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THEIR ANIECEDENTS.
u,,s Of Gossip about Various Members or
Congress.

congress.
The greater portion of the new mem
- from the south were in the confed.
orate army. Representative Charles NJ.
SbeIby. of Alabama, is the only architect
- the house, He was enough Of an
o-cbitect of his own fortune TO get elected
senator Dorsey, of Arkansas, is an
Oberlin (O.) boy. Dorsey, since his
lent financial troubles, is said TO have
baen fortunate enough to obtain large
trect of land in New Mexico.
Garland. who succeeds Powell Clayton
from Arkansas made the test oath case as
IN lawyers in the supreme court OF the
limited States, and gained it.
senator Sargent, of California, used to
be a printer at Newburyport, Mass. He
Las always had q kindly side for printers.
senator Booth studied law in Terre
Haute Ind. He is a sort OF carpt bag
Ger in California
representative Page, of California,
once owned good many stages.
Senator Chatfee, of Colorado, is a
banker.
senator TeI7r, of Colorado, never held
an office until elected to the United
states senate.
Senator Barnum, OF Connecticut, is
largely engaged in the manufacture Of
iron. and has interests in Chicago.
Representative Landers, of Connecti-
cut, Is also an iron man.
representative Warner, Of Connect
at, was never in office until elected to
congress.
senator Bayard, of Delaware, was
trained for mercantile life.
Representative Loring, of Massachu-
sets, was once a Maine hospital surgeon.
Representative Ferry, OF Michigan is a
lumber merchant.
Alpheus :. Williams, of Detroit, used
to own and edit the Detroit Advertiser
way back in 1883.
Representative Willis. of Michigan,
was an editoN before the war.
Representative Hubbell, Of Michigan,
has large mining interests in the upper
peninsula.
Senator Mcmillan, of Minnesota,
STUDIED law with Edwin NJ. Stanton,
formerly secretary of war.
Dunnell, of Minnesota, is early life was
a school teacher.
The first name OF Bruce, the colored
senator from Mississippi, is Blanche.
sourI, was a teacher tor eighteen years.
He has probably learned to make those
dreadful--s in his speech since that
time
Ittner, of It. Louis, was a bricklayer
and builder.
Senator Jones, of Nevada, Golden
Jones, was born in Herefordshire, Eng
land, in 1880. He csrpet-ba ged TO
America when less than a year old, and
received a common school education in
Cleveland.
Sharon, the other golden senator, was
also an Ohioan. He was brought up on
a farm there, and studied law with Edwin
NJ. Stanton.
Frank Jones, of New Hampshire, is a
brewer by profession and practice as
much as Terence Quinn, of Albany, Is,
but Jones puts it that d" he has been
engaged in mercantile pursuits.
PeGdie, of New Jersey, Is a Sec lehman.
Senator Mat. Ransom, of North Caro-
lima Is related to Gen. John A. Logan.
Stanley Matthews is fifty-thrse years
old Washington Letter.
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Turkey Carnets.

The Turkey carpet, as it is made in
the hand-looms of Ouchak, Is a fabric
that in durability, wearing qualities,
and softness of texture cannot be sur
passed. 1t is made in square pieces or
various dimensions, but generally OF a
size to cover an ordinary room. The
cOlOrs are so stable that 1t Is said a bar
rel of vinegar upset on it will not
change a color For wear, time seems
TO make no impression on 1t. Beneath
my eet is Turkey carpet which IS at
least thirty years old, and it Is, at this
writing as fresh as the day the last
thread was wove into it at Ouchak.
There seems to be no fixed patterns, for
have never seen any two alike. The
weaver's fancy determines the figures
and arrangement OF colors. and that Is as
fantastic as an Oriental imagination al
waysis. The carpets are so heavy that they
rest on the floor with their own weight,
and need no tacks to fasten them down.
As they are not secured to the floor,
they are frequently taken up and busted,
and are always thus kept clean. When
the staircases, as well as the rooms, are
laid in these solid heecy carpets, the
house is As still as if it were unin-
habited, 50 far as the movements OF its
occupants are concerned. 1t Is curious
fact that while everything else has
declined in price, Turkey carpets hold
their own In the east, one q quarter OF a
century old selling near on to It's
original oost.-Cor. Phildde{phi4 tTess-
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Starvation in the Midst of Plenty.

