iSwiiPlPI ly-WE't ' ? fe "THE WIDOW'S MITE." FBEDEJUCK LOCKEK. A wiaow she had only one, A puuy and decrepit son; But, day and night, Though fretful oft, and weak and small, A loving child, he was her all The widow's mite. The widow's mite ay, so sustained, fine battled onward, nor complained, Though friends were fewer; And while f be toiled for daily fair, A little crutch upon the stair Was music to her. I saw her then and now see That, though resigned and cheerful, she Has sorrowed much; 'She has he gave it tenderly Much faith; and carefully laid by, A little crutch. WO HEN'S LIYES. "Duile or Worn en" by Frances Power Cobb. JUSTICE TO WOMAN. Men, especially Englishmen and Americans, are as a rule, wonderfully generous to women. Thousands of theni labor for their mothers, their wives or their daughters all their life Jong, and the higher minded are full of chivalrous indulgence for all women. If we count over with speechless indig nation the hundreds of men who in our country, yearly beat and trample their wretched wives to death, we must never allow that hideous fact or any other of 'the many wrongs of our sex to bind us to the counterbalancing truth, that the average Englishman means well to wom en and will make no small sacrifices for them; and there exists at least as many noble and high-hearted men. irenuine champions of our sex, in parliament and out of it, as there .are wife-beating ruf fians in the slums of Liverpool ana Lon don. But with all their kindly feelings, their good intentions, their readiness to labor and sacrifice themselves for wom en, men give us most rarely what we really want, not favor, but justice. Nothing is easier than to coax them to pet us like children, nothing more diffi cult than to persuade them to treat us like responsible human beings. Only a small number of them, it would seem, can yet be brought to realize that we have not only mouths to be fed and hearts to be comforted by faithful affec tion, but also brains to be cultivated, and wills seeking also, like their own, for the free use of whatever powers we mav inherit. That a woman should really possess public spirit, and that its exercise should be as ennobling to her as it is to a man, this is a lesson which it takes most, men half a life-time to learn. SOCIAL AND FEKSONAL DDTY. We hear a great deal of social duty in these days under the name of "Altru ism," and as much of the philosophy of the hour has relegated God to the land of shadows, and cut off from man that "hope of immortality- which gives to vir tue its indefinite extension; it follows, of course, that social dutjr must come to be considered as the supreme and only real moral obligation, and even the most sacred personal duties end in be ing ranked and estimated according to the influence they happen to exercise on the welfare of the community. I cannot too strenuously express my clissentfrom this entire view of morality. As I be lieve thai virtue is a far higher thing, a more desirable thing even to the weak est of us than happiness, so, as I have just said, I belie e that we have been made primarily for virtue, and only sec ondarily, and as far as may be compati ble with our primary end, for happiness, and I cannot listen to the base theory of human existence which makes of such things as truth and purity, and holiness of heart, only convenient char acteristics tending generally to make the community in which they abound a little more orderly and comfortable. On the contrary, I believe that the individ ual himself, the communit3r itself, the very material world itself, all exist for J the purpose that human spirits may rise through the paths of mortal excel lence up into loftier regions of purity, love, and holiness to a beatitude com pared to which our poor happiness of earth will be utterly forgotten. SELF-RESPECT. Let me, if f may, without presump-t-ou, speak to the young ones among you, as a woman who has borne some what of the battle and heat of the day. Awake to recognize your true rank in creatiou, your noble destination. Laugh at the doctrine that you are a sort of a moon, with no raison d'etre but to go circling round a very earthy planet; or a kind of parasite ivy or honeysuckle in the forest. You may be, you proba bly are less strong, less clever, less rich and less well educated than most of the men about you. But moral rank does not depend on these things. You are a rational free agent, a child of God, des tined to grow nearer to grow nearer to him and more like him through the ages of immortality. As such you are the equal Cebenwurdig, as people sav of royal alliances) with the loftiest of cre ated beings, not one of whom can have a higher destiny. Cast they aside, for shame's sake, the faults and follies whicli have accumulated around our womanhood through long centuries of the minority of our sex. Little girls may fitly play with toys, and dress dolls, aud chatter in the nursery for hours over some weighty concern of the baby house; but it is a pitiful sight to see grown women making all life a child's play. Rise, I pray 3Tou, to the true dig nity of a human being to whom petty feelings and small vanities and servile wheedling tricks must be repugnant aud abominable. Respect yourself too much to dress like a doll or a peacock, or to betray that you must have spent hours in devising the trimming of a gown. Aud respect other women also, and nev er join men in sneering at the deplora ble weakness which have followed from their wretched circumstances and edu cation. When I see in the street a poor, threadbare, broken-spirited women, wearing that peculiar look of patient, hopeless endurance which belongs to women only, to trodden down wives or starving widows, my heart aches for the hapless creature. But when I see an other woman, health and prosperous as the world goes, abasing herself to the mean artifices and cajolings, the wheed lings and subterfuges which some wives use to manage their master and to avert his wrath or to hide from him her most innocent actions, then my heart burns with indignation, not so much against the woman herself as against the dead weight of life-long oppression which has warped her into this pitiful, superanua ted school girl. I cannot laugh at these things. I cannot heap scorn on such women. I scorn too much the whole theory of woman's life which has made them what they are. PLEASANT HOMES. We all know that life is made up chiefly of little pleasures and little pains, and how many of the former are in the power of the mistress of a house to pro vide, it is almost impossible to calculate. But let any clever woman simply take it to make everybodv about her as happy as site can, and the result, believe, will always be wonderful. Let her see