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Misunderstandings. He said " Good-byo," and he look her hand, And thought, "Alter all I was wrong; I dreamt that she loved me, and *vake to And have dropped away l'rom her lancilul mir.<l To the level where I belong." e said "Good-bye," and ho loosed her band . " And she laughed as she said " Farewell;" id she thought: " I was wrong lor once, I see; for I somehow fancied he cured lor me? But perhaps it is just as well." Ho said: " I snail never iorget the days That the summer has brought this year, When shall I see yoa? ' " Ah, when?" she said. ' While you are earning your daily bread I shall be waiting here." He thought: "She is cruel, and hard, and cold. I will take back my heart again; For she will not stoop as she passes by, But carries her proud hcadlnr too tigh To be touched by a word of pain." lie said: " lam wasting your time, I leur, You have always so much to do. Do you think you could think, just once in a . way ?? 1 have forgot what I meant to say. Good-bye! ior my train is due." t She said: "1 havo wished you good-bye - * before, And I think that the grass is wet; , . -.And as to wasting our time," she said, f)nf> if rlrAltrnnrr rtf flftVQ ihnt ftl'ft (lead; So I think I will just forget." She thought: " To the last he has played his part, But I am his equal still; I think that my heart has gone to sleep, Or perhaps I have baried it safe and deep, To eoinet>ack to lile at will." He said: "There arc teais in your eyes, I swear." And she answered: " Von cannot see." "At least I may look," he laughed and said, "For I fancy that something I thought was dead ] Has come back to life and mo." Ho Haidr "Sweet eves.mav I rer.d vour tears. Wouldjrou rather I went away?" And she said: "Since tho train?your train, . yon know, Was due, ut the least, an hour ago, " 1 think yon had better stay." KOT QUITE A TRAMP. " No tramp wanted here, young chap; so you may just jo? along." . The speaker vra3 a fine-looking and * . apparently an easy-going gentleman of * middle age, who was standing leaning ??/v?t am tho rnnH uvei ;i t;;uc, iui'iviiie, uui uu mv ivuu> > The gate opened on a gravel walk which led up to a two-story cottage house. In front of the house, and at the sides, the 'ground was* orerloadod with trees, shrubs anTl floworine plants, which, to say the least of it, did not show careful attendance. Altogether, it was a bright, cheerful and attractive place. So thought, no doubt, the stranger wh?fe halt near the gate had provoked Mr. Horton's utterance. He was not an ill'looking young roan?or boy, for he could not yet be twenty-one?but his clothes were ragsed and dirty, his shoes worn and tnuddy, and his general appearance was unkempt and disreputable. - He.bad stopped *in the road, and had . ' directed at the man, or at the house, or at the grounds, or at all three, a wistful look, which might intimate a wish or an entreaty. It was this look which Mr. Horton had answered when he addressed the younc fellow as a tramp, and advised him to "jog along." "I am no tramp, sir," replied the stranger. - "You are not? Then your looks be W tL J il.-i. iie your nature, iuu can i u?.-uy mau you have all the symptoms." " That is true, sir. I know that I am ' poor'and ragged, but 1 don't consider mysdf a tramp. I am looking for work." " That's what they all say. Thev are ail looking for work, and scared to death for leaf they will find it. To say tbAt'you are looking for work is to ad * vcrtise the fact that you are a tramp." ' I suppose I must be a tramp, then, but I wjsh I wasn't." "Youdc? That's one good symptom, acywfiy. Are von sure you wouldn't L U ZC run away iiorn wm&, u juu bui>u.u uhu i it, or lie down and go to sleep by the I \ ' -'Bide of ilr" '* - " I am sure that I am willing loearn my living, ar.d anxious to get a chance to do so." "What sort ot woik can you doP" asked Mr. Ilorton. "Everytbinz in general and nothing in particular?" " I krow that I could put that yard of yours in much better trim than it shows 'now." " Hpmphl That don't offer a.iy opening.. The flowers are my wife's pets, and she is like the dog in the manger aKout them?won:t touch them herself, or suffer anybody else to touch them.' " I can draw your portrait, sir," suggested the boy. "You can? Are you a wanderiog artist in disguise?" " You asked me what T can do, and I know that I can do that." "Any of the tools r.f that trade?" 'The boy produced trom ti e pocket of his rngged vest some crayoi s and the - stump of a lead pencil. "All-right," said Mr. Horton. "I will try you at that job. Come in." He opened the gate and led the way to the bouse. On the veranda were some , V/11 fill d, 1/11G V/i r? LI IV/11 VUW VVl IV UiU boy." Want any more tools?" he asked. "A sheet of drawing papc, if you have it." Mr. Ilorton brought out the required article, clamped upon adrawine-board; also some cr&yon-holuers and a sharp . kt.ife.. " I am a sort of an architect," he said, ' . "and keep these things on hand. But hadn't you better tat some lunch before you begin this business? You have a hungry iook." "I am not so hungry, sir, but that I am willing to earn a meal before I eat it. Will you have the kindness to sit down?" " Side face.or front?" "Side face, if you please. lean do I that tbe best." * tt ? k: r ~ i mr. norioii senttu uiuiscu, p rsiuimj; \ his profile to the ragged artist, wl:o j went to work without more ado. 1 lis ! strokes were quick, vigorous and artistic, and in a surprising short tiiuc a capital sketch ot Mr. Hortou's head and shoulders appeared on the ppper. That gentleman looked at it and puckered his lips so as to produce a low and long drawn whistle. " I am not ready to pronounce you an angel, young fellow." he said; " hut I ^ may truly say that I have entertained a pretty fair artist unawares?though the entertainment is jet to cqmc. Here, Emily! Belia! Come out here and wit A ? 111 ness a new scnsauon: Mrs. Horton Lurried out on the piazza, with her youcg sister Bella and Jier little girl Lulu. For answer Mr. Horton banded ? his wife the crayon sketch, which was hastily scanned with starts of surprise and ejaculations of deligh t. "What a nice liseniss!" exclaimed Mrs. Horton. "Where did it come irom?" "This young?person?did it just now," answereo Mr. Horton. " Goodness gracious ine! Is it possible? I wonder if he would make one for Lulu." "Of course he would, and of Bella " and the whole tribe, if you want. "But lie is tired and hungry, and you had fetter give him something to eat belcre you ask any more of him." " I will eladly do that. I am sure that this likeness of you, John, is worth u. dozen dinners." " Give him one, anyhow, and we will talk about the rest. It won't do to be too liberal at the start. Please to follow my wife, young?fellow?and I Lave no doubt that you wil! led better when Bhe frets through with you." m When the young' tranger was washed and combed, and had been f?d, his personal appearunce was improved, and he had pained in ease and grace ot manner. Ho was anxious to make a picture of baby Lulu, and was permitted to do so, producing a likeness which sent the fond mother in:o ecsthsh*. This production having been suffl citntly admired, Mr. Horton dismissed the "female rabble," as he chose to call them, corraied his artistic tramp fcr a t onvereatiou. asking him who he was arid all about himself. His name was Abel Kentridge, and he was the son of a miller at Queensport, ^ * I if j ?i. - i?i ? ?? i lull., YVIIU lltlU UU'U 3UUUCU1J, v nip. nu estate so incumbered as to be worth less than nothing. Able had gone to Philadelphia to seek his fortune, and had found nothing but disappointments and poverty. He knew something about milling and gardening, but could find no employment in the city, at)d went into the country to look for work, but his tramp-like appearance told against him and he was on the verge of despair when he encountered Mr. Horton. "There is no milling to do here," said that gentleman; " but I have no doubt that my wife, since you made that sketch of Lulu, will allow 3ou to straighten up those grounds. If you turn out as well as I think you will, I may find somethin!? else for vou to do." So it was settled that Abel Kentridce I was to remain at Mr, Horton's. A room was prepared for him, and some of his employer's partly-worn garments were fitted to him. and he was set to work on the shrubs and flowers and grass plats. His work was quite satisfactory, and he acquitted himself generally as to eain the confidence and respect of all in the house. Besides the work on the grounds, other odds and ends of employment were found for him about the puce, butnoth ine was said to him about his compensation. Thus he was kept busy for a week, at the end of which time Mr. Horton gave him a written order, and directed him to go to the village and select for himself suitable clothing to an amount named in the order. 44 But I have not earned so much as this," he suggested. 