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Wanted to Make Sure of 1t This Time

YESTERDAY tall and masculine ap-
pearlng female, who chung to diminu-
overlooking specimen of a man whom
she called husband, entered a Griswold
street life insurance Office and requested
to see the insurance man. The agent
ushered the couple into reception room
and asked them to be seated In a few
minutes the woman opened the CONVEX
sation with: Mr. Insurance Man. I'll
tell you my business here You see that
man there" pointing TO the pigmy who
was quietly seated at her side "well,
he's my husband-my third husband,
and l want TO insure his life for S3,OUO.' -
The smiling agent, with an eye to bust
ness, rubbed his hands complacently and
politely requested the little husband to
go with him to the office of the COM
pany's examining physician, short dis
lance up the street. After the Lilipu-
tran had been rigidly examined the doctor
wrote out certificate as to his possess
ing the necessary qualifications which
entitled him to life insurance, when
the two returned to the insurance office.
where the Amazonian female was i'm
patiently awaiting them. A clerk hav-
ing drawn up the necessary papers she
took out roll of bills and paid the first
installment on the policy, which docu-
ment she folded carefully together and
hid in the depths of her skirt pocket
On taking their departure the prudent
wife turned to the insurance agent and
thanking him for his promptness in max
ing out the policy remarked that she
wasn't going to be fooled this time" The
agent politely asked for an explanation
OF this strange remark, whereupon she
replied that her first husband had died
on her hands before she knew of the ex-
istence of such an organization as life
insurance company; her second husband
was blown up on steamboat after they
had been married week and before she
could get policy made out; and now
that she married Joseph that very morn
ing she wasn't going to run another such
risk, and therefore concluded to have
things fixed up at once. "Now, Joseph.
dear" said the affectionate wife as She
hustled her spouse down the stone steps
leading to the sidewalk, "you and me
can spend a honeymoon just like two
loving turtle doves" Detroit Free Press.
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Breeding from Lungs, Catarrh, BrOn.
chitis, COnsumpfiOn.--A Wonderful

ROCHESTER, n. Y, Jan. 10, 1874
X. " FIERCE, NJ d., Buffalo, N. Y:
Dear Sri have suffered from Catarrh in
an aggravated form for about twelve years
and for several years from Bronchial trouble
Tried many doctors and things with no last
ing benefit. In May, ~, becoming nearly
worn out with excessive editorial labors on a
paper in New York city, was attacked with
Bronchitis in severe form, suffering almost
total loss of voice. / returned home here
but had been home only two weeks when
was completely Frustrated with Hemorrhage
from the lungs, hdring four seoere bleeding
spes tcittTs ttco tcees, and first three inside Of
mine days. In the September following i'm
proved sufficiently to be able to be about,
though in very feeble state. My Bronchial
trouble remained and the Catarrh was ten
fold worse than before. Every effort for re-
Lief seemed fruitless. l seemed to be losing
ground daily. I continued in this feeble
state, raising blood almost daily, until about
the first of March, '73, when became SO bad
as to be entirely confined to the house. A
friend suggested your remedies. But | was
extremely skeptical that they would do me
good, as / had lost all heart In remedies, and
began TO look upon medicine and doctors
with disgust However, / obtained one of
your circulars, and read it carefully. from
which / came to the conclusion that YOU uu
derstood your business, at least. / finally OBJ
tanned a quantity Of DIR. Sage's Catarrh Rem
edy, your Golden Medical Discovery and Pei
lets, and commenced their vigorous use &C
corcing to directions. To my surprise soon
began to improve. The Discovery and Pei
lets In short time brought out severe
eruption, which continued for several weeks.
felt much better, my appetite Improved and
gained in strength and flesh In three
months every vestige Of the Catarrh was
gone, the Bronchitis had nearly disappeared,
had no Cough whatever, and I had entirely
ceased to raise blood; and, contrary to the ex-
pecfation of some of my friends, the cure has
remained permanent / have had no more
Hemorrhages from the Lungs, and am en-
tirely free from Catarrh, from which had
suffered SO much and SO long. The debt OF
gratitude / owe for the blessing i have re.
ceived at your hands knows no bounds. am
thoroughly satisfied, from my experience, that
your medicines win master the worst forms of
that ocious disease, Catarrh, as well az Throat
and Lung Diseases. / have recommended
them 10 very many, and shall ever speak in
their praise Gratefully you're,
VIM. H. SPENCER.
p. o. Box 607, Rochester, n Y
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COmbats on the Ocean.

