5 SHED EVEUY WEDNESDAY, BT w. re. dunn. 1 Et BOBIKSOH 4BONNEK'8 BUILDIIKH ELM BTEEET, TI0BE3TA, PA. TERM, fiOO A YEAH. Subscriptions renolved for a shorter i than three months, rrespondencp mollolttsl from all parte e eountry. No notice will bo 'ukan of onymoua communications. 3U6INE88 DIRECTORY. tiokesta lodge jv. 'I. O. of O. TP. tEET every -Friday evening, nt 7 o'clock, In tlio Mall formerly ouuupiod UicxiouJ Templars, A. B. KELLY.Suey. ' ' 27-tf! .1 a m i I) Tnv n . Samuel D. Irwin, TIOWS K V, CM J N l K LLOR AT L A W A. alia Kl.Ui KiTATK AUKST, Legal ylDi prouiplly attended to. Tionesta, . n.. . - 40-1 r. BWTOX PBTTIB. UILU W. TATE. PXTTIft & TATS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, i Mr ft. TTOXESTA, TA. W, Kun, Gwn A. lhM P. BraklS. ffc i Uon A JenWs, TTORNKYS AT LAW. Office on Klin t sXrt, abovs Walnut. Tlonnta, Pa. " P Wi Mays, - vi u 1 TTOKNBT AT I. AW. and Notaiit V Pcbi.io. Ravnolda Itukill A Co.'a llosk, Hone Kt.', oil City, Pa. 8(My J KINBBAB. jr. B. SMILEY, stermeyt at Law, Franklin, Pa. PRACTICE In she ieUrsl ConrU of Ve Baofo, Crawford, Korea) and adjoin f eeunlie. BV-ly, . KARK1S, D. P. PAStBTT, t ITAnitlS JBh FA&SETT, 0arnra at Law. TUuavUle Peon'. JUACTTCR In all the Court of Warren, , C'rawford, FetMtand Vanango Coun- f J. H. Helvly, JUROEOX DENTIST, In Schonblnm's J Buildinr, between Centre and'Syca- mt . au cy raj All operation done In a careful manner vl warranted. Chloroform and ether ad dnistersd when required ii"tho owe will resit. 13-ly .' -Charles B;'Ajiart, i)TTIT, f'atilreSareat, OH City, Pa. - litimtDi' Block. Lawrence House, pIO!iTSTA,' PA.f M a.' lnUTTEU FIELD, PKoi-RiRTon. Thia house i centrally 1 oca tod. Kverylhing new and all furnished Mnperio'r aecommoda nna and atriot attention Riven to gueata. axetablaa and Fruiti of all kind aerved ltiiair aeaann. Sample rODtnl ajl.Citi lareiai Agenta. rOlEST HOUSE, T5LACK PROPRIETOR. Opposite SJ Court liouse, . Tioiienta, Pa., Juat ieaed. Everythlnii new uid clwaia ainl rb. The l)fHl ot liiA)ra kept conntantlT a hand. A portion of the public p;itron a ia rvapectrully aolicitud. 4-17-lr Tioaesta House. i" T. LATIMER Less Kim St. Tio neitft. Pa., Ht the mouth of tlin crock, r. 1 hai thorouliiv renovated the Snaoata. Mouan, ami ti-tVnAAiei A -aaf-latly. All who patronize him will he entertained at reasonable ratea. 37 ly National Hotel, 1M MOUTH, PA., Bon'. Elliott, pronrle . tor. Thia hoime has boon tmwly furn mUA and ia kept in K'1 it Vie. Gueata will be. made oomfurtabloliere at reanunn 1 ratea. S ly. ( ' 5 Dr. J. L. Acorrb, p H YS IPI A N A N D SIT RO KO X, w ho has A had tiftenn yeara' experience in a large nd jmoceanfuj! prgctico, will attend all Pror.ioiml t'alla. Otliee in his Drug and tirooery Store, located iu Tidioute, near Tldlouto House, f IX HIS STORE WILL BE FOTND rA full aatoi'tinepk tf )(oAtrl;ifv Liquors TobauMi, Cigars, Stationary, lilass, Paints, Oil. Cutlery, all of the Oust quality, and will bo lil at roanonable rates'.' 1R. CilAS. o. DAY, un experienced ..Vhyaiiilan and Drinr tixt from Nw York, s as charge of tlie Store. A,l if prescriptjoja uUipatcurately. ,m. a. hit. jo. r. rim. 4. a. j MAY, PARK .C CO., -A. T IC'fe OlH'jiar Elm VtMiml Ql. Tl., ....... 5 4 X . ' - B vnk of Discount, Jid Doposit. " yiUn eit allowod on Time Deposits. Coiemrion mado on a'Atho Principal pobjU of the U, S,. . toliection soiicitod. 18-1 v. w. . e- 2. l T GEr-q NEW BILLIARD ROOMS! AUJOIMINO the Tioncstii IIoiiso, at the mouth ot'TionesU Crook. The tables 'and room are new, and everything kept in rfler.. To lovers of the gaino aaonliul Invitutir... la a.tunil..il r. a n I ... . i . . nn.ir iLM turn, euit. I' '"J fUn the nowvoom. 37 tf ti. T. LATIMER. Loucc. D.W.CLARK, (OOMUIKBIONKR'S CLKllU, FOKKSTCO., r.V.) ' xMEAL ESTATE AG EXT. 