A Famous Goose.
An Interesting relic is preserved In a
Rlass case in the Coldstream guards'
orderly-room at Whitehall. It consists
of the head and neck of a goose, around
which is a golden collar with the in
Boriptionj "Jacob 3d battalion Cold
stream guards." Beneath it are the
words: "Died on duty."
In 1838 a rebellion broke out In our
Canadian possessions, and two bat
talions of the guards were sent thither
to assist in quelling it. the battalion
already mentioned being one of them.
Both corps occupied the citadel of Que
bec, and in their turn supplied the
guards which were ordered to be
mounted in different parts of the town
and neighborhood. Near one of these
guards was a farm-yard which had suf
.ered much from the ravages of foxes
animals (hat were at that period a great
pest to the colonists ; and as the farm in
question had been suspected of being the
meeting place of the rebels, a chain of
sentries was placed around it.
One day the sentry whose duty it was
to watch the entrance to the larm had
his attention attracted by an unusual
noise, and on looking toward the spot
whence it proceeded, he beheld a line
goose fleeing toward him closely pur
sued by a fox. His first impulse was to
nave a shot at the latter; but this
Would have alarmed the guard, and
brought condign punishment on him
self for giving a falsi alarm. He was
compelled, therefore, to remain a silent
spectator of the scene, while every step
brought the reynard nearer to his prey.
In the height of its despair, the poor
bird ran iis head and neck between the
legs of the soldier in its frantic en
deavor to reach the refuge which the
sentry-box could afford; and at the
same moment the wily fox made a
desperate grab at the goose; but too
lute, for ere he could get a feather be
tween his teeth, the ready bayonet of
the sentinel had passed through his
body. The poor goose, by way of
showing its gratitude to its preserver,
rubbed ils head against his legs, and
made other equally curious demonstra
tions of joy; mr could it ever bo pre
vailed upon to quit the post, but walked
up and down day after day with
each successive sentry that was placed
there until the battalion left Canada,
when the goose was brought away with
m9. a reKim(mtal pet to England.
Themost remarkable thing in con
nection with the story is that the goose
in turn actually saved its preserver's
life. Whether the former knew that
the sentry was the same man or not,
must of course forever remain a prob
lem; but it so happened that he was on
tiiat particular post about two months
afterward when a desperate attempt was
made to surprise and kill the unwary
sentinel. It was winter time, and al
though it was a bright moonlight night,
the moon was hidden ever and aron by
the scudding clouds which seemed to
presage an approaching storm. In
these,moments of darkness a sharp ob
server might have noticed the shadows
of several men who, unobserved by the
somewhat drowsy sentinel, were en
deavoring stealthily to approach the
post where he stood. Suddenly he
beard, or thought he heord, a stnn.e
rustling sound, and bringing his mus
ket to his shoulder, he shouted loudly:
Who goes there?" Not a sound, save
the echo o! his own voice in the distance,
and the sighing of the winter wind
among the branches of the trees which
stood in the deserted farm-yard, re
sponded to the challenge
Several minutes elapsed, during which
the soldier marched up and down his
lonely beat followed by the devoted
goose, until, dreaming his alarm unwar
ranted, ho again "stood, at ease" before
the sentry-box. This was the enemy's
opportunity, and they were not long in
endeavoring to proiit by it. Closer "and
closer they stole up toward the post, the
thick snow which lay on the ground
completely deadening the sound of their
footsteps. But just as two of their
number, one on each side of the sentry
box, were preparing with uplifted
knife to spring upon tho unsuspecting
man, the bird made a grand effort, rose
Bunuuujjr un us wings, ana swept round
utotuujr.uuA wiui iremenoous lorce
napping us wings right m tho faces ol
me woum-uo assassins. They were as
tounded and rushed blindly forward
but tho sentry, fully aroused to his dan
ger, bayoneted one and shot the other
as ho was running away. Meanwhile
uie omer conspirators approached to th
assistance ot their colleagues; but th
oiro. repeated, its tactics, and enabled
tho sentry to keep them nt bav until thn
guard whom the tiring of his musket
mm awmea came upon the scene and
maoe inem nee lot tneir lives.
When this incident became known
poor um j aeoD win tne hero of the gar
nson; ana the officers subscribed for
ad purchased the golden collar hich
me ouu aiierwara wore until the day o
On the arrival of therecimpntin Lon
don t.io bird resumed its old duties witl
me uenuneis posted at the barrack Bates
anii n, was exceedingly amusing
waicu its movements as it walked
piuuuiy up ana uown with the Bentrv
or stood to attention " beside the box
""cu iaiu-T was saiuting a passim;
officer or guard. The leathered hero
was wuu itu ano cured Jor, and a circu
lar bath hlled with water was always at
its disposal. Children were its especial
''u'"p "-'y used to oring the crea
ture all kinds of food, but Jacob would
ucvri iwiciaieany uomies except when
in military parlance, he was " standing
easy." lor many years Jacob seemed
to bear a charmed lile, but he was at
length run over by a van. Every effort
which kindness and skill could suggest
'.j w avu whs extraordinary
bird; hut it was of no avail, and he
died like a true English soldier, at the
post of duty, after a ' sentry-go " of no
iwuive years. Ufiambcrs1 Jour-
7SUt.
The Uolorudo Rush.
It is all well enough to say "Go West
young man," but when the advice is
accepted it should be with a purpose to
iocaie in some good farming country or
mi it nig Bctiieiuem, ana lane a hand in
uw Keuciai uuveioument. mir.
majority of those who pursue tae siar of
empire in il wesinraru course go to
Colorado. The rush just now is im
mense. People are pouring into Den
ver at the rate of from 4,000 to 6 000
per wee, every train irom the East
being loaded to the utmost limit of its
irauuou power, rue streets of the
my are inrongea with strangers.
ana present the appearance peculiar to
utmuayo. nearly an tne new-comers
expect to secure immediate employment
either there or when they reach the
mining districts. Most of them are pro
vided only with sufficient means to get
back again, and many speedily avail
themseles of the opportunity. It is
like a great tide pouring into the estuar
ies of the sea, only to recede when it has
reached its height. There are no doubt
available chances for the investment of
capital in agricultural and manufactur
ing enterprises in Colorado, but unless
one knows just what to do the risk is
hazardous. The adviceofall whowrite
disinterestedly to those in the East who
have employment, and who are think
ing of going to Colorado, is to stay
where they axe.Bociester Union.
