A CURIOUS COMMUNITY. J i ' 'Hlomcnt In the I sin ml of, Mole Ti r"n """linn Mlulilii Anion the Ilnnlnlieu l;f.,rtriiiiur. The most startling tiuil extraordinary community on the face of this earth is to lie fonnd on the island of Molokai, one of the small islands comprising the Sand wich islands group. The community is composed of the lepers fonnd amongst tlie inhabitants of the other islands and compelled by law to reside on Molokni. Of the many foreigners who vimt Hono lulu there are few who have an oppor tunity to visit the leper settlement. The government is very strict in grauting permission, and but few outside promi nent journalists, Beientillo men and nn occasional tourist of distinction can re ceive the necessary puss. . The passage by steamer from Honolulu to the island of Molokai occupied about ten hours, the channel being some eighty miles wide. The first point reached in Ivalimpapa, the landing for the lepers. At this place, when distinguished visit ors are expected, a string bund, composed of lepers, greet the visitor with p'nintive, mournful music, well fitting their isola tion from the world and the grief, as we Hhould think, within their hearts. As we look on the faces of the musicians the mimic seems weird at Mmea, and ns if coming from the mysterious caverns of death. For we cou'hnrdly imagine that intelligence, that the divine harmony of .music, can be attributes of tlin utifo'vtn- nates standing before us and, strange to relate, apnarentlv " ni linnnv ns the diiv ! uig. 'ij10 liesii on their faces is rolled up iu masses of n ruddy, copper colored hue, the eyes protrude through smaller layers, mid tho hand, looking short and stunted with tho d'sense, Keenis Jjs if it could not hold the instrument. The plavers are vouii!T-miililln nsred and it m. . .' fid, nil 'in tho medium staces of leprosy : j mm in, lliu IllIllUllOU 18 liaiiUUllV VISIDie. ! out there are no running Bores, nor have holes been eaten through feet, hnuds or body. When these native musicians have finished playing they rush to greet old companions, and many is the hearty "aloha" (love to you) which passes be tween the leuers ond their friends. I Crowds of native lepers are on the beach extending their hands and expressing a hearty " nloha" to those they greet. ' The unfortunates express the greatest j joy nt meeting old friends, ami, as is ' common with the Hiiwa'iuns and other Polynesian tribes, will sit down ond cry i with excess of pleaip-e for a quarter of nil i hour nt a time. When the Hood of tears I has pasced they are in an instent trans- formed into the most laughter loving ! mortals. They seem to forget their physical condition and revel in tho most unbounded iov. The emit rast. from ! tears t i smiles is a verv streucre nhvsi- I ological reaction. The foreign tourists who look on at all this arc often subject to the wit and badinage of tho lepers, ! nnd especially of the young women, j Fortunately a young and roystering ! leper girl will approach a foreigner and extend her hand for a regular pump i handle shake, but it often hamiens that ! the foreigner, though not lucking in gal lautry, will fail to respond, through fear of the leper's touch. Then the girl will burst out in saucy laughter, mid finish up with tho expression of " Maknn oe" (you nre afraid). All the natives join iu, ami exclaim : " Maki.n kela haole " (that foreigner is afraid). "Mai nei oe, a me honihoni kana " (come here, nnd let us kiss lovingly), was the taunting salutation of a eh'iriniug little lepress, whose affliction had not blotted out the traces of beauty in her cheek nor dim med the luster of her large, sift, dreamy eyes. The gentleman addressed courteously declined the proposed nee tar, when nil the lepers present, men and women, had a hearty laugh nt his ex pense. I lie leper governor is n man of doubted intelligence, a lawyer by pro- I fession, nnd the best orator in the Ha- ' waiian kingdom, whites included Who- : ever has visaed the Sandwich islands has heard of " Bill " P.agsdall. He it ia who is chief executive ut Kalawod. He is a half caste, his mother being a native and his father an American. Ho speaks English and native with perfection, and nnd has some knowledge of French. His knowledge of history is remarkable, and he is well read in general literature. He is apparently forty-five years of age, of light graceful build, polished in his manners, and. like nil Hawaiian. pitable to n fault. Ho first discovered ! that ho wns afflicted with leprosy in n I peculiar way. It was on the island of Hawaii, nt his home, while hunting up , points on n law case. iv accident the j chimney of his lamp fell off, and al though it was almost red-hot, he sudden-1 ly picueil it up and placed it on the lamp. Looking at his hand to see if it was burned, ns any person would under the circumstnuces, he discovered that there was not a trace of a burn, much less the ilrst painful seusation. It flashed upon his mind that he was afflict ed with leprosy, nnd nt once, with true heroism of soul, ho informed tl ie au thorities, and voluntarily consigned him- ' self to perpetual exile from wife, family, friends an I the world. Owing to his talents and high position, being I Hugmiy amictou, no might have escaped, 1.1. im 1 j... v . . j, luuucu ijul uuiy irom me world out irom the inhabitants occupying the other or 1 1 1 i f . i 11. . tious of Molokai. There have beeu a few escapes of lepers through the uassnce in. dieated, but it has always been a wonder how they could manage to escape by so steep, precipitous nnd dangerous an opening. When captured they are re turned, but no penalty is inflicted upon them. There an