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The Creston 1owa) Tragedy.

The telegraph has already furnished
pretty full details of the tragedy at
Creston, Iowa, but some additional
facts have come by mail of very re-
markable nature. 1t will be remem-
bered that the murderer was j. Z. Bur-
nett. and the murdered man, j. Ia.
Brister, his step-son. Mrs. Brister,
since the arrest of Burnett, has made
an affidavit which invests the crime
with a new and very singular character.
merly lived ia GAINESVILLE, Belmont
county, Ohio, where she married Bris-
ter. In the spring of 1874 her husband
informed her that he had sold her to
James l.. Burnett, and that thereafter
she would have to share his happiness.
Subsequently, in Bedford, Iowa, Bur-
nett came into her room one night and
told her that he had given her husband
one-half of his property and now owned
her. He cohabited with her that night !;
and the next day Brister, apparently
tired of his bargain, abused her for
submitting to him, and went away.
Burnett, however, consoledhis remarka-
BILE property by assuring her he should
defend her and kill Brister if he ever
came back. Meantime Brister went to
Charlton aud wrote threatening letters,
which so frightened his wife that she
begged to be sent back to Ohio. Bur-
nett, instead of so doing, moved with
her to Creston. He soon tired of his
property. Brister came back to Creston,
and had an interview with Burnett,
which resulted in an agreement between
them for certain sum loaned by Bur-
nett to Brister, that the latter should
again take possession of his wife.
Brister refused to sign the papers, be-
cause they drew interest, and Burnett
then seized upon the first opportunity
to kill Brister, which he accomplished
by cutting his throat. The tragedy is
one of the most remarkable on record.
The ignorance and weakness of the
woman are hardly more amazing than
the tiendishness of these two brutes,
deliberately taking advantage of her
ignorance TO buy and sell the possession
of her body. While great pity will be
felt for the wretched woman, she is the
only one who deserves any commisera-
ton. He brutal husband has met with
fate which he deserved, and when the
moose is around the neck of the lnur-
derer he will meet the fate which he
deserves. 1t should be some consola-
ton to her then that she is happily rid
of both. Chicago Tribune.
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HydrOphObia.

"John Paul." who has had diversi-
fed experiences with dogs, writes from
his home to the Tribune. He mentions
that he was once bitten on the ear by a
canine, since which time he appears to
have suffered much, not from the bite,
but from Mrs. Paul. He says, She
begged that l would send for the doctor
at once, and have my ear cut off, de-
cluring that if l did not she should not
have a moments peace. Arbitrarily,
perhaps brutality, declined TO crafty
her. In consequence have not yet had
the bliss OF knowing what it is to bound
gayly through life with a leather ear.
1t inay be that the experience is still
destined to be mine, however, for since
this mad.dog excitement reached it's
present height Mrs. Paul asks me if L
feel no symptoms. cannot scratch the
back of my head wi hout her placing a
bucket of water before me to see if /
show signs of boiling"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-08-28

Many times women call upon their family
physician, one with dyspepsia. another with
palpitation, another with trouble of the breast,
another with pain here and there, and in this
way they all present alike to themselves and
their easy-going and Indifferent doctors, sep
arate and distinct diseases, for which he pre-
scribes his pills and potions, assuming them
10 be such, when. in reality, they are all symp-
toms caused by some uterine disorder; and
while they are thus only able perhaps to pal
late for time, they are ignorant of the
cause, and encourage their practice until large
oils are made when the suffering patients
are no better in the end, but probably worse
COR the delay, treatment, and other complica-
tions made and which proper medicine di-
rected TO the cause would have entirely re-
moved, thereby instituting health and comfort
instead of prolonged misery.
From Miss LoRINDA f. ST.. CLAIR, Shade,
Athens, o., Oct 14th, 1922
"DR Il. V. PIERCE, Buffalo, N. Your
Favorite Prescription i. working almost like
miracle on me. l am better already than
have been for over two years"
From ELLA A. ScuAFER GAINESVILLE, Ind.
Aug. 3, 1872:
DIR PIERCE received the medicine you
sent me aud began using 10 immediately. A.
result OF the treatment l feel better than l
have for three years"
From MRS. JOHN X. HANLIN, Odell, H..
Mar 10, 1872:
"DR. PIsRcE-The Favorite Prescription
has done me good, which am very thankful
for"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-08-28
A Sworn Brother.

