TI1.B CHICKEN'S MISTAKE. .
A little downy chicken one day
Asked leave to to on the water t
Where sbe saw a duck with her hrood at ploy
. Swimming and aploshlug about her.
Indeed, she began to peep nno! cry, T
When her mother wouldn't lot bcr,
" If the ducks can swim there, why can't I ;
Are they any bigger or better?"
Then the old hen answered, " Listen to mo,
And hush your foolish tufting,
Just look at your feet, and you will sec
They were only ninde for walking."
But chlcky wistfully eyed the brook
And didn't half believe her,
For she seemed to my, by a knowing look,
" Such stories couldu't deceive her."
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And as hor mother was scratching the ground'
She muttered, lower and lower,
" I know I can go there and not be drowned,
And so I think I'll show her."
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Then she made a plunge, where the stream
was deep,
And saw too late her blunder;
For she hadu't hardly time to peep
Till ber foolish head went under.
And now I hope her fate will show
The child, my story reading ;
That those who are older sometimes know,
What yon will do well In heeding'.
That each content In his place should dwell,
And envy no, his brother J
And any part that is acted well
Is Just aa good as another.
For we all have our proper sphere below,
And this is a truth worth knowing,
Tou will come to grief if you try to go
Where you were never made for going !
Phieub Cart.
Kvbudy'8 Daughter.
A correspondent of the Cincinnati
Chronicle assures the verity of the fol
lowing highly romantio Btory, -which,
while in the full flavor of the choicest
old-style fiction, has still to find its solu
tion in modern fact :
In the dusk of an evening of last win
ter, when they were just lighting the
gas in the stores of a city supposed to be
St. Louis, there entered a certain fashion
able jeweller's establishment a pale, slen
der, very shabbily dressed 'girl, appar
ently about 15 years old, who timidly
asked a clerk in charge if he would not
buy from her a miiub tarnicLed small
bracelet, which she rather stealthily ex
hibited. Carelessly noting the soiled
general look of the article, the clerk at
first gave a sharp refusal ; but, happen
ing to have his attention incidentally
attracted more closely by the antique
setting of tome ornament in the brace
let, and next discovering that said orna
ment was a valuable ruby, with a mono
gram inside, he sternly refused to let
either the would-be seller or her ware
leave the store until his employer should
have arrived. Consequently, when the
jeweller came in from his dinner he
found the girl, crying with terror, await
" ing him in his private office, and the
clerk holding her in custody for sus
pected theft. Examining the bracelet
closely, he became convinced that it was
foreign both in manufacture and owner
ship ; and this conviction, added to the
pleading manner and innocent look of
the terrified girl, induced bim to credit
the latter's tearful protestations of hon
esty. By a skillful admixture of pater
nal kindness of tone with admonitions
to a full explanation for her own good,
the golden merchant presently persuaded
the alarmed young creature into such
disclosure of her history as he had little
anticipated.
The girl described herself as the
daughter of " a great lady in Europe,
from whom, some four years ago, she
was removed by her uncle, who placed
her on board ship at night, in cure of a
man never seen by her before. She
knew not why this was done. It came
upon her without a moment a warning,
and to all her protests and questions a
command tor silence was the only re
sponse. On the ship she came to this
country, vigilantly guarded by her
strange, wnoiiy incommunicative custo
dian, who, after their landing in New
York, hurried her to the Western city,
delivered her there to the charge of an
obscure and poor family, evidently ad
vised of her arrival beforehand, and
then disappeared, to be seen of her no
.more.
Upon her arm when she left home was
the bracelet. Her reason for attempting
to sell it wag that the people having the
care of her were too poor to provide her
with decent clothing, and had not ob
jected to her sale of the bracelet in the
interest of her wardrobe.
While scarcely inclined to credit this
curious and unsatisfactory story, the
jeweller felt sufficiently interested in the
girl to make inquiries about her of the
people with whom she lived. They
veniying an tnat sne Had. told him,
though stubbornly refusing to add an
explanatory word thereto, he took the
mysterious young exile into his own
home as a nursemaid for his children,
and placed her bracelet in one of the
show-cases of his store as a curiosity.
So the affair rested until a few days
age, when the bracelet produced a new
scene. A priest, lately despatched by
his ghostly superiors in Europe to some
duty in America, had left his watch at
the jeweller'i for the usual rectification
after a sea voyage, and when calling to
reoeive it again, noticed the bracelet in
the show-case, and asked the privilege of
inspecting it more closely. His request
being granted, and the bauble placed in
his hand, he was seized with an agitation
too powerful to be repressed, and, after
a moment's pause, solicited an immediate
private interview with the jeweller.
What passed during that interview can
be only vaguely inferred, for one of its
effects, it appears, was to commit the
jeweller also to the secresy theretofore
involving all others concerned with the
bracelet. At tb doce of the interview
the priest accompanied the merchant to
bis private residence ; from whence, after
. an hour's pause, priest and girl came
forth together, to enter a private car
riage, and drive it is not known whither.
60 ends all of the story that can be
known at present j the general reader's
ingenuity and powers of imagination
being conveniently left at liberty to de
vise the solution most agreeable to his,
or her, sense of the logic of romance
and poetic justice, and the most obvious
induction from the facts revealed.
A very touching story about a con
scientious chicken is thus related : " A
youthful hen found an egg, and yield
ing to the vernal instinct, sat upon it,
until the process of incubation was
complete, tier mother, who had laid
the egg and had taken great pains in
shaping and coloring it, came along, and
seeing only the broken shell, burst into
tears, and said : 'Alas, my daughter, who
has destroyed my favorite egg'r" The
feathered offspring quickly responded :
'I cannot tell a lie, mother; I cannot
tell a lie : I did it with my little hatch
Kwp Tour Month Shut.
