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HOW WORE WAS AVOIDED. The Effort ol" mi Old ."Hail to Wed a Young ! Bride, and IIow It wm Providentially ; ^ Thwarted, and Jnailce Appeased. t< In Forty-ninth street dwells an old ^ gentleman who will never again see c sixty, a widower with several children, d all yoting men and women. In the same 1 street lives a widow lady with but one 1' daughter, only one, but the excellencies 1 b - * lL-4 J -1-onnnorli fnr RfiVPral. 1' * Ol IiUttb UUU^UIM uv Marv Mattinger was a sweet girl, and ? she is now, thank heaven, a sweet wife. I Mary has been for several years es- r pecially beloved by Samuel Titus, the . f second son of the old widower mentioned, r They passed throngh the regular stages t of the gentle passion, and about a year a ago engaged themselves, and were to * have been married immediately. But I alas ! There is nothing but trouble ih i this wicked world. Samuel was inter- a ested in a mining speculation in Cali- 1 ' 3 + ir.falHrronf'O mminor bn : B IVfJJlU, ttilU UUO lUWUigytiw , him of the rascality of a partner, it' i became necessary for him to go at once ? to the Golden State and give some at- c tention to hi* affairs there. With many J a tear and many a sigh, and with pro- c testations of everlasting fidelity and all s that sort of thing, the lovers parted, he for the stern realities of life in the > i mines an 1 she to weep and bewail his absence. | ? It so happened that Samnel had not; | been gone more than a week before the j i old gentleman, his father, called to con- j t dole with Mary. Condoling with a very i pretty girl of twenty, is rather a pleasant i business, and the elder Titns found it f out suddenly. He condoled successfully, j f and called 'to condole again, and kept i? calling with condolence, till he found J that calling with condolence becamo a sort of necessity to him. In brief, he i found himself as desperately in love j < irrjfv, Hia on'rl oc liin son Samuel was. and 1 he determined to possess her at all J hazards. ? The mother favored this turn of things. ( The son was all well enough, but if the 1 father should marry the girl, she trusted to her skill iu the management of men < (she had been married twice) to turn his 1 infatuation to account. She would de- 1 f clare war against the whole Titus family, J and so warp and twist the old gentleman f as to secure to herself all his estate, i which was. not inconsiderable. 8he i didn't care so much about the estate, 1 but the delight of getting it in that way i was what excited in her the delight the ] hunter feels when game is in sight. ] ' '1? ?-J-l,?? AnAi'nn 1 Ana 60 1110 LUUUllcj. nuu true muvivu lover worried that poor girl into spasms. She was not permitted to write to Samuel 1 ?his letters were carefully intercepted, i and the poor girl was made nearly crazy. Six months of this kind of thing so sub- ' dued her, that she finally consented to i wed the father of her rightful lover, and the date of the nuptials was fixed. What had beoome of Samuel in the i i meantime? Ho was up in the mines ! straightening out his affairs, and dream- i ing day and night of the happy hour : when fie-: should return and claim his < darling, and, with enough to live upon, 11 sit down quietly and enjoy life. But one morning he got a letter from a younger brother who was very fond of him, revealing .the situation. The brother wrote Samuel everything, even stating the date of the wedding, and all < about it. Samuel did what any decent i man would have done. He dropped his ; i work, made a hasty collection of such things as he hod to have, and started for 11 home. He had just time, if there ' should be no delavs, to reaoh New York l the evening of the wedding at seven < o'clock, 1 He was fortunate. The trains ran i with commendable speed, and there were no vexatious breaks. He came by the > New York Central, and at Albany he telegraphed his brother of his where- i ftbouts, and added, " I shall kill the old i man!" , i < The brother got the dispatch at a M quarter to seven. The few guests were all in the house (for reasons the old gentleman desired it to be as private as possible), the clergyman was ready, the " - * bride, pale and wan, was in readiness to < * be sacrificed, and the father and mother ] vrexe as jubilant as couiu ue. mc duu i read the dispatch I- The falling of a j ? bomb-shell in the room could not have i produced a more decided sensation. i "Sam coming f Kill me!" shrieked t < the old gentleman. i " Yes, and if he stops at that it will be a mercy, "replied the son. "There are elder- ; ly females who have had a hand in this, i who may be sacrificed to his vengeance, fA revolver has six cartridges, and one is ; enough for anybody." * Visionsjof a tall, stalwart man, in a red j shirt,-with a belt full of revolvers, with I " eyes glaring with rage and a breast j ( * swelling with vengeance rose in the i; minds of that wretched man and the still more wretched mother. The rumbliilg' of a carriage was heard outside. * - -"What- shall we do?" shrieked the . - . father. " What shall we do V' shrieked the mother. The gentle Mary was equal to the emergency. ,y k., _ " There mupt be a wedding to-night, j for everything is arranged for a wedding. Mother, you must ?ake my plaoe; yon j are dressed as a very old bride should ) be, and when Sam comes you will be married, or on.the way to it, and we can j nay that Titus marrying me was all a mistake. Then Sam can marry me, and all this horrible bloodshed be saved. It * is all that can be done. It is that or !: death ' _ |: The old gentleman looked at the girl ' nnd then at her mother. A look crossed 1 hiH face such as one makes when taking ; medicine, and a refusal was on his lips. The carriage was at the door, and a heavy step was on the threshold.^ There was no time to lose. With a sigh, fol-1, lowed by the grinding of teeth, the old , gentleman took the^ mother, the daugh- ter sat down quietly, and when Samuel burst into the room, the clergyman was just finishing the remark, " whom God hath joined together let no. man put J asander.fiJ? i - < "What is this?" ejaculated Samuel. J " Only this, Samuel," replied the delighted Mary. "It'Bsonice. Your pa i, lias married my ma, and we will be mar-, ricd, too, and then?* j " Then father was not trying to marry your ? ; "How ridiculous!" was Mary's an-I swer.. j1 They were married immediately. Sam# nel got an idea of the true state of the case, and was disposed to visit condign punishment upon his father's head, but : when he looked at the stepmother he re-.i lented. f j j> a. 10 i* " He is punished sufficiently now,' he j said to himself, " to satisfy the most exacting. I will leave him with his' misery." And he went back to California, taking his wife .with him, a very happy man. The elder couple parted last week. The old lady was afflicted with an in- i compatibility of temper,?New York Evening "Chaff." Iu the presentation of Ohristmas gifts in Norway, many strange customs are observed. Thus, in some districts, the gift is bid in a truss of hay or straw, or sometimes it is placed in a bag of chaff. THe donacor tnen warones uih opportunity and slylv fixes the truss of hay above ; the door of his friend's room. When the latter enters the hay falls on him, to the great enjoyment of the kindly con- j spirators, who are probably watching close at hand. Then ensues an eager 1 and exciting search. The truss is ripped ! open, hands thrust in and out through j the straw or hay till the gift is found, at which moment the donators generally disclose their presence by shouts of delight and the expression of good wishes for the season of the jear to come. The bag of chaff is also a source of endless and innocent merriment. In its fall from the top of the door it covers the , receiver with a cloud of dust and small j particles that adhere to his beard, enter j the fur of his ooat, and make him feel as uncomfortable and look as ridiculous as can well be desired by the most ardent promoters of practical jokes. But as he opens his eves he at once notices lving - " ' 1 ? I 111 til? H11C18C OI mt) iLieoo uiuuuu " <* welcome present which had been secreted in tha ohaflf. It mar well be imagined with what delight children join in this rough play, and how it materially assists to pass the long winter season. The joke is an innocent one, though a trifle i r>ngh. i Geographical Points of Interest. Constantinople is situated on the , luropean side of the BoBphorns. The awn is inclosed by a triple range of rails twelve and one-half miles in cirumferance and entered by twenty-eight ates. It has a university, erected in 847; naval, military and medical col- , 2ges and offices for journals printed in , ix different languages. Two bridges of >oats connect the city with Galata, and n underground railway from Galata to , 'era is nearly completed. Constantino- , tie has at various times suffered severely , rom fire. It has also been subjected to mmerous sieges, but it has only been wice takon-^iu 1204 by the Crusaders, ,nd by the Turks in 1453, an event