TOO OLU FOR KISSES.
HY B. H. HTOI)IABI.
My Uncle Philip, bait old man.
cbwurra oy to auz-ui
Tom.K
tiud J.ck, aud K ite and &un
many can me oounn .
0'Kt boys ana hh-ih. UM Den was item ;
1 lor ur on BJ nbouider,
A little bud of lowliness
T.'iar nevnr should row older !
IX . r eyes bad uch a pleading way
L'bes BoeBMd to say Don't atrike me
Then, KrowiUK bold, another day,
" I mean to make you like me."
I Ukd my cousin, early, late,
Who liked not little mioses ;
She ud to meet ue at the gate,
JuBt old enough for kisses!
This whh, I think, three years ago
lief ore went to college ;
I learned one thing there how to row,
neulthy srt of knowledge. I
When I a- i:lucked (we oi the race),
And all wun at an end there,
I thi'iiunt ol Uncle Pnllip's place,
Auo every country frUui (here.
My couaiu met me at th- tf-it- .
She looked live, ten year oiteS
A tail, youu mofwii. Mail, sedate.
With manner coyer, colder,
She gave hex U&d witn stately pride,
Why, wh4 a r eTinrf this is ;
You ut-od tc k'.ss me." Sue replied,
I am too old lor kisses."
I I. ved. I loved my cousin ISsp;
SU"s alwas in niy mind now
A fr.'.l blown rose of loveliness
The nHi- of womankind now !
She mnrt have suitors ; old and young
Mast bo their heads before hci ;
Vows mturt be made and songs be sung
By manv md adorer !
But" I moat io her; she must give
To me her voutu and beauty;
Ana I - to love her while I live
Will I my happy duty ;
For she will love me soon or late,
Aud be my t-liss of blisses,
Will eoiue to meet me at the gate,
2,or be too old for kisses !
BECKY'S FOKTUMK.
As Beckv sat on the doorstep of the
doctor's cottage knitting in the twilight,
ail the work done for the evening the
milk k runn d and put by in the shining
pans, the cups and saucers all polished
and btanJm" in rows on edge in the
pantry, all ttu Hies scared out, all and
the shutter-, closed in the well dusted
room she fell a-thinking of Bob Barker,
and wonderin whether he meaut any
thing by grinning at her so when he
stopped to say a word about the weather
at the back gate.
" I'd, like to know.'' said Becky to
herself. " Bob is a good young fellow,
and I'm most tired of livin' out ; even if
I wasn't, doctor does want a man on
the place, and Mis. C Jpe I don't think
would mmd hevin' married help,
"Heigh, oh! I reckon married life
has its trials, too. There's some turns
out very bad ; but you don't want to go
and sot down an old maid after all, and
I kind o' expect whichever way you do,
vou'il be sorrv. So yoa might as well
have somebody to hnd the ruarKeira as
not.
day
I'm
I'
Bob is handsome, too, in his bun-
bet t-most ; aud he's lipht, and
dark, and I've heard that's lucky.
"Want. to have your fortune told,
pretty lady?" said a voice at her ear at
this moment.
Becky was a good Methodist and be
lieved heartily in a peripatetic Satan.
Wheu.this inquiry came so pat upon her
day-dream, she jumped up and uttered
a little scream, feeling quite sure tnat !
it was the old gentleman in proper per
Bon that stood at her elbow ; bnt as she 1
recovered breath, she saw nothing more
dreadful than a slight, young gypsy
woman, m a red flannel sacque ana
short brorn calico dress, with a hand
kerchief over her head, a baby strapped
to her back, and some odd trifles shoe
strings, buttons, a comb or two, and a
few boxes of matches, ranged as if for
le in a dingy little chip basket, whicn
e earned in her nand.
Let the poor gypsy tell the lady s
fortune," said the soft voice again.
" She knows what she was thinking of
as she sat there, and she can tell her if
her wish'll come true."
When a girl, simple or gentle, looks
into vacancy and simpers to herself, it
would be hard if a shrewd bystander
could not guess her thoughts. But this
apt hit struck Becky as miraculous.
She said "Law, now!" and blushed
again.
" The pretty lady knows that I can
see her thoughts," said the gypsy.
An English girl doubtless would have
disclaimed the title " lady," and re
marked that she "was but a servant ;"
but Yankee belp, what is left of it, con
siders itself entitled to the term a well
as its mistress. And as for the " pret
ty," Becky had her mirror and her van
ity as well as you and I. She merely
responded, "I hain't said nothin'," and
sat down on the porch again. But she
looked at the sibyl with longing eyes,
and longed to question her.
If it hatt been a common fortune
teller, like -Mrs. Bobbs. in the village,
why, of course, it would not have been
a temptation, because no one believed
old Mrs. Bobbs knew much, after all,
even if she did tell Maggie Larkin that
she'd marry a man that came from for
eign parts. And every one knew that
came true, for Maggie was Mrs.
