GRANDFATHER'S DARN.
O don't you remember onr grandfather's baru,
Where our cousins and we met to piny
How we climbed on the bcatui and the scaf
fuld so high,
Or tumbled at will on the hay ;
How we eat in a row on the bundles of straw,
And riddles and witch stories told,
While the sunshine came In through the cracks
at the south,
And turned all the dust Into gold ?
JIow wo played hide and seek in ciu h cranny
and nook,
Wherever a child could be stowed ;
Then we made us a coach of a hogshead of
rye,
And on it to " Boston " we rode V
And then we kept store, and sold barley and
oats,
And corn by the bushel or bin i
And straw, for our sisters to braid into hats,
And flax, for our mothers to spin.
Then we played we were biddies, and cackled
and crowed,
T1U grandmother in haste came to see
If the weasels were killing the old speckled
hen,
Or whatever the matter might fce.
How she patted our heads when she saw her
mlstako,
And called us her sweet " chlckcn-dcars I"
While a tear dimmed her eye as the picture
recalled
The scenes of her own vanished years.
How we tittered and BWimg, and played meet
ing, and school,
And Indian, and soldier, and bear !
While up on the rafters the swallows kept
house,
Or sailed through the. soft summer air.
How we longed to peep into their curious
nests 1
Hut they were too far overhead ;
So we wished we were giants, or wimred like
the birds,
And then we'd do wonders, we said.
Aud don't you remember the racket we made
When selling at auction the bay ;
Add how we wound up with a keel-over leap
From the scaffold down into the bay f
When wo went In to supper our grandfather
said,
If he had not once been a boy,
He should thought that the Heselans were
sacking the town,
Or an earthquake had come to destroy.
How the years have gone on since iu grand
father's barn
To play with our cousins we met !
Our eyes have grown dim and our locks have
turned gray,
The golden, the brown, and the jet.
Yet stilt In my heart there's an ever green
nook,
Where childhood's sweet memories stay ;
And no music to me has a charm that can
thrill,
Like the voices of children at piny.
Youths' Companion.
THE HON NOT THE KIN(J OF BEASTS.
Who that has sailed upon that vast
aqueous solution of various salts known
as the briny deep does not remember the
indeterminate intervals, now and then,
when the novelties of the ship had be
come exhausted, and the weary heart,
half crushed between the oppressive
mysteries of sea beneath and sky above,
yearned eagerly for something or other,
to relieve its extreme ennui? There
was tho restless ship tossing up and
about under the fixed glance of the grey
sky, like a Japanese top or ball before His
Sublimity the Mikado, and this restless
ness became contagious.
At such times we found relief in visit
ing the ship's carpenter. He had a small
shop abaft the galley, which was to him
a kind of hermitage, and there he would
repair the breaks and strains caused by
the tugging winds or pounding waves.
These were not few ; for this was in the
days of white-winged packets, when
landsmen were not forced, as now, to
snuff up the combined stenches of bilge
water and engine-grease, but endured
bilge-water only, or mingled it with the
aroma of tar, and when captains would
let loose the white pinions until staunch
ships groaned and shuddered in re
monstrance. Our noble captain thought
" there was no use in sailing a vessel if
you couldn't carry sail ;" and sometimes
torn mainsail or snapped cathead show
ed that they were
"Not flints, and Hints are rents.'"
So there was plenty of mending to be
done, and the post of " Chips " was no
sinecure.
He was from an Eastern a Down
eastern clime. The " pent-up Utica "
of his early days was not, however ade
quate to his ambition ; and, like many
country boys, he had cast bucolic as
sociations behind him, and bent his
journeyings toward the clamorous town.
At one time gaining subsistence by doing
odd bits of work which came in his way, at
an another plying his vocation behind the
scenes of a theatre, he had at hist assum
ed the grave responsibilities of carpen
ter on the ship Meribel. He was about
forty years of age, with a professional
stoop, a keen black eye, and possessed of
that knowledge of human nature which
is acquired by a rough and tumble
in the world. Moreover, he was a man
of strong common sense, and had a full
consciousness of the important position
whish he occupied. As passengers, we
were always welcome visitors, and one
afternoon found our little party within
his hospitable walls.
Alas! just here the thought comes
that that little party can never meet
again on ship or shore, for the flying
years have not gone by without bearing
with them at least one of the number,
and he so good and gifted.
We sat that afternoon, some on the
workbench, some on boxes, and indulged
in that pleasant mood, calm, kindly and
confidential, which follows the midday
meal. He, as our host, made every ef
fort to amuse his guests. At first, he
took down a sad violin from a wooden
peg, and rehearsed sonorous reels,
such as moderate spirits seem to play
with bound hands in locked Davenport
cabinets, and with which he had long
ago galvanized bis domestic corn-husk-ings.
"Tell us a story, Chips !"
This was from Sandis, who knew al
ready the carpenter's penchant for story
telling, and had grown tired of the dis
cordant notes which proceeded down the
" engine of vile noise," and wished for
relief.
The carpenter crossed his legs which
had been at Blight variance before,
leaned back against his table, wiped the
perspiration from his rugged brow, put
his violin tenderly under his arm, said
that he didn't know any stories, and
commenced :
"You know they call the lion the
king of beast."
We assented, inquiringly ; the sug
gestion of a doubt was somewhat start
ling, for what child does not have the
fact indelibly impressed upon its tender
mind does not spell out in his first
book of natural history the sentence ap
pended to t wood cut of Afric's monarch :
- T-h-i-s i-s t-h-ek-i-n-g o-f b-e-a-g-t-s."
80 we waited, with ears' erect.
Well, I used to think so ; but you'll
tee I was mistaken, and bo are you I"
Go on, Chips !"
" When I was largish boy, and used
to work on a farm and do the chores,
there como a nienaggery to Bothel.
Bethel was about five miles from Pal-
miry, whore I lived, and one day I wont
over tuere to get tne mare shod. 1
heard a great talk about lions, and ifi
bras, and painters (not artists), and the
barns and tarverns were all covered with
big sign-bills, on which waire pictures
01 tnese various animals, as large as life,
and every bit as natteral.
