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To Housekeepers.

The attention of those holding the
purse strings for household expenses is called
10 the excellent qualities Of " HALL Il WAGNER s
CALIFORNIA BLEAoHINo SOAP" Its economy is
beyond dispute, washes without rubbing and is
warranted not to injure the finest fabric. Its
success over all other Soaps has induced un-
scrupulous parties to place other Soaps in the
market under the name Of Bleaching Soap,
hoping to dispose Of them upon the laurels
gained by ." Hall & Wagner's." Unsuspecting
parties should beware Of this imposition and
buy none but the genuine article. The "T Trade
Mark is on each box. For sale by all Grocers.
See card in another column. ARMS d DALL.AAT,
Agents, 2l5 and 2l7 Sacramento street. San
Francisco
, 1877-02-02
The Dunbar sy.tem of shoeing.

No piece of iron in any shape can restore q
malformed foot to proper shape without intel
hgezt surgery and mechanical appliances to ex-
pand or contract, neither will turning out alone
be permanent benefit for expansion-so says
DR.. Dunbar, and he is endorsed by the highest
authority East as well as on this coast, where he
has introduced his system. HIS shoe relieves
the wall Of the foot from contraction below the
clinches, as the nails are driven diagonally from
the inside beyel of the shoe. and not dividing
and cramping the wall as with the old. As the
DR.. proposes to take pupils andgive instruction,
it would be well for our Ranchmen and Black
smiths to make a note Of this when they visit
SAP Francisco. He is alsoprepared to sell State
and County rights with his Patent Anti-Con-
traction Shoe" in connection with his system.
Call or address No. S42 and 844 Howard, and
Nos. 20 and % Seventh street, San Francisco.
, 1877-02-02

ScHEScK's PUIMoNIo SYRUP, SEA WEED ToSIc,
AND MANDRAKE PILLs.-These deservedly celebra-
ted and popular medicines have effected revolu-
tion in the healing art and proved the fallacy Of
several maxims which have for many years OBJ
structed the progress of medical science. The
false supposition that Consumption is incurable"
deferred physicians from attempting to find rene
dies for that disease and patients afflicted with it
reconciled themselves to death without making an
effort to escape from doom which they supposed
to be unavoidable. 1t is now proved however, that
Consumption be cured and that it has been cured
in very great number Of cases tsomc of them ap-
parently desperate onesl by Schenck's Pulmonic
Syrup alone and in other cases by the same medi-
cine in connection with Schenck's Sea Weed Tonic
and Mandrake Pills, one or both, according to the
requirements of the case.
DR.. Schenck himself who enjoyed uninterrupted
good health for more than forty years, was sup
posed at one time to be at the very gate of DEATH
his physicians having pronounced his case hope
less, and abandoned him to his fate. He cured
by the aforesaid medicines and since his recovery
many thousands similarly affected have used Dr.
Schenck's preparations with the same remarkable
success.
Full directions accompany each, making it not
absolutely necessary to personally DR.. Schenck
unless patients wish their lungs examined and fol-
this purpose he is professionally at his principal
ofhce, Corner Sixth and Arch Sts., Philadelphia,
every Monday, where all letters for advice must be
addressed. Schenck's medicines are sold by all
/ druggists
, 1877-02-02

From John Flagg, Esq, Of Bennington, N. H.
"Three years since was very much reduced
with dreadful cough, which resulted in Bron-
chitis, affecting me so severely as to render it
difficult to speak in an audible voice. To this
was added severe night sweats, and was fear
full Of going into q decline. After recourse to
various remedies, to no purpose, made use Of
bottles OF which fully restored me to health.
Since that time have had several severe attacks
Of cough, but the BALsAM has always removed
them. always keep it by me, and should not
know how to do without it" Sold by all drug
gists.
, 1877-02-02
The Peruvian sxrupl

