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" ' lallK BOOKS OF THE BULB. OLD TMTAMKNT. Is Genesis the world began;, , TWM than that God created Htm. In Exr-dun the law waa girwiy Am Iaraei's guide from earth to I^eviticns, from Le* i> name, lite tribe from which the priesthood OMM. • Then Numbers tell* about the way-- What God would have ua do and Bay. Deuteronomy, which means M twice told," The truth, once learned, must ne'er grow oUL Then Joshua came, In Moeea' plaoe, When Law had tailed, God brought la Grace. He next by Judge* Iarael ruled; Hla lore toward them never oooled. • And then, the atory awcet of Rath Voreahadows very precious troth. In Samuel First we read of Saul The pet-pie's King--hi* rise and fan, In Second Samuel then we hear OfPavld--man to God BO dear. I® First of Kings the glory The tempie Holoinon did buiM. AMI Second Kings records the Trres Of prophets, Kings, their soaa and wire* In First of Chronic ee we're shown The house of Da\i<< and hie throne. And Feoond Chronicles records King Bulomoa's good deeds and words. Then Ezra builds God's houFe again, Which had for long in ruins And Xehemiah build* the wall Rouud Judah's city, great and tall. Then Esther, Jewish maid and wife. Raised up to tave her people's life. And Job--his patience sorely tried---. At la*t God's dealing., justified. Then come the I salnui, whose aacred page Is full of truih for every age* The Proverbs, which the wlae man spake, Foall who will their teachings taksk • EocJesiastcs show how vain The very best of earthly gain. The Song, how mnch we need to prize The treasure « t above the aktea. Isaiah, first of { rochet*, who Fort telle the future of the Jew. Then Jeremiah, soorued byfoes, Yet weeps for faith OSB Israel's woea. The Lamentations tell, in part, The sadiicea of this prophet's heart. Kzdkiel tells, in mystic story. Departing and returning glory. Then Daniel, from the lion's den, By power Divine, is nibed Hoaea shows the Father's heart 80 grieved for sin on Hphraiin'n part. And Joel tells of judgement near; The wicked nations quake and fear. Then Amos, from the hei dmen sent, Calls hardened sinners to repent. In Obadiah, Edom's fall Contains a warning word to all. Jonah, though prophet of the Lord, Yet fled to Tarahivh from His word. Then Micah sings in sweetest lays The glory of millennial days. And Nalmm tells the fear and gloom Of Nlnevah and of her doom. Habakkuk-thoiish the flg tree fail, ills faith and taunt in God prevail. Then Zephnciah tells of trace, And love that con.tw in judgment's placet. And Happai in the latter days Repeat-: "Consider «ell your ways." In ZachaalahV wondrous book We find eight viMoup, ii we look. Then Malschi, the lapt of all. Hpeiks sad.'y «!•:! of Israel's fall, --A*. J. C<trr, 1 ti The Chrixtian. IHDUN ROBBERS. Robbery on the largest scale ever known was carried on once in India un­ der the system known as Thuggee. This was the most extraordinary system of crime the world has ever seen.* Its op­ erations extended over thousands of mOes of country. Its victims would have populated many a small kingdom. It carried on crime under religious sanc­ tions and with religious ceremonies, made theft lioly and murder sacred. It killed in a cold-blooded, ruthless, whole­ sale way. It held human life as of no account. It had no respect for weak­ ness, age or innocence. When a com­ pany of travelers--against whom its op­ erations were chiefly directed--had come •within its coil, it allowed none to es­ cape. It slew all--the father and mother, the grandsire and the babe in arms ; man, woman and child. It used no baleful drugs, no deadly weapon. It dealt out destruction by the simplest of all means--a handkerchief. Though the confederation numbered thousands of members, it carried on its work of rob­ bery and slaughter undetected, if not unsuspected, for years, even undfer British rule. Gang-robbery with violence was also very prevalent in India when it was first conquered, and also for some time after. This is known IU India as IMeoitet-, uu«i in many parts of the country all robbers and thieves were once called Dacoits. Dacoitee is of two kinds. The first is the attack on a shop, warehouse or pri­ vate dwelling. This is not the same as burglary; for whereas the burglar enters secretly, and only resorts to force in the last extremity, the Dacoitee is an open attack by an armed body of men. The place is carried by open assault. If a closed door bars the way it is simply burst open. The robbers are well armed, carrying swords and iron-shod clubs, and sometimes even matchlocks; and re­ sistance tends to wounds and deaths. This flagrant and open breach of the •law has been suppressed in great meas­ ure, though not altogether. The attack is generally made on the house of a rich banker or the shop of a jeweler in eome small town where the police force is not very strong, or on the bouse of a rich zemindar (lando wner) of a village. One case ot the latter kind, which occurred in a village at the time when I was encamped not far from it, was managed thus. The zemindar was reported to have a large sum of money buried in the house--a common way of keeping it in India, the house being built