Nebraska Newspapers

    frpellin? Matches Keep Them Golnjj.
The "fpelliD mania' lias been very
contagious during two or three months
past. One can hardly take up a newspa
per, printed anywhere from Maine to
Kcbraska, without finding in it an account
of one or more spelling matches. Prob
ably not less than 20,000 such contests
hae oeen held this year, in which an
average of fifty persons have been directly
engaged, and all of these million people,
young and old, have performed a deal of
fctudymg over the right orthography of
a very large number of words. Then an
average of over 100 persons have attended
these matches as spectators, and carefully
watched the spelling of every word "put
out," so that at least 3,000,000 to 4,000,000
people have improved their spelling abil
ity to a considerable extent. "We know
that in a single locality at least 100 fami
lies were actively engaged, parents and
children, morning, noon and night, in go
ing over and over the spel ling-books and
lists of " test words," while in the shops,
stores and manufactories the right spell
ing of this and that word has been the
main topic of conversation. Even in a
barlxr-shop the retailing of scandal and
unimportant news has given place to
.spelling discussions; and had not the
"licecher trial" come in to claim extraor
dinary attention, perhaps three-fourths
of our whole population would have had
"spelling on the brain."
AVe look with a good deal of favor upon
all this. Kven if it stop right here the in
fluence will continue manv vears. Every
body will be more careful about sending
out letters and other written documents
defaced with badly-spelled words, which
always give the impression of illiteracy.
These matches have afforded much amuse
ment, and that of a far more useful char
acter than a majority of the entertain
ments commonly supplied. For example,
take two benevolent societies we know of.
One of them held a " fair," for which a
lot of. fancy articles of nearly a useless
character wer got up with much time and
expense, and Uie attendants were dra
gooned into buying what they did not
want, and had no earthly use for all "for
the good of the cause." The ending and
chief attraction of the af-fair was a sort of
' kissing bee." The net proceeds were
Fixty-fire dollars, including the income of
a lottery ring-cake and lottery grab-bag.
The other soc iety had a spelling match, to
which a few leading citizens lent their in
fluence as participants, and were followed
by the young people generally. The only
preparation was the useful spelling study
in families. The net result of the quiet
but amusing entertainment whs over
feventy-five dollars taken at the door.
This last is only one of several thousand
l-imilar doubly useful enterprises of the
present year. AVe sincerely hope the
spelling campaign will reopen next
autumn with increased energy, and also
that the good old plan of choosing sides
and spelling matches in all our public
schools will be the order. They will
furnish legitimate entertainment, having
no unhcalthful moral tone, and we shall,
as a nation, become far better " spellers."
American Agriculturist.
A Belle's Ammunition for the Cadets.
The Washington correspondent of the
Cincinnati Gazette writes : The graduating
hop at West Point will call from near and
far the pretty girls arrayed in their most
enchanting wearing apparel, who will
make havoc enough in the hearts of the
youthful followers of Mars. One young
lady from "our town," tall, graceful
and most " divinely fair," lias an
outfit prepared which looks very suggest
ive of aspirations toward a trousseau!
White embroidered muslins, every flounce
edged with Valenciennes, white pinas with
white and colored embroidery, a lovely
white lace dress made w ith daintiest of
pllssc ruflles and various colored silks,
with overdress of black or ecru guipure,
and a dozen different chapeaus! Think
of it, girls twelve hats for a vi-it of four
or five weeks! Doesn't it make you a
trifle envious? One hat is a broad
briuimed black chip, turned up on one
side and faced with a cream-colored silk,
daintily slurred and a cluster of ripe scar
let cherries nestling temptingly in its
midot; while cream-colored torquoisc silk
made into crushed, soft bows, with the
same tantalizing cherries peeping out
from their folds, ornament the outside.
Another is an unbleached chip (far pret
tier and more becoming than the staring,
dead-white ones), is trimmed with pale
blue and white silk and feathers and a
wreath of forget-me-nots nd white lilacs
on the inside. Another still is a Leghorn
turned jauntily up in the back and droop
ing over the face. It is trimmed with an
exquisite plume and torquoise silk of deli
cate corn-color, while a spray of pale
straw-colored wild rose3 in full bloom and
two or three buds fall from one side, and
a pale pink wild rose, looking as if too
f ragile to touch, looks at " the world and
things" from the front of the hat. A Pan
ama hat is faced with gray and enlivened
by a dash of "cardinal red" in bows and
llowers. A dainty chip is encircled by a
wreath of apple blossoms and silk and
pluine of the same dainty hue, and a drab,
line straw, turned up at one side, has gray
feathers and long ends, with a crimson
knot on one side, over which nod graceful
fuchsias of the same rich shade. These
are some of the many head-coverings to
le carried with the eflects of a young lady
richly endowed by the kindly immortals
with many charms and fascinations.
Snake-Charmers at Benares.
One morning two snake-charmers called
at the hotel. Around their necks huge
boa-constrictors were twined, and each
carried jars of smaller snakes and one of
scorpions. The performance consisted in
taking the venomous snakes from the jars
in which they lay coiled, and, in picking
them up, the men placing their lingers in
the reptiles' mouths tantalizing them to
a frenzy and then wrapping the whole
about their heads and necks, where the
hissing, writhing mass presented a fright
ful spectacle.
A cobra bit the finger of one of the men
twice, and each time he immediately made
use of various charms placing a small
round stone over the cut flesh, smelt of a
piece of wood resembling flag-root, and
then used it for marking a circle about his
wrist. This he told me would effectually
prevent the absorption of the poison into
the py-stem. The stone draws out the
blood, and with it, of course, the virus.
It is generally supposed, however, and
with much reason, that the poison glands
of the cobra have been removed in the first
instance by the crafty snake-chnrmers.
Several times the cobras advanced until
within a f oot of my chair but turned back
at command of their masters. During the
entertainment one of the men played at
intervals upon a sort of flageolet. The
scorpion ditertt'tement consisted in string
ing number of them together (as the whips
of the Furies were made), which the men
then hunjr upon their lips, nose and ears.
Frank Vincent, Jr., Scribner fur June.
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A coHREsroNDEXT, who signs himself
" Adolphus Morningglory, Last Sauyus
Center, Mass.," writes to the editor of the
Boston Advertiser as follows : "The story
of the man who lost a watch and chain
while shooting, and who found them after
seven years had passed, is nothing to what
liapienel to me. Alout seventeen ye;:rs
ago I too was shooting, and lost a gold
watch and chain in a similar manner.
They were snatched from my pocket by a
young sprigof a sapling, now grown into
a lofty willow. Upon my return to the
spot last summer my attention was ar
rested by a glitter among the branches
over my head. I looked I looked again.
Ve9, there was my watch. The chain was
imbedded under "the bark of the friendly
branch, and, strange to say, further out on
the branch was growing a watch exactlv
similar to my old one, except in size, ft
was a trifle smaller, the season then being
early for watches. The chain, too, was a
small counterpart of my old chain. My
first impulse was to pick them off the tree,
but I afterward decided to wait until the
second watch had fully ripened, and in
due season I culled them both, and they
may le seen at my office at twelve o'clock
any day for two weeks. A nitent lias
been applied for for this method of watch
makin", and a few trees have been set out
near Waltham, in this State."
How to kill the grasshoppers Admin
ister half a teaspoonful of strychnine to
rach insect one hour before bedtime.
Commercial Advertiser.
rorvrard! By Companies.
