To the &BTTiTn Of
PtOB,
Ucbcl Prison
Jeftebo hxvis, in a letter dtd New
Orleans Louisiana, Jan. 2!, ltj7, and
addrwar 1 to the Hon. James Lyons. I'ctcrs
mtz, Ya., makes a defiant denial of the
arraignment made by the lion. James K
Illaine, of Maine, and hy Gen. Jrtiiirs A.
liarfield, of Ohio, of his direct and Iht--sonal
reii)onsilility for the cruel treat
ment of the Union soldiers who were pris
oners of war to the ConfeJoracy of which
Mr. Davis was President. Hejroes further,
and, like Mr. Benjamin 11. Hill, Kcpre
sent&tiTe in the Forty-lourth ton :rre
from (rcorpia. who was alo a memlter of
tlie Confederate States Senate from the
same State, the rebel ex-President denies
altogether UimX unnecessary suffering en
sued among, or unjutiflalie harshness or
cruelly was practiced apainst, those of our
soldiers who were so unfortunate as to tc
prisoners within the pens at Andersonville,
Florence, Salisbury, Uclle Isle and Tyler,
or in the tobacco warehouses of Libby anl
Catle Thunder. The denial is a bold and
weeping one. Its audacity rises to sub
limity. It not only denies, but accuses.
The Union is assailed as Laving, through
its olEcials and policy, treated the Confed
erate prisoners in its hands as bud or
worse than our men were used at Ander
Konville, Belle Isle and elsewhere. It is
al-o charged with causing tha sufTVrinirs
of tho latter by the policy it pursued of
refusing to exchange.
Now, as to one part of Mr. JefTerson
Davis' denial and counter accusation,
there is a direct and unassailable method
"f obtaining evidence. Tho survivors of
the rebel prison pens still remain among
us. Those of Andersonville formed an
o!K-iation which is still in existence. We
call upon every man who was captured
and con fine-1 by the Confederates during
the civil war for slavery and disunion to
at once give to the public a brief and di
rect account of his personal experiences.
Let each man write to the nearest Repub
lican paier a simple statement of his
name, regiment, rank, dito of capture,
length of confinement, when exch ingei.
the treatment he himself received as to
food, shelter, medical care, etc., as well
as to the action of those in charge. Avoid
all rhetoric, denounce no one, give as far
as practicable the names of Confederate
tlicer.s, etc., in command; also, any
fpecial instances as to others known to
the survivors, the details of which are
readily substantiate.
"With regard to the treatment of rebel
prisoners in the Northern entrepots, there
is as direct a method of obtainiug relia
ble testimony. Oflicers who were in com
mand of " such prisons are still
living, as are also soldiers who
were stationed thereat. Their evidence
will be of value. In every plare
where such prisoners existed local,
sanitary and Christian associations existed,
the members of which busied themselves
in caring for the sick and wonnded and
in visiting the prisons and camps. Rep
utable citizens at Elmira, Hock Island,
Chica.20, Columbus, and elsewhere know
the facts. Iet them give their testimony.
The honor ot one's countrv should le sa
cred. We who fought for liberty and
Union surely have as vital an inte est in
that honor as the men who compelled us
to tight by their mail attempt to perpetu
ate slavery and destroy the Union. Let
us have ths facts.
Bear in mind that the object of such
communications is not partisan but his
torical. Two civilizations or systems of
government have been and st.ll are on
trial. This question of Anders. mvidc and
its attendant horrors belong to the trial.
Thecase has been reopened, and the verdict
once solemnly rendered is nowchallenged.
A cloud of witnesses are still living. "Let
them give the facia. Communications can
also be 6ent to the oflice of the lifpuUte,
Washington, D. C, if writers do not de
sire to send to their county or other jour
nals. Let every man respond, and at
once. The good name of the Union is
sought to be assailed, and a feculent
treason seeks historical vindicati n by
these audacious falsehoods. UepubUe
Magazine.
A Democratic Confederate Platform.
Osk of our contemporaries (says the
ChicagoTrifriw), the Toledo Vominei eiat,
has been collating not constructing a
Democratic platform from the utterances
and speeches of the recognized leaders
aud savans of that parly within the past
few weeks. It truthfully remarks that
"A national platform ot principles, pro
mulgated by a great national party, in the
words and phrases as here given, may not
be the one of policy, but the kernel is
there the ' true inwardness' of Democrat
ic principles and it M ill only re juire a
plethora of words, of fine-spun phrases,
exquisitely-drawn specialties and gutter
tering generalities, to conceal the huleous
ness of the true intent an i purpose. With
a Northern man with Southern principles,
like Hendricks, for President, an t a
Southern man with ' lost-cause' princi
ples, like Tucker, or Hill, or Lamar, for
Vice-President, a platform more in ac
cordance with the eternal fitness of things
cannot be devised than that which fol
lows" :
W'hbrbar. Th Republican pirty hag seen
proper, in this Centennial rear, to tear away the
planter from the preen and bleeding wounds of
the Ufa civil war, and has een proper to Justify
this conduct in tue light of bUto y;" und f t.'ux
Whibi, There is "no precedent in history and
no canon in political philosophy" which the K
publican party has not outraged; and ( f.'twj
Whereas. "The hUtory of the Itepub can party
baa been the history of spoliation, murder,
denth and tyranny in the South since lfv: and
fox
Wbiihai, That party is not true, was not true
dnring the war. has not been true sluce the war,
and is not true to duv: and Cor
Wi.bhbas. That party baa iol.;ted all l:iv. tram
pled upon the Constitution, abnegated the pi d:reJ
of the father, incited raid npon the oppress d
people of the South, and multiplied inndeniiea un
til, like the stars of heaven or the and- of the se. 1
slio.e, they are without number; therefore, be U
1tl.)
Hemolrrt. That this not a nntlon. Trucker.
h'fto wrt. That the rij nt of secemdon. though not
siprtwed in the Constitution, is a reserved right.
George K. figh.
X olri That martyrs owe no apology to ty
rants, and while we are ready to make eery sacii
nce to the 1'Dioa. secei-sion, boweter !efeaed aud
opposed, will confers no sin to lauaticisui however
oivted and exacting. JUIL.
lierolted. That the gTace and magnanimity of
the Kepablicaa party is exhibited in to a master
enslaved, in intelligence disfranchised, in societv
diso. drred. in states subverted, and in Legislatures
dispelled Jfrll.
Utioiift. That in Robert E. Le who now
sleeps In death, was embodied one of the noblest
Americans who ever trod his soil, and nodisht nor
can ever, by implication or exp--ession. be thrown
on his grate, that the Democratic party is not
bound bv all the memories of the past to ar.se and
repel. r .lAVr.
Ji'toivt.t. That whatever horrors hid existed at
Andersouville, not one of them could be attribut -d
to a single act of the Confederate Government,
and that every one of tbera (Tew out of necessity,
and that necrssity was fastened upon the Confede
rates by Federal power, and the r'erieral Govern
ment was directly responsible for all the untold
horrors ot the War. Hilt.
tetotved. That all tha horrors and atrocities in
flicted upon Union prisoners at the South did not
begin to compare with the cruelties and tortures
inflicted upon Confederate prisoner at the N .nh
Jtll.
Ketlrd. That on Grant and Stunton rests the
blood of our honored dead who die I prisoners of
war. and history will hold them and the Govern
ment responsible for every death in Anderon
ville. Grand liapil Democrat.
Krroiret, Tnat nnder the leadership, of the ex
Bebel Hill, our oppressed countrymen would be
come a band of patriotic brothers and. instead of
strife and bloodshed, we should have peace, har
mony and proserity. Kalamazoo Gazette.
Utiolv&l. That it should be the aim of t h? Iem
ocratic party - in tSe future as in the pat" to
hasten the enod time eoinine" when the names
of Giant, and hherman. and b her i dan, and Lee,
and Jackson, and Breckinridge yea. of the mar
tyred Lincoln and the now insulted Jefferson Da
vis will be read witii common pride aud Common
respect by the American vouth. and waen the last
shall be honored as much as the hr.t. Jon, of
m i
tSP The Republicans can find no fault
with the publication of letters like that
which appears from the pen ot Jeff. Jiavis.