rhich marked the destruction of the Soman Empire in the East. It has a " * ' ' ? f _ * .1 1. ? lobie Harbor, extending ior aooui iour ind one-half miles, deep enough to float .,200 sail of the line. The population, iccording to the most recent authorities, s estimated at 615,000?viz.: 290,000 in jtamboul, 250,000 in Pera, Galata and >ther European suburbs, and 75,000 in Jcutari and the Asiatic suburbs (on the )ther side of the Bosphorus). About sixty per cent, of the inhabitants are forks; the remainder are Greeks, Armenians, Jews, Franks, etc. Adrianople, founded by Adrian, is lituated 137 miles W. N. W. of Constan;inople, on the banks of the Tundja, near te confluence with the Maritza. Next :o Constantinople, Adrianople is the nost important city in Turkey. It has i population of 62,000, of whom 22,000_ ire Turks, 15,000 Greeks, 12,000 Bui-* jarians, and the remainder Spanish, Fews, Armenians, gipsies and Franks, [n 1360 Adrianople was taken by the rurks, who made it the seat of governnent until 1153, when|hey got possession >f Const Mntinople. In 1829, Adrianople, i vooictnnr>p Rnromdered to the i Russians, but was restored by the treaty J signed there on the 19th of September )f that year. It has recently fallen into ;he hands of the Russians a second time. Gallipoli is a seaport town, province ; )f Boumelia, on the northern shore of j ;he Hellespont, at the entrance to the j Sea of Marmora, ninety miles south of idrianople. It is situated on a peninsula, ana is protected by two forte. It s one of the chief stations of the Turkish leets. Its trade is principally in corn, j sine and oil, and it has several well fur-! lished bazars. A part of the Anglo- j French army landed here in 1854. Popu- j iation, 50,000. It is defended on the , land side by the strong line of Bulair. i The Golden Horn is the principal har- j bor of Constantinople. It separates Pera ind Galata from the capital. Besika Bay, lies between the Island of Tenedos, and the mainland of Asia Minor, \ few miles south of the entrance to the Dardanelles. The Dardanelles, or Hellespont, is a strait joiuing the MeJiterranean to the j 3ea of Marmora. It is about forty miles in length, and varies from one to four I miles in width. The straits are protect- | ?d by eight forte on the European side, i mounting 383 guns. The Bosphorus is a strait connecting j the Sea of Marmora with the Black Sea. | It is seventeen miles in length, and varies , in width from one-half toone-and-a-quar- : fcer miles. At the narrowest part of the j channel, about eight miles from its i south entrance, there are two forts for j the defense of the strait. The Sea of Marmora extends in length . From Gallipoli to the head of the Gulf of Tzmid?177 miles; its greatest breadth is , father more thati fifty miles. At its east jnd is a group of islands called Princes* Is lands, lying about ten miles from Con- I stantindple. The Black Sea is connected with the j 3ea of Azov by the Strait of Kertch or | fenikalch. Its greatest length is 700 miles; greatest width 380 miles, and j total area 172,000 square miles. All ac- ; :essible points have been protected with j torpedoes. - I Odd Editions of the Bible. Queer titles have beeu given to old j editions of the Scriptures. The " Bag" Bible was printed in London in 1551, j by Nicholas Hyll. The niokname arose j irom the following : Psalm xci, 5. "So j ;hat thou shalt not nede to be afraid for , my Bugges by nighte," etc. The pres- j sat reading is, "Thou Bhalt not be i ifraid for the terror by night," etc. The "Breeches" Bible was printed j 1560, at Geneva, and so called irom | that word in Gen. iii, 7. The " Treacle " Bible was printed in 1568 by Richard Jngge. In Jeremiah j siii, 22, it reads, "Is there no tryacle j in Gilead ?" In 1609 the word tryacle j was changed for rosin, hence another j edition known as the "Rosin" Bible,i in which the passage reads, " Is there ; no rosin in Gilead?" The word balm : was not introduced until 1611, and the reading, " Is there no balm in Gilead ?" continues until the present time: * ' The "He" Bible, printed in London ! in 1611, by Robert Barker, takes its nickname from a ourious error occurring in Ruth iii, 15, " He measured six measures of barley and laid it on her; and he went into the city." in the same year (1611) another and entirely distinct edition was printed, in which the word she was substituted for the above mentioned, and hence the name " She " Bible was given it, to distinguish it from the " He " Bible. The " Wicked " Bible was printed in 1631, and takes its name from the very funny mistake of omitting the negative in the seventh commandment, making it read, " Thou shalt commit adultery." This extraordinary omission occurred a^ain in a German edition of about 1732, so there is a " Wicked " Bible in German as well as English. The "Yinegar". Bible, 1717, is so called because the headline of Luke, rPhck rvf f.liA io?uo, JU uv v- ?w vinegar," instead of the vineyard. The printer of this edition wag one J. Baskett, of Oxford, and because of the numerous typographical faults, it was sometimes called the "Basket-full of errors." A Turtle's Tenacious ttrip on Life. A New York firm to which a turtle was oonsigned came to the concision that it ought to be brought nearer its soup destiny than it could possibly be while in the full enjoyment of health and spirits. The exeputioner of the establishment with his sharpest knife cut the turtle's throat in the most skillful manner. Then the turtle was thrown into an ice-chest and packed up neatly. The freezing process set in immediately. Jn a very little while the turtle was as cold as if he had been tethered to the North Pole for a century. Remembering also that his throat was cut from ear to ear, it can easily be seen that his situation was not a comfortable one. The next (lay after the execution the gentleman for whose tureen the turtle was intended left the city on business. He notified the fish merchants, but asked that the turtle be kept for him. Sa more ice was packed on and the weeks sped by pleasantly. After seven weeks a fresh telegram announced the purchaser's return, and spoke of the turtle. So the turtle was unpacked and there he was, solidified in the ice, with his throat cut, and yet alive! This remarkable fact was communicated to several scientists interested in the tenacity with which the lower animal kingdom clings to life, and the rumor spread to a sensation. A reporter saw this phenomenal turtle. . It seemed oheerful, and moved its flippers almost gleefully. The Chinese and Necromancy. The Chinese are firm believers in necromancy, fortune-telling and kindred arte. The visions seen while under the influence ft opium, are by them interpreted into meanings. Several Chinamen in San Francisco make a profession of fortune-telling. Their method is to take a smoke of opium, from the effects of which they have visions, from which they interpret whether certain siok persons will die or get well, or whether oertain individuals will win or lose in gambling games in which they propose to engage. They have a small ivory figure to assist them in the interpretations, which represents a certain god, who never sleeps, eats, or drinks, and never dies. If the seer's prognostications are verified, he is a smart fellow; if not, the blame is laid on the god, whom they charge with being bewitched, and he is thrown away and a new ivory god purchased in his stead. m THE YOLCA.NO YESUYICS. rhe Wonders of a Mighty Pic that Belches , Fire and 8moke~A Terrible Record of Destruction, Cl A correspondent of the Troy (N. Y.) Times gives a vivid description of Mt. 013 Vesuvius, one of nature's grandest and most terrifying wonders. The writer says: to Reaching the top, nearly 4,000 feet ar tibove plains below, we had a magnificent view of the surrounding country stretching out like a grand panorama around and beneath us. On the one hand is Naples, with its beautiful bay filled with islands; to the west we see the blue waters of the Mediterrranean, stud- ^ ded with sails and gleaming in the soft sunlight. Inland we look upon cities, |a towns, villages, rich vineyards and beautiful plains; the lofty Apennines ^ forming the background. Southward 7( lie the marvelous ruins of Pompeii. The top of the cone is about a mile in H< circumference, and of course less than one-third of a mile in diameter. Let us "< nnnmonti fVio v?rorA nf f.Vio nrftfcflr and ? "O" ? look down mto the deep, smoky, sol- w phur-coated abyss. The walls go perpendicularly down some 3.00 feet to a P3 smaller one. This is the volcano's chim- * ney, and from it there issues, even when w the old mountain is at rest, a cloud o! suffocating smoke and sulphurous gas. " Down the inner crater' is the vast lake . of fire of which this -volcano is but the 7* safety-valve. And this is Vesuvius that has for ages been rumbling and roaring, g growlinp and thundering hissing,' and ? burning, smoking and blazing, vomiting out its wrath and spreading desolation ^ all around. We cooked our eggs and warmed our ooffee for breakfast in the hot air that issued from the crevices of ?