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f Ola la MTSBAT OTRUI QORDOR,
MURRAY & GORDON,
atio;knbys at law,
l:I0'7 CLEABFIKT.D, PA. t
FRANK FIELD INcC
ATTORN EY-AT-LA W,
Cloarllrld, Pa.
Will attend la all business entrusted to him
promptly and ullbfully.
rll'7
wilmab a. niun. no L. nanaa.
babbt r. WALLtoi. sons w. wbiolbt
WALLACE A, KREBS,
(Suieoeeors to Wallaoa Fleldin,)
ATTORN EYS-AT-LAW,
IMJ'71 ClearBeln, Pa.
a. T. ii.aoa, a. . . a. tab taisab,
DBS, WILSON & VAN VALZAH,
ClenrUeld, Pa.
Omee In residence of Dr. Wilkin,
n.nr. lliirn.! From II to 1 r. . Dr. Van
Valiab oan ba fonnd at night In his room., nail
door to Hnrlawica Irwin s Drug more, up
tain. "'" '
DR. JEFFERSON LITZ,
WOODLAND. PA.
Will promptly attond all aalli In tha lit. of bit
nroi.uiun. ..v...
Knars l. i'iuui. ail w. a'cuanr.
McENALLY & MoOUBDT,
ATTORN EYS-AT-LAW,
a Claartleld. Pa.
S-Legal business attended ta promptl. witty
B1. iltv. una... oveua, ... . - .
National Bank. J.n:li7
Q. R. BARRETT,
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
nt.KAHFIKLD. PA.
tUrinf resigned hie Judgeship, baa reinmad
tha praotiea of tha law In bia old office at Clear,
t.ld, Pa. Will attend the ooorU of Jeferioa and
Bik ooantiea when epeeially tatained in eonneotion
With resident oouneet.
WM. M. McCULLOUGH,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Cloarllrld, Pa.
JttT-OIAoe in Court House, (Sheriff's Office).
Legal busineo promptlyattended to. Bret estate
booght and eold. I'"'"
J7N. BANf Z ,
ATTOKN EY-AT-LA W,
Clearfield, Pa.
Jaw-OIAce la l'ie'e Opera Houie, Boom No. 4.
All legal baiineil antraited to bia eare promptl,
attended to. Ijr'a
A. W. WALTERS.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
V-ft-Ottoa In arahani'i Bow. dmi-iy
H. W. SMITH,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAV,
tl:l:TS rioarBfld, Pa.
WALTER BARRETT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Idle, on Baaond lit., Oloarleld, Pa. aoall.M
ISRAEL TE8T,
ATTORN RY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
t.0flea la Pia'a Opera Hoaie, Jyll,'67
JOHN H. FULFORD,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
tlearUeld, Pa.
POBea la Pia'e Opera Home, Boon No. i.
Jaa. I, IK71.
JOHN L. CUTTLE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
iirl Real Estate Agent, Clearfield, Pa.
OAee oa Third etreel, b.t.t'b.rrj A Walnut.
-erKeepofltfully offers his setrloaala selling
tad buying lands in Clearfield and adjoining
leunties and with aa ezparianee ol orsr twenty
fears as a surveyor, flatters himself that he eaa
reader sallsfaaUoa. Lfeb. ia;l:tf,
FBEDEBICK 0'LEABI BUCK,"
SCRIVENER & CONVEYANCER,
General Life and Fire Ins. Agent.
Deeds of Conveyance, Articles of Agreement
and all legal pepera promptly and neatly aae
euted. Ofliea ia Pia's Opera House, Room No. 4.
Clearleld, Pa., April 111, IN74,
J. BLAKE WALTERS,
REAL ESTATE BROKER,
aap bbalb ia
Naw Iojjh and Iaiiniber,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
OSea la Orabam's Bow. 1:71:71
J. J. LINGLE,
ATTOBNEY-AT - LAW,
l:U naeeola, C'learfielol Co., Pa. y:pd
ROBERT WALLACE,
ATTORNEY - AT-LAW,
Watlaretoti, Clearfield County, Peiin'a.
jWAII legtj btuineai protoptljr tUUDdiKl to.
DR. T. J. BOYER,
PUY8ICIAN AND SURGEON,
OOea oa Market Street, Clearfield, Pa.
Y'Omoa aoarat ta 19 a. m., and 1 to I p.
Jjn. E. M. SCIIEURER,
HOUdOPATllIO PHYSICIAN,
OSoe In rneideneo an Market it.
April itllT. Clearfirld, Pa.
" DR. W. A. MEANS,
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON
LtlTHKRKM.'RO, PA.
Will attend professional oalla promptly. auglO'70
J. 6. BARN HART,
ATTORN KYa. AT. LAW, .
llelleloDte. Pa.
Will prmrtlo im Clrloli atid ti of tht Courts tt
t Jiia jdlelj diatriat. Ileal MtaUt baalacu
M tlleUaa ofoUiMi pot.ltli. nl'Tl
JAME8 CLEARY,
BABBEB 4 HAIR DRESSER,
BKCOND (TRtKT,
J, 75 CI.P.ARPIBLI,, PA. ti
JAMES 0. WHITE,
HARDER AND HAIR DRESSER
Booms la the Laoaard House,
aepm'74 . Clearfield, Pa.
T. A. rrscK. a. BILLS.
T. A. FLECK & CO.,
Ageats la Clearfield eoantl fer tie sale ef
t- RUTTkRICK ok C"-'
faahionable Fattorna of Garments,
ALL OTTLBS AKD SIIKa. . .
1:11
Market Htreel Clearnid, Pa. T4
T. M. ROBINSON
MaaifMtarar aJ ta
Harness, Saddles and Bridles,
Cellars, Whips, titulars, Ply Kelt, Trimmings
Horse Blankets, Aa.
Veaeam, Prank Miller's and Bratsfoot Oils.
Agent for Bailey and Wileon's Buggies.
Orders and repelling promptly attended la,
Hoop ea Market street, Clearfield, Pa, In room
formerly aeeapled by Jaa. Aloiaeder. (fi:4-74
JAMES E. WATSON k CO..
RIAL B'TATK BROKRHK,
CLKARHKLD, PENN'A.
noaxl and unices to let, CollrnUons promntly
made, aad Irsl alaas Coal aad lire CI.. Loads
aaa sewn aroperty ler aa la. omoa la Wtetera
Hotel Balldlag Id floor), deoond: Ml. (myii'74T
it '.I "V" ;.
CLEMFIELD
GEO. B. Q00DLANDEE, Proprietor. PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN. ; . TEEMS-$2 per annum in Advance.
VOL. 48--WIIOLE.NO. 2398. " CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1874. NEW SERIES-Y0L. 15, NO 48.
Cards.
A. Q. KRAMER,
ATTORN KY-AT-LAW,
Baal Rilata and Collection Agent,
CLBAHFIEMI, PA.,
Will promptly attaod t all business aa
tru.ti.il la hi. SerB.
jrtrOtnce In 1'ie's Opora Ilousa, aetjad floor,
lohn II. Orris. 0. T. Aleiander. O. M, Mowers
0BVIS, ALEXANDER & BOWEBS,
ATTORNEYS AT LA W.
' ,' Bellelbuto, Pa.- lianSHdT-y
" j. H. KLINE, M. D.,!
PHYSICIANS SURGEON,
HAVINU looeted at Pennfield, Pa., ofors his
prufeaeional eer loos to the people of Ibnt
pUoe and surrouudiug eouutry. Alloau. proinpuj
r.....u,i in. oet. II tf.
.... . GEORGE cl! KIRK," v
Ju.tloe of tha Peaea, Surreyor and Conreyanror,
Lntherebura;, Pa.