A correspondent writes from Constan-
tinople to the effect that " the harvest
Is 80 rich throughout the Turkish pro-
vinces that 100000 men and the whole
of the cavalry can be fed for year on
the tithes alone. In Angora, last years
tithes are net yet consumed; and this
years crops throughout the village have
been so abundant that the authorities do
not know where to find room to stow the
tithes away" This is strange We
we're under the impression that last year
half of Asia Minor was suffering from
famine. At any rate, that was the i'm
preston here wh' subscriptions were
raised for the sufferers. On second con-
sideration, however, it is not strange.
Abundance OF government tithes in
Turkey and famine among the people are
quite reconcilable phenomens.-London
Examiner
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gen. Forrest as Christian.


In his sermon, at Gen. Forrest 5 funeral,
Rev DR. Stainback. of Memphis, said
'f On the 18th of November, 1879, on
calm Sabbath evening Bedford Forrest
and his now stricken wife entered this
church and took their seats. ! preached
from the parable found in the great ser
mon on the Mount, where the builders
on the rock Of faith and the builders of
the sands OF false hopes are contrasted.
At the close of the discourse | passed out
and found Gen. Forrest waiting at the
door He took my arm and we passed
the pavement below. There ne stopped
abruptly. and trembling he leaned against
the wall and, As tears fell from his ewes,
said Sir, your sermon has moved the
last prop from under me. ] am the fool
that built on sand---I am poor miserable
sinner The form which never trembled
before the stOutest man seemed all
shaken. Ny dear general ! said, /
thank God for this. If you feel that
you are the foolish builder, you are in
the best way to get upon the rock l
told him how God 50 loved the world
that he gave his only begOttOn son that
whosoever believeth on Him should not
perish but have everlasting life. Then
| gave him the 5lst Psalm TO read. |
called at his room the next night and
talked with him and prayed with him.
At the close of the prayer he srOses and
said Pm satisfied. All is right. y put
my trust in my Redeemer.' Since that
time, my friends, | know Re said many
things not like a Christian and done many
things which he should not have done.
But no man ever felt this more keenly
than he did When I saw him on Thurs
day he confessed how far he had done
wrong and brought reproach upon the
cause of Christ. But said he, God
has forgiven me- Raising his emscisted
hand, he pointed to his breast and said,
8 All Is peace here. ! want you TO know
that between me and my God bowed
my head upon that hand and wept for
ioy. said ] Gen. Forrest ! thank my
God for this Then he gave me this
message: Tell my brethren and sisters
that during six weeks ! have lain in my
bed and communed with my God. Tell
them to take up their cross and follow
their Savior. Tell my old comrades in
sin to give their hearts TO God and seek
q higher holier life. D"
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and furnished with large loose hanging
windpipe below, well-defned even when
the horse is at rest.
The ears must be quick, small at their
setting on, and thin; there is no Objec-
tion to their having good length; the
head NAV be, but is not necessarily,
small. but it should be well-shaped, and
it must be as beny and as free as possible
from flesh it should be so wide and clean
between the Jaws as to give ample space
for the windpipe the nOstrils must be
capable of great distensioD to allow free
breathing during exertion; the skin
sheuld be soft, the coat fine and silky,
and the hair of the name and tail, al
though it may be somewhat wavy,
should be free from anything like curli-
ness and rather scanty than super
abundant.
After severe exertion, full veins should
show all over the whole body, The dis
tension of these veins, which are generally
invisible in the cold -blooded horse, gives
the thoroughbred one OF his greatest ad-
vantages by affording relief to the pulsa-
tion during the strong action of the
heat. The horse above described is
quite sure to have the deep chest and
heart-place which are 50 Important to
strenuous exertion, but many o. the best
thoroughbreds are deficient in that
round. barrel-hooped form of the ribs
which is necessary to the roomiest ac-
comodation Of the lungs and abdominal
viscera.
4 sound horse having these qualities
and whose sides, back of the girth, pre-
ject beyond the line of the shoulders and
hips, may be relied upon for the nest
arduous work.-Scri5ne,' Jiega@dae for
NoUem6er.
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FARM AND HOME.
sugar-Cured Hams.

