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FIRST THINGS. A Vrry Interesting Chapter on Enr'.v Invention*. * The first almanac was printed by Geo. Von Purbach, in 1460. The first copper ceut was coined in New Haven in 1687. The first watches was made at Nuremburg in 1477. Omnibuses were introduced in New York in 1830. xne nrst college m tne umieu ouitra was founded in 1866. The first compass wm used iu France in 1150, though the Clii-iose are said to have employed the loadstone earlier. The first chimneys were introduced into Rome fram Padua in 1368. The first newspaper advertisement appeared in 1652. The first air pump was made in 1650. The first algebra, originated with Diophantus, iu either the fourth or sixth century. % The first balloon ascent was made in 1783. The first national bank in the United States was incorporated bv Congress, Dec. 31,1781. The first attempt to manufacture pins in this country, was made soon after the war of 1812. The first printing press in the United States was introduced in 1629. Coaches were first used in England in 1569. Gas was first used as an illuminating agent in 1702. Its first use in New York was in 1827. The first glass factor}' iu the United States of which we have definite knowl edge was built in 1780. Gold was first discovered ill California in 1848. The first nse of a locomotive in this country was in 1829. The first horse railroad was built in 1826-7. The first daily newspaper appeared in 1702. The first newspaper in the United States was published in Boston, September 25, 1690. The first religious newspaper the Boston liccord, was established in 1815. Kerosene was first used for lighting purposes in 1826. * The first Uniou flag was unfurled on the first of January, 1776, over the camp at Cambridge. It had thirteen stripes of white and red, and retained the English cross in one corner. The first steam engine on this continent was brought from Eugland in 1753. The first sawmaker's anvil was brought to America in 1819. voi- nfv ill tlilQ JL HO UlOb DUV1VKJ 1U country was orgauized in Saratoga county, N. Y., in March, 3808. Glass was early discovered. Glass beads were found on mummies over 3,000 years old. Glass window were first introduced into England in the eighth cenutry. Anaesthesia was first discovered in 1844. The first steel pen was made in 1830. The first machine for carding, roving and spinning cotton, made in the United States, was manufactured in 1786. Organs are said to have been first in troduced into churches by PopeVitalianus, about A. D. 1670. Envelopes were first used in 1839. The first complete sewing machine was patened by Elias Howe, Jr., in 1846. The first iron steamship was built in 1830. Ships were first "copper-bottomed " in 1783. The first telegraph instrument was successfully operated by S. F. B. Morse, the inventor, in 1835, though its utility was not demonstrated to the world until 1844. The first lucifer match was made in 1829. The first Btooruooat pnea tue Jtiuuson in 1807. . tvi? first society for the exclusive purposeof circulating the Bible, was organized in 1805, under the name of " British and Foreign Bible Society." The entire Hebrew Bible was printed in 1488. The first society for the promotion of Christian knowledge, was organized in 1698. The first telescope was probably used in England in 1G08. How Liquors are Made. At the recent meeting of the American Temperance Union in Cooper Institute, New York, Mr. Eli Johnson 6aid: " Two years ago a prominent wine importer died in this city. Among his books no record of a single invoice of wine was found, but in his cellar machinery for making it was discovered. There are beer factories which can ma e beer in fifteen minutes, without a particle of hops or malt. I had heard that drummers of liquors no longer carried around samples of liquors. They took a box of drugs inetead, from which to manufacture their wares. For a long time I tried to obtain a similar box, but failed to /1a oa Pmollv q tt/\vjnre xrcjir?ion UU A UIOKJ ( J V/UMp, T w*** n.itted suicide, induced by use of poisonous liquor. Among liis effects was fouud one of these sample cases. Here it is." The lecturer showed 11 black tin box, in which were several bottles containing colored liquids. He continued: " In this box were essential oils for making eight kinds of brandy, six of whisky, four of gin and two of wine. Each of these bottles is guaranteed to make twenty gallons ?f liquor. There is a house in this city that manufactures these articles. This bottle of oil made by them contains material for twenty gallons of French brandy. They also issue a book of directions," which he showed, " which specifies oue hundred different oils for manufacturing drinks. All are made of different parts of alcohol, water, sugar, tartaric acid and other deleterious ingredients, together with the essential oil. The oil is the only change made in any of them. This bottle is guaranteed to make twenty gallons of port wine. It is what physicians order for sick people." An Incident In an English Post-Office. A tall, gray-haired gentleman, so runs the story, lately went into one of the branch cost-offices in a western reeion. He asked some question relative to the registering of a letter of one of the girls in attendance, ami was answered in a manner which lie considered exceedingly sharp and rude. He repeated the question, however, not being quite sure that he was not mistaken in his supposition, and he repeated it very mildly. She answered him more rudely than before. He then made some remonstrance, and asked her if she thought that was a proper way to answer an inquiry in a public oilice. She said she thought that she lnul been quite civil enough for him. He asked her, with an ominously increasing mildness of manner, if she would favor him with her name. She emphatically declined to do so. He then s?id he thought he would tell her his name, which,- however, she declined to hear, saying that his name w.is no concern of hers. He calmly replied that he thought it was, for his name was John Manners, and he was the postmaster-general. Curtain.? T.rmdnn Flr.amine.r. A Maiden's Adventure with a Snake. ?A Calaveras (Cal.) paper says: Mit-s Getchell, while sitting out doors a few days ago, fell asleep; when she woke up she found herself unable to move, and looking around noticed a large snake lying on one of her arms, makiDg a low hissing noise. For some little time she was unable to move, and felt a peculiar thrilling sensation ; she finally, however, movod one of her arms, aud the power being broken sho got up. The snake still lay there, but sho says she could make no exertion to kill it, and turned and left it. The snake made no effort to hurt her. | Plies and Fresh AIr? Every housekeeper knowB what a nuiei auce flies are iu summer^ Two weapons T 1 are powerful against tliom, cleanliness ' and darknew". Therefore the diningj room should be kept dark between meals, ^ j and care should be taken to sweep every crumb from table aud floor. But it will ; not do simply to shut up the room, shut- 9 | ting up the flies in it. Close every win- fl < dow and door but one, and through that B ! drive the flies out. This is not so hard " as it mav seem upon paper, aud practice ? ; makes perfect here as in all else. We have known a housekeeper who was so * ! expert that she had only to wave her y : broom and the flies dutifully < swarmed 1 ! out as they saw the standard waved in e ! tlip nil' Flv npfs for flip windows are r (Comfortable appendages for liviug and ? : sleeping rooms. Bought ready made * ] they are somewhat expensive, made at c ; home they cost only r trifle. Have the * } carpenter?or if somo one of the family * | knows how too handle tools, let him? v ' make a frame of inch wide lath, fitting 8 the window frame. On this stretch mos- r quito netting?dark green is best?and 1 fasten with tacks to the laths. The same ? nettiug oyer a frame of reeds, of osiers, I1 or wires from an old lioopskirt makes * ; serviceable cake and butter covers. Bend 1 ! one lioon into a ronnd of the size wanted. * j then oil this fasten two scmi-circular ! lioops, crossing each other at right angles j iu the center above the bottom hoop, j This forms the frame, which, if of wire, | should be wrapped with worsted; on this | the netting is sewed, and a button on top J serves as a handle. 