Among the extraordinary spectacles
sometimes witnessed by those who 90
down to the sea in ships" none are more
impressive than a combat for the su-
premacy between the monsters of the
deep. The battles of the sword-fsh and
the whale &-e described as Homeric in
grandeur. The sword-fsh go in schools
like whales, and the attacks are regular
sea-hghts. When the two troops meet,
as soon as the sword-fish have BETRAYED
their presence by a few bounds in the
air, the whales draw together and close
up their ranks. The sword-fish ALWAYS
enueaVors to take the whale in the
flank, either because its cruel instinct
has revealed TO II the defect in the car
cass-for there exists near the brachial
fins of the whale spot where wounds
are mortal-or because the flank pre-
sents wider surface to its blow. The
sword-flsh recoils to secure greater
impetus. IL the movement escape the
keen eye of his adversary the whale
is lost, for it receives the blow
of the enemy, and dies almost in
stsntly. But if the whale perceives
the sword-fish at the instant of
the rush, by spontaneous bound it
springs clear of the water its entire
length and falls on its flank with a crash
that resounds for many leagues, and
whitens the sea with boiling foam. The
gigantic animal has onl y its tail for the
defense. 1t tries to strike its enemy and
finish him at single blow. But if the
active sword-fish avoid the fatal tail the
hattie becomes more terrible. The ag-
gressor swings from the water in his
turn, falls upon the whale, and attempts,
not to pierce, but to saw it with the
teeth that garnish its weapon. The sea
is stained with blood; the fury of the
whale Is boundless. The sword-fish har-
asses him, strikes him on every side, kills
him and flies 10 other victories. Often
the sword-fish has not time to avoid the
fall of the whale, and contents itself with
presenting its sharp saw to the flank OF
the gigantic animal which is abou. to
crushit. 1t then dies like Maccadacs.
smothered beneath the weight of the ele-
plant of the ocean. Finally the whale
gives few last bounds into the air,
dragging its assassin in its flight, and
pershes as it kills the monster of which
ii was the victim.
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The Better Way to Make Chicken
ROOSts.

THE way many roosts are made is ex-
ceedingly Objectionable, as the fowls
have difficulty in getting on the rear
poles when all the positions near the
front part are occupied. Roosts for
heavy fowls should be so arranged and
constructed that they can step on and off
without danger of falling and injuring
themselves. Besides this many roosts
are arranged in such manner that one
cannot move around in the hennery I'M
less he drops on his knees beneath the
fowls.
The past season have been construct
ing hen-roost on a new plan, which
pleases me better than any other style of
roosts have ever met with. On one
side of the hennery, which is about
twelve feet in length, there are three
shelves, twenty inches wide, one above
the other, and about twenty inches
apart. The back edges of the shelves
touch the wall, SO that nothing can fall
down behind them. About three inches
above the middle of each shelf roost-
ing pole extends their entire length.
The ends of the poles are so supported
that they can be removed without diff
Guilty. The fowls ascend to their roosts
by walking up an inclined road, with
numerous cleats nailed on the surface to
prevent their feet from slipping This
inclined board is placed parallel with the
shelves, close to the front edges, so that
as hen ascends she can step on the first
shelf or ascend to the next or to the top
roost. The shelves prevent any drop
pings from falling on the fowls below
them. More than this, the roosts occupy
but little room, which is so admirably
appropriated that one can enter the hen
merry at night and get desirable view of
every fowl as they are arranged in regu-
lar rows within convenient reach. An
other excellent advants &C is, all the
droppings are received by the shelves, so
that the accumulations may be collected
with shovel. Twice every week the
poles are removed and the shelves are
scraped clean. During the past two
months the accumulations collected from
the shelves filled a barrel. Such fertil-
lzlng material is worth more per hundred
pounds than the best Peruvian guano
that farmers can obtain after it has been
adulterated for market. By June next
there Will be sufficient quantity of
choice manure to apply to enc acre of
growing corn. The roosting poles are
about four inches in diameter Fowls
prefer a large to a small pole for a roost.
In lieu of round poles scantlings, three
or four inches square, would ne axe excel
lent roosts. Fowls are not half as liable
to fall of the roost at night if the poles
are broad or fiat as when the roosts are
no larger than broom-handle When
fowls are allowed to roost here and there
they will smear everything with offensive
droppings, and one cannot collect a bar
rel of the valuable accommodations dur;nr
the entire year-N. Y. Herald.
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Scripture Giants.