A9 discipline is to an armv so is organ
ization to a political party. What is party
in the political sense of the term ? The
banding together of men holding views in
common, and desirous of stamping the
impress of such views upon the adminis
tration of their State or nation. As nu
merical majorities do not always reap vic
tory in battle, even when all else is even,
so political parties do not always issue
from campaigns with results proportionate
to their numler8. In the former case dis
cipline i3 essential. Soldiers before en
gaging on the sanguinary field must have
frequent drill meetings, thus not only
learning the manual of arms but familiar
izing themselves one with another, which
association begets confidence and induce.'
a spirit of harmony and mutual determina
tion to achieve victory. Thus we see, oi
rather have seen, that when discipline and
drill are most rigidly observed a spirit of
commendable pride ramifies the organiza
tion, from company up to regiment, or as
far as associate discipline runs. It is no
ticeable in this connection that no General,
however able, ever rested secure -in drilling
his men by corps, or divisions, or even by
regiments, and no Colonel competent to
command satisfied himself with dress
parade or review, but insisted that not
only company but squad drill be freely in
dulged in.
As stated in the outlet, what is true as
relates to discipline and drill in military
organizations applies with equal force to
political parties.
The IJepubiicans have a National Ex
ecutive Committee. Every State in the
Union provides a State Executive Com
mittee. Each county has, or should have,
a County Central Committee, and evory
city and town should be similarly pro
vided for, these committees having sub
committees according to necessity or pop
ulation. The National Committee can do
nothing without the aid and co-operation
of the Stite committees, and the latter but
only little without support from sister
committees in their respective common
wealths. But it is too often the case that
Eepublicans content themselves with State
and county committees, and fail to avail
themselves of sympathetic and substantial
support naturally growing out of rural
committees, thus, as it were, exposing
themselves to the raking fire of their en
emies in the skirmish line, and drilling
by regiments rather than in squads.
As "eternal vigilance is the price of
liberty," so proper organization is the
price of political success. Last fall our
party might have been faithfully repre
sented by the image of the ancient god
which had neither hands nor feet with
which to reach out or advance. Its every
member seemed to settle back in his po
litical harness as though he had no load
to earn, no responsibility t impel him
onward, and the result was defeat, retrib
utive for the apathy which produced it.
But the defeat was not a rout, only a stim
ulus. What we looked upon as Yankee
guns proved to be Democratic artillery
when we supposed we were on dress-parade
we were surprised by the enemy.
We did not meet a Bull Bun, only a Shiloh
surprise. Since then reinforcements have
come to us, and now most that is required
is drill and organization.
We are now upon the threshold of an
important campaign. Let us not put oil'
the work of organization until 1876, but
organize at once, and occupy all time in
tervening between now and November of
next ye ir in filling up our ranks and dis
ciplining our comrades with the truth, faith
and patriotic zeal which is the base and
foundation of our political league.
We earnestly entreat every ltepibliean
whose eye falls upon this article to consti
tute himself a special committee to nid in
the woik suggested. We have no appre
hensions that the State Central Committees
will not be formed, but are apprehensive
lest the forming of sub-committees in
proper numbers be so long delayed as to
render almost nugatory their efficiency.
Let count', town and township commit
tees be created to act in conjuuetion with
the State committees, and let the work de
volving upon such be actively engaged in
and vigorously accomplished, and there
suit will be such a Waterloo for the ene
my that the misnomer " Democracy" will
not again float upon the political atmos
phere of our country an olleuse to the nos
trils of those who love their country and
its hallowed institutions.
Before closing, the suggestion might not
be amiss that political clubs be freely
organized in every possible locality.
These serve to stimulate the masses, and
infuse a spirit of zeal and earnestness
otherwise unavailable. Who can fail to
remember the value attaching to the
" Wide Awakes" of Ifc'GO, and the impor
tant part they played in the holy scheme of
defeating the cohorts of slavery and na
tional disruption. So, too, the " Boys in
Blue" and other organizations of like
character sinee. None need or should
wait for others to present name, style or
w ork for such clubs. The end and aim is
to stimulate ekctois to a sense of duty,
not only to cast their votes on the 'right
side but to serve as recruiting offices and
camping grounds for the soldiers of our
party. The rallying cry is, or should be,
the same now as" in the past. The contest
upon which we are entering is one be
tween loyal citizens and late rebel leaders.
The latter are preparing for a desperate
struggle to secure political supremacy.
"Change" is the only issue presented by
the Opposition, and " Change" means the
dethronement of loyal men and enthrone
ment of those who plunged our nation in
to the vortex of financial distress, and
crowded the blue ether above us with the
spirits of those w ho preferred death to na
tional dishonor. " Up, boys, and at them!"
Jlepublic Magazine.
The President's Third-Term Letter.
The Washington correspondent of the
Boston Post (Dem.) says ihat the Presi
dent expresses himself as greatly relieved
at what he regards as the settlement of the
third-term question. In a conversation
regarding it he said:
Friends and foes have alike been troubled
by this bugbear, but they have not been
troubled half as much as 1 have. The num
ber of letters sent to me, anonymous and
otherwise, offering all sorts of advice in the
premise, is almost countless. Very few
fejle, however, have talked to mo regard
ng it until to-day, and I find that a great
many regret my course; but Washington is
not always a healthy place from which to
judge of public opinion. I believe the ma
jority of the people of the country will ap
preciate the dillieulties 1 have labored under
and w ill rive me the credit of being truth
ful. I really do not intend to be a candi
date, and if anyone construes my letter other
wise, or that I ant seekinir or will accept a
nomination, they will do me Injustice. That
is all that I have to say, only to repeat that I
never felt more relieved after performing a
public or political duty in all my life thuu I
do now.
Candid men, who desire to interpret the
President's letter in the frank anil manly
spirit in which it was written, will not
misjudge him, and will not construe his
letter as a device or trick of any kind
whatever. The people have had sufficient
experience with (Jen. Grant to know that
he is not guilty of subterfuges or double
dealing of any kind. He" does not say
that under no circumstances would he be
a candidate. He has no right to say that,
for events might possibly arise which
would render it highly important that the
personnel of the Administration at a crit
ical period should not be changed; but
when the President says that such an oc
casion is unlikely to arise he means this
in its fullest signification, ami honest peo
ple will accord him the justice of believ
ing in his sincerit-. " I do not intend to
be a candidate," says Gen. Grant, "and if
anyone construes my letter otherwise, or
that 1 am seeking or will accept a nomi
nation, they will do me injustice." This
ought to be sufficient, and will be w ith
those who desire to treat the President
fairly. JnUr-Occa i .
tT"The jr-n i-n Cminty Democrat says
the Democracy, " purified by defeat and
liberalized by the associations of the last
several years, tender to the people princi
ples which, in a republican government,
are eternal, and an honesty of purpose
which has never been sullied." "Purified
by defeat." eh? Well, if there is any vir
tue in defeat as a disinfectant we will try
and purify the Democracy this fall until
chalk would make a Mack mark on its
fair escutcheon. Come up to the polls
prepared to le "purified." Buvlingloh
(Ioica) Uaick-Eye.
USEFUL ASD SCGGESTIYE.
SrLVERWAKK may be kept bright and
clean by coating the articles (warmed)
with a solution of collodion diluted with
alcohol. Scientific American.
Equal proportions of turpentine, lin
seed oil and vinegar, thoroughly applied
and then rubbed with flannel, is an ex
cellent furniture polish.
Nothing is better than hand-picking
in early morning to rid the beds of
worms, grubs, caterpillars, etc. Beds
well rolled will suffer far less than
rough.cloddy ground that affords so many
harbors of refuge to insects.
Lemon Pie. One lemon, peeled and
eut fine; one large cup of sugar; one cup
and a half of water; one tablespoonful
of flour; butter the size of a walnut;
stew fifteen minutes ; when cold add one
ecrg. Better bake without top crust
After baked, beat the whites of two eggs
to a stiff froth ; add sugar, and spread
over the top of the pie and slightly
brown in the oven.
Some paper said: The average Amer
ican farmer has a contempt for flowers,"
whereupon an agricultural paper in Mis
souri is provoked into replying: " lhis
is a libel upon the average American
farmer." But it is not. The truth is
that not one farmer in forty the country
over cares enough about flowers to give
even his spare time to their cultivation.
