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Interesting to the Ladles The Tron.. scan of a Princess. Lticy Ilooner writes to the Philadelphia Telegraph: Within the Jast few days I have had the pleasure of inspcctinir the trou?scau of a Princess a reaj Princess that Is to say, one of undoubted roval Mood, the damsel in question being the Princess Marie Alexandrina of Saxc Weiraar, niece to the King of Holland. She is shortly to be married to the Prince of Iteiiss. and the firm of (.odehcrand & Co., on the Hue NcuvedesCapucincs, hns had the honor of preparing the bridal out lit of her Koyal Highness. And surely her ladyship will have something of a wardrobe when she gets it all home. She has twelve dozen each of all the smaller articles of lingerie, and fix dozen ot the larger pieces, all of the finest cambric only varying in the styles of their pull's and tucKs, their laces or embroidery. These undergarments alone cost 1 12,00). Then she has eighty dresses and twenty five, bonnets, and Providence only knows how many gloves, fans, cloaks, shawls and other pretty trifles of that nature. Ot course only a jxirtion of this immense wardrobe was shown, but that portion was remarkably well worth seeing. The laces in particular were exquisite in fineness and design. One dinner dress of palest green erepe de Chine was decorated with three hood flounces of the finest and cost liest Valenciennes, which crossed the front transversely ; the hack of the drcs was drawn in two immense pulls and the cuirass corsage, open en ci ur, was trim med with narrow hue to match the 1'ouuces. Another dress of pale lilac cripe de Chine was trimmed with equallv fine and teautUul point lHiclio.se. A garnet velvet dress was decorate 1 with narrow point d'Alcncon of the greatest 4cautj' and fineness. The wedding dress was in w hite satin. The Iront of the skirt was covered with three wide flounces of magnificent point aguillc (sometimes erro neously called point Ue Venise) the second richest of modern laces, the richest being, of course, the jw.int d'Alemon. '1 h-se llounces were put simply on, straight round the skirt, in the old-fashioned way. An immense court-train, fully three j-ards long, was attached to the waisthand of the skirt. It was bordered all round with the rows of luce, separated by a n.ir row quilling of satin. 'Ihecoisige was, lis usual, oM-n en rtrur, wi'h half long sleeves, and was trimmed with lace; its dress of pale, rose-colored silk was deco rated w ith flounces and trimming of point applique, which looked very ordinary in comparison with the splendors ot the rich er laces. There were, also, di esses trimmed with antique laces, which had descended to the briue from some one of her royal ancestors, curious, cobweb-like fahiics, but lacking the dainty beauty of artistic design which maiks the huts of the pres ent day. The costliest and most Mpi-ib article in the trousseau was displayed on a table in the cenier of the room, it was a tunic or overskirt of the royal point d'Alcncon, of incomparable fineness anil lAlltV fit fb'inrn '1'llisl wlttomliil Arwl i n gal fabric had employed ten workmen for eight years, and had cost .f 10,000. The pattern was dahlias, forget-me-nots, and ferns, grouped with marvelous giacc, and encirclotf by a dainty tracery of branching tendrils, delicate as frost-work upon the window-pane. The bride's traveling dress was of btamped black civet, trimmed with bands ol Kussiau sable, and cur mounted by a black velvet toque, also trimmed with fur, and with a single bird with dove-colored anil golden-green plum age. The cost of the whole trousseau had amounted to f 100,000. For the bride's mother, the Grand Duchess of axe Weimar, a ruby velvet dress had been pie pared, covered almost entirely with the real point de Venise, that antique lace ot cardinals and convents, tiie secret of whose manufacture is lost. What these broad flounces, deliea'e as carvings in ivory, might be worth, I did not attempt to surmise. I only know that in tire palmy days before the war, in Philadel phia, a collar and sleeves in such lace w ere sold by Levy lor f 120, and are now in my possession. A court dress made lor the Grand Duchess was shown; the train was of pale green satin, bordered with a broad band of embroidery in sil ver, the threads of which, bciug of pure metal, had resisted the action of time, for this train had been a gift to the lady from her imperial godmother, one of the late impresses ot Kus&ia. It was lined tliroughout with ermine, and must have been no small weight to carry. The dress it was to iKi worn over was ot white satin, covered with flounces in white net, em broidered with silver flowers to match those on the train, these flounces being of modern manufacture A Wonderful Uoy. James Martin "Williams, a beautiful lit tle boy residing with his parents in this city, has lately given evidence of powers of memory that astoni-h everyone. He is not yet four years old, and only learned bis letters a few mouths since. Unlike most persons who possess one faculty far in excess of others, he is jerfect in all. His eye lcspeaks intelligence, his yiind is well matured in everything for his age, and in his demeanor he is childlike and winning. Kecently a reporter of the Ad rertiser visited him at his home, and with tthers witnessed his most wonderful au-t-wers to questious given him by his father. Sitting on his lather's knee he gave prompt replies to his parent, telling the names of all the planets, thvir character istics, their distance lioiu the sun and po sitions in the heavens. In history he proved to be a very encyclopedia of knowledge. The ancient Kings, their wars, the rise and fall of the 1 toman Km jire, the career of llonaparie, the times of the death and the ages of the rulers of England; the settlement of this country, and similar facts were as familiar to him as the alphabet to an oi ler per-on He named the capital of every iSta'e in the Union and of every foreign country, and evinced a knowhdge of the script ures, the only parallel of which was Christ in the Temple. He repc ited whole chapters in the Uible, and 5poke in a child like manner, just as though rattling oil" the veriest common-place remarks cf other children of his age. The first indication of this marvelous faculty came to his parents in this way. They are religious people and each morn ing read from tlie Scriptures before prayer. Shortly after the exercises one morning several months aero his mother was as tonished to hear him repeating, word for word, the lines from the Uible which he had heard read an hour or s before. She called him to her and found t'.iat he could recite other ivortiom of the holy book. . She commenced teaching him his letters, and in an hour and a half he had learned the whole. He progressed with wonder ful rapidity and soon could spell. A phy sician was consulted, aud they were ad vised to keep the boy away from books and not allow him to study, as his health would not allow it. Since that time he has been read to by his father, and now remembers everything he has heard. BovntUU (Mo.) Advertittr. Capt. Przewalski, of the Russian General staff, who has seen more ot the Interior of Asia probably than any trav eler since Marco Polo, gives in his latest book of travels a very unfavorable account of the Chinese soldiers. Officers and privates, he says, are alike morally de graded; all, without exception, are ad dicted to the use of opium, and even in the face of the enemy they are too weak to abstain from the use of the noxious drug. As a result, the soldiers are men tally and physically