FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD. Kitchen Harden. But little can be done here, except to look after the frames and pits, and care for Boeds, etc. Do not cover cold-frames until freez ing weather comes, and even thou air ehouldbe given during the middle of every mild day. If plonty of marsh hay or leaves are at hand, it is well to cover a quantity of pnrsnips and salsify, so that they can be dug from time to time as wanted J they are much botter than poorly kept ones. To keep roots properly in the cellar, they should bo stored in earth, and if the house cellar is used, secure ample venti lation. It is better to cover with leaves all beds of spinach which are to be loft for next spring's use, except where the win tors are mild. Bean-poles should be properly cared for under cover. When sheltered they will last for several seasons, and if of oak, walnut, or red cedar, they will easily last for a dozen vears. Pea-brush usually Iim to be renewed every season If there is no snow on the ground, all weeds, brush, and rubbish in iroueral. may lie cleared up and burned, and the asnes spread or saved until next spring. Thrash out and clean all seeds thaf. re main uncared for, and label with date and name of variety. Keep in a cool place where there is no danger from mico. Trenches or pits, where roots are stored, will not need covering until freez ing weather comes, and then only gradu ally, just enough to keep out frost. The Farmers' Foe. There is a discussion, says an exchange, ns to what or who are the "real foes of the farmers." This discussion does not seem, as yet, to have evolved the truth, at least not tho whole of it. One of the chief and real foes of tho farmer is him self is his lack of knowledge of busi ness, not simply tho business of produc ing crops, but of the commercial busi ness involved in the disposol of them. Another is his apparent willingness to ran in debt to extend the area of his domain beyond the. scope of his capital to purchase and pay for and render pro ductive what he purchases. These two foes to his progress are so real, so radi cal, so closely at the bottom of all his troubles, that if he will concentrate his efforts to overcome them, the other foes I will retreat. Common Senne In l'lotvliitf. Teams drawing loads tin the road get a breathing spell on the descending ground ; while in plowing the draught is the same from morning till night. There is a certain number of pounds that a team can draw day after day, and not worry them ; but if more be added, even as little as fifteen or twenty pounds, they watK unsteadily, iret, and soon tire. JNo ; V(,uture to sav that the tragical business amount of feeding wall keep them in con- j nt JiiXy Ridge lms spread more consteruu dition. I have wen many plows in use tion umomr the thieves and murderers on which it would have been an easy : who infest this rei()U tlmn onu iuuuirt.d matter to decrease, the draught twenty-; jive pounds, and n men were drawing ' mem instead oi horses it wotud have been done. It must be plain to the farmer that every pound he can take off from tho ilrnnndit rif bia ldnw ih mci tim.li i i i r . T 1 gamed for his horses. Seasonable Advice. Ho many tires originate in carelessness or thoughtlessness that precautions need to be kept in mind. Housekeepers tihould remember the following: Matches Rhould be kept in metid or earthern vessels, and out of the reach of children; do not deposit ashes in a wooden vessel; never put Kindling-wood on top ol a stove to dry; never leave clothes near a grate or fire-place to dry; never use any kind of oil to kindle a lire; always lill and trim lumps by daylight, and never near a fire; never allow fluids used for lumps to l i-4. ;,. .. w.v, , i;i.i. :' " " . "b". is used ; see that stove-pipes enter well in the chimney. X'ersons who have re sponsibilities in connection with some i place of business should not forget that. Before leaving the place of business all 1 lights and fires should 'be carefully ex amined ; benzine, naphtha, gasoline, ciimphcne, varnish, turpentine, etc., anouid never ne drawn ny caudle or ' lamp light, or in a room where there is a fire ; sand in place of sawdust should bo used on the floors of oil stores, drug stores, etc. ; wire-work should be put over gas-lights in show windows ; always use a closed lantern, and never allow smoking iu burns, stables, warehouses, or in stores where goods are closely packed; keep shavings and fine kindling wood away from tho steam-boilers and furnaces; keep lofts, cupboards, corners, boxes, etc., free from greasy rags; never use a light in examining a gas-meter. Everybody should renumber to keep all lights as far from curtains as possible; never to pour out liquor near un open light; never take rt light into a clothes closet; never smoke or read in bd by candle or lamp light; never blow out a fluid lam); never throw a burning match on the floor or into the waste-paper basket. Meeting Ills Brother. Tho following story is told of an old Kentuekian whose name was Jolm Kel- l XT- e 1 - "I ' rf'i "V ' -, ,0" urn. m-nm uii .uu- tiomiry war, crossing the Delaware twice on the ice with the army under Wtusliing- ton. He was also in the trenches of Yorktown w hen Cornwallis surrendered. I hiring tlm war, being in the infiuitry, a British cavalryman was about to strike him with a sabre, and woidd doubtless have killed him, when he looked up, and a mutual recognition instantly took place. He had met his brother, and they were on opposite sides ! The tide of battle separated them before they had time to more than exchange salutations, and they never met again. Mr. Kelley after ward learned that his brother had been sent with some British troops to South Carolina, to operate against Marion. Ouestioiis for Discussion. The Oranges of Iowa issue every month a list of quostions for the farmers to discuss. Here is the last lot : Main Question What benefits have ben secured to the producing classes through the organization of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry ? Sub-questions 1. What benefits in the matter of social culture and enjoy ment ? 