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gongs of Spring. As ene after another of the wild flow­ ers come back to greet us, peeping out of the grass or reaching toward us from »hrub or spray, we feel as we do when <lear old friends return to us after long fibseooe. The flowers are our friends . truly; for everything that has life in it is related to us in some way, and bears tome message of loye to us from tiim without whom neither flowers nor hu­ man beings would be ahve. All true poets of nature have felt this, and address the flowers as if they were companions, neighbors or teachers. Scarcely a more beautiful out-of-door em of this kind ever has been written lan Horaoe Smith's "Hymn to the "lowers," from which these verses are taken : Your voi«ele«w lips, O flowers! ar® living preachers; Each cnp a pulpit, and each leaf a book, Supplying to my fancy numerous teachers, From loneliest nook. 'Neath cloistered boughs each floral Ibell that wtageth. And telle ite perfume on the passing air. Sabbath in the fields, and ever ringeth A call to prayer. The songs of spring are none the less enjoyable for being old--very old in­ deed.. In Pklwfcine, thousands of years ago, they welcomed her coming just as we do now. A poet-king of that country wrote rejoiaingly : "For lo! the winter is past, the rain is over and gone, the flow­ ers appear on the earth, the time of the flinging of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land." Perhaps the violet has had more poems written about her than any flower except the rose. How can we help saying "her" of this lowly, sweet-breathed child of the meadow and road-side ? rne air begins to be as sweet as if the breeaes of another world were blown through ours when tke violets unfold. This, too, was noticed long ago. Shak- speare speaks of The sweet south Thait breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing and giving odor. And Christina Rossetti writes to-day : O wind, where have you been, That you blow so sweet? Among the violets Which blossom at your feet. The honeysuckle waits For summer and for heat; But violets in the chilly spring Make the turf so sweet 1 Do you know Willis' " April Violets?" Here iB part of it. The delicate odor of the flowers seems to steal upon you as you read: I bave found violets. April hath come on, And the cool winds feel softer, and the raio Falte is the beaded drops of summer-time. You may hear birds at morning, and at e\*a The tame dove lingers till the twilight falls, Cooing upon the eaves, and drawing in His beautiful, bright neck ; and, from the hills, A murmur like the hoarseness of the sea Tefln the release of waters, and the earth Seade up a pleawMit smell, and the dry leaves Are lifted by the grass ; and so I know That Nature., with her delicate ear, hath heard The dropping of the velvet foot of spring. Take of my violets I I found them where The liquid south stole o'er them, on a bank ThatkianM to running water. There's to me A daintiness about these early flowers. That touches me like poetry. They mow Sf. such a simple loveliness among d br i common herbs of pasture, and breathe out Their lives so unobtrusively, like hearts Whose beatings are too gentle for the world. I love to go in the capricious days Of April and hunt violets, when the rain la in the blue cups trembling, and they nod So gracefully to the kisses of the wind. Barry Cornwall says this lovely thing about the violet: She oomes, the first, the fairest thing - Xhat heaven upon the earth doth fling, Ere winter's star, has set; gbe dwells behind her leafy screen, Aarxi gives as angels give, unseen-- The violet. Faster