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STORMY SIMMERS,
The Tornadoes oi me Laat Decade?The
(treat Storms oi the Past.
The occurrence of great and destructive
storms is frequently marked in hist
jry. Perhaps the most terrible one on
record is what is known as the great
storm of November 25-27, 1703, in Eugland
and throughout Europe. In that
frightful tempest, lasting throughout
the greater part of the two days, the
number of persons drowned in tfhe
Thames and Severn, and lost on the
coast in ships blown from their moorings
and never heard of afterward, was
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estimated at o,wu souis. ine loss 01
property sustained in London alone, by
wind and flood, was estimated at the
enormous sum of 2,000,000 pounds sterling.
In the county of Kent a great
number of trees were torn up by their
roots, the Eddystone lighthouse was
completely destroyed, and immense numbers
of cattle were killed and drowned.
In the West Indies, from the third to
the eighteenth of October, 1780, terrible
hurricanes devastated the whole country.
At Barb/kdoes over 4,000 inhabitants lost
their lives iu this tempest, and the destruction
of British and other vessels in
West India harbors was frightful. Another
terrible hurricane visited the
island of Barbadoes August 10, 1831.
In this tempest over 2,500 inhabitants
were killed, and over 5,000 wounded.
Many of our readers will remember the
fearful hurricane which swept over Ohio
and States lying to the westward as far
as Iowa, in June of the year 1860. The
violence of the wind which attended this
great storm was declared by many to
have been without a parallel. Great destruction
to trees, crops, roofs, vessels, !
and some loss of life, were the results
along the broad track of this tempest,
reaching in width for many miles.
In the year 1866, tremendous gales
swept across the American lakes and the
Atlantic coast from the sixth to the
eleventh of January. The same hurricane
reached Europe, and the steamer
Amalia went down with a cargo valued at
$1,00'*,000. Many wrecks and great loss ;
of flfe were reported in various countries,
showing that an unusual atmospheric
perturbation pervaded different parts of
flip (rlnho af tho co m o fima
A frightfully destructive storm was the
tropical hurricane which struck the coast
of Nova Scotia with terrible fury on the
twenty-fourth and twenty-fifth of August,
1873. The loss of life was frightful, and
that of property was estimated at the
time from four to five millions of dollars.
About nine hundred houses were destroyed,
the damage done to wharves and
crops could scarcely be calculated, and
the number of vessels known to have
been destroyed during the twenty-fourth
and twenty-fifth of August was 1,032.
In the neighborhood of the gulf of St.
Lawrence and the Atlantic shores of
Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, the
loss of life was not proportionately large, 1
being estimated at less than five hundred
in all.
It is notable that the month of June,
1871, was prolific in thunder and rain
storms, especially in the Western States.
June 16, there was an awful tornado at
Eldorado, Kan., that nearly destroyed ;
the whole town. On the eighteenth, at i
several points in Wisconsin, violent and '
destructive tornadoes were reported. J
The same day a terrific hurricane at |
Scranton, Iowa, demolished houses aud !
carried light buildings ten rods, killing ;
the inmates. The same day Westerville,
Iowa, reported a terrible tornado, and
the vicinity of Springfield, HI., was
visited by an awful cyclone, pulling up j
trees and whirling fences in the air. On
June 19, same year (1871), there was a i
terrific thunder and rain storm, flooding
the country in Kansas and Minnesota, and
i on the twenty-eighth of the same
month there was a great storm on Lake
Superior, attended with furious winds
from all points of the compass ^whirlwinds),
twirling the waves into spires, or ;
water-spouts, and attended by a destructive
tidal-wave at Duluth, Minn.
On July 9, 1871, Dayton, Ohio, was
visited by a violent tornado, in the path
of which many houses were demolished ,
and churches and bridges blown down,
several persons being killed, and the
total damage to property in the city and |
country estimated at at least one million
dollars.
Battered Hulks at the Piers.
The great iron-works of New York are
in the neighborhood of Tenth street,
Rost. river h nl steamers that are being
dismantled or refitted lie at tlie adjacent
piers, which are covered with a miscellaneous
and dingy heap of fragments? '
the separated sections of marine engines,
rusty boiler-plates, battered smoke- ;
stacks and green copper sheathiugs.
Few things are more melancholy than a !
dismantled ship. Some time ago I found
the ruined hulk of the Ocean Queen at
one of these wharves; in the palmy days
of the Panama route to California, she 1
had been true to her name?but what
forlorn changes time had made in her! '
Her broken rigging draggled from the I
masts and spars; the seams between her
timbers gaped, and the paint was peel- .
ing off. The two funnels were battered ;
and red with rust. The once cozy little
staterooms opening on the upper deck,
in which the warm tropical winds had
fanned the grateful passengers, were dism*l,
chilly and destitute of furniture;
every bit of gilt and upholstery had been ;
stripped off her once gorgeous saloon ;
and the engine room, in which her large
heart of fire had burned, was a shadowy,
echoing void. Close to her lay the ironclad
\Montauk, in a still more woful condition
of wreck, her thick plates dimpled
with the hemispheres of hundreds of
cannon balls, which had struck them
without penetrating; her deck torn up
by shells, and her smoke-stack bent and
indented. Side by side with these shattered
veterans were new white riversteamers,
and larger sea-going steamers,
into which engines and boilers were being
placed by demon-like mechanics?
mechanics, dressed in black and greasy !
overalls, whose fierce-looking eyes were
set in ebony faces, and whose hammers
were rained upon the bolts and plates
with vindictive energy. As the ring of
the hammers was borne over the water it
became musical, and several piers off it
sounded like the strains oi an iEolian
harp.
The Secretary Bird.
A curious experiment tcok place the
other day at the Jardin d'Acclimatization
in Paris. A nest of living vipers
was thrown into the inclosure where the
secretaries or snake-eaters (from the
Cape) are kept These birds have the
bright eye of birds of prey, powerful .
beaks, and vulture-like bodies mounted
on legs like those of a wading bird.
Whenever the secretaries saw the snakes
they fell upon them with shrill cries,
and an exciting struggle ensued. The
reptiles, lixed on the ground by the
strong feet of the bird, twisted and
hissed, and bit ; but they could make no
impression 011 the rugose skin, and they
were chopped into mince-meat with a
few strokes of the beak. The secretary
is also, it may be remark**!, a great destroyer
of rodents. i
AX ALUMNA TRADITION.
