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...e.Lare on Lake Champlain.

m, .rrious faith that certain dream
Inc ov;sh in the feasibility of COM
o.s cue i having a new illustration in
the establishment OF Harmonial
Frsternity" on Valcour island, IN Lake
Cbamnlsin, a short distance below
PlatIsburg. The brethren also own
two hundred acres of land devoted TO
nurseries flor trees), near Burlington,
Vermont and thus possess property to
the amount of nearly 500, 600.
Az Vslcour island the harmonial fra
tern;tv will locate its principal build
mos yoich, as the circular proudly an
nonnces will include one calf-house and
one bog'house, where calves and hogs
will I be bred and slaughtered in strict
" c,Dorouuistic way. Here the brothers
and sisters will live in unity, and what
the One;da community call state of
cor,1Iav marriage. In other words,
tbeT viii be practical free-lovers, and
will reither deny their creed or sit on
the ragged edge of remorse to any great
Tha Oneida community is ereally the
onI1 .ocia1istic community Which has
acb;ored any success without making
ceIho:g condition of membership.
Wbateyer the reason may be, the Onel-
da neooIe have made money by traps,
and have now some sixty communists
children who would be wise indeed II
thev conld know their own fathers.
The VaIcour island community does not
pronoee TO enter into the trap business,
but will undertake TO live by agrlcul-
ture Thev expect to lure new mem
beers nv the bait of free-love, and by
advertising the fact that seven-light-
houses studs the nearer vision of those
who look out of the windows of the
harmoniaI home on Valcour island.
Usually a light house is not held to be
particularly fascinating, and as most OF
our lake-houses are about ten or twelve
feet high they are not imposing. How
s.~or p averarv- ffzrrntJf5fur -prouI1er
may take delight in the fact that so
many lighthouses studs" his vision.
No man can predict what a communist
will or will not ike.
The inmates Of the home are to be di-
vided by temperaments into groups
and families, thus avoiding tine combi-
nation of discordant elements" in one
family. Doubtless the red-haired men
and women will constitute one group,
and those with a fondness for "gush-
ing" another group. Those who have
charge of the organization of the groups
will, however, have good time in find
ing out the proper place for every wild
fanatic who may join the harmonial
brotherhood.
1t is easy to foresee the end of the ex-
pertinent. Not having a prophet like
Noyes, of the Oneida community, at
their head, and not being aeauated by
the religious enthusiasm of the Onei-
dams, he Valcour brethren will soon
grow tired of agriculture and gazing at
the several lighthouses, aud will first
quarrel and then separate. No such ex-
pertinent has ever outlived single gen.
GRAFTON, but don't hesitate to say that
long before 1884 there viii not be a
harmonial brother or sister left on Val
cOur island
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Remedy for Hay Fever.

Many are suffering from the peculiar
~ annoying affection known as "hay
fever" and it may interest them to know
that DIR. Horace Dobell, senior ply
stefan to the royal hospital for diseases
of the chest, London, has aue6osted a
continuance and prescription, by the
combined use of which immense com
fort may be given to such unfortunates.
The prescription is as follows: Chloral
hydrate and camphor (of each) Is grains,
carbonic acid 20 grains, pure morphia
II grains, oleic acid enough to dissolve
the morphia) 20 grains, castor oil (the
clearest and fnest) 7 drachms. Rub
well together to make lotion.
The continuance is for the efficient
application of the above remedy, and
consists of a miniature bottle contained
in little lockwood case so that it can
be carried easily in the pocket. To the
lid of the box is attached the cork OF
the bottle, and to the cork, in the same
fashion as the spoon of a Cayenne cruet,
is fixed little club shaped rod of ivory,
long enough to reach to the bottom of
the bottle, and also to the upper ex-
tremity of the nostril. The bottle is
kept half full of the lotion above pre-
scrlbed. in the little rod immersed in
it. Directly the patient feels the tickle
or other signal of coming sneeze, he I'M
corks his bottle, withdraws the ivory
club, wet with the oleaginous lotion,
and pushes it up the nostril till it
reaches the seat of the sneeze signal;
there it should be gently pressed so as
to apply the lotion to the part. After
this the club is withdrawn and returned
to its little bottle of fluid, where it be-
comes at once charged for fresh APP
plication. AS often as the snecze threat
ems, the operation should be repeated.
Very often one application will keep off
a threatened fit of sneezing altog ether,
even thought its first effect may be to
excite a sneeze.
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An photographed Puzzle.

