FIRST THINGS.
A Very 1 mn<Ulns Ouster *■ Karl* In
rent I AM.
The first almanac m printeii by Geo.
Von Pnrbach, in 14(10.
The tirmt ooppw cent was coincil iu
New Haven in 1087.
Tlie first watches wo* made at Nu
rem burg in 1477.
Omnimwes were introduced in New
York iu 1830. *
The first college in the United State*
was founded in 1860,
The first compass wo* used in France
in 1150. though the Chinese are said to
have employed Un loadstone earlier.
The first chimneys were introduoeil
into Rome from Padua iu 1368.
Tlie tlrst newspaper advertisement
appeared in 1652.
Tlie first air pump was made iu 1650.
The first algebra originated witli
Diophsntus, iu either the fourth or
sixth oenturv.
The tirst balloon aaceut waa made ui
]7gA
The first national hank in the United
Stall's was incorporated by Oougreas.
Dec, 31,1781.
The first attempt to manufacture pins
in this country, was made smiii after the
war of 1812.
The first printing press in the United
Stativi was introduced iu 1620.
Coaches were first used iu England in
1569.
tlas was first used as an illuminating
agent iu 1702. Its first use iu New York
was in 1827.
The first glass factory in the United
States of which we have definite knowl
edge was built in 1780
Gold was first discovered in California
•u 1848.
The first use of n locomotive iu this
country was in 1829.
The first horse railroad was built iu
1826-7.
The first daily newspaper appeared in
1702. The first newspaper iu the Uuited
States was published iu Boaton, Septem
t*>r 25. 1600. The first religious uew*-
jvsjH'r the Boston fiVmai, w*a estab
lished in 1815.
Kerosene was first used for lightiug
purposes in 1826.
The first Union flog was unfurled ou
the first of January, 1776, over the camp
at Cambridge. It hod thirteen stripes
of white ami red, and retained the Eng
lish cross in cue comer.
The first steam euginc au this conti
nent ww* Ivroughtfrom England in 1753.
The first sawmaker's anvil was
brought to America iu 1819.
The tirst temperance society in this
coantrv was organised in Samt.-ga coun
ty, N. 1., in March, 1808.
' Glass was early discovered. Glass
head* were found ou mummies over 3,000
years old. *
Glass window were first introduced
into England in the eighth eenutry.
Aua'stliesia was first iliacovered iu
1844.
The first steel peu was made in 1830.
The first machine for carding, roving
and spinning cotton, mode in the United
States, was manufactured in 1786.
Organs are said to have been first in
traduced into churches by Pope Vitalia
uns, about A. D. 1670.
Envelopes were first used in 1839.
The first complete sewing machine
was pateued by Elios Howe, Jr., in
1846.
The first iron steamship was bnilt in
1830.
Ships were first " copper-botti- nej "
in 1783.
The first telegraph instrument was
successfully operated by S. F. B. Morse,
the inventor, iu 1835, though its utility
was not demonstrated to the world until
1844.
The first lneifer match was mode in
1829.
The first steamboat plied the Hudson
in 1807.
The first society for the exclusive par
pose of circulating the Bible, was organ
ised in 1805, under the name of " Brit
ish and Foreign Bible Society."
The entire Hebrew Bible was printed
iu 1488.
The first society for the promotion of
Christian knowledge, was organized in
1698.
The first telescope was probably nsed
in I igland in 1608.
How Liquor* are Made.
At the recent meeting of the American
Temperance Union iu Cooper Institute,
New York, Mr. Eli Johnson said: " Two
years ago a prominent wine importer
•lied in this city. Among his books no
record of a single invoice of wine was
found, but in his cellar machinery for
making it was discovered. There are
beer factories which can ma. e beer in
fifteen ininntea, without a particle of
hops or malt. I had heard that drum
mers of liquors no longer carried around
samples of liquors. They took a box of
drugs instead, from which to manu
facture their wares. For a long time I
tried to obtain a similar box, but failed to
do so. Finally a young physician oom
s itted suicide, induced by use of poison
ous liquor. Among his effects was found
one of these sample cases. Here it is."
The lecturer showed a black tin box, in
which were several bottles containing
colored liquids. He continued: "In
this box were essential oils for mokiug
eight kinds of brandy, six of whisky,
four of gin and two of wine. Each of
these bqttles ia guaranteed to make
twenty gallons of liquor. There is a
house in this city that manufactures
these articles. This bottle of oil made
by them contains material for twenty
gallons of French brandy. They also
issue a book of directions," which he
showed, " which sjiecifies one hundred
different oils lot manufacturing drinks.
All are made of different parts of alcohol,
water, sug&s, tartaric acid and other del
eterious ingredients, together with the
essential oiL The oil iB the only change
made iu any of them. This bottle is
guaranteed to make twenty gallons of
port wine. It is what physicians order
for sick people."
The Sewing Machine.
An English paper says: The sewing
machine first app<wred as a practical in
vention about thirty year- ago. Thimon
nier, the real originator of the idea, was
a Frenchman, and like too many great
inventors, he did not live to enjoy any
part of the fruits of his genius. Elias
Howe, who follow<d Thimonnier, was an
American working artiaau, and found
his first real support in England abont
1847.. At the present time, that is abont
thirty years after the establishment of
the invention, there are upward of fonr
millions of sewing machines in use in
various ports of the world; and the an
nual number of new machines produced
in England is estimated at 80,000, em
ploying about 100,000 persons. In
France, Germany and Belgium, the pro
duction of machines is very large, and in
the United States the annual outturn of
machines ift perhaps larger than in the
whole of- Europe. Iu 1882 it was esti
mated that in the United States each
machine saved to its owner fifty shillings
a week, or say £l3O (about $650) per
annum, in wages alone; or an aggregate
saving in wages, for the whole country,
of about $150,000,000. In 1875/ that
aggregate saving had risen to $500,000,-
000.
AII Incident in an English Post-Ofilee.
A tall, gray-haired gentleman, so mns
the Htory, lately went into one of the
branch poet-offices in a western region.
He asked some question relative to the
registering of a letter of one of the
girls in attendance, and was answered
in a manner which ho considered ex
ceedingly sharp and rude. He repeated
the question, however, not being quite
sure that he was not mistaken in his
supposition, and he repeated it very
mildly. She answered him more tndely
than before. He then made some re
monstr&uce, and asked her if sho
thought that was a proper way to answer
an inquiry in a public office.' She said
she thought that she bad been quite
•ivil enough for him. He asked her,
with au ominously increasing mildness
of manner, if she would favor him with
her name. She emphatically declined
to do so. He then said he thought he
would tell her his name, whieh, how
ever, she declined to hear, saying that
his name was no concern of hers. He
calmly replied that he thought it was,
for his name was John Manners, and he
wis the postmaster-general. Cor tain.—
London Examiner.
WOXDKRFI' I. WATCHES.
Carton* Itwm Krllncl Ikr
nWf* TH*'.
A watch alsmt the sine of an egg, said
to be mode by a BomUii peasant. i now
exhibited in St. Petersburg. Within it
in represented the tomb of Christ, witli n
•tone at tlie entrance nnd the sentinel*
on duty. While a spectator is admiriug
this curious piece of mqchauisiii tin
stone i* suddenly removal, the sentinels
drop, the angels appear, the woman
enter the sepulchre and the name chant
is heard which is performed in the
Greek ehnrch at eve. A watch oomewhat
larger, still small enough for a capacious
|H*4ct, was shown at the meeting of the
tuviety of antiquaries a few years since;
it tad au alarm, and showed whether the
hoig was morning or afternoon in allogo
rioij tVgures representing morning, noon,
evening and night, which preaented
thetiselvee to view at proper times.
Otlivr Agnitw told t! e day of the w>ck
andtinouth, the name of tlie mouths, the
pha>ee of the moon, etc,; hut the
ugiffs of this machine w ere not dolls,
but were engraved on involving lust's. A
w stall at present m tlie Swiss museum is
small endiigh to Ih' iuserteil in the top
of s| peueil cose. Yet ita tiny dial not
only indicate* hours, minute* and
seconds, bat also day* of the month. It
is a relic of the tunes when watches were
assorted in auiiff-boxea, *lurt studs,
t>ar-niigs. bivast-pius, and even fiuger
riuga. George 111. carried one of these
little time-keeper*, which was set m a
ring like a jewel ; it iviitsiiial one huu
dred and twenty different Parts, and just
id tout as many grains, so Uiat tlie i warts
averaged one groin each, the Iml once
wheal and pinion weighing the seven
teenth {art of a grain. The king was
so well pleased with tlie wonder that he
rewarded the akillfnl donor with five hun
dred guineas. Mary Queen of Stx>t* had
a waU'h made in the shape of a death's
head. The forehead of tlie skull Inters
tlie symbol* ot death, tlie scythe and the
boar-glass platan! Itetw eeu a {lmv and a
ivttlsgc, to aliow the impartiality of tlie
grim destroyer; at the l>ack of tlie skull
is Time destroying all things, and at tlie
top ttf the head are scenes of the garden
of Eden and the crucifixion. The watch
is iqwned by reversing the sknll, placing
the upi>er {wart of it in tlie hollow of the
hand and lifting the jaw by a hiuire; tins
part being enriched bv engraved repre
sentations of the Holy Family, angels,
and sliepherils with their rioeks. The
works of tlie watch form the brains of
the skoll, and are vhtluu a silver
envelope, which acts as a m usual-toned
bell, w nile tlie dial-plate serves as the
palate.