44 If you haven't you will earn it," replied Mr. Horton. When Abel returned from the village he carried his head somewhat higher than when he had set out. and appeared to be, what nature and education had j made him, a young gentleman of attrac-! tive person and manners. He was ushered into the room in j which the family were seated, and Mr. I Horton corraled him for what he called ! a business talk. " What do you know about milling?" he asked. " I was never regularly employed by my father,answered Abel, "but I picked up many points of the business while I was about his place. Shortly before he died I invented, or I believe I had Invented, an improvement on the turbine water wheel, by which greater speed could be got with the use of less water, and lather said it wa3 a good i thing. After his death I pave my model to a patent agent, for the purpose of applying for a patent; but the agent finally told me that tie bad been unable to procure a patent, because the examiners had decided there was nothing new in the invention. That discouraged me UK-re than any of the rest of my disappointment?.'' " What was the ngent'sname?" "SiiasNorthwick." " And your name is AbelKentridge?' i " Yes, sir." "That agent lied to you, Abel," said Mr. Horton. " He procured thj patent, which is a very valuable one, and meant to swindle you out of it. He would probably have succeeded in doing so if you liad not come to my house." "How do you know this?" eagerly asked A tel. " I am a sort ot a speculator and occasionally dabble in such matters. Northwick offered the patent for sale to me before I met you, and I perceived that it was in the name of Abel Kent 11U?C* liUi100U1CU UiW VUUtu i n assignment from the patentee, who desired to sell, and I told him if he could do so I would negotiate with him. He i is to meet me o morrow and bring the assignment, and of course you can' have signed your name in Philadelphia while you were at my house." " I should think not!" indignantly exclaimed Abel. "Therefore Northwick's assignment will be a forgery, and I shall bring him here and confront him with you." Mr. Horton was as good as his word, and met the rascally agent at the time and place appointed.* Northwick did not have the assignment, although he professed his ability to produce it as soo.i as the negotiations should be concluded, and Mr. Horton brought him to the house for the purpose of winding up the transaction. There he was confronted, greatiy to his astonishment and dismay, with Abel Kentridge, and it was made evident to him that his swindling ?*JI?ULUv* VKWUWIVVCKU. The upshot of the interview was that; Abel gained possession of his pr? cious ! patent, and North wick was glad to go ! clear of criminal proceedings. " Now, my fcoy,"6aid Mr. Horton," i: you will take me as a partner in this business, I will furnish the needed capital and push it, and I have no doubt that both of us w ili grind out a grist ol money with your turbine wheel." Abel gladly accepted this arrangement, and the result soon became so satisfactory to both partners that Mr. Horton heartily congratulated himself upon the fact that his supposed tramp had not taken his advice to " pg along." It should be added that his pretty sisa.? i D.% i.. M^r-lU-iltW, ucua vjiavian, itiau iuuuu in the wine fact cause for si if-congratulation. Words ot Wisdom. To give pain is the tyranny, to make happy the true empire of beauty. Those days are lost in which we do no good; those more than lost in which we do evil. An acorn cannot make much headway in a flower-pot. Take away the the self-conceited and there will be elbow room in the world. Kindness is stowed away in the heart, like rose leaves in a drawer, to sweeten every object around. It is not the number of facts he j knows, 1 ut how much of a fact he is himself, t!:at proves the man. Do that which is right. Therespoct of mankiii-l will follow; or, if it aoes nnf trrm v?i!. hp nh)p f.r? Hrrwithrmt. if. "VM J vvi " " MV vv I, Falsehood. like poison, will generally be rejected when administered alone; but when biended with wholesome ingredients. may; be swallowed unperceived. While ten men watch for chances, one man makes chanccs; while ten men wait for something to turn up, one turns something up; so, while ten fail, one! succeeds and is called a man of luck. ! A mcdical authority says: Laughter j is one of the greatest helps to digestion, and that the custom of our forefathers I of oxciting it at the table by jesters and j buffoons was founded on true medical I principles. Every man who expects to get a for- j tune without earning it. grumbles at the j bad luck which persistently follows! some people, while the man who works hard and saves a little every year makes )iic nwn crr.nrf lnolr nnH pninvs it. No man knows, at his first entrance upon any sin, how far it may curry him, and where it will stop; the commission of sin being generally like the pouring cut of water, wtiich, when once poured out, knows no other bounds but to run as far as it can. Some people arc more influenced by the fear of being found out than by the fact that a thing is in itself wrong They would not for worlds become active members of the band of Forty Thieves, but if you judge by their conduct, you are convinced that they have been voted in as honorary members and accepted the position. He Expects It. The mau who leaves a tinshop or hardware store with a length of stovepipe under his arm knows exactly the gauntlet he has to run, and has probably braced himself for the emergency. The regular programme is as follows: First, man.?" Hello! Had to come to it, have you?" Second man.?" Don't swear if she don't fit!" Third ma. .?" Hit 'er with the ax!" Fourth man.?" I've been there, and I have no advice to give you." Fifth man.?"Hello! what's that? Ah! Isee! Bet you ten to five you'll get mad!" Sixth man.?"Ho! ho! ho! Well, 1 never! I always stand on the step-ladder and hammer with a stick of wood!" Seventh man.?This man makes a motion for the man with the stovepipe to halt. He points to the stovepipe and asks: " la that stovepipeP" "Yes." " Is it to put up a stove'with?" " Yes." "Going to put up the stove yourself?" " Yes." " Weli, I shan't hinder you. StoveB bave almost become a necessity of late year9. I know quite a number of my eighbors who are getting them to build fires in. Let me know how you cjme i out."?Detroit Free Press. .3 , . FOR THE FAIR SEX. Handsome Short Suits. The handsome short suits imported : for church, for visiting, walking, and also for day receptions, show very little change of shape from those of last season. The basque and trimmed skirt are the prevailing design, and these are changed only in the details of trimming ?not in the principal features. The skirts of imported dresses are still made on a narrow foundation skirt of silk about two and a half yards wide, with the front and single side gores quite cling.ng, whi.e all the fullness is massed in tiie straight breadths of the back This foundation, however, is entirely lost sisiiit of by the full, elaborate and bouffant drapery, which is arranged to give the effect of a very full dress. This draping is no longer a separate overskirt, but is done directly and permanently on the silk foundation, which it now conceals as scrupulously as it the costliest cambric sham skirt were used in its place. The basnue of brocaded velvet, or of plush, or perhaps with facings, collar, cuffs, and revers of plush on brocaded velvet, is part of many of the richest costumes. The skirt ha3 then the brocaded velvet introduced in ways that give the impression tbat the skirt is made of it, while the draperies are of other materials. The change in the basques consists in making them single-breasted, with large collars, and in doing away with the skirted coat-pieces added on the hips, leaving the shape as simple as possible, and with very few seams. The habit bacque is the ropular shape. In many cases the front is cut off straight at the waist line; in others it is slightly pointed, not more than two inches below the waist; the slopiDg begins at the side seams, and forms sharp or square cornered habit basques at the back. When round basques are used, the cross seam is omitted, :tud there are wall-ofTroy squares or else kilt plaitings put in the edge of the front and owhich dess, . are cut shorter than the middle back forms, and these extend to meet the I middle forms of the back, which are laid ! in two or more large plaits. Sometimes a front belt is put in, beginning merely at the darls, instead of going back : to the side seams, as was formerly the i fashion. Few vests are seen, though I occasionally a narrow plush vest is set 1 in brocaded velvet dresses. Another ; caprice is that of making plush collars < and caffs, and nearly covering them with rich beaded passementerie. These are used on brocaded velvet basques, and plush is then used as revers on the back of the basques. A black costume j which h:-s been copied in amethyst, brown, garnet, and olive shade iworthy of description. The short skirt