A few years ago, George Catlin wrote
a pamphlet, which was published in
England, and is now being translated in
most other .European languages, on the
importance of breathing through the
nose, in order to preserve health. lie
has made observations on this subject,
first among civilized nations, finding
that individuals who habitually keep
their mouths open are never very healthy
or long-lived. Afterward, he observed
the same thing during a sojourn of many
years among the Indians of North and
South America and he has 00 me to the
conclusion that there exists a definite law
for breathing and Bleeping, obedience to
which must exercise the most beneficial
influence on the well-being of the human
race, and which cannot be too strongly
insisted upon. Mothers, and all others
who have children to eduoate, should be
persuaded of its great importance, that
they may inculcate npon their children
and pupils the golden lesson contained
in these four words, keep your month shut
IIithertD this advice has been considered
only as a moral injunction, to restrain
ohildren from talking too much ; but
Catlin prescribes it literally, and insists
that air should only pass in and out of the
lungs by the noso, except in the act of
speaking or singing. He is so enthusi
astic concerning the great value of this
single hygienic recipe that he closes the
book with the following remarks: "If
I had a million dollars to spend for a
charitable purpose, surpassing all others
in value, I would sp nd it to print four
million of my books, and distrioute them
among four million mothers, as well as
poor. I would not obtain therefor any
monumtnt nor decoration of nobility ;
but I would which is mnch better
have obtained the peculiarly joyful satis
faction that I had left posterity a legacy
of much higher value than money can
have."
There is no doubt that the advice is
good. The air, by being inhaled through
the nose, is more perfectly freed from
dust, and in winter reaches the lungs in
a warmer condition than when inhaled
by the mouth, (which is of great impor
tance to people with weak lungs.) It
keeps the lower forward portion of the
brain cool, when inhaled by the nose ;
while it dries the saliva, and thus inter
feres with digestion, when inhaled by
by the mouth ; and those who slaep with
their mouth Bhut will not have that dry,
unpleasant taste when they awake in the
morning, and are less subject to that
nocturnal social nuisance snoring.
There are a few other points of minor
importance, but worth mentioning. A
habitually open mouth gives a most
stupid expression to any face, and,
usually, only the ignorant classes have
this habit ; while the more refined gener
ally possess the opposite habit and keep
their mouths instinctively shut.
However, in regard to the theory that
lite is shortened by the habit ot breath
ing through the mouth, we are satisfied
that it depends on another cause, namely,
a defect in the primary organization of
the individual. The channels of the nose
are often not left wide enough to admit
sufficient air tor respiration ; so that the
individual is compelled to respire at least
a portion of it through the mouth. It
is a fact known by connoisseurs of horses,
that when their nostrils are too narrow
they cannot stand much fatigue, are
short-winded, never live long, and soon
break down. But as the horse cannot
breathe through the mouth at all, the
defect in question is more dangerous to
him than to man, and often fatal when
he is overworked.
In many instances, however, we feel
confident that breathing through the
mouth is a matter of necessity, at least
in part ; but though the detect in the
construction of the breathing passages
cannot be overcome by an effort of the
will, it may still mitigate the evil.
A Very Old Stone.
If the reader will open his Bible at the
Second Book of Kings, chapter 1st, v.,
he will find "That Moab rebelled against
Israel;" and again, at verse 4th, 3d
chapter, an account of Mesha, king of
Moab, his battle with the Israelites, and
that " He took his eldest son, that should
have reigned in his stead, and offered
him for a burnt-offering upon the wall,"
to the god Chemosh ; and with this awful
sacrifice, Mesha vanished (until very
lately) from history.
In August, 1868, a clergyman found
his way to a place called Diban, east of
the Dead Sea, in what was once the
land of Moab, where the Arabs pointed
out a large flat stone perfectly preserved,
covered with an unknown inscription.
The traveller at once took measures to
remove the stone to the musem of Berlin,
iu Prussia, but the Arabs, finding that
the stone was considered valuable, quar
relled about it, until one of them term
inated the business by heating the slab
with a fire, and then throwing cold
water on it, broke it into fragments.
Fortunately, imperfect impressions were
taken of the inscription by stjueeting some
wet paper into the cut letters, and thus
of the original one thousand letters six
hundred and sixty-nine have been ob
tained, and there is some reason to hope
that all the fragments of the stone may
yet be gathered and reach Europe.
Such is a succinct statement of the dis
covery of the " Moabite stone," now ex
citing such great interest among the
learned for, by photographing the
characters so as to enlarge them, aud by
careful comparison they ate found to be
Greek letters of the simplest form used
by the Phoenicians, and probably the
oldest Semitio record now in existence.
The translation is yet imperfect and too
long for quotation, but it begins thus :
"I am Mesha, son of Chamos, king of
Moab ; my father ruled over Moab thirty
years, and I ruled after my father, and I
made this high place of sacrifice to Cha
mos in Korcha high place of deliver
ance, for he saved me from all aggres
sors." The names of "Omri," "Ahab,"
" Jehovah," and several cities, are found
further on, all confirming the historical
accuracy of the Jewish records, and also
adding considerably to the scanty knowl
edge of the mythology of those times
for "Astar Chamos'r appears to have
been propitiated by the sacrifice of child
ren, and is the Aphrodites of the Greeks,
and the same as Athor of Egypt and
Nineveh.
So much, then, for our " oid Stone ;"
but let thi reader reflect how every now
and then some old record crops out from
mother earth, and tells with ' miracu
lous organ" of the forgotten past, bring
ing up out of the gloom of centuries,
human passions, wars, defeats and tri
umphs in vivid lights, and then, too, be
fore the eyes of this time the very tablet
of the man who "sacrificed his sou" in
desperation. "
Over twelve hundred churches were
built in the United States last year.
The Women of Chinn,
Mrs. S. L. Baldwin, the missionary to
China, lectured in Philadelphia recent
ly; Of the women in China she said:
lhe women ot China are divided into
two classes the bound-footed, who are
the ladies, and the large-footed, who are
the common class. The latter carry the
burdens, do all the drudging and out
door work, while their husbands do
nothing. When a little girl is born the
parents think the gods are angry with
tnem, ana tney Hold a consultation
whether she shall be allowed to live or
not. If she is, when she arrives at the
age of 4 years they hold another con
sultation whether she shall be a bound-
tooted or a large-footed woman. Ii Bhe
is chosen to be a bound-footed she is
not permitted to do anything, but if
otherwise she has to be the family's
slave. I have seen a woman with four
children strapped to her back and row
ing a boat, while her husband laid in
the cabin smoking his pipe. Girls have
no choice of their husbands; the young
girl is sold by her parents at the high-
tst price they can obtain for her. She
never sees her husband, nor he her, un
til after they are married. If he chooses
he can be divorced from her for talking
too much ; if he becomes poor, or gets
tired of her, he sells her again. In the
coldest weather the large-footed women
are not allowed to wear stockings, and
oannot dress in any other colors than
black or blue. The manner in which
they make their feet small is by bind
ing the four toes under the foot, which
they keep bound up for about eleven
years, when the foot becomes dead. I
have walked through the streets when
the women would brush against my
dress so as to see my feet, so they could
tell to what class 1 belonged. I would
say to them, " 1 will show you my feet,
but do not pull my clothes, as it is rude."
