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What Shall I Take.

This is often o serious question with the
invalid. He finds the market flooded with pro-
prietary medicines, scores of which are recon-
mended as certain cures for his peculiar all
ment. He reads the papers, circulars aud
almanacs, and finds each sustained by plausi-
specific action. The recommendations are as
strong for one as for another. The cures
claimed to have been wrought by one are as
wonderful as those claimed to have been
wrought by another. In his perplexity and
doubt, the sufferer is sometimes led to reject
all. But it should be borne in mind that this
condition Of thugs Is one that cannot be rerne-
died. In a land where all are free, the good,
the truly v~alusble-must come into COMPETE
ton with the vile and worthless, and must be
brought to public notice by the came instru-
mentality, which is advertising. In such q
case, perhaps the only absolute proof that q
remedy Is what 1t claims to be, is to try it.
The "test OF a pudding is the eating of it. ="
"Prove all things, hold fast that which Is
good is tho apostolic Injunction. There may,
however, De stronger presumptive evidence IN
favor of one remedy than there is In favor OF
another> and this should be allowed its due
weight. A due regard to this may save q vast
amount Of experimenting and q useless outlay
Of money. AS presumpIve evidence 10 favor
of DR.. Pierce's family medicines, the prcprie-
tor desires to say that they are prepared by q
new and scientific process by which the viz
tues Of the crude plants and roots are ex-
tracted without the use Of q particle Of alco-
hol. Not a particle OF this destroyer OF our
race enters into the composition Of. either his
Golden Medical Discovery or Favorite Pre-
scription. This consideration alone ought cor.
tainly to rank them high above the vile CON-
pounds saturated with alcohol Jamaica rum,
sour beer or vinegar, which are everywhere
offered for sale. Again, they are Of uniform
strength, and their virtues Can never be im-
paired by age. They are. also made from
fresh herbs and roots, gathered in the appro.
pirate season, when they are flush with medl-
oinal properties. In support Of these claims
the following testimony is offered: .
NEWARK, N. J., 1876.
r. v. Pierce, NJ. D.:
Dear Sri have sold q great deal Of your
excellent remedies, and I prefer to sell them
before others. because they give good s~atisfrc.
marks as sage's Remedy completely cured me
it is q splendid thing" or, "Plerce's Dis
coyery ia just what I wanted; l feel better
than I ever did," One Of our celebrated sing-
ers uses it for strengthening her voice, and
says There ia nothing equals it, and 80
I might give ecores Of remarks said about
your preparations. A colored woman was using
your Discovery, and after taking three bottles
was completely cured. She, being in the
store, said to me: l don't want no doctors
round me 80 long Us I can get the Discovery T.;
1t beats all your doctors" And 80 I might 60
on. am, most respectfully, yours,
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absorbed by the loose soil, which there.
by obtains a bountiful supply OF phos-
phate food for all kinds of cereals.
Lands that are too thin to produce
good crops of peas or buckwheat, can be
first treated to q crop of rye, which
should be sown in the early fall and
turned under with a pillow in the green
state, in May following. This fits it tor
the reception of either peas or buck
wheat in June.
In case the peas OF buckwheat can be
sown in May, two crops al be utilized
in one year by allowing the first crop to
become ripe, and ten turn them under
with small plows, and do the same with
the second crop, only use large plows
Just before the frosts of October.
A great benefit will be derived from
sowing broadcast wei either peas, rye
or buckwheat. A compost Of ashes and
landplaster, consisting of seventy-ive to
one hundred pounds of the latter, and
three to five times as muchof theformer,
per acre. Old, wornout lands, with a
good clay subsoil, treated in this way
for two years, pays better than any in
vastment a farmer can make-it is bet
ter than lending his money al twenty.
five per cent. interest.
Cultivation In Season.
With q press Of work often the cult
Walton of hoed crops is put off until the
weeds have attained a considerable size,
v e so as to overshadow thecrop. This
is a mistake. Everyweed not destroyed
is sapping the ground Of the nutriment
that is just in the best condition for the
growing plant, but if the weed is de-
stroyed as it comes out OF the ground it
has as yet only taken it's nutrition from
it's own seed. Again, a single motion,
when weeds are tiny, will destroy
hundreds where if allowed to re.
main some time longer each indi-
| vidual specimen will require the same
effort. Here is where the stroke in time
. saves ninety nine OF more. This is most
emphatically true in the growth of
onions, beets, and other crops closely
sown, which require hand work entirely.
In case Of potatoes, the plan of harrow
ing after planting and before they are
far advanced, is growing in favor. This
allows the crop to have a good start of
tho weeds, and the potatoes are not in
the least injured by the harrow.
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Politics In New Mexico.

