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THE BANNER OF THE CALIPHATE. Tiio "Heavenly Standard"?Why the Saltan it llof/kro tli<> \rinv- A Hnnnrr Which ix HikIiIy lievert-iicert?.llottleinx Knjoiucrt to Wimc Wnr. Aii Orieutal correspondent of tlio London Tclcyraph -writes : " On April 25, the Sultan Abdul Hnmid, addressing the Turkish army, said : ' The fatherland is in danger. It is my duty to take in my hand the banner of the Caliphate and go into the midst of my soldiers?to sacrifice, if 'necessary, my life for the independence of the empire and the honor and life of our women and children.' Many of the readers of the Daily Tclcyraph would like, perhaps, to know some details of this banuer, and of its wonderful influence upon the mind of those who believe in Mohammed and his ' Koran.' It might interest them, therefore, if I give here some observations on the subject. The banner of the Caliphate, to which the sultan alludes in his speech, is that which the Turks call 'the Heavenly Standard,' and, in their language, 'Bairack.' Its color is srreen. and thev believe it to have been the banuer of the Prupliet Mohammed, delivered to him by the nugel Gabriel, through the medium of Ayesha, as an indubitable tokeu of victory over their enemies. This standard was formerly laid up in the treasury of the sultan of Constantinople, but it is now kept in the mosque at Eyoob, where the new sultans on the day of their eornation gird on the saber of the Caliphate. In ease of any serious struggle, a relioiniic flufv flm enitnn fn tnVP ? orders to the 4 Mullas,' or Mohammedan clergy, to display the prophet's standard before the people and army, and proclaim ' Al-Jehad,' or the holy war, by exhorting the Moslems to be faithful to their religion and defend their kingdom. 'This is the prophet's banner,' the sheikli-al-islam exclaims ; ' this is the standard of the Caliphate; it is set np before you and displayed over yonr heads, oh, true believers, to announce to vou that your religion is threatened, year Caliphate in danger, and your life, wives, children and property exposed to be the prey of your cruel enemies! Any Moslem, therefore, who refuses to take i?;? l iu1,^1,, 1113 IIIJIIS iUIU 1U11UW L1I13 L1\J1J JLKIJ1U11V 10 au infidel, ami must, therefore suffer condemnation.' Such au expedient has always produced wonderful effects among those who profess the Mohammedan religion. All good Moslems are considered as being divorced from their wives, ipso facto, if they refuse to make haste, take up their arms, follow the banner of the Caliphate, aud fight against the enemy of their religion and kingdom. It is confirmed by trustworthy historians that the standard of the Caliphate has been always kept with extraordinary care and reverence? that even the Janissaries, who wore',often disrespectful to the sultans, trembled at the sight of this holy ensign. Only one instance cf disrespect to the heavenly standard is related in the Turkish annals. This happened in 1658, when Hassan Pasha, at the head of a seditious faction, waged war with his legitimate sovereign. Tiie sultan gave orders, as usual, to dis play the banner oi the Caliphate, with a view to induce Hassan Pasha and his parties to obey and respect the head of Islam. Hassan Pasha seems to have been of little faith, inasmuch as when he saw the sacred bauuer displayed he turned his back to it and to the exhorting Mulla=>, and gave orders to his soldiers to fight fiercely and carry on the war to the end. Extremes in the Black Hills. An incident occurred cn route and between stations Government Farm (an old sub-post of Fort Laramie) and Hot Creek, that amusingly illustrates the opposite extremes of ?5lick Hills character, says a correspondent. Two parties going in opposite directions had met. The one was returning from the gold regions driving a pack mule before him. Upon this animal were his provisions, clothes, bedding, etc., covered by a canvas wagon cover that had borne the facetious, but since the Pike's Peak excitement stale device of JilacI: Hills or liusl ! The "Black Hills or"' had evidently been obscured 'by charcoal marks and an additional number of interjections been added to the last word, making it a very conspicuous " P.ust" His tale was soon told; he had been unsuccessful, left his wagon and escaped with two of his mules. He was. however, of a verv smisniine temperament, anil was only going to Rawhide Butte, he said, to meet and accompany some friends to the Big Horn. The other party was going to the Hills, aud, strange as it may seem, was pushing a wheelbarrow before him, loaded with his bedding and provisions. He was sixty-two years old, lie said, and had left "the old woman"' in Cheyenne. George Stewart by name, nn Irishman and distantly related to the late Alexander T. Stewart of New York, he had come to America in 1830. For five years he had been in Cheyenne, but work was hard, wages low, aud money scarce. He was going to the Black Hills to make a " strike," andr failing in that, to follow his trade?baking. He had been offered a free passage to Deadwood, but was determined to push his " buggy" (as he familiarly called the wheelbarrow) through. He had left Cheyenne the preceding Thursday at noon, aud on tlio Tuesday following, without auy assistance, was nearly at Hat Creek, 100 miles distant! A Lost Flag Restored. A recent discovery at Strasburg recalls an incident of the battle of Froschwiller at the outbreak of the FraucoGennan war. The colors of the Eighth Regiment of French Cuirassiers, which was supposed to have been lost upon the field of battle, have been recovered. A non commissioned officer of the regiment, finding that the buttle was lost, tore the colors from the p ile and folded them around his chest. No sooner had he done this than he was mortally wounded by a shell; bnt he had time, wheu carried to au ambulance, to confide (he colors to another soldier, who promised to restore them to the regiment. The latter failed to fulfill his promise, and not understanding the value of the colors, he sold the red and blue strips of the flag at Strasburg, having in the meanwhile torn oil' the white strip to make himself a neek tie. It happened that an inhabitant of Strasburg, who js in the habit of purchasing curiosities, hoard of the mutter, and ki? at once ootained possession of the two strips sold, which he has rejoiued, and upon which arc embroidered in gold K-tt -rs, "The Emperor Xupoieon III, to the Eighth ltegiment of Cuirassiers," ami upon tin: reverse side, "Eckmnhl?Wagram?La Moslcowa? Hanau !" The collector, when lie ascertained to whom the colors belonged, lost no time in forwarding them to the colonel of the regiment which had lost them. " " * Is Corn Bread Unwholesome J It is the general impression in Italy that bread made from Indian corn is unwholesome. frequently producing sporadic diseases, which often terminate fatallv. The facts appear to be well established, and the result to depend upon a condition of inoldiness which is vers* apt to supervene in consequence of the method of preparing the bread n that country. Quite recently some chemists have succeeded in separating from moldy Indian meal an alkaloid substance, which is wliite, easy alterable, non-crystalline, insoluble in water, soluble iu alcohol and ether, which acts poisonously on man and animals. It is especially noteworthy that the sulphuric acid solution, when oxidizing agents are added, has a blue color, strikingly similar to that of the corresponding retiaeon of strychnine. ALL ABOUT LION TAMING. Wlint a Scnrred Vcternn nt tlip IIimIiickm Told a ICrporter. ] A lion tamer, with forty-fcnro reminiscences of encounters with the beasts on hiB face, neck, back, breast and limbs, i lives at 545 Hudson street, New York. He is barely thirty-three years of age, ' is of fair complexion, has brown