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MEMORIES OF LIBBY PRISON* Hamoroua IlelntnUcencea olthe Oi<( "af Prlaon—Story of n Coufedfrut* Gunril- The l»a«e Hint Stole the Potato*.- A correspondent from Richmond, writing of the roerat sale of Libby prison, says Mr. Joseph W inpfiolu, an ex-guard, told his experience on a monv- orable night while standing sentinel over t he prisoners there. . . “ So the old prison is Sold, is it P lie said. “ Well, gentlemen, 1 never go by that place without laughing now. I can t help thinking of the cute trick played by a lot of Yankees there. The fact is it was so good that, although I lnu\be< n ordered to stioot in among them, i dis obeyed orders. It was about ’03, and the Libby building ivas so crowded that it wouldn’t hold any more prisoners, so they put a large lot of them in I he St eon 1 story of the building across the street Soon after these prisoners came the prison ofllcials got a large supply ol sweet potatoes (regular yams) from North Carolina, and stored tlmm on the first floor of the building in which those prisoners were confined. Big sweet po tatocs were luxuries in those days, and Turner and those fellows kept a strict watch over the building, 1 can led you The third day after they had been stowed away it was noticed that they were disappearing at the rate of about a bushel a dny. At first it was thought that the rats took them, blit a r round thought showed that the idea was sib- surd. Sentinels were posted all around the building with orders to ehor.t any man they caught stealing those yams, butttiey didn't see anybody to shoot and alt hougli posted there day and n ight, and no one was all the war and went North. With him disappear* d the lant of the Libby offi cials in Richmond. 1^ A KM, (UUDEN AND MDUSFIlOijD flowed to enter the room in which the potatoes were kept, they continued to disappear at the rate of a bushel a day. The Con fed crates saw their yams disappearing in this wav.ano were furious. '1 tie tiling was an Unac countable mystory. The doors and win dows of the room V, eve sealed and private marks were nut on the wax, so that it any of them were opened it would bo known. The next morning the officers wer,t into the room. The wax wr.s all right, but another bushel of potatoes had vanished. Well, sir, it was the maddest crowd you ever saw. They came after me, and ordered me to take my stand in the room. They locked mein, and a lighted candle was put at , each end of the room fo that I could sec. I was ordered to shoot on eight anybody I saw stealing fjiotw yams. It wns terribly lonesome in that room. Just as fast as I could light one candle and go to Uto other end of the room to light the other, the rats would cut the first one down. They were rcgulnr Confederate rats, and a randle was a f odsend to them. After a lot of worry got the rats out of the way, and sat down near the door wailing for devel opments. There 1 stayed till twelve o’clock; but though 1 kept my eyrs on the potatoes all the time, I couldn’t sec any of them going. Shortly after twelve I hoard a creaking, grilling sound, which seemed to be all over ttie room at once. I cocked my gun and held my breath, hut &U111 couldn’t see any sign of life except the rats creeping about the lloor. 1 By George!’ I thought, ‘this darrnrn place is haunted, If there is any such thing as a place being haunted.’ The sound stopped, hut about ten minutes alter it began again. I looked at the pi to of potatoes, and pres ently raw something stioot from the ceiling and tall on them. I saw it was n brick and could distinguish a rope tied to ft. I crept a little nearer to get a good look at the tiling, but before I could examine it, it w.-m drawn slowly up, and there wns about a peck of yams sticking to it. It went up through at a holo which had bemi eut in the lloor above, and presently came down again with a thump right among the potatoes It was the most artful arrangement vou ever saw. Tho brick had about titty holes drilled in it, an.I through cacti hoJo a sharpened ten-penny nail had been run, so that when the briek fell among the yams these nails Btuck into every one they fell on. 1 couldn’t help laughing at the smart dodge those Yau- Kecs had taken to get at the yams. I gently put my hand forward and caught E '' Hints to Writers for the Press. I'lie following arc opinions Opinions are not always facts. The great aim in writing is to tell ns much as possible in as lew words as possible. The age is nearly past when