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Slab Walks.

In many sections of the country, where
the soil is composed largely of clay or
black muck, cheap walks of some kind
from the dwelling house to the outbuild-
ings are always exceedingly desirable,
especially where there is SO much travel
as to wear out grass walk and to tread
up the turf Pieces of old boards are
Objectionable, as they are SO liable to be
pushed out of their places. One of the
cheapest and most satisfactory modes of
making temporary walks is to procure a
wagon-load of wide and heavy slabs at a
saw-mill If possible, select slabs of
durable timber, then excavate concave
channel in the ground to correspond with
the convex side of the slab. Let the fiat
surface of the slabs appear even with the
surface of the ground.
In case some of the slabs are to be laid
over hollows or depressions in the ground
block them up with stones or wood, and
haul load of clay or sods to fill up the
ow places even with the top of the slabs.
Now bore twoinch auger hole through
the slabs, about one foot from each end,
and drive strong wooden pins two feet
long through each hole, two feet into the
ground. By sinking the slabs in a de-
preston even with the surface of the
ground, and pinning the ends down with
a pin made of oak, chestnut, locust, or
any other durable timber, loaded wagons
and sleighs will pass over walks without
displacing the slabs. But if slabs or
boards be laid on the surface of the
ground they will often warp and twist
to such an extent as to be almost q nui-
sance.
When boards or planks are employed
for narrow walk, let the ends of two
be securely spiked to piece Of scant-
ling, with two or three similar pieces of
scsntling between the ends to keep the
planks clear from the ground, SO that
they will not warp.-The Builder
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SAFE, PERMANENT AND CoMPLETE.-Wil-
hoft's Tonic cures Chilis and Fever, Dunn,
ChIls and Bilious Fevers-those Titans that
kill their thousands where this remedy is utl-
known. It cures Enlargement of the Spleen.
1t cures Hypertrophy of the Liver. 1t hurts
no one. It cures all types of Malarial Fevers
and is perfectly protective i'll all its effects.
Try Wilhoft's Tonic, the great infailible Chill
Cure. WHEELoeK, FISLAY & Co, Proprietors
New Orleans.
EnR SALE RY ALL DREGGISTS.
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THE following remarks fling blind
ing glare of light on the subject Of dys-
pepsia: heterogeneous substances excite
the secretion of the gastric juice. The
non-nitrogenous, especially those Of :
fatty nature, determine the production
Of alarge quantity Of saline serosities,
derived By exosmosis from the capilla-
ries OF IN MUCOUS lining Of the stomach
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ness so as to make it conform to the crcum-
stances by which he is surrounded. Believ-
ing this, the Sherman House, at Chicago, has
reduced Its rates-an act that should be ap-
preciated by the travelling public.
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Now is the time to buy presents for Christ
mas. Combine beauty and utility, and give
your gentlemen friends carton containing
one hundred Elmwood Collars. They will
last him some time. and he will think Of you
with pleasure every time he puts on one.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-12-10