hair and mustache, and is of robust build. His eye is quick ami searching; and, without i intending any reflection upon the cour- I acre of the kincr of the forest, it may I truthfully be said that Frank P. Lawson ; is braver than n lion. Within the past ten years, nearly all the showmen and almost every lion iu America have been introduced to Lawson. Owing to the fact that this has been a bad season for ' circuses and menageries, and more ; especially to the fact that at the present i clay showmen are not able or willing to j1 pay lion exhibitors adequate wages, Lawson was not in a den of lions on the evening that a New York Sun reporter j 1 visited him. He gave the reporter some j1 interesting information iu regard to his j | dangerous calling. Lawson first made the acquaintance of |1 the lion by scraping the dens. This was I when he was traveling with .Tames ' Nixon's Niblo's Garden circus. Later, ! while employed in Adam Forepaugh's 1 menagerie, Uol. Mall the tamer, was m- |J jured, ami Lawson took his place. The ; ' show was in Philadelphia at the time. J1 Hall had been in a den with two lions ; ? and two tigers, and there had been a ' terrible fight among the animals, in the course of which Hall had been bitten on \ the shoulder. It was the first time that performing lkms and tigers had been put * together in any American menagerie. ' Lawson had been in the dens before, ' but, when he undertook to run this 1 quartet, lie was almost disheartened. | For nearly three weeks he fought them daily, and was scratched and torn until * he scarcely recognized himself in the ' looking glass. At last he succeeded in 1 training them to dovarious tricks,but he ] never trusted them. Forepaugh became ; dissatisfied with the almost constant ] nnnrrolinrr nf flip hr>ncto nrwl fliov irprf> finally put in separate dens. Col. Hall 1 never recovered from his wounds. { Lawson remained four years with ' Forepaugli as the superintendent of tlie zoological department of the bliow. Jn 1 the winters he was employed in " break- 1 ing," or training, the animals. Four j' lions or lionesses constitute a den. "If ^ they were young lions," continued Law- : son, "I used to go into the den every morning with a broom and sweep the 1 floor. Then the youngsters crouched in j1 a comer, and 1 brushed them with the ' broom. This they did not like at first., * but they gradually became used to see- 1 ing me, and skipped around me like kit- '' tens. I taught them their places in the ' dens so that there might be no misunder- ' standing between us. Each had his own 1 place, but one of them was boss over the | others. This one became my special pet j: and assistant. Sometimes, however, lie ! rebelled against my authority, but I al ways brought him to terms. If he or others became warlike, I clipped the ! claws of their fore paws to the quick, 1 and this took the fight out of them at 1 once. To trim the claws was no easy j job. I was compelled to catch the forelegs in a slip-noose and throw the ani- 1 mal down; then, while he was held : down by the men outside the cell, I did ! the clipping. I never clipped a lion a second time. It makes them timid, and 1 destroys their lion nature. : "Col. Thomas Davis was cut almost ! to death in a den in French's circus in 1 Chicago, and T was called in to break ] the animals. I found it necessary to cut the claws. If the lion is six or seven' years old and has never been handled, "he must be chummed with a trained lion, the pet of the den. Then there is ] sure to be an awful light. They will claw and bite each other for two weeks or more. If the pet is the victor, that i settles it. I can easily master the van- 1 quished one. But, if the pet is defeated, then the conqueror must be dragged ' down and burned on the paws with hot J irons. The lion's roars at such times ] I can be heard three blocks off. I stand 1 j in the den with a loaded rawhide and 1 l pound him on the forehead and on the ! i nrvci T+ fnr* mr* +n li^f. ! j I on the side or back. I liuve four assis- j ] | tants in attendance outside the den with I | iron bars to protect me, but I do all the i j talking?in fact, I yell at the top of my | ] ; voice. I constantly repeat the same j I words which I am to use in exhibiting 11 j the lion. Anybody can beat a lion when 1 I he is tied down ; the dangerous thing is ! I to enter the den and beat him when he | I is not tied. On such occasions I beat ! j the animal fast and swift on the fore- j i head and nose with the loaded whip, j Lions have stood before me like statues J J while I pounded them thus. I, of course, , keep up a furious yelling. But there is danger of overdoing it, and then your j risk is great. "Much has been said about transfixing j or terrifying a lion by looking into his 1 eyes. 1 know all about that. Catch his ] eve and lix yours upon him, his eyeballs ] slowly begin to expand and he becomes 1 j blind. Then, he will turn his head so i i that he may recover his vision. Look j out for yourself at such a time. When j he faces around again be ready to strike, j A person outside the den may stare into \ I the animal's eyes us long as he chooses, ! | but an experienced lion will quickly turn i: ! away when the keeper in tlio den at- j | tempts tlie use of his eyes. I never had ; j the slightest fear when I entered a den j ! and in that lies my success. When I j ' was cut here (pointing to a long mark ! ! just over his nose) the blood tilled my ; eyes and blinded me, but I kept on yell- i ing and using my whip, and that saved ! I me. xi x nau siioweu u sifjn ui wcimiit-BB, II might have been torn to pieces?prob- , ably would have been. "Last year, 011 Decoration day, while ' I was with Howe's & Cusliing's circus, I 1 went with a ilea of lions in the proccs- i siou in New York. Ohl Parker, the ' famous animal who died in Central Park sometime ago, and who left a record of : four men killed, was in the den. There ! was a great crowd in the street, and as j we were turning the comer of Sixteenth street and Fourth avenue some boys stirred up the lionesses, and they began ! to tight. I tried to stop them, and used the whip vigorously. Canada, an im1 mense lion who was behind me, sprang ! I upon my back ami fastened ins teeth m j my waist. 1'hen lie suddenly let go his i hold and crouched in his comer. I was ! j bleeding and vexed, and I ordered the j I driver to get out of the procession and i | go back to the show. On the way I continually threatened Canada, but did nothing until we were in the tent. After my wounds had been dressed I returned j to the den, and had Canada tied down. i Then his claws were cut. fie raved and tossed furiously, and we gave him a j piece of pine burk to chew. He snapped it into splinters. When lie was untied i j two men at each end of the den pounded j ' him with iron bars, and I beat him on the head with my loadea whip. He j stood like a monument. I put him t through his regular performance after I ward, find he did it well. "In breaking an animal there is illways danger that be may psiss yon and cut oft' your retreat. That's why I need ] assistance from the outside?some one to hit the iiou 011 the hack. When lia is ' j thus struck he will quickly turn, and then your opportunity to escape lias ar- i 11 rived. Old Parker was the best performing lion in the country. I used to i put my head iu his mouth iu three dif' fereut.ways, aud even the show people j couldn't tell how I succeeded in escaping unhurt. That was my secret. (Laughj ing). For instance, when he was on his i ! back I would kneel ou his stomach, and , ; forcing open his mouth, insert my head. ! I held him so that if he made the slight- > I est show at biting me, he bit himself j i first. I palled the flesh from his jaws ! right over his teeth and held him with a firm grip. " In feeding lions at the exhibitions I uever give