In 1916, when the war growing out Of
the annexation of Texas was in pro-
grese, General Kearney took possession
of Santa Fe, and soon afterward con-
quered the whole Territory, which was
formally coded to the United States in
1848 by the treaty Of Guadalupe Hi
dalgo, and reconstructed by the estab-
lishment of the Territorial government
on September 9, 1850. It included OF
that time a part Of Colorado and of
Arizona, which we're successfully sep
arated from it, leaving an area Of about
121, pol square miles. It's greatest
breadth is 800 miles, it's greatest length
$50 miles, and in acquiring it the United
States made citizens of go, 1000 impover-
ished and ignorant people-60,0 600 peo-
pie alienated, as I have already said, by
language, faith, customs, education,
and, T might add, sympathies, since it
is not denied that i'll event of another
wal with old Mexico, many OF them
would be found leaning toward, if not
actually engaged on, the side Of their
quondam compatriotS.
Though the native American settlers
are insignificant in numbers, they con-
troll the politics and hold nearly all the
important offices among themselves. The
principal executive powers are vested in
q governor and secretary, who are ap-
pointed for O term of four years by the
President of the United States. The
other offices of State, including an au-
ditor, a treasurer, an Acknowledgement,
and also an encouragement, are
chosen by the Legislature, which
consists of a council of thirteen and a
House Of twenty-six representatives,
most of whom can neither read, write,
nor talk English.
In front of IN adobe howell, near
TERRA Amarillo, we met, says q traveller,
a frowzy looking follow, whose dress
consisted OF q pair OF trousers and q
shirt, and whose natural brown COM
plexion was darkened by untold depths
of dit. In a brief conversation with
Lieutenant Morrison in Spanish, he in
forme1 us that he was a member OF
the Legislature, and was astonished be-
yond measure that he was not already
familiar to us by reputation. He
imagined that his fame had been carried
worldwide, and was amusingly sorry for
our ignorance when we assured him that
we had never heard of him before.
The language of the courts and
church is Spanish, and in conversation a
patois is used which bears about the
same degreeof relationship to the moth
or tongue that the dialect Of the Cana
dian ha6itant bears to Partisan French.
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Some medical gentlemen recently. ad-
dressed a communication to a minister
we'll known for his wit, requesting him
to preach a sermon to them. He re-
piled that he would, and stated that he
would take for his text g: In his dis
ease Asa sought not to the Lord but to
the physicians; and Asa slept with his
fathers and died."
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A MOE PRosPEor.-Algy "a small boy
-"Oh, 80 you're going to marry Jack ?
I wouldn't, not if I knoWed it, ratherl p
Betrothed one-"Why not, deara"
Algy-" Why, he's an awful bully! He
twists me round blythe neck and dusts
my jacket, and he'll do the same by you.
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Ohapped hands, face, pimplss, ring
worm, saltrheum, and other outaneous aueo
tons cured, and rough skin made soft and
smooth, by using JUMPER TAR SOAP. Be care
full to get only that made by Caswell, Hazard 4
Co., New York, as there are many limitations
made with common tar, all OF which are worth
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Aaa-o~th ro-ombor;

A fact worth remembering-fve cents
worth OF Sheridan's Cavalry Condition Po,o.
ders, given to q horse twice q week, will save
double that amount in grain, and the horse
will be fatter, sleeker, and In every way worth
more money than though he did not have
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At request Cragin 6 Co., of Phil
adelphia, Pa, bave promised to send
any Of our readers, gratis ION receipt Of
fifteen cents to pay postage,) a sample
of Dobbins' Electric Soap to try. Send
at nnce
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Nothing is more harassing than ulcers
or boils. Fortunately they can be quickly
healed by the use Of GLENNs SULPHUR Soar,
which purges the sore Of its poisonous virus
cor proud flesh, and thus removes the only OBJ
stacle to its healing. Depot, Crittenton's, No. Z
Sixth avenue, New York.
Grow young in ten minutes with Hills In
stantaneous Hair Dye.
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Married ladies, under all circum stan
ces, will find Parsons' PurgatioeIPiH safe
and, in small doses, a mild cathartic. They
cause no gripping pains or cramp.
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Some men make a great flourish about
always doing what they believe to be
right, but always manage to believe that
right which is for their owu interest.
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HEARTFELT PRAYER