Spoilers of all grades and ages will
find the attempt to write the follqpu~I
i---,-ssi 1Ey from ttfctaufon, an interesting
puzzle. A lady who was sure she could
win the Webster's Unabridged offered as
prize, III case she succeeded, missed
only % of the 80 hard words. A pro-
lessor of languages, who prided him.
self on his knowledge of orthOgraphy,
missed %. 1t is possible that our typo
may not put them all up correctly. Let
us see some if our readers can detect
the errors. Webster is the standard
The most skillful gauger l ever knew
was maligned cobbler, armed with
poniard, who drove peddler's wagon,
using MULLEN stalk as al instrument
of coercion, to tyrannize over his pony
shod with calks. He was a German
Sadducee, and had phthisicky catarrh,
diptheria, and the bilious intermittent
erys pelas. A certain Sibyl, with the
sobriquet of Gypsy" went into ecstaA
cies of exclamation at seeing him meas
ure bushel of peas, and separate sac
charine tomatoes from a heap of peeled
potatoes without dyeing or smuggling the
ignitible queue which he wore, or be-
coming paralyzed with a hemorrhage.
Lifting her eyes to the ceiliug of the
cupola of the capitol, to conceal her
unparalleled embarrassment, making a
rough courtesy, and not harrassing him
with mystifying, rarefying and stupe
flying innuendoes, she gave him couch,
a bouquet of lilies, mignonette, and
fuchsias, treatise on mnemonics,
copy of the Apochrypha in hierogly-
phics. daguerreotypes of Mepdelssohn,
and Kosciusco, kaleidoscope, dram
phial of ipecacuanha, a teaspoOnful OF
naptha for deleble purposes, a ferule,
clarionet, some licorice, a surcingle,
carnelian of symmetrical proportions,
chronometer with movable balance
wheel, box of dominoes and a cate
chism. The guager, who was also
trafficking rectifer, and parishioner of
mine, preferred wooden surtout (his
choice was referable to a vacilating oc-
cssionally occurring idiosyncrasy), wo-
fully uttered this apothegm: "Life is
checkered but schism, apostacy, here
sy and villainy shall be punished. "
The Sybil apologizingly answered
Z" There is ratably an allegeable differ
ence between a comfortable ellipsis and
a trisyllabic di@resis."
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year preceding that, 2;10O bales. Gal
weston, Texas, last week received z, 800
bales as against 800 bales for the cores
ponding week of last year.
In the course of conversation with a
number of southern planters now In
the city, the writer obtained views OPP
posed in general tenor to those expressed
by the gentlemen above quoted. Col.
Edward Richardson, of Mississippi, and
of the firm of Richardson & May, of New
Orleans, one of the largest cotton plan
tiers and dealers in the south, expressed
it as his opinion that the coming crop
would inevitably disappoint those who
fixed their estimate so high. He thought
3. 500, 900 of bales fair estimate, and
argued that the dealers at the north had
no practical idea of the demoralized
and disorganized condition of labor in
the south. He was sure the reduction
of acreage had been under estimated,
and Judging from his own prospe cts he
could not believe that there would be
any profit to the planter from this sea-
sons crop, as it had cost more to raise
it than it was worth. The colonel said
that while he had no trouble with~the
freedmen, of whom he employed a Jout
one Thousand on his various plantations,
he found it impossible to obtain the
productive labor from them which the
old system afforded. Very many of
them occupied much of their time rot
tering with politics, and others felt too in
dependent to work conscientiously. This
was serious difficulty in the way of the
planter, and would, during the picking
season, operate to decrease the crop
Other southern gentlemen engaged ex-
cluslvely In planting expressed similar
views, and in general thought it doubt
full if the crop would equal the expecta-
tions of the sanguine.
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Young Mnrtarn.