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A farm lioue belonging to J. L. Fen
ton, bituated at Ilarristown, 111., was
truck by lightning and three f the in.
male were knocked enseles
SUICIDES 1H THE SUMMER.
Cnnse That lmd to an tnerenac of Caa
In Hot Weather-Opinions of Two IV ew
York Doctor.
It is observable that every year, as
soon as the he its of summer commence,
there is a large increase in the number
of suicides among men, but not a cor
responding accession in the voluntary
mortality of women. Why men should,
or rather why they do, kill themselves
more then than in any other season,
and why the cause, whatever it may be,
does not operate equally upon both
sexes, were questions propounded a few
days ago to Edouard Seguin, Sr., one of
the most distinguished authorities on
mental alienation and neurology in this
country. He replied :
It must be due, in a great degree, to
what is burned in the vast furnaco
called the sun. The quantity of heat
we receive is certainly a very important
factor in human actions. In the fif
teenth century that fuct was glimmer
ingly perceived, anJ tho scientists of
that day were on the right track. They
attributed to the celestial bodies the
greatest.influence ur on the lives of men ;
and while they went astray in their de
ductions for lack of scientific guidance
to appreciate the bearings and causes of
the facts they observed, they were still
so far right in their observations that
they demonstrated that the great revolu
tions, battles, riots and other bubblings
of humanity took place in the hottest
season. The heat fevers and excites
men, and temporarily aggravates their
conceptions of the vital importance of
influences affecting their interests.
Women, remaining more at home and
under conditions of shelter, clothing
and habits of life that render them less
exposed to the depressing and exciting
influences of the heat than men, are less
seriously affected mentally by the tem
perature. I say " depressing and excit
ing," because excitation and depression
go together, the latter inevitably fol
lowing the former by a law of nature.
Well, in the spring, under the awaken
ing and vivifying influence of the sea
son, men have great expectations of
love, of business, of social and political
successes, etc. When the time comes
that the sun no Joneer shines upon
them, but darts his hery beams, then
the season of depression comes ; they
have experienced failure, or success is
at least delayed, or they foresee failure
and their consciousness of either un
happy condition is increased, their re
actionary power is weakened by the de
pression consequent upon their former
excitation, ana they collapse into sui
cide. If suicide was absolutely due to
necessity the want of the necessities of
life there would be more in winter
than in summer, for now the one who
cannot eat a steak can fill himself with
radishes, and he who cannot buy coal
tor a tire may warm himself in the sun.
We do not hear that in Ireland, when
the famine was at its height, there were
many suicides; but you have a good
many in Paris, and even here in New
York, where food is not scarce, and
among those who have no difficulty in
obtaining it. We cannot, therefore,
deem want, and the desperation conse
quent upon physical want, its chief
causes.
No. Its causes are mental. A man
lorms calculations, and they do not
come to tue point ot realization. Then
he wants to end the struggle nnd be
iiuppier 10 go to rest," as they say. I
think, too, that suicide is rather in pro
portion to other forms of inaanitv.
though I do not think that all suicides
are Insane. But it is a form of collapse,
like insanity. Nov, there aro two
forms of collapse due to a cause ex
tremely prevalent to-dav. That cause
is the enormous influence of the element
of chance in the business of to-day in
other words, to gambling in all its
tortus. The intense attention nnon
mental combinations, inseparable irom
gambling in business, is liable to pro
duce insanity. The tension informing
combinations and plans in which one
knows that chance is a great factor, and
consequently a source of deep anxiety,
striken directly at the brain, and the
shock produced by sudden announce
ments of the failure ot those plans and
combinations produces affections of the
spine. Diseases of the mind arc the re
sults of the first; locomotorataxy and
other affections the direct consequences
of the Bccond. Suicide is but one of the
conclusions of the miscarriages of the
figures of the laboriously-formed plan
or combination upon which the gam
bler of business has erected his hopes of
the future.
This form of suicid.l impulse which
we have now had its homologue in the
lioman empire. It is Know that the
Romans destroyed themselves simply
because they did notsucceel in the real
ization of projects thi y had formed, and
oue of the greatest examples of that was
the philosopher Seneca. Having failed
in educating a good emperor and pro
duced only a scamp by his process, und
having become very rich and mixed in
all the gambling of the day which was
much like what we have now he was
tirst overtaken by paralysis, of which
there is the incontestable mark in the
drawing of tho mouth seen in all his
busts ; and then, pursued by a nervous
fear that the emperor would take away
his life, he did away with himself.
And now a givat many men to-day are
in that plight, their brains and spines
racked by the alternate excitations and
depressions of gambling, their nervous
systems subjected to the strain of fear
ot the future, and they give way, as is
very natural. That women are com
paratively very little subject to such
influences is the great cause why the
suicides among them are, at all times,
but especially in the hot weather, fewer
in proportion to the whole number
thanjthose of men.
Dr. Jared Linslv. one of New York's
oldest and most highly respected general
practitioners, who was formerly for
many years connected with Bellevue
hospital, says that he does not remem
ber ever to have known a case of an at
tempted suicide in which if dpntn wai
sufficiently delayed after the perpetra
tion of the fatal act to permit an ex
pression of a wish bvthe victim, tlicrn
was not manifested an intense desire for
life, a nassionate ree-ret tor i l,r. r,.ul.
deed that had been done. And if there
is any one tuing which the venerable
doctor hates and contemns abnvn nil
other things, it is a pistol, which he
says is so handily used by men in
moments ol depression with fatal effect
beyond hone of recall. It is his hiiHf
tnat suicide is seldom a premeditated
act, but in almost all cases the instan
taneous result of a momentary immilnn.
New iork Bun.
Children's Karnes In China
In China the names of children urn
given according to circumstances, sv.
ciated with the time of their birth. If
a child is born at midnight, its name
may be Midnight; if the season is rainy
the child's name may be Rain: if birth
occurs on the birthday of some relativn
mat relative's age may be the name of
me new-oorn. ana so tnere are namp
of Thirty, Five, Fifty, One and other
numbers. Bui there are even more
curious names. If the parents desired a
boy and a girl is born, her name mnv h
Ought-to-be-a-Boy.
Miss Polly Hanson, aged fiftenn. f
Lake county. Cat., is a wonderful nhnt
She recently killed fourteen out of fif
teen pigeons at twenty-one yards rise.