When I would expose my feet to them
they would exclaim : " Why, have you
no real ladies iu America V" And the
only way that 1 could make them be
lieve that wo had, was by telling them
that the women read books like the men,
which utterly astounded them, as the
real Chinese lady is brought up in the
utmost ignorance, and they only marry
in the rich families, because they know
and do so little, and need so much wait
ing upon that it takes a rich husband
to support them. If you ask a Chinese
womun how many children she has, she
will, give you only the number of the
boys. She has to be asked the second
time how many girls she has, as they
are thought so little ot that 111 many
cases they are killed as soon as born.
A large-footed woman told me once
that her first child was a little girl, and
she described to me how she loved the
little one. "My husband went out,"
she said, " and brought in a tub of w&
ter. 1 begged him to spare its life, but
he took the little one and put its head
in the water, and held it there until it
was dead." Her second babe was a
daughter, and it was served the same as
the tirst ; the third child was a boy ; he
lived until he was about 4 years old,
then the gods got angry and killed him ;
" then my husband died ; and now if I
eat anything that is nice and if I wear
good clothes, my relatives become angry
and treat me harshly." Even in our
Christian churches in China, the women
are not allowed in the same room with
the men, but are partitioned off in a
lattice work-room.
The Beardless Age.
When the great Henry IV., of France,
was succeeded by Louis XII. (who never
became great), the new king was only
nine years of age, consequently beard
less. Courtiers have at all times been
remarkable for their servility, and as
Louis could have no beard, they resolved
to be beardless themselves, and they
went forthwith to the barbers. The
honest statesman, Sully, was the only
man who dared to appear with his beard
in the same form as he wore it in the
time of his old master. Crop-lipped
courtiers made merry at the old couu
suitor's expense, laughing at his ancient
appearance. Sully bore their irreverent
jests tor some time, and then with dig
nity he said to the king, " Sire, when
your father of glorious memory did me
the houor to consult me on his great and
important affairs, the first thing he did
was to send away the buffoons of his
court." Louis XII., however, had no
idea about buffoonery. The system of
cropping, we are told, was carried so tar
that even the inferior animals were sub
jected to the process, which occasioned
Marshal Bassompiere, who hud been
imprisoned during the last twelve years
of the preceding reign, to observe, on
coming to Court again, that no saw no
other change in the world since he hud
been secluded from it, than that men
had lost their beards and horses their
tails. In England, in Queen Elizabeth's
time, the growth of beards was regulat
ed by statute in Lincoln's-Inn, and " it
was ordered that no fellow ot that house
should wear a beard of above a fort
night's growth." What a stubby ap
pearance the learned chins must have
exhibited. The prohibition did not lust
longer than a yeur.
Short Shut.
Short sight is frequently the penalty
of learning. It loilows, tho Saturday
Review says, very closely upon the
amount ot education by books. The
Germans have the shortest sight of all
nations, aggregated as the detect is by
the small, thin type and coarse paper in
popular use in that country. Convexity
of the lens of the eye is induced by the
habitual adjustment to a near focus.
Among sailors, whose eyes are directed
so much toward distant objects on the
horizon, sight is generally found the
longest.
Iu the English and American armies
efficiency 01 sight is one ot the manifold
qualifications in the recruit ; but a pair
of spectacles in the Geruiuu ranks causes
no greuter surprise than a pipe does,
But for the spectacled rank and file,
where would have been the millions of
men whom Moltke undertook to place
within a fortnight on the Khine ' lie-
moved from study aud indoor duty, aud
put to active outside work, the power of
vision in a short-sighted person will im
prove.
The Saturday Review adds that with
the spread of education by books to
lower and lower strata of the social mass,
a practical solution of the problem how
to utilize short sight in wur will have to
be faced iu real earnest, as the necessity
of the case has forced it upon the Ger
mans.
An old bachelor says that giving the
ballot to women would not amount to
anything practically, because they
would insist that they were too young
to vote until they got too old to take
any interest in politics.
FAIUI ASD HOUSEnOLD.
Sihawberry Culttjbk Tub Hill
AND THE ROW 8Y3TK1T9. Now that
the strawberry season is approaching,
there will be much discussion by all who
have gardens aa to the best modes of
cultivating this delioions fruit. Of late
years there has been much discussion
between the ndvooaw s of two theories.
One would grow the plants in hills, cut
ting away the runners ; the other would
let the plant grow in a mat over the beds
any way they will. But it has been
found, in the experience of the past half
a dozen years, that neithpr party is
quite right. There are good points in
each one ; and that system is found tho
Rest which partakes ot the cbaracter ot
both, without tho evils which both pos
sess.
Let us look at the evils and the ad
vantages. One of the good points in
the hill culture of the strawberry is that
it prevents the exhaustion of the main
plant which follows the production of
runners. It is found by experience that
the old plant becomes very much weak
ened not so much by the production
of runners as by ' the roots which these
runners throw out. Usually a plant has
a drain on its system in forming leaves
or branches ; but no sooner are these
formed than they draw from the atmos
phere food which is returned to the
roots, and the whole plant is strengthen
ed thereby ; but if aught intervenes to
prevent the return of this sustenance
drawn from the air, the plant is perma
nently injured. Bo by cutting on these
runners before the young plant is form
ed at the apex of the runner, and before
it has had time to send out roots to cre
ate a diversion in the returning sap, we
prevent the exhaustion of the main
plant. In this the advantage of the hill
system consists. All the energies of the
plunt ore concentrated, and very fine
ti uit is the result.
Now for the advantages of the run
ning system. The strawberry plant
likes to have the leaves and flowers in
the sun, but to have the roots cool and
shaded. This shade and cooling is well
afforded when the plants run as a mat
over the bed whithersoever they will.
But the struggle for food betweeen so
many roots causes much starvation, and
a large crop of poor fruit often follows.
