i ,,AliY OF NEWS. . eastern and Middle States. A. larpe nnmW of (business failures bavs , taken place in New York city recently. Among , the' niont prominent lionnps fliat hare mn pended lire Orrpnlcaf, Morris Co., banker, tor abont 250,00 ; F. O. Boyd & Co., whisky , cnmrniimion merchants, for a larpa aroonnt ; Jewell, II urn son ti Co., dr-alors in proTiaion nd cotton i J. 0. Kohtsaat's Bonn, dry goods Importers, for about $175,000, and Wilaon A OrelR, dry Roods dealers who liabilities ag " L iu neighborhood of tH0,000. At a meeting of the traote of the New ' York and Brooklyn Bridge Company, held In . Brooklyn, a resolution was adopted calling upon the city of Brooklvn for a requisition of ' I,000,000, and npon Ne"w York city for 500,. "00, for the pnrpofje of finishing the bridge, (Thin additional amount will make Just $10, Omi.OOO that will have been rained to build the structure. ' Kecent spring elections have been held In Tariou s cities and towns of New York. The . returns show a varying success for the Pemo cratio and Ilopubliean parties, while the Green back and Labor Iteforra candidates for mayor have been elected in several large places, 'in Ilochester and Newbnrg the Republicans clect . ed their candidates for mayor; in Troy and ' Kingston, the Democrats theirs. In Auburn the Democrats and Nationalists united and elected Marl in L. Walley, mayor. Granville T. rarsons, Greenback and Labor Reform can didate for mayor of Elmira. was elected over the Democratic and Republican nominees by 424 majority. In Utica James Benton, the . Wrrkingmen's candidate, was oloctod mayor, defeating both Republican and Democratic ' candidate a. Rome elected a Demoorutio re i corder and entire city ticket. t The Rhode Inland Prohibitionists assembled Sn convention at Providence and nominated the ' present State oflioers for re election. A bill for the protection of 'savings bank de positors has been passed by the New York State Senate. , Tho New Hampshire Greenback party held a " convention at Portsmouth and nominated Ha'tnuel Flint, of Lyme, for governor. ' A'fire in Spartaneburg, Pa,, destroyed nearly everv business house in the town. Twenty 'families were made homeless, and the damage done reaches $100,000. . . , - Tbe ship Bertha, of Portland, was sighted by the steamship Bolivia, in mid-ocean, with . the American ensign, union down. The mate of tbe Bertha stated that on the previous day Captain Hill andtbree seamen had Deen washed overboard. A navigator and two seamen from ' the Bolivia wora sent aboard the ship. Western and Southern States. The Miami Saving Bank of Cincinnati, Ohio, : has failed. Its liabilities are $170,000 ; assets, i isa.ooo. A terriflo tornado, 400 yards in width, swept r through Casey county, Ky., killing Vinoent . Wesley, bis wife, two growu daughters, a - nephew named Bloane and William Tavlor,who Vaa stopping at his house near Rich Hill. In the vicinity of Monnt Olive Mrs. Morgan was f killed and dwellings were completely swept away, fences were blown down, tree uprooted, and nearly all the ca'tle and poultry in the path of the whirlwind- were killed. The recent destructive floods in California have done an immense amount of damson . The country for 190 miles on the Sacramento , river looked like a huge island sea. Dr. Glenn, a farmer nf t Vilrta. mnntv Inaf In rum v , . .... j ...... mv,uw V and 6,000 acre of wheat. The loss between . s Ba- ramento and Monroeville on levees, build- tags, cattle and crops will reach 800,000. '' Ths carnival season in New Orleans opened . with the arrival of King Carnival and the sur . render of theoity's keys by the mi y or ; then 1 the city was given over to the King of Misrule. ' The streets were filled with people in holiday attire, and mnnv hn.inAae hnnuu nA 4.4A , ' " mmvw ..ui . . K LTJ dwellings were gaily docorated with flags and . i bunting. Over 20,000 persons witnessed the ' procession. k Ore swept through tbe celebrated water- Ing place of Hot Springs, Ark,, and destroyed bout 360 buildings, inoluding three of the prinoipal hotels, a daily newspaper ofSoe, tele graph and post-offices, two banks, bath houses, and boldness blocks. The loss will reach $200. 