through love of the sound of woVds peo ple caro nothihg for the sense. There is a tehdcncy in word i to creep in when they are not needed. Every rank of fifteen or tw-blyisapt to con tain o r e unnecessary idler. A good plan to find how many un- necessa’y words can be kicked out of a sentence is to telegraph messages at ten cents h word. Some Vise quotations with an ease and confidence as if they had Originated them. It is welt to ‘remember that quo tations ttre hot your property. Omit ttie remark common.at tho com mencement of many letters: “Thinking that some facts relative to tho rscent beer-barrel explosion in Masliville might interest your readers, I take tho liberty ol sending, etc.” All unneces sary, and a waste of time, labor, paper, pen. ink. type and space. If the matter you write is to interest anybody, jt will do so without your preface. Avoid prefaces one-third or one-half as long as your article. Nobody builds a hallway half a mile long to get into a small house. In long articles the same thing is gen erally said two or thice times. f It is muhli more difficult to writes short article than a long one. An old editor spenks ol “not having time to write a short editorial.’’ It is harder to condense llinn to expand. A steady practice *jf writing immedi ately after eating will probably result in oontVnued dyspepsia. The stomach must have its time to manufacture and store up brain force. The best efforts in composition are generally renliBed when the body Is ill Us best physical condition. You cannot write well when yotl are tired, and writing oh stimulants involves a heavy discount on the morrow’s strength. When you imngine that you have “ just scribbled off something,” If that something is Veally clever, please re- o em' er how much of your pnst life, experience, study and observation it has takin to proouce if. Thb Hpo fruit which in autumn fhlli from the tree lias taken hinny months to store up all its richness. Trees don’t just “scribble off” apples. 1) >n’t let your bravery in print go ahead of your bravery lh a personal in terview with tho subject of your abuse. Honor tho foreman and tiro proof reader. They enu slaughter you, and hardly know how llioy do itthemselvos. S'cw York Graphic. j-’Bvm mill fink-den Rote., 'there is no better feed for fowls wh h ruining than siiullower seeds. Apples bailed with milk ire good fo pigs. It pays to feed eoWr, giving milk.liber ally. Butter is high and now is ttie time to feed profitably. Always give tho soil the first meal. it **»«>’’ foil kiril li iniinnrn if mill IiK.fiS OF INTEREST. hot Hold of the rope. Pretty soon they id bo- gan to draw on it, and when it did not move I heard one fellow say: * Steady, boys, the brick’s hung on something Pull her steadily without jerking.’ They did pull her steadily and fairly lifted me from the floor. ‘ No jerk" easy, boys, easy,’ the director said, and they tugged away. I got pretty red in the face holding to the rope. I was afraid to lot go, because I thought some of those spiked nails might strike me in passing. I thought of my pocket knife, and hauled it out just as they were put ting all their weight on the other end ,J the rope. I eut it in two, ard the end shot hack through the hole in the ceiling, and I could hear a rolling and tumbling on the lloor above, showing that the suddon giving way ot the rope had had a disastrous effect. I heard another voice say: ‘ There now. 1 told you so You’ve broken the rope. We’vo lost our brick, and to-morrow we’ll be found out.’ Then another voice called out: ‘Can’t you see it? We might hook it it up.’ Next I s-rw a long neck protrud ing through the hole, and a fellow peer ing down. Then I called out; ‘If you trouble any more of those potatoes I’ll shoot.’ That ..fellow's head shot ba°k through that hole just like a terrapin, audit was as still as death up there. ] hated to tell ou them, because it was Buch a sharp scheme of foraging on the enemy, but I had to. When the officers went up the next morning to examine the room it took a long time to find the hole. Those Yankees had eut a hole a foot square through the floor, and it was done so neatly that it look good eyes to discover it. Tint \vit3 wh*re the otli- cers yams went to.” There are two characters connected with Libby prison whose whereabouts many an ex-prisoner would doubtless like to know—‘ Old Ben” and “the General.” The former was an old co ored man who had tae run of the establishment, and who generally came by sunrise to waken the