ST. PAUL, Aug. q. 1864.
H. r. STEVENS. ESQ.,:
Oar Sir-I Should be wanting In gratitude, II I failed
to acknowledge whntthe VEGETINE has done for me
I vns attacked about eleven months siuce with Bfon
cbitis, which sst,led into Consumption. ] bad night
sgssts an fever cbills: was distressed fer breath, and
frequently spit blood was all emaciAtsd, very weak, and
90 ow thai my friends thought nv case hDpele.s.
1 was advised to make q trial Of the VFGRTINE,
which, under tire providence of G ID, has Gu cd me.
That He II ay bless the use Of your medicine to Others,
as He mas to me. and that His divine gracs may attend
You, /, tho heartfelt prayer IF yonr sdmlring. humble
sa,vsnt. BENJAMIN PETrlNGILL
P.S-Nine /. but one among tho many cures your
medicine ia, effected In this place. BE-.
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If Vegetine is taken regularly, accord
ing to directions, 8 certain and speedy cure Of
dyspepsia will follow it's use.
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Charity toward those who are accused
of crime muy we'll be exercised, sven
when guilt is apparently proved. Sew
eral years ago a Boston bank teller was
dismissed from his post because Of a
discrepancy Of ten thousand dollars in
his accounts. There had been q gen.
eral confidence in his integrity, but
the money was missing. The unfortu-
nate man has lived under O cloud Of sus-
picion; but the other day the lost money
was found in a peculiar place behind q
safe door, where it had got pushed out
of sight by accident. -,@ oa
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Cinnamon employed in unloading YES
sells in San Francisco walk ashore with
Opium packed in their boot heels.
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An Irish barkeeper always looks a lit
tie cresvfallen when he has to draw lager
beer.
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They are the happiest and longest
liyers whose ambitions are moderate.
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COLLINS VOLTAIC PLASTER
u Report
LICEMA

" "r#
Ihave not enjoyed good health for several years past
yet have not illoa ed II 70 interfere with my labor
Every ono belonging 70 me aSonnE etass hnoTs sps a.
from dot iity, almoss refuses 10 perform IT., daily task
l never was : believer n dosing vita medicines; but
determined to Try II, ana shall never regret tLat deter
minatian. As . tonic (whicl every ono needs At soms
limo II surpsssss an, thing l o ;er hoard OF. It invlsor
ave, tho whole systsm IL Is . great cleanser aad purified
Of the blood. There are many vt my aca1aintances wne
have taken it, and all unto In praise OF it, satisfactory
efeat. ~
Especially among the aged class Of people. It tnp.Et,
to them toe one thing most nseofui In OLD age-nt hts oil
calm, sweet repose. thereby strengthening tho mind q
well IS the body. One aged lacy, VINO has 6sen sunsnna
its effects, having tried many remedies with no favor
able result, was Induced, BY friends 70 Try the vEGE
great relief that she expressed . wish for her sight, tnsl
sne might be able 10 look upon the man who mad SEM
her such . blessing.
Yours respectfully, p.
Q. H. F. HODGE: Police officer, Sts'ion6 6.
Boston, Mas, May 9, 1871.
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Nature gives us three plants peculiar
ly adapted for fertilizing wornout lands,
viz: Peas, clover and buckwheat of
these clover is most used, and is best
known, bat as a crop on very badly used
land it is hardly equal to either peas or
buckwheat. Peas will do better on
poorer land than either of the others,
and can be followed the second season
most proftably by buckwheat, after
which clover will thrive we'll.
The best way to utilize either peas or
buckwheat is to SOW broadcast in June
and turn under with o large two or
three-horse pillow the vines Or stalks
when in full bloom, and just before the
maturity of the seed begins. In this
way all the phosphorus, nitrogen and
carbonic acid, which the plants have.
gathered from the atmosphere, is
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vii di,ps ~s
q. 1OO. new and secepd.hand PiANg. end
adered: New JI.3 Ucisve FiasSss % Sy75,
Stop Oranns, giik besk ciose is a,d tee VIM.
ss99!.I S%,d: ! JlIs;sESed uSH Flag ne sS,isd;
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MANUFACTURE AL KINDS OF TABLE CUTLERY. 3
Not Guilty.

