Story cf an Sbgrgclic! Womnn.
The New York correspondent of the
Doylextoum- Intelligencer write s Perhaps
the citizens of your county will be inter
ested in soma account of Miss King
our new Ameriotm tea importer and
her adventurous trip to the Celestial
Empire some fifteen months ago. It
will be remembered the metropolitan
press announced the departure of a sin
gle lady, who had just started on a busi
ness mission to China. From the first
the enterprise was made piquantly in
teresting by a sort of mystery regarding
. her plans and Ultimate designs. It was
known that she was going alone, and
that she was going for tea ; it was even
intimated that this first bold step would
prove but the initiative in a grand com
mercial experiment, but beyond that the
community was kept most provokingly
in the dark. The lady said her fare
wells and took up her journey, while
people pondered in amazement over the
novel expedition. . A year and .three
months have passed, and she is again
among us, after a most interesting ex
cursion aronnd the world. And now,
since the trip was a successful one, the
result of which enables the original pro
jeot to be put into execution, the ban of
secrecy-is -removed, the history-of the
whole enterprise is laid bare, and ap
proving listeners are called upon to ap
plaud this noble effort on the part of one
woman to open up a freBh avenue of
commerce for the benefit of her sex.
The name of Susan King is widely
known throughout the city. She is now
a rich woman, but when she came here,
many years ago, she brought only a gui
tar in her hand and twenty-five cents in
her pocket. Tet even at that early age
her remarkable enterprise was apparent
She put up at the best hotel the city
then boasted of, and started out at once
in search of music scholars, so represent
ing her case to the families called upon,
that within twenty-four hours she had
engaged her class, received payment in
advance, and returned to her hotel in a
carriage with forty-six dollars in her
pocket. The best points in the under
taking, however, remain to be told.
Though representing herself as a profes
sor of music, and the originator of a spe
cial theory of instruction, she had in fact
so limited a knowledge of the science as
to be obliged to hire a teacher to carry
out her plans, and was the first, as well
as the last, to institute a method of mu
sical instruction by proxy. This little
incident will convey an idea of the pe
culiar character of the woman. Her
fifty years of active life have been spent
in money making. Business is her spe
cialty. She has dealt largely in real es
tate and is now a millionaire. The en
terprise which promises to lend new lus
tre to her name found its projector in
Madame Demorest of fashion celebrity.
On the suggestion of Miss King this
lady conceived the idea of putting her
friend's money to a good use. Many
things were thought of and talked of,
but as readily disposed of because of
their impracticability. The question,
" What would furnish piofitable employ
ment to the greatest number of wo
men V" was repeated over and over again,
and finally found its solution in a most
fi-ininine way at the bottom of a good
cup of tea. The decision was arrived at
on Thursday ot one week and by Mon
day of the next Mis King had taken out
her letters of craiit, bought ten thou
sand dollars' worth of gold for travel
ling expenses, and set out on her soli
tary way. Arrived at San Francisco,
she spent a few weeks there in learning
what she could of the country for which
she was bound, and then set sail for
Yokohama.
Her letters of introduction carried her,
of course, into the highest circles of English-speaking
Japan. She at once en
tered the home of Sir Harry Parks, the
British minister, who, with his wife, ex-
Sressed the most cordial sympathy with
er undertaking, and offered to do ev
erything in his power to assist her. Sit
Harry offered her a military esoort of
two hundred men in her journey through
the interior of the country, but refusing
all guardianship or protection she took
her sedan chair and ooolie servants, and
went forth alone. As ignorant of the
topography as of the language ot the
' country,her situation would seem to pic
ture itself a decidedly embarrassing one ;
but the woman who had baffled poverty
and overcome the hardships of younger
days, was not to be daunted now. She
quickly perceived that to assimilate her
self to the natives was her safest method
of procedure. To be sure fish oil and
rats were not the most tempting articles
of food, nor did a seat on the floor with
chop-sticks in hand, suggest very much
of the refinement of home ; yet all of
these became possible in time, and as a
consequence she was permitted to pene
trate regions never before trodden by
stranger feet In many places this ven
turesome woman was received as a di
vine impersonation. They worshipped
. her, they offered her every honor con
ceivable to their bewildered minds, and
followed her through the streets of their
cities in such dense throngs that Bhe was
once or twice obliged to implore the in
terference of the magistrate to prevent
her from suffocation. Presents and gor
geous entertainments were forced upon
Her at every stopping place. In short,
she became the object of universal in
terest and admiration. - Herself an ad
venturer and seeker after curiosities, she
became the most curious of all, and for
once, at least, since the days of Confu
cius, a woman succeeded in awakening
the profound attention of the Celestials.
The tomb of Confucius, by the way, was
a most interesting point in Miss King's
pilgrimage. But the chief object of this
mission is not to be lost sight of. The
purchase of teas began with the earliest
opportunity, and continued until she
finally embarked on her homeward voy
age, by the Cape of Qood Hope and At
lantic Ocean. Besides making arrange
ments for a supply of any amount of the
best quality that is grown, she has plant
ed a " grove " of her own, from which
she expects, in four years to get her first
crop. Meanwhile she has brought with
her seventeen tons of samples. "The
Woman's American Tea Company" is
fast getting into shape. ' A warehouse.to
be located on Broadway, between Tenth
and Twenty-third streets, is being nego
tiated for, and in the course of two or
three mouths this establishment will
open its doors to a host of enterprising
women. It is designed to employ a corps
of travelling agents at a generous salary,
while it is presumed that the trade of
the city will require a goodly number of
employees, every one ox wnom is w do a
woman. .Projected, nurtured, and car
ried out solely by the fair sex, it is pro
posed to make this enterprise in every
sense a fair ene. Fair salesmen, fair tea,
and fair prices : the very best the tuar
. ket affords, pure and unadulterated, at
f i.ou per pound.