1 lie best plan is not altogether the
hill system, but that which grows them
in rows sny about eighteen inches
apart. In tho rows, between one anoth
er, let them grow together as they will,
occupying a width of about six inches,
and let the space between the rows be
kept clear, and the necessary or useful
shade be afforded by laying a course of
cornstalks between them. By this plan
the advantage of every system is gained j
and if not the very largest fruit, still
very good fruit, and plenty or it, is tne
result. Titos. Meehan.
Feeding Poultry. Onions are said
to be an admirable food for fowls, or
rather adjunct to the ordinary food. If
given regularly, it is said they will pro-
vent the attacks of the more ordinary
diseases of poultry. Meat is said by
authorities to be an essential food for
poultry, especially in tho winter, when
they cannot get the worms they pick up
in summer. Utbers, again, maintain
that the habit of giving meat to poultry
is productive of grave evils the cause
of many of the worst forms of disease
which anects them. By those authori
ties it is called an unnatural food, inas
much as tho digestive organs of the
birds are not luted to assimilate it.
There must, we think, be some mistake
in all this ; for wo know of a surety that
fowls do eat, when they can get it, and
entirely of their own accord, an enor
mous quantity of animal food. Here it
is not cooked ; the game found in
nature's garden is raw. If meat is an
unnatural food for poultry, they certain'
ly have a most unnatural appetite for it.
Throw in one lump of meat amongst a
lot of fowls ; if not literally a bone of
contention, it is something vastly like it,
so eager are all to get a grab at it. We
believe the habit of giving much food in
a short space of time to poultry is a bad
one. If you notice their habits, you will
see that the process of picking up their
lood under tne ordinary, or what we call
the natural condition, is a very slow one.
Grain by grain does the meal get taken.
and with the aggregate no small amount
of sand, small pebbles, and the like, all
of which passing into the crop, assist di
gestion greatly. But in the " hen" mode
of feeding poultry, a great heap is
thrown down, and the birds allowed to
" peg away" at such a rate that their
crop is tilled tar too rapidly, and the pro-
cess of assimilation is slow, painful and
incomplete. No wonder thut so many
cases of choked craw are met with under
this treatment.
Chapped Hands. It is said that
honey is an unfailing preventive for
chapped hands. V lieu washing the
hands, or rather hitving washed them,
while they are still wet, rub on them a
little honey, and then dry them, taking
care to leave tho honey on, and not
rinse it ort betoro drying the hands.
If the hands are sore and chapped, on
the first and second application the
honey will cause pain for about five
minutes, but if used every time the
hands are washed, the hands never chap
It is also a cure for irritation on the face
caused by wind and cold weather.
Singular (suicide at Duveiiiioi t, Iowa
One of the most distressing as well as
mysterious occurrences which we have
been culled upon to record for a long
time took place in our city lust evening.
A young girl of 10 years, named Kate
Hummertelt, whose parents reside iu the
western part of the city, deliberately
"shuffled oil this mortal coil" by jump
ing iuto the Mississippi, near the loot of
ltiptey street, The act seems to be en
tirely premeditated on the pait of the
girl, but no sufficient reason can be
thought of by any one tor the rash per
formance. She was s?en to commit the
deed by Mr. Jasper Martens, in whose
boat sho made the fatal leap, but before
he could possibly reach her she was out
of sight aud rose no more. Search was
immediately instituted and kept up till
ablate hour last night and again this
morning, when about 10 o'clock the
body was found quite near the shore.
Sho had left her outer garments upon
the boat, and in the pocket of her dress
wag found the following letter to her
parents :
"Farewell dear father and mother
I hope you will not be frightened. '.
am tired of this bad world. I want to
go to God and see my little sister and
brother. I shall write this letter my
self, as good as I can, but probably you
cannot read it. Here is something for
my mother. There is no cause for this
act, you can depend upon that. Virtuous
1 nave always been; pure it my soul
out 1 nave always kept it to myself bo
that others might not make sport of me.
Now let me hasten to my come on the
happy way to heaven. Before me is
the water, above me is the moon. Oive
my best respects to oil my friends. And
now, farewell. Katk Ivummekfelt."
This is all there is left to show for
what reason the suicide was committed,
small though it be. During the day she
had been at Washington Uarnen, seem
ing to enjoy the German holiday, as
merry as any one ; a fact which makes
the act seem even more strange and mys
terious. Coroner Tomson held an inquest
this noon upon the remains upon the
river bank whero the body was found,
and gave a verdict in accordance with
the above fucts. Davenvort (Iowa) Demo-
crat, April 24.
As showing what women can do, it is
stated that Mrs. nenry, a popular
prewcher in Missouri, -acts as pastor,
ddes the singing for the congregation,
preaches three times a week, looks after
the morals of the members, and takes
care of six little children. This is tho
record of a busy life.
New York dlnrkeu.
Fi.oi'R Axr Mfat.. Wet annte: Flnnr Western
and state supers, $4.70 a ffl; city unci mate shipping
extias, tl.2ut)S.Ki Wes'ern mil Ohio do., ,10 a
fi.40; Western spring wh ft . uoulile extras 6 75
17.60 i do winter wlietit extras and double extra",
V.ft5 a fct.7S ; oeuesee extras, M.60a$H.60; Southern
shipping extras, Stf.75 a t7.2ii, do. bakers' nnil family
brands, fT.Mi a (!. Bye flour, 5 a tn. Corn lueuJ,
$3.70 a 11.30 for Westein and lirandy wine.
Provisions. Pork quiet and firm i sales mess for
June at Si7.50 a fi7.U'2ti, and a Jobbing business at
f 18.50 for prime mess, fl4.r0 for prime, nnd f 17 25 a
i7 60for city and Western mess, Beef and beef
hams una ana uiicuanartu. jjacon in raonoraie ue
mand at ft a 9 a o. f or short riti and ion clear. 9Ho.
for short dear, and Hie asHo. for C inberland. Cut
meat dull. Dressed hops easier at 7J4 a fto. Lard
dull and unchanged i 600 tcs. June at II ',c. anil luo
tcs.city at 1U44 a lie. tor sso. l anil steam ; western
nominal at 11 Mo. Butter and cheese dull and un
changed Eggs, 10 a lie.
GRAIN. Wheat lower, lint closed with better de
mand Wnles at $1.48 a l.4!l foi new No. 2 spnng,
afloat ; tl.42 for mixed old and new spring, and (11.62
lor ainb. r Wet-tern, afloat, tints dull ana unsettled
at 66 a 87c. lor Western, andii7 a mi: for Hiato aud
white Ohio. Rye unsettled. Barlejrli.il forCanaila.
