FIRM, GARDES AXI HOUSEHOLD. Pennonnblfi lllntn. Constant ruUiyntion is very important for corn. No oilier shows so much bone fit from it. Our plan is to cultivate on the level, going cloro to the rows. If there are many weeds in the rows be tween the stalks, we throw a little earth to the plants to Bmotber the weeds. Afterward, if necessary, this soil may be leveled with the hoe at the last weeding. Hilling corn is not, as some farmers thir.k, needed to steady the plants. Potatoes suffer more from weeds than any other crop. One weed will take tip and evaporate a good deal of moisture from the soil, and rob the crop of what it greatly needs. The loss of moifitnre is not often thought of in considering the effect of the weeds, but it i.i very im portant. When too late to be killed by cultivation, the weeds should bo hand pulled. Peas and oats, grown for fodder, may be cut with the reaper if they have not lodged. Otherwise the best plan is to out them with the scythe, not as grass is mown, but by driving them toward the mower in bunches, with the blade of the scythe, when the loose bunches may be left to dry until ready to haul to the barn. When out in blossom and well cured, this mixed crop is worth more than clover hay. The best time for cutting wheat is a ni-itter of dispute. We choose that time when the greater part of the grain is in Huch u condition that it can easily be cru-li. d to a soft powder be,wen the thumb and finger nails, arid tlii re is uo sign of milkiuess or uiilMhiiiss ubout it. If cut earlier than this tli- grain shrink, if cut later it is lust by sln-Hintr, although H-t quality for seed and tor u luiir i. best when cut dead ripe. Tlie. titii" f cutting is a mutter of economy ami c li ve nieiiee. One of the common small wastes of the farm arises from careless biuding and Hhoeking grain. Sheaves fall to pieces, or shocks overturn, and grain is waited as well as mnch time. Bee that the bniidH are Ftrong enough, long enousrh, and well bound, and the shocks well put upaud sa'ely capped. Although the caps may not be needed, yet the grain is safe, aud in case of a sudden thunder shower oue can rest easy, knowing that no harm can happen to this crop. To tfej-ash the grain as soon as it is drawn from the field, and to maiket it, if it is dry enough, is generally the best plan. The loss of weight, and that from vermin and other risks, are saved; the labor of stacking or putting it in the barn, and a sucond handling are also saved, and with the cash iu his pocket, a lurmer avoid any loss in value, and if he misses a rise, he will on the whole have saved mere than this might have amounted to, and has had the use of the money besides. Farm Notei. Sixty-five in every hundred acres in Ireland, aud forty-two acres in every hundred in England, are pasture. The largest farm iu England measures 3,000 acres, and is divided into four great crops wheat, barl-!y and oats ; soeds, beans and peas, eto., and roots. The live stock consists of sheep, horses, bullocks and pigs. The sheep are claimed as the most profitable of the stock. Horses average about four hundred pounds of meat each. Six thousand eight hundred and sixty-five were given over for consumption iu Paris last year. The raising of winter wheat is claimed as a success in Arkansas. The farmers of Missouri cannot make the raising of winter wheat profitable. The wheat bolt is enlarging its area. There is a general tendency to raise more and buy less throughout the States. In China agriculture is considered one of the noblest of arts. The soil there, cultivated for thousands of years, L produces as wen now as wuen in its virgin state, because the people save, manufac ture and apply manure to it, waiting noth ing, either liquid or Solid, tLat will make plant food, or that contains elements of fertility. At the annual meeting of the Flax Supply association of Ireland, the chair man reported a decided diminution in flax culture. In Denmark there are six institutions for giving instructions in dairying. Southwestern Minnesota for the fourth time is visited by the grasshoppers. Potato bugs are appearing in immense quantities in many places in the Dela ware river valley. Farmers in Georgia report a prosper ous year. An increase of ten per cent, is claimed in the acreage planted to corn, iiij-l the acreage in oats has in creased thirty-five per cent, over thut of la 4 year. Wheat has an increased avenu'e of eighteen per cent. Forage cv'h s liavo also an increased aevenpe. whd.i the acreage of the cotton en-jii-te.ii per cent, less th in 1-u-t y n. S chiiiiiand sugar cane oi ps ,.r- in t)i condition, with an incp s i.f fulls twenty-five per cent., and iii. nil w an increase of over one-third. I'erTuI Hint.. To Wash Colored Table Linen, Eto One teaspoonfnl of Migar of le .d dissolved in one gallon of water. Soak the article to be washed thoroughly in the solution, then dry. The color will be set sj that the article may be washed in the ordinary inauner. Kats. A handful of fresh chloride lime sprinkled in rat holes will keep them away for months. For Beetles or Roaches. Mix equal parts of brown sugar and Indian meal with park green. To Wash Colored Goods. Black calicoes cbould be washed with the con tents rf a beef gall put into one pail of warm water. This will set tne color. Stiffen with a weak solution of brown glue. This inauner of washing is nioe for u .vy blue dresses and dark batistes. Postal Matters. The report of the committee of con- ference on the TJuited States Post-Office Appropriation bill recommends the adoption of the following provision con oerning third-class mail matter : AU third clajg mail matter except unhealed circulars shall be transmitted at the rate of one oent for ever; two ounces, or fractional part thereof, and oue eent for each additional two ounces, ana tne sender may wr.te lug name thereiu. or outside, preceded by the word ' from or may write briefly, er may print on any paokaue, the number aud name of articles inolosed, and publishers of magazines, eto., may priut thereon the time at which subscrip