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WEST FAIRLEE, Vt. Jan. II. 1871.
De1r Sir-FOr seven or eight years pa t | have been in
poor health, and for the past year or more very feeble:
My health continued to decline, and my fish and
go up stairs without great exhaustion suffered from
frequent and distressing attacks of palpitat;on Of tho
heart; my food distre' sed me, causing Gcidity and pain
in the stomach, and l suffered from extreme nervous.
ness. constitution, and debility of the system generally,
ton. and l was for years suffering all the TEXTURES Of n
confirmed dy;peptic. About six months since | con.
and received 30 much benefit from it that I purchased
five bottles more, and have continued the use Of tho
Syrup until anite recently. II has restored, my health to
digestion is good, and my weight has increased in the
past four months from 11 to 1893 pounds; my strength
has returned, and my general health is thus wonderfully
improved. and l can truly say I owe it all to the use Of
you. PERUVIAN SYRUP. I earnestly recommend all
sufferers from dyspepsia and debility to give it q trial,
hoping it will do them asmuch good as it has me.
Yours very truly.
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Information worth thousands to those out OF
health. self-help for weak and nervous suf-
fercrs. Facts for those who have been dosed,
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Burnctt's Cocoaino allays irritation, removes
dandruff, and invisoratcs the action OF the
capillarics in the highest degree.
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sold by Drngsists. o,,;r,,,s irish
Tea. 1t costs only 25 CT. a package.
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Before buying any Turbine Wheel, send for
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Prices. Address T. Q. Box BIB, YORK, Ia.
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IN VINO VERITAS.

After nine years experience we have decided to offer
our pure California Wines and Brandy to families by the
gallon or single case At greatly reduced prices. These
purity renders them invaluable for medicinal and sacra.
mental purposes, a. trial is only necessary to se9y their
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Ponds Extract.
"The Vegetable Pain Destroyer" There il
no pain or ache it will not abate, no bruise or
burn it will not extract the agony from,
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WABASH STATION, ILL.,, October Oath, 1876.

WABASH 5TAT10N; H., OCIoDet 13011j 1oTU'
r. V. PIERCE, NJ. d., Buffalo, N. Y:
Dear Sir-Allow me to extend my most sim
cerc thanks to you for the great benefit my
wife has received from the use of your Fayorite
Prescription. She suffered almost intolerably
before using your medicine, and I had tried the
skill of several physicians but to no purpose.
Finally. I thought 1 would give the Favorite
Prescription a trial, and she is now sound and
well. Very gratefully yours,
II IIr>rrn
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6 What EyeryhOdy Says Muat he Truc.33

uut LtCEyDOuS IL 4huSt oC EuSs
The incontrovertible testimony offered by
those who have used DR.. Pierce's Fayorite Pre-
s~cription induced tho doctor to sell it under o
positive guarantee. Many ladies have rcfrained
from using it on account Of general feeling
of prejudice against advertised medicines.
Let mo ask a question. Are you prejudiced
against sewing machines because you have
seen them advertised or can You doubt the
ingenuity and skill required in their inyention2
Again, would You refuse to insure your house
because the company advertised that it had
paid millions in losses, and yet had a capital Of
several millions? Do such advertisements
shake your confidence, and create prejudicos ?
Then why refuse to credit the testimony Of
those who have found the Fayorite Prescrip-
ton to be all that is Gained for it in over
coming those ailments peculiar to your sex?
Why submit to the use Of harsh, and perhaps
caustic treatment, thus lggrayating yonr
malady, when relief is guaranteed, and a posi-
tive, perfect and permanent cure has been
onoo+n6 in fbO1sopda NJ naaaaC
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1Od to Cd $40 6&7 &
Nails, Keg of 100 lbs. .....s2.75 $500 S3.25 $3.50
We will furnish any of above articles Mt prices stated,
delivered on board cars or steamboats, here. Tho money
must in all cases, accompany the order. Send P. q.
Order, Bankers Draft or Registered Letter. Reference,
9TH Nat. Bank, Pittsburgh, Pa. Address.
HENRY III. VANCE. p. o, Box 3SS, Pittsburgh,
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The London Spectator writes :"Wlth
great war raging, n revolution posi-
bly imminent in France, and serious
debates constantly occurring In her own
Parliament, Her Majesty retires into
the depths of the Highlands: 600 miles
from her capital. Should, therefore,
anything serious occur, her Premier-
an old man full of gout-must travel
GOO miles for personal interview. No
blame rests, Of course, on Her Majesty,
who, like every other sovereign, has
been bred to think her own conven-
fence and the welfare Of her kingdom
quite inseparable; but great blame rests
upon successive Ministers who have
failed to inform her that her highest
duties can only be fittingly performed
in the neighborhood of her Parlia
ment,o .... .
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GEN. GRANT IN LONDON.
Distin suishcd Guests at the Reception
Given by Minister Pirrepont.

