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Waiting. With waiting and wishing our courses we pave; We wait lor the port a3 we battle the wave; Tis waiting lorever troui crudle to grave. Waiting tor morn, so serene in its light; Wailing lor noonday, so brilliantly bright; Waiting at eve lor repose in the night. Waiting for zephyrs in springtime that blow; Waiting lor summer and flowers that grow; Waitiug for winter ami switi-lalling snow. Waiting is ever tho bosom's refrain, In moments of pleasure and moments of pain; Waiting, though stricken again ami again. Wniting in childhood for youth's joyous time; "I'm waiting," says Youth, " but I'll certainly climb The top of the ladder on reaching my pnmo." In manhood awaiting the timo when he may Find re9t on a calmer, a happier day, Win it >ige shall relieve lrom the worrying tray, i - " W aiting when fortune 8hed9 brightly her sinile; i "When choice are the pleasures the pathway i beguile, Tbero always is somethlrg to wait for the t while. Waiting in poverty, anguish and grief; Waiting for heaven to send us relief, Telling the heart that the trial is brief. ' Aye, waiting for joys that will never appear; Wailing for voices we never shall hear; Waiting for moments that never are near. < Wailing when sinning and worn in the strife, 1 With penitent throbbings the bosom is rife, | Waiting the dawn of a holier life. j "Waiting at last for the spirit's release; ' Waiting a rest in the dwelling ol peace, I Where wairiag and longing forever -will cease _ < A RESOLUTE ACTION. ' I Some men seem formed by nature for j the ou'-of-the-way modes of miking | money. Such a one was Jobn Dudley, j who chose the calling of diver, where t perilous situations are barely laced for ( the sake of higher remuneration. ( A bright, honest, and brave young man, his sense of tear seemed entirely t bluoted by constant companionship t with danger, and in any undertaking of ^ unusual importance one was sure' to r find thn>, he led the van. t The adventure I am about to narrate ' took place some years ago, when a large f vessel, laden with a valuable cargo j from a South American poit, struck on a sunken reet off the dangerous coast of , Florida, pnd -was completely wrecked, ( although her passengers and crew were , fortunate enough to cscape in the boats. a The owner- aved in New York, and c wishing to secure any part f her cargo c that the salt water had not damaged? c much of it being in specie?they fitted s out a large yacht, and engaging the services of two divers, one being John f Dudley, to whom they promised gain ? only on condition of success, they set f *ah for the scene of the wreck. c Dudley, svitii ins usual aaveniurcus [ disposition, was pi ompted to hazard the c speculation, but another man equally s brave?or equally reckless-was not t soon found At last, however, Dick Turner, a t diver, whose bad character was fully c borne out by his villainous person, was induced to take the risk, sign the arti- r cles ard ship himself. r He wns a coarse, brutal, drunken ? ? rascal, a3 great a contrast as could be found to Dudley's lranw, clean, honest c nature and cool determination, and lrom t # . the moment they saw each other an H antipathy seemed to spring up between ] them, causing the younger man, Dudley, to shrink from tne other's society i f" TTO THfl lntlinnir -J fl ^^^reptile. t This antipathy was shared by all the g yacht's crew, and seemed justifiable in ? view of the physical as well as moral repulsiveness of the subject. This Turner had the jaw and profile f of a baboon; his eyes, peering from '' - ? . under his heavy brows, seemed to look * ?i)i wms at once and twinkle with | A , taianic wickedness, and when he ^ "laughed hia Satanic majesty himself " might have envied his ugly and cunning * grin. The voyage was fine, and the part off the coast ot Florida where the wreck lay was so^n reached. There it could be dimly seen, lar down in the depths of * the blue sea, over which troops oj ? sharks and strange-looking monster , fishes pursued each other in lack ol bet- _ . . tpr nrey. No t leas ant sight for the r - divers. Duo ley faced it with his calm strength and resolute will, that knew no flinching in face ol duty, while the other, c f * . uttering fearful curses, took many a ? ^ long pull at his brandy flask, muttering . -v * that he had been swindled and would ' " pay off that other land-shark when he caught him alone." This threat certainly did not tend to r increase the young man's confidence in his companion; but, knowing there was no help for it, he encouraged himself by * . hinkine " the more dancer the more money," and busied himself in prepar- j ing his things for the attack on the - sunken vessel. - After about two days' cruising, the 5 _. .' , spot was chosen and the yacht anchored. t Ti.e bell was swung for the plunge, and the two divers went below to dress for _ iL.f 1 A C f, . - lueir uiscem. a "*' Turner was in his usual evil mood, ^ swearing and drinking and lunging . ? about with a huge knife that he stucu r in his bet for "water-sharks or land cnes either, as the case might be," said 0 he, with an evil lefrat his companion. .. * ?, This conduct caused Dudley some g vS-< suspicions that all was not right; ?o, " providing himself with a sharp knife, 0 he stuct it unobserved down his long t leathern boot, rtf the same time resolv- j iDg never for a moment to be off his v guard. . fi With such reflections he took Lis j, place in the bell, and. amidst the hurrahs of the crew and the general excite- t ment. they dipped into the sea. v Common life had passed away, and j, beaeath the biue wave a new life and t fresh scene, evc-r-changing and novel, opened to the two men. The coralreefs,like grand architectural structures, cvered with beautiful weeds, and various and gorgeous shells of every pes- a sible variety of color clinging to tlu'm, \ rose ou every side, while fish, great and s small, of curious shapes, dew at the up- d proaehof the bell as before the sweep a of the sharks?those monsters of the ^ deep, who seemed to grin with t' eir j long jaws at the prospect of a feast on p man. c Down, down, down, till the light was I dim and uncertain, and then they struck t the wreck. Armed with crowbars, c sharp at one end to repulse the sharks, f the two men quitted the bell and sepa- j rated. t Turner burst open the cabin door, t while Dudley went in another direction, t though never losing sight of his com- ? . panion for a moment. And so they c spent their first journey, and, after f lading the bell, gave ttie signal and were J hauled on deck. 1 The sailors crowded around? and va- t rious things were discussed and gloated \ over; many having been attached to ( ' \ ropes were hauled up afterward, and f r-. the success was so good that all were ^ exullant ovr-r the possible money-prize c - to each the master dreaming of ajc $?$-itH princely independence. [ Several days passed over, and the c greater part of the cargo, uninjured by t salt water, had been hauled on deck, [ till the schooner was pretty heavily t laden. The last day of working arrived, t and the two divers were down in the wreck for the last time. Turner again wended his way toward the cabin, and Dudley?although by this time his suspicions regarding the evil intentions of 1 his companion were quieted?still kept 1 him in view. About hall an hour's gro- 1 ping about and then Dudley plain y saw i the other shuffling something benea'.h 1 his diver's clothes, which he guessed to < be a bag of money. He quietly asked i Turner what it was, 1 "WhatisitP Why, nothin'! What i in i he deuce have ye to do with it, any- i way V gr.>wled the thief. j " Weli," rem rked Dudley, keepi-g < himself as quift rs p~ssble. "You 1 must tell me what it is !" 1 "Thedeu^el will !' shouted Turn r, 1 savagely. i "'Ih'nsou shall be forced to whrn i w-' get i n deck," replied t'ie otser, res- i olutely. 1 " Hi! ha ! Forced, did you sav P" > snee'e d th?