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THE TOWN CLOCK.
Th' elook In the eld church tor,
"One ftce loks (rrer the town,
,.Thtiii orsr th wlllowsrresn
' On the tuinpike bare and brown.
. Attn Ms; Mack hn in I gnue,
. As I stitch wT t my hems
When ene point, up and the other down,
t klu mj flna-crs to them,
Por fomehotiy ortt on the fond
I.ook tip at the flock, 1 know,
And the lonr hnnde seem to beckon him on
In tie way thai he (Utn would to.
Alii I lore the old town clock,
In the lower to irrny and frlra i
Ire one fnco giving a prorr.ise to me.
The other a welcome to him.
The Illiterate Robber.
While sitting over our chocolate at
Brignon'fl, the conversation turned upon
robbers and robberies in the French me
tropolis, when ene of our number, Jules
Lafout, rcluted the following :
A gentleman who had been out late on
a very dark night wag returning home
with a lighted lantern in his hand, and
while passing over the Pont Neuf he was
accosted by a stranger in a manner so
polite and so supplicating that he at
once stopped.
" You have a light," said the stranger,
" and will perhaps do mo the kindness to
read for me this bit of paper which I
have just picked up. It may be of con
sequence.
The gentleman Leld up his lantern
and looked first upon the applicant,
whom ho found to bo a strong-built, sin
ewy man, heavily bearded, and very re
spectably dressed. Then he took the
paper, and, to his amazement, read as
follows :
' When you have read this, speak not
a word I Bpeak, and you die ! Give to
ins your watch, your jewelry, and your
purse 1 Do this, and then silently dc
part, and yoxx may live. Beware !"
Daring robberies had recently been
committed in Taris by bold and desper
ate men, and the gentleman had no
doubt that he had met one of the frater
nity, lie had no weapon of defence
with him, and not caring to jeopardize
his life, he concluded it most prudent to
fallow the directions thus silently given,
and accordingly ho took out his watch
and his purse, and removed his rings and
his bosom-pin, and delivered them up, nt
tho same timo taking another careful
survey of the stranger's fnce, so that he
might recognize him, should he ever
after meet him. Having done this with
out opposition, he made his way over the
bridge as rapidly as possible.
A week or more had elapsed when, one
day, as tho gentleman was standing
upon tho Quni tie In Conference, he saw
his robber friend of the Pont Neuf pass
ing near at hand. Keeping the man in
sight until he could call in the aid of the
polico he had him arrested and taken be
fore a magistrate, and upon full repre
sentation by the gentleman of all the
circumstances, end upon direct accusa
tion of the robbery, he was sent to pris
on. When tbm robber was brought to
the bar for tiial he picked his teeth and
stroked his teard very unconcernedly ;
and in answer to the indictment he
pleaded not guilty mod umv.ndlu. The
gentleman, who was the only witness of
the fact agitinst the prisoner, swore pos-
itively to the robbery, and the identity
Ot tho person.
The prisoner made his own defence ;
and he did it with an ease and assurance
to bo found only in the niOBt accom
plished ot his class.
" My lords and gentlemen," he said,
" I confess that on the evening specified
I did meet thia 'gentleman on the Pont
Neuf ; and the scene, as he has related
it, transpired between us. Eat, tiel I
I had no evil thought. It is my misfor
tune not to bo able to read. I had just
picked up a bit of paper, and thinking it
might be of importance, and seeing that
the gentleman had a lighted lantern in
his hand, I asked him to read it far mo.
I would have asked him what he had
found, but before I could speak he pulled
out his purse and his watch, and thrust
them into my hands, and also forced
upon me his linger rings and diamond
pin. I was astounded. I thought hint
mad perhaps he meant to jump from
the parapet into the river, suicide.
B'as it the paper had caused this '( Ilad
it been meant for him ' I was upon the
point of questioning him when he turned
and dashed away, leaving me, for the
time, like one stupefied. When I recov
ered myself the thought Hashed upon
' me that tho paper might be of great
value, some state secret, perhaps,
and tho stranger, wishing to keep it
without question, had given me his val
uables to get rid ot me. Ma Joi ! I think
it is I who have a right to complain. I
would like justice for the useless excite
ment 1 have Buttered.
Not a soul in court but believad the
rascal was guilty; but no formal de
mand upon the gentleman for his money
had been proved, and the man who
could not read, but who could plead with
the grace of a Foquet, was suffered to go
tree.
Fagslng.
In somo of the English schools the
system ol fagging, by which the junior
pupils are compelled to perform menial
omces tor their seniors, is still Kept up,
and the smaller boys are obliged to sub
mit to all sorts of tyrannical impositions
from the larger ones. But this is a
trifling abuse compared with the brucal
ity practised in school discipline. For
instance, a correspondent of the London
leleqrmm savs that in Winchester Vol
loge the prut'ects senior pupils to whom
are delegated certain disciplinary powers
-are permitted to flog the pupils coming
under their authority to any extent and
upon the most trifling provocation.
Each pnufect has a ground ash in his
possession, and uses it and abuses it
whenever he pleases. These floggings
are no child's play, either. TLe coats of
the victims are frequently cut iuto rib
buns by the blows from the ash, which
often draw the blood freely. Twenty
blows am given at a time, and the pun
ishmeut is sometimes even more severe,
as the caprice or malevolence of the prte
feet suggests.
A Little Hebo. The Hoy al Humane
Society of Great Britain has just trans
mitted its medal, with a suitable testi
monial, to a little fellow named Alfred
Ingham, aged uly eleven, who rescued
another boy named Iialliwell, from the
cinal at oweby-bridge, yorksnire.
Iialliwell, it seems, was playing with
several other boys en the canal bank,
when he accidentally fell into the water.
