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Was It Suicide? FARM AND GARDEN. SCIENCE. THE HOUSEHOLD. WIT AND HUMOR. “Do you think it wrong for a man to commit suicide, John Norton?” The trapper deliberated a moment, and then said: “The word is a new un to me. friend. Can’t ye show me the trail by some other track ? ” “Is it right for a man to take his own life, John Norton? That is what I mean,” answered the other. This time the trapper deliberated even longer than before. He fingered the ham mers of his rifle as if he were trying the lock, for a minute, and then said: “I’ve seed the thing did, friend; but the circumstances was onusual. ” “Did you say that you had known a case where a man took his own life ? ” said the other. “Sartinly, sartinly,” answered the trap per, “I’ve seed it did. Ye see fire is hard to bear, and the redskins be cunniu’ at tor mentin’, and to escape the burnin’ I’ve seed men kill themselves. Yis, I’ve seed even officers, who ought to l>e rational, blow their brains out with their pistols rather than to be taken alive by the varmints.” “John Norton,” and the man spoke ear nestly, “ listen. Look at this body; it is worn out. Its remaining staength only in creases my pain. It is full of aches. It affects my mind. Even the gifts of the Lord are of no benefit. The beauty of jthe day, the glory of the night, the loveliness of the earth and the splendor of the lieav- • ens are not apprehended. My eyes are dim so that they cannot see. My hearing is dull. I only half taste my good. I tire easily. A little toil in the day fills the night with suffering. I am well, but my body is sick. The tenant is nobler and more needy than ever, for I need finer and higher tilings than I once did; but the house has become a hovel. Why should I stay in it ? ” and he put the question to the trapper with force, almost imperiously. “I have outlived its use; I shall leave it. I am glad to say good-by to it and meet the sweet surprise of the future.” Again he paused. As he looked toward the mountain his face was bright and cheer ful as one thinks of pleasant themes. Af ter a while he asked : “Do you know why I have come to this spot, old trapper ? ” “ It’s a cheerful spot for either the young or old to visit,” evasively answered the trapper. “I will tell you why I came here,” con tinued the man, speaking as if he had not heard the trappers reply. “ I came to do what I admit to be a solemn act. I came to surrender my body to the elements from amidst which it was originally called. To me it is my second birthday; I wish by a high communion to prepare myself for its happiness. I have heard of you as one wise, good and thoughtful of strangers. As a wise man I wished to talk with you. As a good man I wished to commune with you. As one thoughtful of strangers I wish to ask your assistance. I also wished to spend my last days on the earth amid the beauties and the peacefulness of nature as she reveals them in these woods. In the city I should be a beggar in death. I should be compelled to beg my hearse, my coffin, my grave. Here I am rich. I own all. As one old man' may claim from an other old man, I can claim of you the ser vices which friend pays to friend when spirit has departed from body. I have eat en at your table to-day. I shall leave my body to night, will you bury it to-morrow ? I would like it to have a suitable grave. Can you guide me to such a spot, old trap per?” The trapper imitated his guest in rising. That he regarded his guest as perfectly sane; that he had respect for his judgment; that lie accepted the conversation as utterly honest; and, the stranger’s views as final, was shown by the fact that he yielded in stant compliance with the stranger’s re quest. “There is a place just behind the rock there that I’ve often conceited would make a cheerful spot for a grave; for the pines be big over il, and the w ater makes pleasant music on the white sand and leetle stuns un lernoath. We will go and see it.” The next morning the trapper rose at the usual hour. He did not go to the bed oc cupied by liis guest at once. He went and stood in the doorway. He even went to the spring and brought a pail* of fresh water. He acted as if his guest were asleep, sleeping a needed sleep, and would fain not wake him; but at length he en tered the house and moved with a steady and measured step to the bedside of his guest. The man was lying oy his back, his hands by his side, and his face composed with that composure the complete tranquil ity of which no earthly trouble can ever ruffle. The trapper looked steadily at him for a moment, and then he bent towards him so as to command a view of the far ther side of the body. A knife lay on the blanket, and one keen, delicately shaped blade open. The trapper took it up and looked at it. The sharp point of it was colored with a stain. He stooped and looked at the wrist. It had been punctured just above the pulse, for a slight wound was there, and blood stains were on the white skin. The trapper reached over and felt the blanket. In one little spot it was moist—that was all. The trapper looked astonished. He gazed on the face on the pillow, white with the sure whiteness that never deceives, He looked at the knife blade, with its stained point; then at the wrist with the slight in cision ; and then he made a re-examination of the bedding, this time closely. On it, l>eyond a few' drops, there was no blood. The man had evidently prepared himself for the act, had opened his knife, had pressed the point of the blade into the flesh, puncturing, as he supposed, the artery; but, by a misjudgment, had missed the ar tery and had made a slight incision in the flesh that lies one side of it. It is said that the imagination is able to kill; that under similar circumstances men have, from sheer imagination that they were bleeding to death, actually died. Was it so in this case ? Certainly not a dozen drops of blood had left his body, yet there was the white face, and the knife, and the wounded wrist. What killed him? How did he die? Was it a natural death? Was it suicide? The Blind Mole. His family name is Talpidee, but he is generally known as Scalops aquations. And he is only the common “blind mole,” whose little hillocks here and there are familiar to every one. And yet, by patient and careful observation, we find that he is a most interesting little animal. His small body is a combination of mechanical imple ments. His long snout serves as a crow bar, pickaxe and spade, and his whole frame is an ingeniously complicated machine, each part of which is well adapted to its purpose. By the constant rubbing of his sides against the walls of his dwelling they become