A popular clergyman of Buffalo re-
turned from an extended temperance
lecturing journey few days since, and
just as he alighted from the cars and
was receiving the congratulations of a
crowd of delighted parishioners, who
had assembled to greet him, an inc
briated individual seized him by the
hand and exclaimed: Well, good-by,
old pard, am going further, and shall
keep up the same style of drinking for
a while yet, but you are pretty well So
beredup and you had better keepso. Yes,
yes, you know how to have a rum time
just as good as any pard ] ever had, and
you has my respect. Day-day, Old
Buster r. Before the astonished clergy
man could gather his wandering wits
the agreeable-mannered gentleman had
politely bowed and was off, leaving a
terrible scandal for the delectation of
Buffalo, and prospective candidate
for the lunatic asylum.
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Interesting TO Ladies.

A fashion correspondent, writing from
Paris, says that the polonaise is 20 be
definitely abandoned as part of in
door costume, or of a silk suit, and is
only to be worn in heavy materials,
such as velvet and cloth. In velvet the
polonaises are to be made very long and
looped slightly at one side, the looping
to be caught up with a buckle and bow
of ribbon. Bonnets are to be worn
rather larger. and trimmed with pro.
fusion of flowers a wreath, placed in
side the brim instead of around the
crown, will be the most marked innova-
ton. The question of strings OF no
strings has been left in allegiance, and
probably will be settled later in the
season by the fair wearers themselves.
Some effort has been made here to in
troduce boots of buff and gray linen to
be worn with dresses of the same shade,
but the effect is bad, and the articles
usbecoming. Natural flowers are much
worn at one side of the waist, and are
arranged in tAe following manner A
small bouquet is placed in a tiny glass
holder containing a few drops of water,
which is then concealed in the folds of
the sash.
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The ApOthecary's Oath.

The Medical and Surgical Reporter
has unearthed singular bit of medi-
eval literature cursing architecture.
Says that journal Who is the grar-
dian saint of the apothecaries we do not
know, but somebody has disinterred an
ancient oath which formerly had to be
taken by every French pharmaceutist.
1t runs thus
CT take TO witness, before all, God,
the Creator of the universe, in three
persons, that during the whole of my
life will observe that which follows :
81 will live and die in the Christian
faith. / will honor my parents. l will
honor the physicians and masters under
whom L have studied. will never say
anything that shall be injurious to the
will adorn with my best the dignity of
the art, and will not reveal its secrets.
I will do nothing imprudently nor
through hope of gain. In acute sick
ness will not give purgatives without
the order of the physician. / will keep
the secrets of the patients. / will ad-
Minister no poison, neither will / allow
it to be administered, even TO my en-
emies. / will not alter the prescriptions
of physicians l will never substitute
one remedy for another without their
knowledge. will discourage the fatal
practice of empires. j will refuse to no
person my Legitimate assistance.
will not keep in my pharmacy stale OF
badly-prepared indictments.
"In making and observing these rales
may God assist me. Ai,1si sOit-it"
This is not such an Anticipated oath
but that we should like to see it revived
and respected.
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Cause OF Imnerfect Vision.

In lecture before the Royal Institu-
ton, England, on Light and Color, by
DR.. Clark Maxwell, he draws attention
TO the fact that all persons have yell
low spot upon the retina of the eye,
which tends to make color-vision i'm
perfect. The yellow, he says, is more
pronounced in dark than in fair per-
sons, and it has n tendency to impair
vision more when the individual is tired
and overworked than when he is well
and active. To make this spot on the
retina sensible to the observers, DIR.
Maxwell threw disc of light on the
screen, and colored the disc by making
the light pass through a solution of
chloride of chromium. The light thus
produced is of red color, mixed very
largely with greenish rays, which are
copiously absorbed by the yellow spot.
He then told the observers to wink
slowly at the disc, and they nearly all
then saw large red cloud-like spots
floating over the disc, in consequence of
the absorption of most of the rays, with
the exception of the red, by the yellow
spot in the eye. When the disc was
gazed at steadily. without winking, the
floating red clouds disappeared.
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Prevention of Cruelty to Amin ais.

