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ould be derived which in the least
ompensated for the risks run in getting
out and c6ning back. Under Mr.
Jefome's leadership the club had made
racing comfortable and respectable, and
the'presence of the ladies of New York
city gave IL the Endorsement necessary
to make 1t q popular and reputable re-
creation.r Never before was tllereo a
greater array of feminine beauty lent to
the Inauguration of what must always
be considered peculiarly ihiile amuse-
ment. 40 5l9L NV aunta
One feature that marked inauguration
day at Jerome Park was the presence of
General Grant. then commander-in-c chief
of the army, who came on from Wash
ingt9n expressly to attend, the meeting;
another the presence Of the great trage-
dienne Ristori. .,..... ..5.., ..I. =.
The races at jerome Park thus bril-
liantly inaugt1rated have since become u
most popular institution, attended by
the beauty, talent and wealth of our
city.-Hdrper'S Weekly. ,-.... ....
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The Nashville (Tenn.) american of
recent date says: A curious exhibition
was given in DR.. Duncan Ewes rear Of
flee yesterday morning. DIR. ii. Shack
lett and MIG. Collins, OF Centreville,
appeared there with the understanding
that Collins was TO permit q rattlesnake
to bite linn and then .ctire himself by, q
concoctioh manufactured out of tile
MOSES which grow on white oak and
hickory nut trees. This moss had been
put in three and half pints of water,
they said, and boiled down to half pint.
The physicians chose rattlesnake in
preference to a copperhead and cotton
mouth snake, by either of which Collins
proposed to make the test. He was bit
ten on the wrist by the rattlesnake, and
the wound bled. He at once applied the
remedy to the wound and took it inter-
nally. His pulse had beat at eighty-four; !;
temperature, ninety-nine. Al the end of
fifteen minutes from the bite the pulse
had risen to ninety-one and the tempera-
ture to lOl1 degrees; fifteen minutes
more his pulse was nihety,-tliree and the
100; in one hour from the
time of the bite the pulse beat at ninety,
while the temperature marked ninety
eight and one-half At this point of the
Collins suffered with nause--
ated stomach, and remarked that he had
tried the same experiment with a rattle
snake at Centreville last Monday; that
the two experiments had been too close
together, and they would not catch him
making experiments without q greater
lapse of time between them. The snake
that bit Collins was then teased until it
struck dog, which died from the bite
one hour and thirty-tive minutes after.
Collins claims to have got his antidote
from the Blackfeet and Cherokee Indians
when youth.
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A Gallant Sea. Fight.

1t appears that the defence of the
Chilian corvette Esmeralda, off Iquique,
Peru, was an act of lleroism deserving u
conspicuous place In the annals of naval
warfare The Chilian vessel, an old
wooden craft of 1000 TONS burden,
tolerably well armed, was caught in a
little bay, where escape was impossible;
by the powerful Peruvian ram Huascar
Here was situation where prudent
commander would have speedily pulled
down his flag; but most heroic deeds are
performed in defiance of that discretion
which is said to be the better part of
valor, and Captain Thomson, of the
Esmeralda, determined to fight his ship
to the last. He refused to surrender,
and opened on his huge antagonist.
The Huascar declined fair fight, and
running into her adversary, crushed the
Esmeralda's wooden walls with II single
blow from her iron ram and sent her to
the bottom. Captain Thomson, with q
handful of his men. climbed on board
the Huascar and were cut down while
bravely fighting on the deck of their
enemy.
The Chilians who went down at their
guns OF were slaughtered on board the
Peruvian ram were avenged, however.
The same day on which the Esmeralda
was sunk, the splendid Peruvian
armored frigate Independence ran fast
upon sunken rock and was abandoned
and fired by her own crew. She had
separated from the Huascar when the
latter attacked the corvette and had gone
in pursuit of the Chilian dispatch boat
Covadonga, which, keeping close in
shore, in shallow WATER. lured the big
ironclad to self-destruction. The net
result of the whole affair, so far as Chill
is concerned, is therefore the exchange
of an old wooden craft for the finest and
only really formidable cruising ship in
the Peruvian navy--about equivalent to
trading pawh at chess for an adversary's
queen.
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A COachman's COnQue t.

