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"a DROP OF 10Y IN EVERY WORD"

FLEM1SGToN, Hunterdon Co., n. j., June
26, 1s74.-Dr. r. r: Pierce, Buffalo, N. T.
DEAR SIR: It is with 4 happy heart that pen
these lines to acknowledge thatyou and your
Golden Medical Discovery and Puyative Pellets
are blessings to tho world. Th'se medicines
cannot bo too highly praised, forthcy have al
most brought me out OF the sraVe- Three
months ago was broken out with large ulcers
and sores On my body, limbs, andface. I pro-
cured your Golden Medical Discovery and Purgg-
oti4e Pellets, and have taken six bottles, and
to-day am in good health, all thos ugly ulcers
having healed and left my skin in natural,
healthy condition. I thought at one time I
could not be cured. Although can but poorly
express my gratitude to you, yet th=Ec is q drop
Of joy in every word write. Coils blessing
rest On you aud your wonderful ma;icines is the
humble prayer Of yours truly,
JAMES {. BELLS.
When medicine will promptly cure such
terrible eating ulcers and free the Hood Of the
virulcnt poison causing them, who can longer
doubt its wonderful yIrtues3 DR.. Pierce, how
ever, docs not wish to place his Gol1cn Medical
Discovery in the catalogue OF quackpatcnt nos
trums by recommending it to CUE every dis
ease, nor does heso recommend it; hut what he
does claim is this, that there is but tne form Of
blood disease that It will not cure, and that dis
ease is cancer. He docs not reccdnmcnd his
Discovery for that disease, yet be lnows It to
be the most searching blood cleanser get dis
covered, and that it will free the blo'd and sys-
tenn Of all other known blood poisoIs, be they
animal, vegetable, ,or mineral. The Gollcn Discov-
eryis warranted by him to cure the wost forms OF
skin diseases, as all forms Of Blotchet, Pisnpcs,
and Eruptions, also all Glandular Swdlings, and
the worst form Of Scrofulous and liberated
Sores OF Neck, Legs, or other paris, and all
Scrofulous Diseaaes Of the Bones, as White
Swellings, Fever Sores, Zip Joint, and Spinal
Diseases, all of which belong to scroulous dis
eases.
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GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES.
Woman's Dress in France and in
America.
epring Love- -Making--Why Matte Was
upstairs.
/ Heen Plot-..Matrimonial Cha9ces'''
Various Feminine Notes.
WOMAN.

WOMAN.
An snSel wandering out Of Heaven.
And aif too bright for Eden even.
Once through the paths Of Fafaolse
Mnde Inminous the aurorat aiF.
And. walking In his awful gulses
Mi In Eternsl Father there.
en,3.d 1ore through ali those bowers Of light.
she while, within hte t1anced spell.
(}ur Eden FIRE lay slumbtring near;
God saw, and said It IL not we'll
For man alone to linger here;
Then took that angel BY the hand,
And with kiss its brow he pleaseo.,
And, whispering all his mild command.
He laid 1t near the slecpcr's breast
With earth enough to make It human; ,;,.
BE chained it, wings and called II Homo"'
And II psrchance some stains OF rust
Upou her piniuns yet remain
sTis but the mark Of GodE@ @ 9Hn ~hain hase'
The earth-mold Of shat Eden cnain'
n KE1d.
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A MEAN PLOT,