Miss Hanson is the daughter of District
Attorney Hanson, of Lake county.
THE LIGHTJUSU FLASH.
Incident! of Death anil Destruction or
the Thunderbolt.
A farmer living in Midland township,
Ohio, was killed by lightning.
Mrs. A. G. Small, of Provincctown,
Mass., was rendered insensible by
lightning. Her residence was damaged.
In Todd county, Ky Silos King was
instantly killed nnd Marion Ltudsey so
injured that his recovery is doubtfnl.
A little girl's face was distinctly
photographed by lightning uon a win
dow pane in Laurel, Ohio, during a re
cent thunder-storm.
Henry Davis was killed while work
ing in a barn near Brown township,
Ohio. The barn was also burned by the
lightning stroke.
While unhitching their team, Ashbel
Wells and his son, of Fairview town
ship, Me., were stunned by lightning,
and one of the horses was instantly
killed.
Near Lake View, W. T., a largo pine
tree was torn into fragments by light-,
ning and every vestige of it entirely con
sumed by the fire that resulted from the
stroke.
Marlon Moseley, oi Henry county,
Ga., lost his total supply ot fall pork
and bacon by one stroke of lightning.
The hogs, ten in number, were under an
oak.
Lightning killed a greyhound under
neath a sohoolhomo floor in Clara
county, Ky., but left uninjured the
twenty-five children who were silting
at their desks.
A demolished house and the instant
death of a Mrs. Martin and her two
children was the work of a lightning
stroke at Priceville, 111., nt midnight.
Lightning destroyed the home of Job
Ennis, a Mennonile, of Winnipeg, Mani
toba, killing Ennis. His wito expired
from the shock the next day.
Lightning struck the barn of Jacob
High, near West Jefferson, Ohio, kill
ing Henry Davis, who had taken refuge
there, and burning the building and its
contents.
Lightning cut queer antics at Jasper,
Mich. It struck the windmill of Nathan
Shumway, completely shattering the
stone pump, and, following outside,
killed two cattle.
Edward Sevier, of Murray vi lie, 111.
was struck by lightning at Russell's
Pond, nnd instantly killed. His clothes
were torn from his body, and his shoes
thrown a great distance.
A young man nnmee" Lyers, of Otta
wa, was struck down bv lightning while
walking the streets during a storm.
He recovered, but one side ot his face
was badly scorched, and part of his
clothing was burned.
It was ten years ago when Mrs. Nes
bet, of Guilford, Ont.. was struck by
lightning and thrown from the buggy in
which she was riding, but sho survived
to be killed by another stroke during a
recent storm.
Two horses attached to a buggy in
which were J. E. Haslani, wito, infant
and nurse, of Perry, Ga , were thrown
to the ground by a stroke of lightning,
but horses and inmates escaped miracul
ously any positive injury.
In Geneva, N. Y., lightning struck a
horse in the mouth and passed through
his body, killing him instantly. The
groom, Edward Burke, who was sitting
near by, was mane perfectly insane, and
ran about crying: "Catch him, catch
him."
A drunkard, of Nashville, Tenn.,
while wild with delirium, dug a grave
and lay down in it and died. His wile,
who was frantic at tho sieht, called
loudly upon Heaven to take her also.
On her way home sho was struck dead
by a lightning bolt.
The Reformed church, of Sharon, N
Y., was struck by lightning while the
Sunday-school association were in ses
sion m tne church. No one was seri
ously injured. Thelightning struck the
steeple, loiiowea tno clumncy and into
tho stove, which were burst into atoms.
The first instance cn record of the kill
ing of a mule by lightning occurred at
Bard, lowa. J lie bolt struck the barn
of J. II. Hurl man in the roof at the
ji.nble, made a hole four inches in diam
eter through the hay down into the
stables, instantly killing three horses
and a mule. The flash did not set the
hay or woodwork on fire.
During a heavy thunder-shower at
Mechanic Falls, Me., a boy was sitting
at the foot of a balm of gilcad tree
which was struck by lightning. The
tree was splintered, outline hoy was
apparently uninjured. Soon after the
accident he was seized with nausea, and
on a physician removing the little fel
low's clothes there was found upon his
stomach and chest an imprint resem
bling the trunk of the tree, its brunches
and buds as perfect as could be drawn
by the hands of a skilled artist.
The Famine in the Caucasus.
It appears from the Russian news
papers that the famine in the Caucasus
and in some other provinces of Russia is
of an unprecedented severity.
The Moscovskia Vedomosti reports the
following case: in the village of Khoji
kent, of the Elisavetpol province, an
Armenian, Mirza.with his wife and four
children, had been starving for sonu
time. His neighbors, equally destitute,
could not help him. One day, after a
fruitless search for food, he returned
home, where lie found his wife in tears
and iiis children crying aloud for bread.
In sheer despair he flung himself into
the flames of a large oven, after kill
in f his wife and children. Thus in
a moment perished a family of six per
sons. The incident is reported of
ficially. A correspondent of tho liussky Cour
ier writes to that journal from Baku as
follows : On my way to Shemakha I met
many inhabitants who were plucking up
grass and eating it. A sack of grass is
sold here at three rubles! As to the
cattle, they perish by hundreds.
J. he Obzor says: J. he governor ot the
province of Erivan has received the
following dispatch from the chief of the
Ordubatsky district: "The population
of the district are starving; they have
begun to feed upon the grass." The
governor has sent orders to a rich pro
prietor to feed the people until the gov
ernment supply arrives.
The Orenburgsky Listok says: It is
harrowing to look at the starving pop
ulation and ruined cattle raisers of our
province (Orenburg), but the sight of
dying cattle is heartrending, too."
The Iiusskia Vedomsti says: In the
village of Nicholaevskoy two peasants
were starved.
The Caucasus says : The inhabitants
of many villages of Elisavetpol prov
ince have no provisions whatsoever;
the women and children are wandering 1
in the fields and digging roots.
The Smolensky Vestnik says: The
peasants of the Briansky district have
had no flour for some time past; they
are feeding upon bran mixed with
ground bark.
The Saratovsky Listok says: The in
habitants of the Nouvouzensky district
are happy over the discovery of a new
food. They collect seeds of different
sorts of grass, grind them and make
bread. Though very bitter it allays
hunger.
New Orleans papers state that from
the present outlook a magnificent crop
of sugar will be harvested this season in
Louisiana.