has deep plaiting of satin de Lyon covering the sincle back breadth ol the silk foundation. The front and side breadths ' are covered with brocaded velvet, across wnicu is a. urapeu uitrnuiu ui plush lhat disappears in the side seams. ; Still higher up the iront a breadth of 1 satin de Lyon edged with jet fringe 1 forms a scarf apron, and is tied behind a knotted s sh, with ends hanging on the plaited s^tin de Lyon. The round basque of the figured velvet is turned ] back in revers in front over a narrow 1 plush vest, but the waist is defined by ; a belt beginning in the second dart, and buttoned over the vest wilh a large jetted crocheted button. The square- , cornered Byron collar of plush is nearly , covered witli vines of passementerie, and similar pussementeric trims the sides of the basque from the vest to the , box-plaited middle forms of the back. , The sleeves are very close coat shape. To finish the neck and wrists of such ' dresses are frills made of three plaitings i of net, finished with embroidered points like those of point d'esprit lace, or else , tttJH* fli/i onallnno nf Vilfinfipntiin nr nf Mechlin edging.?Bazar. Too Particular, A girl may not ask a man to become her husband; but there are many ways. \ in which she may with propriety com- . municate to almost any bright young , man her ideas concerning him. They are not set down in the guide-books. Tbey are not part of our written literature. They come not by rule and regulation. They are above and beyond all these, and responsible to no law. Im posslole though it be to define them in words, the language of love speaks them j more plainly than cornet voice. Most ?irls start out in jife with the intention of marrying somebody, though many of them are what is called too particular. The ?>irl who wants to marry, but is not easily suited, looks around to see what offers, and finds that tuis man's beard is too red, that one's eyes too blue, and the I other one's ears too long. She will look a little further. She examines all that j are in the market, and concludes to look , further yec. And when, after having almost unconsciously become a flirt, and having broken the hearts of half the young men in the neighborhood, she keeps on " looking a little farther," she ( find3 herself going down the hill on the i fthn/Jttei^n Af I ho wotr otill nn'tll nil in 3I10.U y OIUV/ v^a ??J OVUA n*wi? ?.? definable longing to marry somebody, i and wondering who will come along to j propose to her. It would be rash to advise the young lady to accept the liramarrying man who offers. It is equally rash to advise her to wait, and wait, aud keep^on wailing, and at last marry nobody. But, if she desires to be "'set- < tied in life," it i3 well not to be too par- < ticular, or too shy to give encourage- J ment to the x-ight man when he comes < along. I An Incident of the War. I A battery of the First artillery (Federal) halted one night during the Seven Days fijrht, in a little clearing. The men lay down, unhitching their horses, but leaving them in harness. The first sergeant, now an honored officer of the Third artillery, told me he got up and 1 walked toward one side of the cleariug. i He was halted, and turned back by a i sentinel. Going toward the other side, 5 he was again challeneed. i " Who comcs thar?" | f The voice struck Ijim. lie replied, "Friend;"and said: "What regiment is that?" The answer catce, "Seventh Alabama." " What regiment is that on the other side?" " Fifth Georgia," replied the sentinel. " What battery is that r" Here was a situation. The sergeant naturally didn't know the name of a j battery in the Confederate army. Hesitation would have been latal. By a lucky inspiration he replied, "One ot Stuart's batteries." knowing that Job Stuart commanded their cavalry. " Oh," said the other, " then you're a hoss battery ?" "Y<s,"saidC . " Good-night." f Ha ntn ownl'n f Kn nonloin t l&g i UiUl\i ?*n vav iiavs vupiutu, who rather angrily said: " What the i duce is the matter now ?" 1 "Excuse me, captain,1'said the sergeant, "but we're camped between a Georgia and an Alabama regiment." It is needless to say the captain got up. Horses were hitche.l in quietly, and the battery withdrew from between the sleeping regiments, who never know of the prize that was within their grasp. ?Califomian. < Elephants. Tlje Rev. Mr. Collins, a naturalist, twenty-five years resident in Ceylon, says that elephants there live about 130 years, and "come of age" at forty. There are three size? of them in the same herd?, and when they are young the size that they will attain is pretty nearly known by the number of their toes. Those which prow to the largest size have eighteen toes, five rm each of the t-A'o fore feet, and four on each of the hind ones. Those which grow to a medium size have seventeen toes, five on each of the fore feet, and four on one hind foot and three on the other. The least size of elephant has sixteen toes, five on each fore foot, and three on each hin<i foot. No Singhalese elephant lias a fewer number than sixteen toes. The mahout, or elephant driver, rules his elephant by means of an iron hook,with which he touches a most sensitive part behind the car, which causes the most unruly elephant to become submissive. When Mr. Collins was in Kand'y, an elephant which had killed his keeper, and which had been shot in the head i before it couid be captured, had to un- * dergo the operation of having the bullet * extracted, whi :h was performed by the native doctors, the elephant lying quietly down while the mahout kept his ^ book on this sensitive part. The ele- i pliant drivers are a drunken set of men, and sometimes, while drunk, will treat s their charge unmercifully, and the elephant itseU' is an animal which bears r grudges?the result being that rearly all * elephant keepers are soon'"" ^r later 1 killed. ___ It is estimated that California's crop t of wheat, barley, wool, etc., this year i will aggregate 875,000,000 in value. Ionian- rnMmSm Manufacture of Perfumery. 1 That branch of chemistry called per- * fumery is a new industry on this coast, but with the ample facilities here ior its muniifontnm ! ttt111 hnormio in timp nf Liiauuiav^buiv AW IT ill I.uvv/iuv HIM.W w. very great importance. The extensive j, flower farms in the neighborhood of b Nice, Grasso, Montpelier and Cannes, in France; Adrianople, BroussaandUslak, C in Turkey, and Hicham, in England, p in a measure indicate its importance in the \vorid. In the East varieties of 1 herbs are grown that are used to a con- y sicterable extent in pharmacy, but the : planting of flowers by the acre for per- v fumery purposes is unknown in this t] country. The perfumery manufactured n here is from the produce of flowers im- e ported from Europe, and comes here in the shape of a fat or sort of tallow. * There is only one firm in this city en- 1< gaged in its manufacture at present, and b this establishment produces an average of 100 gross of bottles per week, though a the production varies with the demand. ? It is entirely for home consumption, n though there was recently opened a c small export trade with Mexico. 0 Fowers are not used here in their ii natural slate, as they are act to be had. Neith r could they very well be m- \ ported in their natural condition, on " account uf the expense attending, and, p moreover, in their transportation a P large percentage of their fragrance K would be lost. There is no reason why tl the cultivation of flowers, flower-farm a, ing proper, could not be made an im- n: portant industry here. There is nc one qi engaged in it at present, and it might pi very well be introduced. Wherever the ai raw material is to be obtained profit- R ably, there manufactories spring up, lI and nowhere do flowers grow jnore lux- j uriantly than in this State. To convey " an idea of the extent of the manufacture p of perfumery it maybe said that British lc India and Europe consume ar nually, at 31 the very lowest estimate, 150,000 gallons of perfumed spirits. The large vi perfumers of Grassc and Paris employ 1' annually in their manufactures 80,000 N pounds of rose blossoms, 60,000 pounds ^ cassia flowers, 50,000 pounds rose leaves, f1] 30,000 pounds jasmine, 30,000 pounds ? violets, 20,000 pounds tube roses, 20,000 * pounds iilacs, beside great quantities of 01 rosemary, mince, lemon, citron, thyme fl and many odorous plants. The quan- |8 tity of odoriferous substances used in n this way is certainly very great, and be- f yond the conception of most people. ? V San Francisco Bulletin. ai . 1 tj *5 lie North Pole. * Some people have asked: "What . good can result from finding the pole?rt " riie late Professor Henry is on record as ?! saying the magnetism of the earth re- B( quires more observations in this direction than have been made; that we can- c, not complete our knowledge of the tides L?i of the ocean, or of the winds of the globe ti without finding the pole ;besides that.the whole field of natural history will be en- ii riehed by it. especially botany, geology n and minerology. The facts about the efl'cct of extreme cold on animal and '! vegetable life oannot be but interesting. 