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ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
' H:1:TS Clearfield, P.
J. LINGLE,
ATTOBNKV - AT - LAW,
MS tMilllrnuarfr, Centre Co., Pi. y:pd
5 Q R, & W. BARUETT, ...
; Attorneys and Counselors at Law,
- clearfield, pa.
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JSRAEL TEST,
ATTORNKY at law,
Clearfield, P.
promm In the Court H..un. IJylVM
y C. ARNOLD,
LAW & COLLECTION
OFFICE
CUHWKNPVILLB,
Clearfield County, Peun'a.
ST.
BROCKBANK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
p 11,111
Office in Court Houre.
g.V. WILSON,
I ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Office one do cert (jf Wetero Hotel tulUlA,
opposite Coart llouee.
I lfpl.5,77. CI.KAIlt'lEI.D, PA.
I pRANIC FIELDING,
? ATTORNEY-AT'-LAW,
I Clearfield, Pa.
Will attend to ell liuelneil enttuiud to blm
ij prouiptlr and faithfully. Janl'7
1i eriLuaa a. waLLaoa. PAVin i. aaeaa.
BAkar r. wallacb. ioaa w. waiaLar.
ALLACK ft KKEHS,
(tSaioMivrs tu WalJtio A Fiolding.)
ATTORNEY8-AT-LAW,
Jenl'77 Clearfield, Pa.
' TMOI. a. MVEBAV.
CTIlDI flbRDUl.
! ATTORNEYS AT LAW,,
; CLEARFIELD, PA. '
eTOOce lo Pie'a Opera Uouie, eeoond floor.
!W't - ";- " . . 1
. raeipi a. b'ballt. baiibl w. n'cvanT.
' jJcENALLY McCURDY,
f ATTORN EYS-AT-L AW,
f Clearfield. Pa.
.aTLei-al baeineeo attended to promptly wltaj
'lelitr. ulBoa on tiooond atraet, above the Piret
j Nallonal nana. ., . Jan:l7t
g war. m. MoccLLocoa, raio. o'l, bitci.
j jpCULLOUGK & BUCK.
I ATTORN EYS-AT-LAW,
1 t'learlield. Pa.
'i All legal auiinen promptly ait ended lo. Office
I od Hceomj atreet, la the Xaaoaie building.
I Jenl,'7T
! A 6t k:umku
A XTrO R$tX ATLJtvW.
" Real Bttaio aaoVColleetlefl Ag'ent,
CI.EARPIEI.I, PA..
Will promptly attend to all legal boe1M ai
tra.ted te bia eare. p i
T-0loe in Pie'i Opara Houw. I jaond.'
J
OI1N ; CUTTLrl, w i '
ATTORNEY AT LAW.,
lud Real Batata Afretit, Clearfield, Pa.
Otnce on Third itreel, bet.Oh.rrj A Walnut,
s?ay-Reepeetfully elTeT! hi! lervleei In eelllne
and buylag land! la Oloarflold aad adjelnlac
eounuea , eeu wua an eaperienee ol erar twentr
yearl aa a aurreyor, flatten blmielfthat be oan
reaaeriatlilaatloa. (KoB. 18:fl:tf,
J)R W. A. MEANS,
ellYSlCIAN ft SURGEON,
LUTIIKHSlirRll, PA.
Will atteod prefeeiioaal eall promptly, auglO'70
jyU. T. J. BOiER,
rHYSICIAN ANDSURUKON,
OBce on Market Street, Clearfield, Pa.
"091oe bourn S to IS a. m., and 1 to fl p. i
JjrfE M. SCIIEURER,
HOMiK0lATHfO PHYSICIAN,
Office In reildmce on Piret !t.
April 4, 1071. Clearfield, Pa.
r. h: b. van valzaii,
I LKAHflLLI), PKNN'Ae
OFFICE IN MASONIC BUILDING
jm- Office huari-Prom II te 1 P. M.
May li, 1ST.
I)
R. J. P. BURCil FIELD,
Late SargeoDof tba 83 Iteglmenl, Pennsylvania
Volaaieara, having retarned from tba Amy,
effera hie prof eaa tonal aervieaa e tbeeitliena
tr vt earn eld eoantj.
aTProfesaleoal oalla promptly atlas dad to,
Offloe ea Beeoad street, formerlyeocapied by
Dr.Waexla. apr4,'6.l
WILLIAM M IIKNKY, Jurtice
M op ma Pbacb AMDHcRivanaR, LtJMbBH
CITY. Co I bottom made aad money promptly
paia arar. Ariieiee of agreement and aoetts
avaveyaaoa aaatly eaeaiited aad warraated eot
raet or mm abargu. SXjy'7B
REED & BAGEKTY,
BaaLmii ib
HARDWARE, FARM IMPLEMLNTS,
1 lux are, Halle, c ,
aucl,Tf . , fieeimd Street, Clearfield, Pa.
TAMES II. LYTLK,
V li) Kralaer'a Hultdlin, Clearfield, Pa,
Dealer In Oroenlee, Preelelone, Vegetable!,
nana, mil,, e eeo, etc., na t I I
aprl'7a.tt i ' I
-X-
TTARRY SNYDER,
11 J BARKER AMD HAIRDRESSER
Shop oa Market SI., eppoeite Ooart Hoae.
- A eleaa towel for every eaetomer.
Abo BtaBufaetarer uf
All Klnda of1 Art Idea lit Hub aw Heir.
Clearteli, Pa. may , '71.
JOHN A. STADLER, '
. BAKER, Market Ot.; Ctearflrld, Pa.
PreV Bread, Raib, Belle, Plei aad Cekee
ea band or made te order. A eeneral aaeertmeel
of Cenleetreeertae, Fruit aad Mat! la etoek.
lee Cream aad Oyelere ta Beacon. Saleoa aaarly
epnoeue (he roilt.Vo. rncee moderate.
Mereb la-ta.
Clearfield Nursery.
ENCOURAGE HOME INDUSTRY
THE aoderelned, harlne eelebll.kad a Iter
X aery ea the 'Plho, aboat half way betwwea
Clearleld aad CarweeerHte, te prewarad w rar
alek all blade of FRUIT TREKS, (eteaderd aad
dwarf,) Keercrerai, Bbrabhery. Oran Vli
tfooeeberry. Lewtoa UlarbUrrr. Htrawherrr,
aad heeBberry V Mm. Aieo. aUKertaB CrabTroee,
Itwiaea, aad early eearlel Rhabare, Ae. Ordert
prompdy atteaaM te. Adwroea,
, u. WBieai.
eepM al.e OarwaaerUU, Pa.
CLEARFIELD
GEO, B. Q00DLANDEB, Proprijtoi.
VOL. 52-WHOLE NO.
Cards.
JOHN D.THOMPSON,
JuitleM of tho pMoo tod Sorlvtocr.
GurwcniTllla, Pa.
1t,Co11ctioDi aiadt inrf taoner promptly
paid oror. fehZS'Tltf
RICHARD HUGHES,
JUSTICE OF TUK PEACR
roil
Itecalur Totrnuhtp,
OeeeoU MtlU P. O.
All offloiel beilnefi entraited to Bfn will bt
prouptlj attended to. taphjo, '711.
THOMAS H. FORCEE,
MALIK IR
GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
GRAHAMTON, Pa.
Alio, eitenilre BioufMtarer aad dealer la flqoaie
Timber and 6awed Lanberof all kind,.
M-Orderf follelted aad all bill, prompt!
Illod. . eyH'TI
J. R. M'MURRAY
WILt BCPrLT TOD WITH ANY ARTICLE
OP MERCHANDISE AT THE VERY LOWEST
PRICE. COME AND SEE, I:5:73jO
NEW WASHINGTON.