worthless, and on ac count of their stealing uropensities are a terror to their own countrymen. A State Archaeological Association ti.Hrn founded in Ohio, to niomote an . interest in the investigation of" the ' mounds, earthworks and other evidences i of prehistoric races, in which the State ,' abounds, and to call attention to the gen i tral Kiihieet of archeology. Its meetinss will be held annually, ana a year y ouiie tin will be published. Achixd ayear and a half old died in Ver gennes, Vt, recently, w hich weighed at its birth eight pounds, and never weighed more than that. For the last year it weighed only six pounds. The Commander-in-Chief of the Abys e!nian army is an ex-Sergeant cf the En glish army named Kirkam, who has introduced mitrailleuses. Kemincton rifles ; and Colt' revolvers. Charlotte Cnshman't First Appearance as Jle Merrilics. The history of Miss Cushman's first ap pearance in the role ot Meg Merrilics is strikingly interesting. She first assumed the part as the result of mere accident, while she was in a sutiordinatc position at the Park Theater, New York, in the season of 18:17-8. John Braham, the cele brated English tenor, was performing an engagement at the time, and a series of light English operas had been put upon the boards. "Guy Mannering," which was originally produced as a musical drama, was one of these. The part of Henry Bertram was assumed by Mr. Bra ham, while Miss Cushman was cast for the humble part of Gypsy Marie. As the business of the play was then arranged it fell to the lot of Marie to sing the cradle song in the scene where Meg recalls her self to the recollection, of Bertram by means of the ballad with which she had soothed his sleep in childhood. One day, after rehearsal, the leading lady of the theater was suddenly seized with indis position, and change of some kind was necessary. The manager begged Miss Cushman to go on and read the part of Meg Merriles that evening. Miss Cush man obligingly consented, but with no in tention of reading the part. She took the lines to her room and studied them care fully. At night she was perfect, but still she was in doubt as to the manner in which the character should lj played. She was accustomed to play her own part, and had paid but littl 'attention to the oth ers, except so far as they might relate to her own. Just tjefore the curtain was raised the manager approached her and said he had forgotten to provide a sincer for the part of the young Gypsy. " What shall we do?" said he. She was at a loss at first, but concluded on second thought that she would contrive to introduce the song and sing it herself. Thus the man ager's mind was set at rest. While list ening at the wings, trying to catch some inspiration from the progress of the play, the allusions to Meg by Hatteraick and the Gypsy just preceding Meg's ap pearance on the scene fell upon her car. "Oh, she dotes," says one, to which the other replies. "But she rules the tribe." Taking these words as the key lo the character she sprang upon the stage in the attitude she ever after took. The ne was so novel and striking that the audience manifested a good deal of emotion, and when Braham turned and discovered her he gave an unaffected start of astonishment. This assured her somewhat and she went on with the part, giving it in all important particulars the interpretation and action which she after ward retained. She observed that Mr. Braham was puzzled, and whether tin constantly occurring surprises were re garded pleasantly or not she could not tell. When she came to the cradle son r, which she succeeded in bringing in success fully, Bertram fairly glared at her. Her nerves were sorely tried, but she poured out her whole heart in the song. As she gradually lcnt over Bertram, slowly dropping her hand on his head, she saw tears running down his cheeks. Then she knew she had made a hit, and felt en couraged to go through the piece. After the play was over and she had gone to her dressing-room, quivering with excite ment. .Mr. Braham sent for her. She rose in affright, feeling sure he meant to re prove her. She framed an excuse, that as she had not enjoyed the advantage of a re hearsal it could not be expected that she should be able to satjsfy the demands of the part, but her words of apology were not spoken. Mr. Braham met her with outstretched hands, saying, "Miss Cush man, I have come to thank you for a genuine gratification. If you had played Meg Merrilics in London as 3011 have played it here to-night your fortune would be made." Some one to whom Miss Cushman related these circumstances ven tured to remark, "And were you not im mediately promoted?" "Oh, no, certain ly not," replied MissC; " I had but done my duty in the place where 1 was put, and I continued two years longer as walk ing lady at the Park Theater, with a sal ary of twenty dollars a week, and only two-thirds of that when business was poor. Botton Journal. An Impotent Thunderbolt. The debate in Congress on Tuesday touching tfie summons ot the House Com mittee to appear lefore the Grand Jury in the Belknap matter was so partisan in character as to make it difficult to get at the real merits of the question at issue. Upon the one side the Republican mem bers were seeking to press the matter to the bottom. Upon the other side the Democrats were determined that it should not le, and the result of this antag onism was a great deal of passion, bun combe, demagogism and partisan bitter ness. In trying to get at the merits of this de bate, it is necessary to keep in view- all the time the fact that Mr. Clvmer, Demo cratic Chairman of the Investigating Com mittee, allowed the witness Marsh to ab scond to Canada, and take with him all the original papers, contracts, and docu ments which had been before the Com mittee, in the fare of the protestations of Kepubl ican mem tiers of the Committee, and that Clymer declined to detain him before any announcement was made that Marsh was to be prosecuted. In view of this and other facts, the allegation ot the Demo crats that it was the intention of the Ex ecutive to intimidate witnesses, throttle investigation and afford immunity to criminals is very lame and thin, and it suggests some important questions which seem to have been studiously avoided by the Democrats in the debate. Why was not Marsh detained? Being allowed to escape, why was he allowed to carry off the original contracts and the checks proving the payments to Belknap? Hav ing let this witness escape and carry off the oocuments with him the only wit ness who can prove the charges contained inthe articlesof impeachment now come these members of the House Com mittee, snd, hiding behind their priv ilege, refuse to testify before the Grand Jury. Whv are they opposed to going lefore the Grand Jury? If they refuse to appear liefore that body, then why do thev not go on with their impeachment? If they intend to proceed with their impeach ment, why have they let their witness go, and allowed him to take their documents and proofs with him ? Whv are thev now fetting up their "privilege?" The Grand Jury is a loly sworn to secrecy. The testimony before them is not made public. But, even admit that the whole of the testimony should leak out, Mr. Blaine asked Mr. Clymer if the Committee had withheld any of the evidence against Bel knap in its report to the House, and Mr. Clymer emphatically replied that it had not. Wrhy, then, was this Committee, after it had placed the House in possession of every item of evidence, and after that evidence had been spread abroad in the Congrtfutional Record and in every