The Ohio Farmer says: To one hund, I'd
pounds of ham use nine pounds of rock
salt, two ounces OF saltpetre, two pounds
of white sugar, one quart of best syrup,
four ounces Of saleratus and one ounce Of
allspice.
The materials are boiled and SKINNED
in ten or twelve gallons of water, and the
hams packed in clean barrel and the
brine put on cold, adding water if neces-
sary to cover the meat. Let them lie
three weeks, then take them out and air
twenty-four hours, put them in again
three weeks, then take them out, dry
and smoke.
We have tried it, and we have never
had any recipe 70 equal it. 1t sweetens
and tenders the meat and makes it fully
equal to young chicken. We put up our
hams early last fall, and they are just as
sweet and delicious now as they were
when first taken out of the brine. A
few days smoking is suficient-too much
smoking toughens the meat. After
smoking, sack your hams and hang in
dry and cool place, and no flies or insects
will disturb them.
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The welfare of the Human system

Is in a great measure dependent upon the
way in which the bowels perform their evac,
native function. If they are reguiar-and
they can always be rendered so by the use
of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters-an important
essential Of health is secured, and that bless
ing is very apt to follow. If they are irregu-
lar, chronic constipation and indigestion
supervene, the liver becomes disOrdered, and
the bile, being diverted from its natural
channel and purposes, enters and contaml-
mates the blood, producing that yellowish east
of the skin and whites Of the eyes which is
sucn a sure index of biliousness. All these
disastrous consequences, as well as others OF
a far more serions nature. are remedied and
prevented by Hostetter's Bitters, the leading
American specific for disorders of the bow
els stnmach md liver.
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BURNETT's COCAINE promotes the
growth OF and beauties the Hair and rem
ders it dark and glossy. The COCAINE
holds. in liquid form, large proportion OF
deodorized Cocoanut On,prepared expressly
for this purpose. No other compound
possesses the peculiar properties which so
exactly suit the various condfHons OF the
human hair.
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WE have sold Hatch's Universal Cough
Syrup for about four years. Nothing that we
have ever sold gives such universal satistac-
ton as a cough remedy. While we keep all
the old standard medicines of this kind, the
Universal has by far the leading sale. Our
customers speak in its praise with out excep-
ton. We can refer any one who has not
used it, to scores who viii testify to its value
B. J. & J.. 5. STROUGH,
La Fargeville, n. y.
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Great reduction in price for 1878 OF Gica-
s0n's Pictorial TO - year. Single copies cts.
The Home Circle % Il year, single copies
cents, for sale by all newsdealers.
GleaSon's Monthly ComPanio1B 81 a year,
single copies 10 cents. All postage free.
The price of chromos has Just been greatly
reduced No one now gives such liberal
terms to agents as We do. Send for new free
circular. Address F. GLEASON & Co., 7SS
Washington Street Boston Mass.
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WE LAY Us DOWN To SLEEP.


We,Iay IA down 70 sleep,
I'd leSve TO God the rest
Waether TO wake or weep,
or wake no more be best.
Why veN our souls with care
The grave is cool and low,
Have we found life so fair
That we should dread 10 60
We've kissed loves sweet red lips,
And left them sweet and red,
The rose the Wild bee SIPS
Blooms on when he is dead.
Some faithful friends we ve found
But those who love us best,
When We are under ground,
VIII laugh on with the rest.
No task have We begun
But other hands car take
Nor work beneath the sun
For which we need 10 wake.
Then hold us fast, sweet death.
II 80 II seemeth best
To him who gave US breath
That We should 60 to rest
We lay us down TO sleep,
Uur WeSry eyes TO close
Whether 70 wake and weep,
or wake no more, He knows.
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A new invention-a torpedo balloon
is being experimental with in Bridge
port, Conn. 1t is designed 10 convey
torpedoes BY means of a balloon above a
hostile army or city, when, by an auto
matte arrangement, they are detached.
and exploded by gauge fuse. It las
attracted much attention, and an agent
of the Russian government is observing
the experiments.
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Read the Following Certificates

