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DIAMOND RHEUMATIC CURE

1t is from such results and everyday proofs
like these that physicians are now prescribing
the DIAMOND RHE UMATIC CURE as an
ilfallible specific for removing the causes Of
the Gout, Chronic, Acute, or Muscular Rheu-
matism, Lumbago, Siatica, Nervous Head
ache, Neuralgia OF the head, heart, stomach
and kidneys Tic Do!o cux, Nervousness,
Flying Pains. Twisted Joints, Pain in the
Back and Loins, Weakness of the kidneys,
Tired feeling, Languid, Weary prosterat'on,
and all Nervous and Chronic Diseases.
Let any sufferer who reads this purchase a
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of all kinds are useless.
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throughout the United States aud Canada. =
If it happens that your Druggist has not go,
it in stock, ask him to send for it to any
Of the Who'll esalG Druggists in Boston, or to
c. H. MARTIN K co., Concord, n. IL.
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Burlington, Vt.
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burning in the barn so as to scare thieves
away has no barn to watch now.
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ECONOMICAL New Foop.-25 cents will
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from pure Irish Moss, which will make SO
kinds of dishes, such as cakes, pies, pud-
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creams, Charlotte Russo, blanc mango. etc.
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intrinsic writes, and sustained by its re-
markah!c cures. So mild as to be safe and
beneficial to children, and yet SO searching
a to eilcctually purge out the great cor
rupions OF the blood such as the scrolulous
and syphilitic contamination. Impurities,
or diseases that have Mrbed in the system
for years, soon yield to this powerful anti
doie, and disappear. Hence its wonderful
cures, many of which are publicly known,
Of ScrOtllla, and all scrotulous diseases,
Ulcers, EruptiOns, and eruptive dis
orders of the skin, TumOrs. BlOtches,
BOils, Pimplcs, Pustulcs, Sores, st.
AntllOny's Fire, Rose or Erysipe-
las, letter, Salt Rheum, Scald
Head, RingwOrm, and internal Ul-
ceratiOns OF the Uterus, Stomach,
and Liver. 1t also cures other COM
plants, to which it would not seem especi-
ally adapted, such as DrOpSy, DySpep-
STA, Fits, Neuralgia, Heart Disease,
Female Weakness, Debility, and
LeucOrrhGa, when they are manifesto
tons of the scrofulous posons.
1t is an excellent restorer of health and
strength in the Spring. By renewing the
appetite and vigor of the digestive organs,
it dissipates the depression and lstless Ian
guor of the season. Even where no disorder
appears, people feel better, and live longer,
for cleansing the blood. The system moves
on with renewed vigor and new lease of
life.
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AT a camp meeting last summer,
venerable sister began the hymn
'.My soul be on thy guard;
Ton fbo,,,,,,l ortoa

She began in shrill quavers, hut it was
pitched too high. "Ten thousands
ten thousand" she screeched, and
stopped. "Start her at 5,000!" cried
a converted stock broker present.
[Scribner's Monthly.
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Diamond Rheumatic Cure.

Boston, April. 1875.
Prot. ALPEONso KILLER Dear Sir
Many thanks for the two bottles of "DIA-
MOND RHEUMATIC CURE" which you
so kindly sent me through Mr.. Marston.-
| used but one bottle, which relieved me Of
severe attack, and better still, have not had
q twinge since and am in hopes shall never
have another. as the last attack was in July,
1874. Should it. however, return, still have
the other bottle left and shall try it. and en-
pect the same beneficial results. Gratefully
yours, l.. X. SllEWELL.
The above testimony ought to convince the
most skeptical Rheumatic that sure cure
has been discovered in the
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Aver S
Sarsaparilla

Is widely known
as one of the most
cilectual remedies
ever discovered for
cleansing the sys-
tenn and purifying
the blood. 1t has
stood the test of
years, with a con-
stantlygrowing rep
utation, based on its
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ICE AND FOG TROUBLES.