that, so far as possible, they have the rooms they like best, the little articles of furm- :: r nmnnpiits thev trefer. Let t.. ,Mvlpr meals with a careful fore- feoncrlit; for their tastes, and for the necefsities of their health; seeing thai prprvone has what he desires, and niak- that ,-n a- him feel, however humble in posi tion, that his tastes have been remem- bered. Let her not disdain to pay such attention to the chairs and sofas of the family dwelling rooms as that every indi vidual may be comfortably placed, and feel that he 01 she has not been left out in the cold. And after all these cares, let her try not so much to make her rooms splendid and aesthetically admir able, as to make them thoroughly habit able and comfortable for those who are to occupy them; regarding their comfort rather that her own aesthetic gratifica tion. A drawing-room, bright and clean, sweet with flowers in summer, or with dried rose-leaves in winter; with tables at which the inmates ma- occupy them selves, and easy chairs wherever they are wanted, and plenty of soft liht and warmth, or else of coolness adapted to the weather this sort of room belongs more properly to a woman who seeks to make her house a province of the king dom of heaven, than one which might be exhibited at South Kensington as having belonged to the kingdom of Queen Anne! Washington Etiquette. Harper' Magazine for March. Questions of etiquette are sometimes very troublesome in Washington, and all the more because very many of the den izens of that city, who come from dis tant and rural homes, know and care nothing about etiquette. How little the honorable gentleman from Symmes's Hole suspects, as he is asked to take Mrs. Senator Red Velvet to dinner, that the chair in which he shall sit and the lady whom Jie shall hand out have been subjects of long and anxious delibera tion. It is easy to call on Wormley, or Welcker or Pinard, or some other chef, and order a dinner for twenty. But who shall sit where.and who shall hand whom? these are the questions which cause vexation aim anguish. A distin guished official gentleman in Washing ton gave a noble repast in honor of a noted guest. It was ordered of the proper purveyor. "Xow,' said the host, when he had bade no expense to be spared, "I don'tknow anything about the business of seating people correctly. You must attend to that too." The pur veyor went straight to another distin guished man, who had not been invited to the dinner because it would not be agreeable to some other distinguished man who was invited, and distinguished man number one was immensely amused that he was called upon to seat the guests at a dinner to which he was not himself invited. It is all the more perplexing because, although Washington is alwa3rs full of official persons who are really indifferent to etiquette, and who greet it with a hearty democratic laugh, yet because of its official population there has been from the first especial attention paid by experts to the suject. Wellington took grave counsel upon it, and Hamilton gave him some canons of behavior in writing, and there is allegedtobeamore rigid system of social etiqu tto among official persons in Washington than is to be found in any circle elsewhere in the country. There are asserted to be due rules for the ''first calling" of Senators' wives, and the wives of members of the cabinet and of justices of the supreme court. Precedence at table is alo a knotty point involving great trouble of soul. Some years ago a senator gave a dinner to which the secretary of state was invited. When dinner was an nounced, the host turned to the senior senator, the dean of the senatorial cham ber, and asked him to take the lady of the house to table. The senator hesitat ed, saying to his colleague that the sec retary of state was in the room. "Pshaw! we senators make secretaries of state," was the answer; and the host insisted that in his house nobody should precede the dean of his own body. Alexander Campbell. Pen Moines Register. There is no character which stands out more prominently in the ecclesiast ical history of the present century than that of the Rev. Alexander Campbell. It has never been the fortune of the writer to see or read a life or biography of that distinguished man; yet we take pleasure in recording some of our early recollections of him. He was the orig inator of the Disciples' church. He was in early life a Presbyterian, but with drew from that church and joined the Baptist, from which he was expelled but a short time previous to the circum stances which we are about to relate. It was at the debate between Mr. Camp bell and Robt Owen, of Lanark, Scot land in the old stone church in Cincin nati, in April, 1829, that impressed Mr. Campbell's personality as well as his great intellectual character on our mind. That debate is celebrated in polemic history, being brought on by a challenge from Mr. Owen made in New Orleans in 1828, to all of the ministers in Christ endom to debate with him the truth of all religions. He denying, and his op ponent to affirm the truth of the Christian religion on logical principles. Robert Owen, of New Lanark, was a man of great wealth, of finished educa tion, but a notorious infidel. He repu diated the Bible and all religious princi ples, repudiating the Christian insti tution of marriage. He established the infidel colony of New Harmony, Ind., similar in many respects to the Oneida Community, in New York. He was the father of Robert Dale Owen, for many years a prominent scholar, politician and infidel of Indiana, aud the author of that horrible book, "Foot prints on the Confines of the Two Worlds." Robt, Owen had gained a world wide reputation for learning and erudition in dealing hard and dextrous blows as a polemic theological disputant He had the reputation of having slaughtered several disputants who Tiad dai-ed to meet him. Hence when he threw down the glove to the world, it took some moral courage, and a man who had faith in his ability to do battle for Chris tianity, to accept the challenge. Alex ander Campbell was the man. and prob ably the best man of that day for that grand theological tournament. He had confidence in the omnipotence of truth, and of his ability in its beauty and pow er. Mr. Campbell accepted, and agreea to meet Owen in debate at Cincinnati. The whole country w. 3 excited. The church was crowded day and night for eight daj's. At that time, from our recollection. Mr. Campbell was about forty years of age, with a long face, rather small head, bright, sparkling and cheerful counte nance, and finely arched forehead. Though in middle life, he had the earnest vigor of youth, with a sprinkle of gray foairs on his crown. The im pression he made on a man