11 As Prolessor Henry 3aid, it will lead not e nnlir tn f>nlflr/rp lhff snhpre of mental . pleasure of man, but will promote the R application of science to the arts of life. Professor M. F. Maury puts it in this v way: ii "Within this polar area the tides have "i their cradle, and whales their nursery. There the winds complete circuit, and I the currents of the sea their sound, in the Jf wonderful system ol oceanic circulation; ? Ihere the aurora is lighted up and the trembling [needle brought to rest; and there, too, in the mazes of that mystic circle, terrestrial forces of occult power, c and of vast influence upon the well- 3( beins? of man, are continually at work, s It is a circle of mysteries, and" the desire u to enter it, to explore the untrodden wastes and secret chambers, and to r< j'.udy its physical aspects has grown to ? a longins." 1 There is an unknown area of 1,131,00C . square miles of the surface of the globe 19 that is now a blank. We cannot tell " nrlmthei. ilijcj nfnn ia 1?r?H nr wafpr. This question, among others, these exdlorations will determine. ,, ? i; Andre's Prophetic Poem. * During the years 1779 and 1780 Andre n wa.<ondutyin New York and took a n leading part in the social life of that t> city. He accompanied Sir Henry Clinton at the capture of Stony Point, June 1, 1779, and wrote as aid-de-camp upon the glacis of Fort Lafayette the terms of 1 capitulation conceded to the garrison. ? He kept a careful diary and frequently ? wrote squibs in prose and verse for the loyalist papers, and in August, 1780, composed at Elizibethtown a burlesque 0 poem entitled " The Cow Chase," in c three cantos, amounting to seventy d quatrains. The subject was the attack & made by Gereral Wayne upon a block o house near Bull's Ferry, two or three c miles bplow Fort Lee, in order to drive e in some cattle from Bergen Neck. By a ? singular coincidence the last canto of *! this poem wa3 printed in Rivington's * Gazette, September 23, 1780, the day of c the poet's capture at Tarrytown. The last stanza is as follows: ;f And now I've closed my epic strain, o I trerablo as I show it, Lest this same warrior drover, Wayne, 0 Should ever catch the poet. ^ It happened, singularly enough, that ? [reneral Wayne was the commander of ;he postatTappan at the time of Andre's fj execution. Tno original of the " Cow c 3hase," in Andre's autograph, is still o .vfsinsM.'rvrA nnH ornoo t h flip Q I b iUCOCi V(U, auu uimviuwMwu CMW ?VW , ? ? juoted lines an American pen has. added * ;lie commentary: When the epic strain was sung, The poet by tho neck was hung, ii A SnperstitIon9 Composer. h Soeaking of tbc late Jacques Offen- u jach, the composer, the New York Sun h says: Whoever has heard his operas v nay guess what the man himself was. Supersli'ion and cowardice were promi- 11 lent features of his character. lie was " i great gambler at the roulette, his ^ avorite number being from eupersti- w ;ion?the thirteen. One evening at Spa he number came seven times, and Of- ai cnbach broke the bank. He had a ter- ni "ible dread of the sea. Before he could tt je induccd to cross the ocean on bi3 way e< .o America, he spent long, sleepless ii lights. As lie himself writesin his book, ic d.ircd not go to sleep, " lest on awak- ?' ng he should not be able to command a Ic smile." He was in the position of the c 30or fellow in the fable whom the king ? lad ordered to teach his ass to read R| mder penalty of beiDg hanged. The nighty dollar, however, prevailed over lis anxieties, and lie embarked on t he v; Canada. One night the steamer sud- Ii ienly stopped to cool her engines. He ti itarted out ot his sleep. He imagined at R >nce that the vessel had struck against a cl oek and was rapidly sinking. Oflfen- P1 3ach in his night garment, but with his jyeglasses upon his huge nose, rushed V in deck pleading for life. The efforts (j )f the captain and of all the passengers j] (vere reauired to persuade him that there fC >vas no danger. C.' Thanks. s> The following public expression oi ? rratitude was recently inserted by a C( S.ixoin farmer and his wife in the coijrans of a German newspaper: Thanks, n, 3iost heartfelt thanks, to all those who, r< jpon hearing ot our misfortune on Mon- it lay, August 16, when a sudden flash of ti ightning felled our two cow3 and she- ai jalftothe earth, at once rushed to our as- ti; iistance. Thanks more especially to the o! Ulster butchers, Messrs. Thomas, Rei- 81 ;hel and Fischer, who kindly slaugh- a' .cred the dying animals on the spot, y ;hus preserving us from the cruel loss ai )f finding the ill-fated beasts unfit for ;3 iuman consumption. Thanks, finally ;oo, to all those who speedily came from si ar and near, and bought up the meat i'o with such avidity that by five in the ifternoon there was not a. scrap left. " May heaven mercifully protect them and hl as all against any similar terror and uC calamity' in future, and bless them a housandfold ior the truly extraordi- lJ(' lary sympathy they have shown us : C. DUKSSLER ANI? WlFK. A Seen. ^ Up to five minuteB before they bad ti )een lovers, but now there was likely to it >e a coldness between them. At last he ei iroje, took up his hat, and said: " Maudie, I am going to see?" "Oh, Augustus, forgive me. ] was " wrong. S^ay by my side. Do not leave p nr." sii ,l No, I cannot stay. I am going to d lee?" at " Hear me, I prav! Do not leave me. m rhink of the dangers of tin ocean deep, gi ind do not venture on its treacherous waters.1' ' Nonsense! What, has waters got to u lo with this? I was nmpiy remarking . ;hat I was going to see you again touorrow evening." ir He saw her.?Marathon Independent, u STEWS NOTES. ?a?ter? uid Middl* States A plot to release a large number of prisoners a the Massachusetts State prison at Concord, y false keys, was discovered and lrustrated. By the lnll of a scaftold.ng at Bradford, Pa., iharles Koodell and C;iarles F. Freeman, ainters, wero precipitated twenty-flvo ieot to ae ground. Roedell was instantly killed and 'reeman probably iatally injured. The formation of a now trunk line from row York and Philadelphia to the Southwest ' i authoritatively announced. 1 Large political gatherings were addressed | tie other night in New York by Hcuuiio Sey- i jour and it Brooklyn by Henry SVarc'i i leecher. I E9ta Calda, sixteen years of jigo, whilti I forking in a sardine factory at Eastport, Sh., ill into a. pan of boiling oil and wii9 so terribly urned that she died in a low hours. As an express train was passing the station t Littleton, Mass., the two rear passenger ars collided with somo freight cars on a side rack and were wrecked. Enos Varney, a lftster car brilder, and D. Falconer, a stoneutter, wore killed outright, and about twelve ther persons were more or leBs seriously jjured. A long-continue<l drought is reported iu the ielnity ol Port Jervis, N. Y. Tlio Delaware ver about Lackawaxen, Pa., is nearly dry in laces, and pedestrians can easily cross wit lint wetting their feet. Fish are dying by lousands. Between Hancock, N. Y., and aslon, Ta., upward of 100 creeks ompty into le Dolawaro. The majority ol these streams :e perlestly dry, and many saw and flour tills have been idle lor somo time in conseuenco. Not only are tho rivers, creeks, Dnds and lakes drying up, but many wells id cisterns have beon without wator for over month. Many farmers who live in tho. disicts a fow miles back from the Delaware are aliged to drive their cattle more than u mile > get water. A Are at West Stcighton, Mass., destroyed rench & Ward's large woolen mill, cs.using a pss of about $200,000 and tin owing rnoio than )0 persons out of employment. ? * *?-- ^ XllO corner-siuuo ui uid ^jjhou oa laid on a knoll in Central park, Now ork, by Jeaao B. Anthony, grand master of laaona ol the Stateot New York, assisted by 10 grand lodge and some 2-30 masonic lodged, ad escorted by the grand commandory ot lights Templar and ton oommanderies ot few York and Brooklyn and lour visiting immanderies. By a collision betwoou a passenger and eight train on the New York and New Engmd railroad, Dear Willimantio, Conn., Engieer Charles Konyon and Fireman Thomas lood, ot the passenger train, and Engineor Palter Foraytbe, Fireman Michael Hurley od Conduotor H. C. Aldrioh, ot the height ain, were killed. There were but few pas 3Dgers on the train, and only ono was inired. At a Republican torohlight demonstration l New York the other night, all the Ropublian political organizations of that city turned ut. The proccsaion -was i eviewed in Madi5n square by General Grant. Judge Blatcbtord, ol tho United Slates ciruit court in New York, has denied an appliition lor tho removal ot supervisor ot elecon John I. Davenport. The reports lrom the school elections held i various parts of New York Slato Bbow that ot very many women availed themselves ol beic newly conferred but limited right ol aut ago. In Fayetteville a daughter of Mrs. Mailda Joslin Gage and two other women wero lected. Tho lihodo Island Democrats at their State onvoniion in Providence selected electoral nd congressional nominees. ArCUirjttlU i'UiUU, lUU nwauunu u.