COLLEGE HILL, Cincinrati o. 1 was in the last
stage OF Consun ption Ten days after taking p L.
MONA my Chills, Night Sweat, Fever. &C.. de-
creased, hud nnaliy ceased altogether. Mvrestored
health is a msTysi to all who know me y. CARs9S
ably saved me hundreds Of dollars RES. L.
JONES, Remsen. n. Y.
- We bless God tor the benefit We received from
your ~ NLnONa, REV. p. WARREN .Canten.I Pa
a sunerer from Asthma writes: - Your Pull
MONA ls decidedly tho best remedy have ever
hada 1.-The only one that has produced eDt ire Ia
New York.
The price Of the PULmORA is 81 per bottle 1t
may be obtained through Druggists generally or 81
reotly from the Proprietor. OSCAR G. MOSbe, u
CoTtlandt St, \. y send for free circular contain
ing PARTICULARS ef many cases successfully treated
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Given AWay.-A superb pair OF Gas ChrOmOs,
worthy TO frame and adorn any home. and Three
Months Trial Of LEISURE Hours, charming Is page
literary paper fun OF the choicest Stories Poetry etc.
sent free to all sending cents lstsmns aken 70 pay
postage. The publisher, J J. l.. PATIEN 4 CO, 1872
" illiam Street, New York, guarantee every one
double trius Of money sent $500 IN prizes and
big pay given 10 agents. Write at once
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RHEUMATISM QUICKLY CURED.-Du-
rang's Rheumatic Remedy, the great Internal
Medicine, viii positively cure any case of
rheumatism on the face of the earth. Price
81 bottle; six bottles, S.; sold by all Drug
gists. Send for circulars to Helphenstine &
Bentley, Druggists, Washington, D. c.
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.Lou have, that the stock we have bred
from 90 long without introducing genu-
ina fresh original blood among it, is being
ont - PoaltrV World
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amounts 10 little when health is gone. To enjoy
life, a good appetite, sound digestion and elastic
limbs. take TUTT's Pills. Then, If you are poor
you will be nappyi If rich, you can enjoy your
money. All Druggists keep them.
The Hickman courier., 1877-11-23

who are constantly using DOOLEY's YEAST
POWDER all speak in unbounded praise otits
reliability, uniform strength, and merits in
producing excellent rolls, biscuits, bread, &c.
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IN ancient times the Balm of Gilead
was Of great repute and eagerly sought for /:
in modern times that which pleasa4 4y re-
stores lost strength is found in HOME SToM-
AcH BirTERs. Prepared by the Home BItters
% ST Louis No.
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RELIGIOUS READING
DO the Poor Have the Gospel Preached
Them.

DO the Poor Have the Gospel Preached
to Them.
The conversion of the working classNs.
it Is safe to say, will never be accom-
plished by any ecclesiastical organization
which sells cushioned pews at action,
or rents them at high rates, and builds
milliOn-dOllar churches for the accomOda-
ton of one thousand worshippers. The
passion for equality has taken too strong
hold of the workman to make it possible
to catch him with cheap chapels and
- assistant pastors" He will not seek
salvation III f1ynla paupUris, and thinks
the best talent in the ministerial market
not a whit too good for him. He no
unnaturally doubts the sincerity of Chris
tians who are not willing TO kneel beside
badly-dressed persons in prayer on the
one day of the week when prayer is
public. In fact, to fit the Protestant
church in this country to lay hold of the
laboring population great process of
reconstruction would be necessary. The
congregational system would have to be
abandoned or greatly modified, the COM
mon fund made larger and administered
IN different way. They would have, in
short. to be close approach to the
Roman Catholic organization, and the
GuuTCntS NOulu nave 10 lose LD6 character
of social clubs which now makes them 50
comfortable and attractive. Well TO do
Christians would have to sacrifice their
tastes in dozen ways, and give up the
expectation OF aesthetic pleasure in public
worship. There can not be a vast Gothic
cathedral for the multitude in every city.
The practice Of the church would have
to be forced up to its own theory Of its
character and mission, which would in
vOlve serious collision with some of the
most deeply rooted habits and ideas Of
modern social and political life. That
there is any immediate probability Of
this we do not believe Until it is
brought about, its members must make
up their minds to have religious profes-
sions treated by some as slight guarran-
tees of character, and by Others as but
cloaks for wrong-doing, hard as this may
be for that large majority to whom they
are an honest expression or sure hopes
and noble aims-N y. Nat on.
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Mblc' IL also recommended IS a certain and raGcaI
cure for all general aud special arrangements Of
Nervous system, Disorders of the blood and
Fulctional Disorders of the stomach and bewelg
and az a general Brain, Nerve and Blood Tonic.
PULmONA bRnishes with wonderful rapid ty
allthe general sym ptoms Of CON SUMPTION
ASTHMA. BRoN NCHITIs, &c. 1t imparfs Strength and
colOrto the pale blood the HIIIs ana FEyEE
ana dlminishes the expectoration. IL checks the
NIGHT SwEAIs invigorates the appetite relieves the
cough and dlthcuit breathing, stOps the wasting Of
Hesn, and induces a calm and refreshing seep.
fILnONA is ada pied to every disease however
called 10y name ia Which l. exhibited any derange-
ment of either the Nervous or the Blood Systems
For Female Disorders II il positiveI uueguaIed.
PNLMONA supplies the plactUf Cough MIX
lures ~ for the Cough. ''TouicS lar the appetite
,ExpectoraDts for the eXPertoration Anodynes for
the Nervous Irritation, and Iron the Blood, md
thus Is both the best and most economical medicine
That can be taken BY a specific action upon the
Constitutional Conditon il reaches and has a direct
enect upon the whole series of symptoms. Pull
MONA Is confidently recommended in all cases
lowing symptOms:
Cough. Difficulty or IrreguIarity of Breathing.
wasting OF the Flesh. Loss OF ppetite Strength,
bleeding from the Lungs, General Debility. FLYING
rains through the Chest, Limbs. Face. Nervous
Headache; Nervous fro.tration Night Sweats, Diz-
illness or vertigo Sore Throat Sleeplessness. Indi
gestiou. sinking Of the stomach. Remittent Fever,
aud especially in Female Diseases or Uterine Irrsgu
larities.
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-EX. g. STEPHENs,