was peculiar and lasting. He so stamped his power and genius upon the mind that neither time nor circumstances effaces it. No one in his presence trembled for fear of his failure. He possessed confidence in himself and intuitively imparted it g" his hearers. He was mild aud docile in manner, yet he convinced any beholder that he had the courajre and jrrace of perseverance to a degree that would not retreat an inch in the way of concession to escape the crack and pudder of a dissolving world. He was a remarka ble man m the use of language, clear and comprehensive, yet condensed to a superlative degree. He could say more in-fewer words than any speaker we ever heard. He had present with him his venerable father, who was also a minister. Mr. Owen was a true patron of a healthy, robust Scotchman, dressed as plain as a Quaker. His nose was so large as to be almost a promontory. He was full of good nature, but his fre quent success in debate had made him a little insolent and overbearing. In de bate he was like nearly all of the promi nent characters of the infidel school, such as Paine, Ingersoll, etc.; he had a few hobbies which he parades on all oc casions and for all purposes. And not withstanding Mr. Campbell proved that they were all "lame, halt and blind," he paraded them at every turn for the entire eight days of debate. But Mr. Campbell clearly demonstrated that he was probably the ablest polemic debater of his age, and from his great ability, his well stored mind, and his self-possession, it was soon discovered by the audience that he was master of the situ ation. Yet Owen struggled manfully, backed by his former reputation. It is probable," however, that in the entire history of theological debates there is no instance of so thorough and complete a defeat as Mr. Owen rv ceived at the hands of Mr. Campbell. And Mr. Owen felt keenly the defeat, as shortly afterwards he returned to Scotland, and never again returned to the United States to look after his important enterprise at New Harmony, Ind. At the close of the debate on the even ing of the eighth day, it being evident to both parties that the debate was about to end, Mr. Owen voluntarily took it upon himself to test before the public the result of the debate. So before he took his seat he said: "You who be lieve in the Christian religion and rever ence its influence, be pleased to rise to your feet" As almost by electric move ment, nearly the entire mass rose to their feet. He then invited them to be seated, and asked those friendly to Mr. Owen's theory to rise. Not over three or four rose. Then such a shout was raised as is seldom heard in a church, except in some of the old fashioned Methodist revivals. The writer did not hear but one day's debate, but ever siuce the form, figure and presence of that noble man, Rev."Alexander Campbell, has ever been before him. A STATESMAN'S DEATH. The Death Bed of Senator Carpenter. Judge McArthur, of the supreme court of the district of Columbia, made a statement to .the Wisconsin republican association in regard to the death bed of Senator Carpenter: On the afternoon of Wednesday- last I visited him at his residence and stood by his bedside, where he was then :isleep. I saw a dreadful change had happened. The end was written upon his face, and then for the first time I gave up' all hope. . Upon calling in the evening I found his respiration painful and laborious, and it seemed as if his life were strug gling to retain its dominion in every breath. A torpor had seized upon his consciousness, but his attention could be aroused to particular persons or objects. Placing my hands upon his shoulders aud gently shaking him, I asked him if he knew me. After a second he replied. "It's the judge;" and then, after a short pause, he added, "Mrs. Carpenter and I have been talking of coming over to see j'ou," and then, as if his old spirit of humor and merriment had returned, he said, "Judge, 1 want to make a motion," to which I answered that his motion was granted without argument. Au hour or two after midnight I was again by his bedside. He was still weaker than before, and the vital forces were yielding slowly but surely to the impending catastrophe. At this time there were present his wife, his daugh ter and his son. Dr. Fox, who had traveled night aud day from Milwaukee, and who supplemented science with friendship and love, was also present, as was also Mr. Chas. G. Williams. As the members of his own fatuity sat b3 the death bed of him they loved so dearly it seemed to me the most beauti ful,most sad and touching tableaux I ev er witnessed. At length daylight broke through the crevices of the curtains, and seemed to come forth in unclouded splendor and the atmosphere was balmy as the early da3's of spring. It was full of the elixir of life, but brought no re lief to our friend. Leading Mrs. Car penter to the window I askea her if she could remember the d3'ing expression of the jreat Mirabeau, whom her husband so much resembled in his powers of per suasion. "Open the windows," he ex claimed, "and draw aside the curtains, and let the sunshine fill the apartment aud bathe me in its beams, and let the incense of the garden reach nty senses, for I would die among the perfume of flowers." But how different is this scene in one respect, for the great Frenchman, though he feared not death, believed it to be an eternal sleep. But your gifted husband, although solarge ly absorbed in the activities of life, and although taking such a large share in public business, had a strong and fruit ful religious view in his nature, and be lieved that death, instead of being our final destiny, was but the entrance to a higher and truer life. About 9 o'clock Dr. Fox called me suddenly to his bedside. The breath ing had almost ceased, the quick respi ration had entirely gone, the breath came at long intervals, and the attend ant clergyman began reading the sol emn service of the church for the d3'ing. The physician kept his hand upon the heart to make the ebbing tide of life. I looked at the doctor after each spasm, and the reply was, "Not 3'et." At last came a pause, long and endless, the phy sician withdrew his hand, and Mr. Car jjeuter was dead. Flowers. New York, among many 1 Jiur good things, is famous for the cultivation of flowers. You see them in shop win dows everywhere, fresh aud rich in color, and almost eveiy variet3', and this in mid-winter. Flower growing and flower showing, and flower festivals, are now popular things, and they are so much used at funerals, as well as weddings, that it is not unusual to see In connec tion with funeral advertisements, "No flowers to be sent." Apart from the business asppct, whicli is now extensive and profitable, it is