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i WARNING TO YOUNG MEN.

One of our exchanges says q Young
man, beware of the demon, tobaccol 1t
has sent many a young man to an un-
timely grave, and cut short the lives of
SOME of our best men. 1t saps the Juices
of life and bankrupts your pockets
True, true Looking back over our ac-
qHaintanees we can remember many
young men who began smoking at an
early age, and still persist in the habit
who present a striking contrast to those
who refused to touch the weed. There
was VIII Warner. He smoked inces-
sanity, and never got higher position
than bank cashier, while Bill Blobbs,
who never smoked, as soon as he became
cashier, stole a million dollars, and is now
| living in luxurious ease in Europe.
Then there was Dick Jones, who never
touched the weed, aud his brother Bill.
who was always smoking Dick has now
permanent position for life, while Bill
wanders about the street in rags Bill is
tramp and Dick is in states prison.
Then there was Mollie : Her father
smoked, and she eloped with tin ped
dler, who has struck ifty-barrel well.
Her schoolmate, Jennie, came from a
family that abhorred the weed, and she
/ has been married three times, got two
divorces, and third is pending in court.
/ When we remember these fearful exam
/ pies of devotion to the weed, we shudder
at the curse which is on the country.
Young man, you are spending twenty
cents day on tobacco If you save
that up, in a million of years from now
you can pocket the magnificent sum OF
S91, 25O, 900, and even in few years, by
saving what you pay for tobacco. you
might be able to buy nice house and
lot-with a mortgage on it.
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AeRICUTURAL.
IN. eouatt,on of English Farmers.


IA the rea son why American farmers
ought to be contented, the Agriculturis'
gives this account of the farmer in Eng
land: "He does not own his laru, Elk
sept in very rare instances, and is oDhs
ed not only to pay yearly rental Oh
twenty dollars to twenty-five per acre
but to keep the hardly worked land IN
good condition, is forced to employ a
working capital ofat least nifty dollars a. an
scre, to be expended in artificial fert IL
zers. He is prohibited by law from Kill
ing wild animals, such as rabbits, hares'
foxes, cartridges and pigeons, while his
cats and dogs are killed by his landlord s
gamekeeper, lest they might Kill the
vsme. This game feeds on his crops,
and he must submit to see his fields
sometimes rayaged by them. He Is
Obliged to raise such crops as his land
lord considers best for the land. He is
bound to all these requirements by an
exacting lease, which makes him q
species of serf to his landlord"
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XLIVTH CONGRESS.
SECOND SESSION.

WASHINGTON, December 27.-House-
The speaker laid before the house mes
sage from the president in regard to OBJ
tanning certain concessions from the
Sioux Indians. Referred to the commit
tee on Indian affairs. Also message
from the president in regard to the ex-
tradition treaty with Great Britain reclt-
ing the conduct of Great Britain in the
cases of Winslow and Brent, and an
nouncing that since Great Britain had
voluntarily handed over Brent to this
government. he would continue to regard
that treaty as still in operation, but he
hoped a new treaty would be soon enter
ed into. Referred to committee on Tor
eign affairs. Adjourned.
WASHINGTON, December 28.-Houses-
In the house the following bills were IN
troduced and referred: By Mr.. Hooker,
for the improvement of Pearl and Pasca-
goula rivers in Mississippi; by Mr..
Douglass authorizing the commissioners
of the Friedmen's saving and trust com
pany to buy certain real estate; by Mr.:
Finn, authorizing the purchase OF gold
dust and bullion at the assay Office at
Boise City. The house then adjourned.
WASHINGTON, Decent Der 29.-Seadte -
Mr.. Gordon presented the petition OF
Wade Hampton, VIM b. Simpson, VIM:
II. Wallace and sixty-eight senators and
representatives in the general assembly
of South Carolina, addressed to congress,
reciting ut length the events which have
recently transpired in that state, inter
/ ference of the military, etc, and asking
I congress to take such action as Will cause
a cessation of military interference in
the affairs OF the state and enable the
governor and legislature to exercise the
/ duties of Offices to which they were elect
ed. The memorial having been read Mr..
Gordon mQxed that it be referred to the
| judiciary A<nmittee. No quorum, so
/ the senate adjourned until Tuesday next
/ in accordauce with an order previously
adopted. H07se-Ihe house was in ses-
/ sion only thirty minutes. After the pas
/ sage of number Of private bills adj
F 4
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R4ILW4Y M.INNEERS.