- villain, as. with a cunning, I wickcd ook lie drew h:s lorg knife. < Qilicfc a< ill ?ugt>t Dud I y's w;u out of j Irs ^oot, and lie *>tood on the dtf. nsive. i 1 lie other scow led heavily, but, noth- ' ing daunted, answered Dudley's quiet1 < "Now you must tell me what it is ! with a " I'll see sou dead first!" The young man recognized th mighty strength and desperate rrckless msi of his antagonist, but he relied o his sen e of wiiat was right in face c all dnngcr, and thought if worse cam to worse, he was tLe more skillful am agile of the two. Presently Turner said in a confi dt-ntial, wheedling way, his whole de nuanor changing. "Say,mate, this 'er is a bag of eoid I found in yon cabin and if ye'll hold yer iaw I shall gie v one-third o' it." "Never!'' answered Dudley, reso lutely. "You'll never tempt me to b dishonest." Let the reader imagine the scene, in bell fathoms deep under the water where it would take at least twent; minuu s to pull up. A fierce tight migh ensue in death. Suspicion could b averted by flinging the body to the rav nnous sharks, and the murderer get ol cost free. But tne young man never flinched i'he two stood 'eyeing each other, th r>ne ioi attack', tne otner ior resistance Oncp Dudley offered to pull the alarm bell, but Turner clutched it from him. After a pause, which seemed a c?ntur to Dudley, the other said: " Will ye go shaies?" " Never!" was the firm reply. " Perhaps it's not large enough. I'] give half." "The whole of it is too small." "Ye won't sive in?" "Not an in-h." "Then to death !" screamei Turner, springing at his courageous ad rersary. Quick as thought Dudley caught a :he upturned arm, poised in the air fo: i shot, at the same moment mabine j lunge at the other, his blood boiling with indignation at the fiendish at:empt on his life. The lunge was parried by Turner an< ;aught on his shoulder, the foam burst ng from his bloodless lips and hi3 faci slack with evil passions. Amid oaths and curses he attempted .0 free his arm, held as in a vise by th< younger man; but he could not. Anc so they wrenched and swayed, facing :ach other, n-.ither giving an inch, am io Found save the muttered curses o ;lie one and the panting of both, as theii ?xci<ed chests heaved and swelled wifj j 11 4 itrauiv iuiuul. At last Dudley succeeded in loosing he other's grasp and stabbing him ii he hand. The villain'* knife fell, bu wiih a yeil, he grasped the \oungei n->n in his gigantic clasp, and, strug fling and sinfting against the bars o wood, they gave way, while, locked ir i dtadiy grip, the two drivers piunget nto the sea beneath. Down, down! they sank, no effort be> ng made by either to Iocs ;n the hole >n the other. Tighter and tighter ,the] gripped, till they fell on a coral reel. Death seemed but a trifle where pasi:on ant ha'.e wrre the consummatior ?f both hearts; and, under the induenci >f the demoniacal struggle, the strengtl >f a Hercules was exerted on eithei ide. But the want of air began to make itsel elt. Dudley heard a roaring and surging sof a miglny cataract in his ears; tirei lashed batore his eyes; the disk of un onsciousnes3 crept over him; and, ai lis antngtnist locsened his hold, hii itrveless lingers also unclasped them< elves, and lie had but one thoughthat of reaching the surface. With a dying effort he struck out, ieing a splendid swimmer. He was bo'sing, stifling, strangling. The water whizzed past him, air e iching the surface, he gapped ir .u evivifyins air. and, shrieking: ' lieip lelp !" fainted away. It was several days before he regained :onsciousiiess, after being rescued anc pnderly cared for by his companions board the yacht; then he asked loi Turner. He had. been draw a^^uebell ?]^itroTlar gone to re suscita'e. He was ^und lying against its bars, grasping he bag of rold in both hands?the illotten wealth that had been the caust 1 his death. * ? John Dudley was handsomely paid or his honest toil, and further remuerated and commended for hi3 honest esistance; but he never forgot the eadly struggle that so nearly cost him lis iiTe beneath the blue waves of the oral-formed shores of Florida. The Number Three. When the world was created, says an ild writer, we find land, water and sky; un, moon and stars; Jonah was three lays in the whale's stomach; our Sa'ior passed three days in the tomb; 'eter denied his Savjor thrice. There vere three patriarchs?Abraham, Isaac .nd Jacob. Abraham entertained three angels. Samuel was called three times. "Simcn, ovest tnou meP" was repeated three imes. Daniel was thrown intn a der nth three lions for rayine three times , day. Shadrach, Mesback and Abediego were secure from the flames of the urnace. The Ten Commandments were delivred on the third day. Job had three riends. St. Paul speaks of faith, hope nd charity?these three. Those famous reams of the baker and butcher were tc ome to pass in three days. Elijah rostrated himself three times on the ead child. Samson deceived Delilah hree times before she discovered the ource of his strength. There are three W uiiuiuiuiib iui uicui, luc canu. ucuvcu nd hade3. There i3 also the Holy trinity. In mythology there were thiee Graces. Cerberus with his tbree heads; Neptune lolding his three-toothed st.ff; the racle of Delphi cherished with veneraion the tripod; and the nine Muses prang from the three. In nature we have male, female and iffspring; morning, noon and night; reea {iroup their leaves in three; there s a three-leaved clover. Every ninth rave is a i;rand swell. We .ave fish, lesh and fowl. The majority of man ind die at thirty-three^ What could ie done in mathematics without the riantle? Witness the power of the redge; and in logic three premises are ndispensable. It is common for three o be a lucky number. Dlohammedan Marriage. A recent essayist says that marriage ,mong the Mohammedans carries witl t rights of inheritance, and the dowei etiled upon the wife may, and ofter toes, interfere with the rights of ordinary heirs. Dower is held to be the price tromised or paid by the husband fortbe >ossession of the wife's person. If un>aid, it is a d^bt on the husband's sta e. It takes precedence of all claimt >y inherit-mce, and descends by inheritance to the wife's heirs. The amounl >f dower is entirely arbitrary, and varies iccording to the position in lite, and the routh, beauty and accomplishments ol ne oriae. it 13 semea Dy uu elative3 of the contracting paries; but it a marriage has Hicn agreed upon, and the amounl >f dower is disputed, the magistrate has luthoritv to determine the just amount Divorce is a very easy matter under th< Vlohammedan lav/, and may he effectec it the mere will oi the husband; but t nan ennnot repudiate his wife withoul mying her dower; so it sometimes hap >ens that a very ardent lover, or on< villing to divest himself of the power o livorce, will agree to an amount o lower which it is quite impossible foi lim to discharge, i rom this there is n< scape but payment, or remission or. th? >art of his wife. A freeman may no lave more than four wives at the sami ime; a slave may not have more thai wo. Electricity and Salted Herrings. Ilad any scientific enthusiast of thi last generation announced his belie ;hat the progress of electrical scieDd would directly affect the supply of her ings to those inland Catholic countriei where they are?when salted?in sucl iemand for food on fast day?, his frie id: would have been anxious about his cere 3ral welfare. As a matter of fact, thii 3 now tlie case. The Norwiegan coas s girdled by 1,200 miles of herring tele jraph wire, and telegraph stations ari jstablished on the barren rocks of thi Lofodden islands, and in the hollowi between the dark precipitous cliffs tha rorm the A-ctic face of Europe. Here imon? the screaming sea birds, a watel is kept of the movements of herrin? ?hoals, and particulars concerning theii progress are flashed to the little settlements of hardy Norsemen who live b] ihe harvest of the Arctic and sub-Arcti< 5crmn. According to such intelligenci they u ake their preparations for secur ing some of the merchandise that thei iend so largely to the countries on tin Mediterranean.? Qcrllcmans Mngazine " TIMELY TOPICS. e Christian Ross says he has spent i $00,000 to And Charley,and has examined < d over 300 lost children, but has never ' if heard a lisp of the boy since, soon after e the abduction, the thieves promised to 3 rl rpt-nrn him fr?r 82fl fWTO < i- The total area of lands available for < wheat cu ture in the United States is not e less than 470,000,000 acres. Our entire , i, wheat crop of the past year, phenomenal ( e though it was, would not supply seed j enough to sow so vast an era of wheat >- land. e J A watchmaker at Copenhagen is re- 1 a ported to have made a watch which re- 1 quired no winding up. inasmuch as it y performs that work itself by means of as i t electric current. An electric magnet e fixed inside the watch keeps the spring 1 - perpetually in a state of tension. Ail < ff that is required to keep the watch goin? is to preserve the battery in proper t I. working order, ior which one or two j e inspections in a twelvemonth are said i f. to be sufficient. ( A mysterious star, called the Pilgrim, ( y which was observed in 945, 1264, and ; 1572, is expected by astronomers to ap- j V\r* #/% ? / ? rr Tf TIT CIC H naprl Kf>H 171 utiuic lvsuk* j v ff wo uvuv.iuvv, ... j. 1572 a3 brighter than Jupiter, and "such ( II was its brilliancy that persons were able j to detect it at noon in a clear sky, and j at night when the sky was so overcast t as to hide all other stars." If it appears it will probably be visible for several 1 weeks in the constellation of Cassiopeia. J Chinese quack doctors do a large busi- 1 t nessin San Francisco. The large clasu [ r of ignorant people, who elsewhere ^ a, resort in sickness to clairvoyants, then; 1 ; go to