delightful to see summer flowers so fresh and beautiful, while the winter winds are blowing and the snow is bying on the ground. It is almost a wonder that the New York peo ple can afford time to cultivate flowers, but it is much to their credit, as they are not onl3T the poetry of life, but the poetry of their fine shop windows and of their streets. ETAIiY FftUGrVDS. Jackson Da'Iy Patr'ot. Rev. F. M. Winburne, Pastor M. E. Church, Alexia, Texas, writes as follows: Several months since I received asuppby of St. Jacobs Oil. Retaining two bot tles, I distributed the rest among friends. It is a most excellent remedy for pains and aches of various kinds, especially neuralgia and rheumatic af fections. Pleasure which cannot be obtianed but by unreasonable and unsuitable ex pense must always end in pain: and pleasure which must be enjoyed at expense of another's pain, can ne the never oe sucn as a wortny mmu can in. delight The scales of justice are for the weight of the transgressor. Youth, mumps; middle life, bumps; old age, dumps. Cllntou (Iowa) Herald. James Butler, Esq., Clerk of the Rox bury Carpet Co., Boston, Mass., em ploying eight hundred hands, in a late communication concerning the admira- ble working of an ariicle introduced in-tit to the factory, says: The famous Old German Remedy, St. Jacobs Oil has effected several cures among our men. who have been badly hurt in working in the factory, and they pronounce it a success every time. FEANK BUCKLASD. riio Famous IVaturalUl'aEcccntrlcltJei. From Macmlllan'i Magazine. His zeal frequently led him to impru dences which would" have told severely on a less robust constitution, and which perhaps had te effect of shortening his own life. He had been known to wade up to bis neck in water, and change his clothes driving away from the rive on a box of i fly. This was an etceptional case; but it was a common thing for him to sit for hours in wet boots. He rarely wore a great coat; he never owned a railway rug; he took a delight in cold, and frequently compared himself to a Polar bear, which languished in the heat and revived in the frost. The pleas ure which Mr. Buckland derived from the cold accounted for many of his ec centricities. Even in winter he wore the smallest amount of clothing; in summer he discarded all clothing. Those were rare occasions on which he wore a coat at home. His usual dress was a pair of trousers and a flannel shirt; he deferred putting on socks and boots till he was starting for his office. Even on inspections he generally ap peared at breakfast in the same attire, and on one occasion he left a country house, in which he was staying, with no other garments o . While hewas driv ing in a dogcart to the station he put on his boots, and as the train was drawing up to the station, at which a deputation of country gentlemen was awaiting him, he said with a sigh that he must begin to dress. Boots were in fact his special aversion. He lost no occasion in kick ing them off his feet. On one occasion, traveling alone in a railway carriage, he fell asleep with his feet resting on the window-sill. As usual, he kicked off his boots and they fell outside the carriage on the line. When he reached his destination the boots could not, of course, be found, and he had to go without them to his hotel. The next morning a platelayer examining the permanent way came upon the boots, and reported to the traffic manager that he had found a pair of gentleman's boots, but that lie could not find the gentleman. Some one con nected with the railway recollected that Mr. Buckland had been seen in the neighborhood, and, knowing his eccen tricities, inferred that the boots must be-" long to him. They were accordingly sent to the home office and were at once claimed. We have said he rarely wore a great coat, and wnen he did so it was appar ently more for the value of th- addition al pockets it contained, than its warmth. One of his good' stories turned .on this. He had been in France, and wasTreturn ing via Southhampton, with an over coat stuffed with natur al history, speci mens of allsorts, dead and alive Am' ng them was a monkeys which was domi ciled in a large inside breast-pocket. As Buckland was taking his ticket, Jocko turust up ins heart and attracted the at tention of the booking clerk, who imme diately (and very properly) said, "You must take a ticket for that dog, if it is going with you." "Dog?" said Buck land; "its no dog;" it's a monke" "It is a dog," replied the clerk. "It's a monkey," retorted Buckland, and pro ceeded to show the whole animal, but without convincing the clerk, who in sisted upon five shillings for the dog ticket to London. Nettled at this, Buckland plunged his hand into another i ocket and produced a tortoise, and laying it on thesillof the ticket-window, said, "Perhaps youcallthata dog, too." The clerk inspected the tortoise. "No," said he, "we make no charge for them they're insects." He could not, in the most serious con versation, refrain from his joke; and some persons will recollect how on one occasion he was descanting, at a formal meeting, on the advantages which would ensue from the formation of a fishery district. "You will be appointed a conservator, and then 3-ou will impose license duties, and themone3 probabW 300 will bo paid to you." "And what shall I do then?" inquired his lis tener. Wlty, then," replied Mr. Buck land, "you had better bolt with it" His love of a joke distinguished him as a lecturer. The excuse of a milk boy, on a fish being found in the milk "Please, sir, mother forgot to stain the water" was one of those which did frequent duty. He left, on one occasion, a parcel of stinking fish, which he had carried about with him, and torgotten, neatly done up in paper, in a fashionable thoroughfare in Scotland, and stood at the hotel window to watch the face of ii . . . . 