tions were paid, and the address on postal cards or unsealed circular may be written, printed or affixed, at the option of the sender. The section prohibiting the sale of envelopes and newspaper wrappers be low actual cost, including clerk hire, legal postage, and all otner expenses connected therewith, is retained without alteration. An exoursion was advertised in Boston " to go down the bay and see the water onoe out by the keel of the Mayflower." A Merchant's Magnanimity. A young man stole $2,000 in May last from a Urooklyn warehouseman. When the case was called the court was astonished by Mr, Robinson, the com plainant's, statement that he did not wish to prosecute the complaint. Mr. Rob inson said : " I think that the ends of justice would be served jnst as well, probably better, if Lyons was lot go. 1 always entertained htrong hopes for the young man. He was a bright, intelligent boy, and I never thought that he would turn out as he did. But as the case stands now, the money is gone, his parents are poor, and I don't ever expect to get one penny of it bock, so you can see that that is not the motive which moves me to this course. The boy is young yut, and there may be hope for him. I pre fer to lose my money and give him that chanoo. It may be the salvation 6f him, and I think that justice would be better served if the stain of imprison ment was not placed upon his name. He will have a chance to begin again, and will, I have no doubt, turn out better than if placed among criminals for a term of years." " This is certainly a very Christian act on your part, Mr. Robinson." said Justice Del mar. " It is " hat I feel to be my duty, sir," said Mr. Robinson, his voice be ginning to waver. " I have been in busiiief-s fully one years in this city, and during that time I have beoa robbed probatily tifty times by clerks. Never have I prosecuted one of them, and I have found out thut in nineteen cases out of twenty my uotion has been the salvation of them. Why," he con tinued, after a moment's panse, I had once in my employ au unusually bright uud intelligent young man, but he had several little weaknesses, and on three occasions he stole money from me. I bore patiently with hit.., and now he is a member of one of the largest firms in New York, and a respected member of society, I will take my chances in this ease, l'robaiilv 1 may be mistaseu in the boy, but if he turns out badly he will never have it to say ibat it was I who put npou him the brand of a crimi ual." Mr. Robinson was so overcome by his feeliugs that ho could not speak further. Justice Del mar gave the boy a sound admonition, and discharged mm. The .Newspaper. I am a farmer. My farm is named Pasturefield. I take great pride in it and work as steadily as I can, for I am sixty-six, and was not inured to farm labors in early life, but trained to the dry goods business. Well, no matter for this. I work and enjoy it. Then I get tired, then I smoke, and then 1 sit down to the newspaper. Ah, then my fatigue is forgotten ; I revel in enjoy ment and am recreated. The great, good newspaper 1 I used to read books, but neglect them now. What becomes of all tue books published ? I used to take agricultural journals, but there was too much agriculture. I get hints enough in the home newspaper to satisfy me. All around mo are men who work hard and are honest and faithful iu their aims aud ways, who take no newspaper. How do they do to live ? I should have died twenty years ago without them. I lend and give miue to my neighbors. Aud the newspaper grows and grows, and will continue to grow. Better and better men continue to go into its labors. The best only will live. Oh, men of the newspaper, great teacher of the peo ple, accept the law that " honesty is the best policy." Cast out the cowardly, the weak, mean, and wrong headed, and let but the brave, the manly, the clear eyed, and courageous help iu making this great, growing gospel, this big book, this daiiy teacher, this household preacher, this hopo, comfort, help, and enjoyment tf the common people, the American newspaper I Make it clean and true, and faithful. As I believe the newspaper has al ready lengthened my life, I doubt not it will still lengthen it, to the extent, probably, of twenty-five years, which will give me a quite respectable span. And I think of what its character must be to me I But theu I know the strong, the true, the bravo will live and flourish, an 1 that the puerile, foolish, and false will soon die. Aim. Mental Food. Good bread is the staff of life, and ii we lean on that we grow strong and healthy. If we i ling up our children on plain, wholesome diet, tliey grow tall, erect, strong and healthy. But if we feed tlieui on rich cake and fancy pastry, and fill their stomachs with all sorts of tot-h," spiced up to tempt the appetite beyond what nature requires, their appniites become depraved, and they lo.ttUt) the food best calculated to make them grow healthy and strong ; an.l, in consequence, they grow pul.i, poor, puny and w ale, .Tint so with the mud. Our mimls .light to become H-ar aud strong. ulwutenod and ele vated. There in foo.t that is healthy aud nutritious for the mind. But the literary cooks have served the public with so mu'-h highly seasoned food that thu tastes of their readers, especially the young, bale becomo vitiated, and tuey turn with disgust from goo i, solid, iu structive reading, which would improve their mental powers,. and muke them iu tollectuully strong, and help them to be come useful members of sooiety. But they eagrely devour literary pastry, if highly spiced. They crave sensational reading : romanoe and fiction ; pathetic, comic, an i tragio. Aud this exciting reading, so stimulating to the brain, is tempting and they read too much. The consequence is, their minds become dwarfed and sickly. They gain no real knowledge, but the uiam is weakened, the memory ruined, and intellectual vigor destroyed : and these mental dya peptics are about ss unfit to grapple with the stern realities of life as a worn- out, haggard, physical