Mr.. George William Curtins, talking
ofrailway manners, tells this story: A
young woman suddenly founces in her
seat and throws up her arms, and ex-
claims to her fellow travellers, through a
companion; "Did you ever know any
thing so hot? I'm sitting. Can't you
open this window? Whewl whew! 0
dear! It's dreadful, isn't it! It'll always
so in these cars. My, it's awfulr' On
one occasion, when this kind OF
remark bad been made at some
length for the edifcation of the
company, a voice was heard from
the other end of the car: "Yes'm it's
awful.-But let's try to bear up. 'Tain't
nothin' to the suferin's of the early
christiansp A general laugh followed.
and nothing further was heard from the
young woman"
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CIPT. BOYNTON SWIlIS ETGHT nus
DRIED NILES DOWN THE
RITER 20.

The London Daily Telegraph of the
9th instant, says Intelligence was re-
ceiyed last evening that Capt. Boynton
had accomplished the feat of swimming
down the river from Turin TO Ferrara, a
distance of eight hundred miles On
reaching the latter place he is stated to
have been received with great enthusiasm
by the foreign as well as Italian residents.
In November he swan from Turin to
Castel Nuovo in his life-saving dress,
two hundred and sixty miles, in eighty
three hours; but was obliged to leave the
water, feeling that a fever, caused
by the malarious atmosphere of the
river and his exert ons, was coming upon
him. He was laid up for several days 1t
Castel Nuovo. On starting again from
that place, however, he completed the
journey down the Pc to Ferrara, two
hundred and eighty miles, in ninety-six
hours, without a break This he states
to be the last, as it has been the longest,
of his feats."
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THE New York Graphic thus sum-
marizes tho neutrality-suspicious. for
theaters: Iron curtain between stage
and auditorium. Uninhammable fabric
for scenery. Wider stair-cases. Doors
opening outward. No jogs" Hand
rails on stairs. No camp-stOols in aisles.
Paid fremen in attendance Grand
shower bath over stage. Brick partition
walls between stage and auditorium.
Directions on the back of every seat
advising people what to do in case of
fire. Directions for obtaining speedy
egress, and diagram on drop curtain.
Audiences to cultivate presence of mind.
Stay away from theaters.
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The apple cure is the use of apples as
food on the same principles that grapes
are used. The cure by apples might be
equally popular if introduced. Who
has an orchard where it can be tried =?
A writer states that after being troubled
with heartburn, wakefulness, indiges-
ton, etc., he adopted the practice of
eating apples with each meal daily, and
1t cured him. When he begun he
weighed one hundred and thirty pounds.
Twp months later he had increased to
one hundred and sixty pounds, his
strength being similarly increased. In
stead of "bitters' for the stomach, ca
thartics for the bowels, iron for the
blood" all of which weaken the vital
organs and give relief that is only
temporary, apples are natural stimu-
lanS.
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IrWILLNOTBEPAIDB BACK.
The Centennial Board of Finance 'e'" Not
Reimburse the Government