The Jewish lad Mortara, whose cap
ture by the Papal authorities was once
q subject of discussion for the whole of
Europe, has since then become a Young
man and monk of the Augustine order,
and has lately preached his first sermon.
The Gazette de Italia takes advantage
of this circumstance to give some ac-
count of young Mortara. From 1858
(when he was torn from his family till
October, 1870, he remained always at
Rome. The Papal government had him
carefully brought up and appointed
him, while still young, Canon of the
Lateran. Up till 1867 he had not the
slightest intercourse with his family.
After the battle of Montana, his father
(who hoped soon to be ord cred to
Romeo entered into correspondence with
him, which the Papal authorities gra-
ciously allowed. The letters of the
young man displayed culture, and closed
always with the demand that his family
should become converts to Christianity.
These letters were, however, of course,
always read by his superiors before be-
ing posted. After the italian troops
had taken possession of Rome, his faith
er repaired thither in order to fetch his
son. But twelve Y lrs of priestly train
ing had exerted their influence upon
him. He would not see his father.
Old Mortara applied to the government
and begged La Marmora for help. The
general gave him pleasant answers, but
found it advisable not to interfere, and
that out of respect for the clericals,
"who were not to be exasperated."
Soon after young Mortara wrote from
Bologna to his parents, telling them
that he WIS firmly attached to the Cath
olic religion, and could not, therefore,
identify himself with them. He went
then to Belgium, and La Marmora was
glad 10 be thus relieved of this trouble
some matter. In Belgium the young
Mortara perfected himself in French
and entered the Augustinian order.
His first sermon has given great salts
faction, and on the occasion he sent
letter to Plus TX, expressing his graft
tude, which is said to have given extra
ordinary pleasure to the old pope.
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Interesting to Invalid Ladies'.
HARLESIYILLE,
Columbia Co. NJ Jnlv @ 1879.

Columbia Co. n. Y, July 8, 1878.
r. V. PIERCE, NJ. D., Bnfralo, N y:
Dear S6-Your favor is Just received. in
tended to have written to you several weeks
since concerning the improvement in my
health, which isinow very apparent. L have
used one bottle of Fayorite Prescription with
the best results although Will admit was
somewhat discouraged after it's use (for short
time only. l took it under veryd advantage
BUS OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES the supelfision of
the house and during the season of "house
cleaning" l was obliged, through the incom-
potency Of help, to do more than ought and,
of course, suffered dreadfully, lifted when /
ought not to have raised my hand and did all
l could to bring g order out of chao but
upon laying aside all cafes and continuing the
remedy ind after using less than one bottle
to be so much benefited that l have discon-
ti1ued the use, with no return of the symp-
toms of which wrote you. Il have suffer ed
terribly and what added to my distress was
the consciousness of not procuring relief from
ordinary sources, at times IL seemed about i'm
possible to stand so great was the distress
All of those severe neuralgic pains have dis
appeared, they were SO bad at times l could
hardly walk without some external pressure
They seem to have left me like magic sudden
ly, and have had no return; all other symp-
toms have been removed. The severe weak
ness and faintness have disappeal ed and can
go up stairs with comparative ease now. [
would have informed You ere this of my I'M
provement, for l appreciated 1t, but was fear
full it was only TRANSIENT benefit | was receiy-
ing but think sufficient time has elapsed to
consider the beneficial results permanent.
cess and your kindness in advising me.
Very truly, Mrs. NJ. NETTIE SNYDER
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MONEY MUSK.
BY B. F. TAYLOR.

In shirt of check and tallowed hair
The fiddler sits in the bulrush chair
Like Moses basket stranded there
On the brink of Father Nile.
He feels the fiddle's slender neck,
Picks out the notes with thumb and checE:
And times the tune with nod and beck,
And thinks it weary while.
All ready now he gives the call,
Cries, Z" Honor to the ladies ~ All
The jolly tides of laughter fall
And ebb in happy smile.
" FIRST couple join right hands and swing"
As light any bluebirds wing
Swing once and half times round"
Whirls Mary Martin all in blue
Calico gown and stockings new,
And tinted eyes that tell YOU true,
Dance all to the dancing sound.
She fits about big Moses Brown,
Who holds her hands to keep her down
And thinks her hair golden own,
And his heart turns over oncel
His cb-nk with Mary's breath is wet,
It gives q second SOMERSET
He means to win the maiden yet
Alas for the awkward duncel
'f Your stoga-boot has crushed my foei"
IS I'D rather dance with one-legged joe
g You clumsy fellow - " Pass below!"
Anlkhe first pair danced apart.
Then e inward six : " advance, retreat,
Like midges gay in sunbeam street,
IT'S Money Musk by merry feet
And the Money Musk by heart!
9. Ibree-quarters round your partner swingl"
80 Across the set!" The rafters ring.
The girls and boys have taken wing
and have brought their roses Outl
lis " Forward six with rustic grace,
AG. rarer far than" Swing 10 place -
Than golden clouds Of old point lace
Then bring the dance about.
Then clasping hands all" Right and left! -"
All swiftly weave the measured deft
Across the woof in loving welt,
And the Money Musk is donei
Oh, dancers Of the rustling husk,
Good night, sweethearts, tits growing dusk,
Good night, for aye to Money Musk,
For the heavy march begun
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Best Organs on Most Favorable Terms.