Schwackhammer, the German black
smith's wife, that day. But a real gypsy
a gypsy with black eyes and hair, and a
brown skin, and a little dusky baby on
her back why, that was some one worth
while, and Becky felt it too good an op
portunity to let slip ; but what should
she do ? She had spent all her wages,
and gypsies did not read the stars for
love, as she knew very welL
" I dunna about' fortius, she said,
gaining time to think. " Don't believe
in 'em. "
" Wait till you've heard yours," said
the woman.
" Besides," said Becky, " I han't no
small change."
The gypsy looked grave. Then smiled
again, and said :
' But the pretty lady has a dress too
shabby for her, but well enough for the
poor gypsy. "
" Ob, I might find one," said Becky.
"P'raps I might. 'If Mrs. Cope w-as
home she'd lend two shillin' to me, she
would. She sots store on me, Mrs.
Cope does but she and the doctor has
gone away in the gig to see their darter
that has a new baby,.and I'm all alone
and shall be all night, so you see "
' Oh, yes ! " said the gypsy, -with a
sudden flash in her eyes, "but as for
money no matter. I have taken a spoon,
a silver spoon, you know, that the lady
gave her cook. I wouldn't touch one
that wasn't honestly eome by."
"Of course not." said Becky, I
wouldn't sit here talkin' with you if I
thought you would ; but Mrs. Cope
ain't one to give away spoons."
" Nor to have much silver' said the
gypsy.
"Much you know," said Becky.
" Whv. she's srot a dozen tea and a
dozen dessert and six table and two
salt ; tea-pot, cream-jug and butter-
plate ; and two knives and sugar tongs.
There now."
" Yes. I know." said the srypsy, " I
can see 'em shining in in something
dark and deep "
"The old sideboard in the sittin'
room," said Becky. " That's so."
" Well," said the woman, "it'B better
to be a gypsy, and not care for things
use tnoae. Tney are all trouble. Jbut
see how we run away from our talk,
and the light-haired younsr man. a-rid-
Jug in a cart, a-thinking of yon all the
while. I see him," said the woman,
squeezing up her eyes. "He has red
cheeks, and very thick boots, and yes
a striped shirt, not a white one. "
"I vow and declare ! " said Becky.
" And he hasn't proposed yet, I
think," said the gypsy.
Becky unconsciously shook her head.
" I see he hasn't " said the prophet
ess. " And what you want to know is
when he will?"
" I never did," said Becky, not as a
denial, but as an ejaculation.
"Listen, pretty lady!" said the woman
glancing down the road, along which a
sulky-!oking man, with a tinker's out
fit, was just then plodding. "Listen,
lady. 1 can tell you ail you want to
know, ainl I'll make a bargain. I'll ask
you nothing now, and I'll come back in
a year ; and if I've told you true, you
can pav me then. Could anything be
fairer ? "
" Why, I reckon not," said Becky.
"And at nine to-night," said the
gypsy, "the pretty lady will come to
the corner of the old barn yonder, and
thegypsy will work a spell with three
hairs'of the pretty laily'c head, and a
bit of something the man she thinks of
has touched, and she seall know what
she wants to know. It's a good fortune ;
the lady needn't be afraid. Wait !
Does his name begin with an A, or
"B, is it? Well, we'll know .all
about B Bo about Bob? eh ? at 9
to-night behind the old barn ;" and off
she walked, following the trudging
tinker down the road, while Becky
clasped her bauds together and cried :
" It's more than uat'ral. Lord for
give us all ? "
Nine o'clock seemed very long in
coming to Becky. Perhaps the gypsv
woman found the time long, too. All
woman are ?mpatitnt, but the tinker,
who had trudged back along the road,
took it ouietlv, lying among the long
grass under the trees, quite hidden
from all observation by the shadow of
the foliage and the dusk of eventide,
thinking of something pleasant that
made him grin, and chewing bad to
bacco. However, whether it seemed slow or
fast, time went on, of course, and
brought nine o'clock with it. Becky
listened to the last stroke dropping
from the eight-day clock in the
kitchen, as she locked the door after
her, shook the door of the hen coop to
see that it was fast, and hurried
toward the big barn tremulous with ex
pectation. When she was ut of sight, the tinker
arose out of the grass and leant over the
fence of the garden, and chewed there a
long while. Then he slipped his long
legs across it ai.d came into the door
yard. The gypsy aud her baby waited for
Becky according to promise, and the
gypsy had a pack of cards in her bosom,
and au end of a candle in her pocket.
She lit the candle with matches from
the same receptacle, and Becky held
it while she read her fate for her.
Firstly, the gypsy saw the light young
man, and then the ring, and then a
heart turned toward her, and then oh,
yes ! then was the wedding. Bob
would offer himself in three days, and
they would be married in three months.
After that the prophetess, warming with
her subject, predicted two children,
and a wagon and horse, three cows, and
numberless pigs. To rural vision
nothing more was needed. Becky pro
duced a calico dress which might still
be worn, and a ginger-cake for the baby.