The Centennial Board of hf't1Heo '''' MOI
Reimburse the Government
The subject of the distribution by the
centennial board of finance OF the sur
plus money realized from the proceeds
of the great exhibition having recently
given rise to newspaper comment upon
the duty Of the board to pay over the
government subsidy of S1,5OO,OoO, sew
eraI representativesof Philadelphia jour
nails on Saturday visited the grounds
with the view of eliciting some authori-
tative expression upon the course likely
to be pursued by the board. Ahomas
Cochran, vice president of the board OF
finance, after expressing his regret that
certain newspapers throughout the coun-
try had intlmated that the board of
finance would occupy n dishonorable po-
sition if they did not Immediately pay
over to the government the entire
81 100000 of the appropriation assured
them, that the board of finance will do
nothing in this matter that is not entirely
consistent with strict fidelity 10 the gov
eminent, 10 the obligations OF the trust
imposed upon them and to their indi-
vidual sense of honor and fair dealing.
After detailing the procetd ings in con-
gress prior to granting the appropriation,
he said that the board of finance are
simply trustees, and as such are holding
the mOney pending it's payment to the
rightful owners. The board of finance
have no disposition to withhold the
money either from the stockholders or
from the government, and so soon as they
can know by the decision of a competent
tribunal to whom they are entitled to
pay it they will act accordinslass Fhiia
dolphin Cor. Ner York WorD.
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4 MONSTER CLOCK

The large clock by Messrs. Z. Dent X
Co, of the Strand and Royal Exchange,
London, which has been in course of
erection during the past six months at
the south end of the Crystal Palace, is
now completed and in working order.
This clock is almost a counterpart OF the
great Westminster clock (Which was
built by the same firm, with the excep-
ton of the striking and Ginning appa-
ratus; and the dial Is the largest ever
constructed, being forty feet in diameter,
or nearly one thousand three hundred
square feet in area. (The diameter of
the Westminster clock is but twenty
three feet.) The hands, with their couu-
terpoises, weighing nearly quarter of
a ton; the minute-hand measures nine
teen feet in length, and moves half an
inch at every beat of the pendulum
The distance travelled by the point Of
the minute hand is nearly four miles a
week.
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WOMAN.

Woman, who whilome was weak, was
wrought upon by the wheedling words of
the willy one, since when the world
weeps DER its wickedness. Wanting
woman, the world were a waste, and we,
vending our way through its wilderness,
would watt our wailing to the winds and
waves Women, without thy winsome
ways, wealth were worthless, will o
the wisp. The witchery of thy wooing
words works wonders, like the waving of
the wizards wand; witness thy weari-
less watching Ger the wounded and the
wretched. withstanding our hayward
ness through weel or voc. Wanton
waddlers on the wane, writhing under
wrinkles, may wage thee warfare, but
the wise welcome and worship thee.
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METRIC SYSTEM IND MN MATTEL

Mr.. Kasson, of Iowa. has taken step
which looks TO the recognition of the
metric system in the regulation of the
weight Of matter passing through the
mails. He Ias introduced a bill which
proposes THAI the postmaster general
shall furnish to the postoffices exchang-
ing mails with foreign countries, and to
all other postoffices as early as practica-
bic, postal balances denominating in
weights of the metric system, fifteen
grammes Of which shall he the substitute
for all postal purposes of the half ounce
avoirdupois, and so on in progression.
Fifteen grammes was the minimum
weight fixed by the international postal
convention held at Berne some two or
three years since, and has been generally
adopted by European authorities The
bill will doubtless receive the sanction
of the postofice committee, and be re-
ported TO the honse at an early day.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-01-12

Her marine as now constituted, musters
$4,000 men. Fifteen iron clad vessels are
now in commission and ready forsea, two
newships are nearly completed for service,
while two more are on the stocks building
The vessels in commission are wholly
armed with Armstrong guns of heavy
calibre
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THE Judoes of Artificial Iin,h. al

THE Judges of Artificial Limbs at the
Centennial Exhibition put the exhibitors to
the severest tests and found one so signally
superior, called the Safety Socket" de-
signed TO receive part, or the whole, of the
weight of the wearer upon the end of the
stump " mode of treatment" they say, $50
radically different from existing ideas and
practices, as to merit the rank Of discov-
cry" And, therefore, they gave the sole
f17rQJd TO the exhibitor
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Household H;nt..