Every line of it shows that lie is not
worthy of restoration to the privileges of
citizei ship under the Union. lie talks
about his wrongs and his persecutions,
f orgetting entirely that through him and
such as he the country sutlered incalcula
ble sacrifices in treasure, patriotic blood
a-A prosperity. But we hope the unre-cttrnf-ted
rebels will continue to write.
Vn pwMy Qr SUCQ r0po the Democratic
t3T The Ke-wvT '
Senator Horxnn, in hUnlaM insists that
In "makin:! tusa Usippi speech,
dead and barui. v-rs that are
Tribune does not seem, y, Z?nt the
-dead and bur.ed" C'fchut
been murdered because of the r -
toltepublicauism are worth talking
The ExcaTations at Oljmpla.
The works began in Octo er last, Df
Hirschield reprehentin the German, and
Dr. Athanatius Dcmctrlades the Greek
Government. The tir.-t trench was con
linucd to a straight line with the desultory
Ulcrcintrs carried on by the Frcridh in
bTJ, when some fraprmnts of cornices
nd slabs of II ceiling indicated the vicin
ity fcf the pite of the Temple of Jupiter.
1 he roil here excavated by the Germans
pave evidence of formation during the
third or fourth century ot our era. The
two trench s were due: ouc to carry oft
the rain waters and the other to recon
noitcr, o to sr, the ground. In the lat
ter hewn blocks of stone were met with,
and the ba.se of a Doric column. Toward
the end c.f November. Dr. Demetrlades,
writing to an Athenian erio-.lical, an
nounced the active prosecution of the ex
cavations, with 120 men, at a depth of
over four French meters, this bed of
earth being the alluvial soil deposited
over the site of ancient Alth, in the course
of the lat ten or fifteen centuries, by the
yearly overtlow of the Alpheus, and pre
senting no traces of human habitation.
At the bottom, however, of the trench
Ihu dug out, a shattered inscription of
the Ach.vn confederation, and nar it, as
your correspondent mentioned last week,
a silver coin of Probus was found; also a
succession of foundations of several build
ings, evidently of a recent p-riod, cs whs
proved by the presence in their construc
tion ot marble blocks taken from the
more ancient edifices. Shortly alter, a
Doric capital, with its abacus in excellent
preservation, made iM appearance, and
was considered a Le'ongiug to one of the
columns supj'ortins: the eastern pediment
of the temple. This supposition as
lxrne out by the further discovery of
fragments of the marble tiles described Cy
Pausanies as composing the toof of the
temple. A considerable number of frag
ments of terra-cotta water-conduits and
ornaments, some bearing trices of color
and good workmanship, but of later pe
riod, were found ; also spear-heads and
fragments of bronze objects, some of them
gilt, the most important being a small
lion resting on two serpents possibly thft
handle of some large vessel and a brooch
in excellent condition, and almo-t identi
cal in form with those u?ed to this day in
fastening lace woru round the neck.
A short pause now ensued, owing to the
great rainiull ; but the works were soon
resumed, and the expectations of the com
mission began at last to be realized, and
their zeal rewarded. The trunk of a
statue, presenting every appearance of a
work of the highest art, was unearthed,
The head, arms and legs are missing; but
the drapery, which is of the most exquis
ite workmanship, and other marks of this
torso, bear evidence sufficient to warrant
the supposition that it is the statue of Ju
piter one of the croup of figures adorn
ing the pediment of the temple. The
life-size head of a terra cotta btatuc im
portant inasmuch as it o tiers conclusive
proof of the use by the ancient Greeks of
this material for large statutes was the
last acquisition reported by letter from
Olympia. On the last day of the old year,
however, a telegram was received by the
King from Dr. Demetriadcs, announcing
a discovery which has filled Athens with
joy. The statue of Kike (Victory also
one of the group in the pediment has
been found, embedded in the soft alluvial
soil, in an almost perfect condition as if
it had only yesterday been taken down
from its exalted pedestal. It Is ai 1 to be
a figure of unmatched beauty and gran
deur; and what gives it a still higher val
ue is the fact that the name of Praxiteles
himself (?) is engraved ou it. This much
is as yet known; but details are eagerly
awaited. Uor. London. Athenccum.
The Empress Eugenie and Her Son.
Every detail that is learned aout Chis
el hurst, tiie Empress Eugenie and the
young Prince is discussed with intere,
the future of France lying so evidently be
tween the Kepublic and the Empire. "The
Empress and lies son continue to live in
the simplest and most unpretending man
ner, in the handsome and comfortable but
by no means splendid residence they
have occupied since 1S71. In the drawing-room
the Emperor's chair still stands
in the same place, beside the table at
which he used t sit, and on which are
the various objects lett upon it by him
when he last sar at it, with a little bunch
ot fresh violets, constantly renewed. The
Empress is said to look older, thinner and
paler, but stiil very handsome, and un
changed in tho grace, charm aud diguity
of manner in which slie is w ithout a
rival. The Prince Imperial is of average
heicht, well made and ood looking, and
his luce resembles that of his father. A
small, dark-brown mustache is beginning
to snow i.self on his upper lip. liistlaiiy
round of study aud occupation is ixtraor
dinary lor one of his age. lie rises at
daybreak, and gives his whole morning
to study; his professors, all English, come
down trom London to attend hi n: it hav.
ing iieen decided that he fchou.d pursue
the course of study as though at Oxford,
but without leaving Chisel!! urst. After
lunch he rides out; he has tires saddle
horse, one of them being Hero, the well
known sorrel-horse of the la:e Emperor.
Sometimes, in fine weather, he w alks w ith
the Empress, who never passes a day with
out walking in the park. He goes" three
times a week to Loudon to take lessons in
fencing, which i his great amusement.
All who approach the Prince ate charmed
with him, legarding him as an exception
ally fine young fellow, fully equal to the
clams aud responsibilities of the high
posiion that may not improbably le his
tc to; e many years have passed. hosimi
Pott.
A Jlysteriou liird-Channer.
I witnessed, the other day, aiys the
Philadelphia TelrrjraplC correspondent,
one of tite celebrated sights of Paris, ol
which 1 had often heard before, but never
before had seen. Crosslug the Tuileriea
garden on one ot the late mild duys, my
attention was attracted by an intense com
motion among the uparr-jwa which aoound
in that locality. Tuey were chattering
and Hying to and fro, and finally collected
in swarms at a s ngle point. There i saw
the c.iuae cf their agitation, the well
known bird-charmer of the Tuileries
garden. She is a person about thirty
years of age, pale, with very LI ick hair,
dressed in the deepest mourning, and
wearing no bonnet. She was surrounded
by birds that hopped and perched right at
her teet, or flew circling round her head
apparently without ihe slightest tear. She
would ho,d out a bit of bread, and instant
ly three or lour would hover around it
with rapid whirring wings, like humming-birds
around a flower, some perch
ing oa her fingers, while others would
peck at the covered moriel on the wing.
Then she would throw crumbs into the
air, which w ould be adroitly caught by the
twifteat-wingcd Lirds before they reached
she ground. A shower of crumbs brought
the liitle creatures to her feet like
chickens, nor did the presence of the by
standers that to n collected in great num.
bers appear to ter.ily her proteges in the
lea-t. They seemed to feel perfectly
secure while'in the presence of their bene"
factress. She walked slowly on, followed
by hundreds of the eager, fluttering, chat
tering Lirds, ai:d I h tt sight of Tier in a
distant walk. I am told taat she some
times sits down, and that the sparrows
will then perch all over her, and will get
into her lap to eat tread from her apron.
Mo one knows who she is; she never
speaks to any one, and pays no attention
to anybody or am thing except to her be
loved birds, which she feeds daily
throughout the winter.