COLUMBUS discovered America, but it has
been found that the only economical Shoes
for children are the celebrated SILVER
TIPPED. Never wear out at the toe, and are
worth two pairs without lips. All dealers
sell them,
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ANNA s. GETsINGER, of Honesdale, Pa,
writes the following: ''After suffering for
nearly two years from neuralgia in the breast,
passing UP into the throat, face and head.
was entirely cured and restored to health by
using DIR. l.. Q. C. Wishart's Pine Tree TAI
Cordial -
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DR.. ]. Walkers California Yin.
egar Bitters are purely yereta IN.
preparation, made chiefly from tho , =.
tive herbs found on the lower RANGES ~ :,
the Sierra Nevada mountains of Calfos'
mia, the medicinal properties of vbie,
are extracted therefrom without tbe nsa
of Alcohol. Tho question is alm sse
daily asked, "What IS the cause Of IL.
unparalleled success of VINEGAR Rrr
TERs?" Our answer IS, that they remora
the cause of disease, and tic patient "a
covers his health. They are the great
blood purifier and lie giving prineiplo
a perfect Renovator and Invigorator
Of the system. Ne7er before il tha
history of the world has medicine been
compounded possessing the remarkable
qualities of VINEGAR BITTERs in healing tia
sick of every disease man is heir to. Ther
are a gentle Purgative as we'll as a Tonic.
relieving Congestion or Inflammation Of
the Liver and Visceral Organs, in Bilious
Diseases.
The properties of DR.. WALKERS
VINEGAR BiTrERs are Aperient. Diaphoretic.
Carminative, Nutritious, Laxative. Diuretc.
Sedative, Counter rritant, Sudoriic, Aitara.
tive. and Anti Bilious.
II. n. MCDONALD & CO.
Druggists and Gen. Agts.. San Francisco Cals,-,;,
and cor. of Washington and Charlton Sis \ y
Sold by all Druggists and Dealers.
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A FARMER living near Georgetown,
KY, has two pigs that regularly draw
their sustenance from cow. The COW
will low for them a. for calf, when the
little porkers will answer the summons,
and, rearing up, support themselves by
INTERVENING their forelegs, and in that
position take their repast.
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DYBALL's finest candies mailed free to all
parts at Coo per b. Address Dyball, Chicago.
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THE NORTHWESTERN HoRsE-NAIL Cos
/" Finished" Nail is the best in the world
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SO per cent q TIE aesres.ts amcant;
EsIoPs was 5lssll po9ads' and e ssil Fsssivsd
ls resp ssst e Earops ~ - 80 poundss,
and Of LETTER. correspondence received from Kd.
rope 67647 pounds. The total cost Of the United
ne; special seL 11s ssa
priation FOR steamship service to Japan and
China. TO Brazil, and to the Hawaiian islands)
Foszoy1lcss AID Arfonf1Er1s.
Numhes of Postodices established during -.
Number disconfinned .. 1853
Increase OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 1850
Number in operation On June 50, 1873 -. 1924
Number in operation on June 30. 1874 Sa'sss
Number nlled ~ appointments Of the Pres .ee
Number aiied BY appointments Of the Post -,
master General. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 3S,oe4
On resienations W. now 49,. 5.s54
On change 81 names and Sites. ......... ~
On deaths Of Postmssters ..a......... zig
Total appointments ...... s,ss4
The number Of special agents, route agents,
mail-route messengers. railway postomce clerks
June 30, 1874, was Alta ut an aggregate compen.
sation Of 81, 351 ,S06.63.
Number Of new money-ordef Offices established,
| $40; discontinued, thinking the present num-
| Der 3.404. Number Of domestic money-orders
issued during the year, 4,4a06S3, the aggregate OF
value OF which was S74 49, 54.72. The fees re-
ceiyed by POstmasters for the issue Of domestic
money-Orders amounted to $461 .38s.3O. gain
Of SIG 63s o. or 294 per cent in the amount OF
orders issued and of $106, S005 or 3D11 per cent?
| in the amount Of fees received is shown by these
figures over the transactions of the previous year
| The revenue account Of the domestic money
| Auditor shows the receipts to have been $462.-
236. 53l expenditures, $357, 1881; excess OF re-
ceipts over expenditures, $l0519S.1l.
than that OF the previous year. an increase of 534
per cent.
| ESTIMATES.
The total expenditures for the fiscal year ending
June 90 1876. are estimated at $3.50 4O34; esti-
mated revenue s29 l48, 1856. These estimates do
not include appropriations for steamship service
| and stamps, amounting to 81, Loss, 500.
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AGENTS READ THIS,

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INSTITUTIONS, ETC. THE kEYST0NE
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Pianos and Organs.
Fine new rosewood pianos for $500.
Fine walnut organs, six stops, elS5
Good second. hand pianos, $50 to 800.
REEDS Temple Of Music, Chicago.

