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ymwiw--»|.| Wjsejjaijlf;'#; « THE SEW UTOPIA. An "i1"1 goicntlft'i Plan tor * Model City. [From the New York Times.] Dr. Richardson is an English scien­ tific person who has in vented, a new •tyle of scientific city, which is shortly |o be built upon land already secured for Hie purpose. All that remains to be done is ior Dr. Richardson to build his city and to invent a population willing? to live in it. It is to be hoped that he Will succeed in both thesj endeavors, for the pl»n of hi« new city, as net forth by him in an elaborate pam­ phlet, is extremely ingenious and. at­ tractive. Hygeia, as the model city will be called, is to be built on the slope of a hill, so as to afford ample facilities for draining, and for sliding in icy weather. It is to be laid out in rectangular form, and the streets are to be pave«! with wood set in asphalt. There will be no street railways, but underneath each of the principal avenues will be under­ ground railroads. The houses, of which there are to be exactly 27,000, will be built of brick- and placed on vaulted foundations, without cellars. Each house is to be nicely surrounded with trees, and, in addition to hot Mid cold Water and gas, will be supplied with ozone from a central ozone manufac­ tory. The sewage is to be used for farming purposes, and the corses of dead irhabitaata will be buried in wicker . baskets, wherever they will do the most good, instead of being wasted in ceifte- teries. None of the residents will be allowed to drink wine or to use tobacco, and even the chimneys will be forbidden to smoke. It is Dr. Richardson's opinion that, with the aid of an able municipal medical staff, the death-rate in Hygeia will be' reduced to eight in every 1,000. As the death-rate in New York is twenty eiglif per 1,000 there is no doubt that the Hygeians will be, in comparison, an exceptionally healthy people. But how the doctor's munici­ pal medical men are to amuse them­ selves in such an exasperatingly healthy city he might f?nd some difficulty in ex­ plaining. In spite of the manifest advantages which the new city will possess, it is possible that Dr. Richardson will be dis appointed in the worl^pg of certain de­ tails of his plan. For example, he has decided that the population will be " 100,000, living in 20,000 houses, built on 4,000 acres of land," and he dwells with much emphasis on the fact that the health of his oity will depend to a great extent upon this " equal distribution of the inhabitants." Now, at first he may find no difficulty in obtaining his 100,- 000 inhabitants and distributing them in families of five each. The trouble is, that after he has thus nicely sorted and arranged his citizens they will immedi­ ately proceed to uproot his " equal dis­ tribution." What will the Doctor do when a scientific family of five persons is suddenly increased by the addition of a scientific baby ? There will be six persons in that disordered household, and the "equal distribution " of the in­ habitants will be compromised. He can­ not build a new house to meet the con­ tingently, for he has strictly limited the oity to 20,000 houses--and even then if a new house could be built and inhab­ ited exclusively by the intruding infant, his scheme of equal distribution would , be spoiled. Unless every inhabitant of the new city is compelled to sign a lease containing a covenant against the intro­ duction of infants, there will be no such thing as the permanent equal distribu­ tion of 100,000 people in 20,000 houses. Doubtless Dr. Richardson has entirely overlooked this weak spot in his calcula­ tions, but he will have it fixed upon his te ntion to a maddening extent before the end ef the first year of his city's ex­ istence. Again, the plan of building houses without cellars, and placing the kitchen on the upper floor of each house, is at first glance unobjectionable, but a little scrutiny will show that it has its faults. Where will Dr. Richardson's people keep their old bottles, and where will the family cat be placed at night ? Nat­ ural philosophy te&qhes that the smell of heated dinners ascends. How then can the eareful housewife, living in a city where all the kitchens are on the top floors, £5C6itiiiii vflxciiu IR6 neighbors intend to have for dinner ? Very prob­ ably Dr. Richardson imagines that in a- purely scientific city there will be no crime or disorder, and no use for po­ licemen. He must admit, however, that it is possible for scientific citizens to quarrel, and even to steal fossils, and valuable bugs. In such an event, the police, instead of darting out of the area gate and capturing the offender, would have to descend from lofty kitch­ ens, where their soup would grow cold before they could carry their prisoners to the station-house and return to the cook's fireside. It must also be re­ marked that in this ingenious city there is not the slightest provision for a single clothes-line. It may be that the inventor looks upon clothes as unscientific and objectionable, for he remarks that "from the sleeping apartments old clothes, etc., are to be rigorously excluded." If a man cannot have his clothes in his bed­ room, on going to bed, what is he to do with them ? Is there to be a vast un­ dressing-room in the center of the city where everyone is to deposit his clothes at night, or is the population to dispense with clothing altogether? This is a question which Dr. Richardson cannot ignore, and whicn must be answered be­ fore he can induce respectable people to live in his city. However satisfactory the plea of a hygeian house may be to the enthusi­ astic sanitarian, it cannot be denied that it will seem dreary and ugly to most other people. Neither carpets, paint, plaster nor wall paper will be used in any of Dr. Richardson's buildings. The floors will be of wood, and the walls will be of glazed brick. A wall into which a picture-nail cannot be driven, or the pia of an impaled buttoner be thrust, or upon which a match cannot be scratched will be a cold and glittering mockery. Let Dr. Richardson try to live in one of his model rooms himt-elf and find how he likes to get up in the middle of a winter's night to turn on the ozone, or to write a note informing the people nest door that if the baby which he has reason to believe they have so surrepti­ tiously introduced is not equally dis trifeuted all over the city with the aid of nitro-glycerine, his lease will be instantly canceled. After he has pierced his bare feet with a few splinters from the floor, and exhausted his whole stock of matchf s by scratching them upon the glazed sur­ face of the wail, perhaps he "will find that carpets have their uses, and that glazed walls do not alone constitute a paradise. Indeed, he would do well to try the experiment of distributing him- gftjf pnnol Ij it* CHS C? IliS hCXiS@S he urg6S other peopls to live in them. It is quite possible that he may find room to alter his plans, at least so far as to provide the «ity with a good, comfortable lunatic asylum, containing a separate room for the inventor and builder of Hygeia. Tommy Writes to an Absent Parent. DEBB Ma--I wieht you wood * com bomb. Jonny shut me up in the clozet and pinches me awful coz I wont shnv eginst for him to cut it hurts my hans, an he sez none ov the chickens is going to be mine wheu my hen cums awf coz they was his egs wat she set on. The old black banty tride to set but we did- dent want black chickens, we waptted wite, so we chaate her awf evry da, an the wite hen woodent set til Jonsy tide her onto the nest, an she duzzent set she Btans. He sed he wood gi me one c|riceu chep fur 25 cents an I bawt it. Deer ma i mis you awful. Kant i hav sum pantf ovmv owen aad not Johnnies? That feller wot cuius to see Ant Cad was here last nite. He sat On the sofy au Jonny waz under the sofy but he diddent know it at awl. When Ant Cad cum in the feler tole hor ses he they is plenty of rume hear, and she set down by him. Then he kist her, not right away but bine by an she waz rele mad an got tip an slamd the dor. When she cum back he kist her agen an she kept tellin him to stop, but he diddent til Jonny run a shaul pin inter his leg. Then Ant Cad rechd in an bawld Jonny owt, an boxt his eres and cawld him o you nawty boy, an Jonny cride, an the feller said it was no matter. The flour what Granma cawls serius blumed the other nite. She sent for evry boddy to come an see it an the hows was ful of folkes an a lot stau- ning out on the pavement looking into the winder. They wuz a coming an goin every minit. They sed it was won- derfalL I thawt it was a nice flour, an Jonny whispered pick it an I piot it an I aint got over it yet. I am so sore [ cant bare to set down much. Our girl has got a bow. He must be a very ritcli gennelman, he wares such a big long gold ohane wounded twice around his neck, an then such a wach! with two leds to it, an he ses it is a court cro- nomyter wach. Wen he wants to no wat time it is, if it is in the day time, he ust lays it onto a fentz or a post an lets the sun shine on it, an then if he staze there til it is noon, he can tel egzactly wat time it is. If it is afternoon he has to wate til nex day. Wen the sun dont shine he cant tel enyway, and wen it is nite he dont no. Ant Cad fees it is the best court wach she ever saw; I want {rou to send me too shillin in your nex etter an rite rite away. I want to here from you so mutch I cant wate. Tour af exunate son TOMMY. / Barreled. A laughable incident occurred in a grocery store in Newport, R. I. An empty barrel, with a few inches cut off the top, had been left standing in the store, and a man, who had been stand­ ing around until he was tired, sat down in it. This would have been very well if he had not set down too far. As it was, he went so far into the barrel as to double him up after the manner of a pair of compasses. The fellow realized his mistake, and strove to correct it, but the more he did this the further ha worked into the barrel. Finally he was con­ strained to cry out for help, and half a dozen men, among them the proprietor of the store, came to the rescue. They tried compression of the upper and nether extremities, but this brought too great a strain amidships, and had to be abandoned. Then a council was held. At this it was decided that either the man or the barrel must be sacrificed, and although the barrel was worth 20 cents, the former alternative was decided on. A hatchet was procured and the aides of the barrel dashed in, causing it to col­ lapse, thus releasing the man from a ludicrous though painful position It will scarcely be credited that the man left the store without offering to pay lor the spoiled barrel. Mammy Paint. Few persons are aware that Egyptian mummies are ground up into paint. But in this country and in Europe mum­ mies are used for this purpose--the as- phaltum with which they are impreg­ nated being of a quality superior to that which can elsewhere be obtained, and producing a peculiar brownish tint when made into paint, which is prized by dis­ tinguished artists both of this and of other countries. The ancient Egyptians, when they put away their dead, wrapped in clothes saturated with asphaltum, builded, as it were, better than they know, and could never have realized the fact that ages after they had been laid in the tombs and pyramids aloug the Nile their dust would be used in painting pictures in a world then undis­ covered, and by artists whose languages were then unknown. MERCHANT'S GARGLING OIL--This standard liniment has been before tbe people for over forty years, it having been first manufactured in 1833, and it is safe to assert that no preparation in the market has so fully stood the test of time, and been received with such uni­ versal favor as the Gargling OiL _ It is found in nearly every h6ueehold in this country, and is also sold extensively m Europe. From a very small beginning the Gargling Oil Company has been obliged to steadily increase its facilities for manufacturing, and now employs an army of men, and occupies magnificent buildings of its own. Much of the suc­ cess of the company is due to the careful and efficient management of Mr. John Hodge, who for some time has held the responsible position of Secretary, and who is also the proprietor of the Hodge Opera House, one of the finest buildings in Lockport, N. Y. The Gargling Oil is for sale at all the drug stores.--Quincy (III.) Whig. SINGKBS AND PREAOHEKS in danger of login? voice, can be cured by this new princi­ ple, Dr. J. H. McLean's Cou^h and Lang Heal­ ing Olobules. They cure Coughs, Coosicup- tion, Ac. Trial boxes 25 «ts. Dr. 3. H, Mc­ Lean, 311 Chestnut, St. Louis. Vagabondage as a Fine Art. Few families of ordinary means, in this city, escape periodical begging vis­ its ; ana the experience is constantly re­ newed that the giving of assistanc * to one is speedily followed by applications from others, while the family is general­ ly let alone for two months after a stony­ hearted refusal. A gentleman connect­ ed with the Tribune, some twenty years ago, was visited by a professed assistant editor of a Boston poper, whose pocket had been picked, and who therefore asked for the amount of his railway fare home as a loan. ..The nexf week, the professed reporter of a Philadelphia paper called with a slightly diffeient story. In the course of the winter some fifteen unfortunate members of the press had been helped out of various embar­ rassments. Thtn the pitcher which had gone so often to the well was broken ; the prayers and tears of the sixteenth assistant editor evoked no money. He went away, the picture of despair ; but from that day to this no unfortunate journalist has ever called for help at the same address! Not long ago, there was found on the pc-reon of a tramp who died in Pennsylvania, a manuscript contain­ ing the streets and numbers of about 500 residences in this city. To many of them were attached crosses and other signs ; and a careful examination showed that the list contained the addresses of many of our prominent citizens. In short, it was a private vagabond's direc­ tory.--New York Tribune. BY the last official report of the Hart­ ford insurance companies it was shown that 212,467 people have their lives in­ sured in that city. These lives are in­ sured for $450,000,000 altogether, and the property insured in the fire compa­ nies is $645,646,000 more, so that the total risk which Hartford carries is, in round numbers, $1,100,000,000. Two DAUGHTERS of Abdul Medjid, the Sultan who preceded Abdul Aziz, are to be married soon in the palace in Constantinople. Abdul Hamed will pay their dowry out of his private ex­ chequer. AT Our request, Cragin & Co., Phila­ delphia, i*a., have promised to send any of our readers gratis (on reoeipt of 15 oents to pay postage) a sample of Dob­ bin's Electric soap. Try it. Sand at once"' Centennial Awards. w [From the New York lribune, Nov. 18.] The newspapers have bees lately teeming with ingeniously-worded advertisements re­ garding the awards. Theae publications have been skillfully prepared, BO as to convey the impression that this or that exhibitor has really received the highest and best award. Thus, instead of informing the public as to the true state of affairs, they have simply confused the reader. Visitors at the Centennial find themselves bewildered by the adverse claims to distinction which they find placarded on every hand, and they do not know which way to tars to discover the truth. In no depart­ ment has this system of* misrepresentation been carried to so great an extent as that de­ voted to piano fortes. There has been "a war" between piano exhibitors since the Ex­ hibition opened, and a regular skirmiBh line of placards since tho awards were officially an­ nounced. They have vied with eai h other in the use of extravagant language to prove their respective claims to distinction. The most ingenious methods have been devised ; disinterested correspondents, whose sole ob­ ject was to instruct the ignorant public, have volunteered their servioes (for a considera­ tion) ; ex-judges of awards, in the interest of certain piano manufacturers, have made pre­ tended revelatioi s of the Becrtts of the jury- room, for tho sake of support,ng tho claims of their particular favorites, and lightning calcu­ lators have been appealed to and hava found convenient mathematical rules by which to establish absolutely the supremacy of their clients, on the pretense of the so-much-abused maxim that tgures cannot lie. All these efforts, while ridiculous to those acquainted with the subject, have been attempted to in­ fluence tbe uninitiated, in fact, the piano men have left nothing undone to mislead the public, and by their efforts have caused every­ thing relating to pianos te be looked upoil with distrust, and have made themselves the laughing stock of the public. By these means injustice is not only done to the public, but to those fcho are not only entitled to the lead­ ing position, but who were awarded it by tho judges. Your correspondent has taken the trouble to submit all the various reports, which are the basis of the awards, to a careful scrutiny and comparison, and the mult is that the pianos of Wm. Knabe & Co. are found to head the list. This house, from the commencement of the Exhibition, relied solely upon the merits of their instruments to secure them a just award ; and since tho official an­ nouncement, although ihey were decreed tho highest honors in the piano department, they have rsniiiuicu iu wio oacKgi'ouud. It is fortunate that the judges, in preparing tbe Knabo report, so framed it as to leave no doubt about their pre ominonco. Tliey espe­ cially commended all their four styles of pianos, concert grand, parlor grand, square and up­ rights, and accorded them tho praise of un- tqualed excellence in all the dobuils of perfect instruments, The report is plain, straight­ forward and comprehensive, specifying all the elements of merit which it is possible for the best piano forte to possess--power, richness and singing quality of tone ; ease and elasticity of touch; effectiveness of action; solidity and originality of construction, and excellence of workmanship. By comparing it with the other reports in the same department, oven the most skeptical will acknowledge that no stronger language could have been used to ex­ press the unanimons approval of the lodges. PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 11, 1876. • A FEW years since it was not consid­ ered the "correct thing " to chew plug tobac­ co, but it is again coming into great favor, and gentlemen can be now'seen daily with a plug of the genuine "Matchless" brand, and it is considered the choice morsel of the day. Every plug has the words "Matchless P. T. Co." printed thereon. PIMPLES on the faoe, rough skin, chapped hands, ealtrheum and all cutaneous affections cured, the skin made soft and smooth, by the use of Juniper Tar Soap. That made by Caswell, Hazard & Co., New York, is the only kind that can be relied on, as there are many imitations, made from common tar, which are wortbtaw. 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Try it!I Call for "Wood's im­ proved!" as it contains no injurious qualities. introduced »• yaars wro by Prof. O. ,T. «ood,lmt the lucent e!i:inar«of ingredients in this ai- ticle i* milking; a demand tor it in all parts of the United atates, ( uii.idiis and foreign couutriea. A N N O U N C E M E N T TO CONSUMERS! The (treat radical Jmprovement introduced in thisar- t'eie has induced ucfto t:ike the agency and advertise it? virtues to the world. Its effects as a Restorative are what na* been IOIIR soiiRhf for and wanted h>r many years, Ih>- nnd satisfactory fore been attain- in the world sit ion, and cannot when you call for proved," do not pled dealer con- lias a Restorative Rix>d, or sonie- there is none like Wood's Improved," and t:ike . , . • • It will not he long before all dealers everywhere will have it. If you should fail to hnd it, yon can send $1.00 to us by mail for a bottle, or $o.UC fur six bottles, and we will Bend it to you, prepaid, to any Kxpress Station desired. Aildrt'ss C". A. COtUi & CO., Chlraeo, fhf ®ol" Acntii for I lie I'nffrd Status iintl t'n n « ho will fill nil oi'drrsand supply tile 'I in M« nufsirturt-rti' Prices. J. B. KIMBALL, Proprietor. 98 • Day to Acta. 8araple few. H. Albtrt. Bo»tN.ll OA a Week Salary guaranteed to male and ferrule. Saad All stamp for circulars. E. M. Bodine, Cincinnati.Ol C20 » Day. HOW TO MAKE fT. .V/..- hwm# r»ndmlablr. COE, YONGK (t CO..S ftl Aa Day. Kraployment for all. Chroin , * NonHl tU I I F»lton A Oo.IlS If.T h!3*r?. A?>P* MB $25 A DAY to Agents. Snmpie free Catalogue. lTfLETCKKK, 11 DeySi .I*. Y. AGENTS frek. JNYON a OO , riulsda.. Pa. DElim UITDST-shotSS.OO.TOatyto*. TH.Cat./*w nCVULV CnwmuiOn Wout.Chicago.BL (RR ©77 • to Afrer.ts, S;i>r :e» KRUL 9UU i p 0 VIOKKKY. Amri.-r* Mate* S>15 for $5All"- I: AGENTS wanted, on salary or commission. New bwl> ness. Address J. B. Muui A Co.. St Louis. Mm. IQTU|| 1 Th* only snie remedy, fnal iminlriup HO I niflfl. /f«. U SMITHNIGtiT. Cle^okndloC i month and trawlinc ex;>enMt vsli. GUM MFG. CO.. St Louis. Ma Ml TE D ^"n to Merchant*. _ GK! AQIHT8 wanted far "RELATION of the C ET V E* tt" New book with "plain Otatfmcnt of ftcta OBa j wide-awake oman. Sells *t aifbt. Cnt>?, wllk outfit, by nail, S2. Addr»« A.G. K ETTLSTON & CO. CKtaMteJa. 33 & V O • WATl llHX. A Great Sensation, tapb M"a"-A anti Outfll fr*e to JiqnU. Bettar thMM Gold. Address A. OOULTlElMfTO.,OM««Bfc A M e t r t t i l h n a t Inc articles in tbe world. One nampte ina Addrew.JA'1 > ROatSOW.DatosHuaiUfc ".otic by oni' Ajreut ill 57 days. 13 lie* irticl<-s. Samples free. Address, f. It. LIM.VHTO>, Chlfai*. Wa wt'.l start, yon in business; you caa make $.H> a weeU without capital; say inn more decided than has ever he­ed. No knows its coni|> >- make if ; then for,. it, "Wood's l;u-U-t i>_ r y ur.;..., vince you that h» or Renewer us thine similar, ns it! Insist upon having no other, for your money! Sold in Chicago. Milwaukee, Detroit and St. Paul by all Wholesale Druggist*, and by Retail Trado i;ene(mUy. J. & P. COATS have been awarded a Medal and Diploma at tbe Ceatennial Expositioa aad eawaerided bjr the Jndsea for "SUPERIOR STRENGTH -AND- EXCELLENT QUALITY -OF- SPOOL COTTON." A. T. G0SH0RN, Director-General. I. R. HAWLEY, Pres. Aux R. BotXL», BactaUiy pro tem. 1855. Year. 1877. $350 $984 NO Vff A1T1?V and respectable for either sex. Aai fflUfl £i I SCPPLY OO.. »6l Bowery, N. Y. I $80 \NTKI) AGENTS, both sexes, in every town aad county. Business easy and respectable. Article new, in dispensable, and sells op slyht. SI" per day tcn itantoed. OIJIMAX MF(r. t't).. Cincinnati, O. a month, hotel an<l traveling expemM paid for salesmen. No peildlinc. AddiW* MONITOR MAKTJF'o CO., Cincinnati Ohio. $10 g $1,000 free explaining everything. Address BaXtKK A CO.. BankensH Wall St, If. T. Invested in Wall St. Stocks fortunes every month. Book $10425 Crayons, Picture and Chronio CtnU. Jfcft wiii. i day sure aruvte by seiluip uur Cht worth Aft, sent p stnaiil for M uttr J. H. BUrFX)RD' S SONS, BOS1 ON' MASK. W. L. HATDKN, Teacher of Guitar, Flute, Core*. A^t-for Tiltou Pat.Guitar,tlie beat in Denlor in Musical Instruments, M«l^ Strings. Catalogues tree. 120 Tretnout St. Boafem. or their tons wanUd this full Md inter. ( 1 or 2 in each Co.) to tell . tew staple articled of real merit their own conntje*. Busine^^ p1ca#nnt, pro* u!;ir«free. J. AVoETU. St. 1a>u;s, Mo, FAEMERS-; to flu' f ir:i flU .C«>J. Vi JL p»mt«Hi on canv»s, from a photosraph or I 5 p«, free with the Home .Journal, $2.50 a year. Sainpsi Picture *nd paper 6 months for $1. Qne agent maol IS9.6U in a day. Address L. T. LUTIIKR, Corry, Pa. Tktt. S. 8. FITCH'S FAMILY PHYSICIAM, Sample Copy, Paper Cover, IO ccw ound In Cloth, with lllnstrationa* 1 3d rents by nail, Addrsaa ts 7 •siiway, Jiew York. At) KA /nriffoMr rnts, VwOU Dr. I*. Fitlkr, being sworn, says: I grad-ftprwietod t© ProftMor'a chair 18^9; bav* 'teTot«d 40 jml MfluaiTilj, l« Khfumatiim, Neuralgia, Gout, Ki4n»v aq4 I.irer diMaa^ f gaarantMDR, FITIIR'8 RIlEUMAiIO REMEbT.fcuir** mA livtr ^Ula, a nmane&t o? will rtfund mootT- r^phltte, 6e6F IBM aad ••dinal Adrl«« e«;nt br maiL ORATTS. A^lrtst PR- WfSVUL •iMtk Vaaftt Pkiia^lpblib MBUICINB8 AT DKUQaQV&^ Progressive! Comprehensive! WESTERN FARM JOURNAL CHICAGO, ILlL. A Mammoth Weekly for Country and Town. A. Practical Agricultural Newspaper. Largest on the Continent I Its columns are replete each week with fresh, intereet- Init and valuable matter for every branch of KAKM 11%IJUSXRY, while the departments devoted to the F1KESIDK. YOim« FOLKS. CURRENT TOPICS and 1?KWS receive such especial attention aa to render th« JOURNAL,, in the truest sense, a com* plete paper for the FARM, the F1RE2SIDK, or the HOUSE HOLM. In the issue for Jan. 1st, 1877, will be commenced a high-class, instructive serial story, written expressly tot the Wostern Fanu Journal, entitled THE LESSON FOR LIFE. tW It will be read with absorbing interest, *a well as profit, by all olassns. WRITE FOB ADVANCE SHEET OW KXTliACTS. We want every man and woman in tho country to subscribe for the paper a nd to act as our agent this season. Single subscriptions, $2.(W a year; only $1.80 in olubs. No special authority to act needed. Send io your own subscription and then others tie last as ob­ tained. DON'T DELAY! All subscriptions received during 1H7K will ran to end of 1877. SA M PLE PAPERS, POSTERS and CIBCULARS Free. Address WJBST'ERW FARM .IOI R.VAL., DM) Washington Street, Chicago. LANDS FOR SALE 960,000 Acres ill SoBiM Missouri. FIRST-CLASS STOCK FARMS, Excellent Agricultural Lands, and bert TOBACCO RKOION tn the Wert. SlIOR't WINTKRS NO r.KASSUOPPBRS, ffood Mark»t, au4 a Usalthy Country. Prices lft.60 to fltf.OO an ikcrt>. T*bmr : Ooe-tenth down, balaDM ID Mven »•»!» al T per cent, interest. FKKB THANSFO RTATION io toe lands furnished purchaser*. For clraul&ra, caidxa maps, ot«., address i L OEANK. Land Comnriaslensf. Si. Louis AGENTS. an ^^angemiorit v/ltn !• T t :Ks rul>lishor wo will .^•.b I every road rrcf this Paper ii Mmpk> package of Transfer l'ictnn's free Send ?i\ stsmp for postaire. They are hi^liiy ooliired. l eauti ful, and easily transfarred to any oblect. Agents wanted. «'• L. PA1TEN & CO., 1S2 WlUium St., Nen York filial A Q --Th® choicest in the world--Importew JL I j /l Ik7« prices--Largest Company in Amerioa-- Staple article--pleases everybody--Trade oontinually io> Ofeaaing--Agents wanted everywhere--best inducemento --don't waste time--seti'i for iHrcular to ROBT. WKLLS, 43 Vasey St., N. Y..P.O. Bo« UST. FOU SAIjK-CHRAP FOR OA8H-One SKCOWD. HAND HAKDY PAPER OUTTKU, in good ordar. Also, one 8-inch HOE CARD CUTTKR unew). Tba above will be sold very cheap for cash. Address CHI­ CAGO NEWSPAPER UNION, 114 Monroe Street. ChiciKO, 111. Investigate tho merits of The Illus­ trated Weekly before determining upon your work this fall and win­ ter. The somtiination frfr this season surpasses anything heretofore attempted. Terms sent free. Address CHAS. OUTCAS ACQ.. 14 Warren St.. New York. ABOOK^elmiTON. MEDICAL ADVICE 5SBK«Sir«S Csfarrii, Hiipturp, OpBini 3iLibit, &c., SENT FllEE on receipt oiatamp. Address, l)r. Butts' l«i»pensary No. 12 N. 8thst.. Sr. Louis, lla , Elcctriclty is .Life# I'liolis Holt. I'cst in the world Cures Disease when nil other lvinedii'S fail. Testimonials iind circulars sent free on #p- nli'-ntion. to I'. J. U'HITIJ, 27 r-otid street, X'.-v; York. . A AGENTS WANTED FOR HISTORY"" LENTEN I EXHIBITION It sells faster than any other book. One Agent sold M •opies in one day.. Send for oar extra terms to Anok, NATIONAL PUBLISHING PP.. Chics*©, HI. SIS SHOT m aToiitin1 biriv! uar < r rnmt uction !o?k<; w.irriMir.si ecu- in b:-.rr< Is, u»jd n co<*.l shoou'r, <>b NUSAI.t:; wifii Pourh And Wnd cutler, for $15. Can be srnt O. C). V. w ith prlv- ilvpQ to fxttmine hffni^.uying bill. ScnJ Stniiip f;T circular to P. POWKLL A SON.^Jni l)ewi"rs. 2.V Mnlu St.. Cinciimuti, O. V^OLI's Potter's American Monthly, r A Ann II.LUBTRATED ; Best Family Macrazine In nil III III the Country, at S.'J for 1877. Five copies one JUi UuU year ter $13; 10 copies for $25; 20 copies for iind a cupy of I'ottiT's Bible Knvycloj>t'tlin, Quarto, 3,(KX> Illustra­ tions, price. 9 <5, given to the person send­ ing this club. For sale al. all stands, at a.'i cents a number. Special 1 ernis to Aitents. J. K. POITEH'A CO., Phila., ra Subscribers for 1877. 9M SlIPFItQ EMO^AVlfc'CR.d/ -- the Mails SECRET SERVICE 8«vf«ae»..U in hl.v,fc Now havinit an inpar»U«l.i nl«. Our Ur»f Illu^trai-J r'rcuUr.frefc umna.OiiM.a * O.. HCt.. Ch'".(ri.. 11..ni.nl.a Cincinnati Cnncer Tiistitnte, Ollico TVo. lOiJ Pltun Ht. tor the .-ure <• ' <"«in'er Tutiioi-s. l-U*r« Rorafuln. ami Skin hv foi'nl n'H rcirc. dlM. Oonrer cur-ii without the II«« «f iknite or causTlct. This treatment lia» been •ei»fully eni|>:.we<j for mnny v«r». and In no eii*e 'i'>e» the Caneer return »« "t en v( timve.f with the knife rvi.letic.' afiiwil fnith nn.l iionor ihie ileahng. we require no fee for our «i »v <-e« mull the patient is enrol. Kor f!?th..r "r r iisti"" en-l..,.-.«o .tami- '<•. bonk r«i.t»inin(Hieorr of triKimeiu, tesiiuMiui'il. f -iu |i:iiieui~ Unit hute been cured, UB>1 fir«iel.'«" eilv relefMire-. rte. A.ldi 59* i_ ii M. I». ' ( IN* INNA I 1 OHIO. $10 $25, $50, $100, $200. AJ,EXAM)i:H FHOTH INt» If A.II .1- CO.. 1« VL 'il! York. 15.nakt.JS an,; Sivkera, invest in Stocks of iv legitimate character. Tile firm num­ bers amona its patrons thousands wli.i li..r > p >o.mie rich through Frotinnmhrtm A Oo.'s r.ntunite inviu-tuienta. 8toc)ts purchsseti iind cariiaii 1;itik its desired i>n n>ar(ia froia three to five per cent. .-«end l«»r Circular. HOsTFOR IOWA ! n JTartneiw, rentt*rn<tnd t' in <'si of 1 tneriwi: A ohoice from lj'iOO.OUO acres of the best lands in Iowa on R. R. terms, at ».'> snd $«• per acre. Send a poetal card for our map and pamphlet, or call on the Iowa R. R. Land Co.,92 Randolph St., Chicago,or CodM Rapids, Iowa. JOHN B. CALHOUN, Land Cainmts't, AGENTS r.ii l that the full HUtory of tbe Wocdcrfkl MOODY & SANKEY la Great Britain and America is u success e< orvwhere. All waM It--ri< ti or . From 6 to '20 t>ooki a day's work. It is the oalr complete work published containing Mr. Moody's Sermous IH PBAVBR mkk-Ako Tjittci. Mr. Kankey's addresses, and every thing of interest. Kus 643 pages, ateel portraiu, and I'i engrav­ ings, Priee. $2.00. Address, M. A. FAKKEIt & CO.. 168 Clark Street. CHICAGO. ILL. ^ '['lie JJrst Trn« wiMsoot JE" Metal Springs ever invented. *£ L A S T/ c^^c^No liumiui^ cl»im of a crr'/tin ^ '<y.\radic.il enrv, hut a prunrant«» D s^^'of a cointortiible, secuie, and satisfactory supliance. W« trill title hark a n-l / <t; fill I itj^'I»rl«'r for all I'iul do nut ».<('. I'rica, sitiicir, like cut, SI; for both 9\des, S Sent !>>• mail, poitmua. on receipt of price N. B.-- 77. it Tt |<«# trill cure nutr. Ku/tuiri-.s than any of ttiose for tehich exfrara^onf ctaima ire vifi'tr. ('irouitrs fre«. TOMKROY Tiil'SS CO.. 740 Broadwa*. Naw Torlr The WIDE Awate Majazine. The Golden Time for Agents! Liberal ctsM commissions paid. Boys and girls ar" nil at work for the \Yide Awake ^ Doll's Hair, and subscribe iv> eagerly. Specimen numbers. It) cents. Ust of Doll's Fair prizes,posters,etc., free. Little Kirls who will act as apents re­ceive in addition a full set of^ Doll Patterns, upon sending'? their P. O. Address. October and Norem-"" her AVitle AnnkfS contain rules la fall concerning the Doll's Fair. Write to D. Lotbros & Co., Bostain Mass. WO [Established 1846 J.ESTET & CO. Srattloboro, "Vt. f&~Send for Illustrated Catalogue NEW WILLCOX & GIBBS AUTOMATIC Latest Invention, and producis" moet Marvelous Result*. Only machiM in tki- 'Mrhi with Automatic Tension and Stitch Indicator. of «verv Trade Hark io b&se SILENT SEWING MACHINE. Send Poetal Card for Illustrated Price List, Ac. WHlcox & Gibbs S. M. Co., •Cor. Bond St.l 858 Broadway, York. O. N. U. No, 47 ii hen WRITING TO \V please say you MW " taf^is paper