There are doubtless few who do not like to
see them about their houses, but the
profit lies in the corn, and wheat, and
timothy crops, and where the dollar is
thither tendcth the heart also, not of
the farmer only, but of most men. Keo
kuk Gate City.
For biscuits the oven should be very
hot when they are put in, but should be
gin to cool a little before they are taken
out ; this makes them very light, but one
has to watch to keep them from being
scorched; eight minutes are enough to
bake them ; it baked with such a fire as
that required for bread they are heavy.
For gems made of Graham flour and
water, or for corn bread, the oven should
be very hot; but the fire should have
been built some time before they were
put in, and begin to go down by the time
they are light; for if the oven remains as
hot as was necessary to make them rise
they will burn before they are thoroughly
cooked through. Bread requires a much
slower fire, but it should be even and
steady from first to last.
The frisk Farmer's Gazette gives explicit
directions for boiling a joint of beef. It
says : "All meat, poultry excepted, should
ue put into cola water ana not Douea too
fast. In every case let care be taken to
remove the scum from the top of the
water just before it boils. This keeps
the meat and the water clean and agree
able in appearance. As the water de
creases from evaporation replenish with I
hot or boiling water, so as to keep the
meat always covered. It is usual to al
low a quarter of an hour for every
pound of the meat in boiling, reckoning
from the time the water begins to boil ;
but this is a rule which will, of course,
be departed from according as the meat
is required to be over or. under done. It
is always better to boil slowly than
quickly; rapid boiling hardens the
meat. Perfectly fresh meat requires
longer boiling than that which is tender
or ripe."
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Care of Youiijr Chicks.
It is the almost universal testimony of
poultry-raisers that the first food which
should be given to young chicks is hard
boiled eggs chopped fine. Some think
the yolk only should be used, others use
both yolk and white, and still others
recommend to mince finely the entire
egg, shell and all. Some think it best to
add also a few bread crumbs, or stale
bread soaked in milk and then squeezed
nearly dry.
It matters little which of these ways
is chosen, since we know that very satis
factory results are obtained by 'either
course, provided proper care is taken of
the chicks in other respects. Until they
are fully a day old they need no food at
ail.
When a brood batches out irregularly
it is best to take away the oldest, in
order that the hen may remain quietly
on the nest. Those taken away should
be covered up snugly in a box or basket
and put out of hearing of the hen in a
warm place, until night, when they
should be returned to the nest. By the
next morning all ought to be ready to
come off.
Food as above mentioned should be
given for the first two or three days,
changing gradually to Indian meal and
cracked wheat, or what is known as
wheat shorts or middlings. Where oat
meal can be had it is perhaps preferable
to any other as a 6taple article of diet
for growing chickens, but the difference
in its favor does not seem to justify
any very extra trouble or expense to ob
tain it.
For a number of years we have pre
pared our chicken teed as follows :
Shelled corn is ground in an old farm
mill and then sifted througu a sieve of
eight meshes to the inch. The coarse
part is reserved for feeding dry to the
chicks when they are a couple of weeks
old and for the last feed at night. The
finer meal is mixed half and half with
wheat shorts, or middlings. At feeding
time, to each pint of mixed meal re
quired should be added an even tea
spoonful of fine salt, and occasionally a
little cayenne pepper, the whole well
mixed together and then wetted up stifl
with clabbered milk. This is the chief
diet, but is varied almost daily with
scraps from the table, or by using at
times wheat bran in the place of corn
meal, or by changing the proportions of
meal and shorts.
As the chicks are kept on grass plats,
no care is required to supply them with
green food. Where it is necessary to
keep them in clse -quarters fine-cut
grass and lettuce and other green food
must be given them daily. Good, clean
water should, of course, be at hand for
them at all times.
Chicks thus fed are sure to thrive.
other conditions of success being it
tended to. One of these, too frequently
lost signt or, is to keep them free from
vermin.
Often a brood will be infested with
lice when it is little suspected there is
any hindrance to their well-doing. They
may get along very well for a time, but
after awhile they come to a "stand-still,"
when the kindest care and most tempt
ing food seems to be of no avail, and
they finally either droop and die, or con
tinue a miserable existence, puny, weak,
and profitless little encumbrances on
our hands. We venture the assertion
that in nine-tenths of the cases where
young chicks are lost vermin figure
largely as the cause.
The safest and surest method we know
of to kill lice and keep the chicks free
from them is to rub clean lard on the
head and throat of each of the chicks at
the time of cooping them with the hen.
Lard is sure death to the lice, and there
is no need of using "with it sulphur or
anything else. Sulphur would, in fact,
be an injury; because the very property
by which it would destroy the lice would
also affect seriously the chicks.
We have seen repeatedly within the
last few years the use of sulphur highly
recommended as a cure for and pre
ventive of lice on poultry. This we look
upon as one of the greatest mistakes
poultry-raisers of this enlightened day
can make. In the Eastern States, par
ticularly, this is a favorite remedy, and
there, too, we observe that roup is most
prevalent. As the practice of doctoring
fowls with sulphur becomes more com
mon in the West, here also its concom
itant, roup, is becoming more destructive.
Usually when chicks are in the con
dition above indicated they will be found
if taken up to have half a dozen or more
large, gray lice on their heads, and a
much greater number of small, whitish
ones sticking close about the fore part
of the head and base of the bill. The
gray robbers will be most plainly seen
after the lard is applied. Sometimes a
chick's head and upper part of the neck
will be almost black with them. The
chicks can be most conveniently handled
in the evening. Go to the coop after
they have gone under the hen. Remove
them gently to a covered box or basket
at hand, and then apply the lard to each
as it is returned to the hen. Some rec
ommend to grease the hen herself be
neath the wings, but the surest and
best way is to put the lard on the
chicks, when we are sure it is where it
should be. It is well to repeat the op
eration in a week or ten days, and occa
sionally afterward as the chicks grow
older.
Treated thus they do not always. pre
sent the most cleanly appearance," but
the thrift and real comfort assured them
by this course is much better, both for
them and their owner, than to have them,
suffer from being overrun with 7eimin.
Prairie Farmer.
The Umbrella as .Property.
TnE most unfortunate and uncertain
species of property a man could own
hitherto has been the umbrella, and the
misfortune and uncertainty of it have
grown out of the fact that, since the um
brella was invented, no one has had any
idea that the statutes could have any
practical application to the return of it
when loaned, or the punishment of the
thief when captured. Hence there has
been a general disregard of Meum and
Tuum w ith respect to this useful article.
Even very good people have stolen very
good umbrellas without being aware that
they, were violating any law, human or
divine, and without a single qualm of
conscience. Even the unfortunate owner,
who so much as expected that his um
brella would be returned, has, by com
mon consent, always been made a butt of
laughter and target of universal derision.
Why this should have been so has never
been explained. Why a person should
not have a right of property in an um
brella just as clearly defined as his right
in a coal-scuttle or a flour-barrel is un
intelligble, except upon the broad
grounds that people have by a sort
of common consent recognized Com
munism in its broadest sense as applied
to umbrellas. At last, however, the
law has come to the relief of the umbrella-owners.
The umbrella can be
owned. It is property. It can be loaned
but must be returned. It can be
stolen, but the thief can be punished. It
can be bequeathed. It can be left to a
charitable asylum, or handed down as an
heirloom. It is an entity, a reality, a
fixed fact. A man can acquire a title to
it by purchase as he does to a piece of
real estate. A recent decision of an
English court is to this effect, and will
strike terror to the hearts of reckless
borrowers and unscrupulous thieves. Iu
this case the loan of the umbrella on a
rainy day was proven. The borrower
afterward paid about one-third of its
alleged value on account. He admitted
having borrowed an old, worn-out um
brella from the plaintiff and lost it, but
claimed that the owner, on being told ol
the loss, said: "Never mind; it was not
up to much." To " save a brother," part
of the claim was paid and the court
made him pay the rest. Good. Chicago
l noune.