The cries of his companions, who were
paralyzedvwith fear and made no effort
to save him, brought - Ingham to the
spot. After diving several times, he
succeeded in rescuing him. Ingham
seems to have learnt not 'only to swim
well, but how to treat persons apparent
ly drowned, for ou getting the boy on
the bank, he placed him on his stomach
and gently rolled him from side to side.
The uoy's mother offered him money,
which, however, the little fellow declined.
The promoters of an iron company in
England represent that an average pro
fit of 3.75 per tun on finished iron may
be ex pec tea during a- number of years,
tut a larger turn la realized at present.
Kewspaper Advertising.
Ever since the era of advertising was
inaugurated, business men of all clauses
have been made the tlotlras of a oertain
olass of men who, with flippant speeoh,
and with ft persistency as provoking as
it would be admirable in a better sauso,
have persuaded them to enter into their
particular sohemes. These schemes are
numerous, as many an advertiser can at
test, and when we weigh their influence
in a calm, impartial manner, we shall
become convinced that they are a sub
lime fraud upon the too-lenient adver
tising public ; and the advertiser, when
he has submitted to the imposition, has
literally thrown his money away.
Ths schemes of these honey-tongued
and metal-visaged gentry, who besiege
the unwary advertiser on every hand
and bore him into giving them an "ad."
which the advertiser generally does in
order to get rid of him are, as we have
heretofore mentioned, exceedingly nu
merous. There is the " programme "
scheme, for instance, cunningly inter
spersed with stale jokes, or other " light
and entertaining reading matter," and
handed to the passer-by on these days
when there chanoes to be an unusual
gathering in the town or city, only to be
glanced at for the space of a second, if at
all, and then carelessly thrown away to
be trampled under foot. This is decided
ly a waste of money on the part of the
advertiser.
Then, again, we have the hotel-register
schemejhotel card -advertising scheme,
and the hotel card-rack scheme, together
with other schemes too numerous to
mention. Now, what the honest adver
tisers want, and, indeed, what every ad
vertiser in the land wants, is the greatest
return for the amount of money invest
ed. In order to secure this there is but
one reliable method, and that is the
newspaper, (for which there is a demand,
because of its worth). Th American
people are pre-eminently a reading peo
ple, and of all the literature thrown
broadcast over the country, that of the
newsrjaner predominates and is the most
generally read. The people are grad
ually being educated u to the practice
of looking into the advertising columns
of the newspaper in order to find where
their wants can be supplied. This being
the fact, it is patent to every sensible
advertiser that the place to display his
wares is where tuey will be the most
likely to be seen and read. In conclu
sion, then, the advertiser, in order to re
ceive a rich return for his investment,
must seek the most reliable medium,
which is most emphatically the news
paper, and the wise and judicious adver
tiser will always reject every other.
American Press.
Taking Cold.
It is unwise to change to cooler clothes
except when you first get up in the morn
ing. If you find yourself inclined to wake
up at a regular hour in the night and
remain awake, you can break up the
habit in three days by getting up as
soon as you wake, ard not going to sleep
again until your usual hour for retiring.
" Order is Heaven's first law j" regu
larity in eating, sleeping and exercise,
has a very large skare in securing a long
and healthful life.
If you are caught in a drenching rain,
or fall in the water, by all means keep
in motion sufficiently vigorous to pre
vent the slightest chilly sensation until
you reach the house ; then change your
clothing with great rapidity beforo a
1 t D J 1 . ' 1
uiuiiug are, sua uriux lusiautiv a unit
of some bet liquid.
To allow the clothing to dry upon you.
unless by Keeping up a vigorous exer
cise until thoroughly dried, is suicidal.
If you are conscious of being in a pas
sion. keep your mouth shut, for words
. ' i -,. i . a
increase it. iuany a person nas uroppeu
dead in a rage,
If a person " faints, place him on his,
back and let him alone ; he wants
arterial blood to the head ; and it is
easier for the heart to throw it there in
a horizontal line than perpendicularly.
reel a noble pride of living within
your means, then you will not be hustled
oft' to a cheerless hospital in your last
days ot sickness.
A Loaf of Bread.
In the time of a famine, a rich man al
loved twenty of the Doorest children in
the town to come to his house, and said
to them : " la this basket there is a loaf
of bread for each of you. Take it, and
come at the same hour every day, till
God sends better times.' The children
pounced upon the basket, struggled and
fought over the bread, because each one
wished the largest and best loaf; and
then went away without a word of
thanks to their friend. But Franceses,
a little girl, meanly though neatly dress
ed, stood at a distance, and gratefully
took the loat that was left in the basket,
which was the smallest ; then kissed the
good man's hand, and went quietly
home. The next day the children were
just as naughty and ill-behaved; and
this time there was left poor Francesca a
loaf that was-hardly half as large as the
others. But when she reached home,
and her mother cut the bread, there fell
out a number of new pieces ot silver,
The mother was frightened and said
"Take back the money this moment
f8V it is certainly in the bread by mis-
take." Francesca took it back. But
the kind man said : " It is no mistake,
my good child, I had the money baked
in a small loat in order to reward yon
Be always cob tented and yielding as
you now are. He who is contented with
the smallest loaf, rather than quarrel for
the largest, will receive abundant re-
ward.
