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And much thereof Is on exhibition and for sale
cheap at
CHIN 4 II \ LII,
Forms Of beauty are embodied and preserved by
Plastic At and lie in profusion on the shelves
at China Hall in the shape Of
Gold Banded China. White China.
VITRIFIED-IRON STONE WARE,
and Superb Elegant, and useful
CLASS VA RE-
The proprietor of this immense and unrivalled
establishment, being not only willing but
ious to extent the comforts and elegancies of mod
ern ingenuity, so that all may afford to have some
share in the refined eceteras Of polite society, has
reduced his prices upon his miraculous assort-
meut of
Table Furniture,
Including CROCKERY of all sorts, sizes an isty les
Plates. Platters, covered Dishes, Tea and
Coffee Setts-Soup Tureens, Sauce
Boats and Ladies.
TABLE CUTLE cry!
-g-Silver Plated and Fine Rolled Hrittania
Casters. 81
Tea Trays, single and by the dozen, with new
and fashionable figures on them; new and very
low figures FOR them Besides thousand other
gems for ornamenting your house and your board
not 70 be enumerated here except = say tha
II 1 Y & / y & s
Are much 10 vogue Just now at China Hall. No
the disgusting and disagreeably tragic kind ex
bibitei latterly upon Brown at Charleston, bat
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pepend upon II, mothers,
it will give rest to yourselves, and
RELIEF AND HEALTH TO YOUR INFANTS.
We have put up and sold this article for over
ten vecrs and CAN SAY, IN CONFIDENCE AND TRUTH
of L Mn. we have meyer heen able TO say
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Nuu1,id. st. May "a, i-oa.
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VERMONT Central RAILROAD
SUMMER ARRANGEMENT.

Rutland. April 5, i-Co. 'S'.t
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Prepared by J. C. AVER g. CO., Lowell, Mass

For Children Tecfhing,
which greatly facilitates the process Of teething,
by sottening the gums, reducing all Inflammation
will sllay all Pain and spasmodc action, and is
ID u,rrE pnUEVS
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MANNERS OF AMERICAN woMEy

The New York Express ia rather hard ON
our American women, as will be seen from
the following:
ene thing is determined hy tsc recent
visits to this country Of Princes from the
East and from the West of the old world
American women hive worse mauners than
the men. II was the women, who Mt Wash.
ington, intruaed upon diplomatic receptions.
and sat upon the mansels in the Presidents
mansion it was the women who insisted
upon going - Il ball nj General Cass's house.
so tha. the venerable Secretary Of Stats
declared he dared no. give a dinner, or .
matinee; it was the wemen who thrust their
notes upon Tommy. So. also, il was th~
women who jostled and crowded upon thu
Prince. at tho ball at the Academy il was
the women who got upon the seats IN Trim.
ity Church, to look ut him, not otwi,hstandipx
the c!ergymcn had iirst requested them nos
to do so. These are women Of all grades !;
not only such as might be supposed ignorans
Of good breeding, but such as would be in-
vitcd to the balls Of the Secretary Of State,
or who con'a get access to the Academy of
Music on Friday. They were alike in
Washington md New York they have dis.
played this behavior before now, At thu
crowded opera,ic matinees they do 20 IN
the omnlbusses and in the railway cars, where
they de- mand the places Of the men, and
never dream Of thanking them. At thu
North and South. at the East and West, tha
rule ~. that American women are rude The
contrary is mn exception.
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A won . TO THOSE HAVING LAND TO
SEGl.

The following sensible advice to land
holders We clip from the Northwestern
Farmer. It's worthy their attention:
Now that emigration to Iowa 10 rcvivinr.
end those having lands TO sell will recer.
the benefit OF il, We have suggestion tn
make to those having farms or unimproved
lands for sale. 1t il this-to sell the land
as soon rs practicable, and il possible for
immediate settlement. Iowa want. larger
agricultural population, and good farming
lands will be sough, for in n few months,
With more avidiry than al any time zinc.
1856. The quantity. Of land in market, at
second hand, is now so great that prices
have been much reduced. Good prairie
lands in settled counties, and within few
ml-s Of running or projected railroads, can
he bougbs for Sl.l0 TO So 90 per acre. Con
siderins ,hese facts, it il important for tho
holders Of land., il they really wish to sell.
to take some steps 70 DO 50 soon, as the nj.
trsc,icns for snigran,s to Minne.otn, Ne
braska, Kansas, and Missouri are becoming
greater every year, and If the great mass Of
Iowa lands should be held much longer at a
high price, the prosperous tide OF cmigra.
ton will be turned in other directions.
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WHOLE NO. 1876.
ROMANTIC aroaY o. ! rs,,,--,<