them enough to let them waste time in chewing. If I did it would be fatal to me. I throw them little scraps, and as soon as they masticate these I stand ready with my whip and whack them over the nose. The lioness Nellie, owing to sickness, could not eat meat, and I performed what seemed to be a very wonderful trick with her. I'd take a great chunk of meat and hold it before her. She'd grasp it out of spite, and then we would have a seemingly frantic struggle for its possession. When I became the winner the applause was Jwuvr lieartv and urolonered. The other lions watched the tussle with deep interrat, nud craved the meat, but I kept them at bay. We always feed them raw beef. Liver acts upon them just as pills 110 upon human beings. "In making an exit from a den I invariably go from the door in the center partition. The worst of tho animals ire first shut in the end partition, and I part from the pet in the second section. Lionesses are a hundred per cent, more treacherous than lions. The majority of 1 the lion tamers who have been killed in lens were dru nk at the time, lint not 111 of them. There was poor Joe Whittle, who was with John O'Brien's circus in 1871. He went into a den and caught i lion by the nose, and attempted the hovpI ff>at of fosxin!? the animal about. Toe was terribly mangled, and we all sorrowed over his death. "On July 4 of last year I w.is performing in a den on the public square in Fall River. I was feeding t'>o animals. Old Parker had a habit of resting on his stomach and putting his claws out of the ?age. Charley Wilson, my assistant, ivas close to the cage. I warned him iway, but he did not go. Suddenly Old Parker reached for him and tore the toj) }f his' head off. I fonght hard to rescue Uharley, and Old Parker turned and hit me in the right side. My other assistant used scrapers in fighting him back, and Big Dave, one of the showmen, hit him in the back with a bar of iron. As Old Parker turned I jumped out of the den. Charley Wilson died soon afterward. Did Parker killed a man in Astley's rhoater, in London, one night. The old [ion and the younger ones got loo:e from their cage, and the man who discovered them, instead of calling the keeper, undertook himself to drive the animals back. Old Parker finished him in short 1 mrtro. ' " Presence of iniucl is the most essential thing for a lion tamer. When I was , feeding the animals once, and was sitting , an a stool in the den, I was amazed be- ] ?ause Old Parker lazily crouched on the floor. I kicked backward at him, and lie fastened his jaws on the calf of my leg. If I had moved a muscle he would have crushed the leg. As it was, he soon relaxed his hold, and I made no fuss about it, having gone right on feed- 1 Lug the other lions all the time. This 1 cut on my throat I received in a den in ! Freneh's-circus in Chicago. it isn't tne report 01 a pistol, uaw3on continued, " that frightens a lion ; it is the little grains of powder and salt that nip him on the haunches when the tamer bangs away at him in the den. The smoke obscures everything for a minute, but the tamer must be ready to use his whip when the smoke clears away. "Lion tamers used to receive from $50 to $75 a week. Now they are offered ?28 or $30 a week, as though we were ready to risk our lives for such miserable pay as that. I, for one, am not; but I miss the society of my lions." A New York Clergyman's History. One of the most popular Fifth avenue pastors lias a singular history, says n NT?w York letter. He is a graduate of Harvard college, and twenty-seven years igo was among the " Forty-niners" ivlio immigrated to California via Cape Horn. Here he became an " honest miner," and afterward went to Sacracuento, where he entered into the newspaper service as reporter and editor, and utilitv-man in ceneral. Wielding a fluent pen and readily acquiring journalistic habits, be was a decided success. A.mong bis earliest employers were the present proprietors of the Sfiu Francisco Bulletin and Vail. In 1852 they removed to S:n Francisco, whither our present clerical friend followed them. He shortly after accepted a situation in the government service, and, though it tvus not wholly a sinecure, it left considerable spare time upon his hands, ivhieh he turned to practical account by making contributions to the then only 1 magazine on the Pacific coast. His religious opinions ta that period were very iliifereut from those he entertains now ?iu fact, he was a reputed infidel?but liis attention was attracted to Spiritualism, and, finding that so unsatisfactory, lie- fouud rest at last in the Episcopal church. His early life, devoted l_ : ??.i ;k, U/J IU JUUimilldlii uilll j j;uidiuw, ivvi liim to stuvly stenography, and liis present sermons are written in shorthand, Avliicli lie reads off as glibly as if it were n jirinted page. Wood Dog. A rich merchant of Paris has a handsome country house in the environs which lie only occupies from July to September. The rest of the year the property is under the care of ;Lcrat, an old soldier retired from service. About May 1st, while Lerat was smoking his pipe before the door, two men in blouses, carrying a large goods box 011 a haudbairow, asked his leave to deposit the box for an hour !* ? nmVilm* T./vnnf ncennfrwl llin liriv 1LI wv: JjUlUVU. AJViuv .. was set down behind the stable and the men departed. In the evening Lerat's dog began to bark savagely. Lerat went to see what was the matter and found the dog guarding the chest, barking and showing his fangs significantly. Lerat crept on tiptoe to the box and heard movements in it. He ran at once for his gun, ?ot the gardener, and, returning, opened the chest. A man in a blouse sprang out and started to escape, but Lerat covered him with his gun, and the man, instead of evading, fell upon his knees and bfcgged Lerat not to betray him; he would confess everything. Lerat, however, handed him over to the police, who set a trap, and that night captured his two accomplices trying t? break into the house. The goods box dodge, it seems, has been frequently tried of late. An Episode. Om'to 5i l.niorlinbln enisode occurred on the river bank below tho iron works, the other evening as the City of Troy was on Iter trip down the river, saj's tlie Troy (X. )'.) J'rex*. Sitting on the beach was a pair of young lovers intent on nothing but whispering their sweet nothings to eiieh oilier. The steamboat drew near, but they scarce condescended a ghrtice toward it. Their blissful reverie was short, however, for us the boat passed on its way the ground swell winch followed rushing aloug shore aroused them, and the young lady, seeing the situation at a glance, seized her drapery and held it so that it would not impede her flight and rushed for the bank, reaching it barely in time to escape with a pair of wet feet. Not so lucky, however, was the swain, who perhaps thiukiiig it undignified to manliest :mv airnety helore ho many eyes (all the pat- si-ugers worn watching them) arose leisurely to his feet anil moved toward n higher point. He quickened his pare an instant later, but too lat". The curling wave broke round his feet, rising nearly to his knees, sending the spray over him, wetting him thoroughly and dampening his ardor effectually. The pnir were seeu an instant later wending their way slowly and sadly up the mi I road track. NEWS ITEMS. VVhiu la Doing In the Old World and the New. An uncompleted railroad bridge over the Connecticut river was demolished by a hurricane, and of a number of persons who had I taken refuge on it, one woman was instantly ( killed, a man was fatally injured, and two more wero slightly wounded Tho centennial of j the adoption of the American flag was cele- ' brated by the school teachers of New York, at ] the Academy of Music, by an entertainment ] consisting of appropriate speeches and music, j The robberies of Btage coachos in Texas aro getting to bo exceedingly common, and a 1 report upon the subject has been sent to Wash- I ingtou The election in Georgia resulted in ] a majority of ten thousand in favor of holding j a convention for tho purpose of amending tho State constitution Joseph Mellert, a saloon keeper at Itondout, N. Y., killed Peter Malloy, during a quarrel Adolph Girndt, a New York 'banker, fled from the city, leaving in the 11 lurch a number of poor people who had been in i, the habit of entrusting money with him to send j to their relatives in Europe The llussiaiiH j made a determined attack on Kars, in Asia I Minor, tho lighting lasting three days, but tho | f Muscovites were defeated by tho Turks with j great slaughter. j John R. IJarrctt, a saloon keeper, was shot dead by Cora Young in a disorderly house in Auburn, N. Y. ...Four murderers were hanged , .... 