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The Republican journal., 1877-11-08

An amusing incident occurred in Connecticut
district school a few days since. A little boy siy
years old, was seen to whisper, but denied doing
80 when reproved by the teacher; he was told to
remain after school when the teacher trying tC
impress upon his youthful mind the sinfulness OF
not speaking the truth, asked him if they did moi
tell him in the Sunday school where bad boys went
who told falsehoods. Choking with sobs he said
.'l es, marin, it is place where there is fire but
| don't Just remember the name OF the town"
The Republican journal., 1877-11-08

He was tramp AS he watched the merchant
pace his store with cast-down eyes, he shook his
head Poor fellow, said the tramp. Il feel for
him Note to pay and ten cents to do it with All
gentlemen, fortune cannot smile upon us all but
tell you, 1t is precious thing to know how you
stand every Saturday night. All yes, he said with
sigh, that poor fellow is doomed to bear burdens
which we know nothing Of" Turner's Falls Re
porter
The Republican journal., 1877-11-08
Autumnal WOOGS

The forest does not perish with us in America
as it does III England with a simple change from
green to russell Here the green gives place 10 q
golden olive and this tint afterwards to a variety
of colors, detying the resources OF the painter
palette After few sharp trosts our New Eng
land woodlands go into masquerade "a regular
carnival; the sugar maple appears in a suit OF
rosy gold, the hickory dons a rich straw color the
swamp maple is in carmine the oak in roval
purple, the beech i'll silver sheen, ard every shrub
and vine in some fantastic livery. Only the sober
pine and hemlock retain their wonted garb Of
green. The American autumn IN our latitude is a
long, brilliant holiday panorama of delight.
American CultivatOr.
The Republican journal., 1877-11-08

Londoner who is the happy possessor of some
meadows on the banks of the Thames, keeps there
some cows. One morning his dairy maid brought
him letter which she said was tied to the tail of
one Of the cows On opening it he found it CON
tanned three penny piece and the following pen
ciled memorandum "To the owner Of this COW
Sir: For the last hour we have been trying at
various houses to purchase some milk. Having
been unsuccessful, we took the liberty of extract
ing soda water bottle full from the bearer. Please
accept our thanks for the same
The Republican journal., 1877-11-08

If boasts are ever made about Old wines that
have ticked the palate they had better not be
made in the presence OF a Frenchman named
Berthelot. He recently opened flask of wine
more than sixteen hundred years old The glass
bottle holding the precious liquid was found her
metlcallv sealed in what was IA Roman BURNING
place near Aries France. The wine was a brown
ish color and tasted if it had been boiled in con
tact with some fatty substance Arch;eologists
declare that the peculiarly shaped bottle was made
during the period of the first occupation of Gaul
by the Romans
The Republican journal., 1877-11-08

In cleaning out the rubbish of the Brooklyn
Theatre, recently, the workmen found two silver
watches and ring, One watch was identified as
the property of Professor Panormo. the music
teacher who was murdered four years ago by some
young rutfians, who waylaid him.
The Republican journal., 1877-11-08

We never saw such sudden and inconsolabe
grief as was exhibited in the market this morning
by man who paved over "a whole box of peppers
to pick out half a dozen. and then undertook to
rub speck out OF his right eye. If he had lost
drove of rich uncles he couldn't have carried on
worse. EastOn Free Press.
The Republican journal., 1877-11-08

The Yeoman (Ky.) records this evidence of sub
lime faith: hopeful minister says he has no
doubt that the time will come when the members
OF church choir will behave Just as well as other
folks during divine service.
The Republican journal., 1877-11-08

A certain famous wit was invited to dinner by a
miser, who placed on the table two microscopic
outlets. with OminOus comment. 'You see your
dinner" The wag promptly helped himself to both
and retorted. Eyes, but don't see yours ~
The Republican journal., 1877-11-08

In Greece you can always tell married woman
bv the way she dresses her hair Elmira Adver-
tiser. And in America You can generally tell a
married man by his not having any hair to dress
philadelphia Bulletin.
The Republican journal., 1877-11-08

