CHILDREVS C0R3ER.
I.I t tie Jack Frost.
A. IIT1IM FOB FLOSSIE.
Little Jack Front wont up the htlL
Watching the stars bo oold and oliill.
Watching the stara and the moon bo bright,
And Ungking aloud like crazy wight.
Little Jack Frost ran down the hill.
Late in the night, when the winds were still,
Late in the fall, when the leaves (ell down,
lied, aud yellow and faded brown.
Little Jack Froet walked through the trees,
"Ah," tighed the noers, "we freeze, we
" Ah." sighed tbe grasses, ' we die,' we diet !"
Said little Jack Froet. Good-bye, good-bye !"
Little Jack Frost tripped round and round,
Spreading white snow on the frosen ground ;
nipping toe Dreaee, icing tne streams,
And
chilling
the warmth of the son's bright
beams.
Vobody saw him, still he was there.
Hose-biting, prank-playing, everywhere ;
All throwgh the houses, out in the street,
Capering wildly through storm and sleet.
But when Eame Nature brought back
the
spring.
Brought back the bird to chirp and Blng,
' Melted the snow and warmed tbe sky.
Little Jack Frost went pouting by.
The flowers opened their eyes of blue.
Green buds ereeped oat and grasses grew,
And it got so warm and scorched him so,
Little Jack Frost was glad to go.
The Attline.
Utile Jake.
by cocsih SUE.
liook in with me at the waiting-room
ef this little village railway station,
children. It don t look a bit like your i
errand dity deixt- a room no larger than
your nursery at home. Two little win
dows, -about a dozen seats along the ,
sides, and a rusty coal-stove I believe
that is all the furniture it contains.
Two or three men and as nany boys
stand aronnd the stove, some talking,
others eating apples. Near one of the
windows sits a fat, rosy-cheeked mar
ket woman, with a great pile of bun
dles, baskets and bags on one side of
her, and on the other a little boy. The
little boy ha a big red comforter round
his neck, gray yarn mittens on his
hands, and a long, thick overcoat near
ly to his knees. Ah! you think that is
little Jake. No, indeed, it isn't. His
mother Baid to him, just a little while
ago:
" Don't
'make
that
with
your
feet, Charley."
Near them, on the other side of the
door, is a long, lean countryman, with
a big basket tied "over with a blue cot
ton cloth, and something alive under
the cover. We know that big fellow
isn't like Jake. Then away from the
rest, quite on the other side of the
room sits an important-looking city
" Drummer" (ask your papa what that
means). He has a large black valise,
and I reckon it is full of " Yankee no
tions" as samples to show to the
country merchants.- On the outside, in
big white painted letters, ' Mr. James
Smite,- Phila." Whoever can read
knows who he is. Then I am only
ousin Sue, a lady in black water-proof.1
These are all tne occupants of tne
is little Jake?
Whew ! w-h-e-w ! Ah ! the train is
coming. What a stir ! The tall country
man rushes out of the door, saying,"
" Them docks must go to-day." The
fat woman gathers up her baskets, bags,
and bundles, and leans back and puffs
under the load as she hurries to the
platform. Little Charlie has enough to
do to carry himself and his load of
wrappings.
The room is all deserted. Everyone
is on the platform. Puff ! puff ! puff !
as the engine comes around the curve.
A black object sticks its head from the
window. There is a !wild excitement
among the boys even little Charlie
manages to dance a lie under ins over
coat and comforter, and to scream with
the rest, "There's Jake !"
A minute more and the train is here.
The black object in the window is a
dog ! He is little Jake. As the en
gineer lays his hand on the throttle, the
dog turns and watches the movement,
glances in the man's kindly face, and
leaps froir the window.
The boys caress him, even the fussy
station-agent says a kind word to him.
He runs quickly around among the
crowd as though he wanted to see all
he coold in a few minutes, and noto the
changes since yesterday. Then, as the
- last passenger gets into the cars, the
conductor sings out, "All aboard," the
warning bell rings, and Jake springs on
the rear platform. He trots into .he
car at the conductor's heels, stops at
the stove a moment, then off down the
aisle.
The little market woman calls to him
and gives him a biscuit from her basket.
They are old friends. On her weekly
trips to the neighboring town, she
never forgets to carry a ' good fare "
for Jake. Little Charley, with much
exertion and mother's help, takes the
dog on his lap, hugs and pats him,
looks at his teeth and funny little
tongue. IJut Jake peeps Inquisitively
toward the countryman's basket, runs
and tries to put his nose under the
cover, at which the ducks give a flutter
and quack,' and Jake a low growl.
Then off again, watching the conductor
take up the tickets, and receiving pats
and kind words from the passengers.
Presently he stops, with such a queer
look, and really stares into the city
clerk's face. Perhaps Jake admires his
fine clothes. He smells at the big va
lise, then licks the toe of the man's
shiny boot. Funny Jake ! And ' what
do yon suppose the cross fellow .-does ?
Kicks him, and saya, Oet out!" I
wish you -could see how indignant the
passengers look. sEven the bland -con-doctor
- frowns, - its he . siys, 4 'Dog
wouldn't hurt you, sir, Quite harm
less and a great pet; has lived on : this
tr&itf two years; makes the trip every
day. Quite onecf us, sir. All the peo
ple round here know little Jake." ;
"Aw, aw, quite amusing to the conn
try people, no doubt. Would be great
nuisance to me."
"Dear little fellow I nice doggie !"
the passengers say, looking kindly at
Jake and crossly at the city man. Then,
as - the brakeman comes in to fix the
stove, and sees the hanging tail and
downcast looks of his little favorite, he
calls him off into the baggage car. - :
How fond the train men all are of
him ! Often, when overworked , and
tired, Jake's mute sympathy brings a
smile to their lips. There isn't a 'man
among them who wouldn't share his
dinner with Jake. .