WARREN THORN,
BOOT AND SHOE MAKER,
Market t., Clcarfleld, Pa.
Io the ibop latelj occupied by Frank Sbort,
oae door welt ol Alleghaoj Uouie. , ,
ASHLEY THORN,
ARCHITECT, CONTRACTOR and IIU1LDER.
Plana and Specification furnlihed fur ell kind
of building!. All work trit cleii. Stair bulld
lor a tpoeiittv.
I'. O. adJrcil, Clearleld, Pa. jao.l7-77tf.
REUBEN HACKMAN,
Houss an4 Sign Painter and Paper
Hanger,
Clearfield, Peuu'a.
t?m,Will execute iobi In tela line promptly and
In a workmanlike manner. arr,87
- G- H. HALL,
PRACTICAL TUMP MAKER,
NEAR CLEARFIELD, PENN'A.
CoT-pumpi alwayi on band and made to order
en ebort notice. Pipea bored on reaeonehle terma
All work warranted to render aatiefaction, and
delivered If derired. mjJ5:ljrd
E. A. BIGLER & CO,,
DKAI.IHI ID
SQUARE TIMBER,
' and manufacturer! of
ALL KINDS UK SAWF.D LI MBHH,
i-7'71 CLEARFIELD, PEN.VA.
JAS. B. GRAHAM,
deafer Id
Heal Estate, Square Timber, Boards,
8HINQLKB, LATH, l TICKETS,
0:1073 Clarflld, Pa,
JAMES MITCHELL,
DBALBB IV
Square Timber & Timber Lands,
)eU'7 CLKARFIRLD, PA.
WEAVER & BETTS,
DRALtaa ta
Real Estate. Square Timber, Saw Legs,
AND LUMBER OF ALL KINDS.
jUrOffloe oa Saotmd street, ia rear of store
ion of Ueorge Weaver A Co. fjenfl, '78-tf.
BLAKE WALTERS,
REAL ESTATE BROKER, ,
AKD DIALKB
Haw Logs and liinubor,
CLEARFIELD, PA. '- '
OOloe la Orabam't Row. 1:75:71
S. I. SNYDER, "
PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER
aan malbb
Watchos, Clocks and Jewelry,
GeaWe Row Jfere.1 gtrt,
i CLEARFIELD, PA. I
All kinds of rapalrini Id m? line promptly at-
anqea to. r April 29,
NEW BOOT alNDSHOE SHOP.
The nderalgBed wnald lcfbrm tbe nubile that
be hal removed his l!ootand Phoe Shop ta the
room lately orcapled bv Jo. Hearing, it Phaw'i
Jtow, Market treat, where be la prepared to at
tend to the wiiri ta of all who need anything la hie
line. All work done by him will be of tbe beat
material, and guaranteed tu be flrat-elaaa in every
respect. Repairing promptly attended te. .All
kinds af Leather and Hba Finding- fur Bala.
JOHN bUHIHl'HK.
ClearueM, Pa., July 1ft, hil-m.
Vt?w 9fnrbl YnrI.
The underpinned would Inform the nubile that
he baa opened a new Muble Yard on Third itreel,
oppoatte the Lutheran Churnb, where bo will keep
oonatantly on haod a stock of various btadl Of
maible. AH kind of . , ,
TOMBSTONES, MONUMENTS,
Poult for Cemetery lo(a,
and all other work la bla line will be promptly
eieouira id a neat ana woncnaniiKe mnitser, at
reavonahla rates. i
He guarantees aallifartorv work and low prtcei.
Oiv. him a eall. l. FLA II ARTY.
Clearlleld, Pa., March 17, lHTH tf.
ANDREW WARWICK,!
Market mrejat, ClearBeld, fa.,'
HABorAcruBta aao oblbr in
HABNK88, SADDLES, BRIDLES, COLLARS,
aad all kinds or
UOR8K FURNISHING GOODS. '
A fall stoek of Saddlers' Hardware, Braahee,
flombe, Bleak at a, Ho bee, te., always oa heaa
and for sale at tbe loweet eaab prices. All kiada
of rrpalriag prnnntlv attended . . -
All kinds M btdea tahaa in aieaaaga For Bar-
neia and ratialrlng. All kinds of berates leatbar
kept oa band, ana for sale at a small prolt.
Clearlleld, Jaa. It), 1 H7.
E. WARING'S
LAW BLANKS
ft aale at tba Clrarfteli RarriiJci-' offlea.
The moat" CompieU SerUi of Law
Vlamki pubiinHed.
Tbeea Klank era gotten ap Ib superior style
ate af aaifona atse, and furnished at vary low
Igaree for eah.
Call at tba RamaircAB efllee aad aaasaia
them. Orders by mU promptly AHed.
Addreee, UUODLAMUEH A LKK,
Jaly . loTT-tt C tear eld Pa.
JOHN TROUTMAN,
DEALER IN
FURNITURE,
?I ATTlti:iHSFS,
AND - ., ,-
Improved Spring Beds,
MARKET STREET, NEAR P.O. :
Tbe eadareliraed bee, loare ta laform lb. eltl-
aeae af Cleereld, aad tbe nnbll. eoaoreJIy, that
he baa ee head a flae aeaortmeat af Paralinre,
each aa Walaat, Cbeetaat and Painted Chamber
Bailee, Parlor Saltee, Recllakaa and Reten.ina
Cb.iia, Lowlee aad Oeete' Buy Cbalre, the Per.
farated Dlatfig aad Parlor Cbaire, Cane Seau awd
Wipdeor Chair., Clotbee Bara, Step and R.tea
llea Ladder!, Met Reeha, Berabbla Braehea, tt
MODLDINa AND PICTURI PRAME8,
eokln, Oraeaee, CkraaMe, 4.4' wkWh WOO Id
eaUaaSle foe Bolldey preeenta. '
daeia'TI JOIN TROUtMAW.
2,567.
TUB TELEPHONE
Tb world itand itlll fur a thomaoJ jean,
And erupt for a thouiaod mora
Tbii wonderful wmld with wingi for aari,
Lika laa Mftnitr and of jura
And aiofted feat ard ainireii wand,
And a wing on lu aithar bund i
Aad mora loan Maroarj wort.
It fcrtdlei and ridel a furnaoa'i foal.
Vilh tf on and baoimar lor alra i
Urat cloudi of white from Ibtlr aoitrili roll,
And It fradi iti horwa nra I
Thj ara hlootUa slooklha aDginra iwlft
Urn fat tnair naalt tna atnancei ami
Lika idowi from tba Arotio f'ulo I
Thiy raM la aoron tba mar id Ian Una,
And down tba paralkli play j
Tbrr marry togrtbar tba palma and ploar,
A lb oo nana oiiiei 10 a uay.
Tba world bat tralntd a wmdfrful wire,
A nerve of a route for articulate nra,
And taught tba HjbtoiDgi to my 1
Deer Mary, be mine !" "Car load of iwlaa"
M One ton of obeeee" " Maria dead "
Jny ! It'e a bay 1 " 44 I'm oom.nn lo din
Rnd aniM " Hhm't tnarrlad to Fred I "
The bamMet: of wordt like autre), tfy
A 1 boo land ml lei lo tba lnb of an eye,
You hear belore tbry are aatd 1
What happened at ten J 00 know at nine
And yuu away Id the West f
Th-y diitanra alung tho llithtnlnf line
Tba eun la hia aoldea reel. .
They talk to-day In audible tone,
The telegraph turna the telepbene, -
And parkd loveii are bleat I
Think of a girl lo a loaely bour !
No beau in forir mllea I
She iltr by the tube of the talking power,
She thmki a minute, and tmilca ! t
I'll null nif John," yon faroy bir ear,
" lie Hvei but a hundred mtlei away,
And baniih the weary wilei."