- ? - ? - . the rocfcs. we aescenaea on anoiner wside of the mountain, running down w through ashes and gravel six or eight inches deep, taking desperate leaps, kicking up a tremendous dUBt and covering ourselves from head to foot with ashes, reaching the base of the cone " in ten minutes, though it took us an hour to get up. u, & Vesuvius is the most active volcano " in the world. Since the eruption of A. w D. 79 (the first one on record), the one ST by which Pompeii and Herculaneum a were destroyed,?there have been at least sixty fearful eruptionB, burning cities ^ and villages, destroying millions on millions of property, and causing the death m of over 20,000 persons. In 472 the vol- ** cano covered all Europe with ashes. In w IfiQI fVioro tt-qh an pmnfinn thftk lasted several days. Vast columns of smoke m darkened the heavens, explosions resembling the discharge of artillery were 01 frequently heard, burning stones and hot ashes fell on the sides of the mountain and on the surrounding campagna. Rivers of melted lava, some of them a ^ thousand yards wide, ran down to the ** plain. The water of the sea was toBsed by a subterranean force and became so hot that great quantities of fish died. 04 During the eruption earthquakes at fre- e! quent intervals added to the terrible de- d. Btruuiiuu. YTllCU uuc xxi^uvcuou wlio were so fortunate as to escape returned to their homes, they iound more 8 than forty Cities, towns and villages laid a waste, i0,000 animals burned, or n drowned, and at least $19^000,000 worth , g of property - destroyed. But, more mournful than all the rest, 4,000 per- c sons had perished by the lava, the water or the falling of stones and houses, d In 1695 the mountain poured out a Btream y of lava five miles long, 300 feet broad, and more than 100 feet deep. In 1787 the ashes and pumice stone fell four ^ feet for miles around. In 1794 a stream 0 of lava destroyed the town of Torre del a Greco, and run "400 feet into rthe sea, making the water' boil'for two .'days. In 1822 the whole top of the mountain was blown to pieces. In 1861 there was an eruption, causing great loss of property, remarkable for the fearftfl -Explosion h 81 that aocompauied it. In 1872 the vol- ? l "mi i ill 1 ? *fl ..-1ml. n cano aeetroyea two villages ana two cr three scores of lives. And so almost r' every year Vesuvius shows some signs ?! of wrath, the eruptions becoming more frequent than in past centuries. 8 His Old Friends. P a "I understand," began his Honor, as e Arthur Dodge appeared, "that you are 0 a stranger among us." 0 " 'Tis true?'tis true," replied the ^ prisoner, bowing and smiling. * * p " I am further infprmed," continued ^ the court, " that you have been looking q around town t? find two old friends." "I?I do not see the force of the r illustration," smiled the stranger,- bow- u ing two beautiful bows. . & V Last night, at midnight, Mr; Dodge 0 last night? j.] When the ?oath wind gently blew, And the silvery moon was new, And the stars were blinking, winking at S] u&cu uuier, \j You passed up Congress street, n L Like the vanguard of the fleet,. - ' And you made a dozen people lota of bother." ? j 11 i)on't remember the cognizance of b any sucli events," smiled the prisoner, P bowing to the clock thisjfcime. ? " Mr. Dodge, memory" is the sweetest " thing planted in the heart of man. If it 6 wasn't for memory these men who run 13 for office sixteen years in succession 0 wonld never be stepped on by the long- 81 suffering electors. But, memory' is f treacherous. I may be introduced to v John* Colu x bus this morning, but unless 0 he borrows a dollar of me, or I go on his fl bail-bond, I may remember him by night a as John Smith or Christopher Colum- D bus^TTfTv v I t y fx a I r. "That's strue?that's strue," mnsed ? the prisoner. ' And in order to fix this case in your 8 memory I shall elevate you for sixty 0 days." . . t . [J Do you mean that you will begin to t elevate me now, and continue to elevate c me for sixty successive times?" earnestly t inquired the courteous young man. 1 " No, sir; one elevation is intended to J last you for the entire sixty days." 1 ?? Tf mil It will r>n rlnnht vnnr C Honor. I suppose I can. begin now can't ^ i The bootblacks waited for him, and as / he entered the vehicle they sang: "Wish we could use suoh language, Wish we could bow like that; Wieh that we had euoh a nice neok-tie, And wore such a gorgeous hat" I L And all he said was: y *; t "Tra-la, boygl? ? ^5 ! * j . * j i * - ' - ?Detroit Free Press. c Making Pottery. , The methods of making pottery have i varied but little among the different I nations. The principal tool is the pot- 1 ter's wheel, a revolving disk or table, e turned by the foot of the potter. The 1 potter's wheel is one of the earliest ma- 1 chines made by man. The Egyptians, c Mexicans, Peruvians, Greeks, Assyr- I ians, Romans, Gauls, Germans, all used ^ it. Older than all the oldest writings of t the Hebrews, through all history it has a been the friend and companion of man; ? ' -i- ? 3A? Vvio rl Oil XT 11 fn T j 1K5 pruuuuio iViCJ p?J.K \Jk JJXO umuj W4V, r and delicate and brittle as they are, they a have proved more enduring than the I Pyramids. A principal agent in the t manufacture of pottery is water, which s is used to soften the clay that it may be 1 plastic and thoroughly worked to nni- i form consistency. A lump, larger or I smaller, according to the size of the ves- y sel to be made, is thrown violently down i on the center of the wheel, which is set c in motion; and the thrower, with thumb t and fingers, curved sticks, knives and i other simplo tools, shapes the vessel, t Other forms are made in molds. Relief t ornaments for the surface are either en- a graved in the mold, or are molded separ- t ately, and placed on the objects, and r fastened with the slip of the paste. i At a very early date (some four thou- t sand years ago) the art of covering pot- f tery with enamel aud painting was dia- t oovered by the Egyptians, and the | i beauty of their workmanship has been e the envy of the potters of modern times, f The bine has never been surpassed, if, e indeed, it has ever been equaled. Ob- c jects made at least three thousand years 3 ago, retain the Bplendor of their original a color. The highest art was displayed in s the smallest articles, whether of soft t potteiy or of the sandy paste. Images c of deities were molded m fair style or 1 beautifully carved from steatite and c enameled with the brilliant blue or green. The Scarabaeus?the amulet, which signified, as some suppose, creation; others think, resurrection?was made in pottery as well as steatite, with different avmhnHft vftriftfinnH. bnthnvincr the Rama general form. I _ * ??? ?? How She Gave the iiensus. { When the oensus-taker rapped at the or of a certain Detroit cottage on awford street, the other day, and wonired if the woman would set the dog g i him or douse him with dish-water, a t oat disappointment awaited him. She ^ lened the door softly, snuffed the air ? see if it smelled'of lightning-rods r id then threw it open for him to enter. | i " Madam, I am making a canvass of ! i e city," he began. _ ? "Ah I Sit down," she replied, and as ^ s began opening his book she contii)- \ >d: "There are five of us in the fam- c j, and we paid $100 down on this place. c y husband's name is Peter, his age is 1 rty-two, and he came from a mean . mily. His father was always having wsuits about dogs, and his mother was ] ie greatest gossip in Elmira. Have i >u got that down ?" 1 He granted assent, and she contin- \ 3d: ' "My name is Alvina Sarah, and I was jrn in?" > "I do not care to know where you mo/lom liA infnwnnfnrl i AO UUiUj iUHUUUij &AV/ iUVUAA UMWV?t { " Well, I car? I" she exolaimed; " it i akes a great deal of difference whether ! was born in Africa or Boston, and I ant it pnt down. As I was saying, I . as born in Boston in 1833. Pnt down , tat I came of a good family." "Madam, yon don't understand? )u-*?" " ] 11 Don't I understand that I came of a >od family? I'd like to know of a I oston family which carried their noses igher than the Rogerses! Pnt down lat my father was in the Mexican war." ! " Ton have three children, madam ?" i " I haven't any such*"thing, sir 1 Put own that my mother was killed by an cploBion in a quarry. Her and father ere?" ' ^ 1 "How many children have you maun?" - - M ; " Have you got mother down ?" " No, madam. You see I am taking i le census of the city." "Well," she said, giving him a angerous look, " I had the typhoid iver at the age of fifteen, and for weeks id weeks I hung on the edge of the rave. I bore up as well as I was able, 1 ad-" "Five in the family?how many chilren ?" He suddenly asked. . "Put down that I bore up!" sheoomlanded. " And that one night when the atches were asleep I crept out of bed id took a drink of?" ' " This is foreign to the subject, ladam. How old are your children ?" " Haven't you put down that I hung a the edge of the grave ?" "No, madam." "Aren't you going to?" "No, madam. You see, I am Bimply iking the census of-Detroit. I desire ) ascertain?" i : "You can't ascertain it here, sir!" ifl an armed. " If . mv sickness, which 581. over two hundred dollars, isn't dough to go into the book, then yon on't get a line here 1" v , "Let me ask yon?" " No use asking for any of our photoraphs, sir! If you get 'em anywhere ad put our pictures in that book well ladeit hot for you! Good-day, sir? ood-day!"' " He stood on the step, sighing, and she oiled through the door : I '. " My grandfather -was also bitten to eath by an alligator, but I -won't give on any of the particulars ! You want > walk!" He passed on, sorrowfully wondering the next woman's mother was blown S a bridge or carried down the river on hay stack.? Detroit Free Press. The Habits of Ants. Sir John Lubbock, a well-known uientist, lectured recently in London n the habits of ants. In continuation f former experiments he finds that , Bdbghize old acquaintances and attack trangers. Their intelligence is qnesionable in cases where a thin circle of lycerine bars their access to honey rhich they have already visited bv a aper bridge, for when the latter is taken way they do not pile np a fe-w grains of arth and thus cross the barrier.' Spite ?i 1? ?