1 Air every sleeping room thoroughly ? j every morning and if possible, let in the J | sun 'to shine 011 the beds and bed clothes. * Often at night when the heat is well nigh ? unbearable, a wet cloth hung in the win- c dow over the blind will cool the room as * if a shower had fallen, and every one s knows how water poured on the pavement c in front of the door will freshen the hot c dry air. The principle of the reduction " : of temperature by evaporation is capa- x : ble of much practical application. In r I India and other tropical countries, where 0 ice is almost unknown, the natives cool I their ilriuking water by suspending 0 earthen jars filled with it in a brisk cur- c rent of air, which process is said to cool r i it thoroughly and rapidly. So. also, j1 I when ice is unattainable, butter may be J kept firm and sweet by sitting the bowl F containing it in a shallow vessel of water J and covering with a napkin, the ends of ^ which are well immersed in the water in 8 the bottom dish. A wet handkerchief or * sponge worn in the hat when exposed to 8 il ? l.? ?,*n c | IIIU OULIj U9 111 LUC ilJU Y COU UCIU, M XJ.X j vent sunstroke tinder the most intense S l heat known to onr climate, and will often * I relieve headache arising from heat and 8 exhaustion combined. 8 | ?) g I Amusements in a Cossack Camp. s A war correspondent of the London a ! Times writes: Then came a new dance, L | and when it was over we had out some fc : horses of different breeds to look at? n I ugly little beasts, some of them, but r | showing good points?evidently animals 1 ; that endure much work. On speaking ,n | of the riding of the men and the training 1 of the horses, our host offered to show fi j what the Cossacks and their horses can f( do. In about a minute a straight run j was cleared, a fur cap thrown down, and r instantly a string of horsemen charged at o full gallop. As they neared the cap each c] j in turn swung himself round- in his sad- i] I die so as to reach the ground with his tl hand, and snatch at the cap. There v were many misses, ns there are at tent- g pegging, and some tremendous falls; h but whenever the rider fell, though he a rolled over like a ball, he kept hold of ti the bridle and his little horse stopped i] short in full career. I threw d&w;n a lit- j] flA fnrrurfl fun that I was wearin r and n offered n piece of money to the man \:ho should pick it up. It was missed once but seized by the second rider and held ' up in triumph. Then we sat down outeide the'010116"8 + tent to drink wine and te-> apparently without any reason fo? one or other except that' the -<ening was warm ard ? that the ten >*ad wine correct each other. 0 There not mauy of us, but somehow c or other we succeeded in finding the n bottom of two small casks of wine amid a a good~deal of excited talks and healths. c Always the men danced and sung out- a side A Cossack officer attached to the J] headquarters of the grand duke arrived. ^ We drank his health, and the men pick ed him up bodily and threw him into ^ the air several times, always catching " I him again. He was big and burly, but j the arms beneath him were strong, and a | he rose and fell like a shuttlecock, till, a at a word from the colonel, they set him down attain. u h Fashion Xot.cs, j Fawn color is fashionable for ladies' j silk handkerchiefs. -i ? r 8 nauusoine morning wrappers axe ui ^ black silk trimmed with pink flounces. ft Turban hats made entirely of feathers ]( are fashionable for ladies' traveling wear, ij A very pretty dress for the country is A made of any striped material; is prettiest d in white and ecru batiste. v Importers say, that there is a smaller e I quantity of velvet in this country at I present than at any previous time for " I many years. ? A handsome overdress for watering ^ I places, is a polonaise of open-worked white silk, which can be worn with plain Q colored silk skirts. r The black mitts which have been p | fashionable this season are now being ft : replaced by mitts corresponding in color n J to the dress or trimmings worn. ! Handkerchiefs now come with colored | borders to match the sumrfter suits and j the sets of lingerie either in cachemire or-delicate blues and pinks. Stockings * j in silk, with the different plain colors in t] i stripes, are very handsome, but 85 and ^ ! 86 a pair keep them above the reach of . j all but the wealthy. c New styles in collars and cuffs for j ^ ! wearing with percale suits are the white j, I linen low collar and wide cuff edge with I a | percale like the dress. Other sets, with I 8 i pretty percale and cretonne edges, may j 0 be worn with dark costumes of solid j j] color effectively, and costs from 81.75 to i u 82.50. Handkerchiefs are edged in cor- j ft responding colors, or embroidered in ; j; j blues an A pinks prettily. . ; y ? : ii The Russian Soldiery. b i Edward King, writing from the i tl I Danube to the Boston Journal, says: n These Russians remind one veiy much j H j of American soldiers in the field. They n j have the same jolly insouciance, the " } same good-natured way of accepting | s privation as their common lot, and the | e I same pleasant and picturesque manner t1 i of regarding the most disagreeable t things. I think they look upon the ; Turks without any actual hatred?feeling for them only a kind of a mild con- i tempt, which has been somewhat in- 11 crsased by the manner in which the r Turkish cavalry ran away at Matcliin I the other day. There is but little to be c said thus far in favor of the Turkish ir- i regulars, who were expected to achieve 1 such prodigies of valor. They have van- 1 a islied before the Cosaeks like leaves be- i t fore the wind. I doubt if a single strug- |'v gler could at present be found anywhere \ in the environs of Sistova. Regular 1 troops make short work of such fellows, t The Turkish prisoners that I have seen * were almost as tattered and forlorn a<? ! c the Bashi-Bazonks. There is a little i group of Anatalains here, imprisoned in | ^ signed to tlieir fate, and sit all day inns- i ingl.V pazing at their captors with a pnz- ) zlod ail', a:; il' tliey rather faucio^ it. all a I dream. Tlx' Russians treat them very j 1 kindly, and T believe thus far there is no ' instance in which any disposition lias 1 been shown 011 the part of the common- 1 est soldier even to threaten them. 1 THE MONTENEGRINS. 