Itausement* In a Cmwk tamp.
A war curmiHmilrat of the Loudon
Times writas: Thou came a now dance,
•lad whou it was over wo had out nao
horse* of different brood* to look at—
uglv little (toasts somo of them, but
showing good jHiints—evidently animal*
tliat ouduro much work. On shaking
of tho riding of the men and the training
of tho horses, our host offered to show
what the Cossacks and their horses can
da In about a minute a straight run
was cleared, a fur cap thrown down, and
instantly a string of horsemen charged at
full gallop. As they neared the cap each
in turn swung himself round in his sad
dle so as to reach the ground with his
hand, and auatch at the cap. There
were many misses, as there are at tent
pegging, and some tremendous falls;
but whenever the rider fell, though he
roll- d over like a ball, he kept hold of
the hridle and hi* little horse stopped
short in full career. I threw dowu u lit
tle forage cap that I WHS wearing and
offered a piece of money to the man who
should pick it up. It was missal once
but seized by the second rider and held
up in triumph.
Then we sat down outside the colonel's
tent to drink wine ami tea, apparently
without any reason for oue or the other
except that the evening was warm ai d
that the tea and wine correct each other.
There were not many of us, but somehow
or other we succeeded in iiudiiig the
bottom of two small casks of wine amid
a good ileal of excited talks and healths.
Always tho meu danced and sung out
side A Cossack officer attached to the
headquarters of the grand duke arrived.
We drank his health, and the men pick
ed him up bodily and throw him into
the air several times, always catching
him again. He was big and burly, but
the arms beneath him were strong, and
he rose and fell like a shuttlecock, till,
at a word from the colonel, they set him
dowu again.
A Well-Trained Mouse.
The New Haven (Conn.) lfeffi(rr has
the following: It is a curious yet his
torical fact that prisoners who are
sentenced for li'e often trail- some insect
or auiinul, which becomes the one solace
of their prison honrs. One of the most
curious cases is that of Anderson, the
murderer, now in our county jail,
awaiting a new trial. He some time ago
caught a mouse in his cell, caged him,
and has carefully trained him. Anderson
will hold a string suspended from his
fingers and in broken English command
the mouse to "up, like a sailor,"
whereupou the little animal will lay hold
of the string with his feet and climb to
the prisoner s hand. The mouse will
also sit at command on his hind legs on
a tea cup, will crawl np the prisoner's
face through his mustache and over his
noae, and finally jam}) from the man's
head to his hand, completing the per
formance with a graceful bow. One of
the most interesting things concerning
the history of this little acrobat is the
great love it has for the prisouex. When
Anderson was moved a few weeks ago to
aaother and ajdarker cell, the mouse was
lost, and though carefully sought after
by the keeper could not be fonnd.
Anderson was deeply grieved over the
disappearance of Ins tiny corajwuiiun,
which he feared had been killed, and
even the prison officers expressed regret
that the little creature should have
dropped so completely and mysteriously
ont of the usually dull routine of prison,
life. Great was the ioy, therefore, of
Anderson und of all, when one day the
mouse made its appearance at the door
of Anderson's new cell, and running in,
resumed its accustomed place by the
prisoner's side. It is Raid that the little
animal seemed as greatly rejoiced as its
master over the reunion.
The Hawaii Soldiery.
Edward King, writing from the
Danube to the Boston Journal, says:
These Russians remind one veiy much
of American soldiers in the field. They
have the same jolly irurouriancr, the
same good-natured way of accepting
privation as their common lot, and the
ssme pleasant and picturesque manner
of regarding the most disagreeable
things. I think they look upon the
Turks without any actual hatred—feel
ing for them only*a kind of a mild con
tempt, which has been somewhat in
craased by the manner in which the
Turkish cavalry ran away at Matchin
the other day. There is but little to be
said thus far in favor of the Turkish ir
regulars, who were expected to achieve
such prodigies of valor. They have van
ished before the Cosacks like leaves be
fore the wind. I doubt if a single strag
gler could at present be found anywhere
in the environs of Bistova. Regular
troops make short work of such fellows.
The Turkish prisoners that I have seen
were almost aa tattered and forlorn as
the Bashi-Bazouks. There ia a little
group of Anatalaina here, imprisoned iu
a cottage. Thy are evidently quite re
signed to their fate, and sit nil day mus
ingly gazing at their captors with a puz
zled air, as if they rather funded it all a
dream. The Russians treat them very
kindly, and I believe thus far there is no
instance in which any disposition has
been shown on the part of the common
est soldier even to threaten them.
A MAIDEN'S ADVENTURE WITH A HNAKE.
—A Calaveras (OaLl paper sayß : Miwi
Getchell, while sitting out doors a few
days ago, fell asleep ; when she woke
up she found herself unable to move,
and looking around noticed a large snake
lying on one of her arms, making a low
hissing noise. For some little time she
was unable to move, and felt a peculiar
thrilling sensation ; she finally, however,
moved one of her arms, and the power
being broken she got up. The snake
still lay there, bat she says she could
make no. bxertion to kill it, and turned
and left it. The snake made no effort to
hurt her. ' .
THK MONTENEGRINS.
Til* lllsrk tlianlnlnrrra Is llnlll* Thrlr
Terrtkl* ,M*Sr> l Warier*.
A Constantinople correspondent
writi'S : In the campaign of last year
the Turks lost almost ten t/> one against
the Montenegrins. From the mountain
summits overlooking Podgurilaa and the
approaches front Scutari their scouts
signalized the advance of tlie Ottoman
army. From |wak to peak signal tires
by night announced the coming of the
foe, while by day mounted troopers sjmsl
to every district to rally the people the
' defenww of the threatened frontier. On
they came, men, women and children,
every one that could carry a gun, roll
rocks on the heads of the enemy, or as
sist ui the building of iutraiohmeuU.
The Turks were allowed to outer for a
ivrtaiu distance iu tlie {wisses until they
reached the narrow gorges. There they
found their progress arrested by massive
walls of rook ami stone, stretching Ironi
aide to side, completely blocking up the
road, pierced with embrasure* lor can
non ami with munket hall's. A halt is
called. A council of war determine*
that retreat is impossible, and that the
mtreuchmeut* must be carried. At tlrst
it is an artillery engagement. Under
the smoke of the cannonade an nssult in
ordered. Forward dash the Turkish
tUHVjwi with the bltml fury that charac
terise* them in the field. The Mon
tenegrin tire having lulled, supposing
that it is s sign of yielding, the Turks
hurry forward with cries and yells as
if sure of their prey. Hardly have they
got within twenty feet of tlie mtreuch
ineuta, ln-fore from every opening in
tliem, pours a stream of incessant tire or
shell, shot, inline liolls and all ktinU of
deadly missiles. Suddenly tlie top of
the rampart is crowtied with sliarp
shooters, whose steady aim picks off the
officer* and mows dowu tlie heads of the
column*. On the overlooking heights
arnied uieu, women and children ap|>ear.
Enfilading volleys tear the shattered
rank* from above, and huge bowlder*
and rocks oouie rolling down tlie preci
pices, crushing into the mnUt of the
i-errii-d masses and laying low thousands
of combatants. All this while the sir is
rent with the shouts of tha mountaineer*:
tlie banner of tlie Cross is waved derttuit
ly froiu on high and on tlie works;
priests, with the crucifix displayed on
their robes, jHHUtiug to it as a sign of
hope and victory. After reflated ou
sets, their ranks broken, their officers,
for tlie most part, slain, tlie Turk be
gin to waver. As soon as Hits is per
ceived, the eutliusiasm of the Montenc
grius iwu lie no longer restrained. Over
tlie raaiparts they leap, and with inde
scribable fury they charge, bayonet and
sword in hand, ou the disordered masses
befire them. For u moment tlie Tiirks
stand at bar, but as the deafening clamor
sound* like a Ciiutinuous roll of thunder,
| and in rear and ffank they are s**aih-d
I by unseen enemies that have descended
by secret path* from the top of the
mountain walls, and in front by the
regular troops, they break and run.
Then comes the hour of vengeance. For
miles the pass is strewu with hea|>s of
Turkish slain. Whoever turns to tight,
finds himself face to face with a squad of
foes who leave him uo chance to escafie.