The woman praised the dress, thanked
her, bade the child say " ta ta " to the
pretty lady, and Becky would have
gone away but that the woman stopped
her.
"I haven't told you all yet," she
said ; "not all. I see a surprise ; per
haps it is a present. Sit down. Let
us see. But perhaps you can see it
yourself. Put your handkerchief over
vour face, lady. Now shut your eyes.
Think bard of what you'd like best to
have. What comes into your mind ?"
" Grand'ther always promised," be
gan Becky, but she did not finish just
then. Something twined itself about
her waist, not the arm of a lover or his
wraith, a harder thing a bit of clothes
line. The handkerchief fell from her
face the gypsy woman was helping
the tinker to bind her arms behind
her.
'You need not be afraid, pretty
lady ; you will not be hurt," said the
soft-voiced sibyl ; " not hurt at all,
lady. Only you must not follow us ;
and the fortune that is all true. Gyp
sies read the stars."
When Dr. Cope and his wife came
back next morning they found their sil
ver gone, the wardrobe robbed, and
every chicken flown ; a little after they
found Becky gagged and bound behind
the barn, and, though an acute detec
tive was called in to find the property,
he never found it. But, of course, al
though he could not make Mrs. Becky
a confederate, he got the story of the
gypsy out of her ; and Bob Barker hav
ing been heard to declare, speaking of
poor Becky, that "&ich a darned fool
he never heard tell on," the prophecy
does not seem likely to prove true. And
Bob, the two children, the wagon,
horses, cows, and pigs are still only
dreams vainly nourished in the soul of
Becky eilkins.
King of Trees.
In the great forest, near Cape Coast
Castle, Africa, the silk-cotton, like a
king of trees, towers over all others.
It is truly a most wonderful tree. It
grows faster than any other, for the
wood is soft, j It must be one of the
largest trees iri the world. There is a
most wonderful provision of nature
shown in this, in compensating it for
the softness of its wood which, from its
immense size, could not support the
weight of the branches and towering
top. Rising far above the other giants,
therefore deriving no shelter from
them, each one stands for a great part
of its height a separate tree, and ex
posed to the full force of the constant
tornadoes which sweep over this part of
the country during the rains. The nec
essary support is given to it by a num
ber of large buttresses all around the
stems ; they are formed by the roots,
which rise over the ground in a flatten
ed shape, extending up the sides of the
trees, and forming most perfect and
regular support all round. In- many
places the natives make use of the
spaces between the bnttresses as houses ;
merely making a roof overhead, and the
house is jobmplete. As the people of
this country never have more than
three walls to their houses, and the
tree, with two of its buttresses, supplies
those, they are quite ready-made houses
for them; and indestructible. While
the tree is young all the bark is covered
with very large strong thorns. For
what purpose it is provided with these
it is not so evident.
FoBirniiA of divorce used by a negro
Justice in Desha county, Ark. : " As I
jined you, so I bust you 'sunder. So
go, you niggers. Yon go ! "
The Edinburgh.
A good deal of amusement has been
caused in London by the desperate ef
forts of " the Edinburghs," as they are
called in high circles, to make them
selves as conspicuous p.saossible. The
Duke had arranged for agraad public
reception at Ashford, where he has
taken a house, to which he and the
Griind Duchess were to have gone in
the beginning of the week. But they
were compelled to remain at Bucking
ham Palace, in consequence of the
Duchess" sudden illness. When the
baby was born, the Foreign Secretary,
in the absence of the Home Secretary,
was summoned to be present on the
occasion, and to attest the event. A
special instruction was sent to the Lord
Mayor, for publication in the city, and a
royal salute was fired at St. James'
I'urk. Iu short, the Duke has taken care
to appropriate all the honors and cere
monies which are usually observed in
the case of a sovereign or heir to the
throne. Whether his claim in this dis
tinction has been allowed to him as a
junior member of the royal family, or
as heir to his uncle, the Grand Duke of
SaTp.rohnri?. or merelv because bis wife
J is a Russian Grand Duchess, is one of
the mysteries of the court. It is quite
clear, 'however, and both Duke and
Duchess are determined not to be lost
sight of in the general crowd of junior
princes and princesses, but to establish
themselves in a position of semi-regal
state. The Empress of Russia, who is
now with her daughter, is in extremely
delicate health, and is said to have
suffered a good deal from her hurried
journey. In appearance she is fearful
ly worn and emaciated. But for the
announcement in the newspapers no
body would know that she was in Lou-,
don. The ' occasion of her visit ex
plains its privacy.
Admiral Porter's New Torpedo Boat.
The New York Sun gives the follow
ing description of this novel vessel :
"A queer, rakish, mud-turtle-like-craft
steamed out of the navy yard yes
terday, aud headed down the bay. It
was the newly finished torpedo boat
Alarm, bound down the bay on a trial
trip to test her engines, and especially
the new patent steering propeller wit'
which she is, fitted. She had on board
Admiral Porter, who designed her, Ad
miral Boggs, Capt. Jones, of the British
navy, and an officer of the German navy.
