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" Pops " of the Question.
There are three offers of marriage in
a new book called " Uncle John,"
which are certainly models in their
way :
Laura and Lexley. "Mr. Lesley,"
she said, perfectly calm and composed,
" am I to understand that you are ask
ing me to be your wife ?" " I know I
might as well expect an angel to come
down from heaven and marry me, but
that is my desire," he answered, un
consciously borrowing from the baptis
mal service his energetio affirmative.
"I ought to give you a frank and
hearty 'Yes.' I will, too, on certain
conditions."
Annie Dennison and Percy; Morti
mer. "If I thought it possible you
could value anything I can give I would
offer you all I have in the world, in
cumbered only with myself. Miss Den
nison, will you accept it?" "No,"
whispered Annie, rising from her seat
to take his arm in a perfectly friendly
manner and guide 'him back to the
ball-room.
Horace Maxwell and Annie Denni
son ; the latter as a sister of mercy in
carrying food, tea, etc, to the poor,
and Horace is trying to induce her to
let him carry the basket. " Miss Den
nison," he faltered, "Annie, my own
darling, may I carry your basket all
my life ?" " If you'll put all your eggs
in it, yes," answered Annie boldly ; and
coming suddenly on a crossing sweep
er, the only living soul to be seen, a
solemn silence intervened.
A Romance of Two Continents,
Fifty years ago a young English offi
cer named Hendricks was traveling
with his sister in Italy, where he met,
wooed, won and run off with the charm
ing daughter of a rich and proud noble
man. Even as the father of Desdemona
disowned her, so the Italian count
swore never again to acknowledge his
reoreant daughter. Nothing disturbed
thereat, she accompanied her husband
to the British dominions in North
America, thence to New York, where,
after giving birth to a daughter, she
died. Hendricks, having thus lost his
wife, gave himself up to dissipation,
but was so far mindful of his mother
less infant as to marry a German woman
who had taken a fancy to the child.
The girl grew to maidenhood, receiving
little education, for the family was
poor, and when still young was mar
ried at Yinoennes, Indiana, to an Ohio
river mate named Hiram Titus. They
lived happily enough until Titus died,
when she removed to Louisville, where
she led a desolate life. Now the count,
ber grandfather, has yielded to heaven
his vital trust, and as sole lineal heir
she has gone to Italy to claim his title
and his wealth. The fortune which
thus falls to her is variously estimated
from $200,000 to $800,000.
Washington'! Proclamation, 1789.
The following is the first Thanks
giving proclamation issued by Washing
ton : ... .
Vhereas, It is the doty of all nations
to acknowledge the Providence of Al
mighty Qod, to obey His will, to be
grateful for His benefits, and numbly
implore His protection and favor J and,
whereas, both Houses of Congress
have, by their Joint Committee, re
quested me to recommend to the peo-
fue ot tne united mates a day of Jfnb
io Thanksgiving and Prayer, to be ob
served by acknowledging with grateful
hearts the many and signal favors of
Almighty Qod, especially by affording
them an opportunity of peaceably es
tablishing a form of government for
their safety and happiness. Now,
therefore, I do recommend and assign
Thnrsday, the twenty-sixth day oi
November next, to be devoted by the
people of these States to the servioe of
the great and glorious Being who is the
beneficent author of all the good that
wax, that is, that will be.
That we then all unite in rendering
unto Him our sincere and humble
thanks for His kind care and protec
tion of the people of this country
previous to its becoming a nation, for
the signal and manifold meroies, and
the favorable interpositions of His
Providence in the conrse and conclu
sion of the late war ; for the great de
gree of tranquillity, union, and plenty
which we have since enjoyed ; for the
peaceable and rational manner in which
we have been enabled to establish con
stitutions of government for our safety
and happiness, and particularly the na
tional one more lately instituted ; for
civil and religious liberty with which
we are blessed, and the means we have
of acquiring and diffusing useful knowl
edge, and in general for all the great
and various favors which he hith been
pleased to confer upon us. And also
that we may then unite in most humbly
offering our prayers and supplications
to- the great Lord and Ruler of nations,
and beseech him to pardon our national
and other transgressions ; to enable us
all, whether in publio or private sta
tions, to perform our several and na
tional duties properly and prudently j
to render our national government a
blessing to all people, constantly being
a government of wise, just, and consti
tutional laws, discreetly and faithfully
exeouted and obeyed; to preteot and
guide all sovereigns and nations
(especially such as have shown kind
ness unto us) and bless them with good
government, peace, and concord, to
promote the knowledge of true religion
and virtue, and the increase of science
amongst us ; and generally to grant
unto all mankind such a degree of
temporal prosperity as He alone knows
to be best.