than the flowers come the birds. As early as the bluebird, honest Robin Bedbreast and his wife are here, hopping up and down the garden-walk, turning their heads this way and that, as they consider their prospects for house-build- ing. High in the leafless tree-top--out of a snow-cloud sometimes--you hear the song-sparrow's heavenly carol, so fdU of hope and gladness ! The sweetest and one of the most social of our field min­ strels, he has a song for all Reasons, and everybody who listens to him is charmed. It is a comfort to know that he is going to stay with us through midsummer, long after moat other birds are silent, or have flown away. The songsters gather in throngs, with their gay or tender ballads, each so dif­ ferent from the rest--wren, swallow, lin­ net, thrush, oriole--and none of them dearer or merrier than the bobolink, the Robert Burus amopg bird-poets, \»liose ... -"vrble fclT." ~3 the track of the plow, and ripples along the edges of the coro-fifild. -St. Nioholasfor ApriL £mperor William's Eightieth Birthday. The 80th birthday (March 22) of William, Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia, was celebrated at Berlin with great festivities. All nations of Europe were represented by special envoys to convey their congratulations and pay their respects to the octogenarian mon­ arch ; and, what with the attendance of the numerous German Princes with their families, Berlin was fairly overrun with royalty and nobility. During the day the city was profusely decorated, and in the evening banquets and illuminations were in order. Emperor William, in spite of his full four-score years, seems to have been able to bear his part in the protracted festivities, receiving in per­ son, from 10 o'clock in the morning until 2 in the afternoon, the immense throng of Prinoes and dignitaries who paid their respects to the venerable and august ruler of the most powerful nation of Europe. He has occupied the throne for nearly twenty years, having in 1858 been appointed Regent upon the retir­ ing of his brother, Frederick William IV., on account of mental aberration. By the death of the latter without issue. Jan. % 1861, William became King of Prussia, and on the 18th of January, 1871, he was proclaimed Emperof of United Germany in the palace of the Fren«h Kings at Versailles. Investigating the Grasshopper. The President has appointed the fol­ lowing-persons as members of the Grass­ hopper Commission : Prof. S. V. Riley, of St Louis, known for his labors in economic entomology ; Prof. A. S. Pack­ ard, Jr., of Salem, Mass., editor of the AtncriMjn Naturalist, who is to be Secretary of the commission ; and Prof. Orow ThomaPj of Csrbondale, HI.,.State Entomologist The commission will have its quarters at Washington, witha West­ ern office in St. Louis. Prof. Riley pro­ poses to take the area east of the moun­ tains and south of the fortieth parallel with British America. Prof. Thomas Will take the country north of the iortieth parallel to the British American line, ex- uus Montana. Prof. Packard's field more particularly cover Montana Territory, Idaho and Utah. The two principal objects of the commission are, first, to ascertain what agency can be brought to bear in facilitating the de­ struction of the eggs of the insects ; sec­ ond, to discover where the locusts breed. It is known that Montana is one of the fields in winch they iin'eu largely, but in all probability the largest breeding ground is in British America. That country being difficult to explore, it is likely that the commission will try to se­ cure the co-operation of the British Government How Do Birds Migrate! Some