LONDON, June 6.-The reception
given by Minister Pierrepont to-hight
in honor of ex-President Grant was
brilliant affair. The house was super
blv decorated with flowers. me large
drawing aud reception rooms were
thronged from 10 until, O'Clock. Az
least one thousand persons, conspic9'-
ously all the best and most distinguish
efl Of English and American society IN
London. Fx President Grant received
with Mrs. Pierrepont and shook each
nersona hand. Mr.. Pierrepont received
with Mrs. Grant. All the members o.
her Majesty's Cabinet We're present'
except Lord Beaconstield, who Is Ill
and almost the entire diplomatic corps
attended, the Japanese and CHINESE
ambassadors being especially remarka
BILE. a large number Of members O.
Parliament, Mr. John Bright, Mr.
GI,Cl.,one, Mr. Tom Taylor, Mr.. VA
liam Black, the Rev. Moncure d. Con
wuy. Prof. Schilelnaun, and the Far
and Countess of Caithness We're among
the distinguished guests. Nearly =
many Americans as Englishmen "ef
present. a I....s @s.t .ns 90. i.''
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HOW TO GET RICH.

Nothing is more easy than to grow
rich. 1t is only to trust nobody, to be-
friend none, to get everything ana save ',
all you get, to stint ourselves ana
every body belonging to us, to be the
friend of no man and to have no man
for our friend, to heap interest upon IN
terest, to be mean, miserable ana oess-
pissed, for some twenty or thirty years,
and riches, will come as surrey as
disease, and disappointment. And,
when pretty near enough wealth is col
iected by a disregard Of all the chart
ties of the human heart, and ct the eN-
nense of every enjoyment save that OF
indiilging in miserable meanness, death
COMES to finish the work the body Is
buried in a hole, tho heirs rejoice over
it. and the spirit goes-whither?
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FEEDING YOUNG BIRDS.