1 . me nrsc person wno exammeu it. j rru - 1 a. i . Aurougnout ins lourneys specimens 01 nTTnmr l-inrl limn lT:n ....I ,!,! I "J jvjuu, uviu", uwii" aim uuuu, were thrown into his bar. possibly to keep company with his boots or his clothes. The odor of his bag usuall3T increased with the length of the inspec tion, and on one occasion, when it was exceptional- offensive, he said to the boots of a very smart hotel, "I think you had better put this bag into the cel lar, as I should not be at all surprised if it smelt b3 to-morrow morning." His best things, he used to say him self, were written on the box of an om nibus or in a railway carriage. "The ro3'al academy without a catalogue" was written between London and Crewe, and pested at the latter station. He had originally acquired the art of writ ing in a railway trainfrom thelalo bish op of Oxford. He thought he had facts at his dispos al which would have enabled him to an swer the great doctrines which Mr. Dar win had unfolded. Evolution was emi nentby distasteful to him; only two days before his death, in revising the preface of his latest work, he deliberate- ex pressed his disbelief in it, and he used to dispose of an' controversy on the subject by sa3ing": "My father was dean of Westminister; I was brought up in the principles of church and state; and I never will admit it I never will admit it." Perhaps no man ever lived with a kinder heart, ltmay be doubted wheth er he ever willingly said a hard word or did a hard action. He used to say of one gentleman, by whom he thought he had been aggrieved, that he had forgiv en him seventy times seven already; so that he was not required to forgive him any more. He could not resist a cry of distress, particularly if it came from a woman. Women, he used to say, are such doe like, timid things that he could not bear to see them unhapp3. One night, walk ing from his office, he found a poor ser vant girl crying in the street. She had been turned out of her place that morn ing as unequal to her duties; she had no mcaie3' and no friends nearer than Taun ton, where her parents lived. Mr. Buck land took her to an eating house, gave her a dinner, drove her to Paddington, paid for her ticket, and left her in charge of a guard of the train. His nature was so simple and generous that he did not even then seem to re- lize that he had J done an exceptionally kind act. A volume might perhaps be filled with an account of Mr. Buckland's eccen tricities. When he was studying oysters he would never allow anyone to speak; the oysters he said, overheard the con versation, and shut up their shells. More inanimate objects than oysters were endowed by him with sense. He had almost persuaded himself that in animate things could be spiteful; and he used to say that he would write a book on their spitefulness. If a railway lamp did not burn properly, he would declare was sulkv. and throw it nut. nf th window to see if it could find a better master. He punished his portmanteau on one occasion by knocking it down, and the portmanteau naturally reTenged itself by breaking all the bottles of specimens whioh it contained, and emptying their contents on his master's shirts. To provide himself against possible disasters, he used to carry with him an armory of implements. On the herring inquiry he went to Scotland with six boxes of cigars, four dozen pencils, five knives and three thermometers. On his return, three weeks afterward, he produced a solitary pencil, the remnant of all his property. The knives were lost, the cigars were smoked; one ther mometer had lost its temper, and been thrown out of a window; another had been drowned in the Pentland Firth, and a third had beaten out its own brains against the bottom of a gunboat. No human being could have told the fate of the pencils. Preaching to Children. Preaching to children, says a religious paper, is an art in itself. Many a man is competent "to preach to adults who cannot preach to children. He has been taught by precept and practice one great branch of his proper profession, but his education has been neglected in the oth er great branch. He is not qualified to preach to the most impressive and most hopeful of the community. The time is coming when a theological seminary will be organized as a sorry affair if it sends out preachers who cannot preach effect ively to children, and when a minister is incompetent for such preaching will be counted hardly more competent than a blind man or a stutterer. But there is no short cut to success in this work. It will cost study and effort to learn how to preach to the little folks. A Good IIoiiMcwil'e. The good housewife, when she Is giving her house its spring renovating, thould bear In mind that the dear inmates ol her house are more precious than maty houses, and that their systems need cleansing by purifying the blood, regulating the stomach and bowels to prevent and cure the diseases arising from spring malaria aud miasma, and she must know that there is nothing that will do It so perfectly and surely as Hop Bitters, the rmrest and beh of medicines. Concord, . IT., Patriot. At what season did Eve eat the apple? Earty in the fall. An American lady from the east was visiting the home of Sir Walter Scott, when she said in her enthusiasm: "Why Scotland must have been named after Sir Walter Scott. I never thought of it before." The ISest lAl'a .Preserver: Warner's Safe Kidne3T and Liver Cure. Health, hope and happiness are restored by the U6e of Ltdia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It is a positive cure for all those diseases from which women suffer so much. 8end to Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham, 233 Western Avenue, for pamphlets. IBovr to Secure Health. It seems strange that any one will suffer from deraugement brought on by impure "blood, when Scovilll's Sarsaparilia axd Stillixoia, or Blood axd Liver Syrup will restore perfect health. It is a strengthening syrup, pleasant to take, aud has proven itself to be the best blood purifier, effectually curing Scrofula, Syphilitic disorders, Weakness of the Kidneys, Erysipelas, Malaria, all Nervous disorders and Debility. Bilious complaints and all Diseases of the Blood, Liver, Kidneys, Stomach, Skin, etc It correct indigestipn. A single bottle will prove tovouits merits as a health rencwer, for it ACTS LIKE A CHARM, especially when the complaint is of an exhaust ive nature, having a tendency to lessen the natural vigor of the brain and nervous system. BAKER'S PAIN PANACEA cures pain in Man and Beast. Use externally and internally. DR. ROGER'S VEGETABLE WORM SYRUP instantly destroys worms and removes the Se cretions which cause them. Keep on hand Reddiug'a Russia Salve. The Citizen Soldier and IVaxhinaton World. an eight, page 40 column weekly journal, comes to us, brim full of good things" for the citizen, as well as for the soldier. It keeps its readers posted on all laws relating to soldiers or their heirs, concerning pensions, bounties, lands, fcc It also contains a War Story every week. Terms $1.00 a year sample copv free. Pub lished by World & Soldier Pub. "Co., Box 5SS, "Washington, D. C A Fanner's Opinion. A Michigan farmer writes that he was completely cured of a veiy bad case of Piles by one box of Bucklen's Arnica Salve. Nothing on earth is so sure a cure. Sold byalldruggists at 25 cent3. Don't Die on the Premises. Ask druggiSts for "Rough on Rats." It clears out rats, mice, bed-bugs, roaches. Only 15c. per box. A Couau, BLooD-SprrrrxG, Consumption. Death I This is the utu j1 sequence. Avoid it by curing the cough with Hale's Honey of HOREHOUXDAND TaR. Pike's Toothache Drops cure in one minute. The m )st comfortable boot in town Is that with Lyon's Pat. Metallic Heei Stiffeners. A great improvement has recently been made in that useful product Carboline, a de odorized extract of petroleum, which is the only article that really curi-s baldness. It is j now the finest of hair dressings. IroarrcH Sii.r;ric:il Science. Dr. Stark, of the Kansas Citv Surcical Tnsti- i. . . '.. . . . tute, lias recently returned iroai Europe, hav- inf s:wnt thi siirrirnpr In tln nrinninnl lirwni. I. ". '. -"7 .