smooth and hard, so that he scarcely carries any dust upon his body, though when I threw him into the water I found that a little dirt settled in the bottom of the tub. The little creature searches deep into the earth for insects, tender roots, and worms, and it will even sink a well to supply its young with water. Every spring and autumn from four to five baby-moles are added to the family; and as my little captive was born and reared uuder the ground, he naturally soon began to pine for his “native element.” So one day I car ried him back to the ruined hillock, and, quicker than a flash, he disappeared be neath the surface. As his tower had never been rebuilt since his capture, I inferred that he was the sole occupant of the hidden castle. Immediately on liis return another mound began to form, and as I watched it from day to day I discovered that his noon day visits outside were for the sole purpose of getting rid of loosened earth, which would otherwise be in his way, though why he should select just that hour for his “out-door exercise 1 cannot imagine. During the months of June and July the males and females mate, and at that season the males engage in deadly conflicts with one another, probably through jealousy and riyalship. Boys on a Farm.—There is a saying that one boy is a boy, two boys are half a boy, and three boys are no boys at all. An uncomplimentary statement with some semblance of verity, but lacking the ring of absolute truth. When a boy is old enough to save steps he takes his place as a considerable factor in the domestic problem. His energies need competent direction; so do those of most men. With increasing years he should be encouraged to take an inter est in the att'airs of the farm. He should be taught not only how to do, but why and wherefore. As he grows older and begins to take his place with the men in the field, don’t expect him to “hoe his own row/’ but heip him to keep abreast, or better still, a little ahead. Inculcate thoroughness. This will require line upon line and precept upon precept. Demand of him not quantity, but as good a quality of work as a boy can do. The boy whp is old enough to handle a hoe is old enough to swear eternal enmity to weeds. Don’t send him tor a jug of water while you rest yourself in the shade, and tell him to “come on.” Make his hours short. Let his labor be some thing more than exercise and a good deal less than weariness to the flesh. Give him something for his very own —a pig or a brood of chickens. If he inclines to rabbits or pigeons, gratify him. When he tires of them and wants to “trade,” let hiiu do so. The sense of ownership will assist him to the knowledge of relative values; and if he makes •losing bargain his experience will not be dearer than that acquired in an older school. To the average boy a melon patch is a “thing of beauty and a joy forever.” Let him have a good spot for the purpose; not in a corner or under an apple tree, but open to the sunshine and the dews of heaven. Teach him how to plant, how to cultivate, and how to keep the bugs oft’. And if his boyish patience cannot abide the slow process ot natural ripen ing, and he “plugs” the whole happy lot of them, as he probapiy will, no matter. Many a man plugs his melons all his life. A smart boy never repeats the operation. Spreading Manure.—The best prac tice is to spread the manuae upon the plowed ground and to work it in with a harrow. This is most conveniently done by having manure in a fine condi tion. Fine manure may be made in two ways; either by piling it and rot ting it in the heap, or by nsing only short litter. It is found in practice that it pays to cut the litter with a fod der cutter, so that it will not only ab sorb more of the liquid manure, but that it can be easily spread wnen Iresh. The ordinary harrow will then mix the manure with the soil in the most eftective manner. W r ith long manure the work is not so easily done, but it may be accomplished by persevering. The manure will be drawn into heaps, doubtless; but by freeing the harrow and spreading these and harrowing again, and again if necessary, the de sired result will be attained. There are some improved kinds of harrows which does this work much better than others. The sloping-tooth harrow acts favorably by pressing the manure into the soil, and drawing the earth over it; the flex ible chain harrow has the same effect; but the steel dise harrow not only does this, but it cuts and breakt up the Ion g litter aud reduces it to fragments. This harrow consists of a series of thin, sharp-edged discs, which revolve upon axles in a different direction from that of the movement of the implement. Each disc thus not only cuts into the soil, but it throws up a small furrow of light soil behind it, this latter effect being assisted by the concave or saucer shaped form of the disc. The result is very satisfactory either when sod has been turned down (and this comes un der the head of manuring,) or when coarse manure is to be spread; the soil, too, is lelt in a very favorable condi tion for sowing or planting. These short hints may be found seasonable at any time, because the making and use of manure is a work of every day in the year in one way or another, or should be. Clover.—The merits of clover as a fertilizer cannot be too strongly praised. Clover roots down and brings up to it self the most beneficial elements of the subsoil. These elements are ploughed into the upper soil with the clover, without bringing up the unnecessary and useless e.emems of that subsoil. It feeds strongly, but it gives back more than it takes. It is the great root er. If we were limited to clover as a fertilizer or to some other one fertilizer it would be hard not to choose clover. If we wanted to rest a piece of land for a year or so, we should sow clover and turn sheep on it, and it would rest, not only without loss, but with large prolic. Preservation of Milk. — Boracic acid is the best atiseptic agent for pre serving milk sound for unusual lengths of time. With the temperature at eighty degrees Fahrenheit one part of boracic added to 500 parts of milk caus ed it to remain sweet for fifty hours. At this temperature natural milk sour ed in twenty to twenty-two houis Saturate corn cobs with kerosene and hang them on the plum trees in order to get rid of the “curculio.” Original Minds. If Nero had lived in Detroit he could not have been a tyrant for everybody would have agreed with him. A citi zen who desired to see how many peo ple had opinions of their own on the weather started out by saying to a merchant: “Awful hot, isn’t it, for July?” “Yes—very hot,” was the prompt re- ply. The next man was a tailor, and to