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The Field Sparrow. A bubble of music floats The slrye of the hillside over? A little wandering sparrow's notes? On the bloom of yarrow and clover. And tho smellot sweet-fern and-.1! o bayberry leal On his ripple ot son:; nre stealing; For he is a chartered thief, The wealth of the fields revealing. One syllable, clear aud soft As a raindrop's silvery patter, Or a tinkling fairy-bell, heard alolt, In the midst of the merry chatter Of robin and linuet and wren and jay? One syllable, olt ~epeated. Ho hsts but a word to say. And of that he will not bo cheated. The singer I have not seen; But the song I arise and follow The brown hilis over, the pastures green, And into the sunlit hollow. With the joy of a lowly heart's content I can fuel my glad eyes glisten, Though he bides in his happy tent, While I stand outside and listen. This way would I ctso sing, My dear little hillside noighbor ! ^ A tender carol ol peace to bring To tho sunburnt Holds of labor, Is better than making a loud ado. Trill on, amid clover and yarrow? There's a heart-beat cchoing you, And blessing you, blithe little sparrow! Lucy Larcom, in St. Nicholas. SOMETHING HANDSOME, Nobody knew just how rich Mrs. Buttersby was. Some said she was a millionaire; some limited the sum tc 6ixty or seventy thousand; some said she possessed only an amount which died with her; and some tnat she was richer than John Jacob Astor, and had baps of gold up her chimney and behind secret pannels. and amongst the roots ol the old pear tree at the foot of the gar den. The pear tree being such a very likely place for hidden treasure, as it was utterly unprotected, and onlj fenced in from the public road, ovei which any tramp might clamber, as many did, at any hour of the night. However this might be, all agreed thai Mrs. Buttersby w:is a miser; and certainly, for a wpman of any means, six was remarkably penurious. Her snial house had few comforts in it. On< smouldering fire alone was lighted then in the depth of winter. Butcher's meat was almost an unknown thing, and tea. coffee and sugai luxuries, never to bo thought of bj Penelone Baxter, the only other inmat* of Mrs. Buttcrsbv's mansion beside hei excelled self. For, be it known, Mrs, Buttersby had a slave of white complexion who trembled at her very nod; who lived on cold potatoes?when there were any?wore Mrs. B.'s old gowns, out of which she was always bursting, like an over-boiled potato out of its jacket; and was invariably seen in very much flattened slippers entirely down at the heels and the clumsiest of blue yarn stockings. A slave who, on rare occasions of absence, signed her letters to the old lady "Your dutiful niece, Penelope Baxter," and supposed to be the daughter of Mrs. Bu'ti-rsby's sister, who was always alluded "o as that "undutiful critter, Sal.'' by the old lady, and as " mar" by the young one. Penelope, although not set off by her attire, was a good-looking .girl with h nez retvousee, blue eyes, pink cheeks, curly golden hair, and no si?rn of bones anywhere about her. and was, truth to tell, the object of the_ adoration, not only cf Simon Tomkins, the village baker, but of Simon Starbuck. who had no particular trade at present, but thought of doing something, and, mean* while, wa3 the genius of his household. Having a taste for music, and being known to have written popms for the Leekvilie Thunderbolt. The baker, being eiderly, and wearing a red wig. was despised by Miss Penelope; but Simon was favored not only in secret but in a mertiure openly; for at the bottom of the garden, under the pear tree bofore alluded to, there had heen an interchange cf vows and locks of hair, and a prom is? <-f eternal constancy. For the life <.f her Penelope -would not have revealed this to her aunt, but the old lady being shrewd enoueh to see through so transparent a thine as Penelope's heart, found it out for herself and accused her of the crime. "You've gone and ensraged yourself. Pen." she said, standing stiff as any ghost in her white night eown beside the damsel's cot bed one night. " Aud a thankless thing it was to one that took and did for you when that ungrateful critter. Sal, died. I should think the victuals you'd had would hev riz up and choked you, and that blue bead necklace what I giv you would hev turned to a hemp rope about your neck. Did I give vou bed, board and clothos to have such a reward as this? Ah! ynu'd repent it v.hen I'm dead and gone, ana buried in the churchyard. 'Taint likely I'll live morc'r twenty vears. Couldn't you wait till then. Pen??couldn't you wait till then?" Pen, who was a tender-hearted damsel, wept profusely at this, and, in the scantiest oi night attire, wert down upon her knees, and. after asking pardon, vowed t hen and there that not e 7en the 'alented Simon should induce hertc leave her excellent aunt as lone as thai lady continued tf> breathe. "And,' sobbed Penelope, broken-hearted ly. clingincto Aunt But.tersbv's hand, ''] did think of the maroon colored merino you took off of your own back to givt me Christmas, when T said 'Yes' tr Simmy, and my heart smote me?indeec did ? The old lady, somewhat mollified bj this confession, bade Penelope arise, anc bound her by n solemn oath to remair In single blessedness during the rem nant of her a^cd aunt's existence, be il long or short. "And surely as you do," said Aunl ButtPrsby. when the oath had been ut terM, "surely as you do. IV. leave yoi nnmethine handsome, and you can hav< Simm^whenever you choose." " Something handsome!" Aunt Bi?t tersby uttered the words with a signifi cance which implied millions, and Pen elope, who had never hitherto helievec in her aunt's fortune, was instantly con verted to a popular superstition. What could "something handsome 1 mean but. n large fortune. Under th pf>ar trpe that night Penelope tol< Simon Starbuck of this promise, who beinr' ?enius, he at first received wit! cont> >nt?r. :i".d remarks about," dross, but which he afterward began to vie\ in a more nopeiui ngut. ana rec.;pive< with the encouraging remark that" th old lady mightn't live lone, after all a speech which caused Penelope to shei tears and hope that her aunt might liv a thousand years?an age which wouli have caused poor Penelope to marr ' rather late in life. In any case, th "genius" w:is net prepared to go t housekeeping even on the smallest scale so he made a virtue of necessity, an while his poems still teemed with hi scorn of srold, he privately pondered o the probable meaning of "somethin handsome " Meanwliile, there was a new arrivs in Leekville. Mrs. Bui tersby's brother who in his youth had been no credi to his family, and in his old age was n particular credit to himself, made hi appearance one fine evening with bundle tied in a bhie cotton pockc handkerchief over his shoulder, an declared his intention of rc '?'nin(r t 1 J?..? ?:tk j -mi uin 'liijo >vitu un uioi mu Buttersby received bira coolly, and ii timated that he bnd host return to hi former residence; but Silas Brown lit erally would not ro. so there wa nothing for it but to ruakf. up an untise b<"d in a very damp room and keep bin Ortainly there must have be<m som stronz inducement. to tempt Silas t si'are the poor fare and sour look"? < Mrs. Bu-.tersbv. and although lie wt ten year* older tban hi? sister, every or declared that be bad an eye to the pol PUDposed to be buried under the per tree and up the chimney, and which, i cage of the old lady's sudden decea< would fill to him as next of kin: an everyhodv?that is, everybody in Lc<-1 viile?Faid that the thine was shamcfu and lhal if any one ban a richt to wha ever her aunt left it wn? Miss Penclop Every one had said this about si months when Aunt Buttersby was tak< suddenly ill. She refused medical assis ance on the score of expense, until she grew so bad that Dr. Jalap could aid her by neither pill nor potion, and on one winter's day lay dying on the haid est of straw bolsters. She knew her end was near, ana spoke of it freely, chiefly triumphant on the score of not having incurred