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NUItE Old LIIIEHHs " T.
shelton Mackenzie. Of the Philadelphia P-css.
Mackenzie is perhaps, Of americans, the bcsI
Informed and most wildly acquainted in all
matters personal 90 his contemporaries among
English authors. Tie viii present notes on
ana letters from, Miss Barrett (Mr-. Brown
ing). Sir William Hamilton, Disraeli, Words
AwufHar
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LITERARY PORTRAITS.-R

Icnry stOddnFd. not only Oue 0f The m0si
minent Of our poets but also distinguished
for biz knowledge II English literature and
English literary history, will contribute a
number OF literary portraits including those
a E..l- sLaLLnN- Mn. nrnMnimr Ar.
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Read and Consider the Facts stated
below.

Three 10 cent cigars a day, aud Sl0 50
a year for chewing, at 10 per cent an
nual interest, in Is years amount to
s5, AL 90. and in thirty-fve years S32,-
552.93. One dollar a day for wine aud
cigars, with interest as above, in Is
years amount to SIG, 6f3.7i, and in 35
years SOS, S,92ii2 Il IL wise 90 spend
money ia this way2 The mass, even
81 those who use tobacco and strong
drink, regFas having become slaves 70
these bad habits. aud most persons
who have not such habits properly re-
gard them az great evils. A fraction of
u the money they cost would enable a
young man 90 prepare for a good aud
paying position, in which he could
earn and enjoy the comforts of life.
Co rect such evils and we shall be free
from a large Per cent % existing Dis
ease, paupefism and cti1n. ana rs a
people enjoy uuexampied prosperity.
Shrink not from do.ug y0ur part ~ 80
cure 50 de-irable nn end. Youth is the
time 30 prepare for euccets In baainess,
hy forming corrcC. habits, nul obtain.
ing a good busiucEs education.
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CONSUMPTION CAN BE CURED.
schenck's Puimonic syrup,
schenck's sen weed Tonic,


schenck's sen Weed Tonic,
Schencix's Mandrake Pills,
Are the only medicines that will cure Pulmonary
Consumption.
Frequently medicines that viii stop a cough
will occasion the death OF the PATENT they lock
up the liver, stop the circulation of the blood,
hem0rrhaRe follows. and IN fact they clog the
acilOn Of the very organs that caused the cough.
Liver complaint aud dyspepsia are the causes
Of twO-thirdB OF the cases Of Consumption.
Many persons complain OF dull pain in the side,
constipation, coated tongue. pain in the shoulder
blade, feelings of drowslnHss ami restlessness,
the food lying heavily on the stomach. accom-
panied with acidity and belching up OF wind.
These symptoms usually originate from a dis
ordered condition OF the stomach or torpid
liver,
Persons so affected, II they take one or two
heavp colds, and II the cough In these cases be
suddenly checked. viii ind the stomach and
liver clOgged, remaining torpid and Inactive,
and almost before they are aware the lungs are
a mass OF sores, and liberated, the result OF
which 4 death.
schenoks Pulmouic Syrup IA an expectorant
which does not contain opium or anything calcu-
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Schenck's Sea Weed Tonic dlssOlves the food,
mixes with the gastric juices OF the stomach.
aids digestion, and creates a ravenOus appetite.
When the bowels are costiue, SKIN sallow, or
the symptoms otherwise OF bilious tendency.
Schencks Mandrake Pills are required.
These medicines are prepared only by
J. III. SCnESCE SOS,
n. +. corner Sixth and Arch STA, Phila.
And are for sale by all druggists and dealers.
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judge Ifowcs. Of kalamazoo, now
presiding nt the Circuit Court Of Gen
essc county, has sustained the Iudg-
mcpt II Justice Slcvenson's court.
wherein Jim" McDcrm0ii, the noted
salonnist, and cause OF last sGmmer's g
riot, rad beel convicted Il assault and
battery on a Mr. Wellmap. The sem
tencp was that "Jim" should pay fine
of sIOo and 60 TO jail for five days
IN. arair mai,s quite sensation, hnt
Ia il not at ail probable that the mas or
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CONNECTIONS:

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Michigan Central. jackson, Lansing a saginaw,
Grand River valley, and Michigan ir Line Rail
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Trains are run by Chicago ume, which II q
minutes slower than Detroit aud Cleveland time
All trains run daily, except sundays.
C1NSECTf0Ss. CLOSE connections n made AZ y
SLANT, with M. {. r. r. Tor al points east auc
west. AT Manchester, with Jackson Branch oI
l.. $. a NJ. :. T. X. At Hiilsdalc; With /. Z, NJ
s. X. r. AT Bankers, with II. W ). ;. X. l..
for points north and south.
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oae hundred OF Tic boys IN TIC Re
form School have been vac insici and
The Republican expects ger erai breaA.
ing out over there SON.
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ffdrj Wilson created ssn-eiisl IN
thc U.ani Hsplds & fc1it Csai -
other day. hy kncelir- ia -iisat prayer
before taking .hc viipe-s s'end ia
was acquitted Il charge If arson.
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Vegetine.
SHE RESTS WELL.

South Poland. Ne, Oct. II, 1870
Mr.. II. r. STEvENs.
Dear sir:-I have been sick two years with the
liver complaint. aud during that time have takeI
4 great many different medicines, but none Oi
them cid me any good. was restless nightf
ana had no appetite. since taking the Negetins
rest well. ami relish NV food. Can recommend
the Negetlue for what it has done for me.
Yours respectfully,
MRS. ALBERT KICKER.
Witness OF the above
MR. GEO. NJ. WAUGH, Medforl, Masa
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rs BALTIC STREET. BKooELYE, y. "
Naveu1her IA IsTA

November IL, isss. !
Mr.. n. II. stevens.
Dear sir:--From personal benent received by
ifs use, as well as from personal knowledge OF
those whose cures thereby have seemed almost
miraculous, / can most heartily and sincerely
recommend the NeCctine for the complaints
which 10 Is claimed 10 cure.
JAMES p. LUDLOW,
Late Pastor Calvary Baptist Church,
Sacramento. Cal.
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Vegetine.
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Mr. u. r. STEVENS:
feel bound TO express with ny signature the
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iy have used % for the last two years. In neT-
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% % al who may need dan.inyigoreting. redOyAt-
ing tonic. q. 4. WALKER,
Formerly Pastor Of BoWaon square Church,
Boston.
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Train al White Pigeon.
TT Mail ana Night Express trains going cast,
connect with Trains for Detroit. at Adrian.
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LANSING DIVISION.
Trains viii Ieayeth stations named, as fOllo'
DETROIT HILLsoALE d SOUTH
WESTERN R.R
Westward Trains.

Trains win leave the stations named as follows,
from aud after SOY. ilth. 1871:
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ARCHITECTURE or BrRDs.-'

Thomas VI Brewer will contribute four ey-
Iuisitely illustrated articles ON birds'-nests
which every lover OF nature viii delight In.
Jr. Brewer has probably the finest collection
4 iirds eggs Ia the world 10 draw upon foI
be nln.frnflnn OF ih.sn nannra
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THE sADDLE-IroRsE.-Gol. q,

8. Naring. with whose excellent work Of
,afl0us sorts our readers are familiar. con-
rIbutcs two illustrated articles on the horse
hc treats specially Of saddle-horses aud their
.se for pleasure and for sport, Including
-oad-riding. fox-hunting and racing. The
nature Of the English thoroughbred aud that
4 his Eastern progenltOr (the Arabian) are
-uILv con.iderea ln relation % these uses.
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SCRIBNER'S MONTHLY FOB
iS71-'7S.

Without recalling the excellence OF the
iast. the publishers Of Scrlbner's Monthly an
iouuce for the year 10 come the following
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ROBERT DALE OWEN.-The last
work Of THE remarkable mans llfc.was dcyOt-
cd % a series of political "reminiscences writ
tn for Scrihner'- Monthly. Tie has left the
.crc- incomplete. but We have al least three
Intensely interesting papers on political men
aud political events connected with the his
tory of be early life. wdtton IN stylc ~
nnrc and fnrcillc be That of BIZ beet dave
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anEnICAS Spnnrs-snme Of u


Burroughs. author Of Wake Ribin." &c.
sill contain not only articles on Birds. Tut on
'Tramping." Camping Out and kindred
Oplc. Mr.. Burroughs papers viii begin In
be January number. the fret being entitled
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iiay writer will be given IN early numbers Of
scrihner, beginning with Joe Hales Red
stOckiugs." 20 appear IN January. Thi.
novelette, chronicles an episode VI the late
var of The Union
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SOvTE OLD rfaNTTRS.