him the citizen said: “Ever see such raw weather for July ?” “Never did—never did,” was the an swer. The third man was a lawyer, and af ter a glance at the sky the citizen re marked : “Looks now as if we would have a long spell of dry weather.” “Just what 1 was saying five minutes ago,” was tfce reply. The fourth man was an alderman, and, after a handshake the citizen re marked : “I believe we shall have rain every day this week. Do you notice those clouds in the East?” “Yes, I was watching them. I told my folks this morning we’d have all tne rain we could take care of.” “The next man was a furniture deal er, and after a few words on better times the citizen said: “This is growing weather for corn ?” “Best kind of weather,” was the an swer. • The last man was a paving contrac tor, and the inquiry was put to him : “Did you ever see such aw r ful weath er for crops?” “Never did—no, never. I don’t be lieve we’ll have half a crop of any thing if the weather doesn’t change soon.” Thk Ststkx is often so rapidly ’■educed by a sever-* attack of Diarrhoea or other A tree ion of the Bowels, ns to get almost b*yond th; reach of medicine, betore th^p *t lent era realize the ne-e-slty of looking about him for a n*m-*dy. Better keep by you Dr. Jayne’s Carminative Bilsam, a safe curative for Asiatic Ch > era, Cramps, Dysentery, Ac., and thus be prudently prepa ed to treat these complaints on their first appearance. A Polysphenic Ship.—For the last six years, the Rev. C. M. Ramus, Rector of East Guildeford and Playden, Eng land, has held his invention of the poly sphenic ship at the disposal of the Ad miralty. This vessel, it is calculated, will skim the seas at the rate of forty miles an hour or more. The word “skim” discloses the secret of the idea, for the invention is mainly based on the fact that it a vessel can be made by the mere force with which it moves to ride over the w'aves instead of driv ing through them, there is a prlraa facie reason to believe that a much higher speed than anything yet reached will be achieved. The principle of Mr. Ramus’s invention consists in making the bottom of the vessel a series of in clined planes. In 1872 Mr. Ramus made a model having its bottom com posed of two parallel and consecutive inclined planes; or the vessel may be described as made of two wedges, the thick ends of w hich are placed abaft the thin ends. There is thus in the centre of the vessel a ridge where the thin end of the sternmost w'edge abuts against the thick end of the foremost. Any floating body thus shaped must, w’hen driven forcibly through the water, tend to rise, and if the speed is high enough it will rise Cfn the surface in stead ot driving through the water. These facts were demonstrated by some rough experiments made in the pres ence of creditable witnesses. The pro pelling power in thes experiments was a six ounce rocket. In one trial the model weighing 3 pounds 3 ounces, ran a distance of 105 yards in 3 seconds. In another it ran 480 teet in 4y 2 sec onds, the water being rippled by a strong breeze, but in spite of tuis the the deck was tound to be dry. The principle underlying these models, says The Mechanic,, may be taken advantage of to construct wedge#sRaped ships, for it has lieen demonstrated that the resis tance to such vessel, which at first in creases about as the square of tneir ve locity, decreases as tne speed is aug mented, until after a certain period there is no further increase of resis tance. Given the required machinery, then, for propelling the poly.-phenic ship and there seems to every proba bility that speeds of forty miles an hour or more can be attained. The Lightning-Rod. — The St. Louis Academy of Sciences has been throw ing light upon the lightning-rod, con cerning which, said Professor Niplier’ there are many popular delusions. One is, that if one or two rods <-ontain- ing«an equal amount of metal be hol lowed out, thus giving it greater, ex panse, its conductive power would be greater than that of the other. The truth is that they would be equally good conductors. Another erroneous impression which the Professor pro ceeded to dispel was that a current of electricity runs along the surface of a wire. In reality it extends through the entire wire when the circuit is made, Mr. Nipher said, but while the circuit is closed, it accumulates upon the surlace of the conductor. A strong point made was that lightning-rods do not attract the lightning. They are splendid conductors, and much better than wood or air, and lightning strikes them because they offer the least resis tance to the passage of the electric cur rent. It makes no difference whether a point be on a lightning-rod or not, so far as the protection of buildings is concerned. The positive electr.city in the earth will flow along the wire and accumulate at the point, if there be one, making the tension and the con ducting power greater and enhancing the probability of lightning striking that rod in preference to another which has no point but has the poltive current dissemiuated through i t equally. When Water Becomes Poisoned.—Emi nent chemists have decided that water standing over night in the lead or cop per pipes in houses may accumulate enougn poison to become daugerous for drinking or cooking purposes. Cases of poisoning have been traced also to water that had remained for a considerable time in an ordinary ice- pitchbr; a most alarming discovery, when one considers how general tlie use of metallic ice-pitchers has become. The linings used is chieflly a compound ol tin, antimony and copper. In view of tlie danger from poisons adminis tered in water we daily drink, it is re commended that water be allowed to run from the pipes for some time be fore it is used in :he morning, and that pitchers lined with porcelain be substi tuted for the old style inetal-lined. The Pneumatic Ctock.—Among the many wonder!ul pieces of mechanism at the late Paris exposition, the pneu matic clocks exhibited in the Austrian section were not the least interesting. These clocks give exact time to all tlie clocks of a city simultaneously, whether the distance from them be six miles or sixty. A Man’s Food.—A man ot average size in the course of a single years in troduces into his system from eight to nine hundred pounds of solid tood. aDout eight hundred pounds of oxygen gas, and three-iourtha of a ton of water; making altogether about three thous and pounds of matter. Row Far Can We See?