So quarter is given; blood flowrs in tor
rents ; it become* s pitiless massacre ;
only a remnant is left to tell the tale of
disaster and woe, suid to carry dismav
into tlie Albanian fastnesses. Willi
thanksgiving to (rod for the triumph
vouchsafed to their arms, the Montene
grins sheath their bloodied swords, and
homewurd turn, hauled with captured
anus and precious spoils. Tin* is a pic
ture of the mode of Monteuegnn fight
ing as described to me by a partu-qmnt
in one of the worst defeats the Turks
•ver encountered at their hand*.
Pearl* of Thought.
To deliberate on useful things is a pru
dent delay.
He who speedily gives to the needy
gives twice.
A suspicious man would search a piu
cnahion for treason, and see daggers m a
needle case.
Whatever le your outward lot in life,
your condition is truly pitiable if you are
guilty of neglecting moments.
Sileuee never shows itself to so great
an advantage as when it is made the re
ply to calumny and defamation.
Oue should be careful not to carry any
of the follies of youth into old age; for
old age has follies enough of its own.
Braius and muscles should share
equally all laborious occupations But
the brain should direct the muscle and
utilize and economize its powers.
A looking-glass is kinder to us than
the wine glaas, Itecause it reveala oar
defects to ourselves onlv, while the
latter reveals them to our friends.
Perseverance is one of the primitive
impulses of the human heart—one of the
indivisible primary faculties or senti
ments which gives direction to the char
acter of man.
Manners are the root, laws only the
trunk and branches. Manners arc the
archetypes of laws. Manners are laws
in their infancy; lawa are manners full
grown—or, manners are children, which,
when they spring up, become laws.
Friendship, love and piety ought to
be handled with a sort of mysterious
secrecy ; they ought to be spoken of
only iu the rare moments of perfect con
fidence, to lie mutually understood in
silence. Many things are too delicate
to be thought, many more to lie spoken.
Perhaj>s the sammary of good breed
ing may be reduced to this rule : " Be
have unto all men as you would they
would behave unto you." This will
most certainly oblige ns to treat all man
kind with the most civility and respect,
there Wing nothing that we desire more
than to W treated so by them.
Amudng Incident at a Bridal Party.
One evening recently a member of the
Elk Association, of Brooklyn, N. Y., was
married to a young lady residing on
Humboldt street Iu tho height of the
festivities the joker of the association bv
some means got possession of the bride's
tiny satin siip|>er. This he cirehxl aWut
his head as the guests, attracted by tho
bride's timid scream, began to gather
abont him. " How much, ladies and
gentlemeu," said he, "am I offered for
this jewel?" The guests, fully appre
ciating the joke, freely made bids. Upon
a bid of S7O being made the amatuer
auctioneer feigned to be displease.!, aad
exclaimed: " Why, the little bnnch of
ribbons on it is worth more than that."
The bid having been raise*! to 8125, by
an admirer of the young bride, the mem-
Wrs of the association themselves Wgnn
to compete for the ixmsession of the slip
per, and with a call of 8150 gained the
prize. The fortunate gentlemen intend
to oover it witli a glass case and place it
in a prominent position in their clnb
rooms. During this bidding the blush
ing bride and discontented groom stood
utterly domfonnded on the outskirts of
the crowd of laughing guests. The oo
cnrrence is said to have aroused the
groom's mathematical ardor, and he is
rojsirtcd to be studiously engaged in
endeavoring to solve the problem : "If
the little slip|>eriH worth 8150, how much
is the little girl herself worth ?"
At Nlstora.
Histovn, says Edward King, sf the
Boston Journal, waa inhabited by a
large number of wealthy Turks, who
have doubtless left much treasure buried
in the neightiorhood. Ail the visitors
have brought l>ack great quantities
of plunder in the shape of eleguntly
printed and bound Turkiah booka, OH pa,
pipes, slippers, a good red wine, which
is not especially stimulating, au 1 which,
despite the famous protest of the Khorau,
aoems to have been the product of some
Turkish vineyards. It appears that it
was agreed by the Bulgarians that every
one who wished distinctly to espouse
the Russian cause should place a chalk
mark representing a cross upon hia
house, and should wear the word
** Christian " upon his arm, or shoulder,
in short, declare his preference for the
Christian faith in acme marked manner.
The whole town therefore now presents
a curious appearance; it seams, at first
sight, as if every house in town had a
cross upon it. It is announced on very
good authority that the Turks, who are
not lacking in rough shrewdness, marked
their houses with the sacred symbol, and
thus escaped the pillage which they
feared. This is highly probable.
JANET.
V WliMtlS'H ITOItY,
It had raiiuvl all day n dull, depress
ing down-pour; but uow, juntos tliw day
mi* milling, tin l Willi auw til to btirsl out
from Imhiuil n pile of jugged black
olotida, and IIIMHI the little planet below
with eruuaoii glory. The fat -spreading
aen aliotio like an iS'enn of dame, and
all the western window* of the old form
houae were flacked with the ernnaon
glory.
Juiict Stuart atood hmkiug out at the
radiant wwntern nkv, her heart in her
even. The ml ligfit went ahiftiug in
lierv lancea through the thick masses of
her blue-black hair, and flaalied tiack
from her dee|i, ntroiig eyea. She BUXMI
there haiktug fixedly out at the lurid
light, her luu-k turned to the pair at the
piano, talking ami winging softly 111 the
April twilight.
One of those wan Mnw lugeatre, their
loitidou gueat—a delicate, fairy i!gure,
not at all like Janet'a; a tlelieate, roee
bliHim face l>Miking out at vou through a
halo of pure guldhan; lite oilier, Mr.
Etheridge.
Now the pair atruek out into a duet.
Softly and sweetly eatue acroaa the room
the delteioua Italian aoiig a aoug full of
taouiumnte pain. Out of the weatcru sky
Slowly faded theeruunouaunburnt.grayly
ere lit up the twilight, palely gemmed
with ntara.
" Darkeuiug !" Janet Stuart thought,
with weary eyea, that never left the
Ktcol-blue akv. " liarkeuiug like uiv
life !"
It faded entirely out. the lant fluah of
the dying day. The stars ew ting in the
blue-black eoueave, ami a pale young
ereaeeiit uioou sailed aermie uji to tlie
xeuith. And atill, while the day faded
and the night came, the twaiu at the
piano never atirred. Their low laugh
ter, their half-whtspered worila, their
aoft niugiiig came to the liateuer'a ear;
but alio never looked at them. She aat
colder and whiter tliau auow, her hauda
atill ftdded.
" lie promised to love tue ami l>e
true to m always," her heart kept
saving ; '' and see how he keeps iiia
w. -rd '"
"In tlie dark?" ealhxl a elieerv voice,
and old Mr. Etheridge eatue tu.
He was tlie owner of all the broad
acres spread right ami left, ami his
nephew, Ernest, was aole heir, for his
wile had died nine months la-fore, and
lu re were u> children.
Janet Stuart w as Ins adopted daughter,
of course, but site was to marry hand
some Ernest and reign in the flue old
homestead where her luqipy girlhood
had beelt sjH'llt.
" In the dark, you three yuuug owls!"
called Mr. Etheridge. "Jeunie, lass,
where are you? Leave oft billing and
cooing, and ring for the lamp."
lie looked over at the piano, and tlie
two heads ao close together there sops
rated suddenly. A tall, dark figure rose
from the window.
" I'm uot billing aud cvsiing, uncle."
Janet rang for the lamp as she spoke
tins; ami Miss Ingest re fluttered off the
piano stool.
"Oh! ao it was vou, little Era, and
not Janet. 1 won't have it. 1 want a
wedding tu two moutlia; and you mustn't
out Jennie out."
The red blood mounted guiltily to
Ernest Kthcruigc'ii face, but Mine lugcw
t' musical laugh flu mot *oft
lv through the room. Janet eat by the
table, fixedly pale, her eye* bent on a
book ; hut the printed page danced
lie/ore those eye* ; and Mia* lugeslrr'*
faint, sweet voice, chattering uutume,
with her blue evee fixed on the old
man'* face, aonuded IU her cur* like the
mailing rour of a wuterfalL By-aud-bye
notne neighbor* dropped in, and there
wiut mre rnnging, and some dancing;
•and Juliet played waltzes and redoaos,
and (ittadrillee, until the midnight hour
struck ; and alio toiled up to her room,
too fagged in body and mind eveu to
think.
Hut she was up early, for all that up
with the April birds hinging iu the
vented tree* outside, and dowu on the
seaslsire, staring with dreamy eyes
over the dancing ecu. How bright it
was, all sparkling iu the glad sun-light,
with the wind strong and sweet, and the
tlshennen singing as they cast thetr net*,
ami the noisy children, rolling in tlie
warm sand*. tilling the air with their
glad shouts.
"Oh!" she thought, "what happy
creatures there are in the world! Men
who love, and are never false ; women
who trust, and are never betrayed. And
I—to think I should have staked on one
liruw—and lo*t 1"
A man's step came crunching over the
sand— a man's clear voice singing: "O'er
the mnir nmang the heather," on the
shrill wind. She knew both *10]: and
voice, but she never turned.
