Adelaide Gallery, London, for some years and for a time placed at the disposal ot raraday lor purposes of olwrvation. With the shocks- from this the great electrician succeeded in charg ing magnets, effecting chemical decompo sitions jtnd producing visible sparks. There are prooably several species of Gyinnotus, varying in average length from thirty tne inches n more than five f i t, A species w hic h Humbolt studied in the marshes ot the Apures was olive grcen in hue, with two rows of spots ex tending down the back. One specimen, forty six inches long, weighed twelve pounds. In capturing the Gymnoti the natives drive horses or mules into the waters where the li-h abound, with a re sult thus vividly described by Humlioldt: "The extraordinary noise caused by the horses' hoofs makes the fish issue from the mud, ami excites them to the attack. These yellow ish and livid eels, resembling large, aquatic serpents, swim on the sur face of the .atcr, and crowd under the bellies of the horses and mules. A con test between animals of .so different an or ganization presents a very striking spec tacle. The Indians, provided with har poons and long, slender reeds, surround ih! pool closely ; and some climb up the trees, the branches of which extend hori zontally over the surface of the water. Iy their wild cries and the length of their reeds they prevent the horses from run ning away andr caching the bank of the pool. The eels stunned by the noise, de fend themselves by repeated charges of their electric batteries. For a long time they seemed likely to prove victorious. Social horses sink beneath the violence ol the invisible strokes, Avhich they re ceive from all sides, in organs most essen tial to life; and, stunned by the force ami frequency of the shocks, they disappear under the water. Others panting, with mane erect, and haggard eyes expressing anguish and dismay, raise themselves, and endeavor to lice front the storm by which they are overtaken. They are driven back by the Indians iuto the mid dle of the water; but a small number succeed in eluding the active vigilance of the fishermen. These regain the shore, stumbling at every step, and stretch them selves on the sand, exhausted with fa tigue, and their limbs benumbed by the cleciiic shocks of the Gymnoti. " In less than five minutes two of our horses were drowned. The eel, being five feet long, and pressing itself against the bellies of the horses, makes a dis charge along the whole extent of its elec tric organ. It attac ks at once the heart, the intestines, and the c.eliiie fold of the abdominal nerves. It is natural thai the ef fect felt by the horses should lie more jMiwerful than that produced upon man by the touch of the same fish at only one of his extremities. The horses are prob ably not killed, but only stunned. They are drowned from the iniossibility of ris ing amid the prolonged struggle between the other horses and the eels. "We had little doubt that the fishing would terminate by killing successively all the animals engaged; but by degrees the impetuosity of this unequal combat diminished, and the wearied Gymnoti dis persed. They require a long rest and abundant nourishment to repair the gal vanic force which they have lost. The mules and horses t ppear less frightened ; their manes are no longer bristled, ami their eyes express less dread. The Gym noti approach timidly the edge of the marsh, where Ihey are taken by means of small harpoons fastened to Jong cords. When the cords are very dry the Indians feel no shock in raising the fish into the air. In a few minutes we had live large eels, most of which were but slightly wounded. Some others were taken, by the same means, toward evening." Fitraday calculated that at each medium discharge the Gymnottts emitted as much force its the highest charge of a Leyden battery of fifteen jars, exposing ;,")() square inches of coated surface. Theavi mal employs its electrical jiowcrs to kill prey, and as it means of protection. It is capable of being tamed, and will then al low itse lf to be handled w ithout discharg ing its batteries. Two species of Malaptcrurus lie-long among the elect rical fishes. The 31. elec trictis js found in the Nile, Senegal and Gamoiu Uivers; and 31. benincn.-ds in Old Calabar. The first varies from eight to twenty-one incites in length, and in form rescniblesi the cat-fish. It gives it feeble shock, too weak to se rve any other pur pose than as a defense. The seeeind sjh." cies owns a much more powerful battery a specimen two inches in length lieing able to give a shock that w ill extend front the head to the shoulder. 