the Chinamen, whose horrible 1 mixtures of reptiles and other thing3 ( have frequently been described. It was J lately discovered that the most jioted of ^ - these practitioners was in the employ of f 2 white speculators, who advertised him 1 extensively, and took the profits after t Eaying him a small salary. He had * een a fisherman, and knew nothing at 1 I all of medicine. It is said that China- i ; men, with their fearlessness of deat;), 1 l and their belief that every man will live f as long as his Maker intended, have t ii_ j:i I , r reaiiy mue jhuu m uwuiuui auieuwv;. i The Great Eastern steamship has 2 j been definitely chartered for ten years g 1 to carry dead meat to the United f t Kingdom from the American seaboard 1 c or the river Plata. It is calculated t - that from Texas or the Argentine prov- ^ f inces beef of prime quality can be laid i down in England at thiee pence per 1 pound. The promoters of this bold , scheme intend to slaughter the cattle on - board the great ship as received from ^ 1 day to day, and for tlie purpose they t j have secured the services of trained i butchers from the slaughter-houses of . Chicago. The dressed meat will be 1 stored in refrigerators, and it is estima- : 3 ted that 10,000 to 15,000 carcasses of 1 beef, all hung?equal to 3,000 or 4,(100 * r tons of meat?will be shipped each voyage. t f ~ } : Texas, with, an area of more than * 1 274,000 square miles, has a great variety s - of soils, but until recently but little has 1 ) been known of the country between the t. j Brazos and Rio Grande and north of the t . thirty-first parallel of latitude. Form- j orlt if omKra/?n/^ tlio hnnt'tirr frrnnriHs 1 of the Apaches and Comancshcs. The c , wild horse, the bufl'alo, antelope, bear, r i deer and turkey feastened and fattened t upon the rich grasses, and were found a i in vast numbers. When theFort Yuma 8 : stage line was started, and forts were p ! located and occupied, adventurous * stockmrn established ranf,^. Th'en 8 I the advantages of thisd^mt li-ea was J I manifest as a grass-m^EpiPt and <* /. j tie-grazing districfc^^Tuen in io78 i : became known that the Pacific Railway comr-"7 were arranging to push their road to a speedy completion, en; terprising grangers began their en- -J r urOSH-'LIXIIt'II L3 U|IUU LUC oi.ui.ik muvmo. 1 ! They found tbe land most sightly to the * > eye. The wheat, corn, cotton, oats, j rye, barley, millet and vegetables yielded far better crops than they had ? anticipated, and in 1879, when drought . had caused the great grain and cotton ' fields of south and central Texas to ? J wither and dwindle away, they, with | poor tillage, raised fair crops; the rain v , fell In season, the grass crew, and the t ' country that had been deemed worthless as arable land soon becnme known ^ as the best in the State. This knowledge has extended, the section is rapidly filling up, and the crops of lb80 far ex L ceeds that of 1879. j , = i i How the Thermometer Stood. I When a Michigan avenue car reached a Eighth street yesterday morniug, coming c up. it contained seven men. two women, ? ! a boy and a dog. Six of the men seemed 5 to know each other, ana'till at once one J of them remarked that' it was the 1 coldest day he ever saw. ^ ' "Mv thermometer showed six below I 1 when I left home," added a second. 1 44 And mine showed seven,1' put in a third. T ! "Then it mv.st be colder whore I I am," said the fourth, "for mine marked " eight." ? 1 " It's colder tbf.n that," said the fifth. 9 ! "Mine marked full nine, and it was 1 1 sheltered at that." ? 1 "I expect," ob-erved the sixth man u 1 as he drew his cap down over his ears, ? ! "that I got the full sweep of the wind ' 1 at my house. I looked at my ther- 11 1 mometer as I a.me out and saw that it e : marked ten below." 1 There was a deep silence for a moment. 7 Then the seventh man rose up, removed ? his overcoat ind mittens, and said : " When I left home my thermometer 3 1 9tood at five below, and it hasn't grown q 1 a bit colder since. Now then, I want ? ' to find out whether my thermometer ? 1 lies, or il it's me! You first man here, f how did you say yours stood ?" "Just five!" was the humble reply, , : nlthnnorh hp. had nreviouslv DUt it in at ' S1X- A i "NextP" f i " About five," said the man who had ' put it at seven. ? 1 Each one of the six settled on the 1 same answer, and when tiie Ja9t had j] ! spoken the stranger turned to the boy : and said: n ! " Bub, do your folks have a thermom- , eter?" \ "Yes, sir; but father doe3 all the * lying about it, and he's out of town 4 this week!" ' "If the thermometer shows iivede. grees below zero I'll put on my coat," C ' said the man as he looked down the t ' aisle. "If it gets up to six before we t | reach the city hall I shall take it upon li : me to raise the temperature of this car a ' above zero!" * i: The six cast furtive glances at each ii other and then began to chew straws r and talk about the disgraceful board of 5 education.?Detroit Free Press. c ?? t A Wonderful Cup. ? Baron Charles de Rothschild of Frank- \ fort recently purchased for the enormous ' ' sum of 800,000 francs (8160,000) a silver s . gut cup Dy uiii ceiiiunufu ijiuuu^r, * ^ which is said to be a marvelous work of c } art. This sum, according to the ^ "Chronique des Arts," is, as far as it n j knows, the largest price ever paid in v 1 modern times for a single object of art. v t Tue work is the center piece of a table t ^ service. The foot is composed of a rock r? . entirely covered with glasses and field c ; (lowers, on which disport them- ? f selves beetle?, little lizards locusts fl f and snails. From this rises the figure of 3 r a woman, emblematizing the earth and F j bending in eloquent Dose as the sup- ^ 2 ports on her head, and her hands a tail ? t chalice, decorated by erotesqui-s and top- <1 e ped by a cover, which terminates in a j vase in the form of a baluster, from which springs a bunch cf leaves and flowers. The silver gilt cf which the a cup is made has ornament3 in opaque a and translucent enamels. The goid- p e smithcry of the sixteenth century is said t f to offer nothing more finished in execu- t, e tion. and which though open to eriti- 1 - cism possibly from the standpoints both c 9 of taste and style, has its weakness n i counterbalanced by the wonderful per- v 3 fection of all its details. The cup was 11 . formerly the property of a Nuremberg - f 3 banker named Alerkel, who died in s t 1873. . ( j Hems. ? 9 .Tewele in heraldry reprr&ent colors. f 3 The topaz represents ore (gold) or the 1 t planet Sol. i The pearl or crystal represents argent 1 i (silver) or the planet Luna. I j The ruby represents gules (red) or the c planet Mars. t The sapphire represents azure (blue) t j or the planet Jupiter. I ; The diamond represents sable (black) t s or the planet Saturn. r The emerald represents vert (green) t j or the planet Venus. j e The amethyst represents ^urpure p . (purple) or the planet Mercury. i V. 1" :r? ITEMS OF INTEREST. The real estate oi Boston is valued at 5450,000,000. Do as your conscience dictates and ?ou win not go mr nan-ay. The University of Berlin has 4,107 itudents this session. Philosophy ;laims the largest number?1,918. The stamp dutv of six cents per pack Vf>9 paid on 1,097,623 packs of playing ;ards in England .hist year, .amounting ;o $65,659. It is seriously asserted by a French icientist that t,he application of a mag letic sand from the Isle of Bourbon Mpidly revives diseased plants. A grocer of Boston left $70 to be anlUJilly expended in cnring for his dog, md that fortuuate animal now eats siroin steak three times a day and sleeps )n a spring bed. The Union Pacific road has boueht lie soda lakes on the Laramie plains, ntending to make commercial soda, on which tlu-y expect to make $350 on :vcry carload delivered at Chicago. Lieutenant Schwatka. the Arctic navigator, paid pleasant visits to eternal mows, and dodged around among iceaer^s hundreds of miles lot:? and wide ind hundreds of feet in the sky and 1 .1 1_ U, ?1 lown in IHU SUil, UIH.y iu ut uuuicu anu lave his le? fractured by a piece of ice 10 bigscr than bis band on u Ne w York lid e walk. Captain Isaac B.nssett, assistant doorkeeper of the United States Senate, who was originally made a page through thp nfluencc of Daniel Webster, has a book >n "Fifty Years in the United States Senate " now in the hands of the pubishers. He has seen and known all the nen who Ifave held seats in that body luring fifty years. According to Mr. S. E. Peel several varieties of ants possess the power of >roducinedistinctly audibiesounds. He las heard some of these insects at a disance of twenty or thirty feet, the noise >eing produced by the scraping of the lorny apex of the abdomen three times n rapid succession against the dry eaves of the nest. Mr. Jnines Swank, in the Bnilttin of he American Jron and Steel associaion, estimates the