Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 28, 1877, Page 5

PO down upon the Servian country, eonguest O Yor their homes and i ml T vain! At the batde of ?cu‘;,’ln 1339, the Servian army was over- ot ¢ deteated, and the Empire became v of the Ottoman. Lazaz was killed in e, and lis son, the Lazarcvitch, made a B ith the Sultan, by which e wes to hold s provinee in fiel, and pay tribute. But he died before Jong, and the Turks, declaring that {owes impious to allow a “dog of 2 Christian* golonger POSSCSS lands so fair, sent troops to con the countrs. The Serbs then allied themselves with the Hungarians, but finding {hat, to maintain the alliance, they would be re- ,,;,gd 10 acknowledge tae Pope of Rome, they %'nkc it off, and sought- peace from the Sultan. The Sulian promised absolute religious tolera- tioa and ccclesiastical self-government, and, aftera time, the Serbs submitted. ‘Bat the confidence of this unhappy people in {heir conqueror Was whelly misplaced. The people were disarmed and handed over to the e of 3 military aristocracy, colonists of the Saltan, called Dzhis, who tvrannized over them most pomercifully. The religion of israx slone Was tolerated, and those of the nobles ko would not apostatize were murdered or robbed of 21l their possessions, and degraded to 1he rank of peasants or rayshs. Those who cazscated to deny their faith were allowed to sein thelr Jands and other privileges, aad wue called Turks. But the peasantry were gobjected to every imaginable insult avd indig- pity; every fifth year thelr most promis- G boys were takea by conscription 1o recruit the Sultan's armies, tiweir iives, and dsughtess, end sisters were torn from them at ke caprice of the brutal Mussulman, no life por P y was ever safe, and a system of pluncer under the name of taxation, reduced theland to & condition of actual beggary. For pearly three centuries Servia was indeed * one o the dark piaves of the carth, full of the yabitstions of _craelty,” and, from the deep -p of barbarism that had scttled upon her, slee] it scemed bardly possible that she should ever ske. ‘Iu 1713, 8t the close of the war that LEoroLD of Germary waged against the Turks, by the treaty of Passarovitz, Servia was ceded to Aus- tzia, aud the Scrbs now enjoged twenty years of peate aud quictness. During this breathing- <pace they repaired their roads, restored their ined and desecrated churches, and did all ther could to repair the losses that they bad suficred. But the Austrians, too weak to 10ld the country, were forced to vield the peo- sleamain to their old furious focs, the Dahis. ip dpspair 37,000 families left their native coun- 57 and emisrated todily into Austria. In 1798, the Dohis themselves rebelled against the Sulten, who, in attempting to bring them to terms, armed the Christions awainst them. At this all Turkey was in an uproar, furious at the zrming of Cbristians to fight against true be- lierers. But the Christians, after they bad aid- edto put down the Dahi rebellion, objected to re- twuingto their previous condition of servitude, ol demanded thet the Dahis be removed alto- geier. This elas, however, baving made peace with the Sultan, returned to their old places, ‘Yaring with revenge against the revolted peas- wiy. Then Legan the struggle, which lasted lryears, and can searcely be said to be ended eren now. In 1804, 2 Servian peasant, ealled, on account of his dark ‘complexion, Kara GEORGE (Black GEonGE), escaped to the mountains, leavinga bome desolated by the Turks, and became 2 teicand. Speedily taking the place of a leader tmong his companions, he was looked upon asa st of RODERICE Drio of the Servian High- 1iads. Enraged by the ravages of the brirands, the Dakis - became more fierce in their oppres- gon'of the rayahs, but only succeeded in driv- f:zmoremen to the mountains. Thousands of patriots fled to join the gathering, and a general evolt was determained upon. But a Chief was nezessary, and o vast gathering was held to choose one. Kara GLORGE was chosen by the miversal ery of the patriots, but at first he de- clined. 4 Brothers.” he said, addressing the aseembly, “why do you call forme? A Anes of Serbs thould be mild and good; o an angry man, :]:ubh: tokeep my temper. Choose some one jeo." “We want an angry man,” they cried; “we w2nt 2 man of iro: “But. Bogouri™ (by God), exclaimed Kara GrorGE, “if Iorder a man todo = thing, and e doeth it not, I will <lash off his head; Iam ferocious when contradicted.” “You are the man we want,” they cried in sdmiration; you are our Chief: our Anes.” Under Kara Geonse the whole peasantry rose, andthe Dahis fled, some to the fortresses, and some o the Mobammedan towns. The in- surgents formulated their demands and present- edthem tothe Sultan. They were as follows: That the Dahis rbonld leave Servia, and the Government Le conducted by a Pasha nominated dircetly Ly the Sulian: that all the new imyosts hitherio levied by the Dahis should be abolished, 2ud ouly euch taxes paid hereafter as were fized by the Sultaw's firman of 1703 that conrta of Justice shonld be established in all cantons: that the mopicipalities stould choose their own Mayors, Ybo ehould thereupon be confirmed by the Belgrade zicr; that the Servians should have perfect liber- 15 iu bailding churches and_monasteries; that the peopte should choose their own Chicfr. throngh ¥Lose hands should pase all commznicetions be- weea the Sublime Porte and the Servian nation. These terms were certainly not unreasonable, but th Saltan would not hear of any change in the existing order of things, and sent an army toreduce the rebels to submission. While this strugrle was still poing on, war broke out be- treeu Russia and Turkey, and the Sultan sud- denl)_- be_l:\me very anxious to make peace with the Servians. Bat, at the instigation of Russia, the Serbs declared their fndependence, and re- fusedevento pay tribute. This was a great mistake on the part of Servia, because it mot u_nlv p'romked the Syltan, but also promoted civil dissensions. The Crown of Servia was a prize worth etriving for, and Kara GEORGEimme- diately found that he hadrivals. The: ‘OBRENOVICS, a hmll:v of some local reputc, set up a claim to the Clieftanship and soon commanded an im- 1oense following. MiLoscir OBRENOVITCH wasa ;sz but politic man, well fitted not only to lead in the field, bat to plot in the couneil, and confidence fn lis judgment,as well as in his courage and patriotisu, soon made him the fa- ‘vorlte with the people. . MAI the conclusion of the Turco-Russlan war, :I. 1812, thf treaty of Bucharest was signed, e 4 it the Serbs were provided for bya stipus : % “11 that they should receive free and full am- i !“s‘l“[ur flzv‘: Part they bad. taken in the war e e Tu'r-:s construed the treaty to mean that 5 Sebs snould surrender unconditfonally, with ‘nzml\lsn of cl:mcx_xry from the Sultan, Know- 23 at the Sultan would mnot protect by rom the Dahis, the patriots refused mmm{ down their arms, and the war re- “mmmed. The Servians were soon over- ey edand their shattered forces took refuge ’n mh“fh: MiLoscn OsreNOVITCH, bowever, ndy td'n Servia. poth to protect his Zamily b u:lrytu make terms with the conquerors. ‘Kfim:fifl torious Pasha understood that the Heaet Onof peace was necessery to the collec- the ~m‘_¢xs, e took MiLoscH into favor. But lonct h‘:‘nhoucsu.