---- ,......-.,.-. .--j,. the summer in the tals of Edinburgh, London and Paris. The Doctor's visit was made in the interest of the Institute to compare his experience with the most eminent Surgeons of the old worlJ. Ir'or fitle. A six horse power portable steam en gine and boiler, in first-cliiss order; only six months in use. Price low and terms easy. Reason for selling, more power wanted. Address Western Nev spaper Union, G'o. A. Joslin, Mgr., Omaha. Nebraska. Invalids who have lost but aic recoverins Tltal stamina, declare In grater al terms their appreciation of th merits as a tonic of Uostetter't St mach B't tcrs. Not only does it impart strength, to tlie weak. It corrects an Irregular acid state of the stomach, makes the bowels act at proper lnterrals. gives ease to tbos who suffer from' rheumatic and kidney trou bles, and conquer? as well a pn-rents fever and agu For ale by all Unnrrfit an ' T) ''tj - v GOODMAN'S! Speedr an-l effectual remtai ouniain ticru i.i -.-, - ior an diseases of the Stoa ach. Rnwn!a nnH tTMt.a,r- snd a certain preventive of Fever and Ague. mm Q Cough Cure positively a certain and speedr cure for safe. iA coughs, croup, asthma, whoop- colds. ness. Influenza, Incipient consumpUon. ani all dis eases of the throat and luosrs 50c per bottle. v in uiuii. iininriiiriB nnaMa G00DMM1 Arnica Liniment Is the best external remedy that can h. used for Cute.Bnilses,Spratn. .ucuwausiu. .E.IC AIM FOR THE HAIR-A reliable restora tlye and perfect halr-d.ej.sing. Free the head fro r. dandruff, and cures all dlsiases of the scalp. Unnnntctured by C. F. OOOBMAA. Whole ale DruffKlat niuha, ?., and Sold btf all Sutall Brngirists. UOSTETTElft J CELEBRATED 1A g . STOSZACH dBto SITTERS Bashfulness is an ornament to youth but a reproach toxoid ae. False hair is so perfectly made that when a woman's head is fixed you can't tell which is switch. A dying negro was requested to for give another darkey. Ho said: "If I dies, I forgive dat nigga; but if I gets well, dat nigga must take care." When you visit or leave New York City, Bave Baggage Expressase and Carriace Hire, and stop at Grand Union Hotel, near ly opposite Grand Central Depot. 350elegant rooms, reduced to $1 and upwards per day Elevator. Restauiant supplied with best. Horse Cars, Stages and Elevated Railroad to all Depots. FOK AUIIOST HOTmafG. ". On receipt of 9c in postage stamps I will mail to any address, postage paid, on e Fifteen Puzzle Hard Wood Blocks, nicely finl- hed and put up in a neat box. Address 6. B. Fox, Thirteenth street, Omaha, NVb. In anothercolumn will be found the adver tisement of Allen's Lung Balsam. We do not of ten speak of any proprietary medicine, but from what we have seen and beard of this great family medicine, we would say to those suffering with any throat or long disease, to take it and be cured. There is no earthly boon more precious than good health, and it behooves its possessor to endeavor to retain it If you are assailed with sueh provoking ills as sick headaches, torpid liver, sour stomach and a general feeling of weariness and disgust, don't co and commit suicide but take Eilert's Daylight Liver Pills and be cured. Uncle Sam's Harness Oil'" tills and closes the pores of leather, effectually preventing the en trance of dampness, dust, c, and rendering the harness soft and pliable, while at the same time increasing Its durability. Distempers, Coughs, Colds, Feve.s. and most of the diseases which Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Hogs, and Poultry are subject to ire readily overcome and cured by using Uncle Sam's Condition Powder according to the plain directions. Sold ly all Druggists. Rheumatism, neuralgia, sprains and bruises will be relieved by Uncle Sam's Nerve and Bone Liniment, sold by all druggists. Mothers will And Dr. Winchell's Teething Syrup just the medicine to have in the house for the children, it will cure colds, coughs, sore throatand regulate the bowelj, try it Disease and death, when they reach our own households, are too serious for jesting, we use our best endeavors to drive off the dread mes sengers, and are only happy when we feel that they are at a distance. At the first approach of that fell destroyer. Consumption, In the shape of a cough or slight cold as well as more severe Bronchial or Catarrhal Complaints, we should at once use Eilert's Extract of Tar and Wi d Cherry. It has no superior in such cases. Every bottlo warranted to give satisfaction. Sold by all Druggists. PERMANENTLY CURES K')NEY DISEASES, LIVER COMPLAINTS, Constipation and Piles. Dr. R. IL Clark, South Hero, Vt, says, "la cases of Kidney Troubles It has acted like a charm. It has cured many very bad cases of Files, and has never failed to act efficiently." Nelson Falrchild, of St, Albans, Vt, say, "It Is of priceless value. After sixteen rears of great guttering from lflea aud Costivene&s It com- 1 pleteiy cured me." CS.nogaborj,ofB3rtshIre says, "One pack- agohasdonotrondersformeln completely cur- Ing a severe Uver and Klilney Complaint." IT HAS WONDERFUL POWER. Because it acts on tho LITEE, BOWELS and KIDNEYS at the same time. Because it cleanses the system of tia poison ous humors that derelope In Sidney and TJri- , nary Diseases, Biliousness, Jaundice, Const!