Precautions Against Trichina.-Eat
NO knocked or half-cooked hogs flesh.
The raw flesh of the hog, whatever its
shape or condition, whether ham, bacon
or pork, salt or fresh, smoked or un-
smoked, is lab e to contain this parasite,
full of life and activity that may work a
remediless mischief in the human body.
Bologna sausage, if pork be in il un.
cooked, is as dangerous as any form OF
this meat. The heat that cooks meat
utterly destroys the life and mischiev-
0us powers of these vermin and no one
need fear any harm If this fact is OBJ.
served
A PRovIDENTIAL MAN-This title now
Justly belongs to physician who has
added to the list of medicines new rem
edy, which appears to include all that is
most valuable In the old pharmacopGia
and not to include any of the drawbacks
with which the so-called specifics of the
Faculty are chargeable. The Provi
Dental man is DR. JOSEPH WALKER, o.
California, whose VINEGAR BITTERs has
achieved, in the short space Of two years
a degree of popularity never before at
tanned by any advertised preparation il
this country We have too much conf
dence in the shrewdness of the American
people to suppose that this sudden ant
surprising celebrity is the outgrowth q
a delusion. Indeed, We have reason t
know that it is founded on innumerablt
and we'll authenticated cures of almos
all the bodily ills that flesh is heir to
Not the least among the merits of thu
| famous Tonic and Restorative is its en-
| tire freedom from alcohol, as we'll as from
all mineral drugs. 1t is composed exclu
sively of rare vegetable extracts. II
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10 MAuOItduSS W uC6ell, with tuc puIpOSc
doubtless Of training his troops in the
art of wholesale massacre before requir-
ing them to practice it upon the people
of Novgorod. Finding this system Of
drill an agreeable pastime he repeated it
upon his arrival at the city Of Twer, and
then, in order that the other towns along
his route might have no reason to CON-
plain Of Partially, he bestowed upon all
Of them like manifestation Of his i'm
perial regard.
It is not my purpose to describe in de-
tail the elaborate and ingenious cruelty
practiced in the massacre Of the Novgo-
rodians. The story is sickening. Ivan
first heard mass and then began the
butchery, which lasted for many days,
was conducted with the utmost delibera-
ton and most ingenious cruelty, and
ended in the slaughter Of 10000 people
Ivan had selected certain prominent cit
liens, to the number Of several hundred,
whom be reserved for public and partic-
ularly cruel execution at Moscow. Sum-
moning the small and wretched remnant
Of the population to his presence he be-
sought their prayers for the continuance
and prosperity Of his reign, and with
gracious words Of farewell took his de-
parture from the murdered city.
The execution in Moscow OF the re.
served victims Vas : scene too horrible
49, Described in these pages. Indeed,
ne ham y ItaA's snofmisies may mot b
told here st III, and eyeD ~ historians
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WHEN WRITING TO ADVERTISERS
w please say you saw the Adver fsemen
In this paper.
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$14.60 Shot Gun.

IL the only machine that can
(S(SSE(X9 knit all sizes Of work and mar.
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]. =. WOOdhead. Agent, 34l w. Madison St. Chicago
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checked the abuses OF her clergy; brought
artists from Western Europe, and in a
hundred ways made himself famous by
doing those things which historians love
to chronicle.
Meanwhile, his genius for governing
upon the Gluiskan system lay dormant
1t was not dead, but slept, and after its
nap OF thirteen years it awoke one day,
refreshed. Anastatia, the beautiful Queen
whose influence had been supreme for SO
long time, died, and Ivan was free
again. He recalled an old Bishop who
had been banished for his crimes, and
consulted him as to his future course.
IF you wish to be truly sovereign, /"
said this eminent prelate, never seek a
counselor wiser than yourself; never re.
ceive advice from any man. Command,
but never obey; and you will be terror
to the boyards. Remember that he who
10 permitted to begin by advising is Ger.
tain to end by ruling his sovereign"
Here was advice of sort suited to
Ivans taste and education, and for reply
he kissed the good Bishops hand, say
Ing:
Ny own father could not have spoken
more wisely"
Thst the Gear spoke sincerely his
faithfulness In following the Bishops
precepts abundantly sttests.
His Ministers and advisers being man,
nssey wiser than he. and therefore not
= ~ ~ prcpef kind Of people 10
Aays about, be straightway banished
them. He then began diligent search
for their partisans, some Of whom he
put 70 death, condemning Others 10 in.
pEisonment and torture. He next turned
his attentiDn to his own household
which Ae WIS resolved upon ruling ALSO.
lutely, ct least, il not well. One Of the
Princes made himself disagreeable by de.
clining to participate freely in the pleas
urss q the place, and for The sake o. DO.
nsstie harmony Ivan had him poniardsd
wAils - vss st hisprsysrs. Another %
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Whist Ciyii Rights Ex-senator Bout
MeiL's DefiuitiOn.