41.? UfUnnUi nf .Turin ns follows : At D.1v- ' toil, Ohio, Ilarry Adams was hung for tho j 1 murder of a soldier named Mulharren. in Feb- < ruary, 1870, the crime being ?ommitted for the purpose of robbery; at New Orleans Adrian Eveque, colored, suffered the penalty of having ; killed Hicliard Turner, also colored, while in- 1 toxicated, and George Morris, colored, was 1 executed for the murder of a quadroon named i Sarah Jones: and at Ncwnan, Ga., Stephen ' Iirinkley was hung for tho murder of his wife fouryears ago Arnill dam at Belvedere, N.Y., ' wliicii had foecomo weakened by rain storms, ' suddenly broke, and a fishing" party on the . pond above, consisting of ten persons, went [ ] down with the rushing water through a sluice gate. Three women and one man were drown ed and two men were fatally injured Jacob Dodd's slaughter house "in East Buffalo, ; N. Y., was struck by lightning and burned, causing a loss of 840,000. Three firemen were ; injured at the same timo George Tennant, ! wife and child wcro drowned bv the upsetting * - ? L 1?1.? ?< rilla r. w OI II MUltl UIl it lilUU HI r. ^ Tho Maino Greenback convention, which met at Skowhegan, was largely attended. A plat- ' form demanding the repeal of the Resumption act of January 14, 1S75, was adopted and the Dev. H. E. Man son was nominated for governor. Two unsuccessful attempts have been mado to burn the Shaker settlement at New 1 Lebanon, N. Y Tho Hon. Mrs. Norton, ] the well-known English authoress, is dead. She was married twice, once at the ago of nine- i teen, and the second time last March at the | j age of seventy Gen. Grant was presented ; with the freedom of the city of London in a ! gold casket by the Lord Mayor Two miners ' were killed by the fall of a roof at Cayuga colliery near Scranton, Pa Reports upon tho J condition of the cotton crop in the South indi- . cate that it is not so good as in the past two years, but better than in 1871. Three five-story brick tenement houses on ; Twenty-third street, New York, fell in suddenly with a terrible crash, on a Saturday night, [caving nothing lmt a huge mass of bricks, ( morta^ and timber. Fortunately the inmates bad been warned and compelled to vacate a j few moments before tho crash took place, or ' else there would have been a terrible loss of ! life, as the buildings were occupied by over ' fifty families who lost all their household goods. ......A number of bricklayers at work in a j, tunnel at Bergen Ilill, N. J., were precipitated ! a distance of forty-five feet by the giving way af a platform, and two of them received fata*} | injuries, while the rest were more or less badly ! | hurt .. .Frederick Ilendricks, a wealtny rarmer of Old Town, III., shot bis wife dead wbile in a ' drunken rage and then killed himself Senator Iioscoe Conkling has gone to Europe. Lizzie Murphy, an abaudoned woman, was murdered in the streets of New York by a companion named Mary Simmons Kinds- , kofT Tenny, wheat brokers and speculators ' of Milwaukee, Wis., failed with liabilities placed 1 ut between 620,000 and ?30,000 About forty clergymen from all parts of the country < have gone to Europe, as delegates to the Presbyterian convention which meets in Edinburgh : shortly A terrific scene of uproar and con- ; fusion arose in the French Chamber of Deputies nt Versailles, upon the reading of a declara- : tiou announcing that President MacMahon had sunt a message to the Senate informing that body of his intention to dissolve the Chamber. \ The adherents of the government and the op- ' position yelled furiously at one another, and 1 the speakers on each side could not be heard on < account of the noise. M. Gambetta, of the ' opposition, fainted at the close of a fierce . harangue, and a collision was barely prevented. . The Itev. J. S. C. Abbott, the well-known j author, died atFairhaveu, Conn A Murphy ' temperance campaign was opened in Brooklyn, < N. Y., by an open air meeting Ex-United ; State* Senator Pratt died suddenly of heart j disease at Logansport, Ind. Letters have been written by Postmaster- | General Key and Mr. De-Frees, the public print- j (T, reiterating tlie civil service views 01 uc i President The Bashi-Bazouks have been !1 committing all Hurts of depredations on persona I and property in the vicinity of Constantinople. I An entire class of students in Princeton | College was suspended for tormenting some of I the other students Nicholas Mitchell, a ! dairyman, was fatally stabbed by Edward Har- | vey. a truck driver, during an* altercation in | Baltimore Two nieu were arrested at Dc- ,. cat ur. 111., for trying to pass counterfeit money, and it was found they were members of a I well organized band of horse thieves and coun- j terfeiters, numbering over ono hundred and I ! fifty persons, whose operations for the last two . years htive extended all over tho Western I States The British case before the fishery I commission at Halifax consists of claims for [ damages from the United States in the sum of < nearly fifteen million dollars The anuiver- | ] Barv of the battle of Bunker Hill was generally j, and appropriately observed in Boston. * I j In a letter to the syndicate appointed to j i place the new issue of four per cent, bonds 11 upon the market Secretary Sherman declares | > that tho interest upon them must he paid in |' gold, and in this action he has the support of j < the President and cabinet Nicholas Fish, J oldest son of ex-Secretarv Hamilton Fish, has j been appointed to the Swiss mission An j 1 Indian outbreak took place in Idaho and Oregon, j1 and over a scoro of white men, women and j1 children were massacred. A body of troops 1 under Col. Perry went to the relief of the Met- 1 tiers, and meeting the Indians a stubborn < battle took place, resulting in the defeat of the soldiers, with a rumored loss of one-half the command A number of military oflicers have been sent to the American legations in Kussia and Turkey for the purpose of observing the various phases of the Eastern war j W. H. Yanderbilt was again elected president | of the New York Central and Harlem railroads. ! Much indignation was aroused among ! the Hebrews of New York at the expulsion of | Joseph Soligmnn. a prominent banker, from the Grand Union Hotel at Saratoga, by the ! managers, acting under authority from .ludge j Hilton, manager of the estate of Alexander T. : Stewart, to whose widow the hotel belongs A portion of a railroad train full through a { bridge twenty-five feet, ten miles from Wash- j ington, Iowa, and several persona wcro in- j jured. though none dangerously The ; I'rench Chamber of Deputies declared a want I of contidenco in the ministry by a vote of 3G3 to j 153 A lire in Burlington." Iowa, destroyed j property to the amount of *'225,00 ', on which j there is an insurance of about $150,000. _ r While live tramps were asieep :it ueserien | limc-kilus near Bridgeport, I'a., the walls gave 1 way and fell upon them, crushing four