" While I was there the agent of the
circus driv np, and I can tell you he was
as much of a curosity as his show, and
about as important a man as ever
you see. I stood reading the show-bills,
and my head was half bustin' with all
the descriptions of cammelleppnrds, and
tigers, and so on, which were told there.
You see, I had never seen anything on
nigh so big a scale before, and it made
a great impression on me. All of a Bud
ding an idee struck me, and I got
a-talkin' with the agent, although he
railly did seem to me to be a'moBt too
great a man for me to hinder or inter
rupt in his business. I thought he was
wonderful oondescendin to speak to
me at all. I says to him :
" ' You say on your show-bills that the
lion is the king of beasts 'r'
" ' Of course tee do.' says he : 1 every
body admits that.'
" ' Well, says I, I make you a bet of
fifty dollars that I can bring a critter
that'll lick your lion.'
" ' N onesense I says be.
" ' Well,' says I, ' all you have to do. If
you don't believe it, is to take my bet,
otherwise you back out.'
"This rather cornered him: for, of
course, you see, he couldn't help betting
with me, without risking the success of
his show ; so he pulled out a big wallet
stuffed full of money, took out a fifty
dollar note, and handed it to the land
lord, whom he chose for stakeholder.
" Fifty dollars warn t much to him.
but it seemed a heap of money to me ;
and I told him he must wait a little, till
I could scare up my part of the stakes.
I went away, and I don't think he ex
pected to see me again, although I told
him I would be back in about half an
hour. I had a little money in the bank,
for I was naturally of a savin' turn ;
but it warn't more than half enough, so
1 went to a gentleman in the place, tor
whom I had worked occasionally, and
who had allers been friendly with me,
and asked him to lend me the balance,
and I agreed to work it out or pay him
witum tne year. 1 gave nim my note,
the first I ever writ, and when I signed
it I actilly felt as if I had committed a
state-prison offence. Then I drew (this
word Chips pronounced dree-ew, al
though he had to a great extent laid
aside his Oriental idiom) out my money
from the bank, and this, with what I
borrowed from the gentleman, made out
the fifty dollars. 1 went back to the
tarvern, and handed over my money
without saying much, for I felt a little
solemn ; and then, having got the mare
shod, I rode over home.
" That night I dreamt ot all kinds of
things you ever did see agents with
lions' heads, who roared at me ; monkeys
who rode on my back and grinned in
my face, and then arrested me for steal
in' fifty dollars. It railly did seem as if
half a dozen menaggeries had broke
loose in my room. When mornin' came
I realized what I had done, and was al
most shaky in my resolution ; but there
it was, I thought my idee was a good
one, and so 1 concluded to go ahead.
" Meantime the story got round that
Bildad Bunker was goin' to have some
kind of lion-fight, and a lion-fight in
Bethel was not by any means a common
occurrence. I found myself as notorious
as a fighter train in', and was the town
talk. Some people laughed at me, some
thought that at all events I knew what
I was about, and some took sides with
me or with the agent, according to cir
cumstances. " In a few days the menaggery arrove
in a grand procession, with brass bands,
and calico heroes, and cages on wagons,
and the big tents were pitched, and
everything prepared for the show. At
last the day for the exhibition came. Of
course, everybody knew by this time
about the fight, for in a place like Bethel
such a thing as a secret was never heerd
on, and a public affair like this brought
folks from far and near all through the
country. There was a'most an enormous
crowd, I can tell you.
" Inside the tent they had an enclo
sure built for the fight ; and there were
seats for the umpires, and everything
was in first-rate style. I went to the
back of my house where my critters
were kept, and, putting one in each
pocket of a pair of saddle-bags, I slung
them over the mare's back, and started.
" I am usually strictly punctooal, but
this day I was jest a little belated, and
when I got to the tent I found that the
boys was a-talkin' and wonderin' why I
didn't come, or whether I would come
at all. I hitched the mare, took the
saddle-bags under my arm, and started
for the tent-door. Strange to say, the
doorkeeper didn't happen to know me,
and stopped me as I was going in.
" ' Ticket, sir,' Bays he.
" Says I : ' I am the man (for I thought
I was a man) who has got a critter to
fight the lion.'
" ' Oh ! pass in, sir,' says he ; ' pass in.'
And here Chips bent his body and
waved his hand, to show the marked
consideration with which he was ushered
into the tent. '
" In I went, and found the place just
fiacked full of people ; and you may be
ieve that their faces were all blurred
together, so that I couldn't see one on
'em, for I railly folt onpleasantly con
spicuous. " There was a kind of a hummin' all
round the tent, and my head was a
hummin, too ; but I was in for it, and
you never did hear such shoutin and
cheerin and laughin' as when 1 undid
one pocket of the saddlebags, and put a
big snappin' turtle on the ground. The
agent was standin' there, and his face
grew rather long when he see this, for
you know what savage critters them tur
tles are, and not easy killed. He ob
jected to the match, and said it was un
dignified, and that he wasn't going to
be imposed upon ; so the question was
left to the umpires.
" They deoided that the match must
go on, so he was obliged to yield his
pint, and everybody was glad of it.
" So the turtle was put in the enclos
ure. He stayed very quiet, with his
nose just outside the shell, and his eyes
every now and then giving a quiet wink.
The door of the lion's cage which sepa
rated him from the enclosure was then
opened, and in come the lion, a-roar in'
and a pawrin', and when he see my
champion he walked forred and put
down his nose to him, as if to make his
acquaintance.
" No sooner had . he did so, however,
than he drew back with the horridest
roar that ever was heerd, for you tee the
turtle just deliberately closed his beak
into the Boft part of the lion's snout, and
thore he hung like a Now Zealaudor's
noso-ring.
" It was fearful to see tho lion shake
and roar; but there the critter hung,
and when he did drop off, the lion's nose
was a pieoe shorter. No sooner, how
ever, did his royal highness get rid of
his antagonist, than he backed into his
cage, and nothin' would induce him to
come out again.
" Bo, you soe, I won my bet. I was
more famous then irian T Avnr ViiLva Viori
sence ; but the curiousest thing is, that
ever anerwara iney cnanged tne natteral
histories in our parts, and taught the
ehildran fbaf. i.ha mnjinin'rnfrJa .nil nnl
Tt ' ' ULll. UUU
the lion, is the king of beasts."
