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A Maori Dance. This extract is from a New Zealand letter in the PhUadeiphia ledger: In the evening the natives treated us to a hnfca, or dance, in honor of the governor. It took place in the carved house I have already spoken of, the weird, grotesque < .irvings of which added to the strange n*‘.ss of the scene. Tliere were about a liundred dancers ranged in Jive rows, the front one consisting of about twenty young women gorgeously appareled in tight-fitting red or white calico bodices mid flaming-colored rugs, worn like kilts. When the got ' rnor entered they greeted him with the most awful noise, shouting, yelling, laughing, and in some diabolical way imitating the noise of the beating of tin cans, the barking of and rapid hand-dapping. The dance lasted about an hour: -it was curious and as a novelty amusing, but rather monotonous. There was hut little movement of their feet. It consisted chiefly of swaying their bodies and arms about, going down on their knees, inSi tating rowing and gathering crops, slap ping their own legs and then itlieir neighbors'. The men then took the p ace of the women and went through very similar performances. The whole dance was accompanied by noise that would have put pandemonium to shame. It sounded like a mixture of beating of trays, dog fighting, gigantic snoring and a very full, deep bass rumbling in the throat. At times there seemed to be a kind of rhythmic song, interspersed with yells and short, sharp cries of “Hue, hud” "Ha, ha!” “Fakeka!” The young women winked and grinned and twisted about beyond what was strictly correct, but tie y seemed to enjoy the really hard work of the dance most thoroughly. There was always a chief running up anti down, dancing and de claiming, in th" foreground, bidding de fiance to all the world apparently, but in reality, I believe, merely suggesting that he would like to drink his excef !< to y's health. Far the most comical feature of the dance was a naked little imp who stood in front of the first row. exactly opposite the governor, and imi tated playing the fiddle with hi.s little ihin arms, all the while thrusting out hi' tongue, rolling his eyes nearly out of his head and making the most fearful fa and contortions. A little girl who tried to do the same had not nearly the same real genius for making herself hid eous and grotesque. At last a liberal supply of beer was promised them, the dance came to an end. and the governor departed amid an uproar, if possible, core awful than before. Something About Pretzels. History says that fifty-two years ago a man named Sherley baked the first pretzels in Lancaster county, Penn., ever made in the United States. lie rode I hrough the country on an old horse and sold the pretzels from a bushel bag. Up to comparatively a few years ago pret zels were made only in Pennsylvania and some portions of New York State. They are now becoming very popular in Chicago and other portions of the West, and also in some of the cities of the South. It takes a very expert hand to mold ten pretzels in a minute, ready for the oven, while no one cares to make more than seven pretzels a minute, working all day. A Pennsylvania firm lias just completed an automatic machine that turns out pretzels at th'“ rate of sixty to one hundred per minute ready to be baked. It is nine feet long, two feet wide and eight feet high, water or steam power. The dough is placed in a funnel-shaped cylinder eight inches in diameter and sixteen inches long on top of the ma chine, and it passes half way around a concave cylinder right feet in diameter and fifteen inches wide, having a back so arranged that the dough is rolled be tween them and then drops upon an end less apron having sixteen molds, where the rolled dough is shaped by a curious device into pretzels, after which they drop upon a movable hoard, which, as soon as filled with pretzels, is re moved and an empty board substituted. I lie machine is a very ingenious con trivance and includes a feeder, cutter, roller, folder, presserand movable board. The pretzels are deposited at uniform distances upon the board. Work on the Washington Monument. The work of strengthening the founda tion of the \\ ashington National Monti inent lfor which a further appropriation ot SUM.(MM) has been made by Congress) is just about one-half completed under the former appropriat ion of $36,000, and will now he pushed with all the possible dis patch consistent with the safety of the work. There are about sixty men em ployed under the direct supervision of Mr. J. 11. McLaughlin, who will be re membered as having had charge of the erection of the Ascension Church. As may he supposed, the work of under pinning requires great care. Everyday or two observations are made to determine the least deflection of the shaft, and the result of each observation is carefully recorded, and from the data thus obtained the work for the follow ing day is blocked out. Besides these observations, those by a plumb line hung from the top of the shaft (about ITO in height) are carefully noted and compared with the other observations. Any deflection of the shaft not percepti ble to the naked eye is apparent both by tlie instrument and the plumb line, anil swell deflection is corrected in the suc ceeding work. Thus far there have been used 3.500 barrels of cement, and bids are out for 6.8(H) more to be used in the foundation, and so eon fident are the eom mission that this part of the work will be completed this season that they have directed Col. Casey to put in place thirty or forty feet of marble work by tile time Congress assembles next De cember.— Washington Star. “ Miss IfaTishnm.” Charles Piekens, ns every one knows (says the London Truth), went to real life for nearly all, if not quite all, his characters. Even the most unlikely of his creations—Miss Havisham, in “Great Lvpcctations —had a prototype in the m>sh, who is still alive, and whoso nanio, though not in that capacity, was brought oefore the public the other day in con r. with a squabble which has agi tated “ society ” in Ventnor, This is* a certain Miss Dick, who lives at Madeira aic, a tract of land covered with gar dens and villas lying between Ventnor and Bonchurch. It i< many years since !>l, e was young, and then she had a ro mance which did not meet with the ap proval of her mother. The love affair was broken off, but the voung lady ae ;om pan ted the act of filial dutv by a dcciaratmn that she would go to bed and never get up again, and she kept her " oml lhe years have come and gone aim t.ie house has never been swept or garnished, the garden is an overgrown i.i.uTii' and tin' eccentric l;idv tins spent twenty years between the sheets, t i tries Dickens. 