0hold ibeta at the en li of the line-,
Tnli John and bit lilank-eted boon j
Ilia bead and her'a to the wire iooline.
And ehe ting Dim ." Honny Doon,
He ii(( hi tor the only thing aralie,
He baa bo voloe, but tbeo be oaa kiaa ! '
He mticht ai well be in the umno 1
For emptier than an eaat wind's laugh
la a lovar'e ki by telegraph.
Hinj. r . Joylor tm Dyraeuit Jvurnat.
THE SEA ATE.
TIIF. ClIANflKDK A I1RIEF DECADE.
Hut Two of the Old l.amUrjiarka to be
Found.
THE m.CE AND nil AY MIXED.
Tba cililiir of tho Phi la. Timet made
run over tc Wnshinion lut weuk,
by way of fecreution, of oounto, and
wbilo there ho wont infc. tho jrullnry
and took a birds-eye view of tho Uni
ted Stales Senate, which ho describes
i follows: i
Wahiunoton, April Gib, 1873.
Whut a cbutiiro a decade has wrought
n tho United States Sunato. ; Since
tho closo of the memorable reconstruc
tion balllo with I'rusident Johnaon, I
hitvo rarely been a visitor to the Na
tional (Jaiiilal, and I painfully realiz
ed tho huvoc time had mado bidoiil'
tho statesmen of tho Itepuhlio, as- I
pent an hour yesterday in the gal
lery, RiirvoyiiiK tho body whose rec
ords in ils better days aro amonj; the
brightest ol thu nnnals ol troe novum
mtnt. Quito half the faces were
slrant;e to me, and those which woro
ot iuniilliar, have all been moro or
;ss shadowed by the flight of years.
Of the great leaders in tho struglo
lor tho preservation ol tho Union,
Hamlin and Anthony only remain.
True, Conklinir and Blaine have seen
continuous servico in the councils of,
tbe nation sinco the war began, but
neither was. in the Senate until the
struggle had ended. In vain does tbe
visitor of ten years ago look for Sumner,
Pesbcnuon, Wilson, Wade, i rum bull
and their compeers who wore tho au
thors ol the measures which made
freedom tho jewcPol a frco poople, and
equality belbro tho law for overy con
dition and racev the irrepealable man
uut.ot the Republic. Ilumlin lull the
floor of tho Senato to enter tho Vice
President's chuir at tho opening of the
war, and no and Anthony now sit 1n
the body solitary and alone, of the
men who witnessed tho departure and
tho return of tho Senators from the
rebellious Status. JUlbougb bowed in
iorm and rudely furrowed in face, the
venerable Senator from Maine is vig
orous and active in tho dischargo ot
his publio duties, and is one of tho
moat intolerant partisuns of tbe body.
Anthony is tut and, luehlo: tho lire ol
his eye is dimmed and bis step is slow
and measured. Ho entered tho body
n 1859, and is tho oldest member in
uninterrupted service, rillhough Ham
lin scores moro years of Senatorial ex-penenoe,-
-ilowe- entejred tbtHenate-
with tho inauuuration id liincoin, nut
he has been' u follower, not a leader,
and ho will retire without leaving his
impress upon tho policy or statutes of
tho country. He is well preserved and
bis tall, slender Iorm, with its silvor
crown, look as if timo and the cares
ot state bad united in gentleness to-
warn him. ... i .
PEN-PICTURES OP LSNATOltS.
Tho notahlo feature of tho Senato,
to ono who has been familiar with tho
body ten years ugo, is the many new
fuces to tho cxtremo right of the chair.
Thoro are (Jordon and Hansom find
Maxey and Morgan and Hill and La
mar aad Butler and Withers, all ox
Confederate chiefs, now legiidatlng for
the government they rebelled against,
and thoy rivul their opponents on tho
optiosito sido of tho chamber in con
servative national views. The mag
netic mon ol tho body evidently aro
Blaine on tho Republican side and Gor
don on the Democratic side. Both are
of the nervons temporamont, genial in
intercourse, keen at repartee and al
ways ready for the Iray. Blaine, Gor
don and Lamar are sitting in a group,
the great ICeptiblican leader leaning
over the dosk of the Georgian warrior
oa one side and Luinar bending to both
from the other aido, chatting in a man
ner so friendly and jovial that the de
votee of tho bloody shirt would chill
in his hero-worship ol Blaine, eon id he
seo bow fraternal the blire and the
gray can be in the .amenities of tho
Senato, Conk ling enters from the rear
of tho chair and his finely chisled fea
tures, gracctul bearing and anoonccat
ed sense of superiority could not fail
to arrest tbe attention ot tho visitor.
His golden hair has lost its lustre as
the frosts have been busy at their
work, and be lacks the ruddy Iresh
ness he brought into- the Senato, but
he is Unimpaired in vigor and 1 in perl
ons as only a Conkling ran bo tinoe
the days ol Clay. He beckons the
youthful looking Allison, of Iowa, to a
private talk, and I he two lake a good
old-fashioned country loan (gainst tbe
door-jam while Conkling lolls his story
and nates tho nails of his oxnuisilcly-
mndulcd Qngors. . Dick Ogltatiiy, tho
rollicking campaigner or Illinois ana
one of the bravest ot warriors from tho
prairio land, sits quietly in hia sunt,
His head bae wbiutned like the un
sunned snow, but his face fa yet fresh
and unplowotf try ago or care. Ferry
steps in Irom the castorn door like a
dancing-master, atroko his long, gloswy
board as be struts along the aisle,
panswa ta give ample time for tbe play
uf the admiration of the galleries, and
then takes bis cbatr with scll-sstlstso
tton written all over bis by no moans
strong tare. I'atlerson eomee In with
CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1878.
hurried, dofiant step, bis bead thrown
back over the perpendicular lino, and
drops into his seat unnoticed. His
woalth ot golden hair is dooply silver
ed now and his features are sharp and
palo as it they knew little of health or
content. Off to his right is the round,
dusky face of Bruce, of Mississippi, tho
youngest Senator, 1 boliovo, and the
only representative of the oolorod raco
in tho body. He is a light mulatto,
stout, soil-possessed,' intelligent and
graooful in all his movoments. Lamar,
bis colleaguo, looks sluggish besido tho
rostless Gordon, hut be is able to cope
with any in tho debate. Barnsido
came in without his skull cap, display
ing his shining bald crown and now
snow-white Burnsitle whiskers, lit
has grown uncomfortatrbly stout, ttnd
waddlos abont the Senate duck-fashion,
although his stateliuoss of form and
faultlessness of attire remain with
him. Camoron is absent off to Now
York to prepare for his coming mar
riage with the beautiful and cultivated
Miss Sherman, ol Ohio, but Wallace is
in his place and looks from the gullary
liko tho youngeet of tho members. His
quiot, dignified reserve well becomes
the Senato, and he is now one of ttie
leading party oracles in directing tho
Detnocratio side in all emorgoncies.
Thurman is ostecmcd abler, but bo is
sluggish and only once in a wbilo is
great. He moves about lazily and
swings his rod silk bandkrehiei awk
wardly as a well-to-do country farmer.