000. ' ; A' .Western hard money league has been formed, with lieadqnartefs at Chicago. The president is George W. Alien, of Milwaukee. ' The fifth annual convention of the National Bnttor, Cheese and Egg Association met in Chicago, and was called to order by President Henry Shrivor, of Baltimore. About fifty v members of the Boston Produce Exchange ar . rived in the morning. Many hundred delegates from all parts of the country were in attend ance. . . . The trestle platform used in building a new iron bridge across the Potomao river near ' Williamsport, Md., gave way while thirteen men were at work upon it, throwing them into the river. Threo of the men were fatally in jured and three others seriously hurt. 'The steamer City of Chester caught fire at . Memphis, Teuu.. and many of those on board were compelled to Jump into tbe river for tbeir lives. The niobt of them were rescued by small boats, but two men loBt their lives. The ' steamer was totUy destroyed. ' Paul St. Pierre, his wife, and two children, lost their lives while in the cabin of a nronxllnr which was run down and sunk by steamboat at. n vnutui. At Fort Wavne. Ind.. two sons nt mhv. Lynch,-aged twelve and fourteen, were killed by the explosion of a railroad torpedo with which they were playing, and a third son, aged two, was fatally, injured,, r.. "'.From Washington. Albert B. Porter, of Indiana, has been nonTi " at sd to till the vacancy in the office of first - -i-prrollcr of the treasury, occasioned by the ,: lU of Mr. Taylor. The balance of trade in favor of the United r Utes f r the last nine months is $135,000,000. ' The Honse committee on banking and cur rency votM to report favorably Mr. Phillips' LiU creating postal savings bank. Committees of both houses of Congress will favor Captain Howgate's plans for a scientific and exploring expedition to the North Pole, i!i.i a bill appropriating the neoessary expenses lor be scheme has been r ut upon the House calendar. According to these plans the expe iuton will proceed as far north as possible, erect bouses -for themselves and form a colony. TUen theywill await an opportunity to pnsh KSttl farther North and erect new houses. In i iisway it is believed the great mysteries of Uio Arotio regions will ultimately be ole-ared up. During a debate in the House on the timber seizures, made by order of the secretary of the interior, it was stated that a mill at Fort Saint Francis, owned by British subjects, has a oon - rao for furnishing all the timber for various English enterprises, and is bmiily at work, while tbe timber which is being sawn is all Uken from the publio lands of the United htates. The House committee on education and labor has agreed to report favorably a joint resolu iioii restoring the eight-hour law, and pro s i ling that the same be recognized as a day's v throng bout the entire government sor- The Senate oonimlttee on commerce has r ed to i port in favor of James Gordon naett's request that the Pandora be allowed ; eal under the American flag and that naval . iioer be d. tailed for service on the vessel in liui proposed Arotio exploration. Forelan News. The eaptain-Kenoral of Cuba has issned a pmelamatron looking to the reconstruction of flair in the island. Hs states in the prooUma n that the time has oome to introduce such orms as, without insurrection, Cuba would vu enjoyed long ao ( that dating from the irxt legislative term. Cuba shall w represent 1 u tti Cortes at Matin i. ou equal terms with ' to Uico, accordiug to the population of the land that the laws shall be equally ap- "iltanhis sent the following telegram tr dated Cuuataiitiuoiile i " Ou the f the auuivemarv of your majebty's a throus, I otter my O'lugratu'a- , lre or renewing ou. iieonlv r in itj ly tcl"TapLe as follows, from St. Petersburg t " I thank vonr maiostv for vonr congratulations which I received mmnltaoeonsly with the news of the signature of peace. I trceive In this ooinci- dmice a prex-go of good and lasting relation between us. Cardinal Fianchl Vhh Wefi appoint' d socre tary of state by Tope L o XIII. The treaty, signed at San Rtefano lcars the title : Preliminaries of IVaoe and contains twenty-nine articles. The opening articles re late to Montenegro, Bervia and Riilgaria. The indemnitv is fixed at 1.410 000,000 rouble ($1,119,540,000). but 1.100 000.000 roubles are covered by territorial cessions. Nothing is fixed concerning the terms and period of pav meut of the SlO.OOO.Oi'O roubles ($246,140,000). No guarantee Is stipulated, nor is there men tion of the F.gvptian or Bulgarian tributes or of the Tnrk!sh tleet The treaty simply states that Russia and Turkey shall agree subse quently about the payment. Advices from Bonne Bay, Newfoundland, state that great dis ress prevails there, as the result of the scarcity of finh Inst season, and