Murray Hill society has lately been
agitated over a scandal in which the in
evitable coachman again figures and
which has thrown a shadow over one of
the most prominent and highly respect
able families of that fashionable locality.
In this instance the young lady is both
beautiful and highly accomplished, and
her lover, the coachman, is young and
good looking, but very illiterate. 1t is
said to be a case of love at first sight.
Be that as it may, the couple carried on
their courtship so ardently and boldly
that eventually one of the gentleman's
neighbors dropped him note through
the mail, asking him if he knew of the
conduct of his daughter. The father
was astounded upon learning of the
an account &e S&ee s that she
knew the coachman and had spoken to
him on several occasions, but this was
all. Her explanation deceived him so
thoroughly that he ceased to watch her
movements for time. Subsequently.
however, he found among his daughters
effects, during her temporary absence
from her home, several letters from the
love-smitten Jehu, which still further
opened his eyes and confirmed all that
had been written concerning the couple
by his friend. The result was a stormy
interview, during which the young
lady's mother was so affected that
she is said to have tainted. Soon after
this, and despite the vigilance of the
parents of the young lady, she clandes-
timely met her lover, and arrangements
were perfected for their marriage, which
were frustrated by the appearance ON the
scene of the father when the couple were
on their way to the residence of min
lister whom they had engaged to perform
the ceremony. The coachman was dis
charged by his mistress and the young
lady was taken to her fathers country
residence, where she is now reported to
be closely watched to prevent her from
joining her lover. b
Prior to this unfortunate affair the
young lady had been receiving the COM
pany of a young, wealthy aad talented
physician, who had asked her hand in
marriage and had met with favorable
response. The shock produced by this
affair has nearly crazed him, and he has
since, by the advice of his friends,
started on voyage around the world.
-Neto York Graphic. -.....
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Lost Seven Pounds I'm Three Weeks.

Alian's Anti-Fat is q genuine medicine and
will reduce corpulency from two to five pounds
per week. Purely vegetable and perfectly
harmless, acting entirely on the food in the
stomach, preventing the formation of fat. 1t
is also positive remedy for dyspepsia and
rheumatism.
Boston, Mass, Feb. 1lth, 1878.
BOTANIC MEDICINE Co., Buffalo, n. Y:
Gentlemen The lady alluded to lost seven
pounds in three weeks, by the use of Allan's
Ant-Fat. Yours truly,
SMITH, DooLITTLR & SMITH,
Wholesale O-nun;oto
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SMITH, DooLITTLR & SMITH,
Wholesale Druggists.

There is no time to be lost, when cough
attacks one, in adopting means oil prevention
against consumption and bronchitis. A cough
may, with perfect truth, be termed the ncip-
lent stage of those destructive maadies, and it
is the height OF folly to disregard it. If neg
lected, it will assuredly eliminate in some
dangerous pulmonary affection, but il DIR. VIM.
Halls Balsam for the Lungs be used the com
plant is speedily vanquished and the danger
averted. There is no pulmonic comparable to
this great specific. Sold by druggists.
AN ARTICLE OF TRUE MERIT" Browns
Bronchial Troches" are the most popular arti-
Gle in this country or Europe for throat dis
eases and coughs, and this popularity is based
upon real merit. Twenty-Five cents a box.
A thoroughly good Cabinet or Parlor Organ
is worth two poor ones. Mason & Hamlin
make the best The prices are little higher
than those of poorest organs, but it is much
cheaper in the end to obtain the best.
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Nothing h0s been added to the medicine and
Nothing has been taken away. 1t is without doubt
n ItEsT PURIFIER OF the BLOOD and REVIEWER of
he SYSTEM ever known to man.
II S!ru? possesses varied properties.
"a octs u2oN the Eiyer.
sg acts upon The Kidneys.
Tc3uiatca fisc Bowels.
u pHrEaicS she BlOod.
q. Jnsct4shc Nervous system.
50 Droisi Oscs Digestion.
Dc s"uTlsi,es, siren thens and Inyfe-
1ruscH.
/; cRrrtcg oG'gIse old blood and makes
NC;2.
: : o-.sTts tsae pores Of the skin, and
r-A''usc- G1eaidhy Porspiratiom.
nc':tri.izcs the hereditary tant, or poison in
10 hoad.Which generates Scrofua, Erysipelas and
t'i"!e arc no spirits employed in its manufactures
7id It en- hc Ia Ken by the most delicate babe. O.,
- Ht"d ant feeble, care only tsing reeusrss &
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Six stalwart revolutionists entered the
house of the Governor of Kiev, Russia,
and after gagging and stripping his ex-
cellency, administered fifty strokes with
stout cane. After their departure the
governor was found pinioned on the
floor I'D tt. ..H = t ~.
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testimonials Of Cures.
LIVER COMPLAINT AND CHILLs.

