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1 , The Ooltl that Wears. We parted one eve at the garden gate When the dew was on the heather, And I promised my love to come back to her Ere the pleasant autumn weatherThat we twain might wed When the leaves were red, And live and love together. She cut mo a tress frcm her nut-brown hair As I Uissed her lips of chcrry, And gave her a ring of the old-time gold, With a stone like the mountain berry? As clear and blue As her eyes were trueSweet eyes, so bright and merry! "Tho wealth of my lovo i8 all I have To give you," she said, in turning; ?T1.a tV,ot ?.?on lib-? tKn ?w);.. i.uo ^viu kuat ngaio imw iwo lauir.ut Olfti? In yonder blao vault burning!" And I took the tnidt, As a mortal must, Whose soul for love is yearning. Fate kept us apart for many years, And the blue sea rolled between us, Though I kissed each day the nut-brown tre**, And made fresh vows to VenusTill I sought my bride, And Fate defied, That had failed from love to wean us. I I found my love at the garden gate When the dew was on the heather, \nd we twain were wed at the little kirk Jn the pleasant autumn weather, And the gold that wears Now soothes my cares, As we live an J love together. A FIERY STEED. For once May gave promise of being a JIhy worthy if the many beautiful songs which have been 6ungin her praise. SSh.- came dancing along after her sicter April?who had just left in a shower of tears?with a bright smile upon her lips, and a wondrous rainbow halo about her head. Aloug a pleasant, winding, lonely country road, with splendid great apple and pear trees standing on either side, and the 6pring flowers dotting the green carpet so thickly that the green is almost hidden, comes slowly, on this port's May-day, a diminutive, old, odd-looking white hofee, drawing a small marketwagon filled with household furniture, 'accompanied by an enormous shaker Newfoundland dog and as pretty a country maid as ever milked a cow or made a pat of golden butter. The broad-brimmed straw hat that slie wears shades iier low brow to which oiings babyish rings of hair the color of the glossy, satin-smooth buttercups, a , pair of innocently roguish eyes, cheeks brown with au underlying tinge of rose, u charming red-lipped mouth, and a firm, round chin. Across the brow, however, at this moment flits the shaflow of a frown, and a look of comic peiplexity comes into the sweet young face. The odd-looking horse has stopped in the middle of the road, and remains perfectly motionless, staring directly before him, save when he bends his head to take a nibble at the flower-thick grass, as though suddenly oblivious of every thing under the sun except the tranquility of the June-like May afternoon. ' Oh, Charley ! Charley I go on?do! that's a dear !" coaxes the young girl, coming to his side and gently patting his head with her little brown ungloved hand; but Charley merely whisks a toofamiliar fly away with his forlorn old tail, and makes no furthur sign. "Charley, good horse, Charley?oh! why didn't I bring some carrots with i me ??Charley, you bad, bad fellow, if ] you don't go on, I'll whip you as sure as you stand there. Come, be a darling." j And thus she alternately begs and j threatens, Lion assisting in dog lan- i miorro mifli an ^/tociAnol rJooVv of fVin < "iVil MU. VVVOOAVKU1 VAfctO&A C* U fUV heels of his obstinate equine friend ; but Charley refuses to " be a darling," plants his feet more firmly than ever, and never stirs ; and at last, with an ah 1 of resignation, she goes back to the path, seats herself on a rude seat formed by nature of the gnarled roots of a misshapen old tree, and waits patiently for "? at least ten minutes. At the end of this * time Charley looks about with a justwaked-up expression in his eyes, as who . should say: " Dear! dear! I quite forgot there was work to be done," and starts off with quick steps that gradually J become slower and slower. With a sigh of relief the young girl 1 arises and follows?Lion, bounding back : from the wood, where he has been mak- i i iog hasty explorations, having it in his 1 mind that his mistress is not to be left ' * without his protection for more than two minutes at a time, takes his place at her side?and the perplexed look fades away into n smile that brings to light ' two rows of pearl-white teeth. But, alas! the smile is premature. In another i en minutes, again overcome by : the beauty and peacefulness of the day, Charley falls into a reverie, stops once 1 more, and once more refuses most de- : idedly to " go on." j - And in this manner does that dreadful * horse behave for a whole hour, making ^ short progresses and long pauses, until finally coming to the conclusion that ? there'had been quite enough of this sort of thing, he deliberately drags the wagon 1 o thex side of the road, takeB up his . station beneath a wide-spreading oak, J1 . > and proceeds to munch the young grass : at his feet, with a look in his eyes that j: ' says as plainly as words : "From this j1 :. spot move me if you can." "Oh, Charley! Charley! how can ! you ?" begins the young girl, loudly and j indignantly, following him with small ; brown hands clasDed beseechinclv. ( " Oh, you wicked, wicked Charley!" .? " Did you call me ?" a iked a mascu- ; r* line voice, to her great astonishment; :? and as with a slight start she turns in ( the direction of the voice she sees a j1 vpuug man walking rapidly toward her, I" tLe sound of hia aoproaching footsteps ) haviDg been completely lost in the in- j J . quiring bow-wows of her canine guardian. "Did you call me?'' he repeats. ! * " No, sir," she replies, blushing pret- j. tily, and looking at him with frank, * _. child-like eyes. '41 wab speaking to the !8 horse. Be still, Lion." :1 " Beg pardon. I thought for an in- j t stant you were speakiDg to me. It seems ' I have the honor of beiug a namesake of j t your fiery steed. But you are iu trou- 3 ble. What is the matter ? Can I help " you in any way ?" j ( f <4 Thora'u nr?tl?in(* carinim < matter," she says, with a smile. " Wo j1 ' aro moving to day, and father went ou : ahead a long while ago, having some j business to settle with our new landlord, i < an<i- he mnsfc be at this very moment j1 waiting f?.r mo at the new house, and ! < wondering what in tho world has become < 1 of me. You see, we have no boys in our j: family, and the other girls are younger ! < thun myself, and father and mother both j thought?this being a very quiet road? ! 1 that Lion and I could look after Charley j * and iho furniture; but Charley, who ! 1 generally behaves very well, has been ; awfully contrary, and has stopped every |' few moments, and the consequence is j we have been already two hours on a * journey that should have takea us but > one, and there s just as ion<? a cusiance ; to go yet; ami with Charley?oh, you i wicked horso !?standing under that tree, ! 1 I don't know how we are ever to get to j Graestown." "It's almost as bad a plight as the 1 old woman was in with her pig, when he , wouldn't go under the stile, and she was afraid she couldn't get home that 1 night," laughs the yourg man?a niceio^king fellow he is, with gentleman stamped on every feature of his hand- ; some face. "But suppose I cut you a >1 switch ? Perhaps that, used with dis- i cretion, might have some influence on i the fiery steed." I " Oh, no, that would never do 1" she ; says, shaking her head emphatically, i i "Charley waa never whipped in his ji (life. He'd be so scared at tne very sight of a switch that I believe he'd run , away." ' Wouldn't that be a desirable thing ' under the circumstances?" asks the young man, with a broad smile, the idea 1 of the old horse, whose principal desire ' appeared to be not to move at all, ran-; ning away, striking him as inexpressibly, ! comic ana thinking, " Bless her kind littie heart 1" he continues. "Well, since j you refuse the switch, I will try how a 11 command in the masculine voice will j i affect him;" lie commanded, "G'long, Charley!" Charley started, turned his head toward the speaker, recognized a master, backed away from the oak, aud went off on a quick walk. " Well,the idea!" exclaimed his young mistress. "And, now, with your permission, I'll walk with you to the end of your oumev, for I'm sure if I leave von, Charley will note my absence immediately, and stop under the next tree." " Oh, no,indeed I you must not," says the pretty country maid. "You were going in an ontirely different direction. I could not think of taking you so far out of your way. Many thanks for your kind offer, but indeed, sir, J couldn't. Charley will behave well "ow. Won't you, Charley?" "Good heavens! I never knew my name was so musical before," thinks the young man, and then explains: "I was going in an entirely different direction because I missed my train at the last statioD, and, if I had waited, would Lave had to wait two lionrs for another; but being rather impatient by nature, and tempted by the fine day, I set to walk, cnv destination being the next village. And now if I return with jou I shall have a much pleasanter walk, catch the next train, and lose no time after all. Lion approves of my plan. Don't you Lion ?" And Lion, usually very suspicious of strangers, comes e id lays his startliugly cold nose in his new friend's hand. And so the two young people walk along side by side, crushing the pretty flowers under their feet as they go. and Charley, looking back c^ery now and then out of the corner of his right eye to boo if the masculine voice is still there' never falters, but keeps steadily on wiudiug his way. After a few moments' silence the innocent little maid raises her blue eyes?they have been hidden by the long lashes?and says, in a shy voice: "You said jou. were going to Daisy ville. I have lived there all my life. "Not a very long time," says the young man, with a smile. "Seventeen years. I was born and my three sisters were born in the same little farm house we are leaving now." and a tear trembles on the long lashes and rolls down the round rosy cheek. The young man looks at the tear with pitying wonder. 