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A •. j MTOR5IV NIOKTS. ** ETTEB M. HOLTO*. Actormy night Ah I who caa tell^, ? Why conie« that sou?-f<£t mystic pp^S!* TTmt makes us utrangely froni Yet leads through sceiic« of dark despair? Why live wo o'er and o'er again Oar part or joy, our p^ct_p«m?.... Why roure we memoriet dark ana W1|K Qta etonuy ulgbte? alnv^t, TO feel \|p Oar weight of woe, our weightof W|(%,i go tvr.W. of life's great round , Are "rtornis without conoomnt K>UH#| A vtorni of wind, of hail, of rain; The thnuder's roar, the lightning's gteam, The etorm-clouiln toRsing in their flight Through stormy night The wind must Bhriek as if in pain, Then sink to wail a piteous strain; oThe thunder* mutter, rage and roar; The rain muft weep, then torrent* poor; The lightning fl»nh in wildert glee; The darkiies-s, uttt-r dark lies* be; The elenieutf «t war must fight On stormy nights. Then without pencil, pen or book, I hide tue in some sheltered nook, And let the hurricane poRspw My HOUI with all its earnestness. 1 weave the web of life again-- A thread of joy, a thread of pain; Both warp and woof are dark and light-- Life's ttorrny night I ope the door of memories' tomb To find fair lights 'mid deepest gloom: Bright dream" fulfilled, youth void of care, ' While buried hope* are everywhere; A strange commingling of all That makes thi» life one balmy squall. Storm-towed betwixt the wrong and right Through stormy night c- 1 shovel earth from graRs-grown mound, Whi'.e bleeds afresh each healinf* wound. And call up friends lieyond recall -- My heart inukep room for one and all. My puiws vibrate as a gleam Of home, of love--youth's * wee test dreana-- Dkwun ou my visionary sight On stormy nights. My soul with throbbing pain is heard As each fnlec friend is disinterred-- Friends of the pant, the long ago, Who fil'ed my cup with bitter woe; Then fondly to my bosom press The true that lived my life to bless. I shed a tear o'er love and slight Ou stormy nights. I rend the veil that hangs between My soul and all its fairest dreams; Like reviews on forgotten lore, I read life's turned-down pages o'er; A grand commotion is my soul. The pact unfolds a written scroll, Which I must read without affright On stormy night*. But, with the elements at war, I can afford to stand at par With all that's good in this short life, Nor mingle more in bitter strife, But shower my blessings without fear On false and true, on smile and tear. Why walk in darkness whtn there's light For stormy night* ? For he who kerps a conscience pure, Jin who is faithful to endure, Who owns Hitn father who can still The raging elements at will, Who acts and works with heart and hands, Obeying God's humane commands; Who keeps his soul a spotless white. Hath naught to fear on stormy nights. Fandoh, 111. RATIONAL CONTENTIONS. A Review of the Past Party Strug;* (Ties of the Republic--'The Ballot* of a Century. Under a republican form of govern­ ment the mode of nominating, as well as the manner of electing, the chief officers of the nation is interesting to the people. Washington, owing to his exalted char­ acter arid inviiluable services to his country, was chosen first President un­ der the constitution. He was re-elected by nearly a unanimous vote. During his administration the Federal and Re­ publican parties sprung into existence. On Washington's retirement John Adams, of Massachusetts, became by common consent the candidate of the Federal party for President, and Thomas Jefferson of the Republican party. Adams was chosen President and Jeffer­ son Vice President, he having the next highest number of votes. In the year 1800 a caucus.of members of Congress was held in Philadelphia, which nom­ inated Thomas Jefferson for Presi­ dent and Aaron Burr for Vice President. They were elected over John Adams and Charles C. Pinckney. Mr. Jefferson was renominated and re-elected in 1804, with George Clinton, of New York, as Vice President, over Chas. C. Pinckney and Rufus King. James Madison was nominated by a Congressional caucus in January, 1808, and elected President by a large ma­ jority. He was renominated m the same manner in 1812. In September of the same year a convention represent­ ing eleven States was held in New York, which nominated De Witt Clinton. James Madison was re-elected. In 1810 James Monroe was nominated by a Congressional caucus, he receiving sixty-five votes and W. H. Crawford fifty-four. The Federalists named Rufus King. Mr. Monroe was elected, and in 1820 he was re-elected without opposi­ tion. In 1824 the Congressional caucus .system was opposed by a large portion of the Republican party. But sixty-six members responded to the #call, and these nominated William H. Crawford for the Presidency. Jackson, Clay and Adams were also nominated by various States, and there was no choice by the people. The House of Representatives elected John Quincy Adams. Immedi­ ately after this election Andrew Jackson was nominated by the Legislature of Tennessee. That action was indorsed by the Democratic party of the country, aild he was elected in 1828 over Mr. Adams. THE FIRST CONVENTION. In 1830 