Kite String.
One day last week a little boy who
naa Deen standing lor sonic time in front
of a drug-store in Baltimore, enviously
eying a large reel well provided with
" simmy-dimmy" twine, as the boys call
it, which was fastened to the top of the
counter, summoied up courage to walk
in and ask for a few yards with which
to fly his kite. The doctor bears the
reputation of being a good-natured
man, full of humor, and very fond of the
little ones, but the youngster approached
him at a time when he was out of his
usual mood, and he consequently gave
" No" for an answer. The urchin had
made up his mind to have some of that
cord anyhow, and he got it. On Thurs
day morning the boy entered the store,
accompanied by another boy and a tio2.
Boy No. 2, having placed a bottle on the
counter, aemurely asked lor five cents
worth of sirup squills and polly gollic,
and while the doctor was filling the or
der boy No. 1 was tyinir the end of tlte
cord to the dog's tail. When the man of
medicine returned to the counter, the
reel was flying like fury. The doctor
quieiiy reacnea lor a pallet knife, and,
having hung himself over the counter.
made a desperate whack at the cranium
of the youngster, who he supposed was
sitting on tlie lloor helping himself
But lo! the boys and the dog Bouncer
were not there. The doctor haying
trieu in vain to stop nis reel was obliged
to give it up on account of the heat it
communicated to the palm of his hand
When he reached the door he beheld the
boys upon the sidewalk about two blocks
off, and Bouncer in the middle of the
street going at the rate of forty knots an
hour, the string pointing directly toward
his tail. The reel continued to spin for
some time atterward until it stopped of
us own accora.
Wild Men.
DcniNQ last season Mr. Bond, an Indian
surveyor, while at work in the Madras
Presidency, to the southwest of the
Palanei Hills, managed to catch a couple
of the wild folk who live in the hill
jungles of the Western Ghats. These
people sometimes bring honey, wax and
sandal-wood to exchange with the vil
lagers for cloth, rice, tobacco and betel-
nut, but they are very shy. The man
was four feet six inches high; he had a
round head, coarse, black, woolly hair,
and A il.irk-lirnwn fikin Tlin fnrplipnd
was low and slightly retreating, the lower
part of the face projected like the muz
zle of a monkey, and the mouth, which
was small and ovai, with thick lips, pro
truded about an inch beyond the nose ;
he had short, bandy legs, a comparative
ly long body, and arms that extended
almost to his knees; the back just above
the buttock was concave, making the
stern appear to be much protruded. The
hands and fingers were dumpy and al
ways contracted, so that they could not
be made to stretch out quite straight and
flat ; the palms and fingers were covered
with thick skin (more especially the tips
of the fingers), the nails-were small and
imperfect, and-the feet broad and thick
skinned all over. The woman was the
same height as the man, the color of the
skin was of a yellowish tint, the hair
black, long and straight, and the feat
ures well formtd. This quaint folk oc
casionally eat flesh, but feed chiefly
upon roots and honey. They have no
fixed dwelling places, but sleep upon any
convenient spot, generally between two
rocks, or in caves near which they hap
pen to be benighted. Worship is paid
to certain local divinities of the forest.
Although the race has been reduced to a
few families, their existence was not un
known, but this is the first time that
they have been described with any mi
nuteness. London Acadenny.
A Wom in Si-:ason Health is a bless
ing which comparatively few enjoy in all
its fullness. Those enilowed by nature
with robust frame.! and vigorous constitu
tions should lie ca.eful not to trifle with
them.
When we enter the seasons of periodic
fevers the increased heat of the sun devel
ops a miasma which pervades the air. The
evil is inextinguishable; our duty to guard
against it is imperative! Fortunately for
those whose lot is cast in low, maishy dis
tricts or new clearings, nature provides a
cure and preventive. Dr. Walker's
California Vixeoak Bitters are en
dowed with rare pronhyUictic or disease-
prerenting powers, and, as "an ounce of
prevention is worth a pound of cure,"
should be taken in the lull vigor of health,
so as to fortify the system against the as
sault of summer rfi'.wf,ani1 thus secure by
their life-gicirg, stietnthening, regtoratice
and ant inept if. virtues a defense against at
mospheric poison. 38
JonxsoN'a Anodyne Liniment will give more
relief in cases of Chronic Rheumatism, no
matter how severe, than any other article
known to medical men. Used internally and
externally.
It is often remarked by strangers visiting
our State that we show a larger proportion
of good horses than any other State in the
u nion. This, we tell them, is owinrtotwo
principal reasons: in the first place, we breed
from the very best stock; and in the second
place, our people use Sheridan Cavalry
CvnUitiun Puieder, which in our judgment
are of incalculable advantage.
A veteran shopkeeper says that, al
though his clerks are very talkative dur
ing the day, they are always ready to
shut up at night.
Geo. P. Rowill Co., Advertising Agents,
No. 41 Park Row, New York. As the pro
prietors of the first and most extensive of
these agencies In New York they are well
qualified to furnish information. The de
tails of the work transacted by the agency,
and the way it is done, the perfection of the
arrangements for facilitating the act of ad
vertising by relieving the advertiser of
trouble and expense and bringing before
him all the various mediums throughout the
country, with the necessary knowledge per
taining to them, are given with a minuteness
that leaves nothing to be desired. All the
particulars respecting the character and po
sition of a newspaper which an intending
advertiser desires to know are placed before
him in the most concise form. jfew York
Timet, June 7, 1874.
Dr. Livingstone's New Book.
This work has been looked for with the
greatest interest. Up to the day of his death
the doctor kept his records during the last
few weeks writing them with the red juice of
berries across the face of old newspapers.
These records were in part brought home,
closely sealed, by Stanley-. The remainder
were "brought by his faithful attendants,
who, at his death, embalmed his body, trans
ported it hundreds of miles on their shoul
ders and accompanied it to England. It is
the most wonderful book of the age, and we
arc jrlad to know that the American Publish
ing Company, of lis Randolph street, Chi
cago, have brought it out in a popular form,
beautifully illustrated, and at a price within
the reach of all. It must sell with great ra
pidi'y, and wc know of no other book so
jood for an fluent to work on. it issoluoniy
y subscription.
Save Monet and Health. The reputa
tion of the Wilson shuttle sewing machine
!s so thoroughly established that no word
in its commendation is necessary. The plan
adopted by the manufacturers of this fa
mous machine of placing their prices bo low
as to come within the reach of the poorer
classes certainly entitles them to the grati
tude of those who are really, most in need
of 6ueh an article. Machines will be de
livered at any railroad station in this
county, free of transportation charges, if
ordered through the company's branch
house, 197 State street, Chicago. They send
an elegant catalogue and chromo circular
free on application. This company want a
few more yood agents.
Wilhoft's Toxic ! A Safe, Scrb and
Scientific Cuke! The unprecedented sale
of this world-renowned medicine proves in
contestibly that no remedy has superseded
the use of this reliable Tonic. No spleen has
been found so hard as not to yield to its soft
ening influence, and no liver so hypertro
phied as not to give up its long-retained bil
ious secretions, and no Chill or Fever has
vet refused to fall into line. Wiieei.ock.
Fixlay S Co., Proprietors, New Orleans.
Fon sale ur all Dm (.gists.
Ask for Prussing's White Wine Vinegar,
warranted pure, wholesome and palatable.