—An object can be seen by the naked, eye if the color is iavorable at 3000 times its own diameter. Thus, the greatest distance at which we couid behold a globe one foot in diameter would be 3 000 teet or 1000 yards, borne authorities however maintain that objects are visible at a greater distance tiiau this. The First Balloon Ascent. A balloon floats in tlie air for the same reason that a cork floats on water —it is lighter. The first successful trials were made with bags filled with warm air. Smoke generally rises be cause it contaius a good deal of warm air. It is in this way that “fire bal loons” are used at the present time. One of the first balloons of this kind was made by two brothers named Mont golfier, in France, in 1783. They used some coarse linen, which they cut into shapes so that when they were together at tiie edges they formed a big hag about thirty feet across when blown out. They lined this bag with paper and, as they wanted to dry the inside, it was hung up, and a fire was lighted under it for this purpose. This warm ed the air inside, and as it got full or this dry warm air it wanted to go up. This smoke balloon set the brothers thinking of a plan by which they could keep it full of warm v r - They soon car ried it into effect by putting at the bot tom of the bag cross poles, to which they fixed a grate, and lighted a fire of chopped straw. In five minutes the bag had swelled out to its full size, and took eight men to hold it down. This balloon, when so filled, was able to lift a weight ot five hundred pounds, so they hung a basket underneath, and put into it a sheep, a duck and a cock. They went up a height of nearly one thousand five hundred feet, and travel ed a little more than two miles. How the animals liked their extraordinary ride in the air is not told; but w’hen found, the sheep was quietly feeding close to where the balloon fell, and the duck and cock pecking about in their usual n auner. This experiment was a little in advance of the soap bubble which first reminded the brothers Montgolfier of the balloon. Snake Bites.—The fang3—these are two in number—of a poisonous serpent are hollow. Through these tangs the poison is injected into the wounds made by them. The bite of a poisonous snake always makes two deep punctures; that of a non-poisonous'snake is irregular in shape. When the poison is injected into a large vein death may be almost in stantaneous. Deatli from a rattlesnake bite generally occurs iu five or six hours. The pain, which is severer than a bee sting at the start, becomes more and more excruciating to the laSt. The limbs, and especially the head, become greatly swelled. If the victim is strong he may live a few hours longer, and then die of general mortification. The rattlesnake can neither spring upon a man. nor can it pursue rapidly. Ordi narily, snakes bite only when they are provoked. Where vipers and smaller snakes are found, woodmen and others should wear thick boots, as they seldom attempt to bite above the ankle, and their fangs penetrate the leather. A person bitten should drink freely, every fifteen or twenty minutes, a gill or more at time, of whiskey, brandy, gin or rum, diluted with hot water, stopping just short of intoxication. This will generally effect a cure in a few hours, in the cases of bites from our American snakes. As serpent poisons are not injurious when taken into the stomach, it is always safe to lei a person suck the wound with his mouth, pro vided there is no abrasion about the lips. Bread Pudding.—Place slices of but tered bread into a deep pudding dish. Cover the bread with thin slices of tart apples; then put on another layer of bread and apples, and continue this until the dish is full. The top Jayer must be bread and butter, witL the but tered side down. Pour milk over the w'hole until thoroughly moistened. Cover the pudding dish with a plate aud bake two hours. Take off the plate, sprinkle the pudding with any tpice liked, and bake another hour, or uutil brown on top, and the apples solt. Sauce—Make a thin paste with two spoonfuls of flour, and turn it into half a pint of boiling water. Stir until the flour is well cooked, make the sauce very sweet, and let it boil up at once. Take it off the stove and add a table- spoonful of strong vinegar or lemon juice, and a piece of butter the size of an egg. If too thick, more water may be added. Ventilation.—Many persons com plain of always getting up tired iu the morning. This is very often due to de fective ventilation of the bed-room, or from using an undue amount of warm bed-clothes and bedding. Featherbeds are too soft and yielding, and partially envelop the sleeper, thus producing pro fuse perspiration. Again, it is a com mon error to suppose that by simply opening a window at the top a roon can be ventilated. People forget that for proper ventilation there must be an in let and outlet for the air. In bed-iooms there is often neither, and if there is a fire-place, it is generally closed up. Again, it is a mistake to suppose that foul air goes to the top, but the chief impurity, the carbonic acid, falls tne bottom. There is nothing so efficacious in removing the lower strata of air, as the ordinary open fire-place, especially if there Is a fire burning. A Hint to Mothers.—One of the groat dangers attending the use of the various sedatives employed in the nur sery, is that they tend to produce the opivm habit. These quack medicines owe their soothing aud quieting effects to the actiou of opium, aud the infait is by them given a morbid appetite for narcotic stimulants. The offering tor sale of such nostrums 9houid he pro hibited, as tending to tlie moral and physical deterioration of the race. In India mothers give to £ their infaits sugar-pills containing opium, and tie result is a languid, sensual race of de bauchees. In the United States tbjj por sonous dose is administered under an other name, but the consequences will probably be the same. Milk Rolls.—These rolls can be served hot or cold. They are made with one pound of flour, one ounce of buttsr, one ounce of sugar, a full teaspoon'ul of baking powder, about a pint of milk and a pinch of salt. To the flour aul the 8*'lt, sugar and nutter, and mix wed by working with the lingers. Then in troduce the baking powder and tnilk, and knead quickly. Cut the lump ol dough into six or eight pieces, form into rolls, cut each roll slightly over the top twice, place on a slightly floured pan, and bake for fifteen minutes in a very hot oven. When done, brudi the top with the white of an egg or milk, sprinkle with fine sugar, and place it in the oven one minute. A Fool Once More.—“For tenyears ray wife was confined to her bed with such a complication of ailments thst no doctor could tell w hat was the matter or cure her, and I used up a small for tune in humbug stuff Six mouths ago I saw a U. S. flag with Hop Bitters on it, and I thought I would beafoolonce more. I tried it, but my folly proved to be wisdom. Two bottles cured her. she is now as well and strong as any man’s wife, and it cost me only two dollars. Such folly pays.