the first political national con­ vention in this country was held hi Phil­ adelphia. It .was called the United j States Anti-Masonic Convention. Fran- 1 cis Granger, of New York, presided, j -No business of importance was trans- j acted, but the same convention met in j Baltimore in 1831, and nominated William | Wirt, of Maryland, for President. In j May, 1882, a Democratic National Con- j vent ion was held in Baltimore, to name j candidates for the Presidency and Vice \ Presidency. Andrew Jackson, of Ten­ nessee, and Martin Van Buren, > •of New York, were selected, j That ticket was elected. The Na- ! tional Republican Convention assem- bled in Baltimore Dee. 12, 1831. James Barbour, of Virginia, presided. Henry Clay, of Kentucky, was unanimously nominated for President, and John Ser­ geant, of Pennsylvania, for Vice Presi­ dent. In May, 1835, a Democratic Rational Convention was held in Balti­ more. Twenty-one States were repre­ sented. President, Hon. Andrew Steven- ; son, of Virginia. At this convention the two-third rule was adopted. Martin Van Buren was unanimously nominated for j President, and Richard M. Johnson, of j Kentucky, was chosen for Vice Presi- I dent, receiving 17S votes, to 87 votes for William C. Rives, of Virginia. No plat- : form was adopted by this convention. Gen. Wm. H. Hairison, of Ohio, was j the opposition candidate to the Democ- J racy in 1836. He was nominated by a i State Convention in Pennsylvania and ! several other bodies. In 1839 a Whig | National Convention was held in Harris- | burg, Pa. James Barbour was the | President. Gen. Wm. H. Harrison was nominated lor President t«i the first bal­ lot, receiving 148 votes. Jolin Tyler, of ; Virginia, was eeleeted as Yiiie President, j 111 December, 1839, a convention of Abo- ; litionists was held at W.trenw, N. Y. : James G. Birney, of New York, was i nominated for President, ami Franris J. ; Xiemoyne, of Pennsylvania, for .Vice i President. May 5, 1840, a Democratic National Convention assembled in Balti­ more. Martin Van Buren was unani­ mously renominated. No choice was ttade for a Vice President. • . CIIAT AND POIig. A Whig National Convention! «€% 111 Baltimore on the 1st of May, 1844. Henry Clay, of Kentucky, was nomi­ nated for President by acclamation; Vice President, T. Frelinghuysen, of New Jersey. On the 27th of the same month the Democratic National Con­ vention met in the same city. The two- thirds rule was adopted, and, after a session of three days, James K. Polk, of Tennessee, was nominated for President, and Silas Wright, of New York, for Vice President. Mr. Wright immediately declined, and Hon. G. M. Dallas, of Pennsylvania, was selected to fill his Slace. On the first ballot Martin Van >uren had 146 votes, Lewis Cass 83, R. M. Johnson 29, and James Bnchanan 4. Van Biiren's name was withdrawn after the eighth ballot, and on the ninth Polk received 233 votes, to 29 for Cass and 2 for Van Buren. The National Conven­ tion of the Liberty party met ill Buffalo, N. Y., on the 30th of August, 1844. James G. Birney, of Michigan, was unanimously nominated for President, and Thomas Morris, of Ohio, for Vice President. The Whig National Convention of 1848 was held in Philadelphia. It be- For Vice President, Gen. Joseph Lane, of Oregon, received the unanimous vote of the convention (105) on the first ballot. THE CONVENTIONS OF 1864. On the 1st of June, 1864, a conven­ tion under the name of the " Radical Democracy" met at Cleveland, Ohio, and nominated John C. Fremont for President and Gen. Cochrane, of New York, for Vice President. The Repub­ lican National Convention of 1864 as­ sembled in Baltimore on the 7th of June. Hon. William Dennison, of Ohio, -was President. Abraham Lincoln was renominated on the first ballot by a unanimous vote, with the exception of Missouri, which was cast for Grant. For Vice President Andrew Johnson was nominated on the first ballot. The Na­ tional Democratic Convention of 1864 convened at Chicago on the 20th of Au­ gust. Ex-Gov. Seymour, of New York, was appointed j>ermanent Chairman. The vote was : For McClellan, 202J ; for Seymour, 23$. George H. Pendle­ ton, of Ohio, was selected for Vice Pres­ ident on the second ballot. The Republican National Convention met at Chicago on the 21st of May, 1868. Gen. Joseph R. Hawley, of Con­ necticut, was selected as Resident of that body. A ballot was taken, and the President announced that 610 votes had been cast, all for (Jen. U. S. Grant On the fifth ballot tor Vice President Schuv- gan its sessions on the 7th of June, and ^er Colfax, of Indiana, received 522 elided on the 10th, when Gen. Zachary j votes, and was placed upon the ticket as Taylor was nominated for President on | a candidate for Vice President. Oil the the fourth ballot, and Millard Fillmore, Fourth of July, 1868, the delegates of of New York, for Vice President. Tav- | the Democratic party met in New York lor's principal competitor was Clay. " ' I to nominate candidates for President On the 22d of May, 1848, the Demo- i and Vice President. Horatio Seymour cratic National Convention assembled at Baltimore. The two-third rule was adopted, and