'T TOL'SES nnd Lots for Silo mi l II i: rn Xl Wild Lamjs fur Saio. 1. . 1 have superior facilities for ascertaining Uie condition of taxes and tax deeds, Ac, 'und ain.thercfure qiKili'.iml to net jutalli uilv as ai;(nt of thoBo livlnir tit a'.lis- tauce. o-ninn lanfls iu tbn Cju'my, t O til cc in fvinin)ssHiiire llooiii, kinrt . flmiwc, Tionesta, Pa. 1'11-ly. P. W. CLARK. VOL. VI. MQ. 39. . Dr. J. E. Dlaine, ' OFFICE and residence opposite the Lawrence Itouso. Utile days Wednes days ntid Saturdays. 88-tf. the boot & shoe store of titdioitixe: i , NE. STEVKJfS. Propflotor. Parties in want orFINi iionwaiid Shoes will always find a gond aHsortmout at Stevens'. When yen cull, Juat sny "Prom Tionesta" ami vou will be libernlly deatl with. " 0-g"t N. K. STEVENS. CHOICE CIGARS, TOBACCO, CANS ED FRUITS, STATIONERY, . , AND NOTIONS, " ''.',, for sals at IJ, Agnow'a Stors Room,' "in Oaianef A Ahew's Block. FREi 11 uisiiiiis, uy the can or serrtd to ordor. 9 tf. 1T ItitMt-d Inir llnnae. M RS. 8TS.' ri m?OS ha btrlltf 'Iara-'e1 addition to hur house, and Is now - L pared to aceommodntea number of pernWI iimii. uuaiucrs, anu ail uausi&utvOuea Wiio mar fao line with thelr.'patrouag.:A' good stable bus recently been built to ac Onimodate tlin horses of guesta. Charges rcasofiahlo. Residence ou Eliu St., Ppp'ir site S. Haslet's atore. 2:i-lv ' ' t t - .'" i rranu it rank Jiobuini. PHOTOGRAPHER, f jtsycOBSSOR TO OKIN(0 I 1 Pietnres in oVtl'ry styloof the art. "VicWb oi mo on regions, ror sal taken to or der, CJJSITRE STREET, near IL R. crossing. (JTCAMORK STREET, near Cn'lon' pat, Oil City, Pa., r ' l 2"tf LOTS FOR SALE! IX TUB j , .ss i j ui, I Applj1 (4 PEO. a. sictis. 79, .NMHa et.. N,w. Yoci City. M, F. BLUM, J CKsk ITH 1 . ... . ,-:.i.a.AD .( s WAGONrMAKER. Corter of Church And Elm' St&sts, , . This Inn is prepared to do "all work In Its line, i)d will warrant ey erything done at their.ish. pa to give satisfaction. Par ticular attention given to IIOIUISIIOKIXCJ, . i. f Oive thm a trial, and you will' not re grot it. v .5iOOr) t 13-ly. PHOTOGRAPH ALLERY. j "Slfater Street, OVER HILBnONNEn & CO.'s STORE .'Tionesta, Pa.; M. CARPENTER,' -: J- Pririetor. Pictures Uken ia all the latest stvles the art - 2(5-U Tidioute, Pa. Dealer lu Fiao Watcb.i, Clockr- 1 'CllwT,r '2 . AH- repairing In this line neatly d-nb nnd warrantod. Par. VATCllES ucular attention paid .. ma repairing ol Aatclio. i (i GROCERY AND PROVISION STORE GEO. W. BOVARD & CO. H A VKjiuit brought on complet and cui olully selected slock of FLOUJVlil t. -.!. " :. -GROCERIES, .r T J A 1 J a VISIONS, and everything necessary to the complete stock ofatirst-classtirocory liouse, which they have opened 'out at their establish ment on Elm St., first door north of M. L. Church. COFFEES, ' SUGARS, BYKUPS,.' ' ' FRl'lTS, SPICES, HAMS, . , , . . . j LARD, a xn nto risioss of all kixvs, B tho lowest casli prices.. Coods warrant 4 torsjrs! tlio best quality. .Call and ex amine, And lclieve wemin suit vou. ' i EO. W. HOVARD A CO. Jan. fl, '7:. 1M T10NESTA, PA., TBI UATHEKT-4U OF (IIANT).) Our old od e?teemd friend Abner Mcllrath, the 'famous Euclid giant and fox hunter, the father of a race of tall boy and girls, Imd re-union of his family, at the Ald homestead in East Cleveland (formerly Euclid) on Thanksgiving. Prom the Voice we Icarn that there were assembled father, mother, seven Sods, and four daughters thirteen in all. How proud old Abe must Jaye fals he gazed at his chil dren a race of modern Anakins. The hight of the old gentleman,; ?lio sixtyjoueyeurs of age, iu his stockings, is six feet six and a half inches. The hight of his estimable wire is five feet aud niuo inches. Of ihe-ecvatt aoBsrtfuur are each six feet five ftod'aliitir inches, and three six feet, two inches in -bight,, while the