to death i and fatally injuring the fifth The city of ! St. Johns, N. B., wan visited with a terrible calamity in the shape of a fire which swept ! through the place, leaving it a mass of t smoldering ruins. The lire broke out in a 1 boiler shop, and as a strong wind was blowing j at tiie time the Uames spread with startling ; rapidity and soon eqpcloped the whole business j part of the city, destroying hundreds of busi- j ness houses, lumber yards and dwellings, j Several persons lost their lives, and a great many were reported missing. The area burned i is two hundred acres, and includes all the pub- I lie buildings, newspaper olliccr. and three principal hotels. A number of vessels and rafts i laden with household goods were also destroyed, ; and thousands of people were wandering j through the streets, homeless. The loss of property will amount to about fifteen million I dollars,"on which it is not probable thfre will be an insurance of more that six million dollars. | Af ai>itivr*iv!irv nf tlin ' Shields Guards held :it Auburn, N. Y., Gov. ; Robinson, of New York. Gov. Hampton, of South Carolina, and the veteran. Gc;i. Shields, I were present and made speeches.!....When ! the "statement" of Wiliiatn M. Tweed?in < which he promised to malic important disclostues implicating prominent politicians of both parties in acta of corruption, provided hiH release was assured?was returned to his counsel by the attorney-general of New York, who declined to make uso of it, threats were niado ; that the important document would bj given to the public notwithstanding tho State oflieial's 1 refusal to have anything to do witli it. AC- i cordiugly, John D. 'lownsend, Tweed's counsel, 1ms written a long letter to Attorney-General Faircliild, charging him with interested motives i in not making use of i weed's statement, and "giving (he main portions of that j)nper, though tlio names of tlio parties against whom the ring prisoner offered to testify are omitted, as is all specific information or data that would tend to eliminate any one. The hotels of Maine liavo suspended the i publication of a wine list on their bills of fnro in deference to the new liquor law,which makes such publication a hollow mockery or a criminal offense. The llangor House, one of the len^l- j ing hotels in the city of that name, keops up j the head line : " Wine list," and publishes be- 1 ncath it the sadly suggestive lii.c: ' We would . if we could." NEW YORK'S DIRECTORY. hitcroMtiiiK Item* Concerning its Contents. We take the following from the New Fork World : The ninety-first volume of Trow'6 N. Y. City Directory lias been issued, thus snding the annual season of discomfort ind inconvenience immediately following the great moving day. The man who lias climbed six flights of stairs on a hot May day, only to find that his friend has moved he knows not whither, or the country cousin who arrives in town and ?oes to the old address of his fashionable relation, can appreciate the value of a new directory -which is,.like good health ar good weather, properly valued only when it is gone. The preparation of a directory, containing, as this one does, 248,690 names md addresses, and a vast amount of information about the city, is a work of so jjruat magnitude that it taxes the resources of a large printing and bookbinding establishment severely to accomplish it in a month. ? Among the names there are many ?urious ones. From Aab to Witold Zychlinski, almost every possible combination of letters seems to be used to lesignate somebody. Among the distinguished citizens of New York whose names are to be found in this directory are Isnac Walton, who lias modernized' his name by substituting n c for a k, George Washington (who lives iu several places, and is a carpenter, i clerk, an editor, an expressman, two waiters and a gentleman of leisure), Daniel Webster, John Adams (who is numerous), John Q. Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe (who now has II for a middle initial), Absalom (Joseph), Solomon (Aaron, Abraham, David, Elias, Isaac, Joseph, Josiah, Judah, Moses, Philip, Rachel, Raphael, Ruth, Mary, Samuel and Simon), James Buchanan, liicium Alien, unver ^r>.; vjroiutmniu, Thomas Cliatkcrton, Samuel Johnson, A. Burr, Anure, B. Arnold, J. Davis, Simon Rothschild, William Pitt and W. Hastings. Among the curious names are Pushanperger, Washin, Fata, Qua, Quanuhiera, Qure, Qurst, Qullweger, Blaso, Raczkiewioz, Radwaweck, Ragaglia, Radricjeweki, Riffel, Raff, Ryszczynski, Saaf, Sanlfrank, Saarosy, Saatweber, Haazer, Vilain, Vitzithum, Yiverobsky, Vnztowski, Viugut, Vute, Vyborng, Waag, Zak, Zbent, Zeb, Zekind, Zerface, Zbank, Zidssne, Orzula Zwadzeszewska, Corner, Deuel, Devile, Cnssen, Damm, Damue, Gott, Tams, Helle, Hades, Eleaveurich, Angel, Giblett, Carfoot, Bruin, Wolf, Wasp, Quail, Clean, Clear. Waste, Class, Hack, Clash, Bull, Bullwinkle, Horseman, Warts, Webb, Blue, Cireen, Brown, Black, White, Gray, Pink, Purple, Yellowlee, Egge, Yelk, Fatman, Grrease, Daod, Darnall, Dady, Dare, Darling, Dandy, Voice, Heard, Hax, Vincenz Cyphritz, Cynax, Prosper Mer;ie, Hasty, Hatt, Shoemaker, Tailor, Shook, Tott, Shoulder, Els, Devour, Plant, Rigor, Rife, Fix, Fladderman, Shah-Boudagoff, .Shancupp, Bee, Bird, Canary, Jay, Crow, Ox, Canis, Herring, Fish, Flower and Grass. Drinking Water. The quantity of water we need in the form of beverage depends greatly on the nature of the substance we consume as food. With a dietary composed largely of succulent vegetables ancj fruit, a very little of any kind of beverage is required. Much also depends on the manner in which our solid food is cooked?whether, in the case of animal food, the natural juices of the flesh are retained in it or not. Much, too, will depend on those atmospheric and other conditions which iletcrmine the amount of fluids lost by evaporation from the surface of the body. The sensation of thirst is the natural warning that the blood wants water. I may here remark, incidentally, that it is not a wise custom to take excessive rjuautitics of any fluid, even simple water, with our food, for by so doing we dilute too mucn me digestive juices ana jo retard their solvent action on the solid food we have consumed. A draught of fluid, however, toward the end of digestion, is often useful in promoting the solution and absorption of the residum of this process, or in aiding its propulsion along the digestive tube. Hence the custom of taking tea a few Lours after dinner, of seltzer or soda water a little before bed time.?London Fortn Ujh ihj Jin lav. Stop at Leland's Ocean Hotel, Long Branch, and get the best accommodations at a reasonable price. " 'flip Conflict of Aden." Men differ 011 nearly every issue. Ther3 have ihvavs been opposite parties in politics and religion, though the measures fought over one Jav mny be universally adopted at another, mil those sacrificed regarded as heroes and martyrs. Medicine has also been subject to revolutionary disturbances. W'henDrs. lJarvey md Jenner announced their discoveries, they tvere held in contempt and ridicule by an incredulous and ignorant public, yet to-day they ire received and honored by ail as benefactors. When Dr. I'ierce announced his Discovery, many seemed to doubt, and were skeptical con jerniug all medicines ana aocrors, nut prooi 01 merit lias dispelled all doubt and to-day the [iolden Medical Discovery is tlie Btaiidard remedy in curing the most obstinate diseases af the liver and blood, having almost entirely superseded the old-time sarsaparillas by reason af its superior merits. Norwich. Chenango Co., N'.Y., Nov. 3, 1876. It. V. piehi'e. M. D.: I was afflicted with a scrofulous affection on one of my legs. It was very troublesomo for over two years, so much so that I could not wear a boot, and I had to keep my leg bandaged. It resulted in a raw sore. It got so