How it stands. It is now some
twenty years since the great suBpenaion
bridge was built over tho .Niagara Kiver,
The question of its safety has recently
been agitated, and critical investigation
has been made. The caps on the towers
covering the cables have been removed
and the cables found to be as perfect in
all respects as ever they were. But most
important of all, the anchorage of the
cables was thoroughly inspected. The
masonry over one of them was removed
for about twelve feet, or below where
the wires are attached to the anchor
chains. A portion of the cable is imbed-
ded in water-lime cement. For twenty
years this has been there, yet, on remov
ing it and rubbing the paint off the wires,
the latter were tound as bright and per
fect as when placed there ; the cement
having preserved the wire and anchor
chains intact The examination was
made in the presence of competent en
gineer who nav4 expressed themselves
as above t the directors of the bridge
oouipany.
Severs Sentence. The American
diamend thieves, Davis and Saunders,
who. at 8t Petersburg, robbed the Bus
sian Empress and three of the Imperial
museums in the great city, confessed
their erime to the authorities and were
sentenced to ten years' transportation to
the Ural Mountains. They were kept in
the Moscow penitentiary until the 4th
of October, when, being clad in the
common fur robes of the convict, they
were marched out, cnatneu together
haud and foot with 300 other wretthed
convwtf, and started en route for their
cheerless destination.
Density of Population in Bengal.
The Caloutta correspondent of the
Pall Mall OntfUd, In analysing the fig
ures of the recent census ot the lower
provinces of India, states some astonish
ing facts as to the donsity of the papu
lation. The total population subject to
the jurisdiction of the Lieutenant-Governor
of Bengal, is 00,600,000, distribu
ted over an area of 214,000 square miles,
which gives the high average of 272 to
the square mile ; but the average in the
"regulation- nrovinoes" of Bengal, Behar,
and Orissa, discarding the outlying pro
vinces of Assam, Chota, Nagpore, and
wilder tracts, is much higher. I these
regulation provinces, with a total area
of 120,000 square miles, the population
is 08,000,000, giving an average density
of 4 SO to the square mile a density, it
is stated, exceeding that' of the popula
tion of Belgium, which stands highest of
any European state, and extending over
a tract f country more than ten times
as extensive as that kingdom. It may
popularize the idea of the density of
population in these regulation provinces
if we add that, with an area only rather
more than half that of Franoe (120,000
square miles to 209,000), they possess
about one and three-quarter times the
the population of France 58,000,000 in
Bengal, & ... to 30,000,000 in Franoe.
And even this is not the whole truth as
to the density of population. The cor
respondent goes on to state: "la the
districts more immediately round Calcut
ta, and in the more donsely peopled parts
of Behar, the ground is still more thick
ly occupied. Indeed, in the district of
Hoogley, after years of epidemic fever,
the density is represented by the almost
incredible figure of 1,000 to the square
mile. I should have suspected some er
ror in the areas, but every district of
Bengal has now been surveyed and mark
ed with an accuracy which precludes any
mistake on this point.-' The singularity
of the density of population is all the
greater, because it as the density of an
agricultural and not of a manufacturing
population, and it is impossible not to
look at the figures without a recollection
of the passages in Mr. Hunter's books,
which point but the special danger crea
ted for us in India by the very excel
lence ot our rule, which abolishes the
old checks to population.
Lire In India.
In India when a youth is too poor to
pay any dower and wants a wife, he
binds himself to serve the girl's father as
Jacob served Laban ; the time varies
from eight months to five years, and
during that period all intercourse be-
tween the two is forbidden. The youth
the household drudge, hewer of
wood, drawer of water ; he looks after
the cattle, or performs any other menial
work. When serving his uncle for his
cousin, be begins younger and serves
longer than if apprenticed to a stranger.
The theory is that the uncle will not ex
act such hard service rrom his nephew,
the tie ot relationship among those peo
ple being very binding. hen the time
is completed the same ceremonial is gone
through, the bride s father paying all
expenses.
it occasionally happens that the girl
declines to marry the youth whom nor
parents have selected ; she then has to
take matters into her own hands and
make a runaway match. As, theoreti
cally, it is allowed that she has tho right
of selection, the elders of the village en
deavor to arrange the business amicably ;
but the parents ot the girl are generally
obliged to withhold their consent, hav
ing promised her to some one else ; so,
to avoid feuds, they remain passive. The
girl meets her lover and declares her in
tention of becoming his wife ; she anoints
his head with turmeric, and teuches his
feet; he then takes her t his father's
house, and marries her from there if his
parent b will pay the expenses; if not, he
puts on her arms a pair ot bangles,
the Gond symbol of a wedding-ring,
gives a dinner to the elders of his vil
lage, and takes the girl home.
Black Silks for Dresses. Black
silk costumes have again proved to be
the most popular ot season. At various
times ladies have declared themselves
weary of black dresses, and have adopted
the new tints ; but they have invariably
returned to black, since nothing else is
at once so distinguished and so conve
nient. Two-thirds of the latest importa
tions consist of black suits, and it is said
that Worth's costumes for Parisiennes
are almost whollj confined to black and
dark green bronze silks. Importers say
that as long as ladies want the finest
fabric their money can buy, and find that
article ta be black silk, lust so long will
black remain in fashion ; and modistes
assert that the most venerable ladies and
the youngest debutantes among their
customers spend money more lavishly tor
black costumes than tor any other.
Hence this elegant dress stilt remains
the fashionable uniform for church, vis
iting, the theatre, the promenade, and is
semi-dress suit for afternoon weddings
and receptions. The choicest trimming
for such dresses is fine embroidery on the
flounces ; elaborate jet ' passementerie
with crimped tape fringes, and a quart
tity of velvet in the way of facings, vest,
waistcoat, and sashe", are next in favor.
Lace is less used at this season than in
the spring. Very irregular flounces, with
a tablier different from the trimming on
the back breadths, are most admired.