'lie Blnrk Mountaineers In Battle?Tlielr 1 Terrible Diode of Wnrfare. A Constantinople correspondent rrites : In the campaign of laBt year be Turks lost almost ten to one against c lie Montenegrins; From the mountain .. ummits overlooking Podgoritza and the ^ pproaclies from Scutari their scouts ignalized tho advance of the Ottoman c rmy. From peak to peak signal fires ? iy night announced the coming of the e oe, while by day mounted troopers ?'ped | o every district to rally the people the j. [efeuae of the threatened frontier. On j hey came, men, women and children, very one that could carry a gun, roll j ocks on the heads of the enemy, or as- ^ ist in the building of intrenchmeots, Fhe Turks were allowed to enter for a ^ ertain distance in the passes until they ] eached the narrow gorges. There they <] ound their progress arrested by massive 0 vails of rock and stone, stretching from a ide to side, completely blocking up the E oad, pierced with embrasures for can- j ion and with musket holes. A halt is ailed. A council of war determines x hat retreat is impossible, and that the u ntrenchments must be earned. At nrst t is an artillery engagement. Under c he smoke of the cannonade an assult is 8 rdered. Forward dash the Turkish T roops with the blind fury that characerizes them in the field. The Monenegrin fire having lulled, supposing hat it is a sign of yielding, the Turks turry forward with cries and yells aB f sure of their prey. Hardly have they ;ot within twenty feet of the intrenchaents, before from every opening in hem, pours a stream of incessant fire or hell, shot, minie balls and all kinds of leadly missiles. Suddenly the top of he rampart is crowned with sharphooters, whose steady aim picks off the ifficers and mows down the heads of the olumus. On the overlooking heights rmed men, women aud children appear. Enfilading valleys tear the shattered auks from above, aud huge bowlders nd rocks come rolling down the precilices, crushing into the midst of the ? C*XAU lUJJLU^ 1V?T mivuouuuu ? ?f combatants. All this while the air is ent with the shouts of the mountaineers; he banner of the Cross is waved defiauty from on high and on the works ; triests, with the crucifix displayed on heir robes, pointing to it as a sign of lope and victory. After repeated on- ; ets, their ranks broken, their officers, * or the most part, Blain, the Turks be;in to waver. As soon as this is pereived, the enthusiasm of the Montene:rins can be no longer restrained. Over he ramparts they leap, and with iudecribable fury they charge, bayonet and word in hand, on the disordered masses lefore them. For a moment the Turks tand at bay, but as the deafening clamor ounds like a continuous roll of thunder, nd in rear and flank they are assailed ?y unseen enemies that have descended y secret paths from the top of the louutain walls, and in front by the egular troops, they break and run. 'hen comes the hour of vengeance. For liles the pass is strewn with heaps of Turkish slain. Whoever turns to fight, c nds himself face to face with a squad of \L*a raV?/\ InnvA liim ha nlinn^o fn oo^nnii i >A/(I IT UV IVUf U UlUi 11V VilUUV/^ HV V/UVM|yU| T fo quarter is given; blood flows in tor- c ents ; it becomes ft pitiless massacre ; i; nly a remnant i8 left to tell the tale of f isaster and woe, and to carry dismay j ,ito the Albauian fastnesses. With [ hanksgiving to God for the triumph n ouchsafed to their* arms, the Montene- t rins sheath their bloodied swords, and j omeward turn, loaded with captured r rms and precious spoils. This is a pic- x lire of the mode of Montenegrin fight- r jg as described to me by a participant j n one of the worst defeats the'Turks c ver encountered at their hands. 4 ? t A Well-Trained Mouse. t The New Haven i^uoun.) Register has < lie following: It is a curious yet his- 1 orical fact that prisoners who are ? enteuced for life often train some insect ' r animal, which becomes the one solace c f their prison hours. One of the most urions cases is that of Anderson, the c luiruerer, uuw m uur uouuLy J?ii, waiting a new trial. He Home time ago ' aught a mouse in his cell, caged him, t nd has carefully trained him. Anderson rill hold n string suspended from his ngers and in broken English command lie mouse to "up, like a sailor," 'hereupon the little animal will lay hold 1 f the string with his feet and climb to c lie prisoner's hand. The mouse will I lso sit at command on his hind legs on i tea cup, will crawl up the prisoner's 1 ice through his mustache and over his \ ose, and finally jump from the man's t ead to his hand, completing the per- I jrmance with a graceful bow. One of f lie most interesting things concerning t lie history of this little acrobat is the t Teat love it has for the prisoner. When s Lnderson was moved a few weeks ago to a uother and ajdarker cell, the mouse was t jst, and though carefully sought after c y the keeper could not be found, s Lndersou was deeply grieved over the ( isappearance of his tiuy companion, f rliich he feared had been killed, and o ven the prison officers expressed regret i bat the little creature should have \ lopped so completely and mysteriously t ut of the usually dull routine of prison, f ife. Great was the iov. therefore, of n inderson and of all, when one day the c louse made its appearance at the door o f Anderson's new cell, and running in, 1 esuraed its accustomed place by the i risouer's side. It is said that the little 1 nimal seemed as greatly rejoiced as its c laster over the reunion. ? t ? 1 Scowling. Do not bcowI; it spoils faces. Before J ou know it your forehead will resemble * small railroad map. There is a grand 8 rnuk line now from your cowlick to the 1 ridge 6f your nose, intersected by paral- I d lines running east and west, with c urves arcliiug your eyebrows; and oh, 8 ow much older you look for it. Scowllg is a habit that steals upon us un- a ffares. We frown when the light is too * trong, and when it is too weak. We tie j ur brows into a knot when we are think- * ig, and knit them lightly when we can- ] ot think. There is one consoling thought * bout these marks of time and trouble? 6 lie death angel almost always erases liem. Even the extremely aged, in eath, often wear a smooth and peaceful now, thus leaving our last memories of liem calm and trauquil. But our busi- i ess is with life. Scowling is a kind of ^ ileut scolding. It shows that our soula eed sweetening. For pity's suke, let s take a sad-iron, or ft glnd-iron, or moothing-tool of some sort, and straightn these creases out of our faces before liey can become iudelibly engraven upon liciu. Lucky " Lluipcy." "Limpey" was a graduate of the landall'8 Island (New York) house of efuge, who had been transplanted to fausas City, Mo. He was lame and adaverous; lie blackell boots and slept 11 freight car3; he was the leader of a >and of incorrigible vagabonds. A year ! go he made his way to Denver and hence to the Black Hills, where his ser ices were engaged by a party of miners, vho wanted a cook aud dish-washer, 'n a few weeks he was washing somehing besides dishes, and now he has fnares in various lodes,aud six thousand lollars in cash. Recently "Limpev" r etnrned tn Kansas City to visit an old e voman who inut been ins only menu 111 t tin daj'H of poverty amt distress, and to i uarry her daughter. Ho had never ap- ( >ealed Id tho old woman in vain when lie ml wanted a hiding-place from the joliro or shelter- from the s'-orm. 1 ' Limpey " is no longer a lean cripple, : :Iis lameness has disapppenml, and li" 1 veighs twice as much as he did when he j 1 vns sleeping in gutters and hay-lofls. 