The River .UouMcr thai Swallowed a Deer
and nu Indian, but Died from the Effort*
of Gulping Down the Red .1Ird'? C'utioe
and Mu*ket.
A correspondent of the Times, of Gadsden,
Ga., writes : I notice that in your
paper have been published imperfect
descriptions of strange water animals of
huge size being seen in the Coosa. That
monsters of which we can find no name
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years ago there can be 110 doubt, if the
tradition of one which was killed at the
head of the Ten Islands, in St. Clair
county, be true. It is said that in 1816
and 1817, when North Alabama was first
being settled by the whites, there came
to that county from Carolina, Jacob
Green, the father of Mr. Abe Green, his
son-in-law, Mr. Wood, and perhaps Mr.
Dill and Jeremiah Collins, father of Rev.
Jesse Collins, now of St. Clair, all of
whom afterward settled in that county.
When they first came on their tour of
inspection in search of a new home, they
were attracted to Fort Strother, on the
Coosa, in consequence of its being the
spot where Gen. Jackson, in the Creek
war, had nine militiamen and one captain
shot for mutiny in his army, on its
march into the Creek nation, on the opposite
side of the river.
During their visit in search of homes,
they were induced to go on to the islands
to ascertain if they, or any of them, were
of sufficient size to make a settlement.
In order to reach them they procured
Indian canoes, made of the bark of trees,
in which to cross over the water to the
islands. These bark canoes were very j
small crafts, only of sufficient size to I
carry one, or not more than two persons. '
Having prepared themselves for the inspection
of the islands, they set out, and
on approaching one, they saw a strange
animal of immense size and length, about
the color of a cat-fish, but more in the
shape of a snake, which seemed to have
drifted upon the edge of a small island,
and was partly out of the water, making
movements and contortions like it was in
the agonies of death. They approached
it. It was partly covered by the water
and partly on dry land, but was of such
enormous size and strange shape as to
baffle all their ideas of such animals, or
their names in the whole animal kingdom,
but that was certainly a water animal
of the snake genus. After watching
its movements and holding a short consultation,
they determined to kill it, if
bullets would do so. They then approached
more losely to it and fired
several rounds, until they discovered
that it was dead. They then went to it
for a close examination to ascertain what
it really was, and discovered from the
sharp protuberances and unevenness of
its body on one side and the evenness of
the other that there must be something
in it. When they discovered that they
had never seen or heard or read of such
an animal, they proceeded with their
tomahawks and butcher-knives to open
it, and in doing so, to their utter amazement
and surprise, they found in it a
bark canoe, the horns and skeleton of a
large deer, the skeleton of an Indian,
also an old rifle gun, such as the Indians
of that day used, and a bow and arrows.
From finding the above-named articles in
it, and their appearance, they concluded
that some weeks previously an Indian
had killed a deer, put it in his canoe,
and, while crossing the river, the monster
had swallowed the canoe, with the
Indian, deer and other articles in it. The
flesh of the Indian and deer had been
digested, but the canoe, the gun, the bow
and arrows, and bones were so indigestible
as to sicken the monster, and so enfeebled
it that it had floated to where
they found it, and could not escape from
them.
When others came to the country and
this adventure was told them, they were
incredulous, and pronounced the whole
story to be a lie. Those who had destroyed
the monster became more sensitive,
and declined speaking of it any
more, although they knew it to be true.
A Great Singer of Former Days. !
Bubini created an immense enthusiasm
upon his appearance in 1831. The
fascination of his uoice was irresistible.
Even his brother artists would linger at
the wings while he was singing, loth to
lose a single note.
He made his debut at the Theater
Romano, his native town, in a woman's
part, when he was twelve years old. He
was afterward engaged to play the violin
in the theater at Bergamo and sing in
the choruses. A drama was about to be
produced, into which a cavatina was to
be introduced, but there was nobody to
sing it. Bubini waR mentioned, and a
few shillings were offered him to undertake
it. He accepted, and received great
applause. Some time afterward he was
engaged as tenor aft Pavio, at thirty-six
shillings a month.
Sixteen years afterward he and his
wife were offered an engagement at
?6,000. But he always cherished that
song which first brought him into public
notice, and used to sing it when he was
in the height of his reputation. The
compass of his voice was marvelous; he
could begin on the high B flat without
preparation, and hold on it for a considerable
time.
At Milan the people flocked in crowds
to hear this wonderful effect, and never
failed to encore it. One night, raising
his eyes to heaven, extending his arms,
inflating his chest and opening his
mouth, he endeavored as usual to give
forth the wonderful note. But B flat
would not come. Greatly disconcerted,
the tenor brought all the force of his
splendid lungs into play and gave it
forth with immense vigor. But he could
feel that he had in some way injured
himself. He went through the performance,
however, as brilliautly as ever.
When it was over he sent for a surgeon,
who very soon discovered that he had
broken his collar bone?it had been
unable to resist the tension of his lungs.
"Can a man goon singing with a broken
clavicle?" he inquired. "Certainly,"
replied the doctor; "and if you take
care not to lift any weight, you will experience
no disagreeable effects." Aud
he did go on singing.
He Wanted Pie.
A great big burly fellow, who from
all outward appearances was certain
ly able to work, rang the bell ol a residence
of East Baltimore the other day,
and demanded of the lady who came to
the door, something to eat. He was
furnished some bread and butter, a piece
of meat and cheese, and a pickle, nicely
wrapped in a piece of paper. He wanted
to know if they had any pie in the
house, and was told in return that there
was certainly none for him if there was
any, whereupon this beggar threw the
luncheon in the street, and in language,
more .forcible and coarse than gentle
ears should listen to, turned away. He
rang the bell at the next door, but a
lady had overheard him at her neighbor's
house, and looking out the window
bade him be gone. Then the tramp took
up one end of u string of abuse and in
the vilest language spoke his filings.
A courageous little boy overheard him,
aud said he would call the police. Thru
the tramp van nwnv.
WANTED TO OET OX A JURY. [
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A Jury Agree.