Posr OFFICE HUMoRs The following amusing
"reminiscences Of the Post-otiice Department at
Washington are sent to us by gentleman who
was formerly one of its most able and distinguish
ed officials
When Francis Granger was Postmaster General
he used to take great pleasure i'll heading off III
competent office seekers by producing the neat and
weliarranged books OF the then financial officer of
the department. the genial John Marion, and ask
ing the applicant if he could keep accounts as
neatly as these were kept The question never
failed to prove settler. Judge Collamcr, on as
summing the charge Of the department, having
previously been member of Congress- was al
ready acquainted with some of the clerks. whom
he had met i'll the course of business and one day
when contemplating some removals, he had called
before him. among others, MIR. Mari, at present
chief clerk of the Appointment Office. In a half
serious, ilt-ioval manner the judge said:
well, Mr. Mari, do You think the department
could get along without YOU"
The quick answer was evidently free from much
apprehension OF danger: II don't know how that
may be- Judge but | know that | couldn't Get
along very well without the department.
He retained The dull routine of office was
often enlivened by repartee. Dundas, sometimes
called the Earl, was perhaps the bigger way He
delighted in ralying the mild and stald john
Smith as having been Of the brave militia at
the = Bladensburg races. Said he ''rhe red coats
got little the better of you at first but Won beat
them IN tie '""g r"~. [iIarpcrs Magazine for
August
The Republican journal., 1877-11-08
A Camp-Ftire Reverie.
John Burroughs i'll Scribner's Magazine

John Burroughs in Scrbners Magazine
Not the least of the charm of camping out is your
camp fire at night. What an artist! What pic
lures are boldly thrown or family outlined upon
the canvas Of the night. Every object, every atti
tude of your companion is striking and memorable
I GU see effects and groups every moment that you
would give money to be able to carry away with
you in enduring form. How the shadows leap,
and skulk, and hover about Light and darkness
in perpetual tilt and warfare with first the one
endorsed, thell the other. The friendly and cheer
ing fire, what acquaintance make with it We
had almost forgotten there such an element
had so long known its dark offspring, heat
Now the wild beauty lineage and note its
manner and temper. How surely it creates its
own draft and sets the currents going as force
and enthusiasm always Will 1t carves itself
chimney out of the fluid and houseless air A
friend, a mnistering angel in subsection; tiend
fury, monster, ready to devour the world if I'M
governed BY day it burrows in the ashes and
sleeps; at night it comes forth and sits upon its
throne Of rude logs. and rules the camp sover
elgn queen.
Near camp stood tall, ragged yellow birch its
partially cast of bark hanging in crisp sheets
dense rolls
That tree needs the barber" said Aaron and
shall have a call from him to-night"
So after dark he touched match into it and we
saw the flames creep up and wax in fury until the
whole tree and its main branches stood wrapped
III a sheet OF roaring lame 1t was wild and
StilhluSs SPeCldSlt duu uuSl nave uNtIllStu ouI
camp to every nocturnal creature in the forest.
What does the camper think about when loung
ing around the fre.at night! Not much--of the
sport of the day Of the big fish he lost and might
have saved, of the distant settlement of to NOR
rows plans. An owl boots Off in the mountain
and he thinks Of him; if wolf were to howl or
panther to scream he would think Of him the
rest OF the night. As it is, things flicker and
hover through his mind, and he hardly knows
whether it is the past or the present that pos
sesses him Certain it is he feels the hush and
solitude OF the great forest, and whether he Will
or not, all his musings in some way cast upon
that huge background OF the night Unless he is
an old camperout there will be an under-current
Of dread or half fear. My companion said he could
not help but feel all the time that there ought to
be a sentinel out there pacing up and down. One
seems to require less sleep in the woods, as if the
ground and the untempered air rested and re
freshed him sooner. The balsam and the hemlock
heal his aches very quickly. Ii one is awakened
often during the night as he invariably is, he does
not feel that sediment of sleep in his mind next
day that he does when the same interruption oc-
ours at home; the boughs have drawn it all out of
him.
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INVALUABLE,