production of pig ron in the United Stato in 1880, at !, 300,000 grrs3 tons: in 1879 it was 2,741, 553 tons. Tne impoitntion of pig iron urine the year was about 700,000 tons, le rstimatPs the production of rails in he United States. in 1880, at 1,200,000 ;ross tons; in 1879 it was 993,993 tons. The names of the Brule Sioux chiefs vho went to Washington to complete he negotiations for railroad rights of vay through their reservation are: kVhite Ghost, Iron Native, Dear Hand, kittle Pheasant, Medicine Bull, Bull 3cad, Don't-Know How, Dog Back, ieav Bird. Bie Mantt, Wizl ana Handlome Elfe. Mrst of them have adopted he garb of civilization, inc'udingthe )lug hat. The publication in announced of the welva manuscripts by Leonardo da /"inc. which till now lay almost unknown in the library of the French Intitute. Perhaps th'2 reason why they lave remained unpublished so lone is he fact that Leonardo wr$te from rich* o left, like the Hcbrtf^and Arabs, oininz his letters witb^a^ficious flourshes, winch made tj^^ritine very diffi ult to accipncr^^ae iuou. contain aany precious Assigns, which have >een reproduced in fac. simile, as has lIfo a part of the text. A list ot the ubjects on which the MSS. treat will :ive an idea of their importance: Cosaology. Universal Geography, Percusion, Resistance, Hydraulics. Light, left and ihe Conservation of Force. A Reporter's Rich Strike* Say3 the Philadelphia Record: Two reais ago the Western fever took possesion of the soul ot WiUiam E. Jones, a 'hiladelphia newspaper reporter. Vhile his mind seemed filled with the dea of starting out for a wilderness rhere be could pitch his lodge and tow up with the country, his fellowcribes, kn wing that his bank account vas not as big as Jay Gould's, and that he walking was bad and the Indians t that time were searching for the topmots ot dove-eyed young: men, took urns at him to dissuade him from his >'1 Rnf Hioir pinniipnf>p was vasted. Jones had- broken out bad ?ith the fever, and go he would if his hoes held together. Finding him fixed n his purpose, he was referred to Lou )onnelly, then a Fifth ward statesman n common council?for Donnelly bad >een West looking after his silver mine, md was regarded as just the right sort if person to advise a lender young man is to how he should conduct himself in Western society. Donne'ly looked at Tones and saw a good head ot hair, a ale face over which a fragile whisker eas struggling, and a form that indicaed he was in no manner related to the Cardiff giant. "If you will go West, Jones, and vunt to make your mark, vou will have o have your ' scratch1 and lick your can. As iong as you are in it lick him ood, and your fortune is made." He iidn't look it, but there was not asquarfi i.ch of cowardice in{the whole anatomy >f Jones, who, thanking Donnelly for lis consideration, seized his grip-sack nd str jck for the railroad depot and et out. The next time Mr. Jones was icard from he was doinp service as city ditor of the Denver Tribune. Time passed on and nothing further ras learned of the adventurous and amlitious reporter until yesterday, when dr. Donnelly returned from the land of ilver mines and bowie knives. When U'Jstioned about Jones the miner smiled .11 over, and remarked: " He struct a iig: deal in that advice I gave him, sure, ie had been in Denver but a short time /lien a long-haired knifc-swallower ackled him. It was the talk of the town, ones went for that chunk of humanity nd chawed him right up. The next ay he was made managing editor of a >eadville paper. He's a populc.r man ut that way. Now he owns a paper of :is own. And what does he do but aarry a Miss O'Brien, of Leadville, a auebter of one of the wealthiest and lost prominent men of the place." Indications point to a hegira of Philadelphia reporters to the enterprising Vest. A Panic Prophesied. The New York correspondent of the Cincinnati Enquirer says: I have talked o a friend in tne Stock Exc hange about he aggregate example of present specuution, and tint as to telegraph stocks, nd he said: " I think w are approach g a panic in n^ilroad securities, though t may yet be two to four years off', coresponding to that in England fifty ears ago, when the floating currency f the country bo thoroughly disappeared hat the nation was reduced to barter, leven hundred millions of dollars have ?ten added to the capital of Wall street t; the past four years, a part of it repreenting old companies whos( stocks lave been v. atered, and much of it new ompnnies admitted to the list. We vould not be able to keep up at present ?ut for t.he drain of specie on Europe, rhich has amounted to $4,000,000 every reek. They must stop that drain or go o ruin; and yet we have become so ccustomed to the aliment that when it eases wu shall feel it bad. Meantime trillions of money are coming in herB rom Europe to be invested in railroad ecurilies. E^ery dohar of that money iuts us in menace, because, as soon as hings go wrong in Europe, they will be rawing money back and stampeding uotations here." The Upper and Lower Eyes. "There are two pairs of eyes in man. nd it is requisite that the pair which re b?neath should be closed when the air that are above them perceive, ?nd hat when iho par -?.bove are si sd, hose which are her.eath are opened." ""he lower eyes see only the surfaces and fleets, the upper eyes behold causes nd the connection of things. And when ve po alone or conic into the house of bought and worship, we come with pur)Ose to be disabused of appearances, to re realities, the prost lines of our aesiny, to see that life has no caprice or ortune, is no hopping squib, but a rrowtli after immutable laws, under leneticent influences the most immense. Ths church is open to preat and small n all nations, and how rave and lofty, iow una tainable, are the aims it la>ors to set before men ! We come to ducate, corns to isolate, to be abstracionists; in fine, to open the upner eyes o the deep mystery of cause and effe ;t, o know that, though ministers of jusice and power fail, juntUi! and power lever. The open secret of the world is he art of subliming a private soul with nspiratiens lrom the groat and public nd divine soul from which we I ve ? Vmerson NEWS OF THE WORLD, Eastern and Middle Sta.tes. Mrs. Meierhdeffek, convicted, withFrank Luminous, ot tbo murder of her husband, John Meierhoeff >r, at West Orange, N. J., on October 18, 187!was hanged at the cour.ty court house ii Newark, N. J., in the presence ol abant thirty people. She was very pale and d ieply affected, but walked to the gallows without assistance, and met lier late without co>fes?ing or uttering uword. She died in abnut nine minutes, h?r neck bdng apparently unbroken. The ex* ;:ution of Limmens follow jd that of Mrs. Meiei bocffar. He asked to seo he jury tnat convicted him, but they were n Jt presont. Ho declared his innocence and was led trembling to the gallows. At 11.27 the drop tell and iln fourteen minutes his pulse stopped and he was pronounced deal. John Meierhoelfor, tie victim, cultivated a sinill farm, find bad quarreled for yen rs with his wife. Lammens came to the house about five weeks bofore the tragedy as a tramp, and was hired to work on the farm. On the same day that MrJ. MeicrhoelTor and Lf.mmens were hanged at Newark two men suffered death at the hands of the law inPniladelphia?Patrick Hayes lor the murder of his wife, from whom- he had separated three week* before the commission ol the crime, ar d Da niel F Snllivan for the murder ol his mistrea?, Josephine S. Irwin. Five men wora varnishing a vat in aNetv York brewery when a can of varnish caught flro and envelope! the men in (laniBti. Fear of the men were fatally and the flft 1 seriously burned. At tho annual dinner of the Now York Pi ess club responses to toiets were made by Genera's Grant and Sherman, Henry Ward Brecherand oihore. Governor L"^"O's message to the Massachusetts legislate shows that thd aggregate State debt on January 1 was $-12,799,464. During the year the eavings bank d*posits wore increased by #11 6G9 21!!.84, and the depositors by ?0.840. Taere aro 5,570 public schools iri the Stat?, with 300 770 nunils. taught by 8.595 teachers, at 1 cost of jM,519.413.05. Tlie governor upgtstsa law reoogniiing the custom of permanence in appointive officers daring good behavior; indoisea the propojal to give propeity-holding women the right of suflrage, and proposes n change in the lai? of capital punishment, giving juries the right practiaUly to elect whether a murdc rer shall be hanged or imprisoned for lifeA dispatch lrcm Dover, N. II., gives particulars of a fatal Are at the Stratford county poorhouse. The building contained 169 persons, and when tlio flie was discovered it had made co"siJciablo headway and many of the rooms v/eie tilled with smoke. Many of the Inmates wire loct od in td- ir rooms, and there waj no one to lot them all out. Twelve or thii teen persons? tour ot them womon-lost their lives. Tue loss is estimated at $75,000. About nine o'clock at niglit." ho:lor thirty feet long and thr*", .'vot in diameter, in the ulg puddle mill of the Ailentowu rolling mill, at Alieutown, Pa , exp'oded with great force, shattering tho woiks in the immediate vicinity, Instantly killing one man and wounding about flltcen others, eignt of whom diod on the following day. a mail train vns thrown from the track near Newport, Vt., by a broken rail, and Mrs. Cushing, an old lnily, was instantly killed and nbouttwonty ot ho:: persona were injured. An explosion h tho smoltir.g works ol E Balbaoh & Son, in Newark, N. J., cost foui workmen their lives an 1 resulted in soverc injuries to lour others. Tho building was ruinoJ, while the ground and houses directly to the lront of tht> wotks ai'ter tho oxplosior looked as if a teirible humcano had passed over them. A trick was hurled through a window ol the younger Mr. Balbach's re.