"But a snapping-tnrtle isn't a beast,
Chips!"
" Well, it's a critter."
Kod's Truth In a Court.
Among the alleged culprits of various
degrees on trial recently at Lincoln,
Mich., was Albert II. Gardiner, an old
man of seventy-two years, who stood
accused of having attempted the mur
der of a strong, sturdy young fellow,
young and strong enough to have killed
him at a blow. The complainant was very
straight-forward and pertinacious in his
story, however, and plainly wished to be
signally revenged by the law. On the
day of the assault he said he was walk
ing carelessly on the road near his own
house, when the prisoner, axe in hand,
suddenly sallied out upOn him, from be
hind a tree, and, exclaiming, "Now I
have got you where I want you, and
will murder you !" attacked him like a
maniac He made what defence he
could, and was finally able to escape
from his furious assailant, but not till
after the latter had felled him with the
axe and repeatedly "jumped upon him."
The judge, jury, and spectators, looking
at the two, and comparing the vigorous
frame of the young man with the
emaciated, stooping figure of tho old,
could scarcely believe such a tale ; but
there was the complainant with his head
still bandaged, and a respectable phy
sician testified that he had scientifically
dressed said head for a scalp wound
which had wnquestionally been inflicted
by an axe, of which the accused did not
deny ownership. In the ensuing cross
examination, to be sure, of these and
other witnesses, it was elicited that the
cut or blow, as revealed by the wound,
must have come from behind, rather
than from above ; and that after re
ceiving the injury the young fellow had
gone on foot eleven miles to obtain a
warrant for his assailant's arrest before
seeking help from a doctor ; but still the
fact of the assault seemed established,
and there was much eagerness in the
court to hear what defence Gardiner
could oiler. Testimony for the prosecu
tion being all in, the old man came for
ward, leaning on his staff, big white
locks, bowed form, and trembling limbs
offering stronger contrast than ever to
the marked physical vigor of the young
Hercules accusing him. " I am not
guilty, your honor and gentlemen of the
jury, ne said, in a low, out firm and
clear voice. " 1 have attempted no mur
der. How could I, old and infirm as I
am ? I went into the war and fought
for our country. When the war was
over I found myself alone in the world,
without home or tamily. With what
pay I had saved I went into the woods,
built a cabin with my own hands, and
with my own hands labored to clear oil
and secure a homestead for my last lone
ly days. This young man and his father
happened to take land on both Bides of
my little piece, and after failing to buy
me off said that I should be driven away.
On the morning of this alleged assault,
while I was at work chopping away a
stump, the young man came up, and
falsely claiming my axe ns his own,
tried to take it by force. I am an old
man, gentlemen a very old man, but
I've been a soldier and will fight for my
just rights. In the struggle we fell to
the ground, and the young man tell upon
the axe, or against the stump of the tree, I
don't know which ; that was the way he
got ms hurt, tor 1 never struck him. Here
the old man lifted his eyes and right
hand, adding solemnly : " And this is
God's truth." Then pulling up a leg of
his pantaloons he laid bare the scar of
an ugly gunshot wound, where the ten
don Achilles of his limb had been severed
by a Minio ball, which had gone crash
ing the bones. " That wound," said he,
" I received at Gettysburg. Just at the
close of the war my right shoulder was
shattered by a shell, and it left a mark
as big as this young man's head. I've
been a soldier, gentlemen, and will fight
for my just rights ; but I never struck
this young man, who only tells this story
to drive me away from all the home I've
got in this world. And, I solemnly swear
this ia God's truth." All the lawyers in
the world could not have devised such a
defence as were those words of palpable
honesty and those scars of an old hero.
They carried conviction to every heart
on the jury, and the abused veteran was
at once declared not guilty amid such
cheers as we have not heard since he and
his comrades greeted the coming of the
victory at Gettysburg.
A Kk'U Grammatical Decision.
The New York IVihune decides that
the plural of " titmouse" is " titmouses,"
and not " titmice." " On the same prin
ciple," says another paper, " the plural
ot a tailor s goose is ' gooses, as in
deed we hold that it is.
This reminds us of an aneodote in re
gard to a country merchant who wanted
two of these tailor's irons several years
ago, and ordered them from Messrs.
Dunn & Spencer, hardware merchants.
then doing business in this city. He
first wrote this order : " Please send me
two tailor's gooses." Thinking that this
was bad grammar, he destroyed it and
wrote this one: "PleaBe send me two
tailor's geese."
Upon reflection he destroyed this one
also for fear he would receive live geese.
He thought over the matter until he
was very much worried, and at last, in
a moment of desperation, he seized his
pen and wrote the following, which was
duly mailed : " Messrs. Dunn & Spen
cer : Please send me one tailor's goose,
and, d n it, ' send me another.' " This
was the only way he knew of to order
two ot them ; but ot course he had not
read the above wise decision then. Pe
tersburg ( Va.) Courier.
We once knew a merchant who want
ed a dozen of the same article, and got
over the difficulty by ordering " one
tailor's goose," and immediately under
it " eleven ditto." Atlanta Constitution.
Various mysterious " demonstrations "
at a house in Norwich, Conn., a little
while ago, greatly affected one of its in
mates, a lady, who told her friends that
she felt it " must be call for her." So
deep was the impression on her mind
that even when the noises ceased she be
came ill, and ft few day ago she died.
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
SEimo otJT Fruit Trees. A friend
of mine, experienced in the culture of
fruit and flowers, furnished me with the
following hints in reference to setting
out fruit trees. The Bnccessfulness of
his plan is demonstrated by the fact
that the trees he set out in the fall bore
fruit the following summer. On the 1st
of September, 1867, having some trees he
wished to transplant, he dug holes two
and a half feet in diameter, and two feet
in depth, carefully laying the top soil on
one side, and the clayey soil on the other.