MOVEMENTS OF SOUND sTEAMERs-NEwPoRT
HARBoR CLEARING OF ICE AND VESSELS
FINDING AN ANCHORAGE.
NEWPORT, r. l.. Feb. 26, 1875.
The tug Cora L. Staples, reported in to-day's
HERALD ashore on Gull Rocks, IN the upper harbor
was noated on last night at nigh water, and
towed to Briggs Wharf, with loss OF rudder aud
other damages OF a minor nature. She was lowed
to Fall River this evening for the purpose being
taken on the marine railway at that place Tor
repairs.
THE SOUND STEAMERS.
The steamer Newport, which lett New York at
twenty-five minutes to ten O'Clock last evening,
arrived here this morning at eighteen minutes
past eight O'Clock and will leave on time this
evening. The Old Colony, which has been de.
tanned here two trips by fog. left this morning
at quarter past SIX, the lOg having c.eared up.
The news OF the SAFE arrival this morning at New
York OF the steamer Empire State, which lett mere
on tuesday ate nOOn was great relief, as 1t was
feared by many That something had happened TO
her. She leaves again this evening. with freight
only Tor this port. Tins harbOr now nearly clear
the northwest wind last night; vessels, however,
find clear anchorage IN tne middle OF the mar.
Dor. The 7, evidence steamers from here and also
from Fall River are making their regular trips up
and down the bay, and experience but little
difficulty from the Ice.
The Wexford route to New York, which has
been closed Tor the past three weeks, Will be re.
broke her rudder 1t would have been opened
yesterday.
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MINERS IN COUNCIL.

MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE
MINERS AND LABoRERs BENEVOLENT AssocIA-
TIoN-THE BASIS OF WAGES FOR DAY LABOR
DECLARED.
PoTTSvILLE, Pa, Feb. 20, 1875.
meeting OF the Executive Board OF the Miners
and Laoorers' Benevolent Association was held
here to-day The attendance was very lull, no
district being without representative. A CON-
mittee OF the Mechanics and workingmen's Asso.
ciaton-an organization independent OF the
miners association, and composed mostly
OF mechanics and railroad employes-waS
present, and announced that a number or
their officers had been discharged rom the EN-
poy vi the Reading company, and said that the
reason Tor their discharge was That they were
officers.
the Board listened to the story OF the commit.
tee ana passed series OF resolutions strongly de-
nouncing the act and rendering the men the SYM
pathes ana assistance OF the miners organlza-
uion.
by an almost unanimous vote tue delegates In
accordance with the instructions OF their dis
trictS, passed n resolution demanding after March
Is a basis OF 81 - Tor contract and s., for day
labor This VIII be an advance OF eight and q
quarter per cent over 1874 prices. whereas the
ductlon from last years rates THIS action Is de-
Tended by the men on the ground that Ii the sus-
pension lasts until after navl1ation opens tue
companies VIII be sure TO put mp prices, and the
men, having endured all the suffering, VIII have a
good ute 10 "a part OF the advance, and the re-
SUMPTION OF mining VIII not soon take place.
During the session OF the Board "a renort was
received that the Hyde Park men have refused TO
suspend iOr The present, though they nave not
yet finally decided the matter rus news vas. OF
course. not welcome, but tue delegates all agreed
that the men OF the Schuylkil: Lenigh and Wilkes.
barre regions are competent to 1glt ana win the
struggle uoaloed BY the men OF the Lackawanna
or scranton region.
There Is no denying the fact that the miners do
manifest very hearty determination.
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THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD RE-
PORT
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 20. 1875.

PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 20. 1875
In accordance with suggestion or the Special
Committee OF Stockholders, appointed at the last
annual meeting OF the Board Of Directors OF the
Pennsylvania Railroad, that company VIII to-mor-
row publish IN advance, for the in .ormaton OF
stockholders, the twenty.eighth annual report,
which will be presented at the annual meeting,
to be held on the 9tn OF March next.
me report gives the operations OF the main
line, its branches and leased roads Tor 1874 and
makes very 8 atiyng exhibit. The gross earn
lngS oil all the lines east anu west OF Pittsourg
during the year were 2,938, 35l %; expenses,
excluding rentals, Interest, dividends, &C.,
500, Az $40 20; net earnings, ,515 705 81 The
earnings OF the main line and It's Pennsylvania
branches were So, 642,371 81; expenses. eXcuu,ng
rentals, $2, SIS 20. The net earnings after pay
ing rentals, were S9,396 924 %, OWING crease
in The net earnings of $4S,779 As. as compared
also gives IN detail the operations leased roads,
coal companies and other interests controlled by
the company. 1t is noted that the united railroads
and canal Of New Jersey show very gratifying re-
sn!tS as compared with those or 1873, having met
every liability under the lease, except S31, l61,
while in 1873 the net loss under the lease was
$6856s9 20.
The report speaks Of the general depression In
business during the whole OF the past year. The
result, as SHOWN upon the traiilc o. the lines has
been diminution In tonnage OF the main road of
ssO372 tons, being decrease of eight aad eight.
tenths per cent as compared with the tratc
moved In 1873, and consequent reduction In the
revenue. Large reductions have, however, been
made IN the expense OF maintaining and ODerat.
ing the lines, thus enabling the Board to present
results winch they consider very satisfactory.
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ice and water, In decided contrast with last
weeks frozen conditions, and travelling has 10 oe
accomplished In dangerous manner over niis
ana through swollen brooks. Above the town OF
riverside, N the valley, the damage must oe
great, but cannot now be ascertained So far as
known no lives have been lost; bur should the
WATER CONTINUE TO RISE
ana the ice gorges remain 1rm, II Will be dlricult
10 estimate the injury TO property. water ID the
Naugatuck River IS very high. and the ieople Nv
ing aong It's oanks were all night engaged, with
lanterns, saving or trying TO save all That had
Deen displaced 10y the Icy current. sudden
cnange OF weather Is all that saved the complete
devastation OF the valley. The early train
th.s morning on the Naugatuck road
was delayed several hours owing 10
an accumulation OF ice on the track above
seymour aud the engines pilot bore evidence OF
having been engaged IN conflict with the ele-
ments. On the DERBY Railroad, between this p ace
anu Derby, the water has risen TO level with Tue
tracks and trains appear like steamboats, moving
through the water. The 'Cause way road, hence
TO Derby IS impassab BILE TO pedestrians by reason
or the rise. All the low lands above II are COW
ered. and the Naugatuck River. IN some places,
Is i've times us usual width. The ice Is broken
up. but In the Housatonic River II Is firm, peing
held by two stancn bridg es near It's mouth
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A.-INDISPUrABLE EVIDENCE.

st ELMO ILL.,, July >. ITf
r. v. PIERcE NJ D.. Buffalo, n. vi wish add my
testimony TO the wonderful curative properties OF your
ALI EXT or GoLpts MEDICAL DISCOVERY have taken
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almost percct Prostitution OF the nervous system. So
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cure mat 1t seemed more Ike and per-
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never been without bottG OF the Discovery and PuaG
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family physician III the house and ready al ali time, To
ny TO he relie OF sicKness-withOut cHargc We have
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seen; his face swollen OF shape, scales aud erup
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finally induced him TO try few bottles of the Golden
Medical Discovery, with daily of the Pellets
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use some SIX weeks since, taking peets light
Tor weeK then one eacn night, and the Discovery
directed The result is, today MS skin Is perfectly
smooth, and the eruptions lie has taken
seven eight bottles all, and hinset
cured had batiied the skill OF best phi s
cians Messrs Dunsiord Co.. druggists OF this place
selling largely OF medicines and the demand
steadily increases a9d they give perfect sa,iac.on in
every case. Respectfully ". H. ChAMPlLN,
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CoLoRED CADET COMPLICATIONS.

SOUTHERN CADET DISMISSED FROM TIE
NAVAL ACADEMY FOR REFUSING TO FENCE
WITH THE NEGRO MrpsH1pMAN.
BALTIMORE. Md, Feb. 20, 1875.
letter from Annapolis says:-"Another cadet
has been dismissed from the Naval Academy on
account OF the colored cadet. During this week
Mr.. Gordon Claude OF Annapolis, now cad"t
engineer. was ordered TO fence with the uegio
midshlpman, and this he refused to do. He was
then told TO resign. He would not do that, though
h. disiked 10 disobey orders. He was then IN
formed that ne should consult with his parents.
THIS be did, when his lather Or. Abram Claude,
sal he would not ADVISE him, leaving IL to the
young mans judgment. Dr. Claude. however.
went to the superintendent and told HIM that MS
son was raised as Il South rner and hot on social
equality with negro, md he would not advise him
to do what he would not do himself. On this Mr..
Claude " as expelled
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KIDNAPPING CHILDREN.
PROCLAMATION OF THE MAYOR OF PHuADEL-
PUA ON KIDNAPPING.