4' And were you happy there ?" he asks. " So happy," replies the girl, " that we fear we never will be half as happy anywhere else. And"?a sudden light breaking over her face?" I believe that is what ails Charley. He knows it isn't right that we should be going to a strange place, and does his best, poor fellow, to prevent our going." "Undoubtedly," gravely assents her companion. "But why, if you will permit rat to ask, are you*bidding farewell to Daisyville? G'long, Charley," as Charley evinces a desire to listen to the conversation. " Father didn't own the place. He had it on a long lease, which ran out the very week (a month ago) our old landlady died,and her heir?a nephew? and his mother are coming to taike possession of the estate, and they want our farm-house for their gardener, When Mrs. Marks was alive her gardener had rooms over the stable, and very comfortable rooms they were, too, and the kitchen-garden was just back of the big house. But I suppose the new people are moi'e stylish than the old ones, and want their kitchen-garden larger and farther away than Sirs. Marks's.was, and so they take us from our home, and we are obliged to move to Grasstown." "And are your father and mother as much attached to Daisyville as you and your sisters are ?" he asks. " Even more attaohed to it," she answers, "if that be possible. It almost breaks my heart to see mother's sad face. But I must try to make my new home as bright for them as I can?that is, if ever I get there. Oh, dear! how very unfortunate that Charley should have taken it into his head to be so naughty this day of all others!" " On the contrary, I think, Miss Gray"?it has transpired that her name is Bessie Gray?"thui it is the most fortunate thing that could have happened." Her blue eyes and red mouth open in wonder. " Because "?answered the look?" if Charley had behaved well instead'of badly, you would have been at Grasstown long before this, and I should not have hail the pleasure of meeting you. And now I am about proposing something -which mil seem extremely absurd to you, although in reality the wisest thing that could be done under the circumstances. Suppose we turn Charley's head in the direction of hiB old home, and see what speed he will make then ?" " But," looking at him half frightened as Lion bounds forward with a loud joyful bark to meet a stalwart old man who comes suddenly around a corner, his hat Ln one haud and a red silk handkerchief in the other, and who shouts the moment be catches sight of her. " Why, girl, where have you been ? j What on earth's the matter?" Bessie leaves unfinished the " But"? | begun speech, and runs laughingly L: ?* %;) ~ i.-i. r iAJ uiui, uuu tuiuug tuo iiut iruiu nib , hand, fane him energetically while she j explains, " Charley was the matter, ] father, "iou can't think how aggravat-1 ing he's been. He wouldn't go until this gentleman "?with another pretty > blush?" was kind enough to make him j 50." The old man locked keenly at the poung one. "And pray where did you j ;ome from, and who may you be ?" he j isked, sharply. '' I will tell you where I came from, j md liow I happened to meet your j laughter, at some future time. Meanwhile yon will learn from this who I am" j ?hauding a card to the old farmer, on j which was engraved, " Charles Marks, ' run." " Our old landlady's nephew and! leir r " The same, at your service; and havng no desire, in spite of my agent's arrangements to the contrary, to begin ny life in Daisyviile by turning so worhy a tenant" (in his heart he added, ' with so pretty a daughter ") " out of he house he has occupied so many i rears, I was just proposing to Miss Gray is you made j*our appearance that Dharley should be stopped in his mad :areer,*and once for all be turned toward lis old home." "Are you quite iu earnest, sir?" "Nevermore so in my life. Whoa, Dharley, poor old boy !" and around trent horfce and wagon, and oft' started :he fiery steed so faat that they could no longer follow him, Lion, "leaping i j vard in the air " in the exuberance of his | lelight, galloping by his side. " He's all right," said the old man, j tiis face beaming with happiness. "And 1 won't mother look wonderfully sur- J prised when she sees him coming up the j lane. I don't know how to thank you 3ir." j "Don't thank me. I deserve no thanks," says Charles Marks, holding ; isido a low-hanging tree branch that j Bessie may pass under. "And the new gardener?" asks Bessie, I ol- of ll 1IY1 LUvaXll^ UU UlUil "Will have the rooms over the stable, i You know you said they were 'very com- | for table.'" "But yojir train?" persists Bessie, with the first gleam of coquetry that ever sparkled in her blue eyes. "I'd much rather walk," says Mr. } Marks. When next the blossoms are on the orchard trees and the spring flowers are | running wild through the grass there is a new mistress at the big house in Daisyville?a pretty little thing, with lovely blue eyes, bright golden hair, ami a TTrtinn TT<iw n n m a in Dah 5WCOO UllCCIiUi v uiuu. ucx uauiu lo juco* I Bid, and she is the idol of her husband, and, strange as it may appear, the beloved of her mother-in-iaw. And in"tho stable, as well, nay, better, cared for than the handsome ponies and the splendid chestnut, is an old, white, odd-looking horse, called Charley, his days of toil all over, and all his ways ways of pleasantness, and all his paths paths of peace.?Harpers Weekly. Ihe most fashionable hats for children are in the Pekin style. They come in cardinal and navy blue. FOB THE YOUNG PEOPLE. < > i The Slng-Awtr Bird. 0 say, have you heard of the sing-away bird, That siuga where the Runaway River Runs down with its rills from the bald-h#aded ' hills ' ' J ip : , That stand in the eauBhiae and sliver ? ; "0 sing! sing-away 1 sing-away!" How the pines anTl the birches are stirred J By the trill of the sing-away bird! And the bald-headed hills, with their rocks and i their rills, To the tUDe of his rapture are ringing. And their faces grow young, all their gray mists among, While the forests break forth into singing, " 0 sing! sing-away! sing-away!" And the river runs singing along ; And the flying winds catch up the song. Ti Vm,* I a wilfi irViUo. i At VI no UVIUU15 unw?uuoii, t* nnrnw- 1 throated thrush, That emptied his musical quiver , With a charm and a spell over valley and doll On the banks of tho Runaway River. ... " 0 sing! sing-away! sing-away!" Yet the song of tho wild singor had Tho sound of a song that is glad. And, beneath tho glad sun, may a glad-hearted one Set the world .to the tune of his gladness, he rivers shall Bing it, tho breezes shall wing ' it, Till life shall forget its long sadnesB. "0 sing! sing-away! sing-away!" Sing, spirit, ?ho kno west joy'a GiverSing on, by time's Runaway River! ?Lucy Larcom, in St. Nicholas. A Good Name. A good nams is rather to be chosen than peat j riches." Children, choose it, j Don't refuse it; 'Tis a precious diadem , Highly prizo.it, Don't dennise it: You will need if when you'r men. Love and cherieh, Keep and nourish, Tis more precious far than gold ; Watch and guard it, Don't discard it; You will want it when you're old. 1 Am Afraid. " George, let's go down to old Reed's a little while," said Dan White to a companion, one e vening, just after the lamps were lit and the day's work was done. " I've got to study," replied George. "Let the studying do itself and come on," said Dan. " I can't, I must get that lesson." " Well, get up in the morning and get it. Professor Jones says morning'.is the right time to study, anyway, and he | ought to know." "I am afraid," said George. "What are yon afraid of?" inquired | Dan, as soon as he could command bis I tongue. George hesitated. " Of his morals," sneered one. "And his manners," added another, j "And his mammy," supplemented a j third "Let him speak for himself," sng-| Rested Dan. " What are you afraid of, , George?" " Why?why, if we go there we might stay late; then I might oversleep myself j and not get up early in the morning; j and then they smoke and swear and : drink, and it is not much of a place." " Go hire a hall, go hire a hall I" was [ echoed on all sides. It is not pleasant to bo laughed at, ! and George was just ready to cry, when i one of the larger boys silenced the cla- j mor and said: " Come on, boys, who co i &3 for morals, or manners, or grundmothers ? I Come ahead; come, George," he added \ entreatingly, "don't bo backed down; j the fools don't know what they are t laughing at; you've as good a right to i your opinion as anybody; but come'j onoe and judge for yourself. If you | dou't like it you needn't go back." I am sorry to say the honied words I. had the desired effect, and tho whole ! ( troop, George and all, ."went ruphing j. down to the lowest-little -dram-shop of j, all that community, with as much^bra- j' vado as if there was-not a- conscience-in the crowd. \ > ,? ) /, } J\jfi < Late in the night, or rathet- early "in ' the morning, Georgo slipped quietly j into his home at the back door, and crept noiselessly up the bacK Btaii8.