birds fly only in the day-time ; others, such as the fly-catchers, king- fiahers, whip-poor-wills and night-hawks, do their traveling at night Many jour­ ney alone or in pairs, although most unite into flocks and travel in company. The migrations of the wild goose are es­ pecially interesting. When the time for migration has come, the wild geese as­ semble and spend some time in a loud and animated discussion of the journey. Then they all rise into the air and ar­ range themselves in two long lines, meet­ ing like the sides of the letter V. The leader takes up his position at the point where the lines meet, and the birds be­ gin their flight, the point of the V going first, so that the leader is in advance of all the rest of the flock. He is always an old ganeer; only, as this position is very fatiguing, one leader does not occu­ py it very long, but, as »6on as he be­ comes tired, falls back to the rear and allows another to take his place. Geese, while upon their migrations, fly very rapidly--according to some estimates, at the rate of 120 miles an hour, or two miles a minute. They generally rest by some pond or river a part of the night, but sometimes they fly all night as well as all day. In the day-time, when the weather is clear, they fly at a great height, often so far up that they are invisible to us, and their loud clamor is the only sign we have that they are passing. At night, or in foggy weather, they fly much nearer the eartii, and when the air is very foggy thev often become lost, ajad settle to wait for the mists to clear away. The distances traveled by different birds vary very much. The robin, red- winged blackbird, and the like, go only far enough to find warmth and food, and one or two warm days in early spring are enough to call them back, after wliich they often go south again. The red- winged blackbird is found during the whole winter as far north as Virginia, particularly near the sea-coast and in the vicinity of large rice and corn-fields. Other birds travel much farther in their annual journeys. In the summer the humming-bird is found as for north as Hudson's bay, but it spends its win­ ters in those tropical, or almost tropical, regions where the flowers bloom the year through. As spring advances, this bird travels northward from Mexico by short journeys, keeping pace with the opening flowers, which afford it an un­ failing supply of honey and insect food. Many other birds also make their journey in short flights. Tliis is the case with the robin and the blue-bird, al­ though each is able to fly a great dis­ tance without rest, for they are said to visit Bermuda, about 300 miles from the nearest land. Most birds make their migrations by flight, but a few do not; our coots and rails perform at least part of the journey on foot All the birds so far spoken of under­ take their journev at certain definite seasons, and their line of march is north and south; but there are some birds which make migrations of a <lifferent character. Wild pigeons, for instance, move in whatever direction they are like­ ly to find food, as often east or west as north or south, and these j<5urneys take place at any time when there is a scarcity of food.