1 he negroes utilize the wonderful properties of the fish incases of disease; and, at Surinam, the surgeons have introduced it as a remedial age nt in the:r practice. Dot little is known of the Tctroson, which was discovered nearly a century ago in the Indian Ocean. The single in dividual captured was seven inches long by two and a half broad. It wasdescribetl as mottled with various colors, and had a long, projecting mouth. W hen caught in the hand, the fish administered a severe shock, and for some time was enabled to repeat the act, though with diminished iutensity. Tiik differcnoc lietween a dandy and a ragged man is only a difference in degree one has his trousers tored, and the other has his trousers t'order. USEFUL AM) SUGGESTIVE. It Is a mistake that many cooks make to butter or crease the spider lavishly. That is why the villainous odor fills the kitchen and settles upon one s clothing. A little block an Inch square, of fat pork, on the tines of it fork, Is enough to last a week or longer. Hub it very lightly over the spider, toe). 1'ltKA K FAST Pl'FKS. Beat tip two CggS very light, adding to them one quart oi sweet milk, and gradually creaming into it silled flour aud a little salt until it is of the consistency of waffle batter. I'ake quickly in tin puff pans, and you will find, them closely to resemble the fa.ned Lapland cakes, for which the Uazar has already furnished a recipe. A UsfcKCL Taiils:. To aid farmers in arriving at accuracy In ascertaining the amount ef land In different fields under cultivation, the following tfib'e is given by an agricultural jmpef: Fire yards wide by IHH j-ards long contains one acre; ten yards wide by 48-i yards long con tains one acre; twenty j-ards wide by 2 12 yards long coutains one acre; lorty yards wide by 121 yards long contains one acre: KiO yarels wide by thirty and a ejuarter yards long contains one acre; 220 feet wide by li)tf feet long contains One acre ; 110 feet w hie by Mil feet lout? contains one acre; sixty feel wide by 72(1 feet long contains one iiere. To Diiy FftKsrt JIfiAT. Cut the .'lesh into slices of from two to six ounces in weight; immerse a small portion at a time in boiling water for five or six min utes, using only just water enough to cover the meat, aelding fresh water to keep the licpior up to its original quanti ty. Lay the meat to dry on open tre llis work in a drying stove, keeping the tem perature at about 122 degrees Fahrenheit. 1 n altoul two days the meat w'll lie eelti pletcly dry, having lost two thirds its weight. Add a little salt and spice, es pecially coriander, to the liquor ir soup in which the meat was immersed, and then evaporate to a gelatinous consistence. When the flesh- is dry, dip it, piece by piece, in the gelatinous matter liquified by a gentle heat, and replace it in the stove to dry, repeating this varnishing and drj-ing two or three times, so iu to get the coating uniformly thick. 3Icat thus dried will keep gooel for a year. Rural JVVtfl Yorker. Tiik Jlounekeeper says: "To free winter plant.s from insects take waste tobacco stems and steep them in water until the liquid is of the color of strong tea; with this water syringe the plant.s freely twice a week. This w ill not only effectually destroy the green fly, but will keep iu cheek most other insects that infest plants. Where only a few plants arc kept in rooms the easiest way is to dip the plants entirely in the tobacco water, mov ing thein up and down in the liquid to wash the insects oil' it if they have a firm hold. The red spider' is .mother pest bi winter-blooming plauts, and wherever it is seen you may be certain that the at mosphere has been toe dry, and very like ly the tempe rature too hot, as it is rarely found in a cool, damp atmosphere. The treatment of this insect in the green house is copious syringiugs with water, but where but a few plants are grown in the house it is best to go over the leave's, especially on the under side, with a wet sponge. The reel spider is so minute that it is hardly distinguishable by the naked eye, but its destructive effects are epiickty perceptible, as the leaves upon which it works soon beceune brown, and if the leaves are closely examined, particularly the under side, the minute insect will be seen in great numbers." Preserve the Fertility or the Soil. A man who deposits all his capital in a savings bank, and then adopts the polie-y of drawing the interest nnd a portion of the principal annually in order to mee t current expenses, would certainly be con sidered on the road to hopeless bank ruptcy. Pud this is an exact counterpart of tlie policy pursued by nine-tenths of the farmers who commence operations upon our most fertile virgin soils. The effect is seen in all our older States, and in many of the new, and the cry comes from thousands of owners of worn-out farms: "What shall we do to restore thf! lcrtility of our land?" When we, or our fathers, settled here the soil gave abundant returns for the labor liestowed in cultivating the various kinds of crops, but all this is changed, and while there is still a " seed time" the harvest conies not. There is not a day in the year in which we could not find men who will recount their troubles in strains similar to the aliovc, and it is evident that they have