,nneAr SiC;5uHb9gyinfg tried @ your most excellent
medicine for Liver Complaint and Chills, l
would recommend those who are afflicted to
give it trial. Mrs. G, ARrMAs.
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A young man may do great many
foolish things, but he will never wear a
pair of white pantaloons to picnic but
once. He will never forget the large
amount of fun he didn't have on the
first occasion. on.-Norrist0so Herald.
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HEART DISEASE AND LIVER CON-
PLANT. u. -. -.
MIDDLEBURGH, Sny,

MIDDLEBURGII, snyder Co., Pa,
Dear Sir:-I have been troubled with Heart
Disease and Liver Complaint, and had spent
a great deal of money for medical aid without
receiving any benefit, until 1 procured some Of
our Indian Blood Syrup from your agent,
+. l.. Burlington. can now testify from my
experience as to the great value of it in such
diseases. HENRY ZEOHhAN.
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LIVER COMPLAINT.

JACKSONVILLE, March, 8, 1879.
Dear S.E':-Knowing, from experience, that
your Indian Blood Syrup is a sure cure for
Liver Complaint, Iconfidently recommend it to
all suffering humanity. REBECCA MEL.
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The Stomach cannot be Fr.ieht,d

The stomach Cannot be Freighted
With greater trash than violent drastic
purgative. True, such medicine relieves
constipation for the time, but at the expense
OF great injury to the intestinal canal, which it
both infiarnes and weakens, MUS uniting it
tor the performance OF its proper functions.
Widely different is the action of Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters, a tonic aperient which pro-
and convulsing. The purity of its botanic in
gradients, its unobjectionable flavor, its genial
influence upon the mind, and the thoroughness
OF its remedial action in cases of constipation,
liver complaint and dyspepsia, combine to
render 1t most desirable family specific It
increases both physical vigor and substance
tranquilizes and invigorates the nervous sys-
tenn, ana gives an unwonted relish Tor the
food. A wineglass three times daily is about
the average dose. 5lglrlt = sff N N a
The Mendelssohn Piano Co., No. 81 East
10th street, N. Y sell Pianos at Eactory
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LIVER COMPLAINT

PENNYPACK MILLS, Feb. %, 1879.
Dear lSir;-I have used your Indian Blood
Syrup and found it to do all you claim for it,
1t is sure cure for Liver Complaint
,JOSEpU TT AJNRa
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Edwin T straan in Indian Costume.

Edwin T sSman in Indian Costume.
SEVEN AND .tINE YEARS AMONG THE CoMANcHEs
AND APAcHEs. A neat volume of 300 pages,
being q simple statement of the horrible facts
connected with tie sad massacre of helpless
family, and the captivity, tortures and ultimate
escape of its two surviving members. For sale
by our agents generally. Price $1O0.
Tho incidents of the massacre, briefly narrated,
are distributed by agents FREE OF charge.
Mr. Eastman, being almost constantly at the
West, engaged in gathering and curing the materi-
els OF winch the medicine is composed, the sole
business management devolves upon DR.. johnson,
i'd the remedy has been called, and is known as
Dr. Clark Johnson's
aAs0lkE9 BLOOD PURIFIER
Prlco Of LarEs lottles Sl.cL
Nice Il Gll-i' Pettles so
&c ID the voll ,t1ry testimonials of persons who
have icen cured by the use OF Dr. Clark Johnson'f
inAan Bleed Syrup, in your own vicinity.
testimonials Of Cures.
DYSPEPSIA AND INDIGESTION.
BYBERRY, 23d Ward, Jan. /, S79.
Dear Sm:-Your most excellent Indian Blood
Syrup has given perfect satisfaction when used
Tor Dyspepsia and Indigestion.
THRoD. HAWK
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ENTIRELY CURED.