Some Very Old People.
Mr. William II. Warren, of Warrena
ville, Ohio, is ninety-eight years of age,
and occupied the first lo rabin built in
that city. He made Ins own garden
last spring, and is in excellent health
and spirits.
Mr. Nellie Ligon, ot White Chapel
Hill, Ky., is ninety-five years of age.
She still sews on fine muslin and has no
use for glasses. In speaking of her e arly
life she relates many escapes from boars
and Indians.
Near neighbors during their lifetime,
Uncle Timothy Doxsey, of Peat-sail's,
L. I., nnd Zachariah Story, of Christian
Hook, were born on the same day. They
aro now ninety-three years of age, and
both spry and hearty. ,
Lewis Rockwell lives in Lackawaxen,
Pa., and is 103. His wife when she
diol was ninety-five years old. He is
not the only living niembt r of the family,
but has seven brothers and sisters, whoso
united ages are 571 years.
Mrs. Mary Hodgins, of Lucan, Toronto,
died recently aged ninety-one years
She settled in that region lorty-seven
years ago, when the country was an un
broken wildernes, and was the only
white woman thereabouts.
Annie E. Potter died in the New York
Baptist home for aged people after liv
ing lor:? past her centennial anniver
sary. When ten years of age she was
kidnaped from school in India and
sent in a ship from Calcutta to New
York.
Statesville, N. C, has two old but
active citizens. J. W. Miller does his
own plowing, although in his eighty
seventh year. Bartlett Morgan walks in
and out of town, a distance of eighteen
miles, although he is eighty-four years
old.
The Indian chief Louis Walso, who
lives at Lake George, is over 100 years
old. The British governmmt has just
paid him a long-expected pension for
services rendered as chief of the Abene
quis in the contest of 1812.
The father of the Reverend William
Roberson, who died recently in Bold
Camp Creek, Va., did not marry until
lie was fifty years of age. and livtd with
his wife seventy-five years, dying at
125. The minister was in his ninety
seventh year when he died.
"Old Pompey Phillips," a colored
man, died at Berkshire, and is supposed
to have been 100 years of age. He was
once a slave in Hillsdale, N. Y., nnd
said ho saw Washington in 1785. He
leaves a daughter eighty-six years o
age and a son seveaty-four.
The Rev. Noah M. Wells, the oldest
Presbyterian clergyman in the country,
died recently in Erie, Mich., at the age
of ninety-eight. H" preached in Eastern
N ew York until 1825, when he went to
Detroit and organized the first Presby
terian church there.
John Widner died in Rochester re
cently just as he had finished a century
of life. He was born in New Jersey,
but went to Newtown, near Elmira,
when seven years of age. In 1817 he
was employed as overseer over fifty
slaves that worked the farm of a Mr.
Rose, in Monroe county, New York.
Ho learned the Indian language when n
boy from his Indian playfellows, and did
not forjet it.
Mrs. Peter King, who died recently at
Otsego, N. Y., was just rounding a cen
tury ot life. She was a native of Ire
land, and settled in this country when
there were no railroads or stages, in days
when people used to go to Albany, n
d istance of eighty miles, to get groceries.
Her eyesight was as perfect up to the
day ol her death as it had been in her
youth. She was the oldest person in
Otsego county.
After Matilda Jackson, of Paris, Ky.,
had closed a century of life, she left
what she called the white Methodist
church and connected herself with the
colored Christian church, mid was im
mersed in a pond.
Moses Howe, of Dracut, Mass., is now
in hininety-second year. He preached
his tirst sermon sixty-six years ago. On
a recent Sunday afternoon he preached
from the same text, and occupied an
hour and a half. He has married 1,020
couples and buried 2,530 person?.
A Natural Magnet.
There is no counting on a shower,
from whatever source, reaching Pat
erson, says the Paterson (N. J.)
News. About three miles cast ol
that place there is a chain ol
hills, commonly known as " the Preak
nfss mountains." They are a spur ot
the Blue Ridge. These hills contain
large quantities of iron, and consequent
ly are magnetic. They are, as it were,
a gigantic lightning-rod. If a shower
comes from the west with an impetus
sufficient to drive it over the magnetic
influence of those mountains, it reaches
Paterson, after rallying like demoralized
armies, and bursts on Paterson with re
doubled fury. But it it is a genlK'
shower, impelled by moderate wind,
tnese mountains attract it and it follows
them around to the northward as it the
range of hills were a track and the
shower a train of cars. The switching
oil' the track of a shower in a curious
phenomenon. The lightning can be
seen playing with the tops of the moun
tain like gigantic pyrotechnical grass
hoppers. The thunder reverberates, and
tho black and green clouds roll and
writhe like immense serpents angry with
bung mol sted. The btoriu glides along
the mountain tops and over into Bergen
county. Not half the showers that ap
proach Puterson from the west ever
lcich the city. It must be a severe
fct irm to overcome the influences of the
magnetic Preakness mountains.
Words of Wisdom.
One act of charity is worth a century
oi eloquence.
The use of character is to be a shield
against calumny.
Every flower, even the fairest, has
its shadow beneath it as it swii.gs in
the ."unlight.
The tie that binds the happy mav be
dear, but that which links the unfortu
nate is tenderness unutterable.
Age is not all decav: it is the ripening.
the swelling of the fresh life within
that withers and bursts the husk.
Passions are likened best to floods
and streams. The shallow murmur.
but the deep are dumb.
Better fall covered and scarred with
the wounas of glory than to surrender
through expediency to what is wrong.
Has it never occurred to us. when
surrounded by sorrows, that they may
be sent to us only for our instruction,
as we darken the eyes of birds when we
wimi tnem to smgr
He is but a weak man who cannot
twist and weave the threads of his feel
ing, however firm, however Btrained or
h .wever strong, into the great cable of
purpose, by which he lies moored to a
point ot action.
The " Union of the Titans " is a new
society just established in New York
city. Each applicant for membership
must be at least six feet in height, and
also very much of a gentleman."
Old people enjoy the beach, young
ones don't ; rot when applied with a
strong hand.-. Waterloo Observer.
Science says that one pair of herrings
ooUiU a took ih Atlantic in ft few years.
Charcoal and Its Uses.
Charcoal, laid fiat while cold on a
burn, causes the pain to abate immedi
ately; by leaving it on for nn hour the
burn seems almost healed when the
burn is superficial. And charcoal is
valuable tor many other purposes.