Given under my hand, at the city of
New York, the third day of Ootober, in
the year of our Lord one thousand
seven hundred and eighty-nine.
George Washington.
The day thus appointed by President
Washington was celebrated by four mil
lions of people, in thirteen States,
clustered along the Atlantic coast.
This year the holiday will be celebra
ted by a nation of more than forty mil
lions, in forty-five States and Terri
tories, Looking for Himself.
The ludicrous spectacle of a man
looking for himself and suffering the
keenest chagrin at failing to find him
self, was exhibited on the Union Pacific
railroad not long ago. An Eastern
bound immigrant train stopped at Bock
Creek station for breakfast. One emi
grant strayed away, and the first sec
tion of the train started without him.
He reached the second on time and
managed to get away. His friends in
the first section missed him, and were
seized with a dread that he had been
killed. The conductor telegraphed to
the second section to look for him, or
bring him or his body to Laramie
The passengers turned out readily to
aid in the search. Foremost among
them, and displaying a terrible anxiety,
was the man for whom they were look
ing. He hunted for the missing immi
grant with a zeal whioh could only be
accounted for by the fact unknown to
him that he was looking for himself.
Daring the whole day and following
night the search was continued, the un
conscious cause of it suffering deeply
to think that he had been lost. When
he reached Laramie the idea never oc
curred to his friends that the railroad
employees might still be looking for
the missing immigrant, when one bright
individual startled the crowd with the
remark that our hero had been looking
for himself and failed to find himself.
How to Make Mlsch f.
Keep your eye upon your neigh
bors. Take care of them. Do not let
them stir without watohing. They may
do something wrong if you do. To be
sure, you never knew them to do any
thing bad, but it may be on yonr ao
count they have not. Perhaps if it
had not been for your kind care, they
might have disgraced themselves a
long time ago. Therefore, do not relax
any effort to keep them where they
ought to be. Never mind your own
business that will take care af itself.
There is a man passing along he is
looking over the fence be suspicions
of him; perhaps he oomtemplates
stealing, some of these darkr nights,
there is no knowing what quee fancies
may have got into his head.
If yon find any symptoms of any one
passing out of the path of duty, tell
every one else what yon see, and be
particular to see a great many. It is a
good way to ciroulate things, though it
may not benefit yourself particularly.
Do keep something going silence is a
dreadful thing ; though it is said there
was silence in heaven for the 6pace of
half an hour, do not let any sneh thing
occur on earth, it would be too much
for this mundane sphere.
Pestilence Among Indians,
When the Pilgrims landed at Plv.
mouth, in 1620, they found comparatively
few Indians in their neigborhood. They
learned that the large proportion of the
Aborigines kad been swept away by a
pestilence a few years before. A writer
in a California paper says that when he
visited the Valley of the Sacramento, in
lad'i, it was thickly peopled with In
dians. in itwd ne again passed over
the ground and found very few living
innaDiianis, due no end oi corpses, a
kind of remittent fever had swept the
red men away. He adds : " From the
bead of the Sacramento Valley until we
reaohed the mouth of King's river, not
exceeding nve live Indians were seen,
and here we found encamped a village
of Indians, among whom the destroying
angel was sating his greed of human
victims by a ghastly carnage. During
trie one nignt more than a score of vic
tims were added to the hosts upon
whioh he had been feeding. The wail
ing of that stricken village during that
night was inoeesant and most horrible."
Grave Robbing; In Indiana,
A case of body-snatching was de
veloped in Seymour, Ind., recently. A
young lady of respectable family, very
popular witn ner mends, and muon De
loved in that city, died of consumption
and was buried in the cemetery near
that city. The day after her interment
some near relative s went to the oometery
ft r the purpose of deoorating her grave.