Some virgin Boil or wood's earth was
then hauled in, and all things being in
readiness, during the last of September,
the holes having been half fiUed with
the wood's earth, he had his trees (peach,
apples, and plums) taken up, being very
particular to prevent any injury to the
small roots j the larger roots were cut off
with a spade, and afterward trimmed
smoothly with a knife. The trees were
top-dressed pretty closely. They were
then set in the holes to tho depth at
which they originally grew, and the top
soil placed in among the roots, the bal
ance of the wood's earth being drawn in
until the holes were filled. The time of
transplanting was about 10 days before
frost, the leaves not having fallen from
the trees. Four of them had been bear
ing trees, and when summer came they
yielded their fruit. The second summer
they did not look quite as thriving as
before, but they have since been re
moved, and are now doing very well.
The following February he had occasion
to remove one of the peach trees, and
found that the larger roots he had pre
viously trimmed were full of small ten
der roots at the end, an abundance of
fibers having grown out also on the
other parts. This tree also bore fruit
the following summer. During the sea
son they had made a top growth of
nearly four feet. G. H., in Horticulturist.
Potatoes and Beans. Of all edible
roots the potato stands at the head. It
is especially useful to eat with lean meat
to which it stands in the relation of
fat or carbon. Meat and potatoes to
gether constitute about the same ali
ment as bread, on which alone, it is well
known, man can live longer than on any
other food.
Potatoes, when used with oat meal,
peas and beans, supply all the muscle
making elements required for the labor
ing man the three latter answering in
stead ot meat.
All old California miners will recol
lect the exceeding great relish with
which beats were eaten in 1849 and '50,
before beet was plenty in the mines.
They formed, with most, the chief Btaple
of food. The miners of those days could
scarcely have stood up under the hard
work and exposuro to which they were
necessitated, if it had not been for their
bean diet. It was thence they derived
the nitrogen or muscle-making food or
dinarily obtained from a meat diet.
1 he potato is almost entirely devoid ot
muscle or brain food all that it does
contain is found in the " eyes" or germs,
and they, especially in old tubers, are
generally cut out by the fastidious cook.
hcientijie rress.
How to Make Farm Life Attract
ive. First By less hard work. Farm
ers often undertake more than they can
do well, and consequently work -too
early and too late.
Second By more system. The farm
ers should have a time to begin and
stop labor. They should put more mind
and machinery into their work. They
should theorize as well as practice, and
let both go together. Farming is
healthy, moral, aud respectable, and in
the long run may be made profitable,
The farmers should keep good stock, and
out of debt.
. Third By taking care of health.
Farmers have a healthy variety of exer
cise, but too often neglect cleanliness,
eat irregularly and hurriedly, sleep in
ill-ventilated apartments, and expose
themselves needlessly to cold.
Fourth By adorning the homo.
Books, papers, pictures, music, and read
ing should all be brought to bear upon
the in-door family entertainments ; and
neatness and comfort, order, shrubbery,
bowers and fruits, should harmonize all
without. There would be fewer deser
tions of old homesteads if pains were
taken to make them agreeable. Ease,
order, health, and beauty are compati
ble with farm life, and were ordained to
go with it.
Burns and Scalds. Dr. Ferguson
gives the following recipe, which ho has
tested in the severest cases of burning
and scalding from railroad and steam
boat accidents with invariable success:
Glycerine, five ounces ; white of egg,
four ounces ; tincture of arnica, three
ounces. Mix the glycerine and white of
egg thoroughly in a mortar, and gradu
ally add the arnica. Apply freely on
rags, night and morning, washing pre
viously with warm castile soap suds.
The celebrated English surgeon, Mr.
Skey, recommends the application of a
solution of nitrate of silver in a propor
tionate strength, varying from five to
twelve or more grains to the ounce, ac
cording to the extent or severity of the
burn aud the age of the patient. The
whole surface of the burn should be
brushed over with the solution, cotton
wool applied, and a moderate opiate ad
ministered in a glass of brandy and
water, proportioned to the age and
habits of the patients, with the object
of counteracting the sense of chilliness
that will otherwise necessarily follow in
all these oases.
TnE Best Site for an Orchard.
Dodart first observed that trees pushed
their branches in a direction parallel to
the surface of the earth. If a tree
stands on a steep hillside, it pushes both
toward the hill and the declivity ; but
on both sides it still preserves its branch
es parallel to the surface. The most
fruitful orchards and most fertile trees
are those planted on a declivity, and the
steeper it is, though not quite a preci
pice, the more prolific they prove. It is
well known that the spreading of trees
always renders them fruitful. On a
plane they incline to shoot upward, and
therefore art is employed by skilful gar
deners, and applied iu various ways, to
check their perpendicular and promote
their lateral growth. But this point is
obtained on a declivity by Nature.
Bermuda Grass. Our California
friends are trying to introduce this spe
cies of grass, and think it will prove a
great acquisition. If nothing else will
grow mere all right, but we would ad
vise them to try something else first
It is related that some years ago an old
lady from Maryland, on a visit to Ohio,
thought the blue thistle was ft beautiful
flower, and carried back some seed which
she sowed with great care, and succeeded
in stocking all that part of the State
with the horrible pest. Southern Planter
ami rarmer.
Relic of General Washington.
In a store window on Chestnut street,
near Ninth, is a very interesting rolio of
General Geonre Washington, which at
tracted ft great deal of attention, ftnd
must be viewed with reverence by every
American citizen. It consists of a oopy
of tho Holy Bible in three volumes, folio,
large paper, in an excellent Btate of
preservation, and bound in calf. The
volumes were presented to the Father of
his Country by Bishop Wilson, the anno
tator of them and author of Sacra Iri
vata. The present was greatly prized
by Washington, and was used by the
members of his family for many years.
On the title page of each volume is
Washington's autograph. In his will,
Washington bequeathed these volumes
to Lord Fairfax, with whom he was on
very intimate terms, and for whom he
had a great deal of respect. That por
tion of the will making the bequest to
Lord Fairfax reads as follows : " To the
Reverend, now Brian, Lord Fairfax, I
give a Bible in large folio volumes, with
notes, presented to roe by the Right
Reverend Thomas Wilson, Bishop of
Sodor and Man." Lord Fairfax pre
sented the Bible to John Carlyle Hubert,
and it contains the record of the Hubert
family from the year ISO"). This is the
only Bible mentioned in Washington's
will. rhiladelphia Age.
