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 GYMNAsIUM.-This is the title ot
a new book by K. T. TRAIL, NJ. D now beng publish
ed by FowLER AND WELLS. New York. The work
comprebends 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 TO the development of the
whole body, the proper training of weak and defective
organs, and to the cure of disease. Special Medicul
Gymnastics for particular ailments and infrmitics have
a prominent and important place. Ling's system of
KINEsIPArnY, as developed by its author and rracticed
by Roth, George, and others, is extensively treated Of
Brief instructions are given in the various manly rxel-
cises.' as Swimming, Sailing, Rowing. Riding, "a,
and not the leassayslnablc par of ii is the analysis Of
the rudinea eE4dnnds of the English language, with the
Instructions Heated thereon, L" enable the student &
obtain full paand OF the respiratory apparatus, an!
acquire BID hi power OF Voice and Speech.
All depatenents Of the work are profusely illustrated
with engravings. 1t is Il book for the individual, tn:
Family, the Club, and the School. 1t will be completed
in two numbers. Price Tor the work complete, 81 -
Address FowI.ER AND WELLS, sos Broadway, Ne*
!. York.
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rev paper, just issued by G. Y. VERIFY Il Co., Chicaec.
Iii. 1t is exclusively devoted TO matters pertaining "a
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giving truthful and reliable information in regard 10
every description of lands. their value, etc. Persons
seeking such information viii lind it invaluable. Price
81 per year IN adsanf".
Demands Of the Age on Colleges . Speech de
ii.ercl by the Hon Horace N:DD, PRESIDENT OF Antioch
College, before the Christian Convention. at its quad
reuuial session, held at Cincinnati, Ohio, October ).
1884. The learned gentleman, in this speech, gives a
history Of the purposes entertained IN the establishment
and progress Of ihe institution over which be presides,
aud also the advantages derived from proper and sys.
,ema,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 and studied by all wis feel
y interest in promoting edncation. Price % cents. New
work Fowler Il Wells, Publishers, sos Broadway.
The AMERICAN excellent
monthly publication. issued by Orange Judd, 1871 Water
street, New York. kcepsgrowing in the estimation of all
who read it, as a thorough going, reliable, and practica!
ssricultnrsl journal, suited to the wants Of the West as
well rs the East. it is issaed at two dollars a year.
A neat little pamphlet just issued by Fowler Il Wells,
308 Broadway, n. Y, containing instructions to in
ventors how to procure patents, has been received by
us from these well-known publishers, who are also en-
gagged in procuring patents 10 this country and in Eu-
rope. Although inventors may learn how to proceed
and what claims TO secure, they must still rely on the
skillfnl Agent to have their interests properly cared for.
The Saturday Bulletin is an interesting literary
weekly journal, full of excellent family reading it is
published in philadelphia by Cummings e. Peacock.
Price s. a year, with prizes for single subscribers and
clubs.
As many of our readers are remote from bookstores,
and do not like sending for books published at a dis
lance on account of the risk, we will be happy to ae-
commodate them, and furnish any work at the publish
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count allowed us will pay the postage.
Under the new Constitution the people ct iowa Will
be called upon the second Tuesday of next October I"
elect , Governor, Lieut.. Govoss.or, representatives 70 Tue
General Assembly aud successor to such Senators as were
elected in August, 1854.
The celebrated and universal favoritc 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 gas nprhanS more Gener1M 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 at 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 ~ 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 author, died
at Dundee, Scotland, on the Sth.
IT, American horses that were taken over to England
to con pete with the racers there, were badly beaten when
the trial came nF. Before they left this country, dis
ting,ished sporting men objected To the animals taken
as unworthy of such u trial.
Tile Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, Of Illinois, accom-
pa6ied by his family Is paying a VISIT to our ierr'.'fy-
He arrived on the 2lst inst.
The stock Of Sugar now held by importers IN New
York market, is about 10000 tons, aud OF Moiasses
about 1900, 900 gallons, and the sfecka q: Sugar at thn
othu Atlantic ports larger than usual. The stocks stii
held in Cnba Is unusually heavy for the season, amount
Ing, at last sdvices. 10 nearly one hundre~ thousand t'ns'
Prices of Sugar there have declined u @ lie. per
To-, making ii decline o. ;ie Sugar and Moiasses now
held in this market :innc, Of about three and a hall
million dollars, all y.s. at present prices, there is still
roam for a decline e over lte million dollars b.i.re
average prices would be touched. Present value Ut SUI
gar and Mola-.es now held there is about sle, 900, goo.