VARIOUS estimates have been made of
the probable height of Goliath and Ug.
The uncertain element is the cubit used.
Goliath's height, six cubits and span
Il Sam. xvii. A., has generally been CON
cluded to be from nine feet six inches to
twelve feet. Og is commonly supposed
to have been rather taller, but the esti-
mate is based on the length of his bed
stead, nine cubits (Deut. iii: ID. On
this it is quite hazardous to depend A
giant king might pride himself on his
stature, and wish to keep up the idea of
it by specially large bedstead of iron.
1t seems probable that Goliath was more
gigantic than the warriors mentioned as
of " the sons of the giants" of great
stature, and the like. Supposing the
shekel of brass to be the same as a shekel
of iron, Goliath's spear was twice the
weight of that of lshbibenob. In mod
ern days soldiers of ten feet in height
would not be specially valued. Freder-
icL Williams army of giants was mat
ter of Tidicule rather than of awe Let
us see how far the giants of old differed
from them. We now lay no great stress
on few inches in height. Frederick
William had some enormous men
found for him by the Gar, but we may
safely fix his limit at ten feet, a height
of which we have few men recorded
during the last two thousand years. His
guards, however, were individual speci-
mems, in most cases men who from some
exceptional cause grew wonderfully; in
short, they were over-grown men. The
giants in Scripture were a race, and
the difference is very great. 1t is IN
common to find man with a stock of
vital energy differing greatly from his
fellows; that is, those of his race. Con-
seeuently, a very tall man is generally
rather feeble In some cases very we'll
made tall man may have his arteries and
limbs sol formed that the work of the
heart in pumping the blood to the ex-
tremities Is less felt than might be sup
posed. Sill, men that have shown ex-
traordinary energy I'VE are not now
speaking of single efforts of strength,
very active leaders in war, for example
have, on the whole, ben remarkable
rather as being short than TALL. Ma
poison was very short, perhaps five fee;
four inches. Nelson was very small
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No TINE 10 BE Losr.-In the incipient
stages OF Consumption, the first symptoms are
generally hacking cough-pain in the chest
difficulty Of breathing-or oppression Of the
lungs. Something should be done at once to
check the cough. allsy and heal the irritated
parts. Aliens Lung Balsam will break up
the cough in an incredible short time; also
prevent The formation Of tubercles. Where
tubercles are once formed the disease Is hard
to cure.
For sale by all Medicine Dealers.
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The census of the Delaware Indians
now in the Indian Nation has just been
taken, and the tribe numbers but 75S
persons, all told. Five years ago, when
the Delawares moved to the Nation, their
number was 9S5-s decrease of 227. At
this rate it viii not take many years for
the tribe to become extinct-Paosd
lkan.l Spirit.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1875-02-04