/! nlfmfifnlriPQa I tue mauy uuocj vein ouu t- f ants' nests, it is still doubtful bow heir nests commence. Sir John's exeriments sbow tbat the workers of jaaiaa flavun will not adopt an old ueen from another nest. But on the ther hand, the queen of Myrmica uginodie has the instinct of bringing p larv? and the power of founding Dmmunties. As -to intimating to each ther discovery of food, he considers lis does not necessarily imply any power f describing localities, but i-nther by a imnlfi Biorn co-workers accompany each ther to the treasure. They do not sumion their brotherhood by sounds to a epast found by one or another. Their Section for friends is outbalanced by atred of strangers. A few of each kept risoners in separate bottles with wide leshed muslin over the mouths, those ree outside again and again excitedly ndeavored to attack the latter, but used o means to free the former, their own ompanions. Further experiments prove cent more than sight guides them in allowing up food which has been shifted H position after its hating been partaken f, and a return to the nest made. Ants void light when thrown into their nests, nd they congregate in the darkest corters. Taking advantage of this habit ?y a series of ingenious experiments? therein strips of colored glass, in other nstances shallow cells containing colored olutions, such as fnchsine, bichromate if potash, chloride of copper, etc., were used?Sir John arrives at the conclusion hat they are influenced by the sensation f oolor, though probably different from he effect produced in man. A predomnate preference is given to red, green ollows, yellow comes next, while the )lue and violet there appears to be a lecided aversion. The longevity of ants rould seem greater than generally adnitted, some specimens of Formica 'usca being at least five years old. Senilis Ban u> Seed. Terence Brady will not haunt the lewspaper offices of New York anymore, vrites the correspondent of the Detroit Free Prdse. In an up-town street the >ther day he dropped to the pavement, ind when taken up by a policeman he vas found to be dying. He was hurled to a hospital, but life had departed >efore anything could be done to relieve lim. Brady was a man of superior literary talent, and hod done some excelent work in odd jobs on the New York jreBS, but owing to a confirmed habit of tpium eating which he had contracted, le could not get steady employment anywhere. He received a good college educaion in Ireland and came to this country everal years ago, making his way to Jan Francisco, where he began newepV>er work, and finally became the editor aid part owner of a prosperous weekly >aper. An unfortunate marriage brought rouble and he then began to use the inidious drag that ultimately destroyed limi About eight years ago hel^peared n New York as an applicant for newslaper work, and the occasional jobs he eas able to pick up served to keep him n the absolute necessaries of life. The ipium appetite seemed to increase day >y day, and his indulgence of it incapacfcated him more and more for responsive employment. He finally lpst all inerest in himself and all regard for his appearance, and those who met j^im in he street or encountered him in the te^spaper offices supposed him to be aerely a tramp of the better class. But ! he poor fellow had once possessed the 1 Ire of true genius, ana naa ne nut exinguised it with his own hand, he might iave made an honorable name. The sad inding of his life recalls that of his unortunate countryman, tho brilliant and irratio Clarence Mangan, one of the best >f Ireland's poets, who, like Terence Jrady, bf>came a confirmed opium eater, .nd went dowi? to the grave an ob core, self-condemned outcast. Hear he terrible despair that moans through ?ne of Mangan's last poems, "The tameless One." Appealing to the spirit >f pong he says : Tell how now, amid wreck and sorrow, And want and sickness and houseless nights, He bides in calmness the silent morrow That no ray lights. And lives he still, then ? Yes, old and lu>nnj At thiriy-nine, from despair and woe, He lives, enduring what future story Will never know. SUMMARY OF NEWS. ? Eastern and Middle 8tater b The Womena' Hotel?the late Alexander T. ? It-ewart's ptoject to furnish a comfortable lome for working women?was opened, in New ^ fork to the general public for examination, P. ,nd nearly 40,000 persons passed through the H inilding during the evening. The immense : narble structure faces three publio streets and 1* s built around a spacious court yard, which is P tself a beautiful garden with many rare plants ? ind a large fountain. Everything about the inilding is new and handsome, and the place rill be conducted on the plan of a iirst-class b lotel. There are 502 sleeping rooms and ac- C iommodations for one thousand Ruests. The ( nsf nf thfl hnW has been $8,700,000. Guests ti rill be charged $6 a week. Tho New York Assembly has passed a bill b imiting the salaries of officials in citieBand C Dlacing the power of reduoing salaries in the Hands of the common council of a city, except n cities where there is a board of apportion- j nent, who shall act as it deems proper in re- j, ;ard to the amount of salaries and number of ^ jmployees. j Governor Van Zandt, the Republican candidate, has been re-elected in Rhode Island. v The general assembly is Republican. E Sylvester Town and his father-in-law, while G attempting to cross a small lake a few miles r aorth of Auburn, N. Y., in a boat were cap- p aized and Town waB drowned. Mr. Town had oeen married the previous evening. General Thomas C. Devin, of the United e 3tatoa army, died at his home in New York, ? iged fifty-two years. r At the Commencement of the New York Medical College for Women twenty-five young f ladies received diplomas to practice medicine. c Holt <fc Bngbee, Boston lumber merchants, have failed for $175,000 i A complimentary dinner was given in New 1 lork to Bayard Taylor, ne wly-appointed United j States minister to Berlin. Speeches were made e by Mayor Ely, William Cullen Bryant, Mark rwain and others. j An oil train and a freight train on the Lehigh r Valley railroad, at Slatington, Pa., collided, i and the shock caused an explosion of the i engine attached to the oil train. Several cars t of oil were set on fire and an oil tank suddenly t exploded, scattering a large volume of burning t oil over a number of spectators, one of whom e was killed and about fifteen more or leaa dan- v gerously wounded. A frightful spectacle was nrfiHAntf*?. ftdthfi oil-covered men ran wildlv in t all directions, wrapped abont in flames which shot np several feet above their heads. Only one man had presence of mind, to run to the J river, while another ran into a house and the 1 inmates smothered the flames with carpets. Somo of the oil-soaked men passed friends who were helpless to aid and could onty look on in impotent horror. The pecuniary loss is estimated at $200,000. At a variety performance in the Pawtucket (R. I.) Opera house, Mile. Volante supported an apple upon her head, and Mrs. Jennie Fowler, whose stago name is Franklin, was to shoot the apple while standing with her back to the mark, taking aim by the reflection in a mirror. The rifle was discharged and Mile. Volante fell dead on the stage, tho bullet having pierced her forehead. Mrs. Franklin's arrest followed. Governor McClellan has appointed John P. Goss, John S. Lee and Edward T. Bell commissioners to the Pans exposition from New Jersey . The New Jersey Legislature has adjourned for the session. A fifty-horse power boiler in the engine-, room of the Boston stamping manufactory of Leavey & Co., Cambridge, Msfls., exploded, and throe' men were killed, another was fatally injured, and_six others more or less severely wounded, xne boiler was nuried tnrongn tne i brick walls of the engine-room and tbe wooden < walls of