But what was their alarm and horror on
finding strong indications that the
grave had been tampered with snoh
marks as to lead at once to the sus
picion that the body had been removed.
As quickly as possiblo the family caused
the earth to be removed, and, on open
ing the coffin, their suspicions were
verified. The body of the girl had
been stolen.
The friends and rolatives of the de
ceased instantly set a watch for the
thiol, and endeavored if possible to
arrest him. A man got on the eastward
bound train at Hardensbnrg, on the
Ohio and Mississippi railroad, aud had
his baggage a rather small-sized
traveling trunk oheoked for Cincin
nati. As soon as the trunk was put on
board the train some relatives of the
family, who wore on the train watching
for suspicious characters, went for the
baggage car, and, discovering an un
ploasant odor arising from the trunk,
Lad it opened and found the body of
the young lady closely wedged within
it. To got the corpso into so small
space it was necessary to cramp it in a
manner which indicated that much
violent force had been used. She was
lyiDg on her side, with her knees
doubled up her under chin and her head
violently forced over to one side in a
corner of the trunk.
The man having oharge of the trunk
was immediately arrested, and when
the tram reached Nertn Vernon was
taken off, with the trunk and its ghastly
contents, to await the arrival of the
westward bonnd train to take him back
to Seymour. When the news reached
that place the greatest indignation was
felt among the people, and opinions
were freely expressed that the body'
snatoher would be lynched on. his re
turn there.
Immediately after his arrest the body
snatcher confessed the deed, and said
he had been engaged in the business
for two years, getting his subjects from
along the line of the Uhio and Alissis
sippi railroad and other roads running
into Cincinnati. The price he said he
was paid was $20 a subject. He seemed
to be so terribly frightened that he
could give no intelligible aocount of
himself or his confederates.
Strange Matches.
It is an historical fact that Frederick
of Prussia formed the idea of com
pelling unions between the tallest of
the two sexes in his dominions, in the
hope of having an army of giants. The
reader will, iu all probability, recollect
the following ludicrous incident : It so
happened that, during a long ride, the
king passed a particularly tall young
woman, an utter stranger. He alighted
from his horse, and insisted upon her
delivering a letter to the commanding
officer of his orack regiment. The let
ter contained the mandate that the
bearer was instantly to be married to
the tallest unmarried man in the ser
vioe. The young woman was somewhat
terrified, and, not understanding the
transaction, gave an old woman the let
ter, which was conveyed to the com
manding officer, and this old woman
was, in a short time, married to the
handsomest and finest man in the crack
regiment. It is not necessary to say
that the marriage was an unhappy one
particularly so to the old woman. In
this connection comes another anecdote.
A rich saddler directed in his will that
his only child, a daughter, should be
deprived of the whole of the fortune
unless she married a saddler. A young
earl, in order to win the bride, actually
served an apprenticeship of seven years
to a saddler, and afterward beund him
self to the rich saddler's daughter for
life. But the union was anything but
happy one : the bride, neither by
birth nor breeding a lady, reflected lit
tle credit on her bridegroom's choice :
and repeated quarrels were followed by
separation, bo it is with, all unequal
matches : gold and brass won t unite,
Novels tell us the felicity following the
union of Lord Fitzgerald and Mary
Ann Jones, quite ignoring Mary Ann s
predisposition to red knuckles and nn
shapely feet, which peculiarities finally
make my lord's life burdensome. Novels
are amusing, but not to be relied on in
matters of the heart,' as a rule. Com'
mon sense says, " Xoung folk, marry
within the boundary of your social and
religious circle.
A Suicide's Confession.
At least one man knew that he had
become a bore, and when convinced of
the fact he killed himself. This was a
young spendthrift named Butenof, the
scapegrace son oi a an rranciaco
banker. Before his suicide he wrote a
letter in which he said, "That the
publio should not suspect that the deed
was done in a fit of insanity, I state
that after a month's reflection I take
leave of this world in the full posses
sion of all my senses, and that I am
calm and collected, but I am driven to
this by extreme despair, nervous ex
citement, etc. I have gone to the dogs.
t or years I have deported myself cor
rectly in this world, but during the
last ten weeks 1 xound tnat X would
have to beoome involved in debt and
live upon the charity of others. Even
now I find that I have overstepped the
bounds, and can no longer obtain a
cent's worth of favor. For weeks I
have offered my services for my board,
but they nave not been accepted, it
would take too long for me to regain
my former status. I have almost beg
ged of those who through me made
hundreds of dollars, and they turned
from me with their dimes in their
pockets. Some did help me at first,
but their manner was such that to ap-
E roach them a second time for a favor
ecame impossible. My innermost
thanks to here follow the names of a
dozen persons who have this day that
1 take poison, refused me credit. '
Lived on the Sea.