2. 'What benefits in the matter of fi nancial and material advancement ? 3. What benefits in the matter of such" education as relates to methods of farm practice f " 4. What benefits in the matter of such education as relates to public affairs, to knowledge of finance, and to the increas ing influence of farmers as a class ? 6. What benefits in the matter of gen eral welfare ? An old man in Nevada, 70 years of age, was recently sent to jail for twenty years for shooting fellow citizen. THE BURGLARS AT RAY RIDGE. Two Men Mint nnd KIlIrM frhtle rtnhbilj k ioum i nrr inrnrm l Being tue A nunc lr f hnHr-jr Rom, It is many years since we have re corded so sudden and terrible and end to a lifo of crims as that which has befallen the Bay Uidge burglars. The full de tails of the affair reveal a dark story of one side of our modern lifo. In the dead of night a family living in a se cluded spot on Now York Bay were awakened by a burglar-alarm connecting their house with another on their prop erty. They found thnt burglars had en tered tho house, which was unoccupied, and were moving about in scorch of val uables. Four men from the alarmed house kept guard over the premises, waiting for tho appearance of tho rob bers. Presently the burglars, two in number, appeared at the door, and were commanded to surrender. They replied with a volley from their fire-arms. A fight in the dark took place, in which one robber was killed instantly and his comrade was mortally wounded. Before the second man died he told his tale of crime, incidentally including, among other things, the abduction of the Ross child iu the list of misdeeds which ho or his companion had cymmitted, The career of these criminals has been j a long one. It connects itself with the dark deeds of Kulotf, who was hanged in 1871, and it makes a startliug picture in the light of modern civilization and social progress. At last, after a long immunity from justice, which must have made them bold, these hardened wretches have met their just deserts. The went into the Vou Brunt house, armed and equipped, to commit murder if they had been in terrupted iu their plundering ; and they perished miserably. Law-abiding people must deprecate violence, but these mid night robbers invited the fate that over took them, and tho thanks of outraged society is due to the courageous men who met them, and who successfully defended their own lives. It is not often that rufiiiuiB are overtaken by such signal and i condign puuishment. ihe laws delay, I the interposition of mistaken clemency, and the active friendship of powerful ' men who use the ruffianly element of , society, too often serve great rascals a , good turn. If the Buy Ridge burglars had got into jail, the chances are that they could have swaggered through the ; mockery of a trial ; some jury would : have disagreed : some " intluoutial poli- ticiuu " in the background would have pulled wires ; ami, by some hocus-pocus never explained, the scoundrels would have been let loose on society again within six months, iust an other scoun drels have been before them. Men gt-u- '. orally understand this; they defend tneir lives aim property wiin powuor anu ball, just us they did iu the bud old times , when there was no law. Of course, this is not a happv state of ', umigs, oui ii is jusi wiiat exists ; ana we cl.imiuid indictments or convictions could ilave done. Jails are insecure, luilors ! and other officers are venal, and, some-' how- or another, there is always a chance ' n.liii.li tbo l-wil.l v,iu..ol ia mu.lv .ilro I rut... it.... -o , , . i i u' I xllK " 1111 L"iint ittuiuy iiavu luspirt'u a uuw aml wholesome terror. The clew which is now left iu the j hands of the police is one of great value. : It not only leads to the unraveling of the j mystery of tho Ross abduction, but it ought to connect the slain brigands with j many others w ho were their accomplices. : It seems that these men have been i 1 " wanted for a long time. The story . of their hidings and evasion of justice j has more than the average mystery of ; crime ; and it is noticeable that the j hunted men were arrested at last bv citi- t zens defending themselves not by the I agents of the law. We shall undoubted- ly have now a copious amount of mfor- i million from the startled police officers ..oj ,,f ,...-,. .i,..