bad flirt it became a general talk that I would have to undergo amputation of the limb. One physician told 1110 ho never saw such a sore cured. I commenced taking your Golden Medical Discovery together witli your Pellets as directed on the bottles, and when I had consumed fix bottles of Discovery my leg was entirely well, and has remained so ever since?a period of over two years?and I would not swap it for iifty wooden legs. Yours truly, John Shattvck. IHmciihc in nn ,\ntiigO!llNt That should bo attacked the instant he shows himself. Don't wait. At him before his nails are grown, and wipe him out. The great alterative and invigorant of the age, Hostettor's Stomach Bitters, will ^speedily infuse such healthful tone into your organism that it will bo enabled to successfully resist future attacks, Tbe Bitters prevent and remedy chills and fever and bilious remittents, and eradicate dyspepsia, constipation, liver complaint, rheumatic ailments, urinary and uterino difficulties. It is particularly beneficial when the system lias been drained of its vitality, oris inherently deficient in strength. The nerves gather from it both virror and tranouilitv. But while it imparts strength and gives a wholesome stimulus-to the animal economy, it does not unduly excite it like the cheap exliilarnnts sometimes resorted to under tlio erroneous impression that they can invigorate. Important In nil Invnliiln. Iron in thr ltlnoil. The Peruvian Syrup, a protected solution of the protoxide of iron, strikes at the root of disease, by supplying the blood with its vital principle, or life element-iron. This is tho secret of the wonderful success of this remedy in curing dyspepsia, liver complaint, dropsy", chronic diarrhea, boils: nervous affections, chills and fevers, humors, loss of constitutional vigor, diseases of the kidneys and bladder, female complaints, and all diseases originating in :i bad state of tho blood, or accompanied by debility or a low state of the system. Physicians of high standing unhesitatingly give their indorsement to the use of the Grnefcnberg-Mcrshall's Catholicon for all female complaints. The weak and debilitated find wonderful relief from a constant uso of this valuable remedy. Sold by all druggists. 81.50 per bottle, fr'end for almanacs, Gracfenberg Co., New York. Mrssns. D. W. Hatch & Co.: Wo have been selling your Universal Cough Syrup almut eight years, and find it gives the best satisfaction of any preparation for coughs and colds that wo have ever sold, and from the time of its first introduction in this market we have sold much larger quantities of it than any other similar preparation. Yours truly, Sawyer & Lyon, Hornellsville, N. Y. Pond's Extract. Its sale extends to every portion of the country. There is orly one genuine Pond's Extract for pains and inflammations. nilfotiMtCNM nml Headache Cured by taking Quirk's Irish Tea. Price 25 els. per package. Sold by druggists. Good Measure Is the Watchword Of honest trade. When you buy Dooley's Yeast Powder, for sale by all grocers, you get perfectly full weight, just as marked on the cans, ana beside that an article made of the very best and purest material, bo that the strength can always bo trusted. Information worth thousands to those out of J health. Self-help for weak and nervous sufferers. Facts for those who have been dosed, drugged and quacked. The new Health Journal teaches all. Copies free. Address, Electric Quarterly, New York. The Markets. NEW YOBK. Beef Cattle Native II @ 11X Texas and Cherokee.. 09Ji@ COM Milch Cows 45 00 @16 00 Hogs: Live 05)i@ 06% Dressed 05>t@ 06'i Sheep 04%@ 0?Jf Lambs 01 @ 08J< Cotton: Middling .'. 121(@ 1 3a' Flour: Western: Good to Cholco. 7 05 @9 00 State: Good to Choice.-... 6 70 @6 85 Wheat: Red Western 190 @100 No. 2 Milwaukee 1 60 @ 1 67 Rye: State 94 @ ?5 Barley: State 62 @ 69 Barley Ms It 1.5 @ 1 25 n???. \ri?n/i uv.ti..rn 41 cd 60 Corn: Mixed Western..E5 @ 60 Hay, perewt 70 @ 15 Straw, per '0 @ 75 Hops 76'g? 08 (?15 75'b 06 @ 10 Pork: Mess 1125 @1410 Lard: City Steam 11>?@ 11* Fish : Mackerel, No. 1, Dew 18 00 @20 00 " No. 2, new. 8 60 @9 50 Dry Cod, per cwt 4 6J.H@ 4 62J? Herring, Scaled, per box.... 14 @ 15 Petroleum: Crude 06>i/?06^ Refined...13 Wool: California Fleece 23 @ 28 Texas Fleece 22 @ 27 Anstrahan Fleece 43 @ 45 Butter: State '<0 @ 23 Western: Choice 17 <-@ 18 Western: Good to Prime. 11 @ 17 Western: Firkins 13 @ 16 Cheese: State Factory (8 @ 10 ' State Skimmed..1. 03 @ 05 Western 09 @ 03X Eggs: State and Pennsylvania 18^@ 19 BUrPALO. Floor 7 50 @ 9 00 Wheat: No. 1 Milwaukee 170 @170 Corn: Mixed 58 @ 62X Oats 48 @ 49 Ryo 98 @ 98 Barley 82 @ 83 Barley Malt 1 00 @ 110 PHILADELPHIA. Oft.?/ 8he?p!"..r...~r.".7.\v.".\".7.v"..*i os"? 07" Hogn: Dresned 08%@ 09% Hour: Pennsylvania Extra 7 90 8 35 Wheat: Red Western 1 cO @ 1 hO Bye ?6 @ 87 Com: Yellow 69 <3 (9 Mixed 69 @ 60 Oats: Mixed ?7 % 4 J Petroleum: Crude C9*j(gC9!^ Refined...1S% Wool?Colorado....... ;2 (? 23 Texan 18 & 20 California 28 & 33 BOSTON. Boef Cattlo OB?0 09^ Bbeop 05 X@ 06# Hogs 06 (d 09 Flour?Wisconsin and Minnesota.. 8 CO @ 9 10 Corn?Mixed 63>i@ C'i Oat.t? " 5 @ 69 Wool?Ohio and Pennsylvania XX.. 40 ? 48 California Fall 1C#@ i5 BRIGHTON, MASS. Beef Cattle 06*i@ 07% Sheep 05 @ 09>? Lambs (7 (<* '10 Hofs 075^0 OS WATEBTOWN, MASS. Beef Cattle: Poor to Choice 6 78 (glOOO Sheep 5 76 <$ 8 00 Lambs 7 '.0 (A 2 60 QLD Bounty Land Wnrrnnt* boneht, hiRhesl caiih price paid by Gn.MOnK A Co..W??hin(don.D.C PatAntft SnnureH! Also Trade .UnrkM, I)o?I?iin, HcKixtrullon. I'llHMinrtH, etc. Fee nj'ter alloiratire in lihtainrd. Ual on or address, HEN It Y C EliNKK, Patent Righl Gazette Patent Afrcncy, 24 Barclay Street (P. O. Boj 4i)44), New York. OCEAN HOUSE, NEWPORT, R. I., Opens June 25tli? for tho finason of 1877 at reduced rates. Transient prices, 81.50 per day. JOHN WEAVER'S SONS. Applications at the Hotel, Newport, or Kverett House New York. Pnsscnf?ers leaving Pniladelphia by the Boston Kzpress Train 8 A. M. and New York 1 p. M. reach Newport at 8 I'. M. 7 he Berkshire Hills Sand Springs CREYLOCK HALL, j'l'M.'g WII.MAJISTOWN, MASS. This beautiful and popular Snmraor resort will beoper for the reception of Kuexts June 10. Board from 81C to 815 per week. Gas and bells in every room. Nev and Hiiperinr accommodations for private liveries Superior bathing. S<md for circular. \V. IT. WliNNE, Proprietor. .Murilcr in tltt* Firxt Dejrree is aenorally brought to light, but thousands of i|inct murders, of whioh the world never hears, nre committed by the administration of wrong modicinss. Tne dyspeptic, the bilious, the fever-riddon, the rheumatic, are too often poisoned wit I: deadly drugs, when the persistent use of Tarrant's Effervescent Seltzer Aperient with prr.por precautions as to diet and regimen, would inevitably have worked a speedy and thorough cure. Ir kidney di?easHS. bowel romplainte, fevers, nervous paroxysms. and all other ailments that reduce the strength and vital pnwer of the system, sustain, refresh, purify, cleanse and regulate it with this invaluable saline remedy. Sold by all druggists. NA7UBLS KJISK.^V 1I i t':e creat blood pumnefl IT ~ - m rv r i" Rev. J. P. LUDLOW "WRITES: 178 Baltic Stukf.t, IIiiooklyj:, N". T.,1 Nov. 14, 1874. / i II. H. Stevens. Esq. : brar Sir?From personal brnrfit received by its use, as well as from pi-r><t:ial knowledge of those whoso cures thereby have K'-etnetl almost ntiraen. lulls, I can most heartily ami sincerely recommend the Vkuetine for the torn plaints which it In claimed :ocure. JAMES I'. LUDLOW. Late Fastor Calvary Baptist Clrarcb, Sacramento, Cal. NATURE'S REMEDY.'Aw^ THE On EAT BLOOO PuBincn,^^^ SHE RESTS WELL. , - * South Poland, Me., Oct. 11,187GL 1 ' Bin. n. R. Stevens: ? | Dear Hir?I have been eick two years with the I Liver complaint, ami during that time have taken a } great many different medicines, but none of them | aid me any good. I was restlcrs nights, and had ua i kmco takinff the Veqktime I rest well and i relish my food. Can recommend tho Vkoetine for what it has dono for me. Yours respectfully, Mhs. ALBERT UICKEB. Witness of tho above: Mu. GEORGE M. VAUGHAX, Medford, Mart. NATURE'S REMEDY. The: Dreat Blood Purifier Rev- 0. T. WALKER SAYS: Providence, Ii. I., 104 Transit Street. n. R. Stevens, Esq. : j I feel botmd to express with my slgnaturo the high i value I place upon your Ykoktink. My family have i used it for tho last two years. Iu nervous debility |itis invaluable, and I recommend it to all who may I need an invigorating renovating tonic. O. T. WALKER, Formerly Pastor Bowdoin-squaro Church, 13 os ton. [" NATURE'S REMEDY.'