Gen. Lewis Cass selected as the candidate for the Presidency on the fourth ballot. The first ballot for Vice President resulted in the choice of Gen. William O. Butler, of Kentucky. The Free Democratic Convention assem­ bled on the 22d of June, 1848, at Utica, N. Y. Delegates from three States were present, and they placed in nomination Martin Van Buren for President, and Henry Dodge for Vice President. The latter subsequently declined. On the 9th of June of the same year a similar convention was held in Buffalo. Seven­ teen States were represented by dele­ gates. The nominations made by this body were Martin Van Buren for Presi­ dent and Charles Francis Adams for Vice President. THE LAST WHIG CONVENTION. The Whig National Convention of 1852 assembled on the 16th of June in Baltimore, and was in session six days. During that time fifty-three ballots were taken, commencing with 131 for Scott; 133 for Fillmore, and 29 for Webster, was selected as President of the conven­ tion. The first ballot resulted : Pen­ dleton, 105 ; Hancock, 33j ; Church, 34; English, 16; Parker, 26; Johnson, 65; Doolittle, 13 ; Hendricks, 2} ; Blair, J. On the twenty-first ballot the vote was : Hancock, 135$ ; English, 19 ; Johnson, 5; Doolittle, 12, and Hendricks, 132. On the twenty-second ballot all the States voted for Horatio Seymour, of New York, and he was declared the nominee of the convention for Presi­ dent. Gen. Frank P. Blair, of Mis­ souri. was unanimously nominated for Vice President. The National Convention of the Lib­ eral Republican party of the United States met in Cincinnati on the 1st of May, 1872, and opened the Presidential campaign of that year. Six ballots were taken. On the first Horace Greeley re­ ceived 147 votes; C. F. Adams, 203; Trumbull, 110; Davis, 92 J ; Brown, 95 ; Ciu-tin, 62; Chase, 2J. On the fifth ballot Greeley had 258, and Adams 309, but on the sixth ballot Horace Greeley was declared the nominee of the con­ vention for President. On the second ballot B. Gratz Brown, of Missouri, was and continuing with very little jaria-I Belected'for yice president by a vote of tion until the last, when Scott had 159, Fillmore 112, and Webster 21. On the 1st of the same month, in the same city, met the National Convention of the Democratic party, which, on the forty- ninth ballot, selected Gen. Franklin Pierce, of New Hampshire, as a candi­ date for the Presidency. The first bal­ lot stood: Cass, 116; Buchanan, 93 ; 435 to 261. Convention The Republican National of 1872 assembled in the city of Philadelphia on the 5tli of June. Hon. Morton McMichael was chosen as temporary Chairman, and Hon. Tlio aas Settle, of North Carolina, as permanent President. On the first vote Ulysses S. Grant received the < ntire vote ot all the States and Territories in the Union. For Douglas, 20; Marcy, 27; Lane, 13 ; i Vice President Hon. Henry Wilson, of Houston, 8; Dodge, 3; Butler, 2, and | Massachusetts, was nominated over Dickinson, 1. Cass rose to 131 on the thirty-fifth ballot, when the name of Pierce was presented, and on the forty- ninth ballot the vote stood : Pierce, 282 ; Cass, 2; Buchanan, 2 ; Butler, 2. On the second ballot Hon. W. R. King, of Alabama, was nominated by acclama­ tion for the Vice Presidency. The Free Soil Democracy held a National Con­ vention at Pittsburgh on the 11th of Au­ gust, 1852. John P. Hale, of New Hampshire, was named for the Presi­ dency, and George W. Julien, of Indi­ ana, for Vice President. The first Republican National Con­ vention was held on the 17th of June, 1856, in the city of Philadelphia. An informal ballot resulted as follows : Fremont. 359; McLean, 196. Col. John C. Fremont was therefore declared nominated. Upon the same ticket was placed William L. Dayton, of New Jer­ sey, as Vice President. The American National Council met in Philadelphia, Hon. Schuyler Colfax on the second ballot. The record of the year was completed by the meeting of the Na­ tional Democratic Convention at Balti­ more, Md., on the 9tli of July, 1872. Upon the States being callcd all the bal­ lots but 45 were cast for Greeley, who was declared-the candidate of the party. B. Gratz Brown was nominated for Vi^e President. THE CONVENTIONS OF 1876. The convention of the Republican party for 1876 met at Cincinnati on the 15th of June. It consisted of 752 mem­ bers. Edward McPlierson, of Pennsyl­ vania, was permanent Chairman. On the first ballot Blaine had 285 votes ; Morton, 125; Bristow, 113; Conkling, 99; Hayes, 61; Hartianft, 58 ; Jewell, 11; Wheeler, 3. The seventh ballot result­ ed : Blaine, 351; Bristow, 21, and Hayes, 384, or five more than a majority. William A. Wheeler received 366 votes for Vice President on the first ballot. Feb. 19, 1856, and nominated Hon. The Democratic Convention met ajjit. Millard Fillmore for President, and An- | Louis June 27. On the first ballot drew Jackson Donaldson for Vice Presi- j Tilden had 403J votes; Hendricks, 133$; dent. Cincinnati was the meeting-place j Allen, 56 ; Hancock, 75 ; Parker 18 ; of the Democratic Convention of 1856. | Bayard, 27. On the second ballot The delegates assembled on the 2d of j Samuel J. Tilden had 