a useless doctor's bill. Brother Silas listened fearfully for the mention of a will, but none was made, and on the score of property nothing was s;vid until sunset. Poor Penelope, the doctor, the minister, Silas and Simon Starbuck were assembled about her couch. Then, suddenly. Aunt Butter-by sat bolt upright in bed, lifted herskinny finger and said: " I call you all to witness?" "She's wandering, poor thing," said Silas. in a tremor. "No, she's not," said Simon St:irbuck. " I call you to witness what I say," reiterated Mrs. ButtersbyPenelope Baxter has been a good gal, and dutiful to me. I'm going to reward her." Silas groaned and Penelope began to ween. " I told her,1' said Mrs. Butters by, " that I'd leave her something handsome, and I'll keep that promise. Remember they're my dying words. I give to Penelope the big china jar that stands on the mantlepiece yonder. A china trader gave it to poor Buttersby years ago; it's 3 orth a great deal, and it's pretty." Starbuck smothered an oath. Silas looked L'ss terrified. " But," pursued Mrs. Buttersby. " PeneloDe must promise never to sell it. If the time comes when she must part with it, she must break it. No stranger can have that jar. Promise, Pen., promise." And Penelope sobbed that she never, never would part with lief dear aunt's last present. Mrs. Buttersby never spoke after this, i and three days after was laid at rest in the old churchyard, and her brother, Silas Brown, took possession of the hou?e in which she dwelt, and another , in the village, and, finding no gold i under the pear tree or up the chimney, i sold the village house and rented half of [ the ott er, and lived temperately on his i income. i Poor Penelope took the china jar away -' ? I inner armswiiu ruveituwiii vmc, .?uw I being married to Simon began to kepp f houRC with little other furniture besides . a pine table, two chairs, a stove and a tea-kettle. But the jar graced her man; telpiece ?nd was her pride and glory. > It was tall and slender, with a narrow neck, and a device representing a Chij nese lady of rank walking in a blue garden among pink butterflies. Every day it was ducted religiously, and turned . best side foremost, and profane hand ? never touched it. Mild Penelope felt I that her aunt had crowned the benevo. lence of her life by this gift, and only i thought herself silly for having believed In the hidden treasure. But Simon was . of a different mold. As time passed on he waxed more and more wrathful at I fate. The world did not appreciate his j . genius. His father died and hn was left i to his own resources. He left Leekville J at last, and, going to New York, resolved to become a star and astonish the dral matic million. Fate was still against I him; and as a last resource he settled down as a very subordinate actor in an exceedingly minor theater, and came on , in peasant costume to say "welcome home, my lord," to the newly returned heir; or as a smuggler, who announced j that the "captain was waiting," or . sometimes as a speechless king at a i banquet. Penelope made nets and nursed her , children. In a few years the house was full of them. When we say the house, ; we mean the habitation, which, correctly speaking, might have been mentioned as rooms. They trotted and crept about, fell down stairs and out of windows, and ovprset kettles of boiling writer, and through all escaped alive, with their full complement, of limbs, i The disappointed actor was not as ereat.lv rejoiced a9 a patriarch would have been bv the number of his olive branches. Probably sandals and gont , skins were more easily come at than morocco shoes and calico frocks are nowadays. And finally, in despair. Rtarbuck took lo drink, and crowned Penelope's misery. Then begun the recular pawning of the china jar. Once a w<?ek, at least, food ran short, and there was no money in any pocket: and on that dav. at dusk, Simon would repair to his " Uncle's " with the legacy -? ? ? ? ? ? ? J !* ?!???? 1 wvv*-?r? I in .newspaper, nuu m mj; uwiug , . shillings to purchase supper. Poor Penelope always manaeed to get her treasure back before it was time to pawn it again, and on the whole, the , china iar cost them more than its original value over and over again. Tt was a miserable sort of homo Simon seemed to grow more morose every day; the children wailed and fought; Penelope worked her fingers to the bone; and rarely had t>'me to <vash > her face or brush her hair; and thp bugbear of the Household, the black ! man up the chimney, was the agent who . collected the monthly rent. They were always behind hand, and always on the verge of being turned out into the street. i and just saved themselves this un pleas- j [ ant circumstance over and over again. | Penelope declared that it would happen | i some day. and Simon said, " Let it; oet' ter know the worst." I Perhaps it was for the purpose of ac quiring this knowledge that, coming I i home in an oblivious state from the I theater one night. he walked into an [ open cellar door and broke his leg. That month's rent went to the apothecary, and the avenging aeent made his appeari anee shortly after, uttering dire threats, i Penelope promised payment next week. Next week came, so did the aeent; but i the money was not forthcoming. It > was a desperate case. The agent saw it. : " I've borne this long enough." he said'. "Out of this you go into the , street, and if you had anything worth ; sixpence T'd seize it. Holloafor here > his eye fell upon the china jar, "itow i ; did you come by that' It's a curiosity! i > You've no business with luxuries if you I can't pay your rent; that's mine!1' And! he strode across the room, seized the | r long-treasured jar. stuck it under his i I arm, and was marching off with it, but \ i Penelope caught him by the arm. "Don't take that!" she cried. " It's j t all I have to remember ray poor dead and pone aunt by. She gave it to me on t her death bed." "Your aunt be?blessed!" said the i agent. j "Amen!" said Simon, from his couch. The agent still clutched the china jar. - Penelope tried another course. "You shan't liavj it!" she cried. \ "You've no right to it! It is not Si mon's, but mine. Give it back to me!" "Whatever is jours is your 1ms" band's!" said the agent. " Hold your e tongue!" I Penelope became meek?unnaturally i, so. indeed. She made a courtesy. !i "You're right, sir, I suppose," she " said; "take thej'ir. only I don't want v the neighbors to know it. Please let d me wrap it up in a bit of paper." e " W eil, make haste," said the unsus picious agent, surrendering the vase d with the grace of a bear; "I can't wait e all day, mam." (1 Penelope took her aunt's lepacy in her y hand. She rejrarded it earnestly, regrete fnljy. and said aloud : o "Good bye. you dear old thing. >; Years and years you've been ray pride, d T'ain*- to be counti d the times I've set s you on the mantle-shelf. There never n was such chiny on earth. You're like g a livin' critter that I was going to commit murder on. lift, npent, do you J i know what I nr misod my poor aunt?' % The airent was not interested, it "I told her that I'd never sell this o vase; and if I was obliged to part with is ; it i na H<tc Penelope paused to kiss the por;t cekin. d I " f ' ?'<l 1 ir ['d smvi'i it first, and I'm o I going to do it now!' 5. j And before t!ie agent cruld interfere, i- i down came the vjise, crashing on the is ' earth in tw< nty pieces." > j "Hurrah f<?r Pon," cried Simon from is > l is bed *'Th.it would have brought d j down the house in a play. Hurrah!'' l. | Rut the agent swore and stamped, and c Penelope was hiding her face in her apo ron and sohhinz like achild. And mat>f ters seemed likely to take an unpleasant is turn, when one of the youngsters cried : ie I "Mammy, there's a p iper in the vase!" d And from the glittering heap df china ir ; drew a crumpled piece of parchment n i rolled and pressed tiat, and secured with ip i a tape. 