asON ~
young printer q Sny;n.s.,a
fell in love With hesasiSsa s s
the misfortune to be rich, ..s"s.s ~
a'.rac' ner attention but in sain. Dsnss.s
ing no s'arted for Cslifo.nia-sA sAss y
1e'age Tor broken fortunes and vers;
hearts. Ih's was in the year Of 1850. ~
gan francisco vas village and vaoee1
printers mcro thsn .: present. Ths hov
quickly became man there; and e.h.,s
ing IN the printing business, coon fonnA
himself sne proprietor OF aa es,ahNshns.s
from which sprang in due ,im.. : -.ssi.
paper, ere long to be followed hv : S.;l:.
iis Journal and his fortune lourishea -
'ngly, and he returned 1, New Yorh = ISs1
with the svcwed purpose Of buyin. . -
cylinder press, but with the unayov "a nn.-
pose OF locking up lovely form in ii. psv
golden chsses. VIZ Wv
Alas for human horesf The maiden ~.
welded and the mother Of two children. tn
printer bought his presses and returned !.
aaisiornia--a saader, not Z wiser An.
lears progressed and he praapered. l..
day lady visited his editorial room - lav
modest contribution on his table h hon..
of getting some remuner action for II. IL.
story WAS told briefly: her husband Ma
coma to mend bis fortunes in the land of
gold. and died, and che wss left very noo,
with her two children to support. The edi.
tor looked at the lady moment e. and hand.
ed her douhloon. The assonish~d woman
essated to utter thanks, but was waved axav.
To shorten the story the lady vas his early
fose. and-h he married her. sold ou, his -.
adjustment, returned to New York, and !.
now ENJOYING as much tei,city on the banks
OF the Hudson as il falls to tho lot II fev
printers even to conceive.
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rycITY rsrERiMExT.

Professor Rogers has solved the rfublrm
OF ..,eeing through a mill stone.' In .
paper read before the Scientific Association,
at Nerpor,, he SAYS:
"Take n shsc, Of foslscap or letter paper.
roll it Up 40 that the opening Mt one end
shall he large enough to take 10 the fnll Size
OF the eye, and at iis other end let the open.
ing be no, haf so large. Takpit in the right
hand. ho,din. IL between the thumb and ths
fore, finger place the large end 10 tho r,ghs
ese AMI look through. II ~i,h both eyes,
opcn 10 the light. You uW see q hole
through your hand. II yos saks il IN your
ef, hand ard bold it to your left eye, y viii
be The sa.nc. You vii! in both cases be as
,onisl,ed 70 are that snu bave bols in your
hand. The jt'n-ion is most comp'ets."
From th.s nnd other experiments the Pros
fe.se. concludes that an impression made
on tie re,ina of either eye cannot Of itself
- able Us 70 determine on which rstina il ~
received, nnd that the usual perception bes
longs TO the part Of the optical sprsSasns
near or within the brain which belongs ID
common 10 both eyss.
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MISSISSIPPI AND MISSOURI RAILROAD.

This road was opened to Msrcngo, thirty
miles vest Of Iowa City, several weeks since.
and is provinga great advantage 20 Central
Iowa, as it brings their products so much
nearer to market and connects another
county by rail with the Mississippi and the
Lakes. The work is steadily progressing
westward, and it is expected that twelve
miles more, reaching the east line Of Powe.
shcik County, viii be finished within The next
scur wccks. Brooklyn, six mi'cs further
west, will bc reached by the ist OF January.
making in all l03 miles Of the road thai will
BE- fini.hed west Of the Missis i, p.
As soon rs election 10 over and the excite.
ment consequent thereon has passed away,
the public will turn their attention 70 bust.
ness matters, md the completion Of such
internal Improvements as are demanded by
the necessities Of commerce. By the Grst oi
January one third Of the road between the
Mississippi and the Missouri River will be
finished, and i, can scarcely be doubted
considering the location of the line and the
valuable lands which it received from Con-
gress to aid in its construction. t.;at thi.
road offers one Of the very best investment.
to capitalists that the country affords
Once finished to the Missouri, j: will com
mand an immense business. The Pike,
Peak trade alone will 90 very far to sustain
it., while the traffic it would command
from Kansas and from upper Missouri
wonld make it one Of the very best paving
roads upon the continent. Il i, to be hoped
that arrangements will be made during tn.
winter to complete il as fast as men ant
money can do it.
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GSRIpAI.DJ'S rENSOSaI, uEReysN.