Cabinet or Parlor Organs are capital
things for peddlers TO work with, be-
cause very poor ones can be made at
half the cost of good ones, and few peo-
pie are competent to tell the difference
from a first examination. Manufac-
turers print in their catalogues prices
which are three or four times as high
as the value of such cheap work. Then
the peddler starts out and puts them on
the people in various ways. He sells
at an enormous discount, if he can get
cash; takes part trade, if necessary, or
leaves the organ awhile on trial, and
sells it on long time at manufacturer
prices" exhibiting the catalogue to
show that it is such, or even at dis
count from this, which he can well af-
ford.
The Mason & Hamlin Organ Co.
have recently announced plan which
is likely to interfere with this business.
This Company, as is we'll known, makes
only the best work, which, by its uni
form excellence, has obtained the high
est reputation for their organs. They
proved the best, and obtained the high
est awards at the recent Vienna and
Paris Worlds Expositions, as they
have uniformly done in American In
dustrial competitions. The fact that
these organs are the best in the world
is, indeed. too well established to need
further endorsement
The Company have now added large
new factory to their former extensive
works, and design to greatly increase
their business. This they propose to
do by offering organs for time pay
ments, or for rent with privilege of pur-
chase, at barely sufficient advance on
the cash prices to afford reasonable
interest for the time. An organ may
be hired by the quarter with privilege |
Of purchase at any time in one year or
onger. If purchased within the year,
he whole cost, including rent paid, is
,nly five to ten per cent. more than if
he cash had been paid down at the be-
ginning.
Persons having any idea of purchas-
ng, will be wise to send note 10 the
Mason e. Hamlin Co., at either Boston,
yew York or Chicago, and obtain their
lew circulars, before purchasing.
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Woman on Natures FaTOrites.

DIR. ADtoniette Blackwell says: Among
Q beings of lower type, plant and ami
al, all the more recent observations in
cate that nature herself Systematically
vors the females-the mothers of the
stined races. Natures sturdiest buds
d her best fed butterflies belong to
is sex her female spiders are large
ough to eat up score of her little
|ales; some of her mother fishes might
krody the nursery song, i" I have a lit
husband, no bigger than my thumb"
tural selection, whether the working
: of intelligent design or otherwise,
kuld make this result inevitable. We
eht expect that the neuter bee could
nourished into the queen mother.
required to judge a priori, we should
eide, if there is no predetermination
sex, that the best fed embryos would
psf readily become female, since the
2 special fact in the female organism
= innate tendency to manufacture
ithin certain limits, to store MP |
Fed force for future needs Of off |
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SCROFUL-A-
SCROFULOUS HUMORS.
A WALKING MIRACLE.
Mr.. II. r. STEVENS;


Dear Sir-Though stranger I want 10 lniorm
you what We eine has done for me.
Last Christmas scro sula made its Appearances -
system-Ia-Re running ulcers appeal NJ
a follows: One on each of arm, one MY
thigh, which extended 10 the seat, my
head. which eat into the skull bone my
left leg. which Decame so. bad that two physi-
clans came TO amputate. the limb, though upon
consultation concluded to do So my Whole
body fun of scrOfuia they deeped IL advs-
able to cut the sore which was painful beyond de-
scriptiOn. and there Eas on ri OF matter
from this one tore The physicians all gaze
up 10 die. and sid they could DO no more for me
Both of my legs Were drawn up 10 my seat. and IL
was thought IL L did get up again L wouId he a
cripple for ] fe.
When in this condition 1 ssw vegetiue adver-
tised and comm6u taking II in March. and fol
lowed on vita II, 1 hau used rs bottles, and
this morning am goi g TO plough corn, vel
man. All my towDsmeD say it is a miracle TO see
me round walking and working.
In conclusion will add when I WIS enduring
such great suffering from that drendful isease.
scrofuIa. prayed to the Lord above to take me
out OF this world. but as Negeiine has restored
me the blessings of health. L de- sire more than
ever TO i've that may be of some service TO my
fellow man, and know or no better way TO aid
suffering humanity. than TO enclose you this stale
meut of my case with an earnest hone that you
will publish it. sd IL will AFFORD pleasure
ply 10 any comlIdu ication which 1 may receive
thereirom. am, cir, very respectfully,
WILLIAM pawn.
Avery, BerrIen co.Sdich , July 10. 1877.
Vegetine IS sold by All druggists.
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Ladies Desire what Men admire. An