in the usual Eastern fashion-- namely, round a central court-yard. The lower story was simply an open cor­ ridor or cloister, and was used for do­ mestic offices and the stabling of cows and horses, and had no windows on the outside. To its full height there was nothing but a smooth surface of wall. The upper story, the dwelling-place Eroper, had windows on the outside; ut tliesQ, as usual, were very small, and high up. When/tfie massive gates were closed of an evening the house was, in fact, a fortification, with the household for a garrison, and entry was almost im­ possible. The old zemindar and his two sons were seated in the gateway enjoying the cool evening air. Their two or three men-servants were busied about the house, inside and outside. It was just getting dusk when there was heard on the road which passed through the vil­ lage the usual cry of pilgrims proceed­ ing to some sacred shrine: " Horn bom Mahadeo" (Great, great is Maha- cleo), and " Ounga mai kijye " (Victory to Mother Gauge). And now the first pilgrim of the company came in sight. There was nothing suspicious in liij ap­ pearance. He looked a simple pilgrim, and was barefooted; in one hand he ear­ ned his shoes ; with the other he steadied the long bamboo pole which rested on one shoulder, and from each end of which hung the wicker-work baskets •which hold the bottles, or rather flasks, in which water is carried from the sacred rivers to some far-distant shrine. He •topped in front of the old zemindar. " How far is it, father, to the next good Well by the roadside ? for there we mean to rest for the night." " Two miles, my son," replied the old man. " The water in the well is good ?" "It is." " And the grove near it is a good one to slvep in ?" "Yes." , ' "Perhaps there if a bunya x (grain dealer's) shop near it where we could get some flour ? " " No; there is not." , t " Then how far is the next well and resting-place ? " " Two miles more." "And is the water in that well good ? " "Thou asketh many questions," the old man. But the purpose of the qut stionim' had been gaiued; the seeniiii r pilgrim had been moving in single tile; it 5m i given them time to come up uini lor 111 group. \ Some of them had put down their poV.- and baskets, as if to red* v- But now the baskets^wer^ slipped oil. the staves taken in hand nud u rush made on the old man and his sons -and servants, who were soon overpowered, and the robbers in possession vf tin house, while some kept guard outsido. They carried no arms, so as t<» fvoi.'i suspicion after the robbery as well as before it.. But a heavy " male " bamboo club is a formidable weapon. Torture was soon applied to the old man to make him reveal where his treasure was buried. Two little grandchildren, a boy and a girl, were seized, and the heavy clubs held over their heads with a threat of dashing their brains out if the old man did not confess sj>eedily. He did so. The rupees were dug up and distributed among the band, whereupon the robbers moved off and kept together until they got clear of the village, when they sepa­ rated, going across country singly or by twos and threes, and by the time the police arrived from the nearest station they had a good two hours' start. The second kind of Dacoitee is robbery on tlve highway. Here the gang of rob­ bers attack a party of travelers, rob carta conveying goo:1s, and sometimes stop and plunder the mail cart. A trader was going from one town to another with a good deal of money"and some valuable goods. Ho had with him two carts and two servants. As he was moving: along a frequented highway, he deemed himself safe from all danger. But one evening, in a somewhat in fre­ quented spot, a gang of robbers, looking like travelers, suddenly set on him and his servants, overpowered them, gagged and bound them, and then, taking them off the road, left tli<>m in a piece of scrub, where it was not likely they would be discovered until next morning. One of the robbers then dressed him­ self in the trader's clothes--almost every occupation in Tndia has a special dress-- and assumed his part. The two others acted as his servants. They got into another and more-frequented road, along which police stations were established at short interva's. Goin<? up to the first, the sham trader represented that he was most anxious to push on that night ; that he had a good deal of valua­ ble property with him ; that ho thought some robbers had got wind of this, and asked that ho might have a policeman to escort him from one station to anotlv r. And so the police actually escorted the robbers with their booty to a large to'wn at some distance off, reaching which they soon disposed of the carte and all their contents. Cattle-lifting is a form of robbery very prevalent in some parts of India, more especially in the neighborhood of woods and forests, into which the stolen cattle can be driven. It prevails in the country lying between tbe Ganges and the Jumna, as the forest tract at the foot of the Himalaya af­ fords the needful hiding-ground. A pair of stolen bullocks will be driven to this forest from the village where they were lifted, twenty-five or thirty miles off, in the course of the