Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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'W II l.W*W????????OMWWWI A Well-Matched Pair. A lady traveling in England tells the J following: Along with my brother, who ! n was collecting matter for a work he was about to publish, I visited the interesting town of Hexham ? interesting at least to him, for it was a fine field for g historical research?although, for my s own part, I found little to admire beside ' d its ancient church. The circumstance 1 which more than anything else secured o the dingy town a lasting place in my i n memory was our taking a lodging with p an extraordinary pair?an old man and fi woman, husband and wife, who lived by c themselves without child or servant, h subsisting on the letting of their parlor j n and two bed-rooms. They were tall, a thin and erect, though each seventy ; years of age. When we knocked at the li door for admittance, they answered it e together; if we rang the bell, the hns- fi bund and wife invariably appeared side b by side; all our requests and demands | fi were received by both, and executed v with the utmost nicety and exactness. e Ttie nrst nigm, arriving ia?j uy me | g coach from Newcastle, and merely re- , a qniring a good fire and our tea, we were s puzzled to understand the reason of this n double attendance; and I remember my brother rather irreverently wondering | g whether we were always to be waited Y upon by these Siamese twins. On ring- j tl ng the bell to retire for the night, bcth j f< appeared as usual?the wife carrying the : t< bedroom candlestick, the husband at the i g doer. I gave her directions about break- n fast for the following morning, when the 1 r< husband from the door quickly answered for her. w "Depend upon it, she is dumb," j 1( whispered my brother. | ci But this was not the case, though she , b rarely made use of the faculty of speech, j ii They both attended me into my bedroom; 1 s when the old lady, seeing me look with , si some surprise toward her husband, said: w " There's no offense meant, ma'am, by j V my husband coming with me into the i h chamber?he's stone blind." 1c "Poor man!" I exclaimed. " But. a why, then, does he not sit still ? Why ( a does he accompany you everywhere ?" "It's no use, ma'am, your speaking to 1 w my old woman," said the husband; "she ? ci can't hear you? she's quite deaf." i tl I was astonished. Here was compen- j ti nation ! Could a pair be better matched ? a Man and wife were indeed one flesh; for p he saw with her eyes and she heard with tJ his ears ! It was beautiful to me after- 1< ward to watch the old man and woman n in their inseparableness. Their sym- I n pathy with each other was as swift as j b electricity, and made their deprivations j o as naught. ! f< a Pacific Slope Mining: Dictionary. I w ^ Under this head a few of the mining ; ^ terms most frequently nsed are correctly j defined to more readily assist compre- \ hension in pursuing our mining reports. ! ? Amalgam?Bullion and quicksilver , before separation. Adit?A cut across or into a mine. Bed-rock?The rock, slate or clay * formation underlying the pay dirt; in quartz, that underlying an ore deposit, j . Bresting ore?Taking ore from the 1 1 face of a mine. S( Blind Lode?A mine that shows no croppings on the surface. Oroppings?The reef of quartz rock ~ that appears on the surface, indicating the presence of a fissure. Chute?An incline from an upper tun- 01 nel or level to a lower one, through P which to slide ore. ? Cap rock?The formation overlying . the pay dirt or ore. ir Drift?A short tunnel run from the ec ? . . TC main tunnel or shaft. In placer mining, " a tuiinel run on bed-rock through which to work the pay-gravel in deep diggings. * * Dump?The pla?e where ore is pnt & after being taken from the mine. 111 Face?The extreme end of a tunnel, ft drift or excavation, where work is prose- f3 cuted. J11 Foot-wall?In defined, fissure quartz veins, the lower rock formation, dividing . the ore from the country-rock. Float-rock?Portions of the main lode, ? separated from it and thrown at a dis- ^ tance by volcanic action or the elements. Mines are found by tracking the "float" Hanging-wall?The general smooth ^ rock formation overlaying the mineral- '* bearing strata. Horse?An immense boulder crossing ?c the quartz vein, or a point where the f1' walls come together, losing the vein tr from sight. w Incline?A tunnel run into a mine at w au incline from vertical. Petering?The ore body giving out; the mine has " petered." s' Pilgrim?A fresh arrival from the 9* States. Salting a mine?Loading rock or ^ gravel-beds with gold dust for the purpose of swindling greenhorns. ^ Stoping?Breaking down ore from & the roof of a tunnel or ore chamber. Shaft?A vertical excavation for the ? purpose of prospecting mines at depth ^ and from which tunnels or levels are * run. ^ Whim?An appliance for raising ore ^ r\* Ay to oV?off Cnrw T^rnnnrann Bulletin. a i a] A Home-made Telephone. tr A correspondent of the Detroit Free 11 Press writes : I noticed a recipe for . making a cheap telephone, by Prof. Barrett, in a recent lecture'on that in- a strument. In making his instrnment u you use a bar magnet, and have to go 11 to considerable trouble, for all of which w t-ou can only talk a distance of about & a hundred yards. Now I can give a ? recipe much more simple, and when the ?' instrument is finished you can converse , at a distance of nearly five hundred yards. Take two half-gallon (or quart) r; tin fruit cans and take the bottoms out ? of them. Now take a couple of half cigar boxes, tack down the lids and cut a hole through the bottom and lid of P1 each, so that you can fit it in your cans, first bringing the ends level with the P' lid or bottom. Now stretch wet rawinae, rv parchment or bladder over the other end and tie tight and let it dry, and your speaking tubes are finished. Now take two-ply of shoe thread and wax it well, M making it as long as you wish it. Punch a hole in the oenter of the parchment r3 head, poke the end of the string through ",L and put a knot on it to keep it from pull- ,1 iug back. Then put up your string like a telegraph wire, but don't let it touch j? wood. Where you wish to support it , or make a tarn, run it through a loup l< of the same kind of string it is, but a don't put the supporting loups closer . together than is necessary to keep it up, and leave the string pretty loose to allow for contraction when wet. Fasten f" up your speaking tubes at each end of the route, and you are ready to gabble ^ away. You can bore large gimlet holes in your window sash to run the line out *y through, keeping it from tonohing the c' sash with a loup as described. The signal call is to drum on the parchment * end of the can with vour fingers, or bet- , ter pick the string like a harp about a foot from the head. They are very useful and interesting. T I V Act from Principle. li How few persons there are whose lives 1< are governed entirely from principle h rather than inclination. Even those of us who may be endeavoring to live for h high purposes, come far short of our u aspirations ; alas ! how very far short. ^ How often we find our convictions of r< right and duty questioning if it might n not be as well for us to yield to inclina- 81 tion, just for the time, promising our b disturbed consciences that we will make & up for the present indulgence by more G vigorous self-denial and strict attention to duty. Vain, fallacious reasoning of a weak nature ! we can never make up for one negiecieu opportunity, uud uiB-gpui u hour, one wrong, selfish act. Once past, d the opportunity unimproved, the hour Ii wasted, the act committed, it is beyond A our reach to recall, except in thoughts of n regret. We may atone for it, but we t< can never change the past. Alas ! how tl painfully we are aware of this fact. Then tl should we all endeavor the more earn- ei estly to maks our lives embodiments of o principle: for we all know that, after t< all, the path of duty, though sometimes ti rngged, is not without sweet pleasures ; c and let us never follow our inclinations, b if they would leadj us away from right. t< Then shall we be permitted at the last 8 to look back upon our lives with satisfaction, feeling that we have " done what we oould," and that our Pather regards p us with approval. _ In WALL STREET WRECKS. piv York's 4?reat Financial Center and the ' J For' mien that have been Made and Lout - 1 there. | A New York paper says: What a * lamor there is about the name of Wall J treet! What a fascination about the 1 aily quotations of the financial column! 1 'lie innocent outsider, who is ignorant ' f the ways dark and devious which so | J aturally gather about Wall street, sees, 16 ercbance, some stock, the present j1 ivorite of the Street, advancing or de- i lining in wild fluctuations; he takes j? .is little pencil and calculates what he 1 light have made by buying and selling ; ? * 4- 4,'wa Ua io hp ! ' b U1C n^Ub ULUC, XAU AO IWIVUU.4V?, ?^ . hinks be has discovered a "short air- 1 me" to wealth; he thinks of nothing J lse; dreams of columns of fascinating j * igures, of big bank accounts; and then ' * e goes into the market with his little i Drtune, expecting to reap a golden bar- | est. Alas for the vanity of human fi xpectations ! The fascinated outsider i oes into "Wall street with some money j nd no experience; he comes out of Wall jc treet with plenty of experience but no j loney. j , How sad is the history of even the 1 reat leaders of Wall street in the past! * Then we pull aside the curtain and see lie reality of Wall street life, what a jarful array of wrecks and grim skele- ? 