\ To-!, day a bloated, degraded, rdebauched, | ( oonfirmed drunkard, whom intemper-1 rnce, as a strong man armed, baa over- !: come and taken captive, will tell, you I, with tears of shame in his eyes, that he \, is going straight down to ruin, because |: in his youth he was afraid to say, " I i am afraid." - ; .?' * !| There is a Divine Arm able to save |; even him, but ho haB sunk so low ho [ scarcely wants to be saved, and we hard-! ly dare to hope he will be. Courage 1 boys, courage! Dare to do right. Dare to shun the wrong, j I Have the courage to say, "I am afraid !" ] The Lioness and the Terrier. In Dublin, which, you know, is one ; of the great cities of Ireland, there are | gardens where all kinds of wild animals are kept for show. These are called j Zoological Gardens. Our word zo-ology j comes from the Greek words, zo-on, an | animal, and lo-gos, discourse; so that1 zo-ology means that part of natural his- | tory whioh treats of animals. In these Dublin Gardens there was a :' lioness that went by the name of Old , Girl. She was born in the gardens in 1' 1859, and died there at the age of six- ] teen years (a pretty old age for a lion- I ness), after having reared fifty cubs. ; She was a lioness of very high spirit, i though quite gentle; and good judges ' said she was the handsomest one they ; had ever seen. ! These flesh-eating beasts, when in j health, have no objection to the presence of rats in their cages; on the con- . trary they rather welcome them as a i relief to that sameness of life whioh is i the chief trial of a wild animal in confinement. But in illness the case is dif- j ferent, for the ungrateful rats, not con- | tented with sharing the lion's food, then ; begin to nibble the toes of the helpless i lord of the forest, and add much to his discomfort. j To save Old Girl from this vexation, i the keepers placed in her age a fine little terrier. He was at first received ; Tiih a sulkv growl from Old Girl; but i when the first rat appeared, and she saw 1 the little terrier toss him iuto the air , and catch him ucross the loins with a snap-when he came down, she began to understand what the terrier was for. j , Her whole manner was changed. She ? coaxed the little dog to her sido, aud j c folded her paw n round hira, as if to i j thank him for saving her from her t-er- . 8 rible enemies, the rats. Every night : after that, thfc little terrier slept at the j breast of the lioness, eufolded with her | paws, and on the watch for enemies, j You may be sure, that duriDg the six i l weeks that Old Girl lived after this, the i ? ra]s had a bod time.?Nursery. i c Cntrhlns Coonn. : g j ? A piece of hunting strategy that must . 1 have amused ancient Nimrod, had he j 1 heard of the like in his day, is thus re- ; parted in the Huron (O.) Times : 11 One day as Mr. Alfred Walbridge was coming to town, and when in the ravine j near the village, he heard a noise up in j t tbe top of a large white wood tree. He j f ontmiood flm nnicn xmia rr?o/ln Ktr 1 C uui rniuyu IUUU uio uuiuu nuo xaamvavj i?j | C coons, and that the tree was a bed-tree | * for them. 1 He applied for permission to cut the tree, which could be done without much ? damage to other timber in the vicinity. It was suggested by some one that Fred 1 Rice could climb the troe and get them i out. Fred was sent for, and he came, amed with a pair of c reepers such as s are used by telegraph men, and a short 1 olub tied around his wrist. The open- 1 ing in the nest was in the side of the 1 tree about Pixty feet from the ground. 1 YVnen if rod was aBKe.i now ne was go- i ing to get the coons out, be smiled t blandly, but made no reply. With great t apparent ease he ascended the tree to the hole, then drew from his pocket a 5 bunch of fireorackers, and after light- , ing a match he set them on fire, and j dropped them into the hollow of the ] tree. In a short time th^y began to ex- j plode, and out came the coons one at a < time, coughing and sneezing, while 11 Fred knooked them off, and they were | < * < iispatched by the men and boys on the ground. Thirteen qoons, little and big, were thus captured in a few minutes. i A Noble Son* 1 There is a Btory in ancient history of a famous judge who was a great favorite with the Roman Emperor. Among some prisoners brought before him, who had been fighting against the "Bomar.B, -was an old man "with long hair and unshaven beard, and garments tforn and stained; but, in spite of ftll disguise, the judge instantly recognized his own father. He had taken up arms against his Emperor, and now he was to be triod for his life before his own son. It was a terrible moment for both. Some sons would have pretended not to know the prisoner; some would have forgotten the precepts, held-sacred, even by the heathen, about paying bonor to parents. He, however, left the judgment seat, and approaching the Emperor, said: " I ask but one favor. I am the friend of the Emperor, my father was his enemy; either forgive my father for my sake, or take my life with his." He saved his father's life, for the Emperor immediately pardoned the prisoner, and by this noble act gained himself another friend, for he who had been a rebel henceforth was a loyal servant of the State; The Horse'a Name. KwAfh/iv Tiro a An!, rlritrin O WUD UOJ LUJ U1UUUV1 nww vuw u*a , in the country -when a stranger stopped him by exclaiming : " Hallo I that used to be my horse !" ' Guess not," replied my brother; '' I bought her at a livery stable, and they told me she came from Boston." " H'm !" said thor man, "What do you call her?" >' My brother answered that the horse was sold to him under the name of " Pink." " Ho 1" said the man ; " that isn't her name." Suddenly he" cried out sharply, " Nel-ly !" Quick as a flush, the horse pricked up his ears and looked round. " Nelly," said the man, stepping in front of her, " Shake hands 1" Up came the horse's right hoof for the man to take. . " Now give us the other hand, Nellv;" and Bhie raised lier left "fore-foot. "There!" said the man smiling; 'i Ji. 1 ft)> d'ye suppose mat was a i> my uuibb r What does my readers think??Youths' Companion. Patents at Auction. At an auction sale of patent rights in New York recently the following devices were sold: A spark arrester, for preventing sparks and dust from coming through locomotive and other smokestacks, (New England States,) at 82,600; an improved letter-box for French flats, at 31,150; an improved mechanism for operating horse-car brakes, at $1,050; a disinfecting cover for pails, (all United States except New England,) at 81,100; an improvement in floor trusses, (New York State,) at 81,200; a variable hose nozzle, at $1,075; a key-hole cover, which, it is claimed, makes it impossibto to pick a lock from tho outside, at 81,100; an improved gas regulator, which, it is claimed, saves twenty to thirty per cent, of gas, (entire United States patent,) at $1,100; a self-feeding labelingmachine, said to be capable of finishing 1,200 bottles per hour, up 81,300; an improved water filter, .(Canada right,) at $1,500; a sash fastener, by which the upper and lower sashes may be locked at the same time, or not, and in any desired position, at 8600; an improved book support, at $600; a self-setting mousetrap, which drowns the animal, at $525; an improved extension table and sideboard, at $425; au improved ironing table, (except District of Columbia,) at $225; a safety car coupling, (Canada patent.,) at $550; an improved self-de tachable liold-bacK, lor yemcies, at B325; a blacksmith's bellows: with, a draught in . it whereby tiie lire in the forge may be kept alive -when the bellows is not in use, at $200; a device for cTianging reciprocating rectilinear into Continuous rotary motion, at S350; a fire-escape, consisting of a por table roller clamp working on a fixed wire rope, at S350; a folding desk, at $225; an arrangement for working win dow-shutters from the inside of the house without opening the windows, (entire United States patent,) at $350; an improved washing-machine, (choice of one of the United States,) at 8550; an improved coffee-pot, (New England and New York States, except New York City,) at $55; an improved tree-feller, at $350. A number of other patents were knocked down at prices lens than $100 each, and several were passed for want of bids. '[ : p. i The Paddy Bird. A letter in one of the Calcutta papers describes a singular exhibition of the AI flftA YVO/IflTr MTIAII boa oa^ov;ivj vi. yuw vmv* ? been said and written abont the instinctive intelligence of certain birds, and I think I may safely olaim a niche in the ornithological temple of fame for our friend, the well-known Indian paddy bird. I labor under the disadvantage of not haviDg been a personal spectator of the incident I essay to describe, but I have the story from a friend for whose intelligence I have the greatest regard, I and whose veracity I hold unimpeachable, and am of opinion that the state- [ ments can bo implicitly relied on as in qo wise digressing from strict trnthFulness. The narrator observes that re- 1 cently,'while traveling by trolly on one oi the Calcutta railways, he was struck with admiration and wonderment at the 1 tactics of a group of these birds fishing in a sheet of water adjoining the catting. He proceeds to state that the birds first extended in line, placing ;hemselves at intervals of two or three ;eet, and then, wheeling round at both I ?xtremities, completed a perfect cordon. 