There are now upward of fifty Socie-
ties for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals in the United States and the
British-American Provinces. Mr..
Bergh established the first about seven
years ago; and, soon after, the Penn
sylvania Society was set on foot. Fiji
teen new Societies were founded last
year; and, from the energy manifested
by all the various organizations, there
is hope that, in time, the wrongs and
the wants of the dumb animals in our
land will receive just attention. The
sixth report of the Pennsylvania Society
shows that it investigated 1854 cases
of cruelty in 1S73-an exhibit that indi-
Gates great activity on the pert of the
Society and great inhumanity on the
part OF the community. We learn from
the report that the average loss by
death on cattle trains arriving in Phila-
delphia is 1000 per month. On one
train which arrived at Pittsburgh from
Chicago, last April, there were 1000
dead animals, all of which were alive
when they started. This was, however,
an exceptional case but there is unde-
niably necessity for the Congressional
act " To prevent cruelty to animals in
transit in the United States.
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The Rice Divorce suit for fraud in age

The Rice Divorce suit for fraud in age, is
causing great excitement in Boston. 1t should
warn young men not 10 marry In haste. Rice is
but %; his bride 81. He swears that she made him
believe she was but his own age, by using Magno-
liza Balm upon her face, neck and hands. Poor
youth He probably found her elbows weren't
quite so soft and pretty. ought Hagan to be in
dicted2 We know Of many similar cases. This
Balm gives a most wonderful pearly and natural
comple xion, to which we don't object. We like
pretty women. To finish the picture, they should
use Lyons Kathairon upon the hair. With pearly
chin, rosy cheeks, and soft, luxurious tresses,
they become irr esistible.
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The Efforts Of the Hens.

A curious statement has been made
and published in a French paper in re-
gard to hens. 1t reckons the number
of hens in France at 100000, valued
at S20,000,000. OF these about one
fifth are killed annually for the market.
There is an annual net production of
10000 600 chickens, which in market
yield $24, 100000 The extra value to
be added for capons, fattened hens, and
the like, is put at 81, 100000. The pro-
duction of eggs is reckoned at an aver
age of 100 eggs per hen, worth $4S, 600,
600. In all, It is reckoned that the val,
lie of hens, chickens and eggs, sold in
the markets of France, is $50, 600, 900.
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Southern COrn-Meal.

To any one who has ever enjoyed the
pleasure of eating pone or hoecake Of
genuine fresh corn meal made of South
ern white corn, the taste of the dry and
heavy substitute for it found on our
hotel and restaurant tables of this city
affords q sad and unsatisfactory con-
trast, and we greatly wonder that some
of our enterprising grocers in this and
other Northern cities do not arrange
with good house in Charleston, or
Savannah, or further inland along the
line of the railroads to ship them reg
ular supply. We know that many of
our retail grocers have up the sign of
Southern corn-meal," but they do not
get the genuine article. We do not
mean meal ground here from Southern
corn, nor meal ground i'll the South and
then kiln. dried and shipped here. We
What we refer to is meal ground from
the fresh corn, after fully matured and
hardened, by one of the regular old and
old fashioned, slow-going, over-shot,
water. wheel mills, found on the creeks
all over the South. All, such batter
cakes, and egg-bread, and thin wafer
like hoecakes as that kind of meal
makes is as much superior to the stale
and Improbable stuff We get here, as
sweet and succulent timothy grass is to
dry shucks or fodder. They say such
fresh meal will not bear transportation,
that it will become sour and moldy.
That is true, if it was intended to keep
it long on land, but we venture the pre-
diction that the house that receives
such simon-pure corn meal, would not
have chance to see whether it would
become sour on its hands. -Anerican
Grocog.
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Expenditures Of Each Administration In
the United States.