The Virginia City (Nev.) Chronicle
lias the following piece of pleasantry:
Presently the stillness of the court
| room was interrupted by the entrance ol
i a man who came in with a shuffling, uneasy
step, and with his hat in his hand.
He halted and leaned against the railing.
Nobody took the slightest notice of him, i
however. At last he took courage and J
spoke:
" Is the judge in?"
The clerk immediately awoke his
honor.
" Well, what do you want ?"
"I'm looking for a job, your honor. 1
I've been looking for work over a month."
" There's nothing for you here."
" 1 thought ye occasionally gave jurymen
a job. I don't read newspapers
any, and bein' a stranger in town, I
haven't got any prejudices agin anybody,
j A pard of mine wrote down to me at
Reno last week, and said that the jury
business up here was brisk, an' it would
pay to come up. As I'm a stranger to i
you and a little hard up, I'll start in and
serve for a case or two for half price, till
you kin see what I can do."
" What are your main qualifications ?" I
" My strong suit is makin' a jury !
XT^. Ii.vi'no nrr/lr flrof llllllft if T'm '
agree. j.'jw jitxico ciu uunf, u ... ~.
! on 'em. I just lay low till tliey take the
first ballot, then jine the majority and
argue the rest into it. I can discount
any lawyer talking. I can show 'em up
points they never tumbled to before.
Sometimes I have to use force, but seldom.
Once, down at Truckee, in a murder
case, there were a couple of fellers
standin' out agin hangin', and after arguing
with 'em as smooth and gentlemanly
as I could for over a quarter of an
hour, I went for 'em with chairs, and by
the time I'd busted half a dozen pieces
of furniture over 'em, they was glad to
come in with a verdict of ' Murder in the
first degree,' and the feller was hung not
long afterward. In these justice courts
' I can get on the jury, and if you'll just
give me the wink as to how you want the
I case to go, I'll guarantee to fetch in the
verdict you want, or not take a cent."
The man was told to drop round again
in a day or so, and they would try and
make a vacancy for him. In order to do
it, however, some regular juryman will
probably have to be discharged.
A Wonderful Black Hills Care.
A traveler in the Black Hills writes as
follows: I paid a visit to and explored a ?
remarkable cave on Wliitewood creek,
four miles below Deadwood city. The
entrance is large, of sufficient extent to
admit a hundred men, formed into a
square phalanx, is of semicircular form,
and fifteen feet high in the center. I
entered it provided with a torch of pitch
pine, accompanied by a miner as a guide,
who had before explored the wonderful
subterranean vault. About fifty feet in
* ** ~ r% a
we lounu our torcues luuispcuouuic, u.o
the cave had turned at right angles from
the opening, excluding all light.
The floor being of siliceous formation,
descends rapidly at this point, but the
descent is not so great as to render upright
walking unsafe or difficult. Passing
down over this floor, some two hundred
feat, v e came to the end of the first
and main chamber, where another crossing
is encountered of easy entrance,
which leads, by a gentle ascent, to a
capacious upper chamber. Entering
this, we are fascinated with the surrounding
splendors. Formed by the
percolation of the water from above, and
thickly studding the roof, are gorgeous
pendants, of all sizes, from an inch to
several feet in length.
These stalactites are mineral-stained,
their vari-colors reflecting back their
bright hues in the glare of the explorer's
torch with blinding brilliancy. Pushing
ahead through this wonderful underground
retreat of fair splendors, the rear
of the second chamber is finally reached,
when another entrauce or connecting
passage is encountered, and this leads up
into a third chamber. With tremulous,
cautious steps we enter it, probably no
white man's foot ever before having
pressed its alabaster floor. We find the
splendors and novelties have heightened
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m Deauty ana increased m iiuuiuei? ?a
we have advanced. Reflecting over our
heads, and from all sides, was a solid
mass of crystals, some of them exquisitely
tinted.
There are also here beautiful coral
formations and petrified mosses in endless
variety. In times past, and not long
past, either, this cave was a great retreat
for Iudians, as well as wild animals.
The former were wont to go into it for
shelter against the inclemency of the
weather, and probably against pursuing
enemies. In the back part of the first
chamber I noticed the marks of old
camp-fires?half burnt faggots, ash
heaps, bones, etc. The walls and ceiling
were also smoke-stained. The immense
opening is large enough to accommodate
with lodging and feasting room several
hundred Indians, crowded together as
closely as they usually live in their
tepees, and I have no doubt large bodies
often dwelt together therein.
It must have proved to them a happy
refuge when the fierce storms of winter
were howling without, for the temperature
of that immense cavern is uniform
and quite comfortable at all seasons.
A Wonderful Map.
Colonel W. L. Wood's Centennial
map, upon which he has been at work
for eight years, is now being revised and
corrected. This map, which is twelve
by sixteen feet, will doubtless be the
most complete work of the kind, not i
only for ordinary purposes, but for edu
cational, scientific and commercial uses,
that has ever been prepared. All available
sources of information in the general
land office, the coast survey, the
, hydrographic office, the explorations of
1 Hay den, Wheeler and JPoweii, tne varij
oris State surveys, railway offices, etc.,
; are being made use of in. the work of
correcting and adding to the details of
j this gigantic work. The names of counJ
ties and many additional names of
i places, mountain peaks, etc., will now
be added. In fact, the additions will
nearly . equal in number the names
, wliicli had been placed upon it at the
> time of its exhibition. It will show not
J only the ordinary political divisions of i
j tho country and all the cities and towns,
but also in all the Statesand Territories i
containing unsold lands, all the townships
surveyed, all base and standard
hue% principal meridians, land offices
| and districts, lighthouses, military and
Indian reservations and private land j
j grants, all public laud grants to railI
roads, with their "indemnity limits,"
and all completed railroads and canals, ini
eluding all the principal railroad stations
| and important railroads projected The
; map will also, as one of its new features,
! exhibit by red figures the intersections
of all the lines of latitude and longitude,
j thus enabling one at a glance to perceive
! the true geographical and geodetic posii
tion of any point in question. The
. publication ?f this map in atlas sheets
i or as a whole, in either its original or iu
j reduced forms, will probably be author!
ized by Congress, for the pibenefit,
I at the next session,
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Minstrels on a Russian (tain I)ar.