1 The ring then gradually closed, the sa- < jacious birds the while driving the i sircumscribed fish toward the center of ;he cordon by agitating their long legs, i ind, observes my friend, as the circum'eronce of the circle diminished, the ictivity of the birds in their onslaught 511 the finny tribe became most amusing i o behold. The birds then opened out igain, and the line being formed, the < Ishing drill was gone- through for a ; leoond and a third time with ivdmirable ; decision and regularity and consum- i nate skill. ' The above is no fiction ; and there < iould be no deception with regard to < he movements of the birds, since the larrator, haviug time at his command, | pas enabled to watch their manoeuvres 1 or a considerable period. It is, more- i >ver, marvellous, and demonstrates the ; legree of sagacity that is allowed to ome sections of the lower creation. I Ml I A New Way to Retain Subscribers. An indignant subscriber to a new ' mper went into the office a fow days , igo and ordered his paper stopped be- ! :ause he differed with the editor in his dews on subsoiling fence rails. The , ;ditor conceded the man's right to stop < lis paper, and remarKed, coolly, as be I j ooked over the list: " Do you know Jim Sowers, down at j lardscrabble ?" " Very well," said the man. '' Well, he stopped hie j aper hist week ( jecajise I thought a farmer was a blamed ool who didn't know that timothy was a ] jood thing to graft on huckleberry | Hishes, and he died in less than four lours." " Gracious 1 is that so?" asked tbe , istonished fanner. "Yes; and you know old George "Well, I've heard of him." ? ( " Well," said the editor, gravoly, "he . itopped bis paper because he was the , lappy father of twins, and we congratu- i ated him on his success so late in life. ( 3e fell dead within twenty minutes. , There's lots of similar cases, but it don't ( natter; I'll just cross your name off, ;hough you don't look strong, and there's i bad color on your nose." "See here, Mr. Editor!" said the lubscriber, looking somewhat alarmed, < , I believe I'll just keep on another ' pear, because I always did like your i paper, and, come to think about it, < you're a youug maD, and some allowance 1 >rter be made," and he departed satis- I led that he had ft narrow escape from ' leath. I " 1 . 1 ' - A Surprise Partj. Mrs. Winston was sleeping softly, and Mr. Wilis ton was sleeping loudly. That didn't disturb him, for he was deaf; it didn't disturb her for sbe was very tired. The servants in the attic were asleep, and all was peaceful and calm. It was about one o'clock. Suddenly Mrs. Whiston started. In the moonlight she saw two men stepping softly about the room. She did not Bcream. She would not whisper to her husband, or rather he couldn't hear if Bhe did. The burglars saw that she was awake. One of them came up to the bed. " It you wake him up,"he said, holding a pistol in his hand?" if you wake him up, I'll make short work with you and with him, too. Where's your money ?" " Oh, don't touoh me I" said the poor lady, "and I will tell you where my money is; my husband never keopB money in the house." "Where's your silver?" 41 It is locked up, and I'll give you the key. Oh, please," said little Mrs. Whiston, " please leave me my mother's spoons I They have L. P. on them. She is dead, and you would not, surely, take her spoons I You had a mother once." "If I had, she didn't leave me no spoons. Iwish't she had," saidtheman, grimly. "Oh, remember your mother, and how she loved you when you were little and good! What have I done to you to make you threaten to take my life ?" The poor lady clasped her hands; the tears rolled down her cheeks. She prayed aloud that the Lord would have mercy on this poor man's soul, and lead him to a better life. The man seemed touched. " You tell me where your money is, and don't wake that man, and I'll clear out and won't hurt you." "Well," said Mrs. Whiston, "in the third bureau drawer, in the right-hand corner [what luck for the burglar that it wasn't in the upper drawer], you will find a little silk-and-bead purse with seventy-five dollars in it in bills. A good-by to the seventy-five dollar gray wrap with the hood and flossy silk tassels flashed through Mrs. Whiston'B mind; but ber life was more than her raiment. One of the men fumbled in the drawer. \ "Swear," said the other, "that all your money is in that purse." " I give you my solemn word?I speak the truth?seventy-five dollars is all I have." "Here it is," said the man. " Mis'Whiston," cried Abigail Marston's strong voice over the stairs?Mis' Whiston, be you sick ? Be you a-callin' me?" Oh, what muBic that voice was ! The men took no time to ask for the key to the silver closet. They knew from the voice that Abigail was none of the fainting kind of lady, and they fled down stairs and slammed the door, feeling that seventy-five dollars well repaid them. At the sound of the flying feet, Abigail ran down after them. She looked about the house and saw that everything was locked, and then came into Mrs. Whiston'B room. The poor lady was almost fainting. Abigail lighted the gas, full blaze. Mr. Whis ton, aroused from pleasant dreams, opened his eyes, feeling that day had burst rather suddenly upon the world, and was surprised to And the seamstress standing by the bedside in a nightgown and ruffled nightcap, flapping a wet towel in Mrs. Whiston's face. " What is it?" asked Mr. Whiston. " Yes, what is it?" said Abigail, with a sneer; " that's just what men are good for. Weak women suppose 'em to be good watch-dogs, to say the least, and here they go a-sleepin' and lettin' their wives wrestle with highway robbers and pickpockets, ana sieep ana sieep, as 11 that mtisfr be done, come what will." Mrs. Whiston, reviving from her faint, proceeded to tell the story. " Oh, James," she concluded, " there is a Boft spot in every rough soul. I Rpoke of his mother to him, and I prayed aloud for him." "And gave him my watch, I suppose," said her husband. "No, I didn't. I forgot you had a watch, or that I had one. I gave him my money. He made me swear, with a pistol at my head, that I had given him all I had." Mrs. Whiston looked from Abigail, who was bathing her head, to her husband, and from her husband to Abigail, for a moment. "What have I done?" she cried. "Yesterday when Aunt Jennings was here, with little Mamie, the child had the toothache, and to amuse her I gave her a tiny little bottle of paregoric, and ?and?yes, I took all my money out of the little bead purse, and filled it with " 1 1 1 i.1.^ COtEOU-WOOl lor uer, uuu luo luuum juuo gone off with nothing but that; and the seventy-five dollars are in my handkerchief-box." Abigail laughed to herself after she had gone back to bed, to hear Mr. Whiston shaking the doors and windows. "That's dreadful brave," she said. " I'd like to know who it wa? run after them robbers, a man or a woman ! Men's dreadful brave, ain't they ?" The family used to laugh at Mrs. Whiston and say she was sorry the burglars didn't get the money. Mr. Whiston said they would think her a most consummate liar and hypocrite?and so I suppose they did?but I have no doubt they thought she was a very brave, 9hrewd woman. Mr. Whiston had bars put across the basement doors. So I suppose the next visit the burglars pay will be through a window.?Youth's Companion. Origin of Great Britain's Emblems. The intestine wars which bo long do pastated England wefe carried on under the symbols of the Red and White Rose. The adherents of the House of Lancaster chose the red rose as their mark of distinction, whilst those of York chose the white. This fraticidal war continued until the union of the roses by the marriage of Henry VII. with Princess Elizabeth, daughter of Edward IV., in 1486, since which time the rose has continued to be the emblem of England. When St. Patrick landed in Ireland to jonvert the Irieh, in 432, the pagan inhabitants were ready to stone him. He requested to be heard, and endeavored to explain God to them as the Trinity of Unity; but they did not understand him until he plucked a trefoil, 3r shamrock, from the ground, and said, "Is it not as possible for the Father, ton, aud Holy Ghost to be one, as for the three leaves to grow upon a single 3talk ?" " Then," says Brand, " the [rish were convinced, and became concerts to Christianity; and in memory of that event they have ever since worn the shamrock as a badge of honor." WheU the Danes invaded Scotland, on one occasion, they resolved to adopt a jtrategem, and in order to prevent the Scots from detecting them they marched barefoot. The Danes thought they should reach tne camp in a lew minutes, | when, on a sudden, a man who went! forward waH wounded by a stout Scotch | ;histle, so that he could not help crying | !>ut loudly with pain. This noise roused | the camp, the Scots flew to arms, and j the Danes were vanquished. This thistle ; was afterward adopted as the insignia | af Scotland. On a certain occasion King Cad walls met a Saxon army. In order to dis- j tinguish his men from the Saxons he | placed a leek in each of their hats; and tiaving gained a decisive victory over their enemies, the leek became ever ifter the badge of the Welsh. It happened in this wise: .They were joining off the steamer across the plank together. She was afraid the plank would tip and she should fall. He said, " Never fear. In that case we shall 3ie together." She looked into his face ind said, If it's all the same to Providence, I should much prefer to live together." And the next week the knot was tied. The Samoan Islands are the great jocoanut-producing islands of the globe, rhe inhabited ones are nine in number ind have a population of 35,000. Oue ' Gterman firm, dealing in the staples of those islands, does a business of $5,000,300 a year. Pago-Pago is the harbor which the United States have lately bought. . V. Q'. ' ' . ' _ ^* i-V" ;;V: ** *" "!