Virginia housewives make the best of
pickles, and are forming companies to
send them to Northern cities.
LITERARY NOTICES.
A New Health Journal. Health
and Home is tho title of a new Health Maga
zine, of 44 pages royal octavo, just issued in
very neat form by W. R, I)E l'l-i & IinoTiiF.it,
805 Broadway, New York. In their prospectus
the publishers promise a high-toned, practical
health journal, edited not in the interest of
any medical party or clique, but one which
shall " glean from all fields, hold under con
tribution all schools of medicine, and seek aid
from all intelligent accessible teachers." The
first number now before us has a varied and
inviting table, of contents, which needs only
to be seen in order to awaken attention. It
furnishes not only a number of elaborately
prepared papers, but also a great variety of
miscellaneous "facts, bints, remedies," etc.,
for the family circle. The publishers oircr It
to subscribers at fl.fiO a year, and call for can
vassers in all parts of the country, to whom
they will pay large cash commissions.
Now York market.
Flock anii Meal. Western and statu Hours
generally dull, but rathei better market for shin
plug extras, Southern Hours, as well us all trade
11 ml family brands, quiet. Rye flour be il b glier,
but quiet. Corn meal jO a 15c. lower. We quote :
Flour Western aud Btato supers, ts.10 a $C 50 s city
and state shipping extras, &.70 a 46.90; Western
and Oulo do., fcj 65 a Sti.uo ; Western spttng Wiieat
double extras, 17.15 a 7.S5 ; do. wluter wheat extra
aud double extras, $7 a&).25 ; city and Genesee ex
tras, 87 a $11; southern shipping extras, t6.90ai7.2r;
Southern bakers and family brandH, C7.50 a $!.2T.
Kve nour o-i a ro.4. coru ineai, f-i.i.j a tH-iO lor
Western and llraudy wino.
Cotton Tbo market on ttie snot was nnlet but
steady; sales at 14 V'. tor middling uplands, and
VSa. for low middllnir. For future delivery, ouiet
and unchanged.
Kl'NnniFS. Rosin irregular : strained t2.70 a t".fiO:
sales of Wilmington at $2 .25, with freliilit engaged
for the Continent at 4s. Hpliita turpentine quiet;
Bales at 53 o. In yaid, and ftl)to. this side. Petrole
um dull and nominal at IHc. lor refined and Wt a
lite, ii.r eruue. lauow ncu .ear lie. lor puma, whis
key dull : sales at u:t a K)!c. Oils J.tnseed In trood
trade demand and 111 m at 84 a o e. Hops linn at
0 a l:tc. for new and '1 a 5c for old. Steatine dull at
l.tc. for piiiue. Freights were steady ; to 1 iver-
ooi, oy ateum, 4.,.iw uusii. wheat allien., and 200
ales cotton at 5 Hi a c.
Provisions. Pork was lower nnd fAlrlv artlve
Sales of small lota nt iH'.r. a t'l H7U for new hihua-
fclatil 25 for old do., (2l.l'2H for city; 6,000 obis, at
fc:i.87lt a 21.50 for April, tJl.W a 121.60 for May ; and
Itnuie metoj lit, c.o, eeiier may, closing nrm. iieei
n fair demand and steady at $11 a $18 lor plain and
extra mess. Tierce beef firm at t-6 a (28.50 for
irime mess; and c29a$tl for India mess. Reef
ams null at (28 a tw.EO. Cut meals in llaht de
mand and steady ; sales of dry salt shoulders at 8 It c.
Bacon dull and heavy ; sales at 11)40. Dressed bogs
firm ; city 9 a Vc. Lard wa quiet, but closes tlruj;
galea it I2H a ro. for Western, and 12 a 12ie. for
city. Ilutter and cheese quiet. I'ioli eggs iteclin
ed at 22 a 24c.
OraTM. Wheat wan fairlv active and nfenriv
sales at tl.58 lor No 2 spring atloat, $1.58 for No. I
spring in store, tl.58 a 1 til for old amber winter In
store, nnu 1 .97 y for htte Delhi. Oats weie very
dull ana prioes weak at 67 a 71c. for Vv estern mixed
and widie Siate. Rye uncettltd; new Western ami
rMaie quo-en ai.ei.ia a i.zu. iiariey uuu anil nom
inal. Corn was lc bitcher and fairlvaeiive : sales nt
84 a 87c. for new Western mixed, ana 88 a sue. for
western ami Kouinern yellow.
flHOcKRlKS. f'offte was bardlv so firm, ovlnir to
free receipts; Rio i:tal74C.. and Java 19 a iutjc,
bothgoliL Molasses wa dull, but firm ; a loubing
business at 55 a t5c. for New Orleans and 59 a G0c.
for Porto Rico. Rice Arm. but quiet at S asitc. for
South Carolina, and 7a7'4e. for Rangoon. sui;ar
was Arm but quiet ; fair to good rellning.S 'i a8J,c;
and No. 12 Dutch standard, 9c; sales at 8c. for
Cuba, uo. fr Porto Rico, and Havana at t a 10c;
retiued higher at 12a 12"jO. lor hard, and 1P a 12c.
for solt WLlte.
I.IVR BTOCK MAI1KF.T. FJielit car loads of beeves
arrived, bnt were not sold. The feeling continues
dull, and prices arenomiuady unchanged, or Hal4c.
p lb. for common to choice steers. Thirteen cars or
2.500 aheip arrived and were sold at 5 a 714c. 1 tr.
lor pool est to best. The hog market was weak at
7 ii a 7 Ho., live weight, with 1,900 received. Noth.
lug doing in Wesiernuressed, and city dressed were
dull at 9 a te. for extreme weights.
It is a great mistake to suppose
that the cause of rheumatism, neuralgia
or gout exists where the pain is experi
enced. The source of these diseases is
generally urea in the blood, and it is one
of the special properties of Dr. Walk
er's Veqetablf. Vixegar Bitters to
neutralize this deposit, while it renovates
the relaxed kidneys and thus prevents
them from permitting a portion of their
seoretion to escape through improper
channels. lorpicuty ot the stomach has
also much to do with the vitiation of
the blood, and upon this organ the Bit
ters act directly as a stimulant and in-
vigorant.