Three mariners appeared at
Portland. Me.. Custom House.
the
the
other day, and requested to have the
register ol tneir scnooner onnnged so as
to hail from Portland. On being in
formed that it oould not be4one, aa
from their papers they belonged in
Gloucester, Mass., they stoutly de
clared they did not belong anywhere,
except on the high seas ; that for the
past twenty-one years they had lived
aboard their vessel, only landing at
times for provisions or stores : had paid
no taxes and had not voted ; that
twenty-one years ago, when in Quebec,
an attempt was made to make them pay
taxes, and the matter went to Wash
ington, but resulted in their getting off
free, ibe matter remains unaer aa
visemeut.
SEWS OP THE DAY.
Items of
Interest from
Abroad
Home and
A poor woman in New York declared on her
death bed that she was kicked to death by her
drunken husband Almost every steamer
from Europe brings Mormon Immigrants for
Bait Lake Gov. Vis, of New York, has
oommuted the sentence of Mrs. Johnson, who
was to be hanged at Mayville. She will go to
Bing 8ing Reports of distress in Nebraska
and Kansas are received daily in Chicago, and
the demands for help are constantly becoming
more nrgont. The unfortunate settlors are
thus early in the season aotually suffering for
the lack of food, and tho prospeot for the win
tor ia dismal beyond measure It is stated
that the real extent of the grasshopper devas
tation has been fully appreciated, and that ad
ditional territory is constantly being added to
that where want is known to exist One
man was killed and several injured by the
caving in of a bank at Bpringflold, Mass
Judge Bnell, in Washington, sentenced to six
months' imprisonment In jail, a man who Bet
a bull-dog npon a small girl. The dog nearly
tore off one ear of the girl, and shockingly
lacerated the back part of her head, aud
stripped her of her clothing.
A gang of highway robbers wore captnred in
Lower California, and J 9, 000 of their ill-gotten
gains recovered The one hundred and
fiftieth anniversary of the First Congregational
Church at Worcester, Mass., was celebrated in
appropriate fashion Dockray, the Ameri
can, ia in prison in Spain and ironed. lie was
sentenced to death, but the sentence was oom
muted to ton years' imprisonment Two
men were fatally injured while blasting rock at
White Mountain Notch. . . .The crops through
out India are reported to be in a most prom
ising condition, as the monsoons have begun
with copious showers of rain. All fears of
a continuance of the famine are now dis
sipated, and the number receiving government
relief in Bengal has already fallen below 250,-
000 It ia now believed that nearly one
thousand persons perished by the typhoon in
Japan.
Late advicoB from Central Asia report that
the insurrection in Ehokand has been sup
pressed A dixpatch to the London Timet
says that the Governor of Syria has been
ordered to suppress all the FroteBtant schools
in his province Three grain vessels wore
wrecked on the lakes near Buffalo, in The
severe storm recently John Tarcell, of
Euglewood, N. J., was out with dogs in the
neighborhood of Sneden's Landing, near En
glewood, hunting for coons. The dogs man
aged to get down on the lower slope at the foot
of the palisades and treed a coon. Farcell
wert close to the edge of the precipice, and,
the earth giving away, he fell a distance of
sixty feet, and was picked up dead.
William II. Cary, an influential builder of
Troy, N. Y., banged himself in his barn. .
A girl in a Lowell, Mass., cloth factory had her
arm torn from its socket by a belt, and died
almost immediately A large number of
workmen were discharged from the Ports
mouth Navy Yard, work in the constructing
department being suspended A young
man named Benjamin Haight was Bhot'about
two milos from Elmira, N. Y., while stealing
turkeys from the premises of the Eon. Ed
mund Miller. The shooting was done by
son of Mr. Miller. Haight died The
action of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers in St. Louis cannot well result in
anything but a general strike. They will resist
any reduotion of wages, and two or three of
the Western railroads have already declared
their intention of opposition. If a strike does
come off it will be hotly contested, the Brother
hood being amsng the strongest co-operations.