-i. detice near by and struck his niece, Miss WillititnH who wnfl nilpon at the time ol the ex plosion, on the head, produoing concussion ol the brain? Mant marine disasters occurred along the AtIuntio coast doling the recent heavy gales. Several vessels wont ashore on the Long Island coa-t. Ok the second d ty after the boiler explosion at Allentown, Pa.. loar more ot the injnred men died, increasiic the list oi deaths to thirteen, while two othors were reported in a dying oondition. Mr. Jons B. Beown, banker, the wealthiest citizen ol Portland, Me., by slipping on ice V.ia Viawa O Klftn/1 rACAA . in fhft ben.fl and died soon after. Mns. Frederick EnoEirriN, ol Washington, N. J., and bor t*voyear-old son were burned to death by tbo explosion ol a coal-oil lamp. . A Syracuse (N. Y.) diipatoh says that Orlando Greenfield, the Orwell wile murderer, has keen sentenced to be hanged on February 17. This is the seventh tirao sentence oi death has been i nposed upon Greenfield. Some week* ago Sir John Astley issued a wager ol $50,000 that ho could namo two Eoglish pedestrian* who could defeat any two men in Amorica at a six days' encounter in tbo go-a3-ycn-plea?e and legitimate square heel-and-toe walking. He named Cfcarles Howell lor the go-ns-you-please match and Hurry Vaughn lor the heel-and-toe contest. The wngor has been accepted by Daniel O'Lears-, who names hioise il as the contestant in the walk ng match with Vaughn, reserving the right to selcct Irom tbo contestants in the contest lor the 0'Loniy in'ernational belt the man whom he considers the best fitted to cope with Kowolt. Westt rn and Southern States. The Republican members ol the Michigan legislature, in caooin, nominated uongressman 0. D. Conger as their candidate lor Unitod Slatsa Senator. The Republicans being in the majority in both branches of the legislature, Mr. Conger's nomination was equivalent to an election. Arthur Murphy was hanged at Pendleton, Oregon, lor the murder of F. D. French last June. General Nathan Goff, of West Virginia, i iccecds Mr. Thompson as secretary of the navy. His nomination was unanimously confirmed by tho Senate. The British ship Lupata struck on a rock oil the coast of Oregon and wont down with nil on board. Governor Murray, ol Utah, has relused to givo tho certiflcUo of elfction to Congress to Goorgo Q. Cannon, tho Mormon candidate, and bos given it to A. G. Campbell, his Gentile opponent, on the ground that Cannon, being foreign-born and never naturalized, is not a citizen. A mail train ran into a rock-elide near Lexington, N. C., wrecking the engino and postal car and killing the engineer and oolored flromnn. Mits. C. G. Galley and Mrs. E. 0. Ellis, wives ol prominent citizens ol Havana, Ohio, were ont Bleighing when thoir sleigh was strnck by a train and both women were instantly killed. The newly-elect 0'I governors ol Illinois, Indiana and Missouri havo been inaugurated. Governor Cullom is the first governor clected in Illinois to bo his cwn successor. At East St. Loirs 111. Mtiry Stock, a young girl, stooped to kiss the corp:u ol her consin, Maggie Stock, as it was about being placed in the luarse, when she lell dead. Th ) luneral was postponed and the two girls were buried together. The ntoro ol J. P. Andrews & Co., at Climax, Mish., was blown to pieces by the explosion of 100 pounds ol powdor, and twelve perilous were injured, lour eo badly that they wci e not expected to recover. At Lake Providence, La., one Jim Brown murdered City Marshal McGuiro ai.d was lodged in jail. At night a crowd ol men proceeded to the jail, took out Brown anu hanged liina. frrom WnshinBton. (iuxEitAL Wai.ker, snpcr'nfcndcnt cl the cen us, wa:.ts an additional $v00,0J0 to c inple'.o the census work and publish the tesu ti This would raiso tho co?t to S3,500,010. A Washington dispatch fays there is a movement on loot to secure tho nppnintmeni of n col'Ttvl man?Sount >r M'uce, <>I Mississippi?to General G rflold'e cabinet. The price ol tickets to tho owning inaugu. ration ball I:a< been place 1 at #5 <ach. Colonel D. B. Sack Err has been nominated to bo bci ior inspector-general ol the army, with the rank ol brigadicr-goneral, At a meeting of the Senate committee on military affairs Senator Lo^an called up the bill to place Genoral Grant upon the retired ] list, with the rank and lull 'pay of general ot ; the army, and authorizing the President to < assign him to active duty in case of emer- ] genoy. After a warm discussion its farther consideration was postponed until tho next meeting. ] Scperijjdendent of tho Census Walker ] mnknq ihn calculation that tho population cf the United Siatea in 1890 will be about 64,167,000. Foreign News. Toe queen's speech, lead at the opening ol the Br'tish parliament, is devoted largely to Irish aflairs. It promises land ro'orms in Ireland, but intimates that coercive measures will be promptly put into effect. The British ship Indian Chief was wrecked at the mouth ot the Thames, and eighteen men out of twenty-nine persons on board *xer<> drowned. A bhitisn and a Spanish steamer collided off the coast ol Portugal and both were sank. Forty-five persons are reported lo?t. A London dispatch reports learlul disasters at sea during a recent storm. The ships Cape Sable and Wild Hosohavo both loundered at sea, with their crews, numbering eighty-five men, and a large steamer was seen to go down, with all hands, on the Goodwin Sands. At a fire in Havana a large cijar inannlactory was destroyed, seven persons wore 1 bnrned to death and damage amounting to , ?150,000 was caused. Dubino a debate in the British parliament ( on Irish affairs Mr. Foister, chief secretary lor Ireland, stated that 153 persona weio < under police protection in Ireland and there had been 2,(73 agrarian outrages during last year. A Russian imperial decree declares the ' Princess Dolgoruki, whom the empeior married shortly alter tho death ot tho empress, to ' be a " Serene Highness." An American bark has been sunk in the strait ol Dovor and six men on board have beon drowned. 1 he failure of the Kuldja treaty has given J riso to tho belief that hostilities may break j out any moment 'on tho Chinoso border between China and Russia. China bos raado extensive preparations lor war, but will suffer greatly through lack of discipline and want of organization. * T ? ** ? ?raan Jn/lrtA Virtfl Kafln ooQAaatnal A'l l'n UArA^DOD |UUgO UOQ UWVU - ? j tl.o street* of l'okio in revenge for the death ( of the assassin's lather Alteon years ago. A 8KUI008 split has occurred in the ranks of the Carlisle, a large section of whom have abandoned the cause of Don Cailos, the olaimant to the throne of Spain. A Japanese coasting steamer, with sixty ' passengers and a crew of twenty-two, foundeied in the Japanese Inland Eca, and sixtyfour lives were lost. Toe Republicans were successful ig moat ol \ the municipal elections in France. Mb. William ?haw, home-rule member ol i parliament lor Cork, who was ono ol the com- ' missioners appointed by the British govorn. ment to investigate and report on the agricul- ; tural condition of Ireland, has made a speech < in the house of commons which created a i great sensation. Mr. Shaw said that the Irish land league was the salvation of Ireland ami guvo a startling account of the condition ol the peasants in the west of Irolan 1. Somo 01 ' tho Connaught farmers, he said, were rotting on their farms. Man* deaths have occurred from a terrib'e outbreak of lever at Tanderagee, Ireland. Fifteen persons were seiiously injured bj the fall ol a staiicaae in a church at Palermo during rejoicings on the occasion ol tho visit of the kinz and queen of Italy to Sicily. i Sir Donald Stewart haa been appointed j I to the supreme command of the British troopi i in India. * Til pup HA! nr. innrpn.qn of JH.SOO 000 in thn 1 postcfllcc aivirg-3 bank deposits in Canada in ] the past llical yo.ir. I A TttirLE alliance baa been formed betweon tho emperora ot Germany, Austria and Bus- ] s:a. Tlkket has a new minister of war?Ghazi ' Osman Pasha;i____________^ CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY. Senate. 