--1 " ' " . . " w I these desperate men have carried on op erations ; nut tho long-sought game has been brought down by a volunteer com- puny while the official sleuth-hounds were 1 off the scent. It is a thousand pities that this sort of popular defense should be necessary ; it were far better that the machinery of the police were adequate to the emergency, and that the move- j meuts of the law were quick mul sharp enough to signally punish offenders. So long as this is not the case, burglars and other thieves need not be surprised if they do sometimes blunder into an evil net, and so come to a dreadful end. It is hoped that tho painful mystery sur rounding the abduction of the Ross child is now about to bo lifted. Tho unex pected light thrown into tins sad story has fallen with dramatic etl'ect. But, quite as important as any termination to the long pursuit of the kidnappers, is the awful sudden vindication of outraged justice, by which the Bay Ridge brigands i have been overtaken. Srew York Tiling. I Tweed's Prison Lire. The warden of the prison in which W'm. 5. Tweed is confined says, in re ply to charges that he hud taken Tweed to his own house against prison rules ; About 7 p. St., or just previous to my leaving the prison for the night, I visited him, as I always made a practice of do ing, before leaving for lav house. I found him very much excited and com- , pj.g giving that t 10 l'OOIU W,W too , v u ,lflt ,.t ..,. onstantly walking tho floor, and tell ing me that he might us well be dead as alive. I talked with him a short time and left him. Fearing the possibility of an appopletic stroke, as often indicated to 1110 by u former chief of staff, under a certain state of excitement and wuut of sufficient air, and for tho circulation and driving the blood from the head, I piu-ticularlv directed the hidlkeeper, Mr. McDonald, prior to Mr. Tweed's retiring 1 for tho night, to walk him from the prison to my house, as I wished to see what change, if any, this walk had pro duced. On Mr. Tweed's reaching the house with the keeper I found him so much exhausted and so weak I asked him to come into the kitchen, where he had a cup of tea and some toast. I take this opportunity to state that it is almost a daily occurrence that prisoners work ing about the grounds in the vicinity of my house, becoming sick or exhuusted, ore often taken into my kitchen and there refreshed by taking a cup of tea and other nourishment. Common humanity dictates that to me; besides, I feel the responsibility of guarding their health, as well as their safe custody. Bio Castor Beans. The Garnett (Kan.) Plaindealer says ; "In the neighboring county of Franklin it is estimated thut more stock has been killed by eating caster beans this fall and winter than the entire crop in the county was worth. There seems to be great ignor ance on this subject. The beans ore sura death to horses and cuttle, but are said to be an excellent article on which to fatten hogs. George Hanford, of Frank lin, has discovered that strong coffee is aa antidote for their poison," WASHINGTON MATTERS. BetiRtei Among the bills introduced Into the Senate wm one fixing tho unliiry of the President of the United States t bill relative to national enr roncv t and one providing for the construction of tfnited State govemmont telegraph linos between Wtwhingtou and Bonton. A remonHtranco of the tyjie founders of the United Htates againHt a modification of tho re ciprocity treaty, bo far as it relates to type and type metal, was presented. " A few changes only were made in tke Senate etnnding committees. Memorials were presented from lumliormon protesting agninpt tho proposed reciprocity treaty with Canada. The Senate panned the bill appropriating f :ln,000 for the pttroliiwe of scales for the potrt ofiiee, an amended by the House The Sennte agreed to a conference asked for by the Hotine on the Tariff bill, and referred to the Judiciary Committee a rcHolutioit offered by Senator Morton directing the Attornoy-tlenoral to take a writ of error to the Supreme Court of the United States from the decision ( the Supreme Court of Indiana denving colored children tho right to attend pnhlio schools. Memorials for reducing the (Hilary of the Presi dent to 25,01)0 a year were read. The Senate adopted a resolution instructing the Judiciary Committee to impure into the Jurisdiction of the 1'rcHS-gai; law, and panned the House bill continuing in oflico tho Hoard of Audit of the District of Columbia. A Joint resolution wan presented making the ofilceB of Prosidont and Vice-President elective and by tho peoplo, the oflicers to bold their places" six years. A bill authorizing tho Presi dent of the United States to iHnuo temporarily nunnlien of food and disused armv clothing nulli- cicnt to prevent starvation and suffering to destitute and helpless persons living on tho Western frontier who have been rendered so by the ravages of grasshoppers during tho pat summer, and appropriating $100,000 to carry out the provisions of the act. limine. Hills were introduced as follows : To reduce tho allowance to bank examiners ; to amend the National Hanking act s to substitute United States notes for the issues of national bankn i fixing rates of duties on imported merchandise ; to prohibit Senators, lleprcsentatives, mid Dele gates in Congress from acting as nomirtol or otherwise In suits or proceedings against the United States passed without opposition s to restore tho duty of ten per cent, on certain manufactures of cotton, wood, iron, pucr, u-lasn, leather, etc. , a bill in favor of free banking ; to repeal the acts requiring stamps on iiiiiik checks, eta. ; to regulate elections in certain tsouthoru States ; repealing tho increase of the President1 salarv ; to reduce the President's salary. nr. minimi, or renn . arraigned uio ent of the President in Inn annual message as ment of the President in Ins annual niessag to the debt of tho District