\- desired vo retain the affec- vl 2cople, and endeavored to protect i Fi 38 muh g5 possible. i m;mm‘l'glblt Le was now beecming an object th on to the Turks, he planued another an ..-h he was one day entering the gate fon ‘:':ess, » Turkish soldier called his stten- i Et.'hsll_v Leadof a patriot placed upon L‘} With the brutal threat, “Your turn Mioscur evidently did not like the h{;Pfljn for immediately after he escaped p Ustria. On Palm-Sunday, 1S15, he “;Wluiore his zellow exiles in the Aus- lled Z"‘sL‘, sodina short but firery epeech R Itm to arms, Civil war was again com- h and the Servians were in a measure ‘“’&’ful, MiLosca was their leader, and the ;flxed Kiies of Servia, and the Turks treat- 1tk bim 25 such. By dint of Lard fighting u‘:“ speakiug, he gradually persunded the 5 1o grant that justice ehould be dispensed court composed equally of Turks and Taxes were to be imposed and collected bs themselves, and a yearly tribute of Daid to the Sultan. Upon these terms Was made, and seemed likely to bedura- :)‘l]ee\ wgen arave disturbance was threatened by d:us“ddcn appearance of Kara GEORGE, who laimed the Chieftainship, calling upon the peo- Ple to drive out the Turks altogether,and secure their independence. But Mirozcn had nim as- sassinated forthwith, and assured the people that le: Wwas Chief, and meant to remain so. Having finally established himself in the leadership, L set to work to organize his coun- try and enrich himself. The Serbs, however, Tesented taxation even when imposcd by one of themselves, and, in 1620, rose in revolt azainst him. He fled to Austria, and his son Mirax was installed fn his stead. 3iLAN soon died, and his brother Micmarr was called to the throne.” But Micnazy, who was young and un- trained, did not succeed in satisfyiog his sub- Jects, and, in 1812, he went into exile, and A:.z?.\'nzn Kara-Georcevirenm, son of the first Servian Chicf, was chosen to succeed him. He, too, falled to satisfy either the Sultan or tke veople, and, in 1853, was invited to step down and out. Old MrLosci was then recalled, and ruled the people with much of his former vigor for a year and a half, wheu he died. On Lis death bis son Micuazr succeeded to the throne. This Prince was now about 40 years old, and seems to have improved with age, for the Serbs accepted him without hesitation, And he made a good ruler, securing not only the love of Lis people, but the respect of all the Powers of Europe.. In 1862 the Turkish soldiery who garrisoned Belgrade had o skirmish with the citizens, and for a time there secmed to be danger of more war. But diplomacy on the part of the Great Powers who preside over the fortunes of Turkey prevented, and the Sultan £oon after withdrew the Mohammedan soldiery, and allowed the Serbs to garrison their own forts. Prince MICHAERL then set to worlk to de- velop the resources of the comntry; churches, schools, and colleges were built, mines and rail- ways were projected. He also organized a Servian army. Arms were smuggled in from Russiz, and an arsenal was established at Kraguevatz, where new arms were made and old ones repaired. In 1875 the standing army of Servia contained 4,720 men, with a. reserve force of 150,490. There is also a small body of cavalry and an artillery corps. dJune 10,1568, Prince MICHAEL was assassi- nated, it was supposed by conspirators in favor of the deposed dynasty of Kars-GEORGE- vircn. However, the plot, if there was one, was frustrated by the orompt sction of the Governmeat, and the present Prince, MirLax Osnxrexsovircn, the nephew of Prince Micnaer, was inaugurated. This Prince has established a firm hold upon the affections of the people, and steadily, though not very rapidly, the resources of the country have been developed. But the country has hardly yet recovered from the ef- fect of the centuries of tyranny and oppression that she has suffered. Give her another genera- tion of peace and frecdom and free Servia will, without a doubt, take an honored place among the nations of Europe. C. —_—— . PERSOKFAL. Mr. Courtney, the leading writer of the London Times, has been courtcously notified that he can- not continue to hold that position while servingas 2 member of Parliament. It1s safd that the remnants of the Washington Chronicle are tobe ‘bonght by one of the proprie- tors of the Burlington Jaukeye, who contemplates the establishment of o model nmewspaperat the Capital. “‘Take care,” faid a friend to Marshal Mac- Jfahen, **Jules Simon is a politician that climbs. Some fine morning you may wake up and find him on your piilow." **No fear of that," responded the President; *“my little iron camp-bedstead is ‘barely big cnongh for one.™ There was an irreverent man at the ‘‘Fore- fethers " dinner in New York who toasted the Puri- tan mothers, on the ground that they were com- pelled to endure not only the inconvenience of rigorons climate and the horrors of savage warfare, but s worse evil, tne Pilgrim fathers. There has been considerable inquiry in England a5 to how far color-blindness on the part of engine- drivers, resulting in the wrong intcrpretation of danger-signals, is responsible for recent accidenta. Bome companies require all applicants for posi- tions to be exzmined by eurgeons, and their power of distinguishing colora to be ascertained. A good story of Mr. Charles R. Thorne, Jr., of the Union Square Theatre, for which Celia Logan 15 responeible, is that in the early days he was cast for the part of Francisco, and had not time to make himeelf **dead-letter perfect.” So he made himeelf **rongh-perfect,” and waen he was asked *‘Have vou kept quiet guards” replied, **I ain't scen a mice.” Col. Ellis Spear, the new Commissioner of Pat- ents, i8 2 Maine man, a native of Warren, and is abont 4+t yesrsof age. He isa graduateof Bow- doin. He enlisted in the War as a private, was specdily promoted to the rank of Colomel, and served to the end of the War. He first ontered the Patent Ofiice as a clerk, and bas gradually worked his way up until he now becomes head of the De- partment. The new Senator from New Jersey scems to be o sort of Eastern Hoxle, having made his money in live-stock, and secking political preferment for its own sake rather than becanse there has been any ardent desire on the yart of the pcople to elevate bim. The New York pspers openly intimate that the New Jeisey man, McPherson by name. bought bis seat. He is Immensely wealthy, snd a sound Democrat. ++ Brother Swing is bright,” remarks the Spring- field Republican, ‘‘but not universal, or he wouldn’t let his Alllance commend Essipofl's play- ing because *the word piano means soft," and she ¢knew the name of the piano, and made it speak ste forcordained Janguage.’ That is just half the name of the instrament; the other half is ‘forte,’ —lond. We suppose a gTeat many Persons enjoy the same innocence of the full title of the plano- forte.