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Yellow Fever Notes.

A recent Memphis dispatch says: The total
number OF new cases Tor tho week WIS sixty
three-whites .forty-one; colored, twenty-two;
total number to date, 1879. The total number
OF deaths from yellow lever tor the week was
thirty-one-whites, twenty.six; colored, five;
total deaths to date, 1872. There have been
III Howard nurses on duty attending l0l
white and twenly-seven colored families. The
Safety Committee has resolved to dispense
with the services OF the two colored com-
panies. Ten days extra rations will be issued
to the men when disbanded. The yellow
fever Mt Oak Grove was imported from Men,
phis in goods purchased by j. W. Bailey tor
Miss Rilla Manning, to whom he was engaged.
The first victim was Miss Rilla Manning, who
was taken sick and died five days afterward.
William Manning died a week later. Many
persons were exposed to tho disease before it
was known to be yellow fever. Oak Grove is
in Marshall county, Mississippi, thirty miles
southeast OF Memphis. A regular shotgun
quarantine has been established around the
two dwellings where the fever exists.
Tho local Board OF Health at Little Rock,
Ark, has established q quarantine against
railroad trains, cars, steamboats,, vehicles and
vessels coming from Memphis and vicinity.
All corners must remain in quarantine forty
DAYS.
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ENDANGERED by, Their Owr Torpedo.


A letter from Panama gives the follow
ing incident OF the South American war
The Peruvian iror-clad Huascar, which
has done much damage to the enemy,
appeared off Antotagasta and opened hire
on the batteries there and on the Chilinn
transport Abtao, which was hauled so
close in shore that the ram could not
approach her. The fire was maintained
for four hours. The batteries were
silenced, the two largest guns-l50-
being dismounted by the
heavy guns Of the Huascar. The Abtao
was reported to be seriously injured,
with her captain wounded and q num-
BIER of dead among her crew. They con-
tinued to fight, however. until the
Huascar withdrew, satisfied with the
damage which she had done. During
the fight CAPTAIN Grau, commander of
the Huascar, endeavored to use one of
the new English torpedoes which had
been lately received. The operator duly
launched It over the side and off it went
for the Abtao. To the surprise and con-
sternation of every n on board the
Huascar, the internal machine, after
proceeding about $50 yards from the
ships side, turned about n came
directly back again. A collision was
imminent, and would have been fatal.
The situation was taken in at a glance by
a Young officer, Lieutenant Diez Cansico,
who Jumped overheard, swan to meet
the advancing torpedo, and with a little
exertion succeeded in changing its
course, causing it to pass under the
H%uascar's stern. 1t was afterward recov-
cred, but Admiral Grau is not disposed
to try any more such experiments.
These torpedoes were intended for SER
vice against the CHILEAN iron-clads. but
the Incident referred to has shaken
Admiral Grau's confidence in them, and
he will probably carry on the campaign,
as he has hitherto, without attempting
to blow I'd his formidable anniversaries.
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Goose Shooting from Stubble In Min.
neS0ta,