-b..uu rar correspondent, delivered his first lecture i this country a low nights a<jo to a Now rork audience. General Grant the other day addressed the toston Merchants' association at considerable jnpth on tho benefits to bo derived irom the evolopment ol the resources cf Mexico by itnerican capital. Mr. Peleg Spraguo dio 1 at Boston a lew icrnings ago, nt tho ago ol eighty-seven years n 1821 aud 1822 lio wasi in tho Nineteenth ongrcss, and ' S'J'J he went to the Ser ate, ji ving until ISM. Ho was judgo of tho United tatea district court for Massachusetts irom 340 to 1805. During t ho ab.enco of Mrs. Itilej irom her 3sidenco near ;JBradtord, Pa., the building ru-jht Are and was b.irned to the ground, wo sleeping children were burned to death. In Now York city on tho sccond day ol regtration, tho Federal supervisors of election mdo a largo number ol arrests of persons who Itempted to register ns voters on naturalizaon certificates granted in 1863 by tho sureme and superior courts ol the city. The risonera were taken beloro Chiel Supervisor >avenport, and examined by him without Bing sworn. II ho found that tho man was .?ii? ????/.,, !/>! l.ta nnrfiflontfi anrl ho rllllllg Ui DUncnuri k.1? vvkKiMVMw ?..v. wV aturalized anow by legal methods tho prisoner as then discharged. In other coses the risoners were sent to Ludlow Street jail. Western and Southern States Captain James 31. .Stewart, postmaster ol he United States House ot Ropiescntatives, ied at Alexandria, Va., a few <lay6 ago, a<jed llty-four years. He served in tho Mexican rar as lieutenant, and in the Confederate army a captain. Tho centennial ol tho Revolutionary battle i King's Mounta n, Notth Carolina, has been elebrated with ceremonies lasting several ays. On the last day more than 12.000 perons assembled at King's Mountain, the scene 1 the British deleat. fhe exorcises consisted 1 a review ol all tho troops present by Genral Hunt, of the United States army, singing 1 an original lyric, reading oi a poem written jr the occasion, an oration by John W. )auiel, and the unveiling ol a monument, at rhich the governors ot North Carolina, South .'arolina find Virginia assisted. Tho Atlantio, Mississippi bud Ohio railroad 9 to be sold by United States circuit court rder, at Richmond, Va.. November 1. At Concordia, Miss., B. T. Owen, ti justice 1 the peace, was shot and killed by J. W. Hover, a larmer, who had been arrested lor reating a disturbance. Betoro death Owen iii>t tuiu laUilly wounded Glover, A young man named Sellers, employed on a irm near Canton, 111., asked tho older ot his mployer's two daughters to marry him, and n ber r.lusal shot her and her mother, oth dying instantly, and then committed nicide Lizzie T., wife ol the lal? W. C. Ralston, ti<e an Francisco millionaiie, has brought suit gHinst Senator Sharon to recover a large mount of money which, she claims?ho havjg been her husband's exccntor?ho turned to is own account. Near the town ol Bisbeo, Arizona, a man amed Dodson attempted to assault a young idy, and being foiled killed her brother and rounded tho eirl. Tbe celebration of tho ono hundred and bth anniversary of tho settlement ot Baltilore, was opo ied in that ciLy by a long mili. try, civic and industrial procession. The city rii8 dressed in holiday attire, and the streets ere thronged with vast numbers ol people. A gruvol train on tho Chicago, MiiwauKea id St. Paul railroad ran into a drove ol cowa ear Stillinan Valley, 111., and ten cars were irown into a ditch. Three persons were killI and eleven others more or less seriously ijured. It has flnnlly been decided, alter nrnoh diflerice among tho doctors, that a disease prevamt on the Lower Mississippi is yellow lever. During a fire at tho Academy ol Music in hicago tho ro il suddenly iell in, prccipitfuing lieon firemen into the opening. They were II taken out alive, and only oni3 was fatally ijured. The " October elections " have resulted in a ictory fcr the Republican tickets in Ohio and idiana, and the success ot tho Democratic cket in West Virginia. In Ohio the estimated epublican majority on the second day atler ection was piven at about 20,000. Tho I;enblicans have gained six Congressmen, eleotig fltteen to tho Democrats live. In Indiana ie Republican plurality is given a1, between 000 and 7,000. Tho Republicans gain two ongressmen, electing eight to live lor the emocrats. Amonij tho defeated candidates >r Congress is tho lfcv. Gilbert Do La Matyr, ie well-kuown Greenbaekcr. TJui Kepubliins alio claimed the legislai me,which will in iro them a United Ktutis senator to succecci [r. McDonald. 1. West Virginia :he Demo atic State and Con? isional ticket was suciSSful. Thh revenue cutter Corwin^recently arrived t San Francisco, biings news that at St. Lawjnco island, in the iiehrinij sou, out ol 700 (habitants 500 were found dead ol starvaon. The traders had introduced liquor mong them, causing them to neglect storing p the usual supply ol provisions. The officers I the Corwiu beiieve that the exploring vesjl Jeauetto wintored on the Siberian shore, ud is now west ot tho North Cape. The residence ol Jesse Jordan, near Carlin il e, 111., caught Are, and threo children, aged x, ton and thirteen years respectively, per. hed in the fames. Horace Long, who married his living wife's ster at Denroan, Ga., has been sent to prison ir bigamy. A colored criminal was taken Irom a raillad train by ft mob lit r<ynnvillo, Tenn., and jrried ofl to bo hangi d. Tho sheritf ol tho mnty overtook the rioters, and, though they umbered a hundred, while ho was alone, he ovo thnm all away by displaying a pistol, and j ived the prisoner. , | From Washington. Superintendent ol th? Census Walker hub j ibmitted a report to tho secretary ot tho in- , jrior in which he says t*?at tho recent invosgation conducted by Special A jent Gannett 1 ito the alleged frauds committed by census 1 unmeratora in South Carolina last June < lows that the census ol 1870 was very de- 1 >ctivo, and the enumeration made in Jane I ist i9 correot. 1 The second annual exhibition ol tho National ( ill- association was inaugurated by u procei- ( on illustrating the industrial interests ot the istrict. The display was highly creditable, j id the streets through which the procession . oved were densely thronged. At the lair ' ouuds tho exhibition was lormally opened * r an oration by the Hon. J. S. C. Blackburn. The Arctic exploring steamer Gnlnaio has (turned to Washington. ( Tho United States supreme court is in seson. ! Arrangements have been completed at tne 1 easury department by which to pay to tho t to Indians #75,000 lor their reservation. J The dirootor oi tho mints estimates that amount of coin In this country on Ootob< was $369,881,003 gold and #149,799,335 eih Of these amounts there are #67,204,293 gold in the treasury and $302,676,709 in i culalion or held by banks, and 72,464, silver in the treasury and $77,344,735 circulation. In addition tie treasury he $68,040,540 in gold bullion tfnd $5,557, in silver bullion, which the mints are turn Miiiillv >ia thnir Iqoilifipa i 1111U CU1U iU . .. w admit. This is a larger amount ol specie t] has ever before been in the country. Indian Commissioner Meachatn telegra] rom Los Pinos, Cal., to Secretary Schurz t i conflict between Colorado and the Fedt government seems probable on account ol irrost ol Agent Berry for alleged complic in the murder of Jackson. Secretary Sch lias telegraphed lo Governor I\tkiu ask liim to co-operate with the government. Foreign Neva* Two chieftains in Persia, with their al force of 15,000 mon, have been devastat portions of the countiy. A Persian gem has been sent against them. Prosident Diaz, of Mexico, in bis messag' the Mexican congress, states tbat telegraj communication between Vera Cruz and a j in Texas will be completed in the montl January, 1881, and the work is now going favorably. During a hurricane at St. Miohael, Azc islauds, three British steamers were wreoi Two of them foundered and the third w ashore. Loss about $1,000,000. The German government is contemplat lresii repressive measures against, wo bw ists. A circular has boen issued calling a o vontion ol socialists in Zurich, in 1881 During a fierce gale at Penzance, Engla numerous vessols parted their cables and t tained other damage. Tho harbor works i quays have also been damaged and promenade flooded. Several small yachts i boats have been destroyed. A fishing lug capsized at the entrance ol the harbor and i persons were drowned. The largest crowd ever present at a fun in Paris is said to have been presont w Offenbach, the composer, was buried. A telegram lrom JBreslau, Germany, rep that an accident occurred in a mine i Kattowitz. Fifcy-lour workmen were 0' whelmed, and it