four- daughters ire each live feet elev- eu. inches, in- hight Turlnf,fceTight of ma uiiiuuiuKu is eiguiy luet inree anu afalf inches. The oldest son is chief police, St. J'uuL and asuther. sou, is aiueiuber of-'our'pnlice.tind hf- -pou-dewjs figure, fs ,!) ptrt)ls up, and ovjto Suj)eri,orstreej. has a remarka ble teuiLiucy l( iuspre .a duo , respect tor law aua oraer amoncst the vicious- Iu this connection we will say a word or two about the worthy head of this familv.Al w said before, he is an iufautof , sixty-one V'ears of age, and is s(i feet fix and. a half stauding in kit;,' boot,- fairly proportioned iu fdVmV without a pound of waste" flesh. He was antf. is ;a: giaBt" iu museUlar streuRtV fi ,Jl as physically, . He has liftet-.ljTIWT 'pounds of iron; nnd a Wow from hir massive Ct and long arm is Vo'p6eFfum)'iiXv6ffb'ue occa sion when sorue. twelve or fifteen sail ors went out to' his place to "raise a must," -lie Jhrasbpd the vhoo lot; and threw them one by one out of the door just as one wp.uld throw so many babies, and during that operation he dared potIoublIus fist .for fear his blows might prove fatai'to some 'of the rowdies. Abe formerly carried on the tHdnesipf ,poopexio4.U8ed to come down w.th his load of barrels. On one occasion, while stopping at the iveu lavern, latterly known as the 'Jickso,nlusief" apd whiclj is npv I,n5l(wajlyangitq()b, ftqraifco.wi, who was out there with his turnout in the shape-ef a livery horse and buggy, got in, u difficulty wjlh A.e.ifld hav ing insulted him in some way or an other, Abe resented it -by lifting the oufc'gr rgbt up, and straddling.it across the fence, and theu got on his wagon and drove off to town, whistling as though nothing was the matter, and leaving tho luckless wight to get his buggy off the fence as best he could. o 1 ..: r On another occasion, years ago, while Uncle Abe was Handing at what was latterly known as Wright's Tavern a counle of 'young' bloods- got Into their buggy, to" drive into the city, one of whom thouglii it would be'smart to crack his whip over Abe, and he did so as he drove tff. Uncle Abo.aJthough the most peaceable of men, could not brayk that. insult, rand- being n-gfeat runner havinz been known ' to run tlowu a fox he-oooly started after the scampe on toot."- When they saw his huge form Btftding after them, the frightened fellows pHed the whip and put their horse on a run, but the steady fust gait of Abe overtook them after a chase of about a mile. He stopped the horse and got into the huggy, took the reins out of, their hands and drove back to the' corners, where he gave tbeirf both' tt' threshing wilh a whip, madg them brg his pardon, aud let them go their way, sadder but wiser. Cleveland Herald. e s.s. L,ust oui: a couple wer ere murneiL m fefc i,uis and left for thia city, where they intouded to commence housekeeping. Previous to their de parture the young lady's mother gave her 890 in cash, which she put in her parpet sack. On the train, bJ.ween this city aud St. Louis, the young man opened his tiJo's carpet suck anj took the 'money out. . The wife inauired his object ii taking the money, when he assured her that he would take good care qf, it, Having pel feet confidence in his good' intentions, ehe muds, no protest, lh?y HrrivfJ hcie and rro- cured temporary ludgings. Ou Thurs day night the gentleman disappeared, and has notince been heard of. It is upderstood that he went in the direc tion of Chicago. He ti his wife be hind,1 tiot even intimating' to her his intention ofVuinc awv'. The lady is young. intelligent and handsome, aud is ajmnsv uroKeii Hearted over the treatiueut she lias "received at tb hands of the one who had sworn to support aud Sri Kiwi-' A clerk -in the Biugliamton ps- onice nearo a lap at the window ot trie muicB urpartmeut, whpu who should he find there but a man by. the name of Drake, to whufa ho laid. 