^V flilfllpB ! NOTHING EQUAL TO IT. South Salem, Mass., Nov. 14,1876. Mn. IT. P.. Stevens: ! Jh (ii' .Sir?I have been troubled with Scrofula, I Canker, and Liver complaint for threo years. Nothing ever did mo any good until I commcnced using I tho Veoetive. i am now getting along first-rate, j and still using tho Vegetink. I consider thcro is j nothing equal to it for such complaints. Can heart; jly recommend it to everybody. I Vf?iir? trnlv. Mns. LIZZIE M. PACKARD, No. 1G Lagrango St., South Saluui, Mass. NATURE'S REMEDYr>^ THE OREAT BIPOD PuRirirn^^^ j GOOD FORTHE CHILDREN Boston Homf, 14 Tti.kr Sttiket,) ! ' Boston, April, ISTfl. f II. R. Rtetsnk* Ihar Sir?Wo foci (list t'10 children in our home have been preaily 1 eiiriit.-d liy the Vkoktink you have po kindly piven iis tinii) to time, espucially those troubled with t'mi Scrofula. Willi ri s|i<ct, Mus. N. WORME1X, MatroD. ^egetsb?B Prepared by II. R. STEVEIVS, Boston, Mass. Vegetine is Sold by all Druggists. . AKCO A Week to Agents. #10 Out/ft Free. i $09 h $' i P. O.- VIOKKRY, Augusta, Mains. CHROMO FREE Illas. paper for 3 months, if yon mil agree to distribute some of onr blanks. Inclose 13 eta., to cover postage. KENDAL & CO., Bowton, Maw. BOSTON WEEKLY TRANSCRIPT The best family newspaper published; cightpogos; ifty I six columns reading i Terms? ?12 per annum; clubs of elevon, $15 per annum lin advance. i SPECIMEN COPY GRATIS. The ull-wiso Creator has provided tho Mother's milk should bo Riven for the first few months. But if the Mother's milk does not satisfy and nourish the child, or ; when it has to be brought up by hand, then puke : cow's milk, pbopekly diluted and the addition of a little KOOI), should boused. It is widely certified that 1{II>(<E'!S FOOD is one of the best preparations in the world. Thousands of children are daily fed on this delicious diet, and cases are not rare where KIIHiK'.S FOOD used as a last resort, the stomach retained it, and the child apparently dying from excessive vomiting and exhaustion rapidly recovered. WOOI,KICIl iv CO. on every label. ; SOAP. pobllc The FINEST TOILET SOAP h? the World. TMvtk* purtti vtgttabU oils vted ?n tfj, wiStHRS.'.S Sample box, containing 3 cakes of 6 ot?. each, wxit free to any atl- ( dr?i on receipt of 75 cents. Adiire*? B. T. BABBITT. New York City. tar for S?I? by altI)ruggUU. J^X _ ; g GLOVE-FITTI NO g H |? WktSS&nTi Dnm^UNRIVAtUDCORSET H 19 6S*tMw9 are now numberttl by Effl millions. ra MStMY\\\ \\ \Y/\ \j //////pricesaramuchreductdiui H NS^XW \k //// MEDALRtCEtVID ? n n?S^Y\\ li/tf/V AT CENTENNIAL. GD n X\\\\\ \Uliff Get the Genuine. aTid m si Jk\\\\\\! 1,7r/ikbeware of imitations, gfj IPfl sZirn' I ask also ro* M ? lif V^XV\ THOMSON'S M E3C/ft UNBREAKABLE sra IS. EJ IE1\?/ N Ul'\V\ V/7 T^e best goods made. B3 l/l | IfflW' See that the name of U VfA XUM THOMSON and thft Eh ! Ea XMfl Trade Martia Crown, are fg| | M n| ^stamped on every CorceUSttCl.tgl ;?B93 MomMHnannd EEEH33 MARWN SAFE& SCALE CO. 1 265 BROADWAY. N. Y. THE GOOD OLD STAND-BY. MEXICAN MUSTANG LINIMENT. FOB MAX AXD BEAST. Established 35 Yeahs. Always cure#. Always ready. Always handy. Huh never yet failed. Thirty million* hart ttrf.tl it. The whole world appmvee the glorionsoM Mustang?t bo Bostand Cheapest. Liniment n existence. cents a bottle, 'flie Mustang Liniment crores vrbon nothing else will. ! SOLD BY ALL MEDICINE VENDERS. i HP'WT? ' Areraacl0 in nil styles and of cvcij 1 X jCLEj \ ?IOMcrli>tioii> from the lighten!, llricM, and most ?lc?nnt in use to the hnr.vtcMl ; -onrl uf ? #?!? rPAnirml fnr ?nr L*?nH nf trnrlr wr?? ! CON (JOR DIraSSSSft i fltrength and durability. Tlioy receiTeAthu liluh1 est written award ot the Centennial Exposition. TT A "PTCTTTQQ " ! ?,'0"e unies* XliiiLi* il/'tjO. I the; c.Ta a tamped with our name and Trade IHnrk. A liberal TJ TmAr A X? "n w'" 1,0 K";rcn for >nf?naation XvXJ W jQ.lv 1/ that will convict any one who nelU harneMH n? the Concord H::rne*? that aro not made by us. Kitra inducements offered. Serd for circulars and price lists. Address J. R. HILL & CO., CONCORD. N. H. TIIJG MiW Providence Line TO BOSTON, Via PROVIDENCE DIRECT. A WHOLE NIGHT'S KEST. ONLY 4.2 .MILES OF KAIL. TLWE 00 MINUTES. THE NEW MAGNIFICENT STEAM KR M assachusotts, ("The Palace Steamer of the World,") AND THE WORLD-RENOWNED STEAMER Zlliocio Island., ("The Queen of the Sound.") Will on and after MAY 7 leave (duily) from Pier 29, I N. R.. foot of Warren Street nt 5 P. % arriving at Providence at 0 A. .11. and Hoxton 7 A. iU. No intermediate landings between Now York and Provi1 denco. U~? n NITED STATEm LIPE3 INSURANCE COMPANY, IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, 261, *262, 263 Broadway. ?OBGA.NIZED 1810^ ASSETS, $4,827,176,52 : SURPLUS, $820,000 EVERY APPROVED FORM OF POLICY ISSUED ON MOST FAVORABLE TERMS AIL ENDOWMENT POLICIES AND APPROVED C1AIMS MATURING IN 1877 WILL BE ? 7* OX 1'JtIiS EST A TI OX. JAMES BUELL. - - PRESIDENT. j THE SUiN. : 1877. NEW YORK. 1877. j The Sun continues to bo the strenuous advocate of reform and retrenchment, end of the substitution of itatesmanshin, wisdom, and integrity fur hollow pretonce, imbecility, nnd fraud in the administration of public affairs. It contends for the government of the people by the people and for the people, an opposed to government by frauds in the ballot-box t>nd in the counting of votes, enforced by military viole :ce. It endeavors to supply its readers?a body now not far from a million of souls?with .the most careful, complete, and trustworthy uccounts of current events, and employs for this purpose a numerous and carefully selected ?t.*<tr of reporters and correspondents. Its reports from Washing- . ton, especially, are full, accurate, nnd fivrless: and it doubtless CMitinues to deserve and enjoy the hatred of those who thrive by plundering tho Ire.isuiy or by ' ?? - ?<-? .i-li.'lo I ) USlin?nK What HIP lav.- noes >hm. 1.1. .... ....... .? . endeavors to merit tli" coiiliiUn ? of Ih? public by defending t'.w ri?ht-i of the people against tl;o encroach- | mentsof unjustitied power. The price of the Daily St*N is >. > c.-nts a month, or | s<;.7,0 ? year, post-paid; or, with the Sunday edition 1*7."O a year. TI10 Sniuiuy edition alone, eight paRos, S1.20 a year, post-paid. Tiif. Weekly sfn, ei?rht pages of m broad columns, is furnished ut )j 1 a year, post-paid. Special Notice.?In order to introduce The So* 1 more widely to the public, wo will send T! IK WEEKLY edition for the remainder of the year, to Jan. 1,1878 post paid, for Half n Dollur. Try it. 1 Address THE N. Y. City. % \ tS to $20 (CC a week In ronr own town. Terms and 83 ontflt P?Q free. H. &ALLKTT t CO.. Portland. Maine. C> A A A WEEK. Catalogue and Sample FREE, C&4:U KELTQN A CO., 119 Xaaaau St.. New York. J1()a day at homo. Agents wanted. Outfit and iPJL. tcrma free. TRUE A CO., Aogurta, Maine. Drum i/cDS78b?t<,oo*'n,Bt'to6- m-catfr**' llfcl ULl LIIwzstkbmGpm Wongfl, OUcago, Pi. REVOLVER Free Idd'g J. Bown & Son. 12A <t 134 Wood St.. PithbnrgTPa. ?>OA To $40 i>or Week Raailjr Made Sellln? aj?