that half the people of the place are living altogether on herri-- The Sew Silver Dollar. In accordance with the provisions of the silver , bill recently passed by Congress, a new silver dollar is in pro-, cess of coinage. The above onts are a faithful representation of the new coin. Two designs were submitted to the com mittee having the matter of selection in charge, and they chose the above, known as the ' Morgan dollar " beoause it is the work of Mr. George E. Morgan, an English engraverwho has been in the employ of the United States for about two years. . The new dollar is lighter in weight than the trade dollar, by two per cent, but there is no apparent differ ence in the two coins in either size or weight. The coinage of the new dollar will begin at once at the various miftts, but some time must elapse before it can get into general circulation. The size of the new coin is accurately given by our cuts. i, i t-ssataBsajra-a-a- Heads as. Trophies. Of parts cut from the bodies of the slain, heads are the commonest ; prob ably as being the most unmistakable proofs of victory. We need not go far aneia lor illustrations both of the prac tice and its motives.- The most familiar of books contains them. In Judges vii. 25, we read: "A.nd they took two princes of the Midianites. Oreb and Zeeb : and they slew Oreb npon the rock Oreb, and eeo tney slew at the wine-press of Zeeb. and pursued Midian, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side Jordan." The decapita tion "of Goliath by David, followed by ' 1 - 1 T I . " currying oi ms ueau to Jerusalem, fur ther illustrates the custom. And, if by so superior a race, heads were taken home as trophies, we shall not wonder at finding the custom of so taking them among inferior races all over the globe. By the Chichimecs in North America "the heads of the slain were placed on poles and paraded through their villages i in token of victory, the inhabitants meanwhile dancing round them." In South America, by the Abipones, heads are brought back from battle "tied to their saddles ;" and the Mundrucua "ornament their rude and miserable cabanas with these horrible trophies." Of Ma'ayo- Polynesians having a like habit, may be named the New Zealand ers '; they dry and treasure up the heads of their slain foes, in Madagascar, sluring Queen Ranavalona's reign, heads ruised on poles were placed along the coast. Skulls of enemies are preserved as trophies by the natives on the ConRo, and by other African people. "The skull and thigh-bones of the last mon arch of Dinkira are still trophies of the court of Ashantee." Among the Hill tribes of India; the Kukis maybe in stanced as having this practice. Morier tells us that in Persia, under the stim ulus of money payments, " prisoners " (of war) " have been put to death in cold blood, in order that the heads, which are immediately dispatched to the king and deposited in lieu pa at the palace gate, might make a more considerable show." And that among other Asiatio races head-taking persists spite of semi civilization, we are reminded by the recent doings of the Turks, who have in some cases exhumed the bodies of slain foes and decapitated them. Herbert Spencer, in J'opular Science Monthly " Radix, in one of his recent New York letters, makes a good point apropos of life Insurance investigations and troubles generally. by calling attention to the fallacy of judging of the reiiahuity or companies according to their bulk. Many such institutions seek to dazzle the public eye by printing their large gross as sets in the heaviest type, and by laying great stress upon the nominal millions under their control to win confidence and prevent any clse analysis of the whole statement. He poin's out the plain, but often forgotten fact, that even conceding the equally good qnality of the assets of two companies, it is not uooessarily tbe one with the most millions which is safest forthe policy holder, but the one whose net surplus hears me largest ratio to lis whole property. Judged by this sound and searching principle, "Badix " finds the tna Life Insurance Com pany, of Hartford, to be one of the strongest. if not the very strongest, institution of the kind in theoounlry. With a little over twenty four millions of assets, it has about four and a quarter millions of clear surplus. The special commission appointed bv the Legislature of Connecticut a year ago. to investigate all the life insurance companies of that Ktate. say of the .ttiia that it in " not only