- 1 pation.PQas, or in Rheumatism, Neuralgia Nervous Disorders and Pomalo Complaints. tyltlsputopln Dry VenrctaWe Form. In tin cans, one package of which makes six quarts or rocaicine. Alo in liquid Form very Con centrated for those that cannot readily pre pare It. Grit acts with equal efficiency In either form. GET IT AT TEE DRUGGISTS. TRICE, tl.OU WELLS, KICIUKDSON'Jfc CO., Prop's, l (WU1 eend the dry post-paid.) BCRUtCTOS, TT. HOL CURES Without Simply by Absorption sing TXABBUAKE. Is a sovereign remedy for all forms of JL,Iver ind Stomach troubles, and is the OXLY SAFE and ABSOLUTE cure for Malaria in its various type Dr. XIOlman'B Pad is a genuine and rad ical remedy, 'WITHOUT TAKING MEDICINE. It was the FIRST article of the kind that wai introduced to the public generally. It was the ORIGINAL PAD, and was devised by DR. HOLMAN alone. He struck out from the beaten path and made a NEW WAY. No sooner had he rendered the undertaking-a CERTAINTY than the Imitatohs and Pirates who hang to and infest ever suc cessful enterprise, started up and have since fol lowed in his footsteps as closely as the law wil tolerate. Against these Dit. HOLMAN gives SPECIA1 WARNING. Not only do they FAIL TO CURE, but in disappointing the purchaser they bring doubt and odium on the principal of Absorp tion, of which Dr. Holman'S Padisths GENUINE and ONLY TRUE EXPONENT. XSvcrx Imitation is an emphatic endorse ment of the substantial worth of the genuine article. A poor one is never copied. Cacti Genuine Holman Pad bears the Private Rcvcnne Stamp of tho HOLMAN PAD CO., with the above Trade P i printed in green. Buy Xone Without XI. rtfR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS, Or sent by mail, post-paid, on receipt of $2.00. DR. HOLMAN'S advice is trek. Full treatxs tent free on application. Address HOLSSArJ PAD CO.,' IP. O.Moxtllt. ?3 TVIJlHam St . ST. Y The Rent touch Sjmp Is 1 Tiso's Cure for Consumption. It acts quick and It tisstes good. loic Hninll. bottle Inrce. Therefore the cheapest as well s the best. Sold everywhere. 'jr,c. t1 -c1.00 per bcHle EraJKIEIyiMvlial QlX lb of our 0?2 Celebrated SUN-SUN CHOP TEA sent by mail on receipt of S2.50; or a BQBIMwf.il SA3IPLE of same on rpeeirjt of 6 cents. It is tho FINEST TEA Imnorted. "Warranted tosult all tastes. Postage stamps taken. Temifre. The Great American Tea Co., Importers, . 0. BOX 4235. 31 & 33 Vesey St, N. Y SEEDS I wttl glr ni tit bact S In Aaaerlca or rtt ad. Wa unaiTTTinnar nnm 'firm Bseda art beat. iOMUksifc lesa. uarmaert say ty " f alLI ased teo BMMatr to prmr uasueoe I U worth f najavlap. worU KMydaUanT; cu. xitnonrAT, THIS NEW ELASTIC TRTJS& IUi a Fad dlfierlax from all clirx, X np-ahapt, with SlAdjMfnf Ball In caster, adapta ltarlf to all poaltiest of Ui kodr. whllt tl BAIL n tJit Ihe Hernia b held rmj day ai nijnu a&4 a radical en re cr tala. It Ueaiy, durable and cheap. Beat by malt. Ctrenlan ,re Eggleston Truss Co.. Chicaao, HI. fT7y -Tr lS X 9l djl mif$Z 9Ttir1 fltlfF&'Tlii t'a4'' One Cent will buy a postal card on which to send our address and reo free (portage prepaid) a 100 page book on 'The XiaTer, Ita Diseases and their Trea nient," Including Malarial troubles. Address. De Saxtobd. 16) nroadway. New York. KED FOX, H&.HSS.. COON. Etc., usht for cash at hlcne t price. Send for circular with fall particular!. E. 0. Bo-QHTOtf, 3 Howard St., N . Y. lit A WwoStIf khSL liirtrwS MAO. T K if SENSIBLE A Boston artist painted an orange-pee ou the sidewalk so naturally that sh. fat men slipped down on it. Fight against a hasty temper. Anger will will come, but resist it strongly. A spark ma set a house on fire. A tit of passion may give you cause to mourn all your life. Never revenge an in jury. Flower-growers can have a dozen kinds of roses on one bush, by selecting a plant of the "Prairif Queen," or any other strong grower, and budding there on a dozen different kinds of roses each of a different color. These may be se lected to all bloom at the same time, and become a great curiosity and pleas urable display of beauty. Fort Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbcao, Backache, Soreness of tho Chost, Gout, Quinsy, Sore Throat, Swell- ings and Sprains, Burns and Scalds, General Bodily Pains, Tooth, Ear and Headache, Frosted Feet and Ears, and all oih-r Pains and Aches. No Preparation on earth equals St. Jacobs Oil. as a safe, sure, shiiplc aud chettp External Remedy A trial entails but the comparatively trifling outlay of SO Cents, and every ou suffering with pain can havo cheap and positive proof of iu claims. Directions in Eleven Languages. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS AND DEALERS IN MEDICINE. A, VOGELER & CO., Baltimore, 3fd, XT. 3. .4. Lay the Axe to the Root If you wonld 'destroy the can kering worm. For any ex ter nal pain, sore, wound or lame ness of man or beast, use only MEXICAN MUSTANG LINI MENT. It penetrates all mus cle and flesh to the very bone, expelling all inflammation, soreness and pain, and heaiiug the diseased part as no otnr Linimpnt ever did or can. So Baith the experience of two generations of snfferers, ud bo will you say when you have Ined the " Mustan o W ALL PAPER WINDOW SHADES Wholesale and retail. HENRY LEHMANN, OMAHA, NEB. igyf-SampIes of Wall Paper sent on application. Makes a specialty or Large Store. Shades. Artlata MuterlaU l'atent Metallic Cents e Plecea. BONES Hlebest Price Paid for Bones, Horns tad Hoofs, Tannins ana Dried Blood Ih xxr (jtusnrr. N. W. FERTILIZING CO. Union Stock Yds. WANTED Chicago. 111. National Stock: Yarda. K. ft Louis, DJ. THOMPSON'S EYE TOEK This well-known and thoroughly efficient remed) for diseases of th? Eve. has acquired a world-wide reputation during the past eighty-five years, and It is remarkable fact that this reputation has hren sus tained simply by the Merit of the Medicine Itself and not by putting or extensive advertlnlog. The many thousands who have used It 111 bea? teiitlmonj to the truth of this statcmen . Mannf c nrcU onlj by JOHN h. THOMPSON", SON'S & CO. Troy, JTew fork. Price 25 cents. Sold by all druggists. PENSIONS r SfJI-DIKlC. forFather, Mothers, j widows, cnucren. ic. Thousanls vet entitled. rcns.on for any wound or disease. Hoimty yet due to thou ands. Persloners entitled to Increase of pension. New laws and decisions. Time llmiteii Apply at once.Also LAND "Warrants and oM.ers Aualtionai iiomesiau rioars oouRnianusom. iuku est price paid. Addres blanks and Instructions Address, wl h two stamDS for laws. nntlons. N. W.FITZGEKALD. Pen. slon and Land Attorney. Box 5 8. Washington. V C. TO THICESIIKJEMEX JLSD TAJO! E1W, No matter who nude lour Thresher, before you tuni a whoe sen 25 cnts In pojtagf s anrns to the Aultman.it Taylor Company, Mantflelit, Ohio, tor a c py or tbtf "hreh rmni'i JlnoIt-K.iep Insr." Th s book contains Prln'ed Bianks for k e, Ing c :o nts and makl g settlem nts w.th 15 ens timers. It will be worth Sa year to any farmer I costs 23 cents. If not satlsfactoiy. return the book, aiiii your ii orey will be refunded. TCflC Choicest In the world. Importers" prices I EAd Largest Company In America staple article pleases everybody trade continually increasing -Agents wanted everywhere best Inducements don't waste time send tor circular. KOB T WELLS. 3 Verse St.. N.T. P-O. Boi 1ZT. -VJLI.EN'H JIltAIX FOOD cures Nervous Debil ity, weakness of sexual organs, l;all druggists. Send for rtrcnlii' to Allen's Pharmacy. 