--St. Nicholas Magazine for April. Why Do Birds Migrate t Inability to stand the cold of our win­ ters is generally supposed to be the reason of this migration, and in many cases this is true. A humming-bird or a summer yellow-bird would die very soon if it should be exposed to a winter storm; but we often have very cold and stormy wei.lier c!ter our wilier spring birds have returned, yet they live through it without appearing to suffer very greatly. Birds are very well protected from the cold by their feathers and their warm blood, and the stray robins and black­ birds which occasionally winter with us do not have any difficulty in withstand­ ing the cold. Hence we must look for some other reason for their migration. Most of our migratory land-birds feed upon insects, worms, and small fruit and seeds, and, as these cannot be obtained in the winter, the birds must either move southward when the home supply begins to fail or Btarve. Lack of food, not cold, is the reason of their migration. Water-birds seem to be able to endure any amount of cold; a duck"will swim contentedly for hours, entirely surrounded by ice, and not seem to mind the cold at all. Many of our common water-birds are met with in summer far beyond the Arctic circle, so that inability to stand the climate cannot be the reason why they leave us in the fall for the South. Marsh-birds, like the snipe, the coot, and the plover, and many of our water-birds, such as the wood-duck, feed upon the small animals and plants which they find in shallow water, or in the mud ; but as soon as the frost comes all the shallow water is changed to ice, so that this supply of food is cut off, and the birds must go to a warmer country. We can see, then, that birds migrate from lack of food, and not on account of the cold weather, for those water-birds which, like the gull, are able to catch fish in deep water, stay with us through the whole winter.--St. Nicholas for April. Railroad Statistics. Last y£ar only 2,442 miles of railroad were constructed in this country, of which California and Taxes built one- third.- . The season was particularly vorable, both as to material and labor, but the shock of interest received in the panic of 1873 is still felt. There are now about 76,640 miles of railway in the country. PARIS received 138,034 foreign visitors during 1876, against 139,085 the year previous, and 123,798 in 1874. ALL SORTS. BROOKLYN'S hone disease is subsiding. THE population of Texas is 1,750,000. A 298-POUND sturgeon was caught at Oakland, CaL, recently. THERE was 50 per cent less drunken­ ness in Montreal in 1876 than in 1875. DELAWARE peach-growers are buoyant over the prospects ol an unusually large crop. A IJVE bat was found imbedded in the center of a solid tree at Hartwell, G&., recently. THE plums grown in Martin county, Minn., will be converted into brandy this year. ROLLED steel axles for railroad cars are being experimentally tried on the Lehigh Valley railroad. THE woolen mills at Minneapolis, closed on account of hard times, are to begin operations shortly. Ex-Gov. SPBAOUE, of Rhode Island, is in Columbia, S. C., negotiating for the es­ tablishment there of large cotton facto- ries. THE Ancient Order of Caucasians (anti- Chinese) is spreading in California. Hibernian names predominate in the lists of officers. A MOVEMENT is on foot in Sacramento to establish laundries to be run by Amer­ ican women. San Jose has several in a flourishing condition. A BILL is pending in the Nevada Legis­ lature declaring it unlawful for the Chi­ nese to transport the bones of their dead from the burying grounds. IK some portions of Louisiana the planters are still Waiting for the settle­ ment of the gubernatorial question be­ fore putting in their crops. DURING the past winter, it is estimated, 1,000,000 bison have been killed in West­ ern Texas for their hides alone, the car­ casses being left to rot on the prairies. NOT one American vessel of any de­ scription cleared for ports in England, Ireland or Scotland, from the harbor of New York during the month of