The steamer's torpedo ajjparatus is a
Song spout projecting twenty feet for
ward of her bow, and istiu feet below
the surface of the water. This spout is
really a cylindrical tube, in which plays
a tongue which can be thrust out fifteen
feet beyond the orifice of the tube. At
each discharge fiie tongue is returned
to compartments in the largest part of
the spout, there to be recharged. The
Fowler patent steering propeller is a
horizontal wheel, with feathering blades
so arranged that the vessel can be steer
ed by changing the angle of the blade
while she is at the same time propelled.
The engines were not operated at their
greatest speed, as the main object was
to test this steering apparatus. Several
experiments were made with this in the
lower harbor. It worked with the ut
most ease. The vessel was made to
turn completely around in a diameter of
200 feet, while a speed of eight miles an
hour was made with a little over half
her water power. Changing from full
speed ahead to full speed asjrn occu
pied thirty seconds. The steering gear
is operated by small engine,-", and seems
to be perfect. Besides the torpedo ap
paratus, the craft carries a fifteen inch
gun in the center of her -bow so that
her attacks both above fend below water
will be irresistible. "
A Shark Story.
A Canadian fisherman named Ton
liers, well known among the wharves as
being part owner of a fishery near Fight
ing Island, was yesterday relaing an
adventure which he and his comrades
had with a strange fish Tuesday. In
drawing in their net the men observed
an unusual commotion among the cap
tured fish, some of which leaped out of
the water and appeared greatly excited.
The men thought they had caught a
large sturgeanand this belief was soon
strengthened by their catching sight of
a fish of extra size which swam here
and there with great swiftness. When
the net had been drawn in so that the
movements of the big fish were con
tracted he lashed the water to foam,
rushed here and there in great excite
ment, and it was soon evident that it
was something besides a sturgeon. The
net wasjfinally drawn so near the bank
that the fish could be plainly seen, and
Touliers declares that if that fish wasn't
a shark no shark can be found in the
sea. He sailed the ocean for many
years, and is familiar with the sight of
man-eaters. The fish became furious in
its actions as it found itself being drawn
in, and Touliers taking a skiff sought to
kill it with a spear. He succeeded in
inflicting a wound, but not in disabling
the fish, which nearly overturned the
skiff while rushing around. it "finally
became entangled in the net -and freed
itself by inflicting-damage to the amount
of fifty dollars, besides letting out the
catch of fish. After getting clear of
the net it dashed about in a very erratic
manner, once almost driving ashore, as
if blinded or much confused. If the
fish was not a shark it was at least a
stranger to the fishermen of this negh
borhood, who believe they have seen
every species of the finny tribe living in
fresh water.
How a Mean Man Fooled His Wife.
He was an awful mean man. He car
ried a fifty-dollar counterfeit bill to
make a Show of it sometimes when
fingering for very small change to pay
for a single drink or a Wheeling stogy.
His poor hard-working ivife had been
begging him for a nice gold chain she
had seen in a shop window down town.
One day he felt iu a merry mood, gave
her the fifty-dollar counterfeit bill, and
told her to buy the chain. Then he left
home laughing so hard that he had to
go and take a drink to wel it down. He
may have taken ; several drinks. He
went home to dinner feeling fall of
jokes. It appeared to be -"the happiest
day of his life. He madai fool of the
old woman. But t3ie old woman wore
that gold chain at AiSAer-taWe and
called the brute " her dear old darling."
That pntf another face ,oo, the whole
affair. It' had ceased- to be a joke for
him. The jeweler called before dinner
was over,, and handing him the base
paper told him to "shell out "fifty good
dollars if he wished to escape annoy
ance. He shelled out and has never
since been able to see the point, of his
own joke. But the poor woman enjoyed
it. St. Jjoui8 Republican.
'
The following is a statement of the
salt ifispected at the'' office of the Su
perintendent of ' the Onondaga salt
springs reservation : For the week end
ing October 24, 1874, 165,246 bushels ;
whole amount inspected since January
2, 1874, 5,389,148 bushels ; same period
in 1873, 6,602,022 bushels ; decrease in
1874 thus far, 1,213,874.
The Duchess and the Actor.