ubundauce of frenh warpr nil t. IA fillet ci.la r.t K water ou the east side of the valley, a lurge water pipe furnishing a supply for the hospital and for other purposes. The valley is of volcanic origin. One of the extinct craters is about a half mile in diameter, and loO feet deep. The mid-! die of the crater ia a beautiful little lake, ! emerald iu its hue. The water is report ed to be as salt as (he sea, and contains two or three kinds of fish. The natives I say the lake is unfathomable, and that it is fed from the sea. Glancing at tho j vallev as a whole, it is most admirably ! fitted forjthe purpose to which it is al- i lotted. Tho climate is genial, and if at times warm in summer, the nights are deliciously coal. In all the Hawaiian islands there is not another location so perfect for a leper settlement as this. The denizens of the leper settlement manage to enjoy themselves in many ways. They have their balls and parties, at which they trip the light fautastio toe, both in native aud European style. There are 227 hojses in the valley, mostly built by the government, for tbeir comfort There are two Rjman Catholio chapels aud one ProtesLant church; also two school houses, where the young are educated. Afunv nf tha letinra wlio .m .Kla n. rif-ireu 10 oucy tno law. was rocked 111 a sap trough lor want of a lne valley into which the lepers nre batter cradle. His old pastor, Mr. Hos located is nearly two miles nnd a half ! mer, describing a visit to Washington long, and apparently from a half mile to ; during Fill nore's administration, snvs n mile uud a half wide. On one sido is c i fiat he and Dr. Kendall went to one of mountain range, impassublo except at I his receptions, and ns thev entered saw one point, and there the exit is very dif- ! the President nnd his f amily and cabinet, ficiilt, having to bo accomplished by tho : and his father nt his side. '"As soon ns nid of ropes nnd clinging to the branches j we had been very cordially received, Dr. of trees. On the other side is the forever- 1 Kendall drew me uBide and whispered: agitated ocean. Thus, the lepers nre se- j Was there ever since the world besrun have taro patches, where they plant taro and thus secure a fresh supply of poi, a I delicacy dear to tho native palate. They i nearly all own horses, which they n't times drive at a furious rate. 'J.he aver age Kanaka, no matter where you find hnn, is euro to ride his horae to death some day or another, and the women, in this respect, are the same as the men. But this is one of their grea enjoyments, and they will indulge in it, even amongst the lepers. When not horseback riding, planting taro or otherwise engaged the lepers do a little legitimate loafing around "the country store," where they barter and trade or keep inquiring for letters whenever a vessel touches at i Knloupapo, the only landing at the set-1 tlement. No vessels are permitted to I touch there except on (special business ! connected with the lepcri. Whenever a I vessel touches it is a holiday for all the natives who ore able to ride down to the landing. When foreioners arrive the na- tives nre sure to reap a good harvest, i . ii. v 11 - - to pay the owners whatever you seo fit iu return for this kindness. Some of the natives manage to accumulate a little money by trading and speculation. Anccdutcs of Commodore YandcrMlt. One of Commodore Vauderbilt's as- soc'ntes in his various reilwav enter prises was Sam Borger, awng as well as a director. At one of the meetings the ' commodore said he didn't see how it was that Jay Gould got at all the facts j t it i -vr 1 n i 1 aim ngures nuont iew xoin vjuuiriu, "I'll tell you how you can prevent his knowing anything about your roads," snid Snni. " How ?" asked the commodore. "Elect him a director," was the re ply. The autocratic fashion in which the old mail managed the road is well KUlinil A speculator wished Sam to induce the commodore to go into an operation in the street. " If the commodore will take a hand we can make a million without the possibili ty of losiug a dollar," said the hopeful open tor, "No danger of loss ?" said Sam. " None at all, and sure to make nil the money we want," was the reply. "We1!, I don't know about the old man," said Sam, "but, if you feel so sure about the thing, I have no doubt I might get his son Cornelius to join you." Sam got word one evening while at dinner that the commodore would like to 1 see him. Hastily partaking of a little j food he repaired to the old gentleman's ! residence, forgetting iu his hurry to put a cigar in his pocket. After the Imsi- uess was liiiislieu bam said : "Uoni modore, vou brought mo awnv from mv ! d,'uner in such a hurry that I didn't get I my smoke t I believe I would like to : try a cigar." (Tho commodore was : smoking a fragrant Havana.) "All right, Sam," he replied, "you will find a match on the mantelpiece." j Sam smoked when he got home. The bearish Twentv-third street pnrtv were heavily snort ol uentral. The commodore was buying all any one wauted to sell at constantly advancing figures. Sam happened in at the bear garden, and of course the talk was of the commodore's purchases. " I tell you," snid one of the bruins, more savage than I the rest, "tho old man ought to bo taken care of : he has lost his head." " I don't see any one that I one that I suspect of having found it," was Sam's quiet re- mark, and nothing more was said on that j suoject. The Mouth of January. January, the first month of the year, consists of thirty-one days, and is said to have been added with February by .Mima to the xt-minn year, which pre- vlmsly had but ten mouth. It was ; ""'" fl'om the double faced god