The Sunate is qnito thin, most of the
llopnblirans being absent, and Sar
gent, of California, has the floor on
somo naval bill that is undergoing
amendment, and the only panic
ipants in the work are the Senator and
tho Vice President, who declares Sar
gent's voto to'bo the voto of the Sen
ate. Whselerpresides with littlegrace
and wears an uncomfortable look, but
it may be that Washington lite docs
not agree witb bim. He" lacks tho
ability ot Colfax and Wilson as n'pro
siding officer. ' v . '
THE LOBBT IN THE SENATE.- ' -
The timo was when tho lobby was a
stranger to the United States Senato;
hill to-day it is tho tuvnrilo field of tho
jobberwhocan comewith tho resources
of a Huntington or Gould. The ro-'
cent protest of Edmunds and Thurman
against the oncroachmonts ol tho lobby
in the Senate-, and the startling dis
closures they mado on tho floor, hnvo
disabled "the lobby somewhat, but il
was strong enough yesterday to carry
an adjournment over Thurman on tho
railroad funding bill. Tho House, with
all its many sins, has thus fnr escaped
the contamination ot tho lobby, and it
is admitted that Thurman's funding
bill, requiring the ' Pacific Railroad
punderers to pay the government what
they owe it, will pass tho popular
branch if the Sonato will send it there.
Gould and Huntington wander through
the corridors of the Sonato and look
upon tho performances of their de
pendents from the galleries every hour
the body is in session, and if they shall
bo routed, It will be a signal triumph
for publio intogrity. Thoy aro now
omploying the millions they have plun
dered from tho treasury to defeat a
competing hlghwny across tho conti
nent and to prevent the passage of any
bill requiring them to pay tbch hon
est debts to the government.' ' , '
TH EPOL'TICAt SITUATION. ,'(-'..-',
' 1 could add nothing to what I tolo-
f graphed last night relative to the po
ilical situation. I hoard tho adminis
tration side of tbe issue from the Pres
ident and sevornl members-of bis Cab
inet, and tbo views of tho impluc&bloa
are on thoir sleeves all the liuie. If
President Hayes has ono sincuro jnp-
fortor in either tba. .JStmata-or tbo
louse I have boen unable to see or
hear of him. . The policy of tho Re
publicans Is settled to ignore tho ad
ministration, and Blaine will lead tho'
party away from Hayes as Clay led
tho Vhigs from Tyler, the only differ-
enco being that tho Republicans will
not denounce llayos, but pass bim by
as no longer a factor In tho political
struggles of tho day. Whether It will
win, is the problem to bo decided when
the frosts and hoarao murmurs of No
vember shall have come.
DEAD LETTER OFFWR Alia
270-V. , . ,
r
It bus bocomoquite rrenerullv known
that statistics show that niarriugcs
and' deaths bear a definito relation to
the population in any given loculity
during any scries of years, the former
dependent lor Us slight variations upon
the price of corn, tho lattot upon tbo
sort of weather "Old Probs doles
out, and that in any of tho Jargor cit
ies ono can predict within a very small
margin tbo number of murders which
will bo committed noxt year, iiut It
may not be so widely known that the
uherrations ot memory are also marked
by this general charactor ol necessity
und invariable order. Tho returns
Irom the London, Paris and New York
posiollious show (hat year after yr
the samo proportion of loiter writers
foriret to direct their letters or give
unintolligibloor nicorrcciairociions. it
is bad enough thai persons should take
the trouble to writo a letter and buy a
poslago stamp to send a communica
tion to somo one, and then forget to
direct, or misdirout il, but one would
suppose that vory few, If any, would
Bend articles of vuluo by mail without
assuring themselves positively that
they would rcsob1 thoir destination.
Such is not the case, however. About
50,000 articles, in about 10,000 pack
ages, through aberrations ot memory,
bavo accumulated at the Dead Letter
Office during tho past year, and will
bo sold at auction on Wodnesday nam
to the highest bidder, in bulk or by the
piece. . '1 bis seems an enormous num
ber, but Assistant Postmaster llar.cn
Uays 1877 wasn't much of a year for
dead letters altor an.' what uu.uin,
thinira are thore, Vou will ask yourself
that can be sunt by mail. Well, there
is almost everything that 'one can
mention, Irom a noodle lo a wagon-axio,
spool of throad to a diamond, a book
mark to a wholo library, a butterfly to
a sluflcd elephant. From this collec
tion of unclaimed articles, a man could
provide for himeell and family every
thing they would waul lor a oocauo,
oxcept, perhaps, a houso lo put over
his Lead, fresh provisions and luol,
r i rat, titer are clothes ot every aesrin
lion and In any desired quantity, from
calico to silks and India shawls, from
Swiss muslin lo Ulster cloth. Thoso
are by the pioce, wbolosale, aa it woro,
but II one wants wearing apparel, ono
has simply to walk into the next depart
ment and choose between a l rince A I
bort suit and Breton, a morning
Wrapper and a lavondor silk, all of
course warranted to fit. Ihon to com
plete tbe outfit, there are shoos, high
and low, cloth and kid ; stockings
think or their being displayed In the
Dead Ijotlor Office I ringed, slrlpod,
atraaked and speckled; drawersplain,
ruffled and with lace ; aprons for the
old and yoang, for Biddy and for the
bride. Then oftheleomr paraphernalia
i'sv -. '" '
i ... uj
PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN.
of lovely womanhood thoro seems to
be no end. Ilandkorchicls an assort
mont of about 3,000 neckties, scarfs,
edging, beads, ribbons, charms, collars,
netting, veils, gloves, rosaries, hair
(warranted lo bejiistthoshude wanted),
bats, bonnets, cuify buttons enough to
pay tho National debt, if Congress
would only label each ono " This is. a
dollar," tatting, laces, irizzottes what
in tho world aro frizzettts spectacles,
guitars, toolh-brushos. hows, two vory
different varieties, pOclicU'ombs, pocket-books
and satobi-'s. For babies thore
aro bibs, tidies, socks, 'caps, dolls,
dresses, skirts, and napkins taiu notcbre.
A whole company of soldiers could bo
dressed fit to attend an. inauguration
ball, everything furnished, and in tho
best of style, except a partner. But
wo forget tbo house furnishing. For
this thuro are pins, pns, noodles, milts,
rngs, cards, clouke, laments of aivcry
description, chromos, oil and water
color paintings, engravings of S. J.
Tilden-whoever he may bo porous
plasters, musical instruments of all
kinds from a jews-harp to an organ-tan'
Administration organ of inurso,
tobacco, cigars, and all tho accompani
ments a lover, of tho weed could want
for comfortable smoking ; sets of tools,
kitchen, furniture, flowers, tables, car
slippers, spoons, knives, forks, glass
ware and srockery, corpets, flags, fish
ing and sporting Implements, ther
momolers,! pin cushions, scissors, bed
ding, feathers, sowing machine attach
ments no other attachments of course
in a Dead Letter OIHco-rtables, chairs,
and indued everything that could bo
needed around a bouse.
Tho utnount of jewelry for which no
owners can bo found is simply aston
ishing. There aro gold and silvor
watches uml chains, gold breastpins,
neck luces, rings, plain and with dia
mond and other costly settings, medals,
Masonic emblems, studs, cull buttons,
fltlecQ pairs of diamond ear-rings, and
loss valuable ones in proportion, cellu
loid and coral jewelry, lull sets of gold
ditto there aro a great many dittos in
tho chcdiilos--n cross of wood from
Mt.ot Olives, nupkin rings, l.O.O. K
pins, lockets , of beautiful design,
brooches, cameos, agates, pearls, gar
nets, shells, cano handles and jewelry
boxes, and toysand trinkets too numer
ous to mention. '
It would bo hard to find a moro uni
versal library than the 2,000 and odd
volumes which will soon puss into other
hands than thoso lor which they wero
intondod. To give a few of them just
as thoy come in tho cutnloguo will give
ono a luir idea ot the generality and
promiscuity of books that are sent by
mail. Thero is " Moody and Sunkey, '
"Patont Law," Bibles, " Helen's Ba
bies, "Lsops rubles, " Lessons in
liairdressin(, " llought at a 1'rico,
Smith on the Kidneys," " hvory Day
Topics," " Is Duvis a Traitor ? " 100
Tracts, " Comic Speeches," " Tho Herb
alist," " Milk lor Babies," " Poultry,"
"Betsy and I Aro Out, "Yesterday,
To day and Korover," " Tho Detective,"
In Search lor Truth," " Nine Little
Goslings," " Off on a Hiiroe," " Lot Ho
Guilty i Man Escape, "Napoleon's
Dream, " Hearts liowed Down,
From Ocean to Ocean," " Thou Art
Ever Dear to Ale," "Georgo Washing
ton," " Paino's Works," "On tho root
of tb Cross," " Shakespeare," " Lost
and Won," ".Mark Twain," "Under
tho Red Cross," "Tho Rumseller's
Daughter,'" "Round and Round,"
iNight (Scenes Hedged in,' " the JNur-
sory, "."footprints ol lime, f lue
Wedding, and so on ad libitum, ittn
thero bo any excuse tor all this waste
ful carelessness 7 Tho moral Is plain
enough. Don't send things of value
unless you know whero lo direct tbom.