Ladies Desire what Men Admire. And
this little thing is beauty What do we say is
beautiful? A transT aren't com plexion anda luxu.
sious head of hair. What will produce thsSe9 Ha-
CAMS Magnolia Balm will make any lady of Thirty
appear but twenty; and LS on's Kathairon VIII
keep every hair in its place, and make it row like
the April grass. 1t prevents the hair from lurn-
ing gray. erad,cates pandruf, and is the finest
Hair DRESSING In the word. and at only half ordi-
nary cost If you want TO get rid of sallowness,
pimples, ring marks moth patches, etc, don't for
get the Magnolia Balm. ladies'
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SoMErHINa N1cE-Gentlemen ha,

SOMETHING NICE.-Gentlemen have
been troubled for want of paper collar more
closely resembling linen. This is furnished
them Ia the Elmwood.. Collar. 1t has cloth
surface that must certainly be linen from the
quality, aud folded edges that prevent its
looking like paper. 1t is SO perfect sn imita-
ton of linen that it cannot be detected even
on close scrutiny. 1t is for sale at all gents
furnishing stores, and we would recommend
every gentleman to try it.-BoSton Herald
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A Fortune for $40.

A few dollars invested the in Grand $500, 00O
Endowment Distribution, to be drawn at Mo-
bile, Ala, on Wednesday, October IA, 1874,
information, or tickets, address J. 7. Slater i
Co, Managers box 5,431, New York. The
known reputation of the managers is guar
antee that everything connected with this dis
trlbution will be done in the most honorable
and STRAIGHTFORWARD manner
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Reyvnrd-I will 1--WE 800 for any ease Of aesh.

INtsFaFd i VIII give w IVl III - - TIT
bone or musc.e ailment Ike rheumatism, bruise,
spawn, strain or lameness, upon either man or
animal which the Mexican Mustang Liniment
will not cure when used according TO directions
Near thirty years has proved it to be the most
wonderful remedy for neuralgia, burns, swellings
enlarged Joints hcof all, screw worm, sting,
caked breasts. etc. ever discovered. Who viii let
horse limp when Mustang Linimeni VIII cure 1t
Who will let a child cry and suffer from bruises or
chilblains xvben The Mustang VIII prevent ii?
Who will pav large doctors bills when they can
buy Mexican Liniment for so cts. and 500: 1t is
wrapped in a s,eel-plate label, signed &c. w.
westbrool. Chemist VIM. Il. Everson, agent
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SOME parents spend their money fer
patent medicine to cure their children's colds.
Some save their money and prevent the colds
by buying SILVER TIPPED shoes, which
never wear through at the toe
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Condition of the Crops.

The September returns of the depart
ment of agriculture indicate an average
condition of the wheat crop of ninety
three against niDety-five in September,
1878. The acreage of this crop is seven
per cent. greater than last year, which
would bring the aggregate yield to
nearly an average on last years acreage.
All the New England and middle states
are above the average except Delaware,
which is full the average. All the At
lantic and Gulf states are below the
average, except Alabama, which is 101,
The inland southern states ara all be-
low the average, Arkansas presenting
the maximum of the whole country,
which is 100 North of the Ohio river,
most of the counties we're not visited
by the chinch bugs OF the present
superior crops, Ohio, Michigan and In
dian are above the average, and Hi
nois per cent. below by the drought and
chinches. West of the Mississippi the
drought, intense heat, hot winds,
chinches and grasshoppers have reduced
all of the states below the average, ex-
oapt Miz7ouri The Paoieo -f5totea
above the average.
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Founded ON Rock !-The disappointed adj
venturers who have ON time TO tine attempted
TO run their vor,bless potions against Plantation
Bitiers VOW mar they cannot understand what
Foundation there Is for its amazing popularity
The explanation is aimp,e enough. The reputa-
tion of the worId-renowned tonic IS founded upon
a rock, the Rock of Experience.