All builness Inlmsted to bim will ba promptly
.tt.K.u.l la. P.reons wiihlnn to employ n Rur.
:ll An .ll in ire hiln a esll. as hi: Hatters
k,.-ir thai h. .. render sati.faetion. Deeds of
ooneeyanoo, artlrles of agreement, and all legal
papers, promptly and neally wreuted. HHnov74
JOHN D. THOMPSON,
Justtoe or tha Peaoa and Serirontl,
Cnrwensf llle. Pa.
tmColleotlons made and money promptly
paldTrer. .Il'L.
bo. ALaanT Banr Ai.aauT.-. w. Ai.aanr
W. ALBERT & BROS.,
Manuraeturers A aitenelre Dealers In
Sawed Lumber, Square Timber, &o
WOODLAND, PENN'A.
jtO-0rder aollelted. Bills filled on short notice
jar '.wfti!.
FRANCIS COUTRIET,
MERCHANT,
Vranehallle. Clearfield County, Pa
Keeps constantly on band a full assortment of
ii iin,l.. Hardware. Uroeeries, and ererything
-.n.ll. kent in n retail store, wliicb will bo sou,
for oaeh, aa cheap aa elsewhere in the county,
rrenehvllle, June 17, 16117-lj.
THOMAS H. FORCEE,
paALaa in
GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
CRAIIAMTON, Pa.
Alio, eitrnllre menufacturer and dealer In Square
Timber and Sawed Luranerui en iu..
M-Orden lolloltod and all bllle promptl
led! W'1 '.'?-
REUBEN HACKMAN,
House and Sign Painter and Paper
Hanger,
Clearfield, Penn'a.
feeLWill exeeute Jobi In bia line promptly and
la a workmanlike manner. nrr,07
Q. H. HALL,
PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER,
NEAR CLBABFIB1.D, PKNN'A. ,
-Pumpi alwayl on hand and made to order
on ehort ootioa. ripoe bored on reaeonnnio termi.
All work warranted to render latiefaetion, and
dellrared Ifdeeired. mjJ5:ljpa
E. A. BIGLER & CO.,
IBaVt.aBB l.t
SQUARE TIMBER,
and menuraeturoff or
ALL KINDS OF SAWED LUMBER.
.7'7I OLEAKP1KI.D, PENN'A.
JAS. B. GRAHAM,
dealer la
Real Estate, Square Timber, Boards,
SHINGLES, LATH, A PICKETS,
:10'7S Clearfleld, Pa, '
JAM Ed MITCHELL,
DBALBB IB
Square Timber & Timber Lands,
JeH'7J CLEABPIELD, PA.
DR. J. P. BURCH FIELD,
Lftts Barge on of ttao H'.i ReKtment, Po n n tj 1 rnia
Volvtitoori, in.-tug roturnoa iroa ido Army,
fferi bit profonioBftl torrie! to thooiUtoaa
f CUmrOolai onaerty.
j-ProfiJtf lonl clli promptly kttooclod to.
0to on 8ond atroot, foraerlyoooaplod by
Dr.Woodf. l.pr, ob-u
H. F, N AUGLE,
WATCH MAKER & JEWELER,
and dealer in
WatvhcB, Clocks, Jewelry, Silver
and Plated W lire, Sc.,
Jelt'71 CLEAItFIKI.D, PA,
sTTTs"n'y d i e r,
fiTr PRACTICAL WATCIIMAKEB
lV ABO DBALEB IB
6aaaa4Wat(;hc-, Clocks and Jovtclrv,
Qratun's tow, Jr.l Slml,
CLI3ARI'll:LI, PA.
All kinds of repairing In my linn promptly at
ndod to. April 23, 1(73.
REMOVAL.
REIZENSTEIN Sl BERLINER,
wholawlt delri la
GEMS' FIRMSimO GOODS,
llaaa removed to 1ST Church street, between
Franklin nnd Whit, sts. New York. Jy31'7I
Miss E. A. P. Rynder,
a at nt ran
Ohlflkorlog'a, Sttloway'a and KmFraon'a Planoij
Dtnttb a, Maion 4 HanlU and Paloubat'a
Organ a and Malodaoaa, and O rover A
Baker'a Sawing Maoblnoa.
alio riArnia or
Piano, QalUr, Ortmu, lUrrootiy and Vocal Mo-
ale. No papil uboai for laaa thus half a larm.
rK-Huomr njipoilt (lullrh'a Furniture Hturo.
ClMTHold, May ft. HW-it.
. ItalTIB CANKT
H0LL0WBUSH & CARET,
BOOKSELLERS,
Rlnnk Book Manufacturers,
' ' AND BTATIONRR0,
am Market SI., PMtadtlpM.
w?L.Paper Flour Eacks and Bags, Footsrnp,
letter, hots, Wrappiog, Curtain and Wall
Papers. feliI4.71
Da"
FULLERTON
WITH
W. V. LUTINCOTT & CO.,
Wholesale Dealers la
lints. Caps, Furs & Straw Goods,
No. fill MaHRBT Strbbt,
angtlt-tr PHILADELPHIA, PA.
OTONE'S SAW GC MM KltS AND
SAW UPSETS.
Wa hare rartlrad lb aarnry for the almvc and
will aril thm at tftanafwitirer'i prtoea. Call and
Jall-71 t M. 9. BKlt.Kh $Ct.)
W. H. MtENRUE, !
ATTOIIKEY-A T LA 11',
Real Kit ate Agent aad Iainranee Droker,
Agent for Outgoing and Ineoaslng Stcamera.
Patagea Keeurtd by aay Peri r able Liaa.
A . Ms H I L L 8
Would rarjieetruHy notify hlppwiiepts
that he bar reduced the price of ABTI
F1CIAL TKK1II to ,SU. 00 i,er sol. or
loa.tt for a doabta art. For any laa parsons
eomlae at the same lime, ta hare eare an upper
aet, will get the two sets for 1.15.10, ar tll.il
sank.
Terms Invariably Casb.
Clearleld, March It, 187'.
LINE! ON A SKELETON.
flume forty yetra aifo tha following poam waa
found In I ha UmluB Mom inn t'krnirt: Kvary
tllort waa vainly made to dlaaover Iba author,
even ta tha offering ef a raward of tfty guineaa.
All that aver triniDlrad waa that tha intern, ta a
fair, darkly band, waa found Bear a akalaton of
ranarkaoia it mutt try or form, ia ma aw-aura w
tba KujaJ Uuiian or Harsaona. t-ineoia a ino,
London, and that tha aurator of tha muNam aant
It to tlio Morning CAnmiafa
Ttohold thlt ruin I Twaa a ekull
.. Ooea of Ktharaal anlrlt full.
Tlii narrow eel I wai LITa'a ret r tat,
Thla anaoa waa Thouitht'a myiiarlona aat.
What braulenua vlilona AIIimI thta tK)t,
i What droatua of pleaiura long forgot,
' Nor llrijia, nor Joy, nor Love, nor Fear,
llavo lalt oaa traoo of record hero.
Penaath thli ttmnldorlnf annnpy, ' '
j ' Onaa ahone tha bright and buny aya;
But atari not at tha diem at void
If oooe with lore Ibal aya employed,
If with bo lawleia Are It glenmad.
Hut Ibrough tha dawiof klndntaa beamed,
That ate hall ba foravor bright,
When atari aud tun ara auntt Id ulgbt.
! Wlihia thla hollow eararn hung
Th ready, awift and tuneful tongoa.
If fatfehood'a honey tt diadainad,
And when It eonld not pralaa waa chained,
If bold in vlrtna'a aauaa It ipoke,
Yet gentle eoneord -nevar broke,
Thia illtnt tongue afaa.ll plead for tbaa
When time anvvili atemtty.