, . . .Burglars entered the dwelling of Jacob
Tell, at Pittsburg, Pa., and after carrying away
the silverware and other articles of value, set
fire to the house. Mr. Tell awoke the family,
aud all escaped by jumping from upper win
dows, except his bou Joseph, and a servant
named Margaret Lynch. Joseph rushed down
the stairway through the flames and was Beri-
ouBly burned, while the servant was BUffocated
in the third story, and her body, blackened
and disfigured, was found after the fire was
extinguished The citizens of Boston
heartily indorse the plan of the Philadelphia
Centennial and it is proposed to carry it out.
The new Army bill introduced by tlie French
government provides for raising a total force
of 930,000 men After nearly a year's burn
ing the Empire Coal Mine, near West Fittston,
Fa., has been extinguished, steam being need
for the purpose Sentence has been pro
nounced on the three military men accused of
having murderei President Balti in prison in
July, 1872. Their names are Najar, Fatino
and Espinozeo. The first two are to draw lots
which shall be exeouted. The third is to have
fifteen years' penal servitude The Secre
tary of the United States Centennial Com
missioners received a communication stating
that the King of Sweden and Norway had
appointed a committee to prepare for partici
pation in the Centennial Exposition The
lost Atlantio cable has been picked up and the
whole cable is being laid Large and de
structive fires have been raging in the Dismal
Swamp James Luke, a chareoal seller,
quarreled with Mrs. Sarah Cronk and toward
midnight attempted to force the door of her
dwelling at Wanaque, N. J. Mrs. Cronk and
ber husband warned him away. He foroed
the door and the woman shot him dead. When
arrested she said that she was enraged by his
language and killed him as he entered the
door Buffalo Bill, who bas been to the
Black Hills region, says the land there is rich
with gold A. H. Bogardus, the champion
wing ' shot of America, has challenged Ira
Paine to shoot, under the following conditions:
Stake, $2,500 aside ; every bird killed within
five feet of the trap to be scored aa lost. . . .
A large lot ot Chinamen have been brought to
the United States to make cigars Jamas
Lick and his wife were attacked on the street
by George Bapp and his wife. Mrs. Lick was
murdered on the spot. Mrs. Bapp and her
husband then attacked Mr. Lick, the former
being armed with a knife and the latter with a
tinner's soldering iron, and after knocking
him prostrate they plaeed him face downward
in a small creek, and Bapp stood on him to
hold his face in the water until be was stran
gled. They were frightened off by approach
ing footsteps, and Liok was picked up insensi
ble, and died Bhortly after The Italians
who went to work in some of the Pennsylvania
coal mines now demand higher wages than
have been paid them.
Exports of Musical Instruments,
Offioial records of Gas torn House re
turns at Washington show that the
total value of musical instruments ex
ported from the United States during
the year ending June 3U, 184, was
$550,327. Of this, $258,176 was for
pianos and $292,151 for parlor or reed
organs, ui this latter amount vir,
169, or more than one-half of the whole,
was of the cabinet organs made by the
Mason & Uamlin Organ Co., which
bid fair to beoome as famous in Europe
as they have long been in America.
This company certainly have reason to
be proud of the f aot that the European
demand for their organs is larger than
that for all others oombined. Boston
, Traveller,
Thanksgiving- Day.
By th rreiident of the United State of
America
A PROCLAMATION.
We are reminded by the changing
seasons that it is time U pause in our
dailv avocations and offer thanks to Al
mighty Ood for the meroies and abund
ance of the year which is drawing to a
close.
The blessings of free government
continue to be vouchsafed to us : the
earth has responded to the labor of the
nusDandman ; the land has been free
from pestilence ; internal order is being
maintained, and pence with other pow
ers has nrevailed.
It is fitting that at stated neriods we
snonia coase from our acoustomed rmr-
snits and from the turmoil of our daily
lives and nnite in thankfulness for the
blessincs of the nast and in thn cnlti-
vation of kindly feelings towards each
otner.