To have anything like sport in the
pursuit of the common wild goose the
ordinary methods Of hunting the water
fowl hardly answer here; besides the
lakes they frequent are not large enough
to justify the use Of the bay shooting tao
tics from %sink-boats, and from blinds
near the water. These birds are exceed
ingly wary when upon the fields, and are
very seldom bagged by stalking. In
their watchfulness they have but one
rival, and he IN effective ally, in the
sand-hill crane, which often feeds in their
midst, thus adding to the difficulty of
approach within effective range. The
difficult problem of their successful cap
ture vas ut last solved for us by Colonel
Sam Doughty. of Lake City. Mimi, who
introduced shooting over decoys from
pits dug in the stubble or new breaking.
where it has been ascertained geese are
in the habit of feeding. The decoys are
OF the simplest construction and greatest
portability, being merely fiat forms in
good outline painted in imitation of the
wild goose; these when seen at right
angles to their fiat surfaces, at ordinary
shotgun range and beyond, are wei. cal
.culated to deceive not alone his goose
ship but eve amateur sportsmen.
Two flights a day are made by the
geese from the large lakes in search of
food; one taking place at daybreak in
the morning and lasting perhaps an hour,
and the other at four O'clock in the after
noon, occupying about the same length
Of time. On these flights they are often
accompanied by the snow-goose and the
white fronted goose, which are here call
ed respectively white and black brant,
though they do not much resemble the
true brant Of the %seacoast, which may be
found occasionally in the midst of flocks
OF the other kinds, yet are by no means
common.
From about the latitude of Kandiyohi
county to the Red river of the north, the
different species Of the wild goose hold
high revel and, upon the approach Of the
cold weather, may be seen in countless
thousands massing Tor the southern
fight. An early morning drive along
the wheat fields which they frequent will
disclose them feeding either upon stubblc
or breaking. They must be allowed to
depart not only unmolested, but OF their
own accord, when an examination Of
the feeding ground is carefully made,
and the pit may then at once be sunk. Ii
there are two shooters, as many pits arc
necessary, and they are best circular in
form. about thirty inches in diameter
and forty inches in depth. The earth o!
the excavation may be partially utilized
in constructing q slight embankment
,ropn6 tho nd 40 of tho NIT The surface
ofo the soil s5i about beu u the he pit.openings must
be manipulated until it accords in ap'
pearance with the natural surroundings
The pits may be near enough to permit
of a Whispered conversation between thu
occupants when the game is approach
ing. The decoys, to the number of :
dozen or more, being fiat, must be placed
at such angles that when viewed from
any point of the compass = few appar
emily solid geese are seen.-Scr1bner,
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Words Of Wisdom.

He that gets out of debt grows rich.
Where the will is ready the feet are
light.
What three know, every creature
knows.
Great truths and great men are always
simple.
Talking comes by nature; silence by
understanding.
Those who hope for no other life are
dead even for this.
Constantly choose rather to want less
than to have more.
Broken friendship may be soldered.
but never made sound.
No man ever yet looked on the dark
side of life without finding it.
Ragged clothing cannot debase a man
as much as afrayed reputation.
If you propose to serve God at all,
have the manliness to begin his service
now.
Virtue maketh men on the earth ia
nous, in their graves glorious, and in
heaven immortal.
That virtue we appreciate is as much
ours us another's. We see so much only
as we possess.
Those who have little are always
ready to strike m average with. those
who have much.
Time, with all its celebrity, moves
slowly on to him whose whole enjoy
| ment is to watch its flight.
It is better to be doing the most insig-
| nifcant thing in the world than to
reckon half an hour insignificant.
Don't despise the small talents; they
are needed as we'll as the great ones. A
candle is sometimes rs useful as the
sun.
We can sometimes love what we do
lot understand, but it is impossible COM
pletely to understand what we do not
love.
No matter how purely and grandly we
live to-day, there is no denying Il at we
may live more purely, more grandly to-
morrow.
The greatest evils in life have had their
Use from something which vas thought
to be of too little Importance to be at
tended to.
Ceremony was devised at first to set a
gloss on faint deeds, hollow welcomes;
but where there is true friendship, there
needs none.
There is no course of life so weak as
that which is carried on by exact rule
and discipline. The least debauch to
such q man will ruin him.
Cheap persons will stand upon cere-
mony, because there is no other ground;
but to the great of the earth we need no
introduction, nor do they need any to
US.
Oae contented with what he has done
stands but small chance of becoming
famous for what he will do. He has
laid down to die. The grass is already
growing over him.
The martyrs to vice far exceed the
martyrs to virtue. botht in endurance
and in number. So blinded are we BY
our passions, that we suffer more to be
damned than to be saved.
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a great noise. This was kept up day and