was feared fllty were si oated. The Dublin Gazette contains a proclama declaring Galwuy and Mayo, Ireland, i stiit o of distuibance requiring additic police. President Gamdea, of Costa Rica, has c atituted himselt dictator, suspended the tional assembly and arrested about fllty 1< iug citizens ot the republic. One ol the murderers of Dr. Parsons, American missionary who was murdered s< lime ngo in Turkey, nas Doen connemnui death, and two others have been' Benteccec fllleen years' penal servitude. The Chilian war vessel Covadonga, w cruising ofl the coast ot Peru, picked np empty boat which, on being hoisted on di exploded and sank the Covad ooga in a minutes. The empty boat was a torp< Onlyloarot the orew ol the Covadonga reported saved. i'he Chilians have bombarded Ancon Chorillos, the latter a iashionable Peru1 watering-place, and destroyed much valut property. After a consultation with his ministers Sultan ol Turkey has ngreed to an unco tional surrender of Dulciguo to tho Mont< grins. This result has been brought nboui the European powers, whose allied fleet tin ened a hostile demonstration in caseDulc: was not given up to Montenegro. Tho Kurds who recently entered Persit a marauding expedition have pillaged town ol Mimndab and four villages and n sacred the inhabitants. King Theebau, ol Burm&h, the bloodthi monarcn who murderedjjmore than a hunt of his relatives Jast yoar, is preparing 10 n war on England, and (or that purpose has lected an army of 2,000 men. News comes by way ol Constantinople i greit insurrection ol Mohammedans in Ki gar against the Chineso. A London dispatch says that Chili and P now at war with each other, have acce the offer ol mediation made by the Un States. Tho Bay of bt. Lawrence mackerel flsl has been a failure this season, so far as American fleet is concerned. Only flfty-tl American mackcrel catchers visited the I some ol which remained only one day and not take a flsh. Advico3 Irom Havana state that a li number of Chiuese are leaving Cuba to li on the Louisiana plantations. The death id announced in England of ( tain Hobson.whodiscovered tho romains o: John Franklin in the Arctic regions Ten minors were drownod by tho floot ol a mine in Nova Scotia. George Sweanor, of Montreal, elaims have discovered a method of dividing elec light by which it is adapted to household i The inventor asserts ho can supply light domestic use at one-third the price ol gas. Tho mana&ors of the Tiiboulet and Cityoyen, Paris newspapers, have been ! cenccd to six months' imprisonment and to a lino at $600 and ono month's imprisonn nnd a flneol $.*20 respectively, lor libeling P iilent Grevy. Tho insurcont Basuto; are giving tho Brl much trouble in South Alrica. Colonel Bay :it last accounts, bad been shut up by tbcr the lort at Maseru and obliged to slaughtei horses (or lood. The New ' ork Herald'? St. Petersburg respondent < bles to that paper an appare authentic rt iort ot the ltussian czar's r riago to tho Princess Dolgorouki, to wl lascinations the emperor had yielded m years ngo, and whoso establishment in Winter palace was the causo ot much unl rincss to the late czarina. Princess J gorouki hos already borne tho czar sev children. Now that tho marriage is acc plisbed it is almost ceituimy 01 me Kinu kdi aa " morganatic," in which the bride stipul Lliat she and her children will neither asai the rank nor inherit the possessions ol liusband. _________________ Slaughter on tho Bail. Tbo Twenty-eighth street crossing of Pennsylvania railroad at Pittsburg, baa again been the scene ot a lrighttal disa! wbioh wus attended with almost as grei loss ol lile Q8 were the famous riots then July, 1877. It was the last day ol tho ex{ tion, and thousands of persons flocked to city to see tho closing exercises. In addil the Democrats had a demonstration w brought matching clubs lromall the surrot ing country. After tho parade wus over, beloro midnight, the first section ot W accommodation train, going east, left Union depot crowded to its utmost capac The back platlorm was so full that signal lights were hidden lrom view. W the train reached Twenty-eighth st it stopped to allow the special tr whioh was a block ahead, to get out ol way. Ten minutes alter the first section the depot tho second scction started ont at Mitn n? tan milca tin hnur. Owinf? to the CN on tho back platform of the first section signal lights were obscured, and conseque the engineer oi the second section did not the train ahead of him until he was so r it that his train could not be checkcd in t to prevent a collision, and the engino * crashing into tho rear coach of tho first tion. The engine buried itself to the very windows among tho screaming, suffering n women and children, maDgling all who -r in its course. Tho boiler head of the loco tive was burst off by the shock, and the sc ing water and steam poured over tho occupi of tho car, as though bent on completing horrible work that had gone belore. 1 scene that followed beggars descript Shrieks and groans rent the air, and minj with the hissing of steam from tho disai locomotive. A telephone message was sent to tho may odlce lor wagons, and in a short time a cc of physicians, the mayor and a squad of po were on the spot to render all tho assista thov could. Nine persons were killed < right and nineteen * moro died in the r twenty-lour hours. The wounded reac thirty-five, of which twenty were not expec to recover. The wounded were carried to West Pennsylvania hospital, a short dista irom the scene ot the disaster. Somo ol the scenes at the hospital w heartrending. One in particular was pec arly sad. Hurrying back and forth ii ono ward to another, pushing through orowd of anxious persons was an aged woe named Hetzel, Irom the East End. She threo children on the train, two boys an girl. The younger boy and his sister w lying in tho hospital, shockingly burned i disfigured by the scalding steam. The brok hearted mother could scarcely leave tho t side ot ono long enough to weep over other, and while she was striving to allev thoir suffering*, hor first-born boy lay crus and dead in the round house, and she kne\ not. Sho only knew that he was missing, i she looked with tear-dimmed o>es into face ol every new-comer, in tho hope that might find him living. ? Kobert Pitcairn, superintendent of the rc says it the rules had not been disobeyed accident would not have occurred. A Wonderful Watch. Mr. H. L. Borden, of Elgin, 111. ihe possessor of a most wonder watch. It gives the hours, minutes s jeconds, the day of the week, the da} Lhe month, the name of the month, lunar month of twenty-nine dnvs, a the phases ol the moon at all times, provides /or the thirty and thirty-c 3ay months, twenty-eight days in F ruary. and every fourth year twen nine days in February for leap ye naking till its own changes at twe j'clock night. It is a chronograph iiming horses to the fifth of a secoi i\.nd, lastly, it strikes the hours, qu .ersand minutes. This extraordim :'tnep:ece was made in Switzerland, a C.St s 1,500. Ahorse in Nevada, being sick w :olic, (ndrd hid mi flerings by deliberate lashing out its brains against the stc wall of the corral. It was in Nevat ilso. that a pet dog recently commit! juicide by drowning. the Hydrophobia from a Wolf Bite. 9r 1 A case of hydrophobia resulting from re?: the bite of a mad woif has been brpught 0-?m to the notice of a Pittsburg Chronicle g00 representative who spent a few days in TTT_?l. Dn T*\ f ho anri*l Ct jn vv itsumgiuii uuuulj, x a. iu KUU ,l(j8 of 1785?nearly one hundred years ago? 759 Mr. Zachariali Rnnkin lived in Mt. ins Pleasant township. One morning he will heard a noiso in the hog pen, and on ban going to it discovered a mad wolf in the act of devouring small pigs. The infuriated animal sprang at him, and sunk its >rnl t el'1 *n k*816'18^e? h'?h up. Instantly tto Rankin brought his powerful arms ,;ty down upon the neck of the beast, and ur/. held it as if in a vice until his wife inj. reached him with a large butcher knife. He then disembowled the wolf, and under the care of a physician the wound in the side of the injured man soon healed. .. . One evening in the succeeding fall, Ranr kin was suddenly seized with hydrosral phobia, and his contortions and agonizing shrieks paralyzed his father and 5 to brothers so that thoy would not go near - - ka/ioi/ia t1 ttt/1 r\ r? throo nil t7q1p1 nriQ >|>IC UL'UOlUt. i. TTV VI vuiw W (ort attended him, but before morning he i of was a corpse, after a night of the most on intense suffering. Beans, when cooked with fat, are quite enj analogous to nuts in their sustaining qualities, and a vegetable oil might aling ways be used in preference to pork, ial- Fried beans and tortillas?flat cakes on- made from Indian corn?are*the staple dish in Mexico. ,nd, ,ua; In 1860 the number of'lunatics in *?d England was 38.058. Now it is 71,191, and an increase ?