Tainted meat, surrounded with it is
sweetened; strewn over heaps of de
composed pelts, or over dead animals,
it prevents any unpleasant odor. Foul
water is purified by it. It is a great dis
infectant, and sweetens offensive air if
placed in shallow trays around apart
ments. It is so very porous in its mi
nute interior, it absorbs and condenses
gases most rapidly. One cubic inch lo
fresh charcoal will absorb nearly one
hundred inches of - gaseous ammonia.
Charcoal formB an unrivaled poultice
for malignant wounds and sores, often
corroding away dead flesh, reducing it
to one-quarter in six hours. In cases
of what we call proud flesh it is inval
uable. It gives no disagreeable odor,
corrodes no metal, hurts no texture,
injures no color, is a simple and safe
s weetner and disinfectant. A teaspoon
ful of charcoal, in half a glass ot water,
ofien relieves a sick headache; it ab
sorbs the gases and relieves the dis
tended stomach pressing against the
nerves, which extend from the stomach
to the head. It often relieves constipa
tion, pain or heartburn.
There are so many snakes about the
lakes in Hickman county, Ky., that it is
dangerous to fish there.
Clergymen, lawyers and authors And Halt
Bitters a pure and sate invigoi-ant.
The average yield of potatoes in 1879
in the United States is stated to have
been only sixty-nine bushels per acre.
The aged and inrlrm are strengthened and
acuities brightei nl hy Malt Bitters.
Talk about a bull in a china shop,
why, we've seen a cowhide in a school
room! New Fork News.
Why snlTer sleepless nights when yoarBaby
i not well? You can buy Dr. Bull's Baby
Syrup at all Drug Stores lor a quarter oi a
10 lur.
Sixty cars of iron ore per day is the
regular shipment from the Iron moun
tain in Missouri.
In Fajwtter form.
Vegetine put np in this torm oames wlthia
the reach ot au. Br making the medicine,
yoiirsuli you can, from a fiOo. package con
taining the barks, roots and herbs, make tiro
bottles of the liquid Vegetine. Thousand
will gladly avail themselTCS ot this oppor
tunity, who have the conveniences to make
the medicine. Fall directions in every pack
age. Vegetine In powder form is sold by all
druggist and general stores. If you cunnot
buy it ol them, enolose nlty eents in postals
stamps for one package, or one dollar for two
packages, and I will send it by return mail.
H. R. Stevens. Boston, Mass.
Are Toil N ot ln-oml Ilrnllh t
11 the Liver is the source ot your trouble,
eon can find nn -ibsolute reint-dy in Dr. Sl.lt
roup's LivEit iNviooKATon, the only vegeta
ll caihurtio whieli acta directly on tho Liver.
Cures all Bilious iliTfascs. For Book address
Uit. Saxfqhd, 1G2 Broadway, New York.
Dr. C. R. Shootiiioiui, the well-know anrai
surgeon of Rending, I'a., ofTors to send by mail,
tree olohrrge, a valua'ilo little book ondeatnes
and disomies of the r-ttr specially on running
r.r and onttirrb, and their proper treatment
giving references and testimonials that will
latisty the most hkepi ioaL Address as above.
a'h Voltaic Krlt t o., KinraiiHil, Bftok.
W;tl send their Klectro-Voltaic Belts to tha
amicted upon 30 days triBl. See their aJvajr
tiuiiuunt in this paper beaded, " C Days
Trial."
Lyon's Heel Slillenpi-a Ke") lioota and shoos
HtruiM. Sold bvno and li.ir Iwarodealem.
O. GiTnKKT'8 Starches are always pure.
A rAHl,-To !lwhotr lufTrinx from th trronj
fln 1 trrllflcri'linn of youth, nervous wetness, mi !y tleray
l'-it uT nu'.lmn I, etc.. I will si-u I u 11-t-ijk-tiuit will curt
.Vo-.t. FHKH OF VIlARtlK 'Una crtut lemedv wn di-cmv.-e;!
!y a ni'.siwury I ri Somli Anif-rliu Seixl nseif
'' wl -m-. , 1.. iba Km. 10SKHU L IN MAN,
Stol.im I) AVu York IMm,
lnuuhern, Wlvn anil Ittolhrrs.
K. MAltOIIISrs CTKlll.VliC'ATlini U-.,N will pint
lly.lv cure l-'uluan W'eakiKw. .M failing of Hit
Womb, Whiten, (.'hrnuit- lull iiiunalloa or lUenttlon ol
tin- W umli, Iiit-Mciitnl llriuoi rhiuie or KlooUinu, Painful
Suiipriwil mi l lin-KUlur Mi-iwliiutlnn, 4c. An old and
ri'i.al.ie rvuivly. Sena poslal otni lur a mninhlct. with
tr.almont, i-iirra mid ccMHUoImi from iihyclan and
rvilk-uUl. to lloH AliTIl A r.AI.I.AKl) Cnd. X, Y
THE MARKETS.
MIW TOBK
Beef Cattle Med. Natives, live wt . . CRVfa
Calves Choice and Extra (4,(a
bueep...... I3,ta)
Lauiba in 14
bogs Live..... 04 4
IlresRfHl e.'Va
Floar Fx. State, Rood lo fancy. ... 4 55 (1
Western, Rood to fancy 4 70 4 7
Wheat No. 2 Red 1 2H 1
No. 1 White 1 20 ,41
Rye State u.1
Barley Two-Rowed State 3 i
Corn Ungraded Western Mixed .... 61 14
Southern Yellow 68 ot
Oata While State 45
Mixed Woeteriu H'J 4
Bay Retail (trades (15 t 1
Straw Long ltye, per cwt. ......... 1 us (4 1
Hopa State, 1H7H U7 (4
Pork Mean, new 11 05 (411
(191
07 H
04 S
.'.
no
oi
.10
27
111
75
65
M
47
43
OS
10
10
DO
iia uity steam owl (46
Perroloum Orude OSXQVIX Iltflnrd
Untter State Creamery 16 (
Diary 14 4
Western Imitation Creamery 15 (4
Factory 12 (4
Cheese State Factory 12 4
Hkiuia t'5 (4
Western 10 4
Kstat State and Penn llJt'Gt
Potatoes, Early Boss, State, bbl... 1 25 19I
BUFFALO.