1 Senator Ferry introduced a bill to authorize * thirty-five additional lile-saving stations o>i tho coasta between .Maine and Massachusetts, along tho coasts of New .Jor?ey and Delaware and in North Carolina Flotida and Texas. \ The bill authorizes the payment of ono month's I extra pay to member# of crews lor gallant ] services, and provides for pensioning the ~\ widows ot th<"se who may lo3o their lives in I the perlornia co 01 duty....The consular and 1 diplomatic appropriation bill was passed. I Mr. Sprngjr offered a lesolution calling ov f the secretary ot siato lor all intoimation in thv ' state department, not heretofore communi- 1 cated, iu relereuco to tlie Halifax fishery 1 award of ?5,500,000 paid bj this government I to Great Hrituiu, and especially that relating ' to the alleged fictitious statistics and perjured 1 testimony imposo 1 on the aibitiators, and on < which evidence the award was made; al9o whether tbo govomiLont l)aB ^ken any steps to secure a verification ol the recently published statements ol Professor Goule Hind on the subject. Keforred to the committee on foreign affaiis. Mr. Logan introduced a bill to authorize the appointment of General U. S. Grant on the retired list, l'be bill was read at length upon tbo request cl Mr. Conkling. It provides that, in recognition of tl?a eminent public services ol 'oo-.eral U. ?>. Giant, late of the army and ex-president of I he United State1, the President is author.zod to appoint him, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to the retired list, with the rank and lull pay ol general ol tbo army. The second section authorizes the President, when he shall consider that an emergency ha9 arisen requiring the serviced ol General Grent on active luty. to assign him to uny command commensurate with tbo lank ol general. 11'.i erred to the committee on military affairs.... Mr. Pendleton introduced a bill to regulate and improve the civi" acrvice; also one to proTent extortion Iroui and by persona in the public 8Ci vice.... The army appropriation bid with amendments was reported. Mr. CameroD, Irom mifilaiy committee, reported adversely the bill to reorganize and discipline the militia ol theUuited States; ard its lutther consi 'oration was indefinitely pos1poned. Mr. Hay ard, lrom the committee mi finance, reported lavora'ily House bill to amend a section ol tho revised statutes, so ns to authorize a charge for melting or rc-fluing bullion when at or abovo the standard. House. Uio Wool funding bill was diwussed, th6 speakers n opposition to it being Messrs. j Kellty, Weaver, McLane, Lounibery, Mill? < and Springer, and Mr. Chittenden speaking :n its favor. i fho consular and diplomatic appropriation . bill was reported and placed on the calendar ....The army nppropriati-u bill was referred to the committee on appropriations....Mr. ' Conklinir introduced by request a bill to amend Eoction 4,718 ol the revised statutes, in < relation to tho payment ol aociued pension { money duo at the time ol tho death of the ^ pensioner or a person having a claim poading J tbereli r. { Bills and resolutions wore introduced: By Mr. Carpenter ? l o increase by fllty por cent the du'y on flaxseed or linseed, and the man- ^ ulHCtuie there' 1; also proposing a constitu- j, tioi'fil Amnidmonn nrovidinEf tliat all civil officers oi the United States, excopt judges of ? tho supreme and inteiior courts, the heads ot F departments, an 1 officers whose duties are ? temporary, shall hold office for a term ol four 1] years; and that Con^res* may provide for the 5 election by the people of postmasters and t ot her officers whose duties are to be performed a wi hin the limita ol' any State; such officers p to be subject to removal by the President on other than political or religious grounds.... 13 / Mr. Willis?To prevent extortion from persons in tho public Bervice nr.d bribery and coercion by such persons....By Mr. St.ecwin ? To regulate ths importation ol articles made I in imitation of butter and cheese....By Mr. t Price? Declaring silver eoititleat"8 to possess ci i ho Miino legal-tender quulity iis tho coin lor 1 which they wore issued.... By Mr. Buckner? h Requesting tho President to open negotiation c wiih Mexico or tho Central American States r for tho purchase or cesj-iomo the United Slates j of territory lor tho voluntary colonization ot thnc >'orod population ol the United States.... * 'I'he joint resolution authorizing and request iug tin: President to extend to the government and poople ol Franco an invitation to join tho J. government and people ol the United States " in the obirrvanee ol tho centennial anniver- a Bnry ot the surrender ol Lord Cornwallis at r< Yorklown, Va. Passed. C Mr. B'ackburn olTerod a resolution calling H lor a commit t-.o to inquire whether the laws e ol tfio Unite I States have been violated by the sending of matter through the mnils undor the liaiiks ol the members of the House and S-mato, not authorized to bo sent without the I iiymoi.tcl postage. Agreed to, and Messrs. v Converse, Phillips Browne, llou^e and Rob- " iiisoti wero appointed a committee of inquiry f ....Ti o sneaker laid bifore the House a mes- 11 sago liom tho President transmitting copies of "J a c.irretporidonco r lating to tho invitation ex ended by the French rtpub ic to this govcriiin* lit to send one or more dele^utc3 to _ ifjiif-eiit it at an internali. nal congress of o'uliieians to bu he'd at Palis on Septembu I1 10, 1NS1. Tlio Prosi lent recommends that an " impropriation bo in ide fur tint purpose, lie- aJ It l i ed to the commitlce on loiei^n aL'airs. B Furs and Skins. The New York Tribune gives the fol- tj, nrir.es naid for fiirs and .? skins, quotations being for prime skins g< inly: st B?ar, Northern black, according k< to sue and quantity, prime $8 00al4 00 ^ Bear, Southern and Northern yearlirgs 5 00a 9 00 Beaver, Northern, per lb 2 25a 3 00 m Beaver, Western and Southern, per lb... 1 00a 2 25 J, Badger 80a 90 Cat, wild 40a 65 Fisher, Northern and Eastern each 8 OOall 00 18 Fisher, Sonthern and Western.... 6 00a 10 00 d( Fox, silver, as to beauty 16 00a75 00 Fox, cross, Northern and Eastern 3 00a C 00 . Fox, red, Northern and Eastern.. 1 60a 1 75 . Fox, red, S. Penn., N. J. and N. J; Ohio 125a 160 Fox, red, Sonthern and Western.. 1 00a 1 16 Fox, gray, Northern and Eastern. 80a 1 00 Fox, gray, Sonthern and Western 50a 75 tb Fox, kit 30a 60 at Lynx, each 150a 2 50 te Marten, States, dark 1 50<z 3 00 Morten, do., pole 1 00a 1 50 Mink, New York, Now Kngland and Canada 1 25a 1 75 / Mink, New Jersey, Pennsylvania 9and Ohio 75a 1 00 Mink, Md. Va., Ky., Indiana and Iowa 50a 75 b< Mink, Missouri and Southern 40a 60 in Muskrat, Northern and Eastern, fall and winter 10a 13 Muskrat, West Penn,, and Ohio, J1 tall anil winter 9a 110 of Maskrat, Southern, (all and winter 9a 11 ? Otter, Northern and Eastern and at Northwestern 8 00all00 'ri Otter, Penn.,New Jersey,Ohio and rc Wa?torn 7 00a 9 00 Otter, Ky., Va., North Carolina, di Kansas, etc 6 00a 8 00 ,r Otter, South Carolina and Georgia 5 00a 700 Oposinm, Northern cased (trash oat) 15a 20 ar Opossum, 8outhern and open y? Northern (trash out) 10a 14 di Racoon,Mich., N. Ind. and N. Ohio 90a 1 00 Raccoon, 111., Iowa, Wisconsin re and Minnesota 70a 80 Racoon, N. Y. and E. States and N. Pennsylvania 75a 85 Raccoon, N. J., S. Penn., Mo., Deb. and Kansas 60a 70 Raccoon, Georgia, Arkansas Florida and Ala 45a 50 Skunks, prime black, No. 1, cased 85a 1 0u itj Skunks, prime black, No. 1, open. 75a 90 Skunks, ball etiiped 50a 60 ^ ^Killing, auiij/cu.. -vu, w/ ,1.' 9kanks, white 10.r IS Woll skins, mountain, largo 2 00a 3 *0 _ Wolf skins, prairie, prime 5ja 80 ~ v Be Shakespeare and tbe Bible. n? There is a way that seemeth right to u man, but tbe end thereof are the ways ?'c of death.?Prov. xvi., 25. ni Theie is no vioe so simple bnt assumes Some mask of virtue in its outer pa ts. <Vl ?Merchant of Vr~4"t. Ry How can ye, being evil, speak good b? things. (Seeming virtues proceeding Co from an evil source are not genuine.)? 