*' ^ NEWS SUMMARY. \ , Baa tain and Middle Btatee The convention of the Pennsylvania Republicans for the nomination of a State ticket was , held in Harriaburg. Mayor Stokely, ef Phila- 1 delphia, was chosen chairman. The ticket c nominated was : For governor, General Henry M. Hoyt; for snpreme judge, James P. 8ter- ( rett; for lieutenant-governor, Charles W. ( Stone; for secretary of internal affairs, Aaron I K. Dunkel. The platform adopted does not allude to the Administration, but opposes free trade and the tariff bill: declares that labor [ and Amorican commerce should be fostered by the national government; asserts that the publio lands should be reserved for actual j. settlers ; opposes the payment of " Southern B claims" ana unjust freight discrimination ; ( sympathizes with Southern Republicans, and c endorses the State administration. E The New York Legislature has adjourned. t Mrs. Lydia Sherman, who was serving a life J imprisonment in the Connecticut State prison for Doisoning her husband, and whose escape f and recapture some months ago will bo remem- I bered, is dead. After her sentence for killing f her hnsband she confessed to having poisoned 1 three hnsbands and four children. f Twenty thousand barrels of oil were lost at ' Bradford, Pa., by the bursting of R. W. Evans <fc Co's oil tank. John J). Payne, bookkeper for Alvin J. | Johnson & Son, New York publishers, was | found to have stolen over 312,000 of funds be- ] longing to his employers and wan arrested. , In Johnston, B. I., Martin Head, aged six- i teen years, fell dead while playing base ball, 1 ha\ burst a blood vessel. < At Pittsfield, Mass., the jury in the ewe of John Ten Eyck, indioted for the murder of ! Mr. Stillman, brought in a verdict of murder in the first degree, and he was sentenced to be 1 hanged on August 16. Tho grand jury of New York city has brought twenty-nine indictments against the proprietors of as many establishments?fertilizers, fat Tenderers, etc.?from which foul odors emanate. At Myersburg, Pa., John Stoever, a respected and trusted citizen, confessed on hiB death bed that during tho past twenty-five years he had been concerned in four murders, giving details and naming his accomplices in crime. A party of young men visited Daniel O'Brien's house in.Lowell, Maes., to get liquor, and, upon his refusing them admission, kicked at his door. O'Brien fired upon them, fatally wounding Edward Allen. The daughter of Patrick O'Neal, aged nine years, was fatally burned in the woods in ~ J II.:? --uv. Cumberland, it. i. one was wtumug mtu u? father, and he threw away a lighted match, which Bet fire to the dry furze, and the flames caught the child's clothing. Western and Southern States. Tho Ohio Legislature has adjourned. The Ohio Democratic State convention will be held at Columbus June 26. St. Agnes' Female Academy at Memphis Tenn., caught fire and was entirly destroyed Loss estimated at 850,000; insurance $25,000 Mrs. Anne Barbara Kors arrived in Baltimore from Dayton, Ohio, intending to leave on the following day for Germany. As she did not come down to breakfast on the next morning at the bote', where she was stopping, her room was broken open and she was found suffocated. 8he had blown out the gas instead of turning it off when ntiring. Brown Bowet\ a noted desperado, was hanged at Gonzales. the murder of ThomaB Holdermau in 1872. A fire at Massillon, Ohio, destroyed a portion of Russell it Cn'n agricultural woAs, damaging the property to an amount exceeding $75,000. Over one hundred houses in 8t. Louis were more or less seriously injured by a heavy rind and rain storm, and a number of persons w -jre injured. The pecuniary damage done raacLeB $50,000. The Dime Savings Bank, of 8acramento, Cal., suspended, owing $45,000, mainly to children. It provt d to have been a .ham concern, never having been incorporated. The other day Wheeling, W. Va., was visited u- ***" affit-nna afnrm nf trinri find VlAll known in that eoction niuce 1869. Hailstones as largo at a hen's egg full in great masses, breaking thousands of panes of glass and almost totally ruining the fruit and other crops in the vicinity. During two days extremely severe storms also prevailed in various portions of Illinois, in many iustances proving very disastrous. At Petersburg four pereons were killed by lightning and many buildings shattered. At Fairbury growing crops were considerably damaged and lfve stock killed by lightuing. Near Qnincy bridges were washed away, fruit injured, and whoat beaten down. Near Lincoln two women and a girl were killed, and great damage done by hail. At Odell a hotel was struck by lightning, and the earth so drcnched that planting will be retarded many days. Dispatches from Chats(vorth, Springfield, Urbana, Streaton, Cairo, Jacksonville, and other towns in Illinois, represent the storm to have been one of unusu<\l severity. "CVnm WQ nh l'ri Ct.nn. Tbo Senate has confirmed the nomination of George F. Cntter to be paymaster-general of the navy and of William H. Hunt, to bo judge of the court of claims. It has also ratified & treaty with France, providing for a convention at Paris next summer, with a view to the adoption of a metrical system of weights and measures. It is expected that all the principal European nations will participate in the convention. The President and Yice-Prefcident of the United States, representatives of the executive departments, members of Congress, tho supreme court of the United States, the judiciary of the Distriotof Columbia, the courtof claims, Sir Edward Thornton, the Japanese minister and others of the diplomatic corps, the Academy of National Sciences, the Philosophical Society of Washington, the Alumni Association of Princeton College, officers of the army and navy, the Washington Monument Society and a large conconrse of citizens attended the funeral of Professor Henry, late secretary of tho Smithsonian Institute. The Sonato committee on pensions has agreed to report a bill to increase the pensions of all soldiers who lost both legs, both arms, or both eyes, from $50 to $72 a month. There are only sixty-five of these cases. In thirty-three of them the soldiers have lost both legs; in thirty-one of them both hands ; and one soldier lost both hands and both legs. The Senate postal committee has decided to report as amendments to the annual post roads bill several measures heretofore agreed upon as separate bills. Among them are the bills proviu ing for a new classification of mail matter and the registration of newspapers admitted to pound rates of postage, and regulating tbe compensation for railway transportation on tho basis of I both car space and speed of trains. The President has Bent a brief message to Congress, inclosing a long letter from Secretary Evarts in regard to the payment of the Halifax fishery award. Mr. Evarts reviews the whole matter of that award, and the manner in which it was rendered. He states that the American commissioner protested against the verdict, and that the opinion in Canada and England had been, previous to the declaration of the award, that the verdiot should be unanimous. He states further that the award exceeded the statement of damages set forth in the case, and that it was therefore excessive. He recommends that this government confer with the government of Great Britain in reference to the principles involved in the matter, iu order that there may be a permanent settlement of the questions in dispute. An appropriation for the payment of the award is advised. The President's message in reference to the matter reads as follows: "To the Senate and House of Representatives: I herowith transmit for your appropriate action a communication from the Secretary of State on the subject of the result of the deliberations of the fishery commission, appointed under j certain provisions of the Treaty of Washington, with the accompanying documents. Article twenty-two of the treaty provides that any sum of money which the commissioners may award s hall bo paid by the United States Government in a gross sum within twelve months after such award shall have been given. The commission announced the result of its deliberations on the 23d day of November last year, and an appropriation at tbe present session of Congress will be necessary to enable the government to make the payments provided in the treaty. I respectfully submit to the consideration of Congress the record of the transaction as presented upon the papers and recommend the appropriation of the necessary sum. with such direction to ihe executive in regard to its payment, as in the wisdom of Cjngress the public interests may seem to require. It. B. Hates." Religious services in commemoration of Judfje Chisholm and children, who were killed in Kemper county, Miss., last year, have been hold at t'.io Metropolitan M. E. Church in Washington The commissioner of Indian affairs is investigating an alleged formidable Indian ring in Dakota. Tho treasury department has had somo difficulty in the purchase of silver bullion for coining purposes. Parties owing bullion wanted gold for it, as tho bnllion contains on an averago about sixty per cent, of hilver to forty per cent, of gold. " The treasury