't had been wedged into a hoi (1 ' low in the bottom of the lonjr-necked t. | vjko, and was fastened there by some ;}, ! adhesive f-ubstance, for a picce of china t- j clung to it :w it was lifted up. e. Penelope's heart beat wildly. She ix i caught the parchment, unfolded it, read >n | a few lines, and hastened to Simon's t- j bedside. % 0 " I gupss am crazy," she said; " but it's my aunt's will if I'm not." And there, uoon the yellow sheet, Simon read these words: "My Inst will and testament, which will be discovered by Penelope Baxter if she obeys me; lor as Simon Starbuck's wife, the time will surely cone when she must p:irt with or break it. By that time both mny know the need of si money." "Money!" Simon turned the page . gleefully, and then read of certain astonishing sums?not hid under the old pear tree, but wisely put out at in- J terest?to which Penelope Baxter was to be the heir. Sums which would si make them independent of iandlords, butchers and trorers for the future. And he read this to Penelope, and she u wept. "Dear, good aunt!" she sobbed. "She b always promised to leave me something handsome, but how could I guess it was the vase?" And so Mrs. Buttersby's hidden treasure was found, and Penelope received " hrr reward at last; and Simcn, wno was not bad at heart, now that he was no ? longer wretched, foreswore strong waters. And when last heard of there rr were no more flourishing or happy people than Simon Starbucks and his family. And lie has written and published his poems between gilt covers, and believes that the world will appreciate him at last. P TIMELY TOPIC'S. Sf The remuneration for work in Italy ^ appears to be very small, according to an investment recently made by M. tl Nathan. The working day in the manufactories of Capriglia, an industrial district, is from fourteen to seventeen hours a day, the wages for men being for s' those above sixteen years of age about 0' sixty centimes (twelve cents) a day. The" average for women was forty , centimes. Workers by the day were paid fifteen sous (cents) for sixteen " hours' work- Even these poor wages were not paid in cash, but in part, with i bread, detestable wine, onions or fruit, a Mrs. Livermore contends that if li mothers would train their girls as w - IlOUSeKePpCTS, Hi Hit: yvu. niui |jcnwu when girls would be delighted to learn, n* they would take as natuially to hoiise- a keeping as ducks take to fresh water. She does not recommend, however, that a, instruction should be confined miinly 0j to domestic duties, or that marriage should be considered the principal aim o' the fair ^ex. hut advocates a system of broad and liberal industrial tuition, 11 which \vill tit women for any of the probable contingencies of life, render " them self-dependent, and fully develop their varied laculties. p< tc President Folsom, in his nddres-5 be- ci fore the New York State Dairymen's ol association, remarks: In 1840 the exports of cotton from the United States tl aggregated ?84,000,000, equal to $4.18 , per capita of the population, and that all the other products of agriculture . amounted to $17,000,000, an equivalent of $1.06 per capita'ol ponulation; while in 1870 there were $179,000,000 of cotton. equivalent lo $3.91 per capita, and ol all the other agricultural products were " $412,000,000, equal to $8.95 per capita, showing, in less than forty years, an in- w crease of more than 800 per cent, in c< agricultural products oth'er than cotton. la A remarkahle machine was described { at a recent meeting of the Societe d'En- S1 couragement pour l'Industrie Nationale c< at Paris called theprofilograpb, because when in use it traces mechanically on fr paper the outlines of the ground over ci which it travels. It consists of a small oi carriage mounted on two wheels, drawn by one man and attended by another, tl who marks the levels at the proper places; and underneath lianas an iron d rod with a large ball at its lower end, servingas a pendulum. This pendulum maintains a constant vertical position, while the machine inclines one way or ? the other, according as it ascends or descends a slope. To the unper end ot the rod is fitted a pencil, which marks In on a sheet of paper the ups and downs T of the country traversed, whether on tl an ordinary road or across trackless fields. The exact profile is thus re- fi, corded to a given scale. At the same aj time one of the wheels, acting the part a] of chainbearer, measures and indicates the distance traveled throughout the survey. For surveyors and others en- b gaired in leveling operations, this ma- 1,1 chine would appear to be eminently st serviceable, and there is talk of its being c' made use of in a new general survey of to France contemplated ~by the government. ? b. Termites, or White Ants. T By far the most wonderful of all /1 - b rieties of the ant-tribe are the termites, 0 1 * ' * - T.. J.' 3 or Winte ants 01 me r^asi inums jiuu Southern America, but they differ in so emany respects from the orciuary ant cj that some naturalists do not class them a among ants, hut among the neuropter- p ous insects. Tneir families are com- a posed of males, females and neuters; they live in communities and construct hills and turrets, and so much resemble d the true ants, 0*- fbrmicidse, that, outside h ot scientific rules, they seem to be of the 3' same general family. They swarm at tl certain seasons like true ants, but in such prodigious numbers that they form si the chief food of the birds, reptiles, and even of the men living near, who are on ^ the lookout for them as they fall to the a ground after their short day of aerial life. Few survive this swarming, for c they are devoured as a great delicacy by all sorts of ant-eaters. But it is proba- ? bly a law of nature that only a few queen-ants should live, as each one lays eggs to the amount of somo thirty mil- h lions. The working ants, after gaining r a queen, inclose her in a sort of cell to v preserve her from her enemies, it is sup- o i r i?? ?<v t poseu?IOr UL'I" mifcr, 3U1L IIUU.I isuunij * her incapable of taking care of herself, v In this cell are small holes to enable the ft workers to pass inside and gather the s eggs, which she lays more rapidly than f( one can credit; sixty a minute?upward of eighty thousand in twenty-lour hours. The houses built by termites are, fj compared with the builders' size, the r highest in the world. Man, in order to J. compete with these insects, must raise P an edifice two thousand eight hundred P feet in height; for one of these white J! ants is but a quarter of an men iong, 1 rnd one inch, for it, is eaual to twenty- 0 four feet tor a man. These nests are 0 ten and twelve feet above the ground, and beneath are large gailerips, extending hundreds of yards under the earth; and the roads from these lower chambers wind in spirals up to the top of the ? hill. The view of these habitations from a distance much resembles anas- ' seniblagp of huts, and the hills are com- 11 posed of a sort of clay which in time 11 j bears grass and other plants. The principal food ol these creatures c ! is wood, although they will work , through almost anything; they are ' miners in their tactics, and always eat ? first throueh the interior of what they attack, having the outer surface appar- J ently untouched. Their obvious place * in the economy of the universal system I of things is to absorb the constantly * decaying vegetable matter which encumbers tropical forests. They devour * enormous fallen trees in a few weeks. Ants' instincts fire certainly most wonderful, and their tenacity of life, when attacked by human agencies, at times shows absolute powers of reason. Nothing in animal or insect life can surpass their perseverance, their industry. nor their attachment to their young, although, strange to say; that attachment i3 alone displayed by the sexless neuters, while the mother-?mt | seems to be a mere machine for laying ; eggs.?St. Nicholas. ? j A Murdered Man's Monument. Queer taste is exhibited by the family of TV ford, who was murdered by j George \V. Ilays, in Marion county, II! linois, in 1879. Over his grave is a I xli.i riii<^nnnfn^ 1??