What uobblers birdlings must ne
How many times day do you suppose
the Youngsters are fed by the father and
mother bird? A thrush, which was
watched fed it's young two hundred ano
sixtv-six times. The meals were mol
large. to be sure. Each one consisted,
probably, of wriggling worm OF q
suuirming bug. Still the thrush hau -
work nineteen hours in order TO m.ke
it's two hundred aud sixty-s,x trlps
Blackbirtls toll for seventeen houIs ~
satisfy the voracious-you unoeIss" a
the word-maws of their young. a
snarrow has been seen to give 1ts
i children two hundred and thirty-seven
hreak facts. dinners and suppers; anu
the titmorse provides four hundreu
and seventeen meals for It's hune'y
brood. Eal - 49,. .,,o,,,
wonder. Suppose you had TO grow
P YOUR own clothes as we'll as your sAIu,
. flesh and bones, 1t would take more
a than three mealsa day to produce susn
q hesutiful garments as those which deck
: the birds. The food of the birds CON
Y sists Of the bugs and caterpillars wnicn
e eat the things we love to eat. SO tnat
n In treating ttlem roughly and frignten-
9 ing them away, We deprive Ourselves
e both of pleasure and of profit. Birds
?. are the farmers stout friends. some
r times. when certain kinds have neen
If killed or driven from. locality they
h were wont to frequent, the ravages q
4. the insects force the Inhabitants to &c
,r to the trouble and expense of Importing
a a fresh stock Of birds. a.
e Perhaps the boys begin t. suspect
at what ali this is leading to-the topic .
Le bird-nestine. Well, 1t is impossioi'
in for boys not to want to go on nird
~ nesting expedition once in whiie
b. The tramp and the scramble up IN
TO- trees in order to peer into the nests
or half the fan. Let that half satisfy YOU
be young gentlemen or, it you must q
lie, something, try to tame the broods 70
of find by feeding them. 1t is iar MOI
in interesting to watch the actions
re- living creatures than to own a ileies
for object, such us a nest or an eggshel
nj The fearless way in which bird, accu
Sc toned to the presence of human peing
in hops around, is delight in itsel
he Then, did you ever notice the difierei
I'd, STYLES Of carrying the tail: The timi
lie birds seem to keep their tail featne
en- down as they move, but Master zoe
We Robin gives his saucy hourisn
SO, every hop. It makes one laugh WI
fit stands behind him.-Aketh00ist.
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m p. SHELTON,
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Renreseutinc none but good, suhstantla al
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leans companies at lowest rates. Also
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FARRAGUT AND THE MAST.

A correspondent OF the New YORK
Tribune says of Farragut: .. .- ..- Il
ssRut the Admiral's object or reason \
for going aloft instead of remaining l
mon his quarter deck is still q mys- |
terry. ''..
tsAnd yet that reason, as he gave II 10
me very much in the spirit Of his con-
versation with Mrs. Bartlett, was
very simplc and yet Il very Satisfactory
ono Tn his former battles below New
Orleans and up the Mississippi river ne
had been seriously embarrassed once
nv the condition Of the atmosphere ana
again in the vicinity of bluffs, wheh
the smoke of his guns, instead OF r1s-
inp and leaving his view unobstr"cseo,
formed and hung about the decks. in IN
high bluffs in the Bay OF Mool'e' WIN
a heavy atmosphere as he was about 10
commence the engagement, induced an
anDrehension that his view might
.,aa;n he o(ostructed by the smoke OF
| nc own guns, He went aloft, there
fnre Tn get above the smoke and to
ol,tain a clear veiw of the enemies bat
tar;es and of the position and move
ments Of his own ships" ..t. .,s.s
II happens that there are no bluffs on
Mobile Bay. The land Is as fiat as the
sea. An officer on deck would have
hean interrupted less by the smoke
than Mt the masthead. Give us anoth
. er reason. The fact remains that tn
!. masthead was Il safer position thai
the deck. The Confederate shots wer'
directed ut the hull, and if the vesse
;, had gone down the masthead Woul'
= have been above water. We hay
!. never been able to see any remarkabl
\ gallantry in the masthead incident
- l-0ObiIe Register.
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cAPRlCEs OF THE NILE.