5ns there is! How few of even the reat leaders have died rich or were per- * lanently successful ! The number can 1 jadily be counted on one's fingers. There was Jacob Little, who began 8 ith nothing but became the great 1 jader of the Street; accumulated a c olossal fortune. Three times he failed, J ut recovered; but in his old age failed ' retrievably. Still clinging to stock j J peculation, which had become a pas- j J ion, he haunted the Street as a specter j * 'here once he had figured as king, f1 There then were the millions which he * ad accumulated ? Gone, scattered, J jst. Poor and unnoticed, he passed * wav from the scene of his triumphs? 8 Wall street wreck. ic Another name famous in the Street i8 -as that of Anthony W. Morse. He ! I ime into the Street poor, astonished le Street by the boldness of his opera- ? ions, made a fortune of three millions 1 ad became the recognized leader. The anic of 1864 came and swept away his ? iree millions and millions beside. He 1 ift the Street a penniless, heart-broken ian, and, a few years later, died so * liserably poor that his body was held 1 y his landlady for the trifling debt he j wed her. A friend of former days paid \ jr the funeral rites over what was once ! Wall street king but now a Wall street { a 'reck. i e Another man of note was Sam Hallet. j 3 [e began life as a broker in the Street t i his thirty-first year. His prestige soon 11 rew, and a mere hint from him would [ v take men buy or sell by the thousand : i liarps. He was. without doubt, a sue- ! c ?ssful man. The vision of a fortune | i liicli might rival Vanderbilt's began > rise before him ; but?the April panic a ime, breaking him irretrievably in forty ght hours, and dragging down to ruin ;ores of his friends and followers. Some lonths after his failure a man whom he c ad injured met him and shot him dead -dead at thirty-seven. Once a king in 1 ^all street, now a Wall street wreck. '< These disastrous failures occur not aly among the great operators who as- t ire to control the markets, but their r umber is largely increased among that t x larger body of speculators of whose icliVKiuai nisiories we nave no kiiowi- j Ige. We hear of the few, the very few, d ho win a fortune on the treacherous v a of speculation, but we do not hear of li le thousands who come down into the treet and lose their all?and often ? ore, too. Where one is successful s thousand fail. The adage says, " Dead t en tell no tales." Neither do the un- o icky in Wall street tell of their misfor- c mes. . g How sad is the history of some of these a sser speculators ! There was a bank g erk in an interior town, who made thir' thousand dollars in successive strokes, t hen he offered himself to a fair young a irl and promised her the rarest of bridal 1 its, and put the whole of his money in I te Street. The market turned, his f ocks plunged downward, his brokers T >ld him out, his money was all gone, a 3 was hopelessly involved, and his oubles made him insane. Thus he too * as added to the the list of Wall street t recks. s During the exciting days of the war, a 1: an with a little capital came into the r treet. He was cool, cautious and sue- f issful. He determined to make 8250,- r K) and then quit the Street forever, e made $249,500?just 8500 short of ie full amount of his ambition. One ttle turn more to make that missing ? >00 and then he would be done with t >eculating. Ah ! that one little turn! ? .e made it: found himself on the wrong de of the market; made larger ventures > repair his losses; still the market went jainst him, and in less than thirty days e lost all he had and thirty thousand . hilars of borrowed money beside: lost , 11 hope for the future, and in less thtin , aother month more, died a heart-broken j lan in an attic room of a wretched tenetent house?a Wall street wreck. , Not many years ago, a young man of bility occupied an important position in prominent houre. His character was f nexceptionable. While at a national teeting of Christian Associations, in hich he took a conspicuous part, teleraph wires were flashing the intellience that he was a defaulter to a large mount. What was the cause ? Early, r n had inilnlppd in a little stock specu ition; took from the firm a little money " ) regain his loss by another venture; is ventures continued disastrous and * is career ended as a Wall street wreck. Not many years ago a railway accident * jcurred by which one of the best known . asine8s men was killed. He was suposed to be the embodiment of honor, , ad integrity, and fidelity. He was lought to be safer than a savings bank, , id had in his hands immense sums of . ust money belonging to friends, widows ad orphans, religions and charitable ssociations. The settlement of his , lairs proved him to be a defaulter to an umen8e amount. He had speculated F ink his own fortune and also all the, ust funds in his hands. Instead of leav- , ig his family a princely fortune he left j tern penniless, and his own name dis- | ^ snored; be left behind him the rmns oi j " Wall street wreck. But why recount more of the sad i istories of the men?aud women too? ho*have been rained in Wall street? heir name is legion ; and they are scat- f :red all up and down our broad land ; a >me shut up in asylums, crazed by 0 aeir misfortunes; others living out t ushed, aimless lives?mental paralytics * azed by the magnitude of their sor- A >ws. Those who have escaped simply t ith the loss of wealth are fortunate h impared with others whose ventures t ave imposed upon them debts of honor 1 hich will absorb the surplus of future t ears. The whole story of the constant-11: r changing crowds who seek fortune in 11: 7all street is always the same?but j v ttle else than a dreary story of losses ; 1 ^ jsses of money, integrity, reputation, I c eart and life. Men come into Wall ! c sreet with fortune, credit, reputation, j t ope, health, confidence in their fellow j len unshaken ; they leave Wall street: t jthout money, without credit, with a 11 aputation tarnished ; with shattered | ? erves, morals depraved, conscience I i ?arpd. their former fine sense of honor ' I lunted, their faith in mankind destroy- ! 3, and their bright hopes crashed by a riant Despair. Ocean Phenomena. In the beds of the Atlantic and Pacific i lere are immense valleys reaching a t epth of 17,280 feet below the surface. 3 a the Pacific, south of Asia and around t .ustralia, the depth is 11,500 feet, and i ear Japan it attains 22,400 leet. The 1 ;mperature of the sea depends upon f le latitude, currents, and the season of ] le year. If no purturbing cause exist- ( [1 there would be isothermal lines of 1 cean temperature parallel to the equa- i )r. But warm currents travel from the 1 ropics to the poles, and inversely cold 1 nrrents move from poles to tropics and i reak up all uniformity. At the equa- ] 5r the average surface temperature is i 0-6 degrees Fahrenheit. 1 ( What is the difference between f inoers and co-operative stores? The i rst are plyera, the latter sup-plyers! < A Revolutionizing Threat. I have heard the story aa applied oosely, but as Jenkinsou's father-in- ' j aw tells it, it has more of point and , )ith than other cases. Jenkinson was [ he man who entered the complaint, j / 3e was a young merchant, and had j nan-ied the daughter of an old mer- j < :hant, aud said daughter was inclined to ! ^ se headstrong and independent, plainly j , jiving her liege lord to understand that ; . the should be her own mistress and do j J is she pleased. t Jenkinson regarded this as an outrage, j j md in the plentitude of his indignation j ^ le betook himself to his wife's father, i; ind there entered complaint, deep and I g jitter against the fair recusant, and, j mfortunately, by his blundering he s nore than half intimated that the girl ^ lad not been brought up as she ought c o have been. But the old man betray;d no ill-feeling toward his son-in-law. j r " Did the vixen say she would do as | r ike had a mind to do ?" ! "Yes, sir." "And she makes you generally un:omfortable ?" 8 Alio rJnna air " { A " Goodness me ! What ingratitude? j. ^.nd only last week I gave lier that beau- iful set of rubies. J "I know it, sir." ^ "Jenkinson, I paid 81,200 for those / itones and the setting." "I should say they were cheap at ? hat." ' " "So they were, so they were, and I ^ hought they would make her so happy ' ind so good. But I have a plan in my j. nind. I shall put up with no more reports g >f her short comings. She thinks she rill inherit a fat piece of property from j. ler old father, but she may find herself j uistaken. I have given her the rubies, >ut I will give her nothing more until I mow that she has mended; and if I hear mother ftord of her willfulness?if I lear another word?I will scratch her c lame from my will and leave her but a ^ esson on behavior. If she troubles you j my more, you can tell her what I say ; 0 tnd be sure I mean it. It is time she ihould allow her old father to rest in >eace." A month later, and the old merchant | isked his daughter how she was flourish-1 ^ ng at home. ] f " Cl nrrnn/llv I" ftllA P.rifid. " YOU ! eon't believe bow good and kind James j; s. He isn't cross any more at all." The old man nodded with satisfaction. _ lis threat ha<l its effect.?Reading t Vagle. < J The Tell-Tale Tomatoes. j1 " Where did yon get them tomatoes?" a sked an old Long Island farmer last g ummer of a neighbor, whose real estate j ields a product of nil, and on which f here was not a tomato vine. His basket c ras full of very fine ripe specimens, \ rhich he thought ho recognized. It was j tot the first time snspicicji of his impe- j. innious neignoor s honesty nau armeu j( a liis mind. e " Wliere did you get 'em ?" he asked j -gain. c " Bought 'em." \ " Ah ! Let's look at your hands." a With his basket on liis arm, he held ^ iut both hands for examination. 