I remember last summer, one hot
day, some boys detained him until after
the train started. How he ran to over
take the cars, leaping from tie . to tie on
the track ! What an eagerly excited
crowd gathered on the back platform to
, urge call to him, " Here ! here f
oou. on, Jake I" And then a the enrs
slackened theii speed, and the pot r Jog,
worn out, and tired, eould scarcely tot
ter, a brakeman leaped from the plat
foraw and caught Mm in his arms, what
a torn we aU made over him, and what
nice caka and good things were taken
from pockets and satchels for him to eat S
At anoiir time, he was fastened in
the et-iioa, and the cars went off. with
out Ji.". - He followed them, and an
hour altar tUa train reached C, Jake
c'.-edoa ti sngiae. He had trav
J ca f a&i t arcny miles t
Sometimes when the train is at fall
aruwwl het frolics around on the tops of
I tho nara mm nnt nn th flow Catcher of
the engine, and back, and forth on the
Duller Deam. jsui ms inw
seems to be in the window of the engine
cab, looking np and down the road with
such a wise, responsible look, as though
he was really on duty !
But I have written enough lor this
time, children. If you want to know
more about Jake, let me know, for this
is a true story, and as I travel on his
train every week I knew a good deal
about him. -
Fire Hundred Thousand Years Ago.
The Nation condenses from an Eng
lish scientific periodical some interest
ing speculat'o is from Dr. Alfred Rus
sell Wallace of the probable ant qnity
of the human species. They may well
startle, it says, even those who have long
since come to the conclusion that 6,000
years carry us but a small way back to
the original home. In fact, Dr. Wal
lace's 6,000 years are but as a day. He
reviews the carious attempt to de
termine the antiquity of human remains
or works of art, and finds the bronze
age in Europe to have been accurately
fixed at 3.000 or 4,000 years ago, the
stone age of the Swiss lake dwellings
at 5,000 to 7,000 years, "and an
indefinite anterior period." The
burnt brick found sixty feet deep in the
fine alluvium indicates an antiquity of
au.wo years ; anotuer iragment as seven-
I ty-two feet gives 30,000 years. . A human
.ki.i. v. .it, r .
feet j, haried forests superposed
upon each other has been calculated by
ur. Dawel to nave an antiquity of oU,
000 years. But all these estimates are
pale before those which Kent's Cavern
at Torquay legitimates. Here the drip
of the stalagmite is the chief factor of
our commutations, giving us an upper
floor which divides the relics of the last
2,000 or 3,000 years from a deposit of
the bone of an extinct mammalia and
glutton, indicating an arctic climate.
Names out in the stalagmite more than
2,000 years ago are legible in
other words, where the stalag
mite is twelve inches thick and
the drip very copious, not more than a
hundredth of a foot has been deposited
in two centuries a rate of five feet in
10,000 years. Below this, however, we
have thick, much older and crystalline
(l e. more slowly formed) stalagmite,
beneath which again, "in a solid orecia
very different from the cave earth, un
doubted works of art have Iteen found.
Mr. Wallace assumes only 100,000 years
for the upper noor, zou.uuu for the im
mediate cave earth; by which he arriv
ed at the "sum of 500,000 years that
have probably elapsed since human
workmanship was buried in the depth
of Kent s Cavern
An Ingenious Robbery.
A few mornings since, writes the
Paris correspondent of the London
Daily Telegraph on March 26, a sen
sational robbery was committed, of that
bold but patient and thoughtful type
which we are beginning to recognize as
the American style. A. M. Delapierre,
money-changer on the Boulevard de la
Madeleine, joins to this business a trade
in expensive nick-nacks. Nearly each
day for the last six months an Ameri
can has made small purchases in the
shop. With the ease and volubility of
his pleasant race, this gentleman had
fallen into tbe habit of exchanging long
gossips with M- Delapierre, who looked
on him as one of bis best custo
mers. The other morning the Ameri
can arrived as usual with a friend.
M. Delapierre had just taken out a bag
of money and valuables, which he
placed in the window while talking.
There is, of course, a money-changer's
trrating between it and the shop. Pres
ently entered a third person, who
bought a silver teapot, which the as
sistant packed up and carried to the
address given. When he had gone the
American produced a claw, such as ga
globea are set upon, and said carelessly
to tho money-changer: "I wish you
would see if you Lave a glass to fit this
claw." M. Delapierre went with him
into the back shop and sought a globe
to match, leaving the friend alone. It
appears that he immediately
opened the grating, seized the
little bag of valuables, and called
out, " Haven't you found a glass yet ?"
The American came back; chose some
small articles to be sent home, and then
went off quietly with his companion.
Not for half an hour .afterward did M.
Delapierre discover - his loss, which
amounted to 12,000, half of it in bank
notes and gold, and the rest in checks
and negotiablo paper. A theft so pa
tiently concocted, so audaciously car
ried out, is worthy of notice. Like our
own bank forgers, these men had plainly
some capital, besides shrewd brain and
cold resolution They could afford to
wait six months, and to bny silver tea
pots and trifles of that sort. .-:
An Extraordinary Crime in Washington.
A very extraordinary attempt at mur
der was made in Washington, Tuesday
April loth. The parties are uen. button
and Gan. Boss, old citizens of Wash
ington, and companions in arms in the
Mexican war. Sutton and Boss were
about to open a large billiard room.
According - to Button s ante-mortem
statement, Boss came to him Tuesday
afternoon and took him to the fourth
story of the building they were to oc
cupy, to consult with him about some
improvements. While there, Boss at
tacked him with a heavy hammer and a
sharp instrument. After that everything
was a blank' to Sutton for two hours.
He revived, - crawled down two pairs
of stairs to where there were work
raeny - who vsaw- that' be "ws coy
covered with blood and nearly dead.
The oolice. surgeons, and the District
AUirnn vera mimmoned. The physi
cians said Sutton must die. In his
ante-mortem statement : he- said , Boss
was his murderer. Boss was found in
his room at the Metropolitan Hotel, ad
joining the scene 3 of the murder. He
was changing hia clothes. A bloody
handkerchief was found in. his room,
and his hand was cut Boss was brought
to th dvinc man. and declared that the
ante-mortem statement was a lie; that
h had not seen Sutton that day. Boss
begged Sutton not to go to eternity with
a lie on his lips. Tbe affair is very mys
terious, iioth Sutton ana Xioaa ie
widely known. .' . .