Mayor Stokey has just issued proclamation
giving notice tnat the Legislature OF pennsylvania
has passed an act, which this day received the APP
proval OF the Governor. defining the offence OF
Kidnapping. The act imposes fine OF slO 900
and IMPRISONMENT for period not exceeding
twenty five years, on all persons found guilty
OF kidnapping children. Heavy penalties are
also provided in cases where persons maroon or
conceal stolen children provision in the act
says :-"Thls act snal not apply TO the OBTAINING
or conccallng OF any enid taken or carried away
before tue passage OF this act, when the person
OF persons SO harboring or coucealing SHALL within
thirty days alter the passage OF TINS act, sur
render up suc1 Guild TO the custody oil the nearest
magistrate or justice Of the peace or to the sheriff
Ell any county WITHIN the Commonwealth
THIS pr0vlslo has reference to the Ross case.
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FRESHETS AND RAILROADS.

NUNDATION OF THE NASHVILLE AND CHATTA-
NooaA RAILRoADs-DAMAGE TWO HUNDRED
THOUSAND DOLLARS.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Feb. 26, 1875.
Jasper Branch and the Nashville and Chattanooga
Rail- Dads are inundated distance OF ten miles.
Portions Of the latter are also submerged, which
cuts OF all railroad communica ton with Chatta-
nooga, The Tennessee River is at stand. No
lurtner damage Is anticipated. The damage re-
sutlng ron the ntOd has reached at least
$1,000 Ii commenced at Dead Lock. Freshets
are accommodating along tine Nashville and Unat-
tanooga roads, and business will not be resumed
before Monday.
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FLOOD IN CONNECTICUT.

ICE PILED THIRTY FEET HIGH IN THE HoUsA-
TONIC UNCERTAINTIES IN DANGER-coN-
SIDERABLE DAMAGE TO PRoPERTY-NARRow
ESCAPES FROM DEATH.
BIRMINGHAM, Feb. 26, 1875
The mildness and fog which have been with Us
since Tuesday last and the heavy rains Of yester.
day and last night, nave nad the effect dissolve
snow and make lnroads upon the ice in the river,
causing great COW Of water. Late last night
the housatonic River was transformed into
ROARING TORRENT
which. as 1t came down among the mountains and
hills, threatened to sweep everything before 1t. In
what Is known as the Housatonic Dam
the ice renamed comparatively firm, it
having attained thickness Of fully
thirty inches. The torrent rushing over
this surface carried with It immense cakes OF ice,
which after a time became cogged. forming dam
OF great height across the river. At zoar Bridge
there was dangerous ice gorge and great was
the quantity OF Ice that came rushing down that 1t
soon packed together, forming mighty dam.
Water accumulated rapidly. ana settling back
upon the banks OF the river, five families had
barely time TO escape from their dwellings.
house III whca was Iamliy OF SIX persons was
surrounded and
LIFTED FROM THE FOUNDATIONS
They were only saved from drowning by retreat
ing to the upper stories OF the building. several
houses ana barns were carried by the nood from
their sites owing TO
THE BEATING OF THE ICE
and a number OF cattle nave been drowned. Z0ar
Bridge has been carried away, iuicrrupting travel
and communication with tnaG locality Tor the pres
ent. SIX miles THIS place. at outer Rock, the
torrent was fearful, daminiug up the ice from
thirty TO lOrty Ieet high and forming barrier TO
the progress Of the water, iaslng the waters sur
lace ten 1eet higher than was ever known be-
fore. The roads In the vicinity OI the
river are completely lost, under from
ten to fifteen lcet OF water and ice,
and are rendered impossible until the water
eupsides- Tne valley from Hill to hill is filed with
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THE VIRGINIA RIVERS.

RICHMOND, Feb 20, 1878.
The recent heavy rains have swollen the vir-
gtnla rivers considerably, IN some cases causing
much damage. The James River, at this
point, is ten or twelve eet above the
ordinary level and still rising slowly The wnarves
and streets OF the lower part OF the city
are Overnowed. At Lynchburg the river Is up
nearly fifteen feet aoOve its usual Level. Much
damage Is reported there and along the line OIL the
Atlantic Mississippi and Ohio Railroad. The jack
son River at Covngton is higher than at any time
since 1861.
The weather to-day is clear and pleasant and
there Is no apprehension OF serious damage here.