508, and was de- June, and cast seventeen ballots. The j clared nominated, and Thomas A. Hen- first ballot stood : Buchanan, 135 ; j dricks was unanimously nominated for Pierce, 122; Douglas, 33; Cass, 5. Vice President. A convention of the Pierce's votes were given to Douglas on j Prohibition party met atCleve and, Ohio, the fifteenth ballot, but without effect, and on the next but one Buchanan was nominated. CHICAGO AND CHARLESTON. On the 16th of May, 1860, a Republi­ can National Convention met at Chica­ go, HI. Delegates were in attendance from all the free States, and also Dela­ ware, Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri, Texas, the Territories of Kan­ sas and Nebraska and the District of Columbia. Three ballots were taken for President, and on the last the follow­ ing vote was cast: Lincoln, 2314; Seward, 180; Chase, 24*; Bates, 22; McLean, 5; Davton, 1 ; C. M. Clay, 1. This gave Lincoln 231$ votes, or within i 2j of a nomination, Mhen several dele­ gations changed the ballots and gave him 354 votes. Hannibal Hamlin was nominated for Vice President. A con­ vention of the Constitutional Union party convened in Baltimore on the 9th of May, and put in the field John Bell, of Tennessee, fpr President, and Ed­ ward Everett, of Massachusetts, for Vice President. The Democratic Na­ tional Convention of 1860 met in Charles­ ton, S. C., on April 26. There were delegates present from all the States of the Union. After a stormy debate upon a platform, a portion oi the delegates left the convention, and those tliat re­ mained, proceeded to ballot. The first bailo* stood : Douglas 145f; Guthrie, 35 ; Hunter, 42; Dickinson, 7; Johnson, 12 ; Lane, 6; Davis, 1$ ; Toucey, 2} ; Pierce, 1. The fifty-seventh ballot stood : Douglas, 151J ; Guthrie, 681; Hunter, 16; Dickinson, 4 ; Lane, 14 ; Davis, h The convention then ad­ journed to meet in Baltimore on the 18th of June. The meeting took place as ordered, and on the second ballot May 16, 1870, and nominated Green Clay Smith, of Kentucky, for President, and G. S. Stewart, of Ohio, lor Vice Presi­ dent. A Greenback Convention was held at Indianapolis May 17, and nominated Peter Cooper, of New York, for Presi­ dent, and isewtoii Booth, of California, for Vice President. Mr. Booth aiter- ward declined, and Samuel C. Cary, of Ohio, was substituted. u Free Your Mind." A Quaker, on hearing a man swearing, said, "That's right, friend! Get all the bud stuff out of thee as quickly as possi­ ble." The following anecdote of Horace Greeley shows that if Mr. Greeley did not sympathize with the Quaker, yet he could ktvp cool under provocation: One day a stranger came into the of­ fice, looking angry, and inquired for Greeley. I pointed him to the little den ALL SORTS. GEN. HAWKEY has gone to Europe far a short visit , THE orange crop of Florida will be fine this season. ,? BARNUM'S bearded woman ik now in an insane asylum. I BARTENDERS in German saloons work only seventeen hours a day. CIDER is made in Texas from toma­ toes, and sells at $1.25 per gallon. FOR weeks past the mortality of Lon­ don has been only twenty to the thou­ sand. LABOE broods of wild turkeys are no­ ticed along the eastern slope of the Al- leghenies. THE army worm has reached the vi­ cinity of boston, and is making sad havoc. PENNSYLVANIA has forty-two flint, twenty-three window and thirteen bottle glass factories. THE waiters at one of the hotels at Rye Beach, N. H., this summer are all students at Dartmouth College, AN Exglish firm sold 8,000 fire-proof safes in Turkey before it was ascertained that the filling was only sawdust MR. MOODT has at Northfield, Mass., a well-stocked stable, and has just bought two new carriages and a horse. AMERICAN exports to China for the years 1877 and 1878 were valued at near­ ly $7,000,000, and the increase in 1879 was rapid and heavy.' THE total miles of railroad constructed thus far this year is 1,613, against 682 for the same period last year, 432 in 1878, and 1,271 in 1873. IN the next fifteen years almost all the Russian railroads now in operation will undergo the process of redemption aud become Government property. A CHILD in Atkens, Ga., fell from a third-story window, and a man, seeing it fall, pushed a barrel of water so that the child fell into it and was not hurt ANTON RUBINSTEIN has gone to his cas­ tle at Peterhof, after a professional tour of Europe, which has netted him a very large sum of money. THE latest cure for dyspepsia is to eat a raw onion without salt for three suc­ cessive nights before retiring. We should say that the remedy was quite as bad as the disease. M*s. MICHAEL HURLEY, of Brooklyn, while drinking with friends, became en­ raged at her husband, caught him in her arms and threw him out of the second- story window. MISS JENNIE HONOR, of Pittsfield, Mass., has been left $10,000 by the will of a deceased uncle in New York. It seems that sometimes an Honor is not without profit in her own country. IT is dangerous to express political opinions in Russia. Not long ago a man who said, "The Czar be blowed," was arrested for complicity in another explo­ sion plot in the Winter Palace. " SAVE