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The patriarchs took no mercury, no bismuih. no
Iodine, no bromide of potassium, no strychoria.
no quinine. Happy old gentlemen they did not
even know of the existence OF these " specifies -
and yet they lived until 1t seemed as II Death had
forgotten them. Their medicines were herbs and
roots. They have left this fact record. and the
world seems TO be now taking note OF II a return
ing to the first principles OF medication. Hostet-
ter's stomsch Bltters. the purest and most efica-
cious yegeiabe restorative OF the day, Is also the
most popular. Thousands OF persons who only
few years believed implicitly In all the posons
this palatabe tonic and Alternative an all-s slfcieni
remedy for dyspepsia. nervous debility, constipa-
ton. bilious complaints. headache, Intermittent
fevers, and all the Ordinary disturbances of the
stomach, the liver. the dscharging organs and the
brain. The time Is not far distant when most of
the powerful and venomous drugs now reckless
ly administered by practitioners OF the "heroic'
school, In cases that might easily be controlled by
milder treatment, will be utterly discarded by all
philosophical physicians. As II Is, the thinking
public. who generally ahead OF the profession
ais, have already put the dangerous preparations
aside and adopted Hostetter's Bitters In their
adapted 10 almost every ailmeni except the organ
ic and deadly contagious diseases. For more than
twenty yesrs this famous restorative and prevent
i've has been annually strengthening its hold upon
the public confidence and IL row takes the lead of
every advertised medicine manufact red In this
country.
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land mail road blockaded. A report
had reached Nagasaki that the houses
Of all the people In Halati and the coun-
try round about, who would not join the
insurgents, had been burned, and the
banks had been robbed. The cause OF
the revolt Is, that the Government has
required the taxes Of the farmers to
be paid in money instead of produce, to-
gether with the probable failure Of the
rice crop.
An earthquake occurred at Balluno,
Italy, on the night OF June 20. causing
great destruction of life and property.
s. c. Calsepp, Conservative, has been
elected from East Stafiordshire to I'LL the
vacancy in the House of Commons, caused
by the death Of Mr.. McClere.
A London dispatch Of August s, says
that in consequence Of the recent dissen-
sions In the British Ministry, the Cabinet
has been reconstructed, as follows: Rt.
Hon. Mr.. Gladstone will combine the
Premiership with Chancellor of the Ex-
chequership; Rt. Hon. Robert Lowe, the
present Chancellor of Exchequer, be-
comes Secretary Of State for the Home
Department; Rt. Hon. Henry Austin
Bruce, present Secretary Of State foI the
Home Department, is elevated to a peer
age. and Rt. Hon. Hugh Cumming Early
Childers, present Chancellor of the Duchy
of Lancaster Is created a Marquis. The
Marquis of Ripon, Hon VIM. M. Baxter,
will resign. Hon. John Bright will enter
the Cabinet as Chancellor of the Duchy
of Lancaster.
The Spanish Cortes has passed bill
granting constitutional guarantees TO
Porto Rico.
Henri Rochefort and eighty-nine other
French convicts have been transported to
New Caledonia.
A Vienna paper reports that Count de
Chambord has accepted the throne of
France, a formal tender of which was re-
Gently made him by deputation of Le-
gitimists.
A Madrid dispatch, July s, says that
Valencia had Internationally surren-
dered, and General Campas occupied the
city. The submission of CartEagena was
expected to follow Immediately.
The Carlist General Lisseraga has cap
tured the town Of vergara in Guipuzco,
twenty miles from Tolosa. The Carlists
claim that this success is the most i'm
portant they have had since the beginning
of the campaign.
The U. s. man-of-war Canandaigua ar
rived at Kingston, Jamaica, from Aspin-
wall, August l3, with seventy Of her crew
sick with yellow fever.
Ii is rumored that Metz will be restored
to France through the influence Of Russia.
The Swedish town of Christanople, on
the Kalmar Sound, has been entirely de-
stroyed by fire.
A squadron of Austrian war vessels has
been ordered to Spanish waters.
1t is reported from Vienna that the
medal for merit in group twenty-six,
education. teaching and instruction. has
been awarded to the collection Of periodi-
cal literature from America.
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THK LITTLE CoRroRAL.-Th. contents