night. Tlie ordinary forms of robbery, sim­ ple th«*ft from the house or person, done secretly and not openly, and where cralt takes the place of force, are of course the most common. Here everything de­ pends on quietness of movement and sleight-of-hand, in both of which the Indian thief has attained great perfec­ tion. Then he is accustomed to go barefoqt. His tread is habitually Light. His limbs are naturally supple, and are made more HO by the use of unguents, which enable him to roll himself up into a marvelonsly small space. The delicious coolness of the night has succeeded the fierce heat of a day in May. The moonlight makes a mimio day ; but how soft is its light, however bright, compared w th the sunlight of a few hours l>efore ! A party of travelers, having cooked and eaten their frugal meal, have now spread their carpets and quilts on the ground in the mango grove, and laid themselves down to sleep. All is now silent, save when the jackals rend the air with their horrid cries. A jackal gives a yelp on one side of the grove ; another answers with a howl from the other side. These are not jackals, but confederate thieves, one of whom enters the grove at the end farthest from where the sleeping travel­ ers lie. On his stomach he steals quiet­ ly along from one tree to another. Some leaves rustle; a traveler calls out; whereupon the stealthy one coils him­ self into a heap and lies dead still, and will so lie for half an hour or more, if necessary. A, " jackal" howls quite near the grove, as if it had just crossed it and rustled the leaves. The thief drags him­ self along the ground again. At length he reaches the head of the sleeping row of travelers. H<- passes his hand quiet­ ly under the pillows. This fat man is the rich man of the party ; that bundle which he uses for a pillow probably con­ tains something valuable. The dusky thief removes it gently without waking the snoring sleeper. He next makes this other man turn over on his pillow by gentle touches on the face ; and. hav- ing got what he wanted, creeps gently away. One of the "xternpnriz-'d iackals gives a bark here, the other a short howl there ; and the two thieves meet and decamp together. When put for the night, the thieves strip themselves of all their clothing except a short, tight loin-cloth, and smear themselves with oil, so as to be able to slip out of the grasp of any one seizing them. They seldom carry arms, in the ordinary sense, but strap a couple of light spear-heads to each forearm, with the points projecting beyond the elbows, with a backward stroke of which thev can give a severe if not deadly wound to any one trying to seize them. Generally, however, they carry a small, sharp knife. The houses of many of even the well- to-do natives have mud walls only, through which the thieves dig a hole to effect an entry. This requires long, quiet, and patient work. A great number of the Indian stories about robbers turn on this mode of proceeding; how one woman alone in the house with her chil­ dren waited quietly until the thief put his head through the hole, and killed him with a blow of an ax ; how another waited with a rope in her hand, and, the thief this time putting his heels in first, she tied his ankles quickly together and took him prisoner ; but when the neigh­ bors appeared they found only a head­ less trunk. English people in India are seldom robbed, though for half the year the doors of the bungalows in which they live are left wide open, few the sake of coolness, all night long. The chief reason is that the articles in the house are so different from those in use among the natives themselves that the attempt to dispose of them would at once attract suspicion. A thief in India trying to sell a spoon or fork would be like an En­ glish thief trying to dispose of an altar- cloth or rare gem. Another reason is, that every householder keeps a chokedar or private watchman, though it is notj the personal prowess or vigilanoe o this often very aged man that potects you--he himself being a thief by caste or profession, and his salary forming the blackmail you pay the confraternity. Dogs are also a source of protection. The native thief with his bare legs is especially afraid of them. A good many robberies, how­ ever, take place when people are march­ ing about the country during the cold weather. It is so easy to enter a tent, eitiier by creeping under the canvas or by making a slit in it; and this reminds me of a case in which one of those thieves showed a great knowledge of psychology. A lady and her husband were asleep in their tent; the lady Was disturbed by a noise, and saw by the light of the lamy^ which hung from the tent-pole, that a thief was gliding about making up a bundle of thiugs that he thought would suit him. This bundle he had placed on a table which stood not far from the bed. As he glided up to the table to add another article to the mass, his eyes and those of the lady met. She had half opened her mouth, in order to scream and awaken her husband, when the man made one long step to the side of the bed and simply made a pass with his hand over the lady's face. She was at once paralyzed for several minutes ; the man kept his eyes fixed on hers while he gathered up his bundle of things; then, just as the long-delayed scream burst from her lips, he dived un­ der the curtain of the tent and disap­ peared. The Moruion Church. l i e .