1 remember, used to s. op at \ entnor a good deal in those ■i i vs, and so unique an episode was not lost upon him. Swimming After an Ocean Steamer. the steamer Montana of the Guion nnc was leaving her pier in Xew York a scene occurred which caused much ex citement. A sailor appeared three minutes too late. Tossing his coat to a comrade, and shouting ‘‘l’ll have her >et, he jumped into the river, and when next seen he was fully one hun ond feet from the pier and striking out ,n ?. n lo Uy or Oie fast-receding steamer. •■Hell never reach her," “He’ll go under soon, were the comments on the k;, “Bill ’ll get her yet; I know (mu, answered a comrade. The steamer was well over toward the Jer sey side, “Bill” in the middle of the river and all hopes of his getting aboard that boat were given bp by the excited spectators, when a rowboat was seen to approach him. Clambering in and tak lug the ears he tried to head off the s earner. He succeeded in getting along snie hut no rope was lowered to him. lie then plunged again into the water, atui to save his life a rope was thrown to him and in a twinkling was on and sk among his comrades. L is a fact not generally known in San r r incisco that there is a Chinese marine .ns ranee company in that oitv which is me .ra pretty good business in taking risks on treasure shipments from San Francisco to Hong Kong. The institu tion goes by the name of the On Yai In surance Company of Hong Kong. The company's risks last year amounted to 51.370,000, and the premiums to $13,000. The losses for the year were $3,394. The company’s agency in San Francisco is in the hands, of Lai Heng. Lung & Cos. The agents give a bond in the sum of 000 to secure the payment of munici pal taxes in' the business. RUSSIA’S MISFORTUNES. Mfc !n%h* Country a Veritable •* Sea ot Trouble*. j Russia’s complicated misfortunes are possibly unparalleled in the history of any country. Just before the latest i Turko-Russian war the wretched condi tion of the people in many of the Czar’s provinces had brought about extensive eruptions. Then atfve tribes of the Cau casus could not stand the levies imposed • on them in different shapes by the Rus sian army and revolted. Being defeated, they were transported to the northern : provinces of Russia. This proved so fatal that of the first party of 2.oooexiles one-half died in the first year. There are now 770 families, besides 300 single persons, of these Daghestan and Tersk rebels on their way to exile, and still more have been doomed to transportation. The war wifjh Turkey wxs resorted to in the hope that it would raise the old patriotic sentiments and turn the minds of discontented Russians from their domestic troubles. This no tion proved a mistake, and the results of the war, so far as Russia is concerned, were unsatisfactory. Over 200,000 men perished in it, of whom 18,000 are re ported to have frozen to death, and the wai expenses amounted to 1,500,000,000 roubles. The Russian Nihilists have watched each step of their enemy—the Russian government. Tlius the two hostile powers—the Revolutionists and Imperialists—have been carrying on their desperate struggle, each trying to deal tho death blow to the other. In no agricultural country is the chief product of the fields—the grain—so much as sailed as in Russia. The forces of na ture itself often turn against the public welfare. One year the crops are de stroyed by extensive drc#ight; the next year by excessive rain, by inundations and by hail, Then again every year, be it too dry or too rainy, the fields are de vastated by clouds of locusts and beetles, and by swarms of Siberian marmots. For the last five years the middle and southern provinces—the very granary of Russia—have been one vast nest of de struetivc insects. The Russian millions have a foe vet more terrifying than fam ine. Epidemic diseases make havoc every year in many parts of the empire. Jhe fatality last year from the plague was small in comparison with that which occurs every year from other less heard of epidemics. Several varieties of ty phoid fever, especially the so-called hun ger typhus, and cholera are epidemic in Russia. The young generation is de ’ troyed by diphtheria and small-pox to such an extent that it has been necessary to call for the aid of the Red Cross socie ties in dealing with them. The ever-re curring and extensive fires, of which we have lately heard so much from Russia, should not be overlooked. Statistics show that every year no less than one twelfth part of all the houses of Russia are consumed in flame. Russia will doubtless go on burning, for the present Russia is but a huge agglomeration of combustible material, with hardly any fire extinguishing engines. In conse quence of the appalling poverty of the masses of the Czar’s subjects, it has for many years been impossible to enforce the payment of taxes upon any regular or orderly system. The tax collectors re sort to the severest measures against de linquent taxpayers. They are flogged and imprisoned, their cattle, horses, pigs and poultry are seized and put up at auction, and finally the house of the de linquent is unroofed. These are some of the points which, for the common peo ple at least, make Russia a veritable "sea of troubles.” —Philadelphia Tele A Pittsburgh Man's Luck. Newspapers nowadays are full of stor ies of the marvelous luck which has be fallen people who did not look for any thing of the kind to happen. Every now, i and then we hear of somebody having a large fortune left to them by the death of a distant relative, a cousin in California, or something of that kind. Not long ago a young Pittsburgher had a singular piece of luck happen to him. One day the young gentleman in question was walking down Fifth avenue when he saw an old and rather decrepit man slip on a : crossing and fall heavily. He aided him to regain his footing, and helped him i into a neighboring drug store, where the j old man had his leg mended with stick j ing plaster, as he had knocked some of the skin oIT. The old fellow seemed very I grateful for the courtesy which had been j shown him, and, after asking the name ! of the young man who had been of ser ; vice to him, be wrote it down in a mem orandum book, and said, as he shook hands, “ My name is , I am from Mas sachusetts. Someday, perhaps, you may hear from me.” Time passed on, and all recollection of the occurrence passed from | the Pittsburgher’s mind. He became embarrassed in business, and was re | duced to extreme poverty. One day when lie felt extremely down-hearted and did not know which way to turn for a livelihood, he chanced to pick up a Bos ! ton paper, and, to his intense astonish ment, he saw that the old man whom he had picked up on Fifth avenue was dead, and by his will, which was published in the paper, the Pittsburgher saw that a fortune of over $300,000 had been left by the dead man to founda theological sem inary. Words of Wisdom. The word of an honest man is surer than the gold of a villain. We cati_ never die too early for others i when we live only for ourselves. I It is the best proof of the virtues of a ! family circle to see a happy fireside. llow few faults are there seen by us which we have not ourselves committed. If every year we rooted out one vice we should soon become perfect men. Ingratitude calls forth reproaches, as gratitude brings fresh kindnesses. Let a man overcome anger by love, veil by good, the greedy by