- Dangerous Counterfeits.' "
The only dansrerons National bank
counterfeits of the denomination of five
dollars in circulation, are the issue of
the Traders' National Bank, the Third
National Bank, and the Merchants Na
tional Bank, all of the city of Chicago.
These counterfeits are exceedingly well
done and calculated . to deceive; all but
$3,000 of the notes of the Traders and
First National Banks of Chicago have
been retired, and the notes of all four
of these of this denomination are being
rapidly redeemed in the redemption of
fice of the Treasury, and no additional
notes of tlda denomination will be issued
by these- banks. The public generally
should refuse notes of the denomination
of five dollars of these banks, and all
National banks are requested to return
all five-dollar notes issued by these as
sooiataons to the Treasurer for redemp
tion in their packages cf mutilated
notes.
ABOUT MINES.
A Short Dip Into Natural History.
From Old and New.
Que sunny morning in summer, down
the pathway, still sparkling with the
dewy moisture, came stealthily moving
the long, iitne iorm ox a nuns. iter fur
looked worn and rusty when the sun
light struck her as she shulked between
the tussocks of grass. Occasionally she
halted to look about her, alert ior any
thing eye could see or ear could hear;
but, hearing nothing but the sweet
notes of a song-sparrow and the com
plaining cry of a cat-bird among the
alders, she again moved on. , As she
reached the muddy edge of the brook,
she trod more daintily: then, windins
among the pickerel-weeds, swam down
stream, hardly disturbing the water,
only making a long, wedge-shaped wake
as she stole into the shadowy edge
of the brook. Suddenly she dis
appeared under the water, but
soon came np, struggling with
something that swayed and pulled her
about, disturbing the quiet stream, and
sending a muddiness down with the
current. But she bore the almost un
manageable wriggling eel (for this it
was) to the stone wall and drawing her
self and burden up out of the water on
the large stone, re-ad usted her hold.
and seised the creature back of the head.
Then, bracing herself to draw the biood,
the thrashing, struggling eel grew grad
ually weaker ar-d weaker, until it looked
perfectly limp and lifeless. Then she
jumped from the wall, dragging this
eel, longer than herself, np through the
grass, taking a uinerent and more con
cealed way than the one by which she
came, and soon disappeared altogether
In the thick-banked wall of the barn
on the'nillside she had her young; and
after they grew large enough to require
something more substantial than na
ture's first provision, the a other used
to bring them fish of different kinds
eels, ducks and like prey. So slyly and
stealthily did she keep herself, that she
was not seen until the young were half
grown, and looked like little fawn-color
ed weasels, when she betrayed herself
by bringing this food which impeded
her movements. By traveling the same
way so many times she grew bold.
These minks are very destructive to
fish, and when the brook is low they
can be tracked for a long distance by
the dead eels, pickerel, shiners, and
sometimes trout, lying along the bank,
the mink only sucking the blood and
leaving the fish unmntilated. One
autumn some small shiners, meant for
a bait in pickerel fishing though the ice,
were kept in an old tub, set in a spring
near the brook, and one night all these
fish v ere killed by a mink, who left
them laid in a row on tbe ground.
They looked precisely as if some per
son bad so arranged them. But through
the back of each hsh, near the head,
were four tooth-marks, this being fre
quently the only mark the mink makes
on its victim.
A Baltiinorean Selling Out in Paris.
From the New Tork Times.
Two very interesting auction sales
are going on at this time, one being
that of Mr. lihany, of .Baltimore. ,Mr.
Tiffany was a warm personal friend of
Norman Story, who was killed at Pan,
and both members of the Washington
Club of Paris. Some time lest summer
they took down a lot of English hunters
and pack of hounds, and established a
spleudid hunt at Pau. They had about
twenty very fine hunters in their
stables.
Some two months, ago Norman Story
was killed, and ' 1 can only give the
popular version of the affair. While
following the hounds, btory came to a
crate upon which a peasant was leaning.
and asked him to throw it open, lhe
man said he should not do so unless he
was paid for it, and demanded a piece
f money. Being in hasto Storey
turned back a few yards and put his
hunter at the gate. It would have been
carried easily enough, bnt just as the
horse rose the malicious brute of a man
threw the gate wide open, and tbe horse
and rider came crashing down upon it.
The horse being a very heavy animal,
Mr. Storey was badly injured, and had
his canteen driven into his liver. He
died in a day or two.
Mr. Tiffany was deeply affected by
the death of bis friend. He at once
bought the ground on which the acci
dent occurred (it was little better than
a murder), and intends erecting a mem
orial chapel upon it. He sold out his
stables and then announced his inten
tion of selling out his hotel in Paris and
of leaving Europe forever. The Bale
has been a curious one, for dnring bis
residence in V.enna, where he was Sec
retary of Legation, if I remember
rightly, and ia Paris, Mr. Tif
fany has made a rare collection
of works of art. The hotel was
crowded and the bidding exceedingly
animated, most of the things selling
for more than they cost. For instance,
there was a curious lot of American pis
tols that brought more than the manu
facturers' prices, and all the hunting
cups and other objects of art brought
their full value. The four-in hand
drag sold for about 4,500 francs; a
coupe badly used, for 2,200 francs; a
Victoria for 1,900 francs, and so 'on,
nearly every article fetching more than
it was worth in its present condition.
To-day the furniture is to be sold, in
cluding a solid silver bath tub.
A iUll-ClImbing Locomotive.
. The Leviathan, a new hill-climbing
locomotive, which is intended to run up
and down the Ithaca Hill, on the U. X
& B. K., is described as follows: There
are laid down the Ithaca Hill four rails
besides the cogged one; when the en
gine starts up hill it rests upon a pair ,
of rails just within the usual' track and
upon a set of double-flanged small
driving wheels, which are upon the
same axles, with the big drivers they
being only thirty inches in diameter:
this inside track is raised about fifteen
or eighteen inches above the outer one,
and nigh enough so that the big drivers
do not touch the track at all; the engine
rests now upon the small drivers and
are independent of the other ones;
then in the centre of the track is placed
a wide cogged rail, which exactly
"smashes" into the cog-wheel, which is
between these small drivers, directly
under the locomotive. Thus it will be
seen that by applying power to the big
drivers xn 'ihe ordinary .way the power
is thus applied to the cogged wheel,
which does the climbing. ; The cogs are
about three inches from tip to tip, and
the wheel is eight inches wide. The
locomotive and tender are very heavy,
and are made so that they can hug the
track more closely. It ia arranged for
ordinary rood purposes, as well as for
hill climbing, and until the hill track is
completed will be used on the Scipo
train. The engine cost $11,200. and
weighs sixty-three tons, with coal and
water. The manufacturer says it is of
sufficient power to draw one hundred
and one cars of ten ton each up a grade
of one foot in nine, with 180 pounds of
steam.