would, however, pay for it only in the standard silver dollars. Toe Florida election investigation committeo of Representatives is as follows: Democrats? ClarkMon N. Potter, of Now York; William R, Morrison, of Illinois; Eppa Hunton, of Virginia; John A. MoMahon, of Ohio; W. S. Stenger, of Pennsylvania; Thomas R. Cobb, of Indiana and Joseph C. S. fllackburn, of Kentucky. Republicans?Jacob D. Cox, of Ohio; Benjamin F. Butler, of Massachusetts; Thomas B. Reed, of Maino, and Frank Hiscock, of New York. 1 ? . ? Jb'oreign a own. Tho international championship two-milo boat race between Edward Hanlon, of Toronto, and Fred A. Plaisted, of New York, at Toronto, was won by Hanlon, who led at tho finish by four boat lengths. A visit to the American section of tho Paris Exposition has beon made by the Prince of Wales. A German paper publishes a report that there is a plot on foot to establish the republio of Turkey with Midhat Pasha as president. Tho lower house of tho Hungarian Diet has passed a bill granting 60,000,000 florins ($29,I 160,000) for war purposes. I Mr. Okubu. tho Japaneso minister of the interior, has been assassinated. Ho is stated to havo been > , defender of all the recent reforms in Japan. By an explosion of the boiler of Cameron's sawmill at Widder, Ont, the engineer waa killed and several other persons were badly burned. The Bussiana aronnd Constantinople hare >een ooncontrating their forces and drawing oi iearer the Turkish capital, while the language ti >f the Russian minister to the Saltan is said to fc >e growing more imperative. oi Fortv persons were burned tp death during a ai Ire in the theatre at Ahmedungger, a celebrated ft ity of East India. ^ According to a dispatch from Ottawa tho ^ Canadian government has been notified by fi. Jreat Britain that war between England and 1 inaaia is inevitable. TI (JONUKKSMIONAL. .SUMMARY, tn Mentue. P( The bill to provide a fire-proof bnilding for " he bureau of engraving and printing was con- ^ lidered, without action.... The concurrent res- . ilutiona regarding relations with Mexico were WI sailed up by Mr. Morgan, of Alabama, who 4 ipoke in support of them. They were referred ot o the committee on foreign relations. Adourned. The bill to subsidize the Brazilian steam- ai ihip line was reported from the committee on til )ost offices....Mr. Butler, of South Carolina, u* mbmitted a concurrcnt resolution providing fc lor a commission on army reorganization, con- ^ listing of two senators, three representatives, sn md three army officers, to report at the next oi session of Congress... .The joint resolution to ei print 300,003 copies of the agricultural report in ind 5,000 copies of the colonial charters was tit isrreed to The bill to repeal the resump- t? Jon act came up, and Mr. "Matthews re? d a long argument on the general financial policy if the government, closing with a motion to ? ulopt, as a substitute, the bill introduced by ^ dim in November last. He advocated reissues w of the notes after their redemption. No action d was taken. ..A substitute for the House bill ^ to establish a permanent government for the y District of Columbia was reported from the ai district committee. Adjourned. b Mr. McMillan, of Minnesota, from the com- w mittee on claims, reported with amendments the ^ House bill making appropriations to pay claims w allowed by the Southern claims commission.... & A number of pension bills were passed, among 0 others a bill granting pensions to Louisa J. T Guthrie, widow of CaptiJohn J. Guthrie , a Ellen Saxton, widow of James Saxton ; Celia ^ Bell, widow of Stephen Bell and Boxana Walker, widow of Willis Walker, whose hus- i bands were drowned while attempting to render assistance to the crew of the United States steamer Huron A message from the Presi- e dent in regard to the Halifax fishery award K was laid before the Senate and ordered to be b printed. Adjourned. v Mr. Whyte presented resolutions of the f Maryland Legislature in favor of an appropri- t ation for the construction of a ship canal to o connect Chesapeake and Delaware; Bays, and o argued in support of the prolect ? An adverse o report was made from the judiciary committee ii on the bill permitting women to practice be- t forothe Supreme Court The bill to repeal ii the resumption act was taken up, and Mr. c Morrill, of Vermont, argued at length in favor a of special resumption.... The bill authorizing r the President to appoint Gen. Shields a brigain fVio nrmr nn fliA raf irpr? 1 if. Vftfl then taken up in committee of the whole. Mr. Sargent offered an amendment providing that ! Gen. Grant be placed on the retired Hat, with ? fall pay, and it was adopted, by 30 to 28. J Adjourned. J House. 5 1 ie deadlock which had lasted four days in * the house, arising out of the presentation of resolutions for an investigation into the alleged J, irregularities of the Presidential election in F Florida?such deadlock being caused by the : refusal of the Republican members to vote upon these resolutions and the inability of the Doraocrata to obtain a quorum?was at last 5 broken after proceedings which were charac- * tcrized by much disorder and confusion, with ; controversies on points of order, which once [ or twice became quite personal On the third g attempt to vote oil the demand of Mr. Potter for the previous question, 147 Democrats (a . quorum) passed between the tellers voting in , the affirmativo, while one, Mr. Harrison, of Illinois, voted in the negative* The Republicans refrained from voting. The demand for the previous question being seconded, Mr. Hale moved to lay the motion on the table, which was rejected by a strict party vote. The maiu question was then ordered by 147 to 1, the Republicans refraining from voting, and the resolution was adopted by 145 to 2, Mills, of Texas, and Morse of Massachusetts, voting in the negative, and the Republicans again not voting. The House then adjourned. , A bill was introduced giving the guarantee of the Government to the payment of five per cent, interest on bonds to be issued by variouB canal and railroad companies to the amount of $189,000,000 The Speaker pro tern. (Mr. Sayler, of Ohio,) announced the committee on alleged frauds in the Presidential election, and Mr. Garfield presented a cable despatch from Minister Noyes, at Paris, requesting to be subpoenaed to appear before the committee. ... In Committeo of the Whole Messrs. Kimmell and Humphrey spoke on the army appropriation billf after which the House proceeded to the /v-intn'rlorafmn nf Tlistrint of Columbia business. Some twenty odd thousand Indian b j are to be removed from Colorado to New i Mexico. c Stan din * tbe Test. Farmers have often been induced, by plauai- ] ble agents, to purchase farm implements which * have proved unsatisfactory or worthless; but j the hundreds of thousands who have bought j the Buckeye Mowers and Reapers, built by Adriance, Piatt & Co., Poughkeepeie, and 165 Greenwioh Street, New York, have invariably found their highest expectations more than realized. This firm have for twenty-one years enjoyed the reputation of turning out from their faotorias machines which in material and work- . manship, as well as in the simplicity and per- ] fection of their mechanical principles, were of ] the highest excellence. I It is a fact, which should hava great weight ' with purchasers, that the system of construction peculiar to the Buckeye Machine is the ] only one that has remained unchanged in < principle, while among tho many changes ' made in competing machines, the only ones that have met with any degree of success are thoae which were copied from the Buckeye. ' A new Single Wheel Reaper, called the J " Adriance," has been lately added to the | productions of this firm, and when we pay that it is a worthy compaa'c-.s to the Buckeyo ( Mower, we have paid it lue highest possible i compliment. Manufacturers who have dene so ' much to benefit and to win the confidence of 1 the farmer, are the oaea it is to ,'his interest , to patronize. i Mothers! Mother*!! mothers!!! Don't i fail to procure Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup ( for all diseases incident to the period of teeth- , ing in children. It relieves the child from pain, ] cures wind colic, regulates the bowels, and, by giving relief and healt h to the child, gives rest to the mother. It is an old and well-tried remedy. Geo. P. Rowell dc Co'ti. Nayrspaper Adrer- 1 tlslng Bureau, New York. j THE OBJECT OF OCR E3TABLJSHMENT. ] Our Newspaper Advertising Bureau, No. 10 , Spruce street, New York, is an establishment j intended to facilitate the convenient and sys- < tematic placing of advertisements in news- ] papers. It is conducted upon the principles which we conceive to be the right ones for 1 securing the best, results to the advertiser, the . publisher, and ourselves. We undertake to represent American news- j papers, not only the newspapers of the city of < Now York and of all other American cities, re- < ligious, agricultural and other class news- 1 papers, but also the small country journals. { Wo receive regularly and keep on file the newspapers of every description throughout the j land, whether issued daily, weekly, or monthly. ] confined strictly to newspaper advertising and to American newspapers. We confine our transactions to newspapers ] and do not accept or undertake the manage- 1 ment of other classes of advertising, such as books. Mini boards. Dosters. or job printing. i It is onr hope that by adhering to" one branch . of advertising we may make ourselves masters