prisoners. lie made it his business to get some one outside the prison to read him the dis patches from the seat of war, and these he turned over in his mind until he had managed to work them into a graphic description of ttie battle, generally man aging to give the victory to the Union forces. Ttie keen old fellow had learned that reports of Union victories elated tho prisoners to such an extent that they became liberal, and rewarded him for his cheering intelligence. He would come in the room, and sing out at the top of his voice: “ Look sharp, dart Here I is wid de latest talogritick ’spatches from de seat er war.” This signal was enough, and the prisoners would crowd around the wily old man while he related “de latest’spatches,” which often ended with the intelligence, “ Ginrel Lee’s men dey took ’n run.” Old Ben, although he claimed to be a Northern sympathizer, was deeply grieved when the war ended, as it closed the Libby and deprived him of his occupation. The old fellow lived about ten years after the war, and died in want. ‘‘ The General” was a younger negro, who was almost as taciturn as “ old R'- 11 . ^ as loquacious. He was a prison official, his principal occupation being the fumigation of the prison. Every morning he went through each room with a pan of burning tar, to give the place what ho termed “ a good Union smoke. He left Richmond soon alter A Vision of tho L’lirlstmns Tree. Hark! Tho Waits are playing, and they break my childish sleep! What images do I associate with the Christ mas music as I bcc them set forth on the ChrisUut>B tree? Known before all tho others, keeping apart from all tlie others, they puttier round my little bed. An angel, speaking to a group of shep herds in a field; some travelers, with eyes uplifted, following a star; a baby in a manger; a child in a spacioUs tem ple, talking with praVo men; a solemn figure, with a mild and beautiful face, raising a dead girl by tho hand; again near a city gate, calling back the son of a widow, on liis bier, to life; a crowd of poople looking through tho opened roof of a chamber where he sits, and lotting down a sick person on a bed, witti ropes; ttie same in a tempest, walking on the water to a stiip; again, on a sea shore, teaching a great multitude; again, with a child upon his kneo, and other children round; again, restoring sight to the blind, speech to the dumb, heav ing to tho deaf, health to the sick, strength to tho lame, knowledge to tho ignorant; again, dying upon a cross, watched by armed soldiers, a thick darkness coming on, tho earth beginning to shake, and only one voico heard: " Forgive them, for they know not what they do!" • ****•• Bo the images oneo associated with the sweet old Waits, tho softened music in the night, over unalterable! Incir- cled by the social thoughts of Clirist- mas-tlme, still let the benignant figure ol my childhood stand unchanged 1 In every cheerful image and suggestion that the season brings may the bright star that rested ahovo the poor roof bo the star ot all the Christian world. A moment’s pause, oh, vanishing tree, of which the lower boughs are dark to me as yet, and let mo look onco morel I know tliero arc blank spaces on the branches, whore ojes that I have loved have shone and smiled—from which they have departed. But, far above, I see the llaiser of the dead girl and the widow’s son; and God is good! It age be hiding for mo in tho unseen portion ot thy downward growth, oil, may I, with a pray head, turn a child’s lien t to that figure yet, and a child’s truthful- nim and confidence. Now the tree is decorated with bright merriment and song and cheerfulness. And they are welcome. Innocent and welcome ho they ever held beneath the branches of the Christmas-tree, which casts no gloomy shadow! But, as it sinks into the ground, I hear a whisper going through the leaves: “This in commemoration ot tho law of love and kindness, mercy and compassion. This in remembrance of Mel” —Charles Dickens. Denso Population of Africa. Although we have not, nor are we likely to have for years, any accurate statistics ot the population of the interior ol Africa, there ii very little doubt that wo have greatly underrated it. Much important information has lately been gathered on the subject, especially con cerning the distribution and density of that far-off’ land. In 1 he great lake dis trict, for instance, there are territories as thickly settled as many European States, relatively small areas possessing millions of people. The negro