Yitalizes and enriches the blood, tones up the
system, builds up the broken down, cures Dys-
pepsia, Liver Complaints, Dropsy, Chronic Di-
arrhea, Boils, Nervous Affection, Chills and Fe-
vers, Humors, Loss of Constitutional Vigor,
Diseases OF the Kidneys and Bladder, Female
Complaints, and all diseases originating in bad
state Of the Blood, or accompanied by Debility
or low state Of theSystem.
CAUTION l-Be sure you get the PERUVIAN
SYRUP. One dollar and two dollars bottle.
Prepared by SETH W. fowLE 4 6oSs, SO HarTi-
son Ave, Boston. Sold by druggists generally.
, 1877-02-02

AN inebriated Jerseyman in New
York, led by flaming posters advertising
the play of The Forty There's at Niblos,
went to the box Office and called for q
ticket, at the same time throwing down
a S5 greenback. On receiving in return
So and ticket, (he had expected to pay
about fifty cents) the astonished coun-
tryman, looking first at the money and
then at the ticket, exclaimed, "H-h-how
much dyer ask to (hic) see these Forty
ThieresS" The ticket-seller informed
him that the price was so. "Well,
said Jersey, throwing back the ticket
and looking sharply at the official, ''you
may k-k-keep yer ticket-I don't care
about seeing the other thirty-nine."
, 1877-02-02
Or. La mar. seminal PIII., for semlnAl

Dr. - MAE IN, nnI ~, ~
bility, Physical and Mental Prostration, and the
many ailments arising from indlscreton, selfahuse,
oYer-work and over-anxiety. To those In need OF a
speedy and reliable remedy for the above COM
plants, DIR. La MARS SEMINAL. PILLS are rec
ommended. Thousands testify TO their merits.
Price. - 50 per bottle Sent BY express, g. D., %
any address. secure from observation. A. McBoyle
u co Irugxists San Francisco, p o. box $50, sole
arents 10 whom ali orders should be addressed.
, 1877-02-02
Raeiae Ba.Iness CoIIeEe-

We desire 10 call the attention Of our re.ds,,
70 the description and illustration of this 81.
lege and Il. workings, which can be found IN
another column. IL il will worth a porus.l -
All interested In educatio especially ~. f,f,
81 Young men Tor the practical pha-ss n M
a eunise in this college will give Young msn
name and character in every community. an
where honesty and industry Is ad,lsd 10 H. pr,c-
hce and knovle ledge acquired there, a WING
man Nili then b, capable Of hllins any pi.idoa
ui trust or profit.
, 1877-02-02

b6r We would call attention to DR..
Dunbar's card in our advertising cplumns-his
recommendations are Of the highest order, en-
bracing Generals Grant, Custar, Hatch, and
others, U. 8. A.; Bonner, Commodore Wander
bilt, George Wilkes, etc.
, 1877-02-02

SINCE OUR LAST ISSUE, we have heard
Of several persons who have used Durang's
Rheumatic Remedy for rheumatism; and all
pronounce II q success. 1t comes to our market
highly recommended; and as 1t il about the
only reliable remedy now in use, II will have a
large sale. It is taken internally. Price, S1.00,
six bottles, $500.
, 1877-02-02

ILEARNED the hiding place of large,
fat gray squirrel, and wanted to get
him very much; so I sailed forth again,
gun in hand, and started for tho woods.
He had become very shy, and had to
wait some time before he made his ap-
pearance. Pretty soon, however, he
came out Of his hole and started up the
trunk Of the tree. Taking good aim, 1
fred, and down he came to the ground.
Running up to get him, I found him
struggling in the agonies of death. As
I came up, he fixed his eyes upon me
with one Of the strangest expressions
that a squirrel ever wore. Into it was
concentrated all the hate ana scorn and
malice of demon. 1 shall never for
get that lookl 1t seemed to say to me:
"You miserable wretch, you have
killed me, haven't you? But what good
has it done you? How 1 would tear
your life out if could" And then l
thought of my dream again, and of the
command, "Thou shalt not kill" Does
this extend to animals, as well as include
men, asked myself? And I finally
concluded that for me it did.-Yo1th's 3
Companion.
, 1877-02-02

CANcER CAN BE CURED.-DR. BoND, Of Phil
adelphiA, announces his discovery for the radi-
cal cure Of Cancer. No 'KRifel No Pdinn
free. Address with stamp, DR.. 81. 7. BOND, $50
North Broad st., Philadelphia, Pa.
, 1877-02-02

TEE comb is the hens pulse. If that
be strong and bright, Of good color
and full of blood, shaking with every
quick movement Of the bird IN the
combed varieties, the bird is in nor
NAL state of health and in laying con-
dition. When the rim Of the comb and
wattles have purplish tinge the bird
is not we'll.
, 1877-02-02
Sad Pieturc.