of it. Wo also restrict our dealings to newspapers published within the geographical limits of the United States and Dominion of Canada. THE SYSTEM OK ARRANGEMENT TOR NEWSPAPER FILES. We have a system of filing newspapers by an arrangement of sholving and partitions, separate space being accorded to each,, and labled with the printed name of the paper it is intanded to accommodate, by means of which arrangement a stranger can find any paper he wishes to examine with something like the readiness nith which ha would a word in a dictionary, a name in a directory, or a bock in a library "catalogue. the nature of the service which it is our business to render to the advertiser. Wo undertake to maintain an established I credit with every newspaper, and to have at hand a schedule of the charges adopted by the publisher of each for advertising space in its columns; to be ablo to quoto those rates to an advertiser who wishes to insert an advertisement in one or several, and to procure the | prompt insertion of the advertisement without i any extra charge for the servico rendered. { f which service consists of quoting the price, / I printing or writing as many duplicates of the ' J advertisement as may bo required to furnish | : one to each paper to bo used, forwarding tho ! ^ copy 'or insertion at our own expense for pos- j tage or messenger service, examining the | papers to see that the advertisement appears I j when and in a manner that it ought to, check- i g iog each subsequent issue of the advertise- j I ment in each paper in a book kept for tho ; I purposo, at all times subject to the inspection j of the advertiser, and marking plainly in each I I paper the advertisement as it appears, bo that! * when the advertiser comes (or sends) for the \ purpose of having tho filos oxamined (to see ' thac the service for which his money pays has ' ufnrwlnrorl^ fhft fiVfl mftv liorVlf i iiucu aviu.?..j -?n ~J~ ?v -o? I promptly upon his announcement, without the I labor of searching & whole paper or page. | If errors or omissions occur, it is ourduty to notify publishers, at our own czpecak for labor, postage or messenger, and to see to it that the publisher of the papsr actually does the specified service for which toe advertiser con- i tracted. tnz ixouht or koxet to bk eipk.vded. Persons who have had little experience as advertisers often have a pretty clear under- J standing of what they would like to do, but are \ entirely ignorant of the probable ooat. j i iM,Ul We bare made oat for such a person a plan, i ' advertising calling for an investment of " 5,000, and on submitting it for approval / rand our customer dismayed at the magnitude j r the expense, he not having, contemplated -? i expenditure exceeding 1200 or,.$300. In .1 ich a case labor would have been saved, if at 5 ie commencement of the negotiation the g lGBtion bad been asked : " How muchmoney- J e you prepared to denote to this adver- tog?" ;j IE CONFIDENCE OF OUB PATBONS A MATTES OY 11 PRIME IMPORTANCE. ~ It is a matter of prime importance to us, for 1 e purpose of maintaining our influence with " lbliabers, that it Bball o6me to be understood aong them that our statements about the IvertisiiiK to be done, or not to be done, are be relied upon ; ana to this end our dealing ? ith our advertising patrons must be upon f basis of mutual confidence and respect. JB OUSTOKEB8 ENTTTUD TO OUB BEST , KB VICES. Whenever we are doing the advertising for ( ty individual or -firm, we consider them en- | Jed to our beet servioes. If they suggest line a paper which we know to be not the best i ir their purpose, we sayso and give the reasons. 0 e often expend a good deal of time for very I all advertisers, much more than the profits. l their patronage wouldlwarrant; but as they I ltrust to us what they have to disburse, and E fluence in our direction the patronage of teir friends aud acquaintances, we are con- jj nt. f( OUB peomuuu 2 We promise those advertisers who entrust leir advertising patronage to our management i lat we will not allow them to be oharged in * ay instance any more than the publishers ache- d ule rates; that we will procure for them the r xeptance of any advantageous offer made to g lem definitely by any newspaper publisher, c dvertising agent, or canvasser of responai- 6 ility. Although wo are unwilling to do work J a rtcnAf or*/? nArnp A A fl/\ VAt 1 i conformity with the promise made above, e sometimoa find it advisable. Competitors, oxioQ8 to gain a hearing aud secure attention, ccaeionally make offers which it would adance the true interests of our castomers to ocept. In such cases we hold ourselves bound 3 secure the bargain offered. Extract from the New York Timet, June 14 1875. Ton years ago Messrs. Qeo. P. Bowell <fc Co. stabliihed their advertising agency in New ' 'ork city. Five years ago they absorbed the uBinesi conducted by Mr. John Hoopor, who ' ras the first to go into this kind of enterprise. ' tow they have the satisfaction of controlling < be most extensive and complete advertising onneotion wbich has ever been secured, and ' ne which would be hardly possible in any ' ther country but this. They have succeeded ' a working down a complex business into so boroughly a systematic method that no change a the newspaper system of America can esape notice, while the widest information upon 11 topics interesting to advertisers is placed eadily at the disposal of the public. Common 0?bm> Many imagine all advertised medicines to be rorthless nostrums, and indiscriminately contemn them: but is it not an injustice to the honsands of respectable citizens who give volintary ovidence* of benefits received, to thus i uestaon and doubt their veracity and Integrity ? 'airbank's standard scales are extensively ad'ertised. Does it necessarily follow that they 1 xe inferior in make and less accurate than ithers? Have they not been demonstrated to >e among the best? Again, is it common ense to eappose that a physician with capital ould be induced to hazard it and a card lamed reputation upon a worthless article? i. V. Pierce, M. D.. of the World's Dispensary ,nd Invalids' Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y., ia the proirietor of the most popular family medicines n the market. His reputation as a akillfol nrgeon and physician has been fully estabLshod for many years. Would physicians and lergy, after having tested his medicines thoringhly, unite in commending them to the aflicted, if they possessed no merit? The underligned take pleaaare in reoommending Dr. >ierce and his Family Medicines to all who nay need them: D. R. Fairchild, M. D., Seneca, N. Y.; W. 5. Cousins, M. D., Albia, Iowa; ML J. MoJlellan, M. D., Garrattsville, N. W. F. lazleton, M. D., Silver Lake, Kan.; F. S. liner, M. D., Yeazie, Nev.; Geo. Dieterich, M. 105 Vine Street, Baltimore, Md.; J. H Iherrod, M. D., Paoli. Ind.; Geo. B. Chapman, I. D., Plattsmouth, Neb.; T.J. Canper, M. D., ipringfleld Ohio; James H. Porter, M. D., Jorham, N. H.; D. E. Wells, M. D., Bristol, i. H.; J. A. Miller, M D., San Leandes, Cal.; r. N. Camp, M. D., Baladan, Mo.; Jos. S. Burr, J. D., W. Lafayette, Ohio; Bev. E. N. Harmon, illsah. 111.; Rev. Isaac N. Augustin, Shi^man, II.: Rev. Thomas O'Reilly, Newman, Kan.; lev. L. Weston, Bucklin, Mo.; Rev. L. A. Dawson, Homer, 111.; Rev. W. S. Long, Graham, N. 0.; Rev. Andrew AdamB, Calhoun, >a.; Rev. A. P. Moore, 712 Washington Street, Joston, Mass.; Rev. I. A. Thayer. M. D., Balonsburg, Ohio: Rev. I. P. Promt, Palmyra, ill.; Mrs. Elizabeth A. Boyd, Falls City, Pa.; r. Spencer, Union City, Mich.; Geo. C. Bazzill, ienova, Pa.; Mrs. M. Kerns. Palmyra, Mo.; klrs. E. Ri Daltjv, Metropolis. ILL; Samuel Farner. Java. Ohio: Sisters of Charitv. St. Yin rent's Asyi'um, Troy, N. Y. Gen. Grant at the Paris Exposition. A cable dispatch to New York Herald May lth says that Gen. Grant was placed upon a iquare, American platform?that of the Howe icale. The general in fact was weighed and for be first time in his life "found wanting," havng lost seventeen pounds by his Egyptian trip CHEW The Celebrated . "Matchless" Wood Tag Ping Tobacoo. Tax Pio.vkxb Tobaooo Oojcpakt, New York, Boston, and Chicago. There is nothing so dear as cheap medicine; t is dear at any price. This is true of the arge packs of condition powders now sold. 3uy Sheridan's Cavalry Condition Powders an'd rou o&n't make a mistake. The large packs ire utterly worthless. Dellclona Cookery. Light, white, wholesome biscuits, rolls, jread, and elegant cake, crullers, waffles, ionghnnts, muffins, and griddle oakes of every iind, are always possible to every tabl& by ising Dooley's Yeast Powder. Thava ia n/> wmnfle in thft world 80 valuable to use in the case of sadden accident or ijlness is Johnson's Anodyne Liniment. It can be ised internally and externally, and its power la iruly marvelous. The Greatest oiscovcry of the Aire u Dr. Tobtu' oelebrated Venetian Liniment I 80 rears before iie pablio, sad warranted to care Diarrhea, Dysentery, Dolio, and Spasms, taken internally; and Oroop, Ohronio Rheumatism, Sore Throats, Outs, Braises, Old Saree, vnd Pains in the Limbs, Baok, and Oheet, externally, [t has never failed. No family will ever be witboat it ifter once giving it a fair trial Prioe, 40 cents. Dx. TOBIAS' VENETIAN HORSE LINTMENT, in Pint Bottles, at One Dollar, is warranted superior to any jther, or NO PAT, for the core of Oollo, Oats, Braisee, Old Sores, etc. 8old by all Druggists. Depot?10 Park Pl.ice, New York. The Markets. nv TOBX, Beef Cattle Native 09 0 CM fexas and Cherokee.. Q9X& 09*,' tfilchOowi 00 00 040 00 Scgfl: Live 03*@ C8J? Drecsec O41<0 0i* Jheep 06 0 Cfl>< '??