Thbxs million feet of pine was cut on
the Menominee Reservation and hauled
irito the OcodAq river this winter.
The Dairy Maid.
My dairy maiden, trim and tight,
Young Polly with the merry eyes,
I think that I can well surmise
The meaning of their light !
For, while you slum the dainty cream, ' '
Tytro' the wide window, like a dream n
You see the hay fork bold and blithe,
And one who leads, with sweeping scythe.
See now, the scythes hare ceased to flash,
The sultry toil brings sndden thirst,
He drains his tankard who was first,
Beneath the atrial ash. - -Those
stalwart shoulders look like work.
That bare, brown arm will never shirk,
Those honest eyes look straight at yon ;
Ay, ay, my lass, the lad will do.
Blackwood? Magazine,
A JAPANESE STORY.
now An Old Connie's Utile Trensare
Kroaht Grief ! Several Avaricious
Persons.
The following curious story, savs the
Japan Gazette, though savoring of the
improbable, is vouched for by a n itive
journal: wear Kawagoye. m Kama-
gaya Ken, lived an old couple, man and
wife, who had worked hard for many
years farming, and had put by
200 yens for a rainy day. One day dur
ing the course of last year the old man
remarked to his better-half that they
were over sixty years of age and must
die soon, and asked wh it they should do
with their earnings. Neither of them
liked the idea of leaving the money they
had earned by the sweat of their brows
for other people to spend, so it was
agreed that when one of them should
die the survivor should place the money
m the coma with the boo.y, to pay the
expenses of the journey of both to tbe
other world, the one on demand and the
other in advance.
The husband was the first to succumb
to the tyrant death, and was placed in
his coffin, not with the 200 yen though.
for the old woman, with the Jailing of
her sex, changed her mind, and retained
the money, thinking it would be far
more sensible to spend it in procuring
masses,, requiems, and offerings of
flowers and perfumes for the departed.
She therefore intrusted the money to a
Kocho of the village,' with instructions
to use it as above stated. But this
Kocho, tempted by the filthy lucre, did
not have masses sung, sacrifices offered,
&c, but kept the money, in the hope of
the old lady following her husband.
This, however, she flatly refused to do,
and continued robust and healthy,
month after month, until a
short time ago, when the Kocho.
weary of the delays of King Death;
thought to assist the aged female in her
journey to a better (or worse) world,
and sut her, with touching inquires s
to her health, a few tempting cakes,
well dosed with poison. The old wo
man, after conveying her thanks to the
Kocho, offered the cakes to her "la
mented" husband that is, she placed
them on the shelf, for he also was "on
the shelf and had )een for some time.
Just then a ghost-like form appeared
before her, with face red as beet-root.
body of immense size, a large, gro
tesque ornament, in the shape of
a pair of horns, protruding from his
head, and , a huge sword girt about
his loins. Moreover, this strange
obiect was clothed in a priest s coat,
and when he had remained sufficiently
iong for the old lady to recover from
the alarm which tbe first sight cf him
created, he thus addressed her: "lam
Yanma Dalo, (judge of criminals in the
place of darkness.) You did not place
the 200 yen in the coffin of your dead
husband, according to promise; where
fore he is distressed, and is suffering
intensely on account of the extreme
difficulty of his journey. I could not
bearsto hear his groans and mut ered
imprecations, so 1 have come to xe
ceive the money fur him. Give it me
quickly."
The astonished woman, after confess
ing that she had broken her promise,
explained that she had kept the money
for sacrifices and ocrings, adding that
she would go immediately and. bring
the money; it was till in cuarge of the
Kocho. The Yepma, however, stopped
her, saying, " I' am the King of hell,
and have come here secretly, and
would not like the people of this world
to see me. I must hide myself while I
am waiting. " The woman, taking in
the situation at a glance, put
him in a large box which had been kept
at one time for clothing, telliatg him
that if he should feel hungry he would
find tome cakes on the shelf. Sfce then
went to the Kocho axl told hint what
had taken plaee. Koaho, being suspic
ions that it was some trick of the old
woman's, said he would go back with
her and see who this wonderful person
age was, and would then give her the
money. 1 On reaching home the woman
pointed to the large box, which Kocho
opened, but started back with horror on
seeing the Yeuma Daio lying nearly
dead, vomiting blood, his. body being
quite blue! The old woman ran to the
shelf and found that all the cakes were
gone.
Koch confessed his guilt and received
condign punishment, and now eontes
the most probable pari of the story.
The victim of the position was not
Yehma Dalo, but a wicked follow in the
neighborhood who knew the story of
the 200 men and had designs upon it,
Thk most eminent organists of Paris
and London, as well as Warren, Mor
gan, Zumlel, of Trinity, Grace, and
other principal churches in New York,
have given to the Mason & Hamlin Or
gan Co. written testimonials to the supe
riority of their cabinet organs, whiohthey
declare to have excellencies not found
in others . ,-.. -i . . ,
Heavy Suit Against the Estate of Ezra
i Cornell. . . .
Engene A. Brewster, of Newburgh,
N. Y., referee in the suit of Wm. A.
Woodward against the estate oi the late
Ezaa Cornell . to recover 8117,000 and
costs for locating Government lands in
Wisconsin from 1865 to 1868, has ren
dered a report finding jndgment for
plaintiff for $60,805.90 and costs. The
lands located were granted to the State
of New York for. educational purposes
and purchased by Mr. Cornell for the
benefit of his university. Mr. Wood
ward commenced proceedings in Oeto
ber, 1871. Mr. Cornell died pending
the suit, and Fianklin C. Cornell, ad
ministrator of the estate, was, by order
of the Court, substituted for defendant,
and the suit commenced without inter
ruction. All the testimony had btan
taken at the time of Mr. Cornell's
death .' . .