A letter from St. Petersburg has thefollowing:
The Russian minstrels also take a
prominent part in these "gulanies," but
only a stationary one. One or more
+ivw-\v?a nre fllw/ivs en traced. for
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such occasions, and delight tlio motley
crowd from temporary stages erected on ;
the grounds. These stages nre simple? j
mere semi-circular covered platforms
three or four feet above the ground, anil i
open in front. No dressing closets or
greenroom are required. The Russian
minstrel does not blacken his face or don
resplendent broadcloth and impossible 1
shirt collars and fronts. He dresses in
the traditional national costume?a short
black velvet coat, without sleeves, displaying
the wide shirt sleeves of colored |
silk or .calico, and wide trousers 6tuffed
into top-boots ; their head covering is
somewhat in the shape of a lady's jockey
hat, with a huge bright buckle on one |
side. The performers mingle with the '
audience until called by their leader; ,
then they mount the stage and form a
semi-oircle, with their leader in the
center. All stand erect ; we see no i
gorgeous chairs, no orchestra. At a sign '
from the " middle man" the singing
begins. The charm of vocal music per- |
formed by trained Russian singers has
often been acknowledged by different i
travelers. There is both harmony and j
melody in their peculiar tunes, and the i
voices are simply excellent. The con- '
viction is soon forced upon the listener '
that instrumental accompaniment to such
singing would be superfluous if not
positively injurious to the effect. The
pieces generally consist of solos and
choruses, and the selections invariably ;
begin with songs of a sentimental or seri-1
ous character, gradually changing to the .
comic and burlesque. To the latter class
dances are also added, taking the place
of, but not in any way resembling, our
"walk arounds" and "breakdowns."
This part of the performance is initiated
with a lively tune by the chorus, beginning
with measured strains and gradually
increasing the rapidity of measure, accompanied
by clapping of hands and
stamping of feet.
Suddenly a dancer emerges from behind
the circle of singers, dressed as !
they are, but generally with some ad-!
ditional trimming of gold lace. His i
arms are akimbo and he glides with
steps in curved lines from one side of
the stage to the other. At some particularly
lively notes of the chorus he
breaks out into a few fantastic steps and
orroirt hlH llPfMlliiir skim
niing motion. But the measure grows
more rapid, the voices louder and the
clapping and stamping more energetic,
until the dance co-aes to a climax, and
the frisky youth breaks out in a series of
steps and skips and jumps, in time with
the singing, entirely bewildering and
"fearful and wonderful" to behold.
The excitement and frenzy are shared by
chorus aDd audience, who utter yells and
shouts of encouragement and delight;
the legs and arms of the dancer are in a
continual whirl. Now upright, now in
a half-sitting posture, now stooping forward
and now leaning backward, he
keeps on until utter exhaustion compels
him to retire behind the chorus with the
mine peculiar skimming motion with
which he had made his appearance, and
disappears amid thunders of applause of
the delighted audience. The same performance
is repeated at various times
during the afternoon, and is always witnessed
with the same intense interest
and enjoyment.
Pearls of Thought.
He who surpasses or subdues mankind j
must look down on the hate of those be- :
low.
We every day sacrifice principles ,
tt a ootoom fhrnnffh fpflr of beinc !
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blamed by people whom we despise.
Out of suffering have emerged the
strongest sou is, and the most massive
characters are seamed with scars.
Our love is inwrought in our enthusiasm
as electricity is inwrought in the
air, exalting its power by a subtle |
presence.
When the million applaud you, seri- i
ously ask yourself what harm you have ;
done; when they censure you,' what !
good.
We must not contradict, but instruct
him that contradicts us; for a madman is
not cured by another running mad also. I
Abuse, like other poison, when ad-,
ministered in too strong a dose is thrown ,
off by the intended victims, and often :
relieves where it was meant to destrby.
The transmutation of meals is a small
affair compared with changing shame to
glory, reverse to success, sorrows to '
pleasures; yet true wisdom can do all 1
this.
Bashfuhiess is more frequently connected
with good sense, than we
find assurance; and impudence, 011 the
other hand, is often the mere effect of
downright stupidity.
Many new years, indeed, you may 6ee,
but happy ones you cannot see without
deserving them. These, virtue, honor
and^knowledge alone can merit, alone,
can produce.
The First Umbrella Carrier.
1
Though Jonas Hanway, the philanthropist,
did many a Christian deed in
his life, he is not remembered so much
for his benevolence as for his umbrella !
He was the first mau in England who
ventured to brave public opinion by carrying
one of those necessary articles.
Jonas Hanway was born in Portsmouth,
1712, and died in Loudon, Sept. 5, 1786.
The earlier part of his life was passed in
! mercantile pursuits as a partner in the
j house of Dingley <fc Co., of St. Petersj
burg, in which capacity he visited PerI
sia?where he probably picked up his
; umbrella idea?and published, as the
1 result of his observations, a 44 Historical
Account of British Trade over the Caspian
Sea." The success of this work led
him to continue the use of his pen, and
1 in 1756 he published a 44.Tournal of
; Eight Days' Journey from Portsmouth
1 to Kingston - upon - Thames," which
j caused the amiable Dr. Johnson to re!
mark that 44 Jonas acquired some repui
tation by traveling abroad, but lost it
all by traveling at home." He wrote
nearly seventy pamphlets, mostly on
; philanthropic subjects. He was a noble
philanthropist, but a poor ahtbor.
j Having expended what property he hud
i in charitable schemes, Lord Bute, the
! premier, gave him office as a commissioner
of the navy, a situation which he
' held for twenty years. He was an in1
defatigable worker in the cause of philanthropy,
and several of the most worthy
i charitable institutions. of modern
times were originated by him. He instituted
the Marine Society, he establisli!
ed the Magdalene Charity, he was the
i father of Sunday schools, and the friend
' of the chimney sweep. No public
calamity oocurml that he did uot endeavor
to alleviate. But it is the shade of
his umbrella that has kept his memory
, arreen for prosperity.
An Old Man's Warning.
Soon after dinner yesterday an elderly
man, having the appearance of a
suburbanite, Lustily entered a Wood- |
ward avenue ilrug store and excitedly
called for the proprietor. When that J
gentleman came forward the stranger
called out: * <
"Say, don't you know that paris green
is a rank poison ?"