liberality, the iar by truth. He who would amass virtues, leaving out the guardian virtue humanity, is like a man who leaves a precious dust'exposed : to the wind. Might and right do differ frightfully from hour to hour; but give them cen turies to try it in and they are bound to be identical. Men of great and stirring powers, who arc destined to mold the age in which they are born, must first mold themselves ! upon it. Energy will do everything that can be done in this world; and no talents, no circumstances, no opportunities will make a two-legged-animal a man without it. There are some benefits which may be so conferred as to become the very re finement of revenge; and there are some evils which we had rather bear in sullen silence than be relieved from at the ex pense of our pride. Tricks of London Booksellers. A seller of old books in Isindon has written for the Pull Mall Gazette a con fession of a few of his sins, which would gladden the heart of many an American buyer if the writer gave any evidence of repentance. “ A number of us,” lie savs, “ crowd into an auetie,n-room, where a library is brought to the hammer, and buy every article. Here all know one another, and each one bids for the rest. There is, therefore, no advance on the first hid. unless an outsider interferes, when we soon run the price up beyond what he cares to give. This trick, re peated as often as necessary, disgusts’ the outsiders and secures the whole stock for ourselves at far less than its real value.” When the auction is over they “retire to a neighboring tavern and repeat it ” among themselves. There the volumes go at fair prices, which allows the buver forty per cent, for profit on his private business. “ All being sold, we cast up the totals of the two sales, subtract the smaller from the greater, and divide the remainder eaually among those present.” This is not all; nor is it the most start ling confession “One of the Craft ” has to make. “We have a good manv wavs of enhancing the value of our wares" Celebrities of all sorts, who are as ser viceable to us in a way about to be described as those merely literary, are dying off every day, and their libraries disposed of. In these eases we look up from our stock all likely books, furnish them with sham plates and autographs and soon get rid of them at fancy prices' It is a fact that after Lord Macaulav’s death thousands of volumes which "he never saw were sold in this wav as com ing trom his library ” A physician having a dnel on his hands requests two of his friends to ar range with his adversary the hour of the neeiing. “Make it to-morruw.” he says, “ but not in the forenoon, because I must visit four patients, before going to the- ground.” “ I see.” murmurs one of the seconds, “he wants to get his hand in.” THE BATTLE OF ULU-NDI. How the Zulus were nefeated In their Stronghold. Dr. W. H. Russell sent to the Lon don Telegraph the following account of the battleol Ulundi: " At six o’clock in the morning the combined columns of Newdigate and Wood crossed the White Umvolosi. As the forces gathered on the left bank of the river in all their strength of artillery, cavalry and British infantry, the Zuiu prediction, that the cradle of the nation in the valley of the Umvolosi would also be its grave, seemed certain of fulfill ment. What could the Zulu swarms, seen gathered along the spurs, with all their feline courage and instinct for tac tics, effect in the face of the army that with unwonted celerity and precision moved down the slopes, and massed upon the further hank? Koppie Drift, upon the regular mission road, was the cros&mg point. “ All passed over and reached the high level ground beyond the river. Some two miies distant rose the steep bowlder capped hills, over which, some thirty years ago, the Zulus hunted the beaten Boers, associated, therefore, in Zulu minds with victory and victorious pur suit. To the right lay lower thorn covered hills, which extern! to the la goons at the mouth of the White Umvo losi, Behind and on the left stretched broken country, scarred with ravines and valleys, sprinkled with mimosas— clumping in places into awkward-look ing cover—and branching euphorbias, which give the country so striking a character. Close on the right lay a gloomy glen, which, from the days of Chaka, the Zulus have used for the exe cution of criminals. Just beyond we crossed a little stream nearly dry that winds among the king’s fields —here all is royakdemesne—and supplies the royal kraals with water. We found ourselves in view of the amphitheater, where stand three great military kraals-—Nod wenga, Udabakaombi and Ulundi. Our position was excellent for strategic pur poses, commanding the enemy’s ground in front, and, except on the left, where stood the Nodwenga kraal, a thousand yards distant, affording- the Zulus no rallying point in their disorder. Our rear flanks, from the nature of the coun try, were equally protected from sur prise. “Here the army halted, awaiting the impi that was seen surging down the hills on our left, taking- skillful advan tage of tho Nodwenga kraal on our rear, and emerging from the bush on our right front. At 8.30 the mounted irregulars, under Buller, were thrown out on the rear, left and front, keeping the enemy in check on these three sides; but, from an error, the right, where it was thought the lancers would have acted, was at first unprovided for. This omission was discovered, and the mounted Basu tos and the native contingent under Cochrane rapidly deployed in the pret tiest manner possible, and skirmished toward Udakaombi kraal, returning the enemy’s tire briskly, and holding them pluckily in check. The Zulus were too strong for such a handful, and the Ba sutos, retiring on the right face, came into action with what may he called the left horn of the Zulu army. “ Meanwhile, however, the enemy had so extended their formation that all four sides were soon engaged—the Zulus advancing in skirmishing order, with great steadiness had unexpected silence. There was no shouting, clashing of shields, nor savage demonstration, hut strictly orderly discipline. Our lire was terrific, and the artillery practice excel lent, hut the determined Zulus advanced within seventy yards on all tour sides be fore they begun to break, as a further advance was really impossible. In about half an hour from tiie commence ment of the infantry fire they were seen falling back in close masses, becoming rapidly disorganized under the storm of bullets and shells which poured upon them, and the wavering mob broke into open flight. “The lancers, now loosened, were among them, and within a minute were riding through and through, cutting them down right and left, while the guns continued tearing up the flying masses with their lire. Within an hour the whole affair was over. “ The Zulus certainly were from twelve thousand to thirteen thousand strong, including the flower of the army. Seven thousand warriors were engaged. Prisoners state that they went into ■action under Cetywayo’s own eye. Our troops, young and old alike, behaved ad mirably; but the