The attention of the musical world has been
much attracted by the Improvements in organ
making iutroduced by George Woods & Co.,
in their new styles of Parlor aud Vestry
Organs. They invite the attention of all in
terested in music, and the elevation ot all that
pertains to it, to their advertisement in an
other column. AH organists, teachers, and
music dealers are invited to examine into the
merits ot their instruments, particularly as
shown in their latest stylo of Number Thirteen
Celeste Organ.
The First Premium for the beet Tin Lixkii
Lead Pick aa awaided by the American Institute
F'alr to the Colwells. shaw & Willakd Mfg. Co.,
Ne. 213 entre-st., New Yorlr, Manufacturers of
TIN-LlNKD J-KAU rll'E, liLOCK-1 ITU PICK, LKAU rlPE,
sheet Lead, soldkk, etc Orders solicited. Tin-
T lVUII I Bill PlI'B la IK 1-AlltB u wiu.,.1 ... nil
Warranted to be stronger than Lead Pipe of tho
ame weigtit and size, and free from Lead or Zino
poison or iron ituai. circular ana sample ot Pipe
sent by niaij, free. Address as above.
For an Irritated Throat, Covoii
or Cold, " Brown's Brotvchial Troches'" are
offered with the fullest confidence In their ef
ficacy. They have been thoroughly tested,
aud maintain the good reputation they have
justly acquired. As there are imitations, be
sure to Oiitain the genuine.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
VIN
EG All how made in lOboura without dru?B.
H
DNI'liG,Traipiugaud Fisulug. Allabuutiu
cent ilea. Address MUNrna." jilncdale, N.ll.
R
ieu, R&RE A RACY RSIADING. Wit, humor,
nut owutiiee. Auureas UAftJtt, xiinsuaie.n.xl
AUK NTS WANTED-(t22S A MONTH) bytht
AMERICAN KNITTING MACHINE CO.,
M The genuine perfume for the
I J I V breath. Cures roughs, colds and
1 I A sore throat. Only 10 cents. Kold
I I I everywhere. Kent bv mail for 10
cis. TniA tu, nocneaitir, n. y.
J. F. Henry, Wholesale Depot. 8 College Place, N. Y.
K wider & Wethcrell, Wholesale bayoi, 67 John at
S5000 REWARD
for a superior article. S3 ( 80 per day and no
risk. Do you want a situation a salesman at or
near home, to lntroduoe our new 1 strand WMtt
Wire-hop Clothes Lines, which will last for ever.
Don't miss this chance. Sample free. Address
fliww Jiivrr rru mi., 1 0 wuiuun street, Nhw
York, or 1 Dearborn street, Chicago, IU.
"IT SAVED MY LIFE."
Words of a Reliable Druggist.
WHAT IS THE VALUE0? MONEY WHEN COM
PARED TO HEALTH?
ALLEN'S LUNG BALSAM
Is warranted to break np the most troublrsnme
Cough in an Incredibly short time. Iliern Is no
remedy that can show more evdence of renl merit
than this ttalsam, for curing Consumption, Coughs,
Colds, Asthma, Croup, Ao.
IT ACTS ON "THE KIDNEYS!
IT ACTS OX THE MVKHt
Which makes It more than a Cough Medicine.
READ THE FOLLOWING:
MAB1K CITY. MICH.. Jllltr "7. 1ST0.
J. K. TTAntMH l-n llenr Mrs. Ihn -Aiw.ti'a
Lung Hainan! has arrived. 1 would not like to be
it hoot it. for It has saved mr life. 1 tank a had
cough, and finally consumption wns seat'd upon
me. I was in a vety bad state. I tried everything
that was recommended, and spent a great deal of
money, nnd got no b lp. I had the Allen's Lung
iiiupimi lorsaie, our J anew nouiuig ol its mollis.
I did not like to tnke tt without fcnowinv mot a nlmnl
It. I had not solda boitln. Whenyoiiragnntcalled
on me 1 told him I could not sell a medicine I k new
nothing about. Ho urged mo to try It myself. I
did so, and to my grateiul surprise the first bottle
stopped my cough, and oefore the third bottle was
tiiM'n my Lnuirs were healed nnd well, and I can
now speak knowingly to my friends and customers
of the final ties or Allen's Lung Kalsam. I riinaln
respectfully, L. C. COfTRKI.L,
It is Harmless to the Most Delicate Child 1
it contains no opium in any foumi
It Is sold by Medktne Dralers every wh- re.
OVIJXIOIN.
lo not be deceived, vou who want a irood nieill.
clue. Hae that Toil get AI.LKN H I.ONU HA U
ISAM, and you wilt have the bot conga remedy
offered to lho public; and one that will give full
auaiucuon. .1. pt. UAnuis iv cu.
sole Proprietors, Cincinnati, Ol.io.
FOR SALE BY
PERRY PA VIS v. HUN, Providence, H. I.
.IUMN r. HJfcNKY, new York-.
lOHNUON, MOLOWA Y A COWDEN. Phlla., Pa.
GEO. WOODS' ORGANS.
Kfo Them I Hour Tlicm!
New st vies now readw Ciretihirseontiiliiln.r x m.W
JIUSIi ' tree. Anplrtn Agents, onslo Dealers, or
liEU. WOODS iV- CO., Hoston.
T.HE BLEES PATENT
.Noiseless, I. Ink motion, Lock-stitch
SEWING MACHIISK !
Challenges the world in perfection of work
strength and beauty of stitch, durability of conl
strueiion, and rapidity of motion, t all nnd ex
amine, and for ageucles and elrrnlars apply at
Principal Otllee. BLKKS KEWlNli MACHINE
C1., liia Broadway, New York.
&, OIL SAFES,
For all kinds of
Oils used in Mills or
sold iu Biores. espe.
C" 0.1 Pi'Jsale.,
V"i"2ij volatile oils, or
'"V -telV which (i.Odl are now
ki?--?-.-1 "soa '" Part of
jn3s--:Wtim' Hie V. .
.fL rnneipie new auu
jSmmmmtSt luw.lt son gal-
for 11 ou sc keepers. Prices low. Freights low.
eua lor ciirulur.