solvent, but financial ly sound, and under the management of orhcers and duroctors of large experience, sound judg ment, and uublemixhed character, and entitled to the entire oonhdence of policy holders and t' eLublio" Takinir the above facts and this otticiul iiiiIors-niut together, it is evident that this writer's estimate of the tua is one that can be everywhere safely indorsed. r k mmnti) W Tbe death of Card id al Bropsaia-Sdict Maro and tbe elevation of Oardinnl IYcoi lo the pontifical throne reduce the nnmbers of the Snored College to wxty two. According to the Iloiuan proverb, cnnlinals alwayfi die in threes, ana duritig the last t yerfl, at leapt, the truth of the saving has been attested in a remarkable manner. Mother! mother!! iIfher!l! Pon'l fail to procure Mrs. Winslow's Hoothing Hyrup for all diseases incident to the period of teeth ing in children. It relieves the child from pain, cures wind colic, regulates the bowels, and, by giving relief and health to tho child, gives rest to tho mother. It is an old and well tried remedy. Henevnlien, not Preatrnllnn. Pid any enfeebled human being ever become strong under the operation of powerful cathar tics or salivants? It Is sometimes necessary to regulate the bowels, but that cannot be done by active purgation, which exhausts the vital forces and serves no good purpose whatever. The only true way to promote health and vigor, which are essentia) to regularity of the organic functions, is to invigorate, discipline and purify the system at the same, time The extraor dinary eflicacy of Hosteller's Rtotnach Bitters in cases of debility or irregularity of the organs of digostion, assimilation, secretion and dis charge, is universally admitted. Appetite, good digestion, a regular habit of body, active circulation of the blood, and pnrity of all the animal fluids are induced by this Buperb tonlo and corrective. It has no equal, moreover, as a preventive of chills and fever, and other types of malarial disose. To immigrants and travelers it is particularly serviceable as a medicinal safeguard . A tomr-ilii Hlnmter. -When Dr. ft. V l'ierce was a candidate for Btnte senator, bis political opponents publish ed a preteodi d analysis of his popular medi cines, hoping thereby to prejudice the people against him. His olecti 'n by an overwhelming majority severely rebuked his. traducers, who sought to impeach his business integrity. No notice would have been taken of these cam paign lies were it not that some of his eneinis (and every successful business man has his full quota of envious rivals) are republishing these bogus analyses. Annierons ana most atisura formulas have been published, purporting to come from high authority ; and it is a signifi cant fact that no two have been at all alike conclusively proving the dishonesty of their authors. False Krmisr, Is it true economy to use cheap, adnlterated baking powder, which is highly injurious to health, merely because it is cheap 1 Common sense and experience say no! Dooley's Yeast Powder, which has been known for twenty years as an absolutely pure, wholesome, and in every respect, reliable article, is within the reach of all those ho practice true economy in M11B TeBKXh There are probably a hundred or more per sons in this and neighboring towns, who daily suffer from the distressing effects of kidney troubles, who do not know that Johnson's An odyne Liniment is almost a certain cure. In severe cases, great relief may be obtained, if not a perfect cure. We notice that agricultural newspapers all over the country are now exposing the worth- Jessness of the larg packages of Horse and cattle powders. We put the ball in motion and claim the credit of it. Sheridan's Powders are absolutely pure and are the only kind worth having. y CHEW ! ; The Celebi-ted , . "Matchups" ' Wood Tag Ping , TOBa.000. Iei Piokeeb Tohaooo Oosipani, . New York, Boston, and Chicago.. I Never Felt Bettor. : Such is the verdict after taking ' a dose of yuirk s Irish Tea. Bold In packages at & ots. The Greatest Discovery of the As is Dr Tobias' celebrated Venetian Liclment 1 to jean befor tbe pablio, and warranted to euro DiarrhM, Dysentery, Oolto, and Spaama. taken internally ; and Oroop, Otanmio Rheumatism, Bore Throats, Gate, Braises, Old Sores, and Paint in the Limbs, Baok, and Ob eat, externally It has never failed. Mo family will erer be without it after onoe ririaf it a fair trial. Prioe, 40 cents. Da. TOBIAS' VKNKTIAN HORSK LINJMKNT. in Pint Bottles, at One Dollar, is warranted superior to any other, or NO PAT, for the enre of Oolio, Onta, Brniaes, Old Sores, etc Sold by all Drocgists. Depot 1 0 Park Plaoe, New York. The Markets. W TOBK. Bef natUe Native CO A 0RV Texas and Gheroke.. 