the building inclosing it 180 feet 1 across the cAnal. Michael Moirland, the en- 1 gineer, was found, crushed between the boiler i and the granite walls of the canal. James Anglin and Nathan Burgess, at work in the riveting-room in a line with the course of the ( boiler, were taken from the canal dead and * mangled, having been swept along, by tho ( boiler in its terrific flight Geoi^e Gerrity was ) taken from the ruins of the engine-room fatal- / ly injured. The two-story building containing i the engine was completely demolished,, and the five-story main building, in which one hundred , persons were at work, was considerably shat- , tered. ] Seven pereons injured by the shower of -I burning oil at Slatington, Pa., have died. i About twenty thousand persons witnessed the launch of tho new steamship City of Para, belonging to the Brazilian line, at Chestor, Pa. Among .those present were President Hayes, Secretaries Schurz, McCreary and Thompson, a quorum from both houses of Congress, Governor Hartranft. the mayors of New York and Philadelphia and other prominent persons from those cities. The insane asylum connected with the Steuben County (N. Y.) poorhouae, situated two miled north of Bath, was set on fire by one of the inmates who was subject to fits but was considered harmless. The building contained between sixty and seventy inmates at the time. the flames broke out, and of these fifteen were burned to death while the rest were rescued with much difficulty. The building was of brick with iron-grated doors and windows, which made it impossible for the unfortunate persons inside to get out without asaistanoe, and the scenes presented as the fire-surrounded prisoners endeavored to get away were horrifying in the extreme. Ten of those burned to death were femaleB and five males. Ex-Governor Moses, of South Carolina, was arrested in New York upon a requisition of Governor Hampton, charged with having forged a note for f31G. ^ Seraan Klous, a New York dealers in hatters? materials, has failed for $400,000. The New York Produoe Exchange has begun thirty-nine suits in sums aggregating $60,000, against the Pennsylvania railroad company for losses incurred during the labor troubles last July. Western and Southern States. Spring elections in various cities and towns of Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and Illinois have been held, with varying success for both parties. In many cases local issues carried the day. In Terre Haute, lad., the National party was successful over both Republicans and Democrats. In Michigan the Nationalists also developed unexpected strength. The Chesapeake and Ohio raBroad was sold at anction in Richmond, Va., for $2,750,000. It was purchased by the chairman of the committee of purchase and reorganization, in pursuance of a plan to reorganize the road. Mr. J. Kechte and his child were drowned while trying, to cross the ?Maumee river, in a skiff, near Napoleon, Ohio. , The steamer Dawn, with a cargo of cotton and - live stock, was d&stroyed by fire, thirtytwo miles above New Orleans. Loss, over $20,000. Moss & Martin, Vickuburg (Mies.) cotton buyers, have failed, owing $100,000 and with no'aesets. The Oregon Oreenbackers held a convention at Portland and nominated a State ticket, headed by $L Wilkins for governor. Ex-Governors J. Madison Wells aad P. B. 8. Pinchback, both of Louisiana, have had interviews with the President recently. Gardner K. Clark, a prominent grain broker of Detroit, Mich., fled to Canada with his wife and child after having victimized nearly all the large grain cieaiers 01 ine city m smaii huluh aggregating over $12,000.; Henry Crouch, a Turner living near Augusta, Mich., his wife and two children, were drowned while fishing in a small pond. John 8. Wilcox, of Elgin, W., a speculator, has filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy. His secured debts are 9526,000, and unsecured 823,000. He also is responsible ou discounted paper for $600,000 and has no assets. A strike of the employees of the Atohison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad company at Topeka, Kansas, bas taken place, and freight and passenger traffic has been greatly delayed. While a party of workmen were gathered about a derrick on the Tuscarawas railroad in Harrison County, Ohio, the supports suddenly gave way and the derrick fell upon the men, instantly killing two and fatally injuring a third. The steamboat Colonel A. B. -Koona struck a snag on the Red river, in Louisiana, and sunk. Three deck handa were drownedIsaiah Gabbart, who was shot in the public square at Marrodsburg, Ky., by Henry Noel, died of his wounds. The combat, which took place <n the presence of many citreens, had its origin in an election row. The men met and advancing toward one another emptied every chamber of their respective revolvers, then clinched and-fought it out, using their pistols as clubs. When they were separated it was ascertained that Gabbart had been mortally wounded. Dying he exonerated Noel. The boilers of the Sandy Fashion, a small steamer running from Cutlettsburg, Ky., up the Sandy river, exploded at the month of the river, and the vessel sank in three minutes in nine feet of water. Joseph Newberg, a merchant, A. Osborn, and two others were killed. The engineer, clerk and another man were wounded. From Washington. The excesB of imports over exports for February is $30,937,999. In 1877 the excess of exports over imports for February was $17,866,942. The joint resolutions of the 8tate of New Jersey with regard to the late Centennial Exposition, presented by Representative Hardenbergh, have Been referred to the House committee on the judiciary. They instruot the Senators and request the Representatives of that State to ascertain the balance due to the subscribers to the board of finance, and to prep.ire and* support an act appropriating the same from the. United States treasury. The resolutions also request the governors of the other original States to sond a copy of the above named resolutions to the Senators and Representatives of their respective States requesting them to "use their influence to have tne Centennial annivorBary of our nation's independence closed up consistently with the honor and dignity of a nation holding so high a position in the estimation of the civilized Tb? Honso oommlttee on elections has dismissed the Oregon contested election case of McDowell against Williams and the Mississippi contested election case of Lynch (colored) against Chalmers. The United Statoa commercial agent at Oftboon reports to the department of State that the knowledge of the Congo or Livingstone river, derived from Stanley's discoveries, is already bearing practical fruit. English missionaries have followed -the course of the river to the lirnt Ktriod of rapids, and are about to establish a missionary station at that point. J The#House appropriation committee has greed to the post-office appropriation bill as!it as reported baok by the sub-committee. The ill appropriates in the aggregate 133,190,873, hich is 93,257,398 below the estimate sent in y the post-office department, and about $869,90 less than the amount appropriated for the resent year. The bill reduces the compensaon of the railroads five per oent., and changes 36 method of paying the postmasters of the surth class back to the old system ; that is. to ay thom a commission on the stamps tney ancel inBtead of on those they sell, aB the preant law provides. The House elections committee has agreed, y a unanimous vote, to dismiss the South larolina contested election case of O'Connor Democrat) against Cain (Republican), the sit ing member. The President has nominated Justin E. Colurn, of Vermont, to be cnoaul-general at the Jity of Mexico. Foreign News. A Constantinople telegram states that the Russians, fearing the Turks will remain neutral a a war with England, have called upon them o abandon fortifications on the Bospnorus and )ardanelleB. The Earl of Leitrim, his olerk and driver rere all shot dead while riding near the ntblenan's residence, connty of Derry, Ireland. ?he asssassination is thought to have been the esnlt of troubles with tenants on the earl's iroperty. The Mexioan Congress has begun ittf session. A deputation of five hundred English Librals called upon Lords Granville ana Hartingon and asked them, as leaders of the Liberal larty, to oppose a war with Russia. A London dispatch says the troops in the our remaining Russian districts have been ailed out. According ta a dispatch from Rome Russia >as offered to send an embassador to the Vatican at once on the Pope accepting the >resent condition of the church in the Russiai impire. Prince Orloff, the Russian ambassador al Paris, has complained to the French govern nent in regard to the tone of prominent Par' sian newspapers. M. Waddington, French ninister of foreign affairs, in reply to th< >rince's complaint, said that the government ias no control over the papers in question, bu! he press have been invited to be less aggros live. Prince Orloff was much dissatisfiec