23
20
17
IS
14
10
14
50
T8
O.i
45
43
70
Floor City Ground, No. 1 Spring.. 6 25
Wbeat No. 1 Hard DulutU. ...., 1 24
Corn No. 'J Weatern ...... 45
Oats State 43
Barley Two-rowed State...... U
bobtoh.
(4
s)
Beef Cattle Live weight
Bhoep
15 4 06
(6 (A 06 V
1108.
Flour Wisconsin aud Minu.Pat.... ( 60 (4 8 25
Corn Mixed and Yellow......
(4 a 67
49 14 63
05 (4 J
61 (4 61
35 at 374
uata Kxtra White
Eye State....
Wool Washed Combing fc Delaine,
Unwashed. " "
WATEBTOWM (VASS ) OATTLI MABKIT
Beef Cattle live weight...
06
06
10
05
25
26
92
X
89
23
13
07 H
tsnecp.,
(16)4(4
CJ (4
05 14
Lamb
bs
Hoca.
PHILADELPHIA.
Flour Penn. choice and fanoy ...... 4 00
Wheat Pennsylvania Bed 1 iOco 1
Rye State 91
Corn State Yellow 6JX4
Oats Mixed !9 (4
Hotter Creamery extra 22 (4
Clieeeo New York Factory IS (4
Pet rolenm Orude 07 fiMWK Refined
Baby rrizes, $000.
An eminent banker's wife of , N.
Y., has induced the proprietors of that
great medicine, Hop Bitters, to offer f 600
in prizes to tbo youngest child thatsayi
Hop Bitters plainly, in any langunge,
between May 1. 1680. and Julv 4. 1881.
This is a liberal and interesting offer,
and everybody and his wife should send
iwo-cent stamp to tne Hop Bitters Mii
.Co., Rochester, N. Y., U. S. A., for
circular, giving full particulars, and be
gin at once to teach the children to say
Hop Bitters and secure the prize.
The Brnasev family in England must.
nexh in W. IT Vanrlprhilr hn alrnnaf
the largest holders of securities, other
.1 1 , . . i mi ,
Minn rrni psiato, ia uiw worm, llicir
father left them over $30,000,000 in tier.
sonal property, nnd they do not own
more then $73,000 a year real estate.
Vegetine.
IN POWDER FORM,
0 CENTS A FACKiUE.
Dr.W. ROSS WRITES:
Scrofula, Llvtr Complaint, Dyspepsia,
Rheumatism, Weakness.
H. R. iters, Bottom I hsrs bean nraotltriiit
meilicine f or twenty-flTi years, and an a ismeriy lot
Bcrofnla, Ltver Oomiilnint, Dyspepala, nbenmn.
tlsm, Weakness, and all Dlnrane of the M!ov1, I
bars nerer found its equal. I bsve sold Vhoetins
far aeren years, and liavo never bad one linttle
returned. I would heartily recommend It to tboai
in need of a blood purfAer.
Da. W. HOT I, Drn(fg!t,
apt. 18, m. Wilton, tows.
Vegetine.
ONE PACKAUE IN POWDER FORM
CURED SCROFULA.
HOW TO REDUCE YOUR DOCTORS' BILLS.
M Bancs St., East Boston, Mass.,1
Sept. 80, 1879. (
Mr. B. R. STiriifS Dear Sir: My little daughter
Stelia baa been afflloted a long time with Scrofula,
suffering everything. I employed different phyal -c
um in Kaat Boston, but Ibey helped ber none. I
bought eome of your Powur.n Fobm Veoztimb,
aii l iuy wife steeped it and gave It to the child
a cordiug to the directions, and we wore aurprised
In afi rtuighta time to see how thcohlld had gaiued
In fleeh and strength. She Is now gaining every
1uy, and lean cheerfully recommend your remedy
to be Iba best we have aver tried.
Beapeotfally yours, t. T. WEBB.
Yegetine Is Sold by all Druggists.
MALT BITTERS
TRADEMARK
DUMCATH FEMALES. Ktirslnir Mntliem, Sickly
Chii lri-n rnr. Hn I ii i other remedy or preparation it
limit all umip iuh e with this nmti ulem I-'ihid Mkdi
iwE. MAI.T lilriKllS enrich the hloo I. perfict dlts
tlitn, Mmmlutc the liver and kidneys, nrri-st ulcerative
we:i..ness!'B. purify and vitalix-? every fun- tlnn an..! procesa
of the female system, and cure Neuralitla. Ihttcria, Nerv
mnes. Indlixcstlnn, dyspepsia and lK-adacii- Prepared
liy the nIAl.T nii'lEHS COMPANV from Vnf rmrtitet
Mnll tml Hoi, and Mil everywhere. MALI l.ilftKS
UOM I'A X V, 1108Ii.il. Ma-s.
'KIN
) DISEASES.
Itching nmuurs. Scaly Krup
tlorjs, Scalp Aitectlutis, Salt
Ktieum, Pfr.rliiHts, Si-ti! I IUn ',
I'lcf-ra anil Son's Infill! 'y-nn-1
by the Ccth.'cha tiKui'.m:.
which have prrinrintKl inirm K
oi nailing uiipraiicjeii in in -1
ml hlKtory. Send for Il'mtnttet. !: uit.se, contain;!:-.
Instiinoninlg from every part or the Tnioii. Prepare! i.v
W fe ft Putter, Chemists, Uoston, Muss. Sold by l)ru;'
jlsla. HUNT'S
REMEDY
TUB GREAT
Kidney and Liver Medicb,
CCHKS nil Diseases or the Kidneys,
Liver, Kindlier, und I riniii v Orgum, j
Driiy, Gravel, Uiiilii-ti-s, lti-lght'
Ilange, I'nins in tho Hack,
Loins, or Side; Ketentlon or
Noiiretention of Urine,
Nervous Diseases, Female
Weaknesses, Kxceases, Jaun
dice, liiliousness, Headache, hour
Stomach, Iy sponsiu, Constipation & l'ile.
HUNT'S REMEDY
crnrcs wiiKN- all ottiku medk-intts
i AIL, as it acta directly aud nt once on the
Kiilu.-yx, I.lver, and Itowels, restorin;; tin m
to a healthy action. HI NT'S KK.MKDV is a
safe, euro and speedy cure, and hundreds linvu
been cured hy it when plivaiciana and friends
had (rivii them up to die. Do not delay, try nt
oaco HLXTd liliMUDV.