There are 908 agricultural societies in
frusaia.
Advice to Writers.
" Oris " gives the following truly phi
losophic advice to people who have an
inkling for the pen :
I received the other day the following
note of inquiry :
Dint Sia : I think I have got a tnllunt
Into me to write. I want to try it, but don't
know bow to begin. Yn, I no, hev had speri
anse. Will yn plose write and give me In for
maahnn on the following pints, two wit,
namely
What to lite on.
Whentorite.
Where to write.
How to rite.
How mnch to rite.
What to rite for. '
' With any other hint on the subject that may
occur to you. Your truly, . .
AyntsnuN.
I am always gratified to be able to im
part any information in my power to
one about to begin to write, although be
may never begin to write with me.
Struggling genius I am prone to encour
age. I am not like some in the profes
sion who keep all they know about
writing so closely to themselves that
poor people would not suspect they knew
anything about it As far as writing
is concerned, chirographic pugilist that
I am, I always stand ready to "let go my
write."
" What I write on." I generally write
on a table or desk. I prefer a desk when
I want to desk-ant profoundly. Some
of my desk-antics are fearfully and won
derfully made.
Don't try to write on a multiplication
table, unless you are a complete master
of figures, especially figures of speech. I
have frequently written on my knees,
but I am aware that many people have
a repugnance to getting on their knees,
either to write, or to do anything else.
There may be occasions when you will
be compelled to write on the top of your
hat, but it hurts one's (s)tyle to do it
habitually.
Literary men often affect eccentrici
ties regarding what they write on. Shel
ley, I believe, wrote his " Shelf(ie)s of
Ocean" on his thumb nail. Byron wrote
on gin, and Edgar A. Poe wrote on a
drunk. -
" When to rite." Write when you feel
like it, but be sure you feel like it Some
people think they feel like it when they
dont, which produces a good deal of suf
fering among readers. I would lay it
down as a general rule for young men of
" ambition like yours, when you can't
find any employment that will pay for
your salt, then write.
" Where to rite." That depends a good
deal on where she is. If she is in Chica
go, it would be manifestly absurd to
write to Montreal.
" How to rite." Is it possible that in
this land of common schools there is any
young man who doesn't know bow to
write ' You should consult a writing
master and not me.
A Clergyman's Workshop.
A correspondent of the Commercial Ad
terlUer gives this description of the
workshop of the Bev. John Todd, of
Pittsfield, Mass. :
In one room a well-stocked library
with rare books, ancient and modern,
in different languages. In the centre of
the room is a rippling fountain, and ar
ticles of beauty from kindly donors,
with relics of the war. In this study
the hand of the owner is seen in elegant
book cases made by himself, beautiful
picture frames from his own workshop,
and little adornments turned from his
own lathe to adorn a room where so
many hours of brain work are expended.
Directly opposite is another room ot
entirely different character. Here is the
veritable " Congregationdiet lathe" pro
curedtroni the proceeds of his contribu
tions to that paper, and so most aptly
named, while another lathe, of great
value, elegant and beautiful, is greatly
prized by the owner, who points out its
various graces with the enthusiasm of a
collector of gems. Here is a collection
of saws and screws, and clamps and
planes, and vices and gouges, and man
drels, and other tools, that would con
fuse any but a born mechanician, while
shelves of acids and chemicals for
polishing, with delicate anvils and tools
of great variety, are kept in perfect or
der. One of the lathes appliances per
forms two thousand revolutions in a
minute, and is as delicate and graceful
in its movements as the sweep of a bird
through the air. If a tool is wanted for
special use, the fertile brain of the Doc
tor invents it, and his skilled hand
brings it out of the rudest elements.
tie Has a great variety of beauntul
woods from different parts of the world,
and a steam engine so petite and fairy
like as to call forth commendations from
the dullest looker on. Everything is
arranged so systematically that the own
er could put his hand on any one of over
a thousand tools in the dark.
A Million Strokes la a Month.
A wager lately came off, the terms of
which were as follows : " X will bet any
man 100 that be cannot make a million
strokes with pen and ink within a
month." They were not to be mere
dots and scratches, but fair down strokes,
such as form the child's first lesson in
writing. A gentleman accepted the
challenge. The month allowed was the
lunar month of only twnty-eieht days,
10 that for the completion of the under
taking, an average of 36,000 strokes per
diem was required. This at bU per min
ute, or 3,600 per hour and neither tne
human intellect nor the human hand
can be expeoted to do more would call
for ten hours' labor in every twenty,
four. With a proper respect for the
Sabbath, the gentleman determined to
abstain from his work on Sundays, and
by this determination diminished by
four days the period allowed him ; at the
same time, by so doing, he increased the
dailv average of his strokes to upward
of 41.000. On the first day he executed
50,000; on the second day nearly as
many. But at length, after many days,
his hand became stiff and weary, the
wrist swollen, and, without interrupting
its progress over the paper, it required
the almost constant attendance of some
friend to besprinkle it with a lotion cal
culated to relieve and invigorate it
On the twenty-third day the million
strokes, exceeded by some tew thousands,
" to make assurance doubly sure,'1 were
accomplished. These interesting papers
are not placed in the archives of the
Royal Society, of which the gentleman
is a Fellow, but were claimed and re
ceived by the person who paid the wa
ger. London Paper.