2 "What do you want to look at my ^ tands for ? There ain't nothin' on to ^ 5m." ti The old farmer was washing his o^n lands at the same time in a tin basin of e ain water, with a wooden bowl of soft 0 >rown soap before him. d " No, there ain't nothing on 'em that j e ou can see; but, look a: here! Set j a [own youi basket and wash 'em. It's I ? ferry coolin', and your face and hands 11 ook hot." t; So saying, he emptied the basin, and 'j died itVitli cold water, pointed to the f oap-dish, and relieved the bearer of his e ?asket. The first immersion and friction ? if the hands m tne water let tne cat out r if the bag. The fluid at once turned n jeen, and grew greener every second, y nd at length turned an' intense dark t! ?een. a " Here, Jim," said the fanner to his D ow-headed son, ".take in this basket t ,nd empty it, and bring it out ag'in." Hen, turning to his honest neighbor, le said: "You hooked them tomatoes rom my patch not half an hour ago. [tree or four of the top ones I knew in <5 .minute. Here's your basket." li If any country reader of th^oregoing p pould test this discovery of a theft, let s rim pick one er two tomatoes next sea- c on, separating the vines with his naked i lands, then wash them. There is a e ayBterious something about the plant, r >erfectly colorless, that remains on the j lands till the water removes it. d r Some " Good Old Winters." g In 401 the Black Sea was entirely c rozen over. In 763 not only the Black j >ea, but the Straits of Dardanelles, were c rozen over; the snow in some places r ose fifty feet high. In 822 the great j ivers of Europe, the Danube, the Elbe, T itc., were so hard frozen as to bear heavy wagons for a month. In 860 the Adria- -j ic was frozen. In 991 everything was j rozoTi! the crona totallv failed, and ^ amine and pestilence closed the year. ^ 'n 1067 most of the travelers in Germany rere frozen to death on the roads. In ^ .134 the Po was frozen from Cremona ^ o the sea; the wine-sacks were burst, md the trees split by the action of the ? rost, with immense noise. In 1237 the ^ )anube was frozen to the bottom, and emained long in that state. In 1317 the j rops wholly failed in Germany; wheat, rhich some years before sold in England ,t six shillibgs the quarter, rose to ?2. n 1308 the crops failed in Scotland, and uch a famine ensued that the poor were . educed to feed on grass, and many Q lerished miserably in the fields. The Q uccessive winters of 1422 -3 -4 were un- . ommonly severe. In 1363 the wine disributed to the soldiers was cut with ? latchets. In 1368 is was excessively c old. Most of the hollies were killed. J" 'caches drove along the Thames, the ice f which was eleven inches thick. In 11 709 occurred the coldest winter; the J rost penetrated the earth three yards iito the ground. In 1716 booths were T rected on the Thames. In 1744 and ? 745 the strongest ale in England, exiosed to the air, was covered in less 6 han fifteen minutes with ice an eighth ? if an inch thick. In 1809, and again in 812, the winters were remarkably cold, n 1814 there was a fair on the frozen J .""hames. " i o A Serpent Among the BooKs. One day a gentleman in India went j, a to his library and took down a book 8 rom the shelves. As he did so he felt r slight pain in his finger, like the prick c f a pin. He thought that a pin had 0 ?een stuck by some careless person in u he cover of the book. But soon his ], Lnger begaraio swell, then his arm, and j ben his whole body, and in a few days 0 ie died. It was not a pin among the c >ooks, but a small and deadly serpent. T ?here are many serpents among the 1 ?ooks nowadavs. They nestle in the fo iage of some" of our most fascinating , iterature ; tliey coil around the flowers chose perfume intoxicates the senses, v a Ve read, we are charmed with the plot f if the story, by the skill with which the g haracters are soulptured or grouped, by fc he gorgeonsness of the word-painting -we hardly feel the pin-prick of the evil a hat is insinuated. But it stings and t >oisons us. When the record of human ? iouIs is made up. on what multitudes t nil be nscribed, "Poisoned by the 'ser- f >ents.among the books 1" 1 t^mm ( Surgery Among Insects. r II the leg ol a spider De DroKen on in > he middle of a joint, or at one of the ower joints, the animal invariably tears t off at the hip ; because the outer inegument of the leg being dense and unyielding, would not permit the wound o close, and consequently, the creature vould soon die of hemorrhage, or the oss of the vital sanies, which in spiders md crustacea answers the same purpose as the blood in the higher orders )f animals. But at the hip, the parts seing soft and elastic, the wound speedily closes, and the animal is little the tforse for the injury. This fact is noiced in the crustacea generally ; and it .s worthy of remark, that the leg is reproduced, but not immediately?not iintil the annual change, or casting of ie shell. The new limb is at first slen3er, though perfect in its various parts ; I md it gradually increases in size until i it has attained the magnitude of the ^ 3ther legs. c a? A TRIP ABROAD. low It Can be Made In Good Style for 884< ?Items of Expenditure. The following letter to the Providenc* R. I.) Journal will be found interest ug even by those who never go abroad Since my return from Europe, a larg< lumber of persons who contemplate t risit to the Paris exhibition during th< jresent year, Lave desired me to giv< hem some idea of the probable cost o he 'journey. To each one a uniforn eply has * been given, and the firs vords were, " l'on can mate it cost ]us riiat, in reason, you like." And it ii o. A man can spend a thousand dol ars in a month's travel, and another cai init himself just as well for one-fifth o he money. My own experience, basec >n a ten day's visit to Paris during th< ^position of 1867, is that you can liv< emarkably cheap in that deliglitfu leighborhood. During my visit in Jan lary last to the capital of France, I wai ;areful to inquire as to the probability )f an increase in hotel rates. The an wer was there will be none. Th< 3rand Hotel Bristol is a magniflcen' tonse in every respect, and for such f )lace the charges are very reasonable \.t that place a handsomely-furnished yell-lighted room cest me six franci 31.20) per day, and a dinner, including 'in ordinaire, u numum uiuuuuu. uuu ,8 in London, the better plan is to tak< 'our meals out, as the French peoph generally do. For ten francs (two dol ars) per day a man can live well. But o give a clearer idea of the total cost oi uch a jonrney, it may be well to star' ?ut with the theory that we propose tc >e absent two months or sixty days Sighteen days of thiB will be upon th< ?cean, and for the round trip the cosi leed not be more than $120. On arriva ,t Liverpool, the docks and other placei if interest have to be seen, which wil >ccupy two days, the cost of living pei lay being ten shillings, with four shil ings added for omnibus and cab fares, even dollars, from Liverpool to Man h ester, where two more days are spenl it the same rate; then directly to Lorf Ion, the fare being five dollars, occupy Qg a portion of one day. In London here is a multitude of sights of interesl o be looked up. There is the Crysta talace, British Museum, Alexandn iark, zoological gardens, National gal ery, Houses of Parliament, the Towei f London, etc., etc. Here, to do th< hing up in any kind of way, a sojoun )f at least ten days should be made, ?his involves an expense of thirty dol ars for living (it can be done for less, nd well done, too,) and an additional ;7.60 for omnibus hire. Then comet he trio to PariB. The return tickel rom London to Paris will be, in Ameri an money, $18.75, and 'which is availa' >le for one month. The journey tc 'aris uBnally occupies from ten to elever tours, so that one full day may be al Dwed in going and coming. Then ? itay of fifteen days should be made ii 'aris, aud the visitor, if he be prudent, an do admirably as far as lodging ant iving upon $2.75 per day, or $41.25 nd adding to this ten days to the eihiition, one franc each time, brings $43.5, with $10 added for conveyances, rings Paris to cost $53.25. Durinj his time, if disposed, a trip can b( aken to Geneva Lake, at a cost of $15, lis brings us back to London, with leven days to spare, A trip to the Islf i Wight, a run to Scotland, and thence own through Ireland, joining the steamr at Queenstown, can be hastily done al n average cost of $7 per day?a total ol 77?and then we find ourselves or ioard the steamer