Foster en Texas Immigration. !.
One of the beat posted men in Texas!v
upon tab subject of Immigration, is Oapt. J.
. Foster, of this city. In connection with hia
real estate business and distribution of Texas
lands, he also has a regular " Immigration
Bureau." His correspondence upon this sub
ject alone id growing to be enormous. Ha has
advertised Texas ana her resources better and
to larger amounts than haa the state itself,
or any other of her citizens. Capfc. foster ia a
live man, and his value to Houston and Texas
is beyond computation, financially. He is
bound to win in all he undertakes. t- Houston
(Texas) Age. Com. i
John O. Fbbmont haa been at Vir
ginia City, Nev., reoentiy.lookkig at the
bonanza,
Vdteoab Bitters. That there are
some good patent medicines nointelligent
man dare for a moment deny; and pre
eminent is the great California hero
medicine, Vineqab Bitters, discovered
by Db. J. Walker, a prominent physi
cian of San Francisco. This medicine,
although called Bitters, is not to be
classed among tho vile "fancy drinks,"
recommended and sold over the bar by
rnm venders, ' but is a combination of
pure herbalistio extracts, known to
possess sterling medicinal qualities, and
is compounded without the use in any
shape of spirits. Its action upon the
internal system is not stimulating to the
extent that alcoholic poison is, but it at
once attacks blood-impurities, and by
removing the original cause destoys the
germs ox disease and invites returning
health. Its action upon the stomach
and liver render it an almost certain
specific in the most stubborn cases of
dyspepsia, and in truth imparts new
life nd vigor to the whole system. It
is one of the best medicines ever invent
ed. Com."
Tub Queen of all Sewing Machines.
In speaking of the merits of the Wilson
euuttle sewing machine, it is sufficient fur us
to say that we think the invention of this ma
chine marks one of the most important eras in
the history of this country; and when we con
sider the influence it has upon the social well
being of tbe masses, it is difficult to conceive
of an invention of more importance. It has a
Deantiiiu. noiseless movement; it mases tne
Genuine lock-stitch" alike on both sides, and
oes to perfection all kinds of plain and fine
sewing; it needs no commendation; its rapid
sales, the increasing demand, and the many
flattering testimonials from those who, have
used it, is Btifhcient proof of ' its -merits: The
want of a t-ewing machine is deeply felt in
every hoasehold, aud as tho Wiieon shuttle
sewing machine, on account of its extreme
simplicity and less cost of manufacture, is Bold
it a much lower price than all other first-class
machines, it is meeting wivh the extensive
patronage that it so juBtly deseives. Machines
will be delivered at any railroad station in this
county, free of transportation charges, if or
dered through O. W. Robertson & Co., 412
Milwaukee street, Milwaukee, Wis. They send
an elegant catalogue and chromo circular free
ou application. This company want a few
more good agents. Com.
Db. Piebcb's Golden Medical Discov
ery will cure a Cough in one-half the time
necessary to cure it with any other medicine,
and it deti it, not by drying it up, but by re
moving the cause subduing the irritation and
healing the affected parts. For all cases of
Laryngitis, Hoarseness, Suppression or Loss of
Voice. Bronchitis, Severe Chronic or Lingering
Congks, it will be found to snrpass any medi
cine that has ever before been offered to the
public. It is sold by all dealers in medicines.
Davis' Pain Killeb. This article
needs no comments from us, but the real
worth of so valuable a compound compels us
to give publicity to it. The Pain Killer we
keep constantly at hand, and have done so for
a number of years, and have administered it
for ails of all descriptions, both external and
internal, and have ever found it to be the
best remedy extant. We well recollect its
first introduction for public patronage; it was
then sold iu a few shops in the city; look at it
now the wor'.d are its patrons.
Sold everywhere. Com.
"Hokse-Men," and' others who pre
tend to know, say that the following directions
had better be observed In using Sheridan'
Cavalry Condition. Po'xdert; Give a horse a
tablespooufnl everv night for a week ; the
same every other night for 4 or 6 nights ; the
same for a milch cow, and twice as mnch for
an ox. The addition of a little fine salt will
be an advantage. Com.
We have heard recently of several
severe cvtes of spinal disease cured by John
son s Awxtyne Ixmnveiot one case of a man
forty-five years old, who had not done a day's
work for four years. The back should iirst be
washed, then rubbed with a coarse towel.
Apply the Liniment cokl, and rub in well with
Ik. I,.l I . 5
xlLBCTKicrrv - is LiIfe. All nervous
disorders, chronic diseases of the chest, head,
liver, etomacb, kidneys and biood, aches and
pains, nervous and trciierei debuitv. etc
quickly cured after drugs fail by wearing Yolta
fcjei'tric Melts ana lianas. Valuable book free,
by rtta Ijelt Co., Cincinnati, Uniu. Com.
What is the tlillerence between a
turnkey and a jeweler? One watches
cells, and the other sells watches. ;
Bcbnett's Cocoaine is the best and
cheapest bair drctcadng in the wortd Com.
Sow to oet a home. See advt.
SixritliOrgaiiCcx
EOSTON, rIASS.
These Ktassstsurd Instraunents
Sold by Music Dealers Everywhere.
AGENTS WANTED IN EVERY TOWN.
fiold throng-bout the United States on the
INSTALMENT PLAN;
' Tbat is, on s ftystesn of Monthly Payments;
posKhasera shsnld ask for the Sierra AMKaiaasi
Oust. Catalogues and full particulars on appJs-
canoa.
Habit Cured
A certmln and sure csne, without haconvenlence
andatbasne. An antidote that stands rarely on Its
own merjes. Send for my quarterly Bsagazine, (tt
costs m-mollUng,) containing- certlflcatesof hundreds
that have been permanently cored. I claim to have
discovered and produced the vixst, OBxaiXAX, ajco
CSI.T scaacuxjt fob opium battss.