* n Ihhiva I 4 UiiUiili ruiujwuuitu ?iv un ??; j . butcher-knife ,:ind on the. stone is the J inscription: " Murdered by George W. Hayp, IJarvev Tollord. Died Jan. 18, 1879, Aged 22 v'ti, 6 mo., 6 d's."' ! I You see that boy? How timidly he i approaches every dark spot as he hurries : uirougii uie nigiu: ihivv waniy nu watches evPry tn?e box! how lie jumps aside at the slight* st rustic! how trem, blingly ho trnets every wayfarer! Well, : that is the same boy who is iust dying to go nut West and slaughter the p( sky redskins. You wouldn't think fo, to see i him now; row, would you??Boston Transcript. - - - ?? FOB THE FAIR SEX FMhlon I*ote*. Amber color is coming into fashion. The fashionable bonnet is the smal npote. Japanese sunshades will be used thii ummer. Hoods are worn with many elegan resses. Short, stout women cannon; wear th< ersey. Ecru embroidered muslins tire amonf ;ylish novelties. Chatelaines of flowers will still b< sed this summer. Some of the new laces appear to have een dipped in coffee. The very largest figures are seen or be new brocades. Muslin embroidered in gold is used tc rim washable costumes. Carpet borders should match and nol ontrast with the carpet. Cashmeres are brightened with sumler foulard instead of satin. Mazarin collars in white and blacfc ice are worn with dark gowns. Small, straight, linen collars and cuffs re worn with tailor-made dresses. Flounces of la^e, quite covering thf mrasol, are used by some English lasers. To hare a finely painted fan and para>1 is to be just now both aesthetic and ishionable. Flowers in large clusters are taking le place of feathers for trimming botb ats and bonnets. Lace mantels are fichus or else Spanish a apes, with a point that may be thrown per the head. Many of the new basques are edged y a cord which has long ends in front (rminating in tassels. Jerseys now button down the front, ad the* skirt, cuffs and collar are trim led with some bright hue. Silk and satin pelisses, almost exactlj ke the princesse dresses now worn, rere fashionable fifty years ago. Fringe is sometimes made into bonets, upon which the only trimming is spray of flowers of a darker tint. Curl-papers are coming in again, it is sserted. They are better for the fringe f hair on the forehead than crim pingins. Little turbans for summer wear are lade of rows of lace set in rows passing round the crown. One flower finishes lem off. It was inevitable and has come to iss that Jersey bodices are now made > button down the front; the skirt, iffs and collar are trimmed with a band f color. Hats are more eccentric than ever, lrnedup in front or at the side, or even t the back, in whieh latter case they >me down like a thatched roof over the row. One of the new ways of trimming aunccs is to overlay them with rows f satin ribbon, set about an inch and a alf apart. Plain French bunting is combined ith foulard this summer for seaside istumes, instead of the brocade used ?t season. Fringes made of feathers shaped into issels are used to train the front and de breadths of the gowns that have jurt train. The binding which has disappeared om the brims of hats is replaced by ocheted netting about two inches wide a both sides. Some of the new costumes have skirts iree vards wide instead of two and a alf. like those that have been worn uring the winter. The diagonally corded ribbons which ime in and went out several seasons 50, after a brief period of favor, have sen brought out again. Calico aprons with muslin ruffles and ice trimmings are worn in England, hey are called dowered prints, but ley are calico all the same. Chinese brocades upon which the Kures of men, women, tea-chests, fans nd trees are mixed up in confusion, re new and by no means pretty. A new collar and cuff of linen have een brought out for wearing with lilor-made dresses. The collar is raight and fastens at the back; the ,iff is very shallow and intended to be icked on the sleeve. The moat popular colors with moistes are helitrope, "capucine" and rass, otherwise called "amaranthe," his new shade of helitrope can scarcely e described; it is in the highest tint f the flower and very pale. Many of the square-cut bodices of rening dresses have a stand-up mediis collar added of the material, edged 11 round with good-sized cut beads or earls. In some instances the beads re of the same color as the dress. "Foulard de Chine" is used for ressy lingerie. Fashionable ladies ave their chemises, night-dresses, mall petticoats and drawers made oi -i- r-..i?i j ?:,v. lis JLUUUll u rtJULU UJL 1111 LL1CU W 1 bii JJWlll-UU nd ruched Valenciennes lace and insrtions. Lace is extensively used for hats and onnets, black witn gold embroidery, nd the cream-colored, being the most ecoming. The lace is put on in the enter of the crown, and arranged round nd round, with a little fullness. One ower and a bow of lace fin.sh it off. Some of the new lace ruffs are very igh round the throat, and have a wire an round near the edge to keep them rell up. A second row of lace turns ver and falls on to the dres3 in front, 'he bows and loops reach almost to the raist. These are becoming to many iceB. but they require that the hair hould be worn very high over the irehead. Colored linings are a great teature in he new black black mantles, cardina nd and nnle Mine heinc more in renuesl Iian any others. The quantity of cut it beads on all mantles is enormous, ande of cashmere or multi-colored earis are used sparingly and in conauction with black ones. Many manles are made of reversible silk?satinel m one side and ribbed silk on th( ther. A Female liswytr'i Career. Our readers will learn with smoen egret the decease of Miss Lavinis roodell, attorney at law, of Madison, Visconsin, well known to them by hoi oanv interesting and valuable communications to the Woman's Journal, ai rell as by her brave and successful areer as a lawyer. Miss Goodell was the daughter 01 Villiam Goodel, the well known editor ,nd abolitionist. For many years pas1 ler father had been a resident of Janesrille, and there, until recently, Miss Joodell has resided and pursued hei irofession. She has always enjoyed the riendship and C9teem of her feilow-citi;ens, who have felt honored by hei tresence and proud of her legal attaindents. W hen Chief Justice Ryan, some 'eara ago, refused her application to folnw lipr nlfonta' ^aspr into tbfi snnrenif iourt of the State, on the ground that t voman could not be permitted to prac^ ice law in the supreme court.. Mis: aoodell appealed to the legislature Iron lis decision, and secured the onactmen' >f a law making women eligible to al egal and judicial positions. In thi; novement she was aided by the bar o ler own county and by many emineni awyer# of other localities. Indeed sh< las always enjoyed the friendship am respect ot her profession. We know of no woman who has dom >0 much to make woman respected as i lega practitioner. There was nothin; joarae or sensational in her manners o methods. A student of great research 5he was eminently quiet, simple an< practical. From her lather she itiherite* i clear, logical intellect, and from he mother a genial and sympathetic tem peramcnt. With admirable commoi 3ense she avoided all spread-eagle dis ;>lay. and relied for success upon a thor jugh comprehension of her facts and careful study nf judicial precedents She was generally successful in the suit she conducted, and deservedly cnjoye* the confidence of her clients. Miss Goodell was :t warm friend c temperance, and an uncomproruisin advocate of woman suffrage. We lnit not had full particulars of her illnesf but, as we have received a letter fror her within a month, it cannot have bee prolonged. She was a devoted daugl: ter, a laithful friend, and a consister reformer. Her loss will be keenly fell and her memory will be tenderly cherished by all who knew her. She is one of whom it may be truly said that her life has made the world better.? Woman's Journal. An Early Betrothal. 3 An early betrothal is chronicled in tLe Elmira (N. Y ) Free Press. Two young couples were married witbin a t few iu:nUid oi each other, and from families that had been very intimate. 