" Of course I do," was the reply. j
"Audyetyon leave a dozen big cans i
of it out here ou the sidewalk, where
fatal results may occur at any moment!" 1
"Oh, they are put out there every ,
day ns signs that we have the poison for
sale."
" Take them right in?take 'em in this I
moment!" exclaimed the old man, war- <
ing his hand as high as the chandelier, i
" Suppose a boy comes along !" ,
"Yes." ,
"Ands'pose'n bethinks that stuff is
sugar, and eats a lot of it! Where will ;
the law put you ?"
" Oh, don't get excited. No one can i
get at the contents of the cans." i
"1 will get excited, sir, when human ]
life is in danger ! I call upon you to !
put those cans down cellar at once !" ,
" And I refuse."
" You do, eh ! Well, sir, let me warn
vou. Some day a poor, innocent child,
oarely able to toddle around, will come
along here and see those cans. He will
snppose them to contain milk. He will
get down on his hands and knees and
lick, lick, lick at a can with his rosy
tongue. In an hour he'll be dead, and
the dark shadow of murder will fall '
athwart your door. Men will hiss your <
name, you'll go to the wall, and at last. :
driven to wild despair, you'll"?
"Have a glass of soda?" interrupted
the druggist.
The old man looked at him keenly,
glanced toward the cool fountain, and in
a very soft voice he replied :
"Well, I don't care if I do. Put in
sarsaparillft syrup and plenty of water."
When he had drained his glass he
* ' 1 -- ?A ? ? Ait / 1 *\AQOA/l I
Uttered & Sl?jQ UI HtttiDlUUUUU^ unit piusncu
out without even a glance at the cans.?
Detroit Free Press.
An Arraeniun Mother-in-Law. !
A war correspondent writes : " I shall
report on the manners of the Armenians
after a more careful study of them, but 1
two incidents which occurred in this and 1
the neighboring house deserve to be re- corded.
At noon the pan in which an j
omelet was being cooked fell down, and 1
the servant obstinately maintained that '
a young woman on the roof of a house
opposite had caused the mischief by her
evil eye, and with difficulty was prevented
from going over and taking vengeance.
The married sons, contrary to the Turkish
custom, live in the house of their
parents, but the law of the Armenian
church forbids the mother-in-law, during
the llrst four years of the marriage, to
say a single word to her daughter-in-law.
The young wife sits dumb aud motionless
the whole day in a corner of the
room, without any occupation, unnoticed
by her husband or any one. Only in
the very poorest families, in which the
women must work, is the daughter-inlaw
driven by blows, cuffs, and kicks to
labor. The only variety for the poor
young creatures is a visit five times
daily to the church. Now, it happened
that in the house next to us the mother- 1
in-law had not spoken to her son's wife
for si x years, two years more than the
allotted term, because she was childless.
Yesterday, for the first time, the entreaties
of all the young women of the neighborhood
on their bended knees had induced
the deeply-offended old woman to
address the first words to her daughterin-law.
"
A Rich Man's Lonely Death.
Daniel Stewart, of Hobart, N. Y., was
one of the most talented men of that section,
and had a conside.*able fortnue. He
was a member of the Assembly in 1853
and 1869, and on the fourth delivered
an oration at Hobart, which was of unusual
brilliancy. On the twelth he slept
on the floor of a bar-room in a state of
intoxication, and in the morning indulged
in more potations and went to his store,
where he fell asleep on a coffee sac^.
After a wliile he was carried to a room
above his store, where he was laid on
the slats of a bed, and at night he was
fnnnd to be dead. He had not partaken
of food for several days, and when found
had been dead five or six hours. His
wealth goes to relatives in Scotland. In
addition to his terms as a legislator, Mr.
Stewart served as head clerk in the
Clinton prisoD at Danuemora.
Pond's Extract for over twenty-five years has
t>een recognized in medical writings as the great
epccific for pain, congestions, piles or any sore|
ms*.
If Von are Bilious
tone up your liver. Take Quirk's Irish Tea.
Sold !>v druggists at 25 cts. a package.
The Market*.
NEW TORI
Be i cattle?Native...., 11 ? lt>i
Texas and Cherokee.. 0 V0 09
Milch Cows S5 O.i <?40 00
Hogs?Live 03 l?t.# 03 X
Dressed 0X0 07.1*
Sfceep 05X4 M
Lambs .. 07 4
[Cotton?Middling 1 \0 12X
Flour?Western?Good to Choice... 7 30 4 9 5
State?Good to Choice 6 8') 0 6 5
Wh oat?Red Western 1 00 4 1 10
No. 2 Milwaukee 1 70 4 1 71
Rye?Stat- 02 4 -3
Barley?State 6 0 f3
Barley Malt 121 4-1 25
Oats?Mixed Western 34 4 4
Corn?Mixed Wretem 6.j 4 f,7
[ Hay, per cwt . 7o 0 75
1 Straw, per cwt " 0 4 7^
Hops 7?V-Oj 415 ...,75'e 8 4 1?
Pork?Mens. 113) 014 3-)
I Lard?City Steam 11S0 11X
Fiah?Mackerel. No. 1. new 20 01 020 00
" No. 2. new 4 5 0.7 00
Dry Cod, per cwt 5 to 0 5 0)
Herring. Scaled, per box. 22 0 22
Petroleutn?Crude 07 47 Ib-t.ied....18X
Wool?California Fleece ^ 0 31
Texan " 8 0 32
Australian " <3 0 45
Butter?State : 1 0 24
Western?Choice 18 0 12
Western-Good to Prime.. 10 0 17
Western?Firkins 11 0 15
1 Iheet*?i.iate Factory 09 0 10
State Skimmed 03 0 C6
Western 0* 0 C9
anH Pennsvlvania 19 0 19X '
*BB=? BCPTALO.
Fiour J 7 60 A 9 fO j
Wheat?No. 1 Miiwaukee 1 (50 0 1 70
Com?Mtxed S5.JtfA 65X
lata 4 A CO
Rye '.8 A 9 J
Birley..,.. 8 A 83
Barley Malt 1 n0 A 1 10
philadelphia.