\Iormon church teaches that there are numerous gods, and that those who have been eminent as saints on earth become gods in heaven. Smith is a god, ind no doubt by this time Bngham Young has become something like that, too. The Mormons also believe that lesus is just above Smith, and that Aditm, in turn, i$ superior to the Savior. All these g >ds have many wives, and ,-ach governs his own descendants, so that the glory of a "saint" when he gets to be a god depends largely on how many wives mid children he has, and, there- lore, the hold of polygamy on the peo­ ple. It is le Id that the ten command­ ments are the rule of life, but there have been several revelations which con­ siderably weaken the binding force of Mosaic law. The Mormons con­ demn infant baptism, although children are considered old enough to be bap­ tized when tliev reach their 8th year, t'hey practice the baptism for the dead, a living person being publicly baptized its the representative of<>ne or more per- -< «ns who'have died. For instance,George Wa-liington, Benjamin Franklin and oilers liave beeu baptized into the i-liurch in this style. It should be said that a community, whose leaders reside at Piano, 111., reject polygamy and many other of the offensive tenets of the Utah Mormons. In regard to their form >>1 government., it may be stated that the priesthood is organized as follows : The First Presidency, the twelve apostles, the hig 1 council, the seventies, the high priests, elders, priests, teachers and deacons. The First Presidency consists generally of three persous, with Presi­ dent Taylor at the head, and these per­ sons preside over and direct the affairs of the entire church. The hierarchy is divided into <lie Melehizedek and Aaronic priesthood, the former being the higher, the latter being the literal descendants of Aaron and designated by revelation. The First President is elected by the whole body of the church ; he is the prophet and seer, and alone has the "right" to work miracles and receive revelations. The belief in a continued divine revelation through the medium of the prophet is the corner-stone of the Mormon church. The work done by the several officials of this sect is, as has been indicated, all under the control of the First Presidency, that is a worse despotism than almost any now known. An Old Acqn;iintancc. The following incident in the experi­ ence of the late Charles Chapman, who was in his day the foremost criminal lawyer iu Conuoecticut, may be worth relating: He so ably defended a man charged with murder that he got him off with manslaughter, although there was scarcely a doubt of his guilt of the graver offense. A very prominent citi­ zen. who was convinced of the mau's guilt, was so annoyed to think that Chapman had saved the fellow's neck from the halter that he reftised to speak to the distinguished advocate for a loug time after. A number of years later Mr. Chap­ man's door-bell rang, and a visitor was announced. "Good morning, Mr. Chapman," was the salutation. "You have the advantage of me," re­ plied the lawyer. "I do not recognize you." "My name is . Don't you remem­ ber that you got me off for ten years for killing so and so ?" "Yes, I do remember it, and I got through with you then and there. I want nothing more to do with you, sir." "You needn't be so upish about it," muttered the fellow. "The way you talked to that jury almost made me be­ lieve I didn't do it, and now you've gone back on me;" and he walked disconso­ lately away.--Ha rtford Times. An American from Cork. Patrick responded to an advei lisement of " An American wanted as coachman." "Are you an American?" asked the gentleman. " Oi am, sur," answered Patrick. " Where -were you born ? " "InOireland, sur, County Cork." " County Cork, eh ? " mused the gen­ tleman. "How is it that you are an American when you were born in Ire­ land ? " "Faix, sur,"said Patrick, "I'mboth­ ered about that same mesilf, sur." ENGLAND manages to get along with the use of $50,000,000 worth of liquor annually. HOI? OFFICIALS SWEAR. A CtompariMn ot Oath* «f fyaltf * taken In Different Conntrto*. [From the New York Times.] A comparison of the official*, oaths of several countries, apropos of the Brad- laugh affairs, is n*t uninteresting. France demands no oath, nor even any equivalent formality, before her Legislators enter upon their duties. Even under the empire, the Deity was not called upon, the simple fonnuia be­ ing : "I swear fidelity to the Emperor and the constitution." In Austria, there is no oath, but, in reply to a ques­ tion from the President of the Reiclis- rath whether the new member "prom­ ises loyalty and obedience to the Em­ peror, inviolable observance of the con­ stitution, as well as other laws, and con­ scientious fulfillment of his duty," the new member simply replies, "I prom­ ise." The reason that the members of the German Parliament take no oath is that many of them are under an oath of allegiance to their respective