Writo your directions distinctly, mark
each and ofery lollor or packuge " re
turn il not palled lor, and it you can
not comply explicitly with these neces
sary regulations, don't send anyfhintr,
or if you must, carry it yotirsell, That
is tbe stirust way. Pittsburgh Evening
CRIUK AX) ITS I'UXIUHMliST.
Tho increase of crimo throughout tho
country is appalling to tho reader of
tho daily press, uur ails and pennon
tinrios are filled loovorrlowing. A few
years ago thoir capacity was thought
to bo sutilcient lor any emergency ; hut
tho increase in tho number uf convicts
from time to tunc, lias demnnded cither
now additions to already largo struct
urom, or tho building of new ones. Tbo
ordtiaary. methods ot punishment ap
pear too inuduquuto lor tho repression
of crime or the diminution of criminals.
Executions for murder do not lessen
tho nnmber of murderers ; severe and
extended senUmoes lull to dooreuse tho
army of lluovos, forgers, embezzlers,
and kindred wrong doers. 1 ho ques
lion thrums Itself upon the public mind.
W bat Is to bo none miner incso cir
cumstances? Must not some other
moiles ot punishment bo Invoked to
cure the ovilf Somo now tortures,
some now diagiwce f Shall tho but bar
ons wbipping-post of Delaware be set
up as one ot tho remedies lo aid in di
minishing crime t
JMelireiforSlcclo, belore a .ow lork'
audience tbe other owning, advocated
that the country would find instant re
lief (rout crimo it tbo whipping post
was in moro general usu; that "tbo
raco would bo benefited if there Wero
fewer churches and more whipping
posts, for tho lattorralhortban the for
mer contained ail mo elements oi iruo
reform. i0 manor now strong itio
tonintatiotr to commit crimo, nllor a
single lashing, tho memory pf it would
riso like ghosts in tno night and would
stay tlto deed," Tho lecturer said ho
bulievcd tbnt thoro was need oi a law
that Would anneal to the mental rapa
city uf the people ; that to pity crimi
nals was to assist alio encouragu tneni,
and that nothing but tho romombrunco
of physical pain would act as an effec
tive check upon loose morals, urimo
has' increased to such an extent that
the nahlio baa drown indifferent to de
scriptive accounts of it, exeopt to study
Ibo skillul, scleniiuo and uuinaiiiiannn
way in which it was committed, lie
predicted that if posts were at the! corn
ers of business streets thero would be
lower defaulters ; if in front of savings
hunks, that thero would bo fewer cbil
dren crying for bread, and if in front
of tbe municipal buildings there would
be fewer politicians and moi- ""n. Ho
further arguod thatil this motto of pun
ishment w as adopted, m u nlci pal olHccrs
would be able todisposouf all criminal
cases, and thus save a gioaff dual ol
money annually to the municipality or
Uio county as the case mBy ho.
Wo aro not in love with Mr.-Stool's
proposition for relieving the public of
the pressure oi orimo jverywuera pre
vailing, but Simply put hia viowa on
record to show what mod, ol punish
mont the average reformer would in
stitute for the purpose of diminishing
crime and the number of criminals.
His fling at the churches is objection
able : but this class ot reformers gen
erally, in the advancement of their
ideas, cannot resist the temptation to
..!iaBWSJ
ouact the character of Joab. A stab
at something botlor than bimsolf is con
venient, and because an occasional
scoundrel bides beneath tbe olouk of
church membership, it docs not argue
against tho reformatory power of tho
church ; it is nothing more than the
case of Judas as ono among the twelve
ro-cnactod. The Catholio and Protos
tant churches of to-day bavo all tbe
ulemonls ol truorelerm within tbein,
and it is seen in tho lives of mon on
every band, Tboy are a standing re
proof to tho vicious, and their diminu
tion would only be tho forerunner tor
an incrcaso of whipping-posts- But
thero is food for reflection in tbo sen
tence that "after a single lushing tbe
memory of it would riso liko gliosis in
tho night and would stay tho dead."
A publio whipping, thirty or more
lashes, "well luid on," is tbo most dis
graceful of punishments, and whether
it would bavo a tendency to lesson tho
ovits which afllict society is a matter
open for grave discussion. Wo have
not tbo statistics at band toshow what
c fleet tbo barbarous practice ot Dela
ware has in' repressing crime in that
State : but notwithstanding all the re
proach cast upon tho poople of thai di
minutive commonwealth thoy cling to
their whipping-posts with death-liko
tenacity. '1 ho subject of crtmo and its
repression is one wbicb must, sooner
or later, awaken wide spread attention,
und demand somo other methodB of
punishment by which society may bo
reliovcd of its frequency, and bo pro
tected against its consequences. Al
toona Tribune.
OUESSEX ABOUT MAUS.
Tho brilliant discovery of tho two
satellites of tho planet Murs is as yet
so recent that only approximate calcu
lations have been made of their periods
of revolution, distances from their pri
mary, or mass and weight ; but tho
immediate results aro so suggeslivo as
lo induce a layman to hazard a lew
rough guesses concerning them. The
first thing that BtriKcs tho attention is
that it completes the symmetry of our
planetary system. When it was thnirght
to have no satcllilo, it stood as a breuk
in the series. Now, tbo scries bss an
almost regular progression. Venus,
who lies within ourorbit, has no moon ;
next comes tho Earth, with one moon ;
t.oxl Mars, witb two; Jupiter, with
tour; Saturn, with eight, and ils satel
lite rings. Tho series hero reaches its
maximum and declines, Uranus having
lour, like Jupiter, and Neptnne is so
remote thut its- system of satellities is
not perfectly known. Tho seeming
regularity 'of this progression may give
a new impulse to the study of tho prob
lem of satellite formations, and of the
conditions ot mass, motion, density,
fluidity and poriod of revolution under
which they eomo into being. Another
suggestive fact is tho rapidity with
which the satellites sweep around the
nlanot and thoir proximity to him
The outer satollliie travels around in
about tbirly hours, the innor in about
eight hours. Our moon makes its cir
cuit In a month, the inner moon of Murs
goes around three tunes in ono day. In
funcy ono cun almost feci tho whiz of
this mighty projoclilo, as il draws near
er and nearer to tho planet. If it be
truo that tho other of space opposes
any resistance to tho motion of the
heavenly bodies, lite satellites of Mars
being comparatively small bodies would
yield first to that resistance, and, by
losing their original tangential force,
yield to tho attraction ot the planet,
gradually draw in spirally, and at last
lull upon it lika a ball swung at Iho
end ot a string which winds on the
finger witb tho whirl. Tho time must
come in tho remote future the near
future, as astronomical evonls aro meas
ured when the satcllilo will come
within the resistnnco of the atmosphere
of Mars, and, losing still more rapidly
its tangential force, descend with a
cosmic crash upon the planet. The
vast momentum and motion Iransmu
ted into bent by tho shock will set fire
to both. J bey will grind on each
other lor a tow revolutions, and, liko
two drops of water, molt into one an
incandescent mass, or, perhaps, pass
beyond that, into luminous vapor liko
the sun. A now star blazing with in
sufferable brightness will appear in tho
heavens a phenomenon by no means
unprecedented that will bo visiblo as
far off as Orion. Mars is considered
now as a dead iilttnet. Liko our moon.