Tub Bible in Chinese. The Chineu
Recorder- says that the Committee of
Protestant - Missionaries at Pekin, who
have for some time been engaged in pre
paring a revised edition of the Bible in
Chinese, have nearly completed their
labors, and that the revised text will
shortly be published by the Amerioan
Mission press, within the walls of the
capital.
Twcntj.two Years In PrlBon.
A publishing bouse in Vienna bas just
issued a curiously interesting volume
the story of Leonora Christina, Countess
Ulfeldt, who endured imprisonment for
twenty-two years. The Countess gives
her own narrative in the form of a diary,
and it is now published for the first
time, with an introduction by Herr
Ziegler, the editor of the volume. The
events desoribed took place nearly two
centuries ago, but they nave never been
fully known till now. The long captivi
ty of tho Countess, it appears, was
owing to the personal spite of Sophia
Amelia, the wife of Frederick the Third,
King of Denmark. Whether it be that
this Queen envied the beauty and ac
complishments of the Countess Ulfeldt,
and her husband's influence with the
King, or that the Countess Ulfeldt, as a
Danish historian states, had offended
the Queen by trying on the crown that
was being made for ber, and letting it
fall on the floor so that one of the large
jewels was broken, the conduct of the
Queen can bear but one interpretation.
The Danish historian who records the
auecdote about the crown, says that it
shows the Queen was not so bitter
against the Countess without a cause,
although it must be admitted that her
anger was carried too far. The rage of
the Queen when she found that her son
bad promised to set the Countess free
after only eight years' imprisonment,
and the exercise of her influence, by
which she was able to prolong the im
prisonment till her own death, betray
the existence of some personal motive.
The Countess Leonora was one of the
daughters of Christian the Fourth, King
of Denmark, by a morganatio marriage.
She became the wife of Corfitz Ulfeldt
who, after a stormy youth, passed in
various countries and services, had taken
a high position at the Danish Court
The prosperity of Ulfeldt and his wife
was not disturbed for some time after
the accession of Frederick the Third.
But though the new King had full con
fidence in the former favorite, the new
Queen began from the first to intrigue
against him. The Athenceum sums up
the narrative thus : A plot was organ
ized by her means in order to accuse
Corfitz and his wife of intending to
poison the King, and though the accusa
tion recoiled on the heads of the sub
ordinate instruments, some suspicion re
mained. The King was 'gradually es
tranged from Corfitz Ulfeldt, one dif
ference led to another, and at length
Ulfeldt resigned his offices and left the
country. His estates were at once con
fiscated, and he was deprived of all his
dignities ; while in revenge for such
treatment be went to Stockholm, where
bis services were gladly accepted by
Queen Christina.
For some time after this Corfitz Ul
feldt proved a dangerous enemy to Den-
marc. At nis instigation ina. successor
of Queen Christina made war on Den
mark, and the daring march of the
Swedes on the ice across the Oreat Belt,
which led to the Peace of Boeskilde,
was entirely suggested by Ulfeldt. By
this peace the Danes had to surrender
twelve ships of war, besides several
pieces of territory, and one of the articles
of the treaty was, that all Count Ulfeldt's
estates were to be restored. The victory,
however, bore no lasting fruits. The
Danes were naturally incensed witb
Ulfeldt, and Queen Sophia Amelia man
aged to instil suspicion into the mind of
the King of Sweden.
Some time afterward charges of treach
ery were brought against him by the
-i i i j r i.
oweues, ne was connneu m b lurtreaa,
and tried for high treason. Acquitted
of this, be was secretly informed by bis
Danish enemies that the verdict was ad
verse to him, and under this impression
he flsd from Sweden to Denmark, where
he and his wife were instantly imprison
ed. The amnesty granted them at
Boeskilde was set at naught, and it was
not till after six months of cruel and
brutal treatment that they regained
their liberty by an absolute submission.
Released from prison with the loss of
most of his estates, and with enfeebled
health, Count Ulfeldt received permis
sion to travel in Germany, where he
died.
Leonora Christina in the meanwhile
had been sent by ber husband to Eng
land to seek for aid from Charles the
Second. During his own exile the re
stored King had been under great obli
gations to Count Ulfeldt, and was still
indebted to him in a large sum of money.
But it was not easy to get at Charles ;
and although when the Countess Ul
feldt had an interview with him he was
very friendly, and promised to pay his
debt he did not keep his word. After
waiting a long time without any result
the Countess started for the Continent,
but before this the Danish Qovernment
had heard of her being in England, and
had made application to Charles for her
arrest
As this seemed the most convenient
way of paying his debt, and as, more
over, he bad given the Countess a safe
conduct, Charles got rid at once of his
obligation and his promise, and allowed
the Danish Ambassador to take her in
custody. She was sent to Copenhagen,
and confined in the blue tower of the
royal palace, where she remained for
twenty-two years. With this her diary
begins, and is continued through her
cantivitv. It is remarkable for the
minute detail in which all the events of
daily life are narrated, and for the ex
treme frankess with' which a Countess
and daughter of a King enters into mat
ters which are generally kept secret.