me ! save me ! throw me a state-room door !" cried a passenger on the Narragansett on the night of the dis­ aster. lie was a Bostonian, aged 28. He was saved, but his hair lias turned from black to white, owing to hi i terri­ ble fright IT is estimated that about $50,000,000 will be spent in Europe by Americans this year, of which sum W. H. Vander- bilt is expected to contribute at least $1,000,000. London and Paris trades­ men keep a sharp lookout for the new arrivals, and deluge them with their circulars. A RECENT traveler in South Africa has placed in the hands of Dr. Cameron, M. P., a whip, more formidable than the " cat " of the British navy, with which he says that the missionaries near Lake Nyanza are in the habit of flogging re­ fractory converts. The subject will be probably officially investigated. AN almost perfect house has been late­ ly disentombed at Pompeii. It is the best preserved of all the Roman dwell­ ings hitherto discovered. There are two atria and a very spacious peristyle, in the middle of which there is an orna­ mental fountain. There is also a com­ plete bath, which must assist in clearing up some of the doubtful points concern­ ing the ari*angement of Roman baths. The paintings hi the interior of the house were executed with considerable taste, and they are in gt>od preservation. Those on the first floor, representing for the most part marine animals, are especially interesting. The frescoes al­ so, which are contained in the wings of the building, are excellent representa­ tions of scenes from animal life. vtmt vtmt [Cleveland (Ohio) Plain Dealer.) Well has it been said that tue delight experienced under certain conditions of life, cannot be articulated but can only be COD- veyed by the happy Americanism, Yum! Yum! We do not know if Mr. Chas. Maempel Independence, O , said this; but he wrote: About a year ago I was under a physician's treatment, and paid a doctor's bill of twenty dollars, without any benefit One bottle of Hamburg Drops did me more good than all the "doctoring." A HOO killed and ate some of the Rev. Bryant Ransom's fine chickens, at Mount Vernon, Oliio. The annoyed clergyman caught the brute and cut out one of its eyes. He had intended to de­ stroy its sight entirely, so that it could see no more chickens to catch, but through pity he left the job half com­ pleted. His congregation, however, do not credit him with much mercv, and have resolved to put him on trial lor the act . Are l'on Not In Good Health ? If the Liver is the source of yonr trouble, yon can find au absolute remedy in DB. SANFORD'M LITVCR IsviooitAToa, the only vegetable C&tbartio which acts directly on the Liver. Cure# all Bilious diseases. For Book address DR. 8JJT- WORD, 162 Broadway, New York. Voltaic Bait Co^ IHutkaU, IlKek^ Will send thai? Electro-Voltaic Belt* to the af­ flicted upon thirty daya' trial. Bee their adver- i ^8en'.e£tJ *?,.^ PH**. hoad«d, "On TJirty ! Day* Trial." ---- | THE attention of Our readers is invited to the announcement in another column of Messrs. J Montgomery, Ward & Co., Chicago, 111. This j firm have always been the first in war on prices, and the fact that tliey have made a general re­ duction is of interest to anyone who intends buying any clasg of goods for personal or fam­ ily use. 1 hoy keep on hand in their mammoth establishment nearly every article known to the civilized world. Won a Wife by His Tongue. A frisky old bachelor who lives above Willow Ranch commenced a correspond­ ence with a girl living in the east a short time ago, and finally proposed to her that if she would come out to Cali­ fornia he would marry her. She con­ sented, and he remitted the money to her. She arrived in Reno, Nevada, and stopped over a few days to rest. "While there she heard bad accounts of Modoc; was told that the elevated portion of the country was buried under snow, and the low-lands were deep under water; that flour and sugar there were none, and when the sun sets the natives go to bed on account of not having lights. The where Greeley was scratching away for | vile wretch who slandered^?) Modoc to dear life, and he made for it. 1 - • / As he went in I heard him gay, "Ton old hypocrite!" using an oath at the siune time. Greeley did not look up or even pause, but kept driving his pen madly on, his nose within a couple of inches of the paper, and liis lips whispering the words after the pen, as was his wont. The fellow continued, calling Greeley's attention to an article that had offended him. and denouncing him as u villain, a coward and a liar, with an oath after al>out every other word, meantime threat­ ening to "knock his head off. " Greeley didn't stop for a moment, but "•vrot" on unruffled by the blasphemy. At last the intruder exhausted his vo­ cabulary and turned to leave the room, when Greeley jumped up and squeaked out to him: her had an ax to grind. After thoroughly scaring her out of the idea of comiug to Modoc Comity, he proposed marriage to her, and was accepted forthwith, she deeming it more sensible to many • a young man and live in a pleasant home than take such desperate chances out here.