news paper in the country, afraid to go before the Grand Jury and testify? What wit nesses are to lie intimidated who have not already been intimidated ? If they have already told all their testimony, why are they afraid to repeat it before the Grand Jury? As Mr. Blaine says: "Does not the whole country see that having posses sion of the evidence on which an indict ment can be found, and having in its pos session every paper in the case (except those they allowed Marsh to take to Can ada), the House puts itself behind its tech nical privilege and throws itself across the indictment of Belknap, and that to-day it stands as an obstacle and sole obstacle to the indictment of the late Secretary of War?" Why do they not impeach him? If they are not going to impeach him, why not indict him? The animus of the Democrats is apparent enough. Having done what mischief they can in besmirching Republicans, they seem afraid to go farther. If they do, jother ex posures might follow very damaging to their crowd. They are getting alarmed. They have suddenly found themselves in deep water. Investigation is a two-edged tool. "Sitting upon the rocks and bob bing for whales," with their " tiger-tail bait," they have found Democratic levia thans in close and dangerous proximity to the bait, and in order not to hook them they must stop fining. Hence the failure to go on with the impeachment. Hence this attempt to stifle the Grand Jury in vestigation. Although his indictment could not affect his impeachment, nor his impeachment allect his indictment, the Democrats have thwarted the one by send ing away their witness and allowing him to c arry off the papers, ami now seek to stifle tlie indictment by screening them selves behind their privilege. "It is all well enough to impeach lielknap, so long as it docs not exjose some prominent Democrat to impeachment. It is all well enough to indict Belknap, if it docs not involve the indictment ot Democrats. As this consequence, however, js apparent, the Democrats are doing the next best thing by carrying this business as far as it will serve the purposes ot political clap trap and then stopping. Let no guilty man escape unless he be a Democrat. Chicago Tribune, AJarch 9. A Disgraceful Act. Why, let us see atiout this! Wa3 it so in the old days? Who has leen sprink ling the ointment of sanctity over the iKKtiea of Sammy Cox, Heister Clymer, Daniel 1 ticker and other ixmleuerate chieftains? By the soul of Napoleon as Capt. JJoliaUil would say the person ot a Democratic Congressman at this rate will soon lweome more sacred than that of his Invisible and Unmatchable Mightiness the Tycoon himself! The Grand Jury of the District of Columbia, sworn to take cognizance of crime and present offend ers against the law, proposed to investi gate the case of Gen. Belknap and find an indictment against him. In order to do this the court summoned members of the House Committee to appear and testify, and produce Such documentary evidence as they might have in their iMisscssioh. Who would have thought tins course was anything save commendable? But the Democratic mem bcrs did think so! I he idea of a Washington Judge and a Wash ington jurj-presuming to summon them like ordinary mortals to testily was "shocking, positively shocking!" At first they were absolutely dumb' with as tonishment. Then they llewtotheir seats in the House, and our beloved Heister proceeded to inform his colleagues of the base outrage to which they had lecn sub jected in being served wit", a subpeiia. He asked the House it their liberties and dignities were thus to be assailed with impunit, and the gentleman irom Muskrat Bend, Miss., and the honorable representative from Calico Knob, Ark., responded with tiery negatives. 1 hey looked upon this subpera as another at tempt by the Administration to stifle in vestigation, and it was, in their opinion, high time to rally and defy the insult hig foe! Mr. Blaine modestly suggested that if the members ot the committee had in formation upon which Mr. Belknap could be indicted, it might be well enough to kindly ignore their own greatness for a few moments, and humiliate themselves in the cause of justice sufficiently to give evidence before the Grand Jury. The evidence which that licdy wanted had all been made public, and there was no secret to te exposed in their testimony. Mr. Blaine continued very aptly: Does not the gentleman from Mississippi see, anil does not the whole country se, that having possession of evidence on which an indictment eun tie found, and having in its possession every paper in the ease, the House puts itself behind its technical privi lege and throws itself across 1 lie indict men t of lielknap, unit to-day it stands as the ob stacle, and bs tlie sole obstacle, to the infkict nicnt of the late Secretary of War. Mr. Lamar's reply was an unfortunate one, and puts him and his colleagues in a most unlortunate light, lie said: The question is simply whether this House will permit its records to be at the Leek and call of a District Court. To this Mr. Blaine responded that the question was whether the House would permit testimony and papers in flic hands of its committee to be sent to the court. The House could refuse it or could semi it. "Aud now," ?aid he, impetuously, " I dare I dave that side of the House to refuse it!" But the lold Confederates were not to be dared, and so they did refuse the evi dence demanded. They went even furth er than this. Mr. Hoar having submit ted a resolution declaring that members subpoenaed were at liberty to attend the Criminal Court and give such evidence and produce such documents as relate to the charges against Belknap, the Demo cratic House voted the resolution down and adopted one of Lamar's declaring the mandate of the court to be a breach of the privileges of the House, and directing members of the committee to disregard such mandate. Thus was a plain refusal given to tlie application of a court of law for aid in punishing crime which Demo cratic members profess themselves so anxious to expose and condemn! A member of Congress is at liberty to re fuse to give testimony which he deems it improper to reveal, and of course no court would ask him to do this ; but in the case of Belknap the evidence has been pub lished, all the world knows of it, and yet the committee are forbidden to put it in such a shape as to lead to the criminal prosecution of the ollender! The coun try will bike notice of this gross behavior and place the blame w here it belongs. Inter-Ocean. Treasnre-Trove in a Tree. About a month ago Jacob Klinek, a farmer, near Fox Clnc, was sawing down a large chestnut tiee, when the teeth of the saw came in contact with some metallic substance. Fearing the presence of something explosive, he di rected the workmen to saw on the other side. After the tiee had been felled, a gold watch, two gold pencil cases and a gold chain were found imbedded in the wood, eighteen inches from the surface. They were wrapped in a soiled sock. The tree was sawed off close to the ground, and they had evidently been hidden at the junction of two roots, and the wood had grown over and enclosed them. The wsttch was old-fashioned, having a case w hich could be detached, and was in scribed with the date 17-10. One of the pencil cases was provided with a pen. The other had only a pencil and no seal. The chain was long and intended to pass around the neck of the wearer. There was also a gold key. which, however, did not tit the watch. The tree had attained a great age, lcing about six feet in diameter. An old mansion once stood near by, and