Prof. L. b. Elliott, of Washington,
read an important paper upon this sub.
ject at the recent meeting of the Ameri-
can Science Association, at Hartford.
The paper gives expenditures of the
Government per capita of the popula-
ton, in periods of four years each. The
dates taken for convenience lap two
months one way and the other on each
administration for most of the time.
and four months one way and the other
for the rest of the time But practi-
cally the lap-over is SO inconsiderate
that it may be disregarded in estimat.
ing these expenditures as applying to
the successive administrations. The
following table shows that except dur
ing war periods there has been a great
uniformity of expenditure, rarely ex-
ceeding 81 per capita per annum
TABLE OF GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES
Average annual
expenditure per
capita, tl dol
Dates. Administration. lars
Jan. !, 1891, TO Dec. 81,
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LEFr-HAND PENMANsHIP. "A left-hand
writer in the Scientific american gives
some reasons why it is better to write
as he does. The hand is never in the
way of vision. The pen point is always
in plain sight, and so is the paper to be
written on. There is, consequently, no
inducement to stoop forward or to turn
the head so as TO throw the eyes out of
focus. it is common fault with
those who write much that the left eye
has n shorter range than the right. IL
is overworked and compelled to adapt
itself TO nearer vision. In writing with
the left hand these evils are avoided.
An upright posture is the easiest, and
the eyes are equally distant from the
paper.
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WILHoFTs FEVER AND AGUE TONIC
This medicine is used by construction COM
panies for the benefit OF their employees when
engaged in malarial districts. The highest
testimonials have been given by contractors
and by the Presidents OF some Of the leading
railroads in the South and West. When men
are congregated in large numbers in the
neigh borhood # swamps and rivers, Will
hoft's Tonic will prove a valuable addition to
the stock Of medicines and will amply reward
the company in the saving Of time. labor ard
money. We recommend it to all. WHEELooK.
fINLAY d Co., proprietors, New Orleans For
sale by all druggists.
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Beautiful.

A poor Irishwoman applied to lady
for flower or two to put in the hand Of
her dead infant, and when a handsome
bouquet was handed her she offered to
pay for it, which, of course, was de-
chned, when, with n look full of graft
tude, she exclaimed, May the Lord
Jesus meet you at the gate of heaven
with a crown of roses. " Nothing could
be more touchingly beautiful.
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Gov. FURNAs, of Nebraska, has par
doned two Winnebago Indians who
were confined in the penitentiary. Both
were sick unto death of consumption,
and the Governor granted them the
privilege of dying with their friends.
Close confinement of the red man is
sure to end in death.
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THE NEW IMPROVED
REMINGTON
Sewing Machine.
A FEW GOOD REASONS

IA Neto Invention, THOROUGHLY TEsrED and
secured by Letters Patent.
2.-Mskes n perfect LOCK STITCH, alike on both
sides on all kinds Of goods.
3.-Runs LIoHr, SMOOTH, NorsELEss and RAPID
best combination Of qualities.
4.-DURABLE-Rlms for Years without Repairs
5.-WH do all varieties Of Work and Fancy Stitch
ing in a superior manner.
els Most Easily Managed by the operator
Length Of stitch may be altered while runninndg,
machine can be threaded without passing thread
through holes.
7.-Design Simple, Ingenious, Elegant, forming
the stitch cithotd the use OF Cog-wheel Gears,
Rotary Cams or Lever Arms Has the Automatic
Drop Feed, which insures uniform length Of stitch at
any speed. Has our new Thredd-C0ntroler, which
allows easy movement Of needle-bar and preUents
INJURY 10 thread.
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WINNING GOLDEN OpINIoNs.-Perh,