regions are by far the most populous, while the desert portious are the reverse. A French geographical society gives the estimated figures ol various subdivisions of that continent as follows- In the Soudan the population is 80,000,000, or about titty-three persons to the square mile. The town of Bida, on the Niger, for ex ample, contains fully 90,000 inhabitants. East Africa Is rated at 30,000,000, and equatorial Africa at some 40,000,000 souls. A late authority on ethnology sets the negroes as numerically 130,000,- 000; the Hamites, 30,000,000; the Ban- tas, 13,000 000; the FoolaL, 8 000,000; the Nubians, 1,500,000; the Hottentots, 50,000, making a total of 172,550,000. These figures—only approximate, of course—are considered too low by both German and British geographers, the former estimating the population as high as 20p 000,0^0. Crow vs. Ratflesnaks. A man living in Wood Gulch was climbing a fence, and while in the ac- notieed a crow a short distance from him jumping back and forth in an ex cited manner. He kept quiet with a view of ascertaining the cause, which soon made itself apparent. The crow was having an encounter with a large rattlesnake. The snake would strike repeatedly, but the crow would evade him every time, and finally flew away, when the gentleman, on making an in vesligation, found that the snake’s head was picked to shreds and quite dead.-**' KtickiuU (Wyo. Ter.) Sentinel- If it is will fed with manure it will feed all else, plants, animals and men. Rapid drying of paint is in sired by the addition of a small proportion of litharge, sugar of lead or Japan vnr- nisli, according to the material or color. Recent experiments in England show that thin sowing of wheat in drills is more productive than thick sowing. By special culture on small plot t a sin gle grain to the hill has given a yield of iOOto 152 bushels to tile uei e. A dormant bulb of the calla should he planted so that the point shall he just above ttie surface. The exact depth of t his plant in a, pot or tub is not a matter of much Importance, as It readily adapts itself to circumstances If it has a con stant supply of water. None hut earth colors should be used in paihting floors, and tho rapid wearing off’of a coating of oil paint on a floor is a suru sign liiat wliito lend has been mixed with the paint. It, is important that the first coating should he perfectly dry bciore the sccoud is laid on. In selecting cows for milking, the free ensy step, the pleasnntand eonilortable expression ofoduntenaiice and the round, capacious form of body are far more important than the line of descent or family history. Pedigree goes for very little unless it carries with it marks of a good milker. In all attempts at breeding domestic cattle no immature stock should be used. Mature sires and dams are essen tial if sttong healthy stock are d-sirud. “ Like produces like.” It the parents uro immature the stock from them can not bo strong and healthy, ami if this mischievous practice is continued for a few generations it must end in produc ing a feeble race df stock. A lady says that to kill insceis she uses one teaspoonful of kerosene to a gallon ot water, and sprinkles it on the plants with a hand-broom. It destroys green (lies and olh r pests. Horses nnd cattle normally require, in round numbers, four pounds ot water for cacti pound of dry substance in th food, while sheeji require hut about two pounds, half as much. A Mississippi farmer dashes cold water into tho cars of choking cattle. This causes the animal to shake its head violently, and the muesular action dis lodges the obstruction. Save lameness and coughs by an im mediate covering of the horses alter a drive, If only stopping lor a few min utes. Ho not cover tho horse with blankets when he is in exercise; not oven in a storm; hut rtib thoroughly, and cover after tho liorso lias found shelter. Ttie following recipe for a durable whitewash is furnish* d by ttie Illinois Family Mnyazim: Take a barrel and slack ii bushel of fresh lime in it by cov ering the limo with boiling water. After It is slacked, add cold water enough to bring it to tho consistency of good whitewash, then dissolve in water and add one pound of white vitriol (sul phate of nine) and one quart of fine salt f IMt« _« .. . aiLnci ik «rr I i t I n ii* it . 1 i i t . .. I- .it ! 