it is supposed that the articles in question were buried during the warof the Revolu tion. The watch was uninjured, except that the hands were rusted oil". The tinder has had it repaired, and will exhibit it to any who are curious to see such a relic. I 'h ilatlclj ih ia Telegram . It is perhaps nothing more than might be expected to see the World and similar merely partisan papers seizing on the fall of Belknap to make party capital out of it, and seeing in it no other signifi cance; but it is not an edifying spectacle. The venalit3' of one of the chief officers of the Government is a public and nation al calamity, and it i3 pitiful lo see any narrow-minded spectator using it to grind his private axe. The partisan papers w ill waste their breath if they try to convince the people ot this country that Gen. Bel knap w as corrupt because he was a Re publican. When he went into office he was poor and comparatively obscure; he found himself wit'a a small salary, large expenses, a dashing, extravagant wife, and unusual temptations, and he yielded, not because he had fought bravely in the war, or was from Iowa, or was a Republi can, but because he was weak and chose easy venality instead of difficult economy. The quality of his politics had no more to do with his moral integrity than had the color of his hair, and to try to make his party associates responsible for his crime is a piece of paltry demagogism. A'. Y. Graphic. M. Boillot has been studying the ac tion of ozone in retarding putrefaction. A piece of meat was put into a vessel con taining air, and a similar piece into an other vessel containing ozonized air. At the end of five days the meat in tR ordi nary air was in a high state of putrefac tion, whil that in the ozonized air re mained quite fresh. At the end of ten days the conditions remained unchanged ; but alter that period the ozone appeared to loe its powers. .' Russia printed no less than 3,141 books in 1675. i Spring- Bonnets. Spring: bonnets trimmed ready for wear have arrived, and are a creamy white mass of chip, ribbons, lace and flowers, all of the one shade that is already becoming monotonous. The chips are very fine, and the preference for yellowish white is marked, for although colored chips brown, gray or black are imported un trimmed, not one colored lxmnet is found among the large importations of trimmed lxinnets for models. The new rough-fin-ished yet glossy straw bonnets are very handsome, and are brought out in the best shapes. These are not the coarse rough-and-ready straws formerly used, but are fine satin faced rice straws of ecru tint, yet w ith raised braids that give them a stylish rough surface. The new shapes are close at the sides, project above the forehead, are short behind, and those most in favor with the best milliners have square crowns; yet there are many round crowns, and many poke-bonnets of more or less pronounced shapes; the latter are rejected by leading dealers, but young la dies have found out that they are becom ing and are easily trimmed, hence those who do their millinery at home will se lect the pokes for another season. A few bonnets have the front slightly rolled in coronet shape, but the flaring brims that now encircle the face like a halo are passe. The trimming that is most conspicuous ly used is the creamy lace of fainter lint than the ecru cashmere laces introduced last fall. Many of these laces are all silk, with frosted figures, while others arc of the finest wool, such as Angora fleece or camel's hair, and are called we know not why Archangel laces. Cream-colored Valenciennes lace is also used by fash ionable French milliners. This is the or dinary Italian woven Valenciennes, to which an unnatural creamy tint is given. Instead of Lyons tulle for strings there is now Brussels net in large round meshes of strong texture, and the inevitable cream-color. Very handsome barbes or scarfs of camel's-hair lace in Brussels thread designs are imported for trimming bonnets, or for w earing around the neck w ith street wraps. These are nearly two yards long, and cost from $10 to $20 each. Scarcely any black lace is used. All w hite flowers re-appear in wreaths for the crown, with one or two trailing sprays behind, or else in toufles for the top, and mixed liouquets for the face trimming. Syringas, wall-flowers, ox eyed daisies, white roses and buds, haw thorn, laurel and fruit blossoms are shown in abundance. With these there is usual ly some dark foliage, as of the ivy or rose, and above all else the poppies so long in favor are again used in contrast with the creamy flowers. Sometimes there are rose toufles, with six or seven diflerent shades of roses and no foliage; while near these are branches of rose vines with unblown buds show ing as many diflerent shades peeping out lrom their green calyxes. A new pink coral shade lately seen in ca mellias is shown also in roses and many other flowers. There is very little blue shown this season, though some very pretty bonnets for very young ladies are trimmed with pale blue garden pinks, amidst which are toulles of scarlet pop pies. Soft silks either twilled, repped, ar mttrc, or damask, or else ribbons two' or three inches wide, complete the elaborate garniture. These silks or ribbons are twined around the crown, sometimes in combination w ith lace, or more often are tied in the odd new bows, and clustered down the left side or across the top, w hile that part below the crown is very slightly trimmed, or perhaps has two long streamers of ribbon hanging far be low the waist. The new Ikiws are very soft full fluted loops, strapped tightly in the middle, and flaring out like a fan ; some have two loops on each side, some have but one; none have ends to the bows. Many bonnets have long strings, but these will be tied behind in the summer. Face trimmings are very lull soft puffs, or else clusters of the new hows crossing the top of the head, w hile the side of the bonnet is too close to the head to allow any trimming. Sometimes touffes of flowers form the face trimming, w hile some of tlie Paris bonnets still re tain a double frill of lace inside; and this lace is now the creamy Valenciennes. Very few feathers, birds or wings are seen the result, it is said, ot the general outcry against the slaughter of the inno cent birds. Rough straw bonnets for early sprLig have a wreath of mosses and ot grasses gone-to-secd passing around the crown, with scarlet lmppies on the top. Loops of creamy ribbon pass down the middle of the crown, and long streamers hang behind. The front is' faced with scarlet. Dark myrtle green is also much asso ciated with cream-colored lace and silk in the hats for the intermediate season. Strings are made of ecru Brussels net hemmed on one side, while the other is edged with Archangel lace. Harper Uaza r. A Somewhat Remarkable Story. An extraordinary storv comes from Silver Station, this State, w herein a young man is reported to have married his step mother, under the belief that his father was tlead. Twelve years ago the wife of lames Swingle, a wealthy tanner of the locality named, died, ami a year and a half afterward the widower, being sixty years of age, married a young woman who had lived 111 Ins family. She was twenty two. He had six children by his first w if e, and three 01 them married. Old llr. Swin gle was one of the most prominent men in the township, a devout member of the church, and a man generally respected In isi Mr. Swingle disappeared, and w as supposed to have been robbed, murdered and mysteriously buried. Eighteen months afterward a skeleton was found