L
A city railway car coming downtown yester-
day {says the Detroit Fra Prsss) contained i've
men, q young lady, and stout woman with
market~basket and q snub nose. voice sud-
denly called out:
"Blast my bones, but it's blasted hot!"
No one seemed to know just which passenger
spoke, and 3 man rose up and said: -.
II deny that used those awful expressions" !"
$50 do T." added another, and pretty soon all
the men had filed denial. Then the young lady
rose up aud softly said:
81 hope no one here will for moment be-
lievc that I could make use of such language" "
All had denied it except the woman with the
basket, and all looked at her. She knew she
hadn't said anything, and she saw through the
lob. Walking to the head Of the cal, she dropped
her basket, gave her right shoulder shake, and
remarked:
II can blast the head Of the man who says I
said it was blasted hot!"
All the men looked across the street at new
building, and the woman picked up her basket,
sat down, and gTowlcd:
"1 just want to see one of you fellers wink or
grin once:h
Five solemn men rode five long blocks with
faces as rigid as Sandusky stone
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awe hardly think it 4 fair thing for our lady
friend to stop at the age Of 39 as there are very
few ladies who have arrived at that age Of
sine1e-blcssedncss from whose hearts have been
extinguished hopes OF ever seeing the chosen
one No, indeed; SO long rs there is still IN
old bachelor left, VIC say give the old maids
chance, aud don't blame them for still clinging
to hope"
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women moved away like soap-bubble in hur-
ricane, AMI the girls never stopped for beaux or
baskets, but stuffed their handkerchiefs In their
mouths to hold their breath down till they were
safe behind their own doors; and not girl in
the Fourth Ward knows where Matte lives.
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In Bath {Enrlaud) Abbey Is TO be seen the 1ol-
lowing:
Sic lived an old maid, and died IN old Mann.
Schools to teach girls plain needle-work are
proposed in New York. It is needless to say
that the success OF 6uch schools will prove only
scw-sew.
And now comes Boston woman who, to out
do her fashionable sisters with their twenty
button gloves, has invented and wears forty
button stockings.
A plucky Maine woman had twcnty-four teeth
extracted the other day without using anes-
thetics of any kind. But her Toice ever since
has been sfalse-set-oh" one.-New Tork Com
snercial
"atrs. Sp1inks,r observed boarder to his
1and1ady, "thc equal adjustment Of this estab-
lishment could be more safely secured Il there
was less hair in the hash and more In the mat
tresses."
n modest" as to nearly faint when addressed
by gentleman; but who required no pressing
to sit at the piano and sing p" Somebody s
watching us,-pull down the blinds.'
The unhappiest woman in Washington Just
now is one who appeared in company in calico
dress ezpcets to M hs1r % sEe1od E1s;s EEods her
cious. what's your husband been doing!'
The editor of Lancaster paper tells about a
ai!1 ,eith sno1, . t1ehtNfittinp nu}l-back that-
gst g WIZ ~ sct;dent,r ieII HIVE rcnt1enan who
had rushed to her assistance was compelled, as
last resort, to take her by the head and stand
| her on end like clothes-pln.
aae emddan I'd D. da1z1iner chanpes and he iu-
~: us ~ ta;1at ,nov m7,1t;n1r iii:a Leaves IN
1e1 " .rs h,,t there is nothing tat wi make
woman stand before her iooEing-glass so long
as s"nDn' n
The "Belle Americana. ."-suitor: well, !
may hope, then, dear, that at some future time
NAV have the happiness o1 maR1ng You my
", <,eat;.,tt ra., +;ra9 ~ e,,; ~
ia1.s ~ e9 ~ hroach a~. ~ rron1;se r-p,,nc6
1o"s 4oA o1e4>D ~ p'~-'41
"james, my love, perhaps-what 90 you
thinks-pcrhaps, may be, sou know, dear-1t
lust occurred to me that it might be cheaper to
get couple Of silk dresses this sumncr-ne-
| cause, you see, the mulberry has blighted the
silk in the south Of France, and the crop will be
| short and dress goods awful high next year."
II Won't be long after her." was the mourn
] ful remark of q gr1ef-str1cken gentleman who
| buried hts wife sir months ago, And, sure
enough, he was "aftcr her" ia less than three
months-but the '*her" was full Of life aud
| joyousness. and wore the latest-stylc polonaise
and five button hd-gloves; Grief shouldn't be
u1vo1nen nre eoin, into the insurance busf-
| ness ), And when come1v woman enters a
mans Office, bitches up her chair, places fair
| hand on his arm, and begins to talk about pol
cics, he feels as though his lite ought to be ~
| srred pretty soon AND this feeling Is greatly
augmented should his wife drop IN unexpected t
Is during the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Herald
| They were gushing Young couple, and they
wcre !. dofnp y thc Chinese Recruitment in til
| Erao+ Eyh;T;t,on. She was erazing curiouslv HI
the almonl-eyed natives, ana he Tas a1mirine
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lT3IITLHUNl1AL VIt<ANVEsos
The Cincinnati Enquirer gives some queer
statistics thus: " a very swcctyoung lady Of the
West End, who has evidently been giving the
subject serious reflection, gives the following
table as showing a woman's chances of marriage
between the ages Of II and 70 years. OF 1000
women, taken without selection, 1t is found
that the number married at each age IS as below.
Or il {by an arithmctical liceuse) we call n
woman's chances of marriage in the whole
course OF her life 1000, her chances in each two
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soa1NAMBuL1sM ExTRAoRDINAR.