bee n drawing upon the principal as well as interest of their hank stock. It is true that men are constantly taking up those old charters of once sound banks, and. In putting in new capiii.1 in the form of good fertilizers, are enabled to place them again upon a paying basis, and occasionally to make a few declare largo dividends upon the investment. No system of husbandry can ever suc cceil which does not recognize the fertil ity of the soil as its basis or capital, ami the crops taken from the land as the in terest thereon. Now in proportion as the farmer permits his land to deteriorate he diminishes his capital and lessens his an nual dividends. Jiut this gradual lessen ing of oue's income might be borne with better grace if the labor necessary for its production decreases iu the same ratio; this, however, is not the case', for it costs just as much to jdow and prepare an acre of land w hich w ill yield only ten bushels of corn as one that gives filly or a hun dred. This same principle pervades the entire routine of agricultural operations; henc e it is very easy to see how a farme r ma' labor incessantly and obtain only small returns. Whenever a farmer finds his crops growing gradually less per acre he may at once conclude that his capital stock is being impaired, and measures should be immediately taken to restore its original strength. How to do this is a question depending upon local circumstances anel surroundings. Sometimes the swamps may be drawn upon for their rich depos its ot leat, which can be profitably used as a direct application to the land or com posteet with barnyard manure or with lime, ashes and waste from some manu factory. Gypsum beds and marl depos its arc made available in such cases, but generally the best source for obtaining fertilizers is in the: fanners' own stock yards or in turning under green crops, liaising root crops to feed to stock and keeping sheep is the system most gener ally pursued in old and long settled coun tries, not only to restore fe-rtilify to worn out soils but to improve that which has remained fertile. Our Western fanners, as well as those of the elder States, should heed this warning, for inexhaustible soils have never yet lieen found, although their discovery is frequently announced. It is much easier to keep land rich than to make it so after it has once I are une poor, besides the well known fact that Ihe older a country grows ami the more thii kly-settled it lnromcs the more val uable are the prodtus of the soil, and this should le in itself a sufficient in centive for keeping up its fertility to Ihe highest possible standard. Probably alsiut one in every ten of our Eastern farmers has fully understood the value of unim- j paired lertiliiy ot tnesoii and pursued a system of cultivation eorrcspondingthcrc with, and it is only just to say that they are not anxious to sell out and go West or elsewhere. A man who can rely year in and year out ujvin two tons of hay per acre, and can sell it for fifty or sixty dol lars, er ujxui seventy-five bushels of corn, anel get one dollar per bushel for the same, is far from lK-ing extravagant at valuing his land at $200 or $:00 per acre, while he also takes into consideration the fact that the price is more likely to go up than dowu in the future. Circumstances identical with those which have enhanced the value of the liest farming lamls in the Eastern States are affecting those of the Western, and their owners should guard against the fatal error of permitting a decrease of fer tility w hile endeavoring to make the most ef high prices and a ready market. There are farms in the vicinity of our older cities w hich readily command $.00 to ?1,000 per acre for cultivation only, while there are others in the same neighlHirliood not worth titty, the difference leing mainly in the fertilitv of the soil. The owners of the one have drawn tipon the fertility of the soil until it is exhausted, while the others have been adding to it for years, and the results of the two systems are shown in present values. JV. i .Hun. The Scarlet Fever. It is as unnecessary for a child to die f scarlet fever as it Is tht it should be blind with cataract. lU-tussee: At any time before the body lias finished its in effectual struggle we arc able to help it, not by wonderful medicines but by the knowledge of anatomy and the application of common sense. We consult the sym pathetic nerve and do what it commands us to do. We must give this child salt when it wants it; wc must give it acid when it has fever not vinegar but lemon-' inice. because the first coagulates albumen and the latter docs not, on account oi tne surplus of oxygen w hich it contains. To imitate the soothing mucous in the intes tines, which is now w anting, and to give some respiratory food at the same time, we add some gum-arabic. To restore and relieve the lajffrcd nei re we apply. moist warmth. In practice wc can fulfill all this with the