A writer says: "In Pans, that very
paradise of cookery, the substantial ele
ment of balls and parties is either wholly
wanting or is but a very secondary con
sideration. A Parisienne will bid you to
her house, and leave you to refresh ex
hausted nature with a cup of tea and a
sponge cake. In summer she may vary
the entertainment by offering you a glass
of currant syrup and water. She would
consider herself as utterly ruined in a
financial point of view did she conceive
that an assemblage of some twenty or
thirty people would require anything
more substantial. At entertainments
on a larger scale, such as toirets musicale,
evening receptions, etc., ices, coffee, sand
wiches, and a variety of small cakes are
usually handed round during the course
of the evening, and that is all. At the
grandest of grand balls the supper is
alnost invariably composed entirely of
cold dishes chicken, fillet of beef, fish
with mayonnaise sauce, etc., with ices,
cakes and delicious bonlons. If extra
magnificence in the matter of viands is
aimed at, it is sought in the matter of
unseasonable and consequently costly
delicacies. Thus, at a ball which was
given daring the month of February last,
he feature of the supper was straw
terries, served in unlimited profusion "
A series of highly interesting and
successful experiments with a new ex
plosive have, it appears, been recently
made in Wales, nearly 500 civil engineers
and others interested in mining opera
tions being present. Among the special
advantages supposed to be possessed by
this new powder, a3 compared with other
kinds now in use, and which these ex
periments seem to have demonstrated,
are that its explosive force is exception
ally great, that it throws off only a very
small quantity of smoke or injurious gas,
and that, together with these qualities,
it is at the same time quite as safe for
use as any ordinary powder, not being
liable to explode by increased tempera
ture, exposure to the sun, percussion or
self ignition.
"J Foolishly spent money paiij
flj for children's ii)i? nut protect
cd by KtLV KK TIRS Two
wi'fK Is al.out Uiy time it takea
m smart, active child to ventilate
the toe of a shoe. Stl.VKlt
TIF Uie only preventive.
Aboard to think of tisin-rtliread
which will rot. or tw"C"t!uit shrink
and full out. To fasten the Kulrgof
boots and ulioes to the upper,
Cable Screw Wire
ta the only method that, wl)' hold.
viiiti i minimi
rtvr vicTTTvn rmn hrmil forzic. A
25
diOnrk R n.lonth- to aent everywhere. Addrens
trJr .Ar.L.aiuit .M i u tu., iucnauan, iuicu
LWERY FAMILY WANTS IT. Money In It.
LJSold Dy Agent. Address M.? .LO h.LL, trie, ra
Cfiff A WKKK TO AUK N TS everywhere
OUUAddress Uuncas ds Miller, liuchaniui, Mich
LA
DIKS. Toilet Bouquet for the Complexion.
bampie fbkk. t anner. Aioers & CO., m. loiuh.
Vf Snow-flake and Damask Cards with name, Wets.
nU postpaid, J. It. JIlm kd, Naxsau. Kenss.Co.. N. V
j'i 11 T "I t't'KK. cheap, quick, private. No
Ui iU jJL pain. Dk.Akmstronu, Berrien, Mich.
T J f o t O Cperdar. Pond for Chromo Ctta!gu.
H 1 U J L O J. II. KvrroBD'a Bona. BotfUn. Jklasa.
t. . w It Ik a V rinimiui1iin nr ii.'ill wmIi Kill.
tPwO ary, and expenses. We offer It and will pny
:i. Apply now. l. eDDfr v lo aiariou, j
$3
SA?IPIK free and BIO PAY to Mala
and r einnle everywhere. Addrexs
TUB UNION ruii. CO.. Newark, ff. J,
1 .000;
to 1 O. ) Dnllan in 3 months for
male or female who will address at once.
McOmbku couerrien priugs.wcu
B25
A MOKTTI Arents wnnted cvrry-
.. 1..,-.. 1. .til..... .r.. .I-..;, lu tirwl fn-.l.
i Cliifs. rxi ticiiiiirs sent free. Addr's.s
JOHN WOUTU& CO., SL Louis, Mo.
i t n RAI C Chicago Suhnrbnn Lots at
r J ft Z3f m I ( lOueach fISdownand $5
monthly for balance within a short distance jf city
limits, with hourlv trains and cheap fare. Send fur cir
cular. 1KA Bl'.OWN. 1 4 La Saile St.. Chicago, 111.
AGENTS WAXTE1)
er published. Send for circulars and our extra termi
to Agents. NATIONAL ririlLlblUNG COMFANl.
Chicago, 11L, or St. Louis. Mo.
AGENTS WANTED tn fl
THE IMPROVED HOME
SHUTTLE Sewinff Machine
Addrms Johnpon, Clark ft Co., Boston, Mm; Nw York
vuy i KuuurgQi L a. ; t-nicago, Ail. I or j .oui. juo.
lOSOUAKSnftDA
100
Decalcomanle Pictures sent to any address
lor 2Tc. M. I. Lobk, 15 S. Gay -st, Baltimore.Md.
AOE!WTf make Sl.MI to S lOO per month sell
ing a new and valuable work, tor circulars address,
with stamp, CHAS. KINSLEY". Pnb., Clinton, Iowa.
Wanted, l,OOOuSrt.n.1
Fourth Julv chewing Gum. f 1 per box: one or more
pieces of Fireworks with each piece of gum. Retails
for one cent. Sent cn receipt of price by expres.
B. R. LANDON, Agent, lua Madison street. Chicago.
T XTDKHMIST'S Mannsl. A complete
practical guide to collecting, preparing, preserving
and mounting animals, birds, reptiles. Insects, etc 11
Instrated. SOcts. Hunter and Trapper's Guide, SO.
Dog Training, H3. Of booksellers or bv mail. JESoE
IIANEV CO.. lit Nassau street. New York.
C1AKlK.Trcil' Manual. A practical guide
) to use of all tools and all operations of the trade;
aiso drawing for carpenters, forms of contracts, spe
cifications, plans, etc., with plain instructions for be-
f-inners and full glossary of terms ued In trade. II
ustrated. SO ct.. of booksellers or by mail. JESSE
HAN EV CO., 11! Nassau street. New York.
LIVE It
XIIKNEY
WESTKRSI SPRINGS
Water CCKK.S the worst cases of
Idler n. t Itl.tiM-y Tron-
bl , Iialetes. Uright's Disease.
Address T. C. HILL. Chicago. III.
Crk"I T,Tl,TTVBr,' for you. Sells at sight. Our
!5U All ti L 111a IT Ag ts coin money. We have
work and money for all. men ur women, boys or girls,
whole or spare time. Send stamp for Catalogue. Ad.
dresa I BANK GLL'CK. New Bedford, Mass.
W. J. BARNEY,
87 Tribune B'Wg. Chicago, has 1,000.000 acres
for sale in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota. Kansas and other
States. Send for lists, naming locality wanted, and
rater to this advertisement.
ssjsassrassssa L ui I iMM-SssjgMssa
Painless Mm Cure ! ;S
cessful rrmidy of the present iar. Send for Paper on
Opium .aung. r,
6. Box 473, L4.POBTE. JNI.
Jt Buys agenu!neIInntlng-Case(l(2oi.)
C Z II Yl American Lever Watch of the Wal-
M II I II thain. U.8. Watch Co.. or Elgin make.
jJ U Watches from : to V.oo. Send for
rU " o d'OrV ver day at home. Terms Free. Address.
(Pt) u)nU lia bTlJioo & Co..roril&ud..Miue.
Wanted to learn Tel
-aphing and take of.
Ices on new lines
fhlch we are furnish
ing with operators. Salary from $40 to IllXl per month,
Particulars mailed free. Address
H. W. TELEGRAPH INSTITUTE. JanesvMe, Wla.
YOUNG MEN 1
AMERICAN
PRINTING PRESS.
Clrculrs Free.
Apply to JOSEPH WATSON,
53 Murray Street, New York, and
73 Cornhiil. Boston
mm
TO C'l.' Jill Gcras, Neuralgia",
Asthma, CiitiU end l ever, Druak-ennA4-
lllieutnfttim.
am SAf l4 TO ilfAKK Hair Grow. Ottawa
hi U cJ T.M., 1U. Wtmroof. Yeast.