dyspeptio is to endure the hardships of a soldier's life in a campaign against the JYlotloca. Atlantic aud Pacific. Some of my birds have been talking to the sea gulls and they have brought me this news: The Atlantic ocean was named after mighty mythical giant named Atlas, who. as the Greeks believed, carried the world on his shoulders the great Atlas who has a great mountain range in Africa lor his namesake. The other great ocean didn't have to go to Greece for a name. It just stayed where it was aud behaved itself, until at last, from its peaceful aspect, it was called racitto. This is as it should be, my little Amer icans power on one side ot us, and peace on tho other. And what is better yet, they are permanent institutions. iuty centennials from now, Jack, or somebody else, will find trig and trim between its oceans, with the peace of power its brightest virtue, and the pow er of peace its proudest boast. SC. Nicholat, A RAID IX BULGARIA. Havaae Nmrdi the Urrnt Wnr Now Be inning In Knrope. A correspondent, in a letter from Con stantinople, gives an aooount of scenes witnessed by himself at a placo which he calls jWraviio, on his way from liout- sohouk to the Turkish capital. Bashi- Jtazouks and their brethren in theft, the Tchirkesscs, have been lot loose all over this unhappy country to punish the in surgents and to awe tho villagers from imitation. It would be disbelieved were I to state all the horrors whoso vestigos I saw during tho four-aud twenty hours which I spent near Dravno. Corpses of men aud women and children lay about the streets of villages through which these savages have passed. At Karaki lissi one entire school of fifty children is said to have been butchered. I saw a pope, or Bulgarian priest, hanging to the rafters of a houso which had beeu half burned clown, and, not a dozen yards away, was the headless body of a peasant, whose belt showed that he had been taken while in arms. I intend to collect the exact dates and sites of the recent atrocities in Bulgaria, for tho edi fication of those who still think that the Turk is a follow being. For the present, I shall only tell what I saw at Dravno, where the raiders were making a gallant stand ; they wero only about four huu dred iu number"; their enemies mustered nearly, if not qnito, three thousand, and hnd, besides, a couple of cannon, with which they wero pounding away at tho old monastery in which (hoy hud tuken shelter. Dravno itself is a village, or rather a town, of about four thousand inhabitants, which used to do a flourish ing trade iu the cotton business, but it certainly is not nt present a commer cially attractive placa. Built at the foot of a spur of the Balkan, it is sheltered irom tue bleak mountain winds by a succession of hills by which the monas tery aud church, substantial stone bui d ings, aro entirely commanded. On these heights Hussein Bey, who was the leader ot the Turkish forces, had established his guim, which, although they had beeu at work lor some six hours, had apparently as yet done no damage. They were tiring at the walls instead of shelling the roof, and tho hollow shot seemed powerless to injure the massive granite which had stood there for ceut'iries. Tho practice was wretched, and nobody had any clear ijiea of the distance, for many of the projectiles fell short, although 'the bat tery was at not more than two thousand yards range, but the guns made noise, aud after every discharge there rose a yell of satisfaction from the troops, mingled with a volley of curses against the unbelieving dogs who dared to dispute Moslem authority. The bey, who was quite polite, told me that the raiders had attacked and killed severe 1 small detachments on their way from the river, and that he had only como up with them here, where they had stopped to rest and eat, for tho poor fellows had marched sone hfty miles without meet ing the re enforcements which evidently they had been led to supposo would join them in tho interior. The Bashi Cuzouks had been hanging on their rear for several hours, but had been repulsed. and so resigned themselves to play the part of bloodhounds. Brought to bay at l ist, they had thrown themselves into the old monastery, where they meaut to sell their lives as dearly as possible. Ot Assault had been tried, but tho re sult had not beeu satisfactory, aud Hussein Bey thought that it would be far safer to trust to starvation aud to distant "bombardment," as ho called it, Au immense amount of powder must liavo been burned without any effect, and as I began to get tired of the mo notony, J went down into the town, where tho women and children wore huddled into corners moaning with fear of what was to come. There wero a good many Tchirkesses, in high fur caps and long pellises, with cross belts stuffed full of cartridges, looking about tor booty, and un occasional scream told of some act of violence or murder, but even my zaptiehs could not have protected me, if I had ventured too intimately among these demons, who were gruatly exaspo rated by the loss of several of their num ber iu tho attack which (hey had made early in the day. The besieged, as rule, kept very quiet, the occasional singing of a bullet being the only iudi cation of the resistance still offered in the church. It must have buen about eight p. m., when my attention was at traded by a blight glare on the south em side of the village ; there was a loud shout of " Yuqan var !" (there is a con flugration), a tumultuous rush of redifs, Tchit kesses and Bashi Bazouks in that direction, the artillery ceased tiring, and the sharp rutt.e of musketry succeeded, It did not last more than fifteen min utes, and then there was a lead silence, almost painful in contrast to the noise of tho last six hours. The church aud monastery were iu flames, and before morning nothing remained but the blackened walls and a few charred raft- ters. As soon as tho first light appeared I rod over to the headquarters, and, little later, to the field. It was as I hd supposed ; finding tuat succor from outsido was hopeless without