\J TEAM to Families. Send lor Circular to FHii CANTON TEA CO.. 148 Chambers St,NewYork IflfANTFD-'Trawling Salesmen. 985 ? month W .1 j and all expenses paid. No 1'cddlinff. ? w Addresa Quteu City Lamp Work?, Cincinnati, O. A ?ENTS- l.ea|.c8t Chromo* In the World. J.X. 2.i assorted, post-paid, SI, or 3 for 25 cent*. :ontixf.n-tai. Chbomo Co.. 3 if Nagaau St.. New York. WATCIIEM. ^ A^ Great^ Sensation. Sample , I natcu UUU V/UbUh iltx l-/ AKCUUS UCIM5* w ? WW Gold. Addrews V. COULTER Jt CO.. Chicago. A PAAf Made by 1/ Agent* 1nJan.77wlth %* _< ? my I3?cwartfcles. Samples free. V UVvl Address C. if. /Arlington, Chicago. tHAEAAa year to Apunts. OiitjU and a V#%9gHN?-' Oun frte.. For terms odVmwUUdress, J\ Worthd-Co.,St.Louit,.Mo. (SftPf) A Month.?Agent* wonted. 'M beet aellir.K articles in the world. One rumple free. flUCU Address.1 \V BltOXSQN. Detroit. Mlcb. Electric belts.-a new. cheap, per FKCT Cure (or prematnre debility. Send for circn Isr or call on Db. EL KAKR, 838 Broadway, New York SWART H MORE Col leirc?For both sexes; tinder care of Friends.-All expenses covered by 835Q a >ear. Enwp. H. Maoill. a. M.. Prest.. Swarthmore, Pa. ? A MVTJAT4V c4n now play Organ or Piano iVi^l X JjU U X in ONE day. Book sent for 3.!) cts. A masterpiece on Melody,Harmonv and Toning. CORNELL, Qj.iX Cottage Grove Ave., Chicago, 111. Learn tblegraphw Young Men and Ladies, and earn from $43 V to S90 per month. Good situations guar- V unteed. Small salary while learning. Add'ss, 1 wlth-gUmp. M. P. Haywabp. Oberlln, O. yXJv, ((JftA AA TJJrWARD. tta *0C9TAC8* ? 'AJIUU.UU tt HKAVY BEARD prrdvr?4 oa a ^bon101^ f.vc? bjtUuiiof DYKK8BEAIID J'lXtil?k? r/jiV ,Alt ,ni?r7? or wil* t'Kk'* d* ?rlc* by uuuU la wiU T illh r pw*V?. 15 CSLU; 3 Lockages only 60 cent*. >4<TOjk.,A. L. B.MITIi k CO., Filatlof. IlL, Bok Aftnta. >rv? mti QQ u>? potua A ? A An A DAY SURE made by C III tft l!/k Agents selling onr Cbromoa, 111 III Crayons, Picture and ChroyiU IU UliU mo Cards. 126 samples. ' worth $5, sent, post-paid, for 85 Cents. IUnatrataa Catalogue free. J. H. BIJEFORD'S SONS. Howton. [Established 1?M).] \ Beautiful Portraits 9 From common Cord Photographs, Ac. We want 3 an Agent, in every county. Send stamp for Descnp9 tivo Circular. Address, ^^te^k^k^^jo^anburn^j^ KEKP'8 SHIRTS?only one qualitr-The Best. Koop'uPatont Partlv-made Dress Shirt* i'i:i be Unshed as easy aa Cemminga Handkerchief. Tho very best, six for $7.00> beep's Custom Shirts?made to measure, Tho very best, six for jJO.QO. An elegant set of pnnino Gold-plato Collar and Sleeve Buttons given with oach naif doi. Keep's Shirt* Keep's Shirts are delivered FREE on receipt of price (n any part of the Union?no express charge* to paj. Samples with fall directions for self-measurement Sent Free to any address. No stamp required. Deal directly with the Manufacturer and get Battmn Prices. Keep Manufacturing Oo.. 165 Mercer 8t..W.Y CSSggSaBKBHI MATCHLESS =*lij| Cigar JJgbter. A Light for a Cigar, Cigarette or Pipe con be obtained at any time. No Dlatcliea Required. For Hale by A. HEN At CO., 43 Liberty Street, New York. SMOKERS' ARTICLES. ? Maize Flour Toilet Soap! -? Maize Flour Toilet Soap! Maize Flour Toilet Soap! ? A great discovery!?a new aoap compound I It loothML softens, and white na the akin, baa wonderful healing and mperior washing properties, and la equally suited for tb? oath, nuraery and geboral toilet. It ia delightfully per. tamed, and hoM everywhere at a moderate price. Kegis- tored in Patent Office, 1878,'by tlie manufacturers, McKKONK, VAR HAAQEN * CO.. Philadelphia. * 10 0,000 i Facts for the People! For (he Farmer, tho Merchant, the Horseman, the .Stock-raider, the Poultry-keeper, the Boo-keeper, the Laborer, the Froit-raiser, the Gardener, the Doctor, th? Dairyman, the Household?for every family who want* to save money. The Book of the 19th Century. FACTS FOR AGENTS. Male and Female Agents coining money on it. Send to us at once for eitra term*. INGRAM, SMITH A BLACK, 731 Walnut 8treet, Philadelphia, Pa. IN Ylffl) VERITAS. After nine years experience we hare decided to offer our pure California Wine? and Brandy to families by the gallon or single case at greatly reduced price*. These Wines aro delicious for family use, while their strict purity renders tliera invaluable for medicinal and sacra mental purposes. A trial is only neceesary to show their superiority over adulterated foreign goods. "Crown I'riru-e," the choicest Amoilcan champagne, a specialty. Sond for circular and pricc lint to CHAMBKRLIN &. CO.. 45 M-iir?y St.. New Ynric. COLLINS &C0'.S Q&&c c?q VT^C^*fc-CoLLiNS & Co. PRlCE ^P 212 Water St NEW-YORK City. ~q" | collf.nder I BILLIARD TABLES ! ft ;u ?iJBL?S_] Beet in Use. Balls,Cloth,Com i ill 1| - PT? and everything appertaining to ' Billiards, at Lowest Prices. fi*T; / vT \Sk in* the largest stock and finest ''i~T" 11*7,^ *' n facilities for manuiact nnng, *7^ flfjm- , . can be promptly filled. _fl-WLi'hri " Good second-handTables cheap. ^V' tY\5a &/$ ' The Billiakd Cc?, an ill asj^aTr trat*d' newspaper sent free on h! w.?collendee, \ 738 Broadwav. H. Y. $1.00 $1.06 Osgood's Heliotype Engravings. The choicest household ornamentt. Price One Dollar each. Send for catalogue. ' . JASfES R. OSGOOD & CO. ^ ^ BOSTON, MASS. . $1.00 $1.00 4ft mm? amm mam is not easily earned in these I KIT .W j times, but it can be made in M m M three months by any one of yj M M m either b?x, in any part of the country who is willing U> .Turk stoadi'y at the employment that we furnish. JjGO per week in your own town. You need not be awsy from !iom? over night, you cr.n give your whole time to the work, or only your spare momenta. We have agents who .ire miking over $20 per day at the business. All who engage at ont-e cun make money fast At tho present time money cannot be made so cosily and rapidly at any >ther business. It costs nothing to try the business. Terms and S!i Outfit free. Addre?s at once, H. HALLKTT A- CO.,Portland, Maine. Dunham Dunham & Sons, Manufacturers, Wa-erooms, 18 East 14th Street, [Established i834.] REW YOUX. _ Bcnd/or lUwUraied CirmUir and Price Lift A >% I fB A IS1SMM A po'itivc rvincdy U,r 1)rop?y and all disea?e? of I the Ktdneyn, Bladder and Urinary Or- B earn. Hunt'* Itcmedy i? purely vinet*b!e?nd prepared expreaaly f>r tin- above dmaut. It hat cured Ihounand". Kvcrv t>ott!< warranted. Send to W. H ?. Clarke, I'rovidcnee, ft. I., fur illuetratod pamphlet. I Pittsburgli Manufactures at Wholesale Prices Box cotitnininK Cre.im Jag. Covered Sugnr Bowl, Spoon Holder. Covered Mutter Dish, 12 Got/lets, 2 emhtineh Ov.il Dishes, Water Pitcher, 2 niven-inch High l-'rnit Dixltes, 12 Individual Sauce DUhea, 1 CaJie Salvor, nil of >tood quality Glass, for thu box. ..?3.00 Box containing 2 dozen half-pint Table and I dozen Tin Covered Jelly Tumblers S2.50 Box containing 2 dozen Table and 4 dozen Uncovered Jelly Tumblers' S2.00 Window-Glaus.HoxM ft J Best, j Second, j Third. nby Mo 1(1 by 15.... | {2. Jo I i-'.w I r-M 11 by 14 to 16 t>y 24.... I 3.25 3.0<) i 2.75 1st.) 2Xto2t?by3il.... 4.(? 3.75 3.50 lu_byjW to21 i>yI 4.50 I 4.00 I 3.76_ Ifld totid 8 <fc 9 I5A7 4 A 5 Nails, Keg of 100 lbs 92.75 J3.00 $3.25 $.150 AW will furnish nny of .itvivo articles at price* ftjted, delivered on board ears or ^to.imlxiats here. The money miift in all caien, i.ccomiiany the order. Send P. O. Order. Banker'* Draft or kejri-tered Letter. Reference, ."jtli Xut. Bunk, Pitt.-diiirsh, P<i. Addrets. 11KNKV IK VAX< T. 1'. O. Box :UiS, Pittsburgh Kansas disnlav of products at Centennial sur- . passed all oilier Elites. liASSAS PACIFIC' ll.W. CO. ofl'ers largest liodyof good lands in KANSAS at lowest prices nnd best terms. Plenty of Gov't lands FitKE for Homesteads. Forcopyof "KANNAS PACIFIC IIOWESTKAIV' address, Lund Commissioner, K. J'. Jlw., tiiitiua, Kmiiirut. N V X U No. g? W.MF.N WHITING TO ADVKRTlSKUfs p!ea*i> Niiy ihat yonww the adTer?l? < , mem In thin tmocr.