PX 8. D. COLLI K. Vm. Post, lad.
r
Itfavtesr MftM twatr vera buiwawn Uftoaod
mn wit AnitiSA, x mxymruBmavtm vw
fcrtHMtflllT dlmfiOTttrstl
i MHWiiy tad Mr cor for JLrthm ttsd Cbtaniv
TtttBUBWaWasMl With MIIMllI psMjUtsysMmW IHJ
uUBtrtMuois. (ui aaa ct an, or mbcpmi
nreold fay Drvugfeta. FW-H Pcitg. by bU (Hi
M. C. A. BOHMJAII,
NO. 619 North Fifth Street, St. Loots, Mo., ESTAB
LISHED 18B7. Cure. U snfferers without the. use ai
Mmx-ury. Charges reasonable few. ' . . .
(WUt. B.'s Treatise on Special Diseaee, which
four explains the nature, eaoaes. ermptnm, and meant
to cure all forms of Nerroos Debility, all Disease caused
by the Errors of Yoatb," and valuable information on
other delicate subjects, sent nuut,. in plain sealed
enwiuoe.
ATTESTI05,
OWXKR8 OEP HORSE.
Aak yonr Harness Makes for
the rOf.l iK P4IK
They ars warrantod to corw
any sore neck on horse or
mule, or money refunded. 11
R tinted directions . ars At
twed. Rend ?So for sam pis.
Zlno Collar Pad Co, Hole
aianui ns nocmnsn, jucsv
W1SKERSS
The only Preparation that gives
ierfect satisfacttoa to those
ishins to raise Beard or Mus
tache. De LuiHsi' Viiroriae " nrenared only In
Paris. Bach packaae warranted aad sent by mailn
receipt of l. Samples matted for 13 cts. Address
J. B. FRANKLIN, S le Importer, Jersey City, H. J.
AGENTS WIIITED "iS
Btble ever published. Send fhr our extra terms
to Agents. KATIOSAL. PlIBUUUSO CO.,
Chicago. 111. - - , -- . , j
mr A8KNT8 WllfTiD EVBBYWHEBB- TSs
I lL A choicest In tae world Importers' prices
X 13X1 largest Company tn iswr.es-staple article
pleases everybody trade inerrasintr bs in
dnceraeuts send for Circular toBOBBBT WKLL1,
H Vesey Street. Mew York. P. O. Box 1H8.
nHIS paper is printed with Ink lumlshe by
1. Charles Bnea Johnson A Co., So. 10th St.,
Philadelphia, and 6 Oold strsst. Mew Tork, Vojr
sals in 10 and 2i pound cans by
CBAkiB. AlKElfS A CBAMlSlt, Milwaukee .
PCflTf? ait her sex; steady work at bosm
ftUbsi I Valuable samples and terras, 1
cents. SIMPSON A SMITH, Cortlanst Stlf.T.",
3 Sis A DAY. Atrents wanted, male and female
4m Aaarcss jcuxeaa a i l uo.
, Buchanan.2ii.ca,
BEAfTTIFL'I. II AIR Oil, redpsfor TS ets.
. Address C. A. POWLSA, Traveras City, bUoh.
C O (r)fl pSTaystboin8.Tsrinsfre).Adrssl
Va rt Va.w &ao. bTiasoB A Co., rwUaad.ataias.
PTESV FAMILY WANTS IT. Money In tt
- waw h, .,eu ... ,um, m. n.
0VBUb,ris4a
9Hfi tnonto to agents everywhere. Adtbesa
VaCUU XCMUBIOB M'FtJ OO Bochanaa.M.cfa.
010
to PKR DA Y Send for "rkwinm
eataiocrus, J. H. BUFVOBB'S SONS, Boston.
128
;Oll CLromos for SI; for S&c Avsnts wanted.
, n. avtuuTsss vo., notion a cuaao.
ATTECTIOXV New Pension and
Bounty Law. Claims due almost every
soldier or his heirs. Have your rights ex
amined tmder the late laws. Mo fee or
charge unless successful. The new law in
cludes thousands who are getting no pen
sion, or are cmided to bounty. Bounties
collected, new discharges obtained. Pen
sions procured or increased. Pay for ra
tions while prisoner, back-pay, and all other
claims settled. Surviving soldiers war i8iz,
and with Mexico, pensioned: widows oi
same also. " SSotdierf Record,'' a neat pa
per, 6 pages, giving digest pension and
bounty laws. No soldier can do without it.
Send to cents lor sample copy. Address,
(with stamp) Nathan W. 1itzgbiau,
U. S. Claim Agent, Indianapolis, Jnd. : ,
Free ! Free ! ! Free ! ! !
The Pioneer.
A handsome illustrated newspaper containing in
formation for everybody. Tells how and where to
seenre a boms cheap. Bnt nu To all pasts
CITHlWOU).
It con talus the hstw Hoximus and Tmn
Laws, with other interesting matter found only in
this paper.
Send for it at Once!
It wfll only cost yon a Postal Cabd.
Hew number for April just out.
Address,
O. DAVIS,
l4UMt Commissioner V. I. It. R.,
- ' r Onishs, Nets.
Real Estate ail Golft Drawini,
MAY 13th, 1875.
Over 64,000 acres in tracts of 40 to 738 acres each;
IS houses and 400 building lots in Houston ( popu
lation 25,100; i The Railroad centre of Texas; and
2325 PRIZES IN GOLD COIN.
1 cXk.ot.s OxaLXy SSX.
J. K. FOSTHH, Miuukgcr,
Houston, Texas.
DR. WHITTIEE,
No. 617 St Charics SL, St Louis, Mo.,
emtinnMtatiMttnniHir oMarisato imrrtre, blood In.
puiUU-s, every tmetu or UckiMrmi which rvu,M from indlav
CrelUtu or toipTiUHie. frith Uiipiaratlel rtl a i . Dr. W.'a -VklUtsitms-vtt
im cUrt?iyf by tlm tt of M Lawsuit. m fnuaood
And taM bvi ftWtlM?4 to erunt 4:1, rcrtAin a ltd rwltat Ut
tftt nSAKisYdUHlaof avrriJ turtle! mm );. an bavin
utm KMfMti htm- oi anxanBiwrftaitu iiiainiriaaptttHafties.lt
tua psjrtactyU rvmvtltea tltat etWtiai In U linum re. Ufa
pAtit-nta a toteJ by mail or xti--wa vrywtirw. Mo
m-ttar who fii4. call or w'U. Prom tiw mtvac anniber of ap-pltt-ationa
rw anatsJrl to bia rbargtj low. & PAOr.ti,
fiviu full wytupiiMun, J- two nt ant pat.