Corn Irregular; 70 a 76c. for Western mixed, aud 75
a 77c. lor do. ye jow.
Oroceriks. Coffee nulet and nnclianged : Riollk
a 16Hc . gold. Kiee selling at 7 a 7o. for Kangoon.
ami siaayc. lor l aronua. moiasses nriu ; rorto
i.u-o ni iiHCHim cuuti juiiscaTiuioat :w B4i. Mugnr
Haw in miHioratooeinatiii and firmer: imr to koimi
refining IHi al!c.; sales at 9?i a 9H". for Port Klcti,
and 9 a ultv. for Cuua. Kauued 12h a life, for hard.
SfN'mtiF.s. Rosin dull and. decidedly lower i
Biraiueu at. closing more Hiewiy. r-pimsiur-
iienilue lower ut 41'. Petroleum 26c: crude. 13c..
in bulk Tallow was dull at 8,o. Whiskey firm nt
V2H a 93c. Freights loiter ; 60,000 bags wheat ut
7ttd., tiy steam, to Liverpool.
Conos. The marnet on the snot was dull and
loworj eales at loc.formidillinguplandH,and Ut
for low middling. For future delivery, aetivo ai.d
irregularj U1,"'. for April, 14'iO. for 4luy, June, and
juiy, auu ii ld-iiiu. lor August.
Live Stock Market. The market for beeves
closed wetilt at 116 a l.'lHo 4 lli. for common to
prime lots. A considerable numiieroi good steers
if I iiio and 1.:ko ids. aross weight were sola at 12 'a
a i:t Sc. t ih., to ureas 57 lbs. to the gross cwt.
Sheared are quoted at 5s a 7tiC., and uunhorn at 7
a 9e. Hpring Ijinliswerodetldediydull at 12tt a 150.
th. for medium to choice, ami 10 a 12c. for poor to
i lie irnue iu ufch was uuu aim sines limited.
uruinsiy.
The market for hogs was dull at 64 ft fiiic. t m.
for corn fed, alivo lu-essed hogs were a shado
tinner at 7 "4 a s'.e., with a few 1 igs sold at 9o.
LITERARY NOTICES.
SCKIBXF.R'S MONTIILY FOR MAY.
Scribner't Monthly bepins its second volume
with a number (lor May) which is quite ra
niarkalilc lor the sui-passinp; excellence of its
eugmviuKs niid the extraordinary interest of
its contcuts. lhe noble head of Ocoriro Mac.
Donald, which forms tho frontispiece, serves
to call renewed attention to his fascinating
story of Wilfrid Cuiuhermede. The leading
illustrated article, by i.ov. Landlord, gives an
account 01 some 01 " me wonucrs 01 the l ei.
lowfetoue." A charming chapter of " Rcmiuis.
eences of Charlotte Bronte" is furnished by
ner sctiooiicnow ana iiie-iong menu, tne tjaro.
line Hclstono of Shirley, illustrated. The oth
er illustrated articles are a curious paper on
the "Aye-Aye," by Burt G. Wilder: a transla
tion and a liic simile of the famous " Moabite
Stone," recently discovered, and which dates
oacK uuu year before (jurist ; and the be-in-nine
of an intcrestine; scries of blouraphicnl
sketches ot " Livinir American Artists." by D.
O'C Townley, with linely executed portraits
01 a. 15. jjurauu ana u. Jltiuttugtou. Mrs.
Oliphant, author of Miss Mm ioribanks. etc..
has written especially for Xcrilmer'i a novel
ette, which begins with this number, aud has
the taKing title ot "ISorah: The Btory of a
Wild Irish Girl." Edward Esjirleston con
tributes " Ben : A Story for May-Duy." " Our
iauor-isysiem ana tne Chinese" is a timely
paper oy rruiiK ti. JMorton. 1110 poetry is by
Hiram Kich, II. E. Warner, Saniuel V. Dul'-
tield, and lloswcll C. Smith. Tho Editorial
Department is unusually full. A clever de
sign by Bush, "Five Minutes lor Kefresh
ment8." forma the last naoeof a hrilliaut num.
ucr.
The Little Corporal for May comes
10 uswun iresu ana lnierestins contents, espe
cially readable are the following : " The Hard-
1 ought Maine," a serial, by Lucia (Jhase Bell
"Tom Hudson's Motto." bv Captain 8am
" Tho One-Strlugcd Fiddle," by Thomas K
Beccher; "The Fishing Party," by Kosella
Rice ; aud " Prudy " has actually spured timo
to write a charming story for the little ones,
entitled, " Tommy's Birthday Party." Birds
aud their Ways," by Mrs. Hathaway, Is full of
interest, oeverai pieces 01 good poetry, the
best of which is " Birds Cannot Count," by
nirs. oiaue. rruay s rocKcl " ana " rrivate
Queer's Knapsack" are uuusuallviood. Terms
ci..juu year, oeuu to JOHN su. .1111.LEB, rio
u vusioiu uouse, riace, cuicago, ill.
Frank Leslie's new and handsome
periodical. Once a Week, in quickly uroprc&g.
lug in public favor, its last numbers more
than continuing the good opinion generally
formed of its lirot. Tho press throughout the
couutry speak of it in the highest terms of
praise, lis second title, 'I'M oung Ladij't
Own Journal, is a very happy one, for the
young ladies, en masse, are subscribiug for it,
its illustrations, tales, and liuhlon plates being
especially acceptable to that deliirhtful class of
the community. The price six ccuts is as
low as tue quality is high.
The Times gays Dr. Wuipole has lost
his beautiful chestuut mare. She died
suddenly in harness. It is supposed
from bots or pin worms. If the Doctor
had used Xheridan't Cavalry Condition
1'oicders, he would no doubt have had
his inaro to-day they are death on
worms.
Chapped hands are very common with
those who have their hands much iu
water. A few drops ot Johnson's Anodyne
Liniment rubbed over the hands two or
three times a duy, will keeD them toft
and white. Fishermen, Bailors, and
others will do well to remember this.