again, without any bting iurther to pay than the stewards, .'his brings a total of $340, and allowing he extravagant sum of $60 for waiters, tc., etc., the grand result is $400 for ? imy days journey, xuib estimate 11 mt at top figures, so that there shall b( othing ridiculous in its appearance; bul our readers may rest perfectly satisfied hat a trip to Paris, properly managed, nd an absence from home of sixty days, eed not cost any single individual mor< ban $340. Sea Beans. Quite an important industry, says th< Scientific American, of New York, haf ately sprung up in Florida in the pre laration and mounting, as watch charms, leeve buttons, ear drops, etc., what an ommonly known as Florida sea beans, Lt St. Augustine the United State gov rnment has a sea factory, where a larg< mmber of Indian prisoners are employee >olishing these pretty and curious pro [nets?of the sea, it is popularly sup losed. "Ican get no clew to their origin,' aid an intelligent Florida tourist tht ither day. "They are said to comt rom the sea. Do they grow there ?" An ither gentleman, who had l>een con' iflfitfid with a nrvnnlar winter resort ir Nassau, was quite positive that tiiej eere a marine product. The encyclo>edias are silent with regard to them, tourists and tourists' books, and simiar sources of information fail to explair heir origin. They are for sale in alJ he fancy stores and notion shops, anc ,t all the street corners by curbstone lealers in cheap jewelry. Every bod j mows what they are, but all that if lopularly known about their origin it hat they are picked up along the FloriLa beaches after storms, and that large [uantities of them are brought from the Bahamas, where they are likewise cashed up from the sea. On splitting one open it was at once pparent that it could not have grown a the sea; no marine plant bears dicoyledonons seeds. It was clearly a bear if some sort, and if they did not gro* long the beaches where or near where hey are picked up, they must have ;rown elsewhere, and possibly may have ieen floated by the gulf stream from the krath. Thither we sought for them nd to save other inquirers the labor oi ientifying them we will say that aftei auch research we were able to trace Kom f/i f.Viniv anil They are well known in the Wesi ndies, where they are variously called com their appearance ox eyes and ass's yes. The earliest description of them, nd the tree which bears them appears a the second volume of the " Natural listory of Jamaica," by Hans Sloane. ?he tree was found by him abundantly n low ground "by the river's side unler the town and on the Red Hills verj ilentifnlly." His description of the ree, which he calls Cyti8ftu8 arboreus, 3 quaint enough : " ThiB tree has everal trunks, each as big as one's leg, ising together, covered with smooth innamon colored bark, straight, eight r nine feet high, the branches rising ipright, all round about beset with eaves coming out at an inch's interval, hree always together, all taking theii rigin at the end of an inch-long, green, ommon footstalk," and so on to the end rithout a stop. An Elephant on the Track. The Rangoon (India) Times says: At , railroad train was passing through th< orest, about thirty-five miles from Ran ;oon, a short time ago, driven by Mr itone, locomotive superintendent, assist irl Ktt Mi? Qf/vrrro*4 Innnwnf.irA firamnn large elephant was seen to breal hrougli the fence and get on the line Jteam was shnt off, and Mr. Stone triec 0 open the waste cock, which, being ii ront of the engine, would, by ejecting lot water some distance ahead, induc< 1 tusks" to leave the track. Itconlt tot readily be opened, and the engini ras soon upon the unfortunate beast Che brute had turned and fled on seeing he engine, but was speedily caught Phe buffer beams of the engine being 'ery low, the beast's hind legs wer< aken from under him, and he was forcec o sit down, as it were, with his hind {carters against the smoke-hoase door ehich was, of course, red-hot. The poo: least managed to keep his fore-feet going hough hustled along faster than ever h< iad gone in his life before, and in a fe\ ninutes the train came to a standstill ,nd he got away. He moved off the lin< it the doable, uprooted a clump of bam xx>, then wreaked dire veDgeance on i ree, and was last seen rushing througl he jungle, tearing and smashing every hing in his path. He was sadly out anc >uraed in the hindquarters, and wil >robably never be of use again. Th< aahout luckily escaped with his life rhile those on the engine maysafelj ongratulate them selves on their escape. SUMMARY OF NEWS. ) Eastern and Middle Stater Comptroller John Kelly, of New York city 3 has written a letter to the attorney-general of the State in favor of the release of William M. Tweed from further confinement Comptroller : Kelly Bays in his letter : " As a public officer I 5 urge his discharge, because I believe his t further detention in a debtors' prison is neither j beneficial to the State as an example to evila doers, nor in any sense serviceable to the city." - Meanwhile, Tweed has refused to testify f further in regard to " ring " frauds until he is l released. t The Higgins Building?a five-story marble t structure on Canal street, New York?was 3 almost totally destroyed by fire, and seventeen business firms Buffered * losses aggregating ' $645,000. i Lockwood, Brooks & Co., Boston book pub' lishers, have suspended with liabilities of 1 $120,000. 3 Judge Blatchford, of New York, has len3 dered an opinion against Ex-Governor Samuel 1 J. Tilden, in the suit of the United States for the recovery of several years' income tax. The suit was instituted during the election i campaign in 1876. The effect of the decision 7 will ha fn Viririrr n>aan a -Jnrw r?n ftiA . question of the amount of Mr. Tilden's income j during the eleven years from 1862 to 1872, dur. ing which he made up no return himself, but allowed the assessor to make up the return 1 and paid the tax thereon subject to a penalty , of five per oent. , The recent report of Acting Superintendent 3 Henry L. Lamb on the condition of the saving . banks in the State of New York shows that * nine savings banks were closed during 1877? ? the Long Island, of Brooklyn, Clairmont, Clin5 ton, German, Oriental, and Yorkville, or New 3 York ; Rockland, of Nyack; Saratoga, of 8ara. toga Springs, and the New Bochelle, with a total amount due depositors of $1,601,719.34. In f the State, to-day, 136 savings banks are doing f business. The total deposits and the numt berof depositors have decreased during the ) year. The deposits fell off nearly $4,000,000J; the transactions of the year were smaller in \ their volume than in other recent years ; more . accounts were opened than were closed ; the J average of each deposit declined, and the sur1 plus of the institutions has shrunk. The total 3 resourse of the banks, now in operation, was [ uu unLiuury i, 1010, ?uo, 100,000 ; ujliu iinumties, $51,455,238, leaving a surplus of $5,331,098. From these facts the superintendent * finds reason for tho belief that the Bavings , banks are coming back to sound rules in ad. ministration, are commanding reasonable con|. fidence of depositors, and are sound. . The Broadway Savings Bank, of Lawrence, Mass., and the Sixpenny Savings Bank, of New York city, have been"enjoined from doing } further business. Tho latter institution waa t patronized by the remarkably large number of 1 33,000 depositors, most of them poor people , and children with little accounts Its liabilij ties are $1,808,269.77, and the deficiency is es' | timated at $82,425. Careless management, f amounting almost to indifference, is charged ) agairst its officers by the bank examiners, l The trial of Insurance Superintendent Smyth, , of New York, charged by the governor with irregularities in office, ended in his acquittal by the Senate by a vote of 19 to 12. The Vanderbilt contested will case drags along in the New York surrogate's court. Much 5 of the evidence offered to show that the Comt modore was mentally unsound or unduly infu. enced in making his will is excluded. The Pennsylvania Republican State cohven) tion will be held in Harvisburg, May 15. l Thomas P. Fisher was hanged at Mauch Chnnk, Pa., for complicity in the murder of Morgan Powell, "a mine boss." While on the 1 scaffold Fisher read part of a statement, emt phatically averring his innocence. i A bill has been introduced in tho New York [ Legislature providing for a MofiTet liquor law * similar to that which prevails in Virginia. By | itsj provisions liquor dealers will be compelled to register each drink sold. A receiver has been appointed for the em' barraesed Sixpenny Savings Bank, of New York ' city. ! Frederick Wiegaud, a New York saloon keep, er, tried to eject a woman who had entered his i place to beg, when she kicked him bo severely j that he died in a few days, after intense suffering. The woman was arrested. Western and Southern States. , i Just previous to adjournment sine die the 1 i Iowa Senate passed a bill restoring capital punE i ishment in the State, and the bill is now a law. l ] A morning one-cent paper in the interests of . 