Send 1 0 oonta for either receipt or the 1 0 f or 5U centa.
PERKY A t)Q.. P.O.Box 23 ii or 8 1 2 Broadwr.N.Y.
For advertising in AST newspaper before seeinij
my new catalogue of f'O-OI'KK ATIV K LISTS.
Address 9. P. SANBORN, 114 Monroe-st , Chicago.IlL
. E-ACEI-l'SI NEW ASTH.1U
i:4TAanu HE9i;ni.
Having trnKl'1 twenty yers Iiwm life and
death with ASTHMA, I experlmpntrit by om
poimdlnt roots and herbs sod intisliutc the n-d-Icloe.
I foitunstel discovered a wonderlitl
remedy and sure cure lorastnmssna isjurrn.
Wrrnud u rrlieve Instantly so ttistient ran
tS' ""V llle down to rt and slep comfortaMjr. Drn
l,t It; ., A I -1st are suppli"! with sample packiucfs for vans
Er a? i Idistributien. fall ana art one, or an irrs
1 " " I. LA.GKLL Apple t rerk, Ohio.
VSoldbyDrogglsts, Full-sue rsckae, by mail, t !?.
AGENTS ( LIVINGSTONE'S
WANTED! new BOOK !
Ills own story of the last seven years of his Life;
his Deat It. etc. Splendid work. Just out. Send for cir
culars mul I'.iU inf. ! nniliou to A.MEKICAN PUB
LISHING CO., Chicaeo. 111.
F & F. Kice Ss Co., Grocer,
Boston. . " Vuur bea toam
glvea urrfecf satlsrartion."lt la eXi-ellpuU
Cornelia cVMumfbri!. Gro
cers, Provuletuie, K.Inay: "Your
Sea F(am is womlf rlul Our sates are
immense. Everylsxly I'ralsei it."
"It makes Bread Kloher, Ltehter,
Whiter, Purer, sweeter and alora Whole
some ttian any otlter way."
Tits t'-eatt tlilnir to sell you STST
saw. Send at once for Circular lo
GEO. F. GASTZ Si CO.,
176 Duanc St., New York.
BUEE MILLS FOB C0EN, FLOTJJl & FEED,
it -rt. My Fpi-cialty M
j-r.r. fluid firr'j'u
'8'
V 'J i h- iK' e5-V"i.-' 01 sold. SO pavnt for
WjvV K-aT L$T grinding k-dtU "tfeta.
Fl iitt;a.C-f ,i i-.'-yif Meau.i inineraRby land,
1 fX p-A tZJ'i H i h.Te, wiad, la.n. or n
I 7,.. V- s : 'ft l-'wrr. Svndatauip fol
. j v " 4j?T-tcuu A prlcet.
EDYVAIva HARniiO.V, IVcw Haven, Con a.
1' IS"i1
Union Tent Factory
Fls Awning, Muilx, Hr W'mgmm
toTrn, Wulrr-l'mof -oi. Etc
Old Canvas, Stuck Covers, etc,
n...r'inv i t Ti'v r TrVT"(,iirtnprlaUT
JSsas-ill Cliicnqo Sinn Chandlery Co.,
fctCi3t2'lLakc-st. Bridge) ih;J S. Water-st., Chicago.
30,000 OIL liAIti.KLS Wanted
For rush. V M. BIIADIIAW. CMcnvo.
SENT FREE
A book exposingtUe mysteries of "iir 4 T.T,lrr
and how any one may operate if jllJUkJl
successfully wjth a capital of $ U or $l,OUO. Com
n'ete Instruction and illustrations to any address.
TVMHUIDUK fc CO., Ba-XKKSS AND BBOB.EKS,
i Wall street, New York.
KtH ALL SEW.
lXil Maiiivks
in lift i lit n i nerl
at ulxmt one hull
tiie rsuril nttes by
oivcrinir direct.
her doz. : tVhecl
er & Wilson. 60
cts.; Howe's 50
C rover Sc l!:iker, Wets., and othcrsin proportion.
;e the huh Mint anil needles will be returned by flrt
. Ad'ire.ss 1kki axe Ni.KDLBCo..tlO$lVd'ayN.Y.
ca 23. SMITH cs OO.,
Jf-.'f 'V5- Plaster CVnter-Plcces, llrackefs,
PLASTER UHNAWtn I o,
IS 1 fc 1 STATE ST.,opp.Pti!incr Houso,
fIfTailea wishing Centers would do well to send
"'VeM vxvrAOTrr.K Sca?l!oln Columns', Pilasters, etc
Perftct iiuitntiou ol the different-colored Marbles.
THE HEALTH LIFT.
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do Youn owr, printing!
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f-'.tr J'rolVsitiniil sinrl Ainaleiir
5riiirer. sseliool., WiK-ict Alsm
iiftx-l nrrrti, AI ore hunt i otliers it is
the BihvT ever invented. l:g.OOO in tl'.
Ton fyles. Prices from S-ti.OQ to $150.00
BEN J. O. WOODS & CO. Msnufrs and
(lealers in all km-lsof Printlner Material.
Sena .tamp fur Catalogue.) 49 Federal St. Boetoo-
Tnisncwrrnss ts worn
With perfect comfort.
Ttiirht and day. Aclnpl
Itself to every motion o
the iRxlv. retatninii i:
ture under the hardt-i-t
exercise or lererei
strain until permanently
curea. bom cnenp uytua
ELASTIC T?-US3 CO..
No. GR3 IJroartway, 1 . City,
and ecnt by mail. Call or oeiid lor circular and be cured
JPfE L AS TlcWi
J. B. CHAMBERS CO., Vt li. de-ale anil Ketail Jewel
ers (Iketab, 1857 ), cor. Clark and iludiMjn-'jla Chicago.
The World is in Kloom. Xatnre wears her
summer smile. But the victim of Xervons Debility
is like a bllL-btert branch In thesnnshine. Let linn ro-
vitalize, tone and purify his system wila
Tarrant's Effervescent Seltzer Aperient,
And within a week he will feel like a new mvi.
6GLD BY ALL DKrOSISTS.
500.000 ACRES
or
MICHIGAN LANDS
-A- X- 323
The I-ar.ds of the Jackson, Lansing & Saginaw Kail
road Company are .'ow Offered For Sale.
They are situated along its railroad and containlargc
tracts of exce!!eut FAli.MlNti and PINK Lands.
The farininn lands include some of the most fertile
and well-watered hard wood lands in the M:te. They
are timbered mainly with hard-maple and beech : soil
black, sandy loam, and abound in sprints of purest
water. Micmrran is one of the least Indebted and most
prosperous State in the Union, antl.its farmers have a
greater arief y of crops snd resources titan any West
ern State. vnue ejomeoi ine prairie ri;uea unty pru
corn In tcreat abundance, they have no other re
source, and when this crop falls destitution follows, as
has been thecasetlie pastyearln Kansas ami jseorasKa.
For Maps, Circulars and further information, apply
io or auurc a. - . -.-,
Land Commissioner, Lausing, .Michigan.
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STOCKS
dealt in at the Kp York Stock Eichanee bought and
old by us on margin of five percent.
PBSV
SIEGES
refrotiatert at on to two per cent, from market on
memtiers oi me rrw iwrn wnmiitc ui icsjjuueiwi.
parties. Larrje sums have leeii realized the past 30
days. Put of call costs on HO shares
$106.25
Straddles rrD each, control 200 shares of stock for
80 days without further risk, while many thousand
dollars profit may be trained. Advice and Information
iiirmsnea. 1 amnniet. containing- vuiuaiuc ain-oni
information and showing how Wall Street operations
are conducted, sent
FREE
to any ddres. Orders solicited by mall or wlrt ana
promptly executed by us. Address
TUMBRIDCE &. CO.,
Bankers and Brokers,
No. a Wall Street, New York.