Janus, 1 to w!k,1u its til,f,t which looks back 1 ie past year nnd lorwardupon that ; to come, was sacred. It had originally but twenty-nine days, but two additional davs were given to it by Julius Ciesnr when ho reformed the calendar. It was symbolized in Kome by a consul in con sular robes, because those magistrates were installed in ollke the first day. It corresponded iu the Athenian calendar with tiie latter half of Peseidon ami the first half of Gamelion. Among the Scan dinavians it was called primitively month of Thor, and later Ice month. The French revolutionary calendar merged it iu parts of Nivose and Plu vio.se. It was not uniformly the begiu ing of tho year among Latin Christian natious until the eighteenth century. It was not the first month of the year iu England till 1752, when the Parliament, by an net passed the preceding year, altered the mode of reckoning time from the Julian to tho Gregorian style. At that tiniH it directed that tho legal year, which then commenced in some parta of England in March, nnd in others in January, should universally be deemed to begin on the first of January. The Anglo-Saxons month. called January Wolf Iii a Sap Trouirh. Millard Fillmore, in extreme youth, .... - , . . ... . such a contrast ns that group nnd the baby in the sap trough ?' It was indeed contrast, Th Preaidmt w.is n bnn.l. some mau, of hue bearing, in the prime ; of life; and his father was venerable, tall, j and not much bowed down by his eighty j years; his full gray hair and intelligent j face nt once drew attention; and ho stood j had cWe. as calm ami Belf-possessed as ; I i i i ,.; there by his son, as no other father then in his justice court iu some log cabin of i western iew lork. I was to be iu Washington a few weeks, and Enquire Fillmore was to return homo with me; but one day I met him and he said: I nm going home to-morrow.' I said: But why not wait for me ?' No, no,' said he, ' I will go. I don't like it here; it isn't a good place to live; it isn't a good placa for Millard; I wish he was at home in Buffalo." Under an Avalanche ' A Denver paper says : One of those fearful visitations peculiar to all moun taiuous countries, and known in Colo rado as a snowslido, occurred at the head of Hall's gulch, sweeping the boarding j iiouseoime wuaie unne a quarter 01 a mile down the gulch, and burying its in mates, eight persons in all, under a mountain of snow, from which the bodies cannot be rescued until the summer thaw reduces the drift. The boarding house contained six men, one woman and a child, and it is stated that one of these escaped, though a letter fails to confirm tiiis item of good news, but says that all the inmates were buried beyond reach. "All Talk and No Cider." Sam and Ben were two Indians, both uncommonly fond of cider. The mission ary had a barrel of fine cider, and he liked to hold religions converse with Ben and Som. One day Bon said to Sam : " Why do you go to the minister's so often ?" " To talk," was tho reply. ' And what do yon talk ?" ' Genesis, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Exodus and "Pocrophy.'" Huugh ! Say it over. What else ?" " Peter, Timothy, Jonah, Ananias and Levitieus." " Whiit else ?" " Babylon, Moses, Judas Iseariot, Saint John mid Nebuchadnezzar." "And then?" "Why then I get a mug of cider and go." The next Saturday night found Ben at the minister's. The latter wns busy on a sermon, and was not talkative. Ben sat till there was a pause, and the minister looked up. Then he uttered, with a tone intended to be sweetly pleasing and attractive : " Gene sis, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, jaijuuh iiu Exodus an' 'Pocraphy." The minister worth while to say anything, his mind reverted to his sermon. Then Ben pro ceeded in a tone of sadder earnestness : " Me sny Peter Timothy Jonah Ananias 'Viticns." "Ah, yes," replied the clergyman, abstractedly; "very true." He put away his work with a sigh of relief, and then thought of set ting to find out what his visitor reallv I wanted. Ben, however, anticipated him by uttering with the determined accent of one who wouldn't be misundertood or wronged on any account : " Me say Babvlon Moses Judas 'Scoriot Siiint John Nebuchadnezzar!" "Beu, what do you mean?" said the clergyman, at last startled. "Me mean," said the In dian, with calm dignity "me mean cider !" A Human Breakwater. The London Builder says : " The bursts of rain in the Carnatic are tre mendous. As much as five inches of rainfall in ft single night is not infre quent, and Sir A. Cotton has known as much as nineteen inches of rain to fall in that time. The smallest rill that is nllowed to trickle over the edge of an earthen bank wears itself a passage nnd becomes a destructive torrent with ex treme rapidity. On one occasion the water in the Verauum tank is said to have overflowed the whole twelve miles of the bund, and to have breached it in thirteen places. On another occasion the engineer in charge of a bund, finding the water rising with more rapidity than lie 9 uble to meet by the supply of etlrt matle n. of the bodies of his laborers, causing them to lie down close w u of the threat ened part of the dam, and thus keeping back the two inches or three inches of water, which, if unchecked, would soon have wrecked the whole bund and ruined a wide district, until their places could be supplied by basket fuls of earth. It was nu original expedient, but it saved the district. What the laborers snid about it we have not heard. Tho American School System. Wendell Phillips thinks the public school svstem of the. United States is very faulty. At the American Social Science meeting the other day he said : "The fact is that many young people, graduates of our public schools, are not capable of doing anv work for which any one should nav a dollar. Thousands of our public school graduates cannot write a decent letter at fifteen, nor even read n newspaper well. The old Now England ; system, which made a boy work six i months by his father's side on the farm or in the workshop after he had been six ' mouths nt school, wns better than the i present one. From such a svstem it wus iiossible to get such a man as Theodore .'nrker, Now, the public school hands ft ei ftv child to its parents with no means of earning its bread. Me .said I12 wa3 .1 f 41. 