Beef Cattle? Extra.. % o?V A 06J< i
Sheep f?5 A 07
IIo?a?Dressed 08XA 09*
Kloirr? Pennsylvania Extm 9 '0 A 9 60
Wheat?Re;l Western I 80 A 1 80
Rve (8 A 78 I
Cam-Yellow ?2XA '3
Mixed *.... *2 A 62
Oata?Mixed 36 <4 38
Pf-tro'enm?Crnile G9\A1) Refined. ...13*
Wool ?Colorado 22 A 27
Texas 25 A 30
California 56 A 35
boston.
, Beef Cattle 05* A 09X
Sheep 05^(4 06%
Hoge 06 A 09
F.oar?Wisconsin and Minnesota.. 8 00 A 9 00
Com?Mixed 63XA ??
Oats- " 6i A 59 I
! Wool?Ohio and Pennsylvania XI.. 50 A MX
California Fall 16 A 21
BBIOHTON MASS.
Beef Cattle 06XA 07 X
i Sheep (5 A 09X
Lamb* 07 A M
Ho.* 07* A 03
watxhtowk, mass.
' Beef Osttle?POO'mioire,, f 75 A ? f0
6 71 0 ' 0
I I T *w> <*to nn
Revive the Drooping Energies.
When the physical energies droop, revive j
them with that safest and moat active of tonics, j
H^tetter's Stomach Bitters. By a timely use
of this salutary and agreeable medicine you j
will save yourself from positive disease: for. be j
assured that t he languor and loss of strength
and appetita which troubles you is in fact the j
precursor of some malady of, perhaps, a sen- '
ous nature. Appetite, trrnlpiility of the nervous i
system, and pristine vigor, will assuredly be re- I
stored if the Bitters are used systematically, and I
the alimentary disturbance, which in nine canes ,
otit of ten gives rise to debility and nervousness,
be entirely removed. Regularity of the
bowels, active biliary secretion, the expulsion
of impurities from the blood through tne kid
ncys, are also among the beneficent effects of |
this admirable restorative. ,
Physicians of high ^standing unhesitatingly |
give their indorsement to the nse of the Graefenberg-MarshaH's
Catholicon for all female ^
complaints. The weak and debilitated find won- ,
ierful relief from a constant use of this vain
able remedy. Sold by all druggists. $1.60 per
bottle. Send for almanacs, Graefenberg Co. (
New York.
Good Material la Always Reqnlalte j
to great results. You may have the best flour,
eggs, milk, shortening however, aad still have
poor bread, cake, pastry, etc. Why? You
didn't use Dooley'a Yeast Powder. With this
last magic element to give order, harmony and
union to the rest, the result is a mathematical
certainty. Try it, and be convincod.
CHEW
The Celebrated
"matchless"
Wood Tag Plug
Tobacco.
The Pioneer Tobacco Cohpant,
New York, Boston, and Chicago.
W\ At.U la Va.lr ,
i/rui nivrr ivi oait iu ? vi? j
Well stocked and doin? a good business. Cause
of selling, continued ill health. A good chance
for a person with $5,000 cash, to obtain a well- (
paying business. Address, Chas. A Osmun, J
13 Seventh avenue, New York.
A in A WEEK. Catalogue and Sample FRISK
q4:U FELTON A CO., 119 Nasaan St., New York
STC1I WINDING WATCH. Cheapest in the ,
' tm World. Send 3c. stamp for circular. Ad's
DALZELL WATCH CO..B-I Broadway, New York.
dlfi * . At AAA Invested in Wall St. Stocks makes
$10 to $1,000 ts^ssssfss^ 8*nt
Address BAXTER A CO., Bankers, IT Wall 8t, N. Y.
N. F. BITRNHAX'S ** 1874 ??
WATER-WHEEL
I* declared the STANDARD TL'KHINK."
by over G-iO persons who use it. Price* reduced.
Wew pamphlet, free, N. F. B LJR.NHAM, Yobk .Pa.
PROFITABLE CASH BUSINESS! !
Manufacture and Bottling Carbonated Drinks, Soda
Water, Ginger Ale, Pop, Sarsaparilla, Tonic Beer, Root
Beer, Champagne Cider, Sparkling Wines, etc. Apparatus,
Materials and full printed instructions. Persons
without experience can conduct the business. Highest
Prize Medals at Vienna, The Chilean Exposition, Centennial
at Philadelphia, and Grand Centennial Medal
struck in Gold, American Institute, 1876. British Cotsmissioners'
official report to Houses of Parliament, says:
" Mattheici' Sotla Wat-r App'treUutei art mar nil of tngtnuity."
Illustrated Catalogue on application to
JOHN MATTHEWS, Manufacturer of Soda Water
Apparatus, First Avenue, ?6lb snd 27th Streets,
New York. Business Established Forty-five Yeary.
Peril;*. ' Etcjs,
In Currency or Rtampt.
.?
i NATURES REMEDY.^V
TOGETIKDi
The Dbeat Btaoo Pumn
A SOURCE OF GREAT ANXIETY.
Boston, Mass., Janet, 1879.
My daughter has received great benefit from the use
of VEGET1NE. 'lor declining health was a source of
great anxiety to all of hsr friends. A few bottles of the
VEGKTINK restored her health,stren^th^and appetite.
Insurance snd Real Estate Agent,
No. 49 Sears' Building.
Yegetine In Sold by All I)r??yt?U.
THE NEW
Providence Line
TO BOSTON.
Via PROVIDENCE DIRECT.
A WHOLE NIGHT'S REST.
ONLY 42 MILES OF RAH..
TIME 60 MINUTES.
THE NEW MAGNIFICENT STEAMER
HJT a sa oh uaetta
("The Palace Steamer of the World,")
AND THE WORLD-RENOWNED STEAMER
Rhode Island,
<" The Qneea of tho Soond,")
Will on and after MAT 7 lease (daily) Lom Pier 26,
N. R., foot of Warren Street at o P. M? arririn* at
Providence at 6 A. M. and Boston 7A.M. No
intermediate landings between New York and Pron
dence.
United stateS
T .i FB
INSURANCE COMPANY,
IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK,
261, 262, 263 Broadway.