Free Advertising. From family to
family, from city to city, from state to
stute, the fame of Du. Walker's Vege
table Vinegar Bitters as a speeifio
for all derangements of tho stomach,
bowels and liver, ia constantly extend
ing. Every invalid who tries the great
restorative, every individual who has
ever witnessed its effect, becomes its
spontaneous advertiser. Its voluntary
missionaries are innumerable, and pub
lic enthusiasm in its favor spreads faster
than a prairie fire.
The fourth public drawing of the
Peoples' Favorite Scheme, for education
al purposes, will take place at Hamilton
Ohio, on the 12th of June next. The
drawing is conducted fairly, and all
Bhould take a chance, and try their luck.
Tickets only one dollar each.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
STKAM KNGINK WITH BOlLKlt FOR
BALE CHEAP. Six liorae power, Potter ma
ker, in good ruuning order. Hold to make room for
larger one. Addreea FRANKLIN PUINT1NU
CO., WiiUUetown,N. Y.
FIRE WORKS!! I
FANCY COODS AND TOYS.
JOSEPH B. PUR DY.
32 nnil 81 Muldi 11 Lmie, New York,
IMPORTER AND KXrOUTtflt, AND MANU-
ire Works in Every Variety.
10 00 linX-BOf FIKT5 CHACKE11S.
FRENCH, KNOLI8H AMU UKI1MAM TOYS.
100 Cases of Palm Leaf Fans.
Tnvn. Fflnrv Oonils. Bradlcv'a Cronuot ami nnt.
flwr sports of nil kind.
IW An erpenence 0 34 year enanie me to nnffef
pnte the want of the. public, and at prtci that all
MjtfMf.m rcannttable.
1,600.000 ACRES
OF TUB
RICHEST FARMING LANDS
IN TUB WOULD,
For Sale to Actual Settlers.
NEOSHO N ALLEY, KANSAS.
MISSOURI, KANSAS. ANK1 EXAS RAILWAY
CARS KOW llUKMNtl 805 MII.ES.
The Lands ofl'ered bv this Comnanr are witliln 20
miles each si' e of the road, extending 170 miles
along the Nt OSHO VALI KY, the licliest, tluost,
and most, inviting in tire West.
I'll "UK OF LAMJ.-lito 3 per ocrei credit
of ten vonrs' llnio.
TliK.ll OK SALu -One tenth down at the.
timo of purehnnn. One-tenth ench ye,,r after till
paid For further info nmtloti, address
isaau t. tiuouow, band Commissioner,
Nkohiio Kali s, Kansas.
& I f A WKKK.. oreenbaeks fur all. For clr.
(D"x J culms. &r... aildless with Htnmn. W.
B.MiUI, saco, Maine.
O OOVJlRSM.'r TAX.
MARKET SAVtftGS QAMK,
H'J NAWBAU-BT.. NKW-rOtilf
Ol'en daily from 10 A. M. to I r. M., and on MON
DAYS and THURSDAYS from S to 7 P. a.
latereit commence on the Drat itty of each
month.
WM. VAN MAMK. President.
HENRY K. COJ7KLIN. Booretarv.
THEA-NECTAR
IS A PURE BLACK TEA
Arltli tho Green Tea Flavor. War
ranted to suit ail tastes. For
al everywhere. Ami for sale
A-holesalo onlv bv the (rent
Itlnntlc & I'nriflc Ten (Jo..
(JliureH Mt.. New York. P. o.
4ox a.VIK. Send far Thro-
jxeciar vtrcuiar.
ITANTED-AOENTB, twuer day) to sell the
oeletirnted HOMK 8H UTTLK 8KW1NO
MACHINE. HasthotiKferMiJ, makes the
I "lockstitch" (all keen both sidos), andtsuU
j Ucenned. The best and cheapest family Hew
I lngMao.hlneintlieimi.rkot. AddressJOHN
re'., itii cl uosioo, mass., i'lits
burgfi. Ha.. Chicago. 111., or St. Lonis. M
REDUCTION OF PRICES
TO CONFORM TO REDUCTION OF DUTIES.
GREAT SAV1NO TO CONSFMERS BY GET-
TINO UP CLURS.
m Snnd for onr new Price List and a Clnh form
will ae.coninunv it. containing fuil diree,tions mak
ing a largo saving to consumers and remunerative
to cuiu organizers.
THE GREAT AMERICAN TEA
CO.
31 ! Id VKR1CV RTTtWT,:T Naw Vnrt
P. O. Rm .1l4:i.
$823,000
In Caa1i Gift, to ho DlNtrlhuted by the
new iorK i;unii rnze to.
EVER V TICKET DRAWS A PKIZE.
SCashGifta.cach 4(.00n rOCasIiniftB.ea liil.0tK)
10 4 " iu.oou a.o " " 600
10 " 5,0 o I :w M ' 100
60 Elegant Kosowood rhino, . each ?300 to T00
350 Rewin MiKliii.es, ..." m to 175
in " MeinaeoiiH. 7, to h o
uniu waicne-i, .... ; to a)
Cash PrizeH hiUer Wnrn, etc, wiliieil ntll, 000,000
A c lumen to draw any of the above 1'rizen (or 25c.
Ticket rit'Hcribliig Prizes ma sealed iu f-nvrlnpea
and well mixed, on receipt of !trc. a Sealed Ticket
1h drawn without choice mid (eiit hy iiihII to any
address. Tii nrize mimed unon It will be delivered
to the tlckethnider on itnvtuent or One Dollar. Y-
zeeare lmmemuteiy aeut to any atuiresa uy expieas
or return mail.
Ynn will know wtmt vnur nr1r.A In hffnri run imr
for it. Any Prize exchanged for another of the name
value. Ho blank'. Our patron can depend on lair
dealing.
Kejerencen. i lie following lately drew valuable
Prizes and kind) v nermit us to DiihliHh them : a iu
drewJ. Ku iin, t; him if , f 10.000; MIhs lain Walk
er, KRirniore, j'lano, yMU; jas. m. juauuews ue
tioit, $5 000( J hn T. Anderson, Bavunuah, 5,0O0i
James Hinimom. Boston. 10.000.
Jre$ Opinion. "Tho firm is reliable." weekly
Ttibune, Jtec. liii. " Deserve their success. JV". ) .
Ifefald, Jan. 1. "Just and honorable." -Netci. Dee. 9.
Send for circular. 1-ibei al inducements to Atrenis.
ftatisfnctlon puarrntiieed. Kvery package of 200
Kenled Kuvelties c ntains one Cah Ui.ft Seven
tickets tor f l ; 17 lor ; 60 lor fa ; L"00 for 1315.