Correspondent sent 10 Seryia anl
Bulgaria give f-arfll accounts Of the
horrors II the Eastern war. with all the
inss1arable inrideui. 81 social and do
m",tic afilrtiou One writing from
Nis-a b. the I.onlon >st.sirri Describes
the field of the dead after the last great
battle there.
Near an Adiu;an; lay two photo
graphs. which must have slipped from
his diving hand. one represented the
dead man. hui in the uniform of Rus
sian major or colonel. and the other a
young woman with fair tresses. prom
inent nose anil light-ColOred eyes. The
photograph had been taken in Moscow ;
on the back Uf the man 5 stood IN pencil
Nicolay Komoii. l know not in what
relation the woman stood to the officer;
but whether wife, sister or betrothed, it
is certain that his last thoughts were Of
her. Not far from him lay the body Of
another officer, his right hand pressed
on his breast. where the splinter of n
shell had hit him, and grasping piece
of paper. A strong man, he appeared
to have struggled long with death. his
face, which had the unmistakable Rus
sian type, being distorted from pain.
1t was with difficulty that the paper was
removed from his hand. Colonel Meh-
med, who was once in the Russian SER
vice (he is a Circassian from Daghes-
ban, subjected by Russia more than
fifty years ago., and understands Rus
sian, translated the letter into Turkish,
and then one of the Cassocks, Pole,
who had been brought up in France,
gave me the contents in French, as fol-
lows:
DEAREST FATHER:-Be good enough,
dearest father to come back from the
war. Since you have been away mother
weeps continually, and she dreams
every night that thou lest dead under a
tree. Come to us, dear father, for
mother has become so pale, and is al
ways crying. 1 am very good, so that
she may not cry still more, and when
thou comest back will remain good, and
never be naughty again. But thou
must come soon, father, and must kiss
mother, that she may become red again,
and also kiss thy little Minka."
, 1877-02-02

A CITIZEN of Harwinton, Conn, has
in good condition for eating an apple
which he kept for twenty-five years by
a process which lie discovered by acci-
, 1877-02-02
SIuIIer,s Pebble speetacIea.

Directions and price list mailed free, Orders BY
mail receive prompt attention. Good forwarded
per Wells Fargo a Co., G. y. D. (subject 70 approvaD
{. MULLER, Opucian, l9S Montgomery street, neal
Bush, San Francisco. California
, 1877-02-02

GEORGE, dear, don't you think it
rather extravagant of you to eat butter
with that delicious jam?' mo, iovc-
economical! Same piece Of bread does
for bothr'
, 1877-02-02

CyuED ron fovR Bus After spending hu,.-
dreds q dollars for doctors f,,s, was cured Al
last of rheumatism by investing four bit. In a
hask Of Trappers' Indian Oil"
, 1877-02-02

CROMWELL AND AMERICA.-Cromwell
declared himself truly ready to serve
the brethren and the churches in Am.
erica. The declaration was sincere.
The people of New England were ever
sure that Cromwell would listen to their
requests and would take little interest
in all the little details of their condi-
ton. He left them independence, per-
haps he gave them advantageous con-
tracts; he favored their trade. When
his arms had made the conquest of Ja-
maica, he offered to them the island
with the promise of all the wealth which
the tropical cline pours prodigally into
the lap of industry; and, though they
frequently thwarted his views, his mag
animity preserved for them his regard.
English history must judge of Crom-
we'll by his influence on the institutions
of England; the American colonies re-
member the years of his power as the
period when British sovereignty was,
for them, free from rapacity, intoler-
ance and oppression. He may be
called the benefactor of the English in
America, fer he left them to enjoy un-
shackled the liberal benevolence oi
Providence, the freedom of industry, oi
commerce and of government.-Baa.
cTotT's History Of the .. S.
, 1877-02-02