1 the National party has been started in Chicago. Ex-Attorney-General Alonzo Taf t was nomir nated for judge of the superior court by a ' Republican convention at Cincinnati. ' Michael O'Rourke, foreman, was killed and several laborers were wounded by an explosion 3 of dynamite at Montebello, Md. * Tho Blair resolutions to authorize the att torney-general of Maryland to hie a bill in the I supreme court of the United States, reciting that due effect was not given to the electoral 1 vote of Maryland by the votes of the States of ' Florida and Louisiana being counted for Hayes 3 and Wheeler by the electoral commission, and asking that the court count said votes for Til : den and Hendricks as president and vioe-preai! dent, passed the honse of delegates of Maryland by a vote of 46 to 23. ) Martin Barns, a farmer, drove into Chil) licothe, Iowa, put up bis team, shouldered an axe, and walking to where George N. Butin was laying a foundation of a building, without > saying a word struck him a terrible blow on 3 the head and ran away. Twenty minutes after, wards his body was found hanging by the neck . in the barn where his horses were quartered. Butin was fatally wounded. The parties had | some dispute about fence lines, which iB the I only assignable cause for the deed. At Eastrille, Va., Sidney Pitta and A. P. Thomas fonght with pistols to settle a dispute. Two rounds were fired by each, and as they ' stood only si* feet apart, Pitts was killed and j Thomas wounded, probably fatally. . Samuel Goodwill, colored, was hanged at Live Oak, Fla., in the presence of 2,000 Deople, >vintu)Aa a# a man loaf XfftW CTrt 11171 UiU LUlUUOi Ui O WJUIOU iuau UMJk jju.nji uw died without a struggle. From Washington. 7 The secret service division of the Treasury Department h&B several specimens of counterfeit half dollars and new silver dollars. They are close imitations of the genuine. The counterfeit weighs less than the genuine, f Thq House post office committee has practically agreed to strike out of Mr. Wadaell's I bill, providing for the classification of mail j matter, the clause which prohibits express r companies carrying mail matter of the first and second class. Hon. Glcnni W. Schofield, of Pennsylvania, has been nominated to be Register of the Treasury in place of Mr. Taylor, deceased. The renomination of Mr. Dunn for marshal of Delaware has been rejected by the Senate, both Senators from the State opposing his confirmation. The Senate, in executive session, has confirmed the nomination of Mr. Schofield as regiser of the treasury, and has rejeoted that of Mr. Reynolds as first auditor of the treasury and of Joseph W. Huston to be attorney for Idaho. The President has approved the joint reso; lution providing that the tax on all distilled I spirits hereafter entered for deposit in distilI lery warehouses Bhall be due and payable before and at the time the same are withdrawn { therefrom, and within three years from the j date of entry for deposit therein. Ho has also j approved uie act u> aniuonzo me gnumuK ui j an American register to a foreign built snip, for the purpose of the Woodruff scientific expedition around the world, and the bill making '< appropriations for fortifications and other 1 works of defence for the fiscal year ending ( with June, 1879. Attorney-General Devens has refused to ! comply with a request of the House to inform I that body whether, in his opinion, the annnal 1 i appointment by the President of ten cadets at ] large to the military and naval academies has t been in pursuance of law or custom. In his . note of refusal he says : " The authority of the r attorney-general to render his official opinion is limited by the laws which create and define ' his office, and it is not permitted him to give advice at the oall of either house of Congress, l or of Congress itself, but only to the President or the head of an executive department of the government." The House committee on the revision of the \ laws regulating the counting of the electoral * vote for President and Vice-President has drafted a bill to which a majority of the committee has agreed, to submit an amendment to . the constitution of the United 8tates fixing the tenure of the presidential office at six years and declaring tho President ineligible for re-elec1 tion. Mr. Stephens, of Georgia, has introduced a j bill in the House to legalize a metric system of ! weights and measures. The statistician of the agricultural departi ! ment has completed his estimate of the con) dition and prospects of the crops for the next season. The reports from seven hundred correspondents of the department show that the area under cultivation for cereals, which has increased fifty per cent, during the past ten years, mil, during the present season, exceed in acreage any former year. The winter wheat crop, which amounts to Bix-tenths of the cereal crop, will, from present appearances and with a favorable season, yield 360,000,000 bushels. The corn yield, it iB thought, will not be less than 1,300,000,000 bushels. The total expense of the war with the Sioux wae $2,312,530. Foreign News. The United States ship Supply, with goods for the Paris Exposition, has arrived at Havre. George Bannister, grain merchant of Retford, England, has failed for $1,650,000. Lord Derby resigned from the British Cabinet bocauBe.it was decided to call out the 48,000 reserve troops. Lord Beaoonsfield said in effect that as there was no hope of a congress England would have to rely on armed r force to rectify the disturbed balance of power in the Mediterranean. I At a consistory held in the Vatican, Rome, the Pope nominated the Bcotoh hierarchy. He 7 then appointed the Rev. Dr. Silas M. Chatard, , rector of the American college at Rome, to*be j bishop of Vincennes, Ind., and the Rev. John . J. Keane, of Washington, D. 0., to be bishop of Richmond, Ya. The Pope made the profession of faith, aocording to established 1 usage, and took the oath to the apoetolio - constitution. Finally, he conferred the scarlet J hat on Cardinal McCloakey, of New York, who 1 after the consistory had a private andienoe } with him. In consequence of the re-establishment of ' the Catholio hierarchy of Scotland, the Pope, ^ it is stated, desires entering upon diplomatic relations with the British government, and has instructed Cardinal Franchi, the pontifical sec retary of state, to take stepe with that object General Grant has had an andienoe with th< Pope, to whom he was presented by Cardina MoOloskey. CONGHE88IONAJL SUMMARY. Menace. Mr. Blaine moved to refer the correspondent recently submitted relating to the third com missioner on the Canadain ^fisheries, to thi committee on foreign relations, and spoke o the injustice of the award and argued that thi deoision was illegal, the commission not beinj unanimous. Referred....The House join resolution extending the time for paying thi taxes on whisky was passed without amend ment....The bill for the repeal of the bank rupi law was reported back from the judiciar cornmiittee and placed on the calendar .. .Thi Pacifie railroad sinking fund bill was discus sec and laid aside... .The consular and diplomats appropriation bill was alio wed to go over... Executive session and then adjournment A bill was introduced bv Mr. Conk ling ap propriating $600,000 for tne improvement 01 Harlem river The bill to pay. John Ray ant William L. McMillan $1,000 each aB contest ants for Mr. Kellogg's seat from Louisiana wai passed ...The Pacific railroad sinking func bill was further discussed... .The consular anc diplomatic appropriations bill was taken up and the amendments of the committee on ap propriations with some others adopted, and th< hill nano/vl AiUnnrnftd. Mr. Ferry, of Michigan, from the committer on post offioes and port roads, reported, wit! amendments, the Honse Lill to regulate the ad vertising of mail lettings. it provides tha previous to the making c? any contract foi inland transportation, either than by railroadi and steamboats (exi*.pt for temporary service' the postmaster general shall cause to be pub lishea in not more than ten newspapers in thi State or Territory in which the service is to b< performed a notice in display type, not exceeding six inches of space, that proposals wil be received and detailed information furnishet by the department, within specified dates, anc no other advertisement shall be required... J bill to authorize the building of a narrow guagi railroad from Bismarck to the Black Hills wai reported. Adjourned Honse. The legislative, executive and judicial ap propriations bill was reported A bill we. passed authorizing a commission on the en largement of the library of Congress....Thi tariff bill was reported from the committee 01 ways and means. Mr. Wood reported a reso lution to make the bill a special order, and thi resolution was adopted by 137 to 114.. ? Thi Massachusetts contested election case of Deal against Field was discussed without action Adjourned. Mr. Davis, of North Carolina, introduced i bill to compensate the State of North Carolins for the use and occupation of certain building! and grounds by the United States troops. Referred The bill providing measnres to pre vent the introduction of contagious disease! from foreign porta was passed... .The con tested olection case of Deane against Field, 01 Massachusetts, was discussed, General But ler supporting the claim of Air. Deane, Demo crat. The vote on the minority report declar ing Fields, Republican, entitled to the sea stood yeas, 120, nays 119, when the Speake: voted