states in the German federation; and so a conflict of duty might arise if two oaths were insisted upon. The Prussian members of Parliament take an oath beginning " I swear by God the omnipotent and omniscient," uncij ending " so mav God help me. As if this were not enough, tho*e who choose, it is provided, mav add, " through Jesus (Jlmst to eternal Idiss, amen." The Spanish Deputies are put through something of a cate­ chism. The Secretary asks them : "Do you swear to observe, and to make oth­ ers observe the constitution of the Spanish monarchy ? Do you swear OIK- dience to the legitimate King of Spain, Alfonso XLL? Do you swear well and true to behave in the mission con­ fided to you by the nation, always and in everything seeking the Welfare of the nation?" The answer expected is, "Yes, I do swear," and the replication is, " If jjou. do so, may God reward you, and if you do not, may He call you to account." In 1879, it may be said, Senor Castelar and tifteen others were the Bradlaughs of Spain, but their ob­ jections were not based on religious or irreligious grounds. In Italy the Pres- ielent of the Chamber of Deputies say6 with elaborate politeness, "I invite the honorable gentleman to take oath in the form following : "I swear to be faithful to the King and to observe loyalty to the fundamental statute and the other laws of the state, with a single view to the inseparable welfare of the Xing and the country." The new Deputy re­ sponds with the single word, " Giurgo," (I swear). The oath to which Mr. Bradlaugh objects seems harmless enough. It reads : " I do swear that I will be faithful and bear allegiance to her Majesty, Queen Victoria, her he rs and successors, ac­ cording to law; so help me God." Obviously, any man who believes in God, whether Jew or Mohammedan or Christian, might honorably assent to every letter of this 01th. And so, too, of course, might any man who believes in one God at all. For him the oath lacks its usual sanction, and scrupulous honor might lead him to point this out at the time of complying with the cus­ tom of ofltli talking ; but there can be no doubt that dozens, perhaps scores, of other members of Parliament do not agree with Mr. Bradlaugh in the view of the subject. He, having explained his position once for all, connot be existed to be forever explaining and objecting, and so cannot be blamed for swearing. The United States, it is ganeraliv known, have two oaths, but their pre­ cise forms are familiar. How to Make a Tramp. Next to spending money that you meant to save there is nothing in the world so easy to do as to make a tramp. Select any personal acquaintance who loses his sitaatiAn--and there are mauv such--and when he comes to you to teil you of his troubles, supposing you to be a friend, devote your time entirely to ' explaining to him the various steps by I which he reached his present, condition. I Tell him yon are sorry, if you like, but show him distinctly that you want to get away from him as soon as possible. When next he calls upon you, if iu his desperation he forgets his last experience so far as to call, be careful to be very busy and unable to talk with him. Cut him severely if he wants to borrow money and discourage him if he unfolds any new business plan. If men in your own business circle chance to mention him iu your presence speak condescend­ ingly about him. Advise your wife not to call at his house, for fear she may lose caste by visiting a bankrupt, and if your children have been in the habit of visit­ ing his family devise u method of dissuad­ ing them. If you see him coming along the sidewalk as if lie would meet you, look the other way. Do not invite him to any little party such us he has often attended at your house. If the foregoing directions are faithfully followed and your friends act like you, as most of them may be depended upon to do, the chances are that the poor fellow, if he does not soon find employment in the city, will seud his wife home to her mother, make some excuse to get out of town in search of a mythical business chance, and then slowly but surely de­ generate into a tramp: for what else can he do?--Xctv York Jit raid. A Novel or a Play--Keady Hade. The fast 6011 of a Hungarian merchant, having found himself in a hospital dur­ ing the Italian war in 1859, just as the enemy was coming up, put 011 the clothes of a Spanish count, who had died in the next bed, and thereby put himself in possession of the dead man's cash, papers and name. He set up as a man of fash­ ion, in St. Petersburg, and after several years, married the daughter of a Russian Admiral. Some mbnths afterwards he took her on a visit to "his castles in Spain," but necessarily went no further than Hamburg, whence he wrote to his father-in-law that he was a humbug and was out of funds. The admiral at once set out for Hamburg, but on his arrival, found his son-in-law dead from small­ pox. He, however, discoverercd his identity just in time to learn, from an advertisement, that his deceased son-in- law must appear and claim a large in­ heritance left him by his uncle, other­ wise it would be distributed among other relatives. The Russian Admiral, at first disjtosed