If, as Col. Olcott says, it only costs
SLIGO to be cremated, almost anybody
can como down with the dust.
, 1877-02-02

III

rAtNLfl~S nENTi~THY. Nitrou. ora. ~.
admin stored fsr Tainiess satrartl.p az t--th -.
~ Aruhr'al freth warranted last ten wear. tr,,
$40 upward. Gold and silver difings a. rrs.l,1.tis
pflreN Ten Yeas constant pfart.re one. ~ -,
t-r street. ~an Francisco. Ct--- the sirvatarI
ntt g. MUVFFW
, 1877-02-02

GE IN CON per day at home. Samples worth sl
Do " OZU free. sTISsoS Co, Portland Ne
, 1877-02-02
a VICTIMS WARNING !

Cure and ADVICE to Yonng Men and others =.
suffer from Nervous Debility, Loss q ddress
hoOd etc A COPY mailed for two stamps, A1Hssf 1xHasSsf
DR u N. DA0NALL, 81 Fulton street, Ne"
p, 3. Box. Bls
, 1877-02-02
AGENTS WANTED

4 PERFECr SAFETY ENTINGUIsHER FOR
a. :. SPENCE & CO., 20 Geary Vt, san Francisco
, 1877-02-02

A J. WEIGH. ATToRNEY-AT-LAW aos
~ Merchant street, San Francisco Law sui,s Al,
vOrce suits, probate cases etc, faithfully attendad
, 1877-02-02

- SrHEMICAL STRENGTH" cures seD,Inot
~ weakness and all forms OF debility resnItinv
from error or excess-s3 per bottle Sold at ali drn
htoreA ChANE q BRIeHAM. Agents. San Franciscn
, 1877-02-02

To THE GIR1s.-Be candid. When
you are married, never conceal any
thing from yonr husband. Never allow
yourself to write a letter he may not
know all about, or to receive one that
you are not quite willing he should
read. Have no mysteries whatever.
Troy hasa young lady so conscientious
that she refuses to play on any but an
upright piano. She has the legs snvel-
oped in leather.
, 1877-02-02

CID day at home. Agents wanted. outht and
D4G terms free. TRUE L CO., Augusta, Maine.
, 1877-02-02

SEND FOR A SPECIMEN COPY Of the sest
- Agricultural Journal to the RURAL NEW YORK.
Err. Is Duane Street. New York -A'
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1877-07-31
Serenteen- Year Locusts.

Staten Island, New jersey, the banks
Of the Hudson, and other near neighbour
hoods, are vocal with the music of count
less Iocusts. DO they really come once
in seventeen years ?" asks one Of another
who refers him to the all-intorming En-
cyclopedia. Enterprisiug reporters Of the
daily press have succeeded in discovering
all the facts as therein recorded, though
this entertaining intelligence Is found not
under the title Of locust, but Of the Harv-
est Fly, Improperly. called locust in
America"
Any one in the country where this
army has encamped, may now see for him
self that the ground Is ridded with holes
from which have emerged, and are now
emerging, great numbers Of insects about
the size of bumblebees, and encased with
an almost transparent shell. In this con-
dition they creep up and cling TO the bark
and leaves Of trees and shrubbery. There
they soon burst their bonds, which are
left ike ghosts Of their former selves
haunting their recent dwelling places.
More than a dozen Of these spectre-shells
man be seen crowded together on a single
leaf. Now ful-winged harvest flies or
locusts, they are soon strong enough to fly
about and to make some noise in the
world. All this can be seen very plainly.
But the rest OF the story can be learned
in the books much easier than in the gard
en-. In few days the females deposits
numerous eggs in holes which they have
bored IN the end Of twigs. These twigs
drop upon the ground about the time the
eggs have Matched out the larvae, which
are very small grub-like insects with six
legs, the first two being excellent instru-
ments for digging. With the aid Of these,
they soon bury themselves in the ground,
where they attach themselves to the roots
of plants and live upon their juices. OF
course the most wonderful part Of their
history is their long life in this humble
condition beneath the soil. There they
remain with little change for many years,
usually, it it thought, about seventeen
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1877-07-31
STATE OF MAINE.