" Jauet," cried Ernest, "I thought I
should find you here! I know what
heathenish hours yon keep, and what
heathenish places you frequent."
She never answered; her eyes were
fixed on the far sea-line, her lips closed
iu nameless pain. He threw himself
on the sand at her feet, and looked up
with laughing blue eyew in her change
less face.
"My solemn Jauet! What lias ootue
over you of Iste ? Where has your sun
shine, your sparkle, your vouth, your
smiles, yottr color gone ? me what
it is. Janet ?"
" Nothing yon would care to know."
He shifted uneasily; hia eyes left her
pale, still face, and wnmleml seaward.
"You know I atn going to-morrow,
Jennie ?"
"Yes, I know."
" I wonted to B|>eak to you before I
went, Jnuet; that is why I got up at this
unchristian hour and looictxl for you
here. I don't sc tlie necessity of hurry
ing our marriage as Uncle Ethendge
wishes to hurry it—we are Ixith young
enough to wait. I should like to siiend
this summer in Switzerland and Italy, if
yon have no objection."
" I have nene."
" And when I come back in the
autumn, Jauet, will you be my little
wife ?"
She rose tip fltraight, and looked in
liia smiling, handsome face for the first
time.
" No," she said, sternly, " I will never
lie that! Here is your ring, Mr. Eth
eridge, and here wo part."
" Janet!"
He sprang to his feet, and stood look
ing at her in surprise, in a sort of terror
—in nothing else.
"Here is your ring -take it! You
will not ? Then let the watem take it,
less faithless than you !"
She drew the band of gold, studded
with brilliants, from her finger,and flung
it far into the sea.
"Janet, listen to me! Janet, good
Heaven ! are you mad ?"
" I would lie if I listened to yon. Go,
marry Eva Ingestro to-morrow, if von
like ! What is it to me ?"
She turned and walked steadfastly
away, leaving him there a petrdied gazer.
Straight up to her own room, there to
sink down by the window, her arms drop
ping ou the table, her face lying on them.
Not in team—not in womanly sobs, only
in mute, deadly pain, weary of life, of
herself, of tlie sunshine, of all the world.
" False!" her tortured heart kept cry
ing—" false ! Aud I loved him so dear
ly—so dearly."
The breakfast-bell rang. She rose up
and went down, a little paler, a little
stiller than her wont—nothing more.
Old Mr. Etheridge was there, bright
and lively. .Miss luglestre was there,
chattering like n magpie, her pretty ring
lets freslilv perfumed and curled, her
roses at their brightest. Ernest was
there, silent and sulky, hut glad, if tlie
truth must be known, that, he was so
well out of the scrtqio.
"She give* me up of her own accord,"
ku thought, with a sense of injury; " no
body can blame me. I'll speak to Eva
after bregkfast."
But he was forestalled. After break
fast his uncle carried Eva off to get her
opinion aliout some ornamental garden
ing to he dope, and his tender declara
tions had to wait. Janet attended to her
household duties, and then, with her
work-basket, went and sat dowu by the
open window. Presently the aching eye*
closed in a dull, dreamless sleep.
Witli vbice* in her ear* he awoke—
voice* that blendfid with her aleep, and
that oenfu**d"her. They come from the
garden; Ue voice of Ernest, tender,
pleading; the voice of Eva, sweet and
clear.
" Marry you, Ernest I flood grutioits
me ! what tin idea I And you engaged
to that aoletntt Janet?"
" She ia enguged to me no longer; ahe
hits broken olf of her own free will jeal
oua of yon."
" Ami you want me to take what an
other rejects ! Flattering, really! A
thousand thanks, Mr. Ernest Etheridge;
at the same time—no 1"
*' Eva ! Eva ! for Heaven's sake,listen
to me ! I love you with my whole "
"Heart 1 Of iours,, you dot And
you will break it lHtcausc 1 refuse 1 1
shaM be shocked ami disappointed if
you dou't I There! dou't coax ! I
can't marry you, Itecause I'ui going to
marry your uncle ! Now, the truth'a
out I"
Janet rose abruptly ami left* the win
dow, fully awake at fast.
"1 never thought of that," ahe said,
on her way to her own room. " I might
have M<eii,bllt I never thought of that."
Hlie kept her cliatulter until d tuner
time, and then went down to preside at
table with that flxed and atone-like face.
Only her uncle and Eva were there.
" To thiuk the laty should go off five
hours earlier than he ueed," Uncle Eth
eridge griimble,l. " Janet, buw can you
alio* atieh capers ?"
Miss lugestre looked at her, a mali
cious sparkle in her turquoiae-blue
eyes, a malicious smile on her rosebud
lips. Miaa Stuart met the look stead
fastlv.
"Mr. Ernest Ktheridge's comiuga aud
goings are uotluug t<> me; he is as free
as the wind that blows, ltut when am 1
to congratulate you, my good uucle ?"
Mr. Etheridge stared —laughed link
ed at Eva.
" Ho you have told her, pussy ?"
" 1 protest 1 have done nothing of the
■ort," cried the minuted Miss lugestre,
" but then alio ia a witch, aud knows
everything."
" PrvH'iaely, And when ia it to lie?"
" Well, since you have divined it, in
three w<<ek,and you must be first brides
maid, Jennie."
" With pleasure. Miss lugestre."
" I'm afraid you'll find it rather dull
tlunug our absence, Janet," her UUcla
said. " We're going on a three month's
bridal totir, ami"—
" And 1 mu gumg to Loudon. My
dear uucle, dun t say a word, 1 have set
my heart on it. My old nurse lives
there. 1 will lodge with her; aud,really,
life iu this stagnant villa ia growing in
supportable."
Ho it was settled; ami duly the wed
ding came off. Eva the loveliest o
brides, Mr. Etheridge the must ecstatic
of old bridegrooms, Janet Stuart the
stateliest and calmest of bridesmaids.
Then tliev were gone—off to Paris to
twgiu with; and Janet said good-bye to
the old homestead, and waa whirled
away to the metropolis, where ahe was
soon busy iu the precarious venture of
writing a book.
Another summer, and it came out, and
was a brilliant suroc**. Another, and a
second followed, ami Jeutile Stuart woke
up our morning and found herself
famous. Kicli, too, or comparatively ao,
and able to gratify tlie desire of her
heart, and go abroad to fair, foreign
lauds, with an adrnruig partv of literary
frietnL. Ouce—-oh! how fotig ago it
Mvnic.l now—she had thought to wander
through those storied nations as Ernest's
happy wife.
Ho the wrorhl went round, and the
Vcarw went by, and ten of Uustr years
had Imeu counted off the great rosary,
when Janet Htusrt came liack to her
naUve laud. Wealth and fame kail
crowned her; but she came hack Janet
Stuart still, true to that old dream, a
saddened and lonely woman.
There were changes liefore her. Her
uncle was dead; his young wife inherited
all his vast wealth ; the fine old home
stead was for sale, and Ksrmut was
where? No one knew; he had gone out
to Australia, having quarreled with his
new aunt, and oouM-qucntly with liis old
uncle; that was all Janet could learn.
Janet Stuart went liack to the village
of her girlhood, purchaser of the flue old
homestead where her happiest years had
lc*U spout, and M-ttled down toning the
familiar sights and sound* to contented
old maidruhisxl. There were friends
there still glad and pnuid to welcome her
—and she could do gvswl; and with her
"gr*y goose-quill." ami her piano, and
her pets, she was happy.
Site stood in the May twilight under
the sveamore by tlie gate, one radiant
evening, six mouths after her coming,
tying up early Maw*. and singing softly,
when a man came slowly up the dusty
road, and looked st tlie prettv picture.
A man who was bronzed, ami haggard,
and weather-Iveaten, and but poorly clad
with hi* cap pulled far over his eyea—
handsome blue eyea still. He paused at
the gate, weary and pale.
" Janet!"
She ttirued round with a low, ahnll
cry, dropjxvl the roae-vme, and caught
both his hands, her face more radiant
than the sunset sky.
" Ernest! Oh, Ernest, Ernest!"
"And you are really glad to see me,
Janet *"
Hhe opened Uie gate, her happy eyes
shining luminous, and drew him iu.
"Did you know I waa here I" she
asked.
" Yea—why else should I have come ?
But I did not mean to iutrude. I only
wiuited to look njK>n your face onoe
more before I went away again !"
" Went away ? Where ?
" Back to Australia. lam poor, and
can nothing hero; there is *ti'l aa open
ing there. And Iwfore I gvi, dearest,
bravest Janet, tell me yon forgive me
for the past."
His voice broke down; the old love,
stronger than ever, looked at her im
ploringly, hopelessly out of lit* eve*.
She sb* il lieforn him, her hands lightly
on his shoulder*, her dear face smiling
up at him so tender, so true.