M A R ft I A C E C U I D E :
360 pare, a popular boot wbtrh avwil I i rJ br ryrwi7.
N mairWfl pair, or pen ma -ourmtil.,Md; mMnxn, ran aflwrd
to do witttoul IU It CMMiialn tit -rtmm uf nwtlcal MtratUtB
tUfaanltV-fiC. : I-mau taof Dr. W.'a lone axrwrWi-, aiao tra
iwt tbortKiit from lar worka ia Karopo aal Amortc. 8tmft
acaJoti, poaa paid for fiO cent "
N. F. BURNHAM'S
WATER WHEEL
Was selected,4 years aao.and pnt to
work in tne f stent timee, wasn
ington.D.C. and hss proved to be
tbe bear. 10 sizes made. Prices
lower than a-v other first-class
Wheel. Pamphlet free.
N. F. BCRNHAM, York, Pa.
HOW TO GET A HOME
Good Poll, Climate. Water nf Schools.
We sell the Railroad lands on the Iowa Division
of the Milwaukee A St. Paul B R. on six years time
io a per acre, xwo years' rent win ouy a
farm. Write or call en
PALHER, DAVlDSOS CALKIX,
B- R. Land Agents, Algona, Kossuth Co., Iowa.
POPE'S
J yjltifie Air 3ElaTol
f J Just the thing for Bills practice.
f f Recommended and endorsed by the
best oun dealers tn tne worn, eena
for cl'cslar. PUPK BROS , 4
High Street, Boston, Mass.
AC3EKTS WAJTTET for the CENTENNIAL
A book for every American. Bells ererywnere at
sight. Farmer. Teachers.Htndents.Lawyers.Mer
c bants. School Directors, Manufacturers, Mechan
ics, Shippers, Salesmen, men of learning, and men
wio cau omr reaa, oia ana young, ij wmi k wr
eT
iryday reference and nae. Bhows grand results
IOO VeaLra fi-oirrrsa. A whole Ilbratrv.
of
Botiun Glob Not a luxury, but a necessity.
ter-Oceoti Heat felllnsr Book Published. Good
. rw ,-... . .V. n . w w .-MP nf 111
Adrtii J.:. Mcl'UKMYefe CO., Fubllomers,
Cincinnati, CM Chlraifo, 111-, or St. Lcuis, Mo.
JUST
TBI
BOOSt
YOU
CAN
SELL.
MONEY I' IT Kl'r! Jnstout.
Useful, Haudsome, Cheap. Sells
everywhere. A rare chanre. Also,
NKW "MAP 3, CHARTS. Etc.
Our new chart, CIIHI8TI AN
tilt AC'KN, is a splendid success.
Cincinnati prices same as Mew
York. Send for teruie to B. C.
B&1DOMAN, r, Barclay St., New
I York, and 1 Jit W. 4th St., Cln.. O
Jll. ii. A., uy.- "Are much
A. fcFstrlsiudl, Coffee Spite
MWajSpringjieid, Ma.,ugK "Your
Sea Foam is excellent. My cus
tomers must and will hare It."
UseSea Feain and your table will
charsn and delight your nuests.
YourOrocer, tf obliiftntr, will get
it for you. It ti Milk. Kkiis,
Ac.,id makesthe mostdelicious
bread, bi smalt and calr von av,
jfliaw. Send for circular tiifiio. V.
Oaata A Co., 176 Duane St., N. Y.
.! AXCY, or Honl CharnlnK."
B M.ei!;u-r amy rtui.'inaitf an.l hmii l.m ..v.- ml
.... . i ii.ii .ii mi, rutin uM.ynitNiMi, MtittKiiliY. i m. nrl tll i-ir,
P-imw... f.w. by niall,S& rantft; tii?-JN.r with i M.iri-inT Oni. ,
lUviitiMn Oe.-I. OrrKni,, HlntNtii LaiIIi-k. Ac. l,flrft.n09.iM. I
(wr iKHik. jUldraas T. ftlUJlMD A XI., mti'a, rnll.b.;phl i.
FISH SEINES.
Band for PUCK LISTS. Tery low to trade.
SBDOU-H A CO., 1018 N. 5th 8t. Bt. Ixiuis, Mo.
T i TiTPO 8u;ertno; from Falline of the Womb
1 1 A III Pii suppressed or painful Menstruation.
Alt I UI UtJor other female weakness, will receive
a circular of Interest to them by sending- address
So Da. K. H. GouBJ( Co., Freeort.Ill.
Manufactaarera of AwsaUsars, Tents, Vtstsra,
end Hesaners of all descriptions, Water
Proof Horse and Watton eorers. rarans, BelUnsr.
Keep on hand Cetne Tartne, 6111 Thread, Rets, Ac
WAY. JOHNsO.V V. (JO.. Hilwaskcs.
WANTED
The People's dollar paper, ThsCow
TaiBUTO a, enlarged ti6Arotmn,re
littous A secular. Taken everywhere.
& mairnineent premiums. Sample,
terms, etc., tree. 4.H. BAkLK.Boauul
sono HBWl
AGENTS.