3a Mat. xii., 34. Where an uncleai mind carrics virtu- g? sua qualities, their commendations go witb pity?tbey are virtues and tra'tora, Po too. ?AlVs Well That Ends Well. ^ Another law in my members warri ng Be against the law of my mind.?Rom. tn't, 23. The fiend is at mine elbow and tempts os me, Eaying: "Use your legs; take tbe 3tart; runaway." My conscience savs* Efl "No; do not run; scorn running with p0 tby heels." " Budge," says the fiend. "Budge not." says my conscience.? Merchant of Venice, it'., 2. sh He that increasetb knowledge, in? creasetb sorrow.?Ecclesiattes t.? 18. I had rather have a fool to make me Co merry, than experience to make me sad. oa ?vfs You Like It, iv., 1. B" I, yet not I.?Gal. it., 22. Be I have a kind ol self resides with you, |J( But an unkind self, that itself will leave Poc To be another's lool. - Fl, ?Troil. and. Cress., Hi., 2. Oo But whosoever shall keep the whole law and yet offend in one point, he is w< zuiLy of all.? Jamei ii., 10. Tbat these men ge Carrying tho Btamp, I say, oi one defect, 8h Shall, in the general censure, take corruption ^ From that particular ianlt. The dram ol ill Hc Doth all the noblo substance olten doubt. ^ - ?Hamlet 4. wi Whosoever hateth his brother is a nurderer.?John Hi., 5. Oa Hates any man the thine; he would not sill F?MerchaU qf Venice, iv. Federal Forces Daring the War. The following statement gives the lumber of Union troops furnished by he different States during the ci^il war: Aggregate reduced Slates to a thret and Total Men yean' Territories. quotas. furnished, standard. daine 73,587 70, lu7 56,776 >few Hampshiro 35,897 33,937 30,849 /ermont 32,074 33,288 29,068 Massachusetts.. 139,095 146,730 124.104 ihode Island... 18,898 23,236 17,866 Connecticut.... 44,797 55,864 50 623 'Jew York 507,148 448 850 392,270 0*> H9i, 7 <5 ?1 A F>7.938 Pennsylvania.. 385,869 337,930 265,517 1 Delaware 13,935 12,284 10,322 9 Maryland 70,905 46,638 41,276 ? CVost Virginia.. 34,463 32,068 27,714 Dist. Columbia. 13,073 16,534 11,506 )hio 306,322 313,180 240,514 ndiana 199,788 196,363 153,576 [llinoia 244,496 259.092 214,133 Michigan 95,007 &7,364 80,111 Wisconsin 109,080 91,327 79.260 Minnesota 26,326 24,020 19,692 owa., 79,621 76,242 68,630 Missouri 122,496 109,111 86,530 Kentucky 100,782 75,760 70,832 Cansas 12,931 20,149 18,706 tio ["ennessee 1,560 31,092 26,394 Arkansas 78i) 3.289 7,836 tforth Carolina. 1 560 3,15 6 3,156 th< Jalitornia 15,725 15,725 ! "Jovada ? 1,080 1,080 J )regon 1,810 1,773 V'ehiDgt'nter'y .... 964 954 jf Nebraska tor'y. .... 3,157 2 175 _< Joloratlo ter'y-. 4.903 3,697 Dakota tor'y... .... 206 206 *ew Mexico Territory.... .... 6,561 4,432 Uabama 2,576 1,611 Florida .... 1,29 1,290 jouisiami 5,22 4,654 Mississippi 645 545 :ex.is 1,965 1,6,2 ? ndian nation.. .... 3,530 3,530 * Colored troops.. .... 93,441 91,789 > '- ~~ ce Total 2,7636701 1,772,408 2,320,277 2C m (Des Moines Iowa Slate Register.) ~ Hon. S. H. Voder's Position. Q A representative man's opinion on K other than political matters is often of great use to nis constituency- ine lion. S. H. Yoder, of Globe Mills, Pa., , has thus recorded his opinion on a sub- \ iect of popular interest. I have been selling St. Jacobs Oil for the last year. I have never heard a person speak of St it, except as a splendid medicine, and as Lhe great specific for rheumatic affec- ta. Lions, whether inflammatory, acute or jhronic, swellings, sores, sprains, burns, tvounds, etc. I sell more St. Jacobs ~~ 3il than of any other kind of liniment, md it gives universal satisfaction. I will always keep it on hand. The a armers say, that for man and beast, 3 ,hey find nothing to equal it. vjj One of tbe most provoking episodes ^ ve can just now tbink of is to meet a ady friend, and in endeavoring to raise our soft hat by tbe crown find you 0. lave on your derby, and claw ail over lie top of it before recalling the change a head gear, in the meantime the oung lady glides by, wondering what he mischief is the matter, and if you ,, re losing what little mind you once A iosse?sed.?Lockport Un'wn. (Pittsburg Evening Chronicle.) Dangers to Iron Workers. p* Messrs. It E-terbronk & Sons, City Jf,1? ron Foundry, Boston, JSI:iu3., speak on Li* his point as follows: Two or three of ^ air men were badly burnt in working. So> ?hey were, however, immediately cured ^ ?y Uiinn that valuable remedy, St. .Ja- ~ obs Oil. All our- men are hichly 'leased with it, and we shall always smi ccommend it to those slllicted with j^tTa iains or rheumatism. pi The original "Uncle Tom11 has a pf ome at the age of ninety-two in Camen, Kent county, Canndn. He gees ^ hout lecturing. Ilis arms lie cannot P ,ii3e to his head because thev wrre |lH rushed by a rail in the hands of his old try; master. One of his grandsons is being ? ducated at Oberlin for the ministry. ~ Q .Malarial Fevrr Mal&rial Fevers, constipation, torpidity ol A ho ltvor and kidnoys, general debility, nor- ?, ousr.ess and neuralgic ailments yield readily ? o tbii great diseaso conqneror, Hop Bitterst repair-, the ravages ot disease by convert- & igtne tool into rich blood, and it give3 now ? il'e and vigor to tho aged and inflrui always YC eo " Proverbs" in other column. oiik The Rev. George B. Yosburgh.who 81 ras tried at Jersey City on a charge of tempting to poison his wife, has writm a novel, which is being published } a aerial by one of the Chicago re- ? gious weeklies. p \ , ' * ; T ' r tnillgeitlrin. The main cause oi nervousness is indigos du, and that is caused by weakness ot th< omaoh. No one can have sound nerves and >od health without using Hep Bitters U rengthen the stomach, pnrify the blood, ant jep the liver and kidneys active, to carry oi 1 the poisonous and waste matter ol the sys im. See other column. Wishing to pay bis friend a cqmplient, a gentleman remarked: " I hear >u have a* Very industrious wife." Yes," replied the iriend, with a melicholy smils, "she is never idle. She always finding something for me to Store People Die 3m diseased Kidneys than ot consumption, tt not one iatal case in a thousand would cur if Warner's Safe Kidney and Liver Cure a3 taken in time. By all means try it. The American consul at Cork says iat what Ireland needs is coal grates id coil-burning stoves from the Unid States. It yon arc coughing or not, but feel the pre* nee ot a Cold in the system, use Or. Bull's nigh Syrup and ioel immediate relief. Price I COUU* & LHAUC. - Paris, in the course of its history, has jen besieged ten times. The first time i 50 B. CM and the last in 1870. An invainaoie Article.?'Ihe readers ot the rgus have no doubt seen the advertisement Ely's Cream Balm in another column. An tiele like Cream Balm has long been desired, id now that it is within the reach oi saflerers sm Catarrh, Hay Fever, eto., there is every sson to believe tbey will make the most ot Dr. W. E. Buckman, W. E. Hamman, tut gist, and other Eastoniana have given it a Lai, and all recommend it in the highest rms. ?Easlon (Pa.) Daily Argut. I have been a sufferer tor years *ith Catarrh, id under a physician's treatment lor over a :ar; have tried a number ot sure ouro renaees and obtained no relief. I was advised to y Ely's Cream Balm. It gave me immediate litf. I believe I am now entirely cured. G. Davis, First National bank, Elizabeth, N. J. Price, 50 cents Ely's Cream Balm Co., svego, N. Y. Will mail it lor 60 centa. GREAT HORSE MEDICINE. DR. TOIHAS' VENETIAN HORSE LINIMENT In nt bottles a: MO rcnU; 33 yean established. It Is tbe st In the world for the cure of Colic, Old Sores, Spraln.i, ulscs, Sore Throats, etc. TOBIAS' CONDITION )WDERS are warranted to cure Distemper, Fever ornis, It >ts; give a One coat; Increase the appetite and yms<i the nrlnary organs. Certified to by Col. D. cDanlel, owner of some of tbe fastest running hones the world, and 1,000 others. art cents. Sold by droits. Depot?4!) Murray Street, New York. " THE MARKETS^ SEW TOIIK eiOattle? Med. Native*, live wt.. 10 9 10J{ Ives?Good to Prime Veals 0"Xf<* 08 eep 1 0SS(t| 06>^ mbs 06,V07 H igs?Live ('9 <g OS Dreesed 06^0 06# jar?Ex. State, good to fancy.... 4 ?0 ? 6 60 Western, good to fancy 4 75 (4 H '25 ieat?No. 2 Red 1 lOKt# I 17 No. 1 White 114 ?114# e?State 00 (? 08 rley?Two-Rowed State 00 @ 05 rn?Ungraded Western Mixed.... 6:t (<4 57 Southern fellow.. 65)f<j} B5)tf t??White State . 43 $ 4:J,1/ ill ICQ ->x v? ->-> ,y?Prlmo 1 13 @ 1 30 raw?Long Bye. per owt 1 15 @ 1 20 ips?State. 188J 10 @ 23 rk?Mesa old 13 tO 0H i fl rd?Oity Steam.... 8 00 @ 8?J5 troleum?Crude ....... % ll?flued 09J? itter?State Creamery 2) C4 1-3 Dairy 18 & 25 Western Imitation Creamery 23 @ 27 Factory 13 % 20 ieese?State Factory CO?* <4 13Jf Skims OS (? 08 Western 10 (3 12% 1KB?StatoandPenn 37 (<$ 37 !atoes?State, bbl Early Hose..., 173 @2 00 BUtTALO. eera?Extra $5 00 @$5 40 nibs?Western 6 00 @ 0 00 cep?Western 6 0J @6 6') >gp, Good to Choice Yorkers 6 00 ? 5 16 our?City Ground, No. 1 Spring.. 5 OJ <$S 78 heat?No. 1 Hard Duiuth 1 25 @155 m?No.2 Western 51 (? Si ta?State 37 @ 33 jrley?Two-rowed 8tit? 78 0 80 BOBTOH. ef?Western Mees.... 0 SO Q10 00 )gs?Live 05>,'@ 05X 1KB?City Dressed. OC @ 063* rk?Extra Prime per bbl 12 60 @13 03 Dur?Wisconsin and Minn.Pat.... 7 26 @8 63 rn?Mixed and fellow...,. 61 @ 66 ta?Extra White SO @ 63 e?State 1 05 @ 1 05 aol?Washed Combing & Delaine.. 49 @ 50 Unwashed. " " 36 0 36 WATEETOWN (MASS ) OAITZJI XABKX7 ief Cattle?live weight I6>tf<l 07 eep Oitf? C4>4 mha 05 04 OGSrf 11*8 06)tf@ 05>i PinUlDKLPHU. dot?Penn. good and fancy 5 00 9 5 25 leat-No. 2 Red 1 13 @ 1 13& e?State 92 $ 92 irn?State Yellow H 9 !