in the negative and defeated Mr. Field Adjourned. The Massachusetts contested election cas was finally decided by the admission of Mi Deane, the Democrat, by 124 to 123. the speake and Gen. Butler voting in the affirmative... After refusing to take up the committee's re port on the House Doorkeeper, Mr. Polk, th House adjourned. Never too Late to Learn. Socretes, at an extreme old age, learn ed to play on musical instruments. Oato, at eighty years of age, began t study the Greek language. Plutarch, when between seventy ani eighty, commenced the study of Latin. Boccacio was thirty-five years of ag when he commenced his studies in ligh literature; yet he became one of th greatest masters of the Tuscan dialectDante and Plutarch being the other two Sir Henry Spelman neglected th sciences in his youth, but commence the study of them when he was betweei -t * ti? ii,: miy ana sixty yettre ui ago. aiici uu time he became a most learned antiqua rian and lawyer. Dr. Johnson applied himself to th Dutch language but a few years befor his death. Ludovico Monaldesco, at the great ag of 115, wrote the memoirs of his owi times. Ogilby, the translator of Homer an< Virgil, was unacquainted with Latin an< Greek till he was past fifty. Franklin did not fully commence hi philosophical pursuits till he had reach ed his fiftieth year. Dryden, in his sixty-eighth year, com menced the translation of the Iliad, hi most pleasing production. Thousands of examples of men wh< commenced a new study, either for live lihood or amusement, at an advance< age could be cited. But every one fami liar with the biography of distinguishe* men, will recollect individual case enough to convince him that none bu the sick and indolent will ever say, " . am too old to learn." The "Toftes." The descendants of Harold with thi tt _ _ xi n x "l_*_ _ - rine nair, ine iithi King wuu t> vei roigu ed over Norway, still exist. They hav< inhabited an estate called the Tofte fo: many centuries, and they are known oj , the Toftes. They still preserve thei ancient parchments and their genealogi cal tree. They are rioh too, owning three hundred cows, and to visit ftl thei estates takes a week's time, and to receive their farmers' account the entir< space of a day. They intermarry amonj themselves, and have little intercoms* with those whom they consider beneatl them. Proposals of marriage have frequently come from outsiders, and it hai been urged upon them that their rac< will soon be extinguished unless it is re plenished with new blood. They answei that they know this, but prefer to have no sons at all rather than sonsles? nobl< than themselves. The chief or king o] the Toftes is a vigorous old man, but hif only is a pale and feeble youth whc plainly shows the poverty of a Hooc which is never rejuvenated by new cur rents. Eating Among the Ancients. The ancient Greeks, the Macedonian* and the Romans of the ante-Ore sareai era, men who in hygiene, in health anc strength were so strangely superior tx us, restricted themselves to one mea Eer diem, to which they devoted tb< our between sunset and night. Thej commenced their day's work at day break, and kept it up until it was com' pletely finished, till late in the afternooi if necessary; then they took a bath, passed an hour in the gymnasium, and dedicated the cool evening hours tc good cheer, music, dances and pleasant conversation. The ohildren of nature, Indians, hunters and teamsters, follow the same plan; they breakfast upon e oniil hinfimt,. with a cnt> of coffee, per haps, if they have the ingredients and time to cook; then march <Jr hunt til they go into camp, to eat and rest and be in paradise for a few hours. Next. Some time ago Mr. Robert Williams near this place, says the Owen (HI/ New8, heard one of his wife's duckf making a noise as if something wen after it; he got out of bed and went t< where she was, but could not see or hea: anything. He told his wife he guessec the duok had gone crazy. Next morninj he went to where the old duck was sit ting upon her eggs, under a brush pile and?imagine his astonishment?he sav a large black snake coiled up under th< duck, his snakeship having swallowec twelve eggs. Mr. Williams cut his heat off, cut it open, took the eggs and placec them under the duck, and eleven of tha dozen eggs hatched. Mr. William'i word is as good as his bond. Divisions of the Tear. Winter began December 21, 1877, a 11:42 A. M., and lasted eighty-nine days 0 hours and fifty-two minutes. ? * * 1. rtA 10fTO A 0> Bpnng Degan marcu zi/, xoio, ai u w. p. m., and lasts ninety-two days twenty hours and twenty-one minutes. Summer begins June 21, 1878, at 8:5f a. m., and lasts ninety-three days, four teen hours and twenty-three minutes. Autumn begins September 22,1878 at 11:18 P. m., and lasts eighty-nin< days, eighteen hours and fifteen min utes. It is feared that the atmosphere o London will soon damage the surface o: Cleopatra's needle. The Luxor obelisl erected in the Place de la Concorde ix Paris in 1836, is some three thousanc four hundred years old, having stooc with another still larger one before th< great temple of Thebes. The stone ii syenite granite, of a brownish red color Thirty-six years of exposure to the at mosphere of Paris has affected the stoni more than the same number of centuries exposure to the purer air of Egypt. Attacked by an Eagle. The Shrereport (La.) Times says j Recently United States Deputy Max shal Dewing and a party went up th river to investigate the cutting of logi from the public lands. On Black lak they discovered an immense eagle's nes 3 in the topmost branches of a large tree - and commenced cutting the tree down s There was a young eagle in the nes f and when the cutting commenced th I parent birds made hostile demonstrations [ swooping down upon the party. Th< 3 female was shot and killed. The winj * of the male was broken by a shot, an* " he was captured after falling in th< [ water. He was with considerable diffi I culty taken into the boat, knocking on j of the men in the boat overboard by i * stroke of his wing. The young bir< was killed by the falling of the tree j The nest was twelve feet in diameter 1 and was constructed of at least three - quarters of a cord of wood, some of th< | pieces being fonr feet long and as large * uvAtin/1 oa <i man's Tlia mala *?Q I OAVILUU WW w UltlU 0 AUgl AUV iMIMU TT W! brought down alive. It measures sevei feet and two inches from tip to tip. Alothera! Alothera!! Mothers!!! Don' fail to procure Mrs. Window's Soothing Syru; for all diseases incident to the period of teeth ing in children. It relieve? the ohild from pair cores wind colic, regulates the bowels, and, b Se mother. It is an old and well-triad remedy People who still adhere to the look-ak-youi tongne-and-feel-of-yonr-pnlse doctor some times express not a little cariosity in regard t Dr. R. V. Pierce's original method of die tin guishing all forms of chronio disease withon personal consultation. Some even snppos that he accomplishes this through clairvoyanc or some other species of professional juggler} All thiB is utterly false. He olairas to d? termine disease by the rational methods o science only. Says Gomlev, in his Biographies Encyclopedia of New York State, speaking o this distinguished physician : "lie perceive that in each of the natural sciences the inves tigator proceeds according to a system o signs. The geologist in his cabinet accurate! determines and describes the cleft of rod which he has never seen, from the minut specimen on his table. And the chemist in hi , laboratory notes the constituents of the sun wit! the same precision that he anlyazea & crystal <3 rock salt. The analogous system developed b 1 Dr, Pierce in Medical Science ia worthy of hi l ceniuH, and has made his name justly cele , orated." For a fall explanation of this ingeni . ous system of diagnosis, see the People's Com . mon Sense Medical [Adviser, sent,(post-paid fc , any address on receipt of one dollar and flft . cents. Address the author, B. V. Pierce, U t D., Buffalo, N. Y. Deal Gently with the StMtch. . Do not rack it with violent purgatives, c - permanently impair its tome with indigestib] t drugs of any kind; but, if your digestion i r impaired, your liver out of order, your four debilitated, or nervous system unstrung, tu that wholesome and agreeable alterative an b tonic, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, which wi certainly afford you the desired relief. Nor r of the officinal remedies can oompare with it i restorative efficacy, and as a medicinal stimi > lant it is by far the most desirable as well 1 e popular article of its class. Its basis, tl essential principle of Bound rye, is the bei possible agent for hastening the action of tl botanic ingredients which it holds in solutio] and those ingredients are the mort efficaciot - mViinVi Ahafniafrv ?v*HfL?tn fmm thfl VAfffiffth kingdom, and medical science applies to ti 0 cnre of disease. Household Economy. a The housekeeper or cook who studies econ my in the kitchen, can do so in one directic by always using Dooley's Yeast Ponder, e trill be found a truly economical and valoab t assistant in baking biscuits, rolls, bread, cal e of all kinds, waffles, muffins, and most all art cles prepared from flour ; and why ? Becaus in using the Dooley Powder you save in egg ' in shortening, in patience, in everything ; ar e when the baking is done, it is turned out ligfa 1 palatable, and wholesome, so that errery mo a Hel is eaten up and no waste. 