following simple manipula tions: Undress the child and bring it to bed at the very first sign of sickness. Give it, if it has already feve r, netuing but warm, pourish lemonade with senne gum arnbic In It. Then cover its abdomen with some dry flannel. Take a well-folded bed-shed afid put It In boiling hot water; wring It out dry by means of dry towe ls and put this over the flannel on the child's abdomen. Then Cover flic w hole and wait. The hot cloths w ill per haps require repeated heat. According to the severity of the case sivA ih stage of progress perspiration will commence In the c hild in from ten minutes to two hours. The child then is saved ; it soon falls to sleep. Soon after the child awakes it shows slight symploms of re turning inclination for food ; he lp its bow i.ls if lii-ecss.it-v Willi InleellonH of oil. soap anil water, and its recovery w ill be ns steady as the growth erf a grfe'ii-liouse plant if well treated. Of course if the child was already dying" nothing could save it, or if it has effusions in the' lining of the heart or brain it is much b !fer that it should die. P.ut if the above is applied in due time, under the eyes and direction of a compe tent physician, I w ill guarantee; that not one iu a hundred chil dren w ill ever die of scarlet fever. 1 know- this w ill startle some of my read ers, especially those who havo lost chil dren already, but I shall go still lurther. I maintain that a child w ill never get scarlet lever if properly treated. It a child has correctly-mixed blood it will not catch the disorder if put in bed with a sick child. This is slill more startling, but nothing is easier of proof. Good Health. Tiik steep tinned roofs in (Quebec de light the Coroner. On New Year's Day a w idow named Laprise was killed by tin avalanche of ice and. snow from a house in Des Fosses street, and a lady w ho was paving visits was knocked senseless ami suffered a dislocation of the hip by a sim ilar chute. She w;us put into a carioleand driven to her home, but just as she wtis be ing lifted out of the vehicle another av alanche fell on her ami again reduced her to insensibility. Tiikkk are over 2,700 varieties of apples, known by 1,00 names; 2,200 of pears, 20 eif cherries, 1"0 of plums, 1500 of our native grapes, o0 of currants, K0 of rasp berries and :0 of blackberries, according to a counting up ef some'oody. Fr'ii the Toledo Blade Ir. IMeroe. Success is never achieved without merit. A man nmv make a poor article and eell it once, and.'there being 40,000,000 people in the United States, the sale to each one would be enough to make a decent fortune. But an article that holds the field year after year, nnd the Rales of which increase regularly and rapidly, must have absolute merit. " Dr. It. V. Pierce, of Buffalo, N Y., occu pies our entire eighth page to-day with his various articles. Wc admit it because we know the doctor, nnd know of his articles. We know him to be a regularly-educated physician, whose diploma hangs on the wall of his office, and we know that he has asso ciated with him several of the most eminent practitioners in the country. We know that parties consult him, by mail and in person, from all the Mates in the Union everyday, and that they are fairly uud honestly dealt with. " This grand result lint been accomplished by two agencies good, reliable articles Articles w hich, once introduced, w ork easily their own way anel splendid business nian ngement. Tliey have succeeded because they ought to have succeeded." If you would patrorize Medicines scientific ally prepared by a skilled physician and chem ist use Dr. Pierce's family Medicines. Gold en Medical Discovery is nutritious, tonic, alterative and blood-cleansing, and an unc fjunled Cough IJetnedy; Pleasant Purgative Pellets, scarcely larger than mustard-seeds, constitute an agreeable and reliable physic; Favorite Prescription, a remedy for debili tated females; Extract of Smart-weed, a magical remedy for Pain, Bowel Complaints, and an unequaled Liniment for both human and horse-llesh; while his Dr. Sage's Catarrh Kemedy is known the world over as the greatest specific for Catarrh and "Cold in ihe Head" ever given to the public. They arc sold by druggists. TWENT r TEAKS A SCFFEKEK CVRED BY TIIK GOLDEN MEDICAL D1SCOVEISY. Dr. R. V. Pierce: Dear Sit Twenty years ago I w-as ship wrecked on the Atlantic Ocean, and the cold and exposure caused a large abscess to form on each leg, which kept continually dis charging. 