Bilkins has introduced a centennial
catechism in his household. The first
trial was rot very satisfactory. Address
ing young Patrick Henry Eilkins, the
proud father asked: " Who was the father
of his country?" "George the First."
" Ko, no, my ton; it waGeorge Wash
irjetO!i.:' ' Well, he w as George the First,
wasn't he? First in war, fir.t in peace,
and first in the hearts ot his countrymen."
Jiilkin talks of exhibiting the boy at the
Centennial. Chicago J'inut.
Step up to a citizen rnd tell him that
his father and grandfather were lunatics
and see how quickly he'll crook Lis el
Low. Yet, let that citizen shoot some
body, and he'll bless jou if j on'll help
l . M..I .11 ........ .. -A
i 1 pxor; lufli an 11 1 s uv,c; cms wcic not
"tirazy uuw mo ujj;ucci iuui4 iu me
'OOd.
The Right tort of A lYiret .
"Jennie .Tunc1' writes to the Baltimore
Americ-in : .
Thousands K( Americans have spent the
few thousand dollars which stood Lblweeri
them and poverty la a European trip, be
cause wife and daughters had not mf
flcient occupation to make them feel the
necessity ot staying at home. We fre
quently hear it said: 44 Vhy, it is neces
sary to go abroad; we can live cheaper
there than we can at home." Yes, if liv
ing on the results of some btiie? person's
labor is all that we have to do: but women
who have homes and husbands should do
something more than this they should
work in their homes, and add the value of
their labor to the raw material which the
earnings of the man purchases.
One Mew York woman, not quite
spoiled, has worked this out for herself
very satisfactorily, and her example may
stimulate others.
Some time ago she lived, with her hus
band and two daughters one grown, the
other s ill at school in a nice house, on a
good side street, and kept two servants;
not an exi ensi ve establishment, but enough
with her small family to obviate the neces
sity for much exertion oa her part. When
the oldest daughter left school (like all
other daughter who leave school), she
wanted to go to Europe, and the mother,
worked upon by sympathizing friends,
soon became convinced that it was neces
sary for the two daughters' health and her
owu (though persons more capable ot
doing justice to excellent roast beet never
lived), that they should all go to Europe,
and to Europe they accordingly went, the
husband giving up the house and estab
lishing himself in bachelor quarters.
Ityit the realization of the dream was
not so pleasant as anticipated ; or perhaps
the wife found that the husband became
reconciled t their absence too early. At
any rate, after six months of absence, she
returned without being sent for, to find
her husband depressed by business diffi
culties, his tenants gme without having
paid the rent, ami much of tienice furni
tuie ruined. Fortunately, she beloaged
to good old stock, who, when they see
their duty, do it. She rescued what she
couid of tae furniture, and transferred it
to a pretty, but very unostema:ious 44 flat''
up town, above the filties, and with the
f uruiturc out of the way and a reduced
rental, managed to secure a good,. regularly-pay
ing tenant.
Wheu the daughters proposed going to
the intelligence oilice after 44 help," she
said:
"Mo, my daughters; we will help each
other, and in that way help papa out of
his diflieulties."
So they organized their modern house
hold on a simple but very practical foot
ing, wiiich. has proved delightful. They
might very well hire all the help they
choose now, but they would not do it on
any account. They laughingly declare
that their firm hai resumed specie pay
ments, for their expenses are to light com
pared with wnat they w ere formerly, that
money is plentiful, and the papa insists,
as the housework is so well done, upon
giving, as an allowance for the girls,
double the amount he formerly paid in
wages, lam sorry to say that this pat
tern woman is not a fuil-blooded Mew
Y'oiker. She wus born in Mew England.
A London Taper on "Spelling Bees.'
Of ' Spelling-Eees," now all the rage
in England, tire London Uaily Uttit
writes -s follows:
The Eastern King who offered a prize
to the uian who should show him a new
pleasure, might iudeed possibly have cut
oil the head of any inventive member of
tha sectofAIngi who should have pro
posed a spelling-bee. And yet a spelling
bee is emphatically a new divtrsion,
though not exactly of the sort t stimulate
a jaded Oriental voluptuary. Tlie com
bined enjoyments of d ecting the ignor
ance of other people, of disphrying one's
own acquirements, and the excitement ot
a close struggle with a sharp competitor,
are all new sensations in their way. Thus
spelling-bees share one of the merits of
stating on wheels and of water polo
they offer a novel form of amusement,
even if the amusement be not ot the very
freshest and liveliest sort. Still, it is
something lo be new, and as spelling-bees
can d no harm, except perhaps tnat ot
encouraging intellectual pride in the
victor, while they allord a cheap enter
tainment iu long winter nights, they do
serve encouragement. These are not very
positie merits, but the patrons of bees
may claim for them an educational in
fluence. They make people aware of
their own weak points, and it is a great
tiling to know these. " A man's nature is
often hidden wiih n him." says an old
Icelandic provero, with more psychologi
cal acuteness than might be expected Irom
Vikings and sta-roveis. Spelling-bees
bring part of a man's nature prominent
ly before himself and his friends, and he
may be startled by the revelation that
he cnnt spell "believe" or "re
ceive," or mat he is all at sea
among the V and p' in " parallelopipe
dun." Self -knowledge is the beginning ot
reformation, and dictionaries will be
bought and studied, and out-of-the-way
words curiously noted by readers and
w riters who have long thought themselves
immaculate spellers. In this way the bee
aits us a sort u, humble handmaid to phi
lology ami to literature. The competitors
are ouliged t ask themselves why such
and sucii a word is written as it is, and in
no other way, and this study will soon
take them into Greek an 1 Latin etymolo
gy. It will be weil for them, pernaps, to
imitate the caution of Jlr. B.ooiies in
44 -Jliddltmarch," and draw the line be
fore they come t Sanskrit. "I went in
to these things a good deal at one time,"
says -Mr. U.ookeo, "but I pulled up; it
doesn't do to g. too far, you kno.v."
Very few people will be carried too far
and neglect their business to hunt words
througu etymological dictionaries. Still,
even if they did, their industry would de
serve more pi aise th-n thut of the rather
numerous ciass which pursues the lights
ot double acrostics, like wandering fie?,
through indexes and encyclopaedias. In
dex learning, though it has been said to
44 hold the eel ol science b' the tail," re
sults in nothing better than smattering;
etymology, on the other hand, though "it
becins iu sport, may end in amusement
not more light and joyoiu than the 44 Di
versions of Purley." To trace the pedi
grees of wo: ds, from a curiosity excited
by the spelling of words, may thus leacl
to the study of the law of language, the
character of races the nature of things.
Michael Angelo at a Workman.
Through his impatience and enthusi
asm 3Iichael Angelo ruined block after
block of marble by working with too
great a vehemence near the surface. He
had a wonderful faculty as a mere work
man in marble, but his genius and im
petuosity of temperament would not brook
the opposition of so stubborn a material,
and unfitted him for those processes of
roughing out into shape the biock, which
requires patience aud precision. Too
eager to arrive at a point where his true
genius would find play, he assailed the
marble with such violence thai he often
struck off pieces which trenched into tlie
just limits of the surface; and as they
could not Le replaced, he was forced to
finish as he could not as he would. Had
hs confined himself more t- elaborating
his work in tlay, and then intrusting
the blocking ojt in marble to a mechani
cal workman, we should have had not
only a much larger number of graud
works by him, but they would have been
freer of great defect. For instance, the
back of the head of Moses has been
chisseled away until it is an impossible
head. Again, the David is sacrificed to
the exigencies of the marble. And the
head of hi famous Day was probably left
unfinished because he perceived that it
was turned beyond the limit permitted to
nature without breaking the neck. Black
icwod'j Magazine.
The delicacy of the Massachusetts peo
ple is one of their most delightful charac
teristics. Hon. Lucius W. Pond speaks
of the transactions for which he has been
sentenced to prison for fifteen years as
44 irregularities," and speaks of the sent
ence as " a requirement of the law."