5 A Well-Earned Reputation. During ten years many grand and palati hotels have been erected in New York cit among thorn the Grand Central being tl 6 largest and finest Since its opening day tl 6 popularity of the Grand Central has increase Neither pains nor expense has been spared e make its guests comfortable and give enti Q satisfaction, while its prices are certainly tl lowest in New York, for a first-olass hotel -I I unr.w 3 ' The Celebrated " MATCHLZ88" Wood Tag Ping Tobaooo. thi plondsb tobaooo oompaht, New York, Boston, and Chicago Cactios. ?We caatlon all persons not to bt the extra large packages of dust and aah< now put np by certain parties and called Coi 3 dition Powders. They are utterly worthies - Bay Sheridan's Cavalry Condition Powders i I yon bny any; they are absolutely pnre and ar immensely valuable. 3 Have you inflammatory sore throat, Btiff joint 8 or lameness from any cause whatever? Hai t you rheumatic or other paiDS in any part < j the body? If bo, use Johnson's Anodyne un ment Our word for it, it is the best pain kil er in this country. Established 1865. To obtain the highest ma ket price and quick returns. Shippers of fan 9 trucK,; produce, fruit, etc., should try H. ( Acker, 105 Park Place, New York. 3 I Never Felt Better. r Such is the verdiot after taking a dose c , Quirk's Irish Tea. Sold in packages at 25 cti The Greatest Discovery at the Ajre ia D . TobUa' celebrated Venetian Liniment! 30 ear* befoi the public, and warranted to core Diarrhea, Dysentor Oolic, and Spaama, taken internally; and Oronp, Ohron Rheumatism, Sore Throat*, Onta, Bruise*, Old Sore 3 and Paina in the Limb*, Back, and Cheat, external! r It haa never failed. No family will ever be without i after onoe ririnc it a fair trial. Prioe, 40 oenta. Di TOBIAS' VENETIAN HORSE LINIMENT, in Pii 1 Bottles, at One Dollar, ia warranted auperidr to as other, or NO PAT, for the oure of Oollo, Onta, Brniaei ) Old Sore*, eto. SoldbyallDrugrirts. Depot?10 Par J Place. New York. War of 1812 8ol?llers and Widow* Penaione for 14 day*' serrioe. Write Ool. L. BINGHAM A 00 ' Attorney*, Washington, D. O. ) The Markets. nw to ax. j Beef 0*ttl^-Nitl76,?n.i*... , O7i^0 10] . Texas and Cherokee. 08X? 08J ; Milch Cows <0 00 070 30 I Hog*?Live 03K@ OS Dreued 08 @ 09 Sheep 0ejtf@ C7' Lambs 07 @ 073 Cotton?Middling 10\@ 10J ? ? * ** ? ^-1^- OK /? A IK Flour?HBBWrn?UWU w uuviWt.. w v? V9 W iw State?Good to-CJholoe 0 40 0 8 43 i Buckwheat, per cwt 1 35 0 1 60 , Wheat?Bed Western. 1 30 0 1 84 1 No.? 3 Milwaukee. 1 38 0 1 37 I Bye?State 79 0 80 i Barley?State 63 0 68 BarleyMalt 66 0 68 1 Buckwheat 80 0 80 } Oats?Mixed Western 34 0 383 Oom?Mixed Western 46 0 63 Hay,perowt 70 0 80 Straw, per owl. 48 0 60 Hop* 78*??03 040 ....7Ts 10 0 13 Pork-Mess 10 36 010 80 1 Lard?City Steam O7?0 07] Hah -Mackerel, No. 1, new 17 00 ^018 00 ? No. 3, new 9 60 010 00 1 Dry Ood, per cwt 4 35 0 4 60 I Herring, 8 *'ed, per box.... 18 0 ?17 Patroleum?Oro .......O7Jtf0O7>? Beflned, 11) Wool -Oallforr fieeoe 30 0 26 i Texas " 3) 0 35 Australia? " 44 0 49 State XX 41 0 44 1 8nt-.er?State. 23 0 33 Westarr-Oholoe.... 36 0 30 | Western?liood tf Prims.. 84 0 38 Western?Flrklni 07 0 1U Oheese?State Factory 10 0 14 State Skimmed 07 0 09 Western- 09*0 13 I Eggs?State and Pennsylvania. 10 0 10; nniio. I 6 80 0 7 00 | Wheat?No. I Milwaukee. 1 36 0 1 38 Oorn?Mixed 44 0 49 ' Oats SO 0 83J ) Bye 78 0 77 3 Barley 76 0 78 } Barley Malt 83 0 88 PHUADSLFHLL > Beef flattlfr?Extra. , . 08tf<? C9J r Sheep 00 ^ 08] I Hogs?Dressed 06 (3 06; Floor?Pennsylvania Extra. 7 25 0 8 26 I Wheat-Bod Western 1 38 @ 1 40 - Eye 67 0 '0 Corn?Yollow 64X0 69 > Mixed 61 0 63J 7 Oats?Mixed S3 ? 84 i Petroleum?Grade 02\(&W)4 Beflned, Hi , Wool?Colorado 32 @ 34 1 Texas 22 0 3 J 1 California 31 0 43 BOSTON. l BeefCattl 08 0 08; c Sheep 06X0 07; 3 Hogs 06 0 06, Flour?Wisconsin and Minnesota.. 6 25 0 7 76 Corn?Mixed 63 0 61] Oats? " 34 0 36 Wool?Ohio and Pennsylvania XX. 68 0 66 California Fall 46 0 63 ? BBIGHTOH, SCABS. Beef Cattle,.,... 06V? 08. ' Sheep 7 06 0 09. , Lambs 07 0 10 l Hogs 07X0 08 . WiTXBTOWS, MASS Beef Cattle?Poor to Oholce 6 60 0 6 60 . Sheep 7 00 0 7 78 ) L roho 7 no s 9 no TRIY NoTeltiei, Nations, Illustrated Uotalogne fri I MIA; to Agents. Boston Novelty Qo., Boston, Mas. ? TST A \TfT Lji I % Men in eaoh State for the D* w w f\ 1 w I i^j I W SArricA. and ta r?oo crime. Pay libera). Inclose stamp and address Amei can and European Secrtit Serrice Oo.. Cincinnati,:Q. Mf AMfTII K. IN(?RAHAi*I (V CO.'! Ill lllll/V Superior in design. Notequale f li lilllill in quality, or as timekeeper t 11 IIIIII lm 11 Ask your Jeweler for then i w?WwmW Agency?M Cortlandt 8t.. N. 1 ; North Pacific Railroad Bond! * or Stock. For information as to best disposition 1 realize most therefrom, address OHARLKB KTHERIDGH, St. Paul. Minnesota. s NERVO-VITALIZER. A wonderful Ioutrament. Produces a quiet, pissi1 ' state of rest of mind and body. Restores lost ritalit; * gives life and strength to the weak and nervous, wh< , all other means fail. Builds np wasted structure ar quiokens the nervo-Tital fluids. Pain is cured, hnalt * r-stored. Will produce ths meditimistic state and deve op clairroyancy. 8ent everywhere for 81.05. Agenl wanted. Db. W. A. OANDBE, Bristol, Oon*. _ -- - - *> ? (fit j fk a day can be made on a Portable Sod* Foun- B ?4U Uin. PrioeJ85, ?6. W, andl?, oomplete. ~ . Send for catalogue to Ohapmam A Co., Madison, Ind. | Napoleon's Fate Book! j I FUN ! FUN! ! FUN!!! \ 1st?It tells who and when you will marry. 2nd?It tells wh?rn and bow yon will marry. |J , 3rd?It tells where you will meet the fated one, and J a ' so on. _ v Sent |>p?t-p*id for 2o cts. PIKE & CO., Pnblisbers, g 4Q Hjgh St., Boh ton. Miias. P. Q. address. Box 2G13. j HAPPY RELIEF I 3 , To all (offering from chronic diseasee of all kind* h, Confidential consnltation invited personally or by mall ? . New method of treatment. New and reliable remedies. A Book and circulars sent free in sealed envelopes. 0 e Address HOWARD ASSOCIATION, 419 N. Ninth J a Street, Philadelphia, Pa., an- institute having a high 1 J ^P^tation for honorable condnct and professional ^ : PM0S& ORGANS S % oloee ont present stock of 500 New and seoond-hand . Instruments of five first class makers, fully warranted a and at prioes ihat DEFY COMPETITION for this i j class of Instruments. AGENTS WANTED for / ' WAT EES' SUPJKRIOR BELL ORGANS and I 8 PIANO8. Illustrated Catalogues Mailed. HOBACE [ i RATERS A SONS, Manufacturers and Dealers, 40 V. Ea?t 14th St., New Yofk. Also General Agents for \ SH0N1NGERS Celebrated PREMIUM ORGANS. ' nUNHAM 3 ; IS piam??. i . Uunham & Sons, Manufacturers, a Warerooms, 18 Eut Ulh Street, - [EiUblUhiyi l83i.] HCW YORK* I - Senifor IUm&rated CVrmfar ami Prie* LitL | "The Best Polish in the World." " j h 7 jgBalflBM j&EMTT MUSS U " n Fronting Union Square S NEW YORK. I is Finest Location in the City i Enropem Flan?Itestonraat HMtpaii j u KERNER A WE A VEB, Proprietors I !' TOILET SOAf I *? T**?U'^' ' ^ ant^iow ot? :.t I] ?- MbU? Tke FINEST TOILET SOAP la the V/ . SlWrtU puriM npttabll eilt %t'4 in ill mannfartMri. tj Scnpk box, containing 3 cnktt of 6 on. ?*ch, wot Cni to r- dlMl (O nctlpt ol II crate. AdArv, _ fjttnTJ>nsz?%cnrf! |=j cLOVE -FITTINO i y i CORSETS. \ d. M -s^sbsTheFHtndaofthif S to M ^8grtmD?mr^?^UHHivAiiM>coKscr s m BaEMaHliHWBBMir?Bownariib?mlby Dffffi Wfn millions^ Si BSiWWWW/ \jlJ]/y/Jti^mmachn6m m B9 X-WMA W//V7 MEOALRECIIVED' m 5F3 I fffJr.1 AT CENTCNNIAL. y 153 y\\\W ma pet the Genuine. OTd x ISj M\\\ I,wAJbeware of hnitatjons. ? It] sW/Mm I AIKAUO FOR ^ J wm/vy/vm Thomson's , ImOm II flWrvVw UNllEAKAiLE mill * Ha vtO > UV\ Th?b?f good*mute. E ? r| >dJ U I Ulfc\Ur Sm that ft* name of a n a S^TThomson and the- 2 e M nJa \Sr TradeManuCnowttari ? M \ {'stamped on everyConetlSacl. g Is ^aiMi^awii;iaiaa;?MiiiM . ? USE THE IT j Peerless re ' Wringer. i: IT IS . THE BEST. ,f V. 7. Office?108 Chambers Street. 9. | FACTORY?CINCINNATI. O. p. From t\4 Chicago Timet, Jbut eh 16,1878. * ' : iiltfe nil M Par.: L ,t ? j Assertions to the Contrary k Notwithstanding. d ' There hu recently appeared in the columns of the m New York Timet a seriea of articles attacking the oo- , operative system of newspaper printing and advertla- 1 inf. which, after careful investigation, ia found to be I false in every pa'ticular, so far as the buaineaa in the West ia concerned. The Timet man charge* that the J co-operative newspapers are printed in small and in- ? 1 significant towns, have no circulation to apeak of, and c 'i that only of a local character; that the lilts are padded out by the managers of the co-operative houses by the addition of papers that ntver had an existence; that falce representations are made regarding the circulation of these lists of papers: and, finally (not in word*, 1 4 but in plain terms), that the managors of theae co i operative establishment aie a set of awindlen, with ? whom advertisers should have no dealings. ] With a view of ascertaining the truth or falsity of these charges a reporter waa sent on a tour of investl- gation to the office of the Chicago Newspaper Union, the leading house engaged in this industry in Chicago. with full power to summon "petsons and paper*, make a thorough sifting of the whole matter, and, withont setting down aught in malice, report "the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth." The scribe went and saw. and now proceeds to inform the reader of the result of hia mission : t The Newspaper Union waa found eauomnea id If large flve-story 75 feet-front building at No*. 