bo is probably past luo lift; sustaining
ago.' His atmosphere is attenuated,
his oceans sinking into tho crust, his
internal heat gono, incapable of bearing
lite in each forms as we know it. But
in tho mass and motion of those dead
orbs lio tho promise and potency of
life which yet muy bo. First will eomo
tho concussion and grind, in which
planet and satellites will flash into su
prome brightness ; then tho glowing
incandescent nucleusjiraduully cooling
into a crust ; then the crystullino era
of rock formation, and tho precipitation
ol tbo oceans, from tho union of tho
nxydon and hydrogen, tho formation
ol airulihed rocks, tho upheaval ol con
fluents and tho generation and devel
opmeut of lito repealing tbo grand
cycle of creation worked out at the flat
ot tho Almighty, nut all tneso events
must take place many millions ol years
hence, and comparatively few, of us
will live to seo them.
SLAVES OF DEBT.
It would bo a curious specula! ion to
inquire how long the pcoplo of Europe
will bo likely to endure tno enormous
load of debt under which they are now
groaning. No ono bolioves that tho
principal of the European debts can
over bo paid, and tho wur system goes
on year by year amnng to uotn princi
pal and interest. If these frequently
recurring wars do not soon eomo to iwi
end It will b Impossible to pay even
tbo interests of theso debts. Then tho
great power of tho world will ho ro
duced to tho condition of Turkey and
bo compelled to repudiate, and, if thoy
go to war at all, carry it on in a orin
pled and inefficient way. The only
uso of thoir intolerable debts, that any
one can soe, is to compel tho Nations
finally, to keep tho poace.
At prosont, however, the people ot
Earnpo are slave of debt. All the fruits
of thrir toil 7 to pay the interests on fir
eiioraimts A ationm obligations. A concn
tinn of debt liko this is oppressive lo
all true lieodom and manliness. There
it no form of slavery more oppressive to
Nations or individuals than that of deU.
i Tho American people should tuke
timely warning Irom Hiimpean oxain
plea. Tbe National debt which now
exists hero should bo paid off as soon
as possible We should see lo It, also.
that no form of debt shall again be
allowed to press upon the poople. For
this purports let us avoid, as w would
sluvory and ruin, tho perpetuation ol
sectional animosities by tho fanatics
and malignant politicians whose evil
counsels, if fallowed op, would involve
us again in aoctional and perhaps civil
war. oitffimonf nun.
HORSE KREKD1SO, TRAINING
AND MANAGEMENT.
BY JOHN E. P.U8SF.LL, EsO,.
llorso brooding in Now England,
said ho, as a business is not successful,
It is not tho legitimate work of the
farmor, and is carried on only for the
amusement of thoso who can afford to
breed without rcspoct to profit. For
twenty years past It has been not on
ly without prcfil but discreditable, bo
causo tho great proportion of tho
horsos produced havo boon of poor
quality. The object seems to bo to
breed a horse thut can make a track
record at its second best gait. . .
People scenario be dazzled by tbe
great prizes carriod off by tbo Lady
Thorns and Dextors. This trotting
business is a complex ono, and tbo pro
curing of tbo horse is only tho vosti
liu lo of a vaHt templo of expense It
is tbo rule of theso ventures that the
colt is a failure. But it bo prove the
exception and develop speed, then he
must be taken lo the track, enioroa
with care and managed in accordance
with tbe tricks of thu track, It would
bo a recompense if those horsos could
bo transferred into somo legitimato
pursuit, but thoy nro not fit for such.
The chunce of getting a first-class trot
ter out of a number of horses reminds
ono of a remark mado by a French
man concerning the chance of getting
a good wifo in Paris society, lie said
it was liko grabbing for an eel in a
barrel of snukos.
Wbilo attention is devoted to tho
raising ot trotters, It is tuo that fino
carriugo horses never were scarcer
than thoy are at present, though tbe
perfection of a carriage horse can be
raised wilb less trouble and cost than
ore expended on horses meant to bo
trotters, but which in all probability
will provo failures. What available
race is there which is so established
that it is capable of reproducing a like
quality. If wo in Now England aro
to breed with credit and for profit, wo
must employ tho sen-ices of selected
thoroughbreds. In selecting a thor
oughbred we should not tuke a weedy
borsc because ho has mado quick lime
on short tracks., llo should be 15.3 or
It! hands binb. without long legs. Ho
should bavo strong monlal qualities.
or tho horse mnst bo intelligent, bravo.
patient and generous. And now-as to
tho mares to use.
Looking about New England it is
easier to tell what not to use man
what to use. Ibo theory is wrong
tbnt tho foal should follow tho quali-
ics of tbo sire alone. It is well settled
that the dam must bo tho equal of tbo
sire. Blued and quality can be raised
so much quicker through tbo malo lino,
that with ditmsot tlrst rule quality me
highest class of horses' can, perhaps,
soonest bo produced. If a man has
not a tirst-rate mare and a una trior
ongbbred stallion bo would bettor let
borso-brocdingulonc. A stallion snouid
bo kept in moderate ticsb. jus oox
stall should bo whore ha could have
tho company of olhor horsos, or be in
Biuht of his mares. Ho should havo
paddock in which to run; snouiu
have sufficient excrclso, and occasion
ally a sharp run to give a good swoot.
oolt, altor it bus been wouncu,
hould not be turned baok lo pasture,
but should bo kept in a paddock and
fed on sweet hay and bruised grain,
tho latter in spito of all that is said'
against it. During this time caroful
attention should bo given to overy
part ol bim, especially ol toot. A colt
properly reared is fit for work, and.
should havo it regulorly whon ho is
two years old. hvory breeder should
bo fond ot associating with animals,
and should accustom himself 'to their
habits and diseases.' Horses for profit
mint be sold young, unless tboy are
actually earning their living from day
to day und adding to their value.
Loavo speculation to jockios and sen
ax soon as yon can. tbo best time to
sell ia before he iB foaled, to somebody
who is in love with tbo dam. Iho next
best time is whon they are weaned,
tor in the common eye the weaning
will make a boautilul borso. litsmucu
the samo as with babies. The great
est folly is to submit a horse to a stu
pid, ignorant and semolimos drunken
mccbunin lor shooing, row oi our
horses livo out half their days, because
of diseases of the feet, caused by ignor-
unt horsc shoers. In closing Mr, Rus
sell protested airainst tbe prosont mode
of granting premiums at agricultural
lairs, where speed ulono is considered.
Iliiston Post.
PREMIUM AND DISCOUNT.