Whe5 it is so heavenly to die of freez
ing sinking away in a calm, quiet sleep
why is it that men w ill skulk around at
midnight to destroy the symmetry of a
neighbor's wood-pile t
A (iem of jntenll'5 rt-fceoclty.
Wb always did pity a mari.wnb does not
love children. There i something morally
wrong with sticli a tjtan. Jf .his tenderest
sympathies are not. awakened by their in
nocent prattle, if his heart does not echo
their merry laughter, if his whole nature
does not reach out in ardent longings after
their pure thoughts and unselfish im
pulses, he is a sour, crusty, crabbed old
stick, and the world full of children has
no use for him. . In every Jige and cl'me,
the best and noblest men loved cni.drba.
Even wicked men have a tender spot left
in their hardenCd hearts for little children.
The great men of the earth love them,
Dogs love them, Kamehamekemokimo
dahroah, the King of the Cannibal Islands,
loves thetm Hart?, and n grav.yi Ah
yes, we all love children
And what a pleasure It is td talk with
theiil; Who cati chatter with 4 brigh t-eed,
rosy -cheeked, quick-witted little darling;
anywhere from three to five years, and not
appreciate the pride which swells a
mother's breast, when she sees her little
ones admired. Ah, - ce to be sure. Only
yesteidav, a lady f'.iid on a shopping ex
cursion left her Lttle tid toddler, of five
bright summers, in our exjerienced
charge, whil sh- pursued the duties
which called her down town. Such a
bright boy; so delightful it was to talk to
him. We can never forget the blissful
half hour we spent booking that prodigy
up in his centennial history.
44 Mow listen. Clary, we said his name
is Clarence Fitzherbcrt Alencon de
Marchemont Cartttliers 44 and learn about
George Washington."
" Whose he?" inquired Clarence, etc.
44 Listen," we said, 44 he was the father
of his country."
" Whose country?"
"Ours; yours and mine; the confede
rated tlnlon of the American people,
cemented with the life blood of the men
of '(?. poured out upon the altars ot our
country as the dearest libation to liberty
that her votaries can offer ?'
" Who did?" asked Clarence.
There Is a peculiar tact in talking to
children that very few people possess.
Mow most people would have grown im
patient and lost their temper when little
Clarence asked 60 many irrelevant ques
tions, but we did not. We knew, how
ever careless he might appear at first,
that we could soon interest him in the
story, and he would be all eyes and ears.
So we smiled sweetly that same sweet
smile which you may have noticed on our
photographs, just the faintest ripple of a
smile breaking across the face like a rqy
of sunlight, and checked by lines of ten
der sadness, just before the two ends of it
pass each other at the back ot the neck.
And so, smiling, we went on.
44 Well, one day George's, father "
" George who!" asked Clarence.
44 George W ashington. He was a little
boy then, just like you. One day his fa
ther "
44 Whose father?" demanded Clarence,
with an encouraging expression of interest.
44 George Washington; this great man
we were telling you of. One day George
Washington's father gave him a little
hatchet for a "
" Gave who a little hatchet?" the dear
child interrupted with a gleam of be
witching intelligence. Most men would
have got mad, or betrayed signs of im
patience, but we didn't. We know how
to talk to children. So we went on:
44 George Washington. His "
44 Who give him the little hatchet?"
" His father. And his father "
4 Whose father?"
44 George 'Washington's."
"Oh!"
44 Yes, George Washington. And his
father told him "
44 Told who?"
" Told George."
41 Oh, yes; George."
And we went on just as patient and as
pleasant as you could imagine. We took
up the story ritfht where the boy inter
rupted, for we could see that he was just
crazv to hear the end of it. We said :
44 And ho told him that "
44 George told him?" queried Clarence.
44 Mo, his father told George "
"Oti!"
44 Yes; told him that he must be care
ful w ith the hatchet "
44 Who must be careful ?"
44 George must."
"Oh!"
44 Yes ; must be careful with the hatch
et "
" What hatchet?"
44 Why, George's."
" Oh!"
44 Yes; with the hatchet, and not cut
himself with it, or drop it in the ristern,
or leave it out on the grass all night. So
George went round cutting everything he
c ould reach w ith his hatchet. And at last
he came to a splendid apple tree, his
father's favorite, and cut it down, and "
44 Who.cut it down?"
".George did."
4-eh!"
44 But his father came home and saw
it the first thing, and "
44 Saw the hatchet?"
44 Mo: saw the apple tree. And he said:
4 Who has cut down my favorite apple
tree?' "
44 Whose apple tree?"
" George's father's. And everybody
said they didn't know anything about it,
and "
" Anything about what?"
44 Tue apple tree."
"Oh!"
44 And George came up and heard
them talking about it"
44 Heard who talking about it?"
44 Heard liis father and the men."
44 W'hat was they talking about?"
44 About this apple tree."
44 What apple tree?"
44 The favorite apple tree that George
cut down."
44 George who?"
44 George Washington."
"Oh!"
" So George came up and heard them
talking aliout it, and he "
44 v hat did he cut it down for?"
"Just to try his little hatchet."
44 Whose little hatchet?"
44 Why, his own, the one his father gave
him."
"Gave who?"
44 Why, George Washington."
44 Oh!"
41 So George come up and he said,
4 Father, 1 cannot tell a lie. 1' "
44 Who couldn't tell a lie?"
44 Why, George Washington. He said,
4 Father, I cannot tell a lie.' It was '"
44 His father couldn't?"
44 Why, no, George couldn't."
44 Oh! George? Oh, yes!"
44 4 It was I cut down vour apple tree;
I did-'"
44 His father did ?"
44 No, no; it was George said this."
44 Said he cut his father?"
44 Mo, no, no; said he cut down his ap
ple tree."
44 George's apple tree?"
44 No, no, his father's."
44 Oh!"
"He said "
44 His father said ?"
44 Mo, no, no, George said : 4 Father I
cannot tell a lie. I did it with ray little
hatchet. And his father said : 4 Noble
boy, I would rather lose a thousand trees
than have you tell a lie."
44 Geortre did ?"
44 No; his father said that."
" Said he'd rather have a
pie trees ?"
44 No, no, no; said he'd
thousand apple trees than "
44 Said he'd rather George would ?"
44 No; said he'd rather he would than
have him lie."
"Ohl George would rather have his
father lie?"
We are patient and we love children.
but if Mrs. Caruthers, of Arch street,
hadn't come and got her prodigy at that
critical juncture we don't believe ali
liurlington could have puLed us out of
tha snarl. And as Clarence Fitzherbert
Alencon de Marchemont Caruthers pat
tered down the stairs we heard him telling
his ma about a boy who had a father
named George, and he told him to cut
an apple tree, and he said he'd rather tell
a thousand lies than cut down one apple
tree We do love children, but we don't
Itelieve that either nature or education
has fitted us to be a governess. Burling
ton Uauk-Eye.
About ten Eastern consumptives die
in Colorado every week.
thousand ap-
rather lose a
. A illV. IO!3 Ol licvi,
t'e and . bvneJ'oll t'shtly,
wind with sUoiig tinT
tsEFUfc AIM StGGESTITE.
-' J tl a
In buying dress goods, avoid tue uimy
imitations now so much in vogue, giving
the preference to good delaine, gingham,
or even calico.
To CLEAN 5I!k stinH. br leroon-'uice,
vinegar, oil of vitriol, and other sharp
corrosives, pass it through soap-suds to
which a little pearlash has been added.
This plan is said to be very efficacious.
Roast Bkef. Take three ribs of beef ;
cH ott th" jrri?!
skewer, and wind
Pound with a roI!ing-pm till evenly
shaped, and bake a little more than if the
bone had not been removed. Baste well;
bake quickly at first; afterward with a
milder but steady heat.
IIoMlN ChdrtfeTlEs.To ft cUpful ctf
cold, boiled hnminj add ft teaspodnful
melted butter, arid stir it well, addiiig hy
degrees a cupful bf rililk, till all is made
into a soft light paste; add a tt-iispoon
white sugar, and one well beaten eeg.