1, f !).. l. their work wa eomml.eil th th'e edu. Clltkm ven t) a Canadian, Scotch or Fmsrlish woman of the workniff classes. These women knew how to write better letters, nnd could spell more correctly than their American prototypes. Come Xow nnd Lei Us Reason Together. Why do people so frequently say to I)r. Pierce:" I suppose your Golden Medical Dis covery cures everything V Because it has boen the practice of knavish charlatuuH to manufac ture worthless nostrums and attempt to clujM' the ignorant and credulous by recommending them to cure every form of disease. To such an extent has this been praotioed that it is no won der that manv have acquired prejudices aijainet all advertised remedies. But Ir. Pierce does not advertise his standard preparations as "cure-alls," does not claim that they will per form miracles, but simply publishes the fact that they have been developed as Hpocilies for certain forms of dixease for which he recom mends them, after having tested then' efficacy iu many hundred canes with the most gratifying success'. It is a fact known to every well in formed physician that many single "remedies possess several different properties. Quinine, for instance, has a tonic quality, which sug gests its use in eases of debility ;' an anti-periodic, bv which it is efficacious in ague : and a febrifuge property, which renders it efUcacioun in cases of fever. The result of its administra tion will also vary with the quantity given and the circumstances under which it is' employed, i Ho, likewise, the Golden Medical Discovery pos- susses both pectoral and alterative, or blood- 1 cleansing properties ot tno luimcst order. Bv reason of these two prominent properties it j cures two classes of diseases. First, those of , the respiratory organs, as throat, bronchial and 1 iuiis affections, chrome coukhs ana asthma. i and second, diseases of the blood and glandular j system, m whicn affections all skillful physi cians cniplov alteratives, as in cases of blotches, ; eruptions, ulcers,, swellings, tumors, abscesses 1 and in torpor of tho hver or " bihounea. ' While its use is, by its combination of proper- ties, suggested in cases of pulmonary oonsunip- ' iiim. v,t vr.ll nesd nnt t-it it exneMint if will j cure you ' if your lungs aro hnlf consumed, nor ; boeause it is recommended as a blood medicine 1 would its proprietor advise you to take it ex pecmig 11 u cure cancer, xi wm noi penorm miracles, but it will cure many grave forms of uiseatie. Liver Complaint. In this disease Wiktau's Balsam has un j rotTl ?ZJ5X , . . I , , , . . doubtedly proved more efficacious than instances where patient had endured lone aud Bcvero Buffering, without receiving the least benefit from various remedies, and when mer cury had been resorted to iu vain, tho ubs of the Balsam has restored the liver to a healthy action, ana in many instances errectea perma nent cures, after every known remody had fail ed to produce the desired effect. From Win, C. Totter, Waterford, K. T. " A few years since I was so severely attached with liver complaint as to be entirely unable to attend to my business. I consulted with the best physicians iu our place, but thoy gave me no relief. After snflorins for more than a year. bt-ins confined to the house much of the time, I procured a bottle ofVisTAB'a Bajam or Web (Juerrt, ana before l haa u.sea one-nair of it I was able to resume my business as usual. Fifty conts and Jl a bottlo. Sold by all drug- glMS. Death's Door Stands Wide Open For those who suffer a cough to " run on" until the lungs separate, or the windpipe and the bronchial tubes become hopelessly diseased i but for all who resort to Hale i s Honey of Hore- uouud and lar, in the early stages, there u im mediate relief, and the absolute certainty of a permanent cure, com Dy au aruggisia. 1'ike's Toothache Props cure in one minute. Vegetable Pulmonary Balsam, the great New England cure for coughs, colds and coimump- tloq, (juuer tiros. 4 w, a, jMaton, only genuine, Hood Advice. When yon go to New York chock your bug gugo for tho Grand Central Hotel. The rooini are large, airy and elegantly furnished ) the table unexceptionable, and when you leave the bill is made at (2.50 and (3.00 per day prices having been reduced from 4.00 per day. It is the largest hotel la New York. There can be no mistake nbout it, " Maohle(ifl " plug tobacco take! the lead. Old flue cut cliewori nay It give bettor ati fnation and in chcaer than fine out. You cannot be imposed upon, as each plug hai the words " Matchless P. T. Co." on a wooden tag. Try it once and yon will always chow it. Manufactured by the Pioneer Tobacco Com pany, New York Catarrh, unless checked iu the early stages, loads to dangerous disease of the throat ana lungs. Taken when the symptoms first ap poar, Hanford's Iladical Cure for Catarrh is iu Btontly effective. We received a very pleasant letter of thanks from our old friend Ki-ndnll, sinco bis return homo, for a bottle of Johmon'i A nodyne