™ An old Massachusetts family placed on record in Essex County, the first day of the new year & deed 240 vears old, conveying a certain tract of land from Jobn Winthrop, a son of Gov. Winthrop, to Samuel Symonds. The deed was written and sirned three years before the recording of deeds was required by 2 law of the Colony, and it re- mained undisturbed among family papers for nearly two centuries and a half. ‘The record of It wasthe first of the year 1877 in Essex County. Pashionable young ladies and gentlemen will be interested in hearing from Mra. Hooper's Paris let- ter to the Philadelphia Telegraph that onc of the leading dancing-teachers of Paris, M. Perin, is 'making a fortane by giving the Parisians lessons in the Boston. That popular American dance was taught to the Professor by one of the belles of the American colony. e introduced it at ‘Trouville Jast snmmer, where it became popalar, and every one rushed to learn **lc Boston.” Now ‘‘le Bos- ton" figures prominently on his prospectus, and bids fair to become as much the rage as the polka was in its day. The bill against M. Courbet, the Communist palnter, for the overthrow of the Column of Ven- dome has becn made out by the French Govern- ment. It amounts to $85,000. The most extraor- dinary part of the affalr is that M. Courbet, throngh bis lawyer, has protested against the charge as excessive, and asked to have the scparate jtems excmined by an espert of his own choosing. "This fact seems to indicate that the artist means to accept the situation and pay off the indebtedness, thus putting himeelf in a position to retora to France. His works atill command high prices even in the Parisian markets. The exact circamstances of the Nawab Nazin scandal, referred to a few days ago, have not come %o 1ight, but more is known than \as tben men- tioned. Itappears thatthe Nawab bas an mcome of £70,000 per sunum allowed him by the British Government. He went over to Englaad for the purpose of getting half a million or so more held by the Government forhis family, and in his ef- forts to sccure this prize he employed as agents all sortr of persons. A member of Parhament cnd several newspaper editors cud correspondents are implicated, among the latter, itis £ald, the cele- brated **Bull-Run” Ruesell. i ” r. Conwey's last letter from London con! ins lh?fn]lowlng’: ++By the death of Lord Nesves, Scotland loses ono of thoee good talkers and capi- tal story-tetlers who still grow best 1n the region of Edinborg, Lut arc ecoming too few even There. e was the yonngest of a crcle of wits, whose chief was Dean Ramsay, and had been {ranemitted o be the chicf of a younger clan of humorists—albeit he had 2 close competitor in Dr. Hodgson, who was regarded as the best dinner- table talker and wit 1 London, until he was made ‘Professor at Edinburg. 1 was once present.in a company where Lord Neaves £a1 near Carlyle, who hat some onc had to whisper to him 1aughed so 1l o1 t.n:: ‘he was not letzing ‘Carlyle eat any dinner. THAT HIRACULOUS CURE. Mrs. Robinson Tells the Story of Her Restoration to Health. The Application of a Divine Com- mand and Its Immediate Results. How She Knelt and Prayed, and Arose Whole, Speaking and Walking. The Burden of Proof Wow Cast mpon the Doubters. The Rev. Arthur Mitchell startled the au- dience at the noonday prayer-meeting last Tues- day by citing a marvclous casc of answer to prayer. That gentleman’s story was to the ef- fect that a lady in this city who was afllicted with a most severe stroke of paralysis had, in direct answer to her prayers, been made whole. Sowe natural doubt, of course, arose in many minds,—not as to the gentleman’s veracity, but rather as to the-idea that a miracle should happen in this ninetecnth centurs, when npearly everybody supposes, or did ~ suppose until -then, that the age of miracles was past and gone. Mr. Mitch- ell also stated to a reporter for Tor TrIBUNEZ that be would in due time tell him where to find the subject of this most marvelous cure and that he would then get the story from har own lips. The only reason Mr. Mitchell had for not disclosing the lady’s name and residence at that time was that she was at present suffer- ing from the effects of s fall'on the ice received about two months ago, and she was fearful that she would be made worse by the rush of curiosity-seckers who would probably flock in to hear ber story. The reporter heard yesterday, however, all he desired to know, and last eveninglie called upon the lady shortly after tea, and submits to the readers of Tne TRIBUNE . THE STATEMENT SHE HAD TO MAKE as it came from her own lips. Out of respeet to her expressed wish not to publish the number of her residence on State street, the reporter simply states that her name is Mrs. Janctte M. Robio- son, and thiat- she livies on State street not very far from Van Ruren, with her son, a gentleman in the employ of onc of the railroads in this city. Mrs. Robinson was_fceling quite well for an invalid last evening, although she is compelled to keep her bed. As she progressed in the fol- Jowing narrative, and gradually cwne to the erisis of her story, her face lit up with an ex- pression of thie most fervid religious zeal, and any onc could see that * her thanks to God came deep from her heart. ©Ihad a fell,”” sxid she. *in August, 1807, while getting off of a strect-car. - The re- sult of this fall was a severe stroke of - paralysis, from whick I _suffered for seven long years. My whole left side was paraiyzed, aod - my friends and physicians ad- vised me to make a trip to the country. to see If that would have any influence on me. The doc- tors bad all given 1c up, and told me there was no-hope for me.- Everything hud boen done that medical aid and advice could sugrest. Dr. D. A. Colton. was my_attending physician, and he had for his counsel Drs. Shipman, Luddle, and others. My jaws were set so tigit that they hud to be pricd open with a cork a.%out an elghth of an inch'thick, and "all the food I took Thadto takein liquid form through . tube. Well, as 5 A[Y PHYSICIANS SAID THET GOULD DO NO.IHING MORE FOR ME, . I went East, as they advised me to ¢.: I went to stay with some relatives at Riga, M. Y., 1 small town mear Rochester. My geveral health gained, but my paralysis did not gaintmy. I kept about the same, being_obliged to zet around with a cratehaud cane. I got no better, and no worse, and_I'didn’t doctor any, as t b physicians said there was no usein it shortly atter ny arrival there, I saw ”fl? Dr. Craig, thinking it was barely poss| sician, ble he { might do something for me, but he told me he could not. and he, wouldn’t take my case in his hands. He had examined my jaws and said ‘“THEY NEVER COULD BE OPENED, since they_had become callous from long dis- use. He declared that there was no physician ‘whocould help me, and I was as one without hope. The extent of the paralysis was such that when they stuck needles in_my flesh it had no effect on e whatever, and I'wouldn’t have known they were doing it if I hadn’t scen them. Well, it was getting on towards the .cnd of the seventh vear of my aralysis, when one day, the 2ith of July, fsfir—huw well I Temember it!