The insults to which Countess Ulfeldt
was exposed, the occupations she de
vised for herself, her relations with those
who waited on her, her occasional peeps
from the window, and her vague im
pressions of what was passing in the
outer world, ocoupy almost the whole
record.
Veey Personal. A correspondent
of the Tribune writes from Chicago that
any man in that queer town who has
confidence in his luck begins to build his
tower without counting the cost, and
trusts to his luck to help him through.
The enterprises succeed in nine cases out
of ten, and this is the style of the local
talk : " Where did Brown get his last
loan ? I see he's at work again." " He
got hold of some Down-Easter or other."
" Jones is all right with bis block. He's
a man that knows how to shin when he's
short. He can get money, sir, if it's
anywhere on this planet"
A Turkish Bath Story. A Wis
consin paper, the Oshkosh Northwestern,
says: "A gentleman from near Stevens
Point Ole O. Wogaland, whose weight
was 300 pounds, and a lady residing in
Oshkosh, Mrs. Dougherty, who bas been
reduced by disease and drugs to less than
fifty pounds in weight, are both taking
Turkish baths in this city. The gentle
man is being reduced at the rate of one
pound per day, and the lady increased
at the same rate.
IIow to Enjoy Good Health Unit a Long
Life.
To secure a clear, fresh skin, bright
eye, active limbs, a quick brain, and a
cheerful, pleasant temper, and if yon
would enjoy a long life, you should live
about as follows t
BREAKFAST.
Oat meal porridge, with milk and
sugar. i
Or, Graham, mush, with a little good
syrup, t
Or, cracked wheat, with milk and
sugar. V '
Or, baked potatoes, with bread and
butter. v
Or, beef steak or mutton chop, with
baked potatoes and bread and butter.
If you are thin, and need fat, use the
first three ; if you are too fat; use the
last-named two. t
Drink cold water, or 'a little weak
coffee. i
DINNER. ,.!
Beef or mutton, roasted or stewed,
with any vegetables you may like (though
tomatoes should be used very sparingly),
good bread and butter, and close the
meal with a glass of weak lemonade.
Eat no dessert, unless it be a little fruit,
and eat nothing more till the next
morning.
There is no rule in regard to diet
about which . I am so fixed in my con
viotions as that nothing should be eaten
after dinner, and I think that the dinner
should be taken early in the day ; not
later, if it can be so managed, than two
o'clock. In regard to the precise hour
for the dinner, I am not so clear, though
for myself one o'clock is the best hour ;
but in reference to the omission of the
third meal, I have, after long observa
tion, no doubt whatever.
Hundreds of persons have come to me
with indigestion in some of its many
forms, and have experienced such relief
in a single week from omitting the sup
per, that I have, for a number of years,
depended upon this point in the diet as
the best item in my prescriptions for in
digestion. I have never met the person
suffering from indigestion, who was not
greatly relieved at once, by omitting the
third meal.
Eat nothing between meals, not even
an apple or peach. If you eat fruit, let
it be with the breakfast and dinner.
Cooked fruit is best for persons of
weak digestion. I have met hundreds
of people who would digest a large beef
steak without a pang, but who could not
manage a single uncooked apple.
I think certain dietetic reformers have
somewhat overrated the value of fruit
Avoid cake, pie, all sweetmeats, nuts,
raisins, and candies.
Manage your stomach as above, and
at the end of ten years you will look
back upon these table habits as the
source of great advantages and happi
ness. For thirty years I have been a con
stant and careful observer (I have no
hobbies about diet), and in the light of
my own experience and these long ob
servations, 1 assure you that the table
habits I have advised, are vital to your
health and happiness.
Pimples, blotches, yellow spots, nasal
catarrh, biliousness, liver torpidity, con
stipation, sleepiness, dullness, low spirits,
and many other common affections
would generally disappear with the
adoption of these rules. Dio Lewis, in
" Our UirU."
English Synonyms.
The copiousness of the Englisb tongue,
as well as the dimuulty of acquiring the
ability to use its immense vocabulary
correctly, is well exhibited in the follow
ing array of synonymous words ; which,
if not new, is yet a capital illustration
of the nice distinctions which cbaracter-
so many ot our vocaoies. xi is no
wonder that we slip
occasionally, even
the wariest of us.
A little girl was looking at the picture
ofa number of ships, when she exclaimed,
"See. what a nock of ships r we cor
rected her by saying that a flock of ships
is called a fleet, and that a fleet of sheep
is called a flock.
And here we may add for the benefit
of the foreigner who is mastering the in
tricacies of our language in respect to
nouns of multitude, that a flock of girls
is called a be vy, that a bevy of wolves
is called a pack, and a pack of thieves is
called a gang, and a gang of angels is
called a host, and a host of porpoises is
called a shoal, and a shoal of buffaloes is
called a herd, and a herd of children is
called a troop, and a troop of partridges is
called a covey, and a covey of beauties is
called a galaxy, and a galaxy of ruffians
is called a horde, and a horde of rubbish
is called a heap, and a heap of oxen is
called a drove, and a drove of black
guards is called a mob, and a mob of
whales is called a school, and a school of
worshippers is called a congregation,
and a congregation of engineers is called
a corps, and a corps of robbers is called
a band, and a band of locusts is called a
swarm, and a swarm of people is called
crowd, and a crowd of gentlefolks is
called the elite, and the elite of the city's
thieves and rascals are called the roughs,
and the miscellaneous crowd of the city
folks is called the community, or the
public, according as they are spoken of by
the religious community or tne secular
public. American Educational, Monthly.