083 (4 01H Milan Cows SO 00 470 Of) Hogs Live ...m 04X14 M xretsea Bbecp.. ....... .......... 04 V 06 H 0o$ Q1X 101,(5 li Lirjbs. ........... Gotten (' ul'ii 4 .............. UJi4 HH Flour Western Good to Choice.. B B I O 7 68 ( V (4 8 4) 1 J (4 2 0 Bute Good to Onoloe..... Buckwheat, per ewt Wheat Bd Wfstera It5 (4 1 MX No. 3 Milwaukee , 1 5rtC4 1 75 (4 7 Bye State.. Barley Htate (3 61 B0 84 to 40 4 (4 C4 t4 66 61 85 8 Barley Malt Buckwheat Oats Mixed Western... (4 (4 (4 (4 (4 Oorn Mixed Western, Bay, perewt... Straw, perewt. M 14 none.. ib-b vj ueua lis Pork Mess ......10 36 1 S' Lard City Steam 07.' iC4 W run Mackerel, No. I, new is uu (411 0 no. a, new oj C4U CO Dry Ood, per ewt 00 (4 6 Berrtng, Soaled, per box (0 (4 18 r-etrolenm Crude 0tX&X Refined 1 is WodMiaUrorQlaKlwoo. ........... SO M Teia. " 80 (4 83 Anstrai'as U (4 4 State XX 41 (4 44 Batter H ate 86 (4 it) Westt-ru Cboloe 17 C4 31 Western Good to Prime.. 8 (4 41 Western Firkins 17 ( aV Ubeewwfttate Factory 10 (4 14 Urate Skimmed. ...... ...... 07 (4 tV western 081(4 13 Eggs Btate and Pennsylvania.... . 16 (4 Id , BUFFALO. Fiortr ... ...... 8 76 (4 8 0J Wheat No. 1 Milwaukee 1 81 (4 I 84 Core Mixed 63 (4 S .Oats 80 (4 SS bye 75 (4 77 Barley . 74 (4 74 barley Halt 80 (4 61 miLAnn.raiA. Peef Cattle litre Pbeep 08)1(4 06 (4 0 Hogs Dreeaad (( Flour Pennsylvania Extra f M (4 Wheat K6d Woetern 1 84 (4 KM 68 (4 Oorn Yellow...... 63 (4 Mixed... 61 (4 Oats Mixed ... 83 (4 8 36 as 87 64 6JX 84 retroieura Uruile. OuMifSOSV Bf flood., ..llla' Wool Colorado . 81 84 83 49 Texas.. 33 81 California. ............ . BOSTON. BW Cattle Cheep Hoga Flour Wisconsin and Minnesota.. Oorn Mixed Oats ' Wool Ohio tod PenDaylvaula XX.. California Fall SalOHTOK, KASS. Beef Cattle 8bg?P. f ah ibs.... ........ ...... ........ , . . , Uos 08 (4 oe(4 06, (4 t 7 (4 1 88 (4 84 (4 M (4 46 ( OflKf 06 (4 07 (4 07X(4 0 J, 36 (7 35 6 07 Of 10 08 WATKBTOWK, at ASS. -Poor to Choice...... .. Beef Oattls 8heep..,. Laml s. ..... 80 A f 80 1 00 t4 7 S6 t Oil (4 4 Oil AGENTS. READ THIS and Ei tt 45 win pay Atreutft a Hmary ml T5 Per HI p Per Alonl idrtrfnl lnvai tsontv. Adrlret L. 8 hurKMANAUO v oar new ana wooartrfnl invea Mara ti si 11, Mich USE THE WHLIiM. Kl( IMWI) HUN iV t'Om FFKKU T Kl) II II TT K K KH.hli t. PERFECT i i9xxmmtnaoa vy ttia tKnoal turtvt projsii, kod ua by thou BUTTERS?: lutju iu in if ajuutrf. ll KlvtBl rirol Jun i'Olur mid im i ltvruiltMMs jus tali. Wrrinf; o aula eta. ikMi Dounti in it Ul I II .I I f , ' l"Mrruaui w 't. or writ Baoww's BspwrrrrAt, TaocHns. for eonshs and eolds. CLOCKS I INIJR AH AM cV C O .'K. perinr in dMtgn. riot eqnald quant r, or aa tlnokeopor. V"'avlwM for tha r .,i,MtF for thara Uortln1t Ht., N. Y Aanor- Tho Standard of tho World. Wl. SOIjES. AI1KNTH FOIl Miles' Alarm Money Drawers, Oscillating Pump Co.'s Pumps, Enterprise Co.'s Goods, The Improved Type Writer. AIROANKS & CO., 311 Broadway, New York. FAIllBAXKS, iUtO If t VO N.-i .Wl Street, llomton. The Great Limestone Belt ofjansa's. ' The Attractive Eegion.of the West. Ily aiiij or II. Inman. The " Great Central Plains" are a geograph ical feature of the State of Kansas. Covered with a remarkably nutritious vegetation, for centuries they were an immense pasturage for countless herds of buffalo, antelope and other ruminating animals, whose habitat was the f ar-stretohing green prairies that to-day form one of the most beautiful agricultural portions of the Mississippi Valley. Less than ten years ago this region was believed, by the mass of the people in the East, to be an unprofitable desert, but it is now the acknowledged garden of the Continent. This truly magnifloent coun try can claim the most luxuriant soil of all the "Great Wee1'," and a climate that approaches perfection, at least. Dr. B. E. Fryer, one of the most eminent surgeons In the Army, and who was stationed for years at fort Barker, four miles from the Town of Ellsworth, de clared this to be the " most perfect climate In the world." The whole country ia traversed by a series of constant streams, sweet and wholesome springs and spring-fed pools. De licious water Is also always obtained in wells, by digging, at easily-aooessible depths. It Is already conceded that the United States is rap idly becoming the granary of the world, par ticularly in