Of the August number are excellent. elf an
AN Island. by Helen {. Weeks, "Ciaire's Ac-
qnaintance with Royal Princess, +" by Caroline
Marsh Crane, and '.Hidden Treasure, - by Mary
A. Denison, are continued. In addition to
these there are several short and entertaining
stories and poems. "Among the Flowers a
the title OF very pretty frontispiece. A picture
story--"lsum and Ruin"-is given in this mum.
ber The terms of this popular little monthly
are only sl.oJ year. and In addition TO the
magazine you will get two beautiful chromos
Extraordinary inducements are offered for clubs.
Sixty cents will secure a canvassing outfit, in
cludmg both chromos. Address JOHN H. Mil
LKn, Publisher, iGt Randolph street, Chicago.
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The Household Panacea and Famflv
Liniment

Is the best remedy In the world for the following
complaints. viz; Cramps In the Limbs and Stomach.
Pain In the Stomach. Bowels Side, Rheumatism In
all It's forms. Bilious Collie, Neuralgia Cholera Dysen.
terry, Colds. Flesh Wounds Burns. Sore Throat Spinal
Complaints, Sprains and Bruises, Chills and Fever
For Internal and External use.
Its operation not only to relieve the patient but
entirely remove the Of the complaint It pene.
trates and pervades the whole system, restoring
healthy action to all Its parts and quckening the
blood.
TnE HOUSEHOLD PAsAcxA is Purely Vegetable and
All-Healing.
Prepared by
CURTIS BROWN,
No. 2i5 Fulton street. New YORK.
Fer sale BY all Druggists.
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Thirty Years Experience or nm n.

MRS. wrSsLow's SOOTHING sYEur 10 the prescrIn.
uon OF one OF the best Female Physicians and Nurss
In the United States. and has been used for thirty
years with neverfailing safety and success by mill
ions OF mothers and children from the feeble ,ns,
OF one week old TO the adult II corects acidity on
the stomach relieves wind collie. regulates the bow
els and gives rest health and comfort to mother and
child. We believe II TO be the Best and surest RENE
dy In the World In all cases OF DYsENTERY ana
DIARRHEA IN CHILDREN, whether II arises from
Tsething or from any other cause. Full directions
for using will accompany each bottle. None Genuine
unless the facsimile Of CURTIS q PERKINS is ON
the outside wrapper.
SOLD ny ALL MEDICINE DxALxRs
The Jasper weekly courier., 1873-08-22

HoARsKNEss. Garry bottle Of DR.. Ransom's 8
Hive syrup and Tolu, or Honey Syrup, In your
half hour or hour and II will restore the voice in
twenty -four hours. II Is Of incalculable value
10 singers and public speakers, removes in q few
minutes the huskiness Of the voice, restoring its
natural smoothness.
CoLrC AND CRAMP are instantly cured by one
dose Of Dr. Miller's Magnetic Balm. DO not
fail 10 keep bottle In the house. IS cts. Is the
price.
See advertisement in this paper
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PERRY DAVIS PAIN-kILLRR.-This un-
paralleled preparation is receiving more tes-
timonials Of its wonderful efficacy In remov-
ing pains, than any other medicine ever Of
fered to the public. And these testimonials
come from persons OF every degree Of intel
ligence, and every rank OF life. Physicians
Of the first respectability, and perfectly con-
versant with the nature of diseases and REM
edies, recommend this as one OF the most
effectual in the line OF preparations for the
cure of Cholera, Cholera Morbus and kin
drei bowel troubles now so common among
the people.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1873-08-22

Recent advices from Japan state that on
July 81. some 10000 men, mostly farmers,
armed with bamboo spears, assisted by
the former Damio's retainers, armed with
swords, attacked the Government castle
at Tukuoka, set fire to the buildings, de-
stroyed all the official books and pa
pers, and killed six officers. The tele-
graph line from Nagasaki to Kokukom
was utterly destroyed and the over
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AT this season Of the year cramps and
pain in the stomach and bowels, dysentery,
diarrh9a, &C., are quite common, and should
be checked at once. Johnson's An0dyns Lin
imsnt Is the best article that can be used in
all such cases. and should be kept in every
family. Used internally
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The Social Science Congress is to be
held at.Norwich, England, from the lst
to the Sth of October next. There will
be an exhibition of educational, sanitary,
domestic and scientific appliances for i'm
proving the public health, and promoting
education and the public welfare. The
exhibition will be open to exhibitors from
all parts.
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Shldren Onem Look Pale and Sick
From other cause than having worms in the stom.
ach.
BROWNS vERMIFuGE CoMFITs
will destroy Worms without injury TO the child being
perfectly WHITE. and free from all colorng or other
injurious ingredients usually used In worm prepara.
tions
CURTIS 4 BROWN, Proprietors,
No. 215 Fulton street, New York
Sold by Drusotsts and Chemists. and Dealers in
Aedicines at TWENTY-FIVE CENTS Box.
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~ IF you don't want TO disgust every
body with your offensive breath, cure your
Catarrh upon which 1t depends. $500 re-
ward is offered by the proprietor of DIR.
which he cannot cure. II is sold by drug
gists 652
The Jasper weekly courier., 1873-08-22