Travelling Stones.
Many of our readers have doubtless
beard of the famous travelling stones of
Australia. Similar curiosities have re
cently been fouud in Nevada, which are
described as almost perfectly round, tne
majority of them as large as a walnut,
and of an irony nature, wnendistribut
ed about upon the floor, table, or other
levelurtace, within two or three feet of
each other, they immediately begun
travelling toward a common centre, and
there huddled up in a bunch like a lot
of eggs in a nest. A single stone, re
moved to the distanoe of three and a half
feet, upon being released at once started
off, with wonderful and somewhat comi
cat celerity, to join its fellows; taken
away four or five feet, it remained mo
tionless. I hey are found in a region
that is comparatively level, and is notn
ing but bare rook. Scattered over this
barren region are little basins, from
few feet to a rod or two in diameter,and,
it is in the bottom of these that tha roll'
ing stones are found. . They are from
the size of a pea to five or six inches in
diameter. The cause of these stones roll
ing together is doubtless to be fouud in
the material of which they are com
posed, which appears to be loadstone or
uiaguetio iron ore.
Mrs. Lucinda H. Stone, of Michigan
who is travelling in Europe with twenty
six young ladies, likes the women who
act as head clerks in the Irish hotels.
They are obliging and faithful, and do
not part tneir hair behind.
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Dander or Raising Fast Horses
The Rural New Yorker states the follow
ing case, to enforce some sensible advice
to farmers, suggested, wi presume, by
the display of horses, which is fast be
coming the most attractive feature of
our agricultural shows :
. ... .
w A weu-to-ao tarmer oi our acquaint'
ance had the misfortune to war a really
xj i. irk. w k 1 i
una uujso. xuw ul i no nmuiai i
gave him great delight, and nothing
would do but an exhibition of him
among the professionals. He put up his
money ana won. This gave a bolder
flight to his imagination, and induced
greater operation. (Success rewarded
his ventures. He neglected his farm,
imperceptibly acquired habits to which
he had before been a stranger, and spur
red on by past success, and the machi
nations of the crafty, whose aim is to
fleece the green and unwary, plaoed his
farm in jeopardy for tho purpose of rais
ing money to stake on the result of a
race in which his pet horse was to con
tend for the prize and mastery. The
, . , t j i 4i "
professionals had now got the over-con-
hdent farmer in the precise position
" I
j. . j . - i,i.
they desired, and the result was what
TJA!l"T 5rT
the farmer's horse and the ruin of its
owner. The animal changed nands, ana
so did the farm. It was all down hill
with the farmer after this. His family
was broken no and dispersed, while he.
reckless and maddened by disappoint
ment and remorse, found a premature
grave.
Pear Baibino. To read the many L
statements in the horticultural journals
aB to the variety of pears worthy of cul
tivation, many would be led to believe
that it makes but little difference what
kind of pears are planted, as they are all
equally good, equally productive and
equally hardy. We are well aware that
some varieties will do much better in one
location and one particular kind of soil
than in another ; but the sweeping way
in which some writers speak of the good
quality of the most ordinary pears, is
enough to mislead and disappoint those
who look to our standard publications
for practical information. The truth is
there are very few good varieties that
can be successfully cultivated every
where.
A number of years ago we set out
some .trees specially recommended by
one of our best authorities, and they
have proved next to worthless. Among
theBe we can enumerate Clairgeau, Hen
ry IV., Nova Poiteau, Washington,
Louise Bonne de Jersey, Vicar of Wink-
field. Triomphe de lodoigne, Uucness
Angonleme, JNirgalien, Winter JNeiis,
Marie Ixiuise, Paradise d Automne, to
gether with several other kinds which
proved to be not true to name and were
unknown to horticulturists. It is much
better for those setting out fruit trees to
select only a few varieties, and those
nown to suit the locality, as well as
hardy and productive, and of the most
desirable quality. Uermantoun lele-
graph.
Judoino Soil by Timber. Almost
any one knows that the quality of soil
m.v in tL (ttait. mnnniirA hn (lATArminAfl
by the timber which grows upon it, but
of the exact nature indicated by the
primitive trees people are not so well
posted. Mr. J. B. Smith, of Patmos,
Ohio, writes to the N ew York Farmers
ni.,v. nf fhi. matisr and tw. wMr.
oak land is boor : that red-oak and soft
mapl also indicates poor land ; that
shell-bark mostly crows in cold,wet land ;
that flat beech and sugar lands are good
for summer crops and grass, but not lor
wheat; that rolling beech and sugar
lands, where large poplar and black wal
nut abound, are nne grazing lands, and
produce, when new, large crops of all
kinds of grain except wheat, wbere it is
winter-killed ; that large white oaks and
chestnut growing together, and black
oak and hickory, indicate a loose sub
soil ; and that lands where the water
soon sinks into the sub-soil are much
the most valuable for grain ; that a soil
that will raise large crops of all kinds of
grain, and then clover and timothy, and
alter they run out will come in with
green grass and white clovur, is the best.
Ohio Farmer.