Narrow and wide flounces, some gath
ered and others pleated, some plainly
edged and others scalloped, appear on
the same dress. Two gathered bias
ruflles each a finger-length deep, over
lapped by a side-pleated flounce of twice
thwir width, headed by a bias band and
a narrow erect pleating, form a favorite
combination ot trimming for a silk dress
skirt
Statistics, The total census of horses
in the United States was 4,330,719 in
1850, 6,210,174 in 1850, and 8,900,000 ia
February, 1872. The total valuation is
059,707,010, in which Pennsylvania has
33,003,098 invested m 548,l(jO horses,
averaging $97.18. New- York, Texas,
Ohio, Illinois, Indiana and Iowa, only
have more than Pennsylvania. The
grand average price for the whole coun
try is $73.37. To this must be added
$121,027,316 invested in 1,276,300 mules,
of which Pennsylvania has 24.900, valued
at 3,242,229, averaging $130.21. The
gross value of the horses and mules of
the whole country is $780,735,232, com
pared with $321,562,693 in oxen and
other cattle ; $329,408,9S3 in milch cows
$38,771,197 in sheep, and $138,733,828 in
hogs.
A Mail Doo. Previous to the year
1760 the mail between Portsmouth, N . H
and Wells, Me., for seven years was regu
larly carried by a dog. The mail was
carefully made up, tied to the animal's
neck, and carried safely through, until
at last, on one ot bis journeys, tbe faith
ful creature was killed by the Indians.
The Journal de ParU gives the follow
ing figures for the French Army during
tbe coming year : iotai enective loroe,
454 170 men. of whom 212.044 are infan-
try, 60,014 cavalry, 61.308 artillery, 8,000
I equipages militalres," 9.170 genidar
I mes, a&d 14,604 mhoellaneoai.
The Darning f Moscow.
As Napoleon Bonaparte was marching
his army into Moscow on September 15,
1812, the .Russian authorities determined
to bura the city rather than to allow it
to be occupied bv biui. They according
ly distributed combustible material
throughout the city, ready to be lighted
should his army enter it.
His nntrv and attempted occupation
of Moscow, and the subsequent burning
of the city by the Bussiaus, are matters
of history, from which we qvjete the fol
lowing :
- - - r-. i , . w a r, r.
" Un Wednesday, aeptemDcr 10, ibiz,
Napolean took u? his headquarters in
the Kremlin, and on the same day the
fire broke out in the shops ot the Kital
Gorod. The night of the 10th was il
luminated by the fire of a general con
flagration. The explosion of the bal
loons of flame which were seen falling
from the tops of towers showed the
means which were being taken to spread
the fire. A vast sea of flame illumina
ted the horizon for miles, and announced
to the unhappy Muscovites who still
lingered near the town that their homes
no longer existed. The different quar
ters of the town took fire, burned and
disappeared all at once. Heaps of cal
cined and blackened Btones indicated
the spot where houses had stood. The
silence of terror was only interrupted by
a roaring like that of the waves of a
stormy sea ; this was produced by the
wind, which, driving with violence tne
torrent of flame, hurried afar and wide
the destroying element. From time to
time whole buildings fell with a crash.
Wherever the eye turned, nothing could
be seen but smoking ruins or devouring
flames. Ever and anon was heard the
mournful toll of a bell which sounded
like the signal passed between one and
another of equal destruction. In spite
of the vigilance of the sentries posted at
the houses, the fire spread as if it was
driven by an invisible power. Although
a great part of the town was built of
wood, it took many days of general con
flagration to consume it. At last in
most quarters of the town there were
left so few traces of habitations that the
streets could hardly bo recognized. Ha
inan bodies half burned, and the dead
carcasses of horses, :ws and dog i, lay
in the midst of the ruins. 3,000 houses,
besides a great number of palaces, were
reduced to ashes ; scarcely 0,000 build
ings were left standing. The private
loss by the destruction of houses and
their contents, was calculated at not less
than 30,000,000 sterKng ($150,000,000),
and this was probably under the mark.
The first torch which set.Moscow ablaze
was said to have been applied by Count
Bostopchone, the governor of the city.
How to Make Coffee.
An old coffee drinker tells an exchange
something about his beverage. Shall I
give you a long -tried receipt ' say for two
persons: We will buy our conee ot a
grocer that we can rely upon to give us
pure Java, and fresh-browned. We will
only buy a small quantity not over two
pounds so as to keep it tresn, have it
ground, sent home, and immediately put
into our tightly-closed tin canister. Now
we are ready tor some boiling-water,
which first use to scald out the coitee
pot we are to use in making it, and see
that it is perfectly clean ; then dip into
bowl two tablespoons lull ot conee
from your canister ; break an egg, take
one-fourth of both yolk and whito.care-
fullv with a teaspoon tor, it tho egg is
put in a cool place it will serve several
times ; add the egg to the conee, stir it,
pouring in a little oold water, until you
can beat it thoroughly ; then have three
or four cups of water boiling in the cot-
fee-pot, and stir your mixture of egg and
eofleo into it. setting it on where it is
hot but only let it boil up two minutes
then set it where it will keep hot, but
not boil, and pour out half a cup of the
coffee to clear the nozzle of the pot, and
throw it in again, which will settle it ;
and when your breakfast is dished up
vou will have a beverage fit to set before
king I .Now what is oimcuit aoout
thati1 The same rule is applicable to
Mocha. Rio. or any other real coffee, but
trial has proved that Java gives the
most universal satisfaction. Now, do
you wish to know how to manage this
rule tor a hundred r Use a taoiespoon
ful for each person : mix two eggs with
the coffee and cold water, thoroughly,
and have two bags made ot double mos
quito netting, in which put the mixture
and then put them into the boner ot
boiling water, and do not let it boil any
longer after it boils up than a smaller
quantity, always being sure, in either
case, that no old coffee or grounds are
left in the pot when you are ready to
make a new supply.