food or water, and fully awaro of the fate in store for them if captured the besieged had determined to cut their way out aud get to the mountains. So thev applied the torch to tho old church, and, under cover of the flames, dashed into the ranks of the Turkish soldiery which had crowded down in disorder to witness the burning of tho Giaours, With their yataghans between their teeth and revolver in hand they actually fought their way through nearly ten times their number. I counted 130 dead Bulgarians, but did not see a singl prisoner. The Turks say that the wounded shot themselves rather than surrender. I cannot vouch for the truth of this in every instance, but there cer taiuly was one case in support of the assertion. A power: uiiooKing JJuigarjan with his thigh broKen by a ball, was lying on one side of the church amid the bodies of rive T urns, au empty re volver in his hand, and a bullet iu his head, as if he had blown his own brains out. How many men tne Turks lost is impossible to state, as they always conceal tne trutn, Din a snouid think between five and six hundred killed and wounded. The sally had taken theu quite by surprise, and tho fighting was ut such close quarters that, until the in surgents had almost readied the outer circle of their enemies, these could scarcely make use of their muskets, noticed, however, that the fatigue parties were very busy on the field, and that the best nouses of juravno were de prived of their ordinary inmates order to serve as hospitals. I rode away as soon as the fight was over, for I had no wih to witness atrocities which was powerless to prevent, but from the screams and yells which I heard in the burning suburbs 1 well Knew that pan demonium was at large, and the sicken ing sight of Bulgarian heads camec about on tho ends of Arab Janoes and bayonets was not calculated to prolong mw etait l Cnstcr, the Cavalryman. Nine vearn nan a nartv of fortv-eiitht I disheartened aud weary men, most of are trying to make of it in Russia; this thorn wonndod, and all suffering from in the conception of it, which will be in thirst and hnnirnr. foueht under the stalled into tho minds of the vassal pop- broiling sun of the Kansas plains gainst a combined body of Cheyennes, Kiowas and Arrapahoes. Ten days pre viously this party had pitched their camp, after a long day's march, on the banks of Pond creek, a small stream in tho extreme west of Kansas that helps to form the Smoky Hill river. Having seen no Indians for many days they felt sooure, and their first evening on the ttle stream was passoil in singing, smoking and telling stories. At dawn of the next day the two men who were on guard saw three shadowy forms steal- ma in among the herd of horses pick eted just outsido the camp. Giving the alarm the guards started iu pursuit, but had gone only a few hundred yards when they were surrounded by ut least a hun dred redskins, and before relief could reach them borne off captives, never rnoro to be heard from. In those broiling July days water was obtaiuod only by tho darkness of mid- ieht, and then iu small quantities aud at the greatest risk. Provisions were rapidly giviug out, but mule flesh had been found not unpalatable. iNight af ter night were seen tho innumerable imp lire.i of the dreaded foe on the bluffs of the little stream. Day after iv the naked aud hideously paiuted evils charged fiorcoly cm the little cor ral of chained and slightly barricaded wagons, their wild yella and storm of hurling arrows being met by tho uner riug bullet of the soldiers, aud many a bravo bit tho dust. Thus for ten long hv3 was the unequal conflict kept up, hundreds against a handful; and while hope waned, tho row of newly made mouuds just outsido tho wagons in creased in number, and the wounded moaned and tossed under tho thin tent. Their only hope was in the efforts of the bold scout, who, under cover of dark ness, had stolen from the environed caup aud started for tho distant Platte, where Ouster, with the gallant Seventh ecimeut. was protecting tho settlors aloug'tbe fertile Republican aud Little Blue livers. The scout s last words were: ' if l aiu t oacK in nve days you may know that I've gone up." lie was never known to break nis word. Tho evening of tho ninth of July was also the eveuiug of the hlth day of thei imprisonment, Just betoro sunset, n cloud of dust floated heavily over a tiis- iut eminence. Beneath its shadow the forms of horsemen were discernible, and tho intensity of suspense was redoubled At last one ghastly, blood stained, smoke begrimed aud wounded man, too weak to bear a carbine, cried out: ' It's Custer I thauk God, it s Custer !' Ho had fainted from joy. In a few moments more the dimmest eye could make out the slight form aud bold carnige of the rtebonnair cavalry man, as, with his long hair streaming iu tho wind, crowned with its white sombrero and black plume, he dashed up to tho corral and cried out: Here we are, boys: are we in time t " xes, thank God 1" was the answer, aud cheer after cheer from the rescued band rang out on the evening air. Even the wounded crawled from their tent to see aud deer the noble Seventh with Custer at its head. The Cnbau Rcbolllon. The present rebellion in Cuba origi nated in September, 1868, and grew out of an earnest desire of the (Jubans for independence. The demands of Spain have always been specially severe upon the unfortunate island, and whether her treasury was to bo filled or her armios to be replenished the demands upon Cuba havo been out of proportion and in excess of those upon other portions of tho empire. The rising was general among the native rural population of Cuba, and on the tenth of Ootober, 1808, Manuel Curios Cespedes, a lawyer of Bayamo, issued an address to the Cu bans, in which he declared the indepen dence of tho island and its nnal separa tion from the mother conntry. On tho twenty-seventh of that month the first conflict between the insurgents und the national troops occurred at .Las lunas, which resulted in a success lor tho uu- bans, and a provisional government