Pay, did tbxae Angara del re the mlaef
Or with lha envied rublaa ahinaf1
To h-w tha rork or wear the gam
Can tittle now evairto thrtn.
Hut if tha papa of truth they eought.
Orooaifort to tba mourner bronf.bt.
These hand a rlehar meed ahall claim
Tbaa all that wait oa Wealth or Fame.
Avalla It whether, bare or shod,
Ttirae feet the path of duty trod
If from the bowere of Baao they fled,
. To leek ARIirtlon'a humble phod j-
If tlrandeur'a gilded bower they purnad.
And home to Virtue'i ot returneil.
Theae feat with angel'e wlnga ahall vie,
And trend the palaoea of the aky.
man pia y ix oeilvaxy.
1NTKRIOR OF THE PBIVATI O.AMBLINU
llOl'HI. AT HAIIKN.
A Kden ctirmapoiident of the Lon-
dim 77i j in giviiifr a (leacription of
the motlurn "Kumuor riiva:
1 ho aliriiic contnins two rooniB 0in
iiiK into ench other, olio connevratcd
uminlly to trcuto ct quarunto, but in
which faro and other names' of hazard
uto alw ilnyed, and the nthor dovotod
exolunively to roulctto. They arc very
quietly, though comfortably, furnished
and the only thinir that gtrikog one. an
at all unusual about them except, of
course, the lalilen is t lint tue various
piur-frlafwen ara employed, of all odd
places in tlio world, lor pouting the
placards containing regulations, with
regarij to tho dilTerent itamer) and other
official noticed. Thia novel use of a
mirror certainly look liko buainewi,
and prepares one for tho discovery that
no ladies, whether "from Paria" or else
where, are admitted, aa they ara to
tho hotel roulette tables which I have
in a former lettor described. Their
presence might lend to trifling and
lrivolites lucoiiipatililo with tho serious
objects of tho meeting. In tho same
earnest spirit there ia no flourishing
about, as at tho hotel, of iced cham
pagne. Any such public bouse parade
is carefully eschewed, not merely as
showy nna vulgar, but as a reflection
on the game itaelf, aa tending to imply
that tho gcuine gammer and gentle
man has to bo tempted into losing his
money by any other ezeitemont or
pleasure-than that of the Ions itself.
But as, of course, being human and
reasonable, bo must drink, such simple
and serious liquors as brandy and soda,
beer, and light wines are provided
without stint. I have no doubt that
anybody who liked to ask for it could
havo champagne, or, lor the matter ol
that JohanmVberg or Tokay. But
there is very little drinking wonder
fully little, considering how many JCn
gliHhnicn are in tho room. Tho courte
ous waiters, gliding swiftly and noise
lessly Irom chair to chair, are gener
ally carrying only soltnur water or a
segnr.
1 bore w not, however, much money
at least what an ordinary plain man
of business would consider money
lying upon tho tables. The small
strong box in tho centre, over which
the noble host himself presides, may
indeed contain, for aught 1 know, un
told millions. Rut lying visibly about
in confused heaps among the players,
or near tho bunker In carefully ar
ranged rows, aro ondlesa bone count
ers, somo plain whito, others tastefully
inlaid with rings of various colors, from
red to tho most delicate inauvo. Their
intrinsic value ia not great not mora,
pcrhapB.tban of a bank nolo aud they
took charmingly innocent and pretty
playthings lor children. Ktill a good !
deal of mischief may -bo done with
them, J lie plain whites ara the low
est the copicr coinage being worth
ly two tliulcin each, or bs. A red
ring at once raises their value to ten
thalers. Then there are other colored
pieces of various values, from five
thaler to Kill, until tho plain white
reasserts itself, and two or three mod
est figures in black show that it is
worth from 200 to 500 thalers, or 75.
Tbera may have been counters of high
er value, though I did not sco any.
let, by playing sleauily liom, say, 11
p. M. to 3 A. it is possible to lose a
fairly satisfactory sum even Ihrongh
tho medium of 75 piece. The sys
tem of playing with counters is, no
doubt, immensely in the bank's favor
in the way, that Is, ol encouraging
high play. It is uot in human nature,
at least civilized nature, to treat a small
bit of bono, however neatly colored,
with the respect one feels readily
enough for a aovoreign or a 10 note.
Young player scalier 25 thaler pieces
over tho table who would hesitate
altout staking sovereigns though not
a third of tho value A for the plain
white tho copper units it is amus
ing to see what vilo dross they come
to be considered boforo tho evening is
out. Six shillings is not a sum which
even millionaires givo habitually to
neggar anil waiters, liut plnyur
with bis pockets full of reds and manves
feels almost a much ashamed of offer.
ing a handful of whitoa to tho gentle
men out ol liven' who sees him to the
door as if they were copper.
A Windfall Tlio editor of the
llinghamton, N. 1.) 7Yhih, advise his
reader to built after their ancles, find
then give the following as a raso in
point:
- Miss S. If. Pollard of this city, who
formerly conducted the extensive milli
nery establishment on the comer of
I ourt and aler streets, received ft few
(lavs sinco from the executors of the
will of her uncle, her father's brother.
recently deceased in San Francisco,
Cnl., a letter iiilorming her that the
was mentioned In the will as the solo
heir of her uncle's estate. Tho letter
further informed her that the estate
was vnlncd at 1200,000, 1100,000 being
invested in lands and real cstalo, and
about f 105.000, consisting of cask, on
deposit in various banks in San Fran
ciaeo. Mr. Pollard, we are Informed.
wrnt to California many year ago,
and for a long time his whereabouts
were unknown, until his niece, by writ
ing to the Postmaster nt San Francisco,
ascertained her uncle's Rddresi aaa
corresponded with him.
TIIK AGE OF WOMEy.
Assuredly no question ikmscsscs more
anxious interest to all unmarried wo
men thun tho momentous ono of. when
thov will lose tho power to charm 1
And it Is beyond doubt that a dread of
tno auvunciug 3'earn ib iiiueii mmv
rooted in tho minds of the gentler than
ol tho sterner sex, oppressing them,
indeed, often at an absurdly early ago.
Only the oilier day we beard a bloom.
ing maiden lumenliug the approacu oi
net sovonteeniii uiruuiay, euving, wnu
a melancholy shako of her pretty bead,
"J am growing to horribly old.
In contrast to this was the remark
of a gentleman, who, being asked his
ago, repliod, frankly, "I um twenty
seven; not that it matters much, for
it has always seemed to mo that a
mail t ago was of tho least nniinequunce
butwocu twoutrflvo and forty. 1
should not like to bo less than twenty
nor more than torty ; between these
poriodB 1 am indifferent to tho pro
gress ol time.
It would bo d'nk'ult, if not impossi
hie, to find ft woman equally philoso
phical in her estimato of the flight of
tho years, an oxaggrcatod importance
being usually attributed to the desira
bleness of "youngncss." And yet,
Tlcspito all that has been said and sung
ol tho loveliness ol immaturity, wo
doubt if any woman of real attractions
overcomes into tho lull glories 01 her
kingdom until she has nearly reached
that very ago which seems to school
girls tho "ultima tliule ' of youth.
It is (litllcult, perhaps, to realizo this
because so many of our theories and
fancies ai-o louiidcdrathcron the super
stitions of the past than on tho actual!
ties of life. In former periods a maid-
on must bo wedded as toon as slio
reached tho ago of womanhood : anil
as marriage implied complete subordi
nation una seclusion, the hoy-day ol
life lay iu tho vory brief period between
childhood and tho early bridal, and as
a consequence an exaggerated estimato
of tho attractions of girlhood pervades
all litcruturo.