I Geo. P. Rowrl & CoTj
IfiffC Tb best. All Colors. One Wafer
I ft j i i h makes 3 ounces. Sample and Circa -BeSa
V lars mailed for lO cents and stamp
by DEFIAMCK NKKDLB CO.. 63 8 Broad stay, N. V.
fJrtf and CApenacBaraonth toaeenta,-A0jaress
WBW W Oi.WUAAX. OOGBVUie, SUh :
s;ei.ts. Csans Chans; sells ataitfht. Iteeeesary as
lL.soast.Oood a free. Chai eChanfiM'rCo.,Boaion
K VAI.IIABI.N INFORMATION address
n. MAKma, Jfox tot.', mn-nn. nits
Sfr PER DAY Ccmmissitm, nr $30 a week
tr Salary and rxpts4FS. We offer it and wit .
jwy.u Aprly nojo, fc. Wkbbbs ACo , Martow. O,
Tho Kcst ExteEsiY Hs&sfictory
O )
P'uTfiwf' .. 0
, Vbip .-y -'
; t51XI.TJTBw4TEO CATALOGUES XI "V FKSTTU
fir I. Walker's CalifnrnfA Vln-
egar Bitters aro a purely Vegetable
preparation, mad. fihieflr fi-m the na
tive herbs fonnd c.u tbe loner range of
tbe Sierra Nevada mountains of Califo, -nia,
tbe medicinal properties of which
are extracted therefrom without the use
of AlcoboL The question is -almost
daily asicexi. " Wlw-t is the cause of the
unparalleled succ.- of Vixfoak Bit
ters!" Our nnsw-31 if, that they renrove
the cause of disea.' anil tbe patient re
covers his health They aro the great
blood purifier and a Ufe-privlna; principle,
a perfect Renovto and Invlgorato
of the system. . Waver befor in the
.jatory of" tbe wr-rW has a- medicine beno
compounded possetvinjf tie rtniarkebiw
qualities of Vihboa Bittbrj in healing
sick of every distrve man is teir to. They
are a gentle Pnryrative as well as Tonic,
relieving Congenial! or Inflitninintj.ni di
the Liver and irwcial Orguns, in V-iliou
0 j fWaVflPfl i '"'
' The properties of Da Talkers
VlJtKOAR Uittkhs aie A porjou' , Diaphoretic
Carminative, Nutrition Laxuclve. DittrrtiB.
Sedative, Counter-irritant, Sudori AIWI
rive, and inti-IHlHMis.
k. ii. mDO"JAin as ca.. -
3rnirtrUts iml Oen. a fra Stin Franolson. California.
tod our. ot Wnahintrtoa and Clilu-lton Kta.. N. V.
Sold lj avil Urngict-u and Dralers.
OSFTEnYiSPmSS
fhe Only Reliable Gift Dirtributiea ia Um
Country.
$60,000.00
Ia ValaaMe Gifts to be Distrib
uted in
I.. Bo SINE'S ,
172nd Regular Monthly
6EFT EKT1RPEISE
TO BE DEAW9
Monday, May 3rd., 1875.
TWO OBANU CAPITAIX OF;
$5,000 00 EACH IN CASH !
Twonrisos Sl.0001
Fiv prises , 500?
; Each in Cash.
leu prizes 1001
l norm sm Buggy, setts S2er-somud xfarswa
- worth aeoo.
One Tine-toned Rosewood Piano, worth B55Ql
Ten Family Sewing Machines worth 9100 aaeh.
Three Sold Watchee and Chains, worth sjaoo each
Three Gold American Hunttng- Watches, worth.
C12cach.-
Ter. Indies' Oold Hunting Watches, worth SKA
lath. --- ' - . -
SOO Gold and ttOver Lever Hunting Watch isfc
oU,) Kort ."w $S to if 300 each.
(K.ld Chains, Silver, ware. Jewelry. Ac, Ao.
Number of Gifts, ,A00l , Tickets limited to do ,000 r
AIJKNTS WANTKB TO MEI.L, TICKETS,
to vrltnna 14lMi-aJ Premiums will fee iiaid.
Single Tickets. $1 ; Six Tickets, Si-, Twelve Tick
ets, $10; Twenty-are, It 20.
Cironlars enntaininc; a fnfl list of prises, a de
scription of the manner of drawintr, and otbor in
form atlon In reference to the Distribution, will tw
sent to any one ordering them. All letters macst
be addressed to
Office, Exceiwor Building,) L. D. BINE, Box 433,
Cor. Baos A Longworth.
. 1
Cincinnati, O.
PORTABLE?
Soda Fountains.
$40, $50, $75, & $100.
GOOD, DURABLE, AND CHEAP.
Shipped Ready for Use.
Manufactured by CHAPMAN A CO.,
. Madison, Ind.
Wlend tor a Catalogue.
This newTmss Is wcra .
with perfect comfoxst.
night and eay. Adapt
itself to ererymottoai (
the body , retaining rup--ture
under the hardest -exercise
or severest :
strain until permev- -nently
cured. So Mr
cheap by the
Elastic Truss Co., No. 83 Broadway. N. Y. City. .
Sent by tnatL Call or send for circular .and he cured..
DO YOUR OWN PRINTING!
r
hBb aa V. 1 JT Xhlis 1 IU f IT.
1 " reeaatesml suael A.usn-wa
I rrlnters a3-Hois. Sottlea. Maa
1 .VnT'TT"' Mrhsuta, and others last
f Sfc!1?1'? eeri.Med. 13.000 in meet.
2JZ?'VZh -"-noes rroro saw to miou.w
-O. WOODS A CO, Mumfaus
--aw. maiiianusor Prl tlng Mawssls.1,.
REIABKABLE!
OPPORTUNITY r
' a e nnimul ftpecnliL
ttun. SJIIOO sometfaaS
IntiiMSliinttd. U I
"'-Bonk aivlna th- w e". aa-J ipl.lnin
?TJ?a .T"yi-2 .'n""lt tte dir.. Addraaa Boi
kJil.j. aw York. 1 "
Catalogue Pres. R ut.
Co.. 10U K. fith
street, bt. xrttuis, mo.
SnOIJEY
POB AGBKTS in onr ten Kew
Moveltlee. Just out. Keeded In
,r- - . n . j "i ww. Dsmnieano ctrew.
lars free by snail. BLB. WBITB A CO., Newark, h J.
$2501
here. Bustness honorable and e..
jfartioulars sent free. Address
WORTH A CO.. St. Louis, Mo.
M.N. U.
Mo. 17.
WHEN. WUITINil TO ADVERTISERS
Please eavy sstw tho Advert Uement ln
' This Pawer. ' '
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