" You uiuat not go; von must uot
leave me ! Dear Ernest, I don't forgive
—I only love you !"
Ijater, when the crystal crescent wna
at it* highest, and the Inst light* were
dving out of the homentead window*.
Ernest Etheridge walked up tlie peace
ful moonlit road to his hotel. But with,
oh ! such an infinitely happy face, and
singing a* lie went:
"Hay 1 *m old. snd grsy, snd sad;
Ha'v tlist health and strength have missed me:
Sav I'm jKior, but al*o add
Jennie binned me !"
SrOWllßff.
Do not scowl; it spoil* fnee*. Before
yon know it your forehead will twscmhlc
a small railroad map. There ia a grand
trunk line now from your cowlick to the
bridge of your nose, intcraootod by paral
lel line* running cast and west, with
curves arching your eyebrows; and oh,
liow much olilcr you look for it. Scowl
ing i* habit that steals upon us un
sanres. We frown when the light is too
strong, and when it is too weak. We tie
our brews into a knot when we are think
ing, and knit them lightly when we enn
not think. There ia one condoling thought
about these mark* of time and trouble—
the death angel almost always erases
them. Even the extremely aged, in
death, often wear a smooth and (>eacefiil
brow, thus leaving our last memories of
them calm and tranquil. But our busi
ness is with life. Seowliug is a kind of
silent scolding. It show* that our souls
need sweetening. For pity's sake, let
us take n sad-iron, or a glad-iron, or
smoothing-tool of aomeoort, and strnight
en these crease* out of our face* before
they can liecome indelibly engraven upon
them.
Ktymology of Striken.
The origin of tho ward "strike," n*
applied fa combinations of ltltoring men
organized for the pnrpoae either of pre
venting h ml net ion or of securing mi
tulvunco in their wages, began on the
Thames dock*. It h/ul long been used
OH the docks in the sense in which
" knocking off" ia used by workmen in
this country. The dock laborers were
said to " strike" work wi.en they wont
to their meals. It had another ud a
jieculiar signitlcation, too—the foreman
asking : " Who stnick these eases ?" ]
when he wished to leara what pnrtienlar
men had receive*! and lowered to the
wharf from the carts any particular
package of goods. Its use in this latter
Sense seems to have been derived from
the maritime phrases of " atrikiug sail "
and " striking tho flnjr."
NEW TURK IS TIIK EAST.
Tltr I'rsir.w ml the lilt a* k * Ha
lro.|x-<|..|.rnillna lls|>|x-nlna* la lbs
flit's 111. 1011 b**dH*rki.
The following interesting information
concerning some important evrnta in tlie
past history of the Atuericau iuetro|K>lis
we find iu tlie New York TrUyram ;
The estimate for the sup|>ort of the
eitv in IKtlO was $130,000. ft is now
$34,000,000. (lii January 20, 1760,
eighty sleigha with provisions, escorted
by one hundred soldiers, crossed the
hstlsir ou the tee from Htateu Island to
New York.
The flrsl daily uewspuper started in
New York, WHS iu 17H5. It waa called
the J><nlt/ Ailrrrtiit r.
Iu I), ecuda 1067, it was resolved by
the enininoii council that the mode of
lighting the city be tliat "during the
• lark of the miMiu until tlie tweutv-flfUi
of March every seventh nausea Inn thorn
ami caudle to be hung out ou a pole every
night." The expense of this sort of
illumination wus shared equai! v
lu April, 17, V.l, 75,000 wild pigeons
were brought to the market in lliia city
and sold at fifty for one shilling.
In 1761 a pillory with a large wooden
cage Ireland it was erected ou tlie present
site of tlie City Hall for disorderly buys
who publicly broke tlie Habbath.
lu 1727 two shocks of earthquake were
felt iu New York in >ue day. Crockery
fell from shelves and the clocks iu all
parts of the town ceased tlie vibration of
their pendulums.
The uutulter of vessels that entered
tlie port of New York in 1730 was 211.
Of thoae, thirty came from Jamaica,
twenty-eight from Host, >u, fourteen from
llarbadiHw, thirteen from ltermuda,
twelve from CuraciMX, eleven from An
tigua, seven from Ijoudou, seven from
Rhode Island, six from Nortli Carolina,
Ave from lSristol, live from Dover, Ave
from South Carolina, four from New
foundland, three from Philadelphia,
three from Surinam and three from
Madeira.
In 1732 the first Are occurred at w hich
flre engines were used. Twotire eugiurm
had recently been uu|rtal from Eng
land, and companies were formed which
la-came the foundation of the New York
Are department.
lu 1006 the building of Trinity church
was begun, and it was opened for wor
ship by the llev. Mr. Vesey in the year
1607. It was enlarged in 1735 and
burned down in 1776. It was rebuilt in
178H, and was eonaeemted by Bishop
Provoit in 1701. The cemetery of the
church was gi anted by the commou
council gratuitously to the vestr}- in
1703. By the records it apjieared that
this cemetery had receive,! 160,000 bodies
before the ciiflagratiou of 1776.
The first Preabyterian church bnilt in
tliia city waa erectcl in April, 171 H.
lu 1666 a woman, Iwwg proved to
IK> of dissolute life, was I ami shod frupi
the city.
In 1 ~15 a vigorously ooutestad election
for representatives of Vew York city in the
Provincial Assembly look place. At no
period hml party spirit niu so high.
The candidates were two lea,ling mer
chants, Adulph Philipse and Cornelius
Van Home. The electors appeared in
the fields (uow the isirk i about niue
o'olock, witli colors firing and drums
iMvtting. Apj.arently, by tlie show, tlie
friends oi Mr. I*hih|>ae, who were tlie
principal merchants and gentlemen, were
in the majority,but a poll was demanded,
and thereupon tlie candidates and elec
tors repairnl to tlie City Hall, where tlie
jwill was carried ou ail day till about
nine o'clock at night, with tlie greatest
warmth m both sides, the .bum and
tntific going aUmt during the time.
Hetwtwu nine and ten at night the polla
closed, and the votes were for Philipse,
*l3; for Van Home, 3WI. Tlie aeal of
tlie friends of tlae candidates was so great
that it was supposed everr voter in tho
city wus brought out One gentleman
used his chariot in bringing up voters,
so that tlie poor women cried out:
" These are fine times, when carmen aud
chimney-sw,v-js ride in coaches."
Htotie street was the first street in thia
citv pavnl with stone.
Washington street was laid out while
"Tlie Father of his Cotintry " was in
the highest office of the naDon.
%
How Pe>tal Card* are Xade.
The (taper upon which postal cards
are pnutxxl come* in sheet* about twenty
two inch"* by twenty-eight inches in
aize, and is packtxl iu boxes containing
about 2,000 sheet*, and weighing Mo
pounds each. After tlie boxes an* un
lacked the first thing in onler is tlie
printing. This is done by two Hoe cvl
mder presses, each of which print* flhy
cards at a single impression. The pruit
ixl sheet* are then placed in racks and
allowed to dry for two day*, in order to
prevent any blotting or defaoemauL Now
they are ready for the cutter*, of which
thev are three, at present. By the first,
which i* a rotary cutter, the sheets are
divided crosswise in ten strijis, contain
ing four txistal cards each. The sheet*
|tas* in through this machine as rapidly
as one can follow auother. The strips
are then collected ill package* of one
hundred each. the edge* are made exact
ly even, and tlie package* are tlieu
placed ou the iron tables of Uie cutters,
which never them iu the opposite direc
tum. Of these cutters there are two,
both knowu a* the Cranston " under
cut." Ten package* of one hundred
sheet* each, after leaving tlie rotarv
cutter, are placed in the " under-cut,
a lever ia pulled which set* the ma
chinery in motion, and up comes a heavy
knife with a diagonal motion, and there
are four hundred postal carls complete
in a twinkling. A bit of br.tss is re
moved, allowing tlie uncut packages to
l>e moved up a projier distance under tlie
ki. : , and tlie process is repeated. The
cards are then taken in bunches conve
nient to tie handled, juid the edge* are
care'ully brushed to remove all dust and
"feather." They then pa** into the
hands of eighteen girls, by whom tlicy
are ootuiUxl out into package* containing
twentv-flve card* each. Twenty pack
agre are placed in pasteboard l>oxe*,
wliich again are packed iu wooden boxes,
containing from 1,000 to 25,000 card*
apiece.
The presses are now printing about
1,000,000 >ards a day. The contract re
quire* that 1,0(10,000 card* shall tie
made in a day if the demand ia so great.
It is not expected that many visitors
wnll cuter the room* in which tlie cards
are made, but precautions are taken to
prevent the loss or *listraction of card*.
Every sheet printed i* registered by the
pre**, and the company ia eom(>elled to
give an account of every one. If a few
card* were lost it would cause considera
ble trouble, altho igh tlie tlie loss migkt
lie trifling. Any card* that are spoiled
in the cutting, o defaced in any way, are
retained ami destroyed by Uie govern
ment insjiector.