—H. W., De troit, Mich. Epigram of Lamb.—Braise a piece of breast oi lamb in a stew -pan, with a little w’ater and some onions, carrots, celery, whole pepper, salt, cloves, par- slev and sweet herbs to taste. When sufficiently cooked to allow it, pull out all the bones and put the breast between two dishes, with a heavy weight on it. The piece of breast being quite cold and flat cut it into small cutlets, egg anJ bread crumb them, then lry a nic*. color in lard, and serve w’ith boiled green peas. Mushroom Pudding.—Clean a quart of fresh u.ushroonis, cut them in small pieces, mix them with half pound of minced ham or bacon, season with a tea spoonful of salt, and half a saltspoonful of pepper; spread them on a roly-poly crust, made by mixing one pound of flour, half a pound ot shortening, and a teaspoonful of salt, with about one pint of water; roll up the crust, tie it tightly in a floured cloth, and boil it about two hours in boiling stock or salted water; serve hot writh bread or vegetables. For Pudding Sauce.—In making any sauce put the butter aud flour iu to gether, and s it will never be lumpy. A Snake with a Head at Both Ends. One day last week Mr. Will Bosley, while at w ork on his farm at Oaking- ton, Harford county, discovered a black snake, which he made haste to kill. On examining the reptile, after liediad kill ed it, it was found to measure about four feet in length and had two heads, one on each end, and both regularly proportioned. The animal was noticed to run backwards and Mr. B. says tha* it could go as fast one way as the other. The happiest discovery of the a?e. ANA- KES.8. an infallible care for PILES, a scien tific combination of poultice, instrument and medicine, endorsed by physicians of all schools, discovered by Db. Silsbee, a regular phvsi ian. and need successfully in thousands of cases. Sufferers who *»ave tried overruling else in vain, will find im.ts.nt relief and perma nent cure. It is regarded bv medical men as tbe greatest of modern discoveries, and pro nounced infallible. “Anakesis” sent by man 1 on receipt of Price SL00 per box. Samples ran, by P. Nenataedtor A Co , Box 8946 Mew York. Lucid, Very.—The proprietor of a restaurant was standing at his door the other morning, when a rather ques tionable looking man paused to speak to him. “Good morning,” said the restaura teur, pleasantly ; “you look bright this morning.” “Yes, sir.” “I guess you got up before breakfast this morning, eh ?” “No, sir, I did not; I got up after breakfast,” replied the pilgrim iu hum ble tones. “You got up after breakfast, did you?” inquired the man of meals, ra ther sarcastically. “Yes, sir; I got up after breakfast.” “I would like to know how you did it?” “You would, eh?” “Yes, sir, I should.” “Well, you see 1 got up this morning at 7 o’clock, and 1 ain’t had nothin’ to eat since breakfast yesterday mornin*.” The hotel man seemed perfectly satis fied. She Didn’t.—It was plain enongh to all the other passengers on the ferry boat that the two were in love and en gaged, yet the girl seemed to doubt his fervor just a little. Therefore, as the boat reached midstream, she leaned over and tenderly said. “Johnnie, I am going to test your love. I am going to jump ouerboard, and if you really love me, I know you will jump after me and save me.” “Yes, I’ll jump after you,” he slowly replied, but, but—” “But what, Johnnie?” “But if L were you I’d takeoff my shoes first. Just the minute they haul you out of the water every woman in this crowd will rush to see whether you wear No. 2’s or No. 5’s, and if you are in your stocking feet tney can’t get the size.” The girl drew her feet under her chair, ighed once or twice and did not regaiu her enthusiasm until the boy came along with peanuts. The Shah of Persia is said to be some thing of an artist. When he paints a picture in which a camel in the back ground is higher than a tree in the fore ground, and the old mill on the left is not as large as the dog on tbe right, and the perspective shoots up against the sky with the suddenness of a tall telegraph pole, and when he sends the canvas to the 148th annual exhibition, the hanging committee never hang it above the line. Not even hardly ever. They would soon be a headless com mittee if they did. They give the Shah’s picture the best position in the gallery, and the critics speak of its wonderful lights and shades, its re markable depth of tone, artistic group ings, and breadth of feeling. Tney make the Shah believe he is a Vernet, Reubens, Raphael and Messonier rolled into one. It would prove very un healthy for them if they didn’t. A critic once rashly hinted that one of the Shah’s pictures lacked feeling. A few hours later the critic lacked feeling. He also lacked a head. He died. ’Jes So.—The old gentleman who threw the paper down the other morn ing with the impatient ejaculation, “O, there’s nothing in it!” and went out to look at his garden, was the same one who, coming back half an hour later, and discovering that his wife had cut up the paper into patterns, thereupon ripped around like a yellow-jacket, broke an important commandment ami a window pane by kicking a cat through it, turned over a bucket of clabber on the new carpet ani the new baby, and finally departed with a slam of tbe^door that clattered the crockery to the utter most parts of tlie house, and with a withering malediction on “these gawl- busted women, anyhow!” Honored and Blessed.— When a board of eminent physicians and chem ists announced the discovery that bv combining some well known valuable remedies, ti’ie most wonderful medicine was produced, which would cure such a wide range of diseases that most all other remedies could be dispensed with, many were sceptical; but proof of its merits by actual trial has dispelled all doubt, and to-day the discoverers of that great medicine. Hop Bitters, are honored and blessed by all as benefac tors. A Jersey printer w ill join the grand army of tramps this year. The editor wrote an item about the curiously- formed branch of an apple tree aHd headed it “A Queer Shaped Limb.” Then he wrote another paragraph about a young lady who was walking 3,000 miles in 3,000 hours, and headed it “Female Pedestrianism.” The printer, in making up the form, mixed those titles up—got the tree head over the walking paragraph—and now' he is an outcast and a w’anderer—and limps. He sprained his ankle in jumping out of the second-story window. Brown to Jones—“You missed it by leaving us at the beach t’other after noon. Champagne was excellent, and Fot better after you left.” Jones— “Fact is, I had to get back to the store to look after the boys, and. just as I ex pected, when I got there I found every thing topsy-turvey.” Brown—“Myex perience exactly. When I got home I found iny wife and hired-gi*ri standing on their heads, and the house spinning around like atop.” Judge Black’s Jokes.