the production of wheat Kansas, an Empire in itself, is taking the lead in the culture of this cereal, and in a short time will be acknowledged queen of all the States in the production of this great staple. The State, especially her peculiarly-wonderful fertile cen tral area, comprised in what .is now known as the " limestone belt," under the test of only few years, has proved to the world the im mense average its soil is capable of. Each year increases the limit of the wheat-belt, as the frontier is pushed toward the mountains, within , which are found the greatest possibili ties, auricultuUy. It ii a remarkable fact that nearly all the lands of the Kansas Paoiflo Railway are in cluded in the limestone region under consider ation, and that south of this limit, in that di rection, it ceases altogether, and the country presents another geological formation, the soil of which is very sandy, and which, though at present, fromfuUneu of it very primitioenesi is .oapable of producing good crops in seasons of abundant rainfall, lacks the inherent quali ties of self-fertilization, and must rapidly dete riorate. In this particular the Smoky Hill Y al ley is immensely superior to tbe arenaoious lands of the region south, whioh is drained by the Arkansas and tributary streams. It is well known by every farmer that lime, in some of its combinations, constitutes the essential in gredient in all the more valuable grains and grasses. Its presence in the soil is consequent ly to be considered as a condition of fertility. It also acts as a constitutional ameliorant, of much power, and, when mixed with or under lying tough or viscid day, it renders them fri able and consequently more susceptible to tbe action of atmospheric foroes. Soil in which there is a due admixture of oalcareous matter, is not so liable to be injured or rendered plas tio by an exoess of moisture while nnder crop. The quality 'of the wheat raised in this great "limestone belt" is conceded, in all markets, to be the finest grade known. It produces the familiar brands of so-called Southern flour, for which Bt. Louis is justly celebrated. This is easily accounted for, from the fact that the soil in whioh the wheat is grown possesses a due admixture of calcareous matter, which has a tendency to make the hull of the grain much thinner, and the farina itself in much greater quantity, and in richer quality, than in grain grown on the lands which exhibit a de ficiency of this earth. All our millers will tes tify to the peculiar flour-making properties of our wheat, in this essential; surpassing that raised in other sections, and it is attributed entirely to the fact whioh the analysis of the eoii oonflrms that this so-called " limestone belt" possesses all the requisites of the best wheat land m the world. Sand, it is well known, is injurious when it enters too largely into the composition of cultivated soils ; in other words, it is uncross beyond a certain pro portion. That the " limestone belt," or " won derful wheat region of Central Kansas," as it is sometimes called, has the amount of siiex or silica the basis of sand fixed in tbe proper proportion, is evident, from tbe fact thai it re quires peculiar conditions to " lodge " the grain in the field, even after the most terriflo showers. Considering the question of the rel ative fertility, particularly in its connection with wheat oulture, present richness of soil and endurance must enter as essential ele ments of success, and the capacity of the self fertilization of the land, an ingredient not to be overlooked. The latter quality a tiinestotH region alone can possess, as only a limited knowledge of agricultural chemistry clearly demonstrates. Viewing the subject of wheat oulture, then, in all its aspects, so far as Kan sas is concerned, an inspection of the Smoky Hill Valiev. and the arenaoeous region south, coupled with a fair idea of what the oulture of wheat requires, the conclusion can lead only iuone direction -to the inttuitelv superior ad vantage of the " liuiertoue belt. Prospectively, from purely physical causes, this great inland region must reach the posi tion of one of the rioheat agricultural portions of the United States, Only a very few years ago not a decade husbandry here was pure ly tentative. From absolutely no dew, eight year ago, this rKiou Is as favored in that fiartloular as any that can be named. From ying outside of the "rain belt," so termed, this region has had to be " Uken in." The quantity of water in the