PITTsBURGH, Pa, August 70, IH.S.
Dear Sr:-I was troubled with Lung Disease
and suffered from other complaints so much
hat l could not describe my feelings to any
person. l doctored all the time, but found no
relief until took Dot, le oi your Indian Blood
Syrup, which lett me entirely Tree OF all pain.
CAPT. SAM. A, CARGO,
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AVER AND KIDNEY CoMpIA1Nr

ANDALUsIA, Pa, Feb. 10, 1870
Dear Sir:-I have been using yonr Indian
Blood Syrup in my family for Liver and Kidney
Complaint with success. l believe ithas no.
quail EDWARD GILBERT.
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RECEIVED GREAT BEEEFIT FROM II

Feb, n, 1873. J
Dear Sir:--I take great pleasure in saving
that l have given your valuable Indian Blood
Syrup fair trial in my family and received
great benefit from it. SAM'L N. SoLLY.
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TRADE NAnK.l
The Eest Remedy Known 70 Man

'E-+V 1ssSV sVsIi1eUy AuoWn 70 MAN ]
with Mr.. Edwin Eastman an escaped captiye. long
q slave TO Wakametkla, the medicine man OF the
toninches, is now prepared to lend his aid in tho
lI,Toouctlon OF the wonderful remedy Of that tribe
, lEo experience Of Mr.. Eastman being similar to
Ihat OF Mrs Chas Jones and son, Of Washington
tar!lnEly narrated in the Neto FORK Herald or Doc
10th, l67S, the facts Of which are go widely
known: Gnd so nearly parallel that but little men
here. They arc, however, published In neat VOL
time of 500 pages, entitled, Seven and Nine Year.
Among tho Comanches and Apaches" of which
That for several years, Mr. Eastman, while q CAP.
tive, was compelled TO gather tho roots. pums
barks, herbs and berries of which WakametSiA',
medicine was made, and is still prepared tS pro
yido the eAME materials for the success nj intro
duction OF the medicine to the world and assures
tie public that tho remedy is the aame now ss
vhen Wakametkla compelled I'm to make it.
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Inc Mendelssohn Piano Co., No. 81 East
Prices. Write for catalogue.
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SOldiers---PensiOners

We publish an eght-page paper THE NArIofti
TRIBUNE '-devoted to the interests OF Pensioners, Sol
diers and Sailors and their heirs also
family reading.
Price. Fifty cents yearspecia inducements to clubs
proper blank to collect amount due under new Ar
Pension BILL furnished Eratuitousy to regular
subscribers only and such claims hlea in Pension ofce
without charge. January number specimen copy free.
Send for it. GEORGE L. LEMON & CO.
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track. They have been constructed
with due attention to equine comfort and
convenience, and nothing in the way OF
Improvement has been spared. The
sleeping apartments for the attendants
and grooms are partitioned off from the
stables, and the kitchens are built in be-
tween and at the rear of the main build
ings. The whole has plain but sub
stantial board fence running along its
front side, for the purpose of preventing
visitors from annoying the horses.
Jerome Park was opened on Tuesday,
September 25, 1866, and the "inaugura-
ton" meeting extended over the 25th,
26th. 9th and Goth. The racing was
renewed on October l. There was an
immense attendance on the opening
day. The great race was called the in
auguration race-four-mile heats. for all
ages. Three years, 80 pounds; 4 wears.
l04 pounds; S years and upward, Ia
pounds. The race resulted as follows
Kentucky, l; Fleetwing, 3 Q; Onward,
Q 8; lakewood, distanced. Asteroid,
considered to be Kentucky's great rival,
had met with an accident, and was un-
able to start.
Fortunately for Mr.. Jerome's novel
enterprise. the weather was fine. This
undoubtedly had much to do with the
crowds that pressed to the scene, and
there was another feature which did
much toward stamping the undertaking
with success. This was the encourage
ment given to the meeting by the ladies
of New York city. Hitherto, for obvi-
Gus reasons, it had not been the custom
for ladies to attend the races in any
large numbers. The police regulations
had not been good, and were not en-
forced; the crowds on the race-courses
were always lmoreio less rough and
reckless, and no comfort or pleasure
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PAPER MILL FOR SALE

LANCASTER, N. H., 1879
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THE YELLOW FEVER.