WAKHKN & BAKEH, m Broadway, New York.
THE PEOPLE'S FAVORITE
For Educational Purposes.
(11T V'XITEII STATES AUTHORITY.)
National Gift- Enterprise.
nl R FOURTH HXTEnriilKE for educational
' purposes will lie drawn In public in llou. L. U
Aau iiikl.l.B J1A1.1., ut
Hamilton, Ohio, Monday, June 12th, 1871,
830,000 In Valuable mid rueful Clfta, to lie
ui.n iuuiru lit I u-HCI IIOIUCrM.
t5,000 Id Ciold mill f'n.ti I'tiu..
Oue ft-lne Fair Mufclittil 11 iki-.i... T .nthui.:
Top llncny, and Ml verOlouiitetl Uaracti,
worth t10OO
Single Ticket 81.00 Six Ticket 83.00
The National Gift KnterprtHe in nofaniilnimentrr-
r iriao, Kottrn up for a day, lint a thoroiiKlily I'ntalT
Ulieil niouleil institution, chartered for educational
pnrpnneg, and coniliu-t.-il in a fair nnd iiouoriiblo
uiauinr. ah who i-uniioi. aiwuu win atana aa lair
chance na thoueh tlicvwere nrcaent.
Anenta wanted to aoll t cketa, to whom liberal de
tactions will lie made. Drawings take tiin. r,ni
lar everv alxtv ditvrt. Circular, cimtjiiiiliitf rr,.f.
encea and full information aeut to any one uiderluir
lUrUI, AUIIl L'H Ml UUUV
1,. A. BOO, Ulnnnger,
Lock Ilox 110, Hamilton, Kutlur Co., uldo.
OIL SAFES
For all kind of
Oil iiacd in Mills in-
- o 1 1 -Vi
Sold in storea, espe
cially coal aud oih- r
volatile olla, of
which 6,001 are now
uaed in all pai'ta of
the U. 8.
Principle new and
uwwii-yt"-
uuvei.
bizea 48 to 800 gal
lons, KnmUer tzea
for Houafkeepers.
Bend lor clicuiar.
Prices
low. Freight low.
THE ALLEN KEROSENE OIL SAFE CO..
Fair Haven, Vt,
FOR BALE BY
IVES' PATENT LAMP CO., 37 Barclay at, Jf. Y,
v . iAi.n i.-i a L.U., rj Area atruet, pmiu.
THE BLEES PATENT
Noiseless, Link-motion, Lock-stitch
SEWING MACHINE !
Challenges the world in perfection of work,
strength and boautv ot stitch, durability ot con
struction, sod rapidity of niotlnu. fall sud ex.
siuiue, and for agencies and circulars apply at
Prluclpal Office. BLEES bKWlNli MAciilNH
CO., dij Broadway, New York.
Agents. Read This!
WK WILL PAY AGENTS A SALARY
of $30 per week sud expenses, or sllow
large coiuunaainu, U sell our new wonderful inven
tions. M. WAGN1CB CO., Marshall. Micu.
VIN
KG AH. Iiowmadein lOhonrs wi'hont druire.
Ymi uoumrs iu out. jr. bauk. urouwau. Conn.
VTKW INVKNTIOS.-Just what young msr.
11 lied people ueslre. For descriptive circular
address, with 1 cent stamp, DR. Jotui N. NokLL fc
Co., P. O. Box SU62, Boston, Hasa.
"Eight O'clock!"
A GREAT MEDICAL DISCOVERY.
MILLIONS Hear Toatlmonr ! the
Woiiilrrrul tlnrnllve r.flcrta of
Kit, WAIiUdt'H CAMl'OHMA
J. TTAMcm Priprf,,r,r. R H. McnuxjiLnic ro.. nmrlti.ti
ftna Ufa. u if, nun r ran-i.r.,, i nu, ton vi iu s uom
ktii m, U.K.
Vliinrar nittrr nottTile Fnncr Drink.
f.:.nbof Poor Hum, WhUkcy, Proof Spirit
ami Ucfuao Llauor doctored, spiced and sweet
iv.cd to nlcass tho taste, called "Tonics," "Appc-
Ultra," " Restorers," c, tuat icaa me nppier on 10
dru-.ikcnncsa and ruin, but aro a trneMcdlcine, rnadf.
lVo-.-.t tho Katlvo Koots and Ilcrba of California,
frro from all Alcohotio Ptlmulautn. They aro
ia CJXEAT BLOOD rriXIFlbK and A
LIFE GIVIXG PIUNCirLE, a perfect Reno-
ator and Livigorator of tho System, carrying ou an
condition. No person can take these Bitters accord.
Inn- to directions and remain long" nnwell, provided
nu o:ious matter and resionnKiuu uivuu iuaiiv.....j
their bones are not destroyed by mineral poison or
other means, and Uio vital organs wasted beyond the
point of repair.
Ther aro a Gcntlo Purnativo na well as a
Tonic, possessing also, the peculiar merit of acting
as n powerful nireiit in rellevingCon gcstlon or lnaani-
mation oftlio Liver, and all tho Visceral Organs.
roil FEMALE COMPLAINTS, whether In
yonnK or old, married or single, at the dawn of wo
manhood or nt tho turn of life, tucso Tonle Bitters
have no cqntil. ,
For Inflnnmintory nnd Chronic Hlieutnn-
li-mi nnd Com, Dyspepsia or Imligtetjtioii,
:ilioim, Remittent and Intermittent fev
ers, DLjpaaes of tho Blood, l.lvcr, Kidneys,
nnd nindder, these- Bitters hare been most sue-cessf-.il.
sjuck Disease aro caused by Vitiated
Blood, which is generally produced by derange
ment of the Diircstivo Organs.
DYSPEPSIA OltlXDKJESTION.ncadache
ralu I a tho Shoulders, Coughs, Tightness of the Chest,
Dizziness, Sour Eructations of thcStomnch, Dad tasto
In tho Month, Bilious Attacks, Palpitation of the
Heart, lnflammatlonofthcLnngs.Palnln the regions
of tho Kidneys, and a hundred other painful symp
toms, arc tho offsprings of Dyspepsia.