The Kuril Time* at Long Branch.
A New York H> raid correspondent at
Long Branch draw* this picture of hard
times among the sesoide lounger*: The
groups sf morning bothers in tlie snrf
are eoin|arfltively few nud far lietween;
the groups in the hotel piazzas are not
large, and tliey appi-or a* lonely sa the
lingerer* lichiiid at the end of the scon >u.
The morning cmeerta of the liond* in
the hotel parlor* attract no particular
attention; billiards np(K>Ar to be no longer
played by dAylight; the sound of the
rolling ten pin ball seldom disturbs tlie
rat in bis nest under the floor; the Rons
of Temperance have evidently carried
the barrooms, for the stragglers therein
for a " little whisky straight " are hiud-
ly sufficient during the day to justify the
expense of the man Whind the oounter.
The hack drivers, with empty vehicles,
such as tliey are, go creeping up anil
down the main avenue, vainly in quest
of a stray passenger. Enjoying the sea
breeze, the shopkeeper sits in his door
way, dreaming of the flush times of the
war. On the liluff the venders of fruits
and ioe cream, of peanuts and candy, of
uncy pin cushions, baskets, moccasins,
and bows and arrows, are getting sick
from hopow defer ed. The Modoc* are
missing. Neither the leathery dam nor
tho succulent oyster on the stands near
the Waoh are in request. As for the
toothsome dish for the hungry foot pas
senger of pork and Wans, lie haa brought
I his lunch with him, and haa no small
change to waste on superfluities. Never
before was there so little cash wasted
here as now en superfluous extras.
NI'XXAKY or NEWH.
lIMil ml IMWM trmm Hmmm mm 4 AWraa*.
The forty-first annual <vuivatiU<m of the
IndefMUldslN < lrdT of Odd Fellow* mmrrwl
at Newl.urgh, N. t. The (Hand Master . annual
rn|a>rt >Utl that there #.-re *M l.l|<e* in the.
•Stair, with a membership of about *O,OOO.
Officer* were ohoeen for the W'titf 2 W '
headed by Ooont W. Dltk, of New York,
a. Mont Worthy Oram? Master, and the draw!
l-odge degree waa conferred upon one hundred
member* Hatnuel K Hardniau, of Ifori
deuoe, lb 1., waa u.nUiiUr killed by falling from
tlie fourth atory of the AaUir Houae, New York,
whl'e leading a patent lire oecape, of which he
waa the manufaoturrr Jacue* MeDuugail
A Co. * grain eleabr at Montreal. Cauada,
waa destroyed by Are, and adjoining flour mill*
were damaged. 1/iae, about fifl 1,000 The
Now JeTeev lleinorrata Will hold their State
rouvaulioii for the nomination of governor at
Trenton on Heidember 10... . In Philadelphia
John Hunt, who waa one of the recent atrtkara
that at opt ird a train of oar* on the isditgh
Valley railioad, waa charged by the United
State, with obatruotiug the mall aervioe, fouud
guilt* by the Jury and remanded for aenteune
.., The fourteenth annuataaaaion of the Urand
Irnlur Kuighu of J'ythiaa, of l'ennayhanla,
waa field lu Ilarrtaburg Tha tenth annual
aeaalou of the National Hoard of Trade waa
held in Milwaukee, Wia. llslegaUuua froui the
chief elite* of the oouulry were prevent.
TU* Psnwajrlvauts liwaocreUc Klats oonveu
tiuu met in ifarristmrg, and sftsr a protracted
*o**l,m nominated a tickst villi John Trunkey
for au|jmtus Judas at the head. The platform
declared thai "the Induction of Hulherfurd IS.
Haves into the uflloa of Praatdsot, uotwttb
•UudUig the election of MaiauelJ. Tliden lltero-
U>, was a high crime against free go,eminent ,
that tha Houtbern policy of the Federal admin
istration was aouorduig to the Democratic pohev
of uim-UitervauUou, and was a m ufeton of
the failure of Uadicsam and a Just tribute to
the Democracy j" that an attempt to mcrosM
the Federal army would be opjiueed by the
llemuaracy of Peuueylvaiiia , that they |aotr.t
againct *ubeidl*, laud grants, loan* of (he
public credit aud apjtrbpruiiou* of the j-eople'*
money to say corporation ; that th*y Jooh atth
alarm and apjewhrusi-uu upon the pi eU nM>,t*
of the great trau*|M>rtatioU oouibauin lu t>e
above the fuudammitsl laa* of the common
wealth, aid they should remain uhjeet* of the
utmost vigilance and Jealouay by the U-gnlature
and |wuple . that tbrv r afhrtn ai,d adopt the
biiauclai reaolulluu* of the National Democratic
l>lalfurui adopted at ht lmi* m 176. The
other officers aouiuiated were William I'. Hehall
for auditor-general and Colonel. Nove* fur
Ktata treasurer A dispatch from Idaho
•*y* (lousral Huward had a skirmish with the
Indiana, iu which one soldier was klilad and
•even wounded. The Indian* stole two hun
dred of Howard * horse*.
All ec)i|M of the rnuuU took plue on the
tnolf-UiViL tt Urn the touuu rua* it 6.60 >Le
waa wholly ineiut>le In Kt-w York, being huhtoii
bjr the carUi'n shadow. Hhurtly after art en
o clock atu' began to nesxga from the shadow,
ami at M. 15 had entirely na|i)<rared again ....
A scaffolding uu tiie upper floor of a building
outum'tul with Pmaetoa College gave way,
|.r militating about twelve carpenter* who were
at work on tt to the ground and aevarety in
juring aeveral of thou, John and Eliza
beth Harvey, an old (ample in deetitnte a/mm i
•lance*, were burned to death in their houae
on the outakirta of Niagara, X. V The 1
Ohio Democratic campaign au opened at Co- .
luiubua with addreaae* by Hon. George H. Pen
diet on and General Thorns# Ewiii* Hen
WilUauta, a ouiured man. died in Aiken. K. C„ i
nine wreka after he had been Ulteu by a mad
dog. The armptoma of hia illneea denoted
hydrophobia.... A atatoe to the memorv of
Uw late General Hubert L. McC'oua waa "un
veiled in Cutctutieti with unpoaim: rwreroouto#.
The Cuban league haa iaatird a length?
report oa the prueMit atate of affair* in Cuba,
in whvh it aaya Cuugreaa may now justly
reoogtuxe the ludepeudauoe of like taland, or at
loaat the belligerent rtghta of the Cabana.
The National Hoard of Trade, in ■v-n at
Milwaukee. Wi#., adopted rnealuUoua favoring
a reciprocity treaty with Canada, and ametuf
mento to the ltoaumpUon act and the Itoukru}*
law In New York detective# arreeted four
men who were preparing to flood the oounlrv
with forged St. Louia county bonds
(Vmgreaaman Page, of California, brought a
out for libel againat the Han Pienriaoo Ckrvni
dr, and the jury failed to agree after I wing out
all night, etanding aix to ait During an
altercation in Hahunere Chariea Pitta, twentv
yeai* old. ataUod and killed Charle* Wilaoo.
aged nineteen yeara. both men being colored.
. .. John Ik cwley Hardin, credited with com
mitting twenty-one murder* and for whoee
t#dy the legtdalnre of Tctaa hed offered a
fwwar I of kt.iaci. waa captured en a train
at I" :..cola, Pla., by a •henff jaoaar and two
oftcra from Trtaa. In making the capture
NOUW twenty abota were flrod, and a cxmifwnioti
of 11 ardin, named Maun, waa killed . ...I"re*i
dent Havre* returned to Washington from hi*
tup to New England General Sherman
•eot a di*patch from Helena, Montana Ttctv
torv, to the adjutant-general at Washington,
■aylng that there waa too much coufaatoo in
Iha aceounto from Genera] Howard and the
Indian* in regard to tha hoetik- onthrveA for
him to make out anything, hut that lie would
inventigate and report aa aoon aa powablc
John Hotter w.-rtii beat and etahbed hi# wife to
death at North A adorer, Ma**., while under
the influence of dnnk and jealouay. After the
couimieaion of the crime the murderer at
tempted to commit euirtde and mflirted a
wnoua wound upon luuunlf ..... A doctor
named Cooper, living near Charledon. ff. Va..
waa acre.led for potaontng hia wife. lie hed
been married three tunna. and hi* two other
wive*alao died under suaptetou* circtttoeUuioea.
Their bodin will be exhumed and examined
fur trace* of potoan.