of Columbia, ami as sorted that instead of its being only r.14,00(,000, it was actually over f zd.OP0.UO0. Tins was de nied by other members and by tho delegate from the District. An investigation of the book of tho kilo I Freedmen's Hank was ordered. Mr. Siowell denied the charge of having sold a naval cadetship and demanded an iuvestiga- j tion ; the Diplomatic and Consular Appropria- j tiou bill wan reported ; the debato of tho 3.ti!i I Convertible Hond bill was resumed, and argu- j meuts in opposition to the measure were made bv Messrs. Dawen, Phelps ait Smith : tlio Speaker announced various appointment Sjto uln to nil i omnntleo on itnesses from New York to testify as to the alleged use of improper influences by tho Pacific' Maii Company to obtain a subsidy from Congress. Mr. Oit, of Iowa, reported the bill allowing homestead and pre-emption seiilors iu Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska and Kaunas, whose crops were destroyed or injured by urasshopijers ui 1ST t, to bo absent from their lauds until May, ltiiti, without prejudice to their rights. Passed. Mr. Ciartield modo a personal explanation. Mr. Dawes explained regarding the Pacific Mail ' I ilivduMirnMl II AMfl Ut lllu UMinraNf It III ana at ins suggestion an oruer i-sued for the arrest ol the witness Irwin for contempt. 'J'lie se adopted a resolution for the ap- pointiuent ot a committee to procccu to icns org to investigate the troubles there, refused to iiass a resolution for an inquiry into the i prosecution of the so-called safe-hiuglary cou- spiritors, and referred the bill to repeal the press-gag law to the Judiciary Committee, with leave to report at any time." Hills were intro duced to repeal all acts requiring stamps ou checks ; for free banking and to wit lulraw legal tender notes ; reducing letter postage to one cent ; to amend the Constitution concerning the official term of the President : for the relief of the Southern States by the compromise and settlement of their debts : for a commission to investigate the political mid legal condition of the Southern States : to repeal the law requiring the prepayment of newspaper postage. The House holiday was voted for December 3d to January 5th. The Speaker announced the appointment of tl'.e following committees : Select Committee to visit icKsbtUL'. Miss. Messrs.. Conger, of i ICKSMU'g, i Mich.. Hnriburt, of 111., Williams, of Wis., j Sneer, of Pcnn., and O'ISrien, of Md. Select 1 r.mimittf Committee on Louisiana and the Southern States. Messrs. G. F. Hoar, of Mass.. Wheeler, of N. V., Frve. of Mo., poster, of Ohio, Phelps, of N. J.. KohiijBon, of 111., and Potter, of N. V. Items. Tlio bills relative to the President's salary, in troduced into the Senate and House, 1 ropouo to reduce the salary to $25,000. The bill passed by the House to prevent mem bers of Coiifriess from acting as counsel in suits against the United States, and making it a penal offense for such acts, was parsed by tho House without opposition. The bill for free banking introduced into the House of ltepresentatives by Mr. Merriam, of New York, proposes that all laws and parts of laws limiting the circulation under the National Hank act ara hereby repealed. The bill introduced iu the House reducing the President's salary to $25,000 applies to the next President only it cannot apply to the present incumbent. THE DIPHTHERIA. A l'earl'ul tSronrue What Sbuubl be Done A fearful scourge, the diphtheria, is now afflicting many sections, large and small, of the United States, and there is every reason to believe that it will extend rather than decline iu its ravages. So important has the mutter of its arrest become, that a meeting of the leading physicians of New York city was lately hefd, and the origin, rise and progress of the scoiu'ge was carefully considered. It was known that in New York the deaths by diphtheria had grown gradually every year from 53 in 1850 to 1,151 in 1873, with a considerable increase in 1871. The physicians, after deliberation, arrived at the following practical conclusions : 1. If diphtheria has.guined a foothold in any city or populous neighborhood, it selects certain localities in which its per sistence is speedily marked, and its per sistence, as shown by repeated outbreaks or continued prevalence, seems to hold an important relation to certain condi tions of soil, drainage, and sanitary wants of dwellings, which admit of preventive measures. 2. The extension of tho disease from one individual to another and to entire households or families, and from family to family, and from place to place, are facts so well proved in the history of the disease that the entire separation of the sick from the well, at least of children sick with this disease from ull others, should be regarded us u first-rate sanitary duty, 3. That the immediote sanitary as well us perfect niedieul care of every family exposed to it seems to be a duty required by every consideration of humanity and public health. 