- 07 <a 10* Uotton V" Middling. 07X0 Floor: Weatern : Good to Oholoe. 3 J8 0 T 60 State: GoodtoOholoe.... 64# 0 8 75 syheat: Bed Western 1 83 0 1 M No. 3 Milwaukee 1 38 <9 1 21 Bye: 8tate . | Barley: State ? ? ? Barley Malt M 0 89 5at?: Mixed Western 83 0 35 3orn: Mixed Weatern <3 0 |13< Bay, per owt S i So 3traw, per owt 36 0 60 Sopa 76'a?08 016 7S1 06 0 08 Pork: Mesa 8??t 8!2 Lard: 01 ty JW0 W Biah: Mackerel, No. 1, new 1JOO 016 00 " No. 3, new...8 f0 0 9 93 Dry Ood, per ert 3 76 0 8 26 Herring, Scaled, per box.... 18 0 30 Petroleum: Crude O9K0U9X S^oo' California Fleeoe. ? 0 ? Texas Fleeoe 1" 9 ? Australian Fleeoe 88 0 43 State 3| ? ? Bu tf State J8 0 M Western: Oholoe 13 0 33 Western; Good to Prime,. 13 0 M Western: Flrklna 12 3 13 r!he<5?e: State Factory 10 0 " etato Skimmed...... OS ? IT Western..... C3 0 13 . Q4.U *?.! PATinovlronln IS (3k IB bUTTALQ. flour ....... ?< <?>? < 6 78 0 6 25 iVheat?No. 1 Milwaukee.... 1 18 0 1 25 3orn?Hlxed 46J{0 46 Jats 83*0 ?4 0 ?8 !Urley TO 0 71* 3irloy Malt.,.,. 66 0 63 PHILADELPHIA. 3oef Oattle-Extra 09 ? re* 'heep 06*0 0fli? low?Dressed O6Jf0 0G'-? Honr?Pennsylvania Extra 6 60 0 6 13 IVbeat?Red Western 1 33 0 1 2j iye C5 0 70 3orn?Yellow 62*0 Mixed 61 0 63 )ata? Mixed 83 ? 83M 'etrolenm?Crude 09 0OVH Beflned, 11X ffcol?Colorado 1 18 0 23 Texas 18 0 26 California 20 0 26 BOSTON. 3c?f Cattle 09 0 Ihscti MX8 Cl\i Iokb 00*0 07* flour?Wisconsin and Minnesota.... 7 80 3 9 00 lorn?Mixed..... 48 0 FJM )aU- " 87 0 83 Vcoi?Ohio und Pennsylvania XX... 43 0 47 California Fall 18 0 18* BBIOHTON. MA? 6. Jeef Cattle 06*0 07* llieep 06 0 GO* - nrt /a t n U? V* I Io?9 07X3 08 1 WAIMTOWW, iUSg. ? Poor to Gholco 4 90 ($6 80 Ihocp .... 8 00 9 7 tO jimh* . .. ...... 700 (<} 8 00 IbowiTi HnnwonuL Tnocmca. for oongtu and oold.a Mf AftfTfl E. 1NGRAHAM Ac CO.'ft " 1 | I |l| 1/I* Superior in deaifn. Notequalec lalllllaM A i" quality, or as timekeepers II I H All 1% 11 Ask yoar Jeweler for them yMWVAftfcy Agnnoy?S Oortlandt 8t, W. Y HE POTATO BU6 WITH F.W. Devoe & Co's Paris Green. ror circulars how to use, address cor. Kalton nud tVIIIImn St.. New York. Manufactur rsofWuite jead,Co Ion, Vara Uhes,Oils and Palnta bkadt to a rsx. * * ' - ' ' * . I.-'ju ' .a' K4 g rem gaseg&jasawa^;. 5i^rVpi^3*wth^eD5roiSr^>S*too^ J A vT 4 ots. ?el]s rapidly tot 10 ota. 0*talcigs*./toe lA-ftPaSQgR, H-?W?ahln?soc B*as?, Bo*om. k mm A DAY to A?enia eumiini for Um PJre?M# K / visitor.' Term* sad Outfit Free. Address ft P. O. V1CKEBY. Angnata, Maine. ID/I t V0 Pn?> >|280ralrg65. PIAHOg HirANSieui| prfces-'10v?jz*|36- (ir?* IllU/UlU bun ni. BEATTY, Washington. N. J. 1411A A Month.?Aconta wanted. -36 beat aall .15 1?* ?tiota in t?e world. One sample frt* IWtfU Addreea JAY BflONsON, DtroltTMicb ELECTRIC BELTS. A perfect ova for premature debility. Sand for eiralar. Pb. L. KARR, 832 Broadway, Haw York. n V JfH FOR AXjXj, at Pfrf T^pe^O.; Catelogne, alt ccnti. PWTT.AT>H?PHIA. 51A fn MR ??WU8B5o,B?a HU jU #29 SSrw^SR atalocua fre*. J. H. BLFJKOKD'8 HO.N* toatoB. [[Established IMP.) B% A M LATEST Ajr'de Q tk flT U out and 40 best ff AA 18 Money Making 1 * 1 H Articles in the forld. Free Samples to MB gents for 3cent atamp H L| irpostagc. J. Bride & Co. m > 97 Broadway MewYork utm M ^0 Bw iSTHMA & CATARRH. Dr. K. W. Bead's Celebrated Asthma Belief is nn.oubtodly the beat remedy for Asthma And Catarrh et d iaoovered, also asore cure for Cold* and Co web a. lelief ia guaranteed or poreha** price reinnded. Ismplea seat free to any who may desire. The mediae ia pit up in two sized paokans, and retails for Oa and 1100. Dos. price $3.60 and #7.06. Thoea reaittiog retail prioe will hava the medicine promptly orwarded by ntara mail. Address A. ETHREDGH, ilanofaetnrer and Proprietor. Borne. W. Y. TRADB MARK. DRa BECKER'S * . \ O /yt CELEBRATED >\ ?>1 EYE BALSAM fliltffcfCL IS A 3URE CUBE I 7L>^^V ? I For INFLAMED, WEAK EYB? w i?' V ^1 STYES andSOUE t.* ELiJJa. L// F VN^I SOLD BJ AIL DRUGGISTS. / TT1 \ DEPOT, O BOWERT.H, Vi ( *?* a BEST BY MAIL FOR 3N> UGHTNDIG RODS FREE ire not ?o cheap a? our Fiv^Too Wagon Scale at $50. ill iron and f teel, with bnu beam. Delivered, freight ' ?4id. No monty atked for till lufd. Send for free Price List of *11 cite Scale*. JOKE8 OF BEWHAMIPN. Binghaaton, W. Y. /^sPHOSPHO-IHIIRmHt f iflHB^\The best vitalizing Tonlof F ? J n A \ Relieving Mental ud Physical tP BJ PROSTRATI0K, \jM J u J^msBvousimsfl, nmmr, JEW ttmat.TI wXAZNXtt, V?rVlS'Ani1 all Impairments of Brain and Harm System, Ig^Aii Dmcf.u. Depot, a putt St.. ar. t. ^TAKE IT EASY. Common-Sense Chairs and Bockers. With or Without Beading TabU. For sale by tba trade. Manofao. >b,#.A.?INCL?^T m Send Stamp for lUoatrated Price. c7i3ir kiamp*<i ?n,t irar' Consumption Can Be (M PUIilHQNA U a etrtain rtmtHy tor th? car* CONML'M PTION and all dtaeaaea of the Lmmand Throat. It inricorataa tha brain, tonaa up tha system, makes tba weak atron* .and U ploaaant to take. Price One Dollar per bottle at Drnggiata or seat b* tha Proprietor on receipt of price. A pamphlet eoataainc Taluable advice to Conaamptlvea, many certificate# of actual avnxM, and fall dli*otiona for nalnf acocrmpaniea ?aoh bottin, or will be Mnf/reato aayaddma OSCAR Q. MOSES.18 OorUandt Street. Hew York. gljETEBETT HOUSE, Fronting XTnion Square MEW YORK. Finest Location in the Oity European Han?Eestaarat Ussarpasscl KERNER A WEAVER, Proprietor* The Jaunty "Cutaway Jacket" This stylo of /ffft Coat or Sacque AUj& vrill have great fa? f3r ?T$^ KrSS&Sk vor this season for SniEETor House. PjHH It will be popular JHH * Jskfi-itj in Pique, Cloth BawfSaPat * Silk or Cambric. EH mH fl | SsKyS] It it appropriate M MM! as part of a Suit fia firilBfeM (pjjjflp{.<.S~T made of the some ' poods, or of mate _All su<^^VJLaModel, 30 cents. ' nsr }-,:. Smith's Large INSTRUCTION NOON** contains hindrsdi ofTirys an.I ftnall F-iililon PlaU* and Lrtlss? Toilet srticln. " Lsrturss on Prsumallng," by Mm*. Sci/ti, ?riB U ml to toy address ?poa receipt of ten cents (or S stumps). dBs THE COMPLETE DAUXER. I.mt. &{W *1 by woman, and look tbs premium at lbs C?at?ulal iVJgg\ exposition. It (a tbs most complete and awful article lady can bars. Darning, masdlnc. smbroldssy, rlor*. f , JB itrrtcblnr, sic., ars dons npon It. Thoojand* ars tetnf llb'yV >n'd' f*''nS ths grsaUtt satU&ctlon, at only 50 csati wdv sach, post-paid. W 'DIC ACCEPT Ws will rles toe "Dnmer" n Dill UrrElliiu<taii'>Patt(ni*is>rM U csnta. OB, tiis ' Darner" sad "Pattern" *i>4 [l "Smith's Illustrated Pattern Bazaar" alj forOn? Yenr?*11 postpaid, foe ONE DOLLAR* 3 55 Postsfs Stanapn taken na cn?h. Addnm A. BURDETTE SMITH, Editor, P. O. Box 8088. Raw York City. I'll I mkk THE POTATO BUGS AHD SAVE THE POTATOES. SURE DEATH to the Colorado Potato Bn* U only to b? had b* the om of Paria Green. Prof. Oook ud others ui that all other remedies haro (ailed. ENl>?RsKI) BY A. M. KUI-LEIt, AGRICULTURAL EDITOR 02 THE ** SUN." PURE PARIS GREEN Had* by F. W. Devoe k Co., oan be relied oa for the extermination of the Potato Box and Cotton Worm. Circular on the use of Pari* Green distributed free on application. F.W. DEVOE & CO'9 MIXED PAINTS For the convenience ud economy of consnmert at PAINT the well-known house of F. W. DEVOE & CO. now prepare ?. PAINTS READY FOB USE FOR FARMERS ud MANUFACTURERS. They are uniform In shade, and the oolon can always be matched. Any one oan paint with them. No need of a painter to mix it for 70a. No need of a dryer or other ingredients. The paint is ready for immediate application. Send for sample cards snowing different shade*. They hare Terr superior ooTering properties and do not, like the so-oalted patent paints, contain either water, benzine or alkali. These Paints are in Liquid Form, and are sold in Gallon Cans and Barrels. They are also put up in small oans of one to five pounds. F. W. DEVOE & CO. Manufacturers and Importers of Colors, White Lead. ZinzWhite,Varnishes and Artists' Materials, CORNER FULTON AND WILLIAM STREETS. (OLD DUTCH OmJROB CORNER), NEW YORK PITY. RED CHEEK FILLS! //^ Prlcc per Box, 50 ccnts^ Try them. Samples free AT ALL DRUGGISTS. Sml by mail on reeeipt of price. If you ire weak, languid, disclined for any exertion: If your food disagrees with you: If your flush is flabby, an l your complexion sallow: If you lire in a malarial district: If jou are worn down with the care of chiliron: if you hare got the blues: If you bare kept late hours, and lived contrary to tb? laws of health: If yon need bracing and tinlny up: Take KEU OHEEK FILLS. EXTRA RED CHEEK PILLS Prlcr, SI.00. If you have led a fast life: If you h?T? abnsed instead of used nature'* gift*: If yon feel old before your time: If life Las become a burden, and yon bare gloomy forebodings: I r your hands tremble, and your eye* bare grown dim: Tho EXTRA KEU CHEEK PILLS will maka you yeung again! " - Aarnnfa for \fw York CltT. A special Agent wanted for every town. Address, DOCTOR FALK, 203 HroaJwnTt Sew York. Sandal-Wood A ixMitlva remed (or all disease* of the Kldnar Bladder and Urinary Orcnm; aln'xood in Dr loa! CeaplalnU. It new prodncee slokneai certain and ape* action. It fart anparMd ill other remedies. Sixty oapenle* oure In ?:< or el day*. No other medicine oao do this. Be<rur? of ImltaSlon, (or, owint to ttt pm Q004M, many h*Te baen offsred; moi ?r? not t dsa/?t ooa, otaamg pile*, ?to. DUND4M KICK <fc CO.'S #? ?? s?/i Ob eonUxM'.g Oil 9/ Sort J i.'tjiiorf, 10M c si.' 4?i rtorw. .1?4 /or circular, or ucd r'or o?? /? * o? ' n V**ttr Btrett, h'>* rfk. _____ 2]