--Modoc ( CaL ) Independent. and Benjamin Fitzpatriek, of Alabama, was nominated for Vice President. He subsequently declined, and Herschel V. Johnson, of Georgia, was put in his place. The delegates who withdrew from the Charleston Convention imme­ diately assembled at St Andrew's Hall, The Butcher and His Wife. Am Ki«(iovernor's Opinion. [San Francisco Dally German Democrat.] The above named journal recently con­ tained the report of an interview between Ex-Gov. Solomon and one of its reporters. The Governor had suffered for a long time with severe rheumatic pains which nothing would relieve. Friends advised the use of St. Jacobs Oil, and a half dozen applica­ tions banished the pains and lameness. "It gives me pleasure to recommend it whenever I can," said the Governor. JOHN SAYBE, of Bridgliainpton, L. I., chief officer of the whaling vessel Alas­ ka, arrived home a few days ago, after a H you would look upon a pieture of onii-e of nearly four years. In that serene contentment, go you to the butcher's, buy a leg of mutton, and gaze upon the placid countenance of the the man of joints while he trims your meat. Down comes the cleaver, and off in that city, and, after adopting a series j g()es a two-pound bit of your ten-pound of resolutions, adjourned to meet J purchase; a pound off here, and a half a pound there, and then a keen-bladed knife, which cuts and carves, and cuts and comes again. Then your ten-pound leg, what is left of it, is wrapped in a bit of straw paper; and as you put it mechanically in your vest pocket, after paying out your two dollars, you wend your footsteps homeward, wondering how butchers contrive to lay up anything from their business. in Richmond, Va., on the second Monday in June. This body, after a number of meetings, finally indorsed the nomination of Breckinridge and Lane. On the 28th of June the dele­ gates who did not participate in the convention which nominated Douglas and Johnson assembled in Baltimore, and proceeded to ballot for a candidate for President, and John C. Breckinridge, of Kentucky, received the unanimous vote of Hie delegates present, being 105 from the twen'y States represented. WK often wondered what induced Dr. Bull to invent his celebrated Baby Syrup, but we oa- dentaad new OuA he was nuurie time they took 3,229 barrels of sperm oil, 203 barrels of whale oil, and 1,217 po\nds of whalebone. It is taid to be : the largest catch within the same time ! in thirty years. I A FOOD and a medicine are combined m tbe most perfect manner a Malt Bi&ers. " I HAVE little about me, but that lit- ; tie we will share," said a Dublin Queen's i Couns 'i to »n ugly customer, who, with ; a menacing air asked for alms at night in a lone suburb. " This revolver," said | the. "Q. C.," as he dr.iw it from his ] pocket, " has six chambers. I will give icou three--" just then the Q. C. found limself alone. VKarri KB i* not a stimulating bitter* whicV •troatea a fictitious appetite, but a gentle tonic which aviate nature to restore the ttomaob to a healthy action. STRAIGHTEN your old boot* aud shoes with Lyon's Heel Stiffencrs, end wear them again. WILHOFT'R Fever and Ague Tonic. This old reliable remedy now tells ut one dollar. HOFMAKX'8 HOP PILIJi.avcciaenn for Fn»r and Ant, BUioanMM and w-'--J-1 Votoootnt •* tha Blood. Fifty pilla for 60 eanta. ** A ft I* --To all who are Buffering from th® srror* •tit! indiscretions of youth, nervou® weakness, early de­ cay. IOM of manhood, etc., I will send a Recipe that will cure you, EK OF CHARGE. Thi» yreit remedy was discovered by a missionary in South America. Hond a •elf-addressed envelope to the Kxv. J06KFH i. IMMAM. Stttw* D% Arte Vork NCLAIXFL VERMIFUGE BOXBOHS for Worm* Ua Childran are delicloua and nam fail to cum. " OH, how I do wish my skin was as clear and soft as yours," said a lady to her friend. "You can easily make it •o," answered the friend. " How ?" in­ quired the first lady. " By using Hop Bitters, that makes pure, rich blood ana blooming health. It did for me, as you observe." Read of it.--Bulletin. IN regard to the method of coloring butter. The theory it that cows, when well fed and cared for, will make yellow butter; the fact is that not one in ten will, except in times of flush pasture. This is just the reason that the very best dairymeu in this country use Wells, Richardson A Oo.'s Perfected Butter Oolor.-- Afoore's Rural. Dr BULL'S 8A8Y S Y R U P WANT «w Ox Wmtm 1 a* Aft, Om RaMu Pin aitiuMh J. woaxa »(xx. USE STERLING (JtannCAL WICK In Lamp* and OU Stores. Cheap. Wllhnt; »rold» dirt and trimming. A MOXT1I ! A gent a Wnuted ! T5 Beat-Selling Articles in the world: a B&m- pleSVM. JAY BRONSON, Detroit, Mich. $350 YKAR and upenaea to agents. Outfit Free. Addreae P. ~ V1CKKRV, Augusta, Maine. FRPP TO MOTHERS-• Iwal* ' ingadvice on the feeding and rearing of in­ fants and children. Address P. O. Box 227, Racine, Wis, *W.fe!eAfl,Wi,a2auee»m» Al YOU CAN BE CURED OF YOUR CATARRH! now? Send lOe to DR. C. R. SYKES, ISO E. Madison St., Chicago, 111., and he will s>'nd by return mail "The True Theory of Catarrh and full information of a Sura Cure." Name this paper, and write without delaj. The Koran, A ctsrlofcltfy So evory on-*, and » (A sail «»t* l!lk|«ry or JCellflrtu&Q ; THK KOKAN OF MOHAMMKl);tianointedfr-mtho Ami io by Geo ic«) Formerly published nt $2.75; * new. beautiful t<p«, neit, clo(h-t>nund eriltioxi; price, 5W5 cent** <1 cent# for postage. Catalogue ot many fiandtird works, remarkably low m price, with extra t^-iiu toC'U '̂P, Sny WH» ro Y u MIV thta Jidveriiaement. •MKIUCAK HOOK EXCUAKOE, Tribune Building, N.Y. NO ICE! We have made a re­ duction lie price* on nearly all {foorin quoted !