321 1st Ave . N. A t KIDNEY DISEASE! ara mricVl-T and surely cured by the usa of KUJITEY-WOB3?. Thla new and wonderful remedy whicli Is having such aa immense salo in all parts of tho country, works on natural principles. It restores strength and tone to the diseased orsons, and through them cieanses the system of accumulated and poisonous humors. Kidney diseases of thirty years standing have been cured, also Piles, Constipation, Kheomatiam, etc, whicli havo distressed the victims for years. We have volumes of testimony of its wonderful curative power. 2To loncernse Alcholio Sitters, which do mors harm than good, or drastlo pills, but use nature remedy. JilDiTET-WOHT, and health will be quickly regained. Cet It of your Druggist, Price. $ I (Will send pos "- WEIX8. RICHAKD80Ji' fc CO.. I'rcs. Ea-'M-Mrton. V. ! ss THE FRENTRESS STEEL Patented Bee. 14, 1875. Patents of The Moit Popular Barb Fence Wire now offered In market, at prices which cannot be undersold: being made from All Steel stock, and the barbs securely h!d between the wires, making it absolutely RUST-prool the great objection against an uaro wire witn we Darn wound around the wires. MAMJFACTUEED BY THB ST. LOUIS WIBE FENCE COMPACT, 814 & 816 H. Second St, SI Louis. Mj. X3T If your Jferehant does not 7;pep thin HAMLIN'S 'WIZARD OIL THE GREAT MEDICAL WONDER. Catarrb. the most aggravating of all diseases, cured by ' Wizard Oil. GintlsmeN: I was afflicted with Catarrh for a number of years, resulting from fre quent colds in the head, andhavingused ''Wizard OU" as one of my family medicines for a long time, and proving so valuable, I concluded to try it for Catarrh. After making a few applications, I noticed great relief, and being encouraged, I continued the use of it sntil I waj entirely cured. Yoa can make this statement public if you desire. Yoars, etc., 1A Lac&XY, Druggist, Bloomington, ID. A Good Family Remedy. STXICTT.Y TTTRE. Harmless to tlie Most Belicate. BAliAM ft? (This engraving represents the"lungs In state.) a healthy What the Doctors Say! ISAAC R. DOR AN. M. D.. of Loran Co.. Ohio. writes that "Allen's Lunir italsum gives perfect satisfaction In every case wlthlnm knowledge. Har log confidence In it, I freely use it in my daliy prac tice, and with unbounded success DR. FLETCHER, of Lexington. MUsourt. says: "I recommend your 'Balaam' In preference to any othermedlcine for coughs and colds." DR. A. C. JOHNSON, of Mt. Vernon, Ills., writes of some wonderful cures of Consumption In his place by the use of "jLllen'I.DnirllaIsam." DR. J. B . TURNER. Blountsvllle. Ala. a p'aetl-writes- "It U cine DhvslcUn of twentv-flve Tears. the best preparation for consumption In the world. For all Disease of the Throat. I.unsa and Pulmonary Onrnna, It will be fonnd a moat excellent Jemed. As an expectorant it bus no equal. It contains no opium in any form J. N. Harris & Co., Proprietors, CINCINNATI, o. For Sale by all DRrGGiSTs. DEERE & GO :2rjS-" THE GUM SULKY PLOW 4& TRADE K -io; One Lever Only Required to cri -' n running level at all depths and on hill? d Ih simplest, strongest, easiest operated, ard the most economical, becanee the moet eatisfactory In ltd performances and most durable of any. Its lame naa been made in the hands of 35,000 farmers dar ing the past 5 years,eaca year ncreasing ltd ponu lanty. Made with Power Lift when desired. For fall Information send for descriptive Catalogue. If you are a man 1 of btlness.weak-' Flf vouara ' man of let ened by the strain of ter touimrorernuil your amies avoiu stimulants and use nlRht work, to res toro brain nerve and Hop Bitters. waste, use Hop 8. If Ton are Tonncr and ! discretion or uisslpal rlcd or single, old cr I poor health or languish sufferlmr from any In tton , It you ant mar founir, sunerins from rip on a bed of tide ness. rciy on nop Bitters. "Whoever yon are. Thousands me an nuallvtrttm soma whenever yon feel that your system needs cleansing, ton lnx or stimulating, withoutfnfojrfearfnff. I form of Kidney disease that mlirht have been pre entcu , Dy a timeiy mm or. taice HOP Bitters. Moowittors Have you dys pepsia, Kianey or urinary com plaint, disease otlbe ttomach, bourcls, blood, livtr orrurvta 1 You will be cured ir you use Hop Bitters D. I. C. Is an ahmlute HOP and irrealita. bla cure fjr drunkenness, uso of opium, sooaoco, or narcouca. ifyoaaresim- Boldbydruar- ply weak and pists. Send for low spirited, try NEVER Circular. Hl It may save your FAIL BOPBrmss lire, it nas jrrm co., RMbeater, 3. T. A Toronto, Oat. saved hun dreds. 3X2 A PRINCELY OFFER MAGNIFICENT c3-x:E1"x Wewillaend Tho Uterary Guest (a mammoth II hutratM Family btory paper) on trial three months for only 15 Cta. (or fira 3c postag-a itarapa) and to each subscri ber, wa will giro free one pair of elegant Oil Plctnres, Io 12xlSInchea. Wa make this offraimplr in order to Introduce onr Paper and Elegant OU Ptemlnma in sew localities, well knowing where they are once seen hundred more will be want &. We ball offer aa abore the celebrated companion Pictures entitled, "The East," TjireentlngacenIn the White Uoustalna, and "The "West," repreaenling a scene la Wyoming Territory. They are the most beautiful and ar.Utla Gennlne Oil Pictures In this country, and In. their perfection are Ttry desirable works of art. KOW WE CAN 121 VE THEM AWAY. These pictures were made a premiums to be giren iwit with 7 AUiint, the finest art Journal erer published, for JS per ysar. As every one knows. The Aldine fulled ; It ws through our agent that the whole immense edition of these cbromos wi aeenred at a bankrupt sale. It Is only for this reason that we could offer these pictures aa premiums with our paPcr- Ererjr one who rrmembers Tha Atdint will know what would ba lha Talue of any picture which such a celebrated art Journal w;u!d offer to Its subscribers: and we confidently eapect. offering these premiums, which were de.lgned fora six dollar paper with THE GUEST (three months for 15 cents), to secure at least SOjBX) subscribers within the neat two months. It barely pays for printing, postage, and necking. Addressat one, CI1A.SX: fc CO.. Westboro, .Moss. A Nev Thing. Lots of Fun. CO s mmmmismL eh "t (ft Pictures from books, popes, crj K rat t lUl1 upon the wall masr '.ned and br. -. nated; chromo cards in a! 2 x.r c !-ri ttv .7 -watch in motion. Photoirraphi eular-etl t - n. - st rut to portrait-arttats anil nntatcnr" Uci.eh's e-rry yountr and old. tach has SO plrmren ard tw h " nickel reflectors. J'RICi TWO WUI IS. ft tell how to obtain the l'olyoptlron free. Ave" t if t r MURRAY HILL PUBLISHING CO. 129 East 28th 8t New York. . H, V.. Omalia. 42 11 When writing to advertisers please say you saw the advertlsemeijt In this paper. COrJSTiPATiON ft This : AND PILES. WIRE Heissued May S, 1877. tinder all the bottom Barb Mire. r5. The Frentress Barb Wire Fence Co ' Eat Dubuque, Illinois. Wire, send for Prire TAt and Circulars, -rs 17' " SWJB? &Sa 3. fc, csx ' w .Tjy 5 if sSSa1 TiltfniT vty KA IBskL jalgBsTTTlfc i i in I'M i a y I