I Esa1a's f S,s oss %ts % sisIsST 1X1RY" o SS%Ti a. Ess H. H. T IA SP Is n MRkkEE HAS 3
h a csa isa .s sI S gas' A sE RI IhFFIP GTr YgHIFkH 3 Co I s &c s:saSs.s1, sMa.@ s% q OH x =. D @
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of thirty to pine, decided not to open on
Sunday.
In accepting the nomination Of the Republi-
can national convention for the Presidency,
Gov. Hayes, Of Ohio, declares that, II elected,
he will accept the position for one term only.
......An explosion Of fire damp has occurred
at L'Hopital ~colliery, near st. Avoid, France.
Forty-two persons we're killed and forty-seven
seriously injured ...... The notable Castle
Garden in New York city was destroyed by fire
on Sunday. 1t was one Of the Oldest landmarks
loft in the city, and has been used for a mum
Der Of years as an immigrant depot. Jenny
Lind sung in the Garden, making her first ap-
pearance in America there. .... Don Carlos,
the prstender to the Spanish throne, is now
travelling with a large party through the
United States and Mexico ......A serious
riot took place at hamburg, 8. c., between the
whites and colored militia. The militia was
disposed Of with canister, after O number OF
them were killed or wounded. One white man
Was killed and one wounded. The unfortunate
affair is deplored by all good citizens Of both
races, and there is deep regret that better
c~ounsels did not prevail. Crowds Of people
visited Hamburg to attend the funerals Of the
dead. White and colored folks intermingled
freely. There we're nc threats, but deep re.
grets wore felt that blood had been shed and
that lives were lost. -. Russia has addressed
q circular note to her representatives abroad,
announcing that she will not support servia,
but remain a simple spectator Of the struggle.
=. Silver has deprecated greatly in value in
England, and is very much lower in value
there than in the United States ...... During
the heated term in New York and Philadelphia
q number Of deaths occurred from exhaustion.
The thermometer was on occasions as high as
ninety-eight to 1O2 degrees.
Tho Lake Superior propeller St. Clair, on
her way from Ontonagon for Houghton,
Mich, caught fire and almost instantly Was a
mass Of flames. OF the eighteen passengers,
but one WAS sared. Four Of the fourteen per-
sons composing the crew escaped with their
lives. ....Lane. Pierce d Co.'S tannery at
sandbspk. N. u, was destroyed by fire, with a
loss of slCO. 0C0. .....T Two young girls, aged
thirteen snd fifteen years, daughters of
Samuel Hoare, we're drowned while bathing
near Wslkerton, Canada. IA party OF masked
msn entered tho Jail at Nebraska City and
asssssinated Hank" Dodge, who Was to
have been executed in a week $500. A reduo.
ton Of ten per cent. in the wages Of the mill
operatives in Scotland is proposed. The
actual number of men on duty in the United
States army is 26, 1873, Of which 1880 are in
the Territories, s,718 in Texas, and 1884 IN
the Southern States. Gen. Terry has in the
field 1,12s men, and Crook 1,7sO. Of which
probably fully two thousand are fit for active
service. The remainder Of the army is doing
garrison duty at forts in Northern States.
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A cmuMA The only sure remedy. Tnalpaokaxs
dO1QInh free. l. SMTHNIaHT. Oleyeland. o.
n VERY desirable NEW ARTICLES for Agents.
70 Mtr'd By j.. g. CAPEwELL 3 o., Qhse1tre, Conn:
, 1876-05-13
rouTL.,n pwoDUcE MARKET.