rith the reply. Cardinal Giuseppe Berardi's death in Romi a annftun/wi? iffAn flirtv-fllffht. Trouble with the Caffres in South Africa hai igain broken out, and in one action the Britisl loops were compelled to retreat CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY. Senate. On motion of Mr. Edmunds, of Vermont ;he resolution to traosfer to the State depart nent for safe keeping the records of the com nission on the electoral count, was taken uj ind agreed to... .The bill removing the re itriotions on the enlistment of colored mei vas discussed... .The Pacific railroad sinking fond bill came up, after which the Senate wen nto executive session and then adjourned. Mr. Morrill, of Vermont, offered a resolutior hat a select committee be appointed to con lider the propriety of taking the tenth censui )fthe United States. Agreed to ThePaci 1c railroad sinking fund bill waB discussec rithont action. Adjourned. The Naval appropriation bill, as amendec ay the Senate committee, was passed....The liscussion of the Pacific railroad funding bil ras continued until adjournment The Chair laid before the Senate the creden ;iala of George H. Pendleton as a Senator fron Dhio, from March 4, 1879... .Thebill removing -cstrictions against the enlistment of colore< >oldiers was discussed without action D& jate on the Pacifie railroad winking fond bil vas resumed, after which an executive sessioi ras hfild, followed by adjournment " Hone. The report of a majority of the committe< )n civil service reform, recommending that th< office of Doorkeeper Polk be declared vacant same up but no action was taken A join rw> tn triwo fhi iCDUIUUUU a|IJ^IUptiouu(j vuuuuv vw g.iw w Washington monument greater stability wai passed. Adjourned. Mr. Batler, of Massachusetts, introdnce< % bill to supply a convenient currency wit] which tbe minor businesB transactions of th< people may be done. It provides for issninj twenty-five cents and fifty cents fractional cur rency, and that any person paying into thi treasury legal-tender noteB or coin shall receivi such amount of fractional currency as he ma; desire, and directs the secretary of the treasur; to pay oat one-Bixth of all payments mad from the treasury in redemption of nations bank notes in United States legal-tender note of the denominations of $1, $2, $3, and #5... The discussion of the case of Dooreeeper Pol was resumed, and after debate the committee' resolution declaring the office of thedoorkeepe of the House to be vacant was carried by 13 to 80. Mr. H&le's motion that the House pre ceed at,once to the election of a new dooi keeper was defeated by & motion to adjourn which was carried. Mr. Butler, of Massachusetts, rose to a qnet tion of priviiege, ana onerea a resomuo: directing the House to proceed to the olectio; of a doorkeeper, and nominated Gen. Jame Shields, of Missouri, for the office. Mr. Coi of New York, raised the point of order that th question was not a privileged one ; and after long and lively discussion between Merer; Butler and Cox, which caused mach hilarit among the other members, the speaker decide that it was a question which should be sub mitted to the House, pending which, on motio: of Mr. Bee be, of New York, the whole subjec was postponed by a vote of 125 to 112. Ad Joumed. . It was decided, by 219 to 4, that Mr. Butler' resolution to proceed to the election of a dooi keeper was a privileged guestion. The re soil tion was to the effect that Brigadier Genen Shields, of Missouri, be chosen to the office After prolonged discussion Mr. Olymer, c Pennsylvania, nominated Charles W. Field, c Georgia. Mr. Randolph, of Tennessee, nomir ated John H. Trent, of Tennessee. Field wa elected, the vote standing?Field, 123; Shieldi 101; Trent, 9. Upon motion of Mr. Clarke, c Missouri, General ^Shields was put upon th retired hst, his pay to commence from th time of the passage of the bill Carried by 22 to 6. Adjourned. Qwifofnl Ponnlo. kjvuiu V** UVVt uft Jk vv|f?w Who says that this is an ungratefu world ? Three weeks ago, an old gentle man living in Paris -was so ill that h sent for a lawyer to make a will, and fc several friends to whom he wished to sa good-bye before dying. One of the? was a young fellow who occupied a attic on the sixth floor of the sam honse. After the will had been signe every one went to the old man's bedsid to say a word of comfort to him. Whe the lodger from the attic drew near, th dying man took both his hands and said "Doyou remember, young man, whe last we met ? It was on the first nigh of 1 Ernani.' I was not well then, but rose from my bed to go and see it one more. I am now paying for my imprt dence. I had no seat, only a stool at th side. You had a very good stall, sir. "Given to me by a friend who coul not use it himself," answered the younj man, as if to apologize. " I know," sai the old man. " I also know that, seein ma -nrifVinnf a Pnmfnrfcftblo Seat. SO SOO as the act was finished, yon compelle me to take yonr stall, while yon took m stool. .You thereby allowed me to spen the last pleasant evening of my lift Yon alone, out of all that crowd, pitie< my white hair," When the young loc ger returned the following day the ol man was dead. He had left a partin message for his young friend, with souvenir of their last meeting at th opera, in the form of a check for $20, 000. Nor is this the only instance c this world's gratitude. Only a few weet ago a young girl in Pennsylvania r( ceived a handsome bequest for aiding a old lady who was taken sick in a railwa car. Then there is a young man i London who helped an old gentlema out of an omnibus and lent him an urt brella, and subsequently became hi heir. Another young man in Wester New York, who had remained in aboard ing-ho'use for many years, received legacy from the landlady as a mark c appreciation for his tolerance in neve on comDlaininB of a meal.?New Yor lYibune. Misplaced Words. " What a sweet faced creature I" saj enthusiastic Miss Gash, alluding to pet pony or dog. Now sweet, things ar only to be tasted by the taste ; therefor the word is misused H- this sens* "What a lovely color!" The wor lovely is used to express admiratior What is lovely, inspires love; sa beautiful. "I had a splendid ride. That is splendid which shines, and a ride does not shine, the application j wrong; say delightful. " What an av ful hot day." Awful means full of aw< and a warm day is not that by an means. So, also bv the words fearful frightful and terrible; we refer to thing that inspire fear, fright and terror; an remarkable, oppressively. "A maj nificent dress," what does not impose b its grandeur cannot be magnificent; sa fine, superb, etc. It requires nice stud to speak the English language correctly and some odd mistakes are made li placing the words in their wrong orde: " He saw a lady sewing "with a Roma nose." " I saw two men digging a we with straw hats." "Garret Clause shoots squirrels without spectacles." rAsnectable young woman wants wasl ing." A proprietor of a bone mill at vertifled that " parties sending their ov, bones to be ground, will be attended \ with fidelity and dispatch." These ii stances of " ambiguity " are very cod mon. A Learned tig. Bissett, an hnmble shoemaker who lived, in Sootland, -was an extraordinary 11 teacher of animals. He selected a pig II to experiment npon. The teaching of ' the pig almost wearied ont Bissett's patience, and he was about giving np the task in despair when he betbonght himself of a new way of taming the ^ young pig. After sixteen months of unwearied perseverance he at last was rewarded by instilling a little reason into the pig's unreasoning cranium, thus proving that pigs can not only " see the wind " by common belief, but that they can be made useful in "raising the wind." During the teaching of his pig Bissett used to keep the animal under _ his shoemaker's seat while he worked 1 In 1783 Bissett brought his "learned 1 pig " into Dublin, prooured the leave of the Lord Mayor for his exhibition, and carried the city by storm. It was trained to be as docile and as obedient as a spaniel, and was taught to spell names, cast up acounts, to kneel and make its ?? , obeisance to the eompany, and to do i various other feats. Some petty officer, half armed with authority, oroke into Bissett's room, assaulted the poor, unoffending exhibitor, broke and de stroked everything, and. drew his sword 1 to kill the wonderful pig.. Poor Biseett pleaded hard for his pig, which was | saved, but he was threatened that if he ff exhibited the pig again he would be I t dragged to prison. > i Pr 1 w > Two Blonde Switches. r< t Mrs. J. T. Ewers, of Fort Gibson, - Indian Territory, ordered two switches " - of human hair from Mr. I/. J3haw, of 1 New York. On the 9th of last Ootober I they were sent out to her, and on the ^ t 5th of December Mr. Shaw sent a . notice to Postmaster James, of New wj 1 Tork, that the package had failed to ar- eq rive. The postmaster at Fort Gibson f? 5 was communicated with and he report- Z ed back that he knew nothing of it. X 5 Mrs. Ewers began to grow very im- 51 1 patient and wrote to Mr. Shaw a very strongly worded letter. This was sent to Postmaster James, and after very mj diligent inquiry, on the 8th of March Pnofmoafflr TTnYlnwAv. of Indianapolis. 