—| was _ feeling quite badly. I koew I wasn’t getting auy better, and I began to think that I was just entering upon the eighth year, and 1 as just as I was before. Iwas reading, 1 remembcr, in the twenty-first chapter of Mat-~ | 28 though they had been broken, andsoloud that thew, and Lstopped at this verse: ‘All things whatkoever ve ask aud pray, belleving, ye shall receive.) That is just as it reads. I stopped ° right there. Iu struck me so_forcibly—that passage did—that I couldn’t read any more. I thought GOD JUST SAID THESE WORDS, and I1aid hold on them. I thought God could help me. After Iread that passace and studied I then thought 1 should pray to God onl for belp, because He says He will give it: and ‘I thought that I would wrestle till morning in prayer, in imitation of Jacob, to see what the Lord would do for me. I 'prayed mentally, that Ile might restore my health, and 1 made up mind that I would pray all nizht, a8 Jacob dig, and may be I would gt the blessing ‘before morning. After I bad decided on that point, as I was sitting in the chair, I felt such a Strong impression to kuell aad pray. T was | etili praying {u ny mind, for I could not talk, | but fd](ln’t obey the firstcall. The impression, | however, became so stronz the sccond | time—much stronger - than_ the first— to kneel and pray that' I thought it was a call from God, just as Samuel was called. 1 felt that God called me. X never felt such an impression before. 1 went to the foreside of the bed, took my cruteh, and pulled the pillows on the floor, and kneeled down on them. I said, Just s Sanivel said, *Lord, herc am 1.~ What wilt Thou have medo? Thenl orayed that the Lord might remove my afiliction and restore me to health. All this time I prayedin my mind, but all at once the blessing came. MY JAWS GAVE SUCIL A SNAP, and my tongue gavea leap. My jaws snapped ou could hearit in the next room. These strange thrill wentall through me, right dowu to my toes. The first thing I heard was the sound of a voice in the room. Iknew there was no one init but myself, but still I heard a voice. I opencd my cyes tosce whowas in the room, aud 1 found I wasall alone. I still heard the volce, and £ put my hand up and put it right in bBetween my teethyand I found that it was indeed my own voice, and that 1 was repeating: the Lord’s Prayer. When I felt that my prayer was answered, I remembered that I was . asking for the blessing, and it had come. Ijelt thatall the contracted musdes and the jaws and tongue gave way, o that 1 could talk . and praise God for his goodness to me. Erer{ o nerve and muscle scemed to feel touched with. | the divine power that imparted strength and.’ activity,to every organ in my whole system. It | ‘ontinued so, and 1 found I could talk as well as ever. When I felt thas the Lord had heard me, that my message had reached His hcn\'enl} R mind, and bad brought down the blessing, I . laid fuy head on the bed and wept for joy i3 ; 4 en thougtit of what He had donc for me. “T] arosc from my knees and went across the room, . almost to the door of the next room, before 1: felt that I had XO CRUTCII OR CANE TO SUPPORT ME. Finding that I was zlone, I stopped, and I saw : that my hand, which had before this been turned - in-by the paralysis, as well as my limb, was . straight, and I could open my hand treely, and I : walked rizht along ioto the otoer room tosec ; the woman that used to come in and sce me, : She had been in a little while before, but I had : Telt so badly that I couldn’t talk to her. I now ; walked in and called her by name, and as £oon | as she saw me she couldn’t walk a step: she ' was ‘so perfectly overcome with wonder that she couldn’t move or speak. She £aid to me, + What has happencd to you!? and I told her to come and sce what the Lord had done for me. She came in, and I showed her iy limb, my arm, my tecth, my tongue, and I could talk just as well as she could. I fright~ ened the woman so much that she was just as | still as a ghost. I then walked across the street to my neizhbors and told them what had happened, repeating to them the Lord’s Prayer. They were as much overcome at hear- ing me speak 3s the woman had been. And they all weph just as I did, for joy. Itold my relative that if he would get his bugzy and. take me to his father and mother I shouid like to have them hear me talk before anybody told them of it. Within an hour from the time I talked I was two miles and a half awar, BEARING THE NEWS, and the next day I was zble to clean 'my room. I went to church sfllldl?' and on Monday I did my washing. I folt as if I was perfectly well— that I wasa new woman. My kealth continued to grow Dbetter until the’ present injury, which I reccived about seven weeks amo on returning onme nizht from the Tabernacle, whereé Ihad attended many of the meetings. Iam just as smart now on my fect as I ever was, and -would be up if I badn't sprained my hip in that fall on the ice.” “DO YOU ENOW MR. MOODY ¢ ¢Yeg, but I am mot personally acquainted with him.” 4 You-never told him of vour wonderful cure, did you, or he would bave said something about it in his sermons on ‘Faith’?" “Ihave secn him often, but Inever hada chance to tell him of this.” “;l;o what church do you belong, Mrs. Robin- son?? ©+To the First Presbyterian, and I hope I have heen a Christian mow for thirty-five years. Mr. Humphrey, the former pastor, came several times to see during my paralysis, and before, and Mr. Mitehell and geveral others have been tosee me. They used to come and administer communion to me in my room during the time when Iwas suffering from. paralysis. Among others who knew me and have been to sce me during my paralysis and since then are Mr. and Mrs. D. K. Pearsons, Mr. Bonfleld, one of the _elders of the church, Mrs. Farlan, and her sister, Mrs. Bissell, and a num- ber g( others, all of whom have been so kind to me. Had you been undergoing ANY UNUSUAL EXCITEMENT just before this cure accurred?” w“Notat.all. I was doing nothing for myself at all, because I was told that it would do no good. 1 expected to live on all my lifetime as 2 paralytic, just as I was. The ouly resort I had, when all other physicians gave me up, was to Him who can prescribe for ills that no other doctor can uaderstand, and I zpplied to Him, and He heard me." o “Was this the first impression of this kind vou had ever had ¢ Yes, sir. When 1 read this passage, although T bad read it hundreds of times before, I was! npressed at once to pray God to heal ‘me. I' believe God directed me to that passage, and He heard my Inetluons. 