Plantiko Fall
Bulbs. The Oar-
dener'i Monthly says
" As soon in the
fall as bulbs can be obtained, they
buuuiu ub putmeu muugu vuis win uub
generally be the case till October but
it is well to bear in mind that the earlier
thev are nlanted the finer thev will
sower, (seedsmen will soon be on hand
with their bulbs. There have been ex
tensive arrangements made by them for
the fall trade, and announcements will
soon be in order.
The Germantown Teleoravh sava : In
Rpti.inc out Tlilins hn oarnhit tint. In in alt a
selling oui imips De careimnoi 10 inane
the SOll tOO rich. Hyacinths require
ha.vv minnrine tilling Tint nr thev
nea-vy manuring tulips not, or tney
Will not thrive well, and produce interi-
or flnwera. Th hpo-innino- nf Nnvomhpr
is the best time to plant bulbs ifener-
" r n - .
q11v
New Vark markets.
FLOUB ANIl MBAL The market a aa more active
and a sluute firmer for Western and blate iloura,
but prices without senural advance, tsouiheru
tluurs also were active. Rye flour and corn meal
In strong demand and tendina npwatd. We quob t
Flour tiupernue fetate aud wonteru. S.V60 a s6 : ex
tra btate and round ioop Ohio, Sti 2i a id 50; West
ern spring- wheat extras, SU.2U a td.40 ; do. double
extras. So.75 aid: do. winter wheat extras and dou.
uie extras, so.76 a fi.7a ; bouuiern uaaers ami ismi.
lv brands. S7 2ft a aa; Kouthoin shiODiuir extras.
ffl.la7. Bye flour, f 1.40 a f 29. Coin iuti.,1
Western, Ac, S3.su a H i da. Btauilywlue, &c, $4 10
COTTOK The market waa fairly active and Arm.
er. Middling uplands, 21 'jc. ; low do., 8HI.o, tor
future delivery the market v as Armor. Males at
JOae. for Heptember, ltttt or Octolwr, lws for t.o-
vemuer, ana ivh a inc. tor tne winter mourns.
Provisions Pork In fair demand, bnt clcsed low.
eri SAloaof Drima mess at SlO.uO a S10 75. auil tsest
en niHss &t Bis teiu a iu 7& lor soot. Hentembersud
October, closing at the lower llaure, audSl4 for
Karen, wnu January chiili-mcm iuiu'i .101
Beet In fair demand and ttrni. liacou dull at Taj a
10. Cnt meats very unsettled, x.sr.1 a suaue eas
ier; aalee at atio. lor prime eiiy uu me i'ot, mm
new western siam 10 arrive ; oni w i'w rem"
nnnlt QL & SUo. for hantMIIltier Slid OillOlrfir.
Dressed bogs ttrni at aaHc with some market
plas selling at 7 a 70. Butter In lair rquescaud
liiu. Western, 11 a 20o; Bta e. IS a 2tsc, with su-
lections and pal la so a S3o. Cheese tmuy. nt ; lacto
ne a 111.0. i dairies, 7a 10o-
Gkam Wheat was leas active because holders
asked a further advance; aa.es at 11.41 a SI .60 for
inferior tonrlme Burin ar. Si 5S a Si 01 for red aud am
ber winter, and ll 61 a 11.70 for common to choice
white. Bye sold at 86c. for Western. Barley and
barley malt unsettled. Oata IP mer but dull ; sales
f Western aud Ohio at to a Mlto., the latter lor
white-the sales, including Wo. 2 Chicago at 51c, to
arrive. Corn 10. better, and closed dull ; salesat 71
a 730. f ot Western mixed. In store and afloat.
OKOCBRiia Coffee dull and market weak i Ulo.
tea 17o. gold, duty usid. it tee in fulrdeniandi
sales foreign, ttV a 7Ho, i Carolina, St. sllao. Mo
laeeesdiill. bugars dad and lower ; fair Wgoodie
luung, V a V.O. itenueu lower ; cams .is a lata.
BtJKDBnss Petroleum was active ; rales of re
fined at 240. for the last half of the month. and24ho.
tor blab teat for prompt delivery. Kosln was quiet
for atralued at Is a 14.10; sales of pleatt7 We
(1 fro. t-ptrits turpentine was firm at M a to So.
ere, and &ic. to arrive. Tallow waa dull at a
te. Wklskoy waa flroa and active at tcino.
Freights strong butuulet; to Glasgow bv steam.
IxalHd.i to Cork lor unlets, Sa. for this mouth
ana a, lor next.
lava stock Market The aalea of beeves were at
a range of ul 1210. for the native cattle,
while lair to good Texans sold at a a a so. to.
bales of fair to choice aheen at 61. s BHo. a St ¬
and Btate and Canada lam ha at 7 a so. ., witb
some poor Western at 6Vo.
Fair Ohio hogs sold at Dressed bogs
uacei sieaoy ailltg,
1 All Act of Justice.
Doubting Castle was a sad stumbling
block in the path ot Bunyan s Ounatinn,
though it couldn't bar bis way to Truth.
We can aympatbi&e with the Pilgriiii,
for Doubt always be-sttn us whim we aro
asked to believe' Mnything particularly
extraordinary. Consequently, when we
first heard, some eighteen mouths ago,
that a physician iu California had cotn-
j -j r u 1..: .-J -i
aT: :f"
m".." . . . - . ... - . . . . .
reiEIUUi SI U1UM1U1IIO MJn.ll VUICU (klUlUBb CV-
. , . ., , J , .
erv human disease, we were incredulous.