streams has aug mented, springs have burnt forth where none existed before in short, just the converse of that meteorological phenomenon bas been evolvtd here, under tbe maroh of civilisation, which takes in a heavily-timbered country nn der the same social conditions. The following statistics of the rainfall elear ly prove the aoonraoy of the foregoing state ment t ' The Fall of Rain and Molted Snow, in inches, at Forte Bays, Lamed and Dodge, for the last five years, as shown by the Daily Mete orological liooordskr.pt by the United States Government at the Posts named t CENTRAL IOUTHRBN EANSAS. KANSAS. TEAR. Fort Fort Fort Bay I. Isirned. Dodg. 1875 S1.B2 19.23 19 00 1874 87.06 87.78 23.05 1875 82.08 17.80 1S.36 1876 ' 86.90 18.49 91 55 1877 85.40 81.89 81.48 Total..... 162.90 115.14 111.44 Average per annum. 82 69 2,1.03 22.29 These are some of the faots in relation to the agricultural possibilities of this region, and these, oonpled with the story of 'the past harvest, are aumolently confirmatory of the inducements this portion of the Great Plains offers. Under the liberal policy of tbe government, and theA'nnsas'nomo Railway Company, im migrants are invited to this really superb re gion, with the assurance that its beauty and in ducements cannot be exaggerated by any pen picture. For further information about Kansas, and especially the region described, address LAND COMMISSIONER KANSAS PACIFIC RAILWAY, 8AL.INA, KANBA8. SrtrnfkT"ar. Asrnts wanted svsrTwbere. Bus 'Jhl II llDewetrlcllvirslllaiale.Fartlculararre Cm M U U Address J.vVostm Co., 8L Louie. Ma WORK FOR ALL In thair own localities, oanTaaaiDr for the Flrraltff VUller, (enlarntd) Weeklr and Monthlr. I.airaeal Pupcr In the World, with Mammoth Ufiromoe Free Aridrm P. O. VH'KKH V, Ananatn. Unloe. ATTLINC WITH T1IK DEMON. Now rnnrly. thi Htnrtllnir nw tmtwrno book, by Hon J. A. IAt:l . rroKrns ot 4joMirl Trntpi itnre and the !Iriliy (Movement ovr trx whol ln1, with bio(rrahis, nortr.tiu, AfldrfnttMiii and lni itmts of tb wonderful work of Urn. Temper nc Apotttlen, Murphy, Reynold, and others Teem in with powerful facta, argument and illustration of the ('tree of Hr tu Drink The tatnt t aInni. Only At.ftCaNTM VANTKl. OnttwlU tveryth ing, Addreea, T. BFXKNAP, HARTrown, Ookk. Invalid Pensions Increased. BOUNTY. Volnntonra re-anliRtin b tween Jan'y 1, iHii, and April 1, lMj4, with tf months' prior eerrioe, can tret unpaid balance of M0. PKNKION for wound and dineaa (on light disability), to aoldiera, tailor, widowi and children. Wnr 18 I Vt Pentionn to nrvivora and widoira. Uhauer in law a to period of tervioe and date of martin. BOUNTY to soldiers disohargid for wnnndi or tnmry, and lUW to vols. nnnted before July 33, ltttU.for far reat- regard lees of term of eerrioe, if nM paid. ADDITIONAL BOUNTY to S an I years1 rote, and widows, if only 1100 hue been paid. New Orleans PRIZK MONKY. KRNRST P. BROOK, ijate uriiel UlHra,u. n. sanitary uoramiesion Agency Attorney at Iaw, No. Ill Nssesa Street, New York. IF IT IS A BUG, Blame no one bnt yonrwlf, for we aak no money, till tinted, for our Five Ton Was in 8oale. freight prapaid. Price fetaO. Knr free I.itbnirr.-iph and Prica List, ad dm, a JONKN OK HTNOHAMTON, RinarhaniUin, If. Y. ll EVERETT DOUSE, Fronting Union Square NEW YORK. Finest Location in the City. European plan Restaurant Unsurpassetl KKKXKR A fVKA VER, Proprietor BABBITT'S TOILET SOAP. I UnrlTalUa for lh Toil, end tha Beth. Na arUArfasJ aos aoeUve eeots le oor aommoe aed aitortotw bfcfrarfl at. After ymn of irWnUfto MfMrtaMBi th inMttfecterer el B. r. MM Bom kM MrM-e and now offm te la eabhs Tke FIlfEftT TOILET SOAP la the WerlA fcpor use) in Went. ti tistMilu th Nursery it hm No f qual. oital to avry BuHlisir and feiully tuChrlusadom. nlog I cake of I ou, each, atnl frcs to aey a4 1ft JHtlrrM sample bos. cod tain I nm oe reovipc of Ii nU. B. tt BABBITT, New York City. IT Ji or Sols by ili brulau. ' USE THE Peerless rinser. IT IS THE BEST. V. Y. Office 108 Chambers Street. FACTORY-CINCINNATI. O. lIA.f IZlt fc llANlJAIIVH PULVERIZING HARROW. A KOTAUV, VEHTICAI. PLATE WI1KEI. IIAHHUW. ITS VALUE ESTADLISHED BY ABORTIVE IMITATIONS. XT XEA8 NO TTQTTAT, I EcououiUlna Time ! Navlna Labor and Mane. ! Hecurlnn the 1, am eat Crops No Wonder there are Over I 0,000 in Use! To meet the growing dnm.nd and .ariona want cw tbe Fiiwiii throushout the eoantrr in diffisu.,i iioi and atrlea of tlni untHiualad implement lok TaoaoDuuLi rULViauimi 111a aoiL are luadeT "I'"'U,' IT 13 THE ONLY