a great noise. This was kept up day and
night. Suddenly. at the end of the
third day, the bride came out OF q hut
dressed in all the fnery the village could
muster. She wore a small apron made
of a piece of linen which had been given
to the chief, and was adorned with
feathers, beads and shells. She was car
ried on the shoulders of q very stout wo-
man, and supported by o woman on
each side. Being brought into the midst
of THE dancing people she jumped up and
down on the shoulders of the woman.
A number of beads and shells were given
to her, which she scattered about indis-
criminalely, and the people scrambled
for them, as they were considered to
possess some virtue rs charms. The
jumping up and down of the bride was
carried on so energetically that the skin
was completely worn off the shoulders
of the woman who carried her. Then
the husband, a great big fellow, came in,
picked UP his bride. put her under his
arm and walked off with her.
About Women Of Twenty-Five Years.
The man who meets and loves the wo-
man of twenty-five is truly fortunate,
and she is equally fortunate in meeting
and loving him, says u writer in q femi-
nine journal. At that age she seldom
d%eceives herself and is seldom deceived.
She may not have, she is not likely to
have then, her first sentimental expert
ence; but such experience at such an
age is more than sentimental and rarely
ever feettng. She looks back at the
youths she Imagined she was enamored
of between sixteen and eighteen. or often
twenty-five, and they are more than in
different or repellant to her-they are
ridiculous; and in some sort she, as she
then was, is ridiculous to herself. She
cannot but think what she escaped; she
cannot but be grateful to her destiny
that her sympathies and affections have
been reserved for q worthy object and p
higher end. At twenty-five, if ever, a
woman knows and estimates herself.
She is less liable to emotional or mental
mistakes; she is far surer of her future,
because she feels that her face is, to a
certain extent, within her own hands.
Not only is she more lovelier and more
lovable, broader and stronger than she
has been, but her welded happiness and
powers; of endurance are in a manner
Guaranteed
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urua Wedding Customs.

Weddings in Urua, Central Africa,
last three or four days. Commander
Cameron attended one Of them. All
the people in the village were there, he
saws. Some men blowing pipes and
beating drums stood in the center of q
great circle of people who danced around
them, groaning and howlingand making
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Song Of the Newspaper.

am a newspaper;
Icarry the news
To ali Of yonr dwellings,,
Wherever you choose;
A more faithful servant
Can hsrdly be found;
Almost omnirresent,
I'm scattered around.j
Like the stars in the heavens,
And the sands on the shore;
Like leaves that have tnllen
When summer is DER,
10y DER the land,
} pass Ger the SEQ,
l brave every danger,
It's pleasure Tor me.
1 gather tho news from
Tho steamers and cars
And telegraph, sparkling
With trnde, peace and wars;
1 I'LL up my mission,
Defending the truth,
And teach youthful lessons,
For old men and youth.
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The new wool goods are pliablc and
of light weight, yet give the effect of
thick, heavy fabrics. Fol. plain COS
tunes, made entirely of one fabric, there
are cloth like "suitings," with indis-
tinct threads, lines and checks OF mnny
colors mingled. and presenting the cf-
feet Of sclf-colorcd stuffs; in fine wool
and double width, these arc g. 50 Il
yard. In the same class is the MnJo-
liuue camclis-lair, in two shaded stripes
ofdark contrasting colOrs. such as old
gold with the darkest Japanese blue, or
with garnet, green or brown. There
are various glace-slIndcd wool goods.
Some arG plain grounds; others nrc
raatn, with squarely woven tlircmls; and
others arc pckins, having very small
stripes. Red shot with green IL evil
IDENTIFY n fnvoritc combination, ~ 1t IL
shown in chanegnblo fnbrics Of NIL aunl-
itics. Plain colorcd goods, In I'LL the
new shades of blue, g%nrnct, brown nnd
green, are imported in Chuddnll stripes
of zigzag weaving, in mummy cloth
surfaces of irregular waved dots and
spccks, in small nrmurc figures, In
crinkled Grape cloths, in reps across, like
yelours and cotclincs, or else lengLhwisc,
as in Biarritz cloths, and in the heaviest
twilled camel's-hair cloths, as well us
those of light quality. like cashmcrcs;
All such goods are double width. and
cost, according to their weight and fine
ness, from $3.50 a yard to S3.5O.-Har-
Der's BuzGr.
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DR.. ANARCHISTS UTERINE CATHOLICON will posi-.
lively cure Female Weakness, such as Failing OF the
Womb, whites, Chronic Inflammation or Liberation OF
the " omb, Incidental Hemorrhage or Flooding, PAINFUL,
Suppressed and lire gular Menstruation, &c. An old and
Telisble remedy. Send postal card for 0 pamphlet, with
treatment, cures and certificates from physicians and
patients, TO HOWARTH L BALLARD, UHcA, N. 7.
Sold by All Dussists-3l.O per bottle.
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From Washington