8cnd for pamphlet to
XVM. E. CLARKE, Providence, It. I.
Prlc-s, 73 cents nnd Sl.a.1?. Lareo sire
the cheapest. Ask your druggist for HUNT'S
HIS 1 BUY. Take no other.
"BEATTY'
OF WASUISGTO NEW JERSEY,
14-Stop ORGANS
Stool, Hook Mualc, boxed A ahlpped only
New Piania ttlU5 to Sl .A'iO. Before you hivnnln
trument be sure to see his Mid-aumiufT otter iUwtmtnl.
tree. Address PAX iKL F. liEA'f i'Y, Washington, S.J.
fftPV "PAT! KKCKIPTfwttt fab
JWM- JL X IJm directions to mak od
equal to those io)d for $2 to $i, for one-1 bird th money)
and Reeipu for SO kinds of Ink, nil cetorv, It Oct, by re
tura mail. AddJBM H. BUtiSOJt, P.M, Alvarado, Teue.
A'l DM lti. Frtini'i mid florae men
For $1 will aend a complete Hook that telle you bow
to cure every diu aae that horses are subject to. Bind
stanip for refcremea and 1 st of over 2m Keclpoe to P. P.
Lvmcm. liojt 418, Sa at ob' -i Springs, N.Y. Ayenta wanted.
n C AT T? Splendid lnvctment ft5H
lUll Pillili Acrfs, ChPtvuw-ke Itay.
Iveiit Co. M i. Mich 1-aim: 20,ouu beaiiiiK Treet, Ao.uuO
Iterrles: fluent fish Int.'. bathing; g od opening tor Hotel.
Iaiiy heals, cars. Will pro-luce over $2oooj Uils year.
A bargain. So, I tenant J. POLK, Atty.,WUmliitjton,Del,
1. W W tK K. Ilff nt 'mrisvnmfnl urtA inart-r.
y u i.-m of FrtM M toni. Ksrcaitl rmikiU discovtrv l
miileiil matouic tmblfiinon tbe fuuntUtlooi of Cl
i-Mtrn't NftMlls io ErvpL Oratphiclly illnstmcd with
jroipsTtQi, new HUittrsMo.1 cilfKue. nd Urnu, KbidJlNLj 4 CO
.Iwonk PuUi.hcrts lat Brvnlwy, Nn Yvrk.
ON 30 DATS' TRIAL
srs m saad aur Kactro-Toltals Baits and att
Electric AiipUaaces upoa trial for au days to thorn aOik tuo
with Mm ,Ut and Uta s srerawi natmn
Alao of the Liver, lLliiJieya. Hhaumatlsui, Paralyaka, '
AilOma Vottmis Mm .,lWrsh11.1rIlch
VOUNC MEN iTwas1.
niflilh. livery iira.luate truaraiiteed a DHylnn situ
stloii AU.i ea It. Vafentine, Managar, JanesvlUs. Wis.
$777
A TEah end expenses to acenU.
Outilt Free. AOdrM
i O VICKKKY, Augusta, Maine
UAMTm Aru mrrwhm U ul Te, CqsTm, bklnc
VVHI1 I fcU P''Jr,FvtritlSiuti,M..hynipl,ll.fiiiiillrf.
bu im. rwri a it.lt VS., 101 MKD, St. 1XUI
N
BXT OF Kim, of Great Ilrltsin, Ireland, tc. A
Knulatryof au.uooKaniea. Heir, wanted. Price ft.
UARWOB A CO.. 911 lUiiiniii K,. V hiL.teltihia. Pa.
etc n son Pr day at home. Sample, worth rne
3 10 AUdrets Siwaoa 4 CoT, Portland, Maine,
BTB-
Rout final,! w Sewing lladilne Needles Oc. per
20
ftnlMMiM fBMM VUltln. 41 A BlfSBl. WltB I
vcb. siflma , to, i- n
$72
A WEEK. $ a day at home easily made. Costly
Vulut free. Address 'lava 4 Co., Augusta, Mains,
MALT AND HOPS g
r
if
Important to the Fair Sex J
U vTVKV 'vT' I ft 1- ES4- 111
TUB GRRATKNGMHH RRMFDT, enre Lotoom,
hta,(oT whitflB,) Tainful Menntnition, Ulceration, Ova
rian P'BOMRfi, Absent Mfmstrnntion, all diabases, known
i f nn. ale weaknoBn, Thry hnvn boen unnd in England
iot jenTH m n rmrifKiioai ana rtijminnna' pin. roia dj bu
Onijrfflsts evorywhere. Price $M) per box orni boxei
(or $it,W, tent by mail froe of rxwtnirn, Boonmly scaled,
tiik uny mi liiriNK :.,
i Mechanics' Hlook, lptmit, Mich.
wholesale Agents for U. H. WTamphints sent frea
O. N. CRITTKiNTON. Wholesale Aont. l.ew York.
NTN U-NO 111
' vsHr.yrtl
FRAZER AXLE GREASE.
FOIt H4LK BY ALT, OHil-K-H.
Awanlal Ms ME UAL OF HOSOR at the Ontmntal a4
Porn KrnfufititynM.
Chicago. FRAZER LUBHICATOR CO., New York.
?hat Everyli ody Wants !
WHO HAS NOT HEARD AND
READ OF IT I
Wot tlio Followlng;i
PnAftistHTRO, O., May It.
Hevrs. J. N. Ha nan k Co (Minm: Permit me to
ay that for several weeks I (mfTercl with a severe cough.
I first UM'l Dentc'it Couh Itiilami. ami a CUT that several
other preparations, each of which I pave a Fair trial, which
availed me nothing. For the succeed imr st i davs I used
no nrdklne. Hy that time I was timunht in the first
stages ot Consumption. My cough being more severe than
ev.-r, I then eomtrvrtcrd using AI LION'S J,ITNU
B1jMAI, which has fiectually cured me. I consci
entiously believe it to he an excellent medicine, and can
as-tire you that It wilt afford me the hl;:hp:t ponlMe gratl
flciition to commend it to any person v.m mav refer to m.
Yours truly, Jt'KWl'UN Mb'KPJIY.
For Bale by all Mvdft'lne Denier.