'Mr. Drake.you will please c to the other siile, this department is for ducks;' ".TV?"" I ''; f -- x'ur.j J: " ' r; JANUARY 7, J874. i i , TUB OKIUIMAL ROTtimillLD. ' "' William IX., the IandgVave ' of Hesse (as elector he subsequently adopted the title of William I.j, chose Rothsshild as his banker, and laid the basis of the latter'if wealth. William was a depositor -worth liavingj !k1feit his riches had nocometo liim.or rather to his futlier,i in the mopt' honorable way, ! It-was Vis father, the Laiidgrrtve Frederick IL', wh6 furnished George III. with seventeen thousand Hessians to fight against pur colonial ancestors in consideration of $20,000,000, , This vast sum, hacked by as much - more, Frederick left to his tuccesfor, who put it all into the hands of the cun. ning knight of the Red Shield. Frank fort was amazed at this.step." The fa mous bankers could hot 'understand why William should pass tbem by, and repose his entire trust ia a banker comparatively unknown: ' . -.Tho cause was this. Baron 'EsScfff, while adjnjafit general to Duke Ferdi naud'ia. the beveu Years' ; War,, be came iutiraato with Freleric at)d Vilr liaojt He also learned much of the shrewdness, sagacity, and trustworthi ness of Ruths;bild when the latter was. in the employ nf Oppcnhcim, the bar on's banker, and pttrongly recommend ed Mayer1 to the Landgrave as an emi nently projer person to leave money with. In consequence of such ecom rtieudation Mayer visited the palace of the prince in Cassel, and found, him playing chess with the baron. Too tactful to interrupt the game, he'stood behiud the landgrave't chair, arul ljeld his peace, a mark of tense and sym pathy which no sincere chess player could fail.to appreciate. !' V ,,', , . - The game was going against Will iara, who felt a deeper interest in it on tin t account.. After a I Onfr nnnaa tin. certain what move to make next, he suddenly turned to the banker with the question : ,' ,' , ' ' ,, " "Do you understand chess V 'Rothschild, who, bad been closely watching the board from his entrance, returned this diplomatic reply; 1: : . "Sutfieiently well, your serene high nesa, to, induce me,, were the' game mine, to castla on the king's side." . That was a master stroke; it turned defeat, to victory, and so delighted the Prince that he nut his lmn.l ,n I.; adviser's Vhpulder, saying : ( "You are a wise man. "He who can extricate a chess player from such a difficulty as I was in must have a very clear head for business." Heihe'n talked for some time with hiayjsitor. and afipointed another interview for (he. next day. After the .banker 'had gone he told the ba'rt)t)vtBati Rothcfiilii; imders,tood chesa like Frederick the- Greats-and that a man witbsucb a brain must be capable of taking care of other per- .Knoslfidge bt thcgarnswhicK bad so charmed Ilaroun-al-Raschid, Tam erlane, and "Charlemagne. ,wa never turned to more ucrtjv-jdvantage. The counfrtCBSthjwwrred to the banker the use of '840,000,000 and generations of finaciat glory. Har per t Magazine. " , " , ' Says the Washington cprrespondent of the Louisville Courier-Journal'. "While tbe vote was being taken in the House for Speaker a boorish mem. er atretclied his form at full length vfuu nam .in . mo cuutre 01 tue hall, while he talked to another- mem ber. There, in the diploruatic gallery, sat, the French Minister and wife, the Eoglish Minister, and. the Japanese who have come here to study our ways. There were hundreds of ladies and gentlemen, present to withness this vio lalion of goad manners... If these men have no s-ifrespecl, ilien there should I oe some rules for good Uinavir adopt ed. '1 he Speaker might call from the chair.: The gentleman from Arkansas