Rut, on the other band, if wo turn
to tho pages or history, wo nnd them
full of tho stories of the fascinations oi
women who were no longer young.
Helen of Troy had been somo years
married when sho perpetrated tho most
famous elopement on record ; and,, as
tho siege ol Troy lasted a decade, could
not havo been very juvenile when tho
fortune of war restored her toher bus-
band, who appear to havo received her
with unquestioning ardor and delight.
Aspasia was considerably past
thirty when alio weddod I'cricles,
and she wielded an undiminished in
fluence for twenty years or more.
Cleopatra was about thirty when An
thony tell under hor spell, which novor
lessened in power to tho day of her
death, nearly ton year later. Livia
was nearly tinny when she won the
heart of Augustus, over whom sho
maintained hor ascendency to the last.
Rut turning to more modern bistort-,
whore it la possible to verily dates
mora accurately, we have tho extraor
dinary avoTXmnt of liano lo Poiootiara,
who wo thirty-six when Henry 11.,
thou the duke of Orleans, and just half
her age, becamo attached to her, and
she was held a the first lady, and
most beautiful woman at court, up to
the period of the king's dentb, twenty
four years afterward.
Anno of Austria was thirty-eight
when sho was described an tho hand
somest queen In Europe. Ninon de
1 Kudos, the most celebrated wit nnd
beauty of hor day, waa the adored of
three generations of "her golden youth"
of Franco, and present tho most re
markable story in history of the dura
tion of tho powors of fascination. In
the instanco of this lady, a rare combi
nation of culture, talenta and porsonal
atracliona endowed their possessor
seemingly with tho gifts of eternal
youth.
" ... I, nr , .1 .
llianca uapcno was oa wuen tuo
Grand lhike Francisco, of Florence,
fell captivo to hor charms, and made
hor his wile, though no was nve yeait
her junior. Catherine II, was 33 when
she sciied the Empire of ltussia, and
captivated the dashing young (ienoral
Gregory Orion". Iler advantage "of
person and mind mado her attractive
liir many years longer, and she is thus
describod when at tho ago of 43: "Her
eyes aro blno, large and fine ; hor eye
brows and hair brown; her mouth
well-proportioned ; hercbin round ; her
n we rather long ; hor forehead regular
and open ; her hands and arms round
and white ; her shape rather full ; the
air of hor head full of grace nnd dig
nity." Up to tho timo of her dealli,
at sixty-ecven, sho seems to have re
tained the power of inspiring a sincere
attachment in tho heart of hor favor
ites, her soldiers and her attendants;
a when at length hor splended career
closed, the lamentations were heartfelt
among all thoso who had over known
her personally.
.Mademoiselle Mars, tho celebrated
French actress, was plain and uninter
esting in hor youth, her arms and
hands liuiug especially rod and rough ;
but after sho was fully jnaturod hor
beauty inoroaed with every year, and
she was at tho lonith of her attractions
between thirty and forty-flvo, at that
period the loveliness of her hands and
arms being celebrated throughout Eu
rope. The famous Madame ltccamicr was
thirty-eight when tho allied sovereigns
entered Pari, and the was, without
dispute, declared to be tho most beau
tiful woman in Kurotra, a rank which
she had already held, however, for fif
teen years.
This list niight ho still further swell
ed but enough has been given to prove
that a woman need not lose her attrac
tions though youth be gone, and, above
all, that it hor mind be cultivated and
her heart kindly, she shall have a
pnwor of nevor-failiiig fascination.
An Irish girl on applying for a situ
ation, was asked by a lady if sho was
used to early rising. "A null I" ex
claimed lliddy, "is it airly rising ye
wants T Faith, I always gets tip an'
has tho breakfast ready, and every bed
in tho house made, before there is a
soul in the bouse awake. An' is that
airly enough fiir ye?" Tho lady
thought it was, hut she also thought
that making a bed while tho person
was osieeo wua a novel oxrenincni,
and ono which she did not rare to try
A Fitchburg man developed n fine
trategto talent the other day. Ho
waa paying a hack faro, when he
dropped tbreo bank bill, and tho wind
whisked thorn swiftly away. Alter
unavailing search for an hour a bright
idea struck him. Ho folded a piece nf
paper and dropped It where the bills
fell, followed its flight, and where it
rested, thore he found also hi money.
Washington Irving onco alluded to
a man ot superior pomposity a "a
groat man, and, In hi own estimation
a man of great weight. When he
goes to the west ha thinks the east
lip tip."
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BIO TREES.
Tho largest and oldest trees in tho
world are tho Ilaobabt of African and
Australia. There are twospeoies the
Adansonia gregorio. which is peculiar
to Australia, an tuo AUtiiisoniadigitata,
which abounds In West and boo Africa.
The tree do not riso to an excessive
height, but attain an enormous cirruin
ferenee. Povoritl have been measured
which bad a girth of (torn 70 to 77
feet. A few feet from tho ground, the
mum trunk gives on immense brunches.
which extend hoiizoutolly from 50 to
1UU leet. 1 ho enure tree hns the ap
pearance of a perfect hcniisphero,
sometime being 100 feet in height
and luo in circiimtcronco. A group
oi tlieso trees crowning Its headlands.
gives nunio to tlio t ime de Verde
Islands, "Green Capo,'
Tim Tliinlml, ilooo ,1, I nilnnt tin full
growth until it ia 800 ytiarti ubl. Adun
son, tho botanist after whom tho genus
was named by Ijiiintens, calculated the
ago ol the lives by an inscription which
ho discovered in tlio nan ol ono on
tho Capo do Verde Islands. This in
seriplioii was cut in the fifteenth ecu
tury, and 300 layers of wood bad grown
over it. Comparing tho thickness of
thoso with that ol trees whose ago was
known, ha arrived at an approximate
knowledge ol the age ot diltoront sne
mens, "lie has found." savs llu:
boldt, "for a dinhieler of about 30 feet,
an ago of 5, 100 years." According to
this, there aro llnohalm Irom 5,000 to
fl,000ycnrsold,-hoary patriarchs which
were in their vigorous and lusty prime
when tho I'yrauuus were building.
Tho woolly loaves of tho Baobab
have from three to seven lounota rndi
ating from a common centre. They
Imp Irom the tree during the hot and
dry summers of tho tropical regions
whoro they grow, but put forth again
in tho rainy season, which lasts from
December to Juno. The flowors of tho
Baobab are while and very large,
somewhat resembling tho mallows, and
droop on stems a yard in length. The
honey which the hoes mako Irom them
is greatly oslevmed lit- tlio Ahyssihinns
for its perfume and flavor. The fruit
of tho African Baobab is of the site of
citron, nnd is often called "honey
bread." Tho bIioII passes in riiciiing
irom green to yellow and Drown. The
interior is filled with a spongy, juicy
substance, of a pale-cbocoUi.o color, it
is slightly acid and plemmt to the
taslo. ilio expressed jtico mixed
with sugar is highly valued as a bever
age, being very refivshing and effec
tual in quenching thirst, md possess
ing medicinal qualities whirh render it
specific in putrid anil pestilential
fevers.
Tho Buolmli is emollient and mucil
aginous in all Its parts. Tko Africans
dry and rodueo tho leaves to nowder,
which they sprinkle upon their daily
food, for tho purpose of diminishing
the ex'ecssivo perspiration to which
they are subject in a torr.:d climate.
Europeans also find this powder use
ful in cases of diarrhea, fovjr, and other
maladies. In Egypt, tho dried pulp of
tno trim is mixed wit water and used
in dysentery.