was established at Uayomo, which promised tho speedy abolition of Blavery. Jn April of the following year a constit uent assembly proclaimed Cuba to bo a republic and elected Cespedes Presi dent. Among other aets of tho assem bly was tho total abolition of slavery and tho introduction of absolute freedom in matters of religion. Since theu tho war has been carried on with great severity, especially on the part of the Spaniards, who liavn civen the insurgents no quar ter, aud inauenrated a series of butche ries unltuown to tne ounais oi even civil war. Tho insurgents have up to this time held their own remarkably well. A 'ew aud Destructive Trco Worm. The Columbia (Tonn.) Herald has the following : Alltbrough the extensive cedar forests in Marshall, north of the river, and iu the extensive belt of cedars iu the northeast portion of Maury county, untold millions of a kind of worm, incased in a cocoon or web, have attached themselves to the cedar trees haueincr to tho limbs of the trees in niauv thousands apparently to the tree The trees appear to bo thickly covered with these destructive insects. In sec tions containing many hundred acres of the finest red cedar in the State the timber attacked much of It is already killed, aud nearly all that the pests aro upon appears to be in a dying condi tion; gave fears are expressed by many that thev will, in the future, almost de stroy the cedar timber as they multiply. They seem to bo indigenous to the cedar, having as vet molested no forest tree but it. The young apples iu the. orchards near the affected forests have been attacked, the fly having apparently laid the eggs ou tho bloom or apple Thousands of little oblong cocoons may now be seen sticking to tho young ap pies; within the ball or cocoon is a small black looking worm. The apples that they have been on are knotty and scarred, aud stunted in growth, aud can not make good apples. The little worm in his silken web seems to suck the ap ple, as there are now many acres of tim ber that have been already killed by them. Some one skilled iu entomology would tonfer a favor by explaining what they are. Coal Oil Victims. . In his address before the American chemical society, in New York, Mr. Rufus S. Merrill, of Boston, stated that nearly six thousand persons perl- bed in this country last year, victims of coal oil accidents. He claimed that oil should stand a test of three hundred degrees in order to be safe, and that no device could be contrived which would render sate the burning of an article inherently dangerous. v A War f Raco and Religion. . T in Pall Mall Gazette oonoludes a Jn E , follows . n i, to be a war of race and rcliaion. This is what they nlation of Turkey, who are not likely to faint for the want of stimulus. As such it will be regarded in Turkey, and as such it will be regarded by sympathizers in our own country. If there is any thing WDngiu regarding this outlook with apprehension and dislike, we are wrong. Nothing at present gives us moro concern than tho prospect upon which we have already entered of seeing in England a division or opinion ana sontiment to which the clashing of sym pathy of the North or South during the American war was as nothing. At a time like this whatever government ruled in England would need steady and sober support from all sides, but already tho ministers are threatened with the hampering of enthusiasts, who declare themselves ready to sacrifice our safety iu tho East rather thau England fhould sham'! herself by doing anything in op position to so h"ly un t-iitei pviso as the destruction of Turkey. How civiliza tion is to be advanced by wars which imperil a civilization like our own, spread over half the world, is not a question which those particular enthu siasts of humanity aro likely to consider;. nor can we now present the argumout iu any proper form, but wo Shall be glad if they will take it into consideration, since, if duly understood, it may do something to moderate a spirit which must gladden those who aro as much tho foes of the English as of tho Turk ish empire. A Curious War, It is a curious war, this of the Turks, and both sides are getting allies iu a re markable content on European soil. Two regiments of Egyptians, which h.-ive lately been fighting in Abyssinia, are on their way to Constantinople to aid tho sultan, Tho liarbary bey ot Tunis, who, though nominally dependent on Turkey, is in reality independent, aud possessed of absolute power, has iu formed the sultan that he also will dis patch a regiment to his assistance. Add taeso to the European army of tho sul tan, and then add the troops which ho is drawing from tho Asiatic portion of his empire, and it will be seen that ho is ecui tug support from threo contmeuts und ruauy races. On the other side, the fiinee ot Servia is supported by his Montenegrin and Herzegoviniau allies uud by the insurgents of Bulgaria; and it now looks as hough ho were to secure aid from Roumania, the government of which has sent troops to the frontier to prevent certain apprehended movements of the Turks. Prince Milan recently announced his expectation of receiving co-operation from the Greeki; but the king of Greece has taken the pains to assure Turkey of h:s peaceful intentions. liiken altogether, it is a singular war. Chapped hands, face, pimples, ring worm, Bttltrhonm, aud other cutauooua affec tions cured, and rough skin made soft and smooth, by uoing Jumii-kb Tab Boap. Be care ful to -get only that maae ty uaswoii, Hazard a Co., New York, as there are many imitations made with common tar, all of which are worth less. Com. Which Shall I Take. This is often a eerious question with tho in valid. He lluds the market flooded with pro prietary medicines, f cores of which arerecom luouilod ss ueiij&lu cuius fia uis peculiar ail meut. lie roads tbe papers, circulars aud almanacs, and finds each sustained by plausi ble arguments setting forth its virtues and specific action. Xhe recommendations are as strong for oue as for another. The cures claimed to have been wrought by on; are as wonderful