11 MEW YORK IN THE PA&t. lot 'he Progress of the City as Meen by a Re- ?, trospcct?Leading Happenings In the ^ _ City's History?Landmarks. Qr? The following interesting information gm oncerning some important events in the mst history of the American metropolis was re find in the New York Telegram : por The estimate for the support of the ity in 1800 was ?130,000. It is now p'r, 34,000,000. On January. 29, 1780, 0f ighty sleighs with provisions, escorted Bci >y one hundred soldiers, crossed the Brj tarbor cm the ice from Staten Island to Jew York. " The first daily newspaper started in Ma Jew York, was in 1783. It was called Ion he Daily Advertiser. Bat Iu December, 1687, it was resolved by ^ he common council that the mode of ge? ighting the city be that "during the Delark of the moon until the twenty-fifth wit if March every seventh cause a lanthorn ?V? ,nd candle to be hung out on a pole every light." The expense of this sort of Bn8 llumination was shared equally. pro In April, 1759, 75,000 wild pigeons *ho eere brought to the market in this city ^'e ,nd sold at nlty lor one Bhilhng. In 1764 a pillory with a large -wooden ^ age behin 1 it was erected on the present aeBI ite of the City Hall for disorderly boys lati eho publicly broke the Sabbath. far In 1727 two shocks of earthquake were elt in New York in one day. Crockery ell from shelves and the clocks in all iat< >arts of the town ceased the vibration of 8,91 heir peudulnmB. coc The number of vessels that entered I1 be port of New York in 1730 waa 211. )f those, thirty came from Jamaica, flaf wenty-eight from Boston, fourteen from wa1 Barbadoes, thirteen from Bermuda, welve from Curacoa, eleven from Anigua, seven from London, seven from ithode Island, six from North Carolina, sta ive iroin Jtsrifltoi, nve irom Uover, nve ven rom South Carolina, four from New- P,a oundland, three from Philadelphia, hree from Surinam and three from Btn Madeira. trei In 1732 the first fire occurred at which ?pe Lre engines were used. Two fire engines ?P? lad recently been imported from Eng- ^ and, and companies were formed which >ecame the foundation of the New York gui ire department. of In 1696 the building of Trinity church ras begun, and it was opened for worhip by the Rev. Mr. Yesey in the year pri .697, It was enlarged in 1735 and c mrned down in 1776. It was rebuilt in ma .788, and was consecrated by Bishop Hi] 5rovoat in 1791. The ceiyetery of the buj hurch was granted by the common fng iouncil gratuitously to the vestry in Up .703. By the records it appeared that ant his cemetery had received 160,000 bodies thc >efore the conflagration of 1776. ?r< The first Presbyterian church built in pj? his city was erected in April, 1718. Pit In 1666 a woman, being proved to tnr )e of dissolute life, was banished from he city. In 1735 a vigorously contested election rec or representatives of New York city in the doi 3rovincial Assembly took place. At no hi* lArinrl lin/1 "nnrf.v cmirif. rnn an hinrlt ttlT [*he candidates were two leading merbants, Adolph Philipse and Cornelius Ber ^an Home. The electors appeared in j he fields (now the park) about nine loa 'clock, with colors flying and drums cht >eating. Apparently, by the show, the e"' riends oi Mr. Philipse, who were the Pjjj irincipal merchants and gentlemen,were n the majority,but a poll was demanded, to ind thereupon the candidates and elec- in ors repaired to the City Hall, where the crc >oll was carried on ail day till about p" line o'clock at night, with the greatest an( varmth on both sides, the drum and de* music going about during the time. wh a? ,.l JI.J. J.I.? 8ci JCbWVCU UIUC CftllU ICU /!> U liJ^Ut I llt5 |JU11B ilosed, and the votes were for Philipse, H0I tl3; for Van Home, 399. The zeal of wil lie friends of the candidates was so great lie hat it was supposed every voter in the j>.c< :ity was brought out. One gentleman j{? ised his chariot in bringing up voters, he io that the poor women cried out: fai ' These are hue times, when carmen and of ihimney-sweeps ride in coaches." Stone street was the first street in this . sity paved with stone. Washington street wasjaid out while ^ 1 The Fiither of his Country " was in abi ]*c highest office jf the nation. Pr< iuf Ne A Frightful Fall from a Tower. ^ A fearful accident happened at the Or ligh school building in Evansville, Ind., Jj* >ne forenoon recently. Workmen had [J >een engaged for several days in repaint- fm ng the school building under contract. Di! rheodore Gerald, aged forty-five years, vas occupied in painting the cupola of he tower, which rises in front of the coe, >uilding to the height 'of about fifty Tn eet above the roof. The cupola is Jo] hirty-two feet from the roof, and upon ^hi his Gerald was painting. He was tanding upon a ladder which was set gU igainst the tower, and it is supposed ... hat the ladder was not given enough in- Or ilination". Ho attempted to move it in va: ome way, when the ladder slipped, and * ^ Jerald upon it tumbled headlong down tin ll.A i.~ xl. ? ?4. 1 iurn tuts ueigiii* tu tuu Htetjp ruuj, r ibout forty feet below. The roof, which tio 8 very steep under the tower, is covered ?ef vith slate. The unfortunate man struck he slate upon his head, about two feet ^ rom the edge of the gutter, and but for 8t!1 i< marvellous accident would have fallen to, >ver the edge and to the ground below, thi l distance of seventy feet. His head, lowever, struck the roof dead, crashing ^ n two of the slate pieces, into which the j)e lead and one of his arras were entangled, Fe ind there he lay with his lower extremi- rtu ies dangling over the edge of the 81,1 J? Nobody saw- him fall, but the ladder, au vhich went crushing down with him, gr< ell over to the ground and attracted the ittention of other workmen, who at once an up to the roof and discovered the jeril of Gerald. He was immediately rei Irawn up into the cupola and messengers foi lent for a physician. 011 Dr. Achilles soon arrived and extmined the wounded man. He was Ge sntirely unconscious aod bore several, im rightful wounds in the head, made by he rough edges of the slate through dri vhich he had broken in the fall. For.unately there was no fracture of the iknll and no mortal injuries apparent. _ fo fn The Sewing Machine. er Au English paper says: The sewing ^ nnchine first appeared as a practical in- 011 mention aboti t thirty yean: ago. Thiraonlier, the real originator of the idea, was i Frenchman, and like too many great "c uventorp, he did not live to enjoy any )avt of the fruits of his genius. Elian C11 Eowe, who followed Thimonnier, was an m American working artisau, and found lis first real support in England about L847. At the present time, that is about 9*' hirty yearn after the establishment of ** he invention, there are upward of four 6" nillions of sewing machines in use in r.irious parts of the world; and the an- 10 mal number of new machine a produced an n England is estimat? at 80,000, emjloyiug about 100,000 persons. In France, Germany nnd Belgium, the proItiction of machines is \ cry large, and in ap .lie United States the annual outturn of or nachines ir perlinps larger than iu the ve vhole of Europe. In 1802 it was esti- ad nnted that in the United States each T1 nashiue saved to its owner fifty shillings ?n I week, or say ?130 (about $650) per " irmum, in wages alone; or an Aggregate th laving in wages, for the vhole conn try, sa )f about $150,000,000. Iu 18.75, th:.t t > iprgregate saving had risen to ?500.000.