Now, therefore, recognizing these
considerations, I, Ulysses S. Grant,
rresiuentoi tue united atates, do reo-
oromend to ail citizens to assemble in
their respective places of worship on
iuursaay, ine twenty-sixth day of No
vember next, and express their thanks
lor tne meroy ana favor of the Al
mighty Qod. and. laving aside all po
litical contentions and all seoular occu
pations, to observe such a day as a day
oi rest, ift&nkBRiving and prayer.
jn witness wuereoi l have hereunto
set my hand and seal, and caused the
seal of the United States to be affixed.
Done at the oity of Washington on
this tho twenty-seventh day of Octo
ber, in tue year 1874. and of tho Inde
pendence of the United States the
ninety-nmth. U. S. GRANT.
signed by the President:
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country by addressing Moore's Rural
Aew-iorker, 78 JJuanc St., New York.
Cow.
Can It bo True I
Within the last few months a consid
erable number of persons have called
upon Dr. Walker, the proprietor of the
popular medicine known as Vinegar
Bitters, and assured him that, iu their
belief, his preparation is an infallible
antidote for rnm and tobacco. The
minute details which have been fur
niBhed him forbid him to doubt tho
accuracy of tho statements. This new
claim of a great remedy to the confi
denee of the public will give a vast and
weu-deserved impulse to lis popularity.
Heretofore the bitters have been recog'
nized as a pure vegetable tonio and
corrective, devoid of alcohol, and
thoroughly adapted to the cure of
stomach and bowel complaints, nervous
disorders, bilious affections, muscular
diseases, and, indeed, a majority of the
i i , i i , . -.
luiuieniH wimm wie reacn oi medicine
but if it will also oure the craving for
nquor ana touacco, ptiuosopuers,states
men and theologians ought to unite
their voices in its praise. Can the
good news be true ? It is easy to test
ine question. vom.
Sent free, on receipt of neck and
breat measure, height, weight and price, our
(sample) "Model 2 Ekirt." Fitted by pa
tented model. Stylish and substantial. Address
Model Shirt Co., 31 South 8th St., Philadelphia.
uom.
As economy is the order of the dav.
the cheapest collar you can wear is the
Elmwood. All the edges being folded, makes
it look like linen, and the peculiar finish is so
thoroughly perspiration proof, it will keep
ciettu luuger man any ouior collar, com.
Dr. Dan'l Weaver, of Boston, fell flown a
mining shaft near Denver, 76 feet. He was terribly
braised, limbs broken, and supposed to be doad.
Mexican Mustang Liniment was freely need, con-
scloniaeis restored, bis life saved, and be came
home In eight weeks. Tbii ii the moit wonderful
article tor Bruises, Sprain,, Rheumatism, Swell
ings, Spavin, Ringbone, Sores, or any flesh, bone,
or muscle ailmout upon man cr beast, ever die-
covered. It Is humanity to animals. It has laved
much suffarlng aud many useless doctor,' bills.
It can be had for &0 cti. and tl.CO per bottle, In any
drug store, But beware of counterfeit,. The
genuine la wrapped in a flue steel-plate label
signed " a. TV. Weetbrook, Chemist."
The People's Stamp ot Value. Tho Gov
ernment indorsement, which legalizes the sale o
Plantation Bitters, is not the only stamp affixed to
that famous Vegetable Tonic. It bears, in addi
tion to that official sanotion, the still mors valu
able stamp of publio approbation. This inosti-
maMe voucher of Its rare properties as a Tonic,
Corrective and Alterative is world-wide.
How to Look Young Sixteen. Dou't
paint oi use vile Hair Restorers, bat simply apply
Hairau'i Magnolia Balm upou yonr face, neck aud
hands, aud use Lyon's Kathalron upon your hair.
The Bulm makes your complexion pearly, soft and
natural, and yon can't tell what did It. It removes
freckles, tau, aallowness, ring-marks, moth-
patches, etc., and In place of a red, ruatto faee, yon
have the marble purity of an exquisite belle. It
gives to middle age the bloom of perpetual youth,
Add these effects to a splendid Bead of hair pro
duced by the Kathairon, and a lady has done her
best In way of adornment. Brothers will kave no
spinster sisters when these articles are around,
Tie Markets,
rrw tobk.