On Saturday evening Sothern again
stepped on the London boards. Since
he went away every play at the old Hay
market seemed like " Hamlet" with the
part of Hamlet left out. For a con
siderable time the old theater was closed
for repairs, and the admiration which
its Pompeian decorations excited Satur
day night proved how many had not
been there since their favorite left, for
the said decorations jwere made more
than a year ago. 'X'he building was
crammed to its utmost capacity, and the
audience became rather noisy when the
hour (7:30) for the curtain to rise had
arrived, aud the orchestra had not yet
begun. When the orchestra did begin
it had rather a hard time of it, the crowd
calling " time" somewhat lustily. Its
labors to soothe the savage breast with
sweet sounds were not rendered easier
by the entrance of the Duke and
Duchess of Edinburgh, which was a
signal for cheering. The Duke and
Duchess, by the way, do not stand a
near view very well. He i3 rather rough
and red-faced, and begins to resemble
his mother in'bbesity ; and the Duchess,
who never had any beauty to spare, is
certainly getting no prettier very fast,
aud is rather unpleasantly fat. They
both tried to preserve their royal dignity
under the siege of Sothern's humor, but
at length it broke down. The Duchess
hid her face behind the curtain of her
private box, and the cause could be in
ferred from the convulsive movements
of the said curtain ; and when Lord
Dundreary, prosecuting his courtship,
asked the embarrassed lady if she
" could wag her left ear," the Duke's
forehead was seen suddenly to descend
to the velvet of the balcony before them.
Cor. Cincinnati Commercial.
Ancient People of Colorado.
Tradition has it that once in the cen
turies gone by there lived a people in
comfort, elegance, and a reasonable
high estate of civilization the loyal
Aztecs. Cortez came, the Montezuma
called, their religion and their govern
ment were peril, and, leaving home and
comfort and country, these true lieges
of a sovereign whose throne rusted on
the centuries, went down to the city of
Mexico to fight for their traditions and
r!ag aud faith fought and lost and
died. Certain is it that in Pueblo
county, there are traces of civilization
and of substantial o ulence, of which
the very tradition has passed away
here, and which is neither Spanish nor
Indian. Certain it is that, while the
Indians, awed by the visible manifesta
tions of the hand of God, came there to
worship on state occasious, they did
not use it as one of their permanent
hunting grounds or winter abodes. For
centuries it seems hardly to have known
the face of a man as a dweller, and
now, at a flash, it is open to all the
world, and the silence of ages is broken
by ail the confused orchestra of modern
life, the scream of the locomotive, the
busy hum of industries, the whirl of
machinery, the sounds of the gong and
revelry, the crack of the rifle, the voice
of prayer and praise, the music of chil
dren's voices, and the quiet rhythm of
happy homes.
Green Mountain Men's Grog.
When thirsty souls want something
nice and alcoholical in Bennington, Vt.,
they go to the apothecary's shop and
cali for "Prepared Laudanum." A
verdant stander by, who saw the fright
ful draught taken, said that the fellow
wouldn't live long after swallowing so
much laudanum. Presently another
man came in and called for the same.
The verdant spectator followed him to
the door, and watching him as he went
down the street, said: "That fellow
stands it well ; he must be used to tak
ing it." But when a third laudanum
drinker entered and was served, light
dawned upon the mind of the person
from the rural districts, and stepping
up to the counter, he exclaimed : " See
here, old boss, I guess I'll take a dose
of that lodlum ; it doesn't seem to kill
anybody, and folks seem to like it." It
was the liveliest opiate he had ever
swallowed in the whole course of his
existence ; and he went away confirmed
in the opinion that the danger of "lod
lum" has been greatly exaggerated.
A Saving Remedy.
In one of the Sunday schools of the
city recently, when the lesson cards
were passed around to the classes, the
cards that came to the infant class had
for their text " What shall I do to be
savd?" Selecting, as the first member
the class to put the question to, a bright
little girl of only four summers, who,
also, by the way, had but just recovered
from a severe attack of croup, the
teacher put his question, ' ' What must
you do to be saved ?" The little one
preserved silence for a moment, as if in
deep thought, and then her face bright
ened ; she had it. "I would make
sirup and alum" was the reply, naively
ventured. It brought down the class,
teacner and all, and further discussion
on the subject was postponed. Du
buque Times.
Weather Signs.
Farmers predict a hard winter because
rabbits are burrowing far into the
ground. It is wise in a rabbit to do
this. If he didn't some young man
would have him out of that with a
forked stick pretty quick. However, if
that is a sign, it can be offset by the
action of certain cockroaches around
this office. Not one of them has even
commenced to dig yet. They ramble
around as if they expected apple trees
to bloom in January, and sort o' turn
up their noses when they hear anything
said about cold weather or the wolf of
starvation. They don't seem to care a
cent whether they swing on a gas burn
er or roost on the steam pipes, and their
utter recklessness goes to show that the
coming winter won't be of much ac
count. Detroit tree Press.
Thb first bridge built over the Ganges
has just been opened for traffic.
TJndeb the new management of Mr.
Frank W. Wentworth, the Sherman
House, at umcago, recognizing the
popular demand for retrenchment, has
reduced its tariff of rates, and in a cor
responding degree increased its merits.
"Now is the winter of our discon
tent," but you "may yet be happy," and
make lots of money honestly, and make
it fast. Send your address to Co-operative
Bible and Pnb. Co., Muscatine, la.,
for their splendid offer. Don't delay.
Last Chance.