For One Mnnth
S)t fT it Yetr'n tob
fc-ntttu to the Lrftl 11-
luiirrti"!, s-iifi pact)
Btory l-aper, TiikAVii
Lv Cau, I.K- th N. V.
Ledger Cora
pfttiion, tr, 1'enotlBvl
notim for Awkual tutr
tA, cr:bffi Irn, A pooa
yt 2 ' Imni-e to tret wifc or
nnl.snii. Nothing in 111
olumn to orTiind the
most f;L,tiilinii. rnr n
w.imii, Ail'ireu, T. Q,
1MOKMOW, I'cm.iMHiB,
V,h A 157 Deubotn ttW
Gakaft 111.
RED RiVEIS VALLEY
2,000,000 Acres
Wheat Lands
bat 1a n World, foreaJ bj th
11 Panl, Minneapolis & Manitoba E.R. CO.
Tbn dollars pur aera allowed thaaatttar for brut
C and oulUvaUoo. 'or particular aipl, to
D. A. McK.INl.AY,
l-nrt Cammlwliiiii-r. ft. I"l, Minn.
The Koran.
A oiirioNtly to every one, ami a ueceaaltr
to nil HtiKlimls or llttttiry or Itrliuloni
TH K KOKAN OK Molf A.MMKI); translated fiom ths
Arabic by tscine Saie. KoriiH-ily puhl shed at $2,78;
ew, beautiful Type, uet, cloth-bound edition; pries
111 ee.itn, ;iitd tt cents Tor postme. Catalogue of many
(Standard works, rcuiarkah.y low in price, with extra terms
to c ui!, tree. S.ty win-it you miw this advertisements
AMFKICAH HOOK f.XCllAfttsE, 1 1 ll'unc HUll'llNg, IN. If
Is the 14 Orlplnnl ' Concentrated Lye anrl Reliable Fnmll j
Simp Maker. Uirei lions ai-company eaiiiC mi for niakmii
IIhi-iI, Kurt ami Toilet snni qnlikly. It Is full
ui'iuht ami Biii-iKtli. Ask yuur grocer for rj.VO.M
VI t .11, uuil take do oltierr.
PENN'A SALT MANUFACTURING CO., Phila.
PETROLEUM
Grand Medal
at Priilaiielpiila
Ba post Mon.
MUE
JELLY
Mm Bifiial
M l-arki
BapuaiUOB.
Tka weBderfol autxtawe is a.-kaowle1ce4 by phyav
siaiia tkroutthi.at Um world to be the beat mneily day
oovered for the curs of Wunnila, Ruma, "- if
Sum ntMrs, Pilfa, Catarrh, (rhllblalia, c la ardal
that every aua nay try it, it l, put up m lfi and !V ceol
seules for bouerhold use. Olibun if from your aragiua.
a-djM WW 1b4 K savsrtor t. aayttua- yes kaw ivm
ft Tn!"1!' VI r--.-!r f r I'm rli-l-.ly l!!-v.-v!"l, ,-ti.1 only
GRANT'S npOTR
It dfscrihea Itoyai Pa'acs, liare ('ui-iositli o, Wealth and
Wi n lcTn ot tin- ln iic, ;:iii, a, J: p in, etc. A mi liui
pt'oplc want it. Thi: the b st iin...f yuur lif to
make mvitvy. Itewareof ciitchp nuy ' iimt ttiona. Send
for ctreu:aritcintatni)); a full U s. liptiou uf tue work and
extra teima to A,' ut. Addicss
National. Pl'Ui.isii.nu t'o., Piiila Iclphta, Pa.
Vhe Creat Komecy I-or 1 K LIVER
THE BOWELS(and the KIDNEYS,
These frreat oirans are the Natural elt nnseniof
tlu'hysum. If tJu y woik Will, hcnltb le cr
f cot, if they Ixvumerlotrireil, dreiulful dit-a-si-H are
develoH?d tH?enuK thf bll in Ni.-oned with the
humors that should have been exixdled naturally.
Kl PN E Y-WORT retort the natural action,
amf turn oiT tno diseru Tnousand have been
cured, and all may le. For sale by nil lirureriftta.
11
REWARD STtSKSZ
lilmd, Ituhinfcf, or tllcrtt-d
I'ilt-M tliat lt-ltiiiM'i Tilo
Hiinr4ly fadtttocurd. Gives
iiLuiitHimte relief, cun-i caaae
of luna; etjindinff in 1 wtM-lt,
una ordinary oaaa infldaya.
r.AHTinN "
vriutpcr hilt vritttnl
Dr. J. P. Miltrr't tin
s wn w awn wfiien ye.HO
fot in bhtrka l'H aSones and
rtmtiirm. i'titttL Ik I Knit's C.1,4
riy alldruKKib
Propr..B.W.
coz. Tenth and Arcb. Su., lWada.,'p!
S.-nt )v iniil lw .1 V Mim a u
UNITED STATES
Patent Brokers and Inventors'
ASBOOIATIOW.
Patent Rights sold at PrWats Sale and by PuMte Aaa
Hon. Patau la obtained and Searches mads en Um Lowed!
Terms. Correspondence solicited. Circular, seat sat
bpbUcbUosv -4.
WSI. CB1WSU1W, Hasuar,
3B Arch Wtreet. PUff.A lFLPHI A.
EI -CARS
SODA
b tae beat la ths Wort. K Is ahsorately pare. U to 0M
best for Medicinal Purpoeea. It 1, the seat for Baktas saA
all Pasally Uses. Sold by all Druggists aad ttraoarsT
fEWN'A SALT WUFACTURIN8 CO., PWaf.
Tikis Claim-Uuaa Kaia,ailisbel IMS,
PENSIONS.
Slew Law.
TVmaaada af -'" u
aa to AiaoBanra ai ----- 1
Aadreat, wl suaoa.
H KUBSa Bl t.BSBaaa
fq Prswsr WBshlBs,.. , a
TRUTH MJCTXi
lias will sW a C , ariU iof
BA. kaiahi. sLm af . aju) U.k W a...
Ud r.Hl aMtan f a, fulBf. hV I
wkaf ,,. sliU A. aM. Hi.! JaU mt V
lsea ait. . iWBa, M aaa. fM Be 4.a
$66
A WKKK In your own town Term, anu 6 trjtttt
Ky!
mm
Awn l JTjrfl rv.ysSSrsf J
f HAT I SHALL I I "i7f" .FT I
SAP0MIF1ER
NATRONA