Since then we have bad oppoi f unities of
testing the accuracy of this r port, and
are free to admit that our doubts have
vanished. Seeing what we liavo seen,
knowing what wo know, it is impossible
ur US W qiieBUOU IU uay, lUB
all but universal, remedial properties of
Tin WirnD.VrvVniii RiWi.. Tl,t
It ." 'x -
and Antiseptic, is a specitto tor Dyspep
sia, Liver Complaint, Chronio Constipa
tion, Fever and Ague, Bilious Intermit-
tents, Scrofulous Taint in the Blood, la
cipient Consumption, Local and Gen
I - T1 tf . U TT J
erai Jjt oiury, ivueumsmiu, d t;a uemi-
theKik.eys, seem,
. . ' , , i
iu uh matter uevuuu vue yiwu ui uim-
firM fartin medical hhtorv.
The statements of friends, in whose ve-
racity and int lhgenco we have full con
fidence, corroborated in many instances
by our own personal observation, com
pels us, skeptical as we are by tempera
ment and disposition, to admit the sur
passing merits of the preparation, and
we do so without reserve.
WThen the roughs of Pioche, in Nevada,
recently began to import Henry rifles
by the case, the respectable inhabitants
came to the conclusion that it was time
to organize a vigilance coruuiittte.
Some hanging and a lively emigration
bas been the result
It is a great mistake to suppose that
the cause of rheumatism, neuralgia and
gout exists where the pain is experi
enced. The source of these diseases is
generally vrea in the blood, and it is one
ot the special properties of DR. WALK
ER'S Vegetable Vinegar Bitters to
neutralize this deposit, while it renovates
the relaxed kidneys, and thus prevents
them from permitting a portion of their
secretion to escape though improper
channels. Torpidity of the stomach bas
also much to do with the vitiation of
the blood, and upon this organ the Bit
ters act directly as a stimulant and in-
vigorant.
TO CONSUMPTIVES.
The advertiser, having been permanently cared
of that dread disease, Consnmiitlon, by a alinuls
remedy, la anxious to make known to his fellow
anfferen the means of cure. To all wbo desire It,
he will send a copy ot the prescription nsed, (free of
cliaree). irith the directions for Drenaiinir and
usinK the name, ulch they will find a muhk Cms
FOK L-UNHLMl'IION, ANTHMA, iJKUM.11 II IB. SU. 1'tfcT-
tles wishing the prescript Ion will please address
104 Houth Becond bt, WUlluuisuurgh, N. Y.
IteV. fjJJWAnl) A.
Base ball is undoubtedly good exer
cise and capital amusement, but it often
occasions bunged eyes, broken shins and
blistered harids. We can tell you that in
all such coses it Johmon s Anodyne Lini
ment is resorted to, it will reduce the
'""'""e ""
We would not recommend the fre
quent or constant use of any medicine.
It is important to take even a good arti-
cle judiciously. Parson's Purgative l'ille
a.re 8af,J. prompt, and re iable as a laxa-
tive and cathartic.
The New York World advocates free
trade, while nearly every good house
wife in the country advocates the use of
J. Monroe Taylor s Ureaoi Yeast linking
f owders.
Advertisements.
AFaK.1I FOR
sent tree to alL
Oilman. Hi.
9400 Description of lnnds
MoOAUUHE & WKitfUJtat,
MONEY ! MONEY!! MONEY 111
Oreat chance. Roinetliingfor everybody. Some
thing nete. Particulars tree! imn't miss this
cnauce. ivarree. uhah. jh wells, imcago. iu.
VOX, OTTER, MINK, ALL ANIMALS, from
x the smallest to Bear and Doer can be trnmied.
Tliwn I reiul t lie. new. PiiarneI " HmifAr'a i.otilM
and Traiiner'a Comuanlon." Tells all about SI t'ST.
INu, FlblllNO Tuat'i'iNO. How to niase Traps,
Boats, and Unares. Also trnniung seere.s. to tan
furs all colors nd kinds. Nearly 100 pages, it Is
the oulv cheaii book of the kind. Beware of reel
pes and worthless Books. Only 25 rents prepaid by
J u J l &H us lu., I'uiiusnura, iiinsuulo, jn .11.
Four TlM HaV ScalCS, $75.00.
-,visr Aviiv,
Afnnr renra since a scale was Invented bv Fair
banks, and out of the patent more than a niblion of I
uoiiiira nas neeu made. it exptreu, and la now
iiuldln tironortr. Anv one who chooses lias a rlirht
muiaKuwiiui la auowu iu tue puuuuas me
FAIRBANKS SCALE,
without brins called Imitators or Infringers. We
claim to niakoaa Kood a 8ealo aa anybody; every
Heme is wsiTauieii uiaivehuimi.cilou. alia llieimr.
chaser is to lie the Indue whether or not he is satis
any niechaiilo on examination will tell you that at
' . . . . sm.rded. as we do not emuinv
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I travelllun aitents ; do not wake discounts; do not
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Miarteinhia. Chicauo, or anywhere else: do not
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1 ni iiinfl- 11 you winii iu diiv nur nciicn ai nur mw
I price, you luuat oruur airWt of uh.
240 m Union Scales 9 00
AnO lb. Platform on wheels 20 00
1.250 lb. Plattorm on wheels. 2o 00
2,600 m. Platform ou whee a 40 00
Four tun llay, coal, or stock scales 76 00
six tun Hay, Coal or block bcaies loo 00
Ten tun Uuy, Coal, or block Scale 160 00
Bend for Fiee Price List.