OXFORD $50 the Honorable Justices OF The
Suprrmc Judicial Court, next TO be he'll 4
Paris within and for the County OF oxford, on
the third Tuesday OF September \. ID. lS11.
NVEHITABLE v SANBORN of Lowell IN said
wi oxford County, wife OF Orestes Il. SanboTn,
l0fmerly OF Brownleld IL said County. but now
Of parts unknown-respectiully gives this honor
able Court to be informed that she was lawfully
married 10 the said Orcrtcs u. SanbOrn, IN SAID
County, on the ninth day of March y, ID. ls9l, BY
the Rev. Mr.. Pike, minister OF The Gospel ami
that your Libellani ard the said oresics Il. san'
horn cnhabited together IS husband aud wife IA
the towns of stow ana BrOwnield; and your Lib
ellant further shows that since said lntcrmarrag"
-hc mas hal by the sand Orestcs u. two children
who arc now living viz: Winfield ,. and W llliIu
and your Iibcllaut further shows that since their
.aid int,.~marriagc she has always behaved her
self AZ a faithful Chlste. and ancctiOnite wife 70
ward her said husband, but that the said Orcstes
u wholly regardless pt his marriage covenant
and duty has been addicted TO the habltual use OF
intoxicating liquors To n great extent, and abused
vour ihcIllut 80 that she has stood m fear OF 'r
uf, and the lives OF hcrssaid children, that ne has
lief. your hbcllant aud gone from her furnishing no
home: She further AYERS that SAID prayer is fca-
-ouahle and proper, conducive 10 domestic harm
ony and consistent with the peace and morality
nr society, ana pray- this Honorable Count To
decree q divorce from The bonds OF mali imouy
n,iyy.,n her and her said husband aud that the
care aud custody OF the minor children De com
mittei To- her; and your llhellHnt AYERS mat size
mas used due aud reasonable diligence 10 ascer-
tam The present residence or place Ol Abod" OF
her SAID husb baud aud l. unable 10 IND the same.
Dated the l3Ih day OF JUiy \. ID. lr.I.
INEVITABLE Y. SANBORN.
:. Fife Atty. for I.ibelant.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1877-07-31
What Tommy Said.

I've been sick.
Mamma said 'mokiug was a nasty, dir
ty, disgraceful habit, and bad for the
window-curtainS.
Papa said i, wasn't lie said all wise
men 'moked, and that it was good for
rheumatism, and that he didn't care for
the window-curtains, not a-that fng that
busts aud drown people, forget it's name
And be said that women didn't know
much, anyway, and they couldn't reason
ike men.
So the next day that papa wasn't nice
d bit-that day frew over the accawar-
ium-and | felt as il had the rheuma-
tism every time went TO sid down, just
got papa's pipe and loaded it and mOked
it.
And they put mustard-plaster on my
tummick till they most burned hole in
it, guess.
| fink they fought | was going to die.
| did. fought so.
Mamma said was going to be little
chcrub. Nurse said so, too. Then she
went to put an ozzer mustard plaster on
and | didn't want her to, and she called
me something else. | guess that was
cause frew the mustard plaster in her
face.
| don't want to be a cherpb anyway.
Cherubs are little boys without any
bodies or legs to them-nothing but little
wings right back Of their ears. They
can't have mustard plasters put on them,
but then they don't have much fun, and |
guess the angels use them for playing
marbles.
The other angels are called Syrups.-
They wear nightgowns and gold rings
about their heads. and no end of wings
They haven't anything much to do ex-
cept to tote around little harps and play
tag, and loaf about on the clouds.
But | wouldn't want to be 4 Syrup un-
less | could have tail, too, like mermaid
or lobster
Anyhow l. d rather be little Tommy
for while yet.
But l won't 'moke again.
guess mamma was right. Maybe I'm
somefng like a window-curtain. 'Mok-
ing isn't good for me.-Puck
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1877-07-31