Tho Africans regard tho lluobab
with superstitions veneraticn ; and well
they may revere a tree which for
century after century supplies them
with lood, and nriuk, aud medicine.
Tho hollow trunk of tin) trees aro
used as places of sepulture, of encamp
ment, and as maguzines. Homo or
thorn are so largo as to admit 210 men
in their Inelosnrc.
Tho Austrinlian Baobab Is rarely
found beyond 100 mile from the coast.
It occurs most Jremtontly on tho tflcn-
eig lflvcr. It flourishes best on level,
sandy tracts. Its fruit Is smaller than
that of tho African species, but is
highly prized by the native, who mnke
great use of It. Tho German settlers
on the Ornngo River call this fruit,
from it acid taste, "Cream of Tartor."
A OXE CENT BCSTXEfik' !
HOW A FOBTt'NK IS MADF. TIMtol (111 Tit V-
INO AND SCLLING I'ZNNlEs.
Thero is a man in this city, says tho
Now York .Sun, who it amassing a
handsome fortune by buying and sel
ling pennies, two aud three cent pieces,
and five cent nickels, in many of tho
newspaper ollicos, newt depots, ferry
bouses, retail houses whom cheap goods
aro sold, bakeries, and oilier places,! ho
accumulation ol small com very ollen
becomes so largo as to bo cumbersome.
ft cannot bo disposed of, for coin is so
plenty that customers object to tak
ing it in chungo in any great quanti
ty, and in business houses w hero it is
needed, tho regular sources of supply
are always ample
1 ho coin might bo sent to tho l'lnla-
dclphia Mint for redemption, but tho
requiremouts are enough to discourage
any business man. To send pennies
to tho mint they must first lie sorted,
and wrapped in packaget of flvo dol
lars each Coin of each separate mint
ago must bo put together. It will
not do to mix the old fashioned coppers
with tho bright or bronzed-colored
nickels, nor can a two or three cent
piece bo mixed with tho pennies. 11
tney aro packed In this way they are
not oven counted at tho Mint, but are
shipped back to tho sender without
delay or notice of any kind. '
llio law also proscribes that the
coins shall bo packed in iron-bound
uoxc, and snipped at sender expense.
A eoln aro heavy, tho cost of trans
portation is considerable. Tho official
count tho money at their leisure, and
sometimes the sender doc not hear
from his consignment in nearly a year.
Ho thu lose the use of hi money for
that length nf time. This combination
of vexatious detail prevent thoso who
havo an accumulation of coin from
sending it to the mint, and it teem a
though tht official nt Philadelphia in
tended that t hoy should nut be troubled
with it.
Every day a man rides to the news
paper ami other office in a buggy, and
buys tho Coin which has lieen taken in
from tho news-boys and customers.
ror tne pennies and two-cent piece he
pays ninety-seven rents a buiidred.and
lor tho throe and five-cent nickels he
gives ninety-nine cent for a dollar's
worth. The sellers are glad to dispose
of the coins at tins discount The
man then rides to tboiit tht only trades
men in the city who desire a quantity
of pennies t he pawnbrokers and to
them he sells the coins at par, taking
their notes for three months in pay
ment The pawnbrokers who have shops
among tho poorer classes say they
need small denomination of functional
currency or coin, a many of their loans
do not exceed ten or fifteen cents.
Many poor person pawn their articles
of wearing apparel or trinkets only
when driven to do so by the want of a
single meal of food, and such ara not
particular a to the denomination of
the money they receive. The pawn
brokers give their not es without inter
oat, thereby gaining tho use of the
money for three month.
REP
THE DEATH OF QL08TER.
A telegram dated Ran Francisco,
Oil., Oet 30, purporting to be sent by
Budd l)oblo, announces tho. death of
tlio bay gelding (ilostor. Tho gallant
Gloster, with bis brilliant record of
2:17, is no more. Another luminary
in the oqiiino firmament ba forever
disappeared. Honored bo bis ashes.
Mr. lloblo's telegram is very brief,
and simply announces that Gloster was
ailing on bis arrivnl at Kan Francisco,
and died on tho 30th tilt., at tho stables
of tho Hay District Fair (jmuntls.At
sociation, of lung fever. ' Gloster, in
company with Judgo Fullerton and
Commodore, was taken to California
by Budd Doblo, and was to havo been
engaged in several forthcoming trots
at Sacramento and Ban Francisco dur-
ug the season, notably for tho gneat
trotting puree of 0,000 between Oeci-
dent, Jitilicrton and himself, on the 7th
ult., at the latter city.
In the death ot this famous gelding.
Mr. Alden Goldsmith his owner, has
sustained an Irreparable loss. Ho was
ono of the fastest trotters in tho coun
try, and, had ho lived, would unques
tionably, in another Reason, have re-
duced his own brilliant record of 2:17,
and it is only once in a man's litb that
his ctlorts in breeding fnst trotters are
crowned with such success. His great
triumph at Kocliestor in defeating Kcd
Cloud, Sensation, St. James, Gazelle
and Camors in 2:18, 2:171,217 and 2,19
will not booii bo forgotten, and a long
timo will elapse, wo opino, before that
perlormanco will he equaled, tiloster
was a largo bay gelding, measuring
hcteen 10 and 17 hands, and although
beyond tho desired stature for a trotter,
was well nro,Kirtioned m all respects.
His strong muscular frame, iron con
stitution and fine stamina eminently fil
led him lor tho trotting turt, and his
long stnde. groat speed and ambition
rendered him at all times a dangerous
adversary.
(ilostvr, bay gelding, was fouled tit
18GC ; bo was bred by Mr. James
Itoosevclt, of llydo Park, Jf. from
whom ho was purchased at an early
age by Mr. Alden Goldsmith, of Bloom
ing Grovo, Orange county, J. Y., who
has all tlio credit for developing his
wonderful trotting power. He was
sired by Goldsmith's Volunteer, dam
Black Bess by Mockrulgo Chief (son
of Vermont Black Hawk) 2d dame by
Mambrino Paymaster. Gloster has
won a great deal of money for his own
er, and could havo been sold ata very
high figure. Mr. Goldsmith has re
fused l:i0,000 for him, and the aamo
iarty,we learn, subsequently increased
is otTur to $40,000, with no better
success. Mr. Goldsmith has tho sym
pathy of all American turfmen, who
regard tho death of tho noble Gloster
as a national loss.
MILK FEVER IN COWS.
Wo aro glad to believe that the past
few years have witnessod great im
provements in tho winter management
of rows, but there is evidently room
" great deal more. Home farmers
practico llivliia; eliui. snc l., ww-t.
winter, and then feeding them on poor
hay until within a week or two of
their ralving, when they begin to Muff
thorn with menl, and continue this pro
cess until the calf is a week old or the
cow dies. Under such treatment it is
not st range t hat so many cows are every
year lost or ruined. From tho time
a cow is dry until she drops her calf
sho should be kept iu good condition,
and If when dried sho is no better flesh
than cows usually are, should be kept
gaining, it this Is done, and sho is
properly touded at tho timo, she is al
most certain to "como in" all right.
Let her loose for a timo before she
drops hor calf, tho longer the better.
rood her upon fond thai u opening
and cooling, such as bran, oats or roots,
but keep Indian menl, which it beat
ing, away from her. When sho has
dropped her calf see that sho does not
become chilled, nnd mako her food
light. Give her all the drink sho wants,
but havo it warm. Do not bo In too
much of a hurry to mnke her givo a
largo mess of milk, and if you feed uny
provender during tho first week ft
should bo vory liglit, Bay two or three
quarts of oats per day. Treated in
this way vory lew cows would have
milk fever; but if, through mismanage
ment, the feeding of Indian meal, tho
giving of cold water, or allowing her
to stand in a wind and get cold a lever
should como on, give tho cow a mild
opening medicine ol lard or oil, and bo
sure to keen the bag cool by rubbing
it with cold water. Keep hor in light
food, and take good euro of her, nnd
nnturo will soon bring her out all right.