1 I Cut. hot bread or rake with knife, and it will not he clammy A sign in a country read nbar Mon treal, Canada, reads: “Notice— Honey bought to exchange for coffins. There arc over 5,000 well-know * and classified species of birds, fully defined, and placed in thb science of ornithol ogy. Mrs. John Jacob Aslor has sent, a lout with basin of solid silver to q, mis sion chapel which she has established in Nebraska. The liberty of tho press must he preserved,” said thb small boy as be stole up to the cider mill aimed with s bundle of straws. The public receipts of the Japanese empire lor the year ending June 3o, 1880. were about $55,000,000 _ The expendi ture was equal to the income. The public debt is $250,000,000, but very nearly four-fifths ot it partakes ol the character of terminable annuities. The interest nnd the debt averngo six per cent., Whereas the ordinary rates of in terest in Japan range from four percent, to nine per cent., and the Chinese gov ernment had to pay eight per cent, on its last loan. Feather pillows can be cleansed nnd purified without removing the feathers hv taking the pillows, laying themin the bath-tub, and scrubbing them with a small scrubbing brush dipped in a solution of a tablespoonful of magical mixture to h ilf a pail of warm water, and a little so.tp dissolved in it. Scrub them well on both sides, and then turn on the warm water and rinse them A rv&ria si uSoa. <jne ot the most popular medietas* now be fore the American public is Hop Bitters. Ton eon it everywhere. Feople take it with gobd effect. It builds them up. It is not as pleasant to the taste as some other bitters as it is not a w hifcky cl rink. It ic more like the old-Ia-h- ioned boncsot teh that ha# done a world oi good. If you don’t ieel Just right trf Hop Bitters.—JVunda JVewi. In France many professors of tho art of cooking feed a family for so much a day and an additional sum for each gut st - Thev bring the provisions, submit a menu, whick may lie changed, and send a cook to live in the house. At a dinner party they or their aids superintend. They are tinBttrefable for the eook. thoroughly. Lay them out on the grass to dry, turning them frequently; at the last pin them to the line for a number of days, and when quite dry beat them with a rod. This is to disentangle and separate the the feathers. There is a touching legend of Fallen l eaf lake which not Jong ago moved a Comstock restaurateur to tears. Sam Davis, of t ho Carson Appeal, crawled out on a log to get a better chance of a nig trout and went head first into the water. When lie came tip Wild'oyed and howling like nn over-fed porpoise, liisdcvoted w>fc ceased for a moment to scream and skill fully tossed the line to her lord. Samuel eagerly grasped it, and catching sight of the hook ttirew it angrily Irom him, and gurgled out as he sauk once more: ‘‘There ain’t any buit, on It.” Tbe imperiled journalist wait alrecily to tlie sanay bottom through thirty feet of water, and crawled ashore on bis hands and kners. — Virgin!'* City Chronic’e ft*** Thus* Wfco IIUvc Ti I 6 ' 1 - W. L. Hawkins, diugM't, Princeton N J.: tho past year is the first ol many that. have been troo Horn Catarrh, winch I antii ute to tho Use ol Fry» Cream I! din. * ! ft '° recommended it to biihiy *' f.. rm i every case it has wo. kid Ike a c arm. Jared D. Wollo, insurance agent. Ootobui 2 - 18 ™; Messrs. Ely lb or., druggists <>.v ego, N. V.. I have had CaU.r.h f ,r a number ol jinrs in Us worst form. Uolore I had u-o.l one b.mfe of jour Cream Hahn droppings into my thnul had ontirely censed, paiil nnd Sore.it fs in i V head was removed, ns we.l as '{• nl * have nso'l » great many romodmr, b .1 nothing that equals yours. 1 olso gives "ntnediate reliol lor cold in the hold. Mrs J. D- H«ga- dorn, Union, N. Y., December 7, 187b. Price, 50 cents. Ely s Cienin Balm Co., Owego, N. T. Will mail It lor X) semi. Malarial levers can be pi evented, al»0 ofcke* miasm alio disenso’., by occasionally using Dr. 8‘tnfbrd’t Liver ti.vigorulor, the oldoet general Family Medicine, which L rooom- memtod as a euro for nil di-baShs Caused by a disordered livor. Eightv-pago book sent trob. Address Dr. Sanlord, 162 Broadway, N, X. The Voltaic Belt Co., Marshall, Mleh.. Will solid thoir Kleoiro-Voltaic Boll* to the afflicted upon 30 days’ trial. Soo thoir adver tisement in this paper headod, “On 30 Days Trial.” Vbmctinr is nodrishtng and strengthening; puriflos the blood; regulate* the bowels; quiots the nervous system; act* directly up- tho secretions, and arouses the whole system to notion. Get Lyon’s Patent Heel Stiffener* applied to those new bools before you run them over. CHEAT llOHsii JtEOt(ll!lBi