firing, considering the small loss of the Zulus—eight hundred in all—must have been rather wild. Our loss was ten killed.” j Hideous Story of a Pair of Shoes. ; For some time past the shoes worn by a young medical student of this city j have been a source of constant curiosity i and no little comment among his friends. It was certainly something unusual that ! created this attention, for they were J neither particularly large nor peculiarly i small, nor yet were they in either so j good or bad repair to excite more than a | passing glance. They were simply a J pair of ordinary low shoes, but it was their texture and the strange material of which they were constructed that made them at once curious and remarked. The leather is light brown in color and streaked with parallel veinings of a darker shade, the whole as soft as silk. Among his friends the doctor in embryo makes no secret of the mystery of his foot-gear. “They are made from the skin of a belle of Cincinnati,” he says, I giving the name of one of the leading families of that city, and while the hair of his listeners begin to assume a perpen dicular position, lie goes on to tell how during his term at college he was one night sought out by a resurrectionist fa mous among the medical men, who I offered to sell him a subject iust “ snatched” from a cky cemetery. How the corpse (that ofa beautiful young girl whose white flesh and the costly ring on her smooth, white hand, showed her to be of no poor family) was bought by several of the students, and how, when the body, slashed by the knife of the dis sector, lay upon the table, he crept in and out the skin from the round limbs. The ghastly bundle, securely wrapped and tied, was packed in an old gripsack and sent with an explanatory letter to a well known shoemaker in this city. The skin was then tanned and polished, and finally place# in the hands of a skillful workman, and under his manipulations transformed into a pair of low summer shoes. The remainder of the tanned skin now lies in the shop, and it is said may readily be produced to verity the story. The body of the poor dead girl, hacked and mutilated, found a nameless grave, while the mound reared in her memory in the cemetery of the city is draped with flowers and vines planted by loving (lands above the empty coffin. The shoes fashioned from her flesh tread our streets every day. Their story, in all its hideous grotesqeness, is vouched for as strictly and absolutely true, and certainly furnishes no mean leaf in the history of the dissecting-room —Lafay ette Qlnd.) Courier. The King of Solo’s Band. At last accounts a Javanese prince, the King of Solo, was expected in Paris, lie is spoken of as wealthy and accom plished. having an annual income of $6,000,000 and speaking several lan guages. King Solo is accompanied by a full band, which is thus described by Giiliynani : The musicians are seated, after the Oriental tasliion, upon a plat form. attired in the gala of Javanese costume. The jacket is ol blue cloth, with gilt buttons, the waistcoat white, while a dark-colored handkerchief winds round the head, and the legs and thighs are enveloped in the national “sarong.” The instruments are of bamboo, with the ; exception of an immense copper gong, which serves as a big drum, a couple of two-stringed ivory violins, and a harp strung with copper, wire, a sort of piano whose keys are struck with hammers in stead of fingers, and a few wind instru ments. At a given signal all set up a groaning, crying, or humming, as well without false notes as without melody, while time is kept by the contortions of the dancers, the celebrated Roggenys, copper-colored and almond-eyed, with their jet-black hair bound in knots be hind the head, which is itself adorned with flowers. For Small-pox and Scarlet Fever. A correspondent forwards to the Xew York Tribune the following prescription for small-pox scarlet fever, which he asserts has been singularly successful in hundreds of eases. It is: Sulphate of zinc, one grain: foxglove (digitalis), one. grain; half a teaspoon of sugar; mix in two tabiespoonfuis of water. When thoroughly mixed add four ounces of water. ’Take a spoonful every hour. Either disease will disappear in twelve hours. For children, small doses ac cording to age. FARM GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD Bone as a Fertilizer. For about thirty years bones have been treated with acids, to reduce them to a soluble condition, or to break them down into a fine powder. When thus treated the residue is known as superphosphate ot lime. But we now speak of them in their natural condition, and refer to methods of preparing them for use. Lvery farmer in the country can save a considerable quantity of bones of home production, and by a little trouble and attention can collect a large quantity fioni the dwellers of villages in hisvicin uy. \\ e once gave notice to the boys in a village of 5,000 inhabitants, that we would pay twelve and one-half cents a bushel for all the bones brought to a cer tain vacant lot; as the result more than sixty bushels were found and brought in wheelbarrows and baskets. Two boys wlio worked together, struck a “find’j in an out of the way place, and from that and other places accumulated twenty four bushe.s, and were very rich with their three dollars received for them. In this way one can often secure at least as much bone as will return to liis land a large portion, if not the whole, of the annual waste of phosphates. To over come the difficulty of making use of them in a raw and unbroken state, the bones may be burned in a slow fire, preferably m a heajxof brushwood, chips or similar refuse. By slow burning all risk of waste from over-heating is avoided. lien burned the bones areeasilv crush ed to a fine powder, and then contain all the substances found in raw bones, ex cepting the nitrogen. This loss, how ever, cannot be helped, and it is better to submit to it than to neglect to use the bones. By grinding raw bones in powerful mills they may be reduced to a fine powder, and in this condition are known as ground bone, bone dust, bone meal and bone flour, according to the coarse ness or fineness to which they are reduced. thus prepared they are articles of gen eral merchandise, and are kept for sale wherever bones are to be procured, or the prepared bone is in demand. The raw. unbroken bone is worth in the market about one cent a pound, when ground it is sold at prices varying from one and, one-half to two cents a pound by the-ton.' When the bone is “ raw,” that is, in its natural and fresh condition, it contains all its nitrogen; but when steamed to extract glue, the nitrogen in great part is removed, and the bone is less valuable. On account of the diffi culty of preparing bone without the re quisite machinery, and the cheapness of the prepared article in the market, it is always preferable to procure the ground bone made by reliable manufacturers; otherwise the bones can be collected and prepared by. burning, as above mention ed. Bones are valuable to put into the soil under grapevines and fruit