1 was attended by doctors in Liv erpool, Havre. New Orleans", New York, and at the hospital on Staten Island (where the doc tors wanted to take one leg on"). Finally, after spending hundreds ef dollars, I was persuaded to try your " Golden Medical Dis covery," and now, in less than three months after "taking the tirst bottle, I am thankful to say I am completely cured, and for the first iime in ten years can put my left heel to the ground. I am at home nearly every evening, and shall be glad to satisfy any per son of the truth of this information. I am, 6ir, yours, respectfully, William Rtoek, 87 Jefferson Street, IJuffulo, N. Y. What Slmll We Io1 It U no wonder that we hear this ejueftion on every corner. So many are dying sud denly of diseases of the brain in these days that "everyone is alarmed, and is asking: " What shall we do?" There is alarm on ac count of dizziness of the head, a whirling fcnsstion when rising up suddenly, a bad, " all gone" sensation id the pit of the stom ach, like; the gnawing of nil nicer, with n feeling like a load after enting, pains in the back, side and chest, at times, with costive bowels, scanty, high-colored urine, some, times voided with pain, appetite pooi, and when food is eaten it oftentim s di.-l rcs-: the skin, nftcr a time, becomes dark, .-old and olamniv, eyes sunken and tinged with vellow, spirits dejected, with evil forebod ings. When any of these symptoms are present no time should be lost in lining a proper remedy. T.ie on that we hvi known to operate with the mot. eertalntv i the Ml A KMC K.XTKACT eF KooTS i'H ttai tive Si Ki Pdiot a patent medicincl, sold by Druggists and A.J. White, 3VJ Pearl street, New York. P hknck's Pulmonic Strcp, Sr.k rn T"itc xr Manoiukk I'llLX. Ttu-sn despreill' retir hrrited and poiuixr medicine line efterted a rev olution in the healing art. and prnwd th fallacy of iM'veral maxim winch hae for many yearn ob structed the progress ot medical seizure:. The false !mioit;n that - ConMiiiiiti-iii is incurable" detrrrml ih joeiaiiH from Htleinj.lini? to find reme died for that disease, nnd patient illkted with it reconciled themselves to death without making an elIYrt to escaiw from a doom which thev siiiised to tie unavoidable. It is now proel. however, that Coni-tmpt ion can turt.l. and that it has ttn r ii red in a ver creat nuiiilwrof cases eoine of them s!arentlr deperat ones by Schnirk I 11 llliouic 7yrup bioiici ; duo 01 o iti .i;-.-- i. 1113 same medicine in connection wun rscnunc TNeit Weed Tonic and Mandrake l'i!ls, one or both, ac cording to the rp'iuiietnents of the CJise. Jlr. NchenrW hiinpelf, whoenjoved uninterrupted good health for more than forty years. w snp- tosed. at one time, to be at tne very irate of de-iili, lis hysiri:n,ff having pronounced his case h:e. less, snd abandoned him to his fate. He was cured by the aforesaid medicines, and. ince his recovery, many thousands similarly aflected hae used Ilr. Scheiick s preparations Willi the same re markable success. Kull direction accompany each, makrng it not absolutely neresscry to personally see lr. Scheiick unless patients wish their lutis examined, and for this purpose he is professionally at his piinci pal oftie. corner Sixth and Arch streets, rhiladel phia. every Monday, where all letteis for advice must be addressed. Scheiick' tuudlciue ax old by ail drajrgUta. Gicnt! kv w our grandmothers' hobby for a tonic, and no bitter would bu considered comrict"! without it; hence it enters Into nearly all. Pu experience ha moved that it ia ltiinrioua to the. t"meh If frequently used. A lir better tonic la bttntl Iu Uuarana Hitters. The Heading Eagle says that a young man from Springfield, Chester County, Ii., visited that city to buy a number of Christmas presents lor a young lady to whoin he I" engaged. A number ol young men knew of the trip t- Heading, nnd as it was dark -when ho nenreel tho house of his intended the party waited for him along the road, nnd when Jifl was thinking over the cfl'cct the presents wuld prod tire he was suddenly met in the road bv four m.-mkeelmvn, who caught him and tied him with a rope, and took the presents from him. He lagged for his life, but they still continued to tie him hand and foot, and then threw him down and made him stale when the wceldinj waa to take place, and what he had bought, and how long he had paid attention to the lady. To all these quest ions he answered promptly, aud then would beg them not to kill him. Toclo.se the sport they tied hi hands securely behind his back, turn ing his ceiat inshle out lirst, then tying the presents on his back they started him for the house of his intended, and threatened that if he die I not go in Ihey would assault him again. He went in, but what the re sult ei' the interview was is not known. AmemlK-r ef the California legisla ture has a bill for the establishment of whipping-posts for the benefit of wife-bcalers. Mt Tllwwtrnteel Flornl ratnUtas for 1 ts now ready. 