to denounce and renounce his son-in-law as in imposter, is now trying to get possession of the estate for his daughter and her son, who was born aliout the time of the death of the "Span­ ish count/] [From the DeMoinea(lows) State Register.] WE NOTICE the following in an exchange S Mr. G. 11. Hayerer, foreman N. Y". & N. H. fcj. B. Co., suffered for eight days with ter­ rible pain in the back, almost to distraction, until he heard of and used St. Jacobs Oil, one bottle of which cured him completely. NEEDY person--"Would yer honor give a poor man a little help? I have a wife and family, and I'm Out of work, and ooal and flour are dear, and we're just about starved, sir." Finance Min­ ister--"Starved? Nonsense! Why, I've just reduced the duty on cocoanuts by fifty per centum!"--Toronto Grip. Something in a Name. A Hungarian gentleman, C. G--t, oc­ cupying a prominent official position in an association of his countrymen in Sa,i Francisco, relates an amusing story of a singular contrctfmp* attending his dt but in this city. His first name is Cornelius, which in Hungarian is spelled Cornel. Like any business man and stranger, he found frequent necessity after his ar­ rival in the oit.y to,act as his own master of ceremonies, and introduce himself, which he did after the foreign custom, stating his name in full, without any prefix of Mr. or Herr. He was astounded at the free-and-easy manner which char­ acterized Americans. "Cornel G--s," he would say on eucounteriug a stranger, perhaps the father of a family. "Ah, Cornel G--s," would be the genial re­ sponse. "happy to make your acquaint­ ance; Cornel, ladies, Cornel G--s," and the bold California girls would take up the refrain and address him as familiarly by his Christain name as if he had been their brother. Sometimes inquiries were made which perplexed him. "Did you participate in the late war between Franoe and Germany, Cornel?'* "No, sir." "Ah! In what companies have you served?" "In none, sir. I have never been a soldier." The confused expression of his interlocutor and gig­ gles from mischievous young ladies only served to mystify him more and more. At last he grew offended--indignant. One of his new acquaintances, an elderly gentleman of considerable dignity, met mm on the street and hailed him loudly: "How are you to-day, Cornel?" "How are you to-dav, Johnnie?" returned the irate Hungarian gentleman. The old gentleman looked murderous at this af­ front. "How dare you call me Johnnie, sir?" "How dare you call me Cornel?'* Explanations ensued, and when it transpired that the name had been na­ turally mistaken for the sobriquet of "Colonel," both parties had a hearty laugh and shook hands over the mistake, but the foreigner now resohitely writes and pronounoes his name with an initial only before it--San Francisco Ccronicle. miTDULPiinutfifma,^ [From the Springfield (MMC.) Republican.] EDGAR T. PAGE, Esq., druggist, writes us from Chicopee Falls, that Mr. Albert Guenther, under Wild's Hotel, has used that remarkable remedy, St. Jacobs Oil, tor a severe case of rheumatism and it cured him as if by magic. He also used it with great success among his horses, in ca^es of sprains, sores, etc., and it cured every time. THERE are many amazing supersti­ tions still prevalent among the herring fishermen of England and Scotland. For years the Manx fishers durst not put to sea without a dead wren to ward off storms and disaster. This was due to a tradition of a Jes spirit which hunt­ ed the herrings and was attended by storms ; at length it took the form of a wren and flew away. Consequently a dead wren was thought to keep things straight. As lately as 1854 the herring fishery, being very bad at Banff, Scot­ land, some fishermen dressed a cooper in a flannel shirt M with bare stuck all over it," and earned him in procession through the town in a handbarrow. This was done to bring better luck. Too«llca Always Kept a Coffin In his house. Had lie lived now he would have kept Warner's Safe Kidney and Liver Cure. "GENTLEMEN of the jury," said an Irish lawyer, " it will be for you to say whether the defendant shall he allowed to come into court with unblushing foot­ steps, with a cloak of hypocrisy in his mouth, and draw three bullocks out of my client's pocket with impunity." T" Hough on Hat*." Ask Druggists for it. It clears out rats, mice, roaches, bed-bugs, fliea, vcriuiu, insects. 15c. EXLKRT'S EXTRACT or TAB AKD WILD CHKSBT has been used lor twenty years, and during that time has saved many very valuable lifes. Do not neglect a cough or cold until it is too late. Try tins excellent remedy, and we are sure you will be convinced of "its merits. Chronic Coughs, and even Consumptives, nre cured by following the directions. Every bottle is war­ ranted to give satisfaction. Prepared by the Enimert Proprietary Co., Chicago. Sold by all good druggists. INDIGESTION, dyspepsia, nervous prostration and all forms of general debility relieved by taking MENKMAN'S PEPTONIZED BEEF TONIC, the only preparation of beef Containing its entire nutritious properties. It contains blood-mak­ ing, force-generating and life-sustaining prop­ erties; is invaluable in all enfeebled