trees. Clusters of roots will grow around and feed upon them for many years, or until they are entirely used up. They can be broken with heavy hammers, or even be pfat in whole—a peck to a half bushel scattered about in the soil where they will be reached by the roots. —American Agriculturist. Piers. Black or flesh-colored pigs are freest front skin disease in hot climates. The choice is practically between Essex and Berkshires for males with which to improve the native stock of hardy grub bers of the root-or-die variety. Those who have tried the former have been delighted at first, but after a few years began to recall with louging the lean hams and slim but solid and flavorous bacon of the old race-horse breed. The trouble with the Essex pigs for the South is that they are the eat-and-sleep to sleep-and-wake-to-.eat kind, and their grades are, of course, like them. The side fat is superb, and so is the leaf lard, and so far the breed is all that could be desired ; but the ham and shoulders are too fat for profit, and the ham is not marbled with fat like, the Berkshires. These (the Berks) are much more wider awake, less easily controlled, but good foragers. Their grades are a wonderful improvement upon the original stock, may be made very fat, and yet the pro portion between the fat and lean hams, shoulders and side pork or bacon, is such as to develop and preserve the ex cellencies of the meat. The hams are large and rich and juicy, with diffused fat. Berkshires are not quite so easily fattened when penned and systematically fed as the Essex grade, but they will take much better care of themselves in the woods, and when penned or fastened ft* 1 fattening, may be finished off" with half the feed the original land pikes ” would require. With many northern and western breeders, the Essex is a more profitable pig than the Berkshire, because his na ture leads him to take little exercise, so that all lie eats goes to flesh and fat. Respiration, which, if rapid, reduces fat greatly, is with him never accelerated by moving about, and with plenty of feed, the sole burden of life is to digest it. This breed is pre-eminent among the black breeds and excelled by none as fat producers. —American Agriculturist. ISutter Tlukiiu;. If I have made a discovery, or if everybody knew it before me, I will tell it all the same. As soon as the cream shows signs of “ coming,” pour into the churn two or three quarts of water—as near ice-cold as it is possible to get—and the butter will gather a great deal quicker and come hard and firm. I tried the cold water (ice w r ater) on the start, and found it made the cream too cold and kept the butter from coming; but put in at the last end it is a capital idea, and will save hours of churning in the course of the season. Butter will come in fifteen or twenty minutes as a rule, if the cream is in the right condi tion and temperature. A cooi cellar is j cool enough to start the churning, and j as near right as most farmers can get it j without thermometers and ice, and cold | well-water will lower the temperature ! for gathering. The temperature of our j cellar is sixty-four degrees, and the hut- 1 ter invariably comes quick, with the j help of the cold water, which is proba- I bly two degrees colder. When the j cream stands too long on the milk be fore skimming the butter will not come j so quickly and it is always poorer, and j sscli butter will not keep well. This is one reason, and the main one, why there is so much rancid butter. Better churn oftener and have good sweet butter, and skim oftener also.— Cor. of Rural New Yorker. Trunk Space and the Sexes. Mr. Bowerman and wife left for the country yesterday. One could tell that their trunks were not over half full, as they were pitched into the baggage car with a crash. They began packing a week ago. When the subject was broached he said he preferred to pack his own trunks, and he didn't propose to take <a whole month to do it, either. All he in tended to take along was an extra suit, and he could throw that in most anyway. Xight before last he began work. It struck him that he’d better put in an extra pair of boots as a foundation and lie flung ’em in the corners with his clean shirts. The shirts didn’t seem to ride very well, and he braced them with two pairs of trousers. Then he stuffed his Sunday coat pockets with collars and cuff's and found a place for it, used his white vests for “chinking,” and the bal ance of his clothing fitted in nicely. “ Ihe man who takes over ten minutes to pack a trunk is a dolt!” said Mr. Bowerman, as he slammed down the lid and turned the key. Mrs. Bowerman has been at it just ; seven days and seven nights, and when the husband went up stairs at ten o’clock she sat down before the open trunk with ; tears in her eyes. “•You see how it is,” she explained, as he looked down upon her in awful con tempt. “ I’ve got only one part of my dresses in here, saying nothing of a thousand other things, and even now the lid won't shut down. I've got such a headache I must lop down for a few minutes.” She went away to lop, and Mr. Bower man sat down and mused: “ Space is space. The use of space is •in knowing how to utilize it.” Removing everything, he began re packing. He found that a silk dress i eouid be rolled to the size of a quart jug. A freshly starched lawn was made to take the place of a pair of slippers. Her brown bunting fitted into the niche she had reserved for three handkerchiefs and her best bonnet was turned bottom up in its box and packed fill! of under clothing. He sat there viewing suffi cient empty space to pack in a whole bed when she returned and said he was the only real good husband in this world, and she kissed him on the nose as he turned the key. “It s simpiy the difference between the sexes,” was liis patronizing reply as he went down stairs to turn on the bur glar alarm. When that wife opened that trank last night ! But screams and shrieks would avail nothing. —Detroit Free Press. I GOLD MINE STAMP MILLS! and MACHINERY AND CASTINGS ! Engines and Boilers and Water Wheels, Pumps, Injectors, Ejectors and Piping and Fitt ings, Gearing. Shalting, Hangers, Boxes, Pulleys, etc. Belting, Lacing, Oil, Globe and Check Valves, etc. Kepairs promptly and well done, and Mill Machinery ol all kinds and Supplies furnished at lowest prices. Try ns. " GEO. K. LOMBARD & CO., Forest City Foundry and Machine Works 170 FENWICK STREET, AUGUSTA, GA. Say where you saw this advertisement. June j Jy A "l" A nnU H neglected, may readily develop into quick rill | AKKH consumption Ordinary treatments will I not cure it Its effects are nervous weak ness, loss of smell, taste, hearing and voice weak eyes, dizziness, taint leelings, matter dropping into the throat, disgusting odor* and finally consumption and premature death. For ’ CONSUMPTION, hAT t ™eveu, CATARRH, Bronchitis, coughs, nervous and catarrhal headaches, deafness, sore throat, and all diseases of the air-passages and lungs there is no treatment so pleasing, thorough, and oertain to cure md give instant relief as De Vone’s Inhalene ! A compound