* no lees ^an eighty-seven per cent. During the same period the ava population increased only about twentyfckht per cent., a third of the rate at eral which lunacy advanced, hen orta Prevention excels enre every time. Alwaya iear keep Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup convenient; take rep it in time and you will bo Ireo Irom coughs, cold9, etc. So!d everywhere. Price 25 cenU a bottlo. tion n/Nwiao trroltiin/r t/-> ilio frnnf. t.hp X1U*T CUUiCO nuibutuf, ?w huv u n * multitudinous annual slmanac. 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Mtch., t "y Will send their Eleciro-Vollaic liol's to the eat- afflicted upon 30 days' trial. See their adverigao tiaomont in this paper headod, " On 30 Days' Trial." i on the Veoetine will regulate the bowels to healthy aa3. action, by stimulating the secretions, cleansing and purifying tlio blood ol poisonous rety humors, and, iu a healthful and natural manIred ner> cxPel9 all impurities without weakening ,ake the body. co*" Get Lyon's Patent Heel Stiffeners applied . to those new boots before you run them over, ci a Mh- Daughters, Wive* nod Mother*. Da. MAKUllISl'S UTKIIINK OATUULICOM will pod eru tlvely euro Female Weakness, suet as Falling of thi . Womb, Whites, Chronic Inflammation or Ulceration ? ptect the Womli, Incidental Hemorrhage or Flooding, Painful lited Suppressed and Irregular Menshuatlon, kc. An old an! reuutile reme<ly. Send postal card for a pamphlet, Witt . t cutment, curea and ceriltlcatet from phyaicUm Ant bing patiems, to howakth t ballako, Utica, N. T the cold by all Druggist#?$1.50 p?r bottls. ^7; THE MARKETS. 0 HXW TOBX Beet Cattle?Med. Natives, live wt.. 09#a 10& arKe Calves?Poor to Prlmo Veals 01 .s,? 07 ibor 03^0 05* Lambs 04%? 00 2an- Bog??I?lvo.,.,.. 04X@ 08^ Dressed 06*? CG* ? Floor?Ex. State, good to fanoy.... 4 60 @ 5 75 Western, good to fanoy 6 Id @ 8 60 ling Wheat-No. 2 Red 1 14#@ 1 19# No. 1 "Whito 1 11 @1 18# 1n Bye?State PC (? 08 , . Barley?Two-Bowed State 87#@ 81# Oorn?Dngradod Western Mixed.... 65#@ 66 use. Southern Yellow 64 @ 55# lor Oate-Whlte State 44 @ 44# Mixed Western _ 80 @ 41# Hay?Prime ?... 05 ? 1 15 lne Straw?LoDg Bye. per owt 90 @ 05 36n- Hops?State, 188 J 18 <4 28 pay Pork?Mess, new 16 25 @16 50 lent Lard?City Steam 8 80 @8 80 Petroleum?Grade 06J?<308 Bcflued 12* Butter?State Creamery... 23 @ 31 Dairy a (9 -o !id!i Western Imitation Creamery 18 0 24 ley, Factory... 18 0 20 n ;n Cheeao?State Factory 10X0 13 , Skims 03 0 10* "Is Western 10 @ 12tf Eggs?State and Penn 23 0 23 cor* Potatoes?State, bbl 160 ? 1 75 ntlv BUITALO. Flour?City Ground, No. 1 Spring.. 5 00 0 6 75 * Wheat-No. 1 Hard Duluth 1 12^0 1 12tf 1030 Corn-No. 2 Western 45^0 45)tf any oats?State 8fi y,? 37 the Barley?Two-rowed State..... 65 0 70 BOSTON* vJi B?ef Cattle?Live weight.... O5Jf0 06* "3 Sheep 05 ?0 06 c:u- Lamba 06 @ 06# Olil- Hogs - 05X0 06 jwn Flour?Wisconsin and Mlnn.Pat.... 6 60 0 8 25 at e? Corn?Mixed and Fellow 66 0 68 Oats?Extra White, tie* 41 0 48 , e Bye?SUte OS 0 98 ner Wool?Washed Combing & Delaine., 47 0 48 Dnwaanea, oa <h> WATEBTOWN (KA88 ) CATTLE MAHIBT Beef Cattle?live weight 03X0 06 Sheep,,... 03^(3 04& tht Lomba OS 0 05%' Pa. Ho?s 03.1*0 QSX ' rniLAX>?i.PHLA. 3ieri Flour?Penn. good and fanoy 6 50 @6 8* it a wheat-No. 2?lied I 151 e in Bye?State 03 0 93 >osi. Corn?State Yellow CO (4 55 the Oata?Mixed J-.7 0 38)4 . Butter?Creamery Extra 30 0 30 Cheese?New York Full Cream 13 V0 H hich Petroleum?Crude 0 6M<a07>f BeQned 10 ind- ? th? B ft 1 wi BJ hi E?@ wA^n ity- I? gx3w B18II ntly A A J| iear n 1 -* -> HBBmnwMM-pwB Msnwp>wHi^^n WL^^m ?-Jb 9 H ?JB see- MraJH H |"^B ajB enP| cab KHKH9B^HBHRBfeflW?MHHra?lS ien, r ? One Five Thonsnn.l Dollar United States Registered f/wl Four Per Cent. Bond will be forfeited and paid by the Mai.t Hitters Comiujit to any Individual or to any society the 0f physicians or druggists if Malt Hitters, a Family D06 Medicine prepared by them, docs not excel, In a fair competitive examination, all other medical compounds now 'ere before the public called "Hitters," In the following paruli tlculars:? yih i. Hicestivf. Power. .. 2. Nkiivk Power. "*? X l',i.uoi> Piionucixu Power. nan 4. Fi.esn Prudixinu Power. *. i>..... n-j, ml.... .... u... it.-.,-,, ? . unfermeiitej K.xtract of .Malt, Hops. Calisaya. Iron, etc., id a .re the l'urcat, mnst Kconomleal ami I test Medicine foi ere all anes ami both sexes ever called1' Hitters." and Mult HHlcr.s Company, Itoston, 3tn.ua. on- This Clnlm-Houie Eitnbllihed 1*05. iPENSIONS. Ntw I^niv. Thousands of wldlers and heirs entitled, the Pensions dato back to discharge or death. Time limited Bi.fi Address, with stamp, OKOltUlS E. J/TCMOIV, P. 0. Drawc- Mo, Wa?hlnn<oii, I?. C, )ad, ? thfi tiik boiv*NZt foll rook-a<;k\t? bt selling our two siVndidlj illustrated books. 1/ifc or GEN. HANCOCK ?$&? fan author of national fume), highly {nitorwt by CJen Ifniicock, the party ietuiera, ami prens: also Life of iui GEN.oMFIELD HSSSepS _j Stiisbin (an author of wide celebrity), als > itrunyly Lnu (mf<<rW. Itotli oHlelal, immmvly popular, s-llin* 1 of over 10,000 a week ! Ayent$ inakiiiu* SI O ii day! n,? iMitilto ."jUc. each. K?r W Imokn an i t-rm*. address tne t|Ulck, HlU'.UAHl) UltuS., Philadelphia, I'a. 2 ON 30 DAYS'TRIAL b- We wni s-nd our Klectro-Voltaic lielts and other i._ Electric Appianccsupon trial for 30 days to those afflicted ty- with /iiv.rtu Debility and di?ea*tof a personal nature. fir, A s.? or the l.iver, Kidneys, Kheumatlsm, Paralysis, etc. l vp A sure aire suiranUed or no pay. , Address Voltaic Belt Co., M&rshitll, Mich. for ad "VC/AWTED?Agents everywhere to ?ell onr goods, TT by sample, to famldes. We give attractive present# ar- ui<l tlrst-class goods to your customers; we give you good irV PfoQts; we prepay all express charges; we furnish outtlt : j free. Write for particulars. nd PKUl'l.K'd TEA CO., Pox 5035, St. Ixmls, Mo. VOUNG MEN !SiloS?iSS . , month. Kvery graduate guaranteed a paytnz Situ1L11 itlon. Address H V i eiitlne, Manager, Janesvllle, Wis. Q*?~> K PoHaheil CSrnnlte .Monuments) from mt? sir mi *f 1!J.V l'ree on board ship to any part of Ameri., !- a. Iiisc Irillons uccurate <:nd l eant fill. Plans and prlcei rue. JuliN W. I.KUCK.Sculptor, Aberdeen.Scotland. ,ed ??? CR tn.tQn per day at home. Samples worth iMrce pQ IU !p?U Addiea Sxijiio* * Co.. Portland. Me. ["Rochester Sentinel.] "Buckwheat Cakes and the Measles." When a young husband had gone from home, and with fond solicitude telegraphed his little wife,?"what have f?? UnaVfoat atiH hrtw'at.hflhahvP" )UU 1V/& VUA1UWV; MUM uv IT w ?he received the brief, suggestive reply, "Buckwheat Cakes and the Measles." We have the report of a case in our midst, not where Measles was in the bill (. f fare, but where Soiatic Rheumatism confined Mr. J. Dawson, the wellknown druggist, to his room for a long period. It was stated to our reporter in the following words: The senior of this firm was attacked with Sciatic Rheumatism December last, and for four weeks could scarcely leave his room. He used St. Jacobs Oil, and is now able to be at his place of business, feeling no worse for his recent affliction. The inference is convincing. The superintendent of^the Indianapolis water works has a*pet alligator and an intelligent dog. The other day the alligator escaped from his cage and was making headway for the river, when the dog cauglit the animal by the tail. Then the alligator caught the dog by the neck, and the dog set up a howl that brought help, and the battle was speedily decided in his favor. FMonroe (Mich.) Commercial.] Mr. Clarence B. Stoddard, the druggist, informed us that Mr. Louis Hope, a sufferer with rheumatism for a number ot years, obtained the greatest relief by the use of St. Jacobs Oil. Richard III. was humpbacked, and he allowed no back talk in his presence. ?Picayunc. A Xlappy Ite?toration. I cun truly say that I owe my presont existence and happy restoration to the hopes and joys of lite, to tho use ol Warner's Safo Kidnoy and Liver Curo, and I say to every one suffering from any nnnner ot kidney, liver or urinary trouble?tLo this remedy and recover. W. E. SAN FORD. flolley, N. Y., February 2-5, 1880. Florida sponge-fishers have done a good business this year. Vegetine. More to Me than Cold. T7A1jrULt&f ilittas,, ILLttlCU 11 ICOV, Ma. H. B. 8tivr?8 : 1 wish to inform yon what Vegztine has done Tor me. I have been troubled with Erysipelas Humor for moro than thirty yearn, in my limbs and Jther parts of my body, and have been a great sufferer. I commeuced taking Vegetine one year ago !ast August and can truly say It baa done more for me than any other medicine. I acem to be perfectj free from thla hnmor and can recommend It to very one. Would not bo without thla medicine? tla more to me than gold?and I feel it will prove a blessing to others as It has to me. Yours, most respectfully, Mbb. DAVID OLARK. J. BENTLEY, M. D., says: it has done more good than all Sledical Treatment. Newmahket, Out., Feb. 9,1880. Sin. 3. E. Stevens, Boston, Mass.: Sir?I have sold during the put year a considerable quantity of your Veoetihe, and I believe la ill oases It has given satisfaction. In one case, a delicate young lady of about seventeen years waa muoh benefited by its ue j. Iler parents informed me that it had done her moro good than all the medical treatment to which sho had previously been subjected. Tours respectfully, J. BENTLEY, M. D. Loudly in its Praise. Toronto, Ont? March 8,1880. Dear Sir?Considering the short time that Veoernrx has been before the pnbllo hero, It sells well m a blood purifier, *nd for troubles arising from a iluggluh or torpid li7er it is a first-class medicine. Our customers speak loudly in its praise. J. WRIGHT & CO., Oor. Queen and Elizabeth Streets. VEG-ETINE PREPARED BY H. R. STEVENS, Boston, Mass. Vegetine is Sold by ail Druggists. HUp**'? LY:g^jg? r or uaiarrn, SCaTah?