Holl into oval balls with floured hands;
dip in beaten egg, then roll cracker
crumbs, and fry in hot lard. r
Next to air, sleep is the greatest need
of man. 44 Who sleeps eats," says the
ancient proverb. Food and drink may lie
diminishtid without producing fatal re
sults, but want of sleep is followed by
insanity and death. Those who suffer
from nervousness on account of insuffi
cient sleep should lose no time in cor
recting the evil. Everything calculated
to excite the brain or disturb the nerves
for twd of thfee hoMrs before bedtime,
such as stimulating beverages, hearty
food, exciting conversation or literature,
should be rigidly avoided. It is said that
half a dozen small onions eaten just before
retiring will act as a harmless anodyne,
and induce profound and refreshing sleep.
iV. Y. Tribune.
Scoak-Pabte Cream CaIieb. One
pound of flour, quarter of a pound of
sugar, and one egg well oeaten. Add the
sugar to the egg; then work tlie flour into
them with a little cold water. Boll out
rather thin, and line small tarMins with
it, or cut with cake-cutter, and put a strip
of pastry on the outside, close to the edge;
then fill in with mock cream; sprinkle
powdered sugar over, and return to the
oven a few minutes to brown the top. To
make the mock cream, boil one pint milk ;
wet a tablespoonful of corn-starch or
maizena in a very little coidmilk; add
one well-beaten egg, one tablespoonful of
white sugar, one-fourth of a teaspoonful
of salt. "Flavor with lemon, rose water,
vanilla, or nutmeg. When the milk is
just ready to boil stir in these ingredients.
Let it boil up two minutes, stirring all the
time. Let it get quite cold liefore filling
the Duffs. Corn starch is so largely adul
terated now that one spoonful may not
make the custard quite thick enough but
one trial will determine. Vhrintian
Union.
Applying Manures.
By a series of experiments made some
j-ears ago, in England, it was shown that
barnyard manures benefited crops most
the first season, when covered about two
inches deep with soil. This result appears
reasonable, but the question is, how can
farmers place their manures in the ground
at this depth? It is not practicable iu any
case, but they can approximate to it in
some cases. When manure is plowed un
der in the ordinary way, some of it is cov
ered too deep to benefit the crop the same
season, and it is made available if the
land be plowed the second year. Some
farmers plow their land, then spread on
the manure and harrow it in, but much of
it is left upon the surface, and is partially
lost, as the ammonia that goes oft in tlie
atmosphere is the virtue of the manure
itself.
It is strange that we should find intel
ligent farmers, at this late day in agricul
tural progress, who deny that barnyard
manure can be injured by exposure to the
air and sun; yet they do exist! A few
years ago a farmer in Central New York
wrote several articles for publication, in
which he attempted to prove that when
manure lies upon the surface of the land
and dries up, its fertility is still in it,
concentrated in the small crusts that re
main! Farmers, let me caution you against the
folly of carting your manures upon your
field and spreading them for a week or
longer before you plow them under. If
this be done in the spring, with a warm
sun and high, drying winds, a large por
tion of them, or, rather, of their fertility,
will pass off in the atmosphere. Don't
lie deceived in this matter w hile your ol
factory nerves bear a pungent evidence of
the truth of what I say. Y'ou cannot
afford to work your farms on this wasting
principle. Manure is money, and if one
should sec you scattering 44 greenbacks"
over the field, on some windy day, the
evidence of your insanity would be but a
little more tangible than when j'ou spread
your manures and leave them to evaporate
in the sun and by the winds. 44 J.," in
N. Y. Observer.
Spreading and Pulverizing Manure.
Stable manure and coarse barn yard
manure is sometimas dropped in heaps,
which are not spread over half the ground
the manure was designed to cover. Such
a practice is erroneous, as a portion of the
land will receive a heavy application of
manure, while none at all will be applied
to more than halt of the ground. It is a
common practice to spread manure in
lumps, or in unbroken masses of fibrous
material, and in this condition to plow it
into the soil. It requires but a moment's
reflection to perceive that such large
lumps of manure and of large clods of
earth will constitute a seed-bed quite unfit
for the fine, delicate, thread-like fibers and
rootlets of plants. But let these crude
materials be both ground togeth 2r to a fine
powder and properly moistened, and they
will at once promote luxuriant growth.
The pile of large clods can do nothing to
ward reiaining moisture, but finely pul
verized they will become at once as a
sponge. Practical farmers have often re
marked that the application of manure has
served to increase the dryness of the soil
in times of drought, and sometimes even
to lessen the amount of the crop. This
would not be the case if thorough inter
mixture had tecn effected. Ou the con
trary, the manure would increase the
growth of the crop, both by the additional
nourishment afforded and by the increased
retention and supply of moisture. In
cases when it is necessary to applv coarse
manure at once much may be done in
lessening the evils of coarseness by
artificially grinding it into the soil.
Tlie instrument called the drag
roller, which is like a common roller
set stiff so as not to revolve, has been used
to great advantage for this purpose by
passing it over the surface in connection
with the harrow. We have known this
treatment to effect a thorough intermix
ture and to more than double the crop ob
tained by common management with
coarse manure. But when the manure
can be shaken to- atoms by the use of a
manure fork, the bunches should be forked
about and separated until they have been
reduced to a uniform fineness. The im
portance, therefore, of finely breaking all
the manure applied to the soil and inter
mixing it well by repeated harrowings
cannot be too strongly impressed on the
mind of every cultivator. Various means
may be adopted to reduce manure to a fine
condition. If coarse or composed largely
of straw it must be rotted by placing it in
large heaps to remain several months,
cutting siown the outsides with a hay
knife after tlie lapse of a few weeks and
throwing the trimmings on the top. If
there is not enough straw to retain the
volatile portions then thin layers of loam,
turf, muck or peat must be placed with
the manure thus forming an excellent
compost heap the amount of loam or
other absorbent to be regulated by the
quantify of straw which the manure may
elready" contain. When 6traw is largely
used it would obviously require much
less rotting down if the straw could be
run through a straw-cutter and chopped
short before being used as litter. Corn
stalks are especially troublesome when
mixed with manure. The straw-cutter,
therelore, becomes particularly useful in
chopping them up before they, are spread
over the yard.
We have in mind a successful gardener
who is accustomed to keep one of his
pa any hands constantly euiploj ed in mix
ing and working down fifJe a;
To save labor farmers should make their
!.!, ... - an ... A 4 !..-.. ollfl lOW
maflufe pjies in ine iorm oi jou5 im
paralieIoAi"a3, tti wMeh a yoke oxen
may be used for several days in plvWIug,
harrow ing and commingling all the parts
until the coarse manure is fine. After the
manure Is spread upon the soil, and before
plowing IS,, r-id benefit is derived by
thorough harrow ing witl th- t"D s9ij and
mixing them well together. Anothei wy
for the perfect diffusion of the manure
among the particles of earth is to spread it
in autumn so that the rains may dissolve
It- sotdble portions and carry them down
among ule p?.rti"les; 'here they will be
absorbed and retained fof ih growing
crop.
In experiments which we have wit
nessed, where the manure for a crop of
Indian corn was thu applied in autumn,
tile laud afforded a yield of about seventy
bushels per acre, when gfoUiid, tJ which
ihe same amount wag applied in spflng,
gave only fifty bushels. A thin coating
of Manure jrppiifed to wiriter whettt at the
time of sow ing; and Well han6wed In,
has increased the crop fiu'iif seven fo" ten
bushels per acre. In addition tr this, by
the stronger growth it has caused, as we.!
as by the protection it has afforded to tlie
surface, manure has not unfrequently
saved the crop from partial or total win
tr kill inc. Ar. Y. Herald.
Raising Bye fof S7iliHar Cattle.