1'rlca lDOnt, less than t slf the rmU. WHum E. UowiiTC,0i3 VV arren ku, bustun, Mam.. EEM1E n It .. I ol If 1' - r- 1 " t nilr l.lonl-1 Kilrarlsr tf. hi'-h p...i ,.t lb 111 lie of rmm n-t Wt' 1 r"nJ':!l 1 ''.r.01. . .,,4 P.il.1 e-athsrura siH t.re-rli-i ty Phr.i. f..rit. eursof In.lnre-O .n. C.m.npsO"". '""'T'l'-ia. ''--1 ine Mte r. K elnev.t lnl.l.eo. HI.mm' n.l ll lent I fiM--o nt w-ikaes.es. frl " rT ""I". Jib II AilM-oN M Tl'l I.I OOF, I'mro-oxs. ro.rn,. Bad. O. For ! hj all druiuisi. " HO! POE IOWA ill 1 O V A I! MKIts li.n.r Lsnil" nt 1 iieni.er piiceii cannot he l.''l In U' 'rld thsn In.iu lnr .r.i H .. . '.id Vu holt anil cliinsle niicily IliM clues; puri wife.' T tiiortallt. Hslf-lHie tickets from I 1,1. i.f out. ,,,.'ck " r" r"KK " eeiie.iAssKs. A rte. ZulJZftZttcil "i 'pV;; .o w" ,; u'h tK O ", Fl..t- l-s. ,S t'V 'reniril jf s! your nsme neatly (frlnfet. a. " , Mkr. mail ,..... receipt ..f 1 cl-. .,..1 ' J Ii umrs Irt (Hip a'lilres. .Mcls. A I'' "I i ranlsaml Miuplcs t r.-V siW. Hi.f print i i s-n. " each new onler. I make 'I 1111 OKI' KH sa l to intriMlnce my rsiMs Into avuy I-utn.y. All " more l:n thi-y pet one loi. All suy: ' M-"-' tns plese.l." U rite inline, to 11 S111I Mmc I'l.AlllI. AiidreK W.C. C ANNON, : 1 ni'clmiil t, Jlos.tuJk.MaM . Among the fine srts not lo. In the srt of chihlrcn niak inp holm in the toes of lioelR snl shiH'ti. Time iskrii. about ten thus. SI I. 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I AN VASl'-lti S A'iilic.-s li. 1 II 1 1.1. Ciiiir, .--'rscue, N". V.. for terms. test-sr 1 1 na Account t Howls. In market. Jii press prc-j'id to juur fcute. WOVni. Asrcnta wanted. 4 best sell lh' articles hi the world. One amnple free. AdtlrtM HUOXSON. Irtoll, Mich. r.iefcr: 1-" inv,".-, ., I gizc 9x11, for 51 Novelties nnd C'h excripfn. haflcliroroto., riiiia., 1A nruTC Kli-Krt Pll Chrctnos, niowftfefl. HUtH I Wsi.e'.'i mo of every dencrtpt' -an AGFNTS sell for 3 which cost Si.7,WorM AJU over. Three-rent stamp for circular to . flO A Jyo- A. CLAltlx. Inventor. ISewark. N.J. t. 1 1 o HT.O IV "R and Expenses, or 9 I f for p I U Idted. All tho now and stiindnrd Novelties. C iromiis. ete. Valuable Mini idea free with Circulars, li. L. ELK I'd I Kit, 111 Chambers street. New York. inu fjW .V-i'te rrrplrfl'f with P'enctl Key Check lil Ui'ti Outfits, no.i!".,- Ekkk. ... m- . n.l full tfirtif nines Bsi wui;i.. , ..nii","-. mi'. . ' ... .. S. M. Spencer, SIT Washington street. Boston. RICH 50 Him), KtiriAti OofK rmrt1ni7 ArflriV, o si It 1 ..si. . ll.u.b- fi-lf tar '!-. II f Kf UtlintV J ril-Vi!l) IN i CO.. 1 11 Nassau t..N.V. oniilfifiF0TPniT of ll AiR. Onr eNlllllll itm (,,,;-rri)I,ient and History. t.o.speod IIEI." Book. iiiMe snd Map Umiie, l iiicsoo. Vlsltinar "rla. w ia yor name s,-l. p Intnl. sent lor c We have ! so let A ice lit a Mintcit. samples ff.-t iiauip. A. 11. EuJJer It Co.. Brockton, Js' Ivins Patent Hair Crimpers. Adopted bv all the Q u ens of Eashlnn. Fend for circu lar, t. JV'IXS. No.ZHW North I'll'ih &t. I'liilud'a. l'a. PI YPTDIUC " fiMiroriTi frvwir Cream" ULIuCrilllL cures chapped hands. )ips,4-c. Ark ahp sjs your driiL'Kist for it or send SV. to Torrey UnCAiii& Bradley, lit iiaudolph street, Chicago. -lyA. NTKIJ AUKXTS. Canvassers should secure f? terntoiy at once for The L-fr mi.l J'ubl" Ssi r-rr Of H" m 'l H'n. bv l;ev. Ei.ias Nahov. Eur terms address the Publisher, B. B. Kvsskll, Boston. Muss. KVEK YHODY SKXJ) j:, vrx nnble samples and full particulars. Address E. B. WASH IttJltXK A CO.. Mlildluboro. Mass. A MONTH. Airents wanted every where. Business hmiiTalile hi d llrsl class. J'rt icul.trs .em tree. AddrwM: JOHN WOUT11 i CO.. tl. Louie, .Mo. - J fjBJT ti .JW-ll'l Wftl f'. Ipiir f itrs. I". fy mJimiMUza Yaiinsc. llli t thf r.itt of ,GQO werl. f liy.f ' f lK- (. -,. I- v .iVtn ,.f ,! c i i. . il lilr.4ni furtt' in, t -"( 'Ul fTii,.HH.n frf M ml. A.I lr" Brvf.( H rtf ptjtlnt l II man V COit"'1''1'' ' co. i I , iunni.i', FORTABLE GRINDING MILLS:' " I'v.l I'st-SSI IlKBt'B- -I lit S.fc. l: IIU'l. I -tniilK U IsrH lipfier-l nnneiM. sr f 'sit'ttt ssr Mrflt."'l. It oris. sue i-sti JUKI Slonr of nltl !, .f-tllllll- I illicit t-. a,es- stulfliii.- lollr, ,11(11 I'jeUs. I M Miell.-is. miiI lie. -win, lie.illie', llinfllli-, I 111 Ik s- (lali-eis, elc nil I t i.f il illV.tc liui I r niel MilLi- supplies. helid 1 1'ailiphli t. it'innb 711 U T, gt4,K 94M 4'ltss-lMMa.ll. 4A. A My II IT.cTli ATI I M:iH-ATA T oi.l K fur S7 it inv i: k i i hihI 1 1 1 Ih- ii t:ti 1- I. r U I1. 1 , t' 4 ,L ton:i Hpi'lti'Miit rci rtpi V ft-ii I f linl if r. .bnlti-l. uiul !'! iii.il. KOil . ,lh JOHN KERN, 21 1 Market Street, St. Louis- lSuir where yun aavr tlii" silvei tie;iiei,i. Successful Music Books. Getze's School for Parlor Organ! It U alreidy In the bauds i'ver i.hh leririiei i nnl plavers on !; . d eircaiis. and il-se; ye tin. ai d litest rr success. I o-itains I .f. Hinder lesun,.. ii.cliidins: nearly "si a-rri-esble Pieces, a doen ioi';s nnd .Isliut Voluhtai'ivi. y.."i. ( I ittei-nlal foil. f"r Old FolKs otrcei ts. M 10. Iilfti.