THE ALL F.N Kl.HOSF.Ni: (111- SAFI-: CO.,
Fair Haven, N't.
FOK SALE BY
IVES1 PATENT LAMP CO., 37 lilirelnv st., N. Y.
W. 1IA1.DW1X A CO., 12 Areh street, l'liila.
Iron mill fcstetil lor Ouwli!
JACKSON & CHACE,
200 nnd SiOS FRANKLIN ST., NEW-YORK,
Offer all str.es KNOT.TRIT nnil IMVPTniv nm
ROD, BAND, HOOP.and BHKKT I RON, HORtili
SHOE IRON, HORSE SHOES, HORHfif NAILS,
SPRING STEEL, HKE STEEL, TOE-CALK
o i r.vLit cm. unions, wi -ye or sman, promptly exe
cuted at lowest prices. Send cash with orders ex
act ohauge returned if in excess.
JACKSUN A CHACE,
206 and 208 Franklln-st., near Pier 35, N. River.
$5 TO $10 PER DAY. ffofl
who engage in our now buniaers make from 83 to
10 per day in their own localities. Full particu
lars and instructions sent, froo by mall. Those in
nocd of permanent, , profitable work, should address
at ouco. Oliouas SimsoB 4t Co., Portland, Maine.
REDUCTION OF PRICES
TO CONFORM TO REDUCTION OP DUTIES,
GREAT SAVING TO CONSUMERS BY GET-
jiflu U r ci-uuy.
ry Send for onr new Price List and a Club form
Will aeCOlOUlUlV 1L COnlaiuiuff foil ritrA-tW.td funk
ing a large auvlng to consumers and remunerative
HI UUU UlglUllXUlB.
THE GREAT AMERICAN TEA CO.,
ANKV(PAPEtt ANI JOB PRINTING
,9,F1,,A0E IN CENTRAL JSF;W YORK FOR
SALE. Ou account of lll.lienlth timBni,...,, of
fers hia newspaper and Job printing establishment
for sale. No better paying establishment can be
iuuuu iu mniru jew v oik, or one that, in the
hands of a uo-ahead winter, run hn m,ia ni-,if.
lwble. Job work averages fci.ooo, while advertising
averages 1,800, which could be made i.1,000. The
ouiuo miiuuui u cyunuer power press, a Washington
baud press, and a quarter medium Globe card press.
Is well stocked with metal and wood type, and
everything necessary to make up a first-class oflioe.
Politics lleuil'al. Hltliniivli it a.-uiil,l nnv iu tliM nr.
fan of either party. The population of the place is
,000, situated on the Central Railroad and the Erie
Canal, and in one of the richest counties in the
State. No other paper in the place Price il.500
if application be made soon, a bargain can be had.
The office la one of the best iu the State. If the
health of the present owner waa good, it could not
be purchased for less than tu.000. Address PUB-
uauica, isox sue, Mlddletowu, New York.
Lands in South-west Missouri.
The Atlantic and Pacific R. R. Co.
Have for aale 1,800,000 acres, of beat quality, on long
credit, cheap.
These IaiuIh ufa 1nr, hronirht Into market, having
been reserved since 186:1 tilithe completion of this
Road. None of these lands h ve gone into speoula
tors' banda Aotual settlers are coming ill, aud to
tnera only are sales maae. Ti.e best climate, with
abort, mild winters, and long summers, relieved by
geological elevation fiom ereat heat, and healthful.
nesa superior to all consumptive tendencies, invite
net tiers to tuts region.
For particulars, in pamphlets, apply to
AMOS TUCK, Land Commissioner.
Cor. bilLh and Walnut streets,
oi. juuie, juu.
ANTED AG HNT8, (f30pw day) to ftell the
celebrated HOME BHUTTLK feKWING
MACHINE. H aa the undor-feed, miikba tin
"lockstitch" (alike a both aiiltm), umA UA1U1
tlcciMcwi xiao uiiov nun viKMrcDt mULuy BOW
in Machine in the market. Addi-iu.Hjr.HM
BON. CLAKK A CO., Boatou, Maaa.. Fitt
"Eight O'clock!"
A GREAT MEDICAL DISCOVERY.
AIll'LIOXS Bear Testimony to the
Wonderful Curativa Effects of
BR. WALKXK'S CALIFORNIA
J. WAorim Pronrlffir. R II. Mr-nn
ud (fen. Ag'N, (an Frnn"io, rBi.( ,,132 ana 34
nr'iwrtit
wont
Vinegar IJlttrrs are notaylle Fancy nrl'-Vrf'-Made
of Toor Kunt Wlilakey, Proof pir..
anil Refuse Liquors doctored, spiced and sweet
ened to please tho taste, called "Tonles," "Appc
timers," " Restorers," &c, that lead the tippler oa to
drunkenness and ruin, but are a true Medicine, made,
from tho Native Roots and Herbs of California,
free from nil Alcoholic Stimulants. They arn
the GREAT BLOOD PURIFIEli and A
LIFE GIVINO PRINCIPLE, a perfect Reno-
valor and Invigorator of the System, carrying off all
poisonous matter and restoring the blood to a healthy
condition. No person can take these Dltters accord
ing to directions and remain long unwell, provided
their bones aro not destroyed by mineral poison or
other means, and tlio vital organs wasted beyond tho
point of repair.
Tucy are a Gentle PargntWe as well ns a
Tonic, possessing also, the peculiar merit of acting
an a powerful agent In relieving Con gestton or inflam
mation of the Liver, and all the Visceral Organs.
FOR FEMALE COMPLAINTS, whether In
young or old, married or Blnglc, at the dawn of wo
manhood or nt the turn of life, theso Tonic Bitters
have no equal. '
For Inflammatory and Chronic Ithonmn-
tlnm nnd Gout, Dyspepsia or Indigestion,
Ililintin, Remittent and Intermittent Fev
ers, Diseases of tho Illood, Liver, Kidneys,
and Bladder, theso Bitters have been most suc
cessful. Such Diseases are caused by Vitiated
Blood, which is generally produced by derange
ment of the Digestive Organs.