Bat a short time remains for the purchase
of tickets in the Fifth Gift Concert of the
Public Library of Kentucky. Agents have
been notified to make returns from the 30th
tc the 25th inst., but for the conveiMnee of
those who may have failed to aupplj' them
selves through the agents, cash orders will
be filled at the home office up to the evening
of the 28th, and if anv monev should come
too late it will be promptly returned to the
It is so hard to get a linen collar
washed and ironed bo as to look wolL We
advise every gentleman to' Bur the Improved
Warwick. It looks better than any linen
collar, fits splendidly, and keeps clean longer
than any other. Try it.
Pianos and Organs.
Pino neif rosewood piauoe for $300.
Fine walnut organs, sis. stou. $125.
Good second-baud pianos. il50 to $200.
Heed's Temple of jluin, Cuiesgo.
Whisky asd the Weed. Intelligent
physiologists and pathologists admit
that all so-called medicines containing
alcohol whether they emanatG from
the regular pharmacopoeia and are
called tinctures, or from the Empirical
Rum Mills, and are labeled " Tonics "
are essentially dangerous and destruct
ive. The only way iu which drunken
ness can be arrested is by restoring the
integrity of the nerves (especially the
nerves of taste and the great sympa
thetic nerve), aud purifying the animal
fluids ; and these objects are more cer
tainly and swiftly accomplished by the
use of Dis. Walker's Vinegar Bitters
than by any other means. Hence,
probably, the opinions now so generally
expressed, that this pure preparation is
a sovereign remedy for the evils re
ferred to. Should it be clearly ascer
tained that Vinegar Bitters is not
only a specific for indigestion, liver
disease, nervousness, scrofulous ulcers
aud eruptions, aud a host of other
disorders, but also for inebriety, thous
ands will rise up and call the discov
erer blessed. 10
The Great Favorite : The popular
Chill Ouro of the aire ! ! Composed of pure
and simple drugs, Wilhoft's Tonic has loug
held the highest place in the long line of
remedies for Chilis and Fever. It is not only
Anti-I'eriodic but is Anti-Panic, for it curtails
the heavy expeuso of doctors' visits, where
friendly calls are"ul itemized in the account
current. A penny eaved is a peuny gained,
and saving it in this w ay adds to health and
comfort. Try Wilhoffs Tonic as a certainty,
and you will never regret it. Whkelock.
Fiki.av & Co., Proprietors, Now Orieans.
For sale by all druggists.
Sent free, on receipt of neck and
breast measure, height, weight and price, our
(sample) Model ?2 Shirt.'' Fitted by pa
tented model. HtvliSTiand Hubstantial. Address
Model Shirt Co., 31 South Sth-st., Philadelphia.
The Northwestern Horse-Nait. Co.'s
" Finished " Nail is the best in the world.
The Prettiest Woman us New York, Mist
K , well known in our fashionable society for j
her distingue appearance and beautiful complex
ion, waa once a sallow, rough-skinned girl, cha
grined at her red, freckled face. She pitched into
Hagan's Magnolia Balm, and is now as pretty in
complexion as she is charming In manners. This
article overcomes freckles, tan, sallowness, moth
patches, ring-marks, ate, and makes one look ten
years younger than they are. Magnolia Balm for
a transparent complexion, and Lyon's Kathairon
to make the hair plent ful, luxuriant, soft and del
icate, have no r vals. The Kathairon prevents the
hair from turning gray, eradicates daudruff, and
is the best and cheapest dressing in the world.
Damned by Faint Praise.-Jas. Beekman,
clergyman of New York, was recently badly kicked
by a horse, and was speedily cured by using the
celebrated Mexicau Mustang Liniment. When the I
proprietor asked him for a certificate, he. replied
that ho i( considered it a remarkable article, but
it wouldn't answer for him to indorse a remedy In
print." Here's consistency. But we didn't kick
him, as the horse did. The world knows that for
Rheumatism, Bruises, Swellings, Spavin, Scratch
es, Inflammation, Lameness, or any flesh, bone or
muscle ailment upon man or animal, there Is noth
ing like the Mustang Liniment. It costs but 90 eta.
and $1.00 per bottle, and should be in every fam
ily, it is wrappea in a nne steei-piate lanbi, aao
signed "G. W. Westbrook, chemist."
Tonic and Reeuperaat Plantation Bit
ters. The constantly increasing patronage which
it receives has, it is true, excited the petty envy
of certain splenetic advertisers of pinchbeck pan
aceas, who hope to make a market for their own
stagnant, watery wares by decrying all spirituous
medicinal preparations. But the public can stom
ach neither tbetr arguments nor their potations,
and consequently reject these very weak imita
tions of the enemy as entirely too thin I
VEKE'l'A UI.K I'llLMOMRY BALSAM!
Most approved, reliable and well-known remedy
for Cougtis, Colds aud Consumption. Get the genuine.
Price 5,1; small 50c. CUTLER BROS. A CO., Boston.
The Markets.
NEW YORK.