Memphis has finally abandoned hope
and people are fleeing from the fated
city. For long time it was believed
that the few sporadic cases would not
develop into an epidemic. But the
number of people stricken with the di-
sease soon convinced the incredulous
that the scourge had again fastened it
self ON the city. 1t is said that the fever
is not as malignant as it was last year,
but this will hardly allay the excitement
caused by the fatal temperance of the
disease. The deaths so far are so per
cent. of the cases reported, and as the
air becomes poisoned with the spread of
the contagion this percentage will doubt
less be increased.
Memphis may With truth be called the
unfortunate city. Financially wreck
before the well grounded fear had taken
possession of her people that yearly
visit of a terrible epidemic may be ex-
pected, it needed but this addition to
her misfortunes to check her growth and
make her a place of mourning. The
city cannot prosper under the shadow of
this fear. 1t viii be deserted by all who
can afford to leave, and years of immun-
ity cannot remove the curse.
The city authorities are sending poor
people out of the city having made ar
rangements with some of the roads to
transport them at half fare rates. The
trains are crowded with people fleeing
from the place. One road has quit run
ming trains to the city. Other cities
with the instinct of self-preservation up
permost, are establishing strict quaran-
tines. Every precaution is taker to
prevent the spread of tie disease New
Orleans is working as vigorously as if
yellow fever were imminent. The report
in circulation last winter that yellow
fever had broken out in Memphis on
account of the removal of the remains of
persons having died in the city of the
disease, must have been true And in
all probability the inception of the fever
now raging resulted from some such in
judicious action. If this frequent ap-
pearance of the fever will enable medical
experts to become acquainted with the
disease, and teach them how to success
fully fight it, some good will come of it.
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H NJ. Kutchin of the Fond du Lac
Commonwealth has been appointed In
terual Revenue Collector instead of Judge
Osborn who was thrown out to make
room for this rampant partisan. This is
probably the work of Matt Carpenter,
and about the mildest thing that can be
said of him in reference to it, is, that it
does him very little credit. Osborne
was Howe man; so was kutchin, until
he failed to receive the price of his sup
port. He had a double purpose in sup
porting Carpenter, secure some such
position rs that TO which he is now APP.
pointed and to avenge himself on Howe,
who failed to do rs Carpenter has done,
pay his henchman at the expense OF
the government. There are SO many of
these parasites such as Kutchin who
hang to the skirts of great men, that one
can almost hope for the defeat of the
master in order to compass that of the
creature. If anything could be urged
against Osborn IN justification of his
removal, the appointment of kutchin
would not occasion so much surprise.
But to remove generally conceded good
officer to reward one for his support,
prompted solely by selfish motives, is
something which will be remembered
against Carpenter. He has not added TO
his strength by his action in this matter,
and all unite in believing that this is
Mats work.
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First publication July Il, 1870
EOPECT, OCUPE SAFE

IN CIRCUIT COURT-MANITOWOC COUN.
i TY, WIS. John MaertZ. plaintiff, against
William Bonefeldt, Julius Boneteldt and A. G.
MaertZ, defendants.
By virtue of and pursuant to a judgment of fore
closure and sale in the above entitled action, dat
ed june 9th, 1878, directed to me, rendered ut s
general term of the circuit court of the state OF
Wisconsin, held al the court house in the city OF
Manitowoc, in the county of Manltowoc, Wiscon
sin, the 9th day of June, A. D., 1873. Hon
Campbell Mclean Presiding judge, which said
Judgment of decree and foreclosure fled
docKeted and recorded in the clerk of the circuit
courts Office in the county of Manitowoc, in said
state. / shall expose for sale and sell at Public
Auction. at the sherifs Office in the court house
in the city and county of Manitowoc, Wisconsin
on the Both day at August D., 1879, at 10 O'Clock
in the forenoon of that day, all the following DIES
CT ibed MOI tagged premises, much thereof a.
NAV be necessary 10 raise the amount of said
Judgment, interest and costs, and costs of sale
The said mortgagea premises are described as fol
lows, to-wit:
A part of the northwest quarter of the north
east quarter of section number two (2l, in town
ship number nineteen Q9), range number twenty
one CID east, in Manitowoc County Wis.,. corr
mencing sixteen rods, twelve feet and five links
west from the northeast corner of the northwest
quarter of the northeast quarter Of said section
running thence west ferty-six feet, thence south
seventy five feet thence east fortysix feet, thence
north TO the place of beginning
Dated July 10Th, 1879.
p. PIERCE,
Sheriff of Manitowoc Co.
E. b. Treat, Atty. aug Il