Tho editor of tho Philadelphia Times
in elaborating on this subject remarks:
The issue ot the United States legal
tender note was first authorized by an
act approved February 25, 180:2, and
very soon alter theso notes came into
circulation that is, in tho following
April they began lo lull below their
par in gold, the discount increasing
with overy irosn issue, until, on juiy
11, 1HS1, l nilod Stales notes were
worlh but 35 cents on tho dollar. This
was tbo lowost point they ever reach
cd, and after various fluctuations tho
greenback has now com back to with
in ono percent ol par, gold having sold
on Saturday at 101, 'Iho usual meth
od ol expressing tho discount upon pa
per has been by tho premium of gold,
which reached Ils beigncsi point, zsa,
on the ditto before mentioned. It must
bo remembered, bowovor, that the pro-
miuin on gold is compound, being made
up of two elements. One is tbe natur
al premium, which corresponds with
tho discount on paper, increasing with
an increased volume of the latter and
diminishing with its contraction ; tho
other is tho commercial premium
which depends upon tho demand for
cold lor tho timo being, cither for uso
in commerco or as an article oi mer
chandise. This commercial premium.
as was repentodly shown a low years
ago, was subject lo speculative inllu
ences, liko the prico of any other com
moitny ol which tho supply is limned
On tbo famous Black Friday, for in
stance, it was driven up moro than
twenty-fivo per cent, in one day and
fell BL'ain as rapidly, it was also sun
ject lo more legitimato influence, as al
times whon there were large importa
tions and a consequent demand for
gold, not only for exportation, but for
the payment ol dunes, sucn ueinsnu no
ing, of course, tho base of speculation.
The recent act ol Congress; howovcr,
making customs duties payable in an
ver, has destroyed ono main eloment ol
this basis, and rts tendency is to abol
ish the commercial premium upon gold,
which ha lately been very low, by
reason ol tho reduced Importations.
Just now, Indeed, thoro is no especial
demand for gold at all, and the preml
ii m conscnueiitlv renrosent moro near
ly than it has heretofore don the die-
count upon United elates iiolna, un.
complicated bv commercial considers
tions, Tboooursoof thoso figures from
this time on depends very much npon
tho action or non-actioo of Congress,
w hich is obviously extremely uncertain.
im i way
TEEMS $2 per annuel in Advanoe.
NEW SERIES-yOL. 19, NO. 15
CODFISH ARISTOCRACY.
AN EXAMPLE OP IT IS BEEN IN TOLEDO.
Not long ago there camo to tho Fu
lure Great City a family from one of
tho outlying towns, tho inhabitants of
which look upon Toledo as their Mec
ca. Tbo lather bad, metaphorical ly
speak ing,"struck ilo. "Like many anoth
er fortunate man with frugal, hard
working wife, ho bud earned and sav
ed, until he had arrived at that stage
whon, in tho town whore ho livod, he
was called "rich." In a city, however,
ho would have boon termed well-to-do.
An ambitious man was he, and his wife
partook of tho earn characteristic.
As boforo statod, tho family remov
ed to Toledo, and reached that seventh
heaven which thoy bad been struggling
to attuin by hiring a houso with a sil
ver mounted door-bell, a bay window
and gas. Nay, more; they did what
but lew of the most wealthy Tolcdo
ana do, viz : hired a colored waiter to
tend the door and carry in tbe cards ol
callers on a silver (plated) tray. Thoy
adopted all tho customs practiced by
thoso who are immensely rich, and who
roBldo in tho largost cities where aris
tocracy exists in all its glory. They
wero in comloi table circumstances, but
put on airs that a millionaire would not
havo attempted to assume.
And their dangbtor, bless usl thoir
daughter who bad been to boarding
school; who hired a drossmukor by tbe
year, wroto on note papor perfumed
with musk, lelt all tbo "r s out ot
words etc., etc., Why sho was tho joy
of their hearts and tho old man had
made up his mind that she should mar
ry a rich man, and a groat man. She
observed that the daughters of one of
their wealthy neighbors purchased all
tho household supplies. Iho family
aped every habit ot tho wealthy and
refined, and tbo daughter aforesaid be
gan to purchase the lumily groceries,
Now tbo grocer was one of tbo Tola-
do's finest and handsomest and best
young men, who moves in tbo best and
most ariBtocratio society, an entrance
into which would bavo been denied tbo
daughter of tho codfish aristocrat. His
lather at one timo held tbo highest ot
fico within the gift of a municipality.
livery day tbo datigbtor traded with
him. An acquaintance sprung np.
Sho even smiled upon him, and at times
mado her pointed laco look sweet. Lit
tie did be dream that she was practic
ing lor future conquests und heart win
nings.
"1 will call upon her," said tho young
uu"Sj
longed ,
Dul1"s5 1
grmcr to bimsolf ono day. Do
lor amusement of somo sort and,
an ant student of human nature, he
surmised that ho would seo somo of
tho antics ot thoso most amusing char
actors, the codfish aristocrats. He
called. A colored Borvant in livery on
swered tbe bull.
"1 wish to see Miss " said tbo
grocer.
"Your card, sab !" demanded tbe
waitor, imperiously. Ilo, too, bad bo
come stuck up.
Tho card was sent in and tho young
man wailed tor the lady to come. Ho
luokcd at the old photographs in the
family album ; they wero pictures of
bard working honest ruralisis, tbe un
cles and aunts ot tho lady whom he
had called to see. After an bour s te
dious wailing hs heard tbe rustle ot
silk.
It is sho." said be to himself as he
sprang into a gracoful atlitudo at the
east end of the piano.
lhe door swung open but It was a
strange lady that entered, ono wealing
a rich silk dress and a quoor little cap.
Sho bowed stillly and grandly and
tbe glare from her dish-wator colored
eyes was saddoning in tbe extreme.
"Is this Mr. ?" asked sbo.
"It is" be replied bowing very low.
Ilo did not know that he was address-
ing one of tho servants of the houso
of ho would havo answered "you bot I"
"Well, said tho woman, curling bcr
lip witb a degroe of scorn seldom at
tained by a dish-cloth slinger ; "you
aro laboring under a hallucination.
Miss nover receives calls irom tno
family grocer."
Tho young man wont away laguing
heartily, and going a block larthor ho
call upon the daughter ot a weaiiuy
Tolcdoan whoso annual taxes amount
to moro than all tbe cod-fish aristo
crat's po&Boasione. Tolido Democrat.
MRS. HICKS IN LONDON.
Most things American aro a puzzlo
ovor hero lust now, writes Mr. Jon
nings, from London, w e cannot make
out tho Hicks-Lord allair, and somo
nfthepooplo who gavo groat parties
n honor ol tho lady bavo puzzled ovor
tho allair until they are all In tatters,
Mrs. Dicks was not exactly the "lasn-
ion in London last season, out sne
was takon up rather enthusiastically
by somo disti nguished leaders ot socioty ,
and at ono timo sho seemed likoly to
carry tho town by storm. A noblo
lord invited her lo pretty neoriy all bis
parties, and it was not at all bad to boo
her extinguish tho poople who wero
only invited to eomo after dinner.
How do you doT sho would sny ;
Just eomo, I suppose t J bavo dined
hero a small party of six." Another
noble lord was undoubtedly going to
marry her, but something occurred to
break off tho match. Tho courso ot
true lov-o nover did run smooth. Tho
ladies, uf course, did not half liko it.
H ho is sho? " Oh, no ono knows
I believe an American lady, Im
mensely rich worth millions, they
say r And oilier American ladies did
not seem to admire what was going on,
and mado various remarks which woro
perhaps prompted by Jealousy. Then
tamo tbo grand afternoon party at
Claridgo's, given by Mrs. Hicks her
self, for which a royal Princo was al
most, but not quite, secured a parly
quite in tho Now York stylo, or ons of
tho Jiow fork styles, wiui an tno
windows closed in shut out tho light,
and the rooms illuminated with wax
candles. And now aro we to bo told
that thoro was no money oxcept that
which camo trom good old Mr. Lord
n New York 7 JMo wonder Lord
looks rather cross when yoo ask him
if he has heard from Mrs. Hicks lutely.