Beeves
Hoos Dressed
Cotton
8
Sl
141
00"S
07
16 (3)
90
65
91 (5)
12J
Id
50
10
27
91
66
95
Flour Superfine Western i
Wheat No. 2 Chicago 1
No. 1 Spring 1
Corn
Oats
Bye
Pork New Mesa 20
75 (2 21 00
Lard Steam
CHICAGO.
Beeves Choice Graded Stoers. 6
Choice Natives 5
Good to Prime Steers . 4
Cows and Helfere 2
Medium to Fair 4
Inferior to Common . . 1
Hoos Live 6
Flour Fancv White Winter. . . 5
lied Winter 4
Wheat No. 1 Spring
No. 2 Spring
No. 3 Spring
15 15
25 O 6 75
50 6 10
75 (S) 5 25
50 4 00
00 4 50
75 ( 2 00
75 7 00
50 H 6 50
75 5 25
91 fa.
77 G
19
88 (g
28
ill
23
95
88
84"
78
491
90
30
38
25
Corn No. 2
Oats No. 2
Rye No. 2
Barley No. 2 1
Butter Fancy
Eoos Fresh
Pork Mess .19
Lard
ST. LOUIS.
WnEAT No. 2 Rod 1
15 19 25
131 1SJ
07 E 1 07
70 7li
55 S 55-
91 fa' 92
75 &20 00
13 131
75 (a) 7 50"
75 6 00
Corn No. 2 New
Oats No. 2
Rye No. 2
Pork Mess 19
Lard
Hoos C
Cattle 4
MILWAUKEE.
Wheat No. 1 1
00
91 (Si
73
49
89
32 g
01
92
75
50
90
34
No. 2
Corn No. 2
Oats No. 2
Rye
Barley No. 2 1
CINCINNATI.
Wheat Red 1
Corn New s . .
Oats
Ryb 1
Pork Mess . .19
Lard.
TOLEDO.
Wheat No. 1 Red 1
Amber Michigan 1
Corn Now
Oats
DETROIT.
Wheat Extra , 1
Amber 1
Corn
Oats
CLE VELi.'ID.
Wheat No. 1 Red . . 1
NO. 2 Red 1
COBN.'
Oats
04 1 08
C4 65
54 58
01 1 02
50 20 00
13 sv 14
09 ta) 1 11
07 S) 1 08
09 S 70
54 & 54i
18 1 19
( 9 fo 1 09J
78 S 79
55 58
12 ffi 1 13
05 1 07
65 Cw 67
54 56
$10
tier day mci with onr FOOT power fcrill Haws. Price)
$30. A4ilr-Rt,w!tlttamp, It A liNKS BKCKS., Rook ford, Hi,
rf OaHi sTI aml expenses a month to A (rents. A4,
9a w w dress A. 1.. Stoddard, Jonesvllle,Mich.
$72
k Eacb Week. Agents wanted. Particu
lars free, woma & CO., Bt. Louis, Mo.
C! R o C5 11 ',r av at hi mm. Terms free. Addret s
VVHW.U Geo. Btissos & Co., Portland, Maine.
"I f BeautKul TranHcrPl-tureM,iBstruc-
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lOett. AgtBW wanted. J. L. PATTEN a CO., 11 Pin St. N .V.
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AOESTS W A NXK I Men or- Women. S4 a
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CAT Bis... For 1011 Information, price-list,
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CURI
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$75
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outfit 25c. Fbitch Walker, Dayton, Ohio.
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The Only Successful Remedy of the Present Day.
Send for Papier on Opium Eating, its Consequences
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P. O. Box 75,
Laportt, Xlld.
STEINWAT
U, Spare and UpriM Pianos,
Superior to all others. Every Piano Warranted
for Five Years. Illustrated Catalogues, with Fries
List, mailed free on application.
STEINWAY SONS,
Nos. 107, 109 A 111 East 14 til street, New York.
A SURE CUBE for this distressing complaint is
now made known in a Treatise (Of 48 octavo pages)
on Foreign and Native Herbal Preparations, puD
ltshed by Dr. O. Phslps Browit. The prescription
was discovered by Bim in such a provideatial man
ner that he cannot conscientiously refuse to make
It known, as it has cured everybody who has used
It for Fits, never having failed in a single case.
Th inffred ents mav be obtained from any uiuh-
gist. A copy sent free to all applicants by mail
Address
Jersey City, N. J.
is uv.. y
PHSLPS BBOWN, 21 Grand Street
FOK NKARbT '1'HIK.TTf YEAKS THE
RICHMOND PRINTS
have been held m high esteem by those who use a
Calico They are produced in all the novelties of
changing hions, and in con Be i vative styles
suited to the vrams of many persons. Among the
latter are the
Standard Cray Styles,"
proper for the house or street beautiful in de
signs and pleasing in coloring.
"CHOCOLATE STANDARD STYLES,"
in great variety, and widely known as most ser
viceable prints. Nothing better for daily wear.
These goods tear tickets as qiuAzd abovf. Your re
tailer should have them, and, 7our examination
aud approval wiii coincide. '
BEOKWITi
$20.