?OBflAJflZll 18W-*
ASSETS, $4,827,176.52
SURPLUS, $820,000
EVERY APPROVED FORM OF POLICY
ISSUED ON MOST FAVORABLE TERMS
ALL ENDOWMENT POLICIES
AID
APPROVED CLAZM8
MATURING IN 1877
WILL BE HUB AT 7% I
OK PRESENTATION.
JAME0 BUBLL. - t PRSSIDBNT.
fjjf
GOOD OLD
STAND'Blf.
MEXICAI MUSTAI6 LUIMEIT.
FOR MAN AND BEAST.
E8TABLlSHXDr35' Years. Always eim. Always
ready. Always bandy. Uaa new yet failed. JWrtjr
million* have letted it. The whole world appro* th?
glorious old Mustang?the Beat and Cheapest Liniment
m existence. 25 cents a bottle. The Mustang Liniment
cutes when nothing else will.
SOLD BY ALL MKDICINK VKIfPfCRfl.
THE SUN.
1877. NEW TOBK. 1877:
. The SDN continues to be tlie strenaone advocate of
reform end retrenchment, and of the sabetitatkm of
statesmanship, wisdom, and integrity for hollow pretence,
imbecility, and fraud in the administration of
public affairs. It contends for the government of the
people by the people and for the people, as opposed to
government by frauds in the ballot-box and in the oountmg
of rotes, enforced by military riolcnoe. It endeavor*
to supply its readers?a body now not far from a million
of souls?with the most careful, complete, and trustworthy
accounts of current events, and employs to itfais
purpose s numerous and carefully selected staff of reporters
and correspondents. Its reports from Washington,
especially,sre full, accurate, and fearless; and it
doubtless continues to deserve sad enjoy the hatred of
tboee who thrive by plundering the Treasury or by
usurping what the law does not give them, while it
endeavors to merit the ounfldenoe of the publio by defending
the rights of the people against the encroachments
of unjustified power.
The price of the Dailt Sun is 55 cents a month, or
96.50 * year, poet-paid; or, with the Sunday edition
"?he Sunday edition alone, eight pages, 91*20 a
year, post-paid.
The Wkexxt Sun, eight pages of H broad columns,
is furnished at 81 ? Jew. post-paid.
Special Notice.?In order to introduce Tib Sun
more widely to the publio, we will send THB WEKJCLY j
edition for the remainder of the year, to Jan. 1,1I7S, '
i**t-paid, for H?t' a Dollar. Try it
Address in mjNt H, Y. OHffi j
<66 trSfteSSEr'TTn rZ?,.?S
85 to $20 K.'J?TLv.fe rHWZJZxJS.
655 g $77 $Z-U?&S?: .'jrtS* *
|1i)> day at home. Ajenta wanted. Outfit and
V1.U tanna free. TRUE A CO., AuguaU, Maine.
Drum tiro8 7,bot?s-?u'70rt,la"-ni cat^r**If
Cf ULf CnWMTKBKOPKWo?M.ChleMe.Dl?
EEVOLVER Free with box cartridme
add'a J. Bown A Co . 136 * 138 Wood St.. Pittaborg, Pa.
A CLr\e\A \I7a11 can be made in one day with
w x> 11 i '?. w? T A rata
A UWU ww vu ggcrim
for <mr anger book. P. 8. Accra Co., St. Louis, Me.
iAtlA A 9foMh.-i|uti wanted. 36 beet sell
\ *(*%l| Lug articles in the world. Ore sample fm.
fWV Address JAY BRONHQN, Detroit, Mich.
WAIUTCn?Traveling Salesmen. *85 a month
All I CU i?<j ^j| txpenaee paid. Na PeddllBf*
Addreaa Quern City Isimp Wnrkt, Cincinnati, 0.
i|||P||l|a year to Arents. Onto ami a
xjHI|||S-' fih-4 Gun /rue. For terms ad.
iPfcUU |f dress, J. h'ortJk A Co.. Si.Lomu,Mo.
A OBNTH- heapMt Cbromoi In the World*
XX 26 assorted, post-paid, SI. or 3 f?r 26 oente
Joirm<KVTAL Chbomo Co.. 3B Nassau St., New York*
SWAKTHMORE Colle?e-For both sexes ;nnder
care of Friends. All expenses covered by ?350 a
r?*r. Knwp. H. Maoox. AM., Prest.. Swarthmore, Pa.
dfe PdlHtf Made by 17 Agents In Jan. 77 with
kid ? m my 11 new articles. Samples free.
W WWII f Address C. M. LMngton, Chia^ew
C^I.BC'TltlC BEI.TH.-A NEW, CHEAP. PER
S i FECT Care for premature debility. Send for oiren
lar or eall on Db. H. KARR, 833 Broadway. NewYort.
OT?VCT d^lVT?1 Procured or No Pay, lor every
IT Pi 11 io wounded, ruptured, accideatilIt
injured or diseased Soldier. Address, Col. N. Wi
FITZGHRALP, U. 8. Claim AtPy. Washington, D. 0.
I Af A RITDCI Men to travel and take orders
WAI\|I CV Merchants. Salary 81200 a year
fill and all traveling expenses paid
Address G?M Man'fg Co., St. Louis, Mo.
ADIIIIfl habit ct red at iiu.hk.
llPlIMB No publicity. Time short. Terms mod"
M ? or Ml Testimonials. __ Do.
DbTf. E.'mARSH. (Juincy, Mien
ECLECTIC MEDICAL INNTITCTE,
Chartered 1845. fl,5?3 StndenU.
WOMEN'H MEDICAL COLLEGE*
AND SCHOOL OF MIDWIFERY,
Givee extra facilities for a thorough medical education
to both men and women, by a graded coarse in the oollege
without ths need of office instruction. For full infor.
mation address John M. 8cupdeb,M.D..Cincinnati,O.
A1A 1 AAVI A DAY HUHE made by
Sill tn S/K nSSpisrsa!:
vlU lu ?flv
worth 95* sent, poet-paid,
for 85 Cents. Illustrated
Catalogue free. J. IT. BUFFOKD'S HONS*
Boston. (Established 1880.]
Patents Secured!
Also Trade Mark*, Designs, Registration,
1'iLsaporUl, etc. Fee after allowance it obtained. CaO
on or address, HENRY GBRNER, Patent Bight
Gazette Patent Agency, 24 Barclay Street (P. O. Box
1544). New York.