soarNANBULIsM EXTRAORDINARY
Le Courier de Nord Of 4 recent date tells q
sensational story Of somnamoulist- A Mmc.
D, residing at her country:house near St.
Amand, France, had for sone time been an
noyed By numerous petty thsfts Of jewelry,
lace, and other articles Of q similar character
Entrance to the chateau was so difficult as to
be practically impossible; the fidelity Of the
servants Of the family was bcyord question, and
the whole nffair was one Of tn. most impcne-
trable Of mysteries, when the lady's
son, an officer just back from Africa,
arrived at the house, and, being informed
of the mysterious disappearance, undertook to
watch for the successful thief. concealing him.
self at night in the corridor Of the chateau, he
watched TIL o'clock, when q shadowy figure
made its appearance, at which h presented his
ristol and drew the trigger. The cap snapped,
tut the arm was not discharged, and by the
flash Of the cap the officer recognized the thief.
It was his mother. The lady was somnambu-
list, and was In the habit OF stealing nightly her
own iewelry and 1aces, and hiding them in a
cupboard in the corridor. There Ill the missing
rafuables we're On investigation discovered.
This story may be true, or It 1n.y be French
plagiarism from Barlam's tale Of the officers
trousers in the " Ingoldsby Iegenls."
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QUEEN V1C'S FAMILY.

Appropriate to the 18th anniversary Of Queen
Victoria's birth, tho London Observer remarks
that "Thcrc has, probably, never been soTer~
eign Of England who could look around upon so
numerous circle Of descendants as Her
Majesty" Since the Prince Consort died, only
three deaths have occurred in the British
Royal family, and two Of these have been OF
children in the earliest stages Of infancy, namely:
the third child Of the Prince Of Wales, who was
born on the 9th and died on tho Sth Of April,
1871, aud the child of the Princess Christian,
who died OH the Goth of last April, aged only
s days, The other death. that of the second
son Of the Princess Alice Of Hesse, was the result
Of an accident. Tlic Obse1rsr sptculatcs in this
cess OF Germany (the Princess Royal Of Ensland)
is now II years of age. Her Majesty is 81. If
her eldest grandchild were to marry within the
next year, pnd have child in the ordinary
course, that child might arrive at manhood aud
have children within the next twenty years, thus
making Her Majesty a agreat-great-grandEnoth
before she reached 50 years Of age. We do not
say that this is probable, but 1t is BY no means
impossible, especially as the children Of the
Queen have, unlike those Of George the Third,
all made early marriages, and it is likely that
their children will follow their example,"
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SPRING IOvE-a1AKISG.

SPRING LovE-a1AKEG.
Oh! the soft, sweet language Of love! It's
soft in the Silly night we hear its gentle muir
mur.
"Dost think spring hath come, Henri!"
&Yes, Consatiua, feel that may assure
you this wa1mthness will be no more dispelled
b. the wind; but why SO strange qucstions''
"Because fain would clothe my neither ex~
trcmitIes in sf1ken covering, were assured Of
the continuance of the present ba1mncss. To
thee, who art SO good aud wise, your Consatina
looks for counsel in all things affecting her hap
pincss-"
md I am proud that thou should'st deem me
worthy to advise thee In q matter Of SO grave
import I am confident that thou hast not to
fear in making the change thou desl1est. 10
prove the strength OF my conviction, have but
70 inform you that only yesteznight I laid aside
20, Henri" she gasped, clinging conyulstvc-
II to him, twas it not premature HoFrid fears
assail me. What II thou should st take cold and
de-i! o, me protector! me-ah--"
"Calm thysclf, me angel There Is no dan
ger. An will be we'll"
oaI shall hope for the best, Henri, and pray
nightly that no rude blast shall return to chill
thy frame and place IN jeopardy thy precious
life What would silk stockings be to Con-
satina vcrt thou gonc-a hollow mockery,
stuf1css fabric:"
Then they cltnched. and He le1[-o5a'seesek
{lfo.) Neos.
WHY HMATT1E" WAS UPSTAIRS.
One evening recently, the friends Of married
couple in Chillicothe, O. (says paper OF that
plaoel determined to give them surprise party
To this end, twelve couples Of young ladies and
gentlemen With well filed baskets made their
appearance before the house about O'Clock
As they came to the door they saw the gentle
man standing in the a1ley-way with his over
coat on, smoking Cigar, and the parlor Was all
lighted up. This struck them Us rather singu-
iaI, but the leader grabbed the door-kno6, and
they rushed hflariously in. The gas Was burn
inc brightly, and six digni5ed old ladies we're
sitting around the stove, looking as solemn as
1ob. mTI where's Mattief" shouted an exu-
berant young lady, setting her basket on the
aShe's upstairs" taid an old LADY, looking
orrr her spectaclcs With solemn auimouy.
"Iet's have her down." screamed half-a-dozea
IL chorus, and they made break for the hall
."Here, girls, don't 70 up there!' and the Old
ladies made hasty attempt to check the pro-
Whv. what on eazth's the matter here, any
hoH!' inquired the impatient darlings.
swell, / believe it's boy"
~ob, lets go!'' z
And thss Company Of nice young men and
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DIR. G. BIGEIOW