A II litre Deu of Koliliers.
A letter from Naples in the drentlteti
draws an alarming picture of the condi
tion of that city and of the surrounding
country. "Southern Italy," says the
writer, "is a huze den of robbers : not
only the mountains and the fields, but
the large towns, are full t tuem, A lie
higher officials of the towni are now tol
erably honest, but their subordinates
form a sort of Caraorra, whose sole object
is plunder. At the cab-stands ia Xaples
there nre persons who extort money un
der various pretexts from every one who
takes a cab ; in all public eating-nouses
and theatres there are swarms of pick
pockets who do an excellent business,
and are on very friendly terms with the
gendarmes and police. Thieves are sta
tioned in the squares and markets and in
the niostTfrequeuted streets ; and in the
hotels they have private relations with
the servants, and in the harbor with the
custom-house officials. Nearly all the
porters at the water-side belong ( to this
Camorra, and it seldom happens that
twenty per cent, of the luggage which
they carry to the custom-house does not
disappear."
Carmine. Carmine, the most beauti
ful of all red colors, is obtained from the
cochineal insects, which were originally
found nly in Mexico, but are now suc
cessfully raised in many other countries.
They feed upon the prickly-pear, on
which the females fix themselves, and,
being wingless, they never move from
them. At a certain time in the year
they are gathered from the pear by
means of a brush, and they are then
plunged in hot water and exposed in the
sun to dry. AY' hen dried they have the ap
pearance of small berries or seeds, beiug
of a grayish-purple color, and in this
state they form tlie cochineal ot com
merce. It takes 70,000 of the dried
cochineals to weigh a pound. The prep
aration of carmine is a very delicate op
eration, requiring great care ana skill.
Indian Tkoubi.es. Indian troubles
have broken out in a most unexpected
quarter Northern California. The Mo
docs, who are naturally a warlike race,
have taken tbe field, and have massacred
manv settlers in the sparsely populated
region east of the Cascade Itange, on the
boindarv between Oregon and Cali
fornia. No explanation is given of the
origin of the difficulty except that the
Modocs would not reuiaiu in their reser
vation. Tke fact is, however, that the
white Lave crowded the Indians of that
part of the ' country, io that they have
I become restive.
Thd Latest. The latest specimen
of tho stage druakard is Old Griiney,
Srodueed at the Greoian Theater, Loti
on. The old ruffian, half miser, half
sot, varies the performance by hagging
for another coin after his friend had
given him sixpence. "Why, you old
villain, I've just given you a sixpence
to buy rum with, have I not? "Yes
Dick, dear Dick, my boy," hiocotighs old
Grimey ; "but you don't think I'm going
to spend my hard-earned capital in rum,
do you ? I never drinks but when I'm
treated.
C-iTIf you don't want to disgust even body
with your offensive breath, cure your Catarrh
npon which it depends. $500 reward is of
fered by tbe proprietor of Dr. Sage's Catnrah
Hemedy for a caea of Catarrh which he cannot
cure. It is told by Druggists. Com.
The Supreme Question. Undoubt
edly health is the most importaut ot
earthly blessings, and therefore the ner
vous anxiety of the sick to ascertain the
relative merits of the various medicines
in use is not surprising. Within the last
two years many thousands of invalids
have abandoned the preparations of the
pharmocopolist for the famous remedy
introduced by Dr. Walker, of California,
uader the somewhat eccentric name of
Vinegar Bitters. That this new Vege
table medicine is " winning golden opin
ions of all sorts of people is beyend a
doubt. The accounts we hear of its ex
traordinary .effects in cases of chronic
dyspepsia, rheumatism, liver complaints,
malarious fevers, nervous prostrations,
and many other distressing diseases, cer
taiuly justify the popularity which it has
everywhere acquiicd. Dr. Walker claims
for his specifio a remedial power over all
disorders that do not involve an irrepara
ble destruction of bone and fibre, and
results so far appear to have justified the
claim. In this age of wonders we are
not disposed to deny the possibility of
any phenomena not directly at va.iianoe
with tbe laws of nature, and as it is held
by many physiologists that rill maladies
proceed from the same generic cause, Wfr
see no reason for the incredulity with
which some people regard the idea of n
Universal Medicine. That Dr. Walker'f
famous preparation is destined to be
universally approved can scarcely be con
sidered doubtful. Cm.
A Delightful Si-uprise. Ladies whose
fnces are clouded by Bupcrtiuinl dlscoloralions
and who have resolved to trv Hagas's Mao
noma riALM aa a remedy, have no idea ot Hip
welcome surprise tuey w:il receive from theli
mirrors after a few application! of that health
ful purifier of the complexlou. If at nil ex
citable, they will scream with rapture on be-
holding the change ; whether the blemish It U
desired to remove he sallowness, blotches, pirn
pies, freckle, ronchness, or on unnatural pal
lor, t U bound to diFappcar under the tonic
opeinti.jn of this wonderful agent. To say thai
tbe blemish, disappears noea not, however, con
vey any idea of tbeeffect produced by this cele-
tmitea tieautmer. i ue unsigntiy tlnijo, wheihet
diffused over the whole countenance or in
spots, or patches, is replaced by a uniform.
pearly bloom to which no description can do
justice. yom.
ClllES OF MfRDER IN THE NlUHT Oppal US
A bad Conch ringing through the house in the
hours of darkueas is fqnally enseestivc of dan
cer and death. Soothe, quiet, and cure it will
Hate t Honey of Horehound and Tat. Othei
remedies may have disappointed yon, but tuit
never inns. i.otii.