of the most healing balsams known to medical sci- nee, with CARBOLATED PINK TREE TAR, which, by simply breathing or inhaling trom De Vone’s Inhaler, is con verted into a cleansing, invigorating and healing vapor, and taken direct to the diseased cavi ties ot the nead, and into all the air passages and the lungs, where it acts as a local application to the diseased surlace, and its health-giving power is felt at once. . The only method bv which these diseases can be permanently cured. HOME TREATMENT. Sent to any part ot the United States or Canada, to be returned if not satisfactory. Also tor sale by drug gists. Send lor circular giving full information, terms, etc. A competent physician always ?n charge. Advice tree on all chronic diseases. State symptoms plainly, and your case will have immediate and earetul attention, and tree advice by return mail. When writing name this paper. Addiess, HOME MEDICINE CO., S. W. cor. Tenth and Arch Sts., Philadelphia Pa ATHENS FOUNDRY AND MACHINE WORKS, ATHEISTS, GEORGIA, General Finite & Machinists, Pattern WorUmlini & Repairing. Having an extensive collection of Patterns, manufac'ure * Iron and Brass Castings. Mill and Gin Glaring, Mining and Mill Machinery, Steam Engines and Saw Mills. Have on hand for t ie season a full supply of Agricultural Machinery—Magic, Farmers’ and Victor Cane Mills. Cook’s Celebrated Evaporator, Portable Engines, etc,, etc. ’ Descriptive Circulars and Price Lists, address R. NSCKERSO3M, Agent andSupt., Athens, Ga. JESSE THOMPSON OEO. S. HEINDEL THOMPSON * HEINDEL, CONTBACTOES AND BUILDERS, MANUFACTURERS OF Doors, Sash, Blinds, Moldings, Brackets, NEWELS, MANTLES, BALUSTERS, STAIR RAILS, DOOR and WINDOW FRAMES, # DEALERS IN Dressed and Undressed LUMBER. BILLS OF LUMBER CUT TO ORDER AT SHORT NOTICE. " Dressed Lumber Always on Hand. Laths and Shingles. Planing Mill and Lumber Yard, Hale Street, near Contral Railroad Yard. Office and Warerooms, 43 Jackson Street, AUGUSTA, GA. GREAT REDUCTION I ffatte Clocks, Jewelry, Silver and Plate! Ware. rpHE LARGEST AND MOST COMPLETE STOCK IN THE CITY, COMPRISING ALL LINES OF 1 goods usually kept in a FIRST-CLASS JEWELRY STORE ! Is now being offered at GREATLY REDUCED PRICES IOR CASH with a view to CLOSE OUT STOCK investment. Most of the goods are new and desirable, auu BOUGHT AT HARD-TIME SPECTACLES and EYE-GLASSES, GUNS, PISTOLS,CUTLERY, Table-ware, Musical Instruments, Fine Violins, Etc. Mr. W. F. STARK will assist in sales, and gladly welcome all his friends and ell them BARGAINS. REPAIRING! Watches nicely adjusted at Lowest Prices. Guns and Pistols Repaired Finest Pebbles aim Glasses fitted to old Spectacle Frames. * v CAIjIj A3\TX) SEE. Yours, very truly, W. A. TALMADGE, College Avenue, Opposite Postoffice. AiHENS, CA. A. K. CHILD*. R. NICKERSON. y H WINN CHILDS, NICKERSON * CO., No. 15 Franklin House Building, Athens, Ga., WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN HARDWARE, Iron, Steel, Nails, Horse and Mule Shoes, Horse Shoe Nails, AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, LEADS, OILS, GLASS and VARNISH. HARNESS LEATHER, MILLBURN WAGONS, COTTON, MANILLA AND JUTE ROPE, Carriage and Saddlery Hardware, Felloes, Hubs, Spokes, Buggy Wheels, Axles, Springs, etc. Rubber and Leather Belting, MiU Saws, Mill Findings, Anvils, Bellows, Vices, Hollow Ware, elc. Manufacturers’ Agents for the sale of FAIRBAKTItS’ STAN3DAPIIS SCA3L.RS, Cider Mills, Syrup Mills and Evaporators, Watt Plows, Farmers’ Friend Plow, Pumps, Circular Saws, Winships’ & Sawyers’ Calebrated Cotton Gin. Also Agents for HALL’S AND MASSEY’S FIRE AND BURGLAR PROOF SAFES. W Any article In our line not In stock, will be ordered when desired, with the least possible delay. Call and Examine our Stock anil Prices. PERKINS * BROTHER, MANUFACTURERS OF Doors, Sash and Blinds, Mouldings, Window and Door Frames, STAIR RAILING, BALUSTERS, NEWEL-POSTS, BRACKETS, &c. Lumber, Laths and Shingles. We have on hand a large stock of the above goods which we ore selling at the LOWEST CASH PRICES. Send for Price List. All orders promptly attended to. OFFICE, LUMBER YARD AND PLANING MILL ON Calhoun St., below Central R. R. Depot, Augusta. Ga. MARBLE, MARBLE. Great Itoclxictioii in Pricoa 2 MONUMENTS and TOMBSTONES ! And the work still maintained to the highest state ot perfection. Caff and get in- prices and be convinced that you are dealing with a lair and square man. Designs and prices at n,v Yard. Specimens of work on hand for sale. • A. K. ROBERTSON * Sculptor and Monumental Builder, Athens, Ga gy MARBLE YARD on the corner of Thomas and Market Streets. DR. ULMER S Liver Corrector, T3ADE Staff aiar*. OE, VEGETABLE APERIENT. For D Mates arising from a disordered state of THE LIVER. SUCH A! Dyspepsia, Obstructions of the Viscera, Stons in thi Gall Bladder. Dropsy, Jaundice. Acid Stomach, Constipation of the Bowels, Sick Headache, Diarrhea and Dysentery, Enlarged Spleen, Fever and Ague, Eruptive and Cutooeoua Diseases, such as St. Anthony*# Fire, Erysipelas, Pimples, Postulss and * Boils, Female Weaknesses, Affec tions of the Kidneys and Bladder, piles, and many other disorders caused from the derangement of the Liver. This preparation, composed as it is of some of the moct valuable alteratives known, is invaluable for restoration of the tone and strength of the system debilitated by disease. Some of our beat puvsicianc who are familiar with the composition of this medi cine attest its virtues and prescribe it. It is a pleas ant oordlal. puriKit BY B. F. UL, MKR, e SAVA AN AH, CA. Priee 0e Dollar. V<r sale by G. W. Smith and 3. T. X. H:rt, Lexington, X. E. Ttomai,Crawford, •BdErautota generally. McWhorter bros., Attorneys and Coonselors at Lav LEXINGTON, I „ GREENESBORO, j GEOBaIA - Will practice in aU the Courts—State and Federal. DRUGS CHEMICALS, GLASS, CHEAP SOAP, AND EVERYTHING IN THE DRUG LINE fob bale cheap. ONLY TRY US ONCE. HE. HOWARD EDWARDS, Of Oglethorpe County, la still with ns, and will be glad to see and wait on all bis old friends, and will see that they get Good Goods at Low Prices, B. T. BBUMBY £ CO., COLLEGE AVE„ ATHENS, GA. PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER ■& JEWELER. A. EVANS, Having returned from his visit to Europe, begs leave to inform the people of Oglethorpe and snrronnding counties that he oan be found at his new stand, In flic Store of T. Fleming & Son, Corner Deupree Block, Athens, Ga., prepared to do all kinds of work in his line. All work warranted. Prioes cheap as the cheapest. Tours truly, A, EVANS. JOS. N. WORLEY, Attorney and Counselor at Law, ELBERTON, GA., Will practice in the counties of Franklin, Ogle thorpe, Elbert, Hart, and the adjoining conn ties. CHOU LD old acquaintance be forget? MUSIC HOUSE IN GEORGIA. The subscriber respectfully informs the pub lic that he has once more taken the helm in hand that he has held so satisfactory to his friends tor the last thirty-one years in Au gusta, and hopes, with the assistance ot his son, T. HARRY - OATES, to be able to drive business in such a manner as to get his share of it and to show that he will sell Pianos