-iir Jtivci. I he ucit tesis tot ut bah- bath School, :A. Bellak's Analytical Method', roil PIANOFORTE. As Hie rrn lift in.uvninn beW i f,r the first three months on the P,al,.. no! nmiC ol.ld be belter rtf -asv pieces, nicely ti ii-ert I and niaded. H li. nioZttv. wiih the dnt-.esa and drudgciy ! the Or.t quarter. In paper, ?.lc. ine. ii si iioois t iioih. si.uw. For II. ;h Schovls, Academics, hi-miiiarics. Gems of English Song. A lartre. eleennt collection f C hoice fSoisjp, with Piano or Kccd 011:101 accompaniment. x;i pui;c.eu.i Music size. J..i 111 Hoard.: ;.' iu t loin. .... : 1 ..1 . r-.... o.i- ri jil m-ire. JAll pooks iilHiieu, 1 v 1 OLIVER DITSON fc CO., S250 IMTWATI DO 1,1. A It WKF.KLV ST A (I. An Irtncpcnuent t-auuly ivewspaper. si ra-ea, 4S e olumns of I.'eailuiK. a f J'I'.lt VI'Mlt. Specimen Copy HiKE. P 1 tree of i"uc. Addrcs. The "STAR" ..l ln Im.u tMJIno. CAN. IYDTTTM UI J.U1U CER. 5.000 CURED. 1 It . It It If C II'IVmI Mull.,,,, .1 11,1. c:uo. Write full description. Alr,ee Frte. t , la,lt.luUil,,lvanri speedUy enrrd. riiliiless-.iio puliiici- ty. r-onu sttinip for pariicuinrs. nr. ,('nrlton. is; ahln;ton-B',ClilC"KO Prof. D. Meeker's cesful remedy of the Opium Katini;. 1'. Painless Opimn Cure!; The most BUC- prcsent d:iv. Send for l'iirer,n O. Ikix 475. LaPOICIK, IMJ. REVOLVERS ! ! Siw3 S3.00 er..SfT Pru TOssi. r, .TS S.t,.fs-i .s ff,iars,...s. Illn.tr.te4 Csul.u. Fsrs. M t.r.Tir.?l lit X I.H,. .. lit neenlconin nie. Chronica, Steel Enenivlni's, pho toirraphs, MTnn-book I'icltires, Mottoes, elc. Kle enanl samples and rntaloirue sent postpuld for 10 cts. Aif'U wanted. . I. L. I'atttui A Co., !! William st.N.V. r-KIt WEEK GI Al.' ANTEED TO id r cmale. 111 their own bl ind (11 n it Emm. Address A i:o., Auirustii, Miiine Aireiits. Miilean.1 ST) B B cility. Terms and tkS B V. O. VICKLKV BOSTON- f. If. Iitsc" 711 ISroiilw.:'. N v. V'.irL- J. v.. SiiCi" 1 Pi.' Mfsna A to. 1 l ee . Walker, htili'liiliiit T h Cl r ft Iiollar Sale, r.l Hroinfietd St.. Host, m. Mjss is n.J'T shippilin hundreds of boxes and pHCkni-es i,r va-tiatiiJ eiMKlsall over the V. S. li".ni w.o ili i f e. p .r.t Cold Jewelry. Klnt-s. I'ins, se s. Cmhiiis. Ilorins. Etc Etc - Solid Silver and Plated Ware. Cntlery. Glassware, Eanev e.uods 'l.i' articles! and all de scriptions, Fine Tens, I onet. 0 o. er -es perfiiiiirry - - . . . A1 rjll.ii ,.,,L L of atl I Jlnir Oils. So:s, Etc., ttc. kinds and styles mil r AUo. UV. e i,-h. anil sell at i.se nriee evervw here, tei we arc ! li n e vet yi till, IT at the popular price o only va a noi.i.a 1:. f,,.'"' de lighted patrons testify to the beneiis of our i.kkt s.l r. and ill our pnier hundreds of M'i rs are p Hill ed from our patrons in ttie part three jir. liK.t. y.r. von ran ss vr niotnv: y.m can niaV '' U" fr as jill else here, If you ileal with us. r ji.t aceida KVKRVw iikkk. We J ay larne coiiuiii.' ot,. -o riss, noraidtal. lioods sent e . O l v irh privil. l-'e of s ItiK before pavliiR. Senil for full caf:ilo.-iie, ei t';'' Sindnow. Address II. OCMI.slllN A III. . b. JJOLLAU SALE. M llrointlelil St., Iiosoti, Mass. IMMENSE SUCCESS..';, i,r r s n h ' scrifs'-rs e el r ....u iu.i 1 1 v to tin no mi holt ot l!,e 1 pie, leirar. tlirb'rmsi'AMii.Kii IIi.vmii. Ilth k-.u-. a lirfs S paite tu column paper, illusttated, s:id niled wifw lliarinini; stories, tales, poems, wit, humor, and threr Coluniii" deoted to lis l.'otrues' Corner," or fn of swindlers. Onacks and lluuibucs. It 1. by all slds. the bet and most popular of all tlie literarv piper-. l:ead ly i:si.0ni ileliphted subsci iters. etabiisbei snd never suspends or falls to appear o Me. It Is a. family friend." awl acoiii'et lamilv paper. It will save you from belnit swindled and f- yon most de lijrhttul reading for a whole year. Jrsil not to nulv -ribt NOV. ITniin Charmlnar French Chromos are triren rrr rUUfl to everyone pavUitr l for Ihe 1'.a ssa ir lHIti. I hese are u nrih. k each and are h ka 1 i I rs. a I Tiioitnted ready to hanK or frame. I:e:ider. you mil the JIannkk, you wi'sr trv It. It cons very lnin---only ;s tents a year for paper, orflio for paper siei t..iL-t ull i,rif,,.l,l Si'flf I I'liir OI .IIOI I HI ns iw , i,,,,,,,.,. -. 1 - three months for only III cfs. 'I kv n 0. a. Send foi .. .... ....... In ... ....I ......iv. ,1 a n.otillis. sa ni pu s, or, ot-i n-r, inii iu. . . -. - Address 11 AN N Eli CO., JJinsdaie. N. II. rf Vnil Male or Female. Send your add reas V U IUU anil (ret soniet lii nir thai will hrinjr you VV INT In honornli'v over l."il a month, sure. P3 fl M EV v VKNTtllls' lIO, 1(1 U rl C I 174 Greenwlcli street. New York. PUFF ! PUFF!! PUFF!!! The Wnndertil Tozle-nox, "run." 1.I10II Itinns of Smoke out of this Maulcj.1 Tlox. K'ullesa ainiiseuienl. Sent, with fitil direction", to any nddress. upon reeeiid of i.e. Handsomely illuminated. Si v.. An'ti uriinteii. S.C.A.I.otridk;r & Co.. 1 iK-y-st.N. 1 . HEUO-TELLURIC TREATMENT Of Oisease, br a newlv-discovered. most wonderful healiiiir and vltali.iiiK iuent. Infallible In ever- curs. b'e disease. Address, lor pamphlet. Kit. I. B. M' COKMACK t IO, I'. O. Drawer 6119. New York e.'ity The clirapsRt and best seeds in the market. t-nd two 5 cent stamp, tor iiluOrtcd ciilo-uf, to s.