in a deep lorest near his house, and believing them to be his bones they were buried in the churchyard by the side of his first wife. A stone setting forth the circumstances connected with Swingle's death was placed at the head of the grave. An administra tor of the estate of the deceased was ap pointed, and his estate equally divided among the children. The homestead fell to the lot of the old farmer's w idow, and the youngest son, also named James, con tinued to live there and superintend opera tions 011 the farm. In lsiiO he married the widow of his father, and the couple were living in unruffled ease with three c hildren that had been born to them, when in the early part of last month the young farmer wjis given a letter at the village postoflicc, addressed "To anv liv ing memlier of the Swingle family." The letter was postmarked at Cleveland, Ohio Opening the letter the farmer was as tounded to find that it purported to be written by his father, long believed to be dead. It was as follows : Cleveland, Dec. 30. I am very tick and pcnnilees arnon Mrantrurs. I wan on niv wav home when taken tick, borne of you come to inc at once and I will explain all. I am at a sailors' lodging house by the lake. James Swingle. The letter was written in a cramped and trembling hand, but it resembled speci mens ol the old farmer's writing of years ago. lie was visited and found in Cleve land. He was very ill w ith fever, and be came delirious soon after the arrival of his son, and it was some days lefore he could be removed to better quarters. Three weeks passed before he was in condition to be taken home, and during that time he could be induced to say but little aliout his strange disappearance. He said that he left while under the influence of an impulse which he could not control, and alter traveling about for a few days he was ashamed to return, and resolved "to go West with about $3,000 he had with hitn and invest it in some way, and after he had increased it sufficiently to return home and surprise his family. He went to California and from there to Australia, where he made $ 115,000 in five years, and came back to California, where he lost it all. Thinking he was drawing near his death he determined to return home, and was taken sick with the fever at Cleveland. He refused to enter into any details of his ten years' absence till he recovered from his illness. He was brought home, but he died a few days after his arrival. The son and step-mothei were remarried alter the funeral. The skeleton wad that of a murdered drover. Pittsburgh (Pa.') Leader. The higher a man roosts, the more fun it gives the devil to tumble him off. USEFUL AM) SUGGESTIVE. To Clean Carpets. To take crease out of carpets, if ingrain, spread buck wheat batter on it. Y ill scrape oft when dry and grease is alsorbed. May do on Brussels. Biting the Kails. A simple remedy for biting the nails is quassia. Wet the fingers and allow them to dry; if tasted it wlii be a bitter reminder. I gave it a trial and it was effectual. Cor. JV. Y . Time, For colds, coughs, croup, or lung fever. take lard or sweet oil, two parts; coal oil, two parts; spirits camphor, one part; spirits turpentine, one part; saturate flan nel atld apply to the throat and chest warm. Old-fashioned Boiled Indian-Meal Pudding. To one quart of loiling milk stir in a pint and a halt of Indian-meal, well sifted, a teaspoonlul of salt, a cup of molasses, tie it up tight in a cloth, nv allowing room for it to swell, and boil four hours. Pop-corn Balls. To six quarts of popped corn, bo'l one pint of molasses about nltcen minutes; then put the corn into a large pan, pour the boiled molasses over it, stirring briskly until thoroughly mixed. Then, with clean hands, make into balls of the desired size. Apple Tapioca Pudding. One teacup tapioca, salt, one and a half pints of water, let them soak two hours; six apples pare and take out the cores; put them in a pudding dish, add one teacup of water and bake on the outside of the stove until the apples are tender, then fill the holes w ith sugar, 111 which grate nutmeg and lemon peel. Pour over the tapioca and bake in the oven one hour. To be eaten w ith butter and sugar sauce. TnE majority of the country people I have observed eat fruit, eat the skin of it also. The children eat it in the same manner, and seem never to have been taught that the skin of fruit le it ap ple, peach, pear, plum or grape should never be eaten, especially if tu cooked. Fruit skins are so difficult of digestion that there is probably not more than one stomach in a hundred capable of er forming the difficult task. The skin is to fruit what shells are to nuts, hides to animals, and husks to grain. To oblige or allow a child to cat his apple or pear un peeled, is unkind and wrong, lor it is no question of daintiness, but ol health. Ctr. Rural New Yorker. Two recipes are given for removing spots ot mold on fabrics one, by first rubbing them over with butter, and after ward applying potassa moistened w ith a little water, and then rubbing the spot, when all traces of it w ill disappear. The other method directs that the mark le first wet with yellow sulphide of ammo nia, by which it will be immediately blackened. After allowing it a minute or two to penetrate, the excess of sulphide is to be washed out, and the black sjiot treated with cold diluted chlorohydric acid, by which it is at once removed. Finally, wash well with water. This method is said to avoid the serious objec tion of w eakening and rotting the fiber. Chicago I iiter-Ovean. The apple tree bikes the rawness and wildness off any scene. On the top of a mountain or in remote pastures it sheds the sentiment of home. It never loses its domestic air, or lapses into a wild state. And in planting a homestead or in choos ing a building site for the new home, what a help it is to have a few old, mater nal apple trees near by; regular old grandmothers who have seen trouble, who have been sad and glad through so many winters and summers, who have blos somed until the air is sweeter about them than elsewhere, and borne fruit till the grass beneath them has become thick and soft from human contact, and w ho have nourished robbins and finches in (heir branches till they have a tender, brooding look. The ground, the turf, the atmos phere of an old orchard seem several stages nearer to man than those of the ad joining field, as if the trees had taken back from the soil more than they had taken from it; as if they had tempered the elements and attracted all the genial and beneficent influences in the landscape around. John- Burraughs; " Winter &u u-tftine." Cooking r ood for Stock. This subject is very properly attracting more attention from farmers than it ever did lie fore. They are lieginning to in quire whether it w ill pay or not, and, go ing further, they are beginning to experi ment for themselves, and it will not be long lieforc we shall have the popular ver dict, which is generally correct in matters of tli is kind, when sufficient opportunity and facility have been given for testing. Common sense teaches every one that, on the average, food is more palatable and nutritious when cooked than it is in the rav state. The difference is not so considerable w hen fodder or food is ot the best finality, though even then it is conceded to improve it materially. But in the case of poor, coarse, inferior foods, the improvement which cooking makes is beyond computation, almost. Take corn fodder, for instance: In Ohio anil other Western States it is a universal feed. As commonly handled, from one half to two-thirds