5 In January last a boy was born to one of them, and he was welcomed as heart, ily as though he had been a prince of a ' reigning house. Last month a girl appeared to the other young couple. One - evening the mother of the boy visited the mother of the girl, taking her child j with her. Most ol the members of both families were also present. The mother of the boy took a rather diminu1 tive but costly ring from a case, and, placing it on the finger of the girl > scarcely a month old, solemnly engaged her son .to the child, the matter to bo t ratified in the future. Let Clrll Learn. To be pure in mind and heart. : To be modest in demeanor. Ta ho holnfiil hnme. j And then there are less vital things that they should learn; as , To sew neatly, [ To do simple cooking. To buy with economy. To dress with taste. " To read aloud well. 1 There are many other useful and ornamental accomplishments within the t reach of most girls, but those which we ' have eiven are indispensable.?Our Monthly. t i A Kindergarten School. In the kindergarten school of PittsI burg, Pa., the children are taught to lay . the table for breakfast. Little toy tables and toy dishes are used. " What do we place on tin tables next?" asks the 1 teacher. "Napkins," reply the pupils. "What are napkins for?" "To wipe our mouths and fingers, and keep our r dresses neat." Having learned this les, son, the pupils are taught?to place the napkins, then to place the plates, which , "must always be warmed," then the i milk pitcher, water pitcher, sugar bowl, tray bowl. " What is a tray bowl lor?" "To pour the dregs of the cups into." , Then the coffee pot and other articles ; are arrHnged, ana the pupils arise and repeat the lesson together pointing to each article as they name it. "These are little breakfast tables. This is the coffee pot; it should be scalded before the coffee is put in. This is the sugar bowl; it should be filled when taken from the table. These arc the knives. , This is the fork; we eat with the fork. These are the breakfast plates; they should always be warm," and so on with the whole. Then comes a song which thechildreh sing together: "When I was very little, i used to 8it and think How hard my mother had to work, until my, heart wonld sink. I tried to help her, as I could, bul always did it wrong, That always made the matter worse and her own work so long. So then I went to school, So then I went to school, And there we learned exactly right, For we were taught by rale." The dishes arc cleared away by rule, and a toy dishpan is placed before eAch little housemaid. She plays wash the dishes and rinse them, singing meanwhile: " Washing dishes, Suds are hot, Work away briskly, Do not stop. " First the glasses; Wash them well; It you do them nicely, All can tell." The Donkey at Naples. There is a creature, writes a correspondent oi the Boston Traveller, which ' forms a most characteristic part of Naples socicty. It is the donkey. He is a kind of universal servant. They ride him, drive him, use him for market wagon, for dray horse, for everything that a back and four feet can do; ana then they maltreat the poor animal in every conceivau'e way. Yet. if ever there was a beast whose whole appearance Haid, " Your humble servant, sir." it, is this same donkev. He seems a creature of infinite good will. Compare him even with his master, and he has some points in his favor. He is honest. He is reasonably quiet, too. Occasionally, too, he vents his feelings in a series Krotto Kill* fViof \a nof UI ui'Cjruian jx uiojs^ w *kj uvu surprising. Think of his grievances. More than all, he begs for no centimes, and asks for no pour-boire. This said, need I argue further? Truly, I have become quite attached to the animal. Education, I am sure, would do for him in many a case as much as for his master. But I am reminded that I have not yet ridden a donkey. If the proof of the pudding is the eating, the proof of the donkey may be the riding, so I will praise him no more tili I have been upon his back. The typical donkey-team is to be seen most frequently mornings, for then the produce is brought into the city. The team is arranged somewhat in this way: A large panier is thrown across the animal's back, and hangs low upon either side. This panier the marketman fills with his vegetables?cabbages, perhaps. Not only does he fill the panier, but he piles the cabbages upon the animal's , back until the burden becomes far larger than the creature which is to bear it. So the donkey goes upon his round. The driver walks behind him, at the same time grasping him by the tail; or, when enough of. the load has been sold i to admit of it, he mounts and seats himself upon the animal's back. A more i perfect picture of content than this man. and his donkey I have not seen. How to Help the Children Grow Erect. William Blaikie, the author of "How ' to Get Strong and How to Stay So." spoke before the Brooklyn teachers' asi sociation recently on " Physical Educa, tion." I want, said he, to see if in an ; informal talk we can't hit upon some ; way in which we cap bring the physical , education of school children down to a I practical basis. Our children, who are . iiealthy and buxom when they begin school work, come out pale, sickly and ; with round shoulders. If you require ; the children under you to sit far back on a chair and to hold their chins ud. you will cure them of being roundshouldered, and the lungs and other vital organs will have free and healthy ; play. Another simple plan is to have l the children bend over backward until they can 3ee the ceiling. This exercise : for a few minutes each dny will work a . wonderful transformation. If a welli qualified teacher could be employed to [ superintend the physical development of the children, the best results would F be seen. Dr. Sargent, now the superin tend<uit of the Harvard gymnasium, ; who formerly had charge of a gymna sium in New York, has no equal as a i teacher of simple, eflicucious means by which the weak parts of one's body may > be developed. 1 tlnnk it wouia be wen for you to send some competent physi cian to bim to take lessons, and then the exercises could he tauent to your > teachers. The first step should tie sim. pie and economical. Exercises of the ? simplest kind can be begun without any i apparatus. ' The Diamond, t Although found in every quarter of 1 the globe, the diamond is the rarest, as ; | it is the hardest, known mineral. It ocf curs exclusively among gold-bearim? t rocks, or sands derived from gold-bear? ing rocks, and among strata which, 1 though originally soft shaly deposits of sand or mud, have been metamorphosed, s as it is called, into hard crystalline i schists. It was once supposed by geol; ovists that the met amorphic rocks were r deposited in their existing crystalline , form from a boiling ocean enveloping 1 the still heated globe; but it is now 1 known that, these formations were r oritrinally deposited as mud or sand, - and have been transmuted into schists i by the influence of subterranean heat - acting under grout pressure through - lengthened periods of time, and aided by a thermal water or steam permeating the i. porous rocks and giving rise to various s chemical decompositions and new comi lunations within them. The diamond j pronumy on^in^ui^ unr iu?uui inniciai if oii, from the gradual decomposition of <r vegetable or aninm'. matter; and we c may, therefore, regard the brilliants i which we prize in the drawing room as u hsiving been slowly elaborated from n carbonaceous matter furnished by some i- dead fish or rotting plant., originally it buried in the mud of an inconceivably t, ancient paleozoic shore.?Be/yravia. % NEWS SUMMARY. Eulan and IMdto States. Eugene Fairfax Williamson, recently arrested for persecuting Rev. Dr. Morgan Dix, ot New York, has been sentenced to the State prison for three and a hall years. A few days ago five Chinamen made application in New York to become citizens of the United States and took out their first papers. ihe Pennsylvania Democratic State convention, in session at Harrisbnrg, nominated