at tooso canned to nave been wrought by another. In his perplexity and doubt, the sufferer is sometimes led to reject all. But it should be borne in mind that this conditiou of things iB oue that cannot be reme died. In the laud where all are free, the good the truly valuable miH como into coniuett- tion with the vile and worthless, and mutt be brought to public notice by tho eatue instru mentality, which is advertising. In such a case, perhaps tho only absolute proof that a remedy is what it claims to be, is to try it. me "test or a puacnng is tne eatiue of lr. ' "1'rove alt things, hold fast that which is good," is the apostolic injunction. There may, iiowover, be stronger presumptive evidenoo in favor of one remedy thau there is iu favor of another, and this should be al!otred its due weight A duo regr.rd to this may tave a vast amount of expeiimenting and a nsnless outlav of money. As presumptive cvidei.ee in tavor of Dr. Pierce's family medicines, the proprie tor Qoi-irts to say mat mey are prepared by a new and rcientitic process by which the vir tues of thu crude plants and roots are ex tracted without the use of a particle of alco hol. Not a particle of this destroyer ot our race outers into tho composition of either his Golden Medical Discovery or Favorite Pre scription. This consideration alone onght cer tainly to rana tncni tugti above the vile com- poutids saturated with alcohol, Jamaica rum, sour beer or vinegar, which are everywhere offered for sale. Again, they aro of uuifoim strength, and .their virtuos can never be im paired by age. They are also made from fieb hei bs aud roots, gathered iu their appro priate reason, when they aro tlu-h with medi cinal properties. Iu support nt these claims, the following testimony is offered : JXEWAltK, 4. J.. 1(470. R. V. Piereo, M. D.: JJrar hir-l havo sold a great daal of vonr excellent remedies, aud I proti r to hell tueiu before others, becauso they give good satis faction to those who ue them. I hear such reiuaikf aa " Sage's Remedy completely cured me ; it ia a Fplemlid thing ;" or, " Pieroe's Dis covery is ju-t what I wanted; I feel hotter thau I ever did." One of our celebrated sing- eis uses it for ieti6ngthening her voice and sas ' there is nothing equals it ; and so 1 might give scores or remarks said about your prepara'inns. A colored woman was using your Discovery, ant af er taking three bott ts was oompieteiy cured, hue, Doing in tne stoie, said to me t "I don t want no doctors round me so long as I can get the Disoovery ; it beats all your doctors." And I might go on. I am, most respectfully, yours, Atha B. Crooks. Married ladies, under all circumstan ce", will nua Parsons Purgative Pilit Bute; una in small donee, a mud cutuartio. Tue; oauee no gripiog pam or cramp. Nuthii'ig is more Larassiug than ulcers or biaif. Fortunately tuey can be quickly lii alcd Ly the use of Glenn 8 Bulfbub Boap, wliicli iiurcod tne eore oi iu poisonous virua or (rouJ fleali, aud thus removes tbe onjy ob tuclo to Un bealiug. Depot, Cntteuton'e, No. 7 Sixth avenue, New York. Urow jouuc in ten mmutea witn tiiu a in- utautaneous Hair Dye. BcHENca'l Bea Wud Tonio. In the atmoapbsr xparleoMd hen dorlnc the lunimar month. th letii krgy pnduoad by the hoat take away th dealre for wholaaome food, and freqaant peraplratlons rednoa bodilj energy, partlonlarly tboae Buffering from the effeota of debUltatlag dlaeaaea. In order to keep a natural healthful aotl.lt of the ayatetn, we muat reaart to artiilolal meana. For thla purpoae Sohenok'a Baa Weed Tonto la Tery eff eotuaL A. few doaee will create an appetite and give freeh vigor to the enervated body. For diapepala, It la Invaluable. Many eminent phyit- olana have doubted whether dyapepala oan be perma nently oared by the druge whlob are generally employed for that purpoM. Tbe Bea Weed Tonlo In Ita nature ia totally ditleranl from anoh druge. It oontaina no oorro. lve mineral or aoldi ; In faot. It aaalata the regular operatlona of nuture, and auppllee her denoleaolea. The toulo In ita nature ao muoh reaemblea the gaatrio juloe that it la aim oat Ment.uJ with that fluid. The gaatrio uloe le the natural aolvent wbloh, in a healthy ooodttlon of the body, eaueee the food to be dlgtated ; and when thla juloe t not Inoreaaed in sufflolent quantltlea, Indl gll..u, li all iu diatreaalng aymptome, followe. The bea Weed Touui performa the duty of tbe gaatrle juice ben the latter ia denolent. Sohenok'a Baa Weed onlo aold by all Dr-gglata. HALF A UGLUR Will PaflerUi CHICAGO ledger For th Next Half Year. Thft T.ffDOFft t a late 8-purs, 64-antainn, fodftpoeitant Nswipnpr, whlnb no lntllj(fnt fftmUv aboald IM wlU tnt. TbsbMtbl'iTT Pir printed. TrT '.. AdltraM. TIIK liKUUKU, Chisago, 111. MERIDEN CUTLERY CO. Tb "Patemt Itobi" Handli Table Khits. MANUFACTURE ALL KINDS OF TABLE CUTLERY. Kioln.-lte Msrera of the " PATF.NT I VOK Y or Oellolold Knlfo, the most dorablo WHITE llAN'HjR known. The Oldest Munnfaoturem In Amertoa. Original makers of the IIAKO KUHIIKK IIANIH.K. Alwav call for " Trade Mark " ' MKRIDKN OUT1.KRY CO." on the blade. Warranted and sold b all Dealer I , Cutlery, and bj the HFItlliK t'HTI.KH V I O l t himihera lrert, ork. A fact worth rBmemborinp; five oents worth of Bheriilan't Cavalry Condition Pom rifrt, given to a noire twice a wek, will save diub e ii-at amount In grain, and the borne will be fat.er, sleeker, and every way worth more tunney than though he did Dot have them. lie Markets. saw YORK B-l OaitliPrline to Extra Bullooka U8!(k in Common to Oood Texsni 08 1 PS Milch Oow m mi '' uu Hotrs Live Drnaaed. Sheen LnmSa Citttmi Mtd-UliiK Vluur Kltra AVnteru.. 8'ute Kttra Whi-at Rrt Weftnrii... No. a Hpriiig... It;e ftrati.. I'BHl 08 H PS o; . 7 00 0 71 1 10 1 18 fc8 04 I 0ftfe 11V S ) I I VI 1 10 1 10 18 U l) (4 liarley Htle Barley Malt 0 1 Oath Mixed Weatern 81 Omn Mixed Wsatfrn (3 Hay, perewt ....... ft) Strv, per cwt 60 Hop....7' 10 1H olds 04 Peril M-es 30 00 lanl 11 k'lih Mackerel, No. 1, ii!