Cook. (auihor Of The House Beautiful. p"
will consist of a series of papers superbly n.
lustrated. on LcOuarrO da NinCi. Rapha cl
Michael Angelo etc. These papers win have
ln interest and value different from the Ordi
nary magazine article, as they win give "a,
results Of the Studies of a lifetime by an cX
,cilent writer. who Is now the most promi
1cnt art critique In this country,
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Ills lNAaEHtH ANNE.'-bN Adeune
Iraiton, 50 well bcgun In the Midsummer
Holiday number viii he continued through
ihc year. 70 will be found 10 Le Of Increasing
interest 20 the very end
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Distinguishing a Fire With Milk

A letter from Barre, Vt, to the Hart
ford Times, says: Several manufacture
ing companies are located here, but
farming, wool, sugar and stOck-raising
constitute the principal business of the
place-nOt mentioning the production
in large quantities of the celebrated
Vermont butter aud cheese. BY the
way, speaking of butter and cl~ese, re
minds us of an incident whioh occurred
here short time ago at fire. The
barns here are, in almost every case,
attached to the dwelling-house. One or
them was in flames; the inhabitants
turned out en- maSse and were fighting
the fire successfully, with fair prospects
of saving the house, when it was an
nounced that the supply of water wa
exhausted. Necessity, it is said, IS the
mother of invention. The milk of 1UC
COWS was substituted for water; carpets
were saturated with this precious but
cheap commodity, and--what seems a
remarkable story to tell to or COnnec-
tieut farmers-the homestead was saved
from the devouring element by the free
use of the rich and creamy milk of tho
fine Jerseys whose forms dot every hill
side for miles about here.
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Wild Hogs in California.

The tule lands of this county are every
where inhabited by droves of hogs that
have doubtless originally been propa-
gated for domestic stock, which have
escaped into the jungle and have become
as wild as the famous game infesting
the Black Forest, the hunting of which
affords so much amusement to the Ger
man nobility. They live and thrive on
the succulent roots to be found in the
tules, and appear moderately fat when
ever they are seen. They are exceed
ingly shy, however, and it is only by &C
cident that one catches a glimpse of
them, as they instinctively avoid the
haunts of men. They are trapped and
caught occasionally in an ingenious
manner by the tule farmers, who build
small but very strong corrals or pens on
their stamping ground. A heavy gate,
made to drop perpendicularly, is fitted
Sc as to close the corral when down.
This is raised and held by trap to
which a string leading to the ground is
attached. Barleyis then scatterened on
the ground inside the corral, and in con-
tinuous lines for some distance in differ
ent directions. The corral having been
built over the trails of the hogs, they are
not long seeming the barley, and once
inside the corral they can scarcely fail
to spring the trap in eating the barley.
A drove of a dozen or more has before
now been captured in this manner. The
young ones are easily domesticated, but
the old ones are slaughtered at once
Stockton (CaI.) Independent.
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The Latest Things in Fans.

There is very little difference in fans !:
the latest are straight sticks, instead of
curved In lace fans, the newest COM
bines lace with exquisitely fine paintings
on silk or gauze; the pattern of the lace
made with view to answer as frame
work for the pictures. There are gen
orally one large one in the center, and a
smaller in the left hand corner. One in
cococo style was seen with wrought
pearl sticks. The fan itself was kid,
beautifully painted. This came as high
as 5000. Sticks of opal pearl are con-
sidered quite CONNIE IL fam for lace fans
this year For ladies in lighter mourn
ing smoked pearl sticks covered with
black lace, except in the center and left
side, which contain exquisite paintings
on black gauze, are all the rage Al
bert, the celebrated French fan painter,
now puts his name in the lower right or
left hand corner of the painting in imi-
tation of his brother artists on a larger
scale; of course the penchant for every
thing a Ia japanese finds ready outlet
in fans; the expensive ones in ivory with
raised gold or silver lacquer work are
more attractive as an object of beauty,
though for their usefulness being rather
heavy. The tortoise-shell in the same
styles are very handsome, but expensive
none under S100.-LOndon Truth.
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Two Lovers Out for a Walk.