Like Lightning nre the miracnlous cures cf
feetca with Flaoo s Instant Rkliff. Ache
Pains, Sprains, Bowel Complaints, etc., cannot
exist if this great medicine is used. Kelicl
warranted, or money returned. Com.
Cristadoro's Excklsior Hair Dye Is the
most sure and complete preparation of its kind
In tlie world ; its etlects are magical, lis charac
ter harmless, its tints natural, its qualities en
during. uom,
Rums Chapman, ol Liberty, Me., had a etif!
leg, bent at the knee, limbered and sti-eiiEthened
by the use ot Johnson I Anodyne Liniment.
uom.
Mormon HErrtETS sent free. Address AX-
DHJiW HiNLEi, Omaha, Nebraska. -Com.
The proprietors of Jahnmii't Anodune T.ini
ment. Parsons' Purgative Pills, and Sieridan't
itroO',v (Jonaition I'oteders, have piimwhcd i
readable aud instructive pamphlet, which mat
ue cau free at tue stores. com!.
Poverty is Ba, but the worst kind ol
poverty is poverty of the blood ; this makes f
man "poor iudeed," for It takes away M,
Etrenfrth, eournjje and energy ; but enrich tin
blood with its vital clement. Iron, by tnUlm,'
tlie reruvian syrup (a protoxide of Iron), anil
you will feci rich, and "as good as anybody.'
iry ii. t orn.
An Established Keniedy. Brown's Bkon
CfliAL Troches are widely known as an es
tablished remedy for Coughs, Colds, Bronehiii-
floai'seness, and other troubles of the Throai
and Lungs. Com.
A handsome ClirUtmus present to a gemlc-
mnn will be a hundred Klmwood Collars. Tl.e
will last him a year. All first-class furuishiiii.
stores can supply mem. tout,
The analysis of ' The Queen's Toilet "tor the
Complexion, tuade by frofessors. U.ma Haves.
ot Boston, proves It to be tree from all poison,
ana a truiy vaiuaoia preparation. Cum.
Pike's Toothache Drops cure Toothache in
one minute, cold by all Druggists at 25 centb.
voui.
Why Eudnre what Is Curable 1
" Wtast 't b eursl muit ! ndursd," tuvs tie
prvrb ; but ludlirsiioa can b cured, sad thrri
It is th mern.t stupidity ta andure It. Djspeptic,
btvs rtalnly right to rutlDti dyipspllcs to ths
end of their dsyn if tbey bose, but ts it is net sup-
peed tbkt any rational bfnr prefers phrAiuol torment
te esse sud beelth, tbe probability ia that If all suffer
ers from indigestion went convinced that au abvolnte.
iufillible remedy for their (omplslnt Minted, tbey
wonld with one accord resort to k. We most empba-
leal.y der-lare t'"1- such a rumsdy does txU, uia that
Its name u llontetter s Stomach Bitters. The record
of its sucoess extends over a period oT mere then twen
ty veers, and It is fearlessly alleged that during tbe
whole of that time it has never failed to afford perma
nent relief in any disorder or derangement of tbe
stomach that was not erganio, malignant, and incura
ble. The testimonials that go to eitabli.h this hav-or
tent fact can be taunted by tbe thouitsd. Stomach
complaints that bad been aggravated by a total dlirc-
gard of all dietary rules, and Intensified and rendured
chronic by medicinal treatment or drantlo purgation
huT in hundreds of instances bi-en cured within three
months by the systematic use of this celebrated stom
achic and alratlve. It should be remembered that
weakness of tbe digestlv organs Involves many othei
ailments. Billlcusuess, headache, netvous debility,
spasms, palpitation of the heart, rush of blood to tbe
hca4, nausea, vertigo, and sleeplessness tre smoug lt
concomitants and results ; and for all these tlie great
vegetable tonic is a specific. It act first upon tbe
stomach, and throigta tbe stomach npon tbe secret oiy
and uervoits systems and the bowels, its fieuerat effect
oeing always genial ana neiicnceni.
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Printino. The report of the Con
gressional Printer show! that during
1872 $1,802,313 72 has been extended
by that branch of the publiJ service, of
which amount $308,180 07 was for work
ordered by Congress an inoreaie of
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in the previous year.
A CHALLENGE
I extended to tho toorW to plnco t,fnr the pi hlle t
hotter rrhgh of Hint remedy thou ALLLN'B LI' NCI
BALsAM.
Vbhilt it IIith No Eqcil.
CONSUMPTIVES BEAD!
Would ynn !nro that dltrwln conrb, n4 brln
back tlmt. hpnltnr vfiror till lM'.-ly ptantfd in your
chm-kr If vou Would, do uoldvluy; lor, era yoaire
tftvnre, it will bo too latp.
ALLEK B LUNO BALSAM
In yonr hope. It ha. brert tried by thousands roh m
yon, who havo been enrt-d : many, in their frratilllde.
have h-nt thlr names to n, that Mttierinir humnnity
can rad thetrfvi'lfiitonnd believe. Don't esperin ent
Willi new and untried Ulixlim a you can not atiord it
but ti y nt onee ihii in - iilHible article. It is wairjr.tod
to break up the ino-t troublesome counh in at'ew b ttri,
if not of too lonir tand1nir It t warranted to irivi en
lira Fal'stitrtion in all ca.es of lua.? and throat ciffl
cultiop. A an Expectorant, 1'. ha no ctnul.
I'.VSOUCirED EVWESCE OF ITS MERITS.
READ TUI FOLLOWUG:
WHAT WELI. KNOWV PTirGCIST SAY ADOCT
AI.LEN H LUNO JJALSAM.
SrntNnri s lb, Tens., Sept. 1, 1RTJ.