A correspondent Of the Journal drs De.
bats says: "The most brilliant episode Of
the action Of the first of October was thu
recapture Of the battery at the foot Of Nouns
San Angelo. When left Santa Maria, 1
knew that battery had been much disabled
in the morning. .Garibbaldi arrived ut nins
o'clock, when the enemy was laundering at
it with all his strength because il took him
in faux, and causing him severe loss. The
triple battery courageously resisted the At
tuck, and never slnckened fire, when all NJ
once the one situated mt the foot Of the hill
became silent. The reyalis,s, to the num-
Der Of 500, got round the hill, and rushing
upon the guns, spiked five of them. and kill
I'd several Of the men Mt their pieccs. Car
ibaai. on the San Tummaro side, soon OBJ.
served the silence Of his faroriie battery,
and nm aid de-camp from General Milwits
soon informed him of tho disaster, which
would probably have lost him ths hs,tls.
Garlbadi Mt once started OF, crossed SANTA
| Marin. followed by Medicia and, collecting
what men he could. cried out ~ u voice
which caused ail to shudjer, "We are going
TO die, but the Italians must win the day:
nt all other points We have conquered
! Followed by one hundred men, Mt 4 rerid
/ pace. Garibnldi leading the way in n small
disabled carriage, went right forward. Bus
just as thev ~nt near the Casino Of San An
s,,o. some NsapoitaG Caas,eurs who wcrs
/ lying on thn ground rose and fol! upon them.
The coachman drove his horses into ditch.
and formed barricade Of the carriage.
Garba'd jumped up, indignant, nni went
up to the Cha.scurs, shouting "VIva lta|ia''
Some Of bis men coming up ut the same
time, the enemy became delnoralzsd, and
took to fight.
Garibaidi was slightly wounded In tao
| stomach, and his trousers were riaiied hv
two or three bullets. stif only had an-
other pair,' be said. and without further
remark he continued his march towards
battalion Of one hundred and City linnga-
garians, commanded by Gen. Mogyorady.
lie pointed to the Neapoli,aps who were IN
possession Of the battery, and cried out to
them, "forward, my lads; di.per.e that
/ rabble Wonder for for mel" This rabbis
consisted Of regimen. Of the line, squad
ron ~ chasseurs, and q company OF artillery.
The Ilungariaus without waiting to count
the number Of the adversary, rushed forward
and charged with the bayonet. After con-
tes, Of twenty minutes, the battery was re-.
taken, and oucs more it poured rs storm Of
grape on the Neapolitan troops. who He'd IN
confusion across tire feld.. The Hungn-
rians in this encounter, had thirty men put
hors Dir rcn5os; the Ssapoitsns about tNn
hundred. Garibalji did not wait to dress
his wound, bnt hurried elsewhere. The day,
ls~,ep~ r,s no - wen.
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fnzn tAc Ncr rosk ,ns.-penieut.
INVESTING MONEY.

Thousands upon thousands of farmers
and Others who have been struggling. 70,
years. perhaps. to acquire the means TO pay
their dsets, are now able to say for one,
that they are free. The abundant crops
have done a wonderful work of relief ia Nm
untold number of eases. Providence il
smiling upon the nation upon the free
States particularly. "a never before. Our
growth and Development in wealth and pros
psri,y will oe great beyend precedent.
What is to be dcne with all tie money
with the accumulation millions new flowing
I into the pockets of the people2 This 10 au
important question. We have som. opin-
/ ions on the subject which We would like 10
express. as they will be an answer TO the
/ question-..N nat shall do With my mon
ey?'
who are less fortunate than yourself mol
neglec;ing, Of course, to ask for ample
security.
Invest money permanently. hy direct do
nation for any desirable Improvements in
your town.
inves. mon-y ia m,kirs yourself andfam-
! ily comfortable in your own home.
Invest money in developing and imrrov-
ing your farm 40 that it shall be a model 10
ali your neighhors.
Invest money in educating your children.
for such Investments will pay a larger div
idend than can be counted By fingers.
lnvest money in securing for yourself and
yours the cultivation and refinement Of every
endowment with which yen are favored.
Invest money in making yourself acina'n-
ted with yeur own country aud its institu-
lions.
Invest money in visiting other lands, and,
If your means will permit, You may 60 10
"the ends of the eerlh.'
lnres money in seeking ont and render
ing aid to objecis Of charity both ut home
and abroad.
lnves, money in liberal measures TO the
poor, sni.. IN ewarding hberally all who are
employed by you, or are dependent upon
| you.
invcst money in reforming the politics Of
your country, and. if your purse holds out,
invest a little in reforming politicians.
Invest money in any wsy that will bring
you heart revenue, for such riches are
worth more than gold or precious stones.
| luves, money literally, and never tire, to
make comfortable and happy your parents
brothers, sisters, AMI all relatives, for the
promise is sure, better than the Rothschilis'
| that your dividend shall be an "hundred.
| fold.'
After you have determined your duty in
regard to the foreg going, and your duty will
vary according to circumstances, you may
perhaps have some surplus money-if 40.
invest that on bond and mortgage, or in a
good. sound, specie paying. w-l-known,
well niicered. well managed bank-,he
stock Of which has n quotable market value
| This all done 60 to work again, earn more
money. and invest as before. Work on
work ever, work as u Christian and for
eternity.
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YOUTHFUL YfL0r