wtTl please. sit ou tlie ehair, aud not make a bed of his desk. Thei gentle man from Missouri will please put his feet on th floor, aud.aoi (devote. ll)cia above Lib head.' The gentlemen will find a luucb-room convenient, and are forbidden to pure their apples while the House is in session, and throw their pylipgs - on Iheiiiurir.TjJfTtry thing noty looksso clean aud haudsomu that it seema a pity that it should so soid become delticed,., , There lived in New Hampshire, near the White Mountains,' an old character called VUucle Chapin," wno prided himself very much on being able to judge the weight of cattle be fore they were slaughtered.' One day a cow was to he killed, and Uucle Chapin was called on to make a gtif-s ai its weight. ."She'll weigh seven bunder, strong," said "Uncle Chapiu. Wlien the cow was slaughtered, the scales declared her weight niue hun dred pouiuls.s Uf uoiiruu Unole Chap iu was greatly chagrined and troubled at tli!s result, and after walking silent ly arouud the four quurivr of the an imal three or four limes, he stripped short and said, "Deceitful critter! I kuowed she'd weigh more than I thought she would." ,,...t. $2 PER ANNUM. IM ON IO THERE IS STRKNtJTII. I am quite ashamed to take people iu iiijr gnruuii nun nave mem notice lV -1 t. : 1 iiiQ-Atwvuix Hi uiiiuii. At is very mars. d.l la "onion 1strentth and a- ga den without it lacks flavor. The on inn in its satin wrappings is among intrinosi oeauiiitu ot vegetahles, and it is tho only one that represents the essence of things. It can almost bo said to-Have a rftil.' You lake off coat after coat, and the onion is still mere; and when the last one is re moved, who dare say that the onion itseir ia destroyed, tn'otigh you weep over its denarted snirit ? If tl.om . any one thing on this fallen earth that L. 1. :.. 1 . mo nugeis in iieaven weep over more than another, it is the onion. I know that there ia siinnoseil in l nr;...i;n. against the onion, but I think thero is. V . io"ar(ice 111. regMa to IL. 'l'dtmbf'not that all-men nA ZL men love the onion ; bub few confess their b.vo. Affection for it is conceal ed. Good New Englanders are nsshv of owning it as they are of talking about religion. .Some., people .ikave day on which they raUmo'nsnafVou miL'ht call "retreati nr thuir "Tl.ii. CJ - . "7.. 1 ........ 1. . .1 duys., . The act, is in the nature of a religious oereniony.an JbJeusician mvs- tcij , uov a orentn or It must get libro3id. On that. li,iv llioir - - pany-tltey'deny tt'ei kiss' bf 'gietinE f lio Anmraat Vi...l. .1 ... ' , uvM.vov intuu , nicjr renre Willi- in themselves and 'bold corainuniou Witt one of tlie most pungent and pen etrating manifestations nl' tka mn.l vegetable world. Happy is said to be tho ikmilv which al n oaf niiinna -v , j v ,-, jm ivun ill separate from the world, and have a usruiouy ui aspiraiiou. . a here is a uiu. ire iijc me reinrmere. iet them become apostles of the onion j lctlhera eat and nreach it to their fSlInws o.wi circulate tracU of it in 'the form 'qI' seeds. ' In the onion is the hone of nniver. sal brotherhood. I,f.ll men nil ..t onions at all times they will comj, In to universal sympathy. Look at Italy; 1 hope I am not mistaken as to the cause of her unlt."Tt was the Reds i a. i . ..... wno preacnea.tne gospel ' which made it possible. All the Re'dV of Europe, all the sworn devoten of mystic Mary Anil. Pftt. nf t h A onmnn irioUKlo. Their oaths are Kf mno- .witK i Tf -----aaj 4 s i A v BO the food also of the common people of ah iii social atmosphere of -.nai, UCUCIOU8 iana is laden . with it. Its odor is a practical democracy. In the churches all are alike: there ia oue faith, one smell. The entrance of Victor fcmanuel into;-Rom', is only the pompous. prockmation ef a unity Vhii'h L'arhc had alreadv nrninlu,. ed and yet wewho boast of our v.u.oci uvy, eBt 01110U8 secret. Lriuiries vnaieifttMrner. ' WHAIPilTKUtO, ,. .