Except something to keep her bowles
loose, little medicine is needed.
EXACTLY SO.
Tho editor of tho Philadelphia Chin-
monmalth, who has served in Congress
and knows whereof he speaks, in allud
ing to tho meeting of Congress says:
Tho last session ot tha l'orty third
Congress will begin on the 7th of De
cember next. In that body tho Radi
cal negro party has an absolute ma
jority. The Ponnte and House of Rep
resentatives, the Kxoeutivo Depart
ment, and the Federal Judiciary are
all held by the Radical negroes and
their Radical white allies. We earn
estly hope that nothing that can be
said nr tlone during this Inst session of
the Radical Congress will induce the
Demoeratsto assume any responsibility
as to the future. We know from our
own experience In Congress that It is
certain tho Radicals will attempt to
lend, forco, or csjolo the Democrats
intoaiiexpreasion of their policy. This
trick, if successful, will tend to tho in
jury of the great Interests of tho pco
ple which are now intrusted to the
Deniocratio party when It assumes
power. The Radicals, by cunningly
devised overture or other specious
device, will try to inveiglo tho few
Domocrats in the Senate and House to
commit tho party iu tho future to
some opinions which common prudence
should prevent them irom undertak
ing. A hen the Forty-fourth Congress
assembles and organizes, then it will
be time enough for the Jlemocrnttr
party to begin to make up its record,
Committees of investigation will be
first in order, and when the frauds,
corruptions, abuses, stealings, and gen
eral Imbecility ot tbo liadicals is shown
then begin tbo reforms.
'i il aa as
A smile cost the giver nothing; ret
it is beyond price to the erring and re
penting, the sad and cheerio, the lost
anil forsaken. Il disarms malice, sub
dues temper turns enmity to love, re
venge to kindness, and paves the dark
est paths with gems of sunlight. ' 1
Tho Cincinnati Vimr is
greatly
agricm-
grievod t tno advice in an agric
tural paper, -'.Mako manure ot your
old fodder. 1 hi evidences, it says, a
great lock of filial affection on the part
ol somersxiv.
BLICM.
THE ItlSQ FIXOER.
Wo havo already noticed the mode
ol procedure adopted by bridegrooms in
placing tho ring upon tho fourth finger
ol thelellhanil. J. hough it was reached
simultaneously with tho concluding
'Amen, a fur weightier reason pre
vailed with many of our foretathors
tor selecting this finger to bear tho
matrimonial token. (Swinburne, iu his
"Treatise of Spoiisnls," says: "Tho fin
ger on which the ring is to bo worn is
the fourth finger of tho left hand, next
to the little linger; because by the re
ceived opinion of tho learned and ex
perienced, in ripping up and antnomiz
ing bodies, there is a vein of blood,
which iiasseth from tho fourth finger
into the heart, called tvni amorit. Love's
vein ; to the wearing of tho ring on
that linger signiliotli that the lovo
should not bo in vain or feigned, but
that as they give hands each fo the
other, so likewise they should give
heart also, whereuuto that voin ex
tendi." This idea seems to have arisen
in Egypt nil "early as the second cen
tury. Appinn, an Alexandrian histo
rian, says Unit in tho opinion of the
anatomists of Egypt, "a certain most
delicate ncrvo" passed from tho ring
finger to tho heart. But the staunch
est upholder of this theory was Laivinus
Lcmuius, a celebrated sago of Zealand,
who lived in the sixteenth century.
In his medical practico ho had often
taken advanlago of this connecting
artery to restore fainting women to
consciousness. "Tho small artery is
stretched forth from tho heart unto
this finger, tho motion whereof you
may perceive cvideutly in all that
effects the heart in women by tho
touch of your forefinger. I used to
raise such as are fallen into a swoon
by pinching this joint, and by rubbing
tho ring ot gold with a little sngron ;
for, by this, a restoring force that is in
it passcth to the heart, and refrosheth
tho fountain nf life, unto which this
finger is joined. Wherefore antiquity
thought fit to compass it ubout with
gold." He also states that this finger
wa termed 'meilien," since, if any
venom entered it, notieo was given to
tbo heart before it was too Into to use
an antidoto. The gout, ulso, never
afflicted this until the attack had as
sumed a fatal character. This he had
observed in Gallia Belgica, tho land
par nrdlenct of podagrical sufferers, no
lielgian, however long bit cxpenonco
of gout may havo boon, over suffering
in this finger till death was nigh at
hand.
A SEW PLASTER BAUD A (IE.
A surgeon connected with the South
ern disiienaary, in Brooklyn, M. Y.
has recently invented a new method ol
applying the plaster splint, which
promises to be an important improve
ment A common inenno sock is
drawn upon the foot and leg. It may
extend as far as necessary to include
the fi-acturcd locality. A small ro)M is
run down the back seam in the centra
of the leg, around the heel and over
tho toes, returning up tbo Huddle ol
seven pieces of flannel aro thou cutout
tho inatAei nn trout ol the ley. hix or
to fit the leg and foot, allowing for
shrinkage. The ends of tho bones hav
ing been carefully adjusted, the stock
ing, upon which the rope ha been at
tached as described, is drawn upon the
loot and leg. ! he flannels are soaked
in warm water and applied, the plaster
of Paris paste being rubbed in with
layer after layer. After the last layer
ho been applied, the plaster Is allowed
to sot. When the plaster has become
hard, the splint is perfect, and the pa
tient can get about, on crutches, very
comfortably. If the leg swells, and it
is necessary to remove tho bandage.
tbo whole thing can be done inside of
three minutes. The cord that has been
run around tho stocking now forms a
lino ot division in the splint To re
move the splint all that has to bo doue
is to slip out tho cord and slit up the
stocking along the line where tho cord
was. Then the splint, divided In
halves, can be removed as though it
bad been laid upon the limb to obtain
a cast Coimiderublo time is thus
gained by using this method of apply
ing the plaster splint. W hen t ho broken
limb becomes inflamed, it also is ex
tremely painful and very tender to tho
touch. Tho slightest jar sends a thrill
of pain through tho body of the patient,
who hns sometimes been obliged to bo
chloroformed, to enable the surgeon to
remove the plaster splint applied with
a bandage. By tho new method, the
limb need hardly bo moved or touched.
PAPER BARRELS.
Among tho numerous novel uses to
which paper is nowadays put, ia the
manufacture of barrels tor the carriage
of such materials as flour, sugar, etc.
These barrels are mado of successive
layers of parer-board cemented togeth
er, and subjected to enormous pressure,
tbo result ot which is a compact sub
stance with great resisting power. Tho
paper is made of straw, thus utilizing
and converting into a merchantable
articlo what in most sections of the
country is regarded as refuse. The
barrels are perloctly cylindrical in lorm,
which gives thcin an advanlago of 25
per cent in ttorago ovor wooden bar
rels. Their weight is about half that
of a woodun barrel, so that in a car
load a saving ol nearly 1,000 pounds ui
Ireight is made. It calculated that
they will stand four times the pressure
that a wooden barrel will. Tho inven
tion was patented about tlx months
ago, and two factories are now engaged
in the manulaolura ono at inona,
isconsin, and one at llecorah, Iowa,
At tho latter factory, 1.UO0 barrels per
tiny are turned out w ith a consumption
of flvo tons of paper. It is claimed fur
tlieni that they can bo mudo pur
cent, cheaper than wotslen barrels.