Febru­ ary. AMONG the latest departures for the Black Hills have been 165 barrels of whisky from Frankfort, Ky. The partic­ ular point of their destination was Cus­ ter City. LORENZO Cox, who had during his life killed six men in pritate quarrels, died in Marion county,;. Miss., last week, of a pistol-wound received several months before. MR. NING-CHOY, formerly interpreter in Hong Kong, has been called to the bar of Lincoln's Inn, London. He is the first Chinaman who ever attained that distinction. PORTLAND, Me., proposes to suppress Sunday papers. Such, at any rate, is the inference, from the fact that all the little newsboys there were arrested on Sunday week. THE Pennsylvania oil country seems to be overstocked with laborers. The Edenburg Herald says about one per­ son in fifteen seeking employment at that point gets it. A COUP ANY has been organized to con£ struct railway and telegraph lines from Trinidad to El Moro, Col., and work will be commenced as soon as the frost leaves the ground. TWENTY rounds were fought between two men employed in Roach's ship-yard at Chester, Pa., the other day, when the wives of the combatants put in an ap- Eearance and led their brutish husbands ome. A RECENT event in Nevada was the marriage of the Piute Princess, Sarah Winnemucca, to a buck known as Bob. She had previously been the bride of an officer of the United States army, Lieut. Bartlett THE fish of Wallows lake, in Califor­ nia, are blood red in color and very fat There are only four lakes known in which this fish is found--Payette, in Idaho, a lake in Maine, one in Scotland, and Wallows lake. A PARTY of Chinese fishermen caught sight of a sea serpent near the Coronada islands, in the Pacific, on Feb. 21. Length of body, 50 feet; length of head, 10 feet; length of t&fl, 100 feet; diameter, a feet; color, brown. WHERE IS GOD? "Oh, where is the sea?*' the fishes cried, As they swam the crystal clearness through, " We've heard Crom of old of the ocean's tide, And wc long to look on the waters blue. Tho.wise ones speak of the infinite sea; Oh, who can tell us if such there be V The lark flew up in the morning bright, And sung and balanced on sunny wings; And this was its song: " I see tht light, I look o'er a world of beautiful things;J But flying and singing everywhere, In vain I have searched to find the air." --»Scribiwr for April. THEY have had a singular electoral tri bunal in a village of Awa, Japan. The neighborhood was harassed by a mid­ night robber, whom nobody could detect The head of the hamlet summoned the entire male population under his charge, and directed every man to write the name of the person whom he suspected and deposit the ticket in a box. Fifteen bal­ lots bore thd name of Abe Tanihei, the rest being blanks. The man whom everybody distrusted was so overcome with astonishment that he made full con­ fession and went to prison. SPRING SONG. From the cold stillness of the night, Where icy caverns, fields of snow, And shadowy visions, wan and white, Make life a dull and ghostly glow; A song that shames this song of mine, More light than any bird that flics, Flows gently past the leafless pine. Then faintly flutters, weeps and dies. But soou to flowering life new-born. It thrills the snow-bound dreams of death; And all the golden light of morn Throbs with a mild, exultant breath. Bweet, magic music of the spring, Awakening of diviner day-- The sunlit souls of angels wing To blooming earth their rosy way. --Qtorge Egan Montgomery. A Big Estate. James Irvine is the fortunate owner of the San Joaquin and Lomas de Santiago ranches in Los Angeles county, con* taining 95,000 