Gentlemen f hip ni mx ilor.ea Alien' I.unir lalotim
i nni-n. W o hnvn not 11 bottle left in our alote. it haa
moro reDUtatlon than anycough medleinewe bavo ever
gold, and w,i hnvo been inthodinc buxlneva twi my
seven ycui'!; we roeim Jn.t what, we eay about the
Ualsam. wry um j tout. .,
11URT & TANNER,
A:ra.in rend tho evideueo from a Prupsdet who was
cured bvt'.ie ueof ttie Balsam, and now-el'Mt largely.
I,. C." f'ottrell. Ili-ucui-t at. Marino l!ilv, Mlehliran,
wiltes. fent. if-7: i am om oi iiiir-n a ijutiir u:i
mim ; end me halt a irross a non a you can ; I wtnild
...... I... a,,, a)' .,. ,.i in.,- ,n,-,ll('i,,n In tnm Tin,
l.unff il;ilaio ne.vr fails to do good lor those aOUcu-d
witliacouith.
It U ltarmleM to tho most dellcato child.
It e-intiiiiij no opium in nnv toim.
It Is Hem oy .He'iicino ucaiers generally.
CAUTION.
Bo not deceived. Call for ALLEN'S LUNO BAL
SAM, aid taKo no other.
O.ppirecttoos accompany eacn bottle.
PFHRT DAVIS SOS, General AireuM,
Providence, 11. 1.
J. N. HARRIS A CO., Cincinnati, O.,
Proprietors.
KP Sold by all Medicine doa'crs.
pen SALS BV
JOHN F. I1EXRY, New Yolk.
GEO. C. GOODWIN A: CO., Boston.
JOHNSON. HOLAWAY & CO , Philadelphia.
While 'Waiiisn ton a t'ot;oH"to ros itrame"
vou aro often Boning the seeds of Consumption. Betti
t-y at oncu Dr. Javne'a Eipoctorant, a euro cure for ell
'ouirha and folds.
For Beauty cf Polish, Saving: Labor, Clean
linens, Durability & Cheapness, Unequaled.
riKW.tRK OK woiiTill.tss imitations under other
came, hut reen-,'ilug ours in shapd anu color ol wrapper
UilQ'Hlcil to deceive.
tiik nisiMi si x rOLI-.lt IN nu.K. fo. tto-e dealers'
e. at. t wvive cents per pound twent; fi e and fifty
pound l-.oxes. "CLeaper than any Hiier bulk Polish for
tiik' MSixo SIS I.I MIiF.n rtva No Sharpen!!!;
C'he-ip ar.t llurnnle s'.i-ere 'fle5o!!:erarti( i--i5rpurp-:
TIIK KIMMUHl'X Kl.il K 1
t ill LUillll ATUIU Foraxlea,
ft.nr.rln.ru r.iri IT If-ll ' MM- V . 1.1Ht St T tllliC
&a long as oil
alone. i b. ami 00 Hi. boxes, 10 cents i-or lb. Try it.
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ert whilo It nni!ira: to be Judicious, practical, sensi
lilc ; ami to havo reully pcriuanent worth, while i
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It i handsomely illustrated, and lus for contributors
oii'e or the most attrucuvu writers in tno country.
Among thci-o are;
Prof. Jnnie" It Mllle,1.oitlttr C.MuwIto,
l.uilim M. A Irolt, "Sophie Nay,"
Uruce (Ji-e I'livronil, I" . A. MeplieilH.
iti lK i-rn 11. DrtvU, Itutli 'litevAt-!d.
(' y . Flnnler, M. A. KeiiiNon.
S. l. (oliiuiut. Prof. II. Unuolu.
Iu reading is a lui'ted to the old and young, Is very
vnrl-.d in Its character; spiishtlyanit entertaining. Ii
gives
Stoiirenf 1 venture, Ssorie of Horn and
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1 Aililr Rinirlp Muxle p.cd LrutLMi-LtOudinn lltiloe. fiboi
Gun. Rovolvwrc, hwioin, Ac, of e- erjr kiud, lor men oi
bvt at v.-r-v l"W ,rirf4, liniH to J-Uu; lJit-toIb.iroi?:ft,
the
HALFORD
LE1CESTEESH1KE
TABLE SAUCE,
The Best Sauce and Relish
MADE IN AXlf FART OF THE
irnitl l
llOKLD
FOB
TAMIL V I'SE.
Pints
Halt rtuts
60 flrOUti.
SO Ceutt.
For Sale by all Grocers,
HAY PRESS pf 1U nt lcta Hi cull auo,
WorKu.rin.a i.ki. uivts.
.ateftwiw
For Family Use,
Ho Person e i n take these Bitter actor.
Ins; to directions, and remain long unwell, provided
their bones are not destroyed by mineral poison or otrf er
means, and tlie vital organs wasted beyond the point
of repair.
I'sivrpli or Inrlliresitlon. Headache, Pain
In the SlrMilders, Coughs, l'iplihiess tit tht Chest, iJix
tineas. Sour Eructations of the Stomach, Bad Tast
in the Mouth, Bilious Quacks, Palpitation of tha
Heart, Innammatiesi of the Lhiirs, Pain in the regions
of t!e Kidneys, and a hundred other painful symptc.a,
are the orTspnna of dyspepsia. In these complaints
it has no equal, and one bottie will prove a tetter guar
antee of its merits than a lengthy advertisement.
For Fcntala C oniplnliit a, in young or old,
married or single, at the dawn of wr-manhood, or th
turn of life, these Tonic Bitters display so decided, an
Influence that a marked improvement is soon percep
tiblr. . . .