They may bo rendered absolutely air
tight and il is claimed that they will
resist moisture longer than -they are
likely ever to be oxoscd to it. They
are mado in quarter, ball, and lull sizes.
j be inventor is sanguine thai they arc
destined entirely to supiw-sour tho woxsj,
en barrel.
Hnw to Talk. If you havo the
ability to amuse, talk often in comiv
tiy and iu a way which shows that
you understand what it said around
you. But do not talk long. 1ft that
rase you are apt to tire your bearers.
There aro many persona, who, thongh
they have nothing to lalk of, never
know when to leave off tulking.
There are somo who labor tinder so
great and insatiable a desire for talk
ing that they will even interrupt oil
ers when about to speak. We should
in society never talk of our own or
others' domestic affair. Yours are of
no interest to them, and theirs slmuld
ot be to you; besidos.lhe sulueetisof
so delicate a nature, that who me treat
intention it is a obsnee if wo do not
make some tnortilVing mistake, or
wound the feelings nf some of tho
company" -
SPINNER H FALSEHOODS.
i . i
AN ANALTSIS OF TllXASlkla SPlNNXS'l
STATEalXST HIS StlOBTOOUINUS Iff
Till PAST RADICAL RKTRXNCB M KNT
AND WHAT IT AMOUNTS TO.
Wasimnoton, D. C. Nov. 15.
' It shonld be distinctly nnderstond
that tho figures In Treasurer Spinner's
annual statement of the condition of
tbo Treasury to the Secretary aro not
to bo believed. ' A standing order of
tho House of Iloprcsentatives, adopted
at the foundation of our Government,
requires that a comttleto and detailed
account of tho receipt and expenditure
oi tuo united Mates snail re submitted
to Congress at tho beginning of each
session, I his requirement i reviewed
and emphasized by the law of August
20, 1842. ! It is (Spinner's duty to fur
nish most of tho figures to the Register
ol the 1 reasury in eeason for them to
bo presented to uongross at the nine
fixed by law. This no has failed for
years to do, and ha avowed his in
tention not to obey the law: - Ho has
thus violated his solemn oath of office
and earned the disgrace of impeach
ment. Having broken his oath and
failed in bis duty, he ha proved him
self unworthy of belief. Ho has not
the excuse which ho I likely to plead,
of insufficiency in his clerical force.
this duty is imperative; it is Imposed
by the Constitution itself; and if. his
clerical force were inadequate he should
have let other matters fall behind, and
devoted his energies to tho highest
duty of informing the people what had
been done with their money. 1 his
course would soon have brought the
appropriations needed to keep up the
olher work ot his ottlco. lint so lur aa
known, ho ha never once asked an in
crease of his clerical force on the ground
that it was needful to bring this most
important work down to date. The
explanation of this refusal and failure
is lound in Kichardson s coniession oi
tho frequency of defalcations and em
bezzlements in tho 1 reasury. TO hide
tho ugly truth the Treasurer has been
induced to withhold the facts. That
tho receipts from taxes have fallen off
?JU,0im,(Ki(i, as ho say, or that they
have increased that much, is equally
rossible, so fur as the value of his state
ments is concerned, since he has lulled
in his duty and helped to veil the fraud.
In his report last year he irankiy stat
ed thd result of the Republican ruie
the pointed remark that "nowadays
none bat rich men and rascals ran bold
office." A Democratic investigating
committee nuiBt determine next year
to which class Spinner himself belongs,
or whether in fourteen years of office
holding he hns achieved honorary
membership of both. Last year the
House of Representatives solemnly re
solved thnt it was necessary j0 retrench.
They kept firing off economical rhetor
ic for homo consumption all through
the session, and tried to convince the
people that there would ben grand re
duction in expenditure. Then they
rnshed a deficiency bill through. ISow,
Treasurer Bpinners figures trust
worthy when they admit facts against
the ruling powers, though not in other
.-speeds Bhow that tho expenditures
tor tno nscal year were less than thoso
of tho year previous by the enormous
sura of 1,8C9,652, or possibly 1 per
cent. I Considering that tbo previous
year was one ot more than usual ex
travagance, tho ratio of performanoe to
promise is signally Republican. But
when tho reduction of receipts is taken
Into account, the wonderful retrench-
ng powors of Republican Congressmen
even more strikingly appear. Accord
ing to Spinner, the receipt have fallen
30,000,000, white the expenditures
have fallen 2,000,000. And this re
duction of tl of outgo where income
diminishes by 18,Fpmucr. with effront
ery which only a Republican official
can hope to equal, styles "commendable
retrenchment r And lor llorfa.
A C1RCUH TRICK. .. .
An interesting incident hut just oc
curred in Bucharest, and has created a
profound sensation on theatrical cir
cles in that place. It seems that tho
proprietor of tho Suhr circus, anxious
to provldo amusement for the public,
lately published an announcement that
a challenge given by Jules itigui, a
wrestler attached to tha circus, had
been accepted by a gentleman, who,
wishing to preserve a strict incognito,
would appear before the public in a
week. I ho amateur athlete, who, it
was stated, was a person occupying a
high social position, was rumored to be
on other than Stourja, a Moldavian
noble, who has tlio reputation ol pos
sessing herculean strength. On the
evening when "tho great unknown
mado bis first appearance in the circus
the stalls were filled with eager specta
tors long before tho commencement of
tho performance, lligni and his masked
opponent, having made their bow to
tlio audience, at onco commenced the
tritgglo, which was, however, Of short
duration, forthedistinguished unknown
in a few minutes, amid frantic applause,
floored his professional antagonist So
great was the success ol tlio sjicclacle
thntthe manager told tbcadminng audi
ence thnt the nobleman wrestler had con-
scend to to appear again before them
on the following evening, when the
performance was accordingly repeated,
and was continued for several success
ive nights, until one evening an indis
creet member of the troupe unfortun
ately divulged the fact that the masked
wrestler was uot a distinguished noble
man, but only ono of tho clowns attach
ed to the circus. This led to a disturb
ance the "great unknown" narrowly
escaicd being torn to pieces by his
late admirers, the manager and his
trnupo had to fly for their lives, and
theeirens bui dnnr won d nrohablv have
been dismantled and destroyed but for
tho exertions of tho police, who, with
great difficulty succeeded In repressing
what promised to be a serious not.
The Ouoen of Portugal, inorgauatiu
., . a wr.. - (
,o . menu ...... re, . ocnuu.u. .ny
cameo in hi. collection of gemjand ho
givo iv ,u ucr. r,.u uh, ,n
place the brooch the wore, .eoveredl
ith preciou stones, threw it outoli. m, ,, 'f ft, ' .a Kaifth.
tho window and replaced it by tho
anliquo gem. With tnstc that havo
this etluet It is lortnnate sue has a king
on hand, oven if it is the loft hand.
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Figaro ronortt a little gamo of tbo!
Pari, tailor. The tailor say. to bis'
customer, "sir, I bod the uonw to "
HZ ' I TnYeT rnn nrT. .