and Organs as cheap as the cheapest and as good as the best. All he asks is a trial, and those who do not give him a chance are the losers. A good assortment of choice Stationery,Books, etc., always on hand at lowest prices. GEO. A. OATES, Agent. Pjanoe Tuned and Repaired in the best man nerly T. Harry Oates, who has the highest recommendations. All orders punctually at tended to. Reduction of Passenger Fares COMMENCING SEPT. Ist, 1878. THE GEORGIA RAILROAD Will sell straight and excursion tickets betweeD ail stations on the main line and branches, in eluding the Macon and Aogusta Railroad, at GREA TL V REDUCED RATES Straight tickets at four cents per mile. Excursion tickets at six cents per mile (goo,’ for ten days) Minimum for straight tickets, ten cents; ex cnrsion tickets, twenty r ‘nr*. I'o secure the ad\ai lea of the reduce' rates, tickets ninsl he purcnasid from the sta tion agents of tno Company. Conductors art not allowed to charge lens than the regnlai tariff rates of live cents per mile. Excursion tickets will be good to.return tot, days, from and including the date of issue. No lay-over privilege allowed to these tickets nor will any bo granted. Neither will an ex tension of time be granted. The Company re serves the right to change or entirely abrogate hese rates at pleasure and without notice. E. R. DOR-tET. Gen. Pass. Ag lit. lONYER & EENNIBBEW, Attorneys & Counselors at Lav. LEXINGTON and CRAWFORD, GA. Will promptly attend to all business en trusted to their care. T. A. ILER, Practical Watchmaker and Jeweler, Snead’s Shoe Store, Athens, Ga • All kinds of Repairing done in tha beat manner and warranted to give satisfaction. NEWTON HOUSE, Atlieus, Georgia, v Ratos .-82-00 Per Day.' • if A. D. CLINARD Proprietor. ~ NOTICE. THE undersigned gives notice that notwithstanding he is engaged £ in the PRACTICE OF DENTISTRY, in which he is prepared to do all * Ll~ kinds of work, he also keeps up his JEWELRY ESTABLISHMENT an heretofore, and will do ai manner oi work in both profession*, at most reason able rates; ami guarantees perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Will also furnish any article in the Jewelry b"e at as low rate as the same can Jv purchased er here. My Dental, a-irons will be attended at their homes when desired, *Uen notification by mail or other wise is given uu B. CHEDEL. WHITSON C. JUNN3UN, ATTORNEY and COUNSELOR AT LAW, LEXINGTON, GA. Will practice in the Counties of Oglethorpe, Clarke, Madison, Elbert, Wilkes and Talliferro, and in the Supreme Court of Georgia. B. M. WOOLLEY’S] Morphine, Gnm Opinnf Painless American Laudanum or Elixir of OX* I XT M Opium, cured painlessly Pune g by improvedrcniodY. u • Manufactured a t Atlan • iiTmni-i- ta * at reduced Prices. ANTIDOTE, Tested in hundreds of cases. Guaranteed Cir .icmars free. AddrAs B. M. WOOLLEY, At lanta, Ga. Office, 25 Whitehall St., up-stairs. T- A Useful Rat. In the show window of a trunk store in Hartford an interesting sight may be witnessed every evening, in an old gray rat catching flies upon the inner surface o i the glass. The old fellow trots around among the sachels and traveling bags, and whenever he sees a fly upon the glass or the goods he goes for it with a nimbleness and dexterity which secures uniform success. Ilis operations are often continued while several person? are watching him irom the sidewalk, of whose presence and attention he seems quite oblivious. In the opposite win dow are spread several sheets of sticky fly paper, where few or many of the in sects are struggling, who would appar ently be easy prey for the voracious and venerable rat, yet he appears to under stand that the sticky paper is suspicious, and avoids it, attending strictly to busi ness in his own department. Those ITseful Conduits, The kidneys and bladder, sometimes become torpid and weak irom unascertailiable causes. When this occurs, their discharging function is ol necessity very imperfectly performed, and certain debris, which is the result ol natural bodily waste and decay, does not es cape as it should, but remains to corrupt the blood and develop poisonous humors and dangerous' as well as paintul diseases. It is one of the beneficent effects ot Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters to gently stimulate the uri nary organs, and prevent them from lasping into a state of inactivity, always provocative of their inflammatory degeneration and de cay. How much better, then, is it to adopt this mild diuretic as a means ot inciting them to action, than to incur the danger ot this de struction. To expel from the system waste matter through the bowels and kidneys, and to regulate and arouse the stomach and liver,' are among the chief uses of this valuable remedy. Everybody knows that so long as there is proud flesh in a sore or wound it will not heal. The obstacle is speedily removed and thefiesh reunited by Henry’s Carbolic Salve, the finest embodiment in existence ot that supreme puri fier, carbolic acid. Its emollient ingredients modify its pungent acid basis, so that it never cauterizes, stings or scarifies the diseased part. Sores and eruptions ol all kinds are cured by it. All druggists sell if. “ Laiiifh and (irow .Fat.” This ancient bit ol advice is well enough for ‘spare ’ people, but how about those that are already too lat? What is to become of them ? Sit still, and I’ll tell you. After manv experi ments, extending through months ot pat.ent investigation and toil, the celebrated analyti cal chemist, J. C. Allan, has perfected and given to the world Allan’s Anti-Fat. Thus far, in several hundred cases, this great rem edy has never failed to reduce a corpulent person from three to six pounds per week. It is perfectly harmless and jKisiti vely efficient. Sold by druggists. Throat Affections and Hoarseness.— All suffering from irritation of the throat and hoarseness will be agreeably surprised at the almost immediate relief afforded by the nse of “Brown’s Bronchial Troches.” 25 cts. a box. Jurf{te for Yourself. By sending thirty-fivecents, with age, height, color of eyes and hair, you will i-eceive by re turn mail a correct photograph of your future husband or wife, with name and date ol mat riage. Address W. Fox, P. O. Drawer 31, Fultonville, X. V. It is impossible to sell the best article of any kind as low as the poorest can be afforded. But the prices of Mason & Hamlin Cabinet Organs are not much more than those of veiy interior organs; while the difference in quality, and especially in durability, is very great. Housekeepers preler C. Gilbert's Slurches. Chew Jackson's Best weet Navy Joiiacco MAPLEWOOD INSTITUTE Location unrivaled. Collegiate and col ege preparatory Courses. Revs. C. V. Spear and R. E. Avery. Principals. aaiaulll TO t . 6. KITH A CO.. Pori.and VS nc II M ..rn-, f..r best Agency Business in the VEEIU World. Expensive Ontflt Fret. ain pnA MOSTlf—AgenUWanted ! 3H.besi ariir.es !h the world; one sample free JAY BRONSON, D trial, 555. MU FA*,—With Stem... outfit*. What costs •* ull, cts. sells rapidly for SO cts. Catalogue free DIU 3.M. Spiscie. 