Together we walked in the evening time,
Above us the sky spread golden and clear,
And he bent his head and looked in my eyes,
As If be held me of all most dear.
lit was sweet in the evening timei
And our pathway went through fields of
wheat,
Narrow that path and rough the way,
But he was near, and the birds sang true,
And the stars came out in the twilight gray.
o! 1t was sweet in the evening timei
Softly he spoke of the days long past,
Softly of blessed days to be;
Close TO his arm and closer prest-
The corn field path was Eden 20 me.
o. il was sweet in the evening time,
Grayer the light grew and grayer still,
The rocks fitted home through the purple
shade,
The nightingales sang where the thorns stood
high,
As walked with him in the woodland glade.
O!it was sweet in the evening timel
And the latest CLEANS of daylight died;
Ny hand in his EMBODIED lay;
We swept the dew from the wheat as we
passed,
For narrower, narrower wound the way.
o. was sweet in the evening timei
He looked in the depths of my eyes and said,
IL Sorrow and gladness win come for us,
sweet;
But together Wen walk through the fields of
life
Close as we walked through the fields of
wheat"
Good Vords.
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aThe door Of the house stood omen,

The door OF the house stood open,
and in il stood man. INVENT up to him.
az Sir said |, they say that a fell
lows feelings makes us wondrous kind.
You've got a wooden leg, and, perhaps,
know it isn't just the thing to stump
over the country all night WITH
4" 1t was old Choker spoke to, and
what he said was:
"'I don't understand about your poe
try or scripture or whatever it is, but l
do know about wooden legs. Come in. ;
"I went in and he gave me supper,
and bed in the garnet. We both saw
that we looked considerably alike, and
laughed over it. That night slept in
the garnet, and when awoke in the
morning found my host was dead, and
the house full of neighbors.
81 felt that the death was sudden
1t might be best for me to keep out of
sight was as sorry for it as a stranger
could be, but my being there might be
considered suspicious. l kept hidden
up in the garrett, in great lumber
closet, and heard poor Choker's affairs
talked over, and learnt his habit.
Some of his clothes were up in the
garnet, and an old wig; and one of the
patches he had worn over his right eye
was there, too; and there was an old
dressing-glass in the corner. l tried on
the wig and the patch, and saw how
like old Choker they made me lsok, on
" was not so brown. Then / took
some walnuts that lay on the floor and
rubbed the juice into my skin. 1t in
creased the resemblance; so did whiten-
ing my eyebrows with bit of chalk.
And / sat down and looked at myself,
and the plan that l afterwards carried
out came into my head. l would play
old Choker, as ] knew | could.
81 studied his voice and movements
well, and as told you, l had once been
an actor, and so should step into de-
cent home and comfortable means with
out hurting any one. The night after
he was buried came out of the garnet
and went to the graveyard, and not to
enter into details you'll find Choker's
coffin in the vault beyond his grave.
Then / went back and tried the effect of
my disguise on poor old Peggy Kinder.
1t satisfied me. | haven't led a merry
life, though | knew it would not be a
long one.
"But I've been very comfortable, and
shan't die dogs death out of doors, as
l once expected. I've never been afraid
that Choker really would haunt me,
though I'm trihe superstitious, for
think he couldn't find much fault with
me, as he had no elatives, never made
a will and couldn't take either his bank
book or his house and farm into the
other world with him.
And now you have had the story
and you've promised to keep the secret
until the last. You can see now, per-
haps, that Choker and were good
deal alike. I'm four inches taller than
he was, for one thing, and my nose is
higher But there's a good deal in make
up"
These were almost the last words
Choker's ghost ever spoke, for his end
was very near, and it was not until
Death had taught him more
Than this melancholy world doth know,
that the Doctor let Grabtown know the
sequel of its ghost story.-Ldncaster
tPG.) Examiner.