I ho con I m. la ft you ncd, lutle
change. Naturally the rentiemea
send, the coat, and a few day. otter
been mode, only it has been worn by a
gentleman
nan who had to havo ft cot for
that night, and there was not time to
make one. '. ; b u I
A San Juan miner who has been
prospecting in south-western Colorado
baa found a whnlo forest nf petrified
trees, with petrified birds sitting on Ihe
limbs singing petrified Song. ....i,c
AN AFRICAN. DANDY, . -a
' Who-would Suppose- ibaln wlId-AC l J
ricon, whoso only dress is a nice ot
skin, would trouble hiiueuU'ttlawtt fash
ions? " - v
To ho sure, he feels no interest in e.w
tlio Style of coats w hats, but he is .
just as much absorbed in the great "'l
business, of adorning himself at though ' vr
be followed the fashion cf'J'aris. Curl- '
ous styles he has too, as' German -J!''
traveler hat lutely told us. ' - ,
To begin with, the bnlr Is tho object
of -hit greatest care. Its training bo- , J
gins in tho cradle, or would if ho had '
cradle, when it is tortured into
tome extraordinary form, and kept
lh we by motins pf gum-arabic and ; ,
ashes, till after long Tear it writ retain .
the shape of itself; Bometinies it is , ;
liko a cockscomb, and somtiuies like a .
fan. Ono poor baby's hair will bo
Iruinod. so that iu" time It will stand
ui in rolls ovor tho head, liko tho ,
ridges on a lemon, w hile another's is
tAiightto stand out like the'rays uf '"'
tho tun, a usually represented in pie-
lures. With some Alhoans, part ot it ':
hangi down iu long, regular braids or ,
twials, ami the rest is laid tip in mon
strous null's on each side of tho head. 1
But tho drollest one of all is made to
look liko the glory around the head of .
a saint in pictures, ihe hair is taken ,
iu tingle locks, stretchod out to Its .
greatest length, and fastened at the'
ends to a hoop. The hoop is held in .
place by strong wires, and its edgo or- " '
lamented with small shell. The effect
is very comical. , ; r
In most of these wonderful arrange.
mcnls tbo hair k parted in tho middle , .
(1 wonder If our young gentlcnuin im-
E orbed that style from Africa), and is :
'i' pineo , by plenty of gum .and
ashos, or clnr- ,
Ail this elaborate hair-dressing Is cn '
tha head of the men. The women of '
the country wear their hair in the
simplest manner, perhaps for the reason -thai
tbo. wife - doset the cooking.
cultivates the land, adorns the body
oi nor husband with paint, and dresses
his hutr, which must be enough to ,
koeo her timo well occupied.
His hair once dressed, this African '
dandy turns his mind to tho further 1 '
decoration of his body 1 . First he rubs
his Binning skin -with a mixture of
grease and ashes, or powdered wood of ,
a red color, puts on his scanty garment, -,
made ot the skin ol some animal, or of ,
burk, occasionally trimmed wilh tho '
long black tail of A monkey or other
animal, and then he is ready for his
ornaments. -
Across his forehead," Just nndc tho
edge of his hair, like a fringe, he hang ;
a suing oi teeth, ihcy maybe teeth of ,
dogs, or other animals, or, if he be a ,',
great warrior, of his human victims.
iNext bo adorns his breast with au .
ornament made ofivory,cutto rescmblo''
lions' teeth, and spread out in star
shape. Around his neck he bangs
several necklaces made of strips of skin
cut from the hippopotamus, and finish.
e up with paint in various stylos;
dots, or stripes, zigzags, squares liko a
checker-board, or marbled all ovor.
African Fashions."
ACHING FOR A ROr. ,i
At a policeman was leaning acraiust
the walls of the Detroit aud Milwaukee
depot, at Detroit, he was approached
by a man about thirty years old, whose '
red face was a good match for hi hair.
lie was a little "sprung," and he felt
like a steer turned into a clover field.
"Mister." said he. sis'akinir verv
confidentially to the officer, "I 'don't '
want to get locked np, and have my '
name in the papers, and be fined, but I ,
am in from lona, on a little, blow out, '
and I'd give a clean ten-dollar note to.
have a little scrimmage with some
body." "You mean you want to '
fight?" asked the officer. "That's
what I mean. I'm just aching for a .
row. I want to stand before about
three good fellows and have some one
to givo me the word to go in." The
officer asked if he was beavr on the
fight, and ho answered: "Heavy T I
should say I was I Why, I'm terrible.
They call me the Russian bear at homo.
and the full town itaud, up or down,
iust as I say I" The oflicer said it was '
his duty to discourage disordcrlr eon.
duct; but in a case like that, where s
man bad come one hundred and tweuty .
miles to got up a sow, he felt it hit
duty to extend indirect aid. He told
the Russian bear to sro to the corner of
Beaubran street, enter, some saloon,.;
talk in a very loud voice, and he'd soon
have his hands full. "That's mo;
much obliged !" exclaimed the man. '
and h walked off. In abont ten min- '1
utca a boy came running down and ;
said that a tnaii with a chewed ear, :
two black eyes and a broken note was
-up micro m me oitcn. J ho omcer
went back with the boy, ami he soon '
eamo upon the Russian bear, who wis
lying in the gutter ono log doubled ,
back, blood all over him. and his coat '
ripped in every seam. . "That' yon, is
it T asked the officer, as bo pulled at .
the man's arm.- Well, did you find,,
that row?" "Policeman," replied the'-
man, a he rcgaiued his feet and look
ed at himself, and folt of his ear, po-"'
liocmarr, don t ft seem to too as if I
did?" "i f j . i ,!.,::,(.,
A Wickxo HcBiNisa Pabtmxr. A "
Washington county, (f. Y.,1 merchant ,
had a son who was rather fast, and to
encourage him to do botteT the father '
gave him an hi terest In his store. The
young man at once devoted himself to , ,
bnsiuoss, and the success of the firm.,
was marvelous. At the eud of two
months ho was intrusted with one
thousand dollar to goto Troy and
mrchase goods. In that wicked city
le unfortunately fell in with soma con.
vivial friends, and together they made i
several days aud nights of. it, ail at the
young merchant's txponso. Meantime
tho tumor member of Ihe firm received
a letter from a "complaining friend" in
Troy, that his one thousand dollars
was last running down the tieck of his -junior
partner. Furious, he dashed off
those Hues : n ,r .1 . i
Iff Dee Sunt . Ualeea Toe tatara to-morrow
with the aoodt, I Will dieeolrs the aaruershlp
and olaaa ap tba atara.' i, . . ,
The junior partner received this iust -
as he was tossing off a gin-cocktail in . .
mo i roy i louse, tie read it, and then
walking across the street to a hard- "
ware store, ordered a hammer and ft ;
keg of ten-penny nails. ' Then he tele
graphed to tho nentrrr partner r
JI W Falter) f tend yon, per eitrrreal, a'
hammer awd a heo: of Inn senay nana, wheat, may -
bo aaefal la tloaias ap tba Km." . .
- t m s ' ' ' '.
Goskirv'Wc condemn gtimip-Hwan-:i
dai s twin lister yet it is a fault esii-.
ly committed.. , We begin by a gentle
deprecatory reference to somebody's i
Infirmity of temper, and wo find our-- -
selves ,MTiiying a particular time and
scene, which straightway tho one who
heart tells some one else with
addr-
U , bu, material.- .
Mcfi)r0 2,fow it,' we .Urredup "'
. n0rnefs nest. This may bo done'"1
withoIt or, iv. ,htm
sip in the social world is of the utv
thinking kind indulged in merely ;
from ft spirit of drollery, i Far worse
It that other sort ol lalk which ends '
i a i t.. i w.-,:--' i . .
111 emnuur aim ueg lit 111 D l tt, snu
. b.', ,, ' . v
'r';
it sharp and jarring discords. The -.
V " tin. evil is to refr.1. ,. j
J
I ( , article of conversation in the '
nou9rlno,,L rhm Krt of wb., ..
'ta " " I"" '
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' A Pennsylvania seven year Mil girt
was reproved lately for playing oat. : -doors
wilh boyti she was: too bic tar :-'
that now but with all imaginable in- ,
soconco she replied: . ''Why, grand- ,.'
mo, the bigger we grow the tetter we '
like 'em. Orsnd "took' tttTr to
think. l-lvsT-irc frr :"- Mm .
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