of it is of no account at all, being thrown into the manure pile, wheie it is a source of annoyance rather than a benefit. Now, these cornstalks which litter the barnyard, and are trampled under foot all winter, contain almost as much nutriment as the best of hay; but it is locked up, so to speak, in tough, woody fiber, so that stock will not cat it, and if they did it would not benefit them much. When these stalks are stripped fine and steamed this woody fiber is softened, the nutriment is unlocked, and the w hole is rendered palatable to any kind of stock. The same is true of in ferior hay, made of coarse, unpalatable grasses, or w hen cut too ripe. The ad vantage in the case of roots, pumpkins and other vegetables is well known to all w ho have investigated the matter. Hogs will eat cooked potatoes, hot, with avidi ty and grow fat on them, when they will utterly refuse the raw ones. " A penny saved is a penny earned." If it will pay to rook food, it should be done. It is certainly easier to save f.Hd than to raise it. The decision of all who have thoroughly tried cooking or steaming is that it saves, on the average, one-third of the food. From this it follows that one third more stock could be kept on the same land if the practice was adopted, and there is no dciibl that the stock would be better kept than now. The principal difficulty seems to be the fear of the extra labor involved. Much of this extra lalor is imaginary, and much of this fear has been created by the reports of those w ho have tried it without proper facilities, or knowledge, or judgment, and who have abandoned it before acquiring the ex perience necessary to make it successful. One who has cooked food for stock, for several years, tells us it has paid him bet ter than any other investment he has made, and that he lelievcs it will pay any man who has half a dozen cattle and horses to feed. Let farmers test the mat ter for themselves, and then they can reach proper conclusions as to profits in their own particular cases. Ohio farmer. JIot-Beds for Farmers. The value and importance of a hot-bed for starting early vegetable and flower plants on the farm are not appreciated as thev should be. Indeed, the most of farmers would regard the idea as not only impracticable, but absurd as well. This grows out of the fact that they do not un derstand how profitable and" convenient they can be made, and also from the erro neous impression that to make and man age a hot-bed successfully requires a knowledge and skill belonging exclusive ly to the professional gardener. Every farmer who has kept his eyes open knows that a very considerable part of the living of the family during the summer comes from the kitchen garden. Any means by which its products may be placed on tlie table a month earlier than inthe ordinary mode of out-door planting, Incomes .a matter of impoitance, as contributing to both the economy and enjoyment of the familv. This may be accomplished by tlie use of a small "hot-bed. Cabbage, let tuce, tomato, beet, celery, cauliflower, pepoer, cucumber, sweet potato and other plants can be thus started, and be lare enough to be transplanted by the time the weather and soft mold admit of the seeds being planted in tlie open ground. Thos plants that do not transplant readily may be easily managed with success by taking a piece of sod atout two and orie-half or three inches square and two inches thick, then invert it and plant a few seeds in the center of it and place in the hot-bed ; when the time comes for transplanting to the open ground these pieces may Inc lined and planted, with the growing plants, in the place where they are to grow. In this way cucumbers, leans, cof-ti ahd Other such tender plants may be given an eaHy start in the hot-bed. Sliced cucumbers, roasting ears and snap beans a month in advance of all the neighlnirs would be quite acceptable on the table of almost any farmer in the country. The itlaklng of abed large enough to supply a farmer's family with plants is a much loss difficult and expensive job than is genefally supposed by those who have not tried it. A lied about nine feet by six will lie sufficient to produce plants to supply an ordinary family. The materials needed are a good supply of horse manure with leaves from the forest if they can lie ob tained, oak being best. If these cannot be had, straw may be used as a substitute. The manure should be thrown in a pile and allowed to lie till it has become thor oughly heated. The lied may be prepared in various ways. When the manure is heated as alove stated, if it is plenty it should be thoroughly forked over and mixed with the leaves or straw. When thoroughly mixed this should le laid in a neat, close-packed layer of twenty or twenty-four inches in depth, and two feel each way larger than the bed is to be. It should be evenly and clostly tramped. A box frame nine inches in front and fifteen at the back should lie made and set on the lied. A layer of good, rich garden soil about six inches in depth should be spread evenly over the top of the manure. It is well to thoroughly wet the manure lx-fore placing the dirt "on it. The bed should stand till it has attained its great est beat before planting in it. Sash made on purpose, or old window sash, may be used. Another method is to dig out a pit in the ground the size the lied is to be, and fill it up with manure anil otherwise treat it as above recommended. Still an other method is to drive down some stout stakes in a square the lcd is to lie, and nail plank on these and fill it with manure, allowing the plank to extend aliove the lied high enough to serve for a frame. . If the led should become too cold, or if the w eather should be very cold, it will be well to bank up on the outside of the frame w ith fresh manure. It will be well to select a mild, still day to make the bed, so that the heat may not be driven off from the manure. The bed should be made and seeds planted about six w eeks before time for planting in the open air. Cor. Ohio Farmer. m Plant More Fruit Trees. Old fruit trees, w hich do not yield a re munerative crop, and which cannot be rendered productive by renovating the soil where they stand, should be dug up, removed, and their places supplied with young trees. There is 110 danger of rais ing too much fruit. A great variety of fruit is an evidence of high civilization. None but enlightened nations have the necessary skill, talent and perseverance t transform the ill-tasted wild fruits into rich, delicious, cultivated varieties. Ev ery man who owns a piece of land should at least plant a few fruit trees along the lanes. It is due to his children who arc to come after him. It is a beautiful cus tom in Germany to set out one fruit tree for every child born. This is the special property of the child for w hom it is trans planted. He protects and cultivates it, and as he grows up, he looks upon his tree as a twin brother. A feelingof atlec tion and veneration is thus engendered, and a love for agriculture and pomology is fostered and promoted among the w hole population. Besides this, there is a great profit in the pnxluction of pears and ap ples. If all fence nooks were set out in fruit trees there would be an immense supply of fruit all over the State. All such nooks are usually given up to briars and bushes, whereas they might be made as productive of profit and pleasure as any other portions of the farm. A great many intelligent persons lielieve in the antiquated adage that, " he who plants" pears plants for his heirs," rather than for himself, as the assumption is that no man can expect to survive a sufficient number of years to see his trees in full bearing. If thrifty fruit trees having good roots are planted in a fertile soil, and properly protected and cultivated, they will yield generous crops of fruit in five or six seasons. 