acres, and of 12.000 acres in the Santa Ana ranch adjoining. In other words, he owns 107,000 acres of as fertile soil as is to be found in Southern: ! California, comprising mountains, val- ! leys, coast-line, and mesa lands. To j give a better idea of this estate, we may say that it is twenty-two miles long by nine miles wide. Jt is all within Los Angeles county, and, being the fairly- earned property of a pioneer settler, he is entitled to its full enjoyment--San Francisco Post. Versions, Prix**>, Bounty and Claimant *11 kinds proi, a'ool tooted. 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Spring bu come "gentl* Annfr." we ar« liappy ono» moit. * If that fellow ijon't stop snoopi around, trying to find u« out, we W Advertise for a big, stout, strong mi ^guard over him, and have hiii ^HorubyV Court. mm*-- Will eradicate Salt RbeuiH i,.,-. "Jut VE6ETINE Om the wwt inveterate esses of Erysi^elsii. VEGETINE t6 to $20 K.<iuarroo*v3!sjga MnVPV made, taking orders for Pletaml JHUfll £i X Sample free. Ghaa. OlooaaAOa-i U8E oar RUBBER PRINTING «T. Circular free. 8. D.CHTLDS.JR., AOtX. end fill C-< IIKAP FOR ( ASH-PA* I Ifll OnLt (iu*t seoured) on a most sslsbfa, I article. Addrws llox 5153< Bsatnn. $617,000 for tenn». ,1. Hi' I. J TO LOAN on M«rf: Furms, etc..West anil S ADD k CO.. 3f) Br< oadwso. jtlf JKRSKV < ATTI.3: A IIKKKMI1KB PIC Premium St«i:k. al! bkps. shipped t-> order, aaia i tofaction guaranteed. H. S. DUKAND, FihI--l 1 BOOKKEEPING Cold. No storektwpwr, elvrk or mtM-iifcnlc caa i •o without it. Scut. jw>«itp»id. <m of dOo^a H GOUI-DING BKYANT. BolTaio, JfT'C' Pimples and Humors from the fr-.-.-, Is a valuable ismady for Headache. VEGETINE Oaiee Coast ipation and reculatei the bowels. VEGETINE MMdy for Headache. VEGETINE papate. VEGETINE ntirs systw to a hsattfaf en VEGETINE i the Sid*. VEGETINE '•use of Diiflwass. VEGETINE knssa at the Stomach. VEGETINE i the Back. VEGETINE res Kidney Complaint. VEGETINE its ear* of Female Waakna VEGETINE medf for General Debility. VEGETINE Will ««n Dyspepsia. Restores the entire systew to a hsattfaf VSWSTSS IMntnsss at the Stomach. Is sfcsMis te its oora of Female Weakaase. Ia the great remedy for General Debility. MONEYISfc IN 4 ikTIDIIIRAIfOaD. S< gm W ATCHKI. a ««««•* SANEASTDA. M.4# with oorHtewslls k Outfit. Oircdli.ni ft . )(!>•> Fulton St..New Ve Mt SaneastDa. maA •agtoggg QoJrt Aadrees A. OODL' A Mf.anUt»~a«sBaa«aaMa. •Seaasee^ Sug amalas la toe world. OMMfiillia AAdiessJAT BRORIOR. OeMkMB OSAGE ORANGE W*5 BLR lOPUiii;1 >'«««• Airents. Tfr, s/,„t linn /rr< . For terms a*. 1 uress, J, Worth (f- Co, Use Aaatla's ler,Meaaare,Paper , ter & Blotter Cemblard.^ No.60W.8k8i, .Pai r ('si eat Ra-/ Cat-;- Price by a AUSTIN . tuimW by AmiU Pictur* *nd Chromo Oiutl*. 1Mb $10e$25^?"" -7. Till .7., I~.pl". w«rth AB, N-nt p .stmid f,vr Rfcr." UDC»UL7*MF5*E. J. H. BT RKORD' SSTLXS, BOSTON WAIl„14 C>O.. at f ANTED trsTeling expenses paid by firm. / H. <7. BOOKER 7k CO.. < AQII 11| HABIT CURED AT I lifl No publicity. Time , , Terms moderate. I.OOOjIaatfaaa nlalo. Describe case. I>u F. B. MABSH, Miak. w iVTCn-AIrn tosoUstt order*fsr« HIV I bll prrinaaeat i salary. Traveling llnlaa 1 nsest eaphMMBIl ssii r£aTw*rkl>^^S3t« Sure relief | l*ric»'S5ctH lyniail. Stowrrt! JbOfc L'l;arl< hti>w n, \i»ai> Precarei by H. B.Sterets, Boston, last. Ve^etine ia Sold by All Druggists. PUT IT AMONG THE ARCHIVES, The fact that the NATIONAI, WEEKLY i» the finest Oar- toon. Story and SketoU Pn|>er in the country. Beauti­ fully illustrated, 18 and 3D paxes. A«ront« are makinK a bur-ret of money, Rolicilin* subscription!) for it. Sub scription price UO per year. We pay u larger t^aah Oommis«ion to Agente than any other paper can afford. Send lti cents for Bampli-H and outfit comulete. * NATIONAL. WEEKhY, iUlrago, Ul. ftUPTU&E Tht IIMI Truw wltQoot Metal s^nn »»er inronttd No Duna.