Liniment, which we gave him, and which he says has entirely cured him of the troublesomo and dangcrouB cough ho had when hero. At the dentil of one of England's most eminent phvBicianB, all his effects were Hold by auction, and among other tilings was a sealed package marked "Advice to Physicians," which brought a groat price. The purchaser, on open ing the packet, road as follows : " Keep the head cool, the bowels open, and tho feet warm." If physic is necessary, use J'artnnn' J'urgalipe J'ilts ; they are the most scientifically prepared pill that has appeared in the last hundred years. Good Advice. If there is nny of our readers who doubt the wonderful curative ef fects of Durang's Khonmatio Itomedy, let them write to any prominent person in Washington city, where it is manufactured, and they will learn that it will do even more than is claimed for it. 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Fotf people iu the civilized world to-day, among those wto are interested in mu6ic and tho forms of inimical expression, have not heard of tho Istey Organ, and smaller still ia the number of those who do not, after practical acquaintance wiih tho superior merits of that noble instrument, cheerfully concede the proud claim of itd makers, that THE ESTEY ORGAN LEADS THE WORLD. The foremost musicians of Europe and America hasten to Join their testimony to that of professional and amateur organists aud instnunentalistu, of all degrees of proUciency and celebrity, and all with remarkable unani mity affirm that no reed organs, of whatever manufacture, native or foreign, can possibly compare with those from the house of Messrs. Estey & Co. in power, tone, workmanship and style. Such a position aud reputation can only be gamed legitimately. Mushroom manufac turers that grow up in a night and flaunt their wares in tho face of the public, gaudy aua impudently, may seem to nourish for a timo ; but their prosperity is a lie, as their pretensions are a cheat The sure success that crowns honesty, industry, probity and thoroughness is alow of growth j but when it comes it is stead fast and honorable to the end. The Estey Organs havo achieved this success gradually, through years of sturdy toil, patient experi ment, tireless watchfulness and unvarying promptitude in additions aud improvements. Thirty years ago tho primitive prototype of the present magnificent instrument was made, Flace the two side by sido and read tho history of a generation of industry and invention. Thirty years ago only the wealthy could afford to possess musical instruments of any sort, and thousands of churches were destitute of the charm of Instrumental music in their wor ship. To-day the humblest home may have its fireside organ, to lend sweet attraction to the home cirole, and the feeblest church or Sabbath school a beautiful instrument, to give voico aud earnestuoss to its pious praise. This happy chauge is due to the Estey Organ more than to any pther one cause. The constant and undevi ating aim of its makers has been to produce a perfect reed instrument that should be within the reach of the popular purse in price. Every mechanical appliance that human ingenuity OOUia aovise biiu uuiunu I'uiiruuu rauw v una been brought to bear upon this end. Trust worthy experience from all quarters has lavish, ed its ripest fruit unstintedly to promote this object Tlie materials used have been rigidly subjected to every possible test that could in any way conduce to their adaptability and dura bility. What is the result at tho end of thirty years? The lowest priced pipe organs that aro worth buying cost $i,S00. Messrs. Estey & Co. furnish for from 6200 to 5300 a reed organ so admirably balanced in tone and power that ta thirds of the congregation in an ordinary small church would suppose it a pipe organ if it was concealed from view. A really good piano from a reliable maker cannot be bought for less than 9400 to $500. An Estey Organ, suited to the capacitynd requirements of any family, may be purchased for150 or 200, and a thoroughly good one for 70. This is practical philanthro py, of a quality as refreshing as it is rare. This is something worth working and waiting for ; and it is peculiarly gratifying I o know that all concerned maker, eoller, buyer and performer reap an equitable share of the bouefits of a result so truly beneficent That which conserves the publio welfaro promotes private interest Good wine needs no bush. Honesty pays best. Messrs. Estey & Co. have proved the truth of these aphorisms, and in an age of shams have demonstrated thai solid merit is the true touchstone of success. Nine thousand organs were turned out there lRHf. VAAP mid sent to every nuarter of the globe. in more than ono instance supplanting entirely the instruments of European makers in the old world. These organs represented a business of over one million duli&rs ; ES PEEHI.Kl-S EXTERNAL 8PKC1FIC ANO BBAU'lIFIBn OF THE BKIN. " GLENN'S SULPHUR SOAP, As a renwdy for Diseases, Sores, ' Abrasion nnd Roughness or ted 8 kin; as a Jeodorixer, disinfectant, and means of preventing and curing ItlicumaUsm and Gout; and as an Adjunct of tub Toilet and tbk Bath, "Qlenk's Sulphur, 3oap" is incomparably the best article cyer offered to tho Aniericnn public. The Complexion is not only freed from Pimples, Blotches, Tan, Frjec iuxp, nnd all other blemishes by its use, but acquires a tbanb arent delicacy and velvety f ftnes turousli tho clarifying and ' uiollicnt notion of this wholesome beauti- FIRlt. Tlie contraction of obnoxious dis crises is prevented, and the complete disinfect ion of clothiiig worn by per sons afflicted with contagious maladies is insured by it. Families and Trav elers provided with this uUmirabli) purifier have at hand the main F.S.