The Nile. as is well. known, annual- I
=, .,.oraows it's banks and deluges a $
part of Lower Egypt such
OVERLOOKING giving periodical fertihy "
the soil. These AOodtngs, however, ato
nv no means uniform In chaFac'ei'
Sometimes the foodings are large,
sometimes disappointingly small. NOT
do they always take place at the SAM
,,eriod of the year. Occasionally they
are late and tardy in their rising ana
falling. When the river rises well II Is
called GA good Nile;' when tnsum-
Gent in volume, it is called GA oao
Nile:' lust as we speak of g good anu
had season. These caprices In the ris@'
of the Nile, have, appeared to pc :so
mysterious that certain astronomers"
arr, iuclined to trace some connectio"
between them and the absence OF ~
turn of solar spots. But on tnis tnec,y
there is difference of OPINION Why
nne astronomer thinks that sPots III
tha ann lead to a heavy rainfall, others
think lust the reverse. Obviously, 'ne
snn-snot theory is somewhat visionary.
The rise Of the Nile depends on meteor.
olooical conditions near the source VI
tho river in Central Africa, Of when
NO nossess but imperfect information.
correspoudent Of the Times, OCTOBER
Al. writing from Alexandria, gives
variety of curious particulars fega"he
the Nile, comes to the conclusion tna'
the solar-spot theory Is untenaoie. ~
s,,vs that. $50 far AS can be seen II
Is',v,,r. there does not appear 10 be any
neriodicity of high Miles agreeing ap
sol,,tely with the acknowledged per'o
djcitv of sun spots, and the cause o
causes of maximum rainfalls must -
sought for nearer home." A bao MIC
followed by the heat and dessicatlon G
an early Summer, such as occurred u
1905. is productive of that terrible re
suit. a want of fresh water, e'ther ~
domestic purposes or for the low an
mails: But this is not all. In conse
onence of the tlryness Of the ground ,
the region adjoining Alexandria, tn
c,lt water of the sea percolates lniano
and gives a saline quality to the Mi
and Water-works for a distance OF seVe
miles. The writer whom we nav
quoted, speaking of the drouth Oh 100;
savs. DAT Rosetta the water was uht
for man or beast the cattle died froi
H.: the vegetation languished; peopl
gave famine prices for n goats skin
muddy water from such dltches III III
country AS the sun had not eVaporate'
These were just tho elements lor
plague or an epidemic. AT every 10
Nile period the fresh water in Alexa
lria is bad, more or less it was so tn
wear: but after very low Nile 1T
very bad, and may be the cause OF
epidemic some day" The Roman
by means Of gigantic tanks, OF WIN
remains are now visible near AieNa
dria, did much to assuage the evil
fects of a low Nile but in the prese
day, though Egypt is in various wa
advancing in Il knowleCge OF the u
full arts, we cannot expect TO see ~
kn<Sn ma
nonstrated in the occupancy by
Romans. The miserably backws
condition IN almost every country Il
had the misfortune to fall into
hands Of the Turks evokes most pa
full emotions. ,4s..,.g. /. .....l l-.:s.r ...
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PUBLICATIONS.
PUBLICATIONS.
THE SUN.
1877 NEW YoRK. ............". 1877
THE SUN.

1877 ....... NEW Yonx.................. 49,:
The different editions of the SUN during
the next year will be the same a. da aa1ss
the year that has Just passed shee ee of four
pages. and on Sundays q sheet Of eight
pages, or Sc broad columns while the ween IF
tge same same dimensions and character that are
already familiar to our friends: ., ..-.,u.
The sun will continue to Ne the sttonU.
ous ADVOCATE Of reform and retrenchEaSnt.
and Of the substitution of statesmansnaP'
wisdom and iatsgrity for tbe aoan%
Of public affairs. It will contend for the
government Of the people by the people and
for tn, ssa gsoP is the
| counting of votes, enforced by military Slo-
ders"a body now not far from q million Of
souls-with the most careful, complete arc a
trustworthy accounts OF current e '"n,ero%s
and carefully selected staff of repoEte1a and
correspondents: Its reports from VAL
a nna }esriess and it viii doubtless continue
to deserve and enjoy tho hatred OF snose s.
Sv usurping what the law does not give
them, while it will endeavor to merit t tt,t,
CONFIDENCE Of the public s, by she snc4oach
, ments Of unjustitied power:
!hs s III z S1S p S 81
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, The WEEKLY SUN, eight pages Of Sc
broad columns, will he furnished during
1877 at tho rate of ~ . year, post paid.
The benefit of this large reduction rom
the previous rate for tho WEEKLY can bs
enjoyed by individual subscribers without
same time, if any of our friends choose e
aid in extending our circulation, We shai!
b. grateful to them, and every such person
who sends us ten or more subscribers from
one place will be entitled to one copy q IN IN.
dollar u year postage paid the expenses o
paper and printing are barely repaid ana
considering the size of the sheet ana IN
quality of its contents, we are conhdenG IN
people will consider the WEEKLY SUI
the cheapest newspaper published In IN.
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THE Sun, New York City, N. Y.
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A safety envelope to prevent tamper-
ing has been devised. On the flap the
words uAttempt to open" are printed
with a double set of chemicals, the first
impression containing nutgalls and the
second green vitriol. If the flap be
steamed or moistened in any way the
magic printing will appear.
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Buy cigars at Rills's.
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At the next Mississippi election two
amendments are to be voted on-one 70
abolish the Office Of Lieutenant Cover
nor. the other to have the Legislature
meet once every two years instead OF
every year.
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Daniel Webster's repairing tailor In
Washington was u German who bore
the euphonious name of Uttermuhle:
He made a mistake in an enlargement
of a pair Of pants, and Webster called
him an utter jackass.
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MONROE ADVERTISEMENTS.