A system Of public instruction sup
ported by general taxationis security
first, for the prevalence and continue
ance of those ideas of equality which
lead every human being to recognize
every other human being rs an equal
in all natural and political rights, and
the only way by which those ideas can
be made universal is to bring together
in public schools, during the forming
period of life, the children of all classes,
and educate them together.
The public schools is an epitome OF
life, and in it children are SO taught
that they understand those relations
and conditions of life which, if not
acquired in childhood and youth, are
not likely afterward to be gained. To
say that equal facilities shall be given
in different schools, is to rob your sys-
tenn of public instruction of that quail
ty by which our people, withoutregard
to race or color, shall be assimilated in
ideas, personal, political and public, so
that when they arrive at the period of
manhood they shall act together upon
public questions without ideas formed
under the same influences and directed
to the same general results, and there
fore, say, if it were possible, as in the
large cities it is possible, to establish
separate schools for black children and
for white children, it is in the highest
degree ineXpedient to establish OF toll
crate such schools.
The theory of human equality can
not be taught in families, taking into
account the different conditions Of the
different members and the families
composing human society, but III The
public school, where children of all
classes and conditions are brought to-
gether, this doctrine of human equali-
ty can be taught, and 1t is the chief
means of securing the perpeiuity Gre
publican institute ms. And in rs much
as we have in this country four million
colored people, | assume that they and
the white people of the country with
whom they are to be associated in po-
litical affairs, shall be assimilated and
made one in the fundamental idea OF
human equality. Therefore, where il
would be possible to establish distinct
schools, | am against it as a matter OF
public policy.
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The Convention.

The delegates elect to the constitu-
tiOnal convention called by u majority
of nearly seventy-two thousand voters
of the state, met at the hall of the
house of representatives at II o'clock
Yesterday, and proceeded to effect II
permanent organization by the cleo
ton of General Grandson ID. Royston,
of Hampstead, as president, and Major
Thomas w. Newton, of Pulaski, as
secretary. No filter selections could
have been made.
General Royston has been resident
of the state since 1882. At the age OF
twenty-five he represented Hampstead
county in the convention which
framed the constitution under which
Arkansas was admitted as one of the
states of the union. He was afterward
q member of the legislature and speak
er of the house of representatives, and
was one term q senator. He held Tor
number of years, also, the position
of prosecuting attorney OF his circuit,
and during the late war was mem0er
of the confederate congress. Since the
war General Royston has been living
in retiracy, and only consented to be.
come n candidate for the convention at
the earnest and repeated solicitations
of his numerous friends. Though
somewhat advanced in years, General
Royston has still much of the vigor OF
youth about him, and makes an excel
lent presiding officer. During our re-
cent troubles he was warm sympa'
thizer with Governor Baxter and his
cause.
The secretary is n native of Little
Rock, whose father once figured prom
inently in the politics of the state, ant
for short time was the representa-
tive of the state in congress. Major
Newton is u young man of sterling
worth, and we have no doubt vii
make an efficient officer of the con
vention. He carried musket on the
Baxter side in our late war.
Thus the convention starts out by
recognizing that element in Arkansas
which for several years has been ostra
cised-the old citizens.
Among the subordinate positions
will be found several colored men
showing that the convention ma;
started out by recognizing the rights o
all classes. May the ending be us wei
as their beginning is suspicious. Ar
kansas Gazette, 10th.
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An Interesting Question-Can Con.
sumption be Cared?