^ "SWf^etg)W0^ &? Tro."" ?,h5 R'r,r/*\ ?!f&t Dose- 1'will be absorbW.'^>^0rtv4v^l&"?^ie(1' cloati-lng and liealSr?CAlS ? y??^?m l,1R the diseased mem* For Deafness, \W< Occasionally apply n ft. - particle Into nn<t back ^gjf"/ "" ?ir' rul,l,'llz ln A Cure at Last. Specifics without number for the enro of Catarrh have been extensively advertised, and doubtless there U sogie virtue It. allot them, but the evidence Is overwhelming that Ely's Cream Balm goes mote directly than any other to the seat of the disease, ana though It Is a comparatively new discovery it bus resulted l.i more cures within the ranse of our observation than all the others put together.? From the WiUces-Barre, Pa., Union header, of Dec. 19,1879. Price?SO cents. On receipt of OO cents. will mail a package free. Send.for circular, with full Information. ELY'S CREA-M BALM CO.. Owego, if. Y. Sold by all Druggist* CELLULOID #4 EYE-GLASSES. representing the choicest selected Tortoise-Shell and Amber. The lightest, handsomest, and strongest known. Sold by Opticians an<J Jewelers. Made by SPENCKB 0. M. CO., 13 Maiden Lane, N'e'w York. SAPONIFIER Is the " Original" Concentrated Lye and Reliable Family Soap Maker. Directions accompany each Can for making Hard, Soft ami Toilet Aonp quickly. It is full weight and strength. Ask your grocer for SJil'UJilFlUlt, arid ta!;c no otherr. PENN'A SALT MANUFACTURING CO., Phila. J E Y r! VI PETROLEUM TT * f! TIT T1TTJ JELLY Grand Medal || H \ fl S. I HI H S1!v?r?M,cdal Exposition. Exposition. Tills won'lcr/ul substance is acknowledged by pliyllcians throughout ttie wor'd to be the best remedy dls?vered for '.lie cure of M'nuuds. Ilurn-t, Rheumatism, skin Diseases, l'iles, Cat.irrh. Chilblains, 4c. In order Itiut every one may ry it, it is put up in 15 and 25 cent ott'.es for household use. Obtain it from your druggist, ind you will find it superior to anything you have ever Med. . abab si ni.fflna NA1 KliRA "m Is the best In the World. It is absolutely pre. It Is the best for Mciliolnal Purposes. It is the test for Haklns an<i all Family Uses. Sola by all Druggists awl Urocefi.* PENN'A SALT MANUFACTURING CO., Phila. ENCYCLOP/EDIA TIOUETTEIBUSINESS Thla Is the cheapest anil only complete and reliable jrorK on Ktlquette and Business and Social Forms. It [eils how t.) perform all the various duties of life, and aow to appear to the best advantage on all occasions. Agents Wanted.?Send for circulars coniululrg a fu 1 'les- r.pt'OH of tue work and extra terms to Aseii s. . . . 'v 1>l<l!,i.!p<nh1n Pa. /iuun:sa ^w., ~.t , The Koran. A citrioiiiy to every one, and a neeesnlty to all HtmientM of llltlory or Itclleloni TUB KORAN OF MOHAMMED; translated from the Arabic by (ieor/e Sale. Formerly published nt $j.7S: a new, beautiful type, np.it, cloth-bound edition: price :i.t cent*. una ?kcnts for postage. Catalog? ' of manj 6t;iii'lanl v.-orks, r. in irkal-iy low in pria\ with cilia ternn tu clubs, free. Say where yon saw this advertisement. American liooK kicua.nct, Tribune liuiiain?, X. Y. ? TRUTH f?,MLICHTY: ?? <?? fW Will fur C*<_?C??u,w1v>1T0?r / \ ? rszrtzrz-x ;&: st t?.4 ?r W.f., joU.*U?r ? ?. LE.tcJ plM* VLjjJMiQ* wb?rt 1*9 ?kll flrit bmI. **1 4iu?f ir- ^SHHpSSQn ri4f?: ?44r?Mt lV*f. MAHT1MKZ.42 Pr??TU4 AAfM A MO\TII ! AGENTS WANTED 1 n?fc <?^35 'S l*est Sellln;; Artlc es ill the world, a WW sample/)??. Jay Duoxsu.'i. Dct.olt. .Midi. $ *?<* A YEAR and expens's to agents. / / / Oullll Free. Address M M M 1'. i). VtCKERY, AUiniaja. Maine. vroitwicn 1TNIVKKMTI', Scientific and .Military College, Northfleid, Vt. Terms ren>oiiHl>'e._A feiv free ncllo)ovnhl|)g. SP1CIAIXY V.tU Altl.E lnl'oi million for MAIIRIKI> IN-.J I'M:. C:r.ti:.. jr.e. Isaac -M'>r;st: .t Co.,41 West lltii St., New v' rl,i',ty. nnntr inntttrtn I 3fall us a Postal with you* addrem. Nil 18BBS! ALLKSf'.N Itrnin Koo?l-< urcs Nervosa Dchtlltj A Weakness of Generative Or?aiis, Sl-a'l 'Itus^t-stsj. Send for (Jlr'l'r to Allen'sPharmacy, Stilt Klr?t Avo.,N'A". flT?T 1114'H ne'lins our Rubber Stamps an ! Musw IXiliX Samples Free. Cook A l'?lsseli, Cleveland, 0jcc a WEEK III your own town. Terms and $5 Outflt I free. Address U IIiLLtrri Co., Portland, Maine. Ml iyi! FOB RHEUMATISM, Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago, ' ' Backache, Soreness of the Chest, Gout, Quinsy, Sore Throat, Swellings and Sprains, Burns and Scalds, General Bodily Pains, > Tooth, Ear and Headache, Frosted Feet and Ears, and all other Pains and Aches. No Preparation on earth equal* St. J a com Oil a* a safe, sure, simple and cheap External lOmedy A trial entail* but the comperatirely trilling outlay of 60 Centi, and every one (offering with pain can have cheap and poeitive proof of lta claimj. Direction! in Eleven Language*. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS A?D DEALERS nr MEDIODJE, A. VOGELER <fc CO., Baltimore MdU, V. 8. JL, N Y y u?n NOW READT! The 14th Semi-Ami-gal ?Of? MME. DEMOEBSTS Port-Folio of Fashions. . . s- I A large and beautiful Book of ? folio page*. Publlahed In March and September. Containing over 7001?rge [llmtr&tlons of the Latest and Beat Styles, Including til the standard and useful designs for Ladles' and ChilIren's Dress, with French and English descriptions, imount of material required, etc. 'tc. Every lady wants this book. Price, 15 cents, post-free. ALSO, The 20th Semi-Annual ?OJT? MME. DEMOREST'S WHAT TO WEAR. Published In March and September. Contains the latest nformatlon on every department of Ladles' and Children's Dress, Including Materials, T-linmlngs, Traveling, Wedding and Mourning Outfits, Costumes of all descriptions, Jewelry,Coiffures, Millinery, etc., etc.,with valuable Information for Merchants, Milliners, Dreson&kera, and Ladles generally. 130 pages, large 8vo. Price, 10 cents, post-frse. Address, MME. DEMOREST, 17 East l&tn street, stew xvm. ^ The OnlTRemeCT ilTIUT ACTS AT THE SAKE TLSK 05 H yTHE LIVER, U J THE BOWEL8, R "' . and the KIDNEY8.il , J This combined action gitta it toon-mi iderfid power to cure all disease*. if Why Are We 8ick?E 9 Because we allow these great org ant mk J to become dogged or torpid, ondQ M poisonous humor8 are therefore foradWL \knto theblood1hat should be expeHed^t BBILIOUSNESS, PILES. CONSTIPATIOHjj KIDNEY COMPLAINTS, UBINABY M - DISEASES, FEMALE WEAE> .11 BESSES* AND NEBYOUS . f U VI by causing free action oj inese organtwm jmand restoring (heir ptwer to throw U Why Suffer BIHoni palm and aches I Lj M Why tormented with Piles, Constipation tjM , k A Why frightened orer disordered Kidneys U Why enduro norrons or sick headaches! ifl MB Why haro sleepless nights t B9 Use KIDNEY WORT and rejoice inRB f f health. It is a dry, vegetable compoundandwm M One package will nukt tlx qU of Me J ldae.fj 32 Oct it of your Drugqiu, M will order UWM jj. for you. Price, f 1.00. ., H._ WELLS, SICHASrSOir 4 CO., Proprietors, \ M ^ ^.(WIIIkbiI postpaid.) linrllnctoii, Vt. REMEDY FOR CURING Coils, Cis, BMCliliUslta, CONSUMPTION, In'l all Throat an<l I.un? Affections. Indorsed by the l'rcsa, l'tiyslclans, Clergy and Attllcted People. T2FL-ST IT. YOUR REMEDY IS U'S LIE urn So Id by all Medicine Dealers. FRAZER AXLE GREASE. r n7wi fSfl ( What i sh?i l J I FRazersa?l J ^ i / \ DO after THIS \ GREASE, J ** -> - * FOIC SAIiK BY AM. UKALKUSt iwffMat the HE DA L QV HONOR at the OmUnnial ani l'ari* Kxf otitiuns. Chicago. FRAZER LUBRICATOR CO. NewYorK. DANIEL F. BEATTY'S ORGANS! 11 STOPS, Sl'II BASS it OCT. COUPLER ?1! ONLY $65. St'ut on Tria 1 Warranted. Catalogue l-'rce. A idrcan D.VNI KL ! '. llK.VTTY, Washington. N. J. BEFORE BUYING OR RENTING AN ORGAN Saul for our l.ATEST Iu.cstr.ated Catalooci (32 pp. 4IoJ, with newest styi.es, at $51 an<l upwnr.i: or J6 3Sd<* qtuirter, an l up. Soitfrrt. MoON 4 liAMLtN" OR<rAX to.. 154 Trcmont St., lidSTOX; 40 tot 14th St. .s K\V Yl>KK; 140 Wabaah Ave.. CHICAGO. ALL Person* wanting Employment In Mercantile Houses, ll?tels, Stores, Ofllccs, etc., and Teachers Uo.riii.: School eDK?Kemont8, call,or a.Mre^s with stomp, MANHATTAN AGKXCY, 7:i3 Broadway, N. Y. City. jni rui:pirti.it- r. thifkt, V| iar? and M>0- ! a M 27 School St., fell Wa ilinen free. Wll llostop,Mate. Wig Vl *iT? A WEKIC. $12 a day ?t home euUly made. Co?tly ?1 u Oumt tre?. AddrtM T?c* * Co., Augusts, Kaict. ?