I desike to directthe attention ot th)
farmer readers of the Mew York Herald to
rye as an article of green food for cattle in
the spring of the year. In the autumn of
1814 I concluded to test its value for eariy
pasturage or tultiug. afd accordlnely put
in about three acres. The soil as the
thinnest on my farm, and for that reason
not well adapted to wheat. The rye grew
beautifully, and early in March it would
have afforded fine grazing, but as I wished
it for cutting I did not turn the cattle on
it. Early in May it was fit for the scythe,
and at that time we commenced to cut and
feed it. During the whole of the month
of May my cattle were fed with a bounti
ful pupply of rich, succulent food,
which not onlj kept them all in tine con
dition and largely increased the yield of
my milch cows, but also enabled ifiG lo
reserve for hay a field of seven acres of
clover, which I had set apart for pasture,
and which I should have been compelled
to use for that purpose but for the green
rye from the three acres. I am perfectly
satisfied that every small farmer like my
self w ill find it greatly to his advantage to
put in two or three acres of rye to be used
in the spring as above related. Another
advantage I derived from it was the sav
ing of manure. My cattle during the
greater part of the time were kept in the
barnyard, and the large increase of my
manure heap was readily 'perceptible and
gratifying. Spring rye, if sowed in the
former part of the growing season on land
of fair fertility, will yield as large a crop
as winter rye, although the growth from
the spring rye will not mature so early as
the fall rye. Agrieola, in JV. Y. Herald.
From some observations made by M.
Bredic.bin, in the neighborhood of Mos
cow and at the Observatory of that city,
he concludes that the theory of ascending
and descending currents is sufficient to
explain the formation and development
of color facuhe and spots; that if on any
portion of the solar surface an increase of
temperature takes place, there must at
that place soon be an ascending current,
and the head of this ascending current
will form a cloud as soon as it reac hes a
proper height; that the lower portions of
the chromosphere flow- from all directions
toward the base of this column of ascend
ing air, and subsequently they ascend
al)ove the solar surfi.ee and flow off to one
side, thus continuing the circulation.
To Make Good Graham Bread, take
two quarts of nice Graham flour, one-half
cup molasses, two tcaspoonfuls of vine
gar, and one teaspoonful of soda; dissolve
the so Jain water and wet the whole with
cold A'ater just enough for a stiff batter.
Bake one hour in a moderate oven and you
will have a most delicious loaf of Graham
bread.
Sl
tbenmatlam a Symptom of OtLer Dl
ases. The alarming extent of chronic rheuma
tism in the country has led to persistent in
vestigation. It has lately been ascertained
that the disease Is the rerult of other com
plicated diseases of the liver, kidneys, pan
creas, blood, absorbents, etc In other
words, that rheumatism is a symptom. It
is also found that, by the removal of the
complicated disease, the rheumatism disap
pears, as a result which seems to substantiate
the theory. We all know, to our sorrow,
how fruiiless the ordinary treatment of this
disease has been, and we now hail with joy
the dawn of this new discovery We all
know that the symptoms of these diseases
are generally present in cases of chronic
rheumatism, but few have supposed the
disease to be an effect.
To remove these diseases the sorest remedy
can be loud in the cbikkr Extract of
Roots ob C'ukativ Stbcp; it appears to
be working many cures. We refer to the
articla sold by Druggists and A. J. White,
New York.
CoNsrjXTTOTs, Tak Noticb. Every moment
of delay makes y oar cure mora hopeless, and much
depends on the j ndlctoas choice of a remedy. The
amount of testimony in favor of Dr. Scheuck's Pul
monic Syrup, as a cure for consumption, far ex
ceeds all thnt can be brought to support the preten
sions of any other medicine. See Dr. Scheuck's
Almanac, containing the certificates of many per
sons of the highest respectability, who have been
restored to health, after being pronounced incurable
by physicians of acknowledged ability. Schenck's
Pulmonic Syrup alone has cured many, as these
evidences will show; but the cure Is often promoted
by the employment of two other remedies which
Dr. Sohenck provides for the purpose. These ad
ditional remedies are Schenck's Sea Weea Tonic
and Mandrake Pills. By the timely use of these
medicines, according to directions. Dr. Schrnck
certifies that most any case of Consumption may
be cured.
Dr. Schenck is professionally at his principal
office, corner Sixth and Arch streets, Philadelphia,
every Monday, where all letters for advice must be
addressed.
Ecoxomt. Tou will save money by using
Procter fc nmWe' OriqinaX Mottled German
Soap. It will not waste nor become soft
like ordinary yellow soap when used In warm
water, nor la it cheapened with articles inju
rious to clothes. Jirtiternber, you oltjin a full
et.' jM'und bar if you purchase their trand.
To protect their brand from Imitators
Procter & (JamMe patented it, and the patent
was sustained in'thc United States Courts.
Jixatniti the ttamp on. the bare wften you
buy. Take Vinr Soup only.
Parssixo's White Wine Vinegar Works, es
tablished in 1S4, are the largest In the world.
Tlie Bev. Smith il. Piatt is telling
the public again how prayer and faith
cured him of rheumatism, in reply to
some criticisms of the matter-of-fact liev.
J. M. Buckley. It was in a sermon in
Brooklyn on a recent Sundr. Mr. Piatt
said that he had not urged thai he was the
subject of a miracle, lie knew only that
he had been lame for twenty years, and
then, he became convinced that the prom
ise of the text would be fulfilled to him in
answer to special prayers. For this abid
ing faith he gave the credit to Jliss Mose
man, but he explained that the result was
an answer to his prayers, and not, as gen
erally believed, to hers. Uer announce
ment to htm was that his lameness was to
be cured in answer to his prayers. " I
then made up my mind, continued Mr.
Piatt, " that 1 would believe I was cured,
and would act as though I was cured,
leaving consequences to God and taking
performances for evidences. I now walk
and know that I shall continue to walk so
long as God wants me to." Mr. Piatt be
lieves that God intentfed that the church
should possess healing power through all
ages.
Philadelphia has 95,239 pupils in its
public schools.
Ml
Coinmtras discovered America,
but It has brn found thst the
only economical Shoes for chil
dren are the celebrated Silver
Tlppeil. Xevrrwearotit at the
toe. sod are worth two pairs with
out tips. All Dealers sell them.
"Keep yooi head cool and yoorPas
eear in order to carry this oot. t J WJ 5 1 f I J
.use aud suck yori m
and walk out. fcaBaasaiBBi
to set in (lie nuure
bead ont ot the
on a nairot Cm
Uuou or bnues
. tWWWI Joa. MTTsoy, irln Commission,
filalrii K"n l WMliinon-sr CUljaip.
Sollcir ,oi niimenis. liefer to J. . far ell d
to. : Ketd, Murdoch at Fischer s Ban of Illinois.
Ths system being pu nnaer me iuuuc.ii.
Ol Dr. Pierce4 Gnldeff Medical Discovery for
few weeks, the t'Jn becomes smooth.
cJAr soft anu ? ty, nd being Illuminated
SfSf ffi" U Ht jtrtcci jjMim from wi 1, n.
true beauty standi fVf aH Klol7;
The effects of all medicines i!T openu.
upon the system through the medium o !n
blood are necessarily somewhat slow, no
matter how Rood the remedy employed.
H hile one to three bottles clear the skin of
pimpiif.-bfotehes, eruptions, yellow snots,
come dones, or "Either t down may possibly
be required to cure sona'6 ths"S fhjre the
system Is rotten with scrofulous ft -r!riiefit
blood poisons. The curs of all these dM
asea. however, from the common pimple to
tttc worst scrofula Is, with the use of this
i(Vo p'ofent geftt, onlv a matter of tirnt.
Sold bt detitrt ttt fnedicine.
Evert lover of flowers' iii4 ctf a gardef!
should read adv. "All About GafdHfirrtf."
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B PSi'ty. lerins and OrTKll
fit B l.Ci. Vh UKUV CO..
CAH cko. Wri
TREES, VINES s PLANTS.
berry riant. Corre-.potul.nro soiei.ei. - "-
CataWtir, paea. It.slrm -tue snd v. unbl ' l
anyaddre-s n receipt fb) cenls. K. M. 1 orraa.