WINNING GOLDEN OPINIONS. Perhaps
no man living has won more golden
opinions than DR.. Walker, as the enor-
nous and widely increasing sale of his
CALIFORNIA VINEGAR BIrTERs attests.
We never look into one of our ex-
changes but there = is panegyric
of the Bitters staring us in the
face. Our readers will say that
there must be a reason for all
this praise. They are right. The
efficacy of this celebrated medicine is
established by evidence which it is i'm
possible to doubt. Among the thou
sands who have borne testimony to it's
excellence, there is not one dissentient
voice. In very many phases of inor-
ganic disease 1t seems to be unfailing
All diseases arising from vitiated state
of the blood are surely eradicated by it.
1t is an effectual remedy for pulmonary
complaints, bilious, remittent and in
termittent fevers, rheumatism and dys-
pepsia. 1t purges the body of all I'M
healthy humors, gives tone to the sys-
tenn, and where the vital powers are
enfeebled, restores their functions to
vigorous and healthy action. All this
it does the more effectually because its
operation is not interfered with by the
presence Of alcohol. The VINEGAR BIr-
TIERS is perfectly free from any such
hurtful ingredient. We have always
believed that plants contain the true
remedies for disease, and all the reme-
dies necessary. DIR. Walker is on the
line of real progress, and we hope that
he will not rest on his present discov-
cries. 3
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One OF the busiest places in the
country is the factory OF the Narragansett
Collar Company. From eighty to one hundred
young ladies are constantly employed folding
aud boxing Elmwood Collars. 1t looks like a
beehive aud all ''queens."
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Fell from n Railroad Car, and nearly broke
his neck. Pat picked him up, rubbed him with
Mexican Mustang Liniment. and sent him on by
the next train. Falls, bruises, cuts, COMMISSIONS,
lameness and such accidents are constantly oc-
curing. There is nothing so sure, safe, cheap
and convenient as the celebrated Mustang Lini-
ment. 1t costs but 90 centa and 500 per bottle,
and no Family or owner Of Horses should be with
Quilt. There is no flesh, bone or muscle ailment
upon man or ANIMAL like rheumatism, Bruis es,
SPAWN and Lameness, which 1T viii not alleviate
or cure Why will you suffer- Beware OF coun-
terfeits 1t is wrapped in a steelplate engraving,
signed sc. w. Westbrook, Chemist"
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DIR. j. Walkers California Vim

DIR. j. Walkers California Vim
cgar Bitters are q purely Vegetable
preparation, made chiefly from the ma
tive herbs found on the lower ranges or
the Sierra Nevada mountains OF CalifOr
MIA, the medicinal properties Of which
are extracted therefrom without the use
of Alcohol. The question is almost
daily asked, "What is the cause Of the
unparalleled success of VINEGAR BIT
TERs?' Our answer is, that they remove
the cause of disease, and the patient re
covers his health. They are the greas
blood purifier and q life giving principle,
a perfect Renovation and lnvigoratoE'
Of the system. Never before in the
history Of the world has medicine beer
compounded possessing The remarkable
qualities of VINEGAR BITTERS in healing the
sick of every disease man is heir to. They
are gentle Purgative Us wei as Tonic,
relieving Congestion or Inflammation o.
the Liver and Visceral Organs, an Billion
Diseases.
The properties of DIR. WALKERS
VINEGAR BITTERs are Aperient, Diapboretic,
Carminative, Nutritious, Laxative, Diuretic
Sedative, Counter lrraant, SudoI1tc, Alter
tive, and Ambitions.
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and cor. of Washington and Charlton SITS, N. Y.
Sold by all Druggists and Dealers.
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On EverybOdy's TOngue.-Eulogiums Of
the great National Regeneration Of Health, PLAN
TArIoN BirTERs, are on every body's tongue. This
gratuitous viva advertising is better than all
paid.for putting to which the owners OF bogus
bitters are obliged to resort. 1t has spontaneous
hearttness about it which carries conviction to
the mind Of the auditor.
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HE NORTHWESTERN Horse NAIL Co. s.
g Finished Nail il the best in the world.
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Go TO RIVERSIDE Water Cure, Hamilton Ill.
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hi USRPIaIi6IH n W ViIdfiT W w ia

100000 Acres II. II Lands, better and cheap
or than cen be had elsewhere. The best Coin,
Wheat AID ttle-raising be in all the west.
Pri So and yG per acre. ina and oil unsur-
passed. Pure water, no aPue, no grasshoppers,
no Indians. SEND FOR A HAND BOOK, 1t costs
not q, and gives maps fun deBcIipt on pri ces
terms, and how o reach the lands fee. ADDRESS
IOWA II. LAND co. Chicago, Hi o. or Cedar
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& Al
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Treating the Wrong Disease.

BBITIsH house painters harden their
hands by washing IN oak-bark water.