The otbor night at tho Beefsteak Club
he was noarly driven out of the room
by thoso pressing inquiries. Some peo
ple have so little consideration I-
ewe
Mora than a few distinguished men
in the world owe much of theirsuocess
in lilo to thoir wive. - Airs. Benjamin
V ad wa her busy husband a secre
tary, assistant, reader, and may almost
be said right hand. Mr. V) ado nad an
almost invincible antipathy to putting
pen to paper, lie had an almost eqoal
disinclination to search books. This
drudgery Mrs. Wado cheerfully as
sumed. Wben her husband bad
speech in hand it was her who fur
nished him with tb materials, which
he afterward arranged, assimilated and
systematise!. Ureal thing are) toid
of bet skill in this respect ot her taot,
Industry, patience. .
T1IS MISSING JUNK.
"Nip,'' one of the two chimpanzees
that to pozzlod the New York cuitoowi
offlceri recently, died of consumption
at the BquiriumoD Thursday lub The
post mortem examintion, at which no
aliornoon, and drew ti7eiaer au
estod body of medical and sciontitlo
fontlomon, among thorn being Prof,
lammood, Porf. Smith, Dr. James R.
Wood, Prof. Valontine Molt, Dr. Lit
tle, Prof. Sayre, Dr. Bute, Fret. Dur .
ling and Dr. Janeway.
Dr. E. C. Spitzka, assited by Dr. J.
R. Taylor, laid Nip's physical anato
m&Hre, and found that tho cause ol
djalh was enteritis, with genoral ta-'
boraulosisot brain and lunga. 1 be phy
sicians declared that tho brain looked
strikingly human. - The diameter of
tho cranium was found lo bo a little
more than four inches, and the circum
ference fourteen inohes. Tho brain re
sembled the human brain in its convo
lutions, was about tho size of that of
a newly born child, and the corebrum
overlapped tho cerebellum the requisite
LIUIU VI HU HH.U WVnilJ VMM vuu m-
man comparison. Dr. Spitzka said
that part of tbe brain which is suppos
ed to do tho talking, and which is call
ed the "Island of Roil," was fairly de
veloped In Nip, who had only laeked
"association and inherited habit" to b
able to express in words bis opinion of
America. The undeveloped potential
itv of snooch was thore. Those Darts
of tho brain which answer to the in
tellectual faculties predominated over
those which aro the scat of tbe auto
matic and reflux functions.
Dr. Spitzka beloived th autopsy
settled evory point of the controversy
between 1'rol. iluxloy and f rot. Uwon
in favor of the former. A microscopio
examination of the brain and spinal
column will be made, and the result
will be laid before the Neurological so
ciety of New York. Before tho doc
tors get through with Nip they may
docido that what is lelt of him is enti
tled to a funeral. Harritburg Patriot.
EG YFTIAN COLOSSAL WORK.
A writer in tho Cornhitt Magazine '
says : "Tbo notion ot bigness soems to
bavo held a closer grip over tbo des
potio Egyptian mind than any other
psychological specimen with which we
aro acquainted. It docs not noed a
journey up tbo Nilo to show us their
fondness tor the immense , bait an bour
at tbo British rnnseum is quite suffi
cient. New, why did the Egyptians
so revel in onorraous work ot art?
This question is usually answorcd by .
saying that their absolute rulers loved
thus to show tho vaBtncss of their
powor; and doubtless the answer is
very true as far as it goes, and quite
fulls in with our theory given above.
But is docs not happen that desptotio
monarchs build pyramids crMemnons,
and the further question suggests itself
what was tho circumstances of Egypt
which determined this special and ex
ceptional display of architectural ex
travagances ? As we cast about tor
an answer, an analogy strikes us at
once. Taking the world as a whole, 1
think it will bo soon that tbe greatest
architectural achievements aro to bo
found in tbe great plain countries, and
that mountain districts are compara-
lively bare of large edifices. Tbo plain'
of jj0mtjarcy lhe pBin of Low Coun-
tries, the plain of Cbartres, the lower
Khine valley, tho eastern countries
these aro tho spots whore our great
European cathedrals are to be found;
and if we pass over to Asia, wo shall
similarly discover tho country for pa
godas, mosques, and temples in the
bread basins of tbe Euphrates, tbe
Ganges, the Indus, tbe Uoang-Ho, and
tbo Yang-tzckiang. No doubt castlos
and fortresses are to be found every
where on height for purpose of do
fonse: but purely ornamental archi
tecture is most flourishing in level ex
panses of land. Now. there is no level
expanses of land in tho world habita
ble by man so utterly unbroken and
continuous as the valley of tbo Nile,
Herein, doubtless, we have no cm lo
tb special Egyptian love for colossal
undertakings of every sort." ,
SCHNEIDER'S TOMATOES.
Schneider is very fond of tomatoes.
Schneider has a friend in the country
who raises "eraden sass and sucn.
Schneider bad an invitation to visit
his friond last wook and regale himself
on hia favorite vegetable.
His friend Pfeiffer being busy nego
tiating with a city produce doalor, on
his arrival,Sehncidcr thought bo would
tako a stroll in tbo garden and seo
some of bis favorites in their pristine
beauty. We will let bim toll tno rest
of tho story in hi own language :
"Veil, 1 valks shast a nine vuue
roundt, ven 1 sees somo ot doso derma
tors vat vas so red nnd nice as I nefer
dit see any moro, nnd I dinks 1 vill
put myscll ouutido apout a gouple-a-lozzen,
shust to geel mo a liddle abbo
dile vor dinner.
"So I bulls off von ov dcr reddest
und post lookin' ot doso dermatcrs,
und tuke a booty good pile out of dot,
und vas chewing it oud rooty quick,
ven 1 dot 1 had a pecso ov red-hot
coals in mine mout, or vas chowin' oud
dwo or dree bapoi-s of needles ; und 1
vclt so pad, already, dot mine eyes vas
vool ov tears, und I niato vor 'an olt
oaken buckot' vot I seen banging in
dor veil aa 1 vas goomin' along.
"Shust den minovriend l'fitlcrgoom
oup und ask me vot mado mo veol so
pad), und if any ov mine vamily vas
dead. I dold bim dot I vas der only
von ot dor vamily dot vas pooty sick,
und don I ask bim vot kind ov derma
tors doso vas vol t hadt shust been
picking; und mine cracionsl how dot
landsman latighft und said dot dose
vas rod hoppers dot ho vas raising vor
bepper sauco.
"1 redder you givo me feefty tollar
aa to oat soma more of dose bepper
sauco dcrmalcw."
A Condensed t'r.RNoN. Wo find this
oddity in tho Edinburgh Fugitive
Pieces," by W. Green, K.R.S.: "Abridg
mont of a Sertr.on, which took up an
hour in delivering, from theso words :
' Man is born of trouble.'
Mr Friends : Tbe subject falls
naturally to bo divided into four beads :
1. Man a entrance into tno world ;
2. His progress through the world ;
3. His exit from the world ; and
4. Practical reflections from what
may be said, ,
t irst, then :
1. Man came Into the world naked
and bare,
2. His progress through it Is trouble
and car ;
3. His exit from it none can tell
whore,
4. But if be does well here, ho ll do
well thore.
Now, 1 can say na more, my breth
ren doar,
Should I preach on Ibis subject from
this time to next year.
Amen.
A smart Pittsburg woman, who
keep a waiter-girl saloon, has begun
to evade tb law J'Mt pawed to pro
hibit th employment ol females to sll
liquor. She ba taken all br girl In
to partnership and has no employe.
: Bob Ingersoll has just received th
orowning insult from Eli Parkins. '
Both lectured in th sano town th
samo night. Eli, who had th largest
audience, declared it was a triumph of
mind ovor matlor.
i When you go home to dinner and
Ind ntco roast lamb on your end oi lb
table, you wouldn't call il a lamb-and-tabfo
disoovery, would you 7 They all
do it, oven th Norristown flerald.