After s uicbt's drunken drhxneh WilUam
WUIHW. rasditig IN italadvlphm. n-turued to
hi* home, <|us/Tvlcd ith hi* xtfo and xtruck
h<v ovrr the head sith so ax. kii.ing her almost
UMtaatlv The handsome noo bridge of
tli* t'niou rsciiic nutrusd eaoipxny across ttoe
Missouri nvor. Utssrn OaxsJ.s and Counal
[Duffs, was nsrUsllv destroved durtug s heavy
storm, rinsing s loss which is estimated st
♦360,000 A culvert across the Thames
river near Mohscan. Goon., was swept awav hy
heavy rains, snd the engine, tender snd bag
gage car of a train that was passing were
buried la to a ravine and smashed. Seven per
sons were injured, some severely Judge
West, the ItepuhUcau guts rust.rial caudidata.
General GarftoM and Stanley Matthews deliv
ered campaign eperrhea at a mass meeting in
Athens. Ohio ... The British team of rifle
men. who are to compete in the international
match for the Anxricaa trophy, arrived in New
York and proceeded to l"reedmoor, where they
will at once hegui to practice A nurul-er of
Colorado steers broke away from a bard that
was being driven to a slaughter boasc in New
York and ran through tlie streets in every
direction, tossing snd goring s number of per
sons and creating great excitement before they
were killed or captured A party of twrtity
oue miners ou a prospecting tour in the Black
Hills were surrounded by 500 Indians and bad
a desperate battle of live hours duration, one
white man and a number of Indians being killed.
When nightfall act in tha miners escaped to
1 toad wood .. . The covered bridge across the
Tuscarawas river, near New Philadelphia.Ohio,
was destroyed by Are. loss, about ffttl.OOa
L. Huberts <1 Co.. grain and flour dealer*
of New York, failed with liabilities amounting
to tmooo.
Tlie New Jer*rr Republican 8((. c<nreotio*j
for the iiauiutio fa rwidNUtf for the office
of f orernnr will be be Id tn Trr uton on Net Mem
ber 25 .. .Tbe Buffalo Paik Refectory, a band
mm atrnrture in Buffalo. N. Y., ai destroyed
br tlrr. tbe inmate* barely eecapiug *ith Uir
live*. !>>■>■>. about ffNO.OOO ; inauratx*.
JOO Three t*gc robber* were arrraml In
I lead wood. Wyoming Territonr. On# of lham
•hot at and wounded an officer and mad* a
dvaperate effort to eaoaxw, but i* captured
after l**mg ehot through the 10de..... Two
•mall )>arth of white* tn Montana Territory
■ ore attacked by the boatile Indian* under
Chief Joseph, and nilteen were killed and two
women and one man ware taken prinooera, but
were released Three men firing in Kaat
Sew York. X. Y., found the oareaaa of a now
that had died of eatiug herbage covered with
part* green, and jworeeded to kin her to an re
the bid*. Soon after one of the men—William
Kramer - died of powooed matter by which he
win inoculated through aore* on hi* handa.
and a aecond William Neian—
al*o died of tetauua, while the third waa vary
ill.
THF. SKVKS WISH MBK OF OR*SCK.--
Tlie following are the names of the
seTen wise men of Oreece, and the motto
of each : Solon, of Athens, " Know thy
self ;" Chile, of Sparta, " Consider tlie
end ;" Tliales. of Miletus, " Who linteth
suretyship is sure ;" Cleobaloa, of Lin
das, "The golden, mean or avoid ex
tremis Patt*cus, of Mytilene, "Seise
time bv the forelock ;" Pel lander, of
Corinth, " Nothing i* impossible to
industry."
At the present moment 4,b0d,000 Hin
doo and 100,000 Mohammedan children
are attending schools iu India, and 50,-
000 to 00,000 of thcui are receiving in
struction up to tlie Euglish University
standard. ____
| physician* of high nUnding unheidtalitigly
give Uioir intiornMnfnt to the use of the Oraef-
O!IITR-M wiili*11'* Oatholioou for *ll feinal*
complaint*. The weak wd debilitated fiud wou
di-rful relief from * eouvtsut imo of tht* valu
able remedy. Mold by all druggist*. #1.60 par
' ImtUo. Hond for almanac*. Grafcnbnrg Co.,
Now York. _ ___
Thr ( Vapm ssd lr*l AdrfhUtM
to roach reader* outaide of the largo cities.
Grcr 1,000. ©wnpapora, divided into m different
li*t. Advertisement* received for one or more
liitlK. For catalogues containing name* of
iiaiMira, and other information and for eeti
matea. address lk.l .V Fouler, 41 Fark Bow
( Time* Building), New York.
CHEW
The Celebrated
*' MtTCHLKW "
Wood Tag Flug
TOBACCO.
THIS I'IOSKEK TOBACCO Cosrrast,
New York, Beaton. and Chicago.
Cnad't Kxtrnrt. _ , „
"The Vegetable Fain Deatroyer " never fatla
to afford relief from pain. IVy it onoe, and
nothing could induce you to be without it.
• I Never Fell Belter.
Much ia the verdict alter taking a dose of
Quirk * Irlah Tea. Bold in package* at IS cent*.
With wj!\mr!fif"!"".l "ninmV'cSamol <*
bin* pUta, but teho mateoa that aa,f*,j*mnpl
end agrtwable aulwUlntc, Hnetclter KUvmeoh
Ihtlcr*. which, whether It he n*ed to'rctnaily or
prevent malaria) frr*, OfKWBI IBferxJ ae
lilitt, or to correct torpkHty <"' 'he ll"t fed
bowel a, will in *®ry CAM be f.iuijd full* ade
<|net to the went> of th ml end fruble. It
entirely rcmovM dy*|-|rfic *yniptoui*, end by
■UmnlaUug the flow of g*trtr J new. facilitate"
dtgealhdi and lliaore* the eanrertkm ot food
lnl > blood, wberetiy Ibe eyetcm U efflctajilly
nourtetied end regain* lU loot vigor. ThU
greet vegetable rratoraUre bee received tb* In
dorwwecTii of melt of noieitce, the preau bee
rv|ieetedly borne voluntary leaUmnny V> U*
eioelioitce, end the public he* long eiece m1*
it the preference to arwy iutidae of ite kind.
Plait feci* far A War rimer* le Heed end
i'b* HpruiJWil (Ma*uhum*U) ltoU# UnUm
lie* e larger Mrcuialum In Hifiiigftnld end
within e redius of tweuly-flre utile*, than any
other journal.
The Hfiring/IM (f/a**aehu*Us) W'tvdr/y Vnkm
be* e lart/rr rtmuatiim, local and antral than
amy othrr vwirfy nnrtftaprr in hnr Kngland,
nuio.tr of Httkm The Vniim ie not only the
Ural mteriiiMng medium, hut aUo thr eheOftM.
For term* wldruM, Clerk W. Bryan 4 Co,
Fubliaber*. K|wingfl*ld Me**., or write or apply
to env of the leediltg advert bang egewiie* in
the United Htate* eud Ceuede. Hempl# omdm
of utl nr the dally or weekly Vnkm ecnt free.
I'ernl, lairreglb, OSreeemr.
Tbene Uirx. re.jiu*Tte* arc combined In
Uooley'a well-known Yeeet i'owder. A few
trtei* will convince yon that it 1* not only the
bent, but Blao the cheapeat.
The Market*.
■aw roe*.
beef Cattle. Mali** MX* •#
Trie* a ltd i.'berefea*.. MM# Id
MlkAOow* MM mm Wi
Hog*; Id** MM# M
S>r**ed MM# MM
it beep MM# M
UeEa MM# M
Uutlub MlddUeg >*# 1*
flenr— WaMara-Ooud le Cbetee. ... Tl4 # *M
Mate—Oood le Cbuw AM # f M
Wheel—bed WNrtant If # Il
Me. f MUweebe*. 1M #IM
By* Mel* ... tl # Tf
Uriey-M* • M
Heriey Men IM IM
Oate-MUed Waaler*. ■• # *T
Oors—Mixad taewi MM# MM
Hay, per cat ... M # Tu
Htcaw • pei ret M # I#
Bop* WV-M #U Mb OT #
Port-Maw . Ill) #l* M
Lard—Oily Hteec. 11*# UK
fue—Mweerri, Me. 1, new S4M MM M
V*. A new UM #IM
Dry clod, per cwt # 4T
Htmng. erele.l. per hot II d M
fatrotewm—Orwd* OTM#CK ■■■■* l. U
Wool —California Pteaee M # W
Tex** t # # St
deal rehab " M f H
Bolter—male ' Ha '
Weetern—Choice !■ # id
W*Ur-Oood to frtin* ... #
Wastern—Firkin* Id # 14
One Vlate factory 0* M II
etele hkUbtuud..... 04 <§ <A
WaWare MM# T*M
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MM*.
fleer t7l #lO
Wheel - Me. I MUweaka* t M g IN
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data..... a* M M
Mr-. M # M
Barley m d H
Barley Mail M #llO
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Ba*f Qeille; Enrv...„ tv%# tM
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Plaur : fnutmlvent* Kxtra CM# * M
Wheal: M Vwlm IM #IM
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Mixml. M M
data: Mixed # tl
PMroteuav : Crnd* MhfgMM Medeed. 11M
Weet—Colored* MMM
Tea**..... • MMM
Colliurate IT # M
Hoof OeUie ... ®M# MM
Mbp MM# MM
Bog* M M
flear—Wtaooeata eud Kiaamih,. • M §ll4
Oont—Mixed MM# **
Cel— " H § M
Wool—Ohio and P*uii*y)*eitle II II § M
Oallfornle PxU II § M
Batumi*, me.