Beef Cattle Prime to Extra f lAXa .lis
Common to gooa xexaus.... .to a ,UT
tfUca OuWS U.UU IW.M
Kogs-
-Live.
Dressed.
.C7ia .OS
Sheep
Oottou Middling
Flour Extra Western
.(i a .tax
.14a .14
.ou a o uu
4.60 a 6 00
State Extra
WB6at Red Weetern
1.17 a 1.19
1.04 a 1 1)5
l,u. 2 L-prliig......
Bye
.so a .no
1.24 a 1.70
Barley nan
Oats Mixed Western...............
Hay per cwt
Straw ycr cwt
Hope "IDs, ,30a25 'fi9a
.601 .61
.60 a 1.00
.40 a .60
.08 a .13
30.26 a20.5
porx aaees
Lard
.13a .13X
Petroleum Crude 05Ji a05f Refined
.11)4
Hatter titate ss
Ohio Fine 88
" Yellow .24
Western Ordinary 20
Pennsylvania line .88
.40
.26
.21
.40
.16
.08
.15
.31
Obeeee Htato Factory.
;l6Va
.15 a
3D a
Hximinea
Ohio
Eggs State
Wneat
Rye 8 tats
1.55
.93
.to
1.21
.61
5.75
.98
.83
.64
.96
1.28
a
(Jorn Mixed. ,
a .90
Barley 8tate.
a 1.21
a 61
Oats State
BUFTAIiO,
Flour
Wheat No. 1 Spring....
Corn
Oats
B7.
a 7.50
.99
a .83
a .65
a .96
a 1.35
Barley..........
1.20
Lard
.16a .16
BALT1MOBS.
Oottou Low Middling .14
Flour xtra 6.25
Wneat 1.20
Corn Yellow 85
Oats 65
a .14
a e.cu
a 1.20
a .85
67
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Floor Penn. litre 6.50
6 25
niut-nnimi nou. ......
Corn Yellow
1.16
a 1.18
a .90
.90
.88
Mixed
Petroleum Crude....
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mm
llejeet All Violent Purgatives. They rata
sns tons of tbs bowels, and weaken the digestion.
Tarrant's Eflervaicent 8eltier Aperient,
is used by rational people aa a means of rellevin g
vn.iiKBDflmi ui ih .vumaon, llvar ana ins.e
tluee, because it removes obatruotloas without
aus imparts vigor to tne organs whlob It
fu.uiee auu regaiatss. aoia ny au arug gists.
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Dr. J. Walker's Cnliform'a Vin
egar Hitters aro a purely Vegetable
preparation, mado chiclly from tin.' na
tive herbs found on tho lower range's of
tho Sierra Nevada mountains of Califor
nia, the medicinal properties of which
are extracted therefrom without tho ustn
of Alcohol. Tho question is almost;
daily asked, "What is tho cause of tho
unparalleled success of Vinegar Bit
TeksI" Our answer is, that they remove--the
cause of disease, and tho patient re
covers his health. They aro the great
blood purifier aud a life-giving principle
is perfect Innovator and Invigorator
cf the system. Never before in thei
history of the world has a medicine been
finalities of Vineoab Hittkrs in healing tho
sick of every disease man is heir to. Th;J
are a gentle Purgative as wen as a ionic
relieving Coueestion or Inflammation o!'
tho Liver ana iscenu vrguus, muur.
Diseases.
The properties of Dr. analkkr s
INEOAS 1SITTKRS ai'O JX penuilt. uuiwiiid.v,
Carminative, Nutritious. Laxative. uiurcncr
Sedative, Counter-Irritant, Sudoritic, Altera
tive, and Anti-Bilious.
Grateful Thousands proclaim Vnr
kgab Bitters the most wonderful lu
vigorant that ever sustained the sinking
system.
ISO rerson can take uiese jmiers
according to directions, and remain long
unwell, provided their Dones are noi de
stroyed by mineral poison or other
means, and vital organs wasted beyond
repair.