2V. Y. Herald. Boston's favorito forger, the Rev. Mr. Winslow, has no small vices. One of his last remarks lcfore embarking for foreign parts reveals the genius of his character " I was never born," he said, " for a retail business." Dr. Srlienck's Standard Kemedlen. The Ftandard remedies for all diseaees of the lnns are SrntxrK'i Pulmonic Syrup. Schenck's Sea Weed Tonic and Schenck's Mandrake PiLi.d. and, if taken before the hing are destroyed, rpeedy cure is effected. To these three medicines Dr. J. H. Schenck, of Philadelphia, owes his unrivaled success iu the treatment of pulmonary diseases. The Pulmonic Syrup ripens the morbid matter in the lungs; nature throws it off by an easy ex pectoration, for w hen the phlegm or matter is ripe a sliirht coiifrh will throw it off, the patient has rest and the luns begin to heal. To enable the Pulmonic Svrup to do this, Srhenrk's Mandrake Pills and Schenck'a Men Weed Tonic mutt be freely used to cleanse the stomach and liver. Schenck's Mandrake Pills act on the liver, removing all obstructions, relax the pall-blndder. the bile starts freely aud the liver is soon relieved. Schenck's Sea Ween Tonic is a gentle stimnlant and alterative; the alkali, of which it is composed, mixes with the food and prevents souring. It as sist the digestion by toning up the stonmch to a healthy condition, so that the food and the Pul monic Svrup will make good blood; then the lungs henl. and the patient will surely t;et well if care is taken to prevent fresh cold. All who wish to consult Dr. Schenck. either per sonally or bv letter, can do so st his principal of fice, corner of Sixth and Arch Sts., Philadelphia, everv Monday. Schenck's medicines are sold by all druggists throughout the country. If you have a discharge from the nose, offensive or otherwise, partial loss of the sense of smell, taste, or hearing, eyes watery or weak, feel dull and stupid or debilitated, pain or pressure in the head, take cold easi ly, you may rest assured that you have the Catarrh. Thousands annually, without manifesting half of the above symptoms, terminate in consumption, und end in the grave. No disease is so common, more de ceptive, or less understood by physicians. 11. V. Pierce, M. D., of Buffalo, N. Y., is the proprietor of Dr. Sage's Catarrh Kcmedy a F erf cet Specific for Catarrh, "Cold in the lead," or Catarrhal Headache. An interesting relic of pre-histuric London, In the shape of the massive lower jaw-bone of a hippopotamus, with it3 tusks and teeth, lately exhumed from a depth of forty feet, is now exhibited at the room? of the British Archaeological As sociation, in London. Foo!lhl sjvnt money p!d f'T tiilirerV not prnt t- eilby MI.VKK TIP. Two work is a'.M't't tite tone it t.i'k- a Mil irt. -h fv' cbiM tn ventilaT iIk-i.: a flu. nll.VKK '1 IP the 1. lily preveut.!;ve. AbMird to tiiliit of ut'r.? rt-oa;! w!.t !: il! rot. or prRs th..t thrtu' a: fiill out. To la-ifs He :i'.c. ot tx..ti a:il ul.oea to tr.r u;.per. Cable fc'creiv W ire 1 (he :: larihuU that i 1 LIJ. What iWdcrine llrive If Ilcr often do we hear this qm-sflort nsfcr-rl by persons suffering from diz.iness and pnirt In the head, with a dull, tup:d feeling, jiain in the side, back or shoulder, a heavy load on the stomach after enting, a faint, nil-gone sensation at the pit of the stomach that food does not satisfy, a cold, clammy feeling in the hands and feet, with hot flashes at times, A find taste In the mouth, with foul breath, attended with great depression of the nerv ous system and evil forebodings, and with a tired weakness that sleep don't relieve, urine scanty at timt-si. with a sediment after stand Ing. "One physician culls the disease liver complaint, another k'ultiry disease, another dyspepsia, and still another Impurity rtf tlm burnt!. Ihit none succeed in effecting a cure, The fact is that these symptoms indicate that ull of these diseases rc present to gether, and to remove these symptom we must take a rem -dy that will act upon nil of these organs at once. Tlie best article that vtt; kr!o rt made by the Shakers, and is called Sua KF.fi txTHACT or Hoots, ok Ci ka tivk Svrpp (not a paferit ttfrtlclne). Sold by DruggsU and A.J. White, Net Vork. SI -f n. Diit at IIoip AconM wantrJ. Oulfltan-1 H onekeper reoler. AliKNTStnike money with ourSasw article. UriwiLL Co., Cuesture.Ct. fl? o Ji)A a 1i7 sf home. Sample wm-th l i-tu Ft) f tPU flee. StinsoX ii Co.. J'ortlasiil. Me. u-t t a Ofttr per flay. tend lor tnrvntiit atiifn. 51U ? ifcZv J. H. Bufloru t Sous. Botum. Hm. wt - a- .mii1.p. rtt TV nrft w4 ) Cattle, slieep. llor-. Poultry, srx.rtiim !ir. etc., sent fra for U stamps. N. 1". Hovkr, I'ltrhwUuric Pa. A KFSTS wanted for ths Pcantlful Steel Kmrrsvinc, Voruriitt, "These are my Jewels." Low price. Oulck aaies. Extra tanns. M. Tuc ker, 6a lKsrborunt. cliicugo lOCrTPRIITS nflhii ACES Onr li.iverntnent ami insmry. iMMnir-erru llilile nu Map 1 1 ..-. i nics'iu. lt.-rV' IWIr S250 A MONTH. Airents wanted every where. 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Townships SCRAPER can take them on trial. I'm e f-1.1. w .y n ISi-ml f"r MaMtalnf lioad-Maklint I Iiiti-hini;. free. Address) Imchko DITC H E HVbcraper A IJitcher Co., Chiciitju. P O l IT I, A K JMON 1 II I. V. Apenls ninkelklOO Tersonal. Jno. J. Alien. "I have used SIMMONS LIVKR REGULATOR not only once, but often, und can confidently assert that it has done me more ood than uny medicine I ever used. I think it is the j;rcatc.t medicine for diseases of the Liver made in the world. Many of my neighbors have used it, and all testify to iu virtue." Put ting's White Wine ViDCtrar, purest ind cheapest, warranted to preserve pickles. Microscopic slides are ajiout the list tliin.es that one would expect to be frauil ulent, but a correspondent of the London Academy says that some of the Eurojiean manufacturers, who have had a pood rep utation hitherto, are cheating their cus tomers. It appears that many polariscope objects are offered for sale, purporting to be plates of minerals, which are nothing more than ingenious manipulations or colored glass and cheap minerals. Thus, ppartalite, for instance, is imitated by means of a piece of dark red glass, on which is placed a thin section of calcite. The combination is then mounted in Can ada balsam between two plates of glass. An optician at Berlin is said to have orig inated these ingenious slides. FRANK LESLIB'S weekly hy canvassing for It; liXpiif-s, M illustra tions, fti.O yearly, with elegit Chroino. f-end "O eta. lor copy una terms to r kakk l.bbi.ik. jtn iora. ALL ABOUT GARDENING. Tor Home I'se and f T Market, In ICMT,H (JH IJKV MAWt'Alj. Contains half as much as $1.50 books on the subject, 6ent postpaid for 1 rents. J.B.KtlOT, Seed Grower, Ilockford, 111. 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II contains a full si count of fhs spin oaihr leg Kfat'l I entcnnlal I'.xhltutlon. rU'TIOS.-'-OII. Incomplete and t'nr. llshlr works sre being citciihile'l) see that the lunik y.oi hny coin u:i.illl Klne Knarovinu and Wl.l usift. Send for elrciilnrs and etra terms to Agents. Ad re National. I'i sluimn.i Co.. I hb-ag . III. "AN ACTIVE AGENT." "U1 subscriptions In 1 hours have been ul-tuinn! In this en for T II K II o I 1 K 1.1 I' I. It by the A.mi. lr.t harles It. I'otii r. lor --lhc siil'- r! pi nm pru-ij he deliver it laiu-e I'reiiiiimi linx of I mii y m-i .