Beaf OatO* Mi,# CM
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Bog* ITV# M
ttrnrarx. ham.
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Bill ill Alia
, tun T> #f*n
■■■■■ Fr SIX Rl.il TIP! L PHTtl**.
W * IfflTl Iddlwrttt uihycrtO 11*17 ineb**;
I I Mlßa or ' w '"K FKTtitX. 17.31;
11 i 111 or i*. rot * rtrrriafc. mu
111 lUfl • '"*** o> n.u HTKCt
I UyitAtilltlVUti, mad* by lb* crW
I ■ tir,. f (iltrilr praeMkpMria
I |CI I Heat, I'Ui* Pay** 1 lot (ruu*.
I Seed tra lllnircM Cat*
I thnr nmtM*(*m IM ftrtina
■#J V Addrcaa, 7u Daili Caaruß,
■■■M New York City.
"The Best Polish in the World
SEfißfl
JKl|Y'vnik
Brferr Mf* I* Imperilled. deel iadletomky w*b
lb* ****** bb tend to !****■■■ tomato- limm*
II Um •><•* m lotl Lb* waitiii mtpl't. Lb* bw*r
to.p*d. ntofam* m man rertow tba* that Tiililrt
Jtrrvaißn *T hurry* *PB*t * lb* OM tbn*
needful to b*rl *<~ur Atod b *ll dr***i*to
THE
6000 OLD
STANDBY.
Mexican Mustang Liniment
K*TABUBSBS 3ft TBAB*. l*tp ***** A)**r>
Mb. Alway* baady Ua* MB fa* failed f*t
■*•*. AM* laßed It TV* wbnl* eerld apprtum tb*
fieri*** old UmLaif ih. TW **d Cbdapaet Mmß
toeylia.nr. Eft M * botol* Tb* M****** I i*m*m
amrmmhm *ntMm *lm bUL
IOU) BT ALL MWHOOrB TBtDm
UnitedstateS
LIFE
INSURANCE COMPANY,
IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK.
261, 262. 263 Broadway.
♦-eSP'TOtt lM mi—
ASSETS, $4,827,176.52
SURPLUS, $820,000
EVERY APPROVED FORM OF POLICY
ISSUED ON MOST FAVORABLE TERMS
ali endowmTnt policies
APPROVED CLAIMS
MATURING IN 1877
will *■ SISSQUSTED at 7i
OM I iLKS Kin AXIOM.
JftMEc JUJtitoL . * PRESIDENT.
GRACE'S
Salve!
A TKOBTARI.K PREPARATION,
XitTMtod m tb* 17th oantaty bj Dr. WiUtu* (ir***,
Snrfenn in Kittf Jam**' amy Ttmiuah it* arrnci he
cured thnueaad* of the meet aertous aortw and wuunda
that baffled U>* akill <>f tbe meat *min*nt nhr*ician* of
bt dav. and eaa r*rded by all who km him a* a
public benefactor, gft t enia a bo*. For Hale by Drua
• i*t* yenerally. Sent by mail on receipt of price
frepatod by MKrnV. FOWi.K £
MB llnrrlaan Arrnr, Ho. too. Mtue.
MERIDEN CUTLERY COMPANY
RECEIVED THE HIGHEST CEHTEHUL PRIZE.
K TL,E " FTT T ITOBT" HUMJ T.. TL Uvrwn "
TABLE ■ CUTLERY,
§4O i.aanv.vTßrejt tre.'ta
$55 t7T)^tMfw.iagaa
66 l^flTcT^TSb^uSAtrr
i||Ol Ami# tiM <>ait mil
91 m Kwwfff-" rjilm lOt> . Aifwite, Mala#
$5 to >2B C
||OW TO t-MfM't'Kß TKXAM laid wWhowt
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Add'* J haw* e Oe. I> * I < wd A.. fuiimjn.
#1 EA't'l
2K nM. 1 ! M " •
tf VVw f lA.'.li m.-r-m. *•■.
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Add**** fhM<v, leer *. ii, ciidma, a,
$350
$2500 i&XTZVZiy
SWAKTHJHUKR f efleq*'
MR <rf PrieSd* All UHWe ....Med i.f f3M.
year gown H Mtyu. AM , fRW., AweWbeßß. r*
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MLDMS3=S£?=
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#k lll111 BAMT (TIKI) AT
bKacnUiSLr-'ti- KTL-SUS.
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sio to $25 imm
BOSTOI WEEKLY TRAISGUPT
The M# faaaiM * ■§'# ■' ■■>'#■#■<; ■## Pf;#
■§■ mil ■—lift mi 1* hi
Tere-Bf per .Mai, th* af el*ee. §l* |M
**"""• WWtR&KM fMtrir MEATIA.
Ho! Farmers, for Iowa!
qmji
i*STiid fc s<fflSs
twA. Oee euo. er Cxata Ami*. !'
SI.OO stjoo
Osgood's Heliotype Engravings.
7"lk df £■
Owe Dmtimr owcA. A**f fur rttmlmg wo.
JAMES R OSGOOD & CO.
Meeaev BOOTOM. MA**.
SI.OO SIJOO
HEADACHE*
ar- tTrtiZt
g^^)SMtif2^J' r nE:
rSyiew academy,
POUCH KECPBIE, M. T.,
OTU BIfBEE. A.M., Prwci,*! And Froprister,
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nlbrilib f|riinailNin4TClitnMr|HH
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r b pnt m wmm * baee ii* who
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j IhmMM* ft*n wßb each batf dm K**pV SfcJrtA
KV,Sbtrt*a**d*l*md PRICK m meat** to pnn*
ih" "tb* I<MM nrftprw cbargaaM pay.
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marl. pm pawl, am taemrn (it prtoa ft K -The Tract
rtu. <TM mar* Kaytarw Una aay ml w tar which
ulnntul cluu an obit fax mmr* ttmm.
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tmiW. r*l} tv*s*a. pr botUo.latoa cattoe
Muata>a Sherry T.fet fa | 0d Port..,. *o<*
H.. .and l.m *1 - ! St (>M Una . "
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oaaj Mil lor Mr at MCh t the •!" (etporter**
mm Add/ata KIBJtU.S WISH CXI
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SAFER THAN THE AVER
AGE SAVINGS BANK.
T* Mborrw at the Caaaalldafrd Vlrs lata
aad tbr t alllamia Mlalrg t •rapaßKa an nil
tap at lanaraatt a Ikulplw dUe rati. Th* In
Onuaaaa bare airaadr pead snaw tlraa f.*t a.aa
■aUlne dollar* la eq<nl d.d.w<l Tin rata a njaal
a>M) par cant a /warts. Ua innal aaarbot price M
tin rK-'i (man Mr lata at *a ahamw ut wnrti
iiardad. uil fail atwaali* ptrm By \i 111. I ill
M AMU, Rraiar aad hmhor. *t Pieedoot at Un
Aaaartraa M.otnc Board. Oratr! Haildior. Career
Braat aad U all Ntrrete. >ew %wrb.
IV- lavo-tno* (. Railroad tad all aadMabia
fxintn I. ■ ,-h' aad aatd. aad dtridonda ootWlod
NATURE'S REKEOY V
YEGETINIfE
Tat Cuat 9too TtwnimS^
Pa<tvin**c. R. L. MM Traaad Rrai
H B KTKVKNJv lUa
I fael baaad to aipr.n win say upaali r lia iucta
ralaa I plan up-a )aor VBGKIIXE Mj lama 7 hat*
aaad it W tin laal taw raara la aaraaaa dat.thtr it la
iaralaahla. aad 1 nnMtarail it to all aba anr aaad art
I lailtftaltoaue. q WAIJtRR.
Foruaarty Paatorad htoduia Itaaaaa CbMrh. hoalM
Vegetine i* Sold by All Druggists.
DR. WARIEK'S HEALTH CORSET.
_l<-|_ WM Mtlrt Kappamr and
v , 1 Kr-lf-Adjaatlap Fail. I
■•/ Beohred HEALTH aad COMPOBTOV
Bjf IMj, with Uua and Bum of
lA V Pom. Thr QhrmeoU th 00a.
£s>. Y Approrad by all phTto>n*.
nUSßOhtgl AfIBNTV FFAMNP. 1
tilVtwM Sam pits by trail, th Cohtt,l:
Snlet n. It 15. To Agr ntc as
i frail V 4 *• cahtal fha. Order ala* two
1 MIIWI thcbea amalier than nlal mm-
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BABBITT'S TOILET SOAP.
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atent la >Ua paver.