#>' IINan T'rico IiiKl !>o. °27. Att'j, Ftiader of Paper I'rivc 1 \o. Fr«'c (o any address* '/ct'duced price*. nor in »o««e*fciou oi' our I'rivc U«t 2? should mend (or a copy iiiiiti«'dia(ely( lii:ii:«'<l to Atig-UNt 2I*t, 1SSO. MONTGOMERY WARD 4 CO,, $*2? >V 229 Wabaali Ave., Chicago, 111.' FRAZER AXLE GREASE. Beat In the world. Be* that the name and trade-mar* at Ohlo*«o. New Yoek on e»erj paukaice. Faetorie* •ad St. Louia. bold every wbera. MA* FOR CHILLS AND FEVER AIRX> ALR. OZSBASMS CAL'SKD BT Malarial Poisoning OF THE BLOOD. A Warranted Cnro. Price, SI.00. nr foi uu BT AI«I* NMUM>' -JBS SORE EARS, CATARRH. r Deo pie are afflicted with theee loathsome die- . '* *" "ilai*owing iiljr corabto uta fact 1 •at Sand J f a n y r -wtf, but nn few ever get well from them ;thiaia owing to improper freetment only, •» thejr are reodilj if properly treated. Thia ia no idle bout, bat have proven over and over again bj mj tremimaot. lor my littles Book,/V« IoaTl; it will tell yon all about tkeeei ~ ' ULCERATIVE weaknesses and debilitating Ln- uore of females cured by Malt Bitten. . J mutters and who 1 am. Uj lug* Book, 87S pages, lavu : pri.je, tl, b» mail. Addreae JBK, C. KHtfUIAEU, AuralSttisMxn, * • ~ means common in- Hewly Married Couples* It is the happiest and most virtuous state of society in which the husband and wife set out together, make their property together, and with perfect sym­ pathy of soul, graduate all their e% penses, plans, calculations and desires with reference to their present and to their future terest. Nothing delights man more than to enter the neat little tenement of the young people who, within perhaps two or three years, without any resources but their own knowledge of industry, have joined heart and hand, and engaged to share together the responsibilities, duties, interests, trials and pleasures of of life. The industrious wife is cheer­ fully employing her hands in domestic duties, putting her house in order or mending her husband's clothes, or pre­ paring dinner, while perhaps the little darling sits prattling on the floor or lies sleeping in the cradle, and everything seems preparing to welcome the happiest of husbands and the best of fathers when he shall come home from his toil to en­ joy the sweets of his little paradise. This is true domestic pleasure. Health, contentment, love, abundance and bright prospects are all here. But it has become a prevalent sentiment that a man must acquire his fortune before he marries; that the wife must have no sym­ pathy nor share with him in the pursuit of it--in which most of the pleasure truly consists--and the young married people must set out with as large and expensive an establishment as is becom­ ing those who have been wedded for twenty years. This is very unhappy; it fills the community with bachelors, who are waiting to make their fortunes, en­ dangering virtue, promoting vice; it de­ stroys the true economy and design of the domestic institution, and it promotes inefficiency among females, who are ex­ pecting to be taken up by fortune and passively sustained with any care or con­ cern on their part, and thus many a wife becomes, as a gentleman once remarked, not a "helpmate," but a "helpbeat"-- OoM.cn Age. Perry Davis'Pain Killer m R ECOHMEKDKD By Pkptitimmi, by Mi*>ionaries, by Jtinitm, by Jftnfcaw IVA, by Nurtes in HotptfaU, BT EVERYBODY. PAIR RULER £ Diarrhea, Drieitit iarrbca, era, and all A sritE CURE (or Sore Throat. Chills, ijrwnirr)-, Cramps ClieU wel 4'omplatntM. Dim If II I CD THE BEST REN* iflln nlLLtn EDY known to the World for Sick Headache. Pain In the Back. Pain In the Side, Rheuniatlsw and Neuralgia. 1TNQV E8TIOXABLY THE Beast Tilnlment Madel 7)> equal having never yet bt*n found. OT For Sale by all luedicime Dealers. awtek, flS8,day«tboBM«Mlly made. Ooetly Outfit free. Addreea Tin A Co.. Assoata. Me. TOU5G VAN OB OLD, If in «t>i e tu«ri»M llMMtMfts, Aho LM wfchkwra, t> Wvjr giswtt fcair WU er l&iisfcn. Iffllis $72 SAPONIFIER Reliable «eh Ou > qotoUf. b the Original" Concentrate! Lye and Family Soap Mnker. DirectionB accompany -- for making filurd. Soft and TeUtt (malt Penn'a Salt Manufact'ng Co., Fhila. JJESTEY & CS Brajtleboro Vx OB (JTERIN -- -- CATMOLICON •01 poettlvety eura Female Weakaaea, inch a* Falling e# the Uteroa, Leucorrhoaa, Chronic Inflammation or Ulceration of the Uteru», Incidental Hemorrhage of --• ireaeetl an I Irregular Menrtrn* uu reliable remedy. Send poetal with treatment, carea and oertift- from plimioiHti. snd untients. to HOWARTH M BALLARD, UUoa, K. Y. l£>id »er bottle. Hooding, Palnfnl, Buppi Men. Ae. An old ana •aid far a paraphlot, wit by all DnMu|i*te--11.M NATRONA la the beet In the World. It la atieolatoly par*. Itlatba beat for Mediolnal Porpoaea. It la the b««t for Kaking all Family lines. Sold by all Draggiata Oroeara and ( Pesn'a Salt HanofacfiM Co..Pliila. BLOOD PURIFIER CURES DYSPEPSIA,,.