-FNTIAL OF A SERIES OF Snlphnr lleths. Dandruff is removed, the lmir retained, and grayness retarded by it. jilidical men advocate its usb. Prices, 25 and 50 Cents ter Cakh, Per Box, (8 Cakes,) 60c. and $1.20. N.D. There ! economjr In buying tba large caku, " Hill's Hair nud Whisker Dye," Black or Brown, CO Cents. C. S. CEITTESTOII. Projf'r. 7 Sixth At.IJ. M flTTTJ'T'Q AVn!ttrl m!e nnd femnle, AtradT n V7Jw X W iitfliiyii('ii t'int-.! hrmrabH f an 1 plianant. ;)Cil iilnrv, ( 'imtni-iini on K:-Ia, nnd j:x,rn.fM riid by tlm Ktl.l I'Sli Fnintat'tiiniiiK t'o. tJtncinnr.ti, Oiiio. A LUCRATIVE BUSINESS. or WE WANT 800 MORE FIRST-CLASS SEWING MACHINE ACENTS. AND 800 MENOFENERCY AND ABILITYTOLEARN THE BUSINESSOFSELLINCSEWINCMA- CHINES. COMPENSATION LIBERAL. BU T VARYINQ ACCORDING TO ABILITY. CHAR ACTER AND QUALIFICATIONS OF THE AGENT. FOR PARTICULARS, ADDRESS ' Wilson Sswinff Machine Co., Cnicagii. ! 817 829 BBOADWAY. t?w To;, Hit OtUtnl It. A S BEAT OFF E R FOR THE HOLIDAYS I JVewill iliirlnic tlime HARD TIMES nnd the HOLIDAYS to 1 i bruary lxt, dinpone of loo I'lA.NOS As OUUANM, now iiikI . oiil.hfini, "t lirRt-rlii iniiUi-rn.iiirliKliiiH WAl'liltS', at loner iirli-eN fur vnsli, or ln-.lnlliiirnl, Minn -vcr Ill-lore ulli-r' i in ev York. WATKIIS' ' t S,t ' jTU IOM i 1 1 1 M E OKU A N S nre rlM" nrtii IHIHACKVATRBS A- sons'. Vln. .... hrtiirprs nml Di-iiIltk, JOKnal I 4il. I Huuiiru ire. V. " A ii . e A FEW TESTIMONIALS. Scientific monT inventors and manufacturers from all parti of tha world have visited the Estey establishment and unanimously pronounce it unsurpassed in perfection of detail and com prehensive system. Bccommendations, such as flood the country for every conceivable invention of money making and money spending man, aro cheap enough. Many that sound and read well may bo bought for a song. At tlie present time, therefore, it is in order to quote a few testimo nials which tho Estey Organs havo called forth, that are a test of value and approval which cannot be gainsaid the voice of the masters in musio bearing witness to that fine truism, as old as human endeavor and human fruition, that only true merit achieves truo success : From RICHARD WAGNER, the Composer, par Excellence. " Tlie tone of the Estey Organ is very beautiful and noble, and gives me the greatest plea . My great friend, Fbakz Liszt, is also charmed and delighted with them." From MME. ESSIFOFF, the Wonderful Pianist. " I have often had the opportunity to hear and play on the Estey Organs in St Petersburg and Warsaw and was perfectly charmed with their full, sympathetic tone. On no other organs can bo produced, with such purity and precision, the choir-like sound in tha lower registers so similar to a fine church organ." From EERR RUBENSTEIN, Director of the Imperial Conservatory and the Musical Society at Moscow. "It gives mo great pleasure to give due praise to Messieurs J. Estey A Co. for their really splendid Organs. The tono of these instruments is full, noble and charming and has the advantage of pleasing and captivating the ear. To these artistio qualities must be added that they are of solid workmanship and of the most elegant finish, and I doubt not their having an extraordinary success in Russia. From CAMILLE DE SAINT SAENS, Composer, Pianist and Organist of the Madeleine Church, Paris. "I have played upon tho Organs of Messrs. Estey & Co., and been charmed with their quality of tone, which comes very near that of a Pipe Organ, .and the resources it gives to tha player." From PAULINE LUCCA, the Celebrated Prima Donna. " I have hoard the beautiful Cottage Organs of Messrs. Estey A Co., of BratUeboro, and was astonished at the full, noble and sweet tone of these instrnraents, which resembles so much the Pipe Organ a quality which I havs never found in sny other Amsrioan organ or harmonium." Arx-LA-CnAPZLLK, Feb. Oth, 1876. From OLE BULL, the Great Violin Virtuoso. "After having played and examined the Cottage Organs of J. Estey k Co., I ean fully ton- firm that they are the best substitute for the Pipe Organs in smaller ehurehes and in schools, and that the smaller ones are very appropriate for family use and should be highly recom mended. J. H. NEBELONG, Organist. Copenhagen, Nov., 1875. " After having used and heard the above Organs, in our late soneerts, ws fully esneur in tha above statement and say in addition that the tone is very beautiful, round and sff eotive. " Fred. Buix, Direotor of Musio OLE BULL-" From FRANZ ABT, the World Renowned Composer and Author of "Whoa the Swallows Homeward Fly," etc. " The Estey Organs deserve the highest admiration, as well for their beautiful sympathetlo tone as for their easy, delicate touch and solid, elegant construction. I sonaiderthera unsvu passed by anything I have ever seen." ' V riVom pros', w. TTfYW A-RT TioANE. Jr.. tha Eminent Composer and Director, Cincinnati, 0. " For purity and beauty of tone, for variety of combination, and durability of oonetruoUon, I prefer tho Estey Organ to any I have seen." Vale hf on A rent tit V days, is aaw articles, pimpled tree. Addrew, t. M. mniWIl Vtticmf. Dm. 1. P. FlTl.sa.MafJwvrB.WfSlttT n iMl atr4M hjiiiil IWi to a. .1 l rH a, bb. rin .ii lawMrfw Bmt7kiM Owul vfllU, MVMM. M, aWllll I..T. hwUiaM IK. MM H.aTmI Aim Vr MIL fui IllMI P- rlTLM m tm twtia Meaa, ttmiilrtla. aOMW at MWM Youiir America Preu Oo .F i..a ... mImMhI U. W m MU. j goat r.M r-lia tyiuiiu, m. Clrcsbrl frw. Sptclan "fn. Ottl, 4. tM OMtiJ "IT STllUtaS A.T HIHT." .FRANK LESLIE'S HISTORICAL REGISTER -r th CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION Ii Urn onlf oomplftta Plotorlal Hi.lorr nf th Orrtonnlal f.iibli.hfxt. A luiminnth i irama, I ,O0'l larga enicrav nrt, mint of tlmm faii ltf br tlinoha. Agunt nnteil. AUr., Affanor lprtmnt. IfllANK LBaUB f PtBMSIIIMO itOUSR, 037 I'oarl trw, Haw ora. OUT-SELLINO IMMENSELTt-TWE CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION DF.HCRIBKD AND IIXPSTRATFO. Th only conif Irlf.rM 'y ilhutmid low prit work, T TO Mffp,nly 82.60 Tiit of the ntir historj, rran a uuilitinK. wondnrful ihiblU, onrioaiWMi. lo. Innnrnna hv ihaofficiAls andcinrvr. 