Asylum 1HU Nurseries. Kalamazoo, klliu.
to1 fro"" ,ftfrtA . fat
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f lYarnr, t hnnre tmakt 'VXviLn i
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AGENTS WANTED TOR THE
EfMTENAIIAL
HISTORY of the U.S.
Therreat Interest In the thrilling hlatorr of oor
enni.'ry tnakra this the f;ixtst-ellinr book ever pnn
l!M.ed. It contains a full account of the approach
Intt fcrsm. Crnieiiulnl hxlill'iiicni.
C At'T IO!S'. old. Incomplete and Unreliable works
arfWliirci'reiiliiled; arc that the bx.k y.u buy con
tains 1 4 '4 Ki ne Knaritviiitts and pain.
Henil for cl'Ciilarn and extra terms to Aifcnt. Ad
are TSatiokaL riiuui Co.. Chicago. 111.
A Farm of Your Own
-13
TtateflteflyrMTiins!
free HomresTEAns
amd rum
Best and Cheapest Railroad Land
Arson .'be Line of ths
Union Pacific !ailroa'l.
in
NEBRASKA.
fsBCVTin A IIOMW WOTT
Full Information sent VlLKll to sll parts of WorlflV
Address . r - HA VIS,
Land Com'r U. P. K. H.. Omaha. Neb.
PRAIRIE LANDS.
end Tour address on POSTAL CABD to Land ConVr
B. A iS. K. It., Burlington, Iowa, and receive MIKE,
Copy of Iowa A Keb. iarinsf. with Chabt or Lams.
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w-wwstf at ,n tw f I i D WT sU" TCT tf T.f T A IE
1 , t ... . 1 V" ,-nu ..as (B I'slCrAtsl
Add res
An inaepeiKieiu rmiiuy iowB-i-n . " ' -v
4H Y.uinn of Hendhig. 41 PKIX A fc. A ft.
6ne?ctne4. Cef FItEK. fPl re of potiiK.
est'l hc "hTAir' CO Clnclnna tl.Oliio.
S250
A HIOSTII. AKen(3 wanted every
where, BuHiness honorable fid timt
clanM. Prtieiilurs sent tn-e. Adores
JOiiN WOliTH dt CO.. b:. LouU, Mo.
REVOLVERS ! ! E:XH $3.00
ridm Sir tl
CatAlecu ri
Pvla NirmsL Platb.
Mlna
uei. niaatraMs
rtTa. H.dfM-tio pmiK-i.
W LJTEILN OL.N WORXa, Cswiso, i'k
OPIUM
and Morphine Itnblt absolutely snd
apeedlly cured, rainless :uo publlcl
tv. Send r tamr for particular. Dr.
.Carlton. 1K7 VS sshiuston-sUCuloujo
HAM YOU MADE SPCNTC pBND Sr. STAMP FOR
(Ma T (or th.l AU Cll I O In nrratrd Cll U V
a-t rar. Onr Af at
vrrar teat.
i W A N T E D .lKN "I 1 1 iv.
nrjOK lllsKK TWAIViw Hoci
I outsells everything. Don't worry
naln I about hard times. Sell this book
AC E Tm I O.I and ee how eay they are. Send
for circulars to American rubllshlnic Co., Chicago, 111.
SCHOLARSHIPS
In variou. WKSTERX lU'SIVESS COU.KUK3 for
sale at s discount. Address E. E. I'BATT, 79 Jackson-st.
Chicago. lit
A BIE1 or Tills Tow r . Awful funny-Comic
Monthly, 10c. at any news stand.
B
KET IU.. from Nut tire In pencil and wa
O ter-colors, and drawing aud pointing in colored
crayons: a practical Instructor. Illustrated, 50 eta. Of
any bookaeller. or JtbSK UA.NV A CO., lis Xassaa
street, New York.
ALL ABOUT GARDENING.
Tor Hometc and for Market, In BOOTS GAIN
1K JWANUAIj. Contains half an much as f 1.50
books on the subject. Sent postpaid for li cents.
J.D. It OOT, Seed Growtr.Uocktord.Ill.
Do Your Own Printing
jr?SK Outfits from SI up
Gold ing Jb Co., Manuft, Washington Sq, Boetorx
FRAXR LESLIE'S.
P O P V I, A R.
niovi iii. v.
Agents iiiakeSinO
weekly by canyaasinfr for It; 1'iH pages, a IlliiHtra
tloua, ..-0 yearly, with elegant Chromo. Send VO
cts. for copy and terms to Kbaml Leslik. New York.
POTATO GROWERS'pTt
pot'pald. 1 11.. 50c. Send for deserlptive circular. Tes
timonials and 1'anle. Trices by bu-lirl and bbl. Six
buhels dug from one ro. or at rate of UtlO bushels
per acre. Address A. C. Ashald, Garrelteville, Ohio.
lillliliiliH
W ' . fi ru- . a V s.V ' - ',J J H
E
Allen's Planet Jr. Silver Medal,
liA.iD iJitiLi4 ana w iiil hou. thus new
fiir, mnaix ttme fatr thaa tb .
haTMi K K Al.I.tN fO.. Ufrfl
119 S.-Uh St.. Pnlla., Fa. Clrealai frte.L j.
4Uvimwt WinuwiNrywni.
x
Vt.
1 ii ial"t
MyTIIfrrtd Floral Ctttt1n for 1876
19 now ready. Priee lOCenta, less than half the cost.
Vili . BowDiTca, 615 W arren St., Boston, Mass.
FI.EXC II CM 11031 OS. rj
er iH-ddlt-r ami rreriibmly fifrl some ot our be 'i
ful Vhri . &o klinl.". site 911 Inehe. tenuis.
Vrench ehromos. perle. t ill every lint and oli.r.
ve .laveiiile biihjecta. I amlwHpe. rrnit 1 iii-e,.
f. ilii.ngCr.e,. In all Ml si; lea. One la. r ag--l.l ;
sells i daily, und elmt over 10 cash. Another sold .
nln I?-" . and made n t-M of Ul.io. l ot i .;. .
do s w.11. f.t-ry home need- """-.fcvV.r'r '.? Tt
8 to 12 Tnev paV ) per cent . profit. Iv'tail at lo
Siren's, b-,,4 t -r sad-pl.-.. T.-ll "sfyle" j.-u prefer
We s. n.I prepaid in f;,l. securely pa krd. Order aain
plea and sell them at three mne l uM. bmple -r.-ea,
Lsndaeapes. ele., etc.. aent FKre foi .: Anf
two for 25c. 6 l.r '-C. 10 f"r ;.. or 1 7 thojhljul beau
ties M-nt for only t . per HW by exprt , 1 ou miss
this If y.in n;ir it by. v
i til 4 1 II I V 1-irite Hze CnW' En-
fJII Alt Jll I graving-. 1,'"' iRd--Iheseare
.1S Inches In size, on line plate-pup tnt
tailored true t.. nature. We have lteaiitllul O.rls nyr
name yon lh. Lsndepea, I'oi traits. Tu.le rlV
urei'. Comic, M.orting. limiting, r rultif, r lowers, llon
oueta Ixve ri 'tn, Memoriai. Eiimlly lieirinu-ra, M.r
riageCertim-ales, lieiigioiis, and In all Iwiunand.
fend lor one. or Ui. All i K.n.Nii.r ndr
oiiKii. mailed fire, single I'm-, 4 1orfx , V) l"r H, HO
for't. Kvkkvbodv ne-.is I" Kvery a-'enl and
Peddler can sell IhouKuiid. We il r-ud our lull
catalogue! P.r stamp. Fj-labllaliefl 1'. ksnb ow
avoid triiuds and end .' to ihe feiUlil. aria'
f liCNlfcH - IllusditiB. M. It
CHOLERA HOeSi
$500Reward
rOB AXT CASE OF ( II0LEBA IX HOGS, that
DR. ALEXANDER'S
HOG CHOLERA MEDICINE
Xtiilw to Cuio I
And X more will be paid for the proofs whrrr.
i ...... t.,1-.... i.a r-l..i.-t-A .rti-p t.U-tnir'
In-. Aiexitmlrr't Hug Lho.tia Medciit.