-w lit 00 No. a, new U it' I-'ry Cod, per cwt...... .... . . i 74 rtrt riiix. fei-aled. per box 31 11" A 43 (a ex ( 1 CO (4 1 30 m 0 (430 CJ 14 11 (H 00 fU 00 t 6 35 (4 21 -rttrole'iiii )rul Objf !!' Beflned, 11 Vool California FU-ocs II 4 3d Tuas ' )4 (4 ?S AuntrMian " A Hatter HWo 30 (4 56 Woxtt-rri Dutry 31 (4 S3 '.Vivlcni Yellow 18 (4 S3 V,"nstern Ordinary 13 IM IB OhKae PtM Factory 08 14 19kf HEumDed I'D (4 0. Wi-Btern 04 14 IPV .:! State 13 14 (X f'ox-x W Ilea- as l :o 10 00 , i a) 1 .J-v t '4 14 84 71 U0 'iy-j.... oar'-j. IBILUILPBU. Heof Cattle Extra. Sheep...... 01 a 04 K H6 8 3) 76 r6 69 IS 83 HOfffl Drei-sed.. 0(4 inonr Jfrnuu.yivan.-a Extra 6 75 Akrit Wiritfn Bed 7J Uyo.... 7J Om-u Vails,.. .....a 68 M;x. ) 66 .late-Mix 37X6 'cirolHiir Clrn. lVd&UX 3alnd 18 WATCIITOWN, KAH8. Beef Cuttu 1'oor to Choice. 4 7S t 7 "Jtf -tho-iv 1 CO (4 6 60 Mini 8 Oi) (10 0' OOK. AGENTS WASTED to sell the I TIlOl'SANUSof ciDTasseni hav answered our call to cell this fnmout Dew book -and yet vo want ..HlO more I Jt portrays life as it natty is in Kgvpt, Turkey, ana the Holy Land, and contnhiH KOO .Vn'mjirent urw Eiuravlnm. fiOO Oulilts wrrcordfifd in ailmnre, and Aenti ar riling to tn :iO a day. iiOlh thoiimwl now in iti note m n'tur tunc to make U' tuony u-i'h th? fastest n it Fiii;i; to ail in'ilft. w-ili i'TI; ti'rm. fief. Adilre. . J). WuH J lllNJiON it CO., Hartford, Conn. AQTTTftTA The on! Bnr remedy. Trial package I TLL. CATALCMStTF OF ARTIOLFS FOR AAV,4a Free. BOSTON NOV K LTV" CO., Maaa. Ageil PS Tk-ftnt iioit. JTieaaant work : baDdrednowrnloveii . Sl hnndreda more wanted. M. N. Lovell, Kris, Fa. VKItV desirable NKW ARTIOLFH for Apenta. j g.rrti ny u. u. uapkwell b uo., UN nan ire, iiom. ?J1 O n day thome. A eent wanted. Outfit and terms y iree. A Orexs I K UK A UU., Augusta. Maine. YVAVrf,:l AKNTK SompU on Outfit. fre. v v ffr f 'mn uoia. a. uuuivi k.k a uo.. unioago 6 K -f a $OAi day at honut. Samp leu worth 91 aa t PU LU C'J free. STIN6QN A 0(J., Portland, Me i K LKxira Vine Mixed Oards, with Name. lO eta. post paid. L. JONKS A CJO. , Nassau, N. Y. l)OY mid MKIjS oan make Mooey dnrlnc their 1 summer vatsat loo. Kmid : -oent etirop for partlcn iars w u s. nuujvAr rjujuan, rtumerriue, n. j. 61 0!K 9w ror MiLieHiiirn. nu puaaiera wan tea. A'ldrcSH, monitor Man UF o uo., uiuotunati, LHilo. Andres $3 WATCH r. A Great Rensatlnn. Sample nuten ort uwjtt free to A'rnt. Belter toaa Gold. Address A. OOULTKR A CO., Ohlcauo. A KL-atn vV tinted. Twenty 9x I Mounted Cromoa n icr i . RunoiM by mall, poet-paid, is (Jo. uonxi iWiiT.t. ' ii homo uo., 37 ftaaa wtreet, "Q.'.0 A PIIHTI'NK oan be made without eost or risk. i Combtnatloa form In a: . Partloulara free. Address i. n. PUhH,s, Manager, Kawilus Ulty, Wyoming. 350 sS onln. Atcenta wanted. 30 best fell articled In the world. One sample free M - . ' -U-v.'t jueiroti.Micn. opium HABIT CURHD AT UOMB. No publicity. Time short. Terras moderate. l.UOU testlmo nlals. Describe case. Dr. r . K. Mabbh. Qulnoy, Mloh. A WKKK rnarantCid to iala uud - uue Asenta. tn Uuve loaiM.. in NtrfllNG to tcy It. lHrttaol'-9 w i. , VIOKKHV A Of)., Aa.J '-. ' OPIUM and Fvlorphtne Flnble absolute'? and i speedily cured. 1'alnlese; uo uuduouj, Send stamp for Partloulara. lr. Oaf-.i-Ton, 137 WasblnKton St., ObJo&KO.Ill. AGENTS All Wart It lbocinlBof ll.'..aLad m' Itlous of o roper ty aand by tt-fo anoj maae wnii u pamouiftM irwe. u. LiKwmyow A B ro. ,?i ew Yoi k A U!i jt $250 A tKINTII Airents wanted everv. whero. Bunlnesa honorable an1 tint oihJ-e. Particulars ceut tree. Addroca Yi UK I II A UU., Pit. LiQUla, MO. S10'S2Ss "1T.nw. Illnilmlwi .' " TO, of fat ii. Vfarutii",. .rHvnni. and OrMiitilul Plrturi .'ard.ofDnu-il iiivn.woin.r ni fretiilrDttol u s. r TKl A.l .Vi.itinfc. Kt-wnrrt. Motlo. Comic, aon Trant. parent CKr.lt. IVAf.iii i.H. bUHOIUI-S SUA ii, Uual u. MASS. L.l.Ui.li.d 1U0. I'lt.wiirllif,, .rut iwntimlit rnrMn emu. A NOVELTY. IcrrT,rIrt tJt. rda. con t auil uK a scene wbeu beld to the light 60 dcsl nttji, sent pot-t-paid lor Vi cents ; 6 packs, 6 oamni, No other card irluterbaatbesanie. AKduta wanted; outut it to. uarQ rruiier, wyjt poi u, Atmina, an pSTCnOMAI.CT, or Sonl elutriating." C How eUiivr lutiy lum iuultt ami sain tUv Ijt1 n.n '. aflcttta ofauj jnrtiu tht-y cIioorv, tuuinuily. Thla art U: can pnaavM, frt, by d11, fifrnli; tofetlittr with a Lovfi ;: QUiId, Bgyptlan Oracla, Drunn, HmUto LawHi, l.seO.OOOeoi'J. A oiar book, aadrs T. WllXlAMa k OU. fnb'a, ytdladstpinaji fTlll A O The onoioeat in tbe World lmporteis' i Aji.i pribos jLar.eat Comnauy In An.erloa staple article pi Baa evurybody Traoe voutlnuaity iucreaaluR Agents wanted everywherebeat Induce-ineiiu-ddn't waate time send for circular to KOki'T WKLL1S, 43 Vetsey bt., N. Y. P. U. box 1 87. A BOOK for the MILLION. MEDICAL ADVICE ttSStSSFSsS?. Catarrh, Hupturf . Opiuiu Uabit, c.,litNT KJh on receipt Ur. tiuiti' Oiineniary No. IS N. fth it, St. (fOuls, Ma 0 AGENTS WANTED FOR THE GREAT CENTENNIAL HISTORY It sells faster than an other book over published. One Agent told Hi oopiea tn one day. bend for our extra beriua w AKttnia. iiAliUMAOa rUBLUaUtiO UOUPANY, ruiiaunipuia, a. CWAK II1IOKB t'Ol.l.KfiK. TenlUUea from ruuadeipMa Under Ihe care of Krieoda. Olvee a tborouga oolieaiaie Education to Uitb aex-a, who here Suraue the .ame cour.ee of atody, and reoetve the aaine eriiee. iotal Kiponaea Including Tuition. Board. weening. I'aa oi book, eto., W;t.iO a Year. No Kilra Uhamea. 