15lMlaenU otwlntd in 4 n rekn. Report ilindlf wnccew. A.OOO tvnnu Ml, l(r full parti c.'l arm writs quickly to ItmintnD n A TTfTAUT Bp not fteretved t ZJrJzJT -x bookwiisBmniny J i Dyprrinntiii'0 t "offloul," to. NEW WILLOOX A GIBBS Latent InTontion. and producing moit Marreloni RcsHlta. Only machine tM IHt wtrut with Antomfttlc Tension and Stitch Indicator. Trada Hark In baia Of vtry UAchln. SILENT SEWING MACHINE. Send Postal Card for Illustrated Price List, Ac Willcox & Gibbs S. M. Co., (Cor. Bond Bt.) 6B8 Broadwmy. New York. 1877 Music BoDb for 1877 the" SALUTATION ! A Capital Bock for Choirs, Singing Classes and Musical Conventions. In this fine book will be found the newent and ne. Sicrrd Mujii l.jr U O. KMKRHU.t. CJ,d Hina-ina Hohool Cour.p. with abundant eieellent material for practice, including a number of Oleea, alo Tunes in all tlie Meters, and a lame number of tine Antheua. Should vo 10 the Uanda uf ovury CUoir mumbor. 81. 3S, or 8 1 VJ.OO prr noiu THE ENCORE, By L. O. EMKHSON, haa th same flinirln Sciool l,.-!er number of Olees. rendnruic it a Ulee a lair numbor of Sacred Tiuaea. ti I'ls., or 9T.SO per Don. Either bonk mailed, post-free, for Retail Prise. OLIVER DITSON & CO., Boston. C. A. DITSON &, CO. 711 Broadway, New York J. E. DIT8GN & C O., Sucaeuon to tmr. A Walkbb. Phlla. nnd beat band aua4 W L4mmy, MT0ES4TIC rUW Kl MAKl MM) rnrina. Hook and mnp trmx. Sllt AdilraaliO. K. KII.AHAN, Atty.,Kasto.n.Md. A DDHKM Bntlmm Ooltw and Talairrarh tntitnt, Cm. Kalamagoo, Mich., for Journal and Penmwn.hip. Lit T tl R Any at boma. Amnta PXaW trm. free. TKUR t VO. mta wanted. Outfit aild Auyuata, Maine. (UiOK A IAY to Aienta. Rumple free. 32 page igajO Catalogue. L r LKTCIlKlt, 1 1 Dot Ht ,B, Y. 4 A 9fl por day at home. Hnmplea worth M5 3 IU UfrM. STINSONCO.,l'.r.land,Mnlrie. $55 tO $77 vplt An. Samploa FKE1, KY. Angugta. Maine. MONEY tl. N. A AiiTHunSi KiinII t mndr wtth nnr Rtncil n Ktiv t'heok Outfit. CiruulfiM Vrvm TAFFOBn, IQ.l Fnltnn Ht.. NowYnrk PFlMSftlM V(i nftttpr how Mifrhtly disfiMd In- WK'iWi'w crtwpwi now nn'd. Advicn nnd cironlar mm. T. McMicbafl, Atty., 7 07 BapwwnSt., Phila.,Ia. OT TFIT FUKK. q.l) once to F. NAMON, 1 Bpt ehnnrp yet, rff ai A Q'FTT'KT A The only snre remedy. Trial package "l--rrrff. U BMITHNIOilT, UlnVfliintl, O. POBTlATTt, tr.. draws-tf mai-htaerr. Apparatnt br mhu tap, al.au wal.J. euillli.(..a Ml , Co., piil a. l a M JVATCIIES. A Great Senaation. Samnl Sa Watch and Outfit free to Affontn. Hotti.r ih.n W Oold. Addreaa A. OnULTKH CO.. I Miicng.K $350 A lrFontli. Aeentfl wnntwi ! bi-rt. aell. in articlps in the world. One siinmie ra. tie re illc.i. auuiVBBdA I IIIUM.F.l 1'PtrOM, WIND MII.I.S for Pumpina nnd Rnrnini? Ma. chificry. AdirHH 'l'OHNAitj VV11 Mllii!0 i;f,ha. V v $10to S1000! invested In Wall Kt. Rtork. makes fnrtunea cvorv month. H.iok aent free exrilaining everythiliK. Addreaa BAXTEH A f.-O.. Rinkor-.. IT Wall Kt ,N. Y. IHoti tonnllrit ordfr for our ooods: permanent emiiloymentt good 1 Bnhrv. I rnvff lino pxiifii i n i on mil , ' illf IMDHli , O, : (Vmil.unv. , Q UHiD5'lJ Cru' Picture ai. ct Cbroino CahK tail I :PMW if-rp. J. H. lit'l- K )I!r' 7 ?V1, P'U ! I N MAS. FARMERS- or th-!r trmt wantfd tM. fall and -iiu.-r, , orse utcacn Lo. I to .cil w'jjfarmiTi In tlirlrown counti .. Jlui.-V. nv... t m? t-IKid. rarUn.l.r.fra. J WiiirrVi I !)?"?,,'. I "The ftlnry of Amrrlrn ! !ior Wnnrn." V A N'lII". -AGENTS to I" i,,?Vew I M Xlll l.Jul. undyryattn tivobolt( " rl,t I M'oiH'n uf tha Crutut 'i." A fine ci.in. o ii.r tir t-r.:". ' lanrasners; nothing like it; nv..".-iinir w-lli aoh-n J-.l .nj. le.a. 11. H. KUNSI-:i,l lVibii-!..;r, Uoii'liix. j.i.h.i. FLORIDA Excursion Tickets ! I'HK.M' HlTm VI 1 PTTD Af O N V AT T TTrP vniy i wo i;nt.n(roini t r.rf I I'mck j r,v, : .' ;nl i'jr ciroulnrs to U. YIN. MMi, .cnei..l KaUwrn Ajn-ii!., f I Aator floufle, Njw Vrk. WSBCm "'irc relief nmrnr KIDDER'S PASTILLES. nccwicts.aoiuiuii. Iiyinnll. KtowrllACo. uarioBiown, Jims. Prof. IBtill'ii Muslr 'ointotma Ii the only incrutiou.oui. (Jackie ui w hi eft will turcf tlu- b' nt tu trinw thick ami heavy on the .moollwct fact; (viihout injury) in 21 d -y in every rme, or money cln-erhillv re In nrt ri. jt'( ci-nt pit nnrka'! pmttpMiih 3 fur ftO cent. K. W. JoNKH, Ashland. Man. 1 AT flT O lnvtiKnt the morits of Tho II Ins filllP II I ej trnted Weekly Lforo determining up'-n your wurk this f .ill .met win ter. The combination for tlm season mirpisei anihing beretofore nttompted. Tirni. nnt Ireo. Ati-irert, CliAS. CLUCAfA COl4,WarTcn St., New York. PIMPLES, BLOTCHES, And Eruptions on tho Faoo, Bo common and so moftifi-'-Man persons r.f eMhi-rhPX quickly anil permanenilj cIMaWiaving t m .kin luir .md smooth. Addrei. ivitli st-imii. CARLJlEXDItICKS. M. Tt.. ArorsT. ?.:.! - James' Family Bitters-- Onre ttuickljr and Perm.-incn'tly. liidteestion, llea-.ucha and BihousnetiB relieved with one dus. Ji!-,ci:ii' itim, Ifidney and Liver Complaints cured in .1 fo-.v djy-. Cun-s 1 lies, Scrofula and l.rysipel.is liko ni-t-ic. Th. y aro made of Valenan, .Mandrake, tVnniii Il-ir'i. I , -n Se-I tJfii JKlesle and Retail ly WAI.TKH ADAMS JOS John Street, N. V., rnd ly Dr.mpii! l'tin-.s!. M. . JAMKH.M.D.. l'ropri.