Messrs. Wees & POTTER, Wholesale Druggists, Bos-
ton, Mass Gentlenen,I have for months felt
duty that owe to suffering humanity to write you,
stating the great benefit that have derived from the
use of SANFoRDs RADICAL CURE FOR CATARRH. For
more than 20 years have been afflicted with this very
troublesome complaint. have tried all the remedies
that could find, but without material or permanent
benefit. Last fall the disease had arrived at that state
that must have relief die The entire membranous
system had become so infamed, and the stomach SO
dso,rdered, that it vas doubtful matter whether
could go to the Pacific coast, ii did go whether
should live to come back or not saw an advertise
ment of this medicine and although being very ncred-
uous about specifics nostrus OF any kind, yet in
sheer desperation tried this and at benefited
by it. The changes of climate, chronic disease of the
liver, and my age-ovcr 20 may prevent my entire
restoration but the benefit derive from its daily
is to me fnca!mabie and an hoping to be completely
cured, and at last arrive at respectable old age.
If this statement Of my be of any service to
those afflicted have been. and enable you bring
this remedy into more general use. especially the
Pacific coast (Where it is much needeuJ, my object in
writing This note will be obtained.
Very truly yours, HENRY Ellis,
AURORA, n. Y, June, lS16. OF Wells, Fargo Co.
Each package contains DR.. Sanford's Improved Inhal-
ing Tube and full DIRECTIONS for in all cases. Price
$lN For sale by all Wholesale and Retail Druggists
and Dealers throughout the United States and Canadas
WEEKS & POTTER, General Agents aad Wholesale
Druggists, Boston. Mass
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nuy in evadng us dcu Ry G[ti is 's said ' that s
disciple strong in the faith once lost leg, and
prayed him to have another supplied by miraeu-
lous growth The prophet answered that he could
command another to grow, of course, but begged
his petitioner to consider how awkward it would
be to walk around heaven with three legs, when
the other saints there would have only two! The
device succeeded, and the sufferer went away
satisfied.
The Republican journal., 1877-11-08

PICTORIAL. 1t has been known to the public about
forty years, by long continued series Of marvellous
cures that have for il confidence in its vir-
tues, equalled by any other medicine 1t still
makes the most etiectual cures of CoHyhS, ColdS,
Consumption. that can be made by medical skill.
Indeed, the CHERRY PICTORIAL has really robbed
these dangerous diseases of their terrorS great
extent and given feeling of immunity from their
fatal effects, that is well founded If the remedy be
taken in season. Every family should have it in
their closet for the ready and prompt relief OF its
members. Sickness, suffering, and even life is saved
by this timely protection. The prudent should not
neglect it, and the wise will not. Keep il by you
for the protection il affords by its timely in sud
den attacks.
PREPARED BY
Dr.. J. C. AVER & CO., Lowell, Mass.
Practical and Analytical Chemist.
RS-Sold by all Druggists and Dealers in Medicine.
1y36
The Republican journal., 1877-11-08
Ayers Cherry Pectoral,
For Diseases OF the ThrO:Aa and 4 unss,
such as Coughs, Colds, WhOOping
Cough, Bronchitis, Asthma, and
CONSIM PTION.

The few compositions,
which have won the con
tidence of mankind and
become household words.
among not only one but
many nations, must have
extraordinary virtues. =
Perhaps no one ever Sc
cured so wide a reputa-
ton, or maintained it so
long us AYERS CHERRY
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month or two the number is increased.
Somebody has failed In all other de.
partments OF human enterprise, and
finally resorts 10 friends to get mp q
company" aud get him an ofice. Into
hands like these men place their capi-
tai through friendship, and the outside
public insure because they SEQ good
names among the directors.
Favoritism induced tho directors 10
take stock, and the character Of direo-
tors influence the public. This 10 the
basis and the only basis on which rests
many, yes. very many. Of our life COM
panies. Now We say that such trining
as this with q most serious aud impor-
tant matter can lead to bdt one result
"a crisis. IL il well known that a
large number Of our younger compan.
los are expeDding 100 per cent. Of their
income to procure business IL IL we'll
known that the annual statements are
cooked aud doctored" TO meet the en-
Igencies OF the case. Indeed, the Off,
GERS are fully aware that the capital
stock is all that stands between them
and ruin. The management has been
o failure, a. every one ought TO have
known from ths beginning that IL
would be.
The com pany is rotten. the policy
holders sre swindled, and all because
somebody wanted position, and
friendly capitalists got up a company
Here 10 a phenomenon. We hnd no
parallel to IL Sagacious moneyed men
put their capital in charge OF man to
be managed In an enterprise OF which
he Is utterly ignorant, and for which be
Ia confcssedly Incompetent 1t Ia a
species Of wisdom like that which
would select blacksmith 10 manage q
difficult case in medicine, and a hod-
carrier 10 manage a difficult case IN
court. And, besides, We very much
doubt the morals OF good name to an
enterprise commanded by an imbecile.
Thers is so much of this iayoritism.
that the conduct OF a large number OF
life companies ia unquestionably in a
precnrious condition. The business
they do got Is procured at ruinous
cost. Only one alternative is left.
They must stop business. They had
better fail while thoy can do it decent.
ly. Every year aggravates the trouble.
This fact will come forth 10 meet the
weak companies and startle them by
and by, as though one arose from the
dead. They will find that though as
acts be dead, the liabilities arc living
Companies may coalesce, but that will
not save them. Two dying men will
not make one living one. Tho best
thing for dying company to do is TO
die and be buried. The issue cannot
be long postponed; judgment will sure
ly come, aud with it will como condem.
nation.
The good companies gill stand Arm;
no crisis will come that viii change
wheat into chsG
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Medical.
To All, Particularly lnvalids.