Mrs. Jennie +. Willing, licensed to
preach by the Joliet (Ill.) District Confer
ence. received the degree of AM. from
the Evanston College for Ladies--this de-
gree having been voted by women trust
ees, and presented by woman president.
The case of Mrs. Willing Is also unique,
In that she Is the first of the lady trustees
ever elected to the Board OF University
the Northwestern University.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1873-08-22

GREAT harm and discomfort Is caused by
the use of purgatives which grpe and rack
the system. Parsons PurgatiUe Piils are
free from all impure matter, and are mild
and health-giving in their operation.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1873-08-22

PERsPIRATIoN has no effect on the Elm
wood and Warwick collars. They retain
their shape under all ordinary circum-
stances, and are the best to wear in warm
weather.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1873-08-22

President Welch, Of the Iowa Agri-
cultural College, has declined the offer of
President of the Arkansas Industrial Col
lcge.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1873-08-22

CRAMPS, Collie, Cholera, Dysentery and Diar-
rhma, us well as all Affections OF the Bowels,
are readily mastered and thoroughly cured by
DIR. Jayne's Carminativc Balsam.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1873-08-22

THE late Gov. Gcary pronounced DIR. Shallen-
berger's Fever and Ague Antidotc public bene-
faction. A single trial will establish It's merit.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1873-08-22
General News Summary.


A Washington dispatch says that in
view Of the present condition OF affairs in
Spain, the European squadron, under
command Of Rear-Admiral A. Ludlow
Case, has been ordered TO rendezvous in
Spanish ports. The Wabash, flagship,
Is now at Czrthagena, and the Congress
and wachusett will follow. The Shenan-
doah Is already at Cadiz. The Alaska Is
now in commission st Brooklyn, and will
join the deet without delay.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-10-13

S baIes saies Ia5 baes stock. 1870 bales
PHiLADELPHIA.-Quiet; mfdonnes, io5I-' O oc,
middlings, 1sc:; strict rec, Ordinary A'' As'
raceints. III baies I; stock, PA bales.
MoBLE-Quiet: middlings, low miaui aID,s
sc. good of cnasTtse bses es sales,
sMEMPHis.-Steady; middlings, dSaGio,sc..,, oc IT.
ceipts, 1000 bales; shipments, ee7 oa'es s'"'A'
CHARIEsToN-Dull and lower; mddlings' 1g Wi
low mddtngs sst ba Seee sas so
BIOS gosroSDDulI; little doing; middlings, 1870
10 Nc; net receip.s, Al bales gross reS,s ep
1905 bales sales ITO bales SOCK uou SaE
l6kc net receipts, 2,601 bales exports coasiwise'
S89 bales; sales, 457 baies stock, 22.O14 naies'
NEW ORLEANs-Dull and nominal mlaonhss,
1870; low mddlings. 775@l 7xc strict Rooa ur
binary. 1901 &C.. net receipts S3I na,t 54S2
bales: coastwise. 9S4 bales sales, SUI oales !;
GAtvEsToS demand good at lower rates gooo
ordinary 5Ac; Texas ordinary, $780, net II, re-
ceipts, sS4 paes; exports 10 S1s aan baies.
NEW YORK, October 1.-the coteon nnth IL
during the week shows very little Improve Hlcnti
comparison with the last. There has been iltLLs
more doing in export buSlres5 put tis ms ", oG
| and the depression In exchange. Prices Tere
weak, and closed with decline OIL one
eighth In forward deliveries. Dealings were iigie
b,lt rates did not uctrate to any extent Inc gth
sales aggregated Co., 43 bales OF W!sh 2ouSS ~,
Immediate telivery,as follows: pa bales 1or eS
port, 5.31S bales for spinning, and 7s bales ioi
sbecuIition; Included were 594 bales to arrive.
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How TO DRIvE.-There is another poilrt'of