•/ Lru Complaint, Gotb'iwm*. Bilious Afe tacks, indigestion, Jaundieo, Loss of ̂ ip.op.tito, Hoadaeho, Oizziims, HoarHtum. pepreitnion of Spirit*. 9om$-\ Boils, Pimples, Skin Disottsos, Erup- : •? Hons, Foul Broatb, and all Disoasos arising from tmpun Shod. The Hamburg Dropa are recommended ac beta* the test and cheapest Family Medicine rnnt offlHflC and are mid by DniggWa and Dealen at M Caatl a Bottle. Directions in Bleren T«npi»|ii OanvlM bears tho f«c-mtnile gljrnatara. and private niunite toy stamp of A. •OOKt.EK * EST' BAITIMOM, KD^U.& A. *CG m week Inyowr own town TermaaadtftOMBi VOOfrea. Addran H. tUixvrr * Co.,PMttaa£5» na fitta Agrlealtcral Vailta,] W 0 P I G : N & L - A N 0 C M > G f . • . _ BUFFALO PUTS THK STANDARD of Tbraahinc - Macfciaa ftrrWJenee throughout the grain trwiiM Wortdi P«r/M eieancr, and _ conditions of jpnHa* and Jtas and tfawtAv imh, NOTORIOUS aa Ita whr im^n that tt » ra^Mw in all klMa or tfcfflilHi and m liulure in nwe. HftTftRiniTTrriltit *"* m--T nr r 'ff ralti --l taMKiaiil of to* ItrMMiwJMUM Ti tie. V f. • t " mm coLTinuL warn other mannfactoi nns"oa their m This Unintentional «i»atart»ii of the « ra Bluet not be ie Jt^fale KM Hard eoffMMJte. ftlmtiii* oua. BaSakv H. Y. It ia nid t hrt are wmm the nana of Threa&ac Hadtiaaa. for the.£««tt» jam winlR ... of the genuine BoBalo Pitta.address she mri Acnicrornnui'woMs»' ; Buffalo, N.Y.,U.S.*R PERMANENTLY CURES |KIDNEY DI8EA8KS, LIVER COMPLAINTS,] |Constipation and Piles. , IT HAS wmroi WONDERFUL If HI 7 ! POWER. BECAUSE 19 A€*S ON |LITEB,THB BOWH8 AND | NETS AT THB8AMB TENS. IWBUM It OLNIWM tho SYATMNI Ithe poisonous humor* that < lln Kidney and Urinary Itoucneaa, Jaundlco, . iPMos, or In Rtraumatism, |and Female dlsortfora. KIDN'EY.VORT te a<^ i euad ao«i eaa ke aa«i kr aaO |8m package win makaalx «ta«f« THY IT 3KTO-W Bar tbe BrnWa. |v BaHhfta»H Important to the fair I*- The soles of the~ Boots and Shoes are mnd® with two thloknenei of best sole leather, with a coating of rubber between them. The oater sole is protected inmi wear by Ooodrlch'a l'Hinit Rcaarmet' Mtcel Hlveta. and they ara to am/ other ,• mwl*. Inquire for them of any Boot and Shoe dealer, and take no other. HALF SOLES may be had of H. C. GOODRICH, 19 Church St:, Worcester, MaM., or40HoyneAvo.. Chicago, - gize wnrted, with 60 centa TRf GREAT ENGLISH KBll (or whitea.) Painftu is female for as a Ifo. 87 O K.0. Ills. Send pajier pattern of size in stamps for men's size, or 40 c< pair will be sent by mail. My . - cent« for boy's aise, and a pair will be sent by mail. My references All Sawing Machine Companiae in the United States. WHEW WRITING TO AD aleaae say ysamm Ike i la this paper. NICHOLS.SHEPARD & CO.Batfle(M,M , L̂. tstatliskat ORIGINAL AND ONLV CCNUINC "VIBRATOR" r., vt 1 •v'W* TB RXAMBAJIB AT < JWata# VMd. lULTCILm ar Qnta-flwrta^ MM I Qsaalac, MmU aad Iknal M INoKSaRABLR !«>•»» aT «at«rtal. f%»^sWq « JTPjrtt. WMtaa^ atARTEXOITa kr Hfrix nrt la al IMt rf SrmlB,a>d aafwsHi kuwa satta W%SM--MUnite la rtax, TlsMthy, Ctonr, aad ail MteMk -. ASTOHimilWIiY PpABUt ni *-- f? ^ FORTABLK,TKACTION. aa* gTIUWJCIMlSBiTEAM BWIIIl^w«U aiilil a a l a i s s a T , J SaraMlity. Satoty, Kooiomr, and B«aaty .ntirvlj aakanra la ethtr OatAla tmt f •svaratori a niMialty. Foar (ins »f 8^araum, tnm • la lHow-|»w; »l«»t itjit. linpnrMd • ta Years of Pr--»er»aa amd Caatlaaaaa Ba^asaa by " furalibes a stroa« gaaraaus at sapwlsr (M4a aad I VilbKl 9t Ml SS!«rKbl« miuM Tbs *SM«n sa« pepalarttvat sue f IBRA* ja If sot leery %aa drina ethar _^SlM«~te U» wall: bftw® wrleas aaksrs are new atMaH- te« te build and paim aff teteisr and wmmgnt IslllHsi •( SN? (OOdfta BE NOT DECEIVED te iu.i exit«Hswntal and wortfclMa sisrtlasij. If yse bay 3 ail, set Ike "OltlUDfAL" sal 0M •WtScEOt* KT^Fmr Ml pidHlculara «all aa ear daatora, m writ* |l u hr Illustrated Ciraulua, wbkh we mall (tm. Addnsa M1CH0LE, 6HEPAED & CO., Battle Croek, Mick DURING JULY ONLY! Burin* the mouth of Pnl > siilnns l|HI n •• •lllfcllllHlmllHHMUlMHi i&flo NSW8, aztradiacltaaiuw latest umim T», uary 1st aext for TWESTI-FITl CKRIB. TIM QH1C4QO WKEKJLT MEW8 Is a larc* »«tim unto! ireferenoe to the needs of tke taailljr circle. It tarsjer laHj mavtete M a ««tM paper, vwvrj 1am rrwntlm fiOMpimnHlMisnlili MMCH still Important happenings the world over. Its Ttiliafii Msurket T|asta tloaa are full and tnutwwthy. msla4Mn«ted«tetiatNaMias.Brv- Ingall political lntelligeaeafteefMaa nitlai neterlim. IMI I political questions without tear or Itnr as (aaarttea on Art, UtentnN, 8slaw, la litilii. IM isssifersrisst-w '• SEVKSTY riVK CKNTtt A TK To afford all desliin*it aaoM>o(t«|j the character ot the CH1CAQO 1 scribing (or a vear we sake this tpe JDLfONLY ot sending this May the nominal price of TWENTI-fll MOTICE--That this special subeer _ PrealdenUal Campaigu and extends two AS5ceoin may be safely sent lu a }ns for a One Dollar Bill. Ik* nt S3S®'1 1199 Amte,