wHE,r The market is 81 6gel 65 per GENITAL for all
t4ir-sized lots Of good rnerchantable quality
Flour QuOtAhle at 50 for extra standard brands
extra country, 81 1894 IS; superhne q 00ei Is.
OArs-Receipts light and the market Is quoted
arm at 7Old72 per bushsl sacked
DRIED Fl.UIrs Apples, IOc 2 peaches, Aal5c
pluDs, pitless I3a!5; machine dried pluIns, 2Sl30
HIDEs-Best selected lIsI2c = u cuils &c less
green, Sac.
Bacon Bacon is quoted at l3Hsl4c y D. hams,
I2KaISc; shoulders sl9e; clear pork, = Dbl, sa5.-
L.RD-New lard Is in good demand and Is quoted
in tins, at ISc; in bulk IL.
HAY-The receipts equal the demand, and timothy
balei Is quoted at sl6als; loose, sl5.
Dairy PE0iUCE-Butter, choice, Sc = n /; fair,
l5a21c; in brine, 22a2Sc. Cheese, I3a20c Z n.
FEED-From first hands, bran - quoted at sl8a20
shorts, $50; miidlings s37 50ri0; on meal s57 50.
EGGs-Noted quotable at lse per dozen.
WOOL Quotations are nominal Our market is
quoted as follows: Choice Willamette, 22a24e . D
Eastern Oregon and Walla Walla, l5slse-
FEUTT- -Appics quoted ut 81 I1l2 o boz pears,
$50.
OSIoSs Market steady for jobbing lots g 5Oa2 IS
= 100 rs.
POTATOES Market well supplied, and dealers pay
6Ja7jc per bashei--JOUTRai.
, 1876-05-13

Boss TwrED.-Netg T0rk, Nay s-The Herald has
a letter from Midland Georgian Bay, Canada, saying
Boss Tweed and two companions spent the winter on
Muskoka river, thirty miles from Nj land 1t aP-
pears that Tweed and two men loaded small steamer
last November lust before the close OF navigation
with quantity of provisions and went 10 Parks
mills, which have not been running Tweed and his
companions lived in cottage all winter the Boss
keeping dumb and it being gwen out that he had
ce ived paralytic shock On the 2ith OF April the
steamer that took them up last fall arrived there
again. with lot of Provisions board, but did not
leave for few days. On Friday 2Sth two detectives
left Midland and went TO Parks mill reaching there
Saturday. On being discovered the whole OF Tweed )
party Aed on board the steamer by small boats one
being sunk by ice and he getting a ducking. Their
escape in boats covered by some four the
steamer with reVovers, and shots were exchanged
with the detectives who were the dock. The steam
er escaped with Tweed to the bay; the de; ctves be-
ing unable 10 stop her. They expect 10 soon capture
hun.
, 1876-05-13

PeYDLEToN's BUsiNess.-The Ir5
blule in chivalrous mood explains
that those who charge Mr. Pendleton
with doing wrong to his wards in the
Bowler estate iniure him in this; ; tina;
heneyer was guardian of the Bowler
estate, consequently all the stories
about him are cruel, and so on. But
the essential fact 10 the whole bust
ness is not met by The Tribune. The
wrong was his using his personal In
fiuence with the Secretary Of War TO
induce the Treasury 10 pay calm
about which gave doubts existed,
doubts which have not been cleared
away. Out of this claim Mr. Peudle-
ton took as his share many thousands
of dollars. The country will never
believe that a man whose time is SO val
uable that he can earn seventyhve or a
hundred thousand dollars q month lob
bying around the War Department can
afford TO serve the country at the pres
ent rate Of compensation. The whole
Pendleton business is as shameless a
job as ever disgraced Ali administers
uon; and the sorrow is that man so
amiabIe and until now so highly es
teemed as Mr.. Pendieton should have
committed political suicide by taking
A part in it.
, 1876-05-13

CESTENyIALIsN IN PHILADELPHIA.-
A correspondent writes q reassurlng
letter about the charges upon visitors
at Philadelphia during the Centennial
Exhibition. The hotels" he says,
" will not advance their rates more
than fifty cents or dollar day"
Bat why, We answer, should they
make this advance ? The fact that
these hotels will have large crowds is
a reason for reducing their rates and
not raising them. There is not a hotel
in New York that would not gladly
guarantee to reduce It's rates a dollar
or fifty cents day if it could be as
sured If full houses for any reasonable
time by doing so. The advance in
the hotels in Philadelphia is an eytor-
ton and will in the end do harm.
Vienna should teach the hotel keepers
lesson. There the rates were ad-
vanced not much, but enough 20
ruin most of the hotel keepers, who
expected to make an everlasting for
tune " out Of the foreigners"