Portable Family Sewing Machine,
30 DAYS' TRIAL.
We'H send to any address, c O.D., one of onr
machines with privilege of examination before tak
ing out of Express office t and if 1 1 does not give sat
isfaction we will refund the money, leas Express
charges, on return of machine within the time spe-
Beckwlth Sewing Iff achine Co.
New York: 862 Broadway.
Chicago: 231 Wabash Ave.
MASON & HAMLIN
CABINET ORGANS.
Winners of THRBB HIGHEST MEDALS Aire
DIPLOMA OF HONOR at VIRNWA, 1S73, PAU1S,
13W7, aud In AMERICA AIVWAY8. De lared by
MUSICIANS GENERALLY to be UNRIVALED and
INCOMFARA.BLB. Bold at fixed nn foim prices to
all. whii-h are printed and invariable.
PI IU HASERS OK OKUA.VSI ARE KE
.llXaiUKO that the temptation to Dealers and
Peddlers is very strong toceal in and recommend
as best the organs of those makers who will pay
tttcm tile largest commission or tlia
cortut lur seliliitr.
Tne ill A SO & HAML1S OKOAS CO,,
priming as they do their lowest jpricte, can
afford to dealers only the smallest commis
sions. Tms plan secures to every pnrciaaaer the
lowest price, because the dealer cannot ask more
than the Catalogue price; bnt It causes many
dea era, to do tbetr best to sell other organs, sim
ply because they get euormons discounts on them.
Some organs are currently sold to dealers at seventy-five
per cent, discount, or at one-quarter the
prices printed for them. As a rule, the poorer the
organ the higher its printed price and the aveaier
the discount wn it.
T h P MASON 6c HAMLIS OKGAJ CO. are
now offering new styles, with important improve
ments: and are selling not only for cash exclu
sively, but also on new plans of eay payments,
running through one year or longer. Tney. also
rfent new Organs with privilege or puronas.
Rent paid tliree ytears, Mnrchascl Mie
"scoti'Vor the Illustrated Catalogues aud circu
lars which give Very full information, and are
sent free. Address THIS MASON . HA.UtlH
OtttiAj CO., at either hew York, Boston,
or Cittcstgo.
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f
Hi
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HKWfl lttle taPr- THE YOUNG FOLKS'
imkve witn the postage paid, but will also re
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'MettUag Itenrty for Sen," aua " Tiie
Bend .tp for particnUr. to BUMI.nl Yo'SS uiaffl d2?SS K.?.-?.?
J&8&. :59a
Dr. J. Walker's California 'Vin-
3gar Bitters, are a purely Vegetable
preparation; made chiefly from the na
tive herbs lomul on the lower ranges oi
rlic Sierra Nevada mountains of Califor
nia, the medicinal properties of which
are extracted therefrom without ttie us
of Alcohol. The question fs almost
daily asked, "What is the eusjj of the
unparalleled success of Vinkgak Hit
TBKsf Oar answer isvthat they renove
the cause of disease, and the pat&nfc re
covers his LcafiS They are the tfreac
blood purine.-. wd a Jife-ffi vinjr prii;iple,
a perfect Rcrorator and invigorate;
"f the system. Never before in th4
.istory of the mwM has a jtii-dicino been
eompnaued ixtyxexAing 'remarkable
qualities of Vinkoai Brrrg$V 111 bealins th
sick of every ditieaflcr lnan ' Itfelf to. They
"': iL gentle Pur-itive a Ivpli us a -Tonic,
rehpviag OuOKcstvm lut! animation of
the J.iver hii1 V !si ,.-r:u . irgaos, iu BUiow
Diseases.
The propiunjes rf Da, Wai.ker'a
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Car.-nhaitive, Nuln'iov!--. LfiT.'ifive THirretk),
Sedative, Ot-nte-i rrltaiit; jSudoriiic- .Utcr
live., aud Ar;ti-Bilo
tt. H. MrDOKAl.1) ,t CO..
. OruriristH antTOea. A pts.. San Praneispn darffornt
aaa cur. u! Washhu-Mi and Charhon Sta N V
Sold by ati iirglstK nml 1. tUvrs.
HABIT i COS ED at V.ouy No
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nhort. Four Tears of unparat
etad snccesv. Dwwrtho .-. t.m
testimatnala. Addroaa Dr. F; E. Marsh, Qafoc&Mieh.
Artt'FftCT0RY BN SALESROOM,
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FOB
Adjustable Threshold
'cry town and city in tha
OUR
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itistue omy invention in tua
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from coining under door bo
torn &. Carpenters makt lots ot
money handling it. gehd atones
for our circular. WILSON,
PEIRCE. Co., Sole Manufac
turers, 182 Clark 8t, Chicago.
WCNDEKFUL CURES BY THE
Willi
Mineral Rock Spring- Water for
Ad all diseases of tbo Kidney Urtnarr Or-
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Providence for the timely discovery of tis heal
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For information giving- des'criptfcii of The above
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