The emigrant aid journal of Minnesota. [volume] (Nininger City, Minn. Terr. [i.e. Minn.]) 1856-1858, 1857-08-29
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The ILLUSTRATED GyM~NAsIuM.-This is the tale q
"a new book by K. T. TRAIL, NJ. D, now beng publish
ed by Fowler AND WELLS. New York. The work
comprehenjs considerably more than the title expresses;
for it contains not only an exposition Of Gymnastics
proper, but also the applications Of Gymnastic, Calls
thenic. and Vocal Exercises 10 the development Of the
whole body, the proper training of weak and defective
organs, and to the cure of disease. Special Medical
Gymnastics for particular ailments and intirmities have
a prominent aud important place. Ling's system Of
K1NEsIpArnY, as developed by its author and practiced
by Roth, tieorg-, and others, is extensively treated Of
Brief instructions are yivcn in the various manly rxel-
cises. as Swimming, Sailing, Rowing. Riding, etr
and not the leass,galuahlc par q il is the analysis Of
the rudiiuen3Ek ysonnds Of the English language, with the
Instructions ftica,ed thereon, I" enable the student =
obtair. fun brand OF the re~spiranry apparatus, a'.;
acquire hd5 mi power Of Voics ana Speech.
Ali departments Of the work are profusely illustrated
with engrayinss. 1t Is II book for the individual, th:
Family, the Club. and the School. 1t will be completed
in twn numbers. Price for the work complete, $! -
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Demands Of tn Ace On Colleges = & Speerh de-
iiyerei by the Hon Horace Mann, President OF Antioch
College. before tie Christian Convention. at its quad
rcn,ial session. held at sincinoati, Ohio, October ),
1874. The learuct gentleman. in this speech, gives Il
history Of the purposes entertained IN the establishment
and progress d the institution over which be presideS.
aud also the advantages derived from proper and sys.
ten.l,ic training Of the mind To meet the advancing
demands of the age. 1t is full Of rich and valuable
thoughts, and should be read md studied by all who feel
3 interest in promoting eincl'ion. Price % cents. New
\. 'prk Fowler Il Wells, Publishers, sos Broadway.
The AMERICAN AeRlcuLruR1sr.-This excellent
monthly publication. issued by Orange Judd, 1871 Water
street, New York. keeps growing in the estimation OF all
who read it, as a thorough going, reliable, and prac'ica!
agricultural journal, suited to the wants Of the est ~
we'll rs the East. il is issued q, two dollars a year.
A neat little pamphlet just issued by Fowler Il Wells,
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ventors how to procure rstents, has been received by
US from these wellknown Publishers, who are also en-
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rope. Although inventors may learn how to proceed
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The .S,tur,1ua BuHrtin is an interesting literary
weekly Journal, full Of excellent family reading it i.
published in Philadelphia by Cummings Il Peacock.
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and do not like sending for books published at a dis.
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Under the new Constitutions The people 81 Iowa VIII
be called upon the second Tuesday OF neSs October !"
elect j Governor, Lieut.. Govor".or, Representatives 70 t1e
General Assembly aud successor to such Senators as were
elected in August, 1854.
The celebrated and universal favorito of the turf and
the road, 'Lady Mac while being driven violently on
a descending road, in California, fell and broke her
neck. Lady Mac was perhaps more generabR known
than any horse in the Union, for there was not a track
throughout the whole valley Of the Mississippi from
New Orleans to the Falls Of ST. Anthony that has not
been the scene Of her pacing exploits.
Potatoes, it is said, are selling a. Cincinnati, for 20
cents per bushel.
SENATOR RusK, of Texas, committed suicide
shooting himself on tue 10th u.t, no cause assigned. by
Letters from France say that the harvest surpasses ex-
~pectation.
People inquire how they are to get rid OF mosquitoes
Burn brown sugar on a shovel of Goals III the bedroom
before going to rest.
Eugene Sue, the novelist, died at Paris on the morn.
ing Of the Sd inst. DIR. Thomas DICK, the a"tbo', ""'
at Dundee, Scotland, on the Stb.
The American horses that were taken over to England
to con pete with the racers there, were badly beaten when
the trial came If. Before they left tins country, DIS
ting,ished sporting men objected Ia the animals '"*eh
as unworthy Of such u trial.
Tile Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, Of Illinois, accom-
padied by his family. is paying a visit to '"r 'erf'foFy.
lie arrived on the 2ist inst.
The stool, OF Sugar now held by importers IN Ne"
York market, is about $4,000 'n,is, aud % Moiasse>
about 1000, 900 gallons, and the stnckn .: Sugar at 'hn
OTHER Atlantic ports larger thnn usual. The stocks SUN
heII in Cnba If unusually heavy for the season, amount
my. AT last sdv;ccs. 20 nearly one hmdre@ thousand t'ns.
Prices Ut Sugar there have declined - ~ lsc. per
h., Masking Il deciin- ~. die Sugar and Moiasses now
held il, this market .i,nt, "f about three ana u nan
mil in tioltars, aid VI. II present prices mere Is S'ii'
roam Tor u 4, feline f over lrc !niihop dollars deere
average prices woutd be touched. Present value u Gu
| yar and Mcia--es now held there is about sl6,ooO,tVo.