4. That a complete and exact record of diphtheria as it prevails in any locality is a duty 01 much importance to society, and thut, for the purpose of promoting the successful discharge of this duty to society and the medical profusion," the Public Health Association of the city of New York respectfully submits the fol lowing resolution as embodying its view upon the subject : Resolved, That every Board of Health, every county and city medical society, and every practitioner of medicine iu the State of New York, is most respectfully urged to cause a correct record to be prepared concerning the beginning, progress, local, domestic, and hygieuio conditions under which diphtheria occurs in any place in the state, SEW8 OF THE DAT. Items of Interest from Home and Abroad. It is expected the Virginias affair between the United States and Spain will be amiacably sottlod Messrs. ltothschild A Co., of Paris, have advanced 30,000,000 reals to Hie Spanish govemmont A violent storm occurred at St. Petersburg, and did great damage Tlio verdict of tho Jersey City Presbytery in the Glondonning case acqnitB him of every thing but nnministeral conduct, of which ho is fouad guilty, and for which be Ib suspended froni his pastorate Edward Moddon, editor of tho Mei-eed (Cal.) Tribune, was shot dead by H. Oranico, stepson of the editor of the San Joaquin Arrpu Springfield, Mass., elected Kmorson Wight, Rep., Mayor, by 313 majority. Commander Win. B. Gushing, U. B. N., whoso mental condition has recently boon a subjoct of some anxiety to his friends, ban bo come Insane, and has been removed to the government hospital for tho insane The anieiidmont to the Constitution of Wisconsin, limiting municipal indebtedness to five por cent, of the assessed valuation, was carried, Cd.Odl votes lieing cast in the affirmative and 1,50'J iu the negative Tlio bedy of ltoruard Mahnn, a detective, was found in tne river at Toledo, Ohio. Ho had been murdered. A dispatch from the liritisb Astronomical parly stationed at ltoorka, India, tit at m that their observation of tho transit of Venus bus boon successful. The weather was clear and favorable and one bundled photographs were takou during varioun stages of the transit John W. Garrett was elected president of tho Hal'imoro and Ohio railroad Dauell's print ing house in Lille, tho largest establishment of its kind in Prance, waH burnod. The losn in $100,009 Many farmers have lost cattlo on bong Island, the animals being stolon for thoir hided President Grant, ban pardoned John Whinonaiit and Jeromo Whisonant, of South Carolina, both convicted of Kit Klux offenses and sentenced each to llvo vein's' imprisonment in the Albany penitentiary and $100 fine. They have served two yearn of their term A number of gentlemen, embracing many prominent l'hiliidelphians, have formed an or ganization for the erection of a mammoth hotel, to bo completed in time for the Centcn- . , ,. , ' , lt , .. , uihi. vile nuiKireti gciiiicuioii nuuscrinuu f i.OOO each By a violent galo 011 the English coast many lives were lost and ninth property dest roved. It is feared that the skeamer Pelican, from Cardiff for Cork, bos been lost with all on board. Her passengers and crew numbered forty-six Mr. Bense, direct from the Black Hills mining district, confirms the rumors that many uiincm aro at work in the hills. They are all fortified, and they have foiuid gold in paying quantitioii War is imminent be tween the Sioux and Ute Indians Gov. Haitian ft. of Pennsylvania, has directed the discharge of Capt. Burchard, commander of a company of National Guards at Altooua, and that the company be disarmed, because their arms were lout for use iu the recent disturb- 1 aneo on tho West Pennsylvania division of j tho Pennsylvania railroad Tlio merchants 1 and shipowners of New Bedford have decided j to prosecute in the Court of Alabama Claims, at j Washington, claims for constrictive damages ou account of prospective catches of whalers ' destroyed or frightened out of the Arctic 1 Ocean by the pirate Shenandoah, iu 1805 j Col, Itemick, Nebraska agent, reorts that 2.300 persons whose crops were ruined by 1 grasshoppers in that State will need daily rations and clothing until spring Judge John S. Yellott. of the Circuit Court of Balti- j more county, Md., has sued the Bnltunore 4ieWc(m for libel, for criticism of bis action j 011 the UeueLi Muo ruon, genteel ui ap- i pearanco, but destitute, were committed to the ! ! House of Correction iu Philadelphia, at thoir j 1 own request It is said that at small expense j the water in the Adirondacks can be saved so I as to keep tho Hudson river full iu the low ! summer stages. Judd, who attempted to walk 500 miles in seven days, broke down at the 370th mile, and left tho track with a sprained ankle. His aver age walking was one mile in 17 minutes 30 seconds In Beaver Falls, lleuville comity, the residence of John Maugiu was binned, and his wife and one eon perished in tho flames. Mrs. Mangiu feared te follow her husband through the flames of the binning dwelling, and consequently she and her young child were Imnied to death A young mau went into a Boston barber shop, and, standing before a mirror, cut his throat with a razor. Ho was out of work The United States is flooded with counterfeit nickels Diphtheria, which is raging so fearfully in many sections of the United States, is claimed by leading physicians is in no degree caused by foul air At Stam ford, Conn., a military company was turned out to arrest a family that it was believed have committed many robberies in the neighbor hood. When their house was reached the family had tlonn. Tho I lilted States Senate, 111 executive session, confirmed the appointment of Postmaster-General Jewell Fires in Boston destroyed property valued at 700,000. Five hundred persons were thrown out of employ ment by these lires Tho Champion Cotton Press ut Charlestown, S. C, was destroyed by me, with about 