- pe )')0. as " wl "i am very partienlar about my iji< mtliiiiR-dreFH, for then- i:; everything in wl II i;ith suit," remarked a .spare but bean- pa .iful belle to an admirer at Atlantic City, st> 'Yes,' was the d v reply, " and very th ittle sometimes." Tableau. an StJtfMAftt OF JfEWS. cresting Items from Home and Abroad. [exican cattlo thieves are continuing their ^ redations on the American side of the Bio P] inde river The attorney-general of Vir- b( ia, Hon. Raleigh T. Daniel, who had been b, ominated for office in the recent convention, . i in Richmond after two days' illness. He i seventy-two years old, had held many im- Pj tant and responsible public offices, and was ti aitted to be one of the ablest lawyers of 1( ginia President Bartlctt, of Dartmouth lege, delivered tbe oration on the second'day ^ the celebration of the centennial battle of inington, and a j>ocm by William Cullen w rant was roau. xne rresiuent uuu mm. ui yes and several members of the cabinet v< e present, as well an the members of the jislaturos of Vermont, New Hampshire and ssachusetts. The procession?three miles ~c g and consisting of military and civic organiloss from several New England States? pi ) reviewed by the President, who made a jg irt address. Speeches were also delivered by retaries Evarts and Key, Attorney-General f' rens and others. Bennington was filled Dl h spectators, the crowd being estimated at W ir 60,000. After the procession there was a di iquet and the festivities terminated with uge torchlight procession All persons ? pected of obstructing trains or injuring " perty of the Erie railroad company during late strike are being arrested Judge u: st, the Republican nominee for governor of n io, opened tho campaign for his party in ^ peech at Bellefontaine.. " jfl 'he Constitutional convention of Georgia, in _ oion at Atlanta, decided to give the legislre of the State power to regulate railroad y es and freights The sum of *100.000, ll ich was given by William H. Vanderbilt to li employees of the New York Central rail- q4, for standing by tho company during the 3 strike troubles, has been divided among 34 men out of .the 11,000 employees of the npany, each man getting the following A ount': Engineers, $30; passenger conduc- m 9, ?20 ; freight conductors, $15 ; train bag- C( ;emen, S1U ; brakemen, $9; firemen, $15: y fmen, $8 ; switchmen, $9; laborers and tchmen, $7 ; jnechanics, $14; foremen, $16; e: ck foremen, $11; all others, $9 The p rernment at Washington has received assur- a< :es from the Spanish minister that Spain jj. 1 fully satisfy the complaint of the United tes regarding the late attack by Spanish ? sels npon American whalers. The acts com- tl ined of were committed by a subaltern N Liiish naval officer, through excess of zeal, at 1 the Spanish minister has been further in- :g acted to notifv this government that the aty between the two countries will bo rected hereafter even by the smallest of the 1 inish navy The New York State Senate omittee convened at Saratoga for the trial of c] nk Superintendent Ellis ended its labors h a verdict that the accused " has not been Jty of any intentional wrong in his conduct the Bank department." Mr. Ellis was re- h ved from office by a vote of 21 to 10 yv e thousand miners in the vicinity of Summit e] tion, Pa., struck for an increase of wiges to v ces before the last reduction. General Grant arrived at Copenhagen, Den- c rk The town of Gayville, in the Black ^ Is, was destroyed by fire. Three hundred w ildings wore burned to the ground, causing r< oss of about $75,000, on which there ismo urance The steam tug Matt White blew on the James river, near Fortress Monroe, " i the captain, engineer and one fireman lost v " ' - 1 i! f/ Sir liven A luruiiii i t^eyuuu nan uciu uj jsident Hayes at tho house of Secretary p arts at Windsor, Vt The striking em- ^ yees of the Pennsylvania Coal company at tsburgh almost unanimously refused to ron to work at the old rates Thomas H. P rding, a Now York carriago maker, shot his f< usekeeper, Mrs. Agnes Woods, slightly in the t< n, ana then killed himself. Harding had ^ ently been divorced from his wife, and , uestic triJhble is believed to have affected ? mind ...Tho schooner R. M. Denham tl ived in New York, having on board four of n i crew of the schooner C. J. Van Name, that inded in a gale. The steward and two paslgers were lost. I quarrel occurred between four tramps fing about tho railroad station at Old Or- -j ird Beach, Me., and Aleck Patterson became aged and fatally injured Charles Miller by mging a knife into his back President 1 Mrs. Hayes, accompanied by members of ) cabinet and others, left Vermont for a trip the White Mountains. They were received New Hampsnire by the governor, and a large iwd gathered at the railroad stations and , sasional short speeches were made by the 11 ssideut J. Horsman's hardware store & 1 other property in G.ieJph, Ontario, were d droved by fire, causing a loss of $75,000, on jj iu o narfiol inanrfinpA Rill oggs, a diHBolute fellow, shot and instantly lea J. Oliphant, a prominent citizen of Atclu1 county, Kansas. Scroggs had rtin away f< ;h Oliphant's daughter three years ago, but had treated her ho brutally that she had sn campollod to leave him and seek proteon in her father's house. Four men pursued 5 murderer and caught un with him, when turned and killed John GofT, a respectable mer. The murderer tkon went to a justice the peace and gave himself up. The next irning a. party of men went to the justice's use, took Scroggs away and hung him. Tames McDougall <t Co.'s grain elevator at ntreal, Canada, was destroyed by fire, and joining Hour mills were damaged. Loes, jut SCO,000 Samuel E. Hardman, of Dvidence, B. I., was instantly killed by fall; from the fourth story of the Astor House, w York, while testing a patent fire escape, of ich ho was the manufacturer The forty<t annual convention of the Independent der of Odd Fellows convened at Newburgh. Y. The Grand Master's annual report stated it there were -151 lodges in the State, with a J mborsliip of 40,( 00. Odicers were chosen b the ensuing year, headed by George W. o Iks, of New York, as Most Worthy Grand ? ister, and the Grand Lodge degree was conred upon one hundred members The e w Jersey Democrats will hold their State 8 avention for the nomination of governor at <] euton on SbDtember 19 In Philadelphia ? tin Hunt, who was one of the recent strikers a it stopped a train of cars on the Lehigh , lley railroad, was charged by the United > ites with obstructing the mail service, found i] ilty by the jury and remanded for sentence. .... The fourteenth annual session of tho and Lodge Knights of Pythias, of Pennsyl- t ilia was held in Harrisburg The tenth C nuai session or tne national noaru ui j.rauo | u a heid in Milwaukee, Wis; Delegations from li 3 chief cities of the country were present. p The Pennsylvania Democratic State conven- h n met in riarriaburg. and after a protracted ( ision nominated a ticket with John Trunkey supreme judge at the head. The platform clared that "the induction of Butherford B. tyes into the office of President, notwitliindiiig the election of Samuel J. Tilden therewas a high crime against free government; it the Southern policy of the Federal adminration was according to.the Democratic policy non-intervention, imd was a confession of the lure of Radicalism and a just tribute to tho imocracy that an attempt to increase tho ( deral army would bo opposed by the Dornoc:y of Pennsylvania ; that they protest against " b'sidies, land grants, loans of the public idit and appropriation of the people's money auy Corporation ; that they look with alarm d