1 thought that when Christ performed iiis cures Healmostalwaysused some meaas at hand, and I_regarded my prayer asd the Word of God as the means.” “You regard your cure, then, as A DIRECT ANSWER TO PRAYERTY T have told you it just as it happened, and there was 1o othier means used,” * What does Dr. Colton say about jt1* « He thiuks it i3 2 most wonderful cure, and o direct answer to prayer. Dr. Colton is a good Christian man, and believes in prayer. Oh, I fecl this moment as I felt then, vut it 1 should take my pen aund use my mind and my best Ianguaze, they would ail be infinitely too poor to describe the joy I felt. Iseem to feel this moment, that lallowed influence, but T nevs could tell you, if £ was to speak from one we to the ~other, I mever could praise God enouzh for it and thank Him- for it. It is beyond the im“cr of tongue and pen to deseribe. Ifelt, as read that passage, that God was indeed mude anifest in the flesh,—as if therefreshiug power of grace had come from Heaven. Oh, what a friend we have inJesus. Him who gives us that privilege, that He will carryall our sorrows, and will kear ond answer ourprayers! And yet people are 59 slow to believe, and when e pray —1I suppose I have done it a hundred times my- self—we hardly believe what are we prayiog, ?:;ld’l;“:m therc's where we don’t get the bless- <. g- CONVINCED. 7o the Editor of The Tritune. CHICAGO, Jan. 25.—Pleasc allow me space in your paper to answer * Presbytesiaz’s ™ article on the statement of Dr. Mitchell in refereace to the woman who was healed by prayer. The Bible asserts that God is the same yesterday, to-day, and ‘forever. Thet miracles were per- formed by Moses and other prophets, and that our Savior the Lord Jesus Christ performed them i8 certain from the teachings of the Bible. 1 would refer to one where the father brought ‘his sou who was possessed of a devil to Christ, and he healed him. The father told Cbrist that he had taken him to His disciples, and they could not heal him. Christ turned to them and said, %O ye of little faith, if you should eay to that monitain, Be ye removed and cast into the sea it should be done.” And in: “Whatso- ever ye ask in My naine, belicving, it shall be done unto you.” Now, if” we are not taught by this that by faith we can accomnplish all things in His name by prayer, what is our Bible worth to us? The 1 trouble with *‘Presbyterian’ and all Christians is the lack of that faith which Christ tried to in- culeate, and is the reason why the causc of Christ does mot prosper morc, nor ever will until_we put implicit faith in’the teachings. Chirist speaks as much to us as to His Disciples when he said, O ye faithless and perverse gen- cration.” I have mo doubt that *Presbyterian is among those who shall be saved as by faith, but 1 warn him how he chides others for haviag im- plicit faitk in_Christ’s_teachings, for nothing which He taught can be harmful to that religion which He cstablished. Let eIl Christians be- lieve Christ’s words and cultivate faith to the fullest extent, and we have His word for it we shall never be put to shame, but will be instru- 1ments in His bands for doing much good. CONGREGATIONALIST. ——— ALWAYS IN TUNE. The remarkable specialty of continuing long intune is common to no other upright piano 4 but that of Hallet, Davis& Co. So pre-eminent i was this quality found to be by the foreign and | American musical judzes at the Centennial that the Hallet, Davis & Co.’s upright pianos were the only ones particularly honored by those ex- perts. These pianos were found to not only excel in their superb quality of tone, but to also have certain -patented - dévices for securing permanence of tune possessed by no others ex- | hibited. The most competent musicians of the world have for years agreed that the Hallet, Davis & Co.’s pianos embody all that is pro- rressive and perfect in theplano-making art,and t is now conceded by all thorough judges that the uprights of this make are Yenrlcss in the realm of musical instruments. “W. W, Kimball sells them, corner State and Adams streets. e c—— FINE WATCH WORK, Very particuler and carefal sttention is given to the art of ine watch repairing at Hamilton, Rowe & Co's., 09 State strcet. This firm employ none but the most competent and careful workmen, and spare no pains to do everything in the most prompt. and satisfactory manner, and at a fair prce. Their vault, where all valuables are kept, is a8 near per- fect as anything of the kind can be made. . ——— THE CHICAGO CONSERVATORY. OF MUSIC. The class in history and literature of muslc which has proved #o beneflelal and interesting dar- ing the last two years will reopen Friday ofter- noon, Feb. 9, at the Conservatory rooms, south- cast corner of Stato and Adams streets, above Kimbail's music store. For particulars apply to the director, N, Ledochowski. e NOTWITHSTANDING anuctlon sales of furniture are constantly taking place and goods are being 80l for almost nothing, you can go to Colby & Wirts', 217 and 210 State Btreet, and ooy new farnitare that is warranted about as cheap as you eanold. For example, 40 pound carled hair mattress at 811, and the best woven wirc mattresa in use for $7.50, ————— BLUE GLASS. Blueglass scientifically arranged for corative por- poses in strips, alternated with twhite, ace meatly framed in black walnat, size 20x30, to hang in 2 window, and sent to any addresson receipt of $3; packed for shipping, $3.25. W. Il Wells & Bro., Nos. 48 and 50 Franklin strect, sole manu- facturers. ——————— A PRACTICAL EDUCATION ean be acquired at Drew's Business College, 280 West Madison street, where the student has the sctual counting-house practice in the school-room. “Young men can be fitted for the connting-house at this institntion. Instruction in all the branches to » relisble young man who will assist in janitor daties. THE NEW PALMER-HOUSE BATHS. Dr. McChesney has justopened bath-rooms in the Palmer Honse that eclipse anything cver be- fore attemptcd here, where will be given Turkish, Russlan, medicated vapor, electric, and even swimming baths. Entrance, 38 Monroe street, next Cobb's Library. — ———— v A NEW DISCOVERY to hold teeth secure, making the most cases perfcctly practical for all purpose: most perfect set of teeth, $8. Gold filling ypge- ranted ten years. Call corner Clark and Randytgh streets. Dr. McChesney. — — FINEST AND MOST NATURAL. Dr. Price's special flavoring extmacts aak @ finest and most natural flavors ever used. THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, JANUARY 28, I877—SIXTEEN PAGES. 5 BLUE GLASS. Or the Special Applicition of Nature's Forces to the Treatment of Dis- ease---Music in Medicine. Letter from Dr. James I Tucker on This Most Interesting Subject. To the Editor of The Tribune. No. 50 DougLis PrLACE, CHICAGO, Jan. 26.