—Jndge Jere. Black, turnons in contemporary history and law, has long worn a black wig. Having lately donned a new’ one, and meeting Senator Bayard, of Delaware, the latter accosted him: •Why, Black, how young you look; you are not so gray a3 1 am. and you must be twenty years older.” “Humph,” said the judge, “good reason; your hair comes by descent, and I get mine by pur chase.” True economy, Is not baying the low est priced article. The best is cheapest. So with Dobbins’ Electric Soap, (made by Cragin & Co., Philad’a.,) it is best and cheapest and we ask our readers to lest it for themselves. A party of Irishmen went into a clothing store to buy a suit of clothing in which to burv a dead comrade. All varieties of garments were examined and discussed by the mourning friends, but none could be decided upon until one of the party held up a light, thin suit, saying; “Begorra, let’s take this, boys; it’s nice and thin and cool, and poor Pat will find it mighty com fortable.” A sweet scented young tulip you are, Caleb, not to know what is meant by “hugging a delusion.” Hugging a delusion hieans embracing a pretty girl who is ready to go back on you just as soon as she finds another fellow that suits her better than you do. You ought to be ashamed to con less your ignorance in such an unblushing manner. A dressmaker who was at the point of death recovered, and the local paper headed It “Survival of the Fittest.” The Cultivation of Roses. 4 ‘Boies are her cheeks, Ami a rose her lips." The best way for ladies to cultivate this rare species of roses is by study ing and practicing the rales of hygiene, as taught in the People’s Uommon Sense Medical Adviser, only $1.50 Address the author, R V. Pierce, M. D., Grand Invalids’ Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y. If suffering from tho e painful weaknesses incident to the female organism, use Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription—a never*failing remedy for these complaints. A Bad Man. A friend, while on a recent visit to San Francisco, stopped at the Palace Hotel and made a practioe of dropping into the bar room of an evening, it being a retired and rather high-toned place. One evening the Comstacker lounged into the bar-room and i was pleased to behold there, as the only oc- 1 cupants, Senator Sharon, Seth Cook, Tom Sunderland, and a few other historic capi talists sitting at a large round table, in the centre of which 9tood sundry bottles bear ing the mystical word “Roederer.” Pres ently a middle-aged man, soberly dressed in black broadcioth and wearing a plug hat, ! staggered in from the hallway, and, lurch ing up to the bar, yelled for everybody to come up and have something to drink. The Sharon-Cook party paid no attention to the boisterous new arrival, but quietly went on with their gossip and Roederer. Giving a furious whoop and smashing his tile down on his head the stranger performed a war- dance to the middle of the room and declared he was a bad man, and always made it a practice to strew upon the floor the bowels of any person who declined to drink upon his invitation. To point his remarks, the stranger wound up by drawing an eighteen inch Arkansaw tooth-pick from the back of his collar and advanced upon the table. There was a stampede. When the Virginian peeped up from behind the bar, to which position he had quietly and calmly walked at the beginning of tbe trouble, he perceived that Sharon and his friends had gone out and that a policeman was lugging the war like stranger out of'the place. “Who is he ?” asked the Virginia man of the bar-keeper. “Oh, he’s a good enough man when he isn’t in liquor,'’ replied the man of drinks, nervously polishing the rosewood bar with a towel. “He was one of the quietest men I ever saw when he first came here about two days ago, but he’s bad when he’s full. ” __ “From Bodie, I suppose ?” suggested the Virginian. “Bodie? No. He’s from Boston. He belongs to that Sunday school excur sion party/’ Drying up Marshes. BUTCH LEI’S PUMPS i The Old Reliable STANDARD PUMP Por Wells 16 to 78 rest Deep. Mew Pries list, Jan 1,1879. ADDRESS C. G. BLATCHLEY, 44# MARKET Street. Fhllada AGENTS, RFAD THIS I SHERMAN * CO., Marshall, Mich. Dr. M.W. CASE’S Liver Remedy bloodTurifier Is T.nle, Cordial, AaU-BIltou. PUBES LrmCoiiruin.Baiooeraa,HBi» vUltLO ioii, Siox Hniucu. Nmnau, Firm ajtd A oax. Pax^rtATioir. Oounnirnox DYSPEPSIA and mil UUeaMe ef the Sloeaeh. Liver, aad Bleed. iTbaildaup tha system, la pleaaant to take; does not sicken, firm pain, nor laavs tha ayatam ooe- ■tipatod. other medldbna*do. HOW TO PE andyourbfoodpore,and YOUR OWN DOCTOR. Cans from his favorite proscription, oaad m ‘ * extend va practice for ever 97 yaaro. 8up< all known remedies, lu HrQwauL Locu tM* EXT RA O It DIN A filtered. Bend for Clrcnlai HOME MEDICINE Mr. Hmckes Bird gives in print some \ valuable suggestions with regard to the planting of the Eucalyptus-tree in Cy prus, and vaunts the power of the blue gum in drying up marshes. He thinks that the malaria of the Paphian isle , can be forthwith removed by planting forests of Eucalyptus. As Cyprus is j almost treeless, there can be no harm j in carrying out the suggestion, albeit it I wants novelty. At tlie present moment ! the reputation of the Eucalyptus stands j very high. It dries up the marshes, j disinfects the air, and supplies the ma- j terial for a comforting cordial. Let it be planted in Cyprus by all means, | when we have ascertained who is to pay the cost of rcclotbing the shadeless j isle with grateful leafage. OlBBlfl DUIMW. by » rmiimlhimg wwmam chib sas-as amMawBaffiSB SMivbtkmiMdtklaTNatDM^^^^H !5>UI&.Siy MT* BI.IHHF.W IMS, MORGAN & HEADLY, Importers of Diamoods AND Hann&ctnrers of Spectacles. SIS MIM1 UnM, ruiMtelphla. illustrated Fries List seat te the trade ob aDDlioation. A. SLidk, CUAACi. t'Ust AUtA'Ta. —Geneva will hold, in 1881, an in- j THE COMPLETE HOME ! ternational exhibition exclusively con- i fined to w’atch«s, jewelry, snuff boxes, j and musical-boxes. obear he frni t nd iravt-l, l»*»th in this cn l be fa 1-pig d colored p and Mod»rn Horn Distressing Symptom* In tbe stomach and bowels may annonnee tha existence either of fonpepsia in tbe first or aa ob-traotiou iu the second, or the approach of Mim.i choleraic complaint, orsimpl • diarrhoea. Colic, bitter or BOur # eructat ouh, a preasiug down of the l*owels, a feeling of oppression or fiuttering at the pit of the stomach, sre among these unpl- asant rvmptom-i. They and their cause are speedily remedied by Hostetter's Stomach Biitere. a single wineglassful often causing an immediate cessation of pain. When he d ffi ultv continues, it i* only necessary to pursue the use of this standard carminative and anti-dyspeptic medicine to obtain entire and per nauent relief. Nothing in the com o- siuon or flavor of the B tiers is in the slight est degree objectionable. Medical men pro nounce it eminently pure. icareh, obsena !