Goorge A. Jenks tor supreme judge and JR. P. Decker! for auditor-general. The claims of the two contesting delegations from Philadelphia were referred to a committee which rep rted in favor of allowing all the delegates from that city to seats, each wing to have twenty-three votes, to be polled by its chairman. The last clause of the resolutions, declaring that the delegates be instructed to vote as a unit upon all questions at the national convention, was dHeated after debate by the close vote of 126 to 123. This was considered a test vote between the rival Wallace and Randall factions into which the convention was divided, tbe followers of the former voting for and those of the latter against the clause. Lewis C. Cassidy, 15 u W V fltoneror an/1 W Tj. SflOtt xv. u&? ojiowj m i.1 vwvm-v* . ? were appointed delecates-at-large. A dispatch l'rom Lykeus, Pa., says that by an explosion in tae Short mountain colliery Goorge West, Simon Kneilly and Miohael Douglass, all married, were instantly killed and two other men latally injured. ibe New Hampshire Democratic State convention lor the election oi delegates to the national convention was held at Concord. Four delegates-at-large and siz district delegates, with alternates, were chosen and a platform adopted which denounoos the Republican party and the election of 1876 as a "conspiracy am: fraud." George B. Roberts, first vice-president if the Pennsylvania Railroad company, has been elected president, as successor to Colonel Scott. Since January 1 nearly 100,000 emigrants have been landed at Castle Garden, N. Y. Western and Southern Stills. Six miners, while descending the rapids ot the Skagit river in Washington Territory, were all drowned. The twenty-third general conlerenoe of the Methodist Episcopal church has begun at Pike's opera house in Cincinnati. The list of rinlnimtAft includes 154 lavmea. 106 preachers and 38 colored men. Mayor Kalloch, of San Francisco, has caused the arrest of M. H. De Toung, brother of the late Charles De Youn^, and surrivingproprietor of the San Francisco Chronicle, on a hcarge of libel published in that paper. The prisoner was released on bail. The supreme court at San Francisco has ordered a writ of habeas corpus in the case ol the imprisoned Denis Kearney. I,ucien M. Notzinger was hanged at Gainesville, Texas, loi the murder in 1878 of Willis Cline, whose wile had jilted the murderer. Much sympathy was expressed for NotziDger, and as he stood on the gallows a desperate but unsuccessful attempt was made to rescue him. In a pigeon-shooting "'match at 8t. Louis Captain Bogardus deleated Fred Erbo? the boy who recently won a victory over Bogardus? by a score of 86 against 83. While at the Methodi-t general conf?ence in Cincinnati Kev. D. H. Goodwin, a delegate, received a dispatch from his homo, Brookfleld, Ind., saying that h& brother, Dr. J. D. Goodwin, who was also h delegate to the conference, had been murdered by another brother, Colonol Goodwin, a hard drinker. Colonel Goodwin hod just been released from an insane asylum, and meeting his brother charged him with having vent him there and shot him dead. Tue victim was an ox-ConKress man and a prominent man iu bis locality. i'ho notorious Indian chief, Victoria, and his band of Apaches are still upon the warpath in Arizona. They recently killod fourteen settlers and stampeded fourteen thousand sheep. In consequence of hot weather and overcrowding of cars there was a remarkable mortality anjong hogs arriving at Chicago the other morning. It is said that twenty carloads of dead hogs came in during the day. ')n<? car containing 101 hogs had llfty-seven dead, thirty cripped, and only fourteen in good condition. The usual proportion is about one dead hog to two cars. The San Francisco board of supervisors has adopted resolutions of impeachment against Mayor Kalloch on the charge that he has conspired with labor agitators to destroy the peace of the city, etc. I)uring a squall in the Columbia river, in Oregon, twenty small fishing boats were swamped and twelve ot the fishermen drowned. The Wisconsin Republican Stale convention for the election of delegates to the notional convention has been held at Madison. The delegates elected are understood to b divided in their choice for presidential nominee j between several ol the candidates. The marriage ot Miss Eleanor Mary Sher. man, daughter of General W. T. Sherman, to Lieutenant A. M. Thnckara, United State4 navy, tookplacea lew days ago at the residence ol the bride's father From Wasfclngta* The House oommittee on publio buildings and grounds has reported bills authorizing the aonstruction ol sixteen new publio buildings in different paits ot the country. The aggregate cost ot these buildings Is to bo limited to gl,453,000. Six ot the buildings, the total t sost ot which is to be $675,000, are to be erected in Northern cities, and ten buildings, to cost altogether 8775,000, are to be built in 1 ? 3 . Af 4.U. 1n?4.A. Soutnern cmes ana u>wna. \_>i mu mvxpi tui, the growing State of Texas is to have lour, sosting in the aggregate 5275,000. Colonel Wil'iam H. Jones, cle*k of the ways and means committee, is defu. While a treasury agont at Now Orleann in 1861 it was to him that General Dix sunt the " Shoot him on the spot" dispatch. At a meeting of tho cabinot a few days ago the President tondored to Postmaster-Gcnernl Koy tho position of district-judge of the , eastern and middle districts of Tennessee, mailo vacant by the recent death of Judge 1'rigg. Tho piHtinnstcr-geueral accepted th?t position. At the time nothing was said with regard to Judge Key's successor as pojtma-tor-gcneral. Major-General Samuel P. Heintzelman died in Washington a few days agct, aged seventyflvo years. He had been retired by Congress in 1809 with the full rank %f mojor-general, alter serving in tho United States army since 182C. During April the publio debt was reduced ?12,078,070.<50. Cash in tho treasury, #199,464,393.87; total debt less cash iu the treasury, 81,968,314 753.72. The receipts fiotn customs lor April were ?17,546,f.C0, against $11,940,(52 for April, 1R79. mid thn renamta from internal revenue wore $10,767,478, against #7,846,513 for tho corresponuing mouth of ust yeur. j At the various United Slates mints there were coined lust mouth 816,830 gold pieces worth $6,810,700; 2,31/0,100 silver dollars and 2,120,000 one-cout pieces. In his message to the House vetoing the deficiency appropriation bill, the President s.iys that the bill appropriates about ?8,000,000, ot which over ?600,000 is lor the payment of United States and deputy marshals and their current expenses; that the necessity lor these appropriations is eo urgent anJ they have already been so long delayed that it tho bill contnined no permanent or general legislation unconnected with these appropriations it would receive his prompt approval; that the bill, however, contains provisions which materially change and by implication repeal important parts ot the laws for tho regulation ol the United States elections, and i hat as he is opposed to " tho dangerous practice ot tacking upon appropriation bills general and permanent legislation," he thereloro returns it unsigned. Foreign News. The new English parliament has been formally opened by Lord Selborne, tho lord high chancellor-tho Duke ot Argyll, Earl Granville, Earl Sydney aud Lord Northbrook acting as a royal commission. The opening proceedings consisted in summoning tho house ot commons to tho bar of the house ot lords and requesting it to elect a speaker. The British General Ross has had a severe battle with tho Alghans, who finally retreated, leaving 1,200 dead on the Held. Henry Brand lias boen re-elect ed speaker ol the British house ot commons. The English training ship Alalanta, having on board over 300 young seamen, beside the officers and crow, is belioved to have boon lo*t atsea, as she is long oveidue. Sho lelt Bermuda more than three months ago, and since her departure nothing lias been seen or hoar-1 of the vessel. Severul vessels sont out to search for her have