JJllious, liemittent ana inter
mittent Fevers, which are so preva
lent in the valleys of our great nvcrs
throughout tho United states, especially
.. - . , . -,,.: n , : :
tnoso oi rue .Mississippi, uuiu, mtouuu,
Illinois, Tennessee, Cumberland, Arkan
sas, Red, Colorado, Brazos, Rio Grande-
Pearl, Alabama, Mobile, bavannan, ko
anoke, James, and many others, with
their vast tributaries, turouguout our
entire country during the Summer and
Autumn, and remarkably so during sea
sons of unusual heat and dryness, aro
invariably accompanied by exteusive de
rangements of tho stomach and liver,
and other abdominal viscera. In their
treatment, a purgative, exerting a pow
erful influence upon these various or
gans, is essentially necessary. There
is no cathartic for tho purpose equal to
Dr. J. Walker's Viuegar Bitters,
as they will 6peedily removo the dark
colored viscid matter with which the
bowels are loaded, at the same time
stimulating the secretions of the liver,
and generally restoring tho healthy
functions of the digestive organs.
t ortiiy the toouy asramst disease
by purifying all its fluids with Vinegar
Bitters. No epidemic can take nom
of a system thus fore-armed.
Dyspepsia or Indigestion, Head
ache, Pain in tho Shoulders, Coughs,
Tightness or tho Chest, Dizziness, Sour
Eructations of the Stomach, Bad Taste
in the Mouth, Bilious Attacks, Palpita
tation of the Heart, Inflammation of the
Lungs, Pain in the region of the Kid
neys, and a hundred other painful symp
toms, are the offsprings of Dyspepsia.
One bottle will prove a bettor guarantee
of its merits than a lengthy advertise
ment.
Scrofula, or Kind's Evil. Whito
Swellings, Ulcers, Erysipelas, Swelled Neck.
uoitro, bcroiuious muainmations, indolent
Inflammations, Mercurial A (lections, Old
bores, hruptions of the Skiu, Soro Eyes, etc.
In these, as in all other constitutional Dis
eases, WltKBB'S VlKEOAR BlTTERS have
shown their great curative powers in tho
most obstinate and intractable cases.
For Inflammatory and Chronic
Rheumatism, Gout, Bilious, Remit
tent and Intermittent Fevers, Diseases of
tbe Blood, Liver, Kidneys and Bladder,
these Bitters have no equal. Such Diseases
are caused by Vitiated Blood.
Mechanical Diseases. Persons en
gaged in Paints and Minerals, such as
numbers, Type-setters, Uold-beaters, aud
Miners, as they advance in life, are subject
to. paralysis of the Bowels. To guard
OF
to
Pt Mrs. FtntheuM of rinU K-
yt-.r, the wile ot a Mormon Uiph r nest, m
irodiietioa hr Mr Plowc. Ihis ;t
"pcrlrnr? , l.ys bare .the
IS
against this, take a dese of 'Walker's Vin
egar Bittbrs occasionally.
For SKin Diseases, Eruptions, Tet
ter, Salt-Rheum, Blotches, Spots, Pimples.
Pustules, Boils, Calbuucles, Ring-worms,
Scald-head, Sore Eyes, Erysipelas, Itch,
Scurfs, Discolorations of the Skin, Humors
and Diseases of the Skin of whatever name
or nature, are literally dug up and carried
out of the system, in a short time by tbe use
of these Bitters.
Pin, Tape, and other Worms,
lurking in the system of so many thousands,
are elleetually destroyed and removed. No
system of medicine, no vermifuges, no an
thelminitics will free the system from worms
like these Bitters.
For Female Complaints, in young
or old, married or single, at the dawn of wo
manhood, or the turn of life, these Tonie
Bitters display so deoided an influence that
improvement is soon perceptible.
Cleanse the Vitiated Blood when
ever yon find its impurities bursting through
the skin, in Pimples, Eruptions, or Sores ;
cleanse it when you find it obstructed and
sluggish in the veins ; cleanse it when it is
foul; your feelings will tell you when. Keep
the blood pure, and the health of the system
will follow.
R. H. MeDONALD b CO..
Pragfists ud Gee. Agta., San Ftsneiseo, California.
ad ear. of Wsshinrtua end Charlton 8tt.. N. Y.
Sold by i
r aui DrmggUU and Dealers,