-u(g claim oi a t'**rur». rtdioal cure, bat • *a«i-an»* of a >.omf(irtahle. secure, aatinfactory apphance. If* vill Ink* bnr.h (*r»r pavy full J price for mtt (hal do nn< ««if. Price, single, Hke cut, S4T; tor both sides, $(l fient by mall, postpaid, SB receipt of priaa. K. B.--TkO IVuw mil t«« mart ~ "ma anv <j/ thou for which esctraMwant tJaimi Oirculan; frae POMXaOV TiU/*fc OO.. IM Braadwae.Iiew Vtti $500 YEARLY PROFIT PROM 12 HENS, mmwim •kTta-ONCK'S PATENT ROI-l,lN(;-STERU«: IfA ( tlTTK.R.S" nm used hy thelartte?' P MIWIC. M tea free by maS. th Streot. Nas* honws In this counfrv nnd in Kurop«. Krmj f« ilysh. »uUi have t»ne. Sept Uy m;ill for vxHit *. Aildif" B. IS. MONCK, F.XFHIMVE MMKUFACTUN^R. BNSWTK, t, c - THAT WILL WIND ANY WATCH Wear By mati, !)Oo. Oir Sold by Watchmakers. _ 1. S. BIRCH A CO.. 38 Dey Street. New Yeak. p KT M TC I'lilmutiiMi (lav I 9 hr«':tkiilitr l.iaill nn>, Wick 3'i yards; Oil, StOI i Ktll'liti-: I .A ill P STOVKS. *9, __ ' ticul.irs tree. CHILD A PRATT. CincinnatiQk TELEGRAPH Snail salnty paid while learning. Address, iinmed N. W. TI'hKGRAPH IN8T1TITTK. JanevriUa. Ann 4 nn«l Kxiteneea. PCIGARSa^S: MONEY Sitle* _ to Send srjwn(>. Cincimtail.OL. made rupidly can*. . *8 to jjilO per titty tri niiK't-d. Free Oaitit, Capital. New Busi J AH. T. Wll.l.IAMiSON, Ciitclnnuti. AUTFfl MRN to travei and seU to I>« Hll I tU onr new unbreakable glass ell and lamp good*. No Fe<ltiling Salary w Business permanent. Hotel and traveling ><tpt<Mn aalA MONITOR GLASS CO., 2K4 Main St.. ( inclnnatl. OMa bottomMcesigood stoce Oaa«e Plants, Kvercreeae* (<rape Apple Treoa. Ac. Send for our pricea before teff BARNBS. CRKSWELL A CO.. Kirkwwtt. si"!? A O --The clioiowr tn the world-- I Si»#tOs prices--Largest Company in Stnple article--pleases everybody--Trade contht creasing-- Agente wanted everywhere--beat mentg don't waste time--send for circular to ROBERT WELLS. 48 Vesey St. N. Y. P.O. Baa. --, $100. REWARD, moo. THIS MOU8TACHK (trn.lue««o by ibe use of DVKK S HKAKI> lujnrv, or will fortcit $100. Price by BaaM ftfe ee&UMl °2~\ coats, for thrw fii A. L 8MITH & CO.. Ag'Ut Filitl--Kl VIOLIN Genuine Italian Violii juifbe Italian Violin Strinfs, also for Banjoue U and 90c. each, or IjSl.fsO and (8 a doe. Sent by 85 cents. wanted. hat^hinir Rffes end r*iaingjPoultry hy meanhf6Bf> Horae Mmuire ai<>n«. Tae Cent«nnia! an* mi <ao!(l .»i<'dnlsjtnd 12 IXplimiaN hnv - aw.trdfii to I'KOKI Ufiiixt A. tX>KI>KT'l: _ 1 Warren Stroot, New York. Testimonial' Catai.iRue sent >>n receipt of 3-ceut stamp.' SMITH'S HAGT.E CLAW. llieinivt mift'ii.>•.!<•'dttvic<>(•vcr liivfiiTif® W far i.-it^iuiiK II1 i km.is F«f tlnh or fit Die K;,?.vto M't, Hiilt'ni to '• uv bait, finti cai bt» meil t»vt.ry\\bt'rx. N.itiiin* ti.iu until KlraMii ; ;inil thU if- d«me vit!iot« soiling the hands. Univernalb r-woii. mended b.v ynort-smen. mail (send htamp for illnstrat^l oivcnl.'ir. Acentai-i. EA(;LK CLAW CO. 718 SnnMiin W,. l'hUn»»CK- teoeipt Of nrioe f"r ' To the lioklars of McHoui y county or** tiers. Notice ir. hercbj glwen, that, the fifteenth day of April 1817,1 will pay the following $300 8 per cent coun-c • ty orders, to wit: Xtunbers 201, 210, 21 f 228. 