been unable to disoove. nli?hLpst trice of her; and her inte is likely to add one moie to the many mysteries of tho sea. A leading London newspaper contains a bitter attack upon tho United States lor proposing to abrogate tho Bui wer-Clay ton treaty, which it hopes the new government and tho public opinion of the world will not permit to be set aside. Charles Bradlaugh, liberal member of tho British house ot commons, relused to take the oath prescribed lor members upon taking their seats, claiming that he was an atheist and opposed to a monarohy. Late advices from the seat of war in South America are to tho effect that tho Chilians bombarded tho seaport of Callao, destroying the Peruvian corvette Union in the port; that Lima, the capitu.1 ol Peru, is threatened, and that great distress exists there. I Earl Cowper, an owner of a large amount (it Irish property, haa been chosen lord lieu| teiiunt ol Ireland. Advices Irom Shanghai state that war be: ween Russia and China is almost certain, and ! that perhaps Jupan will help the latter I nonntrv. One hundred houses have been destroyed hy at Palina Sorinna, near Santiago do <; oeu I j.wttvd ot 7,<100 iron-workers are on strike .u itiu iiorlh ol England against a reduction ol lives |ier cent, in their wa^i-s. [ 'ilty persons huvo heon killed and mmv i jure 1 hy an explosion in a e.al mine notr XagnMnki, Japan. Die Indian government has inloroied t'i?? Mttifjuisof llartinKtoti, secretary ol slate, twit the cost ol' the Aighan war exceeds the estimates by the sum ol $20,000,000. COaOBESSIOrfAL 8CBHABT, Senate. The reaolntion vu passed to authorize the President to call an international Military conference to meet at Washington, lor the purpose of securing an international notification as to the actual sanitary condition of ports and places under the jurisdiction of the soveral powers, and of vessels Bailing thereIrom. The'Indian appropriation bill was passed with several amendments. One amcudment striking out the clause abolishing the Indian commission was agreed to by a voto ol 34 yeas to 23 nays. The report ot the conference committee on the immediate deficiency bill was taken up and agreed to. It reduces the amount approj ? .?u:. ow pnttWU OS 1UUUWO* X' \SL puuuu piiUWU^) ywf" 000; state, war and navy department building, $186,500; extra clerk biro in the State department, $1,000; total, $237,500. The navy appropriation bill was taken up and passed. On the motion of Mr. Brooe, the House resolution authorizing the issue ol rations to the sufferers by the recent cyclone at Macon, Mise., was passed. A bill was reported by Mr. Atkins, ohairna? ol the committoe on appropriations, appropriating $2.50,100 lor carrying on the jublic printing office for the current fiscal fear. Mr. Atkins stated that the sum appropriated was the same oa that appropriated by ;he bill which had been vetoed by the Pre?ilent. The bill was then passed without a iivifion. Ho?. The contorenco report on the special deficiency bill was agreed to, and the Senate amendments to tho post route bill were concurred in. in committee of the whole on the bill amending the internal revenue laws a number of amendments were submitted and rejected. Mr. Chalmers has introduced a bill extending the letter-carrier system to cities oi 10,000 inhabitants. Mr. Scales reported a bill to ratify the agreement with the Utes. Printed and recommitted. Mr. Blackburn reported the postofllce ap propriation bill. It appropriates g38,600,00i). Air. Garfield made a statement of his position on the wood pulp question, denying that ho bad prevented the House trom being J illowed a change to vote on the subject. Mr. Ellis introduced a bill to establish a government postal telegraph service, for the United States, between Boston and New York and Washington, and intermediate postofllces. It directs the postmaster-general, for the purpose oi lesliug the polity and practicability ol maintaining a general system ot postal telegraph line, and ol affording the people ol the United States the benefit oi cheap telegraphic communication, to establish by purchase or construction a telegraph line, or lines, between the cities ot Boston and Washington. It provides further that thetatesfor transmission cl telegraphic messages shall be as follows: For twenty-five words or less, for a distance of 200 miles or less, fltteen cents, with one-halt cent for each additional word. The hill was referred to the committee on postofllces and post-roads. Mr. King offered a resolution calling for inlormation in regard to tho expulsion of Israelites, who wero citizens of tho United States, lrom St. Petersburg, Russia. Mr. Orth made a long personal explanation relative to his connection with the claims ugainst the government ot Venezuela. i'ho river and harbor appropriation bill was reported and ordered printed and recommitted. A message lrom the President announoinc liis disapproval of the special deficiency bill was received and referred. The proposed amendments to the bill amending the internal revenue laws were rejected, an I the bill was passed. Mr. Wallace presented a rep it ot tho results of his committee's investigation int" the abridgment ot suffrage in lihode I-lwid, iccompanied by a bill looking to the possible reduction at some luturn tune of the ^presentation ol that State in Congress. The enormous sale of Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup baa had the effect ol bringing out numerous similar remedies; but the people are not so easily induced to make a trial of the new article, when they value the old and reliable one?Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup. Christ church, of Boston, erected in 1723, is older than any other church edifice in that city. Its Bible and several prayer books were presents from King George II. in 1733. In Powder Form. Vegetine put up in this form comes within the reach ot all. By making the medicine yonrsoll you can, from a 50o. packngo containing the barks, roots and herbs, make two bottles of the liquid Vegetine. Thousands will gladly avail themselves ot this opportunity, who have the conveniences to make the medicine. Full directions in every package. Vegetine in powder form is sold by all drugaistn and general s'ores. If you cannot buy it ol them, enclose fllty cents in postage stamps for one package, or one dollar for two puckagcs, and I will send it by return mail. H. It. Stevens, Bo*tou, Mass. Dr. C. E. Shoemaker, the weli-know ?anu urgeon of Reading, Ph., offers to send by mail, tree ol charge, a valuable little ly>ok ondeainees and diseases of the ear?specir.ily "Q running ear and catarrh, and their treatment ?giving retorences and toatinr-;n>;U that will satisfy the most skeptical. Acliiriv* us above. A Household Need. A l?ook on the Liver, its diseases and theh treatment sent Iroe. Including treatises npor Liver Complaints, Torpid Liver, Jaundice Biliousness, Headache, Constipation, Dyspepsia, Malaria, etc. Address Dr. Sanlord, 1G2 Broadway, New York city, N. Y. The Voltaic Kelt Co.. Marshall, HIch. Will send tlioir Electro-Voltaio Belts to the afflicted upon 30 days trial. See their advertisement in this paper beaded, " On 30 Days Trial." Lyon's Heel StffTenors'beep boots and shoes straight. Sold by shoe and hardware dealers. A CA11D.?To all who are suffering from the errors act Indiscretions of youth, nervous weakness, early ueeay. loss of manhood, etc., I will solid a Kedpe that will cure you, FREE OF CHARGE. This (treat remedy was discovered by a missionary in South America Sendaselfaddie.-sed envelope to the tUr. JOSEPH L LNMLLN", Station D, Not fork CUy. 111L MAKKJST&. bxw zoaz Beef Cattle?Med. Natives, live wt.. 10*0 11* Calves?State Milk 06 0 07 Sheep 06*0 OT Lambs 08*0 07* Bogs?Live. I Ml ?! # 04*0 04* Dressed 06*? 06* Floor? Ex. State, good to fanoy.... 4 85 (?6 00 Western, good to fancy, 4 96 0 7 00 Wheat-No. 3 Red 1 31 01 33 No. 1 White 1 38 0 1 39 Tlyo?State 89 0 90 Bsrley?Two-Bowed 8tate 63 0 78 Corn?Ungraded Western Mixed.... 03*0 66 Southern Yellow 66 0 67 Oats?White State. 48 0 63 Mixed Western? 