Dcrirz the last trip efthc steamer fsle.
graph from Louisville 70 this e;,y. a.
individual ~hose iankenea visa - and En-
.sswolse- apparel bs,eker, d a r..;d.ree IN
some rnTal precinct. ~, coached My. Good
r,sr. 'ks plot Of - boat. and s,ted him
y o would no' take charge of = yoosg man
ana earn TN the riser. Mf. Goodman r..
P"ea the Affirmative, sad said ssjd thAs
assisani WAS snmeibing be bad needed
for some ,imc. "Wsl," ssid the old nsea
al hsv stripping want to put - 1ost
and | gsess I'll send him deosn," .Mhee
10 his age - inquired Goodmas. "Wal,
reckon hos nigh on 80 fivs ysass.
sWhha; - exclaimed the ast0pish<d 0sed-
man, ..6.v-s years; eSn osly tahe yess
son conditinnnlly." s'Ssy oa, ~. RIIeeesi
whss are yorY sspditioNs51 ssIhae -
sesd wss nurse along with hlm
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IUW IHr NFtfh WcsteE1 Farmer.
EXPERIENCE IN BEEAkIN. PRAIRIE
EENI IIME 10 Do II

ETPERiE NCE IN BREAKING PRAIRIE
BE>r TINE TO DoiF.
No breaking ous t to be done after the
ljlh uf july. None should have been com
m,noed prior TO the 18th of May, or at least
before the .Eass had well started. have
seen great difference in two patches of
broakins that was done at periods four days
apart. A man had small patch OF an acre
sud half, the half Of which he broke the
lst Of Nay. Four days later he broke the
remainder. and planted the whole TO corn.
/ Throughout the summer the earlier breaking
was full of grs,s aud weeds, and the later
/ breaking almost free. There had been warm
! shower. aud hot weather in that interim Of
I four days. and the grass had got good
start. and then when the plow turned the
sDd over. the new roots which made up the
/ whole energy of ,h grass were scorched in
I the sun, aud the grass all died, likewise the
weeds.
I .Iuns breaking is the best. Well. now for
( the reason. | am not sure that know the
reason anv more than dees the "man in the
moon" Well. suppose none Of us know the
reason. believe We all know il as fact.
( II - our business aud cur duty to warn new
/ eonefs not to iniure their land by rlcwing
/ in the fall or very early in the spring. Sew
ersl have foo ea themselves in that way. and
I now since t5ey have become better informed.
T they regret that the people did ret tell them
OF II. saffes /, 10 say, that know OF several
/ pisses-same were broken in April. some in
I September, October, and even November
and not piece o: them all IL aa productive
as they sheali be- Some Of them have been
broken t'5rse az fdnT years. and the Sod. are
not sH sosgen vet. | suppose that after a
series ct years Ehe land would acquire a.
mach fertility "a the surrounding land
hroksa in better season but ws cauno; sf-
/ ford to lase our labor for one veer or Eve
years. through ignorance, or want of little
information On the subject.
-Four YEARS ago | bross a litsle the latter
part Of May. aud some the latter part of Au-
gust. Next year the crop on the latter was
/ onlv shsu; sslf ;ha. On ne earlier breaking.
Three Years sso broke quantity in the
/ latter part n MAY and the early part 81 Jaae,
| which h.s sre7 sinee borne excellent crops.
J Two years ago, breke fe.:y scre. for al
/ other nan, commenting in April. and fuish.
/ ing saaa; the s1sh ~ jane. Ths, shieh
vss broken in Ap.il and ths s,ss
+ l.s # Nav. rrc!ucod is: year. Il bnshels
ss xhsst per sc-c, aud /: wss the poorest
erar - the neiShAsrheei. Tss wheat on il,
/ this wear da-s not look bali % veil ~ that
on The land hrshsn in June.
Las. resr brck. for ny.e's = fs~ sc-es
ia the easlr rars Of Nav. ! aar. ~h-at on
that strip this year. ard Il is uas near 80
/ promising AZ that broken IN jane.
/ Thas hare he,es,ly come 10 tbs eeacsu-
sion sha, prairie q a, %. mean haze a,asa
land Or grub Land should be brskea brsveen
the l5sh Of Nav and the l5sh Of Jaly. !
\ believe shs same prineipies which arriy 20
this sahiecs would also apply 10 the break
I ing of timothy cod. y. CcrSyxvxAS.
Aisiarer, Misanssss-
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RESULT OF ENERGY AND PEasEyEH.
AScE.