-e and crnpars prices. VV. 11. sl'OD.VtK, liosios. Mass. CtARPK.XTF.It'll Manssl. A practlcsl srulde to of all tool, and all oerations of the trade; also draw Intr for carpenters, formsof contracts, sperl flcatlotis. plans, etc.. with plain Instructions for beain ners and full glossary 'jf terms used in trade. Illus trated. HO cts., of booksellers, or by mail. .IKsSE HANKY e O., US Nassau SI.. N. Y. 1) A I XT KICK Manual.-lloue snd slen palnt liiK. Kraininir. varnisliinK. polishme, kaiomini!iir, paperuor, lettern.c. stainini;. pildin-. etc., :,Or. Hook of Alphaliets. .Vs. Scrolls and Ornaments. l. dllder's Malin.il. Hi. Watchmaker and Jeweler. Ci. Soapmaker, 5 1 avidermisl, 5I. II. utter and T rapper's e.uide. o. Ioe-Tr:i!iiinir. 25. of bisiksellcr. or by mall. JKssK HAM. I CO.. 119 Nassau St N. Y. ;i5 smi gun A t'x.ks tttsrrri c"at. Xmx strfril jvet. ka; arrtw'4 fai'o M tiv lair re la a .msI stHV-fr. ot u: tsi'b FIV. I'uurb tv4 M at ftrrt f-e I .i t an. h ssni t O- I-. Vtth priTlf I utoiiat hvfr jsatT-rsg fetal, stswd sump twt tirrulju- t P l ow Fl 4. ft 'J. Go fftmimn. Z Mai.. DtrM. Ciatama.!, 0. KW HOOK FOfC TIIK 1,000.4in. OUR WESTERN BORDER ne Hundred Years Ago. A ;rnihir TIiK?rv if fhe lr.- KfMH'h t Am ; is n r.fnler I. if. !thrillinrr rnt.i t t f 1 ni Wht' f !. V xni.Dj Aientnrt, dff ivn i . Kontyn, Srtt, liinpT iMnft (ityai. IiKliaii i.r-pathta t'atij(.Hfi riJ SfvirtK. A lfMk f"r !-! ait't Voting. ?t a !ui! m;th. No roTnjK'f jt mn. Kn'-riiMjim Azux- nil evry w hrro. irru!.im fr. Aftilr' J.i:. Mi i.n.'y t Co., 5tli T. an-1 Adams t, 'hICA.ro. Hi vanbusKIBK's fPAGRANT iOSODQJW .. .. : r IN- Ecoxomt. You will save inoney by using Trotter rf- Gamble' Original Motttni German Son p. It vill not waste nor become soft like ordinary yellow soap when ust-rt in warm water, nor is It cii-apciRl with articles inju rious to clothes. Jirmrrnber, you obtain a full or.e jHiuMti bar If you purchase their brand. To prolift tliele brand from imitators Proctor Si tiamblc ;.Htvnttl it. anil tlie patent wn Mistaineet in t ic L nitt 1 Stale Courts. Kxa tn ine the tt.imp on the bjr$ fur, tyom but. Take their St up ouly- OUT Ar ,ttrntr monthly family pipr. Will B.W't thp WHnt nf all niiii!ra af ihhoin htl. Ifn lit: pr mt f li rst -ci?f-s rniriJulor. I filltni wn i h.r 4nrinl M;lir. IU two full par illtiPi rti-Mi8 irh phi h nntn.wr, M!rn many final. er onen. Th aim of thr puti I:thrri m t inaWe a tl'oronchiV-a'rrt:ih(i Karnily .Journ.it. ! fpiiHrity pruv- H lo Jm fiirli an one. Cntaim 1 pap1. I'rir? f JJ a var, pijyt.'iLr; paid. A?-nt aiitfl rvr- IwlrTe. t h"in Miuplf c'tpifP, with trms, wi'I .w m-d)iH upon application. Art'1r- i rU TOJUAL Ffil-NTiN'. o.. i.s,. MichigHO-av.t and 1 A 8 Frout it., Chlcafro. 25 -d t j, .i rnzy xz-m vt'ttt AND INVJtiejKA'I'ES AN: HARDENS THE GUMS I It imports a 1 lilii fully n f .t sliin iiti'l fi-eliu to tlif month, rniiov--n0' nil TAIJT.i hihI .StL'III' f""i .'no te-t-tli, complcti ly ai n c'in tin- pro-ir'-s of el' :iy, ;;til w hile uiti-.j m.l pail:; tis have 1m(iiiio 11 i' 1; !,yi!,eay. IMPURE BREATH r.u.s l by Tct-tli, Te'litie-' , Spirits, or Ciitarrh, is ne tiln .lizcl ly I lie el.iil use ef SOZO-DONT It is as harmless as water. Bold j Drn.jijtuts anl Dealers ia fanes Oooiitr One exittlo will lar:t fix months- tp Am D LOOT fiEAIlV - MIXKD PAINT AND K41.WIK, SO rtntn In l 7 prr lion. Vs f t I I I. l ts prr rallnn. TIIA S -EEit i'H Tli. ES. WAX n I'A 1'EIt H.') El: MAT K!M.L A 1:1 IS i .( m n is. SASII. UOOtiS, lil.IM'S. W IM'Vl-t,I.A'-S a 91 j I'AIM or ALL KIMiS, CllfcAE. tliAb. 11. ejALTHIEK, Itiaalivlllc, Tcuarutc. fiEXTEXXHL ssi or a.sso. i. Lossiso. I.I. 1' . HISTORY rf THK UNITED STATES. I extm yl low-prlriMl vrviuro 800 rr 430 nrrvme ml ibe n!r n worthy ft t- phIIl-4 In at V. m-rg-llh mm Hrwmmm Foil n'1 ,utl.i.y II! out ratH e sfumj tt ipn ,jji'-j 'i r '.rmsW (VwitiJ C rsr afioaa. AGENTS WANTED! RpMly -sw-ms tnt:el rry iriitii in (Ittmj Mj-i.h y f ow countrr : rmr eh fcjf Ajnf eklnr A' -k tHk. j"iiV aW tn -r mil It "-" ftt'i bT; t-:nia, t V. A. Ni l ( limO.1 4.u co.nrA.ii. ikicc in. COrvIE ASMD SEE Tliwe Klch IValrlcs. Csr on- -nillton a-ri-.- t f on the i?1out C'ilf ti St. 1'aul lisllrond and n t!i- M- e:nin,r ii Missouri l!hr j:;ulr..-ul. v-r;il larvr trai-ts for CitoniiM. efins or i nil .oinmtUiN'S i,ir ainuie. Jivtrvune who s.-1-s th' laml liki-s It. Apply tsi iAVIIsO. .V j'AI.KS, biblej-, Os-.eoii Co., lows, Atlantic Hotel, crmeJAOo. 75c. Per Day to 52.50. 0nsr Vanlt'ir.n anil LaSall St... wit1 in t'.nr mtn iiti - m's of i hi- l.u-iu- i-i-iik r, liai. t- r of I in uoTc. rallroa'l l p.i Kr.ii plans of an, is. ini t.t. Tlie Only I'irl-c.ass I'll e--,'rixi( llokl orrtrtNO tiik roi.Low:xu nrrv 1 HO rooms. wittMMtt tvar,t 7 ". prilar. 1 on r-H,in.. itliont ts,r ii i t .oil .. r (Ujr. lllll rooms, mill; lioaM J.Ot p r Uy. 50 rixiiiia, nita tsiar,! nil tiftirof rn v.."iO tn-r day. Mil. L .NEWMAN CO. . N. K. S. 4. .1 1 l-S. H I". 'I'HIS pa..rr !s i rtnt. J wl'h INK n.siinra:oirrt bf 1 O h. KAN K to. 141 I'rirr,irn M.,e'Mrsf0k rnrsW: tj A. N. &lixu, 2U Jts.it soo bk. ClauKa.