apprehension upon the pretensions of tb? aat transportation companies to be above the j adamental laws of the commonwealth, and i jy should remain objects of the utmost vigilce and jealousy by the legislature and peo- ? >; that they reaffirm and adopt tho iiuancial J lolutions of the National Democratic plat- S m adopted at St. Louis in 187G. ' ho other icers nominated were William P. Schell for \ ditor-general and Colonel Noyefl for State asuror A dispatch from Idaho says I moral Howard had a skirmish with the I Jians, in which oue soldier was killed and * . en wounded. Tho Indians st6le two hun- : ed of Howard's horses. j The "Faith Diamond." One of tho largest diamonds ever I and in the South African fields, belongs 1 Miss Sclireiner. a temperance prench. It weighs 288 carats, and is called e " Faith Diamond." It is said that * te of her brothers would not become a iod templar on auy consideration unless z > found a rare big stone. Miss ilireiner finding all ordinary means of nverting him to good templar's prin- c pies in vaiu, at last prayed that he * > " i i "? i cj igut una a iarg? uiuuiuuu. ouuu unci- ^ ird tho monster was unearthed, and e brother, who was n partner in the * lim property, was as good as his word. * e became, and is still, a consistent ? iod templar. Local merchants have r fered 8100,1)00 for the stone. The 1f*dy * an enthusiastic temperance advocate, d preaches with wonderful ability. i . Etymology of Strikes. j The origin of the word "strike," as ^ iplied in combinations of laboring men j c ganized for the purpose either of pre- j nting a leJuctSfc or of securing an j p vance in theirwagos, began on the j \ inmes docks. It hail long been used J i tho docks in tho sonso in which ; knocking off" is used by workmen n , i is country. The dock laborers were ! 5 id to " strike " work w. oil they went j their meals. It had another and a j c iculiar signification, too?tho foreman ! " king: "Who .struck those eases?"] len lie wished to learn what particular | bii ha t roeeived ami hnvcivd to the ! t iai f from tlio otirln any )?strl icnlar ," .ckayo(if gj'u.in. I(?: U;<t' in this latter | ii use seems to have l?i?? i? derived from | . 1'inivl iilil :L-;.>K (if " striliiucr sail ' ! ? ?' ; r? (I " s rikii>;? the Hug." Jt ?y? ??? ? The Origin of Steam Printing. It is remarkable that the steam engi] as not callod to the aid of the printii ress sooner than it was; but it had loi sen used in many of the industrial ai jfore it became the handmaid to " tl t preservative of all arts." The fir rinting by steam was on the issue te London Times for November 2 $14. The improved hand-presses lat day could only strike off" from to i three hundred impressions an' lion ith one man tq, ink the types and a her to work the press. At that rate jry large edition of a daily paper w mply impossible, for one day's wo: raid not be completed before the ne ly's must begin. The Times th< nnted from three to four thousand co s daily, and Mr. John Walters, tl roprietor (the. second of that nam( egan as early as 1804 to consid netner tiio worK mignc not De exp ited in some way. In that year Thomas Martyn, a coi Dsitor in the Times office, got up todel of a self-acting machine for wor ig the press, and Walters furnished tl loney for the continuance of his erpe: lents. As usual in the early history .bor-saving machinery, this attem iet with bitter opposition from t' orkinen, who supposed their craft w i danger. Martyn was in fear of 1 fe because of the threats of the pret ten, and partly on that account, ai artly because Walter had small capil ; that time, the scheme was given u s soon, however, as Konig's printii lachine was invented, in 1814, Walt msented that it should be tried on t 'imcx; but for fear of the workmen, t' iperhnent was made, not in the regul rinting office of the paper, but in i ]joining building. Here Konig ai is assistant, Bauer, worked secretly f jveral months, testing and perfects le machine. On the twenty-ninth ovember everything was ready f jtual work on the paper, and the resi thus told in a biographical sketch [r. Walter, which appeared in t Vines in July, 1847: " The night on which this curious n tiiue was first brought into use in : ew abode was one of great anxiety ai ven alarm. The suspicious pressm ad threatened destruction to any o hose inventions might suspend th< mployment?'destruction to" him a is traps.' They were directed to wi >r cxpected news from the continent, as about six o'clock in the momi hen Mr. Walter went into the pret jom, and astonished its occupants illing them that the Timea was alrea riuted by steam, that if they attempt iolence there was a force rea ) suppress it; but that if they we eaceable their wages should be cc .nued to every one of them till simi mployment could be procured. 1 romise was no doubt faithfully p jrmed; and having so said "he distrit 3d several copies among them. Th ras this most hazardous enterprise t ertaken and successfully carri tirough, and printing by steam, on lost gigantic scale, given to the worlc A Lesson in Punctuation. Punctuate llie following so as to m? ; true: Every lady in the land Hath tweuty naild upon each hand; Five and twenty on bands and feet, And this in true without deceit. Make sense out of this : Lord Palmerston then entered on ] ead, a white hat upon his feet, lai nd well polished boots upon his brov ark cloud in his hand, his faithful wa ig stick in his eye, a menacing gli aying nothing. And see if punctuation will make 1 jllowidg poetry any less absurd : I saw a pigeon making bread ; I saw a girl composed of thread; I ?aw u towel one mile square ; ] saw a meadow in tbe an-; I saw a rocket walk a mile ; I saw a pony make a file; I Haw a blacksmith iu a box; I saw an orange kill an ox ; I ?aw a butcher made of steel; I Haw a penknife dance a reel; I saw a sailor twelve feet high; I daw a ladder in a pie; I Haw an apple fly away ; I saw a sparrow making hay ; I Haw a farmer like a dog ; I Haw a puppy mixing grog; I saw three men who saw these too And'will confirm what I tell you. The Seven Wise Men op Greece ?he following are the names of 1 even wise men of Greece, and the mo f each : Solon, of Athens, "Know tl elf;" Ckilo, of Sparta, "Consider i nd;" Thales, of Miletus, " Who hat urefyship is sure Oleobulus, of L ins, " The golden, mean qr avoid remes Pattacns, of Mytilene, "Se ime tab the forelockPerlander, 3orinth, " Nothing is impossible adnstry." The Cheapest and Beat AdvertUlug o reach renders outBide of the large cit )ver 1,OHO newnpapers,divided into six diffei f fir An A ftP IT IP in. AUVUl kiOQiliOUW IVW..V.4 ?v. V-W ~ ists. For catalogues containing namee iaperfl, aud for other information and for e nates, address Beals & Foster, 41 Park ] Times Building), New York. CHEW The Celebrated "Matchless" Wood Tag Plug Tobacco. The Pioneeb Tobacco Compaq, New York, Boston, and Chicagi I Never Felt Better. Such is the verdict after taking a dos< Juirk's Irish Tea. Sold in packages at 25 ce Tlie .Markets. KXW YORK. Icef Cattle N-tlve 10#? xexas and Cherokee.. 08 0 lilchOows 4J 00 @66 Ia?a: Live 05,'{0 Dressed..... 06740 Iheop 06 VO jimbu 06 n 0 lotton : Middling 1)X0 'lour: .Weatern : Good to Choice. 7 Co @8 State: Good to Choice.... 6 66 0 6 fheat: Bed Western 1 49 0 1 No. 3 Milwaukee 1 50 0 1 lye: State 7-* 0 iarley: State 48 0 iarlcy Malt 125 0 1 lata: Mixed Western 36 0 lorn: Mixed Woatern 63x0 lay, porewt 00 0 Itraw, perowt 45 0 fops 76'b?08 015 75*8 C8 0 >ork: Me?a 14 0) 014 ,<ard: City Steam 11X0 i^.ah : Mackerel, No. 1, new 24 00 036 " No. 2, new 13 00 @14 Dry Cod, per cwt 4 76 @4 Herring, Scaled, per box.... '.2 ? 