John C. Fremont, who has struggled on
against obstacles. and in the face Of orpa-
.i,ien eneagh to d scourage any man 10 the
world. is at las: 10 fair way to be repaid for
hi. labors. II. has jnss completed the most
extensive works ever known in this country
Tor mining purposes; ard a fex days since
he completed a railroad four miles in lene.h
70 bring the quartz from bis mines 20 his
mills. He has eighsy-eight sta'zpers rnn.
ing night and day, crushing aine,y TINS Of
rock 10 "a hours, which Gays nSso; $2j ps~
ton, tearing him net profit Of about s. ~,
No man m Ca,;sornis has ever = sncs
indomitab.e energy and -. x.,anr. III
has struggled on sgsir,t obstacle, .uf:;c;srI
. srhsn any .ary man, ans hss fr,csj'
WI DC f'ea ito know LAT Be i on tn,
n'sa = d 70 fortune ar.d has fair prospect.
= oeeoms fbs Ei<asss naa IN California.
Cal Cor. y. r. Tjmea
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THE ALLEGED SECRET GOLD MINES
BELONGING TO FRANCE-TuE
PARRISH CLAIM


From the Paris correspondent Of The Boston Post
The claim of Mr.. Parrish on the Emperor
personally for the sum Of fGO0,00o has been
the cause Of much controversy in Paris du.
ring the week. BIZ most people Mr.. Robert
Parrish is reg ,rded as sufferer from ex-
c,tement of the brain on a suhi-ct wh'ch.
from its very magnitude. was calculated to
create loss Of equilibrium. That the gold
mines do exist, and that the American.
have evidently had knoaledge of them for
some time. there can be no doubt either,
that NJ. Fouli is accustomed 30 d. bus
| iness in the way mentioned in Mr.. Parrish's
memorial: but great doubt does exist tha,
all this has really happened. The IN ne is
/ tha; Of Bambous. situated on the Faleme,
/ which e,pptiss i,self into the Senegal river.
| This latter river i. preserved bv treaty en-
| tirely under the control Of French arms. and
| no ships Of any other nation are allowed TO
enter the harbor of ST. Louis. lest their
crews should penetrate into the interior
( The fabulous wealth Of these Bamhouk
mines has long been known, as no fewer
| than four di.fsreu: sosereiyns Of France
I have been on the point of fitting out expe-
/ ditions TO visit them. A Traveller who re-
/ turned thence in lsi6, said be had n, e, thcre
( WV SsuSs'ah -S",,pEicN- WHO Iti Heen u's"
/ patched By the Emperor OF Russia cstensibly
to compare the guali;y % the gold with ,ha,
Of the mines Of Siberia. but in reality 10
make a treaty WITH the King. He declared
/ that The wealth If the country was beyond
description, inhahised BIZ Moors of indus-
1 trioos habits, and we'll inclined % civiiiza.
/ ton.
In 1859 there was a great talk amongs,
the English here Of an expedition to be f.
ted out By Mas,ermen for visit TO the
mines. The plan Of the e1ac, .pot 10 which
/ they are situated. and the route By which
1 they are TO b. gained witnou: raising tus.
| picion IN th. French authorities. were sub
mis'ed 70 company cf English engineers,
snd the arrangements agreed upon, when
the death OF the principal agent in the aaaiI
put an end 10 the speculation. There is still
something TO be done bs English enter.
prise. The secret Of the manner Of AZ.
prcach has been veil preserved. and Liver.
pool nigh: still secure the priz. via Iiu,.
sxertlon. The papers rslai,r. q the sari
Gus expeditions fitted csr by tbs Fr-nci
! -ossrnm~nf are easy os access Al ,he lihrar,
I of the Marine, ara there exis. two person
lin Paris. ~ha have teheid wssh tA.:r ON,
syes ths wonders therein nentionsd.