TEE CARE OF Om-CLoTHs.-An
oil-cloth requires careful treatment,
and should never be scrubbed with a
brush, but after first being swept with a
kng.handled hair brush that are made
fer the purpose, it should be carefully
washed with a large soft cloth dipped
into milk and notwithstanding; or.
II the milk is not obtainable, tepid water
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co.,tu cntt,e ta,. E,,n,a,.a.

The shipment of valuable cattle and
horses, from Montreal to Great Britain,
- steadily increasing. Recently ten
heilers, valued at S23, 500, were shipped
on one steamer. Twelve horses aboard
were valued at S4,700. The best three
heifers were worth So, 900 each, and the
best horse was valued at $4,000.
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TuF Boston Dn;7u 1dr,

THE Boston Daily AdUertiser mentions
an organ specially constructed by the
Mason & Hamlin Organ Company for the
celebrated DIR. Franz List is now on ex-
hibition at their warerooms The in
strument is to be used in the List con-
certs in Europe. In is constructed in
many respects on an entirely new princi-
pie, and is in all respects truly wonder
ful instrument. Its quality of tone and
power are simply surprising" 1t is GER
tainly great compliment to these Amer
lean makers that the great European
musicians send tor their organs.
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PInnt onru Good Seed.

The labor of sorting the grain is light,
aud will cost but trife per bushel; use
the best seed for planting, and feed the
refuse to stock and poultry. Make a
practice of this, and in five years, with
proper cultivation, the product win be
fully fifty per cent. more. Every farmer
should write this on the tablet of his
memory.
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DEITH PREFERdBLE TO STIRTA-
TON.

4 we'll dressed man entered Boston
hardware store, examined. a pistol, had
it loaded, and, deliberately placing the
muzzle to his head, fired, and tell a
corpse. He was unknown. Not penny
was found in his pockets, nor an article
of value, and the doctors said his appear
ance indicated that he had been without
food many days. Too proud to beg and
too honest to steal, he put n sudden end
to his existence, was, no doubt, the ver-
diet of the honest BOstonians. 1t Is i'm
possible TO say how many who wear the
garb of gentlemen, and pass on our streets
rs such, are to-day reduced to the verge
of actual want and starvation. 1t is not
alone the poor, unemployed mechanic or
laborer who feels the necessity of food
these winter days. Others, who have
occupied different stations in life, are
frequently found suffering for shelter and
for food
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-01-12

DURANG's Rheumatic Remedy will
most positively cure any case of rheumatism,
govt, neuralgia or lumbago on the face of the
earth, no matter of how long standing 1t is
taken internally, the only way the disease
can be reached, and cures quickly and per-
manentIv. Price, one dollar bottle. For
sale by wholesale and retail druggists every.
where.
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B. FRANK PALMER. IL n