237, 246, 25C, 265, 274, 283, 296, SOT, 323, 344, 03, 63,73, 84,90 and 1W. Inter­ est will cease on the abov® C«unty Orders AprU lS A. D. 1877. JAMES NISII. Conntr Tr»a»ur*r. Woodstock, March 14,1877. w# ACCIITQ WANTKD HOCIi I O ronovR C E N T E NEW BOOK, GREtf E N N I A L 1 for E X H I B I T I O N i L L U S T R A T E D . Over 400 Pine KnurnvltiK^, costina ^20.000 The only book fairly showing the tine co«tly exhibit#o* ill the Art Gallery, Machinery and Main Buildings. Wide aw&kft AigontB are quitting all tho inferior books for thlfl» Out the BEST, Send for circular/terras and euniple MI ITtviDgB. P.W. Zie^ler & Co.# 180 F. Adam»*et.0Ohica®o^||^l# STRAWBERRY i'Iv^rop* baa more sterling: qualities th'tn any other berry yeU, _ offered to the public, prtKlucing over fourteen thousand tow quarts per acre, iii held culture, if directions are ' lowed. Send for circular. ,, Iio H. II. SiillTll. Wert Haven. Conn. We will send you a handsome Cat- Icet, containing the following ar- w<~ tides of Jewelo' • 1 hdndsome set of Sleeve-Hut tons, 1 Gent's Fine „ _ JWatcUchain.l Bet of Spiral Studs. j»e(J 1 (k.r.ilhcnrf-Pm, 1 Tody's Woddins Ring:.and 1 improved "» Collar Button. .SaUsfaction guaranteed or funded. TAVLOR & HA .Jewelers, OO Moitoii bt.. ft.*. CARPET^ WARP. TO THIS CONSUMER. HaTinc improved the quality of our Warp, now being •old under the " PKKRL.KSS " ticket, we shall hereatn-r adopt, tor the improved quiility, the brand " WH1TK STAR. AAA." We shall aiso manufacture a lt-wer quality of Warp, wliich will be sold under tue " PKKItU.Sti" bmnd. • Inquire for " WHITE STAR AAA" iCupot Warp of all leading Dry Goods Dealers. 25c. ROCK C FLOUR! FLOUR! Owing to the great rush Cvitta Grinding at our Mill we have been obliged to ship in several oar of Minnesota Flour to aoooinraodate our customers, aud we are now offering Choice Minnesota Flour ac $7 per batlel. We have also a good supply of Corn, Braji and Feed, which we aro selling at corresponding low figure* We warrant everything delivered from our Mill just as represented Give us || Call. A.H.HANLSY&SON. MARRIED. STEPHENSON--BECK--In Geneva. Wis* March 25th, bvthe Ker. A. A. Hoskin, Mr. Wa Stei>ht»«soii. of Klngwtx>d, 111., and MUs £liSO Beck, of Itichinond, 111. FULLER-FIKLD-KT-At Qw* Ja«ct»oo Wis., March 2»th, bv Rev. F. J. Staulov W. Fuller to MUa Jennie P. FioldMl. both oi Bloom Held Township, Walworth Wis, h»rse Flaring purehnnM m larg® of eele: an os;traordin*rily low pric, we art* rnuhlM to per copy, that being ibe COST IN Fl'LL stront: tube thst we can gutraut«c etch picture j Tbl* chaste chronio uictisuivs IV by 24 h>chS^|*gA Va'tvr* f«r its production. It ia a beautiful ^ IbKU'AKll* and abould be ia every bouMebotd 3ILLTTMIlVAXliiter. "&od bless onr Home." "THe Lord Thf»e Mottoes are printed in Old KoglUb tindft Tber are fur miperlor to any thing of the k» . supplHinont to '* Rock ofAgci,' and they cr n'iupl**t»* series of three for«»0c, Siie. XQb\. We niso ofler a beautiful und aubfitaetial BMODft* limbed. ThU Kri*n»e is designed t- perfect satisfaction to those ordering it trvai *«., A»y tftttr MtrtiiR n«t natUfied wi may receive. If ret«rse4 U> urn In CUT THESE OULATER* iktHUIKX MAHKMX. BUTTkk--Packed, 90$38 eta. 'W.Hi|TS 1B@18. CHEESK--14o. EGOS--12}cta. ; W-;,: I AKI>--13 Ct9. . - , BEANS--51.">0@1.<5 per bmbtK OATS--20® 28C. ^ POTATOES--«1 per IHIBMII • Te -i© ^ •" $ -i On receift of this coupon and 25 cents. %%<• we will heuJ to your addroyvi our chromo. " Hock of Ages." cot Oa rtceiptQp. ami S0c.t we * •ddrffn eitbefora-mottoes, IT •ii C. r. CAMPBELL. Sec'T &, Treas. Adiirfl W. DILWOKTH RICHAKDSON, Manager. CORN--$13 per Ten. Fi.oiH--f7.00@ $8.50 per iio<Js"'"';:::-~"i»re88e(i1 HM 4.80 (i#o. _ TIMOTHY SEED--$1.40$] J* FT ^Clover SKKD--*!$$.•» p#r In^nl. FLAX SKEI>--per HUNGARIAN--40 CT®, pat f ^ HAY--^(#6 per TAN* ^ TURKEY^--Live» 10©t« ptr Vm§ CIUCKKSS--iart. Slit#* par