0? , reported that he had found au envelope with the above address, irith no con- ? j tents, and that he had since ascertained a . that Charles Alderman, a clerk, had pj > fonnd a package such as described, and m< 5 that the matter had been referred to st t Mr. French, the superintendent of the j special mail service, of the Cincinnati p? . division. Subsequent investigations i led to an application to General Hazen, a at the dead letter office at Washington, f 1 who found and forwarded the two A anrifnVioa nf hlnndfl hair to Postmaster I i James, and they were subsequently V 1 transmitted to Mrs. Ewers. | 1 A Cleveland county (N. 0.) man has ~ > had three just and lawfol wives in the 1 last year. _ i ! Mothers! Mother*!! Mothers!!! Doa't fall to procure Mrs. Winslow'B 8oothing Syrup for all diseases incident to the period of teeth- ( ing in children. It relieves the child from pain, ' j cures wind oolic, regulates the bowels, ana, by J 9 giving relief and health to the child .gives rest to \ , the mother. It is an old and well-tried remedy. a Peculiar People. g Old bachelors who never smone. People who will suffer from chronio indiges1 tion, constipation and torpid liver, or "nil- M j ionsness," when Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical 0 Discovery and Pleasant Parganve Pellets are " r. known to be reliable and speedy remedies for _ these diseases. " B Old maids who do not love cats. p 3 People who have catarrh, annoying and dis- ? guating every one around them, when Dr. \ Sage's Catarrh Remedy is known to be a potent e remedy for this disease. j Women who do not love babies. a Women who will suffer from all those pain- J fnl diseases to which the sex is heir, when Dr. ? k Pierce's Favorite Prescription is admitted by | B every lady who nses it to be an efficient remedy * r for these maladies. a 9 People who belie\ e their progenitors were B h apes. People who will read about "Helen's Babies," 1 , and ' That Husband of Mine." and " That * ' Wife of Mine," and " That Mother-in-law of i_ Mine," and "That Son-in-law of Mine," and q vet fail to read about themselves in " The PedQ pie's Common Sense Medical Adviser." lg Christians quarreling with each other on their was to Heaven. e People who will seek health at fashionable mfarfno ninAAfi. Rmotherinfi' at Saratoga or I , Long Branch or sacrificing themselves to 1 y "Graham's diet," at Water Cures and Health \ d Institutes, when the magnificent Invalids' N Hotel, at Buffalo, offers all the elegant com- J Q forts of the finest hotels, combined with the * it best sanitary advantages, ?Russian, Turkish, [. and plunge baths, gymnasium, eta,?and is situated in and near some of the finest natural ^ >B scenery in the Empire State. - | The most peculiar of all are the people who ^ read these paragraphs and fail to profit by them. ' Highly Impobtaht to Fabjeebs.?The manufacturers of Sheridan's Oavalry Condition Powders inform us that their powder will efl" feotually prevent hog oholera and all other dis8 eases in nogs, and that they will inorease the I !> size aud weight one quarter. Large discounts I * to persons owning two to three hundred hogs. e OHEW 8 The Celebrated "Matohltbb" Wood T?g Plug t Tobaooo. i Tex Pionxkb Tobaooo Ookputt, i I New Jork, Boston, and Chicago t " ; e If there is & person in the United States who ir doesjot know of Johnson's Anodyne Liniment, we hope this paragraph will reach that perJ son's eye, and that he will v.iite as for partioe nlars of it It is more valuable than gold, II silver or preclons stones. f Established 1866. To obtain the higheet mar- I ket brice and quick returns. Shippers of farm- j e truck, produce, fruit, etc., should try H. C. D Acker, 105 Park Place, New York. . Blllonanefa nnd Headache' : onred by taking Quirk's Irish Tea. Price 25 n cts. per package. Sold by druggists. i it j "JA Farmer's Son or Daughter." See Adv't, 10 The Greateat Discovery ot the Afe is Dr. ' 1- Toblu' oelebmtad Venetian Liniment I 80 un before .e the pabiio, And warranted to cure Diarrhea, Dysentery, | " Oolio, and Spaama, taken internally; and Oronp, Chronic Bheum&ticm, bora Tttroai*, uau, cruises, Vriu uutiio, | and Pain* in the Limb*, Back, and Cheat, externally. 0 It ha* never failed. No family will ever be without it d after one* firing it a fair trial. Prioe, 40 oent*. Da. < g TOBIAS' VENETIAN HORSE LINIMENT, in Pint q Bottles, at One Dollar, is warranted tnperior to any 1 other, or NO PAT, for the core of Oolio, Out*, Bruise*, "Old Sore*, eto. Sold by all Dranist*. Depot?10 Park y Place, New York. >, * The Markets. I srw TOE*. |. Beef Cattle?Netive 10 , Texa* and Cherokee. 08X3 08\ u lliloh Ocw* 40 00 @70 00 a Hogs?Live 03 S@ OS ? Dreesed 06*<3 0t% a Sheep.'. 06%? 07 16 Lamb* 1) X? 07 . Cotton?Middling 0910\ !, Flour?Weetem?Goodjto Oholoe... 6 80 @ 6 66 )i State?(Jooa to unoioe o w o *4 :B Buokwheat, per cwt 1 25 @ 1 60 Wheat?Bed Western. 1 28 @ 1 83 3- P No.-2 Milwaukee. 124 @128 n Bye?Stat? 79 Jt no v Barley?State ? @ 68 y Barley M4t 55 ? 52 11 Buckwheat ^8 ?5 n Oats?Mixed Western . 39)f@ 34# , Corn?Mixed Western 38 ? 62 l* flay, per 70 9 80 8 Straw, per owt 46 @ 50 n Hops. ..V7...78'??61 @02 ....77'? 05 @ 10 P Pork-Mew 10 26 @10 40 ! " Lard?Olty Steam.... 07Ji@ 07X a Blah -Mackerel, No. 1, new 17.00 @18 00 F ? No. 2, new 9 60 @10 00 '-1 Dry Ood, per owt 4 75 @ 0 CO >r Herring, 8 ?'ed, per box.... 18 @ 17 1 Prtroleom?Oru .......07,)f@G7X Refined, 11X Wool?Oallforr jfleece !<0 @ 26 Texas " 23 @ AnfltrnllxD " . *4 ? State XX 41 @ 44 ? Batter?State, 26 @ 90 '8 . Westerr -Choloe.... 18 ? 36 ft Western?dood tt Prime.. 84 @ 89 . Western?Flrklna 07 @ 1) 6 Oheese?State Factory 10 @ 14 . 6 State Skimmed Q7 @ 09 i Western'.....? 09)tf@ 18 ? "J Eggs?State and Pennsylvania. .... 10 @ 11 , " buttalo. i I. 8 60 @ 7 00 J v Wheat?No. 1 Milwaukee. 1 28 @ 1 28 I Corn?Mixed 47 @ 49 Oats 80 @ 83* Lfl Rva * .... ....aaalaias ... ? 76 A 77 , [a Barley 75 0 78 I J Barley Halt 80 0 68 j PtTTT.inWT.TTTn, >; Beef Cattle?Extra 08^0 C9fc y Sheep 08 0 MX I Hog??Dreaaed 06 0 06* J > Flour?Pannaylvanla Extra 7 26 0 8 38 ;B Wheat-Bed Weatern 1 M 0 1 80 I v Bye 67 0 68 J Corn?Yellow.. 84 0 B4 ?" Mixed 68 0 63* J y Oata? Mixed .... 82 0 88 t. Petroleum?Crude O95f0UOJf Refined, UK 'J Wool?Colorado 83 0 34 V Texaa 33 0 Si 7 California 81 0 49 J i BOflTOK. -y BeeT Cattle 08 0 08V r- Bheep 06*0 07* H Hoga OA 0 0&X j U Flour?Wlaconaln and Minnesota.. 6 26 0 7 76 ^ /a Kiiw - vrr ? I in Osta? " 34 3 86 A Wool?Ohio &nd Pennsylvml* XX. <0 (3 42 Galilornl* Fall 13 @ 25 j J" BBIOBTOR, MABS. i- Boef Cattle.., 06 08* n Sheep, ... 00 @ 09X L. Lambs 07 0 10 M Eogt ; 07*? 06 a" WATXBTOWX, UAUM Q- Bwf 0*ttle?Poor to Oholoe S (0 0 6 B0 Bhoep 7 00 % T 75 < L xnbi TOO 9100 < . / :: . - --..v.. ??? MME. BE] LLUSTRATED PORT-I FOE THE SPRING AJs A Large aid Benntlfal B atalnlngorer 500 LARQK ILLUSTRATIONS of th useful designs for Ladies and Children'! Dress, i material required, etc., etc. Krery Ladj # of the new styles. Pric Address MME, DEM* MME. DEI WHAT T FOE THE SPRING AX A BOOK OF ii tain in* fall and complete information, profusely ill Dress, including Materials, Trimmings, La sea,' tames of all descriptions, Jewelry, Ooiffnre in Dress Making, and valuable infant Makers, and Ladim generally. Address MME. DESK A HEW, BEAUTIFUL, EHTERTAIHING A lie Demorest Quarter] Iomu on da# tinted and calendered paper, aplendl rfcraa topics, and a brilliant display of tba leading i Murly, 10 oenta, poet-free. Addreea W. JENlVINGg DEM Boston Tea Bread. To one pound of floor add two toaspoonf ols Doley's Yeast Powder, a little salt, batter the se of an egg nibbed in* the floor, one pint reet milk, and the yolks of two eggs beaten Tj light Add last, stirring in lightly, the lites of the eggs well beaten, and bake in a oare pan in a quick oven. Break in sqoares r the table. AHA A Month.?Agenta wanted. 36 beat *efl ZlAII ia? article In the world. One sample tret VvU Addreea JAY BltOX.SOX. Detroit, Mich. Ladies Desiring Employment ly bear of an agreeable Lady-like occupation for a w houra each day, by wfich they can earn fromjBip 820 a week. Address Jobn Uooper, care u. vr. fleton A Co.. Msdison Square, New York. F1HMEB, a Farmer's Sod or Miter, taking order* for fl?a of Nellu' Haxpoox Hobsk it Fobks and Fixtubm will, (in addition to the oflte,) receive FREE a complete rijr of ITeDis1 Fork d Patent Conveyor, for depositing Hay or Straw in >w or on stack. Also man'frs Nat Shell Hay Carrier, illeys and Grapples; Agt'l Steels, Itellis'Csst Tool ?el Castings, (Plow-Share* from this ttnl can be ilded, worked into ohisels or edged tools;) Ornamen1 Fencing. for public grounds, cemeteries or farms. imphlets free. A J. NKLLI8 A CO., Pittsburgh. Pa. _?TF? THE BEST FERTILIZERS. r ! v\ Per ton a^ (ouews: UOI \ OEOTIN* Ho. 1 PganYUK OUAHO, m. II. I. 1 Kuinl Coa'e 8npar P'-.o?ph*t? <Sf Lima, tea. or Din/1 ill I Doable Refined Poa^retie, tttso. rtHUIlAn I AramonUMil Anlawl Matter (Boa*, K?t, .iiiua and Blood), uneqaaM for the prke, #n.?e. UllANOl Oroond Bone, #*J A MO. UUMIV,! Beat Land Plaster, M per too, la barrels. il/sdo Alfrrni Send for TWgNTY-THIRD annual punpWmWWIWjr?h|eU Order direct of ^ H. B. ORHTIHO, Dealer In Agricultural Implements sod PertllUara. W Co nrtlandt Street, Wsw York. .. _ m? TAKE IT EASYT jHr Common-Sense Chairs YSSUMf and Bockers. With or Without Reading Table. For sale by the trade. MannfaotfJgnHgf tared bjr F. A. NttHDTjAlR^. ? Send Stamp for HIa?trat?