•» ry and he old world, -a, illueu sting Ancient rv<*la of elegance aud t thi- subject i.i detail, n i Hereto ore D en ottered, and hence Agents will liaveac e.r fi M. Competent critics prouounce it th great booh of the For lult deeCi iption libbers, 86 S. Skvkvth St., Philadelphia, Pa. If You Would Enjoy Good Health Take j Hoofland"s German Bitters. GOOD ADVERTISING CHEAP. iKI 0 f 1 A ctt Wlth the order, will Insert In 141 V- LV '-'Aon, village newspaper.' an advertise ment occupying one inch spa- e, one time; o six .Inea two times; or three lines lour times. £90 Paqti ,n Advance, will insert in 330 v/Aon, village newspapers an «d>»-r- tl emeut of one Inch space, one time; or six lines two times; or three lines lour umeo Address S. M. PETTEWGILL k CO., 37 Park Row. New York, Or, 701 Chestnut M. Pblla. WORMS. WORMS. WORMS E. F. Kunkel’s Worm Syrup never faila to destroy Pin, Seat and Stomach Worms. Dr. Kunkel. the only successful phyaiciau who re moves Tape Worm iu two hours, alive with head, aud no fee until removed. Common sense teaches if Tape Worms can be removed ail other worms can be readily destroyed. Advice at office and store free. The doctor can tell whether or not the patient has worms. Thou sands are dying, daily, with worms, aud do not know it. Fits, spasms, cramps, choking and suffocation, saliow complexion, circles around the eyes, swelling and pain in the stomach, restless at night, grinding of the teeth,picking at the nose, oough, fever, itching at the seat, headache, foul breath, the patient grows pals and thin, tickling and irritation in tlie anus- all these symptoma. and more, come from worms. E. F. Kunkel’s Worm Syrup never fails to remove them. Price, $ 1 00 per bottle, or six bottles for f5 00. (For Tape Worm, write and consult the Doctor.) For all others, Lay of your druggist the Worm Syrup, and if he has it not. send to Dr. E. F. Kuukel, 259 N. Ninth, street. Philadelphia, Pa. Advioe by mail, free; send three-cent stamp. Dyspepsia! Dyspepsia! Dyspepsia! E. F. Kunkel’s Bitter W.ne of Iron, a sure cure for this disease. It has been prescribed daily for many years in tbe pr ctice of eminent physicians with unparalleled success. 8ym|>- toms are 1 es of appetite, wind, and rising of to-d. dryness in mouth, headache, dizziness, sleeplessneds, and low spirits. Get the genuine. Not sold in bulk, only in f LOO bottles, or six i bottl* s f< r f5 00. Awk your dmggist for E. F. j KLNKEL’S Bitter Wtne of Iron and take no i other. If he has it not, send to proprietor. I E F. KUNKEL 259 N. Ninth St., Phiiadel- • phi*, Pa. Advice free; enclose three-cent D tamp. Fob Pimples on the Face, use HleskeWs Tet- j ter Ointment It never fails to remove them, j S Jf. PETTEMOILL A CO., Advertising • *geiitb, 81 Park i.ow. New York, aud 7ul Ui stnut sneer, Philadelphia, ecelve adv. r- tLement? for publication in any part of the wot id at l. wtst rates. ADVICE as io the most Judicious advertising and the best mediums and the manner of d lng It-—ESTIMATE^ for one or m re lnser ions ol an auv«-ni~ement. lu any number of papers, ; or warded ou application. TO ADVERTISERS. Of’ We will furnish on application, estimates for Advertising In he best and largest circulated Mt-wspapers Iu the (Jolted States and Canada*. Onr facilities are unsurpassed. We make onr Customer*’ interests onr own and tudjr to please and muke their Ad vertising profitable to them, a» thou sand* who have tried ns ean testify. Call or address, S. H. PETTIXGILL A CO., 8T PARK ROW, New York, T01 CHESTNUT fctreet, P.-Uadelphla. HOP BITTERS. (A Medici ae, mat a Driak.) The Orguinette. Prioe $8. The most wonderful musical in strument of iha age; piays purely mechan ically ; a child can play it at once ; will take the place of an organ or piano at tbe seashore aud no danger of ranting ; it plays 75 different tunes, songs, polkas, waltzoa, Pinaf re music, etc., aa a parlor oruan. Sent by express on receipt of price, who esale aud retaiL Massa chusetts Organ Co., 43 Washingtonet, Boston. [y You are Dyspeptic HooflamTs German tiers will cure yon. ■•PS. fiUCHU, HANDRAK1 DANDELION. » ns Pi see i an Bsbt Msdioai Qtraui or iu orau Brrma. TJ3JST CURB An XMssmm of U* Stomach, Boval*. Blood. Lfror, »!•. had Urinary Organa, Hervonracw. I)**] m —4 wydally Femal* Complaint*. V* I1RM IN GOLD, wm b* paid for a **m CMywfll sot ear* or help, fl or anything Import or injurious found Is them. Aflkysor druggist for Hop Bitters sad trythn Mforo you aleep. Take no other. aarOoswCvnhthe sweeten mfwtand best. Ask Children Iks Nr Pas for Stomach. Liver and KMatyt h L O. Is aa abeolate and (mdetfbts ears fm n of opium, tobacco and uaraatfca Bead far circular. ■■■■ spa Hyh—llh <k.li*ai,XT. EieskeZTs Teltet Ointment Will cure every rm of Tetter. The Voice of Worship, FOR CHOIRS, CONVENTIONS AND SINGING S(JH« OL -4 . By L. O. Emerson. This Bp endid new book is nearly through the pr fas, a* til will b • i’i grea- demand Fall collection < f the bent Hymn Tun- s and Anthem PhlndHphii, TWRNTT-SEVBn AUKE*. finely located and productive land, under a high-tale of ca'tivatino, with a Mannioa Moa«e rep ete with -r-ry convenience; port-r'a lodg-*. Tarm honae, two btrue and -Libia, ice a»d grern honae*, Ac., *iih several hun Ired p ar tree-. vrap;a, Ac. aitnated *t Ulney,5 Hill*** north from Market a r«et. Phil«del- •bit, adjo ine “ln -y S ation.on the Pul a I'dplii i i and N-wtown Railroad Thia l< a very deefr.ble internment for a capitalist, aa it i bound to largely e in value. Kni S. M. GUMMBY A SONS, 733 Wa icnlara apply t — A SONS, , Philadelphia witti th- low prio*(9 popular of Chu.cu Music B< THE TEMPLE. for Singing cc - „ id plenty of Hymn Tunea and : •“ r$9U)| ’ *— - Price *100 i cr-d M : render it oue of the beet IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS, The Best Land in the West, WG HAVE FOR SALB IMPROVED FARMS I »t low pric-a and **aer terms Railroads. School Hone-a and Churches already built. Produc *8«.la ' r •.ash. Land u:.*nrp.i8sed i.i quality aud loc* Ion. Send for Maps and Circulars, which give lull Convention and Uuoir books. iatiivitza.. The new and very favorite opera, ia now ready, i w-th w >rdft in three languog a.all thoMnelcand . Libretto complete. Prlee $2 00 p*per, $2 25 boards. . PINAFORE. Price reduc»d t--> 50 rente. The enme elegant edi tion hereto! .re sold lor a doll .r. CotnpMe worde Libretto and Mu ic. All ready for the stage. Any book mailed for retail price. Oliver Ditson & Co., Boston. J. E. DITSON A CO.. 98 Cheetnut St., Phiia. When Trade is Dull, Judicious Advertising Sharpens It. HOW TO advert.se- 49* See PETTENGILL WHEN TO advertise. Bte PETTFMQILL, Oakland Feimle Institute KOBRIATUWM. PA„ WILL BE Ka-OPENBD SEPTEMBER 9th. Tor circulars addreee J. GRIER RALSTON. LAND BETH S' monn *m s. FilfAllIffiL WHERE TO ADVERTISE. tV See PETTEMGILL WHOM T0 ADTERTISK THROUGH. XT See PETTE3MLL GO T ° 37 PABK RO NEW TORE, and ST See PETTEMC1LL. Those answering an Advertisement will confer s favor upon the Advertiser and tbe that they aw th* Ml (NMSlng tho rtm tlie Honaralile TlmrlDi Weei, INDORSING DR. RADWAT'S IL R. REMEDIES Nsw Toss, Jan. «, 1877. Drab Sol—Having for several years usedyotn medi inea. douhtingly at first, but alter expert, enctng their efficacy, w.th foil coni dence, it II no less a pleasure than a duty io thankfully acknowledge the advantage we have derived from Lh m. The oilla are resorted to as oft es as occasion requires, and always with the d» sired effect. The R ady Relief cannot be bet. ter described than it l- by Its nun-. w« apply iho iinimeat frequently and freely, almost la- variably finding the promise j “Relief.” Truly yours, (feigneu) Da. Radwat. THUBLOW WEED. R. R. R. RAHWAY'S READY BELIEF CURES THE WORST FAINS In from One to MO Hfnntoa. mot on hour The Only Pain Remedy .hat Instantly stops the most excruciating pains, ai.ays Inflammations and cures Conges. Lions, whether of the Lungs, stomach. Bo el* or other glands or organa, by one application. IN FROM ONE TO TWENTY MINUTES, so matter how violent or excruciating the pals. EABWAY’S BEADY BELIEF WILL AFFORD INST/ NT EASE. INFLAMMATION OF THE fi IDNEYS, INFLAMMATION OF THE BLADDER, INFLAMMATION OF THE BJWELM. CONGESTION OF TH* LUNQi, SOKE THROAT, DIFFI< UL1 BREATHING. PA LPITATlOfi CF THE HlvART, HYSTERICS, CROUP. DIPHTHERIA, CAT A RRH, INFLUENZA, HEADACHE, TOOTHACHE NEURALGIA. RHEUMATISM, COLD CHILLS, AGUE CHILLS, CHILBLAINS andFR08T-BOT3. will afford ease and comfort. Thirty to sixty drops in half a tumbler of water will In a f w moments cure Cramps, Spasms, t*our stomach. Heartburn, Sick Head ache. Diarrhea, Dysentery, Colic, Wind In the Bowels, and all internal Pains. Travelers should always cany a bottle of Radway’s Ready Relief with ihem. A few drop* in Water will prevent sickness or pain* troth change of water. It is better than French Brandy or Bitters as a stimulant. FEVER and AGUE. Ferns (aided by Radwayk Pills) so quick aa RAHWAY’S READY RELIEF. 64 eta. a bottle. Dr. Radway’* Sample Besolmt, fHE GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER, FOR THE CURS OF CHRONIC DISEASE, SCROFULA OR SYPHILITIC, HEREDITARY OB CONTAGIOUS, be it seated In the Lungs or Stomach, Skin or Bones, Flesh or Nerves, corrupt In/ the solids and vitiating the fluids. Chronic Rheumatism, scrofula. Glandular Swelling. Hacllng Dry cough. Cancerous Aiiec- tlons byphmtc Complaints, B.ending of tha Lungs, Dvepepsla, Water Brash. Tic Do oraux, White Sw tilings. Tumors. Ulcer*, Skin and u p Diseases, Female complaint.-, Gou , Dropsy fall Rheum, Bronchitis, consumption. Liver Complaint, &c. Kidney A Bladder Complaints, Urinary and Womb Diseases, Gravel, Diabetes, Dropsy, Stoppage of wat*-r. Incontinence ol Urine, BrighCB Disease, Albuminuria and In all case* where there are brick dusid^poHits.or the water is thick, cloudy, mixed with substances like the white of an egg, or threads like white silk, or there is a morbid, dark, blliou appear ance and white bone-dust deposits, and when there Is a pricking, burning sensation when passing water, and pain In the small of the back and along the loins. ■old by druggists. PRICE ONE DOLLAR. OTA BIAS TUEOB Dr. RADWAY & 00., 32 Wuren Strset* MEW YORK. DR RADWAYS Regulating Pills, sire gihen. Rad way’s Pills for the cure of all disorder* of the Stomach, Ll-er, Bowels, Kid neys, Bladder. Nervous Diseases, H attache, Con.-ripatlon, Costlveneas, Indigestion, Dyspep sia. Biliousness, Fever. Inflammation of the Bowels, Piles, aud all derai.gen eula of th * In ternal viscera. Warranted to effect a posKlvs cure. Purely Vegetable, containing no mer cury, mineral or deleterious drugs. rw observe the following symptoms, result ing from dlsoiders of the Digestive organs; Constipation, Inward Piles, Fullness of the Blood in the Head, ac dlty of the stomacq. Nausea, Hear burn. Dtsg'.st of Food, Fullness or Weight in the Stomach, Hour Emotions, sink ings or Flattenngs fn the Pit of the stomacm bwimming of the He-d, Hurried and Difficult breathing. Fluttering st tne Heart. Choking of Bufflt atlng sensations when In a lying poetureL lowness of Skin and Eyes, Pain H> the Slde^ Limbs, and -uddeu Flushes of Heat Burning la the Flesh. A few doses of RADWAY’B FILLS will free tbe by stem from all of the above named disord er!. Price tt cents per box. Sola by Druggist* Reed “False and True,” Bond a letter stamp to RADWAY A CO- NO Atn CORN-SHELLER* - FIRM te«*d •<> *iv- natl facrion n-* p-iv. iTire PDICT o' mills ®12;-'h-llt • *5 Kv-ry r»rn.er (Jill01 .h all hiV them, ^eni for il n*ti»t*?d circulars an‘1 term, to ave'i'i. Ailares* M.t ■ c LIVINGSTON .t ' HILLS Pittsburgh, Pa. TEAS * rad- continue il' w l.er——i» ;h«icest in the w< >ric*M—La-geet Co n articl —p!»*i iuduc rneuta—don’t»aau> tim«;—aeudlo Wcu.ft, 43 V«mt at.. N.Y. P. O. Bo* 1287. m— ■ 4-he»l tiouore — PIANOS*,IT”.’ Mathuahek'a scale fur equ-rea—finest up right* in America—12,00 la ua^— Plano* sent on trial—Caulone tree. HntDli*. SO a* Piaao Co.. 21 K. 16U> Street. N. T. Rapertuft’ celebrated Single Preech-Ioadtnz Shot Gnu at 915 up. I>unble-b>trr»l Br<*<*ch lo;tiln Muzzle and Brn-cb-1 " “ np. Muzzle and Br***cb-1 >ading Guu«, Riflro and Pistnla of most apptoved English and American ttjak a. All kinds of eporting in pi mi' uts aud art 1- ^rf*opir-d by sportsm-n anngnn m .k-r. i OLT’*« NfcW BkKECU-L 'AIHNG DuU LE GUNS at $50 up— the b *t gun* yet made for the price. Pric. ■ <-n application. JOS. C. GRUBB 4 CO.. 712 Market St., Philada., Pa. EXODUS To the best lands. In tne beat climate, with the beat markets, and on the beat terms, along the line of B’y. 3,000,000 ACRES Mainly In the Famous RED RIVER VALLEY OFTHE NORTH. On long time, low prices and easy payments. Pamphlet with full Information mailed frea. Apply to D. A. McKIMLAY, Land Com’r, •t.P.E.AE.B’y. fic.PMl.Mlan*