DYSPEPSIA OR INDIGESTION, Headaeho
Tain In the Shoulders, Coughs, Tightness of the Chest,
Dizziness, Sour ErnctatlonsoftheStomach, Bad taste
in the Month, Bilious Attacks, Palpitation of the
Heart, Inflammation of tlicLnngs, Pain In the regions
of the Kidneys, and a hundred other painful symp
toms, arc tho offsprings of Dyspepsia.
They invigorate the Stomach and stimulate the tor
pid liver and bowels, which render them of unequal
led efllcaey in cleansing tho blood of all impurities.
and Imparting new life and vigor to the whole system.
FOR SKIN DISEASES, Eruptions, Tetter,
Salt Rheum, Blotches, Spots, Pimples, Pustules, Bolls,
Carbuncles, Ring-Worms, Scald-IIcad, Sore Eyes,
Erysipelas, Itch, Scurfs, Dlscolorations of the Skin,
Humors and Diseases of the Skin, of whatever name
or nature, arc literally dug tip and carried out of the
system in a Miort time by the use of these Bitters. One
bottle in such cases will convince tho most incredu-
1 nns of their curative effect.
rtennsn thft Vitiated Blood whenever vou find Its
Impurities bursting through the skin in Pimples,
Eruptions or Bore, cleanse It when you find u ob
structed and sluggtfh In tho veins; cleanse it when
H IS IOHI, ami jour it-eona, will il-u vou wiien.
Keep the blood pure and the health of the system
will follow.
PIV. TAPE. nil other WORMS, liirklne In
the svHteni of so many thousand, are etlectually de
stroyed and removed. For full directions, read care-
Iilliv tnecn rniar nrounn earn ooiiie, iiruut-u iu mur
languages English, German, l-'rencli and Spanish.
J. 'Walkeb, Proprietor. R. II. SIcDonald & Co.,
Druggists and Gen. Agents, Sun Francisco, Cal
and 33 and 31 Commerce Street, New York.
t-SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS AND DEALERS.
FULTON BELL FOUNDRY,
(KHi.iDiisneais.TA) riTTMBUHUU, ra.
Chnrrli, Steamboat, Factorv, Fire, Alarm, Planta
tion, Kntfiiit anil other BELLS, from 10 to 30,(mJO
lb, with Patent Rotarv Yoki'.
A. FCJLToy'H suN fe CO., J'lt.tAlmrffll, Pa.
TOTIIETTOItKIXO CLASSWeore now prepared to
furnish alicluBM-a with constant employment at home, tin
wtmlo uftha tiLuo ori'ur tho span' uiumcnU. busmen new,
light and profitable. perKinofcUbcrBcitcasllv earn from
flic, to tjpcruviminc, and a proportional sum by devoting
thdr wholotims to iii'jbusincia. Hoys on(U;irls earn nenrly
Asmuchaamco. ThataJlvrhoeeo this notice may send their
fiddrces, and test the busing wo tnako thin unparalleled
offori Toeuchasarenotwdi satisfied, wo ulilBtndiM topny
for tho trouble of writiuff. Full particulars, n valuable Bam
pla which will da to commenco work on, and a copy of Th
I'coph's Literary Comxim'on ono of the larccttt anil
best tamily newspapers published r 11 Bent frcecy mail,
lieadcr, ityon wantPcnnanrnL profitable work, adtlruwi
L. C. ALLEN ft CO., Acodhta, Main.
THEA-NECTAR
IS A PURE BLACK TEA
with the Green Ti'a flavor. War.
runted to Hint all tustea. ibr
Male everywhere. Aud for Bale
ivnoieHalu ouiv uy tne t.reui
Vtluntir i'nciflr Tea Co..
Chure.n St , New Yolk. P. O.
fox 53011. A'ul far Thea-
Sectar Circular.
In the United RtnteH in an Rinek'B Sons' Factory,
Easton, Pa. ono-third ol a niiio longand la oov
ered witb
Ji xllI V 1 i OOllIl'T,
CHEAP. DURABLE, and easily applied. Keud
lor circular ana saniuieg to tne manniaeturern.
KEAllY ltOOFI.NU CO.,
No. 64 Courtlund street, Nil ork.
O GOVKKNMHiWT TAX.
MARKET SAVINGS BANK,
& NABSAU ST., NKW-YOKK
Open dally from 10 A. M. to 8 P. u., and on M OS
DAYS and THURSDAYS from 5 to 7 r. M.
Interest commences on the Dret day of eaek
month.
WM. VAN NAME, President
HENRY R. CONKLIN. Beuretarv.
ONE DOZEN BOTTLES
WOB. UOUSK8,
Sent free to the person who B-uds ua the best Poeti
cal Advertls'ineiit ot the above Liniment. Tiiaone
chosen will appear 111 this paper, a uew oue wan
ted every mouth.
O. E. 8. . curey Pweeny, Ringbone. Spralna,
BiuIbos, flails and Lameness ot all kluils tor
Ueusta, (or Mau, HlieumatiHU. Bums, Bcalds, etc ,
to.
Addreai D. o. CARKY CO.,
186 Roada-st, New York.
HORSE & CATTLE POWDERS.
These Powder are the result of fifteen yeaia'
study end observation by one of the most eminent
Farmers and Horsemen America has produced. He
woo. ,m uuw ne&imy, sieeM, euuve uuu iu, uorses
and cattle would become when allowed to run In
t.ll nuutiiH .1 , la nl.up.aHiXi aiiAAauj,.... 1
finding out the vegetables which produced Una
beuetiulal result. Tlieee vegetables are gathered at
the proper time, powdered and put up In yellow
wrapper s, each package containing halt a pound or
snore.
The Clfuonlty which attends the use ot many ol
the "HweetrHoented Powders" of the day, Is that
the perfumery used almost Invariably counteracts
the real medicine contained In them. We use no
perfumery of any kind, preferring ike use of PURa
MEDICINKS for diseased animals. Our Powders
oure Lung Fever, Heaves, Colds, Founders. Lutein
hi pers, Loss of Appetite, Isms of Vital Kuergy. eto.
Price per package, 26 oenta. bold by all druggists.
D. Q. CAR BY CO, Bole Proprietors,