Fttr Inflnnimatory anil Clironic Rheu.
tnntlnm in Gout, Bilious, Remittent and Inter
mittent Fevers, diseases of the Pkiod, I.iver, Kidneyi
Hid Bladder, these Bitters have no equal., Such Dio-
ases are caused by Vitiated Mood, which is Rencrally
M-orfiiced by deraneement of the Uifcestive Organs.
Tliry nr n Orntle I'uittlv a well aa
a. Tonic, possessing also the peculiar merit of acting
as s powerful agent in reiieving Congestion or Inflam
mation of the Liver and Visceral Organs, and in Bilious
Diseases.
For Skin Dlttenscit, Eruption. - Tetter, Sail
Rheum, Blotches, Spots, Pimples, Pustules, Boils, Car
buncles, Ring-worms, Scald-Head, Sore Eyes, Ery
sipelas, Itch, Scurfs, Decolorations of t'-.e Skin, Humor
and Diseases of the SUin, of whatever name or natuie,
arj literally dug up and carried out t( the system in a
I.u .T, ea nf ,t,es TtlHerS.
tlfnae.t Tltmiamifla nrrvlaim VtNRCAR i!T
trrs the most wonderful Invigorant that ever sustained
the su-.kirg system.
I WALKER, Prop'r. it. it. .ncu'i-i-iiju"-!
Druggists and Gen, Agts., San Francisco and New York.
J W- SOLD BY AM. TiRlT.r.tSTS & fiEAt.KRS.
BLOOD.
Tlic rERTJVIAN SYRBP makes the weals srron;
mid cxpeU disease by supplying the blood with
KATTBE'S 07! VlTAtlZINO AOENT IRON.
Caution. Be sure yon cet Pernrlnn Syrup.
Pamphlets free. J. P. DIN'SMUItR. Proprietor,
jno. bo iw.y nr., ow l orK, ft
Sold by Uruggists genciiUy,
THE NEW SCALE
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MQuMctiy tlie best Sgnare Piano maoe.
Send for Circular with Illustrations.
Prices mm from 350 to 100 dollars.
Kvery I-inno VAUKANTED for lve leara,
Cheap Farms ! Free Homes !
On the line of tue I'MUB PAUiriu bailbmu,
I '4-000. OOO Acres ot the beet iVrmtun Uliu Miueml
L nd In AHierU-ft. .
3,000,000 Acres in Nebraska, iu tho Platte Valley,
now for tale
'Mild Climate. Fertile Soil.
For Gmlu Orowlnt and Stock Bais.us ansui-pasEofl by
inv in the l iittort matef.
LHEAi'KH in -Price, more iavoroDie terras Riven, ana
nore couvenfeul tu market tliau can bu to and uUd-
vbor.
FREE Homesteads for Actual Settlers.
Tlic boil locfttinTt for Colonies Soldiers entitled to ft
Tun est ad cf 160 Acrtti.
Suua lor ine.'Sew i-recnpur rarnpii.c', wmi new
tiaiifc. imbltshed in Eut'lfch. German, tiwtidbk and
Ddiiuh, mailed tiea every wiicro.
Aiarutafl r. r nivn,
Lund t'oui'r V. P. H. If Co..
$75 to $250 per month,
I SmoN SENSE FAMILY HKWlNGMAlalllNK. This
machine win amen, ttem, iru. tuck, quilt, cord, bind,
C hruitl and emhrnidor in m ninaf. Htinririr manner lrii
IU onJy Full v licensed and warranted for five y;ara
F-to We will pay $lwH for any mnchino that will sew a
m rouge r. more Dcautuui, or more elastic s?am tnnn
2 ours. H makes tha "Elastic Lock Hutch." Every
2 eecond tlt?h can be cut, and still the cloth cannot bo
puilud apart without tearing it. w e pay A gems rrom
V $ 76 to S'J.'iO per month and expenses, or a commission
Nirom which twice that amount can be made. Addntea
kdMhcuMH if cu, Boston AiaM.j I'.uauurg, i a.i
Chicago, HM or SL JLouta. Mo.
A New Colony in Kansas t
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, KANSAS AND TEXAS RAILWAY,
Cider tnu uu-pice of tux NATIONAL IlCKEAU
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o the Ortfttlll7.all.in Ol 1110 toiony. me iiimw. rniano-
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ipnlicntlou to . rc. n klls, eec y a. d. oi -ai--ru,ituu,
S!l nnm-lwnv. NVw York.
THEA-NECTAR
IS A PURE
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with the Green Tsa Flavor. Tha
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everywhere. And for pale whole
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A iron 1 8 for the lustrit RnlHt.fr a. vrtn
the world. One Hnent denr!, K1 In niti
-pek,:iiid has averaged Pur mouth U ml ue the
ptibl year, Ad-ir?N,
v 111
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Wfl Guarantee rmnlovment
nore year New work by Mr. II. II. Muwrjnd
atheiN. tiuperlt Premium iifvtn A'pou. Mout-v m-ule
tori-1 1. ettnrr tx
. hi nr a ttri u nr fk'.iiiiii sir
rapidly end easily at work for us. Writoond ee. Par
ticu.4tri.atie. Worthiugiiiun, bu.itn fc Co., Hartford, CU
5 tft $20 per day! AjrenU wanted ! All clMMot
I old, make more money at xk for us in their tpar
moments or nil ine iir-ce 1 Hjtt-is,c anrininv i-e. nruo
a.arsfrtje. Address G. 8ti.3u & Co., Portland. Maine
BOK to $10O per Week made eu--v by any
J lady. 20,000 Fold ia six motth. The mobt
wonderfully rapid "ell in article tvr iuveuud for
married or Mnirfft ladies' uie. Addrens.
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