HR. TOIilAB' VKNKTIAN IIORSR LINIMRS’T ln pint liottlrs at 1IO cents; 32 years ost itilUhed. It U the best In Die world for tho cute ol Colic, Old Sorce,Sprains, Ilrulsos. Sure Throats, etc. TOlilAS CONDITION Po\Vunits are warranted to cure lMstenuwr, lever Worms. II tsi Riven fine coati Incrr'sciho appetite nnd clonus ■ tho urinnry ornnns. Certified to by Col. 11. Mciinidei, owner or some of the fastest running hornet In tho world, and l.OIXI others, lift oenlB. Sold by drug- SHU. Depot—4* hurray Street, New Torlr. This makes a whitewash that will stick as well as paint. It owes its durability ohiefly to the vitriol, which hardens anil fixes ttie wash. UOHIOHtlC HKlpfN Uoinu up Shirts — A shirt.-boat'd ful- Ironing is a necessity in every well- regulated luiully. Th is should be cov ered with at, least two thicknesses oj blankets, nnd have the ironing slicet- tilsc double, smoothly pinned over it, so that it cannot slip. Keep way. tied up in a rag to rub tho iron. The polish of collars, etc., done up at large laundries is given by means of a polishing-iron and by dint of nrueli rubbing. It may bo done by nny good laundress, but it takes much time, and is fearfully hard on tlie linen. Spermaceti! added in small quantities t,o tlie starch gives it a pretty gloss. Wo insert this recipe: Melt together with a gentle heat, one ounce wliito wax and two ounces sper- maeetti; prepare in the usual way a sufli dent quantity of starch for n dozen bosoms; put into it a piece of this enamel the size of a hazelnut. Tins gives a beautiful polish. To Bake a Turkey—After it is dressed, salt and popper it inside; make a forcemeat of bread and cracker crumbs, season with summer savory or sweet marjoram. Whole i ysters, well sea soned, may tie added to tho stuffing. When stuffed, tio it in shape, lard tlie top, wet tlie skin and sprinkle it with unit, pepper and flour. Have tlie oven not very hot till the turkey gets heated through, then increase tlie heat. While tiie fowl is cooking, boil tho giblets, the neck, liver, gizzard and sweet-bread; choD them fine; and when the gravy is made, add them to it. To make gravy, after the turkey is removed troru tlie b.iking-pan, put tlie p in over tlie tire, dredge flour into it, and when browned, stir in boiling water or stock; skim off every bilot fat, add tlie giblets, season with sa t and pepper. Going It Blind. Galveston boasts of the smartest horse trader in Texas. A purchaser for a horse that he was trying to sell could pe.ceivc no defect in the animal, but still he did not care to buy. II3 said to tlie seller: “The horse seems ail right, but he may have some defect I can’t perceive ” 'l'fie seller, who was standing at the head ot tlie animal, replied: “ I stand between you and any dam age.” Tlie buyer thought this was sufficient guarantee, so he closed tlie sale. Next day he came around ravine. The seller was as calm as a May morning. The irate purchaser said: “ I want my money back. You guar anteed the horse sound and I lind lie is blind in one eye. You promised to make good any defect there was about the horse." “1 did nothing of the kind. If you take me for a fool, you are mistaken. It must have been somebody else.” “ What did you tell me when I said the horse might have some defect I didn’t perceiveP” “ I told you I would staud between you and any damage; and sa I did. I stood between you and tlie damaged eye of the horse; and, perhaps, that was the reason you didn’t see it. I got. on tlie blind side of tbe horse I sold.” “Yes,” responded the disconsolate purchaser," you go on my blind side, and sold me at the same tinsc."—Galveston flews. Miss Edmonia Lewis, the sculptor, who is of mixed African and Indian parentage, has had a more than com mon measure of success in her profes sion. The pope long since visited her studio and blessed her work; the Mar quis of Bute bought one of her groups lor an altar-piece, and another, “ The Old Arrow-maker and his Daughter," was bou-ht by Lady Ashburton. While tho inventive genius of the world is running to waste op the elec tric light and other similar problems, everybody seems to forget the necessity for a syrup cup that won’t run at the nose.