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MERCHANT "":f flai
t!Sil tbl f'-? !&fei3j
Whether for use on man or beast. Merchant's ljrB:ing oil will be 1".
of" "e bv every resident in the land. We know of no proprietary me. let. e "J'raT.ner for Vu"ftilau4
F'nteS which sliares the jrood-will of the people to a trrcatcr degree than this, ellow wrapper lor u.u.aui
aviiita for human, flesh. A'. J' Indeittntl'tit . .
small size .X cents. Small size for family uae, 2j ci nut Alanuiaciureu "itJJjV IIOUUK Secretary.
tiargling Oil Company.
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ATTESTIOX. New Pension and
B.mnty 1-iws. Claims due almost every
soldier or his heirs. Have your rights ex
amined under the late laws. No fee or
charge unless successful. The new law in
cludes thousands who are Retting no Pen
sion, or are entitled to bounty. IJotintit!"
collected, new discharges obtained. 1 en
sions procured or increased. I'jV mr ra
tions while prisoner, back-pay, and all other
claims settled. Surviving soldiers war ibi,
and with Mexico, pensioned : widows ol
same also. " Soldiers Record, a nent pa
per. 16 paSes, Riving digest pension and
bounty laws. No soldier can do Without it.
Send io cents for sample copy. Address,
hvith stamps Nathan W. I'lTZGER ali'
U. S. Claim Agent, Indianapolis, Ind.
The Largest Manufactory of Threshing Machines In the
United States. Over 1,5011 made and sold annually.
J. I. CASE& CO.,
nACiifB, . wisoowsiw,
Ma-NUFACTCBBBS or Urauven
THRESHING MACHINES,
Mounted and Down Horse-Powers.
PORTABLE THRESHING ENGINES
Of our own make. All Machinery warranted. Call on
our Local Agents in tiny of the towns iu the West, and
ask for pamphlet, or lk at Sample Machines. Weare
making a new style of Machine, without n), run, called
the KCLH'SE. Ask lor pamphlet, sent free by ma.1.
NICHOLS, SHEPARD & CO.'S
"yitatofjlireslier.
The BRILiLjIAXT SUCCESS of this firrtln
Savlng, Time-5avi.ii; TIIKESI1KK. It un
prcccdented In the annals of 1-' arm Machinery. In a
brief period It has become wMely known and
PILLT ESTABLISH!" 1 as the " LUAULVU
TIIUESII1XO JLtCIIISE."
i; r r
GRtlX-nilSERS RKFl'SF, to submit to
the wasteful and imperfect work of other Threshers,
when posted on the run superiority of this one for
saving grain, saving time and doing last, thorough and
economical work.
TIIHKSIIKItMKN FIXI IT highly advantageous to
run a machine that has no Heaters."" 1'ickers." r
"Apron;" that handles Damp (train, I-ong Mrnw,
Headings, Flax, TImothv, Millet and all Ftn h ditllettlt
grain and svds. with 1SNTI UK KASK AL KK
FUCT1VEE Cleans to perfection: saves
the farmer bis thresh-bill by extra snvinir of grain;
makes no "Littering;" requires I.KsS '1 If A N OM
HALF the usual Belt, Boxes, Journals and Hears;
easier managed: less repairs: one that grain-raiser
prefer to employ and wnit for, ( n at utl
va need price, while other machines are "out of
jobs."
Four sizes made, witk C, 8, 10 nml l'i
horse "Mounted" Powers, also n. special
ty of Separators "alone," expreasjly for
STEAM IOWEIl, and to mutc-li other
Horse Powers.
If Interested In grain-raising or threshing, write for
Illustrated Circulars neat , free), Willi full particulars
of sizes, styles, prices, terms, etc.
NICHOLS. SHEPARD & CO.,
Battle -Creek, Michigan.
SOLDIERS, ATTENTION!
UNITED STATES CI.ADI AGENCY, Au
thorized ly V. H. Oorerniiii-itt,
PEIVSIOXS "VI30UiTiT5ES!
Every soldier who
w asdi-aMed whlleiii
the serv Ice of the ite
puldie. cither by
wounds, broke n
l'.iniis. aecld'-nlal l:t
juries. hern ia or rup
ture, loss of cyesiKiit
Ol' ill sensed t c, nr
was broken rlowu lu
."V)fV.Wv r"
' rfi . CT.vix was broken clown iu
jhJ -Vl' the service bv expo
tL"; 'r(3 F&zA sureor hardship.-, in-
t i 1- " l"r,' disease of the
te&i?'$&iJje?A 1'ii'Ks has been con
E P&2 traded In the ser
i iris I ,i vice, when the resul
" ja;' : iS'-fitr it ami seipience ol oth- r
Ufetjs ''SftviV'- i'A diseases, such as
j f ii?"; " "lit-" f C piieuiiionla. retroces-
vA)--"ifJJ-J si"" or fallinir bank
of the measles, or
where the phthisic piilmonnlls t tlie direct resttlt
of canil) life, or diseases of tlie bowels. nch hi
riironic diarrh-ra and the like. Every soldier who
has thus iH-en disabled is entitled to an Invai.Id
I'kxsionk. Kveu the lo-s of a finccr n-lilb s a
soldier to a pension. All widows and children r.(
soldiers dviiiir in tlie service, or after they were
discharged, on aeeoitnt of wounds received or ll
ease cont raete.l j it t lie servir. are iiImi entitled to
a pension, h L'LI. I NT I ES are paid to all s'd
diers that were d iseharueil by reason Of wounds,
rupture, or accidental injuries, under new laws.
Special Attention Given to Claims for Increase
of Invalid Tensions.
More- than half who arc now drawlntr a penlon
are Justly entitled loan increase. Aly termsare:
Ko Charges mado for Advice.
And no fee ever asked unless6Uccessful in collecting
your claims.
A HOOK FOR EVERT SOLDIER,
This lok is devoted strictly to the welfare and
Interest of all sol tiers and ieiiiner, containing
the regulations relal iujr to Armv and Navy Pen
sions, tlie new I'enio'i Laws. Itsivesa complete
list of all the latest linint v and riisoii laws, thus
enaMluK each soldier to see t onee the exact
nmotint'of boitnlv or pension b should receive.
'J IioikhikU of soldiers and their heirs have been
deprived of the benelils of th- laws crantinsr then
money, for t he reason that they had no means r.f
keepiiitf informed. The Information It jtlves Is
Ollicl.nl and can therefore be relied upon ; beeaii'e i I
Is a romdete guide in all l'l-iisimi and nil ot lo r i v. li
ters In which sol. tiers are interested. I'CK'E 2i
t'ENTS. ( Irenlars free. Address all conimnr iea
tlons(w!th stsuip). U.K. I'lM H:ilAi:iJ,
2. West Washinftoii street, Indianapolis, 1ml.
VAN BUSIO FRAGRANT
1 1
Ual, "
AND IJtYIGtVRATEB
HARDENS THE GUMS !
It imparts a delighlfully refreshing
taste nnd feeling to the mouth, remoT
ing all TARTAR and SCURF from
the teeth, completely arresting the pro
gress of decay, and whitening Buch
parts a3 have become black by decay.
IMPURE BREATH
caused by Bad Teeth, Tobacco, Spirits,
or Catarrh, is neutralized by the daily
use of
ri,- i u:iu. f'i' nniTomla Tin
rjjar Hiitcrs arc a juaely t-.'f tabic
pi i piiratinii. ii;ulo thiuily fi-j;:i tlio U.i
iie herbs loiin.l ra tlio lower raiicH o.
tlie .Sien a Nevada mountains of Califor
i:ia. t'.o lnetiifinal jironcrties of whirl;,
i : j cxtraclctJ llierclVoiu v.ithout t!io u:;c
..f Aleo'.Kil. ri".io queMioT) U almost
ilailv uyir " w'liat i.s tlie cmipo of i!u
::;i;.a:tUc!i: .nce.-.s of VlNTGAi: IllT
vk'ks '." O.w ."S'.ver js, that f.icy removr.