177, 179 ana 181 Fifth avenuo. Mr. John F. Cramer, the President of the company, and also of the ilrm of Cramer, Aikens A Cramer, Milwaukee, was ready and willinic to , impart all the information a*ked for touching the baainess. The reporter was scmewbat astonished at the extent of tho establishment and the apparently large v amount of capital invented in the business. On the first floor was the connting-room, handsomely furnished, and the paper-stick department, well ttooked with an extensile assortment of tine papers. On the second floor was the press-room, one of the largest and Unset in the city. Seven Hoe presses were Kept in K constant motion, printing the multitudinous papers that go out to all parts of [ha North-Went. On the third floor was a large, light and aiir composing-room. ' where some twenty ttne-lookicg printers v.are engaged in manipulating the types. On the same floor was the editorial-room, where an efficient corps of editors was engaged in the careful preparation of news aiatter to j 1111 the various sheets. In the basement some halfdozen stalwart men sere at worlc wetting down paper and packing and shipping the half-printed newspapers. After looking over th? building the reporter and I President returned to the business office, where the Manager, Mr. Charles E. Strong, proceeded to reveal to the scribe some facts and tguies that completely J u knocked in the bead tile New York paper's charges. * First, a list of the papers printed-by the Union was produced. It was arranged in alphabetical order, and contained the name of ev-y paper, the town where printed and the day .of publication of each. On examining the list it was found that the charge i that co-operative newspapers are all printed in small 4 towns is utterly untrue. The catalogue embraced some of the best and most widely circulated weekly newspapers in the North-West. repres?nting'such towns u Belvidere, Dixon. Jnliet, Kankakee, Elgin, La Salle, Lincoln, Galesburg, Quiney, Decatur, Sycamore, Tus?i w.nkoMn and Woodstock, in Illinois; i u Kenosha. Manitowac, Milwaukee. I* Crowe, Racine 5 and Lancaster, in Wisconsin; Kalamazoo, Nfles, Paw J Paw, Coldwater, Manistee, Muskegon and Port Huron, ' in Michigan; Marshalltown, Burlington, Cedar Rapids, i Elkader, Maquoketa, Waverly and Webster City in Iowa; Lafayotte, Laporte, Albion, Auburn, Logans1 port, Crown Point, Elkhart, Valparaiso and Wabash, ' i in Indiana. u The aggregate circulation of. the Union's list of 400 * 1 newspapers since the 1st of January laat, it waa found I on investigation, has not been less than 236.000 or pies ') I any one week, and has many times exceeded 250.000 per | W66k. j 1 So far from this system of advertising being a fraud, I It U undoubtedly One of the fairest nvidee of reaching toe publioyet devised, for the reason that the adver' tiser, when he lays out hit money, knows exactly the u I extent of the circulation his advertisement is going to 2 [ receive. No candid, disinterested person can dispute * j that it is much fairer than the disreputable pra tices 1 resorted to by multitudes of papers of small circulation, namely: creating the impression that they have three or four times as many subscribers as their books carry, and charging advertisers three or four times more than they ongnt to pay. With the aolitary exception of Thz Chicago Timer, tho Union is the only advertising channel of large circulation in this city that makes no secret of the number of readers an is advertising patron is enabled to reach through ita [J oelumns. * The Newspaper Union is well known to be the largest shipper bj; express in the entire city of Chicago. Its annual shipments through the express companies far xoead In number of pounds that of any kind of businew in the West. The Union asks Ohlcsgo advertisers to <m11 at any time and look throush its estub iihment and make a fair and impartial investigation of the character of the _ papers it prints and its manner of doing business. It ~ haa established a reputation for business integrity and !>? honorable dealing whioh it cannot afford to forfoitby j. false representations to the busicets pnh.ic of the ? Northwest. It asks no responsible advertiser for bis ?- patronage until be haa satisfied himself that what it rt claims is conect. ri- With these facts before them, the great public are left to judge which is the greater fraud-an establish? ment like the Chicago Newspaper Union, which con* oeals nothing tbat an advertising patten hai a right to id know, or a concern like the New Yotk Time*, which s. keeps the extent of it* circulation a secret as p-ofound l. | aa the KTave, and xe-enta as an impertinence i ny in[_ quiriea in regard thereto. 1 I j I For circulars and full information address, ' CHICAGO NEWSPAPER UNION, 181 Fifth Avenue, Chicago, 111., - j OR I T1TI I T ft 0 TinnmPTl Prmnnril 1 rrnnffl fiMLfi a v uooi ID h AMERICAN NEWSPAPER UNION, i '! 4 " 41 PARK ROW, N. Y. xowa*s Bbovohial Taocsxa.Ux ooogha ul tcUt. tows >380 EaSS? . B2560m~^a 'IAIOS J-OV CAN SECURE STEADY WORK, L Fair Wa?ee. and a Pl?o?ant Home bjjomlo* t?e NDUSTRlAii HOME CO., at IaalaTFalr. ?x Co., Va. Write there for particnJara. VCENT8 READ THIS! We will pay IftnU a Salary f|76 IwJHMtfc id ExpanM*7u> mU onr New and Wocierfn] Lw?iam. Addreee L. W. gfflttitm A Oo.. Marahall, Mlah. S10 to $2S ?fn. Phtabllifaed 1830.J ^SvPHOSPHO-WJTBmilE. 'jnk\The beet vitalizing Tonic, < JL _ \ Believing ICeaifcl snd Phyilcsl QJ; BJ nomuziov, JRmra&vougnna. npanr, of Bi*la B >??, Kg^r ?nd Xsrre SrrUxo. Dn?t. a PUU MX,. H.T, rREE8&SHRUBS Vroi catalog tnra ABBim ? i. b. par8on8 & co., Box 99. piiiaiiiTifc y. y. TRADK MARK. DR.- BECKER'S \ C y /y. CELEBRATED eye balsam flil^rfT IS A 8UBE CURE [JlJ^'wTr Forn?FLAJ?ED, WEAK ETS8, STYES and BORE EYKU08. /7 F V\ sou> BY ALL DRUGGISTS. / ?m \ NnRPOT fl BOWERT.1.1. / A ttgyr'BT MAII? F0& Me. I IOMES IN THE WEST ExcnnionB to Lincoln, Netiraaka, reare New Yerb and New Eaflud the 'bird Tuesday In every Month anul Oeeew* er. Excursion Ho. 10 will leare TUESDAY. ,PRIL 16th. Fare about half reaalar Mm. Fast trains and ItiMba aoowiimodsttons naranteed. For deacriptire Land Circulars, Id forma on about Dicketa, etc., sand addr*ae on Poatal Card to 'LINY WOOHE, i(l7 Broadway. New Yerb. SHMSCT&%&:?arE^M fr Clark*, Proridtacs, B.I., for Illustrated pamphlet I la addition to Aim* u. sort man tof useful impiemeats fcrtha farm and t M " Oardao, I have manyral uable lmprnteaisnfr to Rerersible sslf-aharpamn* Point for Sajjalar Plo*rs if following numbers: 18,18H, 19. W4, J0-JI1, Kajria XX IK D. etc I sell all Plows withthia vILUABLS lbPKOVEMHffT, whec.so ordered,and,at ajwt null utra-coat. The ITewTJelf-Adiustin* 8teeJ_Too<h Har ow, Iron Age Oulti rater, Cahoon's Bro?d-Oa?t Saad Sower, True's Potato Planter, Bnr eka Post-Hole IMmr, Raid's Pat, Butter Worker. ?nd Beat la raj Tread Hone Power. H. B. ORirrniG, 60 Ooortlaadt SC KawTork. mmtj sga Wm/JVslf?&SMlFCo\ I ?65 BROAD/'AY. A/.Y. I ? SANDAL-WOOD i podtir* raaadr far all Ommm of Um KMa?r*. IbuMtrmdUriMiTOnuiilliiieodlaDrw* teal Caaplalata* It mm protean sMdmh. artein aod iprody fa> Ha Mtiou. It U (Ml rapwMdin J] othw nmMUao. Clxty osptnlM ear* in dz or ?lg lift. No other mwHotno oln do thic. * Btwrn mt laltatiaui (or, ovtnc UtUm aooMt.suo? hero bmd otfand; mm an most teacw ins osnaJaKpilM etc. O UN DAS DICK * CO.'S <<U(m b/l 0* ml*$, eontoMmg Ofl BamMwooi, *oU mt mB tarn, id for drtmim, or toad for out te B ?*d 1TootUr Strut, An Fork. THE GOOD OLD STAND-BY mi MOSTUII LUMESf FOR MAN AND BCA8T. Uiuuhd 36 nun. Ahnqrm a htm. Ahr?? ?ody. AJmvn hand/. Em mtw jtt felled. IMrf iMUatu taw UtUd it. Th? whot* world wntn to [lorioai old Ma?t*n<?tho out ?ad Oh?p?t Tinmnn aosbtoooo. 96 onto * nottle. Tho Maitm Thtw me* when nothioc olae wQt SOLD BY ALL MSDIOmg VBTPKB* nunmniH OTOTTO riiAuvusn oiuuf la * protected (elation of the (Protoxide of Iron, L new dUoorery in medicine, which strikes at the root if diwwM by sapp lying the blood with ita vital principle if lilo element, IRON. ."hls'ls the secret of the wonderful soooesa of this remedy In caring ? )7ipeptlti Liver Complaint, Dropsy,Chromic Diarrhea, Boll*, Nerreu Affection*, Chllla ud Fevers, Humors, Loss of Constltntlonal Vigor, Diseases of the Kldaeya and Bladder, Female Complaints, and ALL DISEASES ORIGINATING IN A Bad State of the Blood, OE ACCOMPANIED BY DEBILITY, OB A. Low State of the System. For Dyspepsia, Use PERUVIAN STROP For Debility, Use PERUVIAN SIRUP r or MmrpBVy c/oc PERUTIAN SIRUP For Xeuralgia, Use PERUVIAN SIRUP For Chronic Diarrhea, Use PERUVIAN SIRUP For Lirer Complaint, I'w PEMTUS STKDP For Boils and Humors, Use PERUVIAN STROP For Chills and fever, Vie PERUVIAN STROP For Ijoss of Appetite, Use PEKOVUI SIRUP For Xervous Affections, Use a IT AVATTVI rutuvidii smur For female Complaint*, V*e PERUWAS STROP To Tone I'p the Syntem, Use PEBDTIAN STROP To Invigorate the Brain, I'ae PERUVIAN STROP HKTH W. FOWI.K iV SUSS, Proprietor., K (6 Hnrrlnon A v?-nnp, Hoxton. Mold by Itnlrri t>Hfrnll?. Rj h V ? l 14 E I