—SyrwsMe Sunday Times. Words of Wisdom. The difficulty of tho world is not that it dons not know enough, but it can’t find time to practice wlmt it does know The block of granite, which was an obstacle in the pathway of tlie weak.be comes 11 ilteppihg stone in tho pathway of the strong. On tlie stage of tlie world, frankness is tho only part a man knows without having to learn it, or fearing to forget it. There would not be half the d’fflcUlty in doing right, but- for tlie frequent oc currences of eases whore the lesser vir tuo.s are on the side of wrong. Tlie web of our life is oi a mingled yarn, good and ill together; our virtues would be pvottd if our faults whipped them not, and our crimes would despair if they were not cherished by our vir tues. A few slices of potatoes put in tho i ml wiiiltf frying doughnuts will keep thtrn Irom burning. THE 1 AMM Fun RHEUMATISM, Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago, Backache, Soreness of the Chest, Gout, Quinsy, Sore Throat, Swell ings and Sprains, Burns and Scalds, General Bodily Pains, Tooth, Ear and Headache, Frosted Feet and Ears, and all other Pains and Aches. Vo Preparation on earth equnl* St. Jacom Oit. m e tape, sure, »lmple and oAeap KemeAj A trial entalla but *“**5£.*J! trifling outlay of 60 Cent*, and ersry onawBMlM with pal a can haro choap and poilttra proof of Its claim,. Direction, lo Karan Language*. SOLD BY ALL DBUQGIBTB AND DEALEBB in medicine, A. VOOELER it, OO., j\til ti snore t hld. t U* 8- Am DANIEL 1C. nkt+TtFl FRAZER AXLE GREASE. Pi *u I 5U [Daily Chicago Times.] Mr. George Barnes, of Bagnall & Barnes, South Water street, said that his wife had been a novore sufferer witti neuralgia for years and lias tried many remedies in vain. St. Jacobs Oil is tlie only thing that brought her relief. A Lily. She was a big, buxom lass, and when her small beau called one eveniug, site said. “Good evening, Lily.” “I’m no lily,” said he. surprised at the idea. “You’re tho lily; men are never lilies.” “Yes, sometimes they are; and you, esp ’dally, are a li,y." “ How’s that?” “ Llliuputian.” He then looked as if lie wished lie were an elephant.— Kentucky Stale Journal. [ICiilumacoo (Mich.) Daily Gnxetle.] it is an unprecedented success said Mr. Chas. 8. D’Arcambal, the well- known Burdick House druggist, when asked for Ins views in regard to the St. Jacobs Oil; it fe highly extolled, and i3 giving general satisfaction. Didn’t Like tho l’autnlnons. A Galveston dandy didn’t like tbe r.ew pants lie had received from his tailor, so lie told tlie artist who built tlie panis: “Look here, I can’t use tlirsj pants. I wanted them fora dinner party, and they are so tight I can’t walk in them.” “ We’.],’’ growled tlie tailor, “ if you don’t get to bo any tighter than the pants you won’t Hurt ‘any trouble in walking.”— Qalve>ton News. IIuinbiccKCd Attain. I sum so much takl cboiil iho merhs ol Hop Billers and my wile, who was id ways dootor- ing and never well, tensed mo so urgently to gel her some, I comd. ded to ho humbugged again; and 1 am < lad I did, for in loss than two months’u-jo of thff bitters my wito was cured and she lias remained so lor eighti on months since. 1 hku mcli humbugging.—II. l\, St. Paul. — Pioneer Pre s. A little girl had a penny given her to nut in the (collection box at, church. When she dropped in the coin ?he ex claimed: “That’s ttie way tlie money goes, pop goes the weasel.” The human voiee in its swoetness and purity is deliciously musical; with throat offeoUon and coughs it loses all attractions. Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup restores it when lad ing through coughs, colds, eta. The magnet, ns a means ot mitigating pain and curling disease is again siri- ously submitted to tlie consideration o .specialists. Iheromedy that will oure the many dis eases peculiar to women, is Warner's Sate Kidney and Liver Cure.—Mothers' Magazine. A Kansas railroad train ran at full speed into a herd of cattle, tossing them right and left and killing thirteen. Dr BULL’S Vegetine. Kidney Complaints. DISEASE OF THE KIDNEYS. The symptoms of an acute attack of luflammatlon of tho kidneys are oh follows: Fuvor, pain in the small of tho Lack, and thence shootinR downward; uumbnoHO of the thi^h, vomiting, usually at flrnt a deep rod Color of the urine, which beooines pale nnd bolorlcHB as the disease iucreftneB, iti\d is discharged ▼ory oflen with pain and diflloiilty: cofltlvenofB and Home d< greo of colic. In obronlo diseases of the kidneys the symptoms are pnln in the back and limbs, dryness of the skin, frequent urination (cb- peclallv at night), generul dropsy, headache, dlssi- ucss or sight. Indigestion', and palpitation of tho heart, gradual Iobb of strength, paleness and puffi ngs of tho ftofccongh, and shortness of breath. In diseases of thb kidneys the Vkoktimi