-sm- tles l 1 St ViS.lMl.unil I he Is sl miign.ine pir-lisln-1. for one eiir. ii I' postage. $ I .OO lor.'. Nosiuh Oiler Hits ever made hi lore."- 1 1 the Muhliclonu (totlll.) '(IO ,,itlii uittiu of lib. ls.li 1 'I lie commission ulr aiinmabil lo :is.sn ii. i, or iivi r i.-0 per Ii iK, VI "., nolle or female. mi make more money getting siib-i ribcrs for 'I'll K IIOI S.I-.K KKI'l-'.lt than at an tilting isf. Send t O eeois i hull price) p.r sample ciipv ol limn. -sine and lull p.ii tieuh.ra. lo C II AS. K. W1MI A'l K A i-'O. ilimili iD. I'uhlishur, 'J Limine Street, New iurk. JDOKESTIO" CEY1NG i MACHINES. Liberal Terms cf F.x cli arpefor Second hnn.1 Maclunis Cf every Uc!- rr'iili til Bar m w st a r w w - - Tlie ItVut Patfprnft malr. S w .V U. Ir 'iitu 1. uit Act.MsW'iKTr.o.'ttt ji:v CUK. Olfet, Largest, Cheajest. Best. GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICE. The only IUiistrnled Family ami Mlemrv l'aper lu riula. baiKi r llian llir , . I ' Only SH.OO n, Yoivr. Men to sell our roods to II4A Ir.ltS. No peddling lrom house to house. Sl 11 month, slid traveling ex penses paid. MoMtiia JIabVu to., t 'iiiciuiiati, Ohio. MARK TWAIS'SNiw Boo outsell, everything. Iton't worry Ki'i'i i si i i.i it i: i KSt 4 copies, one vear, ei mi I W copies, one year, in mi j I. I. ) 3 1 J", il All extra copy Yut a geiter up r.f tub of or tyvrnlii. sample conv u id eln illais KliKK. Igi fll Wimleil. i. old l iei iiiims. AH subset iplioiit tau bet-in ith a new storv Address T1IK SA'i'l ill I'VKMMi 3 U Siiiiisoiii (.. 1'liilu. tri.vf'H THEWMCOWSiK In tb munnf-telnre of llutter and Chooso In the In I. ted Slates. The I.est C'lu-eso and Holler M 'king Alt. ptiratualsmaduby JL. 11. Itoi; A; .. Pond for Cteenlnr. Mnilisoii I.nko !., . HICAGQ EDGER fkJ"3' FOR S1.00, POSTPAID. In order that everjhfd lll-iy lie etlalilod take t tiia great .Story .nil Trimly New-puiier, e have ! leniiiued lo offer It till Jan., IS77. for iM.nu, postpaid. Ii is Hm LARCEST, HANDSOMEST, BEST, and most widely eireulnted Newspaper In tne We-.!. Send money addressed 'IHK I.KIX.KK, f'llli'A'.o, ll.l.. IHr TilmtratrHi Flornl Catntogue. for Is now ready. I'rlce 10 Ccnt, less than half the coU William ii. Bowditcu,64j Warren bt., lioston, Mass. 5(VlfiaBF'"T! 'A-'ri:itnseIl the Oriental frlr stationery and Jewelry Package, the la-gest, most complete snd ties! selling Package inthe World. Samples with complete SK I S of GOLD plated sleey buttons, shirt studs am! collar button. Hy mail ' eta. C atalogues of Clirotitos and .N'oveltiea sent free. OKI KNTAJL NoVELl i' CO- 111 Chambers St.. K. Y. ANY ONE WHO CANNOT CET at home, an he sup plied from Head ijuaners, post piibl. Send i-cf.. slam t for ?rnrNStE,i Almanac, with ( at VOLN V- alogue and Prices. I). LAMIKKTH MS Ptiilndt 1 pbla. 1IOMIKH It LOCK, CHICAGO. Pesigns snd Kstlmates furnished for ail kinds ol Work, in Wood, Stone or Metal, iu uioderu styles. FRESH AND RELIABLE. Catalogue Free. JvIU iV SAVACiU, 73 State fct., Cluciigo. J.!S . -J r f.i'i-ci'winuuiiuiiuiiiw. Vlv'3! Buy tho Best. vr 1 VVi mo t-in-l Ten cirf a;,eT. 6i r A'l- It W J.N' si. ,M.w-,ill..n- 4fe AGEXTH AVANTKn FOU TIIK CENTENNIAL R. R MAP OF THE U. S. SEW I'll TOKIAL C HAKTS, Kte., for th '.MVS. W I I K - A W A Ii K SI I ; ,' re making large profits m'iing our fresh works. Cat slogues and Terms frpe. Write to K. :. B 1. 1 1 M A V, 6 Barclay St., N ew York, or I J -J Eitu bt.,Ciiicinnati,0. Smith Organ Co., BOSTON, MASS. Tlicsc Manila rl JiiatiunienCa Sold bv r,ijsic Dealers Everywhere. AGENTS WANTEDJIN EVERY TOWN. KdLU TUROruilol'f Til K t'NITKt) HTATK-1 ON TMK JXSTAI.L.MK.T IM.AX; That Is, on a t'ystcm of Monthly 1'ii.vinents. Purchasers should ask for the Smi i ii A y s i: ii s n: OAS. catalogues anil full particulars on aniilii'.itio.;. iiST()i:i)0L,Air ' f; sell any of tlie arln li s named in-low, and il the po t siregivin alter sim h article is s-tit wnti !. we will mall It fully prepaid to any address. k i . i: v i r. that these articles usually s. II nt and " i -,,, fi.rm pleach. We do tills on I v lo gel samples ol out goods before the people. f orl We. sell et'liera solid gold chased ring. vv. eddnig King, l'cn' l and I ,;i! net l: i.g. Amethyst. OllY or Topti. Seal I :i ng, I. el or gem s. send si.e ': r tiie (.cuts Hair I Imiti IJ. I.mi s l..on tlne ( ham ml Locket 1", l.-ulie- ra ( luiiu H. Ih-ius Heavy ( lutcr l,:, in I'm (,. I'r. Kmiiiieo-d lo id P.race. lets IS. Sllpet h .Vii I '' anl cna led M eoiiic. III. I . K I. . .. T. or H. of T. I'ln . I- lue I. i I s I- n.i hi cled Miarp .let and Uilh'ier. ornlme ' il II r or l'earl Pin ami loops l'i. I.ie-aiil Set licnts Stud- or l:utton. either so.nl t.ohl. Ami t: y-i. lonm-i. Im. IH.imond. Agate. Onv X. .let Mini l'earl. 1 lliiiieled or (.old ft one . Heavy I ha-ed l.oiil and Jit I; I ai 'let IT.. Kli'gillt Slone head Ciold pencil . Kliiel.oll p. n mid holder . Sol d Silver Napkin ll'ici. i has. d .1. Soi,d Coin Kruit Knife 7, Lady of le-nts 1 me !' . ( '. ..,k. 1 U superb SH-reo. View- H. l'o "rf.il I . ti -cope or Microscope Kme steel l'i n- -1. .1 r ah. i s I'ei.eiM i J i l- ii,,. l'i -rji.li. i;. 1 d,... Ladle- ,,r ids I '. m; ll.indkelclllels in. h" Paper ollais . pan line Kid I. loves.! -and r..i"i oilier article., alt wor'h n.'iolo :i."si. sold at otdy nw 'inli'ir em Ii . onrs ih- is .;. .( hy tli" press and met chants of I'.o-lon. : 'io o pair, in in 1 ' We waul agents. I his is no "' 'M l or or h-r sin." swindle, i.oo.ls s. nt ('. . I o-i cm examine before piling. I'rd- r -. At 'ea-t setnt ror our pata-rs, fui! list- w-h letter, lrom vi p i"o s. SKM- .-tow. ii;Mls.rN ii- en.. N. Ji. lM'l.iAi: . ALK, : ItrotllticU! St.. Iloslotl, Ma.-.. MM V4NBUSKIKK'S FRAGRANT ODOKfT I rrrr. B Go 3 53 "e i -.i t-: In. ' - ANCE cultivator; srs r I ; sss rr-i gang 1JEKRE CO.MIA V. .Molinc. 111. .' rr w w w AND I.NVIfJOfiATKS AMI HARDENS THE GUMS! It imparts a l.-!i'.'!itfnl.'y r ! '.v !ii;i;r ;.i.-l ami iVrlint't tin- inoutli , r' lmiv :n;' TAKTA.i sans .NCL'I.F lY-nn .iic trHli, comii't t ly aiK oiin.' ;ln-r .r,-ls ,,f lr( ay, ami v liili nin r MP It ji.irl i a.s liavir Ix t innr H;' k 1 jr 'iuray. IMPURE BREATH . fiu-cil liy Hail Tc-f tli, To, net Sj.iril'-, i r C'atarrli, is ii.-titn.lizcl l,y tl i; daily use of S0Z0D0PJT It is as harmless as water. Coltl t7 Druggists and Dealers ia Fancy Gcsxla dr.e ry-tt!o -.vi1.! last Fix ruontlis- !R!38 TO WHOM PENSIONS ARE PAID. r I r- t- Disabled In the service of the rnlteii F's'e. .e'rheT EVERY SOLDIER by accident or other, is-., pets . fusion. Ibe-loij of a fingTr o? the loss ol the use of a finger, the loss of so eye, ths loss of a toe, or a.ir gun atiol oTl DTI ."'Oer T""p"rr?; If but slight. Ill a pension, or rupture! yelr. or RUPTUnti diseases or the inngs. If you ars entitled to a peusion. don I Celsy it l-t me file your case while there is yet time. , . ,in. n x sl V Full Bounty paid to sll soldiers d'srharred on aeronnt of wonnfls. BOUNTY- rapture, or iny iniurv. the same as If he sery.nl his Mil t'n- bend t" stamps "s circnlsr of Pension Sid luuty seta. A iJOOh. of the 1'eusiou. Atouoty aaJ Lantl Warrant sets sent for -ft.t . .,, ,11. ld.. ' rwtr.i.a"s.,......-..-r:---. H.M'er Authorlzea u. b. ciaua jiscuv-7 fy-Mark on sll letters P. O. Box 54. nO OK I MOODY St HAXKET. The I only original, authentic, and torn I plete record of these men and ACClf Tbilthsir works. Bficsirtof irmlauort etna lor circuisrs. Aiuerlcaa Cov, Chicago, IiL N. S. 1. V ! .- 1.. P. T'HIS na'-er Is Printed wi'h INK msnvif tcrured by G B fcAXE CO.. 141 Dearborn t' .ChHago. Tor sale by A- K. Kzlloou. IUJocivd I Chits.k