3.000 bales of cotton. Loss, if 200,000 Hubert Stahl, tho foreign ex change clerk of Drexel & Co., of Philadelphia, hits been arrested on a charge of embezzling about $30,000 The burglars, Sloshor and Douglas, who were killod while leaving the house of Judge Van Brunt at Bay Uidge, I.. I., have been identified as the abductors of Charlie Boss by tho stolen boy's brother The Cuba insurgents made an unsuccessful attack ou Fort Cascorro, and were repulsed with heavy loss The Kiuiday law is enforced iu Canada. .... Petitions are already received by the United States Congress Hotting forth unjust discrimina tions in the new postal law The Prohibi tionists of Connecticut nominated Prof, liar ruigton for Cougross, and say in thoir resolu tions that they came to Connecticut to stay. IIow to Telii. Counterfeit half dol lars in scrip aro thus dvteoted : Ou the counterfeit tho look of huir in tho corner of Dexter'H forehead touches the other hair nt each end, while in the genuine it is a "C-shaped lock, and touches only at the lower end. There is no Death. If it bo true that nature abhors a vacuum, it is equally true that the Great Creator abhors death and glories in life. There is really no such thing as death the term is a misnomer, lined to designate the changes which occur in life. Life, eternal life, is created by the laws of Almighty will-power, which are us immutable in their application as is the existence of the Creator Himself. When God made life, He made every thing necessary to sustain it, but left it for man's progressive intelligence to discover, convert and utilize. Good medicine is to the ailing physique what good fuel is to the expiring flame ; the better the fuel, the quicker the, fire the better the medicine, the quicker oomes relief from pain. California Vine gar Bitters is life's elixir for old or young. Use this medicine properly and you will live to a good old age without those physical ailments which make ! MTenty yearn a burden. Com, No Place Mko Home. There was formerly a prison at Gran by, Connecticut, which was popularly known o Newgate, ofter the English prison of that name. It was, in reality, an old, abandoned copper mine, and is described as a horrible hole. A writer relates mime interesting reminiscences of this place, among which is tho follow ing: " Ono would imagine that confinement in this dreadful prison, chained to the damp rtwks, and passing months and years in darkness, condemned to hard fare, and even sleeping on dump straw laid on shelves hewn out of the oozing rock, twenty to fifty feet underground, would not bo coliducivo to length of years. It did cause rheumatism and other disorders, yet there were some long-lived men among these unfortunate wretches. One, Prince Mortimer, a negro convict, died in tho prison at tho age of one hundred anil ten years. His time had expired, but they could not induce him to leavo that hideous cave. Onco ho went out and wandered about for a while, but came back, and begged to bo allowed to die in his dungeon. The privilege was granted him. There is no place like home !' " A Cat lie Cnse. In tho Kincardineshire (Scotland) Sheriff Court the other day, before Sher- lll llson, Willmni f alconer, farmer, wiut accused of cruelty to animals by having cut oil' the horns from a number of cattle belonging to him. Cattle are kept in courts all over tho country dur ing the winter, and it liitiipcns occasion- j ally that horned 1 leasts millet serious and sometimes fatal injuries on tho others. Falconer pleaded "Not guilty," and leading agriculturists from all quarters were examined us witnesses, It appears that the horning was universally per formed, and that it was regarded as really necessary, For the authorities it was slated that horning was a most pain ful operation; that it wits not required; and in England cattle having horns were rendered harmless by their horns being blunted and knobs put on them. The sheriff, at the close of the trial, which excited much interest, found the charge not proven; but remarked that if a simi lar prosecution were instituted, and if it appeared that the English system hud not been tried, he would not hold out hopes of such a lenient view being taken. Maine Ship ItttilUing. The Portland Prrss has prepared an j 111 lilt IWIHIIllll UI UllllUIKt III111L in Maine during the year 1874, from which it appears that the whole number of vessels built and registered during the year as far as reported is : Ships, lo; barkentines, 11; barks, 23; brigs, 13; schooners, 101; steamers, 5; tugs, 4; other vessels, 7: total tonnage of same, 7o,533 tons. Number of vessels regis tered, built, mid building, and to bo completed within the year: Ships, ID; barkentines, 12; barks, 33; brigs, 13 ; schooners, 118; steamers, 5 ; tugs, 4; other vessels, 13; aggregate tonnage of same, J0,(W1. This notice is addressed to ladies only. If you want to make your hut-band, father, or brother a liauuVo'me CliriHtnias present, give Mm a I'artooii of Klinwoixl Coliara. Von can get them at any neutH- fumihliinp Htore. lie sure to get the ElimvooJ, because it looks and litu better than anv oilier. Com. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription Ih very strongly recommended by the Medical Faculty, and is largely prescribed' among their female patients. It is worthy of all contidonce, as may uo seen from the following testimonial : Atlanta, 111., Julv Usli, 1873. Dr. II. V. Fierce, 3ulTalo, N. Y. :" Ik nr Sir I have not words to express mv itriititurie to you for your aclvire mid tiHsiHtum-o r my case.' There "is not one who has sed vour medicines since thev have been brought here but that can say with me they have been greatly benefited. Since I have been so helped by its UHe, six or seven around me left off ail doctors and other medicines, and now use it in their families, after being cured of the saino disease as mine. You do not know what a won der it created in our city by its restoring my sister I wrote you about, for she had been under the care of three ot our best doctors, but could not sit up but for a few minutes nt one time. I begged of her to try your medicines, and bo fore she had used half of the bottles she could go all around the yard, and has now just come home from a visit live miles away. Mas. Tuos. Mi Fahi AJ.D. VKCiKTAHI.E IMI..MONAHY 11A1.WA.1I!! Mont itpppivetl, reliable and well-known remedy ler I CoriiHS, L'iUrt AND t'nvsrMPlIos. iitt th- timuint. Price 1 ; email Cue. CI TI.KK HKOS. & CO.. Bunten. I The Markets. NHW YOIiK. neef Oattio I'riine to Lx:r.i Mullock) OR VS I3Hr I Common to Uoud Xextiud Milcu I'UUH Hoa Live DrwHC-d Sheep LainbH Cotloii Middling Flour I'.xtra Witi ru Ht.ile Kxtlo Wilt lit lied Wcxtei u No. '1 SjU'iUt; Rye State Barley Mute llarley Malt Oat Mixed Wivileru ot 4 o;ij i 50 10 ia.75 00 i t'S'.u. 07 l 01 '-.irf 07 ' u: Y- ox1, j 14,i.r 14 'i ; . 1 75 ev 3 10 I 4 75 1 1 8 91 1 411 , 1 5 ('. 5 10 i e. 1 20 I M 1 10 (.. KS to. l ::o la. 1 05 hi. Or'' ( 112 In. 95 (at CO t 12 .1 25 ,(a, C 14 00 (n 10 60 (a 6 50 Corn Mixed Wc-tertl H7 Hay. perewt 45 Straw, jter cwt 40 IIoiw 'lit, 35(010 "59h Ui l'orli -Mean 20 00 I.ar.l 13 Fiall Maclieiel No. 1, new 13 00 " No. 1, new 10 00 Dry Cod, H'V cwt UO llerrinu'. Sealed, per box.... 30 Of 35 Petroleum Crude ti ft Lj' ltetlued, 32 C wool ruiroruia f leece Texas t Auxtniilau Butter State Western lluiry Wetitertl Yellow Western Ordinary 32 (" 33)tf ew 2a, 3d. 45 4t 3S tin 24 to. 20 ,!'. 'AH 15 fi 01 (o. 40 20 22 40 1 05 15 M IVuiiHt lwtuia l-'iue.,,, State Klietory Skimmed WeMcni State Cllfe. 10 JO 1 30 i) 07 1 41 (Ii A!. UA NY. Wheat ltye State Corn Mixed Barle Stute Oats State 1 33 lol til (o! 1 to. I 4S ts: oo O f 7 00 ia 1 Ofl l.i 1-0 Flour S 25 Wlieal No. 2 Spring Corn Mixed Oat ltve , 1 05 78 M ....... 05 1 30 Barley 1 30 i-j 1 37tf UALTIMOHL. Cotton Low Middl;u 13V,rt,, 131; Fiour Kxtia tl 211 10 8 26 Wtieat lteit Wealern 1 l ( 1 25 Ky 1 00 (a 1 00 Coru Yellow M er M Oata Mixed Hi iti, 67 Fetroleuui 4 W of 5 0 HlLAIlLILfUlA. Flour Pennsylvania Jxtra 5 75 W 6 fit Wheat Wealein hid 1 25 (. 1 25 Ryu 1 00 u I 110 Corn Yellow 81 M 84 Mixed 5.S,( 87 Oata Mixed 05 l. 67 Petroleum Crudf. $250 A MONTH AieenU wanted every wbera. Bubtuawi honorable &ud iirst rlaba. Particular eut free. AddruM WOKTH k IJO., Kt. Louis, Mo. ttt tor ts M KDICAIj -l'IIK, B ih timineut lr. PVNxja "StXJAST, ILLUNi KATKIJ. It 1 hioM-ionrd nd evmplet upon delicate ubjecU nnd hence is uniuentieiy popular. rr pAnicuuirs ana i pArticuliirs and tnnn uddroaa HUUbAUl) liHOS., PubluUvn, eiluer rhuouulptua, boatop or t-lnciuouti. AlVi:iCTISFIM! Bend 25 cent to (,EO. P. KOVYKJX tt CO., 41 Park Row, N. Y . for their famj'htrt of 11M'UV'. containing lists ol 3MM) new. gajeri, and etttiiuuUM ahowiuic uoot ot advertiniiiK- rNTS WASTED for oar popular new boot. UttleFolhs In Feathers and Fur And Others in Xeither. hv OLIVE THORN E, Tl) tnmi book on Nrttira: I HUtorr vr cotwa up. Amuin nd Imstbcotiv.i. try nrououDflM It charming. Bsauffully IiluttratcC Jt.at tha thli:g fur yoniiir aoJ aid. AKaUaiyitltbbMtM.I. Itf bouklhwyeTtrcanvRHadf r. Ponolfoli to tend f"rcircoln fti-d Hliitri im mci hatatFREE TO AI.I.. Nw i tat bjirra.aaJ'winrn to in"k money. A , tPtSXlN, OILMAN 00.,HrU9f4,Co i r THE PIANO-HARP Cabinet Organ. mtfnttH I)tmbert 1871 A new and bountiful tnaslfinl instrument -r improve mnt upon th Cabinet Ortffttl-bpin n comWimtlon of thn pimofortfl and ornan. To n c ,miplcte Vivfc Ortavo DrrnM Reed Orjran, iu added a Pbno-Hurp, th ton 03 of wltlcb aro between thme of the plnnnfnrte and harp. It has a pianoforte action ; Is played by the anme key with the organ, and may be tied separately or with one or all the fftnpn of the organ. It Is not Halite to get out of order and doe not require tuning. Having thoroughly tested this beautiful ImproTomon., we ofTor It with grout confi dence to the public. Trtre of PIANO-HARP CABINET ORUAN.beingaFrvK-OrTAVK Doum.K Rekd Oimam, Rix Btopbj with Vox Humana, Automatic Swell, Knf.r Hwri.l and Piano-Harp, three and a half octaves ; In Klegant Upright Keaonant Case, $200. Circulars free. MACOM 9. UAMI IN HOP AW Pfl 9ft I nlon Mqiinre, Now York 154 Trnnont Ht. Ho ton 80& Atlnmn StM Chlrnwo. JUST TIIK BOOK MONKY l IT M KK! Just out Ui'fiil, Handsome, Chr-np. HpIIb every vhrn. Send fr Prospect to K. 0 Hill l)fM AN, 5 Barclay Htret, N. Y.,o I ?ll West Fourth Htrent, Cincinnati. O. AN OltDINAItll.Y IIAI'I'V BOY. llr in ' Lmifiliinff Joe," an th npUrlibnrB eiil him. Hh livwi In tli country, nffir a poBt-otlirf, and every wwk, mi mall day, lie wntta with joyous nxpectittlotin fof tin arrivfii. it tn) WMittimr 1 pic'isdm juu may cen mm . nMrM of tvrn crowH-stiikfii, nhupMd like an X , watchinif the road. 