How TO DRIvE.-There is another pollrIo
importance In driving any horse, Blu. espe
cially young one; it Is the way you ha 'oeae
the reins. Most drivers over-drive. II. "
attempt too much, and in doing so distra =
or hamper the horse with such a vicious gal,
that his speed is got from him by the most
artificial process but such horses are, fortu-
nately, rare, and hence the style of manage.
ment required cannot become general. The
true way is to let the horse drive himself,
the driver doing little but directing him, and
giving him that confidence which horse
alone gets In himself when be feels that a
guide and friend is back of him. The most
vicious AID inexcusable style of driving is
that which so many drivers adopt-viz.,
wrapping the lines around either hand and
pulling the horse backward with all their.
might and main, SO that the horse, in point
OF fact, pulls the weight back Of him with
his mouth, and not with his breast and
shoulders. This they do under the impress
sion that such dead pull is needed I'M
order to q" steady the horse. This
method of driving Iregard MS radically and
superatively wrong. 1t would tax the in.
genuity of hundred fools to invent worse
one. The fact is, with rare exceptions there
should never be any pull,upon the horse at
all. A steady pressure is allowable, proba-,
bly, advisable; but anything beyond it has
no justification in nature or reason; for ma
ture suggests the utmost possible freedom
Of action Of head, body, and limbs, In order
that the animal may attain the highest rate
oil speed; and reason certainly fofbids the
superstition that by the bit, and not by the
'breast.collar, the horse is 10 draw the weight
attached to it. In speeaing my horse very
seldom grasp the lipes with both hands when
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AMERICANS EuRoPEANIzED. --[Ba

AMERICANS EURoPEANIzED.- baltimore
Americans Paris Letter. J." When l was
home was one Of the pillars of the church,
but here in Paris can hardly be regarded
az brick" was the remark OF an American
lady when discussing the tendency to almost
wholly disregard the Sabbath in France.
"Yes," remarked another, "when first
came to Paris the playing of operate airs
on Sunday shocked me, but now md my
self occasionally doing the same thing with
out q thought as to its improperly" Ameri-
cans residing In Paris any length OF time
soon get over their antipathy to the Sunday
operas, Sunday concerts, and Sunday amnSe-
mepts of all descriptions. all their staid no.
lions disappear, and they learn to do as the
Parlsians do; and If favorite opera is to be
performed on Sunday evening they do not
lot that prevent their attendance "When
hrst came TO Paris resolved would not
Visit the Mabille Gardens, but when found
that SO many nice people went there
thought would IKE to 60 also,' remarked
another lady. swell, have been there
Also" was the reply, "and / did not see
anything 80 very bad; but perhaps 1t was
not good night"
The last census of Paris gives total OF
thirty thousand Americans permanently re-
sidiHg In Paris of these, nearly twenty
thousand are from Louisiana, FIVE thousand
from Virginia, three thousand from other
southern States, and only two thousand from
the North and West. Thesoutherners have
located here during and since the war, and
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have made il their permanent home. There
arc. In addition to this, fully ten Thousand
Americans here temporarily, some OF them
for thc purpose of educating their children,
Int most Of them are tourists. With all
this population, the greater majority OF
whom are Protestants, there Is very light
attendauce-not exceeding four or tive
hundred-at the Methodist and Episco"
nal churches, and most of these are
tourists, who have not been here
long enough to learn that church-goipg Is
not fashionable in Paris. tits customary on
Sunday morning to take cup Of coffee in
bed, then morning nap until 10 or
O'Clock, get dressed for breakfast by Il
o'clock, and take drive in the Champs
Elysees or to the Bots de Bologne In the OIL
ternoon. 1t Is a tempting habit, and very
few fail ultimately to fail inteit. The Amerl
can Protestant churches here are mainly
supported by the tourists, who give liberally
The English Government supports tnell
churches by contributions equal to all inc
amounts received from worshlppers, buy ha
given netice that after tue expiration OF tWe
Years all aid will be withdrawn from them
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Danbury News.