Tsrmerssnd owners of hogs! Why will you sllow
your hog- to die and thereby lose hundred- "f dollars,
w hen fur a amsll outlay rou can prevent this terrible
disease or ran poritiv rly cure it after Its sppeat sue.
among your hogs?
c Todd ourselves In readlnens to forfeit either or
both of tlie above amounts for any case of Hog C hol
era that our lued, cine fails to cure or prevent hem
riven according to the directions. It matter noa
what form tliediseaaeappears In: whether from worm
in the kldneva, knots in Ihe bowel-, constipallon ur
relsxatlon. or from anv of the various furu.s of tulai
terrible, slaughtering disease.
v e guaraniee a ire in e.i-i 1-.. ....
Everv owner of hogs should have a paeknre or this
medicine in his house. 1'rlee. SU per paekags- two
ae.kage for A. hent prepaid on receipt of rh;.
iheral discount lo druggists and dealers.
All communications must be addressed to
At rKANflFD. COOK CO..
Cor. Walnat and Cummer, lal Ms., ST. LOUIS, 0-
VanbusKIRK's fragpanT
5
EXPOSITION !
TEXTS-Everyliody is going to camp out!
FLAGS-i sn't go without the Star-Spangicd Banner.
Address O. K. KOSTKIt. SON CO., for Illustrated.
Price-Liar Xenls. Klaga, Rasaeri nil
guliis-4 Market Street, CHICAGO.
ifgJ i
U dl'U t1 .if. in..nci iif ..iur . Jl T. 7" sVw
mmd IMtd M 'tract Bf. rb-t-iflia-m report manr niB la
IndtcMtUa. riiiitta, at.fai)a. I'.ppiB. Ftl, l.wac
Hr. Bladder. ki-laT m.nA il -. Wmmmim rb.f-i-
i.na Mr it arT fo.U in FEMALE &1SEASES mkner.
im a God-arad la IVtu .-. ilomcopat fato and Old
PchOOlPhylC0r'arf 'Itatrri--, U r-mrYicm
for ciidrmtm44 f-meelta." "ThtP 91. Jfid IvKtrnrt af Baf
lth Taatc nn4 l -rhartiaa will prerri- " Fri- f I Mf
fcotoa. HCHAIOSOH 4 TWIHB6E, ClHCIIIIATI.i.
PORTABLE GRINDING HILLS.
ltet Kre-tM-h Rarrrtitfspln
1:. UUiirr-ruilliern, cork bes4
iitiper-riinnr-ra. Tor farm or
Jilerchnul IVork. -u-rior
ft 111 Nloiir. or nil
aixea. t.rnuinr Iutrls An
krr Itoltinx lotl, Mill
iika Crna eull(-rs sud
lesi.vis. tarin. haflin.
fellies, lianers. etc.. an Kinoa
oflill Machinery and lillra'
anpplis. riend lor ramphiet
s'ranh mill Cniup.-uir,
iow MM.'iwln.atl.
OS
AND INVIGORATES AND
HARDENS THE GUMS!
It imparts a dd'gLtfulIy refveshins
taste and feeling to the mouth, rrinov
!ng nil TAUT.t.i and SCUKF froiu
iho teeth, completely arrentin the pro
gress of decay, and whitcnin; ucli
parts as have become black by decay.
IMPURE BREATH
caused by Dad Teeth, Tobacco, Fpirits,
or Catarrh, is iicutrrJizcd by the daily
tisc of
SOZQDONT
It is as harmless as water.
Go'd by Drngists and Dealers In fancy Gooda,
One w tin will last fdx mor ha.
DARR3IIR3G !TAlH3a!ill
C O H Z IE XaT "rT 9
52 Broadway, ISTew York,
If now ready to organize a complete Agency System in this Country and Abroad
rWSewlne Machine Airents. Kntrtlne Machine Airents. CanTvsers, enterprlln. men ermrefer.t Xo tak
UTATE ACiK.CES. and others Interested, may addreM the Coinpnnr as below, and asll lttrs ia
cloalna rtadr-addrCHCd slatm.ed .nvelow. tor realr. will hire prompt slltnllun.
rs-Tlif Cohimst CONTROL not only AIA ORIOHAIi PATRSTS In existence, but ALL
TA1 fcNTS under wbicli at DiKNING M ACII1.NK can lc built.
MfThe first HTWDRED THOrSASD 11 At'IIISF.S will be bnllt as rapldTr as may be, ac
DELlVtltlrM CAN fUUB ABLY UEOI-V AS KAKLV AS J1AHCH lr.
rAs the Compsny may safely rely npon a Terr laryedemsnd from the outset, and hs nu eompetjtloa.
and the -tubes' sre still "dull," the standard Marhfne WILL UK 80 LD AT litl A felUUK AUVA.NCs:
VFOS CUT. and will b. KKTAILEU AT TEA DOLLARS.
tr 1 HI MACHIJtF. does Its work In all respects ssTHOROrOHLT snd S ATTPFACTORILY a. th.
most cotl.J ben log Machine does Its work. W. expect lo aell it by th. JIIILLIO.V.
LOCAL CANVASSING AGENTS, IN ALL CASES, PREFERRED.
First-class A genu will bare Flm-clssa Terms. Ko second-class help wanted oa any terms.
State Exactly What Yob Want to Do, and Why You Think You Can Do It,
And references, and do not forget stamped enrelope for reply. Address
x-tJEiJC-x-Car r3:x3NrL: .,
I. O. 01 3448, UEW YOHK CITY.
TF AEVIO L
ItEADT - HIIED JAIT AID KALHOWHE 30 rents fo
$1 7-. pr-r fullitn. VA11MH. l n4.:in pr isllon. TKANFFli
flCTCKKS. WAX HID PAPK.lt H.OWEI: M A'l tlClAl..-, AKTISIV ,olij,
SASH. DoOlib, BUM WINDOW-GLASS jibd FAINTS or ALL KINil-S,
CUAP. C II As. IL UALXUlEll, Bsiville, Tennessee.
HO ! FOR IOWA ! ! !
TO KAH yf Kt4 IJi ttrr Lnricis st rlii-ir pi ic-s
cannot he had in the world than from tlx- l. ir 1 H. H.
J. a tut Co. foil aud eltmate strietly nrst-clnw. pin.
wstiT ahnndant. Half taie tli-ketA from Chiru'ij out
and hack, witli pttit i ki 10 m ri'makkkm. A div
scriplive painphli't, ith insps or ort,- i,ne i.ulin
acrrM fur rale at and on It. It. t-rnis, .
Address Iowa K. It. U.vu Compa.h v, llaudnlpli tl,
Caicaeo, III., or ( tUjK llivitm, Iowa.
JOHN B. CALUOL'N, Land Outi.muiioiur.
r
1 1
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C H T Sf o4 write for A rrney far mrm took by
it 9JJL k&a U H A J CV
taCXMO. A. -
3riiifif mi tb rau ot . OOO s wk. Full frpm f tb borrt.
y.Urm of ftflx'iijF. lllnttral4 Circsl.trt, ltb CMnpUis
rrrnislKn frrr to a'l. A-Urti arrl ofii-. cf DuStlrt.
Lllman A. Co.. Ilsru-r4.t;u.t"ic. nu'iviuuii. u.
nnnv i woonr St akkt The
w ' ,v I onir orlfrinal, authentic, and com
I piet. ret ord of these men snd
AuEliTSi I their works. ftewiTtof im-tatinut
fceuu lor circulars. Auiertcaa fuU'g Clucao, IA.
A N. &.
f. 8.
AJS f. -It P.
THItrraper la rnotod wlta IXK mannfacter w
O. B. KAKK A to. 141 Mearbora bt., Chlcari
tot sals by A. B. JkAo., 19 Jacasoa bL, CUa