MONROE ADVERTISEMENTS
TRREFUTABLE'
TO sav that Dom PEDRO had come over 70
this country, not to SEQ tho Ccntennial, Dut
to make n great showand hustle ABOUT mn
self in the way Of having accepted Puo!Hc
receptions in all large cities when Nc WIS.,
tied; that the
GREAT SHOW AT PHILADELPHIA
would last for IL months, and that the EN-
| peror OF Brazil would remain here urfth 'he
final close of the great
| AMERICAN CENTENNIAL ExHIBlT1oN,
strong evidence; but it is beyond all dispute
! and irrefutable that
| H. kINDERMANN, .= :
i On DcS.a,d Street,
has received n lot of
Il NEW FLOUR,
. Of the new crop, raised in this Centennial
t 'W YOU doubt it, just take the stamps
+ called ".
aREENBACKs, OR SPECIE EITHER,
: and buy barrel, and if it is not what it is
: represented to be, your
MONEY WILL BE REFUNDED.
nr Remember tho place, where the hrs
NEW CROP FLOUR
G can be had-the store of
"a July p, 1876. W.
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The Mississippi mills at Wesson are
said to be running on extra time, ana
have more orders ahead than they can
fill. ...-.. ..E.
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YOUR GRATITUDE
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5000
their own localities. U explain here. Rus
honorable Women aud boys aud girls
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VTICKsBIRG, SHREVEPORT
TEXAS RAIL ROAD
&aRR3s7'la R11lla $50! s.aRB
Monroe, April A, 1877.
On and after Saturday, 9TH instant, trains
on this Road will run as follows:
Leave Monroe daily ut ...........S.00 a. ~.
Arrive at Monroe. '~'''o "
Cioae connection made at Vicksburg with
| trains OF Vicksburg q Meridian II. H., LOT
points North and East, and for new Ot1 'e
go nal tn with st amboats for all landings
on inc A''S'''''ppA j. w. GREEN,
| ST.. Receiver and Superintendent.
May 2l, 1876 ..r ..r-.
4 DEGUIAR WEEKLY
Il NEW ORLEANS,
, TRENTON AND MONROE PACKET
JOHN H. HANNA,
Il w J. w. BLANKS, Master,
Lsnf8I1sE ~. 49,. JOE HOLMES, Clerk
| Leaves Monroe every Saturday positively
Mt ID. M :: leaves New Orleans every Ines-
The Hanna is an entire new boat carries
. nassencer Recommendations. Connects WIZ
iiuht-d raft boats for all streams Iriou'"AS
to the Ouachita. -,..'
II l.. w. SURGHNOK,Ag Agent
February 8, 1877. Mohroe' As|