'etroleum : Crude 0'%@(j7X Boflned.. Voo': California Jflecca 26 0 FinA/v> 29 <a Australian Fleece 43 @ inttor: State <3 ? Western: Choice 26 (<$ Western : Good to Prime. 53 @ Western: Firklr.n 11 C4 fhe?H6 : Stnio Factory '8 @ State Skhninod .. O.'l (<$ Western 0T%<? 1 r.ggB: rititte and Pennsylvania.... 17 @ uurrauo. lour 0 76 @10 V'heit?No. 1 Milwaukeo 1 60 ? 1 !orn?Tdize.l 815tf? I lata 40 ? tyo 98 ? tnrloy f*2 @ : larley Malt 100 <a 1 PHILADELPHIA. ieef Cattle?Extra 061i? I beep 06 @ I Ic^R?Dressed 085tf@ I 'lour?Pennsylvania Extra 4 87#? 8( Pheat? Red Western 1 35 ? 1! tyo 7 0 lorn?Vc!!ow 6) <& < "?fin (4 I >atB?MixwT.7"7.7.7".' 67I 'ptrolnum?Cmde 0 Refined, Cool?Colorado 24 @ Tpii^ 27 @ California 25 @ BURTON. loef Cattle OSJi? ' lif?p I [0|?M ?... Ofl @ ' 'lour?Wlsconniu and Minnesota.... 8Oft @91 orn?Mixed 63V. (? ( lain? ' SB < foot ? Ohio and Pennsylvania XX... 43 (4 < California Fall IS ' DRIIIIIYON, MASH. 'jerCiitllo 0?V<* I ln"l' W (4 \ Millie ... 117 (<4 ] loj;s ii?V4 1 uf ? ?T iMffn \M V ?.l lyj i??*f Caftlo? Poor to Choir-'. 6 76 y*lO I heop 6 76 <3 HI tabu.... . 7 CO 4 ill Don't Polwn Yew System ' With such hurtful drags as quinine, calomel, or Die bine pills,- but take instead that safe, prompt and agreeable substitute. Hostetter's Stomach ? Bitters, which, whether it is used to remedy or o prevent malarial fevers, overcome general de18 bility, or to correct torpidity of the liver and tie bowels, will in every case be found fully ade 8t quate to tlie wants of the uick and feeble. It 0f entirely removes dyspeptic symptoms, aud by g stimulating the How of gastric juice, facilitates ? ' digestion and injures the conversion of food ; into bl(K)d, whereby the 8vntem is evidently ro I nourished and regains its lo?t vigor. This a great vegetable restorative has received the n. indorsement of men of science, the preBa has repeatedly borne voluntary testimony to its excellence, and the public has long since given 118 it the preference to every medicine of its kind, rk -i. Plain Facts for Advertisers to Rend and Consider. ?n The Springfield ManmchuseUn) Daily Union p. has a larger circulation in 8pringfleld and l0 within a radius of twenty-five miles, than any I other journal. v> ! The RpringfleUl< Masxachusettn) Weekly Union er | has a larger circulation, local anil nenei-al, than >e- | any other rceekly newspaper in New England, outside of Ronton. The Union is not only the bent advertising mertium, but also the cheapen!. For terms address Clark W. Bryan 4 Co., a i Publishers, Springfield, Mans., or write or apply k- to any of the leading advertising agencies in he the United States and Canada. Sample copies pj. of either the daily or weekly Union sent free. Physicians of high standing unhesitatingly P' give their indorsement to the use of the QraefQ6 HI. ...lUnll'n r<A^Al(AAn fill fflTO ? lo [ OUUCX IZ-ULi. "TlXttU O VtlWiUllWU IV! Hu ?v?*4 '*w. oq I complaints. The weak and debilitated find wonderfoi relief from a constant ase of this valua(j able remedy. Sold by all druggists. 91.60 per .jj bottle. 8end for almanacs, Graefenberg Co, p* New York.. j(f Purity, Strength, Economy. ? These three requisites are combined in j Doolev's well-known Yeast Powder. A few J16 trials will convince you that it is not only the lie best, but also the cheapest. ar Pond's Extract. , " The Vegetable Pain Destroyer ' never fails aa to afford r. lief from pain. Try it once, and or nothing could induce you to be without it. Qg | ? of i T)T?"\r CT Procured or No Par, for erery 'nr 1 XT -Hill joJLV^jL* io wounded, rupturediccidentut ; ally ininred or diseased Soldier. Ad drees, uoL N. W, lit ! FITZGERALD, U. 8. Claim Att'y, Washington, p. Q of | To Druggists and Other* Wanting Pare Good J. he Hie Foreta Fine Co., ; wise (marked as requested) one dozen or more assorted ia- ' bottles, safely boxed, per bottle, fl?e to a gallon: Mountain Sherry...7S cts. I Old Port 80 cts. itfl Holland GUn 7o " 8t. Croix Rum 78 " nf1 Jamaica Rum 04 " I Cognac Brandy....J}1.35 ; Scotch or Irish Whisky 95 eta. 611 I The order with caah. Registered Letter, or P. O. Order _ ? may call tor any number of each at the aboTe importers' 16 : prices. Address FOREIGN WINE CO., jij. ! P. O. Box 1457, New York. ntl The BertTra-B without ., y, Metal 8prings erer inrentol lit S^6V?TtlDt No humbug claim of m ctrTt tain radicalcure, but agunrantee of a comfortable, sens' l ' nLtfcil'I ii1 i" cure and satisfactory appli\ ance. We will take bock and pay fnll price for all that do not suit. DV Price, single, like cut, 84: for both sides. 8(i Sent by a*. mall, post-paid, on receipt of price. N. B.-*his Truss Gy will, CUBE more Ruptures than any of those for which a,! extravagant claims are made. Circulars frie. T POME ROY TKUNW CO., ? . dy 74C Broadway, New York. !re DR WARNER'S HEALTH CORSET m- " ~ I -v Wit* Sldrt Sgppirtnr uj '} Sfy Self-Adjumtlu? Pads. V J Secures Hialth and CowjojitoI er" ' BJf Body, with Giuca and Bimjtt of )U- JW. Form. Three Garments In 003. ?0 , ? jVV 7nu Approved by all physicians. 1 nkm agents wantkd, in- , tMjiXmliKa. Samples by mall, In Contil,:?: p,i I fjw!nrn Sattean, $1 75. To Agent;, eu A-/Mini KJ 96 cental ens. Order sire two 1 a I *)H OlW r Inches smaller than waist met* i." / sare over the dress. tf/nwBll&w Warner Bros. 351 Broadway ,YY, ire NATURE'S REMEDY.^V ! FBGlfWofl The Cbeat Blood ?mmnJjr i Phovidenck, R. I., 164 Transit Street. h. r. 6TEVKNS, kwj.: I fool bound to oxpreus with my wlgnatore the high value I place upon your VEGETINE. My family hart used it for the last two yean. In nervous debility it ii invaluable, and I recommend it to all who may need as ' invigorating tonio. i . o. t. walker, Formerly Pastor of Bowdoin Square Church, Boston. : Vegetine is Sold by AlfDruggists. THE GOOD OLD STAND-BY. t MEXICAN MUSTANG LDflHEKT, ij-lie FOR MAN AND BEAST. eth jn_ Established 35 Yeam. Always oures. Alwayi ready. Always bandy. Has never yet failed. TJWrtj milliont have utted U. The whole world approves thi ize glorious old Mustang?the Beet and Cheapest Limmeaf Of In existence. 25 cents a bottle. The Mustang Lixlmecl cures when nothing else will ! sold by all mkdioink vkndkrb. s ? ?1 U' Q NITED STATED j LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, D 261, 262, 263 Broadway, ORGANIZE? 1810? ;;? KJSETS, $4,827,176,52 !Z J . SURPLUS, $820,000 EVERY APPROVED FORM OF POLICY ISSUED ON MOST FAVORABLE TERMS r! AIL ENDOWMENT POLICIES 03 I A*? =;? APPROVES CLAIMS 03 i . MATUBING IN 1877 f | ?,u- be BB "7* ! ON PRESENTATION. g 1 TAMES BUELL. - - PRESIDENT. 40 j | GRACE'S liQo Km! ftJOii v u; 98 83 A VE(1 ETA ISLE I'UEPAltATIOM, 10 Inverted in tlio 17th century l>y Dr. William Grace, Surgeon in Kin? James' array. Through its agency he cured thoumnd. of the mo?t serious Roroi and wounds Do* that baffled tile skill of the most eminent physicians of D7 his dny and was regarded by all wb? knew him as a 39W public benefactor. Vd centa a box. For Sale bv Drugm gists generally. Sent by mail on receipt if price. ? Prepared by SKTH W. POWLE ?V HONS, Jg llmrlaon Avcnnr. Bnwroii. ,lla<w. ? THE WONDERFU NO IMi ltEIJI/'lltEII. Owing to the nnpr?oei If* invented and p itontwl a Penholder which contains sol ~ run br u?"l ! : ! Once dipping in VV A TICK win wr.ie .. p. '' Extraordinary inducements to parties out of employmeni f MERIDEN CUT! s RECEIVED THE BIC-SE i) -? r ax i Tnr "PixrNT Ivob*" Handiji Table K HVi \ m manufacture all kinds of Uu-Ii.Hi.H Maker* of Hie ? PA I B.vr i *<lit ? ' ? . (Jfllhiioiil Knito. tlu) most durable \\ IIlTh 11AM' 30 |H,K known. Tin: Oldtwt ManiifncCnreriiiiri Amenca. I) Alr.