— It seems to me that the present is an epoch of general awakening fn all departments of secular and religious thought. We have witnessed durng the past few months an extraordinary vitality in the religious world. Science, how- ever, has kept pace, and both, like handmaids, have been and are still operating in unison. The Holy Bible and the bible of Nature—both of divine origin—are vying with each other fn re- vealing the wonderful works of God. One points out the way of salvation, the other makes manifest the glory of the universe asa reflex of the other world, where, we are led to belicve 'we shall stand upon s higher vantage-ground, and our moral and intellectual horizon be broadened. It seems to me to be particularlv appropriate to refer to scientitic matters now after the wave of evan- gelisin has swept over Great Britain and our own land, and where thousands for the first time have got a glimpse of the fnner life. There is a point where "the material and the spiritual touch one another, and an attempt is made now- adave to fill the chasm by the invention of mere philological terms,—suck s psychic, odyllic, ete.,—euphemic bridzes as it were between the spiritual and the material, s!fini{yinv nothing but n grasping after something which the mind conceives but cannot express in language. This hypothesizes an intimate — unity between forces . within and forces without, between the phenomena of the microcosm—>Man and of the macrocosm— Nature. 1t was thisgrusplug ofter that some- thing which the mind couceives but which lan- gunge cannot_express that doubtless gave birth 1o Becthoven's sonatas, to the ideal frescoes of Raphael, and the highest imaginative flights of Gocthe, first among the philosophical pocts. How inadequate the humaneye to compass the mysteries of the Very Small! ™ 'The microscope was invented to add” a_thousand-fold to. this power. Prof H. I Bowditch requested his stu- dents—the writer was fortunately one of the number—to bring their microscopes to the class to observe the development of the lymnmus. We beheld the parent toplasm. We witnessed its segmentation. There was shot off onc by onc the several organs till the little anfmal was capable of indépendent life and became one of the myriads of individu creaturcs that were destined to struggle a briel period for existence. What was that qui‘v'l:r(ag atom in the midst of this organizinz chaos? We watched, and the atom became a heart, to pre- side over the commerce of nutrition,—the di- reet product of force operating upon matter in obgdience to a fiat of inconceivable creative wer. How inedequate the _human eye to compass the Infinitely Great! Night after night our fel- low-titizen, Mr. Burnham, In his little amateur observatory, is discovering another and another ot the twin stars, suns singleand suns multiple, —situated at an almost _incaleulable distance, acd presiding over solar systems to which ours is but an atom in space. (jamma Androme- dae nppears to the naked eye like_an ordinary star, orange-red in color, but to the eye, aided by the telescope, a sun with two besutiful com- panions, one emerald-green, the other sapphire- Dlue, completing thelr revolution in a cycle of thousands of years. The color of these stars is a reality and not the effect of optical contrast. The beautiful double star, Pulchierrinia, is com- posed of an-orange and an emerald star. With true poetie vision Milton sang: " Other suns, perhaps, With their attendant moons Smn wilt descry Communicating mule and female Tight. Who knows what effoct these colors may have on the animal and vegetable life of their re- spective plancts? And now let us come down to our sun, to the naked eve the most magnificent object in nature. Byrca suys: T had a dream which was not all a dream, The bright sun was extinguished, and the earth Did wander durkling in th' eternal space Rayless und pathless. «Inthree days from the extinctionof the sun, says John F. V. Herschel, commenting upon this passage, ** there would in all proba- bility not be a vestige of animrl or vegetable life on the globe.” “And this sun is the source of the light which we see and the heat which we fecl; the generator of a force of which we are made conscious through the medium of our senses; the garment, s Schiller says, with which we are clothed. 1t is this light which we hope to be able to utilize, not as blind and_ passive recipients of its beneficens influences, but, like Franklin, with the power to compel. What is light? Isit material particles of impaluable tenuity sent forth from the luminous Lody, or a rapid succession of undulations or vibrations of a subtle aud elastic ether—a form -of motion? What isheat? A form of motion also, and the sameis true of electricity and magnetism, of the chemical and the imolecular forces. They are all correlated, to use an expression first used by Mr. Grove, gud traneformable one into the other, their energies unalterable by their mutual action. We have referred to the twin stars, suns like our suns, and know they have different colors— not appearivg 0 from the effect of contrast, ot rontly so, like topaz and sapphire, like the orange and the. lilac. Our sun, on the other hand, is white, which is a combination of 2 con- slderable number of tinted rays, the principal of which are red, orange, yellow, green, indigo, and violet. These rays, like the alkaloids of opium, are capable of producing different effects upon animal and vegezable life—some heat, some light, some chemical action. United the; produce the combined effecis—calorific, lumi- nous, and actinic. William Herschel passed a thermometer from the violet to tbe red extrem- ity of the solar speetrum, and found that the témperature increased very notably from violet tored. The reverse is true of the chemical ef- fect of the rays, the chemieal eflect, as Dr. Wollaston and others have demonstrated, being at the extreme violet end. It must be borne in mind, Lowever, that tnese different effects as well asthe different colors are but the conse- quence of different lengths of a wave or undu- Tation of cther—the longest waves generating the extreme red, the shortest the extreme violet, Now, obserye some of the practical results to which & knowledge of such facts as I have enumerated have Jed. Bear in mind Xam talk- inz of all forces when I tallk about one, for they are correlated. We are now able to make pho- tographic pieturcs even with one well-known amie-cure,—quinine. But with photozraphy, both natural and artificial, we were long since made familiar. It is impoussible to write a great deal within the limits which are allowed e through the courtesy ot Tne TRIBUNE. Per- haps facts bearing upon the effects of electricity upon vegetation will be as interesting as any. In the fall of 1745, Mairmbrai, of Edinburg, submitted two myrtle trees to the influcnce of Slectricity. They bore blossoms and shot out new branches, while other trees of the same kind, at the same time, retired to rest in view of the approaching winter. One hundred years 1ater a Scotchman named Forster madea similar experfment on a field of barley. The ficlds sub- jected to the influence of the clectricity bore thirtcen and one-half bushels of barley, while the adjoining part of the ficld bore only six bushels, and besides, a bushel of the former welghed two pounds’ more than a bushel of the Jatter. Furthber, a French savan and friend of horticullure made a bet that, by means of an artifically-induced current of electricity, he could develop water-cresses from the seed while his companion was roasting thebeel intendeil to be eaten with it. And he won!. Henceit will be understood why years which arc rich in thun- der-storms are the richest also in the