The last monthly public debt statement
shows n decrease for September OF $685.
ISL. 9S. The following is q Treasury statement:
Debt Oct. l, less cash in the
Treasury 81, O27, 202, 452.58
Cash in the Treasury. 234, ITS, 1880
Gold and silver certificates. 1872, 750.O0
Legal tenders outstanding. GAG, :o!6 w
Fractional currency ........ 1914, o05.26
Refunding certihcates..... 3,6SS,soo.OO
On to October ] the number OF pension
claims settled under the acts OF January 20
and March 4, 1879, was So, 1868 and the amount
paid $40, 734, 507. The average amount OF ar
rears in each case settled is S542.62. It is es-
timated that there are still about 5000 or 1000
pensioners entitled to arrears whose cases
have not been settled. 1t is stated for the in
formation OF MI pensioners who believe them
selves entitled to arrears, and who do not re-
ceive notice of tho settlement OF their claims,
either by allowance or rejection, by November
|, that they can hasten the settlement by writ
ing q letter to the Office, giving again the num-
Der OF their pension certificate and their pres
emit postoflce address.
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Judge for Yourself.

By sepdlng = -tiYe cents, with age, he1Rnt,
color of eyes and hair, you will receive by re,
turn mail a correct photograph Of your future
husband or wife, with name and date OF MAJ
riage. Address W. Fox, P. o. Drawer 81,
F~ultonyille, N. Y.
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ing of nine Of the bandits and Jim Barker,

their leader. . o
The Nebraska Republicans, at their State
convention in Omaha, nominated General
Amaaa Cobb for Supreme Judge and adopted
a platform which demands "protection for the
voters oil the South" calls upon the soldiers
to vote as they fought, congratulates the
country upon the resumption of specie pay
ments and welcomes General Grant. 8
About two thousand persons had assembled
on O newly.erected grand stand ct the county
fair ground in Adrian, Mich, to witness the
races, when the center Of the stand gave way,
the front part falling outward and the back
part falling into the river, precipitating the
mass OF people into the ruins. Six persons
were instantly killed and about fifty more
wounded, some fatally.
It is feared that Prof. John Wise, the we'll
known aeronaut, has made his last balloon
ascension.l Accompanied by the cashier OF a
St. Louis bank he assembled in a balloon from
that city, and five days aiterward had not been
heard from.
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COUGHS AND C0LDs.-Sudden changes Of
climate are sources OF pulmonary and bron-
chial affections. Take at once "Brown's
Bronchial Troches," let the cold, cough or
affection OF the throat be ever so slight. 25
cents 2 box. ,
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; Read advertisement in another column OF
principal triumphs of the Mason & Hamlin
Organ Co. all over the world. It certainly
amounts to demonstration, as they say, OF the
superiority OF the organs. The record is I'M
Aaralleled among makers OF instruments.
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The criminal sheriff succeeds in his
business as soon as he gets the hang Of
it.-Picavune.
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The Singing Glass Season.

Aa Out. TIE TEMPLE 5000 pc. do.sns, Q
splendid nav Singing School. Convention and OhotY
Book; BY Dr.. H.O. PERKINS. As . Choir Book. equal 70
any Of She largest ones, A. . Singing School Book,
better than the cheaper and smaller ones, since II hai
much moro music; that d, lo pages Of new Songs and
Anhens. Specimen copies mailed, post-free, for 800.
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One pair of boots or shoes can be saved
every year by using Lyons Patent Heel Stiff
ener. Sold by shoe and hardware dealers.
Cbew.Iackgon's Best Sweat Navy Tobacco
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Experience has conclusively shown that for
cutaneous eruptions, open sores, leprous ex-
foliations and rheumatic complaints Heary's
Carbolic Salve is. more eficacious than any
ointment, lotion or embrocation that has ever
been devised. Physicians admit this, and the
popular verdict confirms and ratifles the pro.
i~essional dictum, and assigns this salve the
foremost place among remedies Of its class.
Sold by all druggists.
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Remember also TIE VOICE OF, WORSHIP $50 psr
DOZEN. recently advertiSed;. JoHNos't NEW NEIaop
yoR SiIoINo CIAssxs. an excellent book $500 per dosenI
and l. O. Rmersony OrwAnp (S7G per do1en). Send
for Specimens, Catalogues, or Circulars. A{'''
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NlkCCAOo ~ nv W
By the speedy action OF Hostetters Bitters,
dyspepsia. nervous indisposition, constipation
and bilious complaints cease to harass the in.
valid. That they will instantly give ground
is not pretended, but no medical TACT is more
certain, or avouohed by more competent testi-
timony, than that these maladies, and Others
to which it IL adapted, entirely sucoumb to
the influence OF the medicine, il it be given a
fair trial. Their total, if not instant, rout is
certain to ensue. Losses Of strength are re-
paired, and failure of appetite and nerve quie-
tude are remedied by the Bitters; and as the
stomach grows stronger and assimilation is
aided by its action, a gain OF flesh will follow.
Ladies in delicate health, aged persons and
convalescents derive bodily and mental solace
from its use, and experience none OF the re.
pugnance which ordinary tonics frequently
inspire. The emphatic recommendation OF
physicians confirms the verdict in its favor.
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Jsk Od, Tho last number Of TEE NuyIoAI REco4D.
Bend sx cents for one number, 500 for. tho yeaS.
sWouldn't Be without II for ave times the price"
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wenty sixth Annual commencement
OF the u.,ticni College.