-.,- v a-, i -.One of tkei illustration of what J)luck, tac4, i)i(t energy will do for-a imii is givW-injhe history'of SanMiel One of thei illus4ra(iont of what ink As .A. . 1 L !ll 1 r : T liryan.ot Laaiz, Uhio;- JUryan enlist eiiat til' opening of the war art dtllinmoi bov. beincr twentv in ..1,1. u. shorttim he secured a discharge, a.a-1 in a I i t tT u Wl. ! I . I, r. : . . tion as.clerk in the, Sixth- Auditor's office in : Wtshington. Here be was placed, in charge of tbo Jiritisb ,mail desk. ' Becoming acquainted with the foreign mail service, he was struck with the fact that while Japan had in t rod u ceil our internal rovenno on.) ricultural system, she hud made, mo effort to establish a postal department. no iwie.rminea 10 make an ettort to ward doimr that himself Tla I..., I ... iutrview with Miuister Delong, "met witii encouragcrawnt, and riiiaily havJ ing secured a temporary siluatim on a steamer pbiyi.iig.Jbetweeii Sitn Fran- ..: ...1 XT I I I . -r Cisco aim joHpnama, joii. Inf Japan. He aifive'd Iti the latter city' with but twenty five cents in his pocket, aud met with many difficulties in his work; but finally the government orgnn'zed a postal bureau and made Mr. Bryun special ' vommiss'iiiner ' td negotiate a treaty with the United Ktates, Great Britain, Franco und Germany, at a salary of 80,000 per annum, "all cx petisis borne, and assistants and clerks to help him iu his work. Mr. Bryan has accomplished his mission, so far as this country is coucerr.ed, and sailed for Havre on Saturday last. Though not the uoiuiuaiK he is the real i the -postal department for Japan, an is very properly and uaturally elate with his success. of A Nasjiville printer recently had seine very bad manuscript copy to set up. Every word iiucdml close study before its meaning could be guessed at, but at length two or three words came in succession, which it was quite im possible to decipher. All hands in tho otfy a iud and. ailed, until at length the printer, in despair, set up v'oopy-books ten ceuts each," and cow tinutfd tho work, afterwards sending the proof to the anther for correction. The hiut was taken and the author employed an amanuensis. tlatcs 'ok Advertising, One Square (1 Inch,) one Inertion I $1 M) One Square ' one month V S 00 One Square " three months IM One Square 'J one year - 10 Oo Two Squares, one year - - . m 00 Quarter Col. i . - . . . . so 00 Half "'.. - - ha n -One - .-- " .. . ... ... inn oa Legal notices at established rates. MnrrlRgo and denth notices, gratis. " All hills for yearly advertisements orl lected qnartnrly. Tempornrv advertise iiienta must le paid for in advance. Job work, Cash on Delivery, iiippopiiaut. It is now nearly twenty years since the use of horseflesh was advocated iu France by M. Geoffrey de St. Hilaire. Pamphlets were written on the subject, and banquets, in which the horro figured upon the table instead of in the stable, were given. After a while the notion of hippoplmgy extended to England, aud butcher-shops for the exclusive sale of horseflesh , were es tablished. . But the thing did not seem to take the fancy of ox-fed John Boll, and we have lizard but little about U of late. Sotuti two or, three year ago the leading spirit among the hoptfpha gisls of England., Professor' Gamgee, visited th ta eolliitrtf rwoKlltf .l,l v . ' . t . u ..... . , . .. vij m iicn of disseminating the dncuriue ' of iiipv popnagy tiirougheut tb Jand, but he fuel with little encouragement, and the laugh of the horse may yet be heard from the stall. But in France the nar tion 'of - hippophsgyistirl mBiiitains. In A littln Vrennh huni We GnA n count of a banquet that took place a sn of i nine since at the house ot a M. Decroix.