of Philadelphia, declaring that the com
plete success of his invention for therelief Of
one of the direst forms of human misfortune
places the author in the front 49, them
ventors and mechanics OF the age. All the
artificial legs hitherto made seem worthless
in comparison with DIR. Palmer's. No on,
with a mutilated leg, who sees it, would b,
without it.
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WE were pleased to see, not long since
in one of our exchanges, some pretty severs
remarks addressed TO several persons who
during an interesting lecture by Rev. Jno
s c. ABBOTT, kept a continuous Coughing
which prevented many from hearing. PEG
pie who cannot refrain from coughing. had
better stay away from such places, or else
take a bottle of Johnson's AnodYne Iini.
ment with them.
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fBrSSFfHttOH
Greencorn, clover, lucerne and nutriti-
eusg grass are more dige stible than thesame
plants dried for winter forage, and their
preservation in the green state is attract
ing much attention in Europe. A CORE
spondent of the London Agricultural Ga
zette says:
give you an account of the preserva-
lieu of some fodder crops by my father
last year. A quantity Oflucerne (about
ten tom was cut and pitted (e71silee) the
same day last October, period at which
il woul Id have been impossible to dry it
IN the usual manner. The pit (silo) was
dug in moist earth to a depth of twelve
inches only. The lucerne was trodden
down closely wita the feet, but it was
not chaffed. The cutting into chaff l
consider useless because the fodder keeps
perfectly well without it. The heap was
covered with coating of mudmortar.
one and one half inch thick, and fourteen
inches Of earth thrown upon that with
the shovel. The layer OF mud formed
NOobAAx ACco W IuS Dir lUdu
loose earth, and give to this latter the
advantage of a hermetical sealing. Two
months later one of the pits was opened.
The lucerne retained its green color,
slightly yellowed only. 1t had a very
agreeable odor of fermentation. There
was no mustiness. and the cows ate with
avidity and preferred it to the same
kind of forage dried in the usual manner.
The same thing with regard to clover, of
which we pitted about seventy-fve ton
the same year, in pits twelve feet wide,
twelve feet high, and depth below the
surface of less than thirty inches only
rendered necessary on account of the
wetness of the soil which prevented a
pit of greater depth. When the pits
were opened the clover was of a decidedly
brown color. This pitting OF fodder
prevents the loss of the leaves, which
occurs when it is made into hay
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-01-12

The importance of giving Sheridan's
Cavalry Condition Powders to horses that
have been out in the cold rain, stood in cold
wind, or drank too much cold water, cannot
be over estimated; no man should be with
out them who owns a good horse
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OF California fish, Mr.. J. r. johnson
writes to the Courier-Journal: "The
blood of the common salmon, and prob
ably that of many or all other fishes of
California, is a deadly poison to the dog
family. l have spent fifteen years of my
life in the lower regions of the Sierra
Nevada mountains, and by experiment
have found it to be an actual fact that
the blood of thesalmon is deadly poison
to the common dogs. Early in the
spring the salmon and many other kinds
of sfsh run up the waters to the extreme
beadwaters of the large streams. where
they are supposed to stay during the
winter season, and while they are thus
running up the small streams they are
easily caught in traps or captured by
means of the spear. The salmon is gen
orally from two 10 three feet in length,
and 1 myself have caught three or four,
during my stay, that measured four feet
and half in length. The salmon as
food is very delicious and nutritious
while fresh. California does not abound
with so great variety of fishes as our
southern states. The pike is not known
there, nor the bufalonor the gar; neither
is the iackfish known there"
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A criminal gives no pity-ibe rob.
Der would make his victim noo~ The
murderer stints not to make W;dows of
wives and orphans of innocent cb;ldron
Why, then, should criminals receive that
which they never give-pity
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In enumerating the arguments in
favor of evolution, professor Huxley
omitted TO state that man loves to have
his back scratched as well as hog, but
he can't expresshis satisfaction as keenly
because he hasn't any tail to wag.
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A Valuable 6sift.-By an arrangement with
the Publisher we will send every reader Of this pa
per sample package Of Transfer Pictures free. send
recent stamp fOr postage They are highly cOlored,
beautiful and easily transferred to any object
initiate the most beautiful painting. Agents wanted
J. l. PATTEN 4 Co, 1872 William St., New lork.
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HEALTH CoRsETs, and why not
Hasn't there been evil enough yet from the
old style of corset ?" DR.. Warmers Health
Corset is approved by all physicians Price
by mail SLID. Warner Bros, 76S Broadway,
New York
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years. They will continue to display
breed of dogs having blue ears, cardi-
nal red eyes, and bodies the size of a bal
loon afflicted with the dropsy.
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Four clergymen who cficiated at a
wedding in New York the other day
were paid two hundred and fifty dollars
each in gold for their services.
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one operative supplied the demand for TUFTS Hair
Dye To-day it requires fifty men and girls, with
improved machinery, to do H. The demand is not
confined this country, but extends TO all parts OF
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Our lady readers win be pleased to
learn that the fashion plates for gentle
mems Christmas slippers show no
change from the styles of the last fifty