spring is trying season Indications OF sick
ness should ~ oncs be attended 70. Fatal dis
eases may be caused by allowing the bowels 10
become constpaied and the system 20 remain IN
a dlsordered condition, until the disorter has
time 70 develop itself. An ounce OF prevention
Ia worth pound of cure, u an Old and truthful
saying. Therefore. we advise all who are trouo-
led with the complaints now preyalent-head-
ache, Indigestion, disondered liver. want or ap-
petite nausea, or feFerish skin, 20 take, Without
delay, Schencks Mandrake Pills. We know Of
no remedy 50 harmless and decisive 10 ~ action.
u ~ once strikes at the root OF the disease and
produces 4 healthy tone 20 the system. People
never need suffer from any disease arising from
a dlsofded condition OF the liver IL they would
take this excellent medicine when thsy feel the
home for the summer months should take three
or four boxes OF these pills with them They
have an almost Instantaneous eject. They VIII
relieve the patient OF headache IN one or two
hours, aud VIII rapidly cleanse the liver OF sur
rounding bile. aud VIII efectuay prevent ell-
lous attack: They are sold by al druggists um
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NUMBER 1903.

approvers, on q rool, didn't hev opsuo-
cessful letters askin for places about
tbsr persons, or little dokimepts DIS
missin NV em, carefully conseeled In
ther clothes. These things are cslkils-
It'd 10 rase doubts, In the minds nv
narrer men. nv the disinterestidnis nv
ther denunsiashuns. But hsv this
comfort-they kin all yswp. and all ths
people don't know the impellin motiv
nv the yawp.
The lion Ia sffiusnt circumstances, q
gorgin hisseif with ths carcass NV hiz
prey, Is quiet beast, but rend the
prey from him aud he growls. just 20
with the man in ofis. Ef the powers
that be lot him alone, hs In quiet, but
take that from him and he liz awful
The yooserper Hayes iz accumulatin q
stock nv growls, wich will increase ez
he goes on.
i shoodent like to DO in hix place.
While the innocent man war in ded
earnest. when he pledged hisself to civ
IL seryis reform, them ez held places,
ez well ez them expectin EN-, thot he
wuz like Tilden. jist in fun about it.
And now that il il q stern reality, thsr
IL trouble and thsr will be more. ]
hev hopes Out nv the carcass cometh
honey. PErgoLErM v. NAsBY,
Ex-Eeformsr.
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why nen Need wives.

II Is not TO sweep the house, make
the beds. darn the socks and cook the
meals, that q man chiefly wants a wife.
Such things, IL is true, are important,
and the wise young man will quickly
look after them; but what o man wants
with q wife Is her companionship, sym.
Patby and love. The way OF life has
many dreary places In IL. and . man
needs Q companion 10 60 with him. 4
man 10 sometimes overtsksn with mis-.
fortune; be meets With failure and de.
feat; trials and temptations beeet him;
be needs one 10 stand by and sympa.
thixe, and economic in every psrticu.
lar. He has some hard battles 20 figh'
with p ,verty, sin and enemies; and hs
needs q woman, that when he puts hi,
arm arouDd her. he feels that he hs,
something to fight for, that che vii
help him to fight; that she will put
her lips 20 his ear and whisper word,
81 inspiration and help him on. Al
through life. through storms and sun
shine, conflict and victory. through sd
verse and through fsvoring winds, mat
needs . woman's love. The hear
yearns for H.
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VEGETINE
IS MY FAMILY
MEDICINE E
Wish No Other.
pnoyIpYNcr, April I, Is.