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Address for specimen copies, posters, aiul rates of commission, THE Tltllll'NK, Nrw York 10,000,000 nino. 70.0OU lilnuera, ,oOO Tou ol' Bsrawmrs DmIsn B.U Thfm, KlQf.r l, Eiu. ut 100 HMe, Toatta 9 1,V5, b afl, post paid, Cixculars ftss. Aodrtas Htw.Bm.co,Dmrs,m, i5S eerrfi, jv -HUG Mr. J. AVnlkpr's California m- nfrnr Hitters mo ft purely Vegetable preparation, mado rhielly from the nn tivo hoibs found on tho lower ranges of tho Sierra Nevada mountains of Ca.ifor- Ida, tho medicinal properties ol which ara extracted therefrom without the use ol" Alcohol. Tho fjtiestion is almost da'.ly nsked, " What is the causo of tlit unparalleled success of Vixkoau Hit tkksI" Our answer is, that they removo tho cause of disease, and tho patient re covers his health. They are the gieat blood purifier and a life-giving principle, r perfect Henovatnr and Invigorator ci tho Bj-8tcni. Xeer before in tho history of tlio world has a medicine been compounaer'. possessing the romarknblo dualities of Vinkoar Bittkrs in healing tho e'ick of every disease man is heir to. They are a pentlo Purgative as well as a Tonic, relieving Congestion or Inflammation ot I ho Liver and Visceral Organs, in Hihoua diseases. The properties of Dn. Walker'si , in-hoar H itt Kits aro Aperient. Diaphoretic, Carminative, Nutritious, Laxative, Diuretic Sedative., Counter-irritant, Sudoriiic, Altera iivo. and Anti-Hilious. Grateful Thousands proclaim Vnr egar Bitteks tho most wonderful In vigorant that over sustained tho sinking system. No Person can take these Litters according to directions, and remain long unwell, provided their hones aro not do Btroycd by mineral poisou or other means, and vital organs wasted boyond repair. Uilious. Remittent and Inter mittent Fevers, which are so preva lent In the valleys of our great rivers throughout the United States, especially those of tho Mississippi, Ohio, Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee, Cumberland, Arkan sas, Ked, Colorado, Brazos, Hio Grande, Pearl, Alabama, Mobile, Savannah, Ro anoke, James, and many others, with their vast tributaries, throughout our entire country during tho Summer and Autumu, and remarkably so during sea sons of unusual heat and dryness, aro invariably accompanied by extensive de rangements of tho stomach and liver. I and other abdominal viscera. In their treatment, a purgative, exerting a pow- erful intluenco upon these various or ! gans, is essentially necessary. There ! ia rr nutlinftln fn, l,n ritll'rmlKi Animl tft I iiTtil: colored viscid matter with which the bowels aro loaded, at tho sanio timo stimulating tho secretions of tho liver, and generally restoring tho healthy functions of tho digestive organs. Fortify the body ngaiiist disease by purifying all its fluids with Vinegar Bitteks. No epidemic can tako hold of a system thus fore-armed. Dyspepsia or Indigestion, Ilead- ache, Pain in tho Shoulders, Coughs, Tightness of tho Chest, Dizziness, Sour Eructations of the Stomach, Had Tasto in tho Mouth, Uilious Attacks, Palpita tation of tho Heart, Inilanunation of tho Lungs, Pain in tho region of tho Kid neys, and a hundred other painful symp toms, are the offsprings of Dyspepsia. Ono bottle will provo a better guaranteo of its merits than a lengthy advertise ment. Scrofula, or Kind's Evil, Whito Swellings, Ulcers, Erysipelas. Swelled Xeirk, Goitre, Scrofulous InfUiiimtitiiiiis, Indolent Inflammations, ilcicuiiiil .Affection, Olil Sores, Eruptions of the Skin, Soro liyes, etc. In tliesc. as in nil other constitutional Dis eases, AValkkk's Vinkgar Bittkrs have Bhowu ,their great curative powers in tho most ob'stinnto anil intractalilo cases. For lnliiiminatory and Chronic " Itlicumatism, Gout, Bilious, Hemit tent and Intermittent Fevers, Diseases of tho Blood, Liver, Kiilnevs and Bladder, thess Bitters havo no ciiual. Such Diseases are caused by Vitiated Blood. Mechanical Diseases. Persons en gaged in Paints ar.d Minerals, such as Plumbers, Type-setters, Gold beaters, nnd Miners, as they advauco in life, aro subject lo paralysis "of tho Bowels. To guard against this, take a dose of Walker's Vis- I koar BiTTh'Rs occasionally. For Sk'in Diseases," Eruptions, Tet ter, Salt-Kheuin, Blotches, Spots, Pimples, Pustules, Boils, Carbuncles, Ring-worm, Scald-head, Sore Byes, Erysipelas, Itch. Scurfs, Discoloration, of the Skiu, Uumois I and Diseases of the Skin of whatever name or nature, are literally dug up and carried out of the system in a short time by tho use of these Bitters. Pin, Tape, and other Worms, lurking ia the svstem of so many thousands, are effectually destroyed anil removed. Xo system of medicine, no vermifuges, no uu tuelminitics will free the system from worms like these Bitters. For Female Complaints, In young or old, married or siugle, at the dawn of wo manhood, or the turu of life, these Tonic Bitters display so decided an influence that improvement is soon perceptible. Cleanse the Vitiated lilood when ever you liud its impurities bursting through the skiu in Pimples, Eruptions, or Sores; cleanso it wheu you find it obstructed and sluggish iu the veins; cleanse it when it is foul ; your feelings will tell you wheu. Keep the blood pure, aud tho health of the system will follow. U. II. lKDONALD & CO., Dni(T.riaU and Gen. Agts., San Francisco. California and cor. of Wushincton and Charlton Sts.. N. Y. &0I1I by sill IJruggiatfl mid Dealers. N. Y. N. U.-No. 61. " I.A 111 KM' I' ll 1 1: II " contains seven artiele. ueeded by evety l;idy Putem hpool Holder. KciMU,r, Tliimlile, etc. guaran teed worth $ I .(). fcuniple Box. by nmil 5(1 cents. Aneiits uauted. 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