They inrigorato the Stomach and stimulate the tor
pid liver and bowels, which render them of uacqnal
lcd cUlcacy In cleansing tho blood of all impurities.
and Imparting new life nnd vigor to tho whole-system.
FOlt SKIN DISEASES, Eruptions, Tetter,
Bill t I'.hcum, Blotches, Spots, Pimples, Pustules, Bolls,
Carbuncles, lilng-v, onus, Bcald-Head, Sore Eyes,
Erysipelas, Itch, Scurfs, Dlscoloratlons of the Sklu,
Humors aad Diseases of the Skin, of whatever namo
or nature, arc literally dug up and carried out of the
system in a short time by the use of these Bitters. Ono
bottle in such cases will convince tho most iucredu
I ous of their curativo effect.
rlnnn.n thn Vitiated Blood whenever von find its
impurities bursting through the skin in Pimples,
Eruptions or Soros, cleanse it when yon find it ob
structed nnd sluggish in tho veins; cleanse It when
It Is foul, and your feelings will tell you when.
Keep l lie nioou puru anu i,uu iieaiiu ui um BBbi-iu
will follow.
PIN, TAPE, and other WOKMS, lurking In
the svftuni ot'sinnany thousands, are ctlcetuiilly de
stroyed and removed. For full directions, rend care
fully thoclmiliirnronnd each bottle, printed In four
languages English, German, French und BpanUh.
J. Walker, Proprietor. P.. H. McDonald Co.,
Druggists and Gen. Agents, Ban Francisco, Cal.,
and S3 and 31 Commerce Street, New York.
r"SOLD BY A LL D111TGGISTB AND DEALERS.
p M The genuine perfume for the
I Erf I H breath. Cures coughs, cnlda and
I III "m" tbroat. Only 10 cents. 8uld
I I llf evervwhere. Sent bv mail for 10
i-ta. TKIX CO.. Uochntr. N. Y.
J. F. nenry, Wholesal Depot. 8 College Place, N. Y.
limner m w etuereu, wiioicaaio uepoc, 57 Juun at ,
New York.
FIUmtANT SArOLIEXE
Cleans Kid flloves and nil klnda of Cloths and
Clothing; removes Paint, Ureaso, Tar. etc., (infant-
IV. without the least injury to tl;e nneat labile,
fcohtbv Drugiristaand Fancy Goods Dealers. j-KA.
GRANT SAIMiLiiENE CO., Xi Barclay Ht., New
York, 46 La Halle Bt., Chicago.
DUTCHER'S LICHTNINu
PLY KIIaLESR
AND
B E A rfs H O T
avoirs, zzzaax 33 Xros..
Try them, and Sleep In Peace!
MARBLE MANTELS
AND MONUMENTS. PRICES BE
LOW ANY IIOrSEINNKW YOBK
MARBLE MANTELS FROM $ 12 U P.
GOOD DESIGN AND WORKMAN
SHIP. WATHArVS MARBLE WORKS,
33U west lAtli St., near 8th a v, N. Y.
..Health and Strength.
ICBOOICSlvifiMEfflK
Throat and Lungs. s-
for ten years Dr. Crook's Wine of Tar has
been tested and proved in thousands of cases, ca
pable of curing all Ciua:si of tho Threat tal Lugi,
performing wouderful cures. Will you let preju.
udice prevent von from being cured also?
El CSOOE'S WQS OF TAS ia rich in the medicin
al qualities of Tar, combined with vegetable in
gredients of undoubted value. It npiilj reitcret -sauted
ttrtmgta, cleanses the Stomach, relaxes the
Liver and puis them to work, causes the food to
digest, snd makes pure blood, if you are attlicted
in any way, we know the Uar-givic; tenia prcpcrtieiof
Dr. Crook's Wine of Tar, are what you need.
Itcureaall Celebs and Colds, and its many wonder
ful cures of Aithma aad Brs&cki'.lf , have caused many
to call it sspecihe lortluisecoiiiplnints. Threat ail
ments require but a few doves. All suffering Irom
Cosnnptlca or any tiseisi of the Lug should remem
ber tliHt Dr. Crook's Wine ol Tur has cured many
eases pronounced ineurable.
The Weil and lehilitated should remember It tOB
Tt'.et a&d Uxigoratsi (Ue system, and is htalth-givUg
asl tppo'-itt-rcstorisg.
It also cures Liver led Sldaey Cempllliti, and by
Us healthy action on the Stomach, removes E71
twpila. Try one bottle. Take only Dr. Crook's
Wine of Tur. Bold by DrumjiSiS.
for Sjfstali,, :refaloj Tomort, Sciehlou
HmM (4 the Ires, or Scrofula in sny
form, Ehecaitiia, Eisttsei of the Liver, Die
easel et the Ei:a, Eruptions, Pimples, Bolls, let
ter, Sail Eoid, Ulcers, and dd Seres, or sny
disease depending on ft depraved con
dition of the blood, take Sr. Crooi'i Com
pound Byrap of Poke Boot. It is combined
with the ut-si tonic preparations of iron
known, and is the best Alterative and
Blood Purifier made. Cleaue year blood.
Try oue Bottle. Bold by Druggists.
Prepared only by
cumcsooxca,tsjtt,o.
" Lnv on, Hacdnfr, and damned be hint
Who tlret cries, ' Hold I enough.' "
WUAT A WYOMING COUNTY (Ps) LADY
BAYS ABOUT
KOU. HOKSBS,
What alls your fancy horse, my boy,
(lli I King one, did you say 1
V hy, buy a, bottle ol Care., 's a. B. B. 8.,
Aud euro It light away.
Oh 1 look, that splendid borse Is Ume,
With isweenv, I am sure ;
Just try ft bottle of Care'e O. E. 8. S.,
It never fails to euro.
For Sprains sad Bruises of all kinds.
This G. E. 8 H. cannot be beat ;
' Juat tub It on sod nsihe it in, . . j
The cure will be complete.
' If Galls should come on any horse
Black, white, or splendid bay,
Buthe thoroughly with Carey's O. K. 8. 8.,
And dilve LUeiu all sway. ,
That man with ttheumatlam walks,
Yes, he is very luuie 1
Now cure yourself with Carey's G. K. B 8.
And throw sway your cane.
Oh, dear I onr cook has burned her hand.
She csnuut cook the trout;
Why, bathe it with Carey's G. X. ft. 8..
M s tk the hie all out. M as.8. M.
4