The exercises connected with the twenty
| sixth annual commencement OF the Medical
Department of the University Of Vermont
were held at the Howard Opera House on
Thursday evening, June 26th, and Were at
tended by an immense audience, every seat
in the house being filled, while scores stood
throughout the evening. President Buck
ham presided and ON the stage were the
medical faculty, representatives OF the AGA
demic faculty and of the trustees, large
number of prominent physicians of the city
and State. Surgeon G.. T.. Gray, |. :. \.
His Honor Mayor Hatch and many in
lluential citizens, including Hon Daniel
Roberts. Hon. F. G.. Kennedy, Hon. ". G..
Shaw and representatives of the Board
of Aldermen Excellent n,Ilar was fur
nished hy the 81, Adams Brigade Band
(which was stationed in the balcony.
the FIRST selection being march from Tam
hauscr. Prayer was offered by Rev. T. A.
Griffin, and, after another selection by the
band, came the comforting of degrees The
class (forty nine in NUMBER was presented
to the president by DIR. Walter Carpenter.
Dean of the Medical Faculty. The President
addressed them rs follows.
The Dean has certified TO me that you have
fulfilled the requisite conditions and now
proceed, in accordance with the action of the
Trustees, to confer upon YOU the degree OF
Doctor of Medicine. This degree admits
YOU TO the ranks OF a noble profession. II is
the guaranty of learned institution To all
the world that YOU are prepared to enter upon
the practice of the art of medicine. II is an
honor, because the degree is conferred hy Il
learned body and because it admits You To
learned profession. But the honor brings
with it serious and grave responsibilities \
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REPORT or rnr COMMITTEE OF THE ArrMxr

REPORT az THE COMMITTEE OF THE All NM
r., tEt Iss.s.id'c i'ruH1 ~ me inirs'dfV of Va
n,Dnf d"a Stt's .tIsrHfr'G ''f'''t.
Your committee have received notice NJ the death
nt the following named Alumni during the past
year;
class of i-sa GEORGE ClIsr1S CNHooN aged 81
wears.
GAS of I,Jo Ex-tiuv. As,ntL PEcE aged Il
years.
Cia,4 ol ISL -CHuoE FoRp p,vrV, aged 6
wears.
class Of CHARLES EpwtEp FoLrFrr, aged
ST years.
Class OF -, HARRISON STEVENS HAsKErr aged
81 wears.
Class of i~iG SIDNEY H,RrtE MARSH, aged a
wears.
class OF I~IG ions FL,SpERs. aged 81 wears.
class OF I~;~- HENRY CLAY R,KSFs, aged "A
wears.
GEORGE &. CtHuoN died at has residence N lyn-
don. VI. February. Isl, l>,9. He was born Nav -
I.g, yraIulIrl an the class at lSsh studied law
about the wear ISIS opened an Office IN Danyille
VI amt IN about three wears removed To Lyndon
where he resided until ms death. lie was a mem
Der Of the Governors Council IN lsi3 and 1884
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On the College campus, Tuesday morning,
attracted a large assemblage of spectators, in
Guiding the trustees Of the University, and
many citizens of both sexes. The COLLEGE
battalion turned out with full ranks, and
were put by Lieutenant Cummns, |. 5. A.,
the military professor, through the manual
of arms and the movements of company drill
The orders followed each other rapidly; the
movements were executed with excellent
promptness and precision; and the whole
performance showed II high degree of inter
est in the department, and of efficiency on
the part both of the instructor and students.