barvest. Tt was doubtless the love of physical science and familiarity with the laws of nature which Jed Gen. Pleasanton to begin his serics of agrl- cultural and biological experiments which bave iven us such remarkable results. Many of these things which we read and hear seemTl‘::— e credulous. But they are stubborn facts, application of the blue light to the treatment of some forms of discast was probably an after- thought, for the General is not a physlcian, but it was a logical and unavoidable deduction. It is bringing into use as one of the means of ben- efiting the sick the actinic rays of the sun, a thing not absurd, not_impracticable, baving, of Gourse, its speclal scientidle application, and to be uscd with precision in vicw of the end to be accomplished, not intended to replace other agents of known value, but, like the hydriatic and electrical methods which occupy 50 much space in modern medical ‘literature, to be pro- moted to a high rapk among remedics. It brings the influence of the tropics to our own doors. It cnables us to take an tlectric bath in our own clement instead of the element of fishes. - gm it must not be forgotten We muat not think of the glass alone, out of the power behind the glass, otherwise we shall be the situation of him who contemplates the bottic and ignores the medicine contained in the bottle. ‘Such things as these will not be so mysterious | ‘Wwhen the natural sciences stand side by side at Jeast with Latin and Greek, and thus have a more conspicuons place in our college curric- ulum. I should be sorry if there were any who were unable to take the literal and com- prehensive view of the matter. If such there be, let them consider for a moment something to which their attention Is oftener more especially drawn, namely: the effect of music—* light-tone us it has been called on account of the intimate harmony be- tween light and sound, both the result of un- dutations, the C major chozd corresponding to the threc colors, red, yellow, and blue. The Madonuas of the most distinguished artists pre- sent this pleasiay combination in the scale of color, To us the difference between licht and sound is appreciable only by its effcct—the former upon the eye, the latier upon the ear. The writer, following the E)ersomfl suggestion of an eminent practitioncr of Boston, now a {essor in Howard * University, treated once suc- cessfully a case of St. Vitus’ dance by means of fnusic. The treatment was *subjective,” - psyclological "—bridge-words again which signify nothing if not the influence of mind over matter. I need not say more than that the contempla- tion of this higher ideal of medicine—a kind hich docs not go to sced in drugs and onti- dotes—iwas that which without doubt induced Goethe to ueglect the study of jurisprudence for it, which gaye Lessing such prominence as a mediczl student uz Leipzig, and made it possible for Shalkspeare to create those master-pleces of gonius,—* Lear,” ** Hamlet,” and ** Macbeth,”— to produce which required no ordinary mind, but the peculiar analytical powers of the classi- cal physician, James L TUCEERE. ——————— ITEMS OF INTEREST. Blue glass. The North is “solid just now. Ormsby. the leading photographer. Merckell, the fur penciler, 351 West Randolph. Peru will pay off her debt with guano—scent forcent. ~ Brunswick, Maine, hasan order for paper-pulp from London. ‘The two halls in Uhlick Block are the finest in the city for balls and supper parties. Blue glass for curative purposes sold by W. H. Wells & Bro., 48 and 50 Franklio street. Contentment is saia to be better than riches, but the latter is good enough for the writer. Cheapest book house in the United States, Chapin’s, corner Madison and Dearborn streets. A clock two centuries and a half ol has been placed in the college building at Hamilton, N. Y. * Mother-in-law " is the name of a new mix- ture of ale. Itisold and bitter, and compara- tively few can swallow it. J. H. Dix, the fish and lflmfisinn dealer, ship- ped 45,000 pounds of codfish to Minneapolis last *veck for Uncle Sam’s boys. That tall, good-looking man with a book under his arm and a cane in his hand is a tax- collector. He is looking for you. There are now some 300 students attending that excellent institution, H. B. Bryant’s Chica- gol Bl’lslness College and English Training School. Those elegant card and cabinet photozraphs of Moody and” Saukey, P. P. Bliss and wife, pub- lished by Lovejoy & Foster, S8 State strect, are having an unprecedented sale. Take advantage of the numerous pargains of- fere at the Assignee’s sale of clothing and fur- nishing zoods at 150 State street, as the sale will only continue a few days longer. Cameron, Amberg & Co. have already ship- ped over 10,000 of Amberg’s _self-indexing let- ter-files to London, Enz., which shows they are meeting with a favorable reception. A merchant who docs not advertise can no more succeed in drawing custorh than cana young lady withont a bustle and a few pounds of false hair succeed in drawing beaux. ‘When you have a good story from the lips of a stupid, and see a silk umbrella in the hands of aman who does not pay for a newspaper, you may know that both nave been borrowed. A somevwhat iliterate Thomas-street woman, having read inu poem about a simoon that s'swept the plains,” is urging ber husband to et one o’ them new-fangled things for her to ‘use in her kitchen. ‘The Chicago Dry-Goods Company have opened a new retail dry goods store at 220 State street, corner Quincy street, opposite Palmer House, one block south, with a completa stock of dry goods and fancy goods. The horseshoers of London, England, ac- Jmowledge the superiority of the horse-nails manufactared by the Northiwestern Horse-Nail Company of Chicago, over any others ever sub- mitted for their approval. American enterprise is carrying the war into Africa. Jobn Heory had a guest to dinner the other day, and, during a pause in the conversation, thedensant terridle spoke up: 4T wish I was you.”" “Do, you, ittle boy¢ And why do you irish you were me?” “’Cos you don’t get your car pinched ‘when you eat “vittles with your Lnife.”” ® We are pleaced to note the removal into this city of Adam Hayner, Esq., of Janesville, Wis., wlicre he was scuior member of the wholesale saddlery hardware firm of Hayner, Bliss & Co. He has become un active member of the firm of W. A. Lowell & Co., adding not alone capital Dbut years of business experience to this already prosperous firm. Alady who had on_her lip something ap- proaching a mustache latelycalled on an officer and his wile whose merry little boy happened to be pregent at the time.” In the course of con- versation the little fellow inquired what he must doto gct hair on his lip. **Why rub it arainst papa’s,” was the reply. **Ob, mamma,’” be said, ““is that the way Miss —— has got bers?” EUPEON. 