-t'r. llniikt-.n. N. V ' SI N. V. N. I. No. 3 TUB ESTEY ORGAN. Every organ which leaves tho Eitcv manufao. tory from the little Cottage Gem. with its four octavo manual and singlo set of forty-cight-reeds, to the Double Bank Pedal Organ, with seven full sets of reeds and sixteen stops, bear the uniform Btamp of entire fuithfi. nesi in manufacture. No need to puff such waves ad nauseum, with flaming advertisements liko a quack medicine ; no need to push their sales by cheapening the price. A simple statement of fact is their best recommendation. Thoy are as perfect as human ingenuity, care and skill can make them, and are sold at tho lowest price consistent with a fair profit. Whenever improvements are possiblo thoy are adopted at once, whether in workshop, machinery or instru ment. Under such circumstuuees, it ceases to be a wonder that , the sale of the Estey Organ is increasing with such rapidity, both at home and abroad ; nnd that enlarged facilities for its production aro al ready necessary, although tho Estey establish ment has been for years tho largest reed organ manufactory iu the world. Nine thousand organs were turned out last year. These organs represented a business of over ono million dol lars I Such figures aro moro eloquent in testi mony of worth than tho most flowery and skill fully worded sentences. TIIE MAKER. The firm of J. Estey & Co. is made up of Mr. Jacob Estey, his son, Julius J. Estcv, nnd his son-in-law, Levi K. Fuller. Mr. listov. sonior, ia the voteran roed organ maker of America, if not of the world. Ho begun tho business in Brat'.lcboro', thirty years ago, in a single room, with six workmen, nnd has make his way constantly forward, in spito of more dis asters and drawbacks than often attend such enterprises. This iiu;t is due to tho man him self.. He has made himself, through forco of honesty, energy, shrewdness nnd perseverance. Plodding on and on, smiling nt disasters bv lire and flood, planting hit feet resolutely oil all uosiacies, wun uiuonutauic laitn ui himself and his work, he has reached a very proud placo among his fellows, whilo still in the primo of a hale and vigorous manhood. His executive ability is groat. He knows every detail of tho vast business and watches its daily progress with a marvelous approach to omnipresence. But, however absorbed ho may be in this direc tion, he has never neglected his highest dutiei and privileges as a citizen. Ahvnvs foremost in everything conducive to tho publio welfare. actively interested in affairs of church, Stato aud society, his influence has beeu wide ami Sood and the cordial esteem he has earned so onorably waits impatiently for a fitting oppor tunity to do him honor iu kind. The younger members of tho Arm, who have beeu active partners for a decade of years, had boon trained in tho business under tlie tuition of their senior for some time previous, and tho partnership only served to concentrate their energies. They are young men of sterling natural ability, and seem to have been particu larly well fitted for the positions assigned them; Mr. JuUus Estey is at the head of tlie counting room and supervises tlie mathematical intrica cies of the immense business with a clenr-head-ed faculty that might well be considered a synonym for uniform correctness. The counting-room of a manufactory is where its heart beats. Health there means strong aud regular pulsation through all the veins and arteries of workshop aud storehouse. Mr. Fuller is at the head of tho mechanics of the concern. His native talent stimulated by a thorough mechanical training, has been invulmiblo and in dispensable in tho long and uninterrupted se ries of experiments and inventions which, un der his ready and intelligent guidance, have been combined in the complete whole known at the Estey Organ. Both these gentleman are, equally with their elder, in tho van of every movement that tends to promoto tho public wealth and prosperity ; as reliable, progressive, faithful and enthusiastio in all such matters as in their personal affairs. Character stamp these men as it does their manufactures. Posi tive merit is the underlying priueisa of their suecess. THE MANUFACTORY. The Estey Organ manufactory is well worth a visit to any interested in mnchan'cal and art progress. The works are situated on an eleva ted plateau, overlooking a considerable portion of the village of BratUeboro'. They consist of eight main slate covered factories, which are forty feet apart three stories high, one hundred feet long, and from thirty to thirty-eight feet wide. Near by is s gas house, which supplies not only the factories, but some portions of the village, with illuminating gas of excellent qual ity. A steam fire engine, named "J. Estey," is kept constantly ready for use and may be manned at a moment's notice by a drilled com pany of the workmen. A perfect system of speaking tubes and electrio bells establishes in stantaneous communication between the office and all parta of tlie premises. Over five hun dred workmen are employed, and every core is taken to secure for them health, comfort and safety, as well aa s peifeot and economical working of the establishment. Many of the little rooms occupied by the tuners are made charmingly cozy with pictures and flowers, ar ranged to suit the taste of the occupants. The cheerful hum of machinery mingles with the chirping of thousands of reeds, and sends f or0 s not discordant song of industry which pene trates many of the pleasant homes of the work' men. anv
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