Nh. n. r. srEvTxs-Dear Sir: when I was
about years Of age a humor broke Out upon me
which my mother tiled 90 cure by giving me
herb teas aud az other such remedies as she
Knew Of, but II continued 10 grow worse until
nnally she consulted a physician, aud he said
had the salt Theum, and doctorod me Tor that
complaint. lie relieved me some, but said
could not be permanently cured a. The disease
originated IN the blood. Remained great snf-
fer fog several years, until l neari OF eni CON
suited physician, who said l had tie scrofulous
humOr and II would allow him 70 doctor me he
would cure me. ! aid so, and ne commences
healing up my sores and succeeded In enectlng
au external cure, but IN d short time the disease
appeared again IN worse form than ever as
cancerous humor, upon my lnngs, throat and
head. ! suffered tue most terrible pain. ana
there seemed 10 be no remedy anu my Inenas
thought must soon DIE, when my ATTENTION Nas
called, while reading newspaper, 70 NEoE-
TINE testimonial OF Mrs. WAteIhouse, NO. So4
Athens street, south Boston, an1 !. Formerly re-
siding IN South Boston and being personally sc-
luainted with her aad knowing her former Zee
Ole health, c0ncluded would Try the Negetine.
After had taken q few bottles u seemed 20
sores In my head which fOr time were very
painful, but continued 20 take thd Vegetine nm
al I had taken about 20 bottles, my health lnl-
proving all the time from the commencement OF
the nfsi bottle, and the sores 20 heal. COM
nenced taking the vegetlne In lssi. and eontln-
ued It's constant use Tor elk months. Al the
present time my health Ia better than II ever has
been since wss q child. The vegctine Is what
helped me. and most eordially recommend
20 all sufferers, especially my friends. 4 had
been a sufferer FOR over 30 years. and until used
the Vegetlne found no remedy; now Csc II As
ny family medicine, and Wish no otnsT; corpp
r,--.4a.r~. ~ n
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VEGETIkE.

The range OF disorders which Yield 70 the In
auence Of tnis medicine, and the number OF de-
iued diseases which Il never fails 10 cure, are
greater than any other single medicine has been
hitherto recommended by any other than the
prupretors Of some Quhck nostrum. These dis
eases are ScrofulA and eruptiye diseases and 1u-
mors, Rhenmausm, Gout, Neuralgia, and spinal
Complainis, and all innammatoy SYMPTOMS;
Ulcers all Syphfiitic diseases, Kidney and blad.
Ter diseases, bropsy, the whole train OF painful
disorders which 40 generally en1ct American
women. q nd which carry annually thousands OF
hem 10 premature graves; Dyspepsia, thai uni
yersal curse OF American manhood, HeArtbprn,
Piles, Constipation, Nervousness, lnabiiity 70
Sleep ana impure blood.
This is formidable list Of human ailments for
any single medicine 10 successfully attack. srd
{ Is not probable that any one article before the
public has the power TO cure the quarter OF them
Except Vegetine IL lays the axe a. the root Of
be tree Of disease by nrst eliminating every I'm
purity Of the blood, promoting the secrctions,
opening the pores-the great escape valves Of
the system-inylgOraiing the liver 10 its full anc
aatural action, cleansing the stomach nno
strengthening digestion. This much accon-
)lshed, the speedy and the peTfnasenf cure OF
lot only the diseases we have enumerated, bui
lkewlse the whole train Of chronic and constitu.
I3nal disorders, II certain TO follow. THIS T.
irecisely what vegetlne does, and 10 does Il 80
iuickly, and so easily, that IL is al accomplished
(act almost before the patient is aware Of II.
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THE CRISIS IN LIFE IN.
sURANCE.


The Chicago Tribune quotes from the
wsll-knovr insurance review, the Spec
tator, which eight years ago publisbed
the following remarkable article point
ing ont the evils OF extrsvsgance in life
insurance management, aud predictnP
the crisis through which the compan-
les are now passing:
A man who propheries evil Is never
welcome. He may be inspired and
spe.k the truth; but, IL 10 IL evil. IL b.
ali the more unwelcome because true.
We venture To prophecy. without any
inspirst ON bnt what comes from ob
servst,on. We predict that crisis is
coming which viii shake the founda.
tious OF life insurance compsnies, and
winnow and sift them ss wheat.
The vast number Of companies thai
rpriue into bring bscause some w'rn'
,sns I'D msn ssnfs p pstfi"n ~ pr'si
esAt IL somsthing nlarvslsus. kssI.