gives immediate relief. It has never failed to cure When it is token regularly and directions followed. In many oases it may take several bottles, especially cases of long standing. It acts directly upon the Brcrutlons, cleansing and strengthening, removing all obstructions and impurities. A great many can testify to oases of long standing having been per* fectly cured by tho Teobtiiib, even after trying mauyof tho known rotnodiek which are said to be expressly for this disease. ' Kidney Complaints. Cincinnati, O., March 10,1817. II. II. Htkvkns: Dear Sir—I huvo used your Vfoetink for some time, and can truthfully any It baa bocu a great bom lit to mo; and to IIjoho miffarlnR from disease of tho kidneys 1 cheerfully r* CMilmend. It, Reaped fully, O. H. HMlffl. Attested fo by K. U. Aalilleld, druggist, comer Eighth end Central avemios. Cincinnati, 0., April 19,1877. Mu. H. R. Btbyenb; t have suffered several years with tho kidney complaint, and was Induced to try VeOetIn*. 1 have taken several bottles of your preparation, and am convinced It Is a valuable remedy. It baa done me more good than soy other fnedlclne, I can heartily recommoud it to all suffering from kidnet complaluta. Tours reaped fully, J.S. McMlLLEN, First bookkeeper for Newball, Galo ft Co., Flour Merchants, No. 8fl West Front at., Olnoiunatl, O. Vkiietinb has restored thousands to hfiftlth who had been long and painful sufferers. Vegetine is Sold by all Druggists. ORGANS! 14 »TOl»», SUB llASS .At OCT. COUPLKH KSBOIiY $65. Sent on Trlnl Warrant oil. Catalogue Free, Address DANIEL F. BEATTY, Washington, N. J JJESTEY & C5 S3RA.TTL.EBOROVS Best and Fastest Selling NATRONA "f PENN'A SALT MANUFACTURING CO., Phlla. KIDNEY,-WORT The Croat Remedy For THE MVltltf THE BOWELS,and the KIDREY8. B. W. FAYNE & SONS, CORNING, If. T, I,TA.I.1,UWI Patent Spark-Arresting Un glues,mounted nnd on skids. Vertical Unglues with wro'l boilers. Kurckn Safety pow ers with Sectional boilers— can’t be exploded. Ail with Automatic Cut-Offs. From 6160 to #2,000. Sena for Circular. State wheio you saw this. Those great organ:* are the Natural cleaiueraof inaBjstem. If they work wolf, hr-"*-—" 1 * feet, If t) humonTthatehouhl have hern expelled naturally. KIONEV-WORT willroitorethonaturalaetlon, Mi'l inrow off tho dlirnro. Thousand hayo boon u rod, and all limy Inn l r r«]^l'y a!M>rnpylxti. PETROLEUM Grand Medal at Philadelphia Exposition. Exposition. Tli *0 wonderful hi bat n nee is acknowledged l»y phy sicians tlmuulicut ihe wor d tube tho beltivinudy * coven* I for the cure of Wounds. 11111111, Hlicmnat Skin UiH 'jiSefi, Plies. Catarrh (Jhbb'aifts, Ac. in order that * very /die fnny t\v it, It l« nut On in I ft niid !S l cent bottca for uotiSCho d h>e. Obtain it from your druuKtat, and j ou will tlud it bupefior to anything you have ever u»cd. . XMMXIIiTSI] 6* /LIaES TIIK OIUOI.VAL HOPS BITTERS BSTAIILIS1IKD IN 1303. Tito Omit Blood Purlflei In packages to make two .plaits, tvltli directions. One Iln In*-, poetasi) free, liberal discount to t trade. Prepared only by 31, J tV I Cl,I Affix, VlsornsliiK Chemist. i Hlrku.lr, tVlscoii.ln Literary Revolution. ON 30 DAYS’TRIAL. We will sem’. our Electro-Voltaic belts and othei Electric Applluncesupon trial for 30 days to those nflllctcd with Nervous Debility and diseases of a personal nature. A 'so of tho Liver, Kidn ys, llheumatlMu, Parulysk, etc. A sure cure guaranteed or no pay. 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Aruo'd’s Light of Wakefield. III. Baron Adventures. For ress. Illustrated EXOIIAftQl, John B. Alden, Maruger. Tribune Building. New York I lnc ei.rMaUeri ■uchu, Man. th ail tlie best and all crtW Hitters ’urlfisr, Liver’ Health luratunog lh. exist where ffop l perfect are their ibugOnHtlm. eauso irregular!- guns, or who re- (1 mlhl Stimulant, vlthout Intox- s* of "ymptomi nt Is use Hop bin sick but If . on so thorn at onco. »yod hnndn^, “SW will not orlct your friend, suffer,but u«* ana urge ir.ro yk louw Mop B Romombor, flop Bitters Is drugged drunken nostrum, but the Purerf^w* n a Best Msdleine over lnntlo i tho “IffViUns^jb, FRUKku end liors" ami no person or famip should be without them. aMM' a i.o.lsunibsolnte and Irresistible o forDrunkennrae, usepf opium, tobacco narcotics. All aohl by AmgnW. So for Olrcuicf, Hap Hitler. If,. C... 8TK U <0 FOIl WALK BY A 1.1. IH .AI.I ItS, dimnfcd Ou UKDAf. Of IIOKOl! nt the (Wd.mdaioed farts Alrro»dhdi». Chicago FRAZER LUBRICATOR CO. 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