LEMON PUDDING.-Oneshalf pound of
apples, grated; one-half pound of fine
sugar, six ounces of butter, eight eggs,
emitting the whites of four; rind and
juice of three lemons; with or without
pastry. Bake three-quarters of an hour.
To be eaten cold.
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Maine has over $780, 900 invested in
her canning establishments. The total
value of last years product is placed at
about 81 100000 One Portland COM
pany last year put up 100000 pounds
of corn, 2,250,000 pounds of Holsters.
salmon and mackerel, $4,000 pounds of
CLAIMS and $4,000 cans of blueberries.
The total number of hands employed,
including fishermen, is 1915.
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HORSES CHEWING L1xEs.--Take four
or five ordinary-sized pods of red-pepper
and put them in pot, and add one pint
of fresh lard. and stew over q slow fire
for ten or fifteen minutes, and oil the
lines with it when nearly cold This
will prevent any horse from chewing the
reins on the first application,
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THE good name of the old Sherman
House, Chicago, is being nobly main
tanned by the new. There is not bet
ter hotel on the continent Its prices,
too, have Just been reduced.
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Lake Huron's length is go miles;
greatest breadth, 100 miles; ares. g. 4sa
square miles; discharge at outlet, 2S3, 125
cubic feet per second deepest sounding,
ZOE feet; elevation of surface above the
sea, 57S feet.
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WATERS NEW SCALE PIANOS

arc the best made The touch elastic, and fiuO
singing tone, powerful, pure ana even.
WATERS Concerto ORGANS
cannot be excelled Ia tone or bea uty they defy
competition. The Concerto Stop Is a ii ne linz
ltatIcn 81 ne Human Voice. PRICES EX-
TREMELf LOW for cash during thjs
Month. Monthly Inst a linz nts received on
Pianos, $40 to $40; Organs, s. % $40; see-
Ond-ha nd lnstrume nts, 81 10 s., mont hJv
after first Deposit. AGENTS WANTED.
f. liberal discount TO TEACHERS, Ministers,
ments to the trade: illustrated Catalogues
Vailed. HORACE WATERS & son, 4Sl
Broadway, New York. Box 1861,
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An old bachelor SAYS: "When re-
member all the girls I've met together, /
feel like rooster in the fall exposed to
every weather. i feel like one who
treads alone some barn-yard all deserted,
whose oats are fed, whose hens are dead,
or all TO market started"
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Pianos and Organs.

Fine new rosewood pianos for $500.
Fine walnut organs, six stops, $125.
Good secondhand pianos, $3.50 to 500.
Reeds Temple of Music, Chicago.
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Beok.K eepiuQ Simpltf3ed.

THE NORTHWESTERN HORsE-NAIL Cos
6 Finished Nail is the best in the world.
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Dr I. Walker,s CaIifornfa VII.

DIR. ]. Walkers California Viz
egar BitterS are purely Vegetable
preparation, made chiefly from the ma
tive herbs found on tho lower ranges OF
the Sierra Nevada mountains of Califor-
MIA, the medicinal properties of which
are extracted therefrom without the use
of Alcohol. Tho question is almost
daily asked, "What is the cause of tha
unparalleled success of VINEGAR BIr-
TERsw Our answer is, that they remove
the cause of disease, and the patient re-
covers his health. They are the great
blood purifier and life-giving principle,
a perfect Renovation and Invigorator
of the system. Never before in tho
history of the world has o medicine been
compounded possessing the remarkable
qualities of VINEGAR BITTERs in healing the
sick of every disease man is heir to. They
arc q gentle Purgative as well as o Tonic.
relieving Congestion or Inflammation OF
the Liver and yisceral Organs, in Bilious
Diseases.
The properties of DR.. WALKERS
VINEGAR BIrTERs are Aperient, Diaphoretic,
Carminative, Nutritious, Laxative, Diuretic,
Sedative, Counter Irritant, Sudorihc, Aitera-
tive. and Anti Bilious.
II. H. MCDONALD & co.,
Druggists and Gen. Aets. San Francisco California,
snd cor of Washington and Charlton Sts., n.
Sold by all Druggists and Dealers.
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PRUssISG's White Wine Vinegar, warranted
pure and to preserve pickles. A superb article
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Beok.K eeping SimpliAed.
The whole system briefly and clearly explained
Complete instruction. Cloth 81. Sent pos paid on
receipt of price. Circulars furnished.
ID, r. WAGGRNEH & Co.,
AZ Walnut street. Philadelphia.
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MANY people, particularly children, suffer
with the ear ache; and for the benefit Of such
We give sure but simple remedy: Put in
two or three drops of Johnson's AHodyne Liri
Nerst, stop the ear with undressed wool, battle
the feet in warm water before going to bed,
and keep the head warm al night.
CAPT CHARLES SAGER, who keeps a superb
stock of livery horses in Portland, Me-, in
formed us recently that he uses lSkertddn's
0aedlry Condition Po,oders regularly in his
stables, and the expense is more than offset
by the diminished amount of grain necessary
to keep his horses always in good order.
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Gard tn tho Public p'hereas. for few
various
tbs pghI
kH0vAsa<e
frs, sad ths, have ssH; and protect
Isi
nay osdr.d from rs Is eeai s se0tA Isi.d 81 c
III Ny Cheic k-ezir
70 the es. ssI he receive se DO kF
once vishing s
ny urse q i.ta to ,sien, s Jaa.ry sh.
1873 eonisoe eight
eoaneeiou
~ rbosA tia public
asJ vl t., thsIn In the cAa t, justly desr,
tczx sepAest NATHANIEL DODGE
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RICHARDSON'S New METHOD