Icn, West Msdison cor Jefferson Chicago ILL.,,
snd ss bad for the pass years sne laIxes
Weakness cured safely. privately Pamphlet 56 p0eH
relating to above. sent IN sealed envelope for eo
3cent stampe. Rooms separate for Indies and gentle
men consaltaston @ trse T. aatage Guide Or So
thing grners1tve system thar Il worth knowing
RIA
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her land and replied: ~, too, have my day,
Madame, and on Fridays shall be most happy
to receive YOU"
, 1876-06-18

DIR EdsAN,
100 West Madison *treet Chicago formerly Pr1nciPaI
OF the HalIock Medical Institute, author Of work
SpeEma1oFEnoea, 1mpotence. Nervous aad sJpailt!o
diseaAes having hAd fifteen years practice In prFMz
diseases able 10 warert cur l.: the worst
Come AZ With Dyspeps14 Pal2!tatfon Of tae Hear.
nance, Pinlples on the Face, Keak Mcnorx, SHINES,
Dmnexs OF Sight. Dizziness Mind Confused. Wasths
you die with suproxel Gonsumrtion HayinE cnred He
c1ses the last year. Correspondence eoltc:ed With
full description Of the euse, and medicine sent to Ill
parts
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|y00D'S' MUSEUM.

MONDAY June 10. the greatest Dutch comedian.
CHARLIE a. GARDNER. every sfe1tnS ana .N MGdnes
PEGGY fREEN. Monday, Tuesday. Thursday; and
friday mntinecs, CASTE. Wanted, 50 young ladies'
flrfh hn h11lnf.
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White Star Mail Line.

To and from Europe and America. Rates as low
as By any other tlr.t-class Line: Office. l20 East
General Western Agent Drafts On Great Britain
and Ireland,
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never beaten, even D5S1EA
many, the embOdimentA
TILDEN PRESIDEN r.

The result of the canvass of the
electoral vote in the several States
shows that Tilden receives 1856 to
Hayes's 1S4 votes. Louisiana and Flor
ida are counted for Hayes In spite OF
facts to the contrary, but from Oregon
there comes one Democratic ana two
Republican, electors, with certificates
bearing the broad seal of the State,
giving to Tilden the required msjorlty.
Consequently, when the presidential
vote is counted by Congress 1S5 legal
aud constitutional certificates will be
presented, carrying votes for the one,
while the other candidate will have but
lS4. Any move made to reject the
vote as presented by these electors will
be against usage and law, and must go
eehind the record; and the faction de-
Ing so becomes a revolutionary one.
1t has been claimed by the Republicans
that the record, as presented from
States, even as come the electoral
votes of Louisiana aud Florida, must
be accepted. The rule can apply, and
under it Tilden becomes the constitu-
tional President of the United States.
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THE sTAEESMAN AND ATS con-
- STlTURNCY. 3

Everybody yesteraaJ was pleased
with the freshness and beauty of the
SrArEsNAx. In mechanical construc-
tion and attractiveness the STATEsMAN
is certainly unsurpassed by any publi-
cation Of interior States and cities. The
dailies Of Atlanta are in nowise more
costly in their creation nor do they
contain more reading matter than the
STATESMAN, and yet Atlanta contains
twice as many people as Austin. Ev-
cry dollar Newspaper Office receives,
over and above the cost Of its main
tenance and that Of its employees, Is
invested in materials, machinery and
intelligence used in perfecting it. II
9 community complain that its news
paper is deficient in reading matter or
in the fullness Of its telegraphic DIS
patches the Jeremiah who weeps
should feel more deeply in his pockets
than IN his bosom, and II nickels come
forth the newspapers defects will be
speedily remeiied. 'Why don't You
give rs more reading matter 2" asks
one. "Why don't you publish each
day . chapter from heart-rending
love story ." inquiries an interesting
female maiden Of sentimental prOclivi-
ties. why don't you pnnt the lee
lures and books Of the English and
Amencan and French scientists :" in
quires an sctivs agent Of the Library
Association. 'why not give market re-
ports Of New orleAns, Of Galveston and
Of New York, in full :" asks the WOOL
gathering dealer Of Pecan street. To
grAtiiy the tastes aud meet the expec-
tasions Of each member Of society and
make the world abroad deem this
. city Of one hundred thousand
instead Of %. coo people. by printing =
Cosrser>J Journal or 81 Louis GloSs-
Dsneeraf instead Of the STATESMAN,
win Be possible and win be sccom-
plished whenever those who demand
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TELEGRAPHIC news.