1-or l atalogue. giving tall partloulara aa to Uoil'Wiaiil Btudy. lo.,addreaa, Kdwakd 11. MaoiLL, Everett House, North aide Union Bauare. Naw Vnrk nir.. Oooleet and Moat Oeutral Location la the uity. n.epion tne r.uropean flan. KKKNKK A WKAVER. Clarendon Hotel. Fourth Avenue, corner Kaat 18th Street, New Tor vnt. ituiu g um: v. a. HKKNKK. STONINGTON LINE Between New York, Boston, and all New England Points Thm only relUbl L'ns manlnf , Avo'dtoc th daoien uid 8u McLumm ot Pa tut J udi mm Nota trlti mlMMii In t-Tttn yettn. riatMt n-et ot totfuner oa Loug Ulivud ouuuq. juat ievr 101E from fler SiS, ISurtta Hivrr tuol of Jay mtreel, Otulr (txcpi bua days). Ht 5 ill. urnvtiiff Iu ioiuu hi U o't'lork uric uioruli.tf, tuv&tlabiy on tiro u. Le Bus ton from the Hob too & Provldtue K K. Uept. Park. S4ur tvnd Oolum ui Avenue, at P. ill., iv Ing on bukvrd thm bUtuneri tn tin. for auppar aod la Nw York t next ai'.rntiiK, htd of ail otbar lino. J lokata to ail polnia via tola Line for aaia at all principal Ticket OLtice. basaa obookd Uirouu. Aak lor TiokvU l bUmioMton Lice. L. W. i- ILKINB, Gw. Put, Agi. D. a BiMOOCE.Praa'fc. ttilt9 Hi HALF A COLLAR Will Ktj tor the CHICACO iimm For the Next Half Year. Th 1.1 POT a h a Ito apir, M-eolnran, tntfstwBilmt Kowapspsr, which no Intelligent lmUj ahonld M wltb out fh bMl Story Psyw printed. Tit It. Addrwa. THE IKDVKR, Chicago, IlL YU' R own Ltkenees In oil oolori, to ahow onr work, vatiiled on oanTaa, ISx7), from a photorraph or tln trpe, tree with the ffom Journal, Wli.ftO a year. Hample of oar work and paper, tenna to aaente, eto. , lO ote. U T. LUTHBR. Milrvillaae, Rrie oonnty, Pa. BNNSVI.VANIA MILITARY AI1AOEMY, 1 Chester. Irnn.. Reonena SeDterober 112. Thorough Inatrnotlon In nfrll a the Ulaesloe, and Kngllah ttranohea. For Utronlara, I mining Huanneenna. i Knvlne apply to mil, i n p.u. a y a i i, tree., l. m. a. ACreat Offer! During thim ttitintti will diMDOMM of MM) nrw and nrrond-hnnfl PIANO ttntl TC.KV, nt lower prlrM ihnn ever hrfnrn nflrrrd. Nfw 7 l-ItOclnv I'lnnnn or Mtj?n, Hnxrii mi ft Hhlpprtl. Term, 9dO cNh nu M monthly until nnlil. INew 5 Orinve (i Mlop Orflnn. vith bol elaneln an tnol, wnr. rnntrri. for 1 ':." -H.j rnnh, n.! J.) mnnthly until piitd. Illiiftmteri I'ninloaiif n umttlptt. At-iKNT.H WANTKU. IIOKA K WATUKM oV frtlNM. 4 81 HrcmiiwiiT, N. V. CO YOUR OWN PRINTINC! PRINTIH& PRES. Kor JrofVtmiiil nnrl A mil ten Irlntr. Helmut, NiH'ivtlvii Mm.' iiTttct nrt't-tt, -II ii'caltutitwa ntnl thwi it it the BEST wr invfiil-d. J :i.O0 In kei; iTen atyU-, TrtrM from $5.00 to SICHV'U BENJi O. WOODS Ik C". -Manutt;n.. fiairn fi. kiudt ot Prtntlna Mat:r '. FAMILY FRUIT and JELLY T II USE I One-third more inloe than by the old ? rot-ess. A liou-ehoid nei-e sliy. Kvery mlly will tiu one. tuart and gillon sires. Liberal dlscU"t to the troe. For clroul r nn-l t"tmv sddresa with stimp, AMKttlOAN FKUIT AND JELLY PBKSS t'O., Cincinnati, Ohio. Apni Wnntrd In Kverv Town und founty. Madame FOYS Corset Skirt Supporter Increases in Popularity every year, and For tlF.MTIt, CM POUT tw4 STYLE Ii rkti' nledg'd li&AT AUTlCLg of the kiad tr mid. Fr 1-7 all lidin jo' Vr an r tftlltM, Llewar of imitation and in.rln( nieot. MANTTPACTtmKD BOT.ET.T BT JOY & IIAIOION, New Haven. Conn, mm IHNfnP. llk-i rlvem.BDrina; from onuse. The roaring river may not b- eolly divetid from It courne, nor the Dofrleutd dlsefe from its datrncttv-e work. Taken in time, dle;ae, which l merely an Interrupted mnction, may be averted by toe use oi nature s remeoy. Tarrant's Soltzer Aperient, It oorebtnfm the medical properties of the best mineral waters ia tbe world- SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. For a nauMrul White Oro"e, e'iUti'iH'1 in l e u'if'tl rosea o-i dark b.iulaKronndl la f rf-n- h oil olor-.ll v14 iicif and the tnn v. o-k y Glohe an 8-p-igH tiUiiil' "lory puper, tor tiir- lticnfhv. ('h-nmo nid pnperji mailed pr nit'tJj-. Tj1 fcpst ofTHr ont. Ad'IrrM GLOKK PUU. CO., IN Wa'b tun U'rt ot.,BuBton(Mass. 10 I'KNTH and a H-cm stamp for5P Wnlt Bristol VMtlnir Cards Print d by a procpes. No nicer ones ver seen. PHcei nevwr before named. I-anr-et arl tv everabnwn. All o n-r kinds Gorrerpoiidna:'y low. Circular", 3 -cent stamp. Induce ment oever ueioro uiierea :o ageuis, iwrruory last being taken. vy , u, Uiwnii.i, dot ziu, nosToo, man. GLENN'S Sulphur, Soap eradicates Ali, Locai, Skin Diskases; Pkrmankxti.t jUkautikies Tim Complexion, I'kkvknts and Wkme- DIES HlIKUM.tTlSM AND GOUT, Heals Souks and Injukieb of the Cuticle, and is a IIkmablb Disinfectant. This popular nud inuxpi'iisivo reme dy accomplishes the hamb uf.bui.ts as costly Sulphur Hatiis, sinco it permanently removes jKhuptions aiul Irihtations of tho Skin. Complexional lii.EMisiiKs aro ui w.iys obviated by its use, and it ren der's the cuticle wondrously lair and sin- Otll. SoitEi, Sprmvs, UitnsKn, Scald?, IHinisand t)ut8 are speedily healed by il, and it prevents aud remedies (Join uud Hlieiimatism. It removes Dandruff, slrentrihcns thu roots of tins Hair, and preserves its youthful color. As u Disinfectant of Clothing and Linen used in lliesielt room, ami as a Pitoi eci ion iintinst Contauious Dike asics it is 11111411 .led. Physicians emphatically endorse it. Prices, 2." and 50 Cents per Cake, Per Box, (a Cakes,) OUc and $1.20. X. B, There ii economy lu buying the lare calcea, gold by all Druggists. " Hill's Hair an iVhlttker Dye," Black or It row 11, 50c. C, N. CR1TTEXT0N. Pro r. 7 Siith Av. N.Y. ELECTRICITY For the Million. An Electric Battery for 25 Cents. COLLINS' VOLTAIC PLASTER Cures Fains and Aches. It aq a all em the Circulation. ItaubdotM ImUininatory Act loo, It onrea Hunturua aud Mraina. It romuvf Palo and S tre-.eaa. It ora Kidney Ocmplaiut. Itatreng he. a the Muscle. It cure Rh a mat Urn and Nenralgta. It relaxed 8Utf ued Corda. It oura Nervoua Shocks. It ia Invalnnhle In Ptialyali. It oure I nil '.mniaitlna of ihm Lirer. It reiaovee Neivoua Pabia. It oorea S inai Woaku' aa. It la Grateful and hotblug. It ourea Ki-Uep-y or 1 'U ltUhafe, Heilitble nua Kconomloai, It 1 p'acrir.ed ur Pbyrlciana. It la laiioraed by Kleo ululate. COLLINS' VOLTAIC PLASTiR Ia warrant!, on the repuiaiiou of Dr. t)oj int.lU lnven. tor, an old pbiaitilan, to be tbe tett ulaater in tiie ttorld of nudloln. 1 be union ot tbe two icreat medical agnta, via. : Kteotrioity aod Medical (jumi and KfesebOca, fully juatlbea tbe claim. and eatillea ibla remedy to rank fore moat imoiif ail coxauve Oompouuda tor all external Acbea and rilut. Prloa, 95 eenta. Sold by all Dm lata, and eent on rttwipt of price, If 5 cents tor one, tor aix.or or twfl, oarHiully wrappea and warranled by WEEKS POf 'l EK. ProprteUrr, Butt-n. Mm N Y N U ? uletuc M) t(a fftft. u.W ihh 9rU
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