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The new Wheeler & Wilson No. 8, at 155 State street, sold on monthly payments. - Liberal dis- count for cash. Old machines taken fn exchange at reasonable prices. ——————— “ DOMESTIC.” . AL180 State strect may be seen thenew light-run- ning Domestic in full operation, using but a single thresd of 100 cotton for 2 pelt. Don't fail to see it. e —T————— LADIES; YOUR OLD SPRING SUITS shonld be rent to Cook & McLain, 80 Dearborn, 93 or 261 West Madizon etreet, for cleaning or re- dyeing before the rus. BUSINESS NOTICES. Dr. Broadbent hias removed to the Clifton Tlouse. Room 9, on parlor floor, where be can be Cconsnited free daily by his numeroas patlents and Iriends, from 104, m. t06 p. m., for consump- tion, hing and throst discases, diphtherin, asthma and catarrh, which are speetily cured by the nse of hig Inhaling Balm Vapor, by which hehas Cured thousands in the last thirty yeans' special practiceon the above diseases. ~ He also cures Pearalgie, rheumatism, paralysis, deafness, and 11 diseases of the eye and ear by electrical and magnetic treatment and galvanic and . maguetic bathe, by tne laying 0a of hands, etc. He hus giv- en ampic proof of his eucceasful method of treat- ment in curing many In thiscity. _His repatation 13 Tally estaoliehed in Chicogo, 3 he can refer to hundreds he has treated and ‘cared. e e————. 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Tumors, Erysipetns, Salt Cnuker, Faintnesy ot the Ntomach, aad =i ‘cases thatarise from impure blood. Ncintiee af :h’m mutory and Ch rpn?ln ftheumatiyw, Neiruls v Ly Npin: U 1 oul edectually cured th‘l’l:h.!hzl’h‘l‘m L i <o ’: For Ulcera and Eruptive DI of the Skin, Puatn) i R P oA ek ZoXTINE has never falled to elfeck 2 permauent cure. For Pains in the Back, Kidnov C: tn, Dropays Lemate Wenkncan Looross e o ing from internal ulceration, and utcrine diseasea and General Debibity, Veaetise acta directly upon the causes of thesc complaints. It (nvigorates and sirengibens thio whole sysiem. acts upon the weoretive nfammatiun, cus - orpaus, allass nd: un, curcs ulceration, and reg For Catarrh, Dyapepsin, Habltual C: - ness, Baipieation of tle Henrts Heatucher Diles, Nervonaness, and (General Prosteation of the Nervous Systeni, 1o medicine has given sach Eel‘{uct satisfaction as the VEGETINE. It purides tha lood, cleanses all of the organs, and posscases a controls 110§ power Over the nervoLs system. The remarkabie cures effected by VxguTive have In- guced maay plclans and apothecarics whom we Know to preszribe and ude it {n thelr own familles. 7 In ;’ICLbovlfl‘fiT‘l:('l is l‘lllT l:!n!l XE?JM ‘)'Ell discovered or the abave diseases.and inthe o 5 LR E Rl btk fhepublie, © PLOOD UNQUALIFIED APPRECIATION, BoaTox, Nov. 18, 1875, H. B. STEVENE, Esq.: o Dear&ir: During the past fve years I have had am- ple oppartunity toJudseiof the inerizof Vegetige, M DirePhs wac it fo- corapimints atteading & fady of delt- cate licalth, with more bencticial resilts than any- thing else which she ever tri=d. I have given IS to my childreu under almost every circumatance attendinz a Iarge family. and always with marked benefit. 1 bave taken it myself with such great beneft that Leannot find words to express my unqualified sppreciation of ita goodness. Vhllc performiag my autles us a pollee oflcer tn thls clty, it hasbeen my lot to fall {n with o ¢ deal of sickness. 1 unhesiiatingly recommended Vegetine, and 1mever knew of a case wliere it did not prove ail that wns clatmed for it. Particularly incasod of 2 debilitated Ido not belleve there are an which Vegetine can be used with injurious results, and £ will always aford me pleasure to give any further in- formation a8 to what L know about Vegetlne, WM. B. HI Police Station 4. Cannot be Excelled. CuanrLesTowy, March 19, 1869, ENS: -ar Sir: This 1s to certify that I have usedyoas +*Blood I'reraration” In my family for several years, and think that. for Scrctulaor Cankerous Humors, or Rheumatic Affections, it cannot be excelled; and as a blood purifier and epzing medictne {t 13 the best thing [ have ever used. ana I have almost everything, [ can cheerfully recommend it to any one tn need of such icine ‘Yours respecttally, ra. A. A. DINSMORE, 19 Russell-st. A Source of Great Anxiety. My daughter has received great benefit from the usa of Vegetine. ller declininz health was a_source of greas anslety toaliherfriends, A fow bottles of the egetine restored her health. strepeth, aud appotlic. N H TILDEN. Insurance and Real Estate Agen! 49 Seary Dulld- Ing, Boston, Mass., June 5, 1572 Vegstine is Sold by all Druggists. DRIED FRUIES. ED FRUITS! Apples, per b, 7c. or 15 1bs for.........$1.00 TPeaches, per 1b, 124c, or 9 1bs for....... 1.00 Blackberries, per b, 124¢, or 9 1bs for... 1.00 California Peaches, per Ib, 18c, or 6 1bs for 1.00 Pitt Cherries, per Ib, 23¢, or 4 Ibs for ... 1.00 Raspberries, per 1b, 33c, or 3 Ibs for ... 1.00 Pitted Plums. per Ib, 30c, or 3% 1bs for .. 1.00 Pared Peaches. per b, 25¢. or 43 1bs for.. 1.00 Pranes, per Ih, 7c, or 16 1hs for. 1.00 Prunels. per Ib, 25¢, or 4 1bs for. 1.00 Alden Apples, per Ib, 20¢, or 5} Ibs for .. 1.00 HICKSON'S, 113 East Madison-st. CATARXRH CURE. JEFERS' FRENCH CURE FOR CATARREL (USED IS ANY PIPE. This original Common Sense and S Reme P PP s toall who will Give t s moment's candid conalderutioa. 1t {s a8 direct n Itsapplication to every part of the disease, as lniment 1o 4 bura, ot satve to ssore. t opens the alr passazes, expels cat: aliays infammation. and T Cemariane oo ealing effect upon the macous noge. face. thruat, uu‘}-mncnm Tanea, o re of 1 pledaant to use, glves instant 3 falis to cure when directions are m:;x'-’.’fi; i Price. $1.00. Warranted sasisfactory or money re- funded. Send for descriptive pampher . freetrial. BEW. "'ipi‘":‘é“'k" . heall at the oflics for efiers” French Catarrh Cure PRLEY JEFEERS & GO, 30 Scateraes cnicay BY BUSINESS CHANCES. BUSINESS OPENING FOR SALE. Tntending to confine onrselves fn the future excla- styely to the wholesalo. {rade 380 maguracturing. we offer for sale the Mock and ood will of the et Fars niture establishment known 23 the ** Burlington Farny- tare Company " of Burllngton, 1a. It has the largesc and most profitable trade of any retall establishment In the State, and is a desirable businews In every way. Priccs and terms made satisfaclory 1o responsible par- tles desiruus of engatn further information T Burllogton, Ia. EDUCATIONAL. University of Nofre Dame, The second semion bexi i 1. for Cireuton 1o T Presiiimy, Thwreday, Feb 1. Boad LEV. . J. COLOVIY, C. 8. C.. e Dame, Ind. PROFESSIONAL. Apeclalty of then discases, we AND FISTULA. Ruarantec a posliive care with- PILES : ry fa the business. Adds Db, FOLLUCK & CHARGEL, Making s 2. br. J. B. C. 1 adlson-st., Chicago. FIRt7 CHANGES. DISSOLUTION. The firm of SCHIFEKSTEIN & HAMASN Is thit day dissolved by mutual consent. Me. Hamang relires from said firmi, and C. G. Schieferateis pays all acbts and collects all outstandings, s will continue the businesy at the old stand, Ne, 430 South State-st. C. G. SCHIEFERSTELN, CilR. HAMANYN. Cimcaco, Jan. 26, 1877. DISSOLUTION. The firm of Gifford. Clark & Dwight was dissalved by m;j::l uounenl..:.lkluz g!fi:‘ Dee. 25, 1678. cr partiea slguing jon. o & £ oIrroRD £ G CLARK, + B i BWicsT.