FOR THE P1ANOFORTE.
1T stands the testi Sells $4,000 yearly,
and is gaining friends epe,yaohere. No
piano instruction book eoer issued approach
es 1T for real merit and porth, and no teach
ers regret using 1t in their course Of in
struction. This cork is a po,oer in tho
musical adodnce Of the day, and has been
most important agent in the recent trenaen-
dOus Increase Of technical kaODledge Of the
Pianoforte.
The success Of RICHARDSON'S New
METHOD is soorldaotde, and prompts many
conaDetitors, but its safe surpasses that Of all
others COMBINED, and 1T stands to-day IN
coneesta5ky superior to all other Piano
Methods.
Used by thousands of Music Teachers and sold BY
all Book and Music Dealers in this Country
and Canada.
PRICE, S3-T5.
All books sent, postpaid, FIR retail price.
0JIVER DJTSly & m rUiS II DJTS0N 4 m
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Yes, S26 90 day Is guaranteed using our
Well Auger and Drills in good territory.
Highest testinaonials from the Governors OF
Iowa. Arkansas and Dakota All tools war.
rsnted, Two wells so foot deep can be bored
in ono day, and enc well Will furnt1h water
sufficient for 100 head OF cattle. splendtd
work for winter al we'll as summer. DeScr1p.
tive catalogue fir 9. County rights for sale.
Iddress; Ju.Z WELL AUGER CO., St. Louis, Mo-.
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NILHoFTs FEVER AND AGUE IONIC-ThiS
medicine is used by construction companies
for the benefit of their employees, when en-
gagged in malarial districts. The highest tes-
timonials have been given oy contractors and
BY the Presidents of some of the leading rail-
roads in the South and West. When men are
congregated In large numbers in the neigh
borhood OF swamps and rivers, Wllhoft's
Tonic will prove a valuable addition TO the
stock of medicines, and will amply reward
the company in the saving of time, labor and
money. We recommend it to all. WHEELoCK,
FINLAY Il Co, Proprietors, New Orleans.
FoR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
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HEART DIsEAsE-Many persons suffer
with heart disease without knowing it
suddenly they drop off, and their friends
are astonished, on q post mortar exami-
nation, to learn that they died of heart
disease. The heart, like the brain, is the
seat of life-its diseases are of several
characters. The most common are val
vular disease, fatty degeneration, and
functional arrangement Ii the liver be-
comes deranged, and digestion is i'm
paired, the heart, through sympathy and
1uxtaposition, becomes abnormal. The
following symptoms indicate approach
ing disease: Palpitation, giddiness, faint
ness, nervous prostration, deranged di-
gestion, vertigo, cold extremities, etc, etc,
for which the old school will administer
iron, opium, antimony, mercury, and
many other mineral poisons. Heart dis
ease is blood disease-purify the blood;
remove Instructions to limpid circula-
ton by taking that Vegetable Aiteratice,
VINEGAR BITTERs, and you will be a
sound person in two or three months. 20
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