113 Wash’ll St., Boston. Mass. HMIIU Habit A Skin Illstaws. Thou iTUI II Ml sar: t- t- ioffed D r.' • ' Ur IU an to write. Dr. F.E Marsh. Quimy.M rh SFTff * Month and expenses guaranteed to Agtt * „ i lotflt free. Shaw a Cos. ArantA. Maiea / Ec iP There are probably a majority of the oilman race suffering from kidney complaints. They show themseives in almost protean shapes, but always to the injury of the patient. They cause indescribable agony. The experience of thirtv years shows that the best remedy for this class of diseases is Tarrant’s Seltzer Aperient. Its properties are diuretic, which are sm ally adapted for such cures. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. mm ,*Ss!@RGAN W^BESTI Manufactor^mTllEßOßoYl Li J Ti SMITH lICII [0 First Established S Most Successful S THEIR INSTRUMENTS have a Standard Yalue Id the Leading Markets Of the World I KveryVhcru recognized as the FIN.?ST IN TONF OVER 30,000 finite ait<l lik use. New Designs constantly. Bet Tt ork and Lowest Prices. Send for a Catalogue. Tremcnt St., opp. Waltham St., Boston, Hiss Merolish For Beauty of Polish, Saving Labor, ( !. aaliccss Durability and Cheapness, UncquaU and. AlOiJbK BROS* Propncloib, CaLton, Juasa. THE WEEEY siT A large, eight-page paper of 50 broad columns, wi! 1880 IK>stpaill tu any a,l,lress until January Ist, FO& HALF A DOLLAR. Address _ TIIK Sl'X. N. Y. City. EVraß WARNER BRO’S CORSETS Ma W 111 jdßHv received the Higlu-Ht Medal ttic recent PARIS EXPOSITION, FLEXIBLE tffp CORSET Ml 11 11 .oft and flexible and contains no X 111 I I Tri'-e by mail. Il.ro. WARNER BROS.. 351 Broadway. N.J. TfACf a,ifa,> V ■ AIJjfheTIME The very best goods direct from the Importers at Hal the usual cost. Best plan ever aiTered to Club Agent *nd large Buyers. ALL EXPRESS CHARGES PAID New terms FREE. The Great American Tea Company, 31 and 33 Veaey Street, Hew York.. P. O. Box 4233. SrmMSl Oa\ K BOTTLE WARRANTED A W*T\ \ k. 4 W irfw, perfect cure for all kinds of PILES 1 Two to i< ur bottles in the worst MJiblfl *:ascs . f LEPROSY. SCROFULA. sai . ii in m. uii i:i'v atism vll>\KV> I>Y.si* KP> IA .< ’AN CK h ’ATAKKII. u:d a!! diseasesof the SK IN .1 ii < 1 y V BB - table. Internal and external use. Money refunded in all cases of fail ure; none for 20 years. Sold every where. Send for pamphlet. $1 a Bottle. H. D. FOWLS* Rost am* MSUER’S "SSMICID-UVER Dll, Is perfectly purr. Pronounced the beet by the high est medical authorities in the world. Given h-i/beet ft w , a /d ai 12 World’s Ejmoeitions, and at Parts, ltri Hold by Druggists. W.ll.SciiieOi-lin A 'o.,N.Y Mutton A Hamlin <s ohinet Oratnm Demonsstrated best by niGHEST HONORS AT ALL WORLD'S EXPOSITIONS FOR TWELVE YEARS, viz.; at Fiats, ISS7; VlrsNi, 1F73; Santiago, 1875; I’hjladei - PHii, 1876: Paeis, 1878, ant < 1 Kami Swedish Itold .Vedai , 1878. Only American Organs ever awarded highest hon ors at any such. Sold for cash or installments. Illus trated Catalogues an t Circulars with new styles and prices, went free. MASON 4 HAMLIN ORGAN CO Boston. New- York or Chicago. F CURED FREE. An Infallible end unexcelled Remedy Do Flts,Epilpug.vorFall];igSicknert warrant* { t< effect a sue* iy and PERMANENT ure. TfYlfl free bottle 99 of mj I ■■■Vr renowki-J specific aid a valuabi* 0 Trez. srnt V my sufferer JL JL |J sending me his P. O. and Kx w press ad.'tress. DmH. G. ROOT.IN3 Pe rtS n *. N*w York. P AGENTS WANTED FOR THE ICTORIAL HISTORYtb*WORLD It contains T 2 line historical engravings and 121H1 large double column pages, tod is the most complete Historv of the World ever published. It sells at sight. Send fpr specimen pages and extra terms to Agents, and see why it sells faster than any other book. Address, National Pußuonxa Cos., P id |ha. Pa CfVAVIBKHfaAIIV INSTITUTE 1?49), Handolpb, W. V. On the A k (r. W. K. it., in the uiauUiwflui Lake region. A we 11-endowed arid successful seminary fur both gex*?s. The usual Lit-raT Departmer.ts and a very fiuuri>hngC. n.mercl*J School anil Magic Department. 352 Uifferoiit students last year. Prre air. mountain-spring water, good food and careful supervision. Mo deaths in 30 years. E dow ments such that we will receive a total exp-use) for 1 Term for SSO \ for 1 year, $1.50. Cata logue sent free on anp.ication to the Principal. PROF J. T. EDWARDS. D. D. Fall Term oi ens \vl£. 20, TMR Clalm-HouN Established 18W, PENSIONS. laot* Thousands of Soldiara and heln •nt'ttod. Pensions date back to discharge or death. Time Address with stamp, "*•***• ... GEOIMJB £• LBIHOB. r. O. Drawar 3W. WaahSjteu, p. c, AHEJiTS WAiYIEII FOR ■‘BACK from the MOUTH of BELL,.'- By one who lias been there! Hi He anti Fall of the MOUSTACHE.’ By the Burlington Hawkeye humorist. “Samantha asa I*. A. anti 1\ I _ . Bv Josiah Allen’s wife. The three brightest and best-selling b<>oks ont. Agent yon can put these books in everywhere. Best term* ?,lY eD ,v A : ldr /*3B f °r Agency,aMERICA.N PUBLISIIIKG CO.. Hart! ' ' nIW9 K.ctp, a Ha H WkM io.(i wll A.O.U.W. Itetl .West, itruifl s, and all other Societies I made to order liy 31. C. I.Sjle-r A Cos., Colurtfnus, I Ohio. Srtul for /Vice /data. Military ana Firemen’s Goods. Banners St Flags I 1 Jf ■ ITTT I There is no cure for Bright's lie- II IHI V ot * Kidneys, or Bladder VI 11 IV 1 I and I riria.y Co;,ip: , lti ts They are , Tlliil 1 -'‘ error. Hunt’s Ktmedy I cunes tne>" General IflfVVlfVV Debility. Pains in the Back. Loins ThiWk : Ila 1% 1 b**y>. B.a<;-l**r and I r.nary organ * "**■ " I !'• cured by Hunt’* Remedy. FarmlyPhysiciaiis prescribe Hunt’* ICemedy. Send for pamphlet to _ WaM. E. CLARKE, Providence. R. I. INVAIIQ^; Delicate mothers will find Ridge's Foo l just what they need. It gives health aud strength. In cans, 35c. and M war . V/fmil.n b || , - 5400 PER UOift CALIFORHIA FiOKEEI. Anew Book just out. Price, 91.150 by mail. Send for Sample Copy. 1 ,oo> Agents Wanted. Address all orders to F. O CROCKER 4 CO., l.'fS Angeles, Los Angeles Cos.. Cal. P. O. Box KM. Baggage Fastener and Shawl Strap Comtfined. 5 oesc’s Patent. Best thing out. Neem e* f our Va'isesand Seats while traveling. Makes* Door-lock burglar-proof. Can tie uaed f<,r a variety of purposes. Light, durable and Cheap. Sells rapid:v. Even traveler wants one. Liberal discount to the trade. Send for circular. Ac-ents wanted everywhere. GEO. M. YOUNG, E! Paso, Illinois. CHAPMAN’S CHOLERA SYRUP Cures Dysentery, Diarrhea and Summer Complaints of Children. Price .70.. GEORGE .MOORE, Proprietor, Great FaUg, N. 11. Sold by all Druggists. Vmr A SUBJECT of Geneiai Ae'voti* Aliij A V# U Debi’ity id any form? Lecture Fret n receipt of s'amp. M dicine warranted Ut effect Td<luz.cure in /our week*. n< stpaid. B*£. state ment of caee. Address P. O. B x 257 I. Boston. Mass. expenses, or allow a large comma' ■. . o c.. r.— and wonderf’il inventions. We .** ice nny. Sam ple free. Address SHERM A! &< .il I, Mich. 51175 SIOO Proportional return;- eve.-, week on Stock Options of SAO, - 950, - 9100, - 9500. Official Reports and Circulars fn-e. Address _T I POITEK WIGHT k CO.. Ranters. 35 Wad 3L.K T 1 YOUNCMENISji < * ■ month. 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