:i:e raao of disease, nndthu patient re-i-over.s
his health. They nit) the jjre.iC
ilood purifier and a life giving prineiplf,
i i-eileet lSenovator and Invioratof
of the Fystcm. Never before in ir.t
list hit of" tho world h.'is a ineJieiiio beer
c oir.jiotimloil nossessiiitr tho r an.irkflbli
.iiiivliLies of Vinkoar liiTTKKS in heaiir.p tho
sick of ever' diseaso man is heir to. Tbcy
;ire a peuiio l'urf-ttivo as veli as a Tonic,
ieiU'- iT C'onjres.t'uii or Iull,imii.atin d
a Liver ami Visceral Organs, in b'ilious
0:seiwes.
TIjc iiroporlios of Dr.. Wai.keuV
t lypnAit Hill v.iw are Aperient. Diaphoretic,
Carnnnativc, Nutritious, Laxative. Diuictio
Seil itive. Couiiter-IrriH,nt, tiud .raic, Alter,
live, ami Anti-Hilioua
Gratei".. Thousands ronalm . i.v
i.gaii IJitteus the most wonderful I n
viporant tlmt ever UKtuiwd tho K.'ukitirJ
HVisteni.
" No Person can take these Hitters
according to directions, and remain long
unwell, provided their bones aro not dc-
stroved by mineral poison or otnor
means, and vital organs watted beyond
repair.
JJilious, Remittent and Inter
mittent Fevers, which are so preva
lent in the valleys of our Ljreat rivers
throughout the United States especially
those of the Mississippi, Ohio, .Missouri.
Illinois, Tennessee, Cumberland, Arkan
sas, Red, Colorado, Rrazos, Uio Grande,
Pearl, Alabama, Mobile, Savannah, Ro
nnt.kp. .lames, and maiiv others, witli
their vast tributaries, throughout our
entire country during the Summer and
Autumn, and remarkably so during sea
sons of unusual heat and dryness, aro
invariablv accompanied by extensive, d.v
rantrements of tlie fcloinach ami liver,
ami other abdominal viscera. In their
treatment, a purgative, exerting a pow
erful influence upon these various or
gans, is essentially necessary. Tbero
is no cathartic for the purpose equal to
Da. J. Walkeu's Vink;ai; Hmtkiis,
as tbey will speedily remove tho dark
colored viscid matter with which tho
bowels aro loaded, at the same timo
stimulating the .secretions of tho liver,
and generally restoring the healthy
functions of the digestive organs.
Fortify the body against diseaso
bv purifying all its fluids with Vjnkoau
liiTTi;i:s. No epidemic can tako hold
of a system thus fore-armed.
Dyspepsia or Indigestion, Head
ache, Pain in the Shoulders, Cough?,
Tightness of tho Chest, Dizziness, Sour
Eructations of the Stomach, Had Tasto
i:i tlie Mouth, Hilious Attacks, Palpita
tation of the Heart, Inflammation of tho
Lungs, Pain in the region of tho Kid
neys, and a hundred other painful symp
toms, are tho offsprings of Dyspepsia.
One bottle will prove a bctterguaiaiiteo
of its merits than a lengthy advertise
ment. Scrofula, or King's Evil, Whiiu
Swellings, Ulcers, Krysipdas, Swelh-d Neck,
Goitre, Scrofulous Inflammations, Indolent
Inflammations, Mercurial A H'ections, Old
Sores, Eruptions of the Skin, Soro Eye-, etc.
In these, as in all other constitutional Dis
eases, AValkkr's Vi.vkoar Drrrmis liavo
shown their great curative powers in tho
most obstinate and intractable cnc.
For Iiillammatory and Chronic
IJIlCillliat isill, Gout, Hilious, Ifeinit
tent and Intermittent Fevers, Diseases of
the lilood, Liver, Kidneys and I ladder,
these Hitters have no equal. Such Dioca es
are caused by Vitiated liUod.
Meclianical Diseases. Persons en
gaged in I'aints and Minerals, such at.
Plumbers, Type-setters, Gold beat .-is, and
Miners, n they advance, in life, aro (subject
to paralysis of the Howels. To puud
against this, take a dose of Walk tit's Vi.v
fcuAR BiTTr'KS occasionally.
ForSk'in Diseases, Kn.itIowit Tet
ter, Salt-Hheum, HJotchi-s, Spo's, rinqdrs
PiiMult-s, Iloils, farliu Helen, King worms,
ficald-hcad, Sore Eyes LrysinilAs, Itch,
Scurfs, Discoloration f tho Skin, Humors
and Diseases of tho Skin of whatever nam
or nature, are literally dug up and carried
out of the system in a short time by the uki
ol these Hitters.
It is as harmless as "water.
Bold j Druggists and Dealers in Fancy Goods.
One bottle will last six moath3.
Iin Ttmn nml nfhor Worms.
lurking in the system of ho many thousands,
are effectually destroyed and removed. Ho
system of medicine, no vermifuges, no an
thelminitics will free th system from worms
liKe ineso isuiers.
For Female Complaints, in young
or old, married or single, at tlie dawn of wo
manhood, or the turn of life, these Tonio
IJitters display fo decided an influence that
improvement is soon perceptible.
Cleanse the Vitiated Dlood when
ever you find its impurities burning through
the skin in Pimples, Kniptions, or Sores;
cleanse it when you find it obstructed an 1
eluggish in the veins; cleanse it when it n
foul; your feelings will tell von when. ie;i
the blood pure, and the health of the system
will follow.
It. II. MtDOSALI) fc CO..
Dmppiirta and Gn. Act-. San Frimci , Cnlifnnii,
and cor. of V'ahi:ipton and Charlton St.i.. X. V.
Sold 11 LruBil and Drain-'.
FARMING LANDS
The C, . I. & P. R. S. Company
b atTarlaf t't aal. at jam Prieta aal VmI IUmmLIi Titapa,
TO ACTl'4l. M Tll l IIS.
Sonic of llir lt relriillr nnd Kcrtil
I ninipro.l I, in
TT.. Land, ar. .ittiat aa r w..r th. Ia M it. rmiirqa4, tha GHKAT
CI.VTKAL Kl'lla lu ll lnlu, la Uk lav.it. l.iaM. aaa ara
aio.tty brtwArath. imi.iri.nl et'ia. .f W. alw.a aa4 ' juactl Utatta, la laa
aea, Arn.ultural an4 r.' 1 ij ...lv uf attMa aT loat.
XX1ICS2-:S Allll X.O-W,
Ranging from $5 to $ I O per acre.
Tli vera'e price bHnit KoriK-it hat l.-a than .
ti;p;pni K IVk.ta. L.J favbu.Uf .bi. a n 'rawt fir. MD m i itA am
p . i jtr. ' a fnr 1. .J. an t ur Hi at tit. Bnueifja! Urkcl uf. .r ia. r
ia lo.a.ad llliaUa iar alaaa. tartaa af aaU airaatiaaa la iafailit
aarcaara, addr.
al. 1. DltKAV, Ianil Coimnlwlonrr,
C 1L 1. A P. II. ii. CO.. lAVt-oavr. Iowa.
AOKTS WASITFO. Addr
;ooOsl'KKIiS KMI'll.K BIULK,
BOOK and MAP IIOlIi Chicago, 111,
1.000
A. N. K.
Al'J-S. BP.
Tms PAPETl ia Printed with IKK 7nnn facta rJ lr?
G. B. KA.VE & CO 1141 Perlx.ru fcu, ClilcaA,
l or title by A. '. Kjiao., 77 Jacknyu bu, CUlc&tf