BOSTOI WEEKLY TBHSOUPT.
The best family newspaper published; eight pages; fifty*
six columns reading.
Terms?92 per annum; clubs of eleven, 916 pat
nnnwv In idfUCA.
HPECIMEN COPY GRATIH.
VIOLIN STRINGS!
Genuine Italian Violin Strings, also f<? Banjo or Gut
tar, 15 sa-i 20c. each, or ? I .oi) and 82 * doz. Sent
by m.-uloii rereiot of price. Do.tlen! Send ezri for oat*
Mngne. J. fS.AEM.Fit, Importer of Mudcal lustra
n.ut, m i Sting*. IOG < liantbrr* St.. .AewYork,
HEADACHE.
OR. C.W. BENSON'8 CELERY and CHAMOMILE
PILL8 are prepared ?xpr<wlT M
core 81CK HEADACHE. NERVOIJ8 HEADACHE,
DY8PEPTIC HEADACHE. NECRALHIA,
NERF01J8NE88, 8LEKPL^SgNE8S,
and will care any case. Office, 106
N. Eurnw St., Baltimore. Md. Price 50cn
postage free. Sold Uv all drnmliti and coaatrv
-tores. REFERENCE?Hownrd Bank,
Baltimore, aid.
- Maize Flour Toilet Soap! ?
- Maize Flour Toilet Soap! ?
- Maize Flour Toilet Soap! ?
* great discovery !?* newsoap compound ! It soothes,
softens, sod whitens the akin, has wonderful healing and
superior washing properties, and is equally suited forth*
bath, nursery and general toilet. It is delightfully per.
fumed, and sold every where at a moderate price. Regis,
tared in Patent Office. 1876. by the manufacturers,
MoKKOWF, VAN HAAGKN A CO.TPhfladelphla
10 0,000
Facts for the People!
for the Fanner, the Merchant, the Horseman, the
Stock-raiser, the Poultry-keeper, the Bee-keeper, the
Laborer, the Fruit-raiser, the Gardener, the Doctor, the
Dairyman, the Household?for every family who wants
u> save money. The liook of Ihr lOtls Century.
FACTS FOR AOEMT8.
Male and Female Agents coining money on it. Send
to us at once for hxtrs terms. INGRAM, SMITH A
LACK, 731 Walnut Street. Philadelphia. P* _
XT HEP'S SHIRTS?only one quality?The Best.
IV Keep's Patent Partly-made Drees Shirts
lan be finished as oasy as camming a Handkerchief.
The very best, six for 9?.0O.
Keep's Onstom Shirts?made to measure.
The very beet, six for 89.00.
An elegant set of geuniccGold-piate Collar and
Sleeve Buttons given with each half do*. Keep's Shirt
Keep'* Shirts are delivered FREJC on receipt of prio*
In any pari of the Union?no * spree* charges to pay.
f ample* with fall directions for self-measurement
Sect free to any address. No stamp required.
Deal directly with the Manufacturer and gist Bottom
Pnoea. K-ep Manufacturing Co., 165 Mercer 8t, W.Y.
mmf M is not easily earned m these
^^F ^^F times, bat it can be made in
M M M three months by any one at
%MM M M M either sex, in any part of the
"w * country who is willing to
v .iwiii, -i the amnlorment that we furnish. p66
p?r week in your own town. You need not be away from
noma over night. Yoa ctn rive jortr wnole time to the
work, or only /oar pan momenta. We hare agent* who
an making over 820 per da/ at the business. All who
engage at once can make money fast At the present
time money cannot be made so easily and npidly at any
other business. It coat* nothing to try the business.
Terms and S3 Outfit free. Address at ones,
ff. 1IAT1 JtTT <r CO., Portland, Maine.
$1.00 $1.00
Osgood's Heliotype Engravings.
The choicest household ornaments. Price
One Dollar each. Send far catalogue,
JAMES R. OSGOOD & CO.
_ BOSTON, MASS. . ^ ^
$1.00 $1.00 .
Those Terrible Headaches Generated by obstructed
secretions, and to which ladies an especially
subject, can always be mlieved, and their recurrence
prevented by the use of TaBRAMT's EffibtkSCXBT
Seltzer Aperient. Procurable at all drug stores.
" The Best Polish in the World."
mag
DR. WARNER'S HEALTH CORSET.
A With Skirt BawMtw ud
Self-Adjusting Pads. ,
Secures Hialth and CoufortTOf
MJf Body, with Gates and Bsactt of
TiL Form. Three Garment* in one.
JLjL/a. Approved by all physicians.
ARImR agents wanted,
CHuIVmbA Sam pies by mail, In Cootil, *2:
nWiVfT Satteen, fl 75. To Agents at
// l| Vl?5 cents less. Order site two
I ?Hf(IW / Inch** smaller than waist met*
ISSff ?y / sore over the dress.
wmHBBa& Warner Bros. 351 Broadwy,5,Z
BABBITT'S TOILET SOAP,
CartraiWl 'jn th)
Toilet ?a 1 wi. Both.*
N? arUiTki ud
deceptive odan U
ootct coam and
dslctsrtot tnprJtcqU.
After yt :rtcl
ctotitrexpt teas*
^tha manofc*' " "
B.T ?..' ?'* -<*
&?/ 4 . n-ctaJ
av off?r lotha
mMU Tfca PIJCEST TOILET SOAi I. the \V o.UL
OmJjr lit mmrmt tilt %*4 ia k* aiaa?/a*r*w.
Samp!a box, eoauiakaf I eake? of < oa. each, uni ft<m to ia; addi?M
?B racalpt ai It ceaU. Addrn.
IH VOtO VERITAS.
dJtmr nine nan txparitooa wa baa* decided to offer
oar pare California Wine# and Brandy to familiea br the
gallon or single oaae at greatly reduced price#. Thaee
Win## aredsueious for family nee, while their strict
purity randan them invaluable for medicinal and meramental
purpoaas. A trial i* only nece##a17 to show their
superiority over adulterated fareigh goods. 44 Crown
Prince," the choicest American Champagne, a
specialty. Send for circular and prtoa list to
CHAMBERLUf A OQ.,46 Murray St., Wew York.
W. Y. N. P. Wo. *9
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