This question IL often asked but rarely an
swered TO the satisfaction of the patient Our
answer is that pulmonary consumption In
Its incipient form is as Durable az any other
disease, II only the right remedies are applied
The question naturally arises as to what are
the remedies9 In reply we state that Mars
ien's Pectorai Balm has been used success
fully In over million of eases, and has been
adopted by physicians as the most reliable
remedy known for the treatment OF Bronch-
ial affections.
One great reason that Marsden's Pectoral
Balm has gained such popularity is the fict
that 1t is within the reach of al, and can be
purchased from all dealers at fifty cents for
small or one dollar for large bottle. One
bottle will eject q cure in most cases.
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lshed every saturday morning. SubSorip-
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ioT "A less period than six months,
Advertisements inserted AZ the rate OF 81 %
per square for the first insertion, and 10 cents
for each subsequent insertion,
Obituary notices, marriages, deaths, pupilc
meetings, cards of thanks, etc 10 he paid ior
nj half advertisement rates.
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lhhUwanns s5iorsix months 81 for one inohli
x cents ior one week. single copies Az
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WARNING AGAINST 4 SwINDLER

The public are herewith warned against
one A. T. Francis who Is representing him-
self Us an agent OF the Champion Fire ESfin-
from several parties on tile above represent
tnilon.. II any one win let me know Of his
whereabouts j will have him arrested for
swlndling. g. ~. HfrE,
Agent Champion Fire ExtiuguIsher Go.
Box 49l, Honston. i35d3t
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AGENTR.

travelling agent; CIV, Beckett
No,y Work, q. PRowell, $. NJ. pettongill 4
Co., and Bates 4 Locke.
philadelphIa Coe, Weatherill Il Co.
cincinnati; S. ii. Parvin.
New orleans; Thomas Mcintyre,
shreveport; w. IL. Sparks.
Houston; Il. II. Cushing.
Austin, Texas; +. Volgt.
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Three Daily Passenger Trains.
Leave Galveston at 6:l0 % m and arrive Mt
Houston at $50 q M. 4tNtft dis
Leave Galveston at 800 p m and arrive at
Houston ut 600 p M.
Leave Galveston nj $50 y m and arrive ut
Houston at $50 pm.
Leave Houston at Oils m and arrive at
Galveston at 800 M.
Leave Houston l0sU "A M and arrive at Gal
weston ut 2:;U y m.
Leave Houston ut $50 y m and arrive Mt
Galveston at ll.D y M. .t
on Sundays, passengertra train leaves Calves
ton mt 1000 a N. Leaves Houston at 300 y IN.
The Clio n m train from Galveston connects
at Harrisburg with the Galveston, Harris
burg and San Antonio railway. Comets Mt
Houston with the Houston and Texas Cen
tral railroad. as.tf uft i5 U
The 400 . m express from Galveston con-
meets with the Houston and Texas Central
railway. IL. ~. ..... =
The 500 p m express from Galveston con-
iects with the International and Great
Northern railroad at Houston Mt 8 p IN.
TIE lU:00 q m train from Houston arrives nj
Galveston Mt 2:S0 p IN. Connects with the
Morgan steamers.
Ticket offices, 100 fremont street. Calves
ton, and at the depots.
Communication tickets 10 local points, one
thousand and five hundred mile tickets, can
| he purchased al the ticket Offices OF this COM
| peny or from Galveston ticket office.
q. n. NICHOLS, superintendent.
II. b. ANDREWS. General Ticket Agent ,,os,,
| tluttl
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LOB wORK--Letter Heads, Cards, Circulars,
- Bill Heads, Posters, Lawyers Briefs, Pam
phlets and every kind Of Job Printing
promptly executed at the Heraldiofiicc.
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Condensed Through Time Card
To points North and East via the
Houston and Texas Central R'y
AND CONNECTIONS.

follows;
Accom- NOTATION. THROUGH TRAIN.
Leaves. ....... 900 A. NJ Leaves. ..... $50 p. NJ.
Arrives-.... $50 a. ~. Arrives....... s:2p '. N.
Galveston Freight and Ticket once, 70
fremont street.
'I''sI-I.s A. FAULKNER, Agent.
Now York City Freight and Ticket ONCE,
81 Broadway. ..
r. Il. MANCH ESTER, Agent.
Visitors to above cities will find these Of
fees a pleasant place Of resort their leisure
hours, where the latest Texas papers VIII be
found. no 49, ,,,.
| J. WALDO. Gent Ticket Agent.