( ts?Mixed 4<XO <5 itter?Creamery Extra 33 & 34 loose?New York Full Croam 12??? 12Ji troleum?Ornde 0GJ<a07>f Banned 001/ r<ra have read thia notice about twenty mei before. Ilut did you ever act upon the siigK??n ao often made, namely: To ask any to<? nml anoe ilnr for boot* with Goodrich'! Patent Bc.ie> er Steel Hivet Protected fole I Guaranteed outweur any Sole ever made. If you hare not, do m very nest time you want boot* or ?hoe? with sole* at will wear like Iron and tare repalri, and don't you v any other. ay reference* are any Sewlnj Machine Company ? sir a<ent* In thU country. II. C. GOODRICH, ( Church St, Worctiter, Ma*., and 40 Hoyne Are. jhlcago. 111. & 0100 PRESEWTI _ For a Haehlne tb?t will Saw as Fast and Easy JjgaJ \ as this one. rhls lg the Eingr of Saw Maohines. It ws off a 2 foot lor la 3 minutes. ),000 in use. The cheapest machine adej and fally warranted. Olroular free, died Stf.tas MinufacLarlna Co.. Chletao. III. ED RIVER VALLEY 2,000,000 Acres Vheat Lands best In the world, for ?ale by the . Paul, KnnsaDolls & Manitolia R.R. CO. rhree dollars per acre allowed thesetti-w for break[ and cnltlration. For particulars apply to D. A. McKINLAY, land CommlMloner, Mt, Paul, nlxuu LESTEY&C2 BbattlebproVS TY. PAYNE & SONS, COIHTOG, N. I. DR- KKTADUaUBO M?0, Patent Spark-Arresting EnK& as) JT glnes,mounted and on skids. .55 fra. Vertical Erffeines -with wro'l boilers. Eureka Safety nowers with Sectional boilers? #.4m can't be exploded. AU ffl^wlth Automatic Cut-Offa. e SKlv^!e^i^Frotn?150 t<l 92?000* Tr Send for Circular. StatO where you Baw this, -VYS1 PIjAT* I PLAYS I PLAYS i or Heading Clu&g. for Araat>;ur Theatricals, Temperrt PliiviL nrAWlntr-Hnnm Plnvu Pnirv Di?r<. c?i.u?un yg, Outdo Hooks, Speakers, Pantomimeo, Tableaux tits. Magnesium l.lslits. Colored Fire, Iiurnt Cork, atrical l'uce Preparations. Jarley's Wax Works, Wins, ir?ls and Mustaches at reduced price}. Costumes, nery. Charades. New catalogues sent free containing I description and prices. II H- Fuescu ft bon. its K. 14th Street, New York. IMPnLET of onr PATENT DRESS REFORMS, taiiilng SpeclaUU'a in Undergarments, Corsets, Waists, rt ami Stocking Supporters, Shoulder Braces. Ac., for lies .t Children. Sensible, cheap k health conducing i.A.Fletcher* Co., 8 K. 14th St.,N.Y. Free to A. I. Agents Wanted for the Handsomest and IEAPEST BIBLES g&SSS1?ffil5S 'lia cmcin nut f, ofK CASH PREMIUM s. I in V TFIA Agents Wanted eve-ywriere |IMU gpft\ to sell to families, hotels and Wills I kmVI large consume!*; largest :k in the countiyj quality and terms 'lie t'est. Coua* storekeepers slum dcallor write THE WELLS TEA Ml'AXV, JOl Fulton St., X. Y. 1?. O. UoX4'>'a). APil A MO.\TII! AGENTS WANTED! .mil 15cJl Selling Artic.es in the world, a WW wunplefree. Jir IIhohsox, Detroit, .Mlih. IjI-iTIIV'fi Brain Food?cures Nervous D<-l>i!ltj L 4 Weakness of Generative Organs. 81?all druggists. id for Olr'l'r to Allen's Pharmacy, till! First Ave.,N.Y. 7*y A YEAR and expenses to agents ? ? Outilt Free. Address ? P. 0. VlCKERY, Auguata. Maine. HlfvjR MPIM I.eamTelegraphy. KarnJMto$io?a ruitu itiun jijonth. (itadi.at.s guaranteed paying es. Address v>i i..\hm; l'.uo? . Jaiiisville. Wis. nillflCI Jforplilne IlnbitCnrcd in 10 sP'SEfliiili >'ii|iaytillClired. fl UiV9 U'l- J- toi'ta'HKN.i, Lebanon Ohio. L ? itYLA?l? FAUtISS? to 93% per Acie Miovt winters, breezv summers, healthy climate, sloglie free. II. P. CHAM HERS. Federaisburg, Md 94." tf*V Ol lbCor Consumption is aim. uW O WU rib the best cough w#dU inc. ?* GREAT GERMAN > REMEDY (PCffl??3 mm% " NEURALGIA, ItaMlii LUMBAGO, I BACKACHE, ' . A h Jfr 1 OOXJT, I SORENESS 11iiiiiir""'???am'^llSOB?THHUK ||1k"5 I ||lliCff*] I E^8' lr^jilLllTBIB s' ' one inffaring with ] an ^ rnrtiiT?m*U> cl^ilUS- p!orWArtt * SOLO BY ALL DRUSQISTS ARO DEALEBS ! A. VOQELER ft CO. lialtimnrn, TUd., XT. S. JL N T S U 3 " BABY CABINET ORGAN?NEW STYLE 1?TH2EE AND A QUARTER OCTAVES, In BLACK WALNUT CASE, decorated with GOLD BHONZF. Length, 80 Inches; height,83In.; depth, 141a. 4 This novel style of the &ASON & HAMLIN GAB* I.N'ET OBGANS (ready this month) has sufficient compass and capacity for the performance, with foil %:: parts, of Hymn Tunes, Anthems, Songs, and Popular Sacred and Secular Music generally. It retains to s wonderful extent, for an Instrument so small, the extraordinary excellence, both as to power and Quality of tone, which has given the MASON ft HAMLIN Cabinet Organs their great reputation and won for them the HIGHEST- DISTINCTIONS at EVERY ONE of the GREAT WORLD'S INDUSTRIAL EX- 7 HUBITIONS for THIRTEEN TEARS. Erar oat will Bl 7dllt wabbjlxtzd. CASH PRICE |S; J on receipt of which It will be shipped as directed. If os Brcxrrr axd tbial it eoxs sot batUty thx runCHA S2E, IT HAT EE SZTUS5ZD AST> TKB kdkxt a WILL BZ mmxsiDi ' EIGHTY STYLES of Organs are regukrfymado by the MASON & HAMLIN CO, from the BABY CABINET: ORGAN at $22; to 141*0 CONCERT OECANS at $900, and upwards. The great majority arc at $100 to 1200 each. ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUES, CIRCULARS and PRICE LISTS free. ?. . MASON & HAMLIN ORGAN CO.. 154 Tremont St, BOSTON; 48 East 14th St, NEW YORK i 149 TVabaah Ave, CHICAGO, . costaets HOPS, BUCHU, MANDRAKE, I DANDELION, | Ajtd thk PtmisTAST) REST MedioilQitali-- I TiEsor all othsbBmw. THEY CURE | All Diseases of the Stomach, Bovels, Blood, Liver, Kidneys, and Urinary Organs, Ner voujjnws, Sl^cplcssnewiand especially Female Complaints. ^ Will ho paid for a case they will notenrso^^ " help, or for anything Impure or injurious found In them. -j" a SAWING MADE EASTJ&\ A boy 10 year* old osua uwolli ^ J 3-fool login twomtnotw, _ Our new portabl. Monarch Ughtnlng B^jefng 1HMIUXM rivals all other*. loO cMh wino# grreo to two men who can taw u fat* and taty in the old "* way, at one bay s6 ytart old out with thb aachThe, Warranted. Circulan tent Fraa. Afentt wasted. mnaR uasnmra uv rft Raadolph Su Chlnuft BL '.'J PAG'-NTS WANTED FOR THE ICTORIAL HISTORY" WORLD Embracing full and authentic accounts of everT nation .'i of ancient and modern tira?s, and Including a history of .5) the rise and fall of (lie Greek and Roman Era purs, the X middle atxoij. the crusades. the feudal system, the reforms- a tlon. the discovery ami settlemen; of uc New World, etc. -a It contains tl7-i fine historical cn^rravinscs, and Is the -3 mostcomiilete History of the World ever published. Send ? for specimen pases and extra terras to Agents. Addresj .J{ ViTfm-if prwikiifvr.rn Philitiljilnhta. Pa. -.ri CELLULOID #4 1 EYE-CLASSES. | Representing tho choicest selected Tortoise Shell and Amber. Tho lightest, handsomest .J and strongest kr.own. So d by Opticians aiu. jewelers. Made by SPENCER OPTICAL M'FG. CO., 13 Maiden Lane, New Yorlt, ; SAPONIFIES J Is the " Original ** Concentrated Lye au<1 Reliable Family ' J3 Soap Maker. Direction accompany each Con /or making ,Sfj Hard, Moft and Toilet *oxp quickly. It Is fau '% weight and strength. As* yuur grocer for iAPUlTI- <? FIEK, and take no otUerr. PENN'A SALT MANUFACTURING CO., PhHa. This Claim-House Established 1800. -^9 PENSIONS.! ijew raw. J nousniiiiB 01 soimersanu Ileum niuutii ic Pennons date baci to discharge or death. Time Untied Address, with damp, '<Bs D n T, GKOBGE E. J.EMOir, P._QJ)rawe-.3J5, Usuhingtoo, D. 0 . ' * Literary Revolution, v3 3 CENTS if MacauS)''?y Uto of Frederic* the Great. IL Carlyle's Lite of Robert Bums. III. La- j*. ?B martiue's Life of Mary Queen of Scots. IV. Thos. Hu,hei m* Manliness j- /^ErfiVJTC wch. formerly fl.JO of Christ. O vtllTo titch: L Arnold'sLiU .j; of Asia. II. Goldsmith's Vicar of Wakefield. III. Baron Munchausen's Travels an 1 Surprlstni: Adventures. For MX I'Ui\'OS: Bunyan', I'lUrim's Prexres*. Illustrated , v catalog sent free. AMERICAN BOOK KXCIIA.nGK, John B. Alden, Manager. Ttlbune Building. New York. NATRONA? j Is th* bi?#t In the World. It Is absolutely pare. It Is the fM best for Medicinal Purposes. It Is the best for Iiiklng and . fl all Family Uses. Sold by ail Druggist* and Grocers. - 41 PENN'A SALT MANUFACTURING CO., WiHt. .3 ej la*.-1?ye is the 3 A KEST mil I'.KST; It acts lnstanU- *J neimsly,producing the most jg natural shades or_B? k or l'rowni does N<jT STAIN ? S lb.- Mvl.N. and If ta*lly , prepa at Ion tnd a favorite "H oneverywellajr Intedtol- *mi letror Lady or Gentleman. fjB Sold bv I)ni.gi.-la ?*" I ap* ,'tfj plied by lUlr Dre&?* s. * .31 i5epot?:?Wtl lamSt ,N.Y. V. N. ClUTTENTON, Agt WANTED. A Itook Can vn?->?-r. ' n !> cr Gentleman, to solicit HS f Subscription, In i'Vim City. Town and Village, for a flrtt-i lit~i? old c?tnl> i-licil .Month y Mngs< zinc. Address. Matins jii.ili!lcat:<>iiD> to 4? VVA I.i'K.V JAMKS. Station I). New York. T1IK GREATEST DISCOVERY OF THE AGK. >1*111-: C'I'ICK Foil llt(KlrXA'lMI' A .ompVtn i tire gUarant fd bv using one bottle. StDt on reci.pt of prtiv. $'J. Address J. B. DECEER4CO . J in h 73t?> St.. New Vorj.