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LICHTNINC CORN HUSKER.
Patented. Ilusks2o0bushels tirrdar. Weichsm
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1VX are now manufacturing a superior paint at
ii one nan tue price ei oiuinary usinis. uisa
brown, lint toe shade csn be vsried by the adtUliou
f dry paints. It ia mixed ready tor use, and is sold
fuuees, depots, brtdgos, freight cars, boilers, smoke
stacks, nii.tsl roofs. He. Vve also manufacture our
iv me aaiion. n is suiisuie lor nouses, usrns.
celebrated luady Buvfinq fur covering roofs of all
descriptions. For price fiat, samples, dto . sddress
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MILIUMS Wear Teatlmonr to their
Wonderful CafntlTO Effect.
They are not a Tile Fnncy Drink, Made of Poor
nam, Whiaker, Proof Spirits and RefMKS
Liquors doctorod, spiced and swoctcned toplciue tho
Urto,ealled Tonic," "Appotlicrj," "llestorera'iic,
that lead the tippler on to drunkennem nnd ruin, but are
atrue Medicine.mode from the Nnttvo Rnota andHerbi
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FIEIlend A LIFE IJIVIXU PKINCIPI.F., J
a perfect Renovator nnd Invifforntor of tho Syntcm A
carrylnnolf oil poisonous mutter nnd restoring theblo4
to a healthy condition. No person con take those Ditl
ters according to direction! and remain long unwell!
provided their bones nro not destroyed by mineral
poison or other menns. nnd tho vital organa wostod
beyond tho point of rcpulr.
They nre n Gentle I'll ran live na well na a
Tnnle, pnsHcln, nlw. the pcculinr merit of acting
ns a lovvni fill itpent In relieving ('otipostloit or Inflam
mation nf the I.ivcr. nnd nil the Visceral Orpons.
FOR rr.'.tA 1. 1! TOM PLAINTS, tnyomiKor
old. umrric.l nr .infflc, nl the dawn of womanhood or at
the luvu r life. Uit'fc Tonic Hitters hove no cquni.
For lullnitiinntnry t;nd ('lironieltlieiiiiia-"i-ttti
and Co;ii, Pyaprimi;! or Indlureatlon,
iuiin. llcmliit'iit i.n. I Intermittent Fe
rn, DNeiiNca of lite liiood. Llvor, Klil-
noyM tiud Hliidder.lht' l.lllera imvc lipcn most
'M. Hlli ll Din.'ilai N lire caused liy Vitiated
lllnnd. lilt li iii :irm;ly inuiluei d by derniiKcntcnt
of the IIm'n'It Jrcr.ni.
I) YM-I-.I'! i A ()it IMMUKMTION, "end-
lic. P;i!ii li lil.;-lioii!.-rst!'-'Urrns, Tightness of the
(Si,'-t. l.i7.'n-.v. l.u;::itlnni of the Stomach.
Iln'1 T:t.i i'hi :ii.- Mt. t!i. li lio-i. Att.-irk. Poliiltntlon ol
the Ilfiiri. Ii.ii'ii.t-i.iii. not t!i? 1,'ines Pain In the re
gioiKor :li. Ki ini'j... a:i.:r. Inintlr.-il oilier painful symp
tom, ft.'e the i Hsiu ihii i f D".Mi.'n-tl:i.
They Invk nrnte the Stomach mi;l stimulate the toroid
Liver mid Jlntvcls, which r.'im r them of unequalled
cliicucy iu cIcniMua the tlund of nil lm;rarltlcs. and Im
porting new Iifjond vu-m- to the whole iytcm.
FOIt SKIN 1)1 SKA sr.!. r.iu'i'. Inns. Tetter. Holt
Rheum, Hio'ches, Spots, rim;.ies, Pustules, Uoils, Cnr
bnnel.'S. Rltis-VYnrms. K?.ill Un I. Sore Kc. Krrslne
ls. Itch.ScurK l)i.i n!..r.,lii.io. of il,.. fkln. Iliitnorsnnd
Diseases of the Hkin. of w ntev.-r name or nature, aio
literally due no iic.1 curried out of til- svslem In a short
tfmo by the iisimiI lli.-fte lliiteis. One bottle Iu surh
eases will cimviuco the uiosUucrcitalous of their cura
tivo effects.
Cleanse the Vitiated tllood whenever you And Its Im
purities bursllnc tlnoimh the shin In Pimples, Erup
tions or Sores ; cleanse it when you Gnd it obstructed
and sluggish in tho veins : cleanse it when it is foul,
aud your feelings will tell you whe n. Keep the Mood
pure, and the henllh of the- svsti-ui will follow.
Pill, Tnpc. nnd other Worm, lurking" In the
system of so many thousands, ore effectually destroyed
and removed. Says a di.tlnL'iii.hrd phvsiolorist,
there is scarcely an iiitltvulua' upon the fiiee of lliw
earth whone Itody Is i-X' inpt from the pTi-sence of
worms. It is not upon The healthy elements of tin.
body that worm, exist, but upon the diseased humors
ond slimy deposits that breed liieso living monsters of
disease. o pysiein of Medicine, no vermifuires, no
anthelmintics will free tho system from wuruii like
these Bitters.
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