snring chickens are in market. But what
spring is not known.
A Danbury jeweller Is confident the day
will come when sleeYe-buttons will be sold
by the pound. - .rr.r. n.,.
fever, by the looks.
Putting up stovepipe is known in Dan
bnry a. attendinga Black Crook matinee.
A deiected man on the Wooster House
corner this morning announced to a couple
of friends that 1.-The panic was playing the
mischief with all branches of business; he
never got fish yesterday"
A tal,leau on Essex street Of late moon
light night: Young daughter in front room
singing !" Father, dear father, COME home.,
Old man in the back yard SHINING WOOD
chucks with a borrowed knife ana swear wear
ing about the loss of his own.
i North Main-street man kindly Voluil-
TERED TO hold fractions cow by the tali
while it was being milked Saturday evening
He hung on well going up, but lnadVcr-
family let 90 in coming down, ana hurt MN
self.
when a man jumps down from marble
top table on which lie has been sitting ne
brushes himself with his hand. This might
he called instinct were it not for the fact
he will frequently jump down from Hour
barrel without doing it. .,
One Of those miserable boys whose so'e
object in this life appears to be the making
Of extraordinary faces at honest and indus
trious store.clerks mistook roll OF OIL
cloth for roll of carpet, hanging in front Oh
n Main-street establishment, Saturday eve
ming. and making a sickcnnS grlmace al
tbc clerk, who stood in the door. doubled
his fist and struck the ino!lenslye roll tre'
mcndous blow. Then he put the fist under
his other arm, and, doubling up bis body,
ambled swiftly away, while the clerk retired
to the store to dry the tears OF neW-found
joy. :.
One of the II ost extraordinary things III
this world is the conduct of hen on the
approach of a team. IF she is standing III
the way at the time, she remains there, AND
YOU inStnctircly stop your horse only TO
discover that she is safely out OF the way
And if she is OH one side of the road she i'm
mcdiately dashcs into the centre and brings
YOU I'D again, while the cold sweat forms or
your back ut the thought of the damages
And it is little singular that while you
are confident you never saw a hen run over
nor ever heard of such thing, yet no mum
Der of trials can keep back the perSplratl
from your back, or prevent you from draw
ing up your horse, to the Imminent danger
of his hind legs.
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Auction SALES.--FUTURE Days.
BY Cook & Laughton, Auctionters,
corner Governor and Franklin streets.
EHEG ANT HOUSEHOLD FURNI'
- TURE.
a. SPLENDID PARLoR CARPETS,
-, MIRRORS,
SUPERIOR 7-OCTAvE PIANO, agg,
G. Rn 49,
AT AUCTION

On WEDNESDAY the 18th instant at. l0h
o'clock we VII sell az n Inc sonf Third Street
FIR veTv T 1 Assortment, Of HOUSEHOLD
FURNITURE &c. Consisting n part OF ewooD-
strument, with handsome cover, stool, ana
sup masl sSStisH BRUSSELS PARLoR CAR
PETS, covering rooms II by 10 feet, WITH
RUGS and HAssocKs to match, Of beautiful
One pd sST sGyf Sss
One elegant POLISHED WALSUT PARLoR
! SUIT covered with STRIPED kErs-madet q, 10
sup erber R q s.V ETAGERE with Plate
g.. MIRRORS and MARBLE SLAB, eiaoo o,f ny
| carvt d-as handsomely finished as eau pe
Lar pS.sze' FRENCH-PLATE MANTEL MIR
Rok IN 9 ~ Ss and for
Rss fSnF PaoG'Hr Ep WALNUT HALL SUIT the
us RhT;sTfSSPP T TabI LIE, f FANNY cha1Rs
Very hne ZEN GLlsH BkuaskLs sIA1h'oAh-
one l spIcnaid FRENCH WALNUT POLISHED
CHAMBER SUIT comnleie, with WARDROBE
5mp verv HANDSOME CHAMBER SUIT with
= WALSUT TRIMMINGS and MARBLE 1or-
s, upa s16TfBBiR UssELs and TIIREE-PLY CHAM
. '"lIBI;EiIRs tHKPETs, ',,'- -~-.- q,
TOILET SETS,
DRUGGETS, LOUNGES; ,
SPLENDID WALNUT CHlNA-PREeS, hand-
somclv carved and best make;
OAK DINlNG-ROOM CHAIRS:
Large size WALNUT EXTESSlON-IABLE;
BASE-BUli MING HEATERS: ,r,, e,,.
Beautiful FRENCH CHINA TEA Sci 'i n''S
five pieces, complete: ,,,,, , cI ,SS-
A god assortment Of CHINA and GLASS
WARE, &C, &C. ,,o, .,
The especial attention Of the public Is caleu 10
this sale Most OF the furni urc was made to orter
Inv Ile hest worklnen IN this city Tor the owner )
own use, has been used only lew Inoh'iiS' anu -
80 40 . CUun S LAUGHTON,
30 AuctioneerS