-.IJH call for " Trado Mark " " MKR1DKN CU rLKRI 5," j Cutlery. unci l.y tba iHl?KM>EN CI TI.KKY C( 855 g >77 n^B^^iSgiSar 1 812 ^A^p^..7gau.<aar' fi *5 to $20 K.O&fe(^aSn7SL& B *68 i^^kJ^|G&SF, 7^b.^^5!a?ttr,' H 84<> 1 TIOW TO PROCURE TEXAS Land withont H Jtl money, and ?iit#en pne? of H?-.dinn imnt for Ten BB ConU. Addrwa COMMOirggWSg. Fafa. Texts. B WANTED-^'^^PS; N?8Aji?S?. B Addreea Qvetn (Sty Lamp Workn, CinHnncUi, O. Sr mm ^0 fit free. J. B. Gaylofd ACo.. Chicago. III. ? CKJ/ JrXG.VETICT'riMEPlBCE. jnet*I H 5)t-y0work?. Hunter cue- Sampln watch free to MB mJf2Amenta. A. COULTER A CO., OhI?q, da.. B Heavy goTfiTgllver Thimble ~gf7X?n& B n earf Gold tilled, warranted 20jreara. tl.M. Sfl A'gta*cnd?tamp for catalogue. V ax & Co., Chicago. REVOLVER Free 5M?^SSS 9 Add'? J. Bown A Son, 188 A138 Wood St., Plttabant."P? B A Month.?Agente wanted. 30 bmt Hi- |9 jgSu aaaiaf B s2snn^'"' | VfiillUU dresi,IMft Cn., a,XoUi,? B /wr. r?Dwy. xl jwaullju, a, m,% rn?kt owrmuw^^ A fiAAf Madobyl7 Agents In Jan.77 with 2K KM 4 f my Hnewartfcles. Sample*free. IP IIWll f Addresa C. Jf. Lining* , CMhmgo, ABIIIII HABIT CURE1> AT HUM*. UrlUM srn&wisaJBsrpi Hcribo 04im. PE. F. B/MARaH. Qulncy, Mteb. tftfA IITCn Men to travel and take owfanef W A If "cTalHrtTetog7 expauM^ittt! Addresa Gkk Man'fg do., St. tenia, Mo. $10tO$l,000 sSsSSr* 17 WallSt.W.y. EIHORT EDWABDColle?lnte Instltate,N.Y. fifteen Teacher*. ?50 for Fall term of Is weeks ^Vnnlng Sept. 6, for board, fuel, washing aad Common English. Specialties?Clsssics, Business, Oratory, Music and Piinting. One, two and three roan Graduating Connies for ladieimnd gentlemen. Address "INSTITUTE?' Fobt Kpwiyp. n. Y. BOSTOI WEEKLY TRilSQHPT The best family newspaper published; eight paces; fifty six columns reading. Terms?82 per annum; ctabe of eleree, Sift P? , annum, in adrance. SPECIMEN COPY S8ATI8. worth PodgKE Catalogue free* J. H. ?BUFFOKD'S SONS, Boston. [Established 1880.] ' Ho! Farmers, for Iowa! Mend a Pcetnl Card for dweription and maps of 01,200.000 Acres of RR. I*ncU for sale on lone terms. Soil flnt^lass. TickeU FREE to Iwd bnyen from Chicago and return. AddreM J. B. CALHOUNi Land Commissioner Ioara R. R. Land Co., 03 Randolph 8tr*?t, Chicago or Cepab Rapiw, Iowa. - Enpp For SIX BEAUTIFUL PICTURES, lllkTJ (different subjects.) 14x17 incliei; 11 11 i Or for FIVE PICTURES, 17x33; L I II Or for FOUR PICTURES, 19x34. * llUfl Fac-sitnile copies of FINE STEEL ENGRAVINGS, made by the cde brated GRAPHIC process, printed on rlLl Hear; Plata Piper for framing. B L W Send ten cents Tor Illattrated C'stR|1 I alogne containing owr 100 pictured^ IvJ Address. The Daily Graphic. UU New York City. HEADACHE. DR. C. B. BENSON'S CEUBRY suad CHAMOilIIIiK PI I, IX are prepared cxprejwjy to enre MICK HEADACHE. NRRVQUS HEAP- . ACHE, DYSPEPTIC ITKADACnE. NR|JRALtilA. NERVOUSNESS, SLEEPLESSNESS, nnd will cure any can*. OfBcc, 106 N. Enlaw St.. Baltimore, Aid. Price oOe.? poataftc free, sold brail drudiU nnd country mores. REFERENCE ? Howard Bank. Baltimore, Hid. j $1.00 $im Osgood's Heliotype Engravings. I The choicest houteholdornamentt. Price One x>o Uar each. Send for catalogue, . . JAMES R. OSGOOD & CO. % 1 BOSTON, MASS. $1.00 $1J>0 rr KRP'H HHntTH-omron. awdlty-Tb.Bwt j\. Kmo'i Patent Partly-mad* Dims Shots Out be finished u nq u hemming * fTinriksrohiei. The Terr beat, fix for 87*00? Keep's Custom Shirts?mt^is to measure, The Ter7 best, six for 89.OO. An elegant Mt of genuine Gold-plate Collar and Bleere Bottom giren with each half dot Keep's Shuts. Keep's Shirte are dslirered FREE on receipt of price In an; part of the Union?no express charges to pay. 1 Bam pi o? with fall direction! for self-mean rem eat Bent Free to any address. No stamp required. Deal directly with the Miiuficturer and get Bottom Price*. Keep Manufacturing Oo., 106 Meroer 8t Jf.Y 1 t . . AhhiH ii not easily earned in three twiss II WWW but it can be made in three months Mam by any one of oither sex, hi say M, MEM part of the coon try who is willing 111 I to work steadily atthe employment w III that we famish. 80? por week in rour own town. You dam) sot bft away from home orer night. Ton can fire yonr-whole time to the work, or only your spare momenta. We have agents who are making over ?iiO per day at the business. All who encage at once can make money fast. At' the present time money cannot be made so easily and I rapidly at any Other business. It costs nothing to tijrll* business. Terms and 85 Outfit free. Address at one* H. IIAT,I,KTT Jc CO., Portland, Maine. RiVEHVIEW ACADEMY, POUCHKEEPSIE, N. Y.f > OTIS BI8BEE, A. X., Principri and Proprietor, ' Numbers its alnmni by hundreds in all the honorable walks of life. Pupils range from twetro to twenty years I in age. Next session opens Sept, 13tli. Those wishI ing to enter should mase wn early application. SAFER THAN THE AVER AGE SAV-LNUtt .fcLanJV. The Sharm of the Conxolidatcd Virginia and the California Mining Companies tre telling at twenty-eight to thirty-iivo dollars each. The two Companies have already paid more than forty-nine million dollars In monthly dividnnds The rate is equal to eighty per cent, a ye.ir on the present market price of the stock. Orders for lota of five shares and npwarda executed, and fall inf rmation given by WILLIAM WARD, Banker and Broker, Ex-President of the American Mining Board, Prexel Building, Corner Broad and Wall Mtreeuf New York. N. B. ? Investment, Railroad and all marketable Securities bonght and sold, and dividends collected. BABBITT'S TOILET SOAP, pefc. e The FIXEST TOILET 80A^^"the^?iru! C-MUlii pure* ftptakli tiltwd <a iU nanu/ldun. ~ _For Use In the Nurcery it has No Equal. Worln trn tlniM IU toil to v?rv molbrr and family laCnnawMflO. Sample hoi, containing 3 caktt of I on. each, wat frta to say ad* treu on rcctlnt of 15 rrnU. Aiimi " ftfMWJ>nsz?2,0Kr Before Life In Imperilled, deal jodiciotiriy with the symptom* which tend to dangerous chronio diseases. If the Htomnch i* fonl, tho eicreti"ns irregnlar.the lirer torpid, nothing is more cerUin f?>nn that tabrakt'b I Kffkbvkso mt Seltzer Apeihkxt is the one thing n-tedfnl to eff. ct a core. Sold by nil drtimris's. SANDAL-WOOD A positive remedy for all diseases of the Kidneys, Bin drier and Frlnnry Onrnn*; also tfoodln Drop leal Complaint*. It never produces sickness. Is certain and speedy in its action. It is fast superseding | all other remedies. Sixty capsules care in six or eight : days. No other tnediotne can do this. I Ilcwnre of Iuiltntlnn*, for, owing to it< great | success, many have been offered; some are most dangeri oaa, causing piles, otc. ^ j DUNDA8 DICK Jt CO.'.S Gtt.uin, Sqft Cop! title*, containing Oil qf Saurlaltroud, told at all drug ttores. Atk for circular, or itiid for on? to 35 and 37 j Wootler Street, Xe.tr Vn rk. i NWIJ tip as WHEN WBITINO TO ADrEIlTlMKf S ' f f dimum ear tbu" *1t 'hi/ hirerH * wim~ ? oi t? -r? L PEN-HOLDER! lented demand for Pens th it write ?itl> WATER we have idlfled Ink to Inrt three t/etirt: and with which any I'en iK? : : I ! Sample 2~) cts. One dozen, post-paid, S 1.23, t. .1. T. ItlM.VKlt. aUCUJroa.ivfiiy, N. Y. FRY COMPANY ST CEKTEMKIAL PRIZE. "TmECUTL^Y. Original maker) o( the HARD UUBBLli I CO." on the blade. Warranted and Bold by all Dealenrln 49 Chamber* street. New York. .. ?