WASHINGTON, December THE fol-
lowing describes the situation more
closely: ''San Francisco, December
IA Post special from Salem says
that at noon to-day the Secretary OF
State delivered to E. ca onin, Democratic
candidate for elec:or, contesting the
seat of Watts, postmaster, the certifi-
cate Of appointment as elector, which
il an evidence that the Governor has
ousted Watts. The six electoral can
didates then assembled in the commit
tee room Of the Senate Chamber, and
after half an hour, one of the Repub-
lican electors, w. H. Odell, came out
and went to the Office OF Secretary
of State to demand a certified copy of
the certificate for I;zems. The Ger
tifcate inclu ed the name of Z. A.
Cronin, Democrat, and W. II. Odell
and j. c. Cartwright, Republicans.
and as the latter demanded TO see and
hold the certificate. and CTonin re-
fused to let them have 1t, nothing
could be done. About this time
Cronin left the room where the elec-
tors were assembled, and took a stroll
around town, and when the electors
were TO meet, odeIl and Cartwright
refused to act with Cronin, vhereupon
Cronin declared vacancy. and elected
]. N. L Miller and II. Parker to fill
the place Of the electors, and q vote
being taken, Cronin voted for Tilden
and Hendricks, and the other two for
Hayes and Wheeler. Cartwright and
0deIl at hrst accepted the resignation
Of elector Watts, then elected him to
fill the vacancy and cast the vote Of the
Stste for Hayes and Wheeler. There
is great excitement At the Governors
action"
WAsHIseTox. December THE
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Of the Senate are considering Mr..
E1mundh resolution Of inquiry into
the elections, which. among other
things, involves LAmAf's seat in the
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Mr.. HENDERSON, who has undertak-
en- to build the Dallas and Wichita
road, says he has raised money enough
to finish two hundred miles; and vet
Austin stands still in perfect stupor.
If Northern States go to war about
Hayes and Tiiden and infamies done
10 Florida aid Louisiana, Texas will
double its population and wealth In
two or three years, and if peace be
maintained we will have thoroue b
changes, and all for the better, and for
the simple reason that the present Fed
eral system could not be worse, and
Texas must grow great aud powerful.
However events may shape themselves,
there is q good time coming for Texas,
and Austin should be worthy Of the
empire and build the narrow gauge to
the Northwest
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will also give. II Austin would have
a perfect newspaper the STATESMAN
shows to day how the end is to be az
tanned. The STATESMAN grows with
the growth of its circulation and
volume of its advertisements. Will
not each citizen therefore who would
have the capital of Texas esteemed for
the taste and intelligence and numbers
of its people remembers }nt the
STATESMAN is the city's feat repre-
sentative and plenipotenharE The
capital of Texas is seen thr4fgh the
medium of its press even as the United
States finds itself measured in intellS
gence, decency and in power by og3
brother-in-lsw Cramer at COpenhagen.
or by the foxy, cold-handed and blood
less Maynard at ConstantInople. Each
citizen of Austin thus finds himself, no
lens Uolens, if interested in the facts or
fame of the place, directly and person
ally interested in up-building and pro-
noting the prosperity of theSrArEsMAN.
Each letter from each merchant in Aus
tin to his country correspondent, and
from each citizen to each stranger
abroad, should commend the STATES
MAN. Extend its circulation and its
enlargement and value will progress
with even greater relative rapidity.
They who discover defects of to-day
should read what is written here, and
thus learn how these defects are to be
readily remedied. Give US advertise
ments and subscribers, and we will
speedily give you, as shown in the
steady Improvement of the paper in all
its aspects, the best paper published
outside OF the metropolitan cities of
the Union. 1t is needless to swell
along the pavement and point out de-
fects in the newspapers for which there
is only one remedy. We see them
long before you dream of their exist
ence, and you need only remember that
if yeu do your duty the journalist will
not be remiss in discharging every OBJ
legation imposed by an intelligent and
generous people.