and at the end of this period they begin
to develop and approach the surface of
the earth; on which they at last appear in
the form which we have described. as we'll
known to all. There are numerous Pc
culiarities and questions about this inter-
esting insect which we have not discussed
because such remarks can be easily found
by those who care for it in the books to
which we have alluded. If any Of our
readers wish for more information than is
afforded by the literature of this subject
that is within their reach, we commend
them to works of the German entomolo-
gist who is said to have been so faithful
as to publish a treatise upon 1.-The Disea'
ses Of the Common Fly"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1877-07-31

To KEEP BUTTER SwEET.-A friend
assures us that his wife always keeps but
ter sweet or removes the rancid taste and
odor from it by means of charcoal packed
in a vessel with it. She cuts smooth
sticks of charcoal, and, after washing the
dust from them runs them through the
butter perpendicularly, allowing them TO
remain in the vessel until the butter is
consumed. Fresh butter will never be-
come rancid if thus packed, while rancid
butter will soon become as sweet as ever.
This may be valuable hint to those who
make butter to sell.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1877-07-31
Non-Rcsident Taxes

IN the Town Of Greenwood in the County o. Ok
ford and State Of Maine, for the year 1916.
The following list OF taxes on real estate OF non
resident owners In the said town of Greenwood for
the year $50, IN bills committed 10 4. Nj. VI
Collector OF said town Of Greenwood, on the 2ith
lay of June 1876 has been returned by him o. me as
remaining unpaid on the I'm day oi May ls17, By
hi- rcrtii OF that date and now remain unpaid
and notice Is hereby given that II the .aii taxes
and intcrc, and charges not paid into the Urea
sury q! the said town within eighteen months from
The date OF ihe commitment 0i the SAID bills. 50
much of The real estate taxed a. viii be sufficient
to nav the amount due therefor, including interest
and charges, will, without further notice, bc sold
~ Public Auction AZ the store OF /. +. Emmon7,
IN said town on the first day col January, ISIS, al
ono ,'flnek IN tup afternoon
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1877-07-31

Some people live almost wholly neg
alive lives. The shall-nots are in big
majority over the shalls and wills, over
the mays and oughts and shoulds. Re-
ligion has prohibitions, to be sure. The
restraints are many, positive, and essen
tial. But to hear men constantly object
ing to something, forever protesting, deny
ing, and prohibiting, is the sign Of an
unhappy disposition, to say the least. In
the churches may be found men and NO.
men who scarcely ever see anything to
commend, but very often something to
condemn. The innocent joys of children
are censured as the beginnings of moral
ruin the courtesies Of polite society are
denounced as the deceits of the Devil.
Even the kindliest fraternal intercourse
among Christians who bear different names
is looked upon with suspicion, and if men
toned at all, always with lamentation and
regret. Methodist Recorder.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1877-07-31
Nou-ssesidcnt Faxes

In the Town Of Woodstock County of oxford, Tor
the year 1915.
The following lirt Of taxes on real estate oil
ident owners in -sid town Of Woodst"ck Tor
the year 1876, in bills committed to Albion y.
Bowkcr Collector Of said Town on the 18th day OF
June 1876. has been returned 10y him TO me - re-
manning unpaid on the 9Th LAY OF May 1871, bY hls
certificate ur that date aud now remains unpaid,
and notice is hereby given that IL said taxes inter.
est and charges are not paid into the Treasury OF
said Town, within eighteen months from the date
of the commitment Of said bills, so much ot the
real estate taxed as will bo sufficient 10 pay TIE
amount due therefor, including interest and
charges will without further notice, he sid Al
pubc auction at the town hIll IN said town. on
The first Monday in January 1873, nc one O'Clock
T. M.