<i Price zS^Saflfiai List. Everu Chair Stamped and War ^TTnSrrnfiP'' ranted niTTiinr ttt? i n irnn t ncin MI I CM IUU LUDfi [ore than one oost*?Ours always right?No pay till ted and aaited; no risk, we par freight; be jour own gent and save commissions. Fire-Ton Hay Scales' mplete (none better) 950, delivered. Send for fre? rice List all aize Scales and judge for yourself. JOWB8 OF BCTGHAMTON, Binghamton, W. Y. Conpin Can Be M. PIIMWONA is a certain remedy for the onre ol ION8UM PTION and all disease* of the Liw ad Ttaront. It inrigoratos the brain, tone* np thi rstem, makes the weak strong, and is pleaaaat to take rice One Dollar per bottle at J)rugg at* or sent br th< toprietor on receipt of price. A pamphlet oontxininj tluable advice to Consumptive*, many certificate) f actual cd Bis, and fail directions for using scoom aniee each bottle, or will be tent free to any address. >80AB Q. MQ3K8,18 Oortlmdt a treat, new Yonc. BABBITT'S TOILET SOAP PrnS^B"'tU ^'UTV 1 2?fSuowo^*:'- .tV abll, The riXKST TOUJET SOAP la Ik* %>: > Wr lU p?f?l tiftMU oiU UM IS if wutntftdnn. baft* box, oootalatof 3 cak? of 6 on. each, Mat frn to _ .1 IM po r*odpt of IS ctnti. Addr?>. . rHE ' GOOD OLD STAND-BY (EHUI HDSTAX6 LUIMEIT FOR MAN AND BEAST. BITABLUHB) 35 TliU Always 09ns. Alwaj sady. Always handy. Hai navar yt failed. TW< MUom Aom (mud it. Ilia whole world approt? >b Icrious old Maataac?tha bast and Obaapaat Lhumai a arlrtanfin. Zfi eanta a oottla. Tha Muatans Iiaim? ures whan not^ta* also wilL BOLD BY ALT, HKDIOPM VEIDEM. DR. WISTAR'S Balsam of VOd Cberry This well known remedy has effected so many Wonderful Cures 4nd restored so many sufferers to health, that it! cherished by all who nave experienced its virtues aa rHE STAMAED EEMED1 * For the prompt-relief and cure of Donirhs, Colds, Sore Throat, Hoarseneai Whooping Coigh, Influenza. Bronchitis, Difficulty of Breathing, Asthma, Diphtheria, Croup, Pain In the Side and Breast, Spitting of Blood, Qnlnsy Phthisic, and every Affection or THE THROAT, LUNGS AID CHESI raCLUDUCO CONSUMPTION. If y#u have a Cough, USE WISTAR'S BALSAM If you hare a told USE WISTAR'S BALSAM If you have a Sore Throat, USE WISTAR'S BALSAM If you have Bronchitis, USE WISTAR'S BALSAM If you have Asthma, USE WISTAR'S BALSAM If you hare Influenza, USE WISTAR'S BALSAM, If you have Whooping Cough, USE WISTAR'S BALSAM tfyoti hare Croup, USE WISTAR'S BALSAM If you hare Consumption, USE WISTAR'S BALSAM 1/ J|l/H ??f ?> ?7 USE WISTAR'S BALSAM For all Diseases of the Lungs, USE WISTAR'S BALSAM For all Diseases of the Throat, USE WISTAR'S BALSAM p-- ni?onip? nf the. Chest. ri/f ??i? ? --? 7 USE WISTAR'S BALSAM Prepared by SKTH W. 1'OWLK 4 8ON8, 86 H*rri ?n Avenue, BocUm, and told by all DrnccUU. Si sent* and SI bottle. MOREST'S H FOLIO OF FASHION? ID SUMMEE OF 1878. |H MkofMI(uiMPacM< e Liteot and Best Styles, including all the standard {1th French and Eazltsh descriptions, amooni of wants this book of Jierga Illustrations > HH ?, 10 cents post-free. nflM| 3KE8T, 17 East 14th ?treeM I VfOREST'S fl o weapB n> SUMMEE OF 1878. gj| 160 PAGE* MM actratad on ararj dapaxtmant of Udfea' udObUdnfl^M rrsTelinc, Waddia* and Moarniac Outfit*, Ooa> jflQBI i, MUlinarj, le., ate., with fall iastmatkna lation for Mareha&ta, XffltMra, Dreaa Prioe, 16 oanto, poat-fna. |2H )RE8T, 17 East Mth StreeflH ICD COXPBKHSHBXTZ VAULT PAFZB: IB y Journal of Fasbionfl dly Qluatnted, oombinlag BnUrtalnhg Iitaratoa flH itjrlaa for Ladiaa' and ObUdraaHi Draw. Prioa, 0 oaat^HH QUEST, 17 Eat lAth i Ranvmrnr. TMflBM. far TRix.g^&'sgatjasggi.igsa^l qtob szvasis- 'fB $40 &?? S?nd for c*uioyu? to Qiurttui A CK>., MadkaoTE^^^B $25fl0aEg^iW ?E6as3&m%M? qmsim do to vmmm 0*tAlocn? ftyc. H?j?UOMWMU UBU.J . BMT^OM AT uwm FMctBB XHw. OnlalOfMii *S5m?4jSfc^^WB CncDuuFn. OotmVims. MB iioioiuBouaomt j ZE2e.A?iJtai?| Inty?>Wwhin < WggbatSc.fhltodr^i^^B HfUW *.? PIANOS & ORGAHS oloMont prtaentrtook of 500 VtfudNMtWuflll Ia?trqm?ziLs of fire fir* clku mibn, fully vifrrait^B and at P^oai jh?t^JPBFY OOMFOTreiQy^or W AT BBS' "SUPERIOR BKLL ORGAXS WATERS *??^**2* OR! BECKER'S \ IH| FH?/> EYE BAL8Afl| 1 ffi j I fr rfT u A SURE CURB rTU^rr Fori* flaked,WEAKET^h ^/?VvS ? ' j/7 F w 8010 07 ALL DRUOOISfB / "E \ DEPOT, 6 BOWERY, 9.|fl L?JEs? 1 BHHTBY MAIL 10ft ?|J BjEnSETT llln Fronting Union Squar^Hj HIW YORK. SB Finest Location In the OityHj Enrcpea Pte--tolHfMl fcf puiilB KERNER A WKA VEB, JWttrfg&wM TO GONSUimVESJ ^ Woald^ojlke to knew how relieve joor dUt^^^W of food health, bgr a tam limpl* battel wwdfc, prt^^H rffi ^ZSLZZZl???? without prioa. Tow ha*e only to Mod joo* addrw* o^H postal card ud r#oeir? it by return maiL Addra^H DBTO. PHXLPS BBOWW.Ko. 81 Grand Strae^H Jaraay Pity.y. J. USE THE | Peerless I Wringer J IT IS THE BEST. I V. T. Office?106 Chambers StreetH FACTORY?CINCINNATI. O. B SANDALWOOD I A podtlT* r*me<l7 for all liuuei of Kl?2a?r>H 1 Bladder and Ui~lnary Organ*; also rood in Drar^H leal ComplalaU. It oarer prodooM ?tokn??. H oertein mdipaadjinlta wtfoc. It U fut roperwdlD H til otbar mK Ur aapanlaa aua p n or aw <Uya. Ho otbar mwttdaaaaafeUiia. ' Btwm mt iMlUttkMa, foe, wine ta Hat* la ancoaaa.m any hra baan ogatad; ? ara ?t iirji ova euuincpUaa ato. ? T DUNDAS DICK * CO^S IT tot Mtfl 0+ m 1m, iimfnfafaj OO if %iniff1ir->l. aaM ai in u?rm, ill for tHrrnOm, mt m4 ftr ?M 4t M md WootUr Strut, Jfrm Tori. h 1 The Reason why they Don't Like it I THE COST OF ADVKBTlSDfG IN AMBBKUH . NKWSPAPKR8 IS TOO HIGH. 7 I ASKING PRICES HAVE BUT 0nn xuaaruww BY THE BIO PAPEBS SINCE THE WAR. THE AMEr.IOAN NEWSPAPER UNION GIVES ADVERTISERS MORE CIRCULATION FOR THE PRICE THAN PAPERS PRINTED ON ANT OTHER PLAN OAN AFFORD. The about fact* explain OU u^frUnHy mUaekt mad* wpom the American Netcrpaper Union by IXi if. T. Ttwm, Pott, Commercial, Boston Pott, Advertiser, UHca Berald, and other journal!. COMPARISONS i The weekly edition of the New York Timet is %JXX> copies, and advertisements are chafed at K oeau a line. The Amerinan Newspaper Union tires an advertisement 36,000 circulation for 80 cents a line. The Tim" thinks the American Newspaper Unkn list a hnmbn*. The weekly edition of the New York Pott is 3.4S0 oopiee.and adTorttaemants are charged at 10 cents a line. The Amorioan Newspaper Union gives an advertisement 3,460 circulation for lees than S cents a line. Tbe Pott don't think rery well of the Anftrioan Newspaper Unioi. The New York Commercial Advertiser prints a weekly . edition of 8^00 copies and cbargee simrtissfs 10 oents a lina. Th* Adwertieer bae a poor opinion also at the Amorioan New*', ?p?r Union. Ttw Boston Ivtt weekly issnes 3,500 copies, charges adrvrtiters UU oents a line, and expresses donbts of the honesty of tbe American New?pap?r Union, which ?">- ' r. at mronlation for less than ona-footh tbe nrioa which the I'ott demand*. The Boston AdcertUer chirjee UM cent* aline for advertising in ? weekly having li^JO circulation, and warns its reader* to beware of an institution which gives 2,500 eironlation for J oenta a line. The Toronto Glob* print* the best weekly in haa 20,0U). circulation and charge* 25 cant* a line. The Glob* haa oontempt for the American Newspaper Union, which rtvee 20,000 circulation for 16 cents a line. The Utica Herald print* 6.433 copies of a weekly edition wbioh advertisers are allowed to use at 10 oenta a i line. It joinain a crusade against the American Newsgaper Union, which girea 6,i32 circulation for 6 cents The Wirnw, N. Y.. Democrat print* LIS) copies, and charte* advertisers 8 oenta a line. When it was a coopers-tire paper only % a cent a line waa demanded for its ooluras, and it is no better now than it was then. The St. Louis weekly Pott sells 11,912 copies weekly to Germans in and around Bt. Louis. It* adreitiaing ft tea are 10 oenta * line, and are very low, but because the American Newspaper Union five* 11,912 weekly circulation to an advertisement lor 9 cent** line the Port i despises and speaks unkind'y of it The Lock port, N. Y., weekly Tin** print* 720 eopiee and eharge* advertisers 9X cent* a line. When the Lockport weekly Timet become* a cooperative paper advertiser* can use its coluias at 34 cent a lino, which is all the American Newspaper Union demands for i papers of like circulation and influence. COMPLETE ANSWERS, REFUTING ALL UNJUSTIFIABLE CHARGES, TOGETHER WITH CATALOGUES OF THE AMERICAN NEWSPAPER ' UNION LISTS OF ONE THOUSAND NEWSPAPERS, SENT FREE TO ANT ADDRESS ON APPLICATION TO ' BEALS & FOSTER, GW1 Agt's New York JTewsnaDer Union. 41 Park r 1 i- Row, New York, D HVMI IS * _ a.* %:*?. %