-'ti Paris, and which was at tended almost exclusivelv hv Vt,li.K and American residents, including sev eral ladies;' The dishes were " exotU sivcly prepared from horseflesh, in cliiding soup, boiled horse, horse satT sage, roast' horse,: potatoes fried Id horse hit. salad rtrermred : with-Un . , , .. oil, and a good many other equine del icacies too numerous for mention bere. How otlep the guests at this sustaining hlinllll! linil f.l slaAken thals trirltia ia 1 . . . not stated. The fact of 'American, la dies having assisted at the banquet, ia suggestive. : Woman is bound to baya hei waV here' end we ninv nil le ThTi-t. popliagis before we kdow what we are uuouu , ... . im; , ' ' ' "' MISS SLl'MJI'S nov. ' ' ' ' - - ) . 1 1 . t ' r T Even the best Sunday school schol ars sometimes are so interested in earthly things that the spiritual mean ing of tlioir lessons escapes them. Now there Whs Miss Sin mm 'a smartest Imv. They were? studying the history of SoU 1 ..M:. . ... uiuuu, anu iuihm oiumm wanted to show that, in spite of all his splendor anu wisaoni, ins lapse into idolatry in his old age left him without the pure religious nevoiion neeuiut to. perlect eace. So Miss Slumm said, 'And now, William, Solomon had: more wis dom and knowledge than nnv one else in the world, he was far richer than any other king; he bad built the most magnificent temple that was ever seen; he lived in a gorgeous palace ; he had fine clothes, and horses and chariots, and thousands of savants, and all oth er mouarcbs of earth looked upon him wttn admiration and envy. Aud yet he was not nerfcctlv ha nnv. If a need. ed but one thing to give him absolute contentment and felicity, and what do you think that was, William?' William paused a moment, then suddenlv ex. claimed. I know!' Miss Slu aim said. 'And what is it?' 'Whv. he wanted ta learn to whistle on his flnirem ' Then. William all at once, went down to the foot of the class. He bad been put ting in his spare time, the preceding week, practicing that musics! acn&m. plishmeut, aud thought Solomon must have hod yearnings iu the tame direc--tion. . i - . Cleopatra Pears. An 'aunt' of Mr. Chorley's, the musical critic, was onco at a country house to which a party of guests came unexpectedly to dinner. The hostess, we Hre told, went hither and thither in despair. I Somehow or other the material for the entertain raeuc wat got together, or represented. one thing only- belug Wanting the dessert. - Nothing was to be fod save a basket of hard, green pears, set aside for baking. ' For better for worse, however, by the whimsical lady t coun sel, they were presented. When shf) saw them coming, she cleared her throat, and in audible voice said to her hostess, at the head of the table : "Are not those the famous Cleopat ra penis?" She used dryly to add, in latter years, when she told this anecdote : "My dear, after that, no one thought of refusing them. The dish was clear ed.'' Prince Bismarck, according to Galiguani, has just met with a clu'ck. lie had undertaken to obtain the adop tion by foreign power of German as the language of negotiations. He bad not hitherto endeavored to impose It officially, but had confined himself to semi-official propositions by bis agents. He b as just himself -commenced the struggle, He sent a no to. in German td Prince Gortschakoff, who replied in Kussian. ' As the .hmpcror William Prime Minister does not understand that language, he bad to aeui for a translator, aud the opposition journals statu .that he was much irritated at the result of hit experiment. Why is coal the most contradictory article known to commerce? Because when purchased, instead of goi;iu tn the buyer, it goes to tli cellar.
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