41 0 43fe Hay?Retail grades 85 0 96 Straw?Long Bye, per cwt... 1 00 @ 1 00 Hops?State, 1879,,......37 0 38 Tork-Mess, 10 35 010 60 Lsrd?Olty Steam 7 35 0 7 36 Petroleum?Crude 06*007* Refined 07? Batter?State Creamery 31 0 37 ' Diary 33 0 30 Western Imitation Creamery 37 0 33 Factory 21 0 39 Gheeaa?State Factory. 13 ? i*X Sklma 05 ? 10 Weatcrn 10 0 14 Fffgi?State and Penn 11#0 Potato?#, Early Bose, State, bbl... 1 25 0 00 BUTFAI.O. Flour?Olty Ground, No. 1 Sprlag.. 0 38 0 8 78 Wheat-Bed Winter ,....1 88 0148 Corn?New Western.... * ? ??* ? MX? 48* Oata?State 44 0 *8 Barley?Two-rowed State.... 88 0 70 Bonoa. Beef Oattla?Lire weight. 07#? 07H Sheep ...? 00>i? 07 Hoga 08 0 08# Floor?Wlaconaln and Minn.Pat.... 8 80 0 8 00 Cora?Hlibdand fellow.... 88 0 87 Oata?Extra White 49 0 81 Bye-State ? 0 W Wool?Washed Combing k Delaine,. 82 0 88 Unwaahed. <r " 44 ? 45 BRIGHTON (MAM ) OATTLB KAI1XXT Beef-Oattle, live weight ' 06X0 08X Sheep 06^0 07* Lambs 06X0 Uocs 08*? 08# PHILADELPHIA. Floor?Penn. oholoe and fanoy 8 87#? 8 00 Wheat?Pens. Bod 1 SO ? 1 30 Amber 1 37 ? 1 37 Bye?State.......... 1-3 ? 83 Oorn?State Teliow 83 ? 68# Oats?Mixed...... 41 ? 41 Bntter?Oreameryoxtra 27 ? SO Oheeee?New York Factory 15 0 1S?< etrolenm?Orode 07 ?07K Beflned 07" No Good Preaching. No man can do a good job of work, preach a good sermon, try a lawsuit well, doctor a patient, or write a good article when he feels miserable and dull, with sluggish brain and unsteady nerve, and none should make the attempt in such a condition, when it can be so easily and cheaply removed by a little Hop Bitters. See othei column r Kidney Wort effectively acts at the same time on kidneys, liver and bowels. PJ. MI] The Geese or the Platte* We crossed the Platte river?that strange, wonderful river, wide as the Mississippi and so shallow that a man cannot he down and drink out of it without sticking his nose into the sand. And all along the Platte?geese. Wild geese. Brant and geese. A flock of them every fifteen feet, and three million in a dock. Black and white, they lined the low banks of the river and covered the low-lying islands and tow heads. They circled around in the air until the sun went out. There didn't seem to be room enough in the country for half of them, and yet this is such a big State that they didn't take up any room at all. There may appear to be something a little paradoxical in this statement. If theie is, you will have to straieliten it yourself. I have no time to fool with such things. But I never saw eo many wild geese in my life as re stsred at to-day on the Platte river. I don't see how a Nebraska homesteader finds any time to farm, when tiere is so much for him to shoot at. I im afraid if I took up*a claim anywhere along the Platte, my son would have to run the farm while I passed my useful time in the Platte quicksands.?Eawkerje Humorist. The existence of famous petroleum wells in Asiatic Turkey and other parts of the Orient from which the people of those countries have been deriving oil for more than two thousand years is a well-known fact. Notwithstanding this they greatly prefer American petroleum for two reasons. One is that American oil being carefully refined, is a better article and freer from offensive odor, and the other that it is much the cheapest, because the Asiatics have not the use of improved machinery for raising and refining the oil and for transporting it to market. With these advantages American refiners need fear no competition from this source. v egeime. IN POWDER FORM 50 GTS. A PACKAGE. Dr.W. ROSS WRITES: Scrofula, Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia, Rheumatism, Weakness. H. E. Btkttkb, Borton : I have boca practldnj medicine for tw?nty.flre ye*r?, and m a reined} for Scrofula, Ltrtr Complaint, DyipofeiA, Rheamatism, Weaka?M, and all diseaaea of the bleod, 1 hare never found ita equal. I hare ?old Txcxtdh for seven years and bave never had ome bottle returned. I would heartily recommend It to those In ueed of a blood purlter. Da. W. BOSS, Druggitt, Sept. 18,1871. Wilton, Iowa. Vegetine. One Package in Powder Form Cured Scrofula. HOW TO REDUCE YOUR DOCTORS' BILLS M Bnxxn Sr., Sart Borton, Ka?.,> Sept. JO, 1879. f Mr. h. n. HTmor>?im?r bit : My wue aaugntor Stella hu been afflicted a long time with Scrofula, suffering ererythlng. I employed different phyalolans la ?ul Boston, bat they helped hei none. I bought soaae of your Powsxx Fo?k *?* r i sr., and my wife steeped It and fare it to the child according to the directions, and wo ware surprised In a fortnight's time to see how the child had gaiaed tn flash and atrength. She is bow gaining crerj day, and I can cheerfully recommend yonr ramed) to be the beat wo hare erer tried. Beapectfully youxm, X. T, WEBB. Yegeline la Sold by all Drgggiatg* This l*laa-Ho?M Kiteblliliid INS. PENSIONS, [few Law. Thousands ef Soldiers and heirs eotlticri Pensions date back to diKhtrgt or dealh. Tim IMM Addrnt, with stamp, CKOHG3S Z. tEJfOJf, P. 0. Drawer 325, Washington, P. 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H^kiui k Co.?Gentlemen Permit met* my that for Mveral week* I suffered with a ?evere cougnI dm wed Denlg'a Cough Balaam, and titer that arrerjl other preparation*, each of whic h I gave a fair trial, wbJdj railedme nothing. Forth# rocceedinktlx dayIhm no medicine. By that time I waa thnuRht tn la* Or* Uagca of Consumption. My cough beta? more XTerf aas over, j mm commmcni winy ajujuai.?-0 BALAAM, which has effectually cored me. IcooOfrentlously believe It to bean excellent medicine, and can ajsure you that it will Afibrd me the highest possible grattflcatlon to commend It to any person you may refer to mt. Yours truly, NEWTON MUHPHT. For Sale by all Medicine Dealers. , FRAZER AXLE BR^^. 4 FOtt. SALE BY ALL DFALER8. Awardtd ih* M F.DAL OF HO X OR at tlu CerUenniaX ami J'arii Espntiiicmt. ^cago. FRAZER LUBRICATOR CO,.StwYirii isnsB RED RIVER VALLEY 2,000,000 Acres Wheat Lands bast In the World, tor Mtte by the St. Pral, Mimeapolis Si Hanitoba El CO. 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P AGENTS WAflTED FOR THE ICTOHIAL lilSTORYoprnWORLD Kmhrarln; full and authentic accounts of eTerynstloa of indent end modern timet, ana raciumnB a iww/ ? the rii and fall of the Greek *cU Koman Empires, the middle ?ce>. the crusa/les. the feudal sritem. the reformation, the discovery and settlement of the New World,etc, ctc. It contain! 673 floe historical engravings, aad totha most complete History of the World ever published. Send m for specimeu ua^ei and extra terms to Ajtnta. Address T >arioiial.<>p?m?iJio Co^yhUadelptUa, fa Deafness. De. JUDGE* easy an1 pleasing method of treatment for DeafueM Catarrh, A-ttima. Const) r> ption, HronchltJ#. Coughs, Colds. Nervousness and J.niu Complaints Is well icsorvnl of success. Sen i for luuipMet o, < m<i ?? 3 letters from all porU uf lie fflBL-i country 1'rL-i! fine at our once. MCT|| So chare* for eonmltat:?n. liy null or in p?rsxi Sent by es- !BT press everywhere. Dk. J. I? E? J\ JI;D?B I C' Phv ltuns. 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The* engine* are a k1 rat l:n;i:?vciin.-tr e ver tiie old si vie. and re admtiably adapteo fur ull fetalis of aerlctiitural anil mecli.'iitcnl purposes. Scud for deacrlptivo circular. Add.?- a as bove. 1 fSRA^ss; I ivi!l n.nltlvelycure r?male \\ ecknesa, suc.i as a! I lniroftliA Womb. Whites, Chronic lnflainmaaor. IIlivreMonot the Wnmii. IiieMenial Hemorrhage Floodlit?, Painful. Suppress. .I ai.rl Irregular JI. i;?in. tiion. &c. An (<!'i n t reliable remedy. Sent j..,* t il enrcl for .1 pamphlet. with treatment, euros a:.(l (vrtilica'es from phvslelans and patients, to 11^ v rr'i.v IMS-"1.!. Lftiea.-WV. So'?i .>yall JjrugfUt-per uuiuot NATRONA V U the betf la the WorM. It t? aNiolately pore. ttl*it? be?t for Medicinal Purpoaes. U 13 the best for Raking and II KauiIW t'aea. Sold by 411 UrtiKKiita ami Grocer*. PENN'A SALT MANUFACTURING CO., Phil*. IMPERIAL CARDS, HOCtWOOD, 17 Pnlon Sqoare, New 'York. /* Wfl per day at home. Simples worth j."' $3 10 ytU Addrea* 3ru;?oa I Co.,Portland, iUuao