PRACTICAL JOINT WHEEL HARROW ini.de. Can ba oh.nand from a joiutnd t a atiff hairow at tha pleaaure of the operator, in a moment', tim. P- r"t Involve a i.Awaru Fua 1m-mi.nuaiki or ruuii to tho Malar or purcuaew. a ia tle Kend lor iHhoriptivB t.'ircnlar Ut Tftiy NftTl:tM, Notion., Illnntrated Oaralocn fra I 111 A, snt. Boat.in Nbt.IIj On., Hilton, Mm, fltlMQ HKVOI.TKKW. Pr U U il d Witrn Una W ,1 at free. Addrae e.twrn (inn Work., t'HUhnr,ra . FIAKOS HoUII primi IXH) fMrUir t(r-mn.nrloi M:i4tl(iilr W aper frer. Daniki. K. IIkatit, Wahiiatn, N,.l., EYES K!T)lf Kttrt btt.r than Hoentnelai. he n.t rednad t. M I . i Ureal nra fn e. Ad lrfa llm 7 NH, Mrw rk. !330 A IM enth. Aaanta wanted AH heat cell In artiole. In tha world. One aample frt Addreea JAY HHilMNON. Uetrolt, Mien. 100,000 ."e&'iJEttv. TEAfi 4 iH A nii0.-ln qnantifiesto Miit--irreatnl bsrvnlns, Imn rta-rw A Bmkrrs Atw'n, 1 1 H Chambers Bt,, N. V. Wl TT ril f.l f A Men tn eaoh HUte for the 1 -xVll L teoiive Herviae, and to repoii. irtine. Pit liberal Inolonia statnp and addrees Anmil is- wd Fwrorren 8eoret HerTtcs 1M.( Oinoinoati, O. PTTflTPT1 CrTTiQI 1 ml 'or triat to vXlliAlXd aJUlbUOl newout4nierewhoeend 1 C and irreen stAnip tbis months 4 pnehetn Klowi r 4trdef litOtudtnit the ohoioeat thfbU lnritilnm. fttrtf l rHo, and AVi Java t'nrromh, mixed Jolors f tnh. fin)iyfrt L. w. G'M)i)ltl,L, Amhernt, M w HKAVV HTA'MR AND KFAHU. h. ri.rfl tnn triMt A 1.1 FA, Mr WEAK lUI rHrk'fa. Hs'njnrf. taelfa Sf.i4. f'ertattt I Pav-fl. Us Psylaa will. i KITH (XI,, fete A mu, r.'etl II, rtiMtlesi s A 44 re $10 to $2s m worth miS HCTRK made bt lltng onr Oorortos UMtnre and (Jhro Uarda. I UA santDtes. worth Mi. sent, poet-paid. for OenU. Iflnelrata tf Ktaloane free. J. II. HI! Wll H II'M MIINI. !t--lnn. ICtahllah.d iMHII.f nr.HT ooonsi at iawtst rnirr. ClKCI!LR KaiK. OtlTFITS WTIII. IIOIC MDSICil CABINET. I TIIKO. J. II A 11BA CIT, ttr.TTonaa Hanoiaa. 1 SOU r ilbertbt.fl'hilad'a, 1'a. 7? THE CLAIRVOYANT I . - The Dnlrroyanl 11 if Hie result of nrer IM sftttnjiH bv me of our leedina olairvoysnla, nrranaed in tablets and it can be rnsity adapted t4 any rompli a.ort, Sent tmet aid for ft ete 1MKE A VO , Piibltshn . 40 Htfth street, listen, Mass. 1. O. address, 20 1 ;. Present, Past and Future. KOSPHO-NUTRITINE. Th best vltnllilng Tonlo. lielloving Mental and l'hjslral PR08TRATIOrT. WEn.VDrjSNB88, DBBIlilTT. ' FKMALB WKAKRUS. And all Impalrmente of Srain , ana erve Br item, rr.cf iiu. Dopot, a Piatt St., K. T, P. AGENTS WANTED FOR THE ' ICTORIAL HISTORYoniiEWORLD ItennUln. 679 One hiatorloal entrraasa and I V (!( I.rae donlil. ool'.imn paa, and ia the moit complete llmtorr of tha World nr puliliahMl. It aella at siaht. Hnd lor ppeelmen pace, and extra tarrne to Asente, and are whj it aella faater thin ao? other book. Addrr.a, Natiowai. PruLtawtwn Cft., Phlladnlpliia, Pa. 'WTLBCXU'S OQ21T0TISI) 07 PTJEE COD LIVEK .... w , OIL A2ID LI2HE. it T -h rsnnnmiit I v. Wllbor'e Cniii)tHn4 or Cod ivbm Oil and Ijmk. without poeaeMsitia' tha rery nsaweatinc flavor of the article as haret4ifore naedt is endowed by tke phosphate of lime with s heal nc property which renders the oil doubly effioauious. Ke markabte teet iinonlals of its f-fHcary fhowu tt thuee who denire to see them. A. B. Wii.huh. I'hmmst, Hoston. THE GOOD OLD STAHD-BY. MEXICAN MUSTANG LINIMENT FOR MXN AND BEAST. ' stasLuano 35 YaaJts. Alwarf onrea. Alway eady. Alware baady. Baa never failed. r(rf. mWUvpi Aum tud it. Th whole world approTea the cloriooa old Maatans the Baat and Oheapeet Llnlmen nexiatenoe. SA oente a bottle. 1 he Mn.tana Unlmea area when nothins elae will BOLD BT ait, MBPIOINW VKWDRKH. Sandal-Wood A poaitire remed for all diaeaeea of the Kldaerc Blai iter and Urlnor OrHne;alao ood in Droi. eloal t'Mtuplialata. It never produoea alokneea. eertain and apes aotioo. It la faat snperendlrs all other remedies. Putj eavealea enre lo ail or etga dara. No other medietas oan do this. Beware mf Imltatloea, tor, owmt to Ita (re neoees.manj have bees offered ; aome in ou.at danaa ona, oanaloc pin a, ete. DUN DA 4 UICH Ctt.'N m.mm t On m'm, oalatan Oil q Aoadolwoeit, mM el aJI or Han. Atk for 4reaiar, er amd far en lo 9t aad gl Waatlar Kirt, Mtm Torh. SIHE (THE for I.nnar nienrCnnper nia tillad W lilek and Koi-k ( aiuly. M3 and M4 per cailon i 1 6 ote. and CI 1 per Bottle. IV. VAN IIIIIT, . MHJjhbejKtraet, New York. N V N IT . WAltHIOll 1M reyrAI is i ssltai mi. 1 VaJ V t i a-n i i ji au, ti. v.
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