~ very cheerfully state that I used Du-
ranes rheumatic Remedy for rheun atlsrn
v'th decided bereht"
ALEX. g. STEPHESs.
Men,5er OF Congress fron, Georgi1.
Sold by all Druggistf Price 81 per bottle.
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II YOU give love to Others they will
return it with interest, and if you give
hate you will be paid in the same coin.
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shOrt-Horn Breeding and Feeding.


The short-hOrn breeders of Ohio, like
those of Kentucky and Illinois, are taking
fresh courage and new departure from
the growing demands OF Great Britain
for American beef of the first quality
Short-horns well bred and fed fill the
bill exactly, and at an early age, espe-
cially of the valleys of the SciotO and
Muskingham, distinguished for their corn
and bluegrass, fine stock snd enterprisi2g
farmers. The valleys of Cumberland
and Tennessee have, at least, equal ad-
vantages of soil in a more favorable eli.
mate for stock raising. But to produce
steers that weigh 1900 pounds when
thirty months old, implies excellent feed
ing and judicious managemnt every Wy.
At six cents pound such a steer brings
the farmer ninety dollars, or three dol
lars month for every month he has been
on the farm and in the world. 1t is
extra breeding and feeding that win the
highest prizes in all cattle markets. This
principle applies to hogs, sheep and all
other farm stock.
aGood shelter is as necessary As good
feeding and breeding, and now is the
time to repair sheds and stables for win
ter use, if repair is needed. There Is
money in fine stock, and in that culti-
waited common sense, which steadily i'm
proves all that has either animal or vege-
table life on the farm. Unwise, careless
husbandry Injuries at once the soil and
all that it supports from Juan downward.
One should get his frst-class animals, if
he has not such already, and then do his
best to improve their descendants by his
skill in breeding and keeping. True
progress in agriculture lies in the princi-
pie of volutiOn-evolving something
higher and better by the natural power
of organic growth. Not only individuals
grow, but all varieties, species, genera and
orders Of being Short horns are evidence
of living growth-an evidence of q vital
principle of universal application in
farming
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CONSUMPTION CURED.

a
Criyed from East India missionary the turmu
simple vegetable remedy for speedy and permanent
cure Of fion. br0chtfs cdfafTh. asHa. and u
throat and lung affections also for de-
bilty and n nervous complaint after having tested
it, powers lu thousands of has felt 10 is
dufy make known 90 his fuffering fellow. ACfu-
nted by desire 20 relieve huiunu suffering. will send
free 20 ai who desire it, this recipe iu German, French,
OF English with fH direction. Address, with stamp,
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