conditions, whether the result of exhaustion, nervous pros­ tration. overwork or acute diieaso, particularly if resulting from pulmonary cam plaints. Cas­ well, Hazard A Co., proprietors, New York. HAVE yon Kidney troubles ? The case is very far gone that does not yield uuto a jH-rniKiient cure, and in a nij id manner, under the nse of DB HOLMAN'S REVAL or KIDNEY PAD and AB- SOIUTIVK PLASTERS. Have you IUsh, Itch, or any speoies of skin diseases 'i Wny not remove the cause--BICKMI I'oison--by absorption through the u-e of the only commoa-tense remedy, Da. HOI.MAN'S LIVES AND STOMACH PAD ? UNCLK SAM'S CONDITION POWDEBS are reo- omuiended by stook-owners who have used them as the best Horse and Cattle Medicine to be bad. If tho animal IK Scraggy, Spiritless, or has no appetite, these Powders are an « x«el- lent remedy, and every owner of stock will do well to try them. They are prepared by the Enimert Proprietary Co., Chicago, III., a very reliable firm, and sold by all good druggist!. WHAT is beautiful V Why, Carbolme, a deo­ dorized extract of petroleum, as now unproved and perfected. Clear as spring water, delight­ fully perfumed and will net soil the finest linen fabric--a perfect toilet preparation and abhO- lutely makes the hair grow on bald heads. ROSKNTBALBROS., Chicago, make the diamond boots and shoes, the best made. Try them. HEADACHE, bilious attacks, dizziness, and loss of appetite, are cured by Kidney-Wort. HENRY'S C'AI|BOMC M.U,YK In tha FKST SALVK frfjr'Cuts, UrutBH*. Sure*. Ulwrs, Salt Rheum. IV11<*:, Ch.*ipp«d Hands, Chilblains, e'orna, *n<l nil kind* of Skin Kmpttons. liecklen and Pimplrs. (iet HKNKY'S GAllBOI.U' SALVK, Mall other* are cuuntoriuit*. Price, 15 rent*. DR. KEEN'S OXYIiENATEIt BITTERS U the liest innie.1y for Dy»!>ef>i>i». BUiomnos-i, Mai ria. In- lijtestion, und D&eaaea of the Ulood, kulnt/», Liver, Skin, etc. DURNO'S CATARRH SNUFF enrpe all affections of the mucoua membrane, of the bead and throat. DR. MOTTS LIVER PILLS are the beat Calbartic Regulator*. • r x. Mfl per day athoma. Sample* worth fr«« 90 to 9tll Addraas HTIMSOS A w, Portland, M«. DR. HI'NTEK. 103 St 'te »t.,Chlca«ro. tieats »uo eeasfullj' Throat and Lung Dl.-euaes by Inhalation £74 A WKEK. 913 a day at homaMaily made. Oojtlj <p I £ outfit free. Addreaa TBCB K CO.. Auruata, Ma. AGENTS WAXTEO tor the Beat and Fasteat-Sellinf Pictorial Books and Bibles. 1'rioea reduced S3 per ct. NATIONAL PUBLISHING Co.. Chicago. 111. WfSSIJUf8 11CII T<eamTslryraphy! EarntlOlo#106• IwtJWtS mCll month. Graduates guaranteed 1*7 toe offlew. Addraaa VIXMTIME Bsoa.. JsnasTllle. Wia • - tory of Buplaud. |» Eng. Literature. U'cell „ nft.ee I 1 i 1'ne Itrao roia. I Jumo vol. handsomely •• "clottwonlr bound, for only »0 ru. • * Frit. MANHATTAN BOOK CO.. Is W. l<tli St., M.T. P.O. Box MML AQENT8 WANTED QUICK toeellth* REVISED NEW TESTAMENT Nowreadi/for Atrente. Most desirable edition. Low Drteed. Million* arc waiting (or It. Grantt harrett for Aoent*. Particulars free. Outfit SOc. Act ««sl«kT Address HCBBA&D BROS.. Chicago. liL SALE ̂ Hardware, Tin. lit. Bay icreii ban DOBBINS' ELECTRIC SOAP or your Cro- cer. Sd. Ask hla I* five yon m bill of It. Sd. lall m» Ms bill and your full address. 4th. We will nail YOU FREE seven beautiful cards, In six col­ ors and go'd, representing Shak- speare's " Seven Ages of Man." L L. CRASIN & CO., 110 South Fourth St, P H I L A D E L P H I A , P A . AGENTS WASTED FOR T% AGENT* DIBLE REVISION Th* b«»t »md choapegt Illustrated edition of tha Re- vl«ed resf«ment. MHUODBOI p-ople AR* waiting for •L not be deceived by t .e (Theap John publisher! of • wiitioM. 8m that the copy you buy contain* lOil fine engravlnc* on steel and wood. A^nti are •otafiur money eeiUnc ttilg edition Send for circuUra. •ddreM NATIONAL ?UBJLiBKING GO. ohtcMNfo. m. For 'OlxlllffB and Fever ANO ALL 0>I8CASES CaBMd by Maliarlisl Pogaontnc of the BloaA A WABK-ftJMTED CUBE. Price, gl.OO. For Mle by all DratKtat*. TO FARMERS AND THRESHER MES. if you want to bay CI0949 or Enffin** lelther Portable or Traction, to nt* Mr threaten#, aavring or for general Cirpo*ee>, buy the " Started Rooe r" goooi, Rett art ike Chwp'Mt." For Trice-LUt and II tastrated Pamphle t (sunt tree write to THE AULTMAN 4 TATLOP COMPANY. Mansfield. O. NO FEE m CORES ALL whe are tmnbkri with Deafn***, Catarrh. Asth­ma. Consumption, Hay t?Vver. Btonchit «. Coughs, ('•old*, Nervousness, Loss oi SVur^lgt-*, Hea&v he. Diseases ot the Lverand Kidneys. Dyspepsia and Affec­ tions of the Lun«ts - nd AT Passage*. <v no matter how kmjf standing, s.iould try Dr JUD(il\'S Oky^IIydiHi- rfiiHtcd Air. All dUeases treated. Send for pnmphk t with homo refrrenoes, and que*, tions to answer. No char c for consultation by mail or In person. Patients treated ttiu.illy well at a distanoe. l)r. J. D. JUDGK A CO., 79 Beach st., Boston, Miu?8. sn< fref. MARTlNhZ <h*Gr*n Spsiu'tti !tar tfel WistH will for Xi r«ots witb eolor of WS*. nul ot btir, MO<1 T C^KRKCT (•ICTUS* »f *uitr fu'urs butbinrf or patchoioct«a)lT M*dik'(rd, wlb iiaf, tirn* surf pise* of h ii itt* of mtmar#. Monty returns! to sll r»0( AtMrsa* hrwf. u ftStrtibis, 10 Jfisnt'jr ?1. Bosuiu, MSAI. NICHOLS, SHEPARDSR CO Battle Creek, Michigan, MANT7FACXFBKR8 OF THE OKL1? GKKUIXV VIBRATOR THRESHERS, Traction and Plain Engines and Horse-Powers. Mo* Complete Tfcreakcr Faetorr 1 EstaMtStlMI World. i 1848 o f continuous and 9uce*9tfulbm4» nw, without choiive of natoMt management, or location, to "bach up" (At bread warranty given on ail our good** m t-ne w < OOYEARS W MM STEAM-POWER SEPARATORS and Complete Wlcam Outfltwo/ innirhUntgualitiM. IS nrxt Traction Kuxinvs and l'luin EnstBM ever iu the Aiuerk-itn market. A vmliitmU "f tjterial /'raturts and improremMiis for 1881. together with superior qualitirt in conttrua. lion and mairriah not drvamed of l>y other maker*. Four Bizea of Separators. Irom O to 12 bora* capacity, /or tttam or horf roirrr. Two ptvles of " Mounted Horse-Powert. 7,600,000 ̂ constantly on linnu, Irom w*ivh is built the in­ comparable wood-work of our macMnery. TRACTION ENGINES dtr, i^f.avd ef,x~icnt ever tmdSc 8, tO, lit Home Power. Farinera and Threshermea are tnrlM t investigate this matchlers Threehiiig Machinery. Circulars sent free. Addre» NICHOLS, 6HEPARD A CO. Battle Crook, Michigan A E. i LYDIA E. PINKHAM'S VEQETABLE COUPOTOP. Ia * Positive Cure fbrall Ikaaa Palatal Oaa^lalata am* VtakatiN* Hnnoi to wr Wat ftaak population. It will cure entirely the worst form of Female Otna» plaints, ail ovarian troaUea, Inflasnatloa and Cfccik tioa. Falling and Displacements, and tfce ccnaeqoeafr Spinal WcnJmesa, and la particular!; adapted to tfefc Change of Life. It will dissolve and expel tmnoro from C.: stnuti an early rtage of development. Tho tendency M cil cerooa humors there la chccked very speedily by Its nait It removes fkintnoss, flatulency, destroygall craving- for Ftimiilnnts. and relieves weakness oftbaetomach* It cures Bloating, Headaches, Nervous Proirtrstioa, General Debility, Sleeplessness, Depnsss.m wadlntt* gection. That feeling of bearing down, eamsta* p«in,w«i(U. and backache, la aiwuqra prmaornfy enred tyltaaaa. It will at all times and tinder all circumstances act 1» harmony with the laws that govern the female ayateim. For tho enroof Eldnfy Complaints of atttaar an Oil Compocnd 13 unsurpassed. LVIHA E. PIXKHAM'S TOCTABU! COX* POCXDis prepared at 135 and S35 Wentern Avaaaaj, Lynn,Masa. Price JL Six bottles for #5, Sentbymail In the form of pills, also i n the f oral of loieagea, em receipt of price, $1 per box for either. Mra Rakhaaa freely answen all letters of Inquiry. Send far pampli l«C Address as above. Mention tkit. Ko family should be without LYDIA E. FI5EH1KV L1VEH PUIS. They car* constipation, bUloMaaa^ and torpidity of the liver. B cants per box. Kg- bold by all Draulsta. -0 ftfSfi * "*** ln *°nr own town. Tetma and 98 ootSk WO FREE Addrsaa H. HALLETT A Co.. PorCaad. FRAZER AXLE GREASE. BENT In the World. (>et tha KCIIIM, Kn ©v.? iiarkaae lina csnr Trade-murk nnd |» werfceU Frnier'e., >>OLU bVKItVWHKKI. Iowa Om 1.000,000 Aena Ot Choicfi I'arintnnr Labia In the JBeaf West For sale t*y the lowaR.R. LasdCo. Cedar Eari is, low*. Branch O&C0. 83 Randolph St, Cliicazo, Ilia. CONSUMPTION CAN BE CURED! mHALL'S FOR THE LONGS. BALSAM Sinvs CoriauiNPtloit, OoMn, Pnenmonla, !•-• rum, Hraiichin! IHIUcntllrm Broacfcltia* flonrwcnewN, Anlhina, Croup, Whoeslit ('ouRh, and nil of the Kmtilai OIKAIII). It aootlirn mill !i<*nl« TIN; XriwbraM- of ilie I,n nan. in tin IIMMI nii«l pniKonetl by lb* dlNt-tiMO. mud f>r«-v<-niN tli;> uiLlit sweat* naa IllfliliicsM nci'o** tlac ch«'»( nucompnny it. CoiiHiiuiixiun 1m not nn itu'iimhlr Hitifady* HALl/S HUI">A>I will flirt* you, eve* theiiKli i>i'»!Viwioniil niil fails. For Two Generations Tho good and Rtannch old? stand-by, MEXICAN MUS­ TANG LINIMENT, has dooa more to assuage ]>aiti, relieve suffering, and save tbe lives of men and beasts than all other liniments put together. Whj*t Because the Mustang pene­ trates through skin and flesh to the very bone, driving out all fialii and soreness and morbid secretions, and restor­ ing il© afflicted jiart to sound and supple healtn. O. N. U. Ko. 26 WHEN WIUTINU TO ADVEKTISKKM. . plenae say > law the adrertlacmeat in thia p«u>er. s n- m v «•»-- ware. Tinsiera' ToolgfT nnets' Stock and Aprif ultuml Implement®, together with Store, Building and Two Lots; best corner in town tor busi­ ness. A splendid opening for any one wanting to en- ga«e In thia line of btasioew, as there k a good trade eetab particulars a ipenmi x< MM in IQM line Ui WiiUliP. mm wwtc as m H-W eatabllahed. Raaaon for •ellin*: foiling fae<)th. For u&rtical&ri iddrtu B. G. oWEET, paruoui*™ Walnut, Crawford County, lUoUi. D'METTAURS Dr. METTAIT; "' HEADACHE PIIXS euro most wonderfully iia a very abort time both KICK ami NKKVQUS HEADACHE{ and \c-hllo acting on tha nervous system, cleanse the stomach of cxccss of biles producing m regular healthy action of the bowels. ••HEADACHE A fall alze box t$f these valuable PILLS, with full directions tor a com­ plete cure, mailed. So any addre«3 on receipt of